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Man shot during robbery attempt
A Santa Cruz man was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery outside Markley's Indoor Range and Gun Shop Sunday afternoon, police said.
The 38-year-old victim was with his father-in-law when the two left the range about 2 p.m., after some recreational shooting, and had secured their firearm as required, Sgt. Brian Ridgway said.
They put the gun in the trunk of their car and were about to get in the car when a man walked up, armed with a handgun and wearing a bandana over his face, and demanded their weapon, Ridgway said.
The father-in-law, who is 46, grabbed the suspect's gun and struggled with him momentarily and the younger man began running south on Vic Rugh Lane, he said.
The suspect broke free and chased him, firing several shots and striking him once in the leg, Ridgway said.
The shooter then jumped in a black or dark green Acura, which was last seen heading toward Freedom Boulevard from Gardener Avenue, police said.
The Acura was estimated to be a 1988 to 1992 model with a body in poor condition and a rear tinted window with bubbling on it.
The shooter was described as a Latino about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 160 pounds. He wore a hat as well as a white and black bandana.
The driver was described as about age 30, clean cut, possibly wearing a white shirt.
A "be on the lookout" was broadcast, and police combed the area, but the suspects were not found.
The victim's injuries were not life-threatening, but he was flown to a trauma center due to the severity of the wound.
Markley's range is on Blanca Lane at Vic Rugh Lane, off Freedom Boulevard.
Police ask anyone with information on the case to call investigations at 768-3352 or the anonymous tipline at 728-3544.
Fire doused in room at 26th Avenue retreat
A small fire ignited early Sunday in a room at Advent Christian Church on 26th Avenue near Portola Drive, the Central Fire Protection District reported.
The 7 a.m. fire was in a retreat center portion of the property and was caused by bedding materials that were placed up against a wall heater, Battalion Chief John Walbridge said.
Damage, mostly from smoke and some water, was limited to the room of origin, Walbridge said.
He said the person who had been staying there was in the process of leaving when smoke detectors alerted a person in a nearby room.
The Santa Cruz Fire Department assisted.


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Rebuilding Katrina homes
So the theme of the week is proudest DIY projects. I am taking this
I have been working on all kinds of energy-efficiency, landscaping and aesthetic projects since I bought my first home two years ago. Before I bought this house, I spent several months rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It was an all-volunteer organization, and we all learned to do a little bit of everything. I have all the skills to rebuild a house that is stripped down to the studs (if I have a bunch of extra hands) - and I can probably recommend the least expensive, least complicated way to do it. We were getting people back in their homes for about $10,000 with (mostly) unskilled volunteer labor. Now I own a small 50-year-old ranch home in northern Colorado. I love the location, the big picture window and the funky stone fireplace. I also love small energy bills. I am constantly trying to find ways to save energy around my home.
Energy- and water-efficiency improvements. I have weatherized, added insulation, Xeriscaped the garden, installed low-flow toilets and showers, and I am always looking to do more.

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The 16th Annual Christmas canned goods drive for HOPE in Lancaster at Carolina Christian Academy started the last week of November and ended Dec. 19, with the school's efforts netting 3,545 cans delivered to HOPE that morning.
With the addition of other items donated besides canned goods, such as boxes of ramen noodles, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, Jell-O and pasta, the total number of items delivered was close to 7,000.
Model trains and the holiday season have been closely linked since 1900 when Joshua Lionel Cowan built a small motorized gondola car to lure window shoppers into a New York City store. Passersby flocked in, but were more interested in the miniature train that traveled around a circle of track than the merchant's wares.
Are your days off spent exhausted and lifeless?
Are you receiving nasty e-mails and snide remarks from your boss or colleagues?
If you answer "yes" to any of the above, you may be the victim of workplace bullying and harassment.
Apparently, you are not alone. More than 53 million Americans have reported workplace bullying, and the situation is getting worse in this economic downturn.
The problem is what to do about it? This became my quest to find out in my bid to help a friend and others navigate through the maze.
On a Thanksgiving visit to Giles County, Va., we met Allen Neely, a true mountain man who shared his passion for tree burls.
A burl is an abnormality in which bud cells have grown in a chaotic manner, dividing in many directions to create a spherical shape.
Burls are commonly found in the form of rounded outgrowths or bumps on a tree trunk or branch.
Other burls grow attached to roots beneath the ground, and may not be discovered until the tree dies or falls.
Almost all burl wood is covered by bark even if it is underground.
The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century's newest chapter, the Land of the Waxhaws, was chartered Oct. 20 at the historic Van Wyck Presbyterian Church.
Jane Massey, president of the new chapter, conducted the chartering ceremony, with the help of national and state officers, to celebrate the chartering of S.C. chapter No. 26.
The Rev. J.R. McSpadden, minister of Van Wyck Presbyterian Church, greeted and welcomed the group to the Waxhaws area.
ACL; do those three letters ring a bell?
If we look back at the historical and scientific study of the human body, it isn't normal for 10- to 13-year-olds to suffer an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) strain or tear.
However, the reality is this type of injury is becoming more common for today's young athletes.
Research shows that a few possible causes could be compensation of over-tightened and imbalanced muscles and various other altered functional movement patterns.
An unveiling ceremony for a historical maker designating the Old Clyburn Plantation was held Nov. 10 , just in time for Veteran's Day.
The site of the old plantation home, located at the corner of Gold Mine Highway (S.C. 601) and Tom Gregory Road in Kershaw, marks the legacy of a family whose history predates the Civil War. The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Melody Clyburn Craig, chair of the Lancaster County Historical Commission. Craig is also the great-granddaughter of Thomas Lorenzo Clyburn, who built the Clyburn Plantation.
Although the phenomenon of leaves changing color is still not completely understood, we know that it is primarily influenced by three things.
The least variable of these factors is the increasing length of night.
As nights grow longer and cooler, biochemical processes are triggered in leaves.
The second contributor is the pigmentation present. Chlorophyll is the dominant pigment that makes leaves green.
It absorbs sunlight to produce sugars for food.
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At the intersection of Highway 9 Bypass and Highway No. 9, a Blue Star Memorial marker stands proud, once again, to pay tribute to the present and fallen members of our military.
This is an ongoing project of the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs, the Veterans' Administration, and the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
This Memorial Marker to all Veterans was placed on the Bypass about 10 years ago.
The Lancaster 4-H Horse Club is collecting non-perishable foods for HOPE in Lancaster, Inc., through Dec. 21.
Just one or two items can go a long way in helping families in need.
While all non-perishable foods will be appreciated, HOPE has the following needs at this time: self rising flour, cornmeal, sugar, grits, canned evaporated milk, jelly, peanut butter, juice, canned beans (except green beans), canned squash, canned sweet potatoes and canned tomatoes.
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Dark Pack Guar
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Places a small herd of dark indigo colored guars just outside the Ahemmusa Camp along with a herder and his yurt. You can buy a dark pack guar from the herder.The pack guar is controlled through dialogue topics. You can display a status report that includes the guar's health, restorative inventory items and type of follow mode. You can command the guar to follow or follow outdoors only. In follow mode, the guar will follow you wherever you go. In follow outdoors only mode, when you enter an interior cell, the guar will wait at the door for your return. If the guar is in either follow mode and you levitate, the guar will stay at its current position. If you water walk and the guar is following, it too will water walk.Feeding the guar 2 small kwama eggs or 1 large kwama egg will restore its health. The eggs can be in either the player's or guar's inventory. If the guar is poisoned, it will eat rat meat from its inventory to cure itself.The Almsivi and Divine Intervention spells have been enhanced. They now have the power to teleport both the PC and a pack guar.


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Exclusive: Mochi
Craft 51 Dolphin — By Capt. Bill Pike —
July 2004
Hip, Slick, and Cool
|An Italian-built lobsteryacht blends 1950's automotive sizzle with lots of modern technology.
While driving from Florence to the Adriatic port of Cesenatico, Italy, some weeks ago, I spent a fair amount of time thinking about and anticipating my upcoming sea trial of the Mochi Craft 51 Dolphin. Having tested several other vessels of the same type, from stateside builders like San Juan, Rivolta, and Hinckley, I was interested in seeing exactly what the Italian take on a New England-style lobsteryacht might be.
Perhaps "interested" isn't precisely the right word to use here, though, given the fact that I was able to ponder and speculate rather deeply while zooming down the autostrada in a rented Alfa Romeo at 110 mph! Perhaps the word "obsessed" would be a better fit.
After all, I love lobsteryachts. And more to the point, I've loved them from the first moment I saw one—a Volvo Penta-powered Sisu 22 chugging through a marina in Salem, Massachusetts, back in the early 1980's. Sure, the humble little vessel was not exactly a yacht in the conventional sense, but she was as salty-looking as a four-masted barkentine and just as honest, gorgeous, and straightforward as her workaday cousins. I'll never forget how quietly she swept past, hardly deigning to ripple the water.
When I arrived at the marina in Cesenatico, my Dolphin test boat was awash in extension cords, power tools, and cleaning products. She was also besieged by a platoon of workmen from Mochi Craft's parent company, The Ferretti Group, based in nearby Forli. They explained they were gussying the boat up so her owner could officially take possession on the morrow. The delay inherent in this development was a tad depressing, but I remained seriously enthused. Tied stern-to, with her garage door gaping and teak-paved, stainless steel Besenzoni passarelle fully extended, the boat was a traditional beauty, no doubt about it, with 1950's-era automotive curves and a racy but muscular look. I could hardly wait to get behind the wheel.
"We can perhaps do a tour while the workmen finish," suggested Andrea Ameli, one of the Ferretti engineers on the Dolphin project. "There is much to see."
The guy wasn't kidding. We started with the machinery spaces, dropping first through an amidships cockpit hatch into what Ameli called "the pump room." It was chock-a-block with top-shelf, Italian-made ancillaries, albeit some Americanization is planned for the stateside version, which will be marketed and serviced by Ferretti Group U.S.A. and introduced at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this year. Among the standards I noted were a Condaria chilled-water air conditioning unit, three big, gutsy Gianneschi & Ramaciotti pumps (for salt, fresh, and black water), a set of simplex 1000 MA Racor fuel-water separators (duplex Racors are optional), an Acorn PB water-manifold system, a Mastervolt battery charger, a Mastervolt inverter, and a nifty Anchor Marine Parts micro-bilge suction system.
Farther aft, the engine room proper offered 5'6" headroom and was just as finely outfitted, although I could see no easy way to get to the steering gear (access is achieved through a hatch in the floor of the garage, Ameli explained). Detailing was lackluster in spots—fabric-backed, foam-type sound insulation was raggedly trimmed here and there, for example, and while most fuel hoses had permanently swedged fittings, one was simply clamped. Access to the mains as well as the amidships 12-kW Mase genset was excellent, however. And the electrical firepower on hand was impressive, with wire runs encased in plastic chases and two banks of four 200-amp-hour batteries, one for cranking, the other for house usage. Yet another battery was dedicated to the genset.
Next page > Part 2: The boat tracked well, even down-sea, and she turned sweetly, if broadly. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This article originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Injured Eaton to return to batting cage on Thursday
PHOENIX -- Exactly two weeks after an MRI revealed a UCL sprain in his left elbow, D-backs rookie outfielder Adam Eaton will begin swinging in the batting cage on Thursday, the first step in his return to game action.
Eaton, the D-backs' No. 5 prospect according to MLB.com, will hit off a tee and have balls flipped to him at the team's Spring Training facility in Scottsdale while the club travels to Milwaukee for its first road trip of the season.
"I know he's excited to do that," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He's really champing at the bit."
While swinging the bat is progress, Eaton is still at least two weeks away from throwing a ball again. The injury didn't require surgery, but the initial prognosis called for him to be shut down for a month.
In the meantime, Eaton could rack up at-bats in extended Spring Training games while his elbow continues to heal before eventually starting a rehab assignment somewhere in the D-backs' farm system.
The club's timetable has the outfielder on a path to be back with the D-backs around early to mid-May.
Eaton was slated to take over center field for the D-backs after they traded away Chris Young in the offseason. The 24-year-old hit .390 this spring, with 23 hits and 10 RBIs in 59 at-bats.
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In order to help control illegal interstate and international traffic in antiquities, including archaeological, curatorial, and architectural objects, and historical documents of all kinds, the Secretary shall study and report on the suitability and feasibility of alternatives for controlling illegal interstate and international traffic in antiquities.
(b) Consultation
In conducting the study described in subsection (a) of this section the Secretary shall consult with the Council and other Federal agencies that conduct, cause to be conducted, or permit archaeological surveys or excavations or that have responsibilities for other kinds of antiquities and with State Historic Preservation Officers, archaeological, architectural, historical, conservation, and curatorial organizations, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and other Native American organizations, international organizations and other interested persons.
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Not later than 18 months after October 30, 1992, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the Secretary's findings and recommendations from the study described in subsection (a) of this section.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
After a month of holiday parties, shopping, and busy schedules, one morning you awaken to a stuffy nose, scratchy throat, and overall fatigue. What can you do to protect and strengthen your immune system to combat such illnesses?
The immune system is the body's defense system, a complex network of cells and tissues that block or destroy harmful substances, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. While fighting against invading microorganisms, your immune system protects your healthy cells. The first line of defense includes the skin and mucous membranes which act as physical barriers to unwanted microorganisms. Proteins and other cells throughout the body serve as signaling molecules, attackers, and scavengers that recognize and destroy invaders.
Healthy lifestyle habits can protect and even enhance your immune system. A wholesome diet with a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and lean protein sources provides the nutrients and antioxidants needed for a healthy immune system. Regular aerobic exercise, such as 20-30 minutes of brisk walking daily, can contribute to a healthy immune response. Lastly, relaxation strategies such as yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises can reduce the stress in your life and strengthen the immune system.
Malnutrition weakens the body's immune response and leads to increased risk of infection, particularly among children, hospitalized patients, and elderly adults. The best dietary strategy for a healthy mind, body, and immune system is to consume a variety of unprocessed, nutrient-packed foods. Some nutrients with well-known roles in immunity and their major food sources include:
While you can obtain all the necessary nutrients from whole foods, a multivitamin/mineral supplement with no more than 100% of the RDA may be suggested for persons with diets that do not meet the recommended dietary guidelines.
This article originally appeared in Nutri-bytes (January 2009), a service of the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and was adapted for use on NetWellness with permission.
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REMNANTS OF HENRI ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082015 500 PM AST FRI SEP 11 2015 ...HENRI DISSIPATES... ...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...40.0N 58.5W ABOUT 535 MI...860 KM SSW OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the remnants of Henri were located near latitude 40.0 North, longitude 58.5 West. The remnants are moving toward the north-northeast near 24 mph (39 km/h). An increase in forward speed is expected today, followed by a turn toward the northeast by Sunday with some additional acceleration. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. A gradual weakening is expected with the remnants. Winds of gale force extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) east of the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1008 mb (29.77 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- None. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and available on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. $$ Forecaster Blake
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On my first trip through Scott Pitoniak's latest book, Buffalo Bills Football Vault: The First 50 Seasons, I stopped reading after seven or eight pages.
That's certainly not meant as a knock on Pitoniak's work. Scott knows his stuff – he's covered the Bills since the mid-'80s, after all – and I've always enjoyed his writing style. Instead, I was having so much fun checking out all the reproduced memorabilia included in this gorgeous "scrapbook," I began eagerly flipping through the pages like a kid on Christmas morning, impatient to see what was inside the next brightly-wrapped gift.
Here's how Whitman Publishing, which began the series with books on major-college football and basketball programs, describes the concept:
"Imagine being given the key to a vault in a bank where you can touch everything inside. With Whitman Vault Books, we have taken this dream one step further by delivering to you the treasures of your favorite team inside of our ultimate history books.
"Every book in the Whitman Vault series takes you back to the very beginning of a school's football or basketball program through a narrative provided by an author with detailed knowledge of the program while accompanied by vintage photographs from extensive campus archives. But what makes this book different than any other ever produced is that we include replicas of old collectibles and memorabilia that you can touch and actually remove from the Vault. That is why each book weighs almost 5 pounds!"
In the Bills Vault, those reproductions, stored in protective sleeves on and between the pages of the book, include a 1961 season-ticket order form ($5 per game for sideline seats) ... copies of the "Buffalo Bills Bulletin" newsletter ... a sideline pass from the 1964 AFL Championship Game ... postcards of gameday program covers and the famous Machine Gun Kelly poster ... Pitoniak's own Super Bowl press passes ... a ticket from the Comeback game ... and even, stuffed in behind a color photo of the 1964 squad, a miniature felt AFL Bills pennant. (There's more, much more, but I've given you enough spoilers for one review.)
Back to the book itself, which kicks off with a foreword from Chris Berman titled, "Why I Love Buffalo." Pitoniak's clear, concise writing, full of quotes and anecdotes, smoothly covers all the requisite high and low points of the team's first 50 seasons from Ralph Wilson's pre-Bills background all the way up through Chan Gailey's hire. The text is handsomely complemented by countless photos – many which were never used in any previous Bills-related book – and more memorabilia from both team and private collections; in his acknowledgments, Scott compared the hours he and Bills archivist Denny Lynch spent working on the book to a treasure hunt.
It's easy to see why he feels that way. "Bills Vault" isn't inexpensive; the book retails for $50, although I pre-ordered my copy from Amazon.com at a discount. But to me, it's absolutely worth the price – as much collector's item as reference source – and would make an eye-catching centerpiece for any true Bills fan's bookshelf.
Well, the list of preliminary Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees has been released and several names familiar to all Bills fans appear. The usual suspects – Steve Tasker and Andre Reed – are on the list, but I thought I would take a moment to discuss the entire list, their qualifications and my opinion of what is going to happen.
Steve Tasker
Brief Bio: Tasker played 13 seasons for the Bills and was selected to seven Pro Bowls, making him the first special teams player to accomplish that task. He generated 204 special team tackles and blocked seven punts over his career. He was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's All-Time Team in 2000 and was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
My Opinion: This one baffles me. The definition of a Hall of Famer is someone who dominates at his position or is a trailblazer. Hall of Fame selector Rick Gosselin stated, "You can compare Emmitt Smith to Walter Payton, Brett Favre to John Elway and Michael Strahan to Lee Roy Selmon. But you can't compare Tasker to anyone." Sounds like a trailblazer to me. Either that or the selection committee has trouble understanding how to evaluate talent. Former special teams coach Bruce DeHaven stated, "I never saw anybody use three guys to try to block a gunner on punt coverage until I saw teams start to do it against Steve Tasker. He forced people to do things that no one had ever done before on special teams." He made seven Pro Bowls and was the only special teams player to be named MVP. How can you say that he did not dominate? Tasker is probably not going to make it. The Hall of Fame selectors are more concerned with offensive and defensive players, and will ignore special teams. If, by some miracle, the selection committee elects a special teamer, it will be Ray Guy. Is Tasker deserving of the honor? Yes. Will he get it? Probably not. It is unfortunate that Tasker will not get the recognition that he deserves. You can thank the selection committee for that travesty.
Andre Reed
Brief Bio: A fourth-round pick for Buffalo in the 1985 NFL Draft, Reed went on to play 15 seasons for the team. Over that time, Reed was selected to seven Pro Bowls and retired as the all-time receiving leader for the Bills and third all-time in the NFL. His 941 receptions netted him 13,095 yards and 86 touchdowns.
My Opinion: Reed is going to have a difficult time this year. No other receiver on the list comes close to Jerry Rice, and the selection committee might ignore all other receivers in this class. If they put another receiver in, it will probably be Cris Carter. Cris' problem is his whining a few years ago about his induction and having a camera crew follow him around that weekend to capture his Hall of Fame moment. The selection committee seems to want to teach him a lesson, so he might have to wait another year for induction. They appear to want to put him in, but the selection committee has a history of acting petty and childish, so they may try to impose their will one more time. Reed was more dominant in the post season – you know, when it counts – but Carter is a member of the media, so the selection committee will give Carter the edge.
Kent Hull
Brief Bio: Kent Hull was one of the keys to the no-huddle offense run by the Bills during their Super Bowl runs. From 1986 through 1996, Hull only missed two games. He was selected to three Pro Bowls over his career.
My Opinion: Kent Hull is deserving of the honor, but with him going up against Dermontti Dawson, he will not be a later-round finalist. The Bills put Hull on the Wall of Fame in 2002. He deserved the recognition for his play.
Darryl Talley
Brief Bio: A second-round pick in the 1983 NFL Draft, Talley was selected one pick behind Jim Kelly. He played in 188 games over his twelve seasons with the team, generating 1,137 tackles, 38.5 sacks and two Pro Bowl berths.
My Opinion: Talley will not get in before some of the other linebackers on the list, namely Kevin Greene and Clay Matthews. Not that they are deserving of induction when you compare them to the best linebackers of all time like Butkis and Nitschke, but the selection committee has a habit of electing people with lesser qualifications.
Cornelius Bennett
Brief Bio: A mainstay at linebacker for the Bills, Bennett racked up 1048 tackles (142 assists) and 71.5 sacks over his career. Add to that, seven interceptions (one for a touchdown), 31 forced fumbles, and 27 fumble recoveries (including one for a touchdown) and Bennett earned his five trips to the Pro Bowl.
My Opinion: The same opinion I have with Talley, I have with Bennett. While he was a solid player for the Bills, he is not going to get the love from the selection committee. Other linebackers will go in and Biscuit will be left out.
Chuck Knox
Brief Bio: Knox was the Bills' head coach from 1978 through 1982. He also spent time coaching the Los Angeles Rams (two tours) and the Seattle Seahawks. His overall coaching record was 186-147-1, with a 37-36-0 record as the Head Coach of the Bills.
My Opinion: Next.
Fred Smerlas
Brief Bio: Smerlas was selected in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft and played eleven seasons for the Bills. He played in 162 games and earned five Pro Bowl nominations as one corner of the infamous "Bermuda Triangle" of the 1980s (Jim Haslett and Shane Nelson were the other corners).
My Opinion: He really doesn't stand a chance against Charles Haley, Richard Dent and John Randle. He has no shot of becoming a finalist and I do not expect him to make it out of this round.
There are others who spent a short time with the team (Larry Centers, Mike Pruitt and Chris Spielman), but since their time with the team was brief, I will not focus on them.
A glaring omission from the list of nominees is Tom Sestak. He was a seventeenth-round pick in the 1962 AFL Draft who went on to play seven seasons for Buffalo. Over that span, he recorded 51 sacks and returned two interceptions for touchdowns. Sestak was named to the All-AFL team four times and was selected to be on the Bills Silver Anniversary Team in 1984. As one of the most dominant players at that position at that time, he deserves consideration.
Back in 1994, during the prehistoric days of this Internet thing, a friend put up a website dedicated to the Buffalo Bills. Having moved away from WNY well before that, the Internet opened a wide new window to follow our favorite team. It sure beat waiting until Friday's mail delivered the print editions of Shout! magazine.
On our little website we thought it would be cool to offer random musings on the Bills drawing from the still sparse tidbits that were collected from pioneer sports sites and other connected fans. The basic hobby turned into a weekly review of the games and major offseason events. Oblivious to how spoiled we were in the mid '90s by a Bills team of the ages, we allowed ourselves to forget the true history of Buffalo's football mediocrity interspersed with brief flashes of triumph.
Still, it's a shame that this Internet thing wasn't discovered sooner by us. By the time we began writing, the light was dimming on the franchise run, the offense sputtered and the run game stalled. But the team still played sound fundamentals and it was funny to see confusion on the sidelines and in the huddles of the opponents. And appropriately, most of the weekly game notes still poked fun at the other teams' miscues in attention to detail, clock management and general incompetence.
A big part of that attention to detail, of course, involved respecting nature's elements that inevitably came up in the stadium previously known as Rich. It wasn't the Bills' coaches or players idea to put the playing field on a flat plane within a spitting distance of the lake with an unobstructed path for the winds, water, snow, ice, or whatever Erie felt like disgorging onto the 80,000 red, white, and blue revelers on its eastern edge. But the smart players and coaches knew and respected it. That's why it was always amusing to see visiting coaches stick to normal routine and ignore the main point that after October, you defend the scoreboard endzone in the fourth quarter, no matter what. Every 10-year old Buffalonian knew that, but somehow few of the opposing coaches picked up the local nugget of wisdom. Back then it was funny to laugh at Bill Parcells who stood stonefaced when Adam Vinatieri (yeah him) was short on a 30-something yard field goal. Funny stuff.
But as all good things must end, things started changing for us in 1997, as many other sites did a better job covering the Bills than we did, and the pros realized that this Internet thingy was not a passing phase. We took down the shingle from gobills.com, but still offered irregular commentary here & there, much like the Bills playoff runs in 1998 & 1999. But mostly we've been away from actively writing & reporting, again similar to the Bills being away from competitive football since 1999.
I didn't miss it that much, as in these 10 seasons, thanks to wall to wall coverage of Bills news on the Internet, NFL Sunday Ticket, ESPN and NFL Network, I've been able to get my Bills' fix. Year round. 24/7.
Of course, I wasn't the only one. It was great to watch Bills' away games in sunny climes and hear a huge roar from the visiting crowd when something good happened to Buffalo. When DirecTV surveyed its Sunday ticket customers this year, it found that Bills fans were among the largest and most loyal among the displaced fandom in the sunbelt. The Bills dispora is large and is everywhere.
Which brings us to today. Most of my Buffalo fandom soulmates grew up in the '60s & '70s, so following a losing team isn't unique to us. You can say it's part of character building, like being forced to clear the driveways and sidewalks from November to March.
So why was this season not like another season? What made this season and brief offseason particularly depressing?
It actually didn't sink in during the three game slide to hated division rivals, but in a meltdown on Monday Night in full view of a national TV audience. It wasn't just the loss, it was the way they lost it. They lost by ignoring the fundamentals of what it means to play in Western New York in the fall and winter. They ignored the basic tenets of the home advantage that the dark foreboding lake has on the out-of-towners' psyche as their airplane circles Orchard Park on the landing approach.
Following that game I fielded a few messages from the diaspora comrades. Somehow this loss was different. The messages were, "I'm finally out." The guys who were die hard fans, dedicating each fall Sunday afternoon to watching the team for over 30 years, were giving up. "Why should we bother to give up most of our Sundays," they asked, "When the team obviously doesn't care." Their financial commitment isn't the same as flying to Buffalo and buying game tickets, but the time and emotional commitment is the same.
I couldn't respond, as I agreed. The emotion and attachment that I always associated with the team was suddenly gone. Why bother? There are better things I could be doing. Why bother with the nearly $300 Sunday Ticket sticker price shock, when the summation of the previous day's ineptitude is available online in real time? For a few moments on prime-time recap shows, the Bills highlights are indistinguishable from the Lions or the Browns. So the uniform color is different. So, what?
That suddenly empty feeling was later amplified upon hearing louder cheers for a Dolphins first down at a December "home" game. Otherwise, the Rogers Centre crowd elicited the sound of empty seats dressed up in US dollar green.
As the season ground to a merciful halt, it turned out that I had company. The feeling of disgust permeated the entire Bills fan community. Say what you want about these Internets tubes, they are wonderful feedback loops.
Suddenly the Sunday Ticket plans that are usually set for auto renewal, are on the backburner. Circling the Sunday dates on the 2009 calendar when the schedule is released in April, is no longer a given. Visits back to Buffalo will no longer happen only in football season (good thing for the rest of WNY economy).
Other franchises with large home bases may shrug off a temporary fan revolt.
Not Buffalo.
Not when it's an annual struggle to fill the stadium. Not when a good portion of the crowd has to travel over 100 miles to attend the game.
It would be easy to blame the economy for the fan apathy. But in a bad economy, there is more competition vying for a share of Bills' fans attention and spending cash. Chances are, the fans' money will follow those who don't skimp on the product nor insult their intelligence by taking them for granted. When the emotion is taken from the fandom, you have to compete on purely economic and entertainment terms. That's where Ralph Wilson's Bills lose.
Of course speaking in economic terms, Ralph Wilson probably did his math and if less than 7,000 fans walk out on the team next year, then he's a net winner with Dick Jauron's extended contract.
A net winner indeed.
So many thanks Mr. Wilson for all these years, but next year I think I'll stick to checking out the highlights on the Internet. For free. If time permits.
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Someone's made a list, oh my! What do you think of it? Where have you seen products get this wrong?
#5 "Direct manipulation is best" is clearly where mice and joysticks went somewhat off-track, and where touchscreens came back.
#8 "Provide a natural next step" is a good reason to, for example, let people know the form they submitted worked, and some places to go afterwards.
#18 "Great design is invisible" What's the last task you did where you didn't really notice the interface much at all? Would be great to hear web examples.
There are some things wrong with the principles in the design for the "Principles of User Interface Design" page:
a bigger line height would help with that
Conserve attention at all costs
it's catch attention back, give a sense of advancement, by providing a less monotone list, especially when the list is so big
Smart organization reduces cognitive load
the list could use a topic categorization, a quick ToC at the top; 20 elements in a big wall of text, with every list item being a big paragraph, where you scroll and scroll ... and scroll, seems like going 100 miles at a 100 mph on a 200 miles straight highway
Progressive disclosure
see above: categorization
Help people inline
Other than that, a good list. I wish they would be more in tune with the principles presenting them.
I wouldn't agree with 18. Great design is invisibleGreat design should feel right, should fit, which is a far cry from invisible.
I like17. Existing problems are most valuablebeside the ones listed by you Mallory, and by me.
1, 16, 20 are a bit... forced.
But I agree that a good design is one the users don't notice or remark on. Designers will tell each other "oh wow that interface is soooo good!" but other than software reviewers (who think about the design too... how easy was it to use?) people don't tell their friends and enemies about a design... unless it sucks in some way.
Re #1:
Seems to contradict itself. To me, "art" is what inspires, evokes, mystifies (!) and blah blah. I don't personally feel that's the job of an interface, but rather the software the interface is... interfacing you with. I don't want the road to be art, just the journey. Maybe.
#16 I only really agree with if it's an interface that's expected to have more new users than experienced... interfaces like airport kiosks or telephone boxes or tax software where people will be using the thing just once, or once a year, and it needs to be painfully obvious to everyone what does what. A program people will be using regularly does not need to do this, and maybe shouldn't.
#20 seems another foray into art-fart-ness.
Great list, I completely agree with it. All designers/developers are designing something that is being used by people and should ultimately understand how their website is experienced and the underlying psychology in order create a nice website. A lot of the time a find people get obsessed with adding features rather that considering use. I think this should be plastered all over the reviews and critiques forum.
#1: Is a bit contradictory but I think it's trying to establish that design is not the commonly perceived veneer or style but something that is utilitarian and integral to function but then at the same time is somewhat art.
Hmm if it was painfully obvious than I believe it would contradict #18. I think this was aiming to say something a little more subtle. I think this rule is more about the intuitive-ness of an interface before you take any action to use it. Take google for example, the first thing you see on google is a search bar, which tells you you should search, everyone knows how to use google whether its their first time or not. Or an iphone, you turn it on and am immediately faced with a bunch of app icons, there's no question of what to to you simple touch the app you'd like to run.
#20 I also agree with. I'm sure you've all seen a myriad of flashy websites that kinda of say 'Look at this great thing I can do' but they haven't considered how it is used at all - awful websites. This is just a reminder that you should be considering how your website is used rather than tooting your own horn.
We'll ask ourselves: what is intuitive? Often for designers, it means "familiarity". That is, users are assumed to have experience somewhere else and if THIS looks like THAT, then users can start making assumptions about what things are, and can have expectations of what will happen when they do things. But what's closer to real intuition is, is it easy to learn? I think this can beat familiarity, and the original Google interface (from years back) did that. You could type something in. The search buttons were obvious (though the gambling button was confusing, but it was optional so nobody cared). And you can't really do it wrong. It's a patient interface, doesn't break the back button, users can try all sorts of things just to see what happens. Undoing (and re-doing) is as easy as doing.
We'll ask ourselves: what's simplicity? Often for designers, it means "clean" or "less clutter". This can be a good thing. If a page or a site or an application does one thing and does it well, it should focus on this one thing and people will usually know what it's for.But hiding things in order to make things "cleaner" or "simpler" is something people do sometimes, in a way that prevents users from discovering useful functions, help, explanation or quicker ways of doing the things they're already doing. So long as this stuff is discoverable (yet still out of the way if it's not expected to be used a lot) it's generally okay.
I read recently of an example of a program which took many clicks or stages through a menu to turn on and off a feature. The builders assumed few people would use the feature, and if they did, they would want it on all the time: meaning, setup would be a one-time thing, so letting it sink deep into the interface was ok to them. Instead, the deep menu prevented people from using the feature, which actually had many more and wider application than the builders had assumed. People thought sometimes that the feature wasn't even available, and you can imagine people may have gone to the competition who had this feature a bit more prominent or easier to get to. Simplifying the interface by reducing available options per level wasn't the best way of designing that one there.
This stuff's hard, and interesting as heck!
I would be careful holding one as more important than the other - I would say learning is just establishing new familiarities and without familiarities it wouldn't be easy to learn, they're both important to creating something intuitive.
I don't disagree with you. Some pages are certainly over simplified, some more complicated than necessary but I would say these a created of the considering the wrong thing. In most cases where I've seen an oversimplified website involves people considering how the page looks rather than how it is used. Same as an overcomplicated website involves people saying yes to everything and losing focus. A good website is as simple as it can possibly be without losing functionality and I think the only this can be a achieved is by considering the user experience.
I usually know what I'm doing but I certainly get uncomfortable going a few levels deep into a menu system especially if there's only a back button, however maybe if I had access to the entire menu system no matter how deep I went then I'd feel much less restricted.
Definitely. Whilst it's hard at the same time it is almost common sense, its the stuff thats common amongst all of us. You just need to forget what you know as the designer and put yourself in the users shoes.
Here's a somewhat related talk I watched the other day:
Yeah. I was paging through Jenifer Tidwell's Designing Interfaces (O'Reilly) and she pointed out what was rather nice about the trend of "fat footers": if you don't think it's a good idea to have a very deep dropdown menu at the top of your page, you could offer a site-mappy fat footer which just shows everything (or lots of all the stuff not in the top menu) out in the open... since it's a footer we don't have to care too much about space taken up. Lots of people miss footers anyway, but it can be there for those who want it.
Wow, a TED talk that doesn't suck! This one has as much psychology as any other TED talk, except here it's not worthless populist psychobabble. Thank you.
#20 is definitely very true. I've seen many designers get too carried away with the graphics of a website and totally ignore the functionality and usability. Sometimes the look of the site can distract the user enough to ignore key content which is the real reason they came there. I believe this is why minimalism is such a big thing recently.


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Tuesday, 17 April 2012
The Session no.63: May the fourth be with you!
At long last, I've got round to hosting a session. It's my turn to come up with a topic that will inspire beer bloggers around the world to write on the same day about the same subject.
But what should that topic be?
There's always a danger with something like this that you become navel gazing or self-congratulatory, that you might sit round in a big mutual circle jerk and say, 'Look at all us beer bloggers. Aren't we marvellous? Aren't we important?'
And then there's the danger that you might take something that's of passing interest in beer and magnify it to a far greater degree of importance than it should have. That we might start to debate the finer points of differences between beer styles or discuss at length the virtues of a particular hop. When I first encountered the beer world, I found such discussions crashingly dull. I often have to remind myself that I still do.
Or worse, we might write about beer blogging instead of beer. I've been guilty of that many times in the past. Occasionally it has its place. But every time, I'm brought up short by the real world, and I realise just how few people 'out there' ever read beer blogs, apart from other beer bloggers, I suspect this is why.
My approach to beer writing is by no means the only approach, but I write to try to encourage other people to share the simple joy of beer as much as I do, to switch on people who drink beer but don't particularly care about it that much, to suggest to them that there's so much more they might enjoy. No one says you have to do it this way, and no one ever made me the spokesperson for beer. It's just how I decided to write, in the same way others decided to write in an opinionated way about what they love, and what they hate.
So in that spirit, my choice of topic - with 62 topics already covered - is this: simply, the Beer Moment.
What is it?
Well, what is it to you? What does that phrase evoke for you?
That's the most important thing here. Switch off and float downstream, what comes to mind? Don't analyse it - what are the feelings, the emotions?
I've been thinking about this quite a lot recently, because I've been talking about it to various people who are working hard to try to improve the image of beer in the UK. Because whether we articulate it or not, whether we drink vile, sunstruck Corona or barrel aged imperial stout brewed with weasel shit, it's about the moment far more than the liquid itself. The only people who disagree with me on this are people I wouldn't want to share a beer with.
The moment - for me - is relaxation, reward, release, relief and refreshment. It's a moment to savour, a moment of mateship, potential, fulfilment, anticipation, satisfaction, and sheer bliss.
It's different from the moment you drink wine or spirits - it's more egalitarian, more sociable. It's not just about the flavour, nor the alcohol. It's about the centuries of tradition and ritual, the counterpoint to an increasingly stressful life, and the commonality, the fact that it means the same thing to so many.
At least - I think it does. What does it mean to you?
This session takes place on Friday 4th May (giving me the prefect excuse to use the tired but still irresistible headline above.) You don't have to take part. But if you want to, have a think, and write on Friday 4th about whatever comes to mind when you see the words 'The Beer Moment'.
If you do it as a blog post, please send me a link, and afterwards I'll do a round-up of who said what. Or if you prefer, just leave a comment below.
58 comments:
- Steve Lamond said...
Can't beat a good star wars pun. Topic people can really get their teeth in to this month. Will get me thinking cap on.
- 17 April 2012 at 09:47
- Rabidbarfly said...
wow, great topic. Can't wait to get stuck into this one!
- 17 April 2012 at 09:56
- Cooking Lager said...
The beer moment? Is it that moment on the bus at 2am when you feel a bit ill, drop your kebab, throw up on the people sat in front and end up in a fight with a bloke with tattoos and a shaven head then have to alight several stops before home to make your escape and then have to explain to the treacle the nature of your bruises, the blood on your shirt and why you can never again step on the local bus for fear of recognition?
- 17 April 2012 at 11:14
- Mr. David J said...
I think this is the first time a session topic has coincided with something I've had floating around at the back of my mind for a while. Should be fun seeing how it comes out.
- 17 April 2012 at 15:45
- Gareth said...
In the month that the 'Father of Loud' dies we get this thrown at us. Star Wars turning the beer geekery up to eleven. Great!
- 17 April 2012 at 20:05
- Sarah said...
Can I join in even if my blog isn't primarily about beer? (its subtitle being 'boats, beer, and paraffin')
- 18 April 2012 at 12:49
There are many – beer festivals, pub nights out, family lunches or summer brewdays when the boil just gets going and you pour yourselves a pint of Dark Sunshine, stand back, and admire your efforts. Reminds me, I must make that beer again! Or……even better – people over to help with pressing early November – tasting the young sweetness of the freshly pressed juice and then the dry hit of the pint or three of scrumpy that are a must when cider making.
- 18 April 2012 at 13:03
- Sean Liquorish said...
For me the beer moment is the first of a new pint which really gets your interest.... Article here
- 18 April 2012 at 13:21
I'd say it is when everything is right: the drink is well-tempered, the location pleasant and welcoming, and perhaps most important, the subject is not stressed, too tired or too full. These conditions rarely in my experience are realized simultaneously. Each pre-requisite is important, but for me the quality of the beer is the most important.
- 18 April 2012 at 18:10
- Wyreman said...
The moment for me is excitement and anticipation of going into the Jolly Brewer In Cheltenham on a Sunday afternoon, and deciding which ale to have first from the 7+ ever changing pumps, then either sitting in the courtyard while the sun sets over the Georgian terraces or trying to find a corner to sit inside at other times!
- 18 April 2012 at 22:35
- Luke said...
Who would have thought that one day we'd be blogging about beer. Oh how the times have changed and boy do we love it!
- 19 April 2012 at 15:18
- beerfortheweekend said...
I think this may be my first article on the "the session" an interesting subject too, cheers for something inspirational this time round and something actually on our target subject (beer) rather than ourselves
- 22 April 2012 at 22:01
- tiffanya said...
I'm a few days early on this!
The Session, No. 63
Memorable moments in beer: A photo album
- 2 May 2012 at 05:44
- Zac said...
Mine will be up tomorrow. I hope it fits the bill.
- 4 May 2012 at 04:32
- beerbecue said...
My entry will be up in the morning (6am East Coast US morning) at http://wp.me/p1RHk9-Aw
I made a short film (I hope that's not against the Session rules). It's totally an allegory of the human condition.
Thanks for hosting!
- 4 May 2012 at 05:06
- Nate Dawg said...
Hi Pete,
Here's my post on The Session:
- 4 May 2012 at 07:11
- Pintsized Ticker said...
A first effort for The Session, pleased for such an accessible topic.
- 4 May 2012 at 07:36
- Steve Lamond said...
Here's mine Pete, cheers for hosting! http://www.beersiveknown.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/thesession-63-time-for-beer.html
- 4 May 2012 at 08:13
- broadfordbrewer said...
Here's my post, cheers!
- 4 May 2012 at 08:22
- The Beer Nut said...
Your Jedi mind trick didn't work on me.
Here's my contribution. Thanks for hosting!
- 4 May 2012 at 09:14
- Gareth said...
Hi Pete. Here's mine:http://beeradvice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/beer-moment.html
- 4 May 2012 at 09:36
- Phil said...
Hi Pete
Here's my two penneth:
#TheSession63 - The Beer Moment
Cheers for hosting
- 4 May 2012 at 09:45
- Mr. David J said...
Here's my tuppenceworth
- 4 May 2012 at 10:20
- Thoughts on cider... said...
Sorry Pete, sad attempt at joining in:-)
- 4 May 2012 at 11:36
- Craig said...
Hey Pete! My Session contribution is up at drinkdrank!
- 4 May 2012 at 12:26
- tudorguy said...
Thanks for hosting, great topic this month!
- 4 May 2012 at 12:48
- Derrick Peterman said...
My post is up:
Love the simplicity of the topic. Thanks for hosting.
- 4 May 2012 at 13:44
- Ghost Drinker said...
Here's Ghosty's:
- 4 May 2012 at 13:45
- TaleOfAle said...
For what it's worth: http://www.taleofale.com/2012/05/beer-moment-session-63.html
- 4 May 2012 at 14:09
- Jorge - Brew Beer And Drink It said...
Here's my post:
The Beer Moment
- 4 May 2012 at 15:46
- Stan Hieronymus said...
I took a poll.
Thanks for hosting, Pete.
- 4 May 2012 at 15:55
- Sean Inman said...
Here is my contribution:
Thanks for hosting!
- 4 May 2012 at 16:02
- Matt Stokes said...
Great subject Pete.
Here is mine:
- 4 May 2012 at 16:25
- Daniel Harper said...
My entry for the Session is here: http://beyondthepour.com/2012/05/04/the-session-number-63-the-beer-moment/
Since I'm a Youtube video reviewer, I did mine via video. We've got a great community of beer nerds over there, so I hope to foster some back-and-forth between them and the crowd of text bloggers.
And yes, I too loved the pun.
- 4 May 2012 at 16:25
- Jordan St.John said...
I suppose I should probably leave this here.
- 4 May 2012 at 16:27
- jeremy said...
Thanks for hosting. It got me off my ass to get an entry up.
- 4 May 2012 at 16:50
- Bob said...
Here's my contribution, thanks for hosting -> http://beer.bobarnott.com/2012/05/04/the-session-63-the-beer-moment/
- 4 May 2012 at 17:04
- Jon Jefferson said...
Thanks for hosting. Here is my contribution...
- 4 May 2012 at 18:00
- Joe Stange said...
I don't always get around to participating but I couldn't resist this one. Cheers Pete, thanks for hosting.
- 4 May 2012 at 18:15
- Simon Johnson said...
Cheers Pete for hosting.
- 4 May 2012 at 19:01
- Looke said...
I'm really not a pro at this blogging malark, but I thought I'd give it a go.
- 4 May 2012 at 19:50
- unclepuble said...
My lame effort is here
Great Topic by the way.
- 4 May 2012 at 20:54
- beerfortheweekend said...
Thanks for hosting, I posted my first contribution to the session, its at: http://beerfortheweekend.com/friday-session-the-beer-moment/
Enjoy, I am liking the contributions so far
- 4 May 2012 at 21:10
- landells said...
This is my first contribution to The Session - hardly the most auspicious of beginnings but like a good barley wine I'll improve with time... or be poured down the sink
- 4 May 2012 at 21:15
- David said...
Good one but left it a bit late in the day! It's now, funnily enough, a beer moment....
- 4 May 2012 at 21:27
- TaleOfAle said...
One thing that is fascinating is that I was expecting a lot of us to be writing very similar things. Having read a lot of the entries I found that almost all of us took a different take on the question. That's great because the blog posts did not become repetitious.
Brilliant topic and I can't wait for the round-up. Yes you have to read them all Pete, no excuses.
- 4 May 2012 at 21:32
- jayelde said...
The beer moment is the conversation that flows freely over the beer, with many words or few, it's the social verbal bests that live on after the moment has passed.
My full blog post on this Session is at: http://beerbarband.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/beer-moment-session-no63.html
- 4 May 2012 at 23:11
- Alan said...
There you go: http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2012/may/session63justa
- 5 May 2012 at 00:28
- RSB said...
My submission for the session. Cheers. http://newbeersunday.blogspot.com/2012/05/session-and-some-beer-not-for.html
- 5 May 2012 at 04:19
- RSB said...
Let's see if I can get these comments to work. Here's my submission. Cheers.
- 5 May 2012 at 04:21
- sam_tehbatman said...
- 5 May 2012 at 11:04
July 1982.My first time in a sweltering New York.Lost in a rough and ready un-yuppified neighbourhood.
Turning a corner I see the word EAR in red neon.
I enter,get hit by a beery,smokey fug and the sound of good-natured chatter and Grateful Dead.I slide onto a seat at the bar.
" Whaddya having " says the barman.I recognise the red triangle so call for a Bass.Cold and malty,it was delicious.So began a 30-year love affair with my favourite bar in the entire world.www.earinn.com
- 5 May 2012 at 14:53
- Leigh said...
Hi Pete - Here's mine:
- 5 May 2012 at 15:29
- J said...
Hey Pete, here's mine. Thanks agan for hosting, we're missing you here in San Diego. Cheers, J
- 6 May 2012 at 00:47
- The Beer Wrangler said...
better late than never!
- 8 May 2012 at 06:58
- Tim said...
Don't for get "Revenge of the 5th"
Beer bloggers/geeks and CAMRA members in themselves are a unique and weird enough subject to warrant blogging about. One such epic post can be found on my blog.
- 8 May 2012 at 08:04
A bit of a late comer but what the hay.
Beer Moments; sitting at the Stammtisch in Swan's German Deli/Market in Rochester NY talking with German ex-pats and Americans of all immigrant status, sitting at a quaint table in the Old Toad sampling real Ales pulled with love from local brewers to imports again enjoying the beverage and atmosphere, sitting in the stands at the local Rhinos FC game preseason when you can BYOB, brewing Flanders style with friends in a basement brewery trying each others past homebrew
Cheers, Tom
- 9 May 2012 at 17:18
- Jorge - Brew Beer And Drink It said...
Wow... just finished reading all the entries...
I must say this was a great topic and really enjoyed reading all the different perspectives, descriptions and opinions...
The Beer Moment
- 10 May 2012 at 17:23


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The Oscars are just two days away and with first time host Seth MacFarlane and a slew of the categories up for grabs, the show should be filled with surprises and twists – something producer Don Mischer is excited about.
"What we want is interesting things to be happening on the show and sometimes the things you don't plan for… the ones that do cross the line a little bit – they may get criticized – [but they] actually create interest and make the whole thing more fun," he told Access Hollywood of Sunday's big night.
"We know that when unexpected, unplanned things happen, sometimes it can benefit us. It doesn't always mean that we're in trouble," he continued.
But what about having to play a winner off of the stage (possibly even Supporting Actor nominee Robert DeNiro) due to time constraints?
"I feel terrible. I mean, it's not just someone like a Bob DeNiro… take a sound engineer or a sound mixer or film editor… this could be the highlight of their very career, highlight of their life and you tell them they've got 45 seconds to speak," he said. "But we have a job, we have 24 Oscars to give out. We have a limited amount of time in which to do it, so we have no choice but to try and keep things moving."
Mischer told Access that he's elated to have two-time Oscar winner Barbra Streisand performing on Sunday's show.
"She's a remarkable talent and we had a rehearsal last night and it went really well," he told Access. "We're so happy that she's back and she is just a remarkable talent and really one of a kind."
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I wonder if Shelden's wife is in attendance.
barbosa is either red hot or completely off
Also, I don't get why Tyler tries to set picks after his teammate has picked up his dribble.
I think the Nets would be better with her anyway...
I have a feeling Dahntay Jones will be big in the playoffs.
Hey, it seems like one. They hold an orange ball and we're dressed like canary birds
DJ pushing Gerald Green who's then called for the offensive foul! Smart play DJ!
I think Danny Granger just broke DeShawn Stephenson's beard.
Man, Danny Granger hasn't gotten a chance to get it going at all. It's ok doh, Paul George got dis.
Wait, did DeShawn just flopped or did Danny got him with the elbow?
I hate how refs reward players who overreact to small contact.
"That's not a foul man" warrants Danny a tech but "********" doesn't. Lol
Man we're gettin beat by the 4th Williams?!
DJ with the assist to DW
Nice cut by DC
DC's movement on offense was stellar.
I'm forever thankful to the Celtics for drafting Gerald Green over Granger.
If we are down by 6 after the 3rd quarter, I'll start to worry. We just need one of our scorer-types - Danny, Leandro or George (Hill) - to show up after the half and we should be okay.
I don't know about you but I am disappointed that we have only went to the line 1 time.
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gavesako wrote:Dhammakaya leader saw and described the reincarnation of Steve Jobs! Believe it or not...
retrofuturist wrote:I do hope such shenigans on the part of Dhammakaya do not taint perception of legitimate orders such as the Dhammayuttika and Maha Nikayas.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,gavesako wrote:Dhammakaya leader saw and described the reincarnation of Steve Jobs! Believe it or not...
I'll stick with "not".
I do hope such shenigans on the part of Dhammakaya do not taint perception of legitimate orders such as the Dhammayuttika and Maha Nikayas.
mikenz66 wrote:Hi Retro,retrofuturist wrote:I do hope such shenigans on the part of Dhammakaya do not taint perception of legitimate orders such as the Dhammayuttika and Maha Nikayas.
As I understand it Dhammakaya monks are ordained in one or other of those Nikayas. As far as I can understand, Dhammakaya is analogous to a group of monasteries, such as the "Ajahn Chah" group, etc. I've heard it said, though that they are trying to create the impression that they are a separate Nikaya, and they are certainly large, wealthy, and growing (they have two monasteries in New Zealand and support Buddhist studies at Otago University, for example).
gavesako wrote:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethi ... hammakaya/
perkele wrote:gavesako wrote:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethi ... hammakaya/
Thanks, Bhante, for posting this link.
This is really quite horrifying to read. The abbot of Wat Dhammakaya as the almighty creator of the worlds and of Nibbana, <snip>
Overall it seems just surreal.
manas wrote:Greetings Bhante,
I don't know much about Thai Buddhism, but afaik there are still plenty of really good monks, and some quite outstanding ones, to keep Thai Buddhism from totally imploding into this sort of nonsense.
Mr. Jobs has been reincarnated as a celestial warrior-philosopher, the Dhammakaya group said in a special television broadcast, and he's living in a mystical glass palace hovering above his old office at Apple's Cupertino, California headquarters. ...
Sporting a shaved head and over-sized glasses, Phra Chaibul, a soft-spoken trained economist, advises students to closely analyze Mr. Jobs's life so they can better understand their own role in this world, and beyond. Perfection of the kind symbolized by Apple's phones and other gadgets, he intones, can only be attained by many cycles of trial and error.
"Once Steve Jobs began work on something, he was determined to get it done to the best of his ability," Phra Chaibul said in one sermon. "No problems or obstacles could come between him and his work. On the contrary, problems and obstacles only spurred him on to succeed."
That grittiness helped Apple become the world's most valuable company, even before the launch of its next iPhone model, expected in September.
The spiritual rewards also appear to be worth the effort, at least according to Phra Chaibul. He says that Mr. Jobs now enjoys sleeping on a floating hover-bed, and when he thinks of a piece of music he would like to hear, it automatically plays. If he is hungry, an aide quickly brings him a tasty treat.
"Everything is high-tech, beautiful, and simple, exactly the way he likes it, and he is filled with great excitement and amazement," Phra Chaibul says. In fact, the technology surrounding the reincarnated Mr. Jobs works so seamlessly that he has no reason to "bare his canine teeth" or otherwise exercise the hot temper for which he was known on earth.
What's more, Mr. Jobs was reborn in a younger, more handsome form. Phra Chaibul says he now appears to be around 35 to 40 years old, with a full head of hair. Artist renderings accompanying Phra Chaibul's lectures show a rejuvenated Mr. Jobs living in a photo-shopped, air-brushed utopia where he hangs out with other sprites and revels in the achievements of friends and colleagues he left behind on earth.
gavesako wrote:The stairway to heaven is all booked up
You need not be a strict Buddhist to find the story of Steve Jobs' life after death very bizarre.
According to the Dhammakaya sect, the late co-founder of Apple has been reincarnated as a mid-level angel and is now living in a six-storey building in a heavenly atmosphere...
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November 14, 2012
The Breckenridge Resort Chamber Ambassadors are hosting the November mixer at Cecilia's at 520 S. Main St., La Cima Mall from 5-7 p.m. today. Admission is $5 for BRC members and $10 for non-members. For more info on the mixer, contact the BRC at (970) 453-2913.
Have you ever wondered what steps are involved in purchasing a home? Come find out at our free homebuyer education class on Thursday, from 12:30-5 p.m. in the Ute Room at the Summit County Community and Senior Center in Frisco. You will learn the basics A-Z what it takes to purchase a home, as now sure is a great time to do so! The class is sponsored by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, put on by the Summit Combined Housing Authority with help from local volunteers who will walk you through the lending process, real estate transaction, title company portion and home inspection. There will also be information on current down payment assistance programs and more! Snacks will be provided. Register so that we know how many people to expect; call Joy at (970) 423-7041 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to register for this great class.
Trout Unlimited's monthly meeting will be Thursday at Fatties Pizza upstairs-106 So. Ridge, Breckenridge beginning at 6 p.m. Pizza and beverages may be purchased. The program will be "Plumbing 101" It's all about water! Hear Coloradan Scott Hummer, project manager for Colorado Water Trust. He speaks about water history in Colorado, diversion – where is comes from, where it goes and how water affects our fish. Hummer was the first water commissioner in the Blue River Basin and was with them for 20 years. The event is free and open to the public. Come, enjoy, bring your fishing buddies, friends and support our local Trout Unlimited chapter.
Wolf Rock Steakhouse in Keystone, in conjunction with The Hess Collection of wine, is sponsoring a wine dinner to benefit Advocates for Victims of Assault on Thursday at 6 p.m. Tickets are $80. Join us for a four-course dinner paired with Hess Collection wines. Dinner will be preceded by appetizers and a specially selected Hess wine. The evening will also feature a silent auction with donated items from our community, as well as sports and celebrity memorabilia and vacation trips.Advocates for Victims of Assault is a local nonprofit organization, which provides services that enhance safety and justice for victims of domestic violence sexual assault, and trauma while promoting peace in our community. In addition to providing a 24-hour crisis line, we also help with emergency shelter for women, men, and children and provide medical, legal and counseling referrals. Advocates also works with local community organizations to help create a violence-free community through safety, support, education and accountability. Proceeds from this event will benefit Advocates for Victims of Assault. Tickets can be purchased from Wolf Rock Steakhouse, or Advocates by calling (970) 668-3906. You can also purchase tickets online at http://www.summitadvocates.org.
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The Breckenridge Festival of Film hosts its annual Hollywood & Wine fundraiser Saturday at Beaver Run Resort. The event features food, wines, independent short films and a silent auction. Tickets are $35 and proceeds support the 33rd annual Breckenridge Festival of Film, taking place this year Sept. 19-22. Saturday's event is "Hollywood Breckenridge attire" and takes place from 6-9 p.m. in the Imperial Ballroom. Tickets: http://www.breckfilmfest.com; Info: (970) 389-1950.
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A SCHOOL could bag a national award for teaching parents to become better storytellers.
Shadsworth Infant School is one of just three schools in the country to be shortlisted after implementing a parent and child reading scheme.
Parents are given specialist coaching at the school on how to make reading as fun as possible and develop a love of books with their child.
The school has helped dozens of children stay on target by making sure no child falls behind with their reading.
Heateacher Gillian Crompton said the secret is in making sure they work with parents to provide encouragement and popular books.
The scheme has already helped 85 children over the past year who were struggling to read, across the first few years of the school.
Mrs Crompton said the most important part of the scheme is making sure they encourage parents and children to have fun with storybooks so reading is not a chore.
Now they could become the top school in the UK to implement the 'Every Child a Reader' initiative.
Mrs Crompton said: "We run a programme where every child is encouraged to find reading and learning with books to be a fun experience.
"When it comes to getting children started with books it just has to be a very positive experience for them. You will get so much further with praise and with making it a special time within the home than you will by making it a stressful or worrying thing for them.
"One of the things we do is we encourage and help parents to get this set up started in their own homes. We send home books that is the right level for the child, and also one we know they have been enjoying in school and which they are familiar with.
"Another thing we can do is invite the parent into school so they can watch one of the teachers read with their child. From this, the parent can pick up their own tips of how to help and encourage the child to read, and to make it fun."
The school beat 8000 other entrants to make it into the final three of the national Every Child a Reader School of the Year. The awards, which will be announced this summer, were founded by the Every Child a Chance Trust in London in 2007.
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I was disappointed to not see "The SMALLS Family" on your list of the best web series of 2013. This series features the lyrics of the late/great hip-hop icon Notorious B.I.G structured in a traditional sit-com format. Web series should be cutting-edge entertainment that breaks new ground and is an alternative to network TV….and no other web series embodies that better than "THE SMALLS FAMILY".
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These all look great & am definitely gonna check out ones I haven't seen yet.
Why is the Autobiography of Jane Eyre not on here? 54 videos & counting, twice-weekly updates, incredible writing & acting, $0 budget, and clever, realistic transmedia. Doesn't matter if you haven't read/don't like the original book. This is a brilliant modern adaptation, along the lines of the LBD.
Check it out!
Fixing Breaking Bad was pretty funny too
"Magic Magic" Really.. this film was not good and I am a huge Chris Doyle (cinematographer) Fan.. Maybe I need to watch it again,,
God, you people… Arby n' the Chief? It had a much better story than any of these 'webseries'. Noone knows about it.
now lets face it Ray and Anna are the best thing that craved youtube plus there lover hater fans of course.
No love for RWBY?
Or Red vs Blue :/
Also Riley rewind is an amazing show, the concept os great and amazingly projected. Ray did an amazing job and o can't wait to see another ACT wish It was avaliable on NETFLIX. . !!!!!!! Love this show ots a MUST WATCH !!!!!!!!
VGHS would be an amazing school by the way.lol
This show has a great concept , but with a little more funds they can be just as great as any other show. Its not terrible I watch it.
VGHS for number pne, hell yes
Wow. The author is seriously out of touch with what's on the Web. Maybe they should do more than read press releases.
VGHS is super cringey and terrible, worse than the average Disney channel kids crap. If that's the best that scripted web series have to offer, we're in for dark times ahead.
Cringey? Have you watched season 2? I'll grant you that the show (and especially season 1) is a bit cheesy and written for a younger crowd, but… 1) the show is for young people, and 2) I still disagree! VGHS is filled with moments of genuine conflict and humanity in it. And I ask if you've seen season 2 because it is much less cheesy, and the production value is much higher. And as someone closer to 35 than 15, the humor in season 2 was so smart that I found myself bursting into laughter very often.
But really, while you're welcome to disagree with the above, do you (or does anyone) honestly believe it's worse than "average Disney channel" crap?
Seriously? No "Kid's Court" with Andy Kindler? That's the best thing I've seen in ages..
No VSauce? No Kids React?
Why would Kid's React be there.
Vsauce though.
What about Arby 'n' the Chief or Red vs. Blue come on man.