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OH MY GOODNESS. Okay, I came to your ask to thank you SO much for your kind message, because I'm sort of mass-answering them so I don't flood everyone's dash, but I also just really wanted to let you know how much that message meant to me. I'm also apologizing because I don't know your name and I creepily tried looking around your page and I couldn't find it, so I didn't want you to think me rude for using your username instead! Anyway, just please know how big of a smile your message gave me, it means the world, because I really adore your blog and you are so kind and wonderful to me and I just feel like I don't deserve it! <33
Aw, don't even worry about it! I don't know why I don't have a legitimate 'about me' like every other presentable person on Tumblr but it's Sam for future reference~ :3 Hope you had an awesome birthday!
"I'm terrible. I have absolutely no idea. I've also always kind of balked at the concept of 'the game'. You have all these automaton men going into bars saying the same lines, kind of half-insulting a girl in the hope they're going to sleep with them.
"It's just so inappropriate and crass and it takes all the romance and mystery out of courtship and out of meeting someone and just sparking something. I always just like to leave that stuff up to chance."
January 2011
I was browsing through your blog today and my brother dropped his book and literally skreamed at yor Marlon/Monty gif >>>
In delight? Because that's what happens to me every time I look at it. :3
This just underlines the exact problem with the television awards season--they always recognize the hot new thing regardless of quality. Boardwalk Empire will have a better season next year but few show have EVER had a stronger season than Mad Men did this year.
Goodbye Mad Men Reign 2007-2010
Which is bizarre because it wasn't even a lackluster season by any means? It should definitely get way more recognition than season 3, imo.
I can't believe I'm actually sitting through an episode of SNL.
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Get a new team of writers, my God.
god the writing fucking blows honestly. eisenberg makes up for it a little
It is so fucking awful. I haven't done this in years, but how.. do people regularly find this funny. Like, even a little? I'm so embarrassed for everything going on always.
how does it feel to not shower for 3 days at Coachella? Just thinking about it makes me want a shower.
Gurlfriend, that's why I always book a hotel. My ass ain't never going camping there.


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…the Complete Ethics Alarms "It's A Wonderful Life" Ethics Guide is here.
Just in case you forgot!
I can't exactly say, like Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malacolm in "Jurassic Park," that I hate being right all the time…in part because I'm not. It sure is frustrating, however, to see an ethics crisis looming, write about it once, then twice, and still see so many people surprised when it arrives like an angry T-Rex. Thus today, I began the morning by pounding my head against the wall to read in the Washington Post sports section a column by Jason Reid with the headline, "Mike Shanahan, by hiring his son Kyle, has created an untenable situation." Wait, what year is this? Shanahan, the coach of the Washington Redskins, that team with the name that we're not supposed to say, hired his son Kyle as the team's offensive coordinator many moons ago, in 2010. It was a terrible idea at the time, an example of classic nepotism that created an immediate risk of exactly what is occurring now, and perhaps the certainty of it, if the situation endured long enough.
Last season, when the Redskins swept to the NFC East Championship behind thrilling rookie QB Robert Griffin III, the ethics-challenged sports fandom here (Washington, D.C., remember) cited the success as proof that nepotism is an ethics boogie man, nothing more. This was pure consequentialism. As I concluded my post on the topic last January,
"This is rank consequentialism in its worst form. Nepotism is an unethical way to run any staff, company, team, business or government, unfair, inherently conflicted, irresponsible, dangerous and corrupting. It should be recognized as such from the beginning, and rejected, not retroactively justified if it "works."I'm sure there were and are non-relatives of the Redskins coach who could have devised a successful offense with RG3 taking the hikes. The ethical thing to do was to find them and give one of them the job. The Redskins coach's nepotism is just as unethical in 2013 as it was in 2012, 2011, and 2010."
In "Jurassic Park," the same day that chaotician Malcolm warns that the dinosaur park is so complex that a fatal loss of control is inevitable, the systems break down and he gets nearly gets eaten. The same year I wrote those words, ten months later, it's Mike Shanahan on the menu as Jason Reid wrote these: Continue reading
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Commenting on the case of Elizabeth Paige Coast, a Virginia woman who finally came forward last year to confess that in 2008 she had falsely accused Johnathan C. Montgomery, a former neighbor, of raping her in 2000 when she was 10 years old and he was 14, advice columnist and blogger Amy Alkorn proposes this sentencing formula:
"I feel strongly that those who falsely accuse someone of rape should spend the amount of time incarcerated that the person they falsely accused would have."
Coast's victim was convicted of rape and spent four years in jail as a result of her lies. As for Coast, she was recently sentenced by Hampton Circuit Court Judge Bonnie L. Jones to only two months in jail, plus being required to pay Montgomery $90,000 in restitution for de-railing his life. The judge suspended the rest of a five-year sentence, and is allowing Coast to serve the remainder on weekends so not to unduly disrupt her life.
Coast's lawyer had argued any jailing would send the wrong message to others who lie about false rapes. The prosecutor, agreeing with Alkon, asked for a 10-year sentence with six years suspended so she would serve the same length of time as Montgomery. It seems the judge agreed with the defense more than Alkon. I think Alkon is closer to the mark, but if we make the punishment for recanting rape accusers too severe, it is probably going to mean that some in Coast's position will choose to let their victim rot and just live with a guilty conscience. Continue reading
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Reddit's OffMyChest forum is promoted as a safe social media site to post confessions and to seek support or advice for very difficult, personal, potentially embarrassing problems. Of course, there is no such thing on the web, and such posts are only as confidential as the forum's participants are trustworthy.
An 18-year-old poster calling himself Pilot94 unburdened himself about a statutory rape (or two) that he escaped punishment for thanks to some good luck. But the episode obviously still troubled him. He began…
"I've never been good at this sort of thing. Never in my life have I fully told the truth to anyone, except my best friend…But there are things I need to say that I've never been able to say before. I am purposefully not using a throw away account, I highly doubt anyone I know will find this but if they do, I'm glad you now know… "
He went on to describe his life to date, and how it had begun to spin out of control:
"I basically turned into a drug dealer with my best friend. He took the pills and I sold them. We started to get into trouble with the police. Patrick and I vandalized numerous parks and places around our town. We got caught for that had probation and fines, etc. That didn't stop the Dynamic Dumbasses though. We picked up charges for shoplifting, under age consumption, speeding, drunk driving, etc. But nobody knew. We were such good liars that we were able to keep it all to ourselves. …We ran from cops all the time and partied, got drunk, got high, and raised hell. I kept dealing drugs and we kept taking them. Somehow we avoided getting charged for that, though we were close multiple times."
Then came the incident that prompted the post:
"I knew some girls from school (I thought they were 15-16, they ended being 13-14) that I met at a party. One night they called us up and said they were drunk and wanted to have fun. We couldn't say no. We drove out and picked all 3 of them up. We parked by the neighborhood pool, got in the back of the truck, and started going at it. Everyone had their clothes off, the girls were making out with each other and having sex…After about an hour, we headed back to their house. We were out front when a cop pulled up. Then shit hit the fan. The girls accused us of raping them, getting them drunk and supplying drugs. They revealed their true age to the police…One of the girls was so drunk she had to have her stomach pumped and spend the night in the hospital. [My friend} and I went home with our parents as the police impounded my truck and started a full criminal investigation into what had happened. Apparently all 3 were virgins prior to the night, and only did this because they were drunk. The one with alcohol poisoning also had vaginal tearing, and they performed a rape kit on her. The evidence against us was incredible. I don't know why we weren't arrested on the spot...But for some reason, both the lead detective on the case and the chief of police were fired shortly after. We were told we would hear from the new officer in charge of our case, but we never did. I don't know how or why, but it just disappeared."
The near disaster prompted a life turnaround, he wrote, that at least so far was a success:
"Needless to say this scared us beyond straight. Going from expecting 10+ years in prison to miraculously being free was incredible. Somehow I straightened my life up and actually graduated with honors from a Top 500 school....I received a full ride Army ROTC scholarship to a prestigious military school to study Russian and International Affairs and eventually receive a commission as an officer. [My friend and I] both have no idea how or why we were given another chance, but we definitely aren't going to fuck it up. I know there are stories on here about suicide and other heavy subjects, but this is the most honest I've ever been in my life, and it feels amazing. Sorry for making it so long!"
So trusting was the author that he later posted a photo of a scholarship he received from Army Reserve Officer Training Corps to Reddit's military forum. It included his name, and some Reddit users connected the scholarship, the school, the name and the earlier confession.
And alerted the school.
Now he may be kicked out, and perhaps prosecuted. When he asked on the forum why anyone would do this to him, one Reddit member, perhaps the same one who revealed his secret, wrote…
"You ruined a couple of girls' childhoods. You make it sound like your a good person now and that you have turned over a new leaf but you never once indicated that you felt any remorse for these people you destroyed. I think you far exaggerate to us and yourself how good of a person you are, and how deserving you are of forgiveness."
Another wrote:
"He considers drugging and raping 3 14 year olds in the back of his pick up "minor", he has no remorse for the lives he's hurt, only that he was caught. He is deserving of no forgiveness until he can show that he actually feels remorse."
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The news media is indignant over the firing of Sharon Snyder, 70, a court worker who provided a copy of a successful motion for seeking post-conviction DNA testing that gained Robert Nelson a reversal of his wrongful 1984 rape conviction. He had been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison, and the belated DNA testing showed that he was innocent. Nevertheless, court officials in Jackson County, Missouri ruled that Nelson's "angel" had improperly provided advice about a case, among other violations of court rules.
Snyder was fired nine months before she was scheduled to retire, and there is little question that without her efforts, Nelson would still be in prison. In August 2009, Nelson filed a motion seeking DNA testing that had not been available at his trial 25 years earlier, but Jackson County Circuit Judge David Byrn denied the request. Two years later, Nelson asked the judge to reconsider, but again Byrn rejected the motion because Nelson's self-drafted document was insufficient under the statute Nelson had cited. After the second motion was rejected, Snyder contacted Nelson's sister and gave her a copy of a successful motion, drafted by a lawyer, that resulted in the same judge granting another DNA testing request. Nelson then used it as a template for a motion he filed Feb. 22, 2012, again seeking DNA testing. Byrn sustained the motion, found Nelson to be indigent and appointed Laura O'Sullivan, legal director of the Midwest Innocence Project, to represent him. Last month, the Kansas City Police Department's crime lab concluded that DNA tests proved that Nelson was not the rapist in the crime he had been convicted of committing. He was freed on June 12, 2013
This is all good, and an example of justice finally, if belatedly, prevailing.
Snyder's role, however, got her suspended without pay, and then fired on June 27. Continue reading
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When National League 2011 MVP Ryan Braun escaped suspension when an arbitrator ruled that his positive urine sample was invalid due to an interruption in the chain of custody, I concluded my commentary with this:
"If he was guilty of cheating, the vote didn't make him innocent, and if he was innocent, he wouldn't have become guilty if the arbitrator had voted the other way. Thus Braun's successful appeal alters forever the consequences Braun will suffer, but it doesn't dictate how reasonable fans should feel about him. In 2012, there are great baseball players who have been excluded from baseball's Hall of Fame, or will be, because baseball writers suspect them of being steroid users, even though they never tested positive in any test, tainted or otherwise. Jeff Bagwell, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens head the list. If Ryan Braun goes on to be one of baseball's all-time greats, will he join the suspected and snubbed, barring a complete turnaround in the sport's attitude toward performance-enhancing drugs?
I think he will. And in his case (unlike that of Jeff Bagwell), I don't think it will be unfair. Though Braun's tests were correctly thrown out, it seems far less likely to me that Laurenzi inexplicably decided to frame Ryan Braun than it does that Braun was the undeserving beneficiary of moral luck. But if we have to choose between competing unfairness, isn't it better to risk allowing a cheater to have an undeserved second chance at a clean reputation, than to take the alternative risk, less probable but more unjust, of forcing an innocent athlete to have his career and reputation forever blighted by something he didn't do?
"I'm not sure, and the added problem is this: even if I agree with that last sentence, I can't help how I think. I think, based on what I know, that Braun cheated and lucked out.
"And if he's innocent, that's terribly unfair."
Now we know he was not innocent, and that Braun, to put it in the colorful lexicon of NBC Sports baseball blogger Matthew Pouliot, " is baseball's biggest dipwad." It is impossible to dispute that diagnosis. The Milwaukee outfielder has agreed to sit out the rest of the 2013 season without salary in the wake of convincing evidence that Braun is a steroid cheat, making him the first casualty of the unfolding performance enhancing drug scandal involving the lab Biogenesis that is expected to eventually implicate many Major League stars. Pouliot collects some of Braun's quotes after he dodged the suspension bullet in 2011, and for some one who was guilty and knew it, they set a high bar for dishonesty and gall: Continue reading
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Seven year-old Brendon Mackey was walking with his father in the parking lot of the Boathouse Restaurant in Midlothian, Virginia at around 9 p.m. last Thursday when a bullet, apparently shot into the air by a Fourth of July celebrant, fell through his skull, killing him.
"We don't think this was an intentional shooting. We think that somebody in or around the area was celebrating the Fourth of July. Unfortunately we think they were shooting a gun in a reckless manner and this young boy is a victim," a police spokesman told the media. The bullet, experts say, may have been fired as far as five miles away.
There is an investigation ongoing, but if history is any indication, Brendon's killer will remain a mystery. Last Independence Day, a Michigan State student, engaged to be married, was killed the same way, by a bullet believed to have been launched into the sky by a celebrating stranger. Michelle Packard was 34. This spring, her still grieving fiancé committed suicide.
Has a reckless celebrant with a gun ever stepped forward voluntarily to accept responsibility for causing such a tragedy? I cannot find any news accounts that suggest it. Deaths from stray bullets fired into the air are rare: most fall to earth harmlessly, and even when they hit someone, the result is seldom a fatality. Still, firing a gun skyward is illegal, and truly reckless and stupid. My father told me that during World War II, he warned the men under his command that he would see that anyone firing a weapon into the air without good reason would be court martialed. "They really seemed surprised when I told them that the bullets came down," he said. Continue reading
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The Rick Curl case is the ethics alarm that won't stop ringing.
I've written about it twice, both times focusing on the devil's deal made by the victim and her family, who allowed Curl, a renowned D.D. area swimming coach, to get away with sexually molesting a 13-year female swimmer under his supervision and escape either official detection or legal punishment for decades, as the victim's family decided to accept $150,000 in hush money/ extortion/ settlement from the rapist-coach instead. Curl went on his happy coaching, and maybe child-molesting way—we don't know if there were other victims or other pay-offs—even to the Olympics, until the girl he molested, Kelley Currin, had a belated attack of conscience at 40 and finally told authorities about what a trusted coach in close contact with girls on a daily basis had done to her, leading to Curl's arrest last year.
Rick Curl was sentenced to seven years in prison for child sexual abuse at a hearing this week. At that hearing, we learned for the first time that the University of Maryland had been informed about the abuse more than 25 years ago, and probably knew about it before that. Continue reading
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I prefer to let arguments over what I write, mean and imply in the posts here resolve themselves in the comments; after all that's the point of my writing them. I don't like to write clarifications and re-considerations, and have posted very few. That is not to say that every post is a polished gem and perfectly articulates the often complex and contentious observations I'm attempting to make…far from it. Virtually everything I write would benefit greatly from being able to take the time to review it, think about it, run it by a few trusted colleagues, re-write it a few times, and post it a day or two later. I know that. I write quickly, often in one draft, trying to keep up with a dynamic and diverse topic with a balance of quantity and quality I have time to deliver. It's a trade off, and one that, fortunately, a passionate and articulate group of readers help make work.
For several reasons, the post "Audrie Pott, Web-Shaming And Moral Luck" has sparked confusion and discord, and I will accept the responsibility for that. Not every post works. Often, regular readers will note, I will choose a current event to use to highlight an ethics issue that is not the one most people are focusing on—sometimes this has yielded a very good post, and other times, I don't quite pull it off. The danger is always that by not focusing on the primary issue, I will unintentionally send the message (to some) that I don't think it still is an important issue, or that what I have chosen to write about instead is more important. That happened with this post. Continue reading
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Before we consider the tragic story of Audie Pott, let's return to an earlier, certainly less tragic tale, that of the annoyed Applebee's waitress who posted on Reddit an ungenerous female pastor's obnoxious scrawl on her meal receipt, apparently refusing to tip the pastor's server. Imagine that instead of demanding that the waitress be fired, the publicly humiliated pastor slit her own throat in despair and shame, but not before pinning a sad note to clerical robe reading, "I am so, so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I am disgraced forever before my Church and my God, and my life is worthless."
Presumably this result would have splashed a little cold water on the enthusiastic supporters of the vigilante web-shaming waitress, but it should not have. Either taking someone's conduct, words or appearance that was not intended for public consumption and publishing it to the world, knowing they will be embarrassed, is ethical, or it is not. The fact that the victim of this treatment takes it unexpectedly hard, even irrationally hard, is irrelevant to judging its ethical nature. If you really think that the pastor deserved to have her stupid and mean note, intended,for only the eyes one or two individuals, used to make her a nationwide pariah, then the fact that she killed herself over it shouldn't change your view at all. "Too bad, but she had it coming," should be your response.
Now let's consider Audrie Pott, the victim in an ugly variation on the Steubenville rape. She was a 15-year-old Northern California girl who killed herself a week after three teenage boys allegedly assaulted her at a party while she was passed out, drunk. They violated her (though there may have been no actual rape), wrote crude things on her naked body and breasts, and took photographs. After the party, when Pott realized that the photographs, text-messages and e-mails describing her assault were circulating among her friends and others, she took to her Facebook page to write, "worst day ever….The whole school knows…My life is like ruined now." A week later, she committed suicide. Three 16-year-olds have now been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery against Audrie, and the fact that their callous treatment of her culminated in her death has greatly intensified the public outcry against what they did. But it should not, in fairness and logic. If Audrie had been a hardier young woman, vowed the see the boys punished and resolved to learn from the incident and go on to a happy and productive life…indeed, even if her criminal mistreatment at the hands of these heartless young men proved to be a catalyst that propelled her to such a life, it wouldn't make what they did any less miserable and heinous. Continue reading
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The 2013-2014 Membership Application is now available online! Complete the application and return the form with payment to the address listed on the form. Your application will be reviewed by the club and considered for approval. Please note that the kit manufacturer may change this year, and a result the kit cost listed is just an estimate. Thanks for your interest and support!
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New February Membership Meeting Date
The February FSB General Membership Meeting has been moved to a new date – Thursday, February 21st. It will be held in Modesto at Surla's Restaurant, one of the club's awesome sponsors!
Honorary Special Guest Speaker, Alison Tetrick member of the 2013 Exergy Twenty 16 Professional Women's Cycling Team will be at Surla's to talk about her life and training as a pro cycling athlete. Afterwards there will be Q&A and photo sessions, so make sure to have a camera handy.
The banquet room will only be able to accommodate 25-30 people. After that it will be standing room only. The meeting will begin promptly at 6:00pm, but we encourage FSB members to come early for best seats. Salad and appetizers will be available for purchase. Thanks and hope to see you there!
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Business excellence is an important requirement for Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen to build on its leading global position in the control of power transformers.
For more than 40 years, voltage regulators in the TAPCON® series have stood for uncompromising reliability. This is also why Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) is the market leader in the voltage regulation sector. Its extensive experience is now concentrated in the latest TAPCON® generation, which offers the greatest flexibility with regard to current and future requirements.
We can tell stories about big projects, impressing once-off orders, conducted in a special manner. But customer satisfaction often arises from immediate support through skilled workmanship, extensive know-how, pragmatism and routine aplenty – this is what distinguishes our service technicians. We would like to tell you one of these stories which happened in South Africa.
The Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH quality management system was assessed in accordance with the KTA 1401 nuclear standard by two auditors from RWE and AREVA in May 2013.
Accompanied by Peter Aumer, Member of the German Bundestag (the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), a delegation from Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) presented a global innovation, the GRIDCON® transformer, to German Federal Minister for the Environment Peter Altmaier in Berlin. Within that in-depth meeting, the Federal Minister could be informed about the advantages of regulated distribution transformers from MR for the increased integration of renewable energies in the German grid.
On June 6 and 7, international experts from the transformer industry met for the second time in Berlin to exchange knowledge with young people. As at the previous year's event, the discussions focused on the transformer as a whole as well as, in particular, on key quality-related components. Experts from the supplier industry also presented information and answered questions.
Tuesday June 11th, 2013 was a pretty hot day with 92° Fahrenheit. Despite this, some 70 people from 5 different US states came together to the Ameren training center in St. Louis, Missouri. There was MRcademy, a technical customer seminar with presentations and hands-on product demonstrations.
Equipment from Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen is being used more and more in the energy systems of the CIS countries. There is not one of these countries where MR´s OLTC´s are not in operation. Nevertheless, far from all energy networks are aware of the benefits that MR tap-changers and Messko transformer accessories offer for the running of power or furnace transformers. Everybody does however know the type of problems that are encountered when working with earlier-generation equipment or indeed with look-alikes.
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For the third time, German news channel n-tv has selected Germany's "Hidden Champion" of the year. The main prize as well as awards for "Sustainability", "Social Responsibility", "Generational Transition", and "Brand" are granted to companies that are highly successful but largely unknown to the general public. This year the main prize was awarded to Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR). The company simultaneously won the "Social Responsibility" category. Approximately 100 firms competed for prizes.
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Whipped cream flew through the Evans Middle School gym Tuesday afternoon, smacking teachers in the face — and helping two others recover after their home was engulfed in flames two weeks ago.
Evans school resource officer, Darren Batterson, and his girlfriend, teacher associate Lisa Kitterman, lost their three-story home south of Ottumwa on Jan. 28 after lightning struck the top floor, causing the house to burst into flames.
During the middle school's lunch hour Tuesday, students took aim and chucked more than 400 pies at some of their favorite teachers in order to help Batterson and Kitterman.
Seventh-grade reading teacher Staci Pester said her advisory class decided to raise money for the couple after learning that their house had burned down.
They brainstormed ideas, got approval from administration and emailed teachers if they would "donate their face for money," Pester said.
"We tossed around a bunch of ideas," said seventh-grader Yesenia Millhouse, who is in Pester's advisory class. "We came up with an art auction, bake sale, just bringing in money and a food drive."
But in the end, it was the pie-throwing extravaganza that stuck.
"I felt really bad for [Batterson]," said Millhouse's classmate, Payton Ingle.
After scarfing down their lunch, students stood on tables and scrounged for a couple dollars in their pockets to "pie" their favorite teachers.
All 150 tubs of whipped cream were donated by North and South Hy-Vee and Walmart, Pester said.
Each participating student contributed $2 per pie, and by the time the last dollop of whipped cream had been cleared off the gym floor, the sixth grade had raised $356, the seventh grade had raised $292, and the eighth grade had raised $174.
"He was my school resource officer when I went to Evans, so I've known him for years and years," Pester said. "He knows pretty much every kid in every grade. They all love him."
In total, 21 staff members got "pied" on Tuesday. Sixth-grade gym teacher Ronald Howard brought in $77, seventh grade English teacher Riley O'Brien brought in $117 and eighth-grade gym teacher Ryan Morgan brought in $46.
Kitterman said seeing all the students come together to support her and Batterson "makes you want to cry.
"They've been so helpful and very caring," she said. "They'll come up and hug you, make sure you're OK. Then that makes me cry, too. These kids are very thoughtful."
Kitterman's neighbors called her and Batterson late that night and told them the news.
"Lightning hit my daughter's room on the very top floor," she said.
Thankfully, no one was in the home at the time.
"It was burnt to the foundation," Kitterman said. "We've been staying with my mom and dad for now."
Kitterman has worked at Evans for three years, and Batterson has worked as a school resource officer at the middle school since 2000.
"It's just great what they did," Batterson said. "I couldn't believe it."
He said the school, students and students' parents have all been helpful and supportive in the weeks since they lost their home.
Thirty-five firefighters beat back the flames for nearly seven hours and managed to save a separate two-car garage, an LP gas tank and a small shed north of the house.
"We were able to cool the LP gas tank to keep it from being involved," Wapello County Rural Fire Chief Bryan Ziegler previously told the Courier. "If the garage had caught on fire, there's a potential for the LP tank to burn, and that could have resulted in an explosion. It doesn't mean it would have, but it could have."
According to the assessed value, Ziegler estimated damages totaled more than $128,000, including the contents of the house.
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From me to you:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy your day (and your weekend).
Husband. Father. Maker of Things.
I've always believed that sometimes you just need to heed the advice of a slip of paper tucked inside a cookie.
Today my fortune cookie delivered this message:
"You are capable, competent, creative, and careful. Prove it."
Yes. Yes I am.
Simple Thanks
I am ESPECIALLY thankful for a wife who takes such great care of our family finances.
And is not afraid to get her hands dirty with fall leaf clean up.
Today, I continue on my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving.
Honestly, every moment of every day there's much to be thankful for.
I hope you're enjoying this series. I invite you to join me in my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving.
No hype. No pressure.
Just a time to stop. Breathe. And notice even the smallest of things.
Be in awe of it. Cherish it.
And most of all, be thankful!
We're into day number three of the Thirty Days of Thanksgiving project.
Today I was happy to see (and hear) that my college-age son is truly thankful for his mother's excellent meal preparation skills.
Here is my second entry of 'thanks' for the month of November.
Tonight I am grateful for the time my family sat around the kitchen table at 11PM eating greasy tacos from Taco Bell.
We talked about the wedding Nate attended this afternoon. And we talked about what he's doing at college these days.
It's good to all be together.
We talked about marching band and state band competitions. How the high school that my wife and I attended took home Second Place in tonight's contest. The Marching Minutemen of Concord High School put on a fantastic show.
No need for special occasions. Or special food. Or any special reason.
It's special simply because we're all together.
I am thankful for my family.
Join me in my month-long 'simple thanks' project here on the blog.
Simply publish a post about some simple, basic thing you're thankful for and share in the comments section below.
Don't have a blog? No worries! Simply leave a comment and let me know what you're grateful for. It's easy!
Here in the States, Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away.
A time for turkey, a lot of other great-tasting food, family get-togethers, and of course, a time to remember all the things we're truly thankful for.
Rather than save up for the 'big day', I thought I'd share something I am thankful for every day of the month.
It won't always a big "happy-to-have-a-great-job" kind of thing, but many days, I'll be celebrating the smaller, mundane things.
Like hot water. Wi-fi. Windshield wipers that work.
You know — things like that. Silly things that we take for granted.
Shame on us!
So, please: join me as I celebrate simple thankfulness during the month of November.
Every day, I'll be publishing a short post here on the blog. Feel feel to do the same — and share your link in the comments.
I am thankful that Nate got home from college safely.
It's an hour and half drive.
With rain and wind and leaves everywhere, I'm especially thankful that his trip home was safe.
See! It's easy.
Now, go post something on your blog. Or make an entry in your journal. Then, come back here and add a comment and share the link to your post. Or tell me what you wrote in your journal.
But let's be intentionally thankful this month and capture those those things we're grateful for.
Digitally or with pen and paper, let's make a list and celebrate each one.
Okay, so it wasn't really a party. But, sometimes when you find a new recipe and you really enjoy it, that is something to celebrate!
That was the case today.
My good friends at Child's Play Communications offered me the opportunity to try out the some Ultimate Party Meatballs. The recipe calls for the Johnsonville Classic Italian Style meatballs . (They also come in Homestyle and Three Cheese flavors.) They contain no MSG, artificial flavors or colors.
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The calendar says it's Sweetest Day.
Wow. Another holiday created by the big greeting card company, huh? Oh well.
I get it.
I don't know about you, but when I'm feeling overwhelmed, it helps to sit down and make a list of all the stuff I need to do.
Today, at work, was one of those days. I have several BIG projects going on.
My head has been spinning all week.
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The forecast is for a rainy weekend. Luckily there are plenty of opportunities for free indoor fun. Head to the Library's main branch on Saturday morning for Fall Fun for ages 2 to 6 years old. The program starts at 10:30 am. At 2:00 at the Main Branch teens are invited to the Teen Movie: Snow White & the Huntsman PG-13. Also at 2:00 pm, over at the Westminster Branch, kids ages 9 to 14 are invited to a Drawing Comics Workshop.
For a last taste of summer visit Greenway Blooming Centre Breslau for their Butterfly Days. This special annual event will run Saturday and Sundays in September from 11 am to 4 pm each day. The Monarch Butterflies are already starting to gather for their long journey to Mexico. Kids can take part in this amazing migration by releasing your very own butterfly into the wild. Each Monarch is marked with a special tracking tag on it. Through the Monarch Watch program, at the University of Kansas, this tag is used to track its migration and information is sent back the participants if their butterfly is found in Mexico.
If you are looking for a party on Saturday, head to the Old Quebec Street Mall for Latino Fest from 6-11pm. Dance, sing, eat and learn about the many communities that make up our exuberant Latin Community. The Hispanic & Latino Council of Guelph-Wellington promotes community with a great family oriented festival. Guelph's Latino Fest is our way of saying thanks to Guelph for being our home and we throw a big party to show our appreciation.
For a complete round up of this weekend's events, including information about Carrot Fest, the Harvest Festival and the International Plowing Match please see our summary here.


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April 2012
Religion has killed more people then pot.
March 2012
I hope Rick Santorum gets punched in the face by Gucci Mane.
I just wrote a post complaining. Then I realized no one gives of fuck and wrote this instead.
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I'm so happy I have a computer again. I missed Rosetta Stoning.
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- face:here's some acne
- school:here's some work
- friends:here's a knife in the back
- parents:here's some added pressure
- emotions:here's some depression
- me:ok
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This man was born with glass bones and paper skin.
Every morning he breaks his legs, and every afternoon he breaks his arms.
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arizcardsArizona 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 Picked this up at the local AJ's. Pours a nice copper color finishing with a fine head. I am taking in the usual Stone smell. Big floral hops and perhaps a hint of toasted malts. I could enjoy this taste all night long. This beer is as smooth as the day is long. The mouthfeel is full, along the lines of a barleywine. This is one fine beer! Serving type: bottle 11-23-2003 02:31:28 | More by arizcards feloniousmonkMinnesota 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 Appearance: dusky, hazy, yet bold orange hue, graced with a slim, cream-toned head of foam. Aroma: big, fresh, abundant fruit, (peach, apricot, some citrus), lovely, sweet and rosey. Taste: great, initial bitterness greets the tongue, then backs away pronto, leaving it all mild and mellow. Tasty, tasty, tasty, a pale ale that never quits with the flavor...I had some conception that this was supposed to be an IPA, but it's not, though it is a thoroughly outsized pale ale. Somewhat candyish in the flavor, with hints of toffee, perhaps from the malt. Full-bodied, full-flavored, excellently balanced. Hop bite never quits, either. Very, very nice, Stone, looking forward to the 8th anniversary! And enormous thanks to Mr. Long of the BeachBums, for this bottle! Serving type: bottle 01-19-2004 06:21:52 | More by feloniousmonk beerluvrOntario (Canada) 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Bottled August 2003. Has a tight creamy beige head, clear amber/gold liquid. Nose is lots of aged hops with a sugary sweet malt underpinning with some alcohol sensed too. Fruity flavors abound in the taste, with intense maltiness that fills the mouth without the cloying mouthfeel, and a nicely balanced blast of mellowed yet still potently bitter hop smack...can also taste a bit of the 7.7 percent alcohol. Finishes flowery, bitter and bready, good stuff! Easily the best of the Stone beers I've had to date. Thanks Craig once again! Serving type: bottle 05-16-2004 14:05:44 | More by beerluvr crookedhaloPennsylvania 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Pours a hazed amber to copper color with some orange highlights. Beige head is minimal, but leaves good lacing. Big biscuity and caramelly malt and piney, citrusy, and hoppy nose. Blast of ruby red grapefruity west coast hops backed with malt sweetness and subtle notes of caraway seeds, molasses and anise. Carbonation is fair, but introducing a higher level of carbonation would probably produce a metallic twang consistent with carbonic acid. Just the right amount of bitter to sweet. Very enjoyable and unique. Can't say it's really an APA, more like an souped up English IPA with west coast American hops. A bit of iced tea-like tannins as it warms. One year later and it's cellared nicely. Serving type: bottle 08-17-2004 17:54:30 | More by crookedhalo blitheringidiotPennsylvania 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Released into a pint from a signature style painted STONE double-deuce with a "can't get any bigger" number seven on the front indicating, in case you couldn't guezz? 7.7% ABV. Pours a clear golden coppery hue with a scant bubble here and there, capped by a sticky looking off white thin but prescent head that leaves tight lattice lace. A few swirls erupt a quickly dissapating froth. Ripe red apple malt aromas and other sweet mixed fruit scents i.e. peaches and bananas, round out this STONE nose with plenty of olfactory offering. As a bit of warmth enters in, awl-kee-hawl esters are released. First swigs: Bold complex cornicopia fruit scents and sticky acidic sizzle. Plenty of STONE house flavors. Massive malts and huge hops blend big. Bitter citrous tongue with plenty of varying flavors that make this an interesting taste. Caramely malts blend well with those STONE signature orange grapefruit slices flavored hops. Notes of raisins, fruit cake and mince meat pie. Seven's syrupy savoring becomes a bit cloying. Tons of tongue sizzle, remeniscent of even Ruination. Last swigs: Palate pummeler. Despite the well built style, Seven is a bit too sizly and bold to be a session offering. Personally, a different beer over another one would be my choice. An adventurous choice for my first beer of the day. A twinge estery and malty, but beyond that, it gets my wallet vote. Beer is good. Happy big bold California beering. Serving type: bottle 08-25-2004 01:53:14 | More by blitheringidiot carln26Missouri 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Dull copper to amber color, slightly hazy with a thin off-white head that settled quickly, and became a light clingy lace. The aroma is a toffee hops smell with a mild doughy character. Hops do show up mildly in the form of a bit of citrus in the aroma. This is a fine APA smell. The flavor has more of the doughy taste, caramel toffee flavors from the malt along with an interesting mix of hop bite an alcohol warming. This definitely has more alcohol than many APAs Ive tried. It doesnt overpower, but it does change the character some. The mouth feel is slightly slick, not much carbonation, still this is very drinkable. Serving type: bottle 01-12-2005 00:38:20 | More by carln26 WestsidethreatCalifornia 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 On tap at Stone Winter Storm A: Slightly hazy cider colored brew with a generous creamy off white head. S: Caramel, minor red fruit, pine cone, butterscotch and vanilla. T: Begins like vanilla custard with hints of butterscotch and loads of honey. Lots of toffee and caramel, the trademark of an aged ale. Then a buttery citrus expression pops up, but the citrus has been muted over the years. The bittereness remains though and is a constant reminded what this beer was years ago. Finishes desert like with long lingering toffee M: Medium body with a silky mouthfeel. The carbonation has chilled over the years. D: This beer has aged remarkably well for a pale ale. This is a good example of what a hop bomb can become with some time on its hands. Serving type: on-tap 12-29-2006 05:54:24 | More by Westsidethreat mikesgrooveSouth Carolina 4.33/5 rDev +4.6% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 Vintage 22oz bottle poured into 2 Pint Glasses A - Poured a nice deep and murky amber with a small, maybe one finger high head of thin foamy lace. No real side glass contribution and the overall look was kinda bland, aside from some nice hazziness. Some carbonation could be seen streaming toward the top. S - Aroma was obviously aged as it was very malty and most ogf the hops had been mellowed and gone by now. Very sugary and sweet in smell, there was quite a bit of earth tones and a touch of some light grass at the end. A subtle bread like malt came over the top. T - The flavor was very unique. This held up well over the last few years despite being only 7% abv. Very very sweet and sugary. Reminded me alot of DFH Burton in the flavor. Had that almost candy like sweetness to it. Lots of malts here, good earthy tones and a touch of hop still left at the finish, just enough to let you know what it once was. M- Super smooth and rich. It had almost a syrup like quality to it. This was rather thick and the carbonation seemed to die off in it as it went down the session. Still an overall good feel and was not thin in the least. D - A very nice sessionable ale for me honestly. There was no hint of the alcohol at all and most of the dominant flavors have mellowed and left behind a rather nice subtle malty masterpiece. Its nice to see this held up so well. Overall very nice. And suprise this was my 700th beer review! I figured how fitting to have a stone 7th for the 700th review. It lived up to my expectations and I really thought it held up very well with age. It took on almost an old ale like appeal now and the finish was very long with the hops, but that was really the only place I picked it up. Overall it is probably gonna hold up for another year as it is still mighty fine and still a really good pick to try. Happy 700th!! and a great brew. Serving type: bottle 12-06-2007 02:38:11 | More by mikesgroove frank4sailNew Jersey 4.3/5 rDev +3.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 Not a huge nose but there are some sharp hop smells as well as a hint to roast malt and earthy smells. Beautiful lookin' brew. Thick beige rocky sticky head that clings like spidermans ass to that red head. Lots of fine bubbles and carbonation in the clear red ale. Just beautiful beer in the glass. The inital smooth malty biscuit taste and feel is crushed by a big bad hop/abv monster taste on the tongue. Your palet is left punished lovingly with plum skin and orange peel notes. It looks good.. it tastes good, it is good. Get some while you can. It is rich and smooth and balanced with aggression. Serving type: bottle 09-30-2003 02:20:04 | More by frank4sail Stingray5New York 4.3/5 rDev +3.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 22oz bomber feels nice in the hand with the silkscreened label. Pours a reddish amber with small off white head. Citrusy hop aroma, very pleasing. Thick mouthful, medium bubbles. Taste is more citrus hops, orange, grapefruit, some pineapple. good fruity malt balance. Alcohol actually hit me on the first few sips, but was gone after that. Tangy hops in the finish. Fresh hop burps ensue. Pale ale? IPA? Don't know, don't care. This is one excellent brew. Kind of like a Junior Bastard. Serving type: bottle 10-11-2003 01:28:29 | More by Stingray5 bigbubbaOhio 4.3/5 rDev +3.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 This is a beautiful dark orange pale ale. The head was substantial but didn't stick around very long. The friuty and hoppy aroma is great and the flavor is delicious, including a very spicy American hop bite. The alcohol is evident but not so strong that you can't have a couple. I'm definitely looking forward to Stone's 8th Anniversary. Serving type: bottle 01-15-2004 01:52:36 | More by bigbubba Boilermaker88California 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 Saw this sitting in the fridge of a local liquor store and pounced on it like a buzzard on a roadkill. Couldn't wait to try it but had to drive home first (damn open container laws :-) !). Anyway, poured from a rather non-descript 22oz bomber (except for the big-ass "7" on it), it's a great coppery color with a thick, sticky tan head and lots of lace. Smell: whoa, hops, lots of hops. Citrusy hoppy aroma abounds. Had me worried as I don't care for having my tastebuds blasted by hops. Taste: wow, not as hoppy as expected after smelling it. Sweet malty tones followed up by the inevitable hops flavor. Citrusy, grapefruit-like taste comes on strong but not out of control. Warming alcohol bite at the end. Feel: Full, smooth and creamy. Drinkability: holy crap, that was good! Only downside keeping this brew from a "5" is the rather high % ABV. It's not outrageous, but insidious and will have you tuned in short order. That being said, this is an elegantly crafted beer that's got me itching to try it on tap next weekend at Stone's 7th Anniversary Open House. Another home run brew from Stone. Serving type: bottle 08-17-2003 15:49:52 | More by Boilermaker88 mzwolinskiCalifornia 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 I must admit some worry about this one. Sure, 77 IBU, 7.7% ABV, 7th anniversary thing is cute. But numerology hardly seems a good guide for determining the contents of a beer. But damn! As soon as I'd finished pouring, the sheer attractiveness of this brew was enough to put me mostly at ease. We're talking sunset-over-the-Tucson-mountains kind of pretty here. Clear, with lots of orange, hints of red, amber, and a huge off-white head. Citric hops dominate the aroma and speak up right from the start in the flavor as well. But this isn't just another Ruination. Mid-palate, the hops yield toward a surprising and really lovely sweetness, kinda caramel-like but combined with a nice toastiness that hits you on the back of the tongue. The finish is quite aggressively hopped -- lots of grapefruit citric flavors but a bit herbal as well. A sharp, piney aftertaste lingers pleasantly subdued. There's a surprising amount going on, on all areas of the tongue. Truely a beer to take one's time with. Serving type: bottle 09-11-2003 18:34:01 | More by mzwolinski gozMassachusetts 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Pours a medium copper, with a large white head, mostly lasting and lacing fantastically on the way down. Many tiny bubbles lazily make their way to the top through the coppery brew. Aroma is very floral, some citrus, and some pine - pretty much all hops, but as it warms, a bit of cookie dough and some caramel join in the fray. Flavor is slightly sweet to start, then comes the various forms of hoppiness - lightly floral, strongly bitter, and a good amount of spiciness all play parts. Full bodied, light-medium carbonation, long and lingering flavors, fairly dry ending. Serving type: bottle 09-24-2003 00:55:57 | More by goz ngandhiIllinois 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 Stone is quite humble to call this a pale ale. It's almost comical. The sweet, honeyed, malt-laden nose and palette along with the supportive, but unaggressively resinous hop backbone suggests old ale all the way. And were it an old ale, perhaps it'd be a tad weak -- especially since Stone's sick interpretation of an old ale is Arrogant Bastard. I guess 7th Anniversary is a hybrid of old and pale ales, managing to show off the complexity of the age-worthy malt without deflating the nuance of a classic American pale ale. And I guess Stone could give a fuck what I think of how well they fit a style. "If you want consistency, drink Bud," I'm sure they'd say. Glorious hopping reminiscent of SN Celebration in its complexity and distinction. Way too much malt for a pale ale. But really this is classic British old ale with a wonderful fresh citrus kick. Sweet of fresh morning pastries. It even picks up the tiniest hint of sherry-like almondine nuttiness. A little buttery diacetyl late in the finish. 15 minutes later, this finishes with the dry fruitiness of a pale ale; I don't understand. Stone 7th Anniversary has what I would expect out of a well aged old ale. Only 6 months into it, this beer's destined for something really special. It might be too thin to really be a great vintage ale some day, but it'll make the best run a simple "pale ale" ever could. As a young BA, I knocked the site and said that the BAs missed the complexity of more delicate brews -- that their tongues were charred with high-octane stuff, primarily from Stone. Now that I've earned some stripes, I see the error of my ways, but also have noticed how burnt my own tongue has gotten. Stone 7th Anniversary is a pale ale for experienced BAs; for those who said that pilsners and amber ales were the cat's meow until they found out about barleywines and imperial everything. It reminds me of what I loved when I started, what I love now, and how much I have changed. This special release is my coming-of-age in a bottle. Relax, relax. ng Serving type: bottle 03-18-2004 04:24:26 | More by ngandhi canuckleheadBritish Columbia (Canada) 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 This one was a beautiful mahogany colour was a decent head floating on top. The nose was a not as big as I expected but the taste was dead on for such a special beer. This is very hopped ale with a nice rounded finish that sits this brew somewhere between Old Guardian and Double Bastard in flavour. What impressed me about this beer was the refined aspects which show Stone to be true craftsmen. Serving type: bottle 07-15-2004 03:36:45 | More by canucklehead PeprSprYoFaceCalifornia 4.28/5 rDev +3.4% look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5 On tap at winterstorm 2010. Pours a Belgian trippel color. Head dissapated fast. No lacing. Nice color though. Not much smell to this one. Sort of citrusy caramel. Taste is wonderful though. Still pretty hoppy and bitter and even a good hop flavor. Lots of citrus hops. Nice caramel malt. Mouthfeel is quite thin with a nice carbonation. Overall I would say to drink up your bottles if you have any. This beer is goin down hill from here on out. Serving type: on-tap 02-07-2010 17:19:56 | More by PeprSprYoFace SheepNutzKentucky 4.25/5 rDev +2.7% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 One of the first 5 to review this, woohoo! 22oz. bomber poured into a pint glass. It pours a reddish-amber color with 2 fingers of fluffy off-white head. There is lots of lace left on the glass. The smell is rich in hops, citrus, and even a hint of coconut. The taste starts with sweet malt, almost a caramel taste to it, then finishes with a powerful bite of hops. Hell, this beer has more hops than most IPAs! The body is smooth and fairly heavy for a pale. The drinkability is very good for a 7.7% brew. Greg, you've done it again. You are a beer god. Serving type: bottle 08-07-2003 02:31:41 | More by SheepNutz mickeymacCalifornia 4.25/5 rDev +2.7% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Ah, it's that time of year again: Christmas in August. Poured from (surprise!) a brown bomber. It's an absolutely beautiful orange that almost looks like it would glow in the dark. The head foams up nicely but fades quickly. The smell of hops certainly makes itself known, but it's on the light side compared to other Stone offerings. It's not the usual pale ale by any stretch of the imagination. In addition to more intense hopping than most PAs, it packs a punch in the alcohol department, though it's well-hidden in the taste. A hint of grapefruit comes through. Everything comes together nicely, and it's great to see Stone put together a really good beer that's not as "big" as its others. Serving type: bottle 08-23-2003 04:30:19 | More by mickeymac AtLagerHeadsOhio 4.25/5 rDev +2.7% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Lovely beer this, but what Stone isn't. The neon copper body is crowned by a modest but lace-happy tan head. The nose is citrusy, a bit foresty, and laced with lovely malt backing. This malt sense increases as the beer warms, a happy characteristic of most brews with a substantive malt presence. The taste is, well, Stone's. The citrus flavor jumps in followed by that lovely malt backbone following. The body is full and creamy but modulated by that nice hop presence which cuts the syrupy sweetness and makes the body appear 2 shades lighter. A wonderful new addition to the Stone repertoire. When will they stop brewing hoppy, delightful beers? Serving type: bottle 09-19-2003 19:32:09 | More by AtLagerHeads BillolickNew York 4.22/5 rDev +1.9% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 bomber bottle, pours reddish amber. tiny bubble film and lacing evident. Hoppy nose. Another high quality, hoppy ale from my heros at Stone. This one is nicely balanced, malty/hoppy. well done. Warming and strong, medium bodied, sticky/creamy mouthfeel. Finish is long and tasty. Get some of this stuff while you still can. Serving type: bottle 05-22-2004 15:52:42 | More by Billolick kmo1030Massachusetts 4.22/5 rDev +1.9% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 hazy copper/orange, almost pumpkin pie or apple cider colored with a thin tan head. big malty toffee aroma, with brown sugar, resinous citrus hops, and a dark fruitiness. faint alcohol. apple cidery aromas pop out as it warms. as for the taste the maltiness has attained an almost grainy texture. toffee and caramel maltiness, with molasses, spices and a rich candied fruit flavor. subdued but omnipresent earthy grapefruit hop bitterness. pretty damn complex. nice smooth and full bodied with crisp carbonation. very enjoyable, i feel like this beer has been softened with age, i wish i had had a chance to try it when it was new. Serving type: bottle 02-11-2005 01:38:50 | More by kmo1030 mynieIndiana 4.22/5 rDev +1.9% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 Bottle aged damn near two years. Nice APA pour from a cool bottle. Dark orange with a nice head. Smells of big hops and yeast. Lots of bread with hints of pine and dough. Bold. Tastes even bolder. Raw bread dough upfront, followed by spices and pine, ending in very dry hops. Tastes like a double pale ale, more than anything. This is a tounge killer. Incredibly hoppy, lots of complexities. Goes down smooth despite its high ABV, too. (Thanks to beerislove for the trade) Serving type: bottle 07-15-2005 04:50:09 | More by mynie OverlordCalifornia 4.22/5 rDev +1.9% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Another of these Stone beers I'll probably never get to try again. Pours a beautiful light, orange-ish amber. Surprising amount of carbonation given this beer's age. It's a sweet tasting beer. Surprisingly, the current brew I'd most compare it to would be the Alesmith '06 Decadence (which is a much better beer, but taste-wise, it's reminiscent). There's some hops, but mostly this is delicious sweet malt with orange, mango?, papaya?, and other tropical fruits. Really, really great. Settled in nicely after a very spicy meal. Serving type: bottle 10-08-2007 04:57:34 | More by Overlord BierReiseFlorida 4.2/5 rDev +1.4% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 22oz. Bottle Deep amber ale with an orange hue. Big rocky head of foam. Aroma is super hoppy with a nice bready malt character. Mouthfeel is smooth medium bodied with a velvety texture. Flavor is big on hops with a sharp bitterness. This is similar to the Ruination but with a better malt balance. Flavor is great, blended malts and bitter flavorful hops. Another winner from Stone. Serving type: bottle 03-14-2004 06:04:03 | More by BierReise |
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DANVILLE — Folks in Gessie, Ind., knew the Hollowell twins would make a name for themselves one day. As children, brothers Thomas and Terry were intelligent, creative and curious — traits that led them to travel the world and have adventures.
Now, Thomas, 30, who lives in Morocco, is traveling in the United States, promoting his first book, "Allah's Garden." The non-fiction book is getting good reviews from those who have read it.
"It's wonderful," said Janet Sare of Gessie, a former neighbor. The Hollowell boys and her grandson, Dustin Poer, now of Covington, Ind., used to play together.
"I'm proud of what he's done with his life," she said. "To have the courage, to go to a foreign country, and have the perseverance to stick with the guy (featured in the book) and to write the story … I'm truly amazed."
"I knew when he was 4 years old, he was going to do something great," Sare added.
The book tells the true story of a Moroccan doctor who was one of the longest-held POWs in world history, a victim of a forgotten war deep in the Sahara Desert of Morocco. Those Sahara sands have been long venerated by Muslims as Allah's Garden.
The book takes a unique twist, however, as Hollowell intersperses accounts of his own life in Morocco among the chapters about the doctor's captivity.
A publisher had suggested mixing Hollowell's stories with the doctor's to give people some lighter reading along the way. The book starts with the attack on the doctor's village and ends with the author and the doctor meeting each other.
"It works … it gives people a break," Hollowell said.
Love of travel
A 1996 graduate of North Vermillion High School, Hollowell and his twin graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., in 2000. The brothers worked in Costa Rica for a short time.
Then, Thomas worked at the Center for Children's Services in Danville for about a year and taught English as a Second Language at Danville Area Community College.
He joined the Peace Corps in 2002, and requested to be placed in Morocco. While at Wabash, he had met two Moroccans and was intrigued by their culture and country.
After less than a year with the Peace Corps, Hollowell decided to stay in the country. He worked in Rabat as a language instructor and later moved to Ifrane — where he lives now — and taught English at a high school. He speaks French and Arabic.
In 2003, one of his students invited him home to meet a man who had been a POW for 25 years; the student thought Hollowell could write a magazine article about the man's life.
"I became enthralled with this guy's story," he said, referring to the doctor known as Azeddine. He interviewed the doctor at various times over the next year, and began writing the story.
"I wanted the book to be something that would read like a novel, but also read like nonfiction," he said.
Hollowell talked to several authors and publishers before he settled upon the book's present format. He spent more than three years writing and editing it.
Trip to Morocco
During this time, Hollowell left teaching and started a travel Web site called Journey Beyond Travel. The company offers customized tours of Morocco. He still owns it, but other people run it.
Because of that connection, he and the publisher are offering a free 10-night trip to Morocco in west Africa to two people whose names are chosen in a drawing. People who have bought the book are eligible for the drawing, with the winner announced in January.
"It's a very secure country, very modern and Western in their thought," he said. The people are friendly and hospitable, and rely on tourism. It's also a diverse country, with coasts, mountains, forests and deserts.
Once his book was published, Yale University invited Hollowell to make presentations at its summer institute on health and conflict in the Middle East. The university paid for his flight to the United States.
He's doing book signings now, including a book launch party in New York, and will stay in the Indiana area until Sept. 20. A book signing earlier this week at the Danville Public Library went well, he said, and another is planned for Saturday at Waldenbooks.
Hollowell has explored more than 35 countries and territories, and just finished writing "The Everything Travel Guide to Ireland," which will be published in March. He also has several other writing projects in mind.
His twin, Terry, is a freelance writer in Connecticut, and also helps with the Moroccan tours. Their parents are Karol Pedraza of Gessie and David Hollowell of Covington.
Thomas Hollowell will sign copies of his book, "Allah's Garden," from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Waldenbooks in the Village Mall. The 200-page softcover book, which sells for $14.95, is available at Waldenbooks or at most bookstores online. It's published by Tales Press in Urbana.
-- More information about the book and registering to win a trip to Morocco is available at http://www.allahs-garden.com
-- The book's publisher is at http://www.talespress.com
-- Hollowell's site is http://www.thomashollowell.com
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The man approached a woman in a newsagency at a shopping centre in Ballajura in Perth's north on Sunday and grabbed her purse.
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He suffered cuts and was knocked to the ground.
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