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Chexar Networks, Inc. ("CHEXAR(R)") announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Nashville, Tennessee based Clear Payments, Inc. ("CPI(R)") in a transaction expected to close by the end of the month. Chexar is the nation's leading provider of solutions to convert any check into "good funds" which is defined as cash or prepaid value. CPI is a leader in remote deposit capture and mobile solutions. Chexar utilizes CPI technology today as part of its solutions including imaging technologies, funds settlement engines, and mobile enhancement solutions.
Chexar founder and Chief Executive Officer, Drew W. Edwards, commented, "We have been partnering with CPI for several years now and utilize some facet of their technology on almost every transaction we process. With mobile and Spyke(TM), our Good Funds Network, becoming an increasingly larger part of our future, the merger of our technologies will only increase. Considering that the professionals at CPI work with us today almost like we are already one company, this transaction is a natural for us both."
Clear Payments founder and Chairman, Randy Simoneaux, commented, "This acquisition formalizes a relationship that grew very strong over the past several years as we have worked side by side to provide Good Funds solutions to many of the industry's prominent players. Now a single source fully integrated Good Funds transaction process provides our clients faster entry to the market and simplifies implementation."
Recent studies estimate that the portion of the nation's population that choose to conduct their financial transactions in a prepaid fashion, outside the traditional deposit account, has grown to over 100 million people. This population is expected to grow further as most banks are shifting their deposit and revenue strategies further away from overdraft based "free checking" accounts. When banks pay checks on accounts that do not have sufficient funds to cover the check, and charge the consumer an overdraft fee, the bank is in essence "making good" on funds for the consumer. Even now, many consumers choose alternatives such as payday lenders, title pawn and check cashers to satisfy this need for good funds and to access other valuable services such as prepaid Visa cards, money transfers, walk up bill pay, and more. Chexar provides the risk management for thousands of these locations today.
According to data published by the Federal Reserve Bank, checks are written each year totaling over $26 trillion. While overall check volume is declining at a rate of 7% a year, checks written to consumers, more than $5.7 trillion a year, are declining at a rate of less than 1% a year. Last year alone consumers paid over $40 billion in fees to convert checks into "good funds" and recent legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Act and the Durbin Amendment are causing the industry to re-think the process.
Edwards added, "Many people think of the need for good funds as simply a check cashing opportunity. The reality is this is more of a mass market opportunity because the $5.7 trillion in checks written to consumers are legacy type instruments with provisional availability that can and does get reversed. Provisional deposit availability simply doesn't fit with today's prepaid and instant mentality. We see our Spyke(TM) as The Good Funds Network(TM) enabling the NEW DEPOSIT for both banks and prepaid issuers in the marketplace."
As an example, a Chexar client could be a bank that has chosen to offer cash based banking services including check cashing, loads onto prepaid cards, or fee based deposits with instant and irreversible funds availability. Once Chexar approves and guarantees an item, the bank and the consumer can treat the item as if it was a cash deposit because it is Good Funds and won't be reversed.
Whether at the teller line, on a kiosk, ATM, or a mobile banking solution, the bank's systems interact with Chexar's systems to submit consumer information and check images for processing. Part of this processing includes utilizing CPI's solution to extract information from the image of the check for Chexar's use in its evaluation from a risk perspective. Additionally, if the item is approved, CPI technology manages the deposit process and settlement of the check for Chexar.
CPI has also developed several mobile related technologies that Chexar is utilizing to streamline its industry leading mobile deposit capture and guarantee solution in the marketplace. Many of the prepaid industry's top players including card issuers, program managers, mobile banking and mobile remote deposit capture providers are currently implementing Chexar's solution.
Edwards went on to say, "We believe bringing this company and its team into Chexar will allow us to more efficiently develop and deploy future solutions specifically tailored to our needs and the needs of our clients and partners. We couldn't be more thrilled that we were able to work out a win-win."
About Chexar
CHEXAR(R) is the national leader for technology and solutions for converting paper checks into Good Funds defined as irreversible value. Chexar is currently deploying Spyke(TM) - The Good Funds Network(TM), as the market's leading solution to enable any consumer to convert any type of check into Good Funds from mobile and other remote capture devices.
The company's one-of-a-kind solutions combine multiple national databases, rules engines, and proprietary technology with redundant 24/7 risk management centers to achieve the industry's highest automated and overall approval rates without limiting check type and size. Today thousands of large financial institutions and non-bank financial services providers utilize Chexar's technology and solutions to generate fee income and manage risk nationally.
Chexar's solutions are deployed across multiple platforms including turnkey point of sale solutions, assisted and self-service kiosk solutions, mobile devices, and full XML integrations. The company's solutions are hosted in Tier III data centers and the company operates two risk management centers 24/7 with almost 400 seats to assist its clients in real time check review and risk management.
For more information, please visit http://www.chexar.com.
About Clear Payments
CPI(R) is an innovative remote deposit and payments technology company. We specialize in select vertical markets with an emphasis on underserved financial service organizations, prepaid companies, software integrators, large corporate clients and financial institutions. A 100% commitment to these segments has provided CPI a unique opportunity to build proprietary check management applications with segment targeted features and functionality. Consistent performance, proven technology and time tested solutions have allowed the company to grow an impressive list of clients. An emphasis on the underserved check cashing industry has helped CPI develop and lead in the areas of check cashing integration and feature functionality used to support the largest portfolio of underserved clients in the US.
For more information, please visit our website http://www.clearpaymentsinc.com or contact Allison Jones, (615) 656-2510, allison.jones(at)clearpaymentsinc(dot)com.
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Cox also name-dropped a diverse range of influences on this particular batch of songs, including French electro-acoustic pioneer Pierre Schaeffer, modern composer Steve Reich and blues vocalist/guitarist Bo Diddley. The band also saw fit to dress the studio with mood lighting and fog machines to sustain certain vibes each day.
Strangely enough, there is no mention of Josh Fauver, longtime bassist and founding member of Deerhunter, anywhere. Josh McKay, founder/singer/instrumentalist of Athens' experimental rock band Macha, seems to have taken on bass duties this time around, alongside Frankie Broyles (ex-Balkans) on guitar. No official announcement in terms of Deerhunter lineup changes just yet, but it seems like something's a bit off.
Check out the recent article over at Rolling Stone for additional details and candid photos from the recording sessions.
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Local Radio Project Manager Short Listed for a National Award
Project Manager Dave Murat who set up Chorlton Arts Radio in 2010 has been short listed as a local digital hero out of hundreds of entries.
Chorlton Arts Radio is a short term radio project that transmitted online for 2 weeks from an empty shop front in Chorlton Precinct, a suburb of South Manchester.
The project ran as an extra performance space and information point for the Chorlton Arts Festival and was the first time radio had featured in the festival.
Dave Murat says "I'm really excited to be short listed for this award that recognises all of the hard work put in by the volunteers who produced and presented great radio shows over 14 days and gave airtime to 95 live acts, staged 10 live and put over 400 people on air, including a local theatre school and a Girls Islamic High School.
Our website had 10,000 hits over the two week transmission and we used Facebook and Twitter to promote ourselves and the acts appearing.We're planning on bringing the station back in 2011, if we win the £5,000 or the overall £10,000 prize money this will all go towards paying for next years running costs"
As part of TalkTalk's search for the nation's Digital Hero three candidates from each of the Uk's 12 regions will now go head to head to win a £10,000 technology grant to help further their cause.
The TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards, in conjunction with Citizens Online, are the only awards of their kind in the UK to celebrate outstanding people who are using digital technology to bring about positive social change.
After calling for entries over the last six weeks, TalkTalk have shortlisted the three most deserving candidates from each of the UK's twelve main regions and are opening up the final vote to the public via their website. The individuals with the most votes from each of the twelve regions will be honoured at a ceremony at the House of Lords presided over by UK Digital Champion and dotcom entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox on December 6th.
Eleven of the Digital Heroes winners will win £5,000 to put towards enhancing their digital project. One overall winner, determined by Martha and her expert panel, will receive a grand prize of £10,000. All 12 winners get free broadband from TalkTalk for 18 months.
To vote visit http://www.talk-talk.mirror.co.uk/region-n-west.htm Voting will be open until Friday 12th November. Votes can be cast for any region, not just your own.
Martha Lane Fox
"Technology and the internet can change lives. The TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards are all about recognising those individuals who have gone the extra mile for their community and who have helped others take advantage of the benefits of getting online.
"No matter how small the project, the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards aim to celebrate and reward people for making technology more accessible and useful for the people around them. In my capacity as UK Digital Champion I am delighted to offer my ongoing support for this initiative."
Mark Schmid, TalkTalk
"We're really proud to be behind the Digital Heroes Awards. At TalkTalk we are passionate about making sure as many people as possible can benefit from the internet and technology and we know that it can make a huge difference to good causes up and down the country. We've had some fantastic entries, and we're really excited that the public can get involved and choose their own Digital Heroes."
John Fisher, Chief Executive, Citizens Online
The internet is a big place and can be intimidating for many. People up and down the country are missing out on the considerable benefits of the online world because they perhaps do not have the skills or the means to get themselves there. These awards are all about getting people interacting with technology in order to change lives for the better and I believe they can make a real difference to projects all over the UK."
Q. How long have TalkTalk been running these awards for?
A. 4 years
Q. How long has the public got to vote?
A. Voting will close at midnight on Friday 12th November
Q. How many votes were made last year?
A. There were over 30,000 votes cast overall last year
Q. The overall winner is chosen by three judges. Who are they?
A. Martha Lane Fox (UK Digital Champion), Charles Dunstone (Chairman of TalkTalk) and Richard Wallace (Editor of the Daily Mirror)
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Watermarking for Web with LR2/Mogrify
One feature sorely lacking in Lightroom is a good watermark on Export. Using the fabulous 3rd party plugin LR2/Mogrify from Timothy Armes solves this issue for a straight export, but unfortunately post process plugins are not available in the Web Module. So how can we do it?
Well for my recently launched music photography website Muso Foto, I wanted nice (i.e. not the normal Lightroom one) watermarks on my images. Nothing intrusive, but something that doesn't take away from the image.
Here's the steps I took:
1. Create the web gallery as you like. Leave the Add Copyright Watermark off. Also create a nice logo using the Identity Plate. Set the Quality high (like 95 or so).
2. Export the gallery to a folder (shortcut Cmd/Cntrl J).
3. In Library navigate to the folder you created via Import. Locate the folder with the large images. With LRB Portfolio, this is called 'large'. In the default HTML, this may be something like 'bin/images/large'.
4. Import this folder in to Lightroom via 'Add to Catalog'.
5. Select all the images in the folder.
6. Click Export.
7. Using Files to Disk, I set up the export as below: Jpg, sRGB, quality 80, subfolder of original folder.
8. In the Post Process Actions section, I click on Graphical Watermark and Inner Border.
9. For the Watermark, I navigate into the Gallery folder exported earlier and find 'logo.png'-the exported Identity Plate. I do this to keep the watermark and logo consistent. It helps create a 'brand'. With a little calculation, I work out a size I'm happy with and enter it.
10. I also want a semi transparent bar across the bottom which encompasses the logo. With the logo being 24px high, I opt for a 25px high Inner border on the bottom. I select Black as the colour and reduce the transparency to 50%.
11. With all this set up, I hit export.
12. From there I move the images from the subfolder up a level and overwrite the original gallery images-this is in Finder/Explorer.
13. In Lightroom I remove the still selected images from the Library with the delete key and choose 'Remove from Library' as my dialog option. After all I don't want to delete the image files I worked hard to create!
14. Finally I upload the Gallery.
Notes: Lightroom renames '-' to '_' and forces the filenames to lower case when exporting for Web Galleries. For this reason I use the actual gallery images, which will retain their correct names for the HTML files. This is the only reason why I simply don't export the files directly from Lightroom, overwriting the original gallery files.
Also the visually astute among you will notice that my 'Cancel' Button in the dialog says 'Avast'. I'm cursed with the Pirate Easter Egg from Version 1 of Lightroom :)


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With the proper size drill bit, you can turn pieces of driftwood and tealights into elemental candlesticks.
When you think of craft projects involving driftwood, does your mind meander back to the mid-1970s and wall hangings made of macramé and driftwood? Where 70s-style craft projects tended to be hippie-like and folksy, the current spin is toward Zen-like minimalism. Materials are organic and weathered, but shapes are defined and graphic, together evoking a calm, spiritual quality. In a word: elemental. These candleholders are my nod to the return of organic. Get the whole story
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Cisco Systems routes packets and routs competitors with equal efficiency. Dominating the market for Internet protocol-based networking equipment, the company provides routers and switches used to direct data, voice, and video traffic. Other products include remote access servers, IP telephony equipment, optical networking components, Internet conferencing systems, set-top boxes, and network service and security systems. The company sells its products primarily to large enterprises and telecommunications service providers, but it also markets products designed for small businesses. Cisco gets nearly 60% of its sales from the Americas.
Financial Analysis
Cisco's revenues were up a solid 7% in fiscal 2012 (ended July 31) to $46 billion as product sales increased 5% and sales of services rose by more than twice that amount. The company's net income jumped 24% to $8 billion that year following a dip in 2011 as profits were impacted in part by more than $900 million in restructuring charges associated with an effort to bring down operating expenses and reduce sales costs.
Bright spots for 2012 were Cisco's Asian markets (product sales increased in Japan, China, and Australia by 27%, 17%, and 12%, respectively) and more than 85% sales growth in the data center segment (driven primarily by Cisco Unified Computing System products). Its core routing and switching products grew as well -- 2% and 3%, respectively.StrategyIn response to declining profits and stock prices in fiscal 2011 caused by global competition, reduced spending by public sector and consumer customer segments in particular, and a decline in the performance of the switching product segment due to product transitions, the company divested or exited non-core product areas to focus on its central routing and switching products and related services. Restructuring efforts included implementing a voluntary early retirement program, elimination of some jobs, and simplification of its geographic reporting structure.Cisco also streamlined its sprawling organization around key customer segments -- enterprise, service provider, and partners. The company discontinued its consumer products such as the popular Flip video camcorder and its high-end consumer videoconferencing product. It also agreed to sell its Linksys unit, which sells networking products to consumers.In addition to the core routing and switching products, Cisco is also focused on becoming a leader in the fast-growing market for next-generation data center products. Geographically, the company is investing in emerging markets such as Russia, China, Brazil, Mexico, and India.Mergers and AcquisitionsCisco is a highly acquisitive company, bolstering its offerings with purchases both large and small. In mid-2013 it purchased enterprise IT energy management firm JouleX for about $107 million. The privately held company complements Cisco's EnergyWise technology. Also that year it agreed to acquire data virtualization software firm Composite Software. Also that year, it agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Sourcefire for some $2.7 billion, its largest buy of the year. IT security firms are a hot commodity, and Sourcefire fits with the company's strategy to boost its holdings in the area.
In 2012 Cisco closed one of its largest transactions ever when it paid about $5 billion to buy UK-based NDS Group, a provider of software and content security products, such as cards and set-top boxes, for pay-TV operators. Besides ramping up Cisco's video services, such as its Videoscape streaming platform, NDS gave it greater access to emerging markets such as China and India. Major NDS customers include BSkyB, DIRECTV, and Vodafone. Also that year, Cisco bought Pennsylvania-based Lightwire, a developer of optical interconnect technology that supports higher bandwidth in networking applications at a lower cost; ClearAccess, a developer of software used in provisioning and network management applications; and San Francisco Bay area-based Truviso, which provides software for real-time analytics and reporting. It ended the year by purchasing cloud networking firm Meraki for some $1.2 billion.The company made a host of acquisitions in 2011 and 2010 as well, including two large ones in 2010. The $3.4 billion cash deal for TANDBERG, a Norwegian competitor in the videoconferencing market, supplemented Cisco's high-end TelePresence systems with TANDBERG's lower-end line, which ranged from PC-based conferencing capabilities to more sophisticated gear, less expensive than Cisco's offerings. Cisco formed its TelePresence Technology Group around the former TANDBERG operations. Starent Networks, which Cisco acquired for $2.9 billion, provided IP-based mobile infrastructure products to help wireless carriers handle the increasingly large volumes of data used by mobile customers.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Past Tense, Part II
In part one of this episode, a freak accident transported Sisko, Bashir, and Dax back to San Francisco in the year 2024. Their visit occurs a few days before the Bell Riots, the outcome of which will profoundly effect the future, specifically, their future. When legendary homeless advocate Gabriel Bell, in whose honor the riot will occur, dies ahead of schedule, Sisko is forced to assume Bell's identity, and, possibly, to be martyred for Bell's cause. Scripted by Ira Steven Behr and Rene Echevarria from a story by Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe, part two of "Past Tense" first aired January 9, 1995. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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belatedly rang in the New Year with part one of this two-part adventure. A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax hurtling back to 21st Century San Francisco. Upon their arrival, they are forced to confront the plight of the city's homeless and to avoid contact with those unfortunates, lest they alter events that could profoundly and dangerously change the course of the Future. Part one of "Past Tense" was scripted by Robert Hewitt Wolfe from a story by Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Texas Justice
It's Reversal of Fortune meets Jerry Springer in this made-for-TV miniseries, which concerns the true-life tale of a Texas oil magnate on trial for conspiring to murder his brassy ex-wife -- and for very successfully doing away with her lover and daughter. Texas Justice stars Peter Strauss as Cullen Davis, a millionaire businessman who falls in love with the tempestuous, lower-class Priscilla (Heather Locklear), a young woman with a checkered past and a temper to match. When their relationship goes sour, Cullen's jealousy flares up and he does the unthinkable -- but in the courtroom, he attempts to clear his name with the help of the grandstanding, high-powered attorney Richard Haynes (Dennis Farina). ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
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Bodily Harm
In this dark thriller set in Las Vegas, a sexy female cop, Rita Cates, begins looking into the brutal murders of two women who had been involved with an ex-police officer, Sam, a wealthy, fast-talker who was also one of her own lovers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Murder, She Wrote: Frozen Stiff
Jessica (Angela Lansbury) arrives at the headquarters of a prominent ice cream manufacturing firm in order to collect a promised donation for her literacy foundation. It soon develops that the company has created a brand-new flavor--but not for public consumption. How else to explain the mysterious death of one of the company's top executives...a death quickly followed by another one that is equally mysterious? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A stranger pulled into a deadly scheme races against time to save his daughter in this thriller. Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is an accountant who comes to L.A. with his ten-year-old daughter Lynn (Courtney Chase) to attend a funeral. On the street, Gene and Lynn are pulled aside by Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia), who flash what look like police badges and usher them into a van. Gene soon discovers that he's been kidnapped, and his captors have an unusual demand -- if Gene does not murder Gov. Eleanor Grant (Marsha Mason) within 75 minutes, his daughter will be killed. Gene now has just an hour and a quarter to tip off the authorities, spare Gov. Grant, and find out what Smith and Jones are trying to do, along with saving his daughter's life. He finds a much-needed ally in one-legged shoe-shine man Huey (Charles S. Dutton). Most of the action in Nick of Time occurs in "real time," meaning that the passage of time on screen matches that of real life, as the frequent shots of clocks and watches will attest. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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This made-for-TV movie examines a rare genetic disorder that makes certain people so sensitive to light that they can only survive at night. The story centers on a family that has two so-afflicted children. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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NYPD Blue: The Final Adjustment
Investigating the murder of a chiropractor's wife, Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and Simone (Jimmy Smits) suspect that the victim's husband is the guilty party. Elsewhere, Simone's friend (Isabel Glasser) finds out that her young son is hiding a gun, and while moonlighting as a security guard, Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) is attracted to the person he is protecting, who lives in mortal fear of her father. This is the legendary NYPD Blue episode in which, while sharing a shower with his lady love Sylvia (Sharon Lawrence), Andy Sipowicz unabashedly displays his bare backside (and viewers couldn't say they weren't warned). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decides to create his own campaigns that tell the brutal truth. Since sex sells, Emory designs an explicit ad campaign consisting of unadorned sexuality. The campaign is so offensive that his colleagues have Emory put in a mental institution. At first Emory resists, but under the tutelage of a concerned psychiatrist, Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl) and the tender love of Kathy (Daryl Hannah) a beautiful patient, Emory begins to like it in the mental home. Befriending the cute and lovable patients in the mental ward, Emory discovers that the crazy people are natural-born advertising geniuses and Emory utilizes their genius for a new ad campaign. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Director Jack Sholder followed his surprise sleeper hit The Hidden (1987) with this action drama that re-teamed Young Guns (1988) co-stars Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Sutherland stars as Buster McHenry, a Philadelphia cop working undercover as a thief in the gang of wealthy, sadistic Marino (Rob Knepper). When the gang's heist of some diamonds goes awry, a few innocents are shot, and a valuable Native American spear is stolen landing Buster in bureaucratic hot water. Along comes Hank Storm (Phillips), intent upon retrieving the relic of his Sioux tribesmen and avenge the death of his brother. Hank and Buster team up to take Marino down and expose police corruption in the process. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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A frustrated writer helps save a woman being railroaded by the law -- or is she? -- in this comic mystery with romantic overtones. Phil Blackwood (Tom Selleck) is a best-selling mystery novelist who has run into a bad case of writer's block. Hoping to find inspiration for his next book, Phil goes to the city courthouse and witnesses the arraignment of Nina Ionescu (Paulina Porizkova), a beautiful Romanian immigrant who is accused of killing a man with a pair of scissors. For Phil, it's love at first sight, and after sneaking into jail disguised as a priest, he makes her an offer. Phil offers to let her stay at his house, and he provides her with an alibi -- she can claim that she couldn't have committed the crime, because she was with him at the time of the attack. Nina agrees, but after Phil encounters a handful of dangerous foreign agents, Nina's acrobatic parents, and a highly suspicious district attorney, he begins to wonder if Nina might have committed the murder after all. Her Alibi also features William Daniels as Sam, and James Farentino as Frank Polito; the song "Falling In Love" was written and recorded for the film by Randy Newman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Astonishingly, gangster Ray Luca (Anthony John Denison) and his doltish henchman Paulie (John Santucci) have managed to survive the atom bomb explosion that ended season one of the serialized cop drama Crime Story. This allows the duo to resume their criminal activities, ever keeping one step ahead from relentless federal agent Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and his men. Since the series is still taking place in the 1960s, chasing mobsters remains far easier than catching them, even when an overambitious Kefauver-like senator begins hauling in Luca's cronies to appear before the Organized Crime Commission. Meanwhile, Torello's private life is still in tatters, as proven when his ex-wife, Julie (Darlanne Fluegel), marries another man, played by David Soul -- then prevails upon Torello to rescue her husband from kidnappers merely for "old time's sake." Adding insult to injury so far as Torello is concerned, Luca is given immunity in exchange for his cooperation with the Crime Commission, and soon is back in Vegas pulling his old underhanded tricks. This compels one of Torello's strongest allies, liberal prosecutor David Abrams (Stephen Lang), to resign in disgust, leaving the "good guys" still another man short. Eventually, Luca overplays his hand and is hauled in on racketeering charges -- but manages to slip through Torello's fingers one more time, thanks to an unexpected incident in faraway Vietnam! It is not until the series' three-episode finale that Torello finally corners the fugitive Lucas in Mexico -- but though this is the end of the series, is it really the end of the Torello-Luca blood feud? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until hardcase Vietnam veteran Stephen Lang arrives. Lang explains that they've been paroled in his custody, and that it is his task to teach them how to work as a team in order to survive. The logic of this plan is to whip the boys into an elite vigilante unit, then sic them on the various drug dealers of America. The film features early performances by Lauren Holly and Larry Fishburne and Bob Dylan can be heard singing the title song. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Season one of the serialized cop drama Crime Story begins in the Chicago of 1963, with Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) of the city's MCU (Major Crime Unit) deeply committed to bringing his longtime nemesis, youthful gangster Ray Luca (Anthony John Denison) to justice. The effort exacts a heavy toll on Torello's private life, destroying his marriage to his wife, Julie (Darlanne Fluegel), and not doing much good for his subsequent fling with Inga Thorson (Patricia Charbonneau). Meanwhile, the ruthlessly ambitious Luca seems to thrive on being pursued, gleefully eluding arrest at every turn and merrily mowing down anyone who threatens to impede his rise to the top of the mob. Along the way, Luca comes in contact with an impressive array of "celebrity" gangsters and lesser hoodlums. Midway through season one, Luca and his loyal but dim-bulbed henchman Paulie Taglia (John Santucci) leave Chicago to pursue new vistas in Las Vegas. To keep the hunt alive, Torello and his assistants all become Federal agents, a la "The Untouchables." Throughout the season, a number of future stars appear in guest roles, among them David Caruso, Michael Madsen, Ray Sharkey, Lorraine Bracco, and Julia Roberts. Season one concludes on an explosive cliffhanger, as Ray and Paulie try to escape across the Yucca Flats in Nevada -- just as an atom bomb test is about to begin! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Crime Story was a valiant attempt by Miami Vice producer Michael Mann to present a compelling police drama series in a serialized fashion. Introduced as a two-hour TV movie on September 18, 1986, the weekly, hour-long series was initially set in Chicago in 1963. Dennis Farina, a former cop in real life, starred as Lt. Mike Torello, head of the windy city's Major Crime Unit (MCU), who carried on a blood feud with young, ambitious gangster Ray Luca (Anthony John Denison). Assisting Torello in his efforts was prosecuting attorney David Abrams (Stephen Lang), a mobster's son who had "seen the light" and switched sides. Others on Torello's team included Sgt. Danny Krychek (Bill Smitrovich), and detectives Nate Grossman (Steve Ryan), Joey Indelli (Bill Campbell), and Walter Clemmons (Paul Butler), while Luca was backed up by his faithful but dangerously stupid henchman Paulie Taglia (played by John Santucci, who, in a perverse spin of the Dennis Farina situation, had been a genuine criminal before turning to acting).
Halfway through season one, Luca and Paulie moved to Las Vegas, only to be closely followed by Torello and his men, who had become federal agents. The season ended with literal bang, as Luca and Paulie took refuge in a small house in the Nevada desert that turned out to be smack-dab in the middle of a nuclear testing site. Miraculously, the two gangsters managed to survive an atomic explosion with nary a scratch, and spent the series' second and final season playing a game of hide and seek with the Torello forces. Ultimately, the "good guys" bearded their prey in Mexico. In the course of events, Torello's marriage to his wife, Julie (Darlanne Fluegel, broke up, whereupon he entered into a relationship with Inga Thorson (Patricia Charbonneau). Also, both the cops and the robbers had brief encounters with the mob's "big boys," portrayed by such diverse actors as Joseph Wiseman and Andrew Dice Clay. Although the ratings for Crime Story were mediocre, NBC had faith in the series and kept it alive for two years. Like many other Michael Mann productions, the series was rich with authentic period detail, and came equipped with wall-to-wall vintage music, including the theme tune "Runaway", re-recorded (and recreated) by its original artist, Del Shannon. But for all of NBC's promotional skills and Michael Mann's production expertise, the series never caught on (more's the pity), and last aired on May 10, 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Red Dragon, the Thomas Harris novel that introduced serial killer Hannibal Lecter to the world, was adapted for the screen by Michael Mann as Manhunter. Ace criminal profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) is very good at his job because he has the ability to make himself think like the killers he tracks. Will has been in retirement since catching Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Brian Cox), as being inside that particular deranged mind caused Will to have a breakdown. Will's boss Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina visits Will at his home, showing him pictures from a murder scene and asking for his help in catching a new killer they have dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan). In order to test his mental strength, Will visits Hannibal in his prison cell. Adding to the already substantial mental stress Will experiences when he returns to the job are nosy tabloid reporter Freddy Lounds (Stephen Lang), as well as Hannibal's attempts at seeking revenge through the Tooth Fairy. After two additional films that featured Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal) became box-office blockbusters, Manhunter was re-made as Red Dragon starring Hopkins and Edward Norton as Will Graham. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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In this undistinguished Stephen King horror adaptation, the good residents of Tarker's Mill are dense enough to ignore or explain away a series of violent deaths until a little boy is torn to pieces while flying his kite after dark. At that point, the men gang up and go into the fog-shrouded woods to hunt down whatever slasher is out there. The most they achieve is the sighting of one hairy arm and a few more sacrificial victims. But life goes on, and when the summer fireworks show is cancelled because people have deduced it might be fatal to stay out after dark, the Coslaw family's invalid, wheelchair-bound son Marty goes coasting off to the bridge to shoot his own fireworks. Needless to say, the hairy killer beast that is certain to be lurking there gets shot in the eyeball by one of Marty's rockets and is now an unhappy hairy killer beast. Even when a respected town biggie starts wearing an eyepatch, no one really takes notice. They must not watch many horror films. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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When reviled labor boss Pink Gresham (Bill Smitrovich) is found murdered, his wife Maggie (Kathy Baker) is visited by Baston Morris (Peter Weller). Morris claims to have killed Pink before leaving his lifeless corpse symbolically in an outhouse. Instead of leaving, Morris moves in on the backwoods widow, and the two begin a psychological game of nerves. As in the works of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, both Maggie and Morris are plagued by their past experiences and hold closely guarded personal secrets. This is David Saperstein's directorial debut. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
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Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's first American film is a romantic tale about an American war veteran whose dreams of his childhood sweetheart are countered by a less sunny reality. John Savage stars as Ivan Bibic, who has returned home to a small town in Pennsylvania, having suffered a nervous breakdown as a P.O.W. During the war, he would dream about his fiancee back home, Maria Bosic (Nastassja Kinski), imagining their forthcoming perfect marriage. At one point, Ivan is told, "You dreamed about her too long. She lives in your dreams, not in your body." And it's true -- his dreams do not equal his reality. Maria and Ivan marry, but Ivan finds that he cannot make love to the flesh and blood Maria. Knowing she was actively pursued by men in town during the war, Ivan courages her to take lovers. Maria does so, having affairs with another GI, Al Griselli (Vincent Spano), and a passing drifter named Clarence Butts (Keith Carradine). But after spending the night with Clarence, Maria becomes pregnant, and Ivan's love for her is sorely tested. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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When NBC head honcho Brandon Tartikoff demanded a flashy weekly series with "MTV Cops," executive producer Michael Mann responded with Miami Vice. The stars were Don Johnson as Sonny Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, members of Miami's Organized Crime Bureau. In the Miami Vice two-hour pilot, telecast September 16, 1984, Florida native Crockett and New York transplant Tubbs team for the first time; their mutual target is a nasty drug lord who has killed two people who were near and dear to the detectives. Gregory Sierra (replaced in the series by Edward James Olmos) costars as Crockett and Tubbs' superior. A triumph of style over substance, Miami Vice was for many years the most popular action series on network TV; it ran until July of 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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I'm going to take you on a brief trip back through time today...bare with me...we're heading to October 2010.
It was then that I met the lovely Dean from the uber fabulous blog....
I'd been enjoying her blog and then was pleased as punch when I opened my email one cool fall evening to find a little request.
Like me, Dean had found herself a wee bit obsessed with a particular wallpaper...and in a fabulous twist of fate, it turned out to be a pattern I had also been seriously lusting over.
We both fell in love with said design when this spread hit the pages of Elle Decor...way back in April of last year.
Remember this home belonging to the very fabulous Christine D'Ornano...aka...my forever dream home...aka style heaven...???
Well it was her bedroom, bedroom and dressing room that had both Dean and I spinning for answers...
Le sigh...perhaps one of the most divine patterns ever produced if you ask me...anyhoo...back to the story...
The problem Dean and I were facing was that this pattern seemed very illusive.
Try as we might, neither of us had been able to track that beauty down.
And believe me, we tried.
When I first got Dean's email, I had already spent ALOT of time trying to source it out.
So when I read her request, I decided to give it the old college try again...why not...perhaps a new purpose would help lead us both to the motherland of wallpaper genius.
Only it didn't.
Instead I spend hours and hours finding look a likes that might pass and perhaps could produce the same brilliant mix of brash and subdude...
Only they didn't...not really...not quite the 'real' paper you can see on the bottom left...the others were surely similar but not quite the same...though that deer discovery made me VERY happy...you might see those showing up in my little guy's room...quite adore the palate/pattern.
Anyhoo...I sent an email to Dean with these alternatives, after my search for the real juice had turned up empty.
She was lovely enough to post about it HERE.
The two of us took a collective sigh of disappointment and moved on to other things...until....almost a year later and the magic of Twitter!!!
I was taking a few minutes to go through my newest followers and happened upon the website of the design house....
At first, I was blown away with their portfolio...
And then I started reading their blog posts...and then it happened...holy dangely balls...there it was...
I almost died...on the spot...I kept staring and staring, unable to believe that right there in front of my eyes was THE paper...and it had a name...sweet Jangala Rose/Osborne and Little.
Understandably, my fingers practically couldn't type fast enough as I emailed Dean with the crazy fabulous news...her response went something like...omg...omg....omg....omg...omg...so yeah, we were both a little excited about this...that was a week ago.
And now?
What came of this tale you might ask?
Well...a joint blog adventure of course...duh.
Me and the lovely Dean are going to order up some of that fabulous....she'll also be posting about this today btw...you can click HERE to see that divinity.
In a small but rather disappointing twist of fate, the original colourway is no longer available...nor is the pattern on the O&L website...hence why I had trouble finding it in the first place...but, samples of the three current colourways can be found {I located these at Tangletree...one of my fave resources for wallpaper samples}...
and the two of us will be ordering one of each.
And in the future...sometime down the road...both of us will be plastering this gorgeous on a a few walls and when that happens, we'll be posting the shit out of it...promise!!!!!
So there ends this tale...a very happy ending that found two humble bloggers pleased as raspberry punch.
Thank you Twitter...you never cease to amaze me!!!


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32 years ago, late maverick filmmaker Yash Chopra has been able to convince Amitabh Bachchan to act alongside Rekha after getting married to Jaya in his film, 'Silsila' which was based on extramarital affair and now after so many years his son Aditya Chopra has been successfully able to conv
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Release Date: 15 August 2008 Genre: Romantic Comedy Run Time: 152 Mins Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan Music: Vishal & Shekhar Story: Aditya Chopra Produced By: Aditya Chopra Directed By: Siddharth Anand Synopsis: Why do girls always fall for the wrong guy? Their mothers warn them about him. Their friends shake their heads disapprovingly. Their minds tell them to escape while the going is good. But no! oh no! Their hearts are another story. You see, they are sending all the wrong signals. His name alone is enough to scramble their brains and set their hearts racing. Meet Raj. He is the stuff of dreams, with the looks of a 'butter wouldn't melt in my mouth' good boy. Who can blame him for falling in love as many times as love is fortunate enough to find him. It's not his fault that he's a heartbreaker, it's in his DNA. Come discover his three love stories; Raj and Mahi, Raj and Radhika, Raj and Gayatri. Different ladyloves at different times in his life. And each of them, teach him a little bit about love and a little bit about life, in their own sweet, sexy or sassy way. Come fall in love... three times.
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YRF head honcho Aditya Chopra is extra careful about his ladylove Rani Mukherjee's new film, 'Mardani' which will go on floor in January 2014. He is going extra mile and has been putting creative inputs. 'Mardani' will be directed by Pradeep Sarkar of 'Parineeta' fame. Aditya and Pradeep are work
The next big going to happen in Bollywood in 2014 is Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra's wedding. Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra were engaged and the couple has decided to take their relationship to the next level very soon. According to an insider, Rani and Aditya will exchange wedding vows in


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Easter brings hope for baptized humanityEaster is the biggest challenge to a secularized world. Christ's resurrection from the dead is not an act of magic with no consequences. It offers humanity – and each human person – fullness of life. It offers each person the opportunity to share in Christ's divine mission of salvation. It offers each of us a share in divinity itself by becoming God's adopted children through Baptism. But fullness of life is not automatic. It involves a choice. Sometimes the choice is "No, I do not want to follow this path. It threatens my autonomy. It crimps my style." If one follows through on that choice in a consistent fashion, one arrives at the resurrection and says, "No, this did not happen. The story is made up. Jesus' followers stole the body. Or, Jesus escaped, married Mary Magdalene, fathered children and died a natural death." And then the hunt for Jesus' earthly remains begins. Without Christ's resurrection, what hope is there for humanity? We live our 70 or 80 years, die and our remains are put into the ground. That's the end of it. If that is the end of it, why should we be bothered with morality? Why should we consider the needs of others except for some advantage they may give us? Why should we love? For the pure secularist, love is the greatest folly. It imputes to the other a depth, a dignity, a stretching-forward beyond the material that cannot be if there is no resurrection. Love is a sham. I had better just look out for number one. Oh, those Christians! Listen to what their leader Jesus said: "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." They are so self-righteous. How can anyone have the audacity to claim to be perfect? Indeed, it is an audacious claim, one that none of us fulfill. But Jesus does admit the impossibility and point us toward perfection. "For men, this is impossible; but everything is possible for God" (Matthew 19:26). God comes to us through the sacraments, first of all through Baptism. Baptism is not simply the negative sacrament of washing away of sins; it is the sacrament of salvation through which we are incorporated into Christ. We are made one with him. Really, truly one. Just as Jesus is the Son of the Father, so we become adopted children of the Father. We are not merely human, but divine too. This surely is the most audacious claim. It does not mean we are perfect now. We stumble, we fall and, if we admit our fall, we are picked up. But we have entered into a fullness of life that outstrips human imagination. It began with the Incarnation. Christ deigned to accept our humanity. His bending low was for one purpose – to raise us up. At every Mass, this is proclaimed when the priest prays during the Preparation of the Gifts, "By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity." Our role is to let God work in us. Through Baptism, we become priests, prophets and kings. As priests, we make our whole lives – work, prayer, family life, hobbies and relaxation – spiritual sacrifices that we bring to the altar. As prophets, our words and example bear witness to the Good News. Through our kingly role, we strive to make all of life and creation reflect the goodness of God. This is not reserved for a spiritual elite. It is God's power working through us through Baptism. If we let it. If we commit ourselves to that power. At Easter, there is hope for humanity. In Baptism, we are baptized into Christ's death so that we too might walk in newness of life. The old self of slavery to sin was crucified with him. In its place, we rise with Christ to a fullness of life that makes eternity real here today. It is a fullness of life that reveals the purely secular outlook for the shrivelled up, impoverished view of humanity that it is. - Glen Argan
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Description: TIBCO ActiveMatrix Runtime Platform in Service Grid and Service Bus 2.x before 2.3.2 and BusinessWorks Service Engine before 5.8.2; TIBCO ActiveMatrix Platform in TIBCO Silver Fabric ActiveMatrix Service Grid Distribution 3.1.3, Service Grid and Service Bus 3.x before 3.1.5, BusinessWorks Service Engine 5.9.x before 5.9.3, and BPM before 1.3.0; TIBCO BusinessEvents Runtime in Enterprise and Inference Editions 3.x before 3.0.3, Standard Edition 4.x before 4.0.2, and Standard Edition and Express 5.0.0; and TIBCO BusinessWorks Engine in TIBCO Silver Fabric ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Distribution 5.9.2 and ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks before 5.9.3 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted URL. |
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So when he invited his fellow Season 4 coach Shakira to engage in some Bikram yoga sessions with him at his home, it got people like Shak's man, bugging out!
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Chemistry is a fragile thing at the judges' table of any talent competition series -- just ask the producers of 'American Idol,' where ratings have been in decline for years -- so it seems likely that there was some nervousness behind the scenes of 'The Voice,' when Usher and Shakira plunked down in the big red chairs recently vacated by Cee Lo and Christina Aguilera.
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Basically, I'm just wondering about a few things regarding Jack's Abby. I am going up to the brewery on Friday. Does anyone know if it costs money for the brewery tour or tastings? Also, how much do growler fills go for? I'd be buying a growler and the beer that will go in it. Lastly, does the growler fill prices vary? Thanks to whoever answers this. I sent a tweet to Jack's Abby, but I'm a little impatient and would rather have my fellow BA's help me out on this one. EDIT: Right after I posted this, they answered my question. However, if anyone would like to provide any opinions about the actual brewery, it would be welcome.
By the way, they have barrel aged Saxonator for 18 bucks a growler! I've never had this, but a doppelbock that's barrel aged sounds awesome!
opinions about the brewery: excellent beers, really well rounded flavor. their hop use is particularly good.
I've only had their Hoponius Union and it is amazing. I'm really looking forward to trying some other offerings of theirs.
The brewery is very small so it will only take a few minutes to see. Make sure to hit up Julios in Westboro while you're close by!
When I was at home over the holidays, that is exactly the trip that my sister and I made. Jacks Abby for a tasting and a growler and then Julio's for a couple more things. Both really awesome. All of Jacks Abby's beers are crazy good.
They have some good swag for sale at the brewery too. Great people making great brews. It will be hard to pick a favorite for a growler fill.
Great stuff from Jack's Abby. See if you can fine out when the Leisure Time Lager is coming out of the Chardonnay Barrels W/ Brett for me? I need some of that!!!
I had a Saxonator out of bottle. Good stuff. I still think Kiwi and Hoptonius are their best. Sax tasted like a Quad. Am I correct in sayong that? Anyone try? So a barrel aged could be interesting. At 9% and under $8 gotta love it
I am planning on making my maiden voyage as soon as the Framinghammer is released, their website says it is "upcoming" anybody seen an exact date?
I mean, it's a big doppelbock. Definitely a different style than a quad, and unlike your "india pale lager", this is definitely a style that is normal for lagers. There are certainly similar flavor notes, it's definitely a "strong lager" and a quad is really just a "strong ale", and they have sort of similar mouthfeels - I don't think the comparison is silly by any means.
Regardless, to me, at least, it sounds like a very intriguing brew. I've never had Jack's Abby's doppelbock but judging from my other doppelbock experiences, they're quite sweet and barrel aging it would make for an extremely sweet tasting beer. Also I don't think I've ever seen another brewery barrel age a lager. I could be wrong though.
Had the Saxonator on New Year's Eve, definitely sweet, definitely delicious. Might try to snag the BA version this weekend, if I can get down there.
Can't think of one I've seen besides stuff from JA! Had the JA Brett Biere de Garde which was BA, I was not a fan of the beer, to be honest, but I've heard amazing things about the BA Framinghammer.
I definitely tip my hat to Jack's Abby because they're doing something different from other breweries. Nonetheless, I'm quite excited to go to the brewery and sample all their available offerings. Should be a real treat.
it's fun. surprisingly large, made me understand how the hell they sell their beer so cheap when i finally saw the place. also, the extremely reasonable growler pricing is fantastic.
Great beers, great guys. Just dont plan on going for a walk around the neighborhood, its in the ghetto of Framingham.
I'm assuming they also can sell their beer so cheap because they make lagers as opposed to ales. That's just my guess though. Do you know what size their growlers are? Do they sell just one size or multiple sizes? I'm planning on getting at least 2 growlers, depending on the price and sizes. Also, I might even bring my camera and take some cool pictures of their brewery and tasting room.
As they will tell you at the brewery, lagers actually take longer to condition than ales, so they are less cost-effective. Only one size of growler - 64oz
Not to mention refrigeration costs to keep fermentation/conditioning at a much lower temperature than the same for ales.
Doppeldubbels? I just came across bottles of Saxonator, which I've never tried, last night and grabbed two. The fact that I got more than one without knowing what it tastes like is a fair indication of the trust I have in the brewery.
in case theres any confusion, i'm not saying dubbels are doppelbocks, just they have known flavor similarities / compatibility, so.if you think one doppelbock tastes like a quad, that's not weird. however, i am saying that quad is just a marketing name for dubbel.
no, it moreso varies from brewery to brewery. in general, if someone has a beer called a dubbel and a beer called a quad, the quad is stronger--though saint bernardus 12 is called a dubbel on the label, and they also make 2 other dubbels (6 and 8). in truth, quad is just a marketing name that koningshoeven came up with. belgians aren't as style-definition-happy as americans, british, germans. it's sort of like how one brewery's "india pale ale" is lower ABV and less hoppy than another brewery's "american pale ale," but if some brewery puts out an APA and an IPA, chances are the IPA is hoppier (see oskar blues, maine beer co., hill farmstead, etc etc).
Anybody who might be able to swing by and grab a growler of ba saxonator on their way to VT shoot me a bm and I'll make it worth your while.
Framinhammer is much anticipated. Baltic Porter I believe somewhere around 11%. Plus I think they do a barrel aged version. Might give smuttynose a run for their money.
Love going to Jack's Abby. Cool guys, great beers, and it's pretty inexpensive. Their Framinhammer was awesome, tried it last year. Enjoy!
I disagree with your description of the neighborhood. Light industrial around thebrewery itself but the actual neighborhood is latin and there is a fantastic El salvadoran Pupuseria right around the corner -Pupusas Y Tacos Doña Sofia a delightful place where two people can eat well for 15 bucks . I would walk anywhere there.
That area is pretty ghetto, my buddy lives a few blocks away and there is always some kind of disturbance resulting in cops coming by. There was a murder next door to his house a month or two ago as well.
Yeah, I gotta say, it's not the safest neighborhood. I should know, I grew up there. And yes, that taco place has some pretty killer food.
Agreed. Brilliant brew. I can't say it's my favorite of theirs, as that would be Hoponious- but Smoke and Dagger is just a near-flawless beer.


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Just curious to see where everywhere one is in terms of car seats and boosters. So Does Ducky ride rear facing still, front facing, in a booster or other? (Sorry couldnt figure out how to do a poll in the new layout)
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I'l go first since I'm here I guess :p lol Emma rides front facing in her 5 point harness and I don't plan on changing that any time soon.
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Blake is forward facing in a 5 point harness. He gets himself buckled in and out of his carseat himself (I always do a final check to make sure all is secured). He is on the small side so I don't see him moving to a booster for quite awhile.
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Kevin rides forward facing in a 5 point harness, he's tiny so he will be in it for a long time.
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In my car (where Amelia is 90% of the time), Amelia is forward facing in a 5 pt harness.
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I wrote about the "techie curse" some time ago. Techies don't create documentation and most environments are a SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) desert. In every job in which I have started, no-one has ever given me a SOP of the services being provided. I would have to "sink or swim." Most techie managers who were treated in this manner, reinforce the behaviour by treating their subordinates in a similar manner. In reality they even go further to ridicule those who create documentation as bureaucratic. By this they imply that it is a waste of time but often the underlying reason is to be able to be a hero, as when the sh1t hits the fan, they are the only ones able to resolve it, as all the knowledge is in their heads and not on paper for anyone else to attempt to resolve. I have even been told that it stops their ability to be "business flexible." What a load of codswallop! Imagine if a new hire was given a SOP of the service they are responsible for delivering on day one of their tenure. Alas, most techies spend the first three weeks of their job being unproductive.
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With the recent scuffles between Google and the Chinese government it comes as no surprise that almost 75 per cent of respondents believed that the Chinese government was involved in cyber attacks against their country. However, the figures for both the US and Russia were identical at 60 per cent. The UK government came in third from last with only 50 per cent or so believing that it was involved in naughty cyber aggression activities.
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"If I can get through Tennessee (Sunday), I feel I won't miss this year," he predicted Wednesday.
He enters the final four games as the NFL's only regular kicker without a miss, having made 28 field goals and 35 extra points. On Wednesday, he earned his second straight AFC special teams player of the month award.
He's also on pace to break his own franchise scoring record (145 points), and with an AFC-high 119 points could eclipse Gary Anderson's NFL scoring record for kickers (164). Only Paul Hornung, who had 176 points in 1960, scored more points in one season.
Vanderjagt encourages talk about his streak.
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Officially, Vanderjagt hasn't missed a regular-season kick since Dec. 8, 2002 at Tennessee, where the Colts (9-3) play again Sunday.
Because of the wind, field surface, chilly temperatures and possibility of changing conditions, Vanderjagt says it will be his last real challenge this season.
Unofficially, Vanderjagt says he missed one when a 40-yarder Oct. 6 at Tampa Bay went wide. A penalty gave him a second chance.