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51 Meetup Groups match "Energy Healers" near Bothell, WA
The intention of this group is to go to various Animal Control, Animal Shelter, Zoos, Aquariums, etc... to provide Healing Energy to the animals there. For Animal control and animal shelters also with the intention that they ALL find their best fit forever homes where they'll happily live out their lives in loving homes.
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This group is for individuals who would like to learn the art of energy healing to help themselves, their family, friends, pets and the world. There are many types of energy healing modalities and Reiki is a wonderful place to start. It is easy to learn, like turning on a switch in your being that allows for a deeper spiritual experience as a human. Those who practice energy healing not only help their fellow living beings but also grow exponentially in their understanding of the nature of thi …
I am an energy healer and want to share what I know with others. The purpose of the group is to give and receive healing energy. Learn different ways such as hands of light, toning, flower essences. Please join us if you are interested in helping yourself and others be well.
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Meet other local people interested in learning energy techniques such as energy medicine as taught by Donna Eden and Meridian Tapping (EFT) that you can use to align with Source, to be attuned to your guidance, and to discover your Divine Purpose in your life. Check out my new website www.FreedomByTapping.com to find Energy Medicine Basics, Pendulum charts and EFT Tapping scripts to help you get started right away!
This group is oriented as a community for people interested in healing and holistic health and spirituality. You do not need to bee a practitioner to join us. Simply to have an interest in learning or improving your life through healing and growth is enough. Topics of discussion include things like: Reiki, Shamanism, Crystal healing, Herbs, Aromatherapy, Sound Healing, Massage,Energy healing, Sound Healing, meditation and all forms of spiritual work that support a healthy way of living. I wish t …
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This is a focused meditation group that comes together to send energy to the earth and all of humanity. Each week will be a different focus pending on what is needed most at the time. All are welcome from advanced Lightworkers to those who wish to learn how to send energy. By one person sending energy they can help a situation, with two or more coming together we can change things!
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Meditation has many benefits, like greater focus, relaxation, and a feeling of peace. But it doesn't have to stop there. Meditation can be a powerful tool we can harness to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. Through meditation, we can create the lives we truly want. Come to our meetup and learn simple, effective ways to change your life using energy meditation. It's simple and fun. Our group is appropriate for anyone and everyone. If you have never heard the word "meditation" before, o …
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Do you enjoy going to spiritual events? Or perhaps you would like to share the info about your favorite spiritual event with others? If your answer is yes, this group is for you! The goal of this group is to help us get together to celebrate our spiritual awakening and transformation. We will create, experience and share with others the positive energy we bring by participating in different spiritual events going on in Seattle. Aedan will be hosting psychic parties at various Seattle locations. …
This series of casual, discussion meet-ups and workshops were developed to help foster your recognition and expand upon your intuition as well as learn about & discuss various healing modalities. Do you want to expand your awareness of the world around and within you? Would you like to try what Reiki, or Bio-energy healing feels like? Would you like to learn more about subtle bodies and auras among other interesting things? Do you enjoy sharing your experiences? Come join us! Discussion group m …
EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques aka tapping in the Seattle metro area with groups on Whidbey and Seattle. "Unresolved emotional issues are the main cause of 85% of all illnesses." Eric Robins, MD Top rated EFT practitioner Alina Frank as they assist you with what some call, "the greatest innovation in the last 100 years" This group will meet regulary at a private residence in Langley. Bring us your physical, emotional, and spiritual obstacles. "EFT is a simple, powerful process that can profou …
You already are sensitive, intuitive and psychic! If you have had interesting or unusual psychic experiences please come find some answers and meaning. We can look clairvoyantly to give you more information about your psychic abilities and experiences. Whether you are newly curious, or a professional reader and healer already, we invite you to come explore your spiritual abilities in our Meetup group. We every Monday. On the first Monday of each month, we have an Intuitive Reading Clinic ($25). …
ZY Qigong (Zhong Yuan Qigong) is a complete and powerful system of qigong steeped in shamanic, Buddhist and Daoist practices. It is a simple science of life that develops our physical, energetic and spiritual anatomies and guides us in understanding our Selves and the Universe. Dating back over 7,000 years, ZY Qigong has been passed down through generations of realized teachers; Grandmaster Mingtang Xu is the current lineage holder. During our meetups we will learn how to accumulate and cultivat …
A welcoming community of open-minded people with different backgrounds who have an interest in inner exploration. Our discussion topics tend to center around shamanic techniques , plant medicine, expansion of consciousness and spirituality. We are interested in growing as human beings by integrating our spiritual experiences into our lifestyles and sharing our knowledge with each other. The topics of conversation at meetings are our experiences with Ethnobotany and Ethnomycology, and sacramenta …
Members of the local Pranic Healing community offer a free service to the people of Seattle and the surrounding area. Come and experience Pranic Healing with a free session from a Pranic Healer, and participate in a guided meditation for world peace.
Come experience the powerful healing practice of Supreme Science Qigong! Practiced by 200 million people, Qigong is the Mother of Acupuncture & Tai Chi. Use advanced breathing techniques, meditation, & movement to harness the Qi. The Qi-Energy is so tangible in this Qigong system that experts of Yoga, Meditation, and even practitioners of other styles of Qigong are AMAZED at how strong it is. I've started this group to help build a qigong community in the Seattle-area. Having experienced great …
Enjoy the happy-making and healing movements & meditations of Sheng Zhen Gong, the Qigong of Unconditional Love! Before explaining more about qigong and this particular system of qigong specifically, I must tell you that this qigong changed my life. I know that is a strong statement to make, but it's true. Before attending my first workshop with Master Li Junfeng in 2006, I had sort of a dark cloud hanging over me. I was self-conscious. Shy. Not one of those bubbly, glowing, happy people. And I …
EFT Seattle Join top rated EFT practitioner and master trainer Alina Frank as she assists you with what some call, "the greatest innovation in the last 100 years" This group meets monthly at Alina's practitioner room in East West Books in Ravenna Seattle. Bring in your physical, emotional, and spiritual obstacles. "EFT is a simple, powerful process that can profoundly influence gene activity, health and behaviour." Dr. Bruce Lipton This group is modeled after successful EFT Borrowing Benefits g …
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I have seen Auras since I was 4 years old. The number one question I get is "Hey, What's my Aura?. I would like to connect with others who would like to practice perceiving Energy and working with color healing.
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This group is intended to be a place where anyone can come and develop their awareness. We will build a group that meets to practice expanding their senses, exploring para-psychological abilities, and trusting our intuitive signals. The exercises I will bring are drawn from my experience in wilderness survival schools and native traditions, martial arts/dance/body awareness, and meditation. We will be meeting outdoors, and there will be some physicality involved, but that is minimal and our focu …
I have taught and certified many beautiful students in Reiki. This group is for Reiki healers of all levels or people interested in Reiki to gather in community and practice Reiki. Anyone who loves Reiki or is interested in knowing more about Reiki should attend. I offer certification courses frequently for all levels. Check out www.fernlifecenter.com for more information or become a Facebook fan of Fern Life Center and be notified of upcoming events!
With more than 3000 years of documented lineage, The Modern Mystery School is a worldwide network of initiates of all ages and diverse backgrounds with a common focus on their personal spiritual mastery and service to humanity through the tools of Western Magick and Hermetic Philosophy. The Seattle community of initiates includes a range of beginners, dedicated practitioners, Kabbalists, Healers, Guides, and Master Teachers. Together we gather to empower ourselves through understanding ourselves …
We Heal in Light and Love and seek healing for the Spirits, Land, Places and Families involved. We have been able to make a difference and help many Energies and Spirits that are EarthBound, or who for whatever reason are Lost. There are so many reasons as to why a Spirit is EarthBound, and finding out why is half the battle. We offer meetups, classes, and healings. In Love, Truth and Perfect Light, Blessed Be! Come "like" us on Facebook here!
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The One Gathering is an annual 2.5 hour, multi-sensory program that is intended to raise consciousness to higher states of peace & joy. If you would like to release what no longer serves & receive an energetic healing, while entertained, come to this unique event. By joining this MeetUp, you will receive updates about The One Gathering group and the dates that it continues to meet.
Unity is a positive, practical, progressive approach to Christianity based on the teachings of Jesus and the power of prayer. Unity honors the universal truths in all religions and respects each individual's right to choose a spiritual path.
This is a Reiki group for practitioners, students and those curious about Reiki on the Kitsap Peninsula, WA. Established by Theressa Mulkins and Eileen Dey, M.A., LMHC, Director and Founder of www.reikitrainingprogram.com
I want to introduce people to different healing modalities and herbs. To educate people about natural ways of healing. If you want to learn about natural healing methods please join us.
The Reiki Training Program offers community gatherings each month at the Good Karma Center for Joy. These are open to the public as well as students and practitioners interested in taking their Reiki practice further. If you would like to share in the light and healing, please join us! For more information about our outreach and work visit www.reikitrainingprogram.com
This group of Reiki energyworkers have joined to learn, share and advance the practice of Reiki in self care, the care of others, animals and the healing of the Universe. During each of our meetings we share Reiki experiences, Share Reiki, integrate crystals into what we do, focus on the intuitive part of ourselves and discuss Reiki topics of interest and skills. You do not have to be Reiki attuned to join our group
Do you feel called to live a deep, soulful life that is spiritually connected, but traditional church just doesn't do it for you? Please join us as we explore basic spiritual beliefs and learn how to live a positive, on-track life that is rich with love and celebrates our divine essence becoming our clear and optimal expression every day. Walk in Beauty means choosing the path of spirit. We will learn some basic all-inclusive spiritual principals, meditate, pray, enjoy sharing our experiences as …
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I want to gather together those interested in their inner compass and help them discover how this simple tool of the subconscious can reveal a way to answers that are authentically their own. If you are not familiar with the term Chevreul's Pendulum, it is a simple ornament suspended from a thread or a fine mounted crystal at the end of a silver or gold chain. It could be necklace, or a key chain. The choice of pendulum is strictly a personal choice. What distinguishes Chevreul's Pendulum f …
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This group was created based on my interest and fascination with dreams. That will still be a large focus, but I am expanding the scope to include intuition, empathic abilities, and subconscious communication. If you are a Highly Sensitive Person, Empath, or Intuitive, you are already more prone to remembering dreams, and having more psychic and paranormal experiences than the rest of the population. If those descriptions don't apply to you, but you are interested in dreams and the subconscious …
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At the Cosmic Cafe, we are updating the focus from Law of Attraction to understanding that we are co creating our lives. We are also moving into a Light Based Consciousness system thats filled with magic and naturally intuitive viewpoints. At Cosmic Cafe we focus on two things... Networking and hearing a guest speaker share their vision and skills. Guests speakers have included Psychic Development, Mediumship, Ascended Masters, Healing modalities, Spirit Art, Psychic panels, Drumming, Numerolo …
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Hallstead-Great Bend Summer Reading Calendar |
Join us for these special Summer Reading events at the Hallstead-Great Bend library location! Click "Read More" if the calendar does not display. NEW SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM *Free Lunch after Story Hour @ 11:00 for all children at the library! June 1 - Start of Online Registration June 17 - June 21: Registration Week Tuesday, June 25, 10am - Kick-Off: Dig Into Reading Tuesday, July 2, 10am – Story Hour and Special Guest, Backhoe Thursday, July 4 – CLOSED Tuesday, July 9, 10am – Story Hour Tuesday, July16, 10am – Story Hour Tuesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 17 - Free Book Giveaway Wednesday, July 17, 2:00 pm : Groundbreaking Technology: New Devices Workshop -Adult Tuesday, July 23, 10am – Story Hour with Special Guest, Audrea L Zlotucha Kozub, Archeaologist Department of Binghamton University Tuesday, July 30, 10am – Story Hour Monday, August 5 - 8:15am- 5 pm Howe Caverns and The Cave House Museum- Adult Tuesday, August 6 - 9:30am- 2pm Ending Program: Fossil Hunt with Rock Doc @ Conklin Forks Park Sign up for the Howe Caverns trip ends July 18th - more info to follow |
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College Announces Cast for "The Miser"
Annual Cambridge Campus Scholardazzle Fundraiser Gains Importance in Troubled Financial Times
College Now Offers Degree with Health Emphasis to Help Meet Market Demands
Economy, New Program Spur Enrollment at the College
College Winter Musical "Hormel Girls" Draws Sold Out Audiences
International Ceramics Artist at College March 25
Annual Scholardazzle 'Dazzles' the Bottom Line for Deserving Students
The Dining Room to Hit Anoka-Ramsey Community College Stage, Feb. 27 – March 7
Winners Announced at All for Art Student Art Exhibit at Blaine City Hall
Juried Exhibit by Anoka-Ramsey Community College Art Students Promotes Professionalism
College Hosts 170 Students for Business Professionals of America
Students Sweep Honor Awards
New Women's Volleyball Coach Ready to Rack Up Wins at College
College Continues 50% Off Tuition Grant for Unemployed in Summer Semester
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Astronomy Club Brings Universe to College April 2
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College Welcomes Tanzanian Human Rights Organizer, April 23
College, UMC Awarded $269,088 MJSP Grant
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College Spring Play Timely Retelling of "The Miser"
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Peoples Bank Strengthens Commitment to College Education with Donation to $52,500 Endowment
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College Welcomes Author of "Wearing a Hijab for the First Time"
College Speech Faculty Recognized With Project of the Year
Bachelor's Degree in Community Psychology Comes to College
Cambridge Campus Students Honored as Outstanding
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Students Honored as Outstanding
College Business Students Get Real Life Experience Assisting Lions Club
Anoka-Ramsey, St. Francis Students Get Rare Glimpse Inside Theatre Productions
Conference is Step in Path to Becoming Future Teachers for Students
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Anoka-Ramsey Community College is proud to announce the cast for the timely retelling of Molière's, "The Miser," to appear at the Coon Rapids Campus Performing Arts Center, April 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. Alumni night with a post-show discussion is April 18; the interpretive performance is April 23.
Cast List of Anoka-Ramsey Community College Students
Valere: Sam Kovar, Anoka High School
Elise: Laura Otremba, Hill-Murray High School
Cleante: Brett Hedberg, Spring Lake Park High School
Harpagon: Neal Skoy, Centennial High School
La Fleche: Marcus Coker, Lead High School
Master Simon: Donny La Que, JC High School (Oregon)
Frosine: Yumi Nagaoka, Columbia Heights High School
Master Jacques: John Vavrin, Columbia Heights High School
Marianne: Lauren Haven, Anoka High School
Chief of Police: Michael Cox, Coon Rapids High School; Jeremy Wollersheim, Champlin Park High School
Signore Anselme: Nate Turner, Spring Lake Park High School
Servants: Anna Peterson, Irondale High School; Claire Finstrom, Robinsdale-Cooper High School; Sarah Brace, Elk River High School; Amanda Bray, Selah High School; Shannon Elliott, home-schooled
About "The Miser"Anoka-Ramsey Community College Theatre Department's spring production, "The Miser," is the contemporary retelling of the story of Harpagon, a rich money-lender whose feisty children long to escape from his penny-pinching household and marry their respective lovers.
Audiences have been delighted by Molière's ability to blend the traditional elements of comedy–wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire–with discriminating insight into human character. The play is also well-known for certain theatrical conventions, such as characters pausing to speak directly to the audience, which other actors ignore.
Tickets for "The Miser" are $8 for the general public and are available at the college's bookstore during normal business hours or at the Performing Arts Center box office 30 minutes before each performance. For more information, call 763-433-1250.


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Gov. Scott: No downtown gun ban for GOP convention
Florida governor refuses request
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summer because it would infringe upon "sacred constitutional traditions," according to a letter released Wednesday.
Concerned about the politically charged atmosphere on the streets outside the convention hall, Mayor Bob Buckhorn wrote to Scott Tuesday asking for an executive order that would temporarily override state laws allowing people with concealed weapons permits to transport firearms downtown.
The Republican governor fired off a letter to Buckhorn later Tuesday, denying the request in no uncertain terms. Scott said banning firearms in downtown Tampa would infringe on citizens' constitutionally protected rights to legally arm themselves.
Scott wrote that while he shared Buckhorn's concern about violent anti-government protests and other civil unrest, "it is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law."
"It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach," Scott wrote. "I am confident the many federal, state and local law enforcement agencies focused on the RNC will fully protect Floridians and visitors, without the need to resort to sweeping infringements on our most sacred constitutional traditions."
Buckhorn, a Democrat, told reporters Wednesday he was disappointed but not surprised.
Scott, who was elected with tea party support and endorsed by the National Rifle Association, has been clear about his stand against any gun-control efforts. One of the bills he signed into law after this year's legislative session prevents doctors from asking patients about gun ownership. Doctors had urged a veto, contending that it would violate the doctor-patient relationship.
For the convention, Tampa city leaders have already proposed a host of banned items (lumber, hatchets, gas masks, chains and "super soaker" water cannons) — but they are prevented from outlawing concealed guns. Buckhorn had said the state law has made the city "look silly," particularly because officials can ban water guns but not real ones.
Tampa wants to ban those items within a wide "Event Zone," which includes a protest area with portable toilets, water, a stage and a microphone for protesters. Outside that area, people will be allowed to march down an official parade route as long as they have a permit. The exact location of the protest zones and security perimeter will be decided later.
Members of a group called the Coalition to March on the RNC said they plan to speak out against the limitations at a Tampa City Council meeting Thursday.
The guns issue is more complicated in Charlotte, host city for the Democratic National Convention. The city in January adopted an ordinance allowing it to set up "extraordinary event zones" — designated areas where people won't be allowed to carry backpacks and other items.
The city wanted to ban guns in those zones. State law, though, allows people to carry concealed weapons — unless they're at a parade or protest. That makes it unclear exactly where and when people are allowed to carry guns.
The Republicans will gather for the nominating convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa Aug. 27-30, and the Democrats will follow a week later at Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena. The Secret Service has banned civilians from carrying guns inside the arenas.
The federal government has given $50 million each to Charlotte and Tampa to help them pay for new security-related equipment, training and officer salaries.
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5:00pm Saturday 24th August 2013 in News
There are three free bike rides planned this bank holiday weekend as part of the Sky Ride Local programme.
Dudley Council is partnering with British Cycling to encourage thousands of people to dust off their bikes and get cycling again with a series of 25 led-rides.
The first ride is Traffic for the Totally Terrified for women which is aimed at female cyclists wanting to build their traffic confidence. It's perfect for women who perhaps haven't cycled for years and want to give it a go in a safe, fun environment.
The ride meets at 10am on Sunday, August 25 at the hub building, Mary Stevens Park, DY8 2DN.
The Kinver Klimer - Stourbridge Challenge is next on Sunday 25 August at 10am. This more challenging ride which meets at the public car park on Stanley Road next to Mary Stevens Park follows an undulating route that quickly leaves the Black Country and heads into the rolling hills of South Staffordshire around Kinver.
Finally in August there's a return to Saltwells Wood which launched the Sky Ride programme with the popular Saltwells Wood Explorer on Sunday 25 August at 2pm. It meets on the Saltwells Lane car park. This scenic 2.2 mile, traffic free ride takes in the nature and beauty of this peaceful reserve.
The Sky Ride Local programme is a series of free, fun, guided bike rides around the local area. Guided by friendly British Cycling Ride Leaders along scenic planned routes, they're a great way to get out and see your local area on two wheels.
Councillor Tracy Wood, cabinet member for environment and culture, said: "These free Sky Ride local bike rides are a fun way to get out in the fresh air this bank holiday weekend and enjoy our green spaces."
Dudley Council is able to fund this two-year programme programme thanks to a successful bid to NHS Dudley's Clinical Commissioning Group, the group of health professionals responsible for planning and buying (commissioning) health services for Dudley people.
All riders must provide their own bike. Helmets must be worn by all under 18s regardless of ride level. Please bring equipment with you to repair punctures, ride leaders are there to help but are not responsible for bikes. All rides leave at the time states and participants should arrive 15 minutes early for registration. Children under the age of 5 must be in a BSA approved child seat, trailer or tag-a-long.
To be part of the cycling revolution and book onto a bike ride in Dudley or the wider West Midlands region, visit www.goskyride.com/Dudley
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Posted: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006 07:10 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
July 3, 2006--An organization known as the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has applied for and received a special use permit to conduct a protest and demonstration at Gettysburg National Military Park on September 2, 2006 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Activities will take place on the east lawn area of the Cyclorama Center. The KKK requested the permit under the first amendment of the United States Constitution which grants all citizens the rights to freedom of speech. The group's activities are inflammatory, controversial, and will undoubtedly create an emotional response in many of the park visitors and our community. However, it is important to note that the National Park Service mission in preserving and protecting the historic resources at Gettysburg includes making them available to all Americans, even those whose views are contrary to the majority of the American public. The United States Constitution guarantees everyone the right to speak freely and to assemble peaceably, regardless of the content of their message. As custodians of land owned by the American people, the National Park Service has a responsibility to make that land available for exercising those rights. National parks host hundreds of first amendment activities each year, the majority of which take place in our nation's capital. Some, like Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, reflected the prevailing mood of the American people, while others deliver a more controversial message whose validity is ultimately judged by the American people. The one constant of all of these assemblies is the professionalism of National Park Service and its staff in administering these activities. The Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR 2.51), the Director's Orders on Special Park Use, and the Management Policies of the National Park Service all provide clear guidance on First Amendment activities in the parks. Gettysburg NMP staff will be working to ensure that park resources and visitors will not be adversely affected by this event or by activities that may be conducted by counter-demonstrations under additional permits. Additional law enforcement agencies will assist the park to make certain that demonstrators, visitors, and staff experience a safe atmosphere on the day of the event. For more information contact the park's Public Affairs Office at 717/ 334-1124 x452, or by email at email@example.com |
Posted: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006 09:25 pm |
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MAubrecht Member
That Antietam event opened up a HUGE can of worms... I see these guys everywhere now... the Vietnam Memorial, Monticello, Yankee Stadium... etc. etc. etc. I even stuck up for their 1st Amendment rights in our last discussion here - but I am rethinking my position... damn can... damn worms... damn free speech. |
Posted: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006 09:42 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
LOL - understand the feeling Michael. You were right about their right to do it, and I don't blame the parks at all. They're stuck between a rock and a hard place. At Antietam, I was worried about a large counter-demonstration due to the burden on the rangers. And even so the KKK still looked like fools, outnumbered 200 to 30. Here's what I'd like to see happen at G-burg: I'd like to see thousands of counter-protesters (after all, if the klan looks silly at 200-30, imagine 3,000 - 30). However I would add this caveat - every counter-protester should do two things: 1) Bring an extra bottle or two of nice cold water to hand out to the rangers and law enforcement folks who are forced to be there to keep order. Give them a smile, some water, and a thank you. 2) All counter-demonstrators should commit to staying an hour longer after the klan leaves to serve as volunteers to help park staff clean up any mess that may be made by the event. Why not turn a negative into a positive? They have a right to march - I have a right to call them ignorant, gutless cowards (and our address is on every page of our website! ). |
Posted: Tue Jul 4th, 2006 04:35 am |
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William Posey Member
As a law-enforcement officer, I've been present at several KKK rallies. None has been well-attended and the best way to deal with them is to ignore them. Counter-demonstrators only provoke these goons into more of their silly ranting, but unopposed, especially on a hot day, they seem to tire quickly and move on to another place. I have never seen a spectator at one of these events who seemed to be supportive of the KKKers there. Some have even laughed out loud at the shenanigans. No one takes them seriously. Leave them alone and they'll fade away. |
Posted: Tue Jul 4th, 2006 03:12 pm |
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James2044 Member
I am not a member of or in favor of the KKK. However, truth is needed here and the "hooded" part of this message is incorrect. The KKK has not been able to were hoods in years as we should know on a history board. |
Posted: Tue Jul 4th, 2006 04:19 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
James - Please see here . |
Posted: Tue Jul 4th, 2006 04:23 pm |
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William Posey Member
James2044, I must have a blind spot. I've read and reread the messages and I see nothing about "hoods" or "hooded". Could you help me? |
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susansweet2 Member
Yep , Joe, that sure looks like a hood to me in the picture on the page you had a link to. I like your suggestions of bringing water and stay to clean up. Michael I agree with with you on the damn can of worms but know can't just limit free speech to those that agree with me. Sometimes its just hard!!!! |
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Shadowrebel Member
William, Look at the top of the page for the title of thread "Hooded Cowards Strike Again". I agree they have a right to free speech and to use the national parks. I disagree with giving them any form of publicity or acknowledgment such as going to the protest. If you want to go after the event and help cleanup that is fine, just wait until they leave. Regards Shadowrebel (John) |
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rrhrjs Member
John, amen regarding publicity. A prominently displayed news story or lead on the 6 o'clock news feeds this beast. I hope that the area media keep this event as low-key as possible ... as William said, "Leave them alone and they'll fade away." Warm regards, Rhonda Last edited on Thu Jul 6th, 2006 02:53 am by rrhrjs |
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As it seeks to increase its share of the Northern California milk market, Foster Farms Dairy is reinvigorating a brand familiar to generations of Sacramento-area residents: Crystal Creamery.
Less than a year into his job as president and CEO of Foster Farms, Frank Otis is gradually reintroducing the Crystal Creamery name into dairy cases in the region.
By this time next year, Otis wants every Foster Farms transport truck, employee uniform and piece of office stationery to be branded "Crystal Creamery."
"When you talk about Crystal Creamery in Sacramento, people grew up with it," Otis said. "It's an iconic brand."
While Otis technically heads Modesto-based Foster Farms Dairy a separate company from the Foster Farms poultry firm but founded and owned by the same family he's quick to say he's heading Crystal Creamery and pushing that brand to regain the instant recognition it once held in Northern California.
Otis, the first CEO who is not part of the Foster family, hopes to attract not only longtime Northern California shoppers around the brand but a new generation of grocery buyers.
Crystal Creamery, founded in Sacramento in 1901, had extensive operations in Sacramento prior to being sold to an East Coast dairy firm in 2007, which unloaded the Crystal brand to Foster Farms that same year. While the brand was never discontinued entirely, it had dwindled over the past two decades under prior ownership. The big Crystal plant on D Street in downtown Sacramento closed in the 1990s.
Little by little, however, its name is coming back. Crystal milk and dairy products have been showing up in Sacramento-area stores. CVS pharmacies were part of the early roll-out, and the brand is now arriving in more mainstream grocery outlets.
Otis says Crystal's dairy market share in Northern California a market generally stretching from Stockton north to Redding is around 9 percent. Ultimately, Otis hopes to boost that to 25 to 30 percent.
At Nugget Market in West Sacramento, shoppers browsing the dairy aisle were happy to see the familiar Crystal logo.
"I remember my grandma bringing home Crystal (products) from the store all the time," said Sacramentan June Rabold. "For me, seeing Crystal milk on the shelf is like the most natural thing in the world."
Sacramentan Nancy Weeks said she was pleased "because I thought the Crystal brand went away a few years ago. I'm really happy to see it here. I've always liked Crystal."
Foster Farms Dairy's push to become all-Crystal Creamery also drew approval from Robert Reynolds, a supermarket consultant in Moraga.
"I believe Crystal is a strong brand, especially in the Central Valley around Stockton, but now I'm starting to see it appear in some stores in the East Bay Area," Reynolds said. "The idea of converting Foster to Crystal is spot-on brilliant, and Foster is really good with that kind of stuff. Corporately, they know how to do that."
Reynolds also said the push for Crystal Creamery is smart because, even though Foster Farms' poultry operations are separate from its dairy operations, the public has a mind-set on the Foster Farms name.
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Reynolds speculated that gaining market share and shelf space in larger Northern California stores will be a challenge as Crystal Creamery products compete for attention with well-known national brands and increasing numbers of private-label brands.
However, Reynolds added that Crystal has an advantage in the Northern California market because the brand has been around for so long.
"It stands for local. It stands for quality in the minds of some people. All of those are strong brand attributes," he said.
Otis is also betting on the brand's deep regional roots, noting the family-owned origins of Crystal Creamery and Foster Farms Dairy, a family-owned operation in California since 1941.
Crystal's regional marketing blitz includes a touch borrowed from Wheaties, the cereal brand that has long featured box covers with photos of nationally known athletes.
Crystal Creamery's spin on that is putting California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section sports champions on commemorative milk cartons to honor their success. The sponsorship program was launched this fall and will include champions in winter and spring sports in 2013.
The Sac-Joaquin Section comprises 196 high schools in 27 athletic leagues representing more than 225,000 student athletes.
"As a local company involved in our communities for more than 100 years, we looked to establish a sponsorship which would have a positive impact on young people and provide them with the same valuable experiences we obtained when we were in school," Otis said.
Otis also points out that five company-owned farms (with 5,000 cows) and 18 independent producers lie within California's borders.
"Yes, people in Sacramento and Northern California are familiar with the Crystal brand, but it's more than that," Otis said. "It's good for the whole region. As we grow, we're looking at adding 300 or 400 more jobs."
Peter Schaub, a marketing and branding expert in New York, also likes Crystal Creamery's chances up the road.
"If you were coming into a part of the country cold with a totally unknown brand, I'd say you're going to have a real fight on your hands to gain market share and opportunities from retailers," Schaub said. "But if the brand already has a certain iconic status in the region, you're ahead of the game.
"The very name Crystal Creamery all but shouts dairy. That's a plus by itself."
Headquarters: 529 Kansas Ave., Modesto.
Employees: 925 direct company employees; its distributors have approximately 200 to 250 employees. Crystal Creamery estimates that its contract dairies have about 314 employees (or one for every 100 cows).
Origins: Crystal Creamery was founded as a family-run operation in the back of a small grocery store at 728 K St., in Sacramento in 1901. There, George and Caroline Knox churned butter for their enterprise. In 1921, Crystal was purchased by Carl Hansen, a Danish immigrant. The Hansens ran the company for 86 years. Current ownership is Foster Farms Dairy, a family-owned operation in California since 1941.
Liquid assets: Crystal first offered milk in glass bottles in 1926. Today, it processes about 2.5 million gallons of milk a week.
Annual sales: More than $300 million.
Products: Fluid milk, milk powder, cream, buttermilk, fruit juices. water, butter, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream and various dairy derivatives.
Facilities: Crystal has a manufacturing complex of nearly 400,000 square feet spread over 27 acres in Modesto. In the Sacramento area, Crystal has a distribution/warehouse facility and a separate warehouse, together employing about 100.
Fast fact: Crystal CEO Frank Otis says that the company switched some dairy products from Foster Farms Dairy recipes to long-standing Crystal Creamery recipes following Foster's acquisition of the Crystal brand.
More information: www.crystalcreamery.com
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POSIX guarantees an atomic replacement of the file, and this means *both* the data an the filenames[1]. However, POSIX doesn't specify anything about system crashes. So, this guarantee is only valid for the non-crashing case.
For the crashing case POSIX doesn't guarantee anything. In fact, many POSIX filesystems such as ext2 can (correctly, by the spec) result in a total loss of all filesystem data in the case of a system crash. And in fact, this is allowed even if the application fsync()ed some data before the crash.
Now, in order to have some way of getting better guarantees than this POSIX also supplies fsync that guarantees that the files have been written to disk. However, nowhere in the specs of fsync does it say that it guarantees that this will survive a system crash. Of course if it *does* survive it is nice to have the fsync guarantee because that means if the metadata change survived we're more likely to get the whole new file.
But, your discussions about how the "atomic" part is only refering to the filenames is bullshit. POSIX does give full guarantees for both filename and content in the case it specifies. Everything else is up to the implementation. This is why its a good idea for a robust filesystem to give the write-data-before-metadata-on-rename guarantee, since it turns an non-crash POSIX guarantee into a post-crash guarantee. (Of course, this is by no means necessary, even ext2 with full data loss on crash is POSIX compliant, its just a *good* implementation.)
[1] From the POSIX spec: If the link named by the new argument exists, it shall be removed and old renamed to new. In this case, a link named new shall remain visible to other processes throughout the renaming operation and refer either to the file referred to by new or old before the operation began. (Notice how this has no separation about "filenames" and "data")
Atomicity vs durability
Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:18 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Notice how it doesn't say _anything_ at all about the content of the file _on_ _disk_ that is being renamed into the old file. That is because in order to see the file _durably_, you have to commit its content. Completely unrelated to committing the _rename_.
Just because another process can see the link (and access the data correctly, which may still just be cached by the kernel) does _not_ mean data reached the disk yet.
BTW, thanks for working on fixes of this in Gnome.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:29 UTC (Sun) by alexl (subscriber, #19068) [Link]
I argue that a robust useful filesystem should give data-before-metadata-on-rename guarantees, as that would make it a better filesystem. And without this guarantee I'd rather use another filesystem for my data. This is clearly not a requirement, and important code should still fsync() to handle other filesystems. But its still the mark of a "good" filesystem.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:37 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Posted Mar 15, 2009 11:04 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
Posted Mar 20, 2009 11:24 UTC (Fri) by anton (guest, #25547) [Link]
Similarly, any file system that on fsync() locks up for several seconds is not a very good one ;-)
Posted Mar 15, 2009 10:36 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Consider this. A file has been renamed and just then kernel decides that the directory will be evicted from the cache (i.e. committed to disk). What will be written to disk? The _new_ content of the directory will be written out to disk, because any other process looking for the file must see the _new_ file (and must never _not_ see the file). At the same time, the content of the file can still be cached just fine and _everything_ is atomically visible by all processes.
And yet, the atomicity of rename _only_ refers to filenames.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 11:02 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
With fsync you make the contents persistent i.e. durable, but the operation should be atomic even without the fsync.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 11:34 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
the only time they could see a blank or corrupted file is if the system crashes.
so the atomicity is there now
it's the durability that isn't there unless you do f(data)sync on the file and directory (and have hardware that doesn't do unsafe caching, which most drives do by default)
Posted Mar 15, 2009 12:48 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
"Atomic without a crash" is not good enough; "atomic" means that a transaction is committed or not, no matter at what point we are -- even after a crash.
Even if the POSIX standard does not speak about system crashes it is good engineering to take them into account IMHO.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 13:06 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Which is not what POSIX requires.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 13:13 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
Posted Mar 15, 2009 13:19 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
I think we should come up with a new API that guarantees what people really want. Making the existing API do that on a particular FS is just going to make applications non-portable to any FS that doesn't work that way using existing POSIX API. We've seen this with XFS. Who knows what's lurking out there. Better do the proper thing, fsync and be done with it. Then we can invent the new, better, smarter API.
Atomicity vs durability vs reliability
Posted Mar 15, 2009 13:35 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
I think we should come up with a new API that guarantees what people really want.
We've seen this with XFS.
Actually it's done deal...
Posted Mar 15, 2009 17:34 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
If you read the comments on tytso's blog you'll see that current position is: "POSIX is right while applications are broken yet we'll save them anyway". Even if "proper way" is fix thousands of applications its just not realistic - so ext4 (starting from 2.6.30) will try to save these broken applications by default. And if you want performance - there are a switch. Good enough for me. Can we close the discussion?
Posted Mar 15, 2009 21:10 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Posted Mar 15, 2009 21:20 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
Posted Mar 15, 2009 21:06 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
POSIX manual is not little ;-)
Seriously, we tell Microsoft that going out of spec is bad, bad, bad. But, we can go out of spec no problem. There is a word for that:
> What we have seen with XFS is how some anal-retentive developers lost most of their user base while trying to argue such points as "POSIX-compliance", and then they finally give in.
Yep, blame the people that _didn't_ cause the problem. We've seen that before.
Sorry, but I don't see it this way...
Posted Mar 15, 2009 22:08 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
I'm yet to see anyone who asks Microsoft to never go beyond the spec. It'll be just insane: if you can not ever add anything beyond what the spec says how any progress can occur?
When Microsoft is blamed it's because Microsoft 1. Does not implement spec correctly, or 2. Don't say what's the spec requirements and what's extensions.
When Microsoft says "JNI is not sexy so we'll provide RMI instead" the ire is NOT about problems with RMI. Lack of JNI is to blame.
I don't see anything of the sort here: POSIX does not require to make open/write/close/rename atomic but it certainly does not forbid this. And it's useful thing to have so why not? It'll be best to actually document this behaviour, of course - after that applications can safely rely on it and other systems can implement it as well if they wish. We even have nice flag to disable this extensions if someone wants this :-)
Posted Mar 15, 2009 22:24 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Which is exactly what our applications are doing. POSIX says, commit. We don't and then we blame others for it.
This is the same thing HTML5 is doing
Posted Mar 15, 2009 22:33 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Sorry, but it's not the problem with POSIX or FS - it's problem with number of applications. Once a lot of applications are starting to depend on some weird feature (content sniffing in case of HTML, atomicity of open/write/close/rename on case of filesystem) it makes no sense to try to fix them all. Much better to document it and make it official. This is what Microsoft did with a lot of "internal" functions in MS-DOS 5 (and it was praised for it, not ostracized), this is what HTML is doing in HTML5 and this is what Linux filesystems should do.
Was it good idea to depend on said atomicity? May be, may be not. But the time to fix these problems come and gone - today it's much better to extend the spec.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 23:37 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Time to fix these problems using the existing API is now, because right now we have the attention of everyone on how to use the API properly. To the credit of some in this discussion, bugs are already being fixed in Gnome (as I already mentioned in another comment). I also have bugs to fix in my own code - there is no denying that :-(
In general, I agree with you on extending the spec. But, before the spec gets extended officially, we need to make sure that _every_ POSIX compliant file system implements it that way. Otherwise, apps depending on this new spec will not be reliable until that's the case. So, can we actually make sure that's the case? I very much doubt it. There is a lot of different systems out there that are implementing POSIX, some of them very old. Auditing all of them and then fixing them may be harder than fixing the applications.
Why do we need such blessing?
Posted Mar 16, 2009 0:05 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Linux extends POSIX all the time. New syscalls, new features (things like "According to the standard specification (e.g., POSIX.1-2001), sync() schedules the writes, but may return before the actual writing is done. However, since version 1.3.20 Linux does actually wait."), etc. If application wants to use such "extended feature" - it can do this, if not - it can use POSIX-approved features only.
As for old POSIX systems... it's up to application writers again. And you can be pretty sure A LOT OF them don't give a damn about POSIX compliance. They are starting to consider Linux as third platfrom for their products (first two are obviously Windows and MacOS in that order), but if you'll try to talk to them about POSIX it'll just lead to the removal of Linux from list of supported platforms. Support of many distributions is already hard enough, support of some exotic filesystems "we'll think about it but don't hold your breath...", support for old exotic POSIX systems... fuggetaboudit!
Now - the interesting question is: do we welcome such selfish developers or not? This is hard question because the answer "no, they should play by our rules" will just lead to exodus of users - because they need these applications and WINE is not a good long-term solution...
Posted Mar 15, 2009 22:05 UTC (Sun) by dcoutts (guest, #5387) [Link]
As for a new API, yes, that'd be great. There are doubtless other situations where it would be useful to be able to constrain write re-ordering. For example for writes within a single file if we're implementing a persistent tree structure where the ordering is important to provide atomicity in the face of system failure.
Having a nice new API does not mean that the obvious cases that app writers have been using for ages are wrong. We should just insert the obvious write barriers in those cases.
Posted Mar 16, 2009 4:52 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
so everything that you are screaming that the OS should guarantee can be broken by the hardware after the OS has done it's best.
you can buy/configure your hardware to not behave this way, but it costs a bunch (either in money or in performance). similarly you can configure your filesystem to give you added protection, at a significant added cost in performance.
Posted Mar 16, 2009 11:00 UTC (Mon) by forthy (guest, #1525) [Link]
Any reasonable hard disk (SATA, SCSI) has write barriers which allow file system implementers to actually implement atomicy.
Posted Mar 15, 2009 23:51 UTC (Sun) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]
I just don't understand all this "extN isn't crash-proof" whining... Yes, Linux systems do crash on occasion. It is thankfully very rare. Yes, hardware does fail. Even disks do fail. Yes, if you are unlucky you will lose data. Yes, the system could fail horribly and scribble all over the disk. Yes, the operating system could mess up its internal (and external) data structures.
It is just completely impossible for the operating system to "do the right thing with respect to whatever data the user values more", even more so in the face of random failures. Want performance? Then you have to do tricks caching/buffering data, disks are horribly _s_l_o_w_ when compared to your processor or memory.
Asking Linux developers to create some Linux-only beast of a filesystem in order to make application developer's life easier doesn't cut it, there are other operating systems (and Linux systems with other filesystems) around, and always will be. Plus asking for a filesystem that is impossible in principle won't get you too far either.
Posted Mar 16, 2009 0:08 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]
Listen, the sky might fall on our heads tomorrow and eventually we are all to die, we understand that. But until then we really want our filesystems to do atomic renames in the face of a crash (i.e. what the rest of the world [except POSIX] understands as "atomic"). Not durable, not crash-proof, not magically indestructible -- just all-or-nothing. Atomic.
Posted Mar 16, 2009 0:26 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Yes, Linux systems do crash on occasion. It is thankfully very rare.
Depends of what hardware and what kind of drivers you have.
Want performance? Then you have to do tricks caching/buffering data, disks are horribly _s_l_o_w_ when compared to your processor or memory.
The problem is: fast filesystem is useless if it can't keep my data safe. Microsoft knows this - that's why you don't need to explicitly unmount flash drive there. Yes, cost is huge, it means flash wears down faster and speed is horrible - but anything else is unacceptable. Oh, and I know A LOT OF users who just turn off computer at the end of day. This problem is somewhat mitigated by design of current systems ("power off" button is actually "shutdown" button), but people are finding ways to cope: they just switch power to the desk.
The same thing applies to developers. They are lazy. Most application writers do not use fsync and do not check the error code from close. Yet if data is lost - OS will be blamed. Is it fair to OS and FS developers? Not at all! Can it be changed? Nope. Life is unfair - deal with it.
The whining started when it was found it that new filesystem can lose valuable data - where ext3 never does it in this fashion (it can do this with O_TRUNC, but not with rename). This is pretty serious regression to most people. The approach "let's fix thousads upon thousands applications" (including proprietary ones) was thankfully rejected. This is good sign: this means Linux is almost ready to be usable by normal people. Last time such problem happened (OSS->ALSA switch) offered solution was beyond the pale.
Posted Apr 8, 2009 15:30 UTC (Wed) by pgoetz (subscriber, #4931) [Link]
Posted Mar 15, 2009 13:14 UTC (Sun) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
As long as processes running on the system can see a consistent picture (and they can), according to POSIX it is.
> not only the filename must be valid but the contents of the file as well
From the point of view of any process running on the system, it is.
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Tom, over at TomBuntu (hi Tom, I'm Tommy) has found a little widget called DiskInternals Linux Reader (note: no write access) that allows me to access files on my Ubuntu partition while I'm whiling my time away playing SimCity 4 on the Windows Vista side of my computing house. Thanks Tom! There are also suggestions for something called "f-s driver" which the commenters claim does the same thing. I'll have to say while it is nice to have access to my ubuntu files, I doubt that I'll ever use it. I have been using my Windows partition as my storage drive for music, videos, etc. That way, I have access to these files on Ubuntu and Vista for free, I also only have one copy of everything in one place (cardinal rule of managing data of any kind!). At any rate, I'll try the tools out and keep them around for the just-in-case moment when I accidentally save something to my Ubuntu partition.
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Post Road Pumpkin Ale - Brooklyn Brewery
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Reviews by LiamStLiam:LiamStLiamNew York 3.38/5 rDev -3.2% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 I've looked at so many pumpkin beers lately that I am running out of adjectives for "brown." This one's a dark amber with a very thick, creamy head. A sharp taste, a touch metallic and more spice than pumpkin. Carbonation makes it sit a touch uncomfortably on the tongue. Fills the mouth and lasts for a long time. Not the best of the pumpkin patch, but I am glad to see Brooklyn has this one now. Serving type: bottle 10-03-2003 00:41:43 | More by LiamStLiam More User Reviews:woodychandlerPennsylvania 3.23/5 rDev -7.4% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5 One of the earliest pumpkin beers, IIRC, and an annual fave of mine. I have no idea why I have not reviewed it until now, but it should be my pleasure to do so. From the bottle: "In the 18th Century, colonial Americans brewed wonderful and interesting ales by using local ingredients. Barley was the principal ingredient but pumpkins were also used. Pumpkinswere favored by brewers for their rich, spicy flavors, which melded perfectly with the malted barley. Post Road brings you a delicious rendition of this traditional American classic." I remember when Brooklyn first came out with this beer as Jeff Wells and Xxxx Xxxx were their top two sales reps and I would frequently end up hanging out with the two of them, pre-/ during/ and/or post-festivals and they were really touting it. My aggro pour netted three fingers of dense, but rocky, tawny head with good retention. Color was a coppery-amber (SRM = ~ 17) with NE-quality clarity. Nose seemed to rely more heavily on nutmeg and vanilla than cinnamon, although that was also evident. Sticky lacing began to form as the head fell while I typed, so all was in readiness for the first sip. Mouthfeel was on the thin side, although not outright watery. The taste was a bit more muted than I remember in this one, slightly spicy, but not enough to peg the meter in either direction. I did get a pleasant wash of biscuit malt on the finish, though, which gave it a kind of cinnamon toast-like aspect. Overall, it did not live up to my memory, but I have had far worse, especially this year. Serving type: bottle 11-28-2013 22:58:36 | More by woodychandler SpeedwayJimNew York 2.91/5 rDev -16.6% look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 12oz. bottle into a Heady Topper stemless snifter. Pours a .5 finger foamy white head with poor retention. Beer is a clear bright orange. Lacing is spotty and sparse with little cling. Solid. Nose is cinnamon sugar, some spice and a touch of pumpkin puree. Average. Opens cinnamon and nutmeg. Coarse brown sugar mixed with pumpkin spice and puree in the middle with an annoying, lingering bitterness in the background. End is spicy and moderately sweet with a filmy, bitter pumpkin skin aftertaste. Not that great. Light bodied with ample carbonation. Crisp and clean in the mouth and goes down easy and touch watery. Accented finish with a slightly lingering, filmy aftertaste. Okay. This beer's not bad at all but compared to a lot of the other Pumpkin beers that exist out there, it just doesn't have very much character that stands out. Pass on this one. Serving type: bottle 11-28-2013 21:02:38 | More by SpeedwayJim Ryanm1Pennsylvania 2.75/5 rDev -21.2% look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75 In just about every respect this beer falls short of what a pumpkin should be. Pours from the bottle light caramel in color. The aroma is cinnamon and pumpkin. Very effevescent with the bubbles on the palate. My least favorite part was the bitter hoppy finish. Not recommend for those that like Southern Tiers Pumpking. Serving type: bottle 11-24-2013 19:23:32 | More by Ryanm1 |
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What can you do? People like to look at pictures of people doing stuff. It's one of the few incontrovertible laws of aesthetics. But with the advent of Modern Art, everything had to be all abstract, and for a while the people weren't getting what they wanted. Even in photography, where you'd think it would be okay to have a person or two, you had to be all "Wow, dig the geometry of these receding telephone poles" or something. But when the taboo finally broke, it broke first for photographers. Painters had to make too much of an effort in order to produce convincing illusions, plus they were saddled with all that history. Photography didn't have to bear the hubris of producing representational imagery — it was built in, mechanical. And by the 1960s,
when Diane Arbus began publishing her full-frontal portraits of American quirkiness in Esquireand Harper's Bazaar, photography had accumulated just enough of its own history to blow off the stately decorum of high modernism and do things its own way.
Arbus, A Young Man in Curlers at Home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966 (LACMA)Arbus, whose massive retrospective, "Revelations," opens at the L.A. County Museum of Art this weekend, showed people doing stuff like never before, with an eye informed by the technical virtuosity demanded by the fashion and magazine industries, intimate familiarity with the avant-garde fine arts, and a passionate social and spiritual vision embedded beneath a veneer of cool, clinical detachment. This combination of sociological curiosity and creative license allowed her entrée to a dizzying array of subcultures, ranging from the über-innocuous (Santa Claus schools and ballroom dance competitions) to her better-known explorations of the seamy underworlds of female impersonators, nudist communities and carnival freaks — the whole spectrum of people she once referred to as "making believe for real." Her work was immensely influential to subsequent generations of photographers (as well as lending retroactive credibility to tabloid master Weegee), and her impact on popular culture runs the gamut from several entire eras of advertising photography to Stanley Kubrick's homage to her famously creepy Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J. 1967in his movie The Shining.
Still, the art world has dragged its collective feet in awarding Arbus a place in the canon — in parts due to the prejudice against unalloyed portraiture, her roots in the fashion industry, and her popularity. After Arbus did herself in with the razorblades-and-barbiturates-in-the-bathtub number in 1971, and MoMA posthumously gave her her first (and until now, only) major museum retrospective, and Aperturepublished an enormously successful monograph of her work, she became an icon to just about every liberal-arts college student in the free world. Can't get enough of that ever popular tortured-artist effect, or midgets for that matter. It hasn't helped that previous revelations, most notably in the form of Patricia Bosworth's semi-lurid 1984 biography (which speculated on the artist's sexual escapades with her subjects and documentation of her own suicide with a time-delay shutter), did more to reinforce Arbus' "decadent voyeuristic" sound-bite persona than to delve more deeply into her work or consider it apart from its frisson of glam martyrdom.
Arbus, A Child Crying, N.J. 1967 (LACMA)Arbus' daughter Doon has understandably kept strict control over her mother's legacy, and "Revelations" is clearly a presentation that has been meticulously crafted to address these misconceptions and establish Arbus as an Important Artist once and for all. Designed as both a comprehensive survey of her work and as a detailed exegesis of Arbus' careening biography, "Revelations" — which originated in a highly successful run at SFMOMA under the aegis of Sandra Philips and guest curator Elisabeth Sussman — is certainly more material than can be taken in during a single viewing. Even those familiar with her work will find amazing images they'd never suspected, and the wealth of ephemera — letters, journals, contact sheets, newspaper clippings, bulletin boards, even the appointment book with pages mysteriously torn out the day of her suicide — combines to create the most complex and compelling portrait of bipolar creative genius I've ever encountered.
Arbus fits the diagnostic criteria for a manic-depressive artist to a tee: churning, visionary invention and an unquenchable appetite for new faces and experiences, followed by bouts of crippling despair, self-doubt and withdrawal. Yup. The amazing thing about manic-depressives is their incredible ability to bend reality by sheer force of will; and the feeling I get from "Revelations" is one of almost messianic inclusiveness — Arbus seemed to believe that her photography could transform the world. Those familiar only with her investigations into the more disparaged cultural boondocks can be expected to suspect her of exploitative motives. But the breadth of subjects — from celebrities to street people — each regarded with the same intensity, dignity, engagement and respect, suggests that Arbus saw everyone as equally eccentric, equally peripheral to the vacancy at society's center.
Arbus, 42nd Street Movie Theater Audience, N.Y.C. 1958 (LACMA)In Arbus' world, "normal" is an obsolete fiction, and a gaggle of retarded folk in Halloween costumes or a shaving-impaired transvestite is as radiantly human as a beautiful girl-child selling plastic orchids on the street, or a stately Jorge Luis Borges leaning on his cane in Central Park. Perhaps the most arresting example of this radically comprehensive vision is an early contact sheet from 1959 which alternates backstage shots of female impersonators with grisly autopsy photos: superficially a pair of freakish spectacles, but on a deeper level symbolic of the extremes of human imagination and creativity — expressed in the always difficult medium of flesh.


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Tired of clicking to see a large version? Upgrade to e2 to browse all photos automatically at their largest size.A European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) taken in a momentary unusual and amusing pose in the garden last Sunday, against the background of red foliage of our Japanese acer shrub, whose leaves are now lying in a heap on the ground
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Camera: | Canon EOS 5D MkIII |
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Aperture: | f/8.0 |
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Uploaded: | 3 Nov 2012 - 8:16 AM |
Tags: | Acer, Bird, Bottoms up, Erithacus rubecula, Europian, Foliage, Garden, Red, Robin, Wild, Wildlife / nature |
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Excellent pose , cracking detail and colour plus BG, well caught.
My leaves are still firmly on my acer, must give this a try soon looks great.
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