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been supporters of the creative and good folks over at Improv Everywhere, and we especially enjoy their annual 'No Pants Subway Ride'. here is a taste of what went down at this year's:
today is
Dr King's birthday and here at RQT we are more than happy to try to continue Stevie Wonder's vision of a world party to celebrate peace and remember the legacy of a truly great man.
Happy Birthday by
Stevie Wonder
Dear Friends,
Well, what can I say. It's been another year hasn't it, undeniably, and as such Christmas has nearly arrived towards the end. 2012 has been an averagely poor year for us, bringing only a few highlights.
Of course the big story of our 'year' came in July courtesy of Grenada's second year at University results, for which he achieved a grade of 56.8% – which actually represents a much better achievement than it sounds like it does, given the squalid living conditions for which his landlord refuses to take responsibility. Also, of course, we were also delighted by Amy-Brenda's end of Year9 contemporary/Latin dance interpretation of Dickens' Edwin Drood, which she and three-friends not only single-handedly wrote, choreographed and starred in, but also got rave reviews for in the parish magazine.
As for us olds, our year has been somewhat dogged by health. For me, the light-relief of February's 'passed with flying colours' general check-up having been tempered by March's childhood-Polio diagnosis. Still, the maddeningly small, orange tablettas non-regulariados I've been taking from Brazil seem to have made a real difference and I'm now able to be back fully in the shed at weekends. For Angela, 2012 is probably best forgotten what with turning 44 and her tetraphobia (fear of the number four) being as you know worse than ever.
Signalling, as it did, the passing of Angela's mum Kathy May, May was hard. We all miss her, and prefer to think less of how she was toward the end and more about the good times.
Moreover, we were as a family of course particularly saddened by this year's deaths of astronaut Neil Armstrong, film director Tony Scott, the several recent children in Newtown, Connecticut and former Liverpool defender Gary Ablett. As I'm sure were you all. RIP.
Nevertheless, those of you who've been asking will be pleased to hear that the saga of the internet has finally rectified itself in more or less our favour. Virgin Media remain insistent that the service was 'perfectly within acceptable realms of the service offered' and that routers do not and never have burned cats, and are also still refusing to withdraw the public decency claim against my brother-in-law and lawyer-at-law David, but a man did recently come out to refit a new box and the speed now seems to have settled down at only slightly less than Steven at number 11 usually gets, for a much more palatable £19.40/month.
I am personally disappointed not to be able to announce an end to my on-going and sour feud with our local Liberal Democrat member of parliament Adrian Dobless over the frequency and quality of waste removal, nor my spat with our neighbour to the east, Neville, over his unsightly fencing and dog. Perhaps 2013 will prove itself more diplomatic.
Likewise we are all sad not to be able to welcome our Georgian friend Brijan (pronounced like the English) for Christmas again this year as a result of him not having been able to get a visa.
Sarah's late-October 'announcement' about a Spring wedding with her current Hindu boyfriend is still very much in discussion, but needless to say we are proud of everything she has achieved in her job at Littlewoods (department store, NOT bookmaker).
Well, given that I can hear that a courier has apparently come to the door with a parcel for a Michael Limble, sorry Lambert (I misheard Angela), who obviously does not live here, I should go and sort that out. As such, little now remains other than to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS from all of us and send our very best for 2013 (how odd it feels writing that?!).
not much to say here other than, if the suit fits … wear it.
good luck to Saint Harridan from everyone here at RQT
so, here, as promised
is the second part of my Autumn TV (p)review. this time round we're dealing with UK product.
returning programmes
• The Thick of It: i'm sure don't really need to sell anyone on Armando Iannucci's superb Westminster sendup, which, now that we've reached phase 'coalition', seems to be the exact inverse of This Week with Andrew Neil, in that the political news stories from the week ahead are insightfully and entertainingly predicted. as it got going early (at the start of last month) only two episodes of the seven in the series now remain, but one of those (tonight's) is an hour-long special. [BBC Two, Saturdays, 9:45PM – or here (catch up here)]
• Friday Night Dinner: one of last year's big surprises was that i watched, enjoyed and recommended a programme that featured not one (see below), but two of the Inbetweeners, including one of the two most annoying ones (Simon Bird). still, i guess if ever there were company in which they could bring a smile to my mostly saggy, sullen face it would consist of Mark Heap, Tamsin Greig and (the surprise star of series 1) Paul Ritter, all being written by Robert Popper. it's not quite an all-time classic (at least not yet), but i have to say that i smiled fairly widely when i heard it was returning. [Channel 4, Oct TBA – catch up here]
• Peep Show: yes, series 8 of the smash comedy about two guys who live in a flat and talk to themselves out loud except not exactly out loud cos only we can hear them, draws nigh. series 7 left us with Mark set to shack up with Dobby and Jez at a loose end after fucking off Super Hans by being with Zahra, then fucking off Zahra by being himself. who knows what wild japes the El Dude Brothers (*does the truck honk action and sound*) will get into this time round, but even with the format/schtick getting slightly tired, i'd say it has a decent chance of being amusing. [Channel 4, Fridays from 9th Nov, 10PM – catch up here]
• Fresh Meat: obviously i'm not part of the target audience, but hey, it's well written, only stars one of The Inbetweeners and the first scene of the new series featured a discussion about the poshness of students at my what-Americans-call Alma Mater filmed in and behind our local supermarket. there's also the small matter of Kimberley Nixon, who is not only very lovely, and thoroughly (if briefly) topless in Cherrybomb, but also, i'd like to remind you all, 27 years of old. [Channel 4, Oct – catch up here]
• The Hour: last year's first series crept up on me like some sort of ninja, Britified Good Night and Good Luck with pre-Q Ben Whishaw, post-Wire Jimmy McNulty and the very lovely Romola Garai. yes! more of you. [BBC Two, Nov – catch up here]
new programmes
• Hunted: after several series of having new characters with new names and faces play the same 6 roles in slightly different scenarios, the writers of Spooks have branched considerably out and made a who new series in which the same things happen again. although i've long thought it ridiculous, i have to say i did actually watch every series of Spooks, so there's a fair chance the same thing will happen again. having said that, the thing that drew me in at the start of Spooks was the characters (which got considerably worse as time went on) and the characters in Hunted have not grabbed me so far. still, it's worth a peek if you've got a whole in your schedule. [BBC One, Thursdays, 9:00PM]
• Hebburn: a debut sitcom from stand-up Simon Cook, Hebburn is about a working-class family from the eponymous North East town meeting and coming to terms with their new (middle-class and Jewish) daughter-in-law, who their son, Jack, met in Manchester and (inebriatedly) married in Vegas. it boasts the impressive talents of Vic Reeves (as Jim Moir), Gina McKee, Chris Ramsey and Kimberley Nixon (who i would happily watch read the phonebook), but seems set to inhabit in a pleasantly low-key manner. in several ways it has a similar (if inverted) dynamic to BBC Three's Cuckoo (see below), but, so far, its quality and tone is more reminiscent of Gavin and Stacey or The Royal Family. it remains to be seen if it can step into the big shoes laid out by those latter comparisons, but the first two episodes represent a strong start. [BBC Two, Thursdays, 10PM]
• Cuckoo: Andy Samberg (the one who always gets to go in the middle in The Lonely Island's popular YouTube videos and also had a small role in the best Hollywood rom-com in 15 years, Friends With Benefits) is now stretching the budget of this otherwise diminutive BBC Three offering. having said that, he's saved them a bit on costumes by having his clichéd, Orientalist, clueless eastern-spirituality-guru-wannabe, stoner twat character wear the same costume that he used in the Ras Trent video. the premise is that Rachel, a bright, lower middle-class student arrives back from a pre-University summer trip to Thailand married to Cuckoo, Samberg's aforementioned twat, which is a surprise to her parents. i like Greg Davies (who plays the dad), and Helen Baxendale (who's being the mum) has clearly still got it all going on, but i hate that tiger-boy from 2.3 Children (who plays the younger brother). basically, it could turn out to be good, but having seen the first two episodes, i'd be surprised if it did. [BBC Three, Tuesdays, 10PM]
• The Girl: gazing ahead a few months, there is a persistent buzz surrounding HBO's latest TV film (which is apparently slated to form part of the BBC's Christmas schedule). Toby 'Droopy' Jones and Sienna Miller head up a loose adaptation of Donald Spoto's 2009 book Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies, or at least the parts of it that concern Tippi Hedren – whose daunting shoes Miller will be fending off birds with. i'm sure that this, combined with Sacha Gervasi's forthcoming Hitchcock biopic, Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, is filling every Hitch fan with as much nervous energy as it is me. [HBO/BBC Two, TBC]
Into 2013 (aka 'hurrah for BBC Two')
• Dancing On The Edge: there are not a lot of details about this yet, but a new Stephen Poliakoff drama about a black jazz band performing in 1930s London which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor is more than enough information for my interest to have piqued. [BBC Two, TBC]
• The Fall: again, a significant hum surrounds this British/Irish series which is set to star Scully out of Mulder and Scully out of the X-Files as a murder police. i'm thinking that it's bidding to be the new The Killing but that, visually/tonally, it will possibly be somewhat along the lines of Hit & Miss, although hopefully it will turn out to be more from column A and less from column B than Sky Atlantic's disappointment. despite the title, it is now scheduled to air in the Spring. [BBC Two, TBC]
• Top of the Lake: although the competition from those above is strong, the title of most anticipated piece of Spring drama would have to go to this Anglo-US-Australian (BBC/Sundance Channel/ABC) New Zealand-set mini-series about the hunt for a missing and pregnant 12-year-old. Jane Campion is involved behind the camera, and Elizabeth Moss, Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan and David Wenham are said to be among those working in front. Rumours are rife that before appearing on the small screen it might be doing the festival circuit (starting, i'd guess, with Sundance). Tantalising. [BBC Two, TBC]
greetings tellybox fans
summer has gone, and it's that time of year when i share my thoughts and opinions about the treats that are being offered up by bosses in TVville for our Autumn/Fall delectation. please accept my apologies that this year's offerings have arrived so late, but for some reason i've just not been able to sit down and get this post written before now. in my defence, there is a lot to consider this year, in fact, that in order not to overface you i've divided things up into two posts, this first one will handle shows from the States and a subsequent one will examine British programmes.
as far as i'm concerned it's something of a vintage in terms of returning series in the US, with quality reigning over quantity – however, i have to say that i'm less enthused by the new offerings than i would like and suspect the opposite is true where they are concerned.
however, let's just pause a moment to honour some shows to which we are wishing farewell as they prepare to wrap up for a long Winter sleep. last night, for example, saw the finale of another great season of Louie. i laughed (a lot) i cried (a bit) and the cameos by David Lynch are perhaps my favourite of all in the three seasons so far. while the final episode of this season was in the tradition of the more muted, reflective ones, the scene where Louie attempts to reattach the doll's eyes, and in particular his use of the phrase "shit on my father's balls" was up there with my favourites.
the other big loss to me was The Newsroom, which wrapped at the end of August and was definitely my favourite new show of 2012 so far. despite having possibly the sappiest credit sequence in television history and being sort of a remake of his comic-drama from 2006/7 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – which i liked but was, despite being not really very similar, deemed too similar to 30 Rock to be renewed – Aaron Sorkin's latest TV offering really grabbed me.
the performances were pretty much all-round excellent, with Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Munn (xxxx) and Sam Waterston deserving of special praise. possibly most impressive of all, however, was Dev Patel, who for the first time ever did acting that i didn't TOTALLY HATE, but actually sort of liked. quite incredible. however … i don't know what it is about Sorkin, but i always seem to like the stuff everyone else hates (A Few Good Men, Studio 60) and vice-versa (The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, Moneyball). i'm honestly not trying to be contrary, but if my track record is anything to go by, despite being renewed for a second season, The Newsroom might want to watch it's back.
anyway, not wanting to dwell on what has passed, let's turn to the shows that are being being unwrapped and placed back on the shiny shelf. (nb. when it comes to stuff i've already seen, whilst i will be mentioning some aspects, i will, as always, try hard not to drop any significant spoiler-bombs.)
for those of you who aren't up to speed with any of the returning series mentioned but would like to be, this post comes to you sponsored by BBC iPlayer, 4OD, Hulu, HideIPVPN (which is just my favourite of the many online services that can help you to watch Hulu when not in the US or iPlayer when not in the UK) and probably most importantly of all watchseries.eu, which is the place to go to catch up with previous or current seasons of pretty much any major series that has so far eluded you. the internets are brilliant, peeps, use them.
returning shows
• Treme: top of the tree, the long awaited return of the brilliant New Orleans-based drama created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer, who as far as i'm concerned are giants among men in a metaphorical world where being able to reach high things is a sign of wisdom, decency, truthfulness and beauty. wheel number one of what i'm calling 'the Sunday Trike of Awesome', season 3 began Sunday last and is already right back up to speed. David Simon has always stuck to the same logic – "follow the money". with two years now between itself and Katrina, NOLA (and the Tremé in particular) still has a long way to go. housing is still the hot topic, and there's plenty of green notes to be made, if you know the right people. meanwhile, everyone else will just have to keep fighting just to stay put. [HBO, Sundays, 10PM ET – or here]
• Boardwalk Empire: Sunday Trike of Awesome wheel number two stands in the shape of season 3 of Terence Winter's artfully crafted, cruel and awkward prohi-era surviveathon. there are some series that it's really not worth going back and starting on if you missed the boat first time round, but this is not one of them – for those who've been slow on the uptake hereabouts, you really need to get on board. that having been said, i won't add too much by means of comment on this season other than to say that as long as Chalky White is around to see what becomes of AC under the redoubled if not exactly untroubled Thompson regime and to witness the inevitable increase in focus on New York and Chicago then i'm happy. [HBO, Sundays, 9PM ET – or here]
• Homeland: wheel three is season 2 of Showtime's big hitter from last Autumn (which i only caught up with when it was broadcast here in this Spring). as regular readers might remember, i took a few episodes to get into Homeland – again, the credits were a significant turn off – but i eventually became hooked. you might also remember, however, that despite my enhookedment, i had some reservations concerning both its sexual ethics and the role of mental illness. in the end, i was sad to see that it fell into a couple of the mental illness pitfalls that i'd laid out, and i'd say the whole thing about sexuality still has a way to go before all the cards are on the table. however, reservations not withstanding, this time round it has definitely been upgraded to my 'watch US broadcast' list.
season 2 premiered on Sunday, but don't worry i won't give anything away. he's made it all the way from tutoring a terrorist's son in Afghanistan to sitting in the US Congress, but deep down i think we all know that he's still, he's still Brody from the hole. expect a lot more drawn-out squinting and secret Muslimising to distrustful music from Brody, and pestering from the CIA plus drawn-out ambiguity over how long it will take her to remember the link between Brody and Nazir's son (that inconveniently solidified in her head seconds before her ECT began) from Carrie. [Showtime, Sundays, 10PM ET – or here]
• New Girl: i'm still not really sure why i like New Girl quite as much as i do. but i really do. like it. in spite of her name, i've always liked Zooey Deschanel and she's definitely one of the reasons it works so well, but the thing i wasn't really prepared for was the writing being so consistently great. from the outside it might look a bit flyaway, like it's on the same level as something trivial like The Big Bang Theory, but it's not. it's actually really good. I can honestly say that i desire nothing more from season 2 than more of the same, please. [Fox, Tuesdays from 9th Oct, 9PM ET – or here]
new shows
• Vegas: let's start with CBS's headliner, which sets out to tell the story of the early days of Sin City seemingly by mainly pitting just-in-from-Chicago casino boss Vincent Savino – played by Vic from The Shield (Michael Chiklis) looking more like a bulky Bruce Willis than ever – against Ralph Lamb, Dennis Quaid's brooding old-skool-Nevada-rancher/lawman. at the start of the pilot, grizzed ol' man Lamb, who was a distinguished MP during the war, is installed as an emergency Deputy Sheriff while the current Sheriff hides from some mobsters that he double crossed and 'ratted out' to the authorities. Lamb just wants to run his ranch in peace, but, since that stupid big dam got built, the small city that's sprung up near his land is becoming a pain in his skinny, Lee-clad ass.
what he doesn't want is planes to fly over his land, or fancy, arrogant Italian out-of-towners to climb above their stations. what he does want is to punch people in the face and wear his Stetson. can you guess who's the Sheriff of Las Vegas by the end of the first episode? it's good to see that Carrie-Anne Moss is slowly working her way back from Matrix-enduced shame, i've long rated her as an actor, and to my eyes she looks far better in a shift dress now than she did in leather trousers back then. while there is some crossover in terms of style, content or arc, Vegas definitely doesn't have the requisite seriousness to be on par with Boardwalk Empire, or Mad Men, or Scorsese's Casino, and after the pilot i can't say whether it's going to turn out to be worth watching at all, but i'd like it to be, so i'm in for at least the first three episodes. [CBS, Tuesdays, 10PM ET – or here]
• Revolution: J.J. Abrams has really taken the whole 'EPing a TV series is the new directing a movie' thing to heart, but should we trust him after Lost? well, Jon Favreau directs the pilot of this slightly odd post-technopalyptic sci-fi-a-rama and despite it being slightly infected with the dreaded expositionitus, and genuinely containing of the lines "It's happening, isn't it?!", "Family? Kid, I don't even know you!" and "You know, I didn't ask you to come back", i almost liked it. basically, one day, everything electronic and also (for some unexplained reason) engines stopped working and fifteen years later a fragile society is living hand-to-mouth in a part wild-west, part medieval Europe type scenario. this society is ruled by some sort of warlord and one family is keeping a very powerful secret from him and everyone else.
we're supposed to be wondering about this small, silver USB drive/scarab necklace thing that might be the key to what happened to the tech, but i spent the whole time trying to work out how twenty somethings in a small isolated community could have perfectly fitting jeans, leather jackets and make-up so long after the end of all mechanised industry. that, and why, despite relying on basically the same physical principles, guns fire and oil lamps burn, but combustion engines don't work. why fifteen years after it fell (hilariously unrealistically) from the sky, there's a perfectly untouched plane sitting in the middle of a field, why, if you lived in a world where someone holding a crossbow sideways above their head can repel downward blows from a sword at close quarters, would you not do mostly stabbing motions in that situation instead, and why the goofy, multi-millionaire former Googledouche has brand-new-looking glasses. in fact, i was just beginning to think that, by failing to properly think through the implications of its starting premise, it had fallen into the same trap as 2009 mega-flop FlashForward, when Giancarlo Esposito (the fabulous Gus from the fabulous Breaking Bad) showed up. that, on its own, has bought it another episode.
• Last Resort: submarine, blaa blaa, Pakistan, missile strike, blaa, defying orders, fired on by own team, blaa blaa, T-1000 is an angry one, backup communication network, NATO early-warning station reminiscent of the control room from Jurassic Park on a remote island (always with the remote islands), local gangsters, blaa blaa, Washington, now shit's got serious. etc. the pilot previewed weeks ago and i've been left with little inclination to seek out further episodes. [abc, Thursdays, 8PM ET – or here]
• Elementary: Jonny Lee Miller as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes living in Brooklyn with Lucy Liu's Dr Joan Watson, what could be boring and or ridiculous about that? if it continues to be as bad as the pilot, i'm guessing that by episode 3, the only people watching will be Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' lawyers. i'm out. [CBS, Wednesdays, 10PM ET – or here]
• Arrow: this is one of the few Fall shows that will be broadcast in the UK this year, with Sky One having picked it up and due to put it out a month or so behind The CW from late Oct. it's a teen-drama version of DC's Green Arrow very much in the mould of Smallville, and i imagine it will strike the right sort of chords among its target demographic. i found the pilot pretty meh, but it's very clearly not meant for me. [The CW, Wednesdays, 8PM ET]
• Go On: despite Friends and several terrible movies, i actually really like Matthew Perry and, as you know, thought his work in Studio 60 (his last significant TV role) was excellent. here he plays a widowed sportscaster who's undertaking counselling. i've long thought that group therapy scenarios are ripe fodder for comedy, which is one of the reasons why, along with two friends, i've been working on a screenplay for a sitcom which is set in just such a context. who knows if we'll ever actually produce anything polished, let alone do anything with it, but the constant risk, however, is that in the time that we're dealing with our creative blocks something else comes along and occupies a similar space – a 30 Rock to our Studio 60 if you will. happily, while i sort of like Go On, i'm fairly sure it's not treading on our toes too much. [NBC, Tuesday, 9PM ET – or here]
• three real stinkers
– Neighbors (abc): weak concept, poor acting, cheap gags. terrible.
– Partners (CBS): no, guy who was in Numb3rs and The Newsroom, just no.
– Ben and Kate (Fox): über-corny family sitcom. derivative and sloppily written.
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No. 23 Badgers off to running start under Andersen
3 Wisconsin backs rush for more than 100 yards in opener
He's no longer a Badger, but Montee Ball couldn't help but be impressed with the afternoon his former teammates were having back inside his old stomping grounds of Camp Randall Stadium.
Just in case anyone was wondering, No. 23 Wisconsin can still run the ball without Ball.
The Badgers are up to their old tricks on offense with new coach Gary Andersen after trampling over Massachusetts 45-0 in the season opener with 393 rushing yards.
"Badgers run game (picking) up right where it left off! Keep ballin you 2," Ball, who is now with the Denver Broncos, posted on his Twitter account Saturday night in a message to Badger backs James White and Melvin Gordon. That duo combined for 287 yards against the Minutemen.
On most other teams, Ball might be irreplaceable. The winner of the Doak Walker Award last year as the nation's top back, Ball owns the NCAA record with 83 career touchdowns.
At Wisconsin, it's a virtual assembly line of running backs.
"Those guys are special players," quarterback Joel Stave said about White and Gordon. "With those running backs, they have huge big-play (abilities) so we just have to give them creases."
There's little doubt about the abilities of White and Gordon, but attach this footnote to Wisconsin's impressive statistics: UMass, in just its second year as a major college program, simply didn't have the talent defensively to keep up with the Big Ten's three-time defending champions.
Next week's opponent, FCS school Tennessee Tech, may not be much of a measuring stick either. The Golden Eagles gave nearly 188 yards on the ground last year, ranked 91st out of 121 FCS schools. They were 111th in total defense giving up 466 yards.
But these early-season games at least give the Badgers a chance to see live action. The experience will help with the transition to Andersen and new offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, with Stave also back at quarterback after beating out Curt Phillips for the job in training camp.
The running backs had worn down UMass at the half, but the passing game wasn't clicking.
"I didn't grab Joel and say anything specific to him. I just kind of challenged the offense to say, 'Hey, we can throw the ball. We've done it all camp,'" Andersen said. "Let's throw the ball and catch it and make plays."
So the Badgers went play-action. A fake handoff drew the Minutemen in for just a split second - enough time to give receiver Jared Abbrederis time to get room on his defender and the space needed to make an adjustment on a slightly-underthrown pass.
Touchdown Badgers for 65 yards. Stave went deep again for 57 yards to Abbrederis on a similar play.
"It's just good when you can hit them deep when they're running in the run game trying to get their noses in there," Abbrederis said about play action. "You've got to be able to go over the top and back them up a little bit. Hopefully we can do that a couple times this season."
It's more successful, of course, when the backs are making plays. On Saturday, White and Gordon were joined by freshman Corey Clement, who finished with 101 yards on 16 second-half carries. He became the first Badger to surpass 100 yards in his Wisconsin debut since P.J. Hill ran for 130 yards in a 35-14 win over Bowling Green in 2006.
Even with the track record on the ground, having three backs each gain at least 100 is fairly unusual for the Badgers. It was just the third time in school history that Wisconsin had accomplished such a feat. It also happened in last year's Big Ten championship game against Nebraska, and against Indiana in 2008.
Gordon finished with 13 carries on Saturday, while White had 11. With the game in hand late, Clement took over the workload in the second half.
They don't mind sharing.
"We're all humble," Gordon said. "We're going to get our carries. We just have to make the best of every opportunity."


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While they came into prominence as part of the late-'80s folky singer/songwriter revival, the Indigo Girls had staying power where other artists from the same era quickly faded. Their two-women-with-guitars formula may not have seemed very revolutionary on paper, but the combination of two distinct personalities and songwriting styles provided tension and an interesting balance. Emily Saliers, hailing from the more traditional Joni Mitchell school, boasted a gentler sound, was more complex musically, and leaned toward the abstract and spiritual. Meanwhile, Amy Ray drew heavily from the singer/songwriter aspects of punk rock, citing influences such as the Jam, the Pretenders, and Hüsker Dü for her more abrasive and direct approach. Throughout two decades of music, they managed to garner respectable mainstream success and maintain their rabid core following. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers first took the name Indigo Girls while living in Atlanta in 1985, although they had been performing together since the early '80s, at times under the name "the B-Band." In 1986, they recorded an independent self-titled EP and followed in 1987 with the full-length Strange Fire -- only 7,000 copies were pressed, however, and very little interest was generated. Things changed quickly in 1988 when, in the wake of the success of Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, and 10,000 Maniacs, the duo seemed to fit nicely into "the next big thing." Appropriately, Epic Records was quick to sign them. Indigo Girls, released in 1989, was an excellent national debut. A guest vocal by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe ("Kid Fears") gave them initial college radio credibility, and the single "Closer to Fine" was a hit -- buoyed by those strengths, the album eventually broke the Top 30 and earned a Grammy for Best Folk Recording that year. By the end of 1991, it achieved platinum sales. Strange Fire was reissued in the fall, with a cover of "Get Together" replacing one of the original tracks. The follow-up, 1990's Nomads Indians Saints, didn't fare quite as well. Although it was nominated for a Grammy and eventually reached gold status, the material wasn't nearly as strong. A live EP, Back on the Bus, Y'All, was released in 1991 while the women regrouped; it, too, was certified gold and garnered a Grammy nomination. In spring of 1992, the Indigo Girls made a comeback with Rites of Passage, which debuted at number 22 and went platinum by the year's end. The album showed an increasing diversity and some of their strongest songs to date. Almost exactly two years later, Swamp Ophelia was released and entered the charts at number nine; it went gold by the end of the year. A double live album, 1200 Curfews, was released in 1995 and the much awaited follow-up to Swamp Ophelia, Shaming of the Sun, followed in 1997. The duo's next effort, Come on Now Social, appeared two years later. Released in 2002, Become You was stripped down in comparison to the orchestration of the Girls' more recent work, and 2004's All That We Let In was generally regarded as their strongest album in years. A rarities set appeared the following year, marking Saliers and Ray's 20-year anniversary as Indigo Girls, as well as their last release on the Epic roster. Shortly thereafter, Saliers and Ray signed a five-album deal with Hollywood Records, although the songwriters only released one record -- the Mitchell Froom-produced Despite Our Differences, issued in 2006 -- before Hollywood dropped them from its roster. the Indigo Girls took to their website to assure fans that the band would move onward, and 2009's Poseidon and the Bitter Bug marked their first independent release in over 20 years. Released in 2010, the double-disc Staring Down the Brilliant Dream featured live performances from shows between 2006 and 2009, and the duo wrapped up the year by releasing a holiday-themed bluegrass album, Holly Happy Days. Issued in 2011, Beauty Queen Sister, the Indigo Girls' 14th studio album and the fourth to be released on their own IG Recordings imprint for Vanguard Records, reunited them with producer Peter Collins, who helmed the duo's earlier albums Rites of Passage and Swamp Ophelia.
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Congressman Darrell Issa's investigation into last year's deaths of an American ambassador and three men with San Diego ties during an attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, is poised to retake center stage in Washington.
Issa, R-Vista, is promising groundbreaking details about what led to the Sept. 11, 2012 slayings of Ambassador Chris Stevens, former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty of Encinitas and Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach, and information management specialist Sean Smith, who grew up in San Diego.
"The American people still don't have the full truth about what happened, both before and after the murders of four brave Americans," said Issa, who plans to lead the May hearing as chairman of the House Oversight Committee. "Our hearing will examine new facts about what happened and significant problems with the administration's own view of Benghazi failures."
The hearing likely will center on information from unnamed whistle blowers who contacted his committee. Their information, he said, presents evidence that Obama administration officials have attempted to suppress.
"While President (Barack) Obama and his administration may be inclined to give free passes to senior officials who bungled their responsibilities, this committee will expose what they did and hold them accountable to the public," Issa said.
Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have defended the administration's handling of Benghazi but acknowledged that security at the compound could have been better.
Patricia Smith of San Diego, the mother of Sean Smith, said Friday that she is anxious for the hearing.
"My son is dead, and I want to know why my son and three other people were sacrificed," she said. "I want to know who is responsible."
In October, Issa conducted a hearing that disclosed how requests for additional security at the site had gone unheeded. The hearing also made it clear that the compound came under organized attack and not a spontaneous assault precipitated by a protest, as administration officials first indicated.
A date for the upcoming hearing has not been announced, but the session is expected to take place soon next month. It follows on the heels of a report issued Tuesday by Issa and chairmen of four other House committees investigating Benghazi that claim a series of failures before, during and after the attack.
A White House spokeswoman called the report a rehash. Democrats on the investigating committees protested that they were excluded, and they labeled the report as a partisan document.
Issa said the report shows that Clinton expressly denied more security for the compound. He bases his assertion on an April 2012 cable acknowledging the request for additional security but stating that the reverse — a drawdown of protective personnel — would go forward.
After the report came out, Issa went on the TV show "Fox and Friends" and said it shows that Clinton's congressional testimony in January — when she stated that she had never seen such a cable — "was just wrong."
"She said she did not participate in this and yet only a few months before the attack, she outright denied security in her signature in a cable," he said on the show.
His remarks prompted recriminations from several quarters, including former State Department officials who said such cables always carry the secretary's signature. They stressed that only the most sensitive are ever seen by the secretary.
On Friday, the Washington Post labeled the seven-term lawmaker's statement on Fox a "whopper." But Issa spokesman Frederick Hill said the cable is significant because it shows requests for more security were denied through official channels.
"The cable itself states 'signature' next to Clinton's name and some of the names of those who participated in the process of clearing and approving the cable," Hill said.
Those names were blacked out by the State Department in copies given to Congress.
"On multiple occasions, congressional investigators objected to these redactions and requested unredacted documents, including this cable," Hill said. "State Department has still not complied with these requests."
On another front, an effort by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, to have the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Doherty and Woods is gaining momentum, according to Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper.
The medal is the highest honor the country can bestow on a civilian. Hunter introduced the award legislation in March, saying the men deserve it for their efforts to save Stevens and other U.S. personnel.
Woods' father, Charles Woods, said he isn't paying much attention to the congressional investigations but hopes Congress will approve the medal sought for his son and Doherty.


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by Rakks | September 22nd, 2010
Constructed in 1901, the red brick building on the corner of Houston and Elm Street, known as the Texas School Book Depository became the focal point of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Evidence found showed the shots that killed the President were fired from the sixth floor. On President's Day 1989, The Sixth Floor Museum opened on its namesake floor as a response to the many visitors who flock to Dealey Square to learn more about the assassination. Visitors travel back in time in two key evidentiary areas which have been carefully restored to their 1963 appearance. The Museum contains thought provoking exhibits and photographs, a reading/research room and a store and café. Rakks anodized aluminum shelving is configured to display merchandise in the Museum store and is also used in the Reading Room to house the museum's iconic book collection.
The café and store designed by Manask & Associates are the most recent additions to the museum, opening in early summer 2010, and feature an array of books and collectibles. Joining a long list of notable museums that have turned to Rakks including MoMA and The Senator John Heinz History Center, The Sixth Floor Museum Store takes full advantage of Rakks architecturally savvy product line. Rakks shelving systems are used for the display of apparel, accessories and memorabilia in the store and Rakks glass and aluminum shelving compliment the open, loft-style space created by Corgan Associates. In the Reading Room, countless JFK books, magazines, newspapers, and videos fill Rakks aluminum shelving, the elegant lines of the shelves allowing natural light to fill the room.
In a tribute to the nation's 35th president, a project presented by the JFK Library recently launched on Twitter, twitter.com/kennedy1960,will chronicle Kennedy's historic campaign to office. Creativity-Online explains tweets will include links to classic photos and advertisements from the campaign as well as memorable quotes. Between the JFK Library and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Kennedy's legacy has been carried forward for future generations to be able to experience a true symbol of Americana. Be sure to follow the Kennedy campaign as well as Rakks on Twitter for more information.


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RM auctions announced this week they will be offering a 1986 Ford RS200 Evo Group B for sale at their annual Amelia Island auction being held in March. Pre sale estimates for the car are between $80,000 and $120,000 which doesn't seem bad for a Group B homologation car which can out accelerate any supercar of the era. The RS200 was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records for 12 years as the world's fastest accelerating car. It's hard to comprehend this much desire for a Ford hatchback.
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A trip to Seaforth takes you past lush subtropical rainforest and fields of sugar cane. Seaforth itself is a quaint beachfront town that is also one of the most popular recreational fishing destinations in The Mackay Region, especially with its well maintained boat ramp at Victor Creek.
Today sugar and tourism are thriving industries for Seaforth. Facilities include a bowls club, public swimming enclosure, nearby public toilets, and a well maintained caravan and camping area located directly on the beach.
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Interwest Insulation of Seattle had 16 employees-enough to require a raft of paperwork but not enough to justify a human resources manager to take care of it all. And like many small businesses, Interwest couldn't afford to offer its employees big-league benefits. So Interwest turned to an employee leasing company.
Owner Scott Sonners entered into a contract with Barrett Business Services Inc. in which Barrett hired almost all of Interwest's employees, including Sonners himself, then leased them back to Interwest. The two companies became joint employers. The employee leasing agreement stated that the workers would be employees of Barrett for certain purposes, including hiring, discipline and firing, payroll, benefits, and workers' compensation insurance. Interwest would retain control of the business side of employee issues and follow Barrett's instructions on such matters as workplace safety. Under the new arrangement, safety improved and so did employee benefits. Sonners was able to concentrate on the business of his company rather than on keeping track of employee paperwork.
Although such industries as building security have leased employees for decades, leasing of general employees has been commonplace for only about 15 years. "The law is still catching up," says Miami attorney Norman Davis of Steel, Hector & Davis LLP, who has represented some of Florida's largest employee leasing companies. Davis contends that leasing employees can be ideal for entrepreneurs because it frees them to focus on their businesses. "They're entering these arrangements so they can get all the paperwork off their backs," he says. But because the field is regulated by state laws that vary widely, it's easy to trip over legal stumbling blocks.
Complicating the matter is the fact that "employee leasing" can refer to a whole spectrum of arrangements. At one end is the traditional temporary worker, employed by a temp agency and dispatched to clients to help with seasonal overloads, employee vacations and such. Large corporations have expanded this concept into the usage of long-term temps, often highly skilled people working on contract to complete a particular project, sometimes for years. Typically, long-term temps receive no benefits. Indeed, many large companies use long-term temps to avoid paying benefits. (That backfired a few years ago for Microsoft when a court ruled that long-term temporary computer programmers working side by side with the company's regular em-ployees, doing the same work year after year, should be entitled to the same stock options as its regular employees.)
At the other end of the spectrum stand thousands of small businesses leasing employees for the opposite reason: They want their employees to have health insurance and other benefits, which leasing companies can offer at affordable rates because they're pooling thousands of employees. Typically, a business will turn its entire work force over to the leasing company for purposes of payroll, taxes, benefits and so on. Many leasing companies now prefer to be called "professional employer organizations" (PEOs) to distinguish themselves from temporary agencies.
In the early days, some leasing companies insisted that they were the sole employers, and that the workers were merely leased to client companies that were to be absolved of all liability for employment-related lawsuits. Few make that claim anymore because off-site companies can't exercise control over such matters as sexual harassment. Indeed, leasing companies in Florida recently persuaded the state legislature to pass a statute declaring that the parties in leasing arrangements are considered co-employers.
In any state, it's up to the parties involved to decide who should be responsible for what. Typically, the client company is responsible for matters involving the business and the direct supervision of employees, while the PEO is responsible for all other matters related to employment. The distinction is spelled out in an extensive employee leasing agreement. "If it's clear in the agreement," Davis says, "courts tend to recognize it."
Steven C. Bahls, dean of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, teaches entrepreneurship law. Freelance writer Jane Easter Bahls specializes in business and legal topics.
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But not always. Back in Seattle, Interwest Insulation was getting along just fine-until the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries decided to conduct an audit. The auditors learned Interwest had not been paying state workers' compensation premiums, and they didn't buy the explanation that the firm's employees were covered by Barrett, which met state standards for self-insurance. An administrative law judge determined that Interwest was the sole employer, liable for $38,453 in unpaid industrial insurance premiums. After the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals affirmed that ruling, Sonners took it to court and lost. Last June, after five years of legal wrangling, the Court of Appeals of Washington affirmed again. The appeals court noted that under state law, the employer is the one who exercises control over the employees. Co-employers must both exercise control, and Barrett did not. Interwest was in charge of hiring and firing employees, sending workers to job sites, providing materials and directing jobs to be done. State law overruled the contract between the companies. (Although Sonners has since sold the business's assets, he plans to appeal to the Washington Supreme Court.)
Attorney James Harward, who just completed a term as chairman of Utah's professional licensing board for PEOs, notes that state laws in this area are often quirky. "Some states require that the PEO takes some role in hiring and firing," he says. "A lot of states are not up to speed-for instance, they're stuck on who issues the W-2 form." For example, Nevada requires three workers' compensation policies-one for each co-employer and one for both. Utah, on the other hand, requires a master policy and two subpolicies.
So if you're thinking of signing on with a PEO or employee leasing company, have your attorney draft the contract or go over it carefully to make sure all relevant state laws are addressed. And be aware that state laws in this area are still evolving, so you may need periodic updates.
Other Points To Consider
Be aware of other legal issues that might crop up if you work with a PEO or leasing company:
1. Financial instability: In a typical arrangement, the PEO collects money from clients for payroll, taxes, benefits and the like, then distributes it to the employees. If several clients fail to pay their bills, the PEO may have trouble meeting its obligations. Make sure the PEO is financially strong enough to weather the storm.
2. Thresholds: Many state and federal employment laws, including the Title VII discrimination laws, the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, apply to firms with 15 or more employees. If your 10 employees are now co-employed by a company with 15,000 others, your company might be subject to those laws. While that provides legal protection your employees might value, it opens your business- to serious liability if an employee gets mad and sues. Make sure you have enough insurance.
3. Liability issues: Although early leasing companies claimed that they could protect client companies from employment-related liability, that's not likely. "There's not much case law on whether leasing companies will exonerate the client," says employment litigation attorney Anthony J. Carriuolo of Berger, Davis & Singerman in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "But I expect that it will not. If you control the situation, you ought to be held liable." Indeed, the new Florida statute gets the leasing company off the hook for discrimination, harassment and other civil wrongs if it exercised no control over the day-to-day job, didn't authorize the wrongdoing and didn't know about it.
4. Workers' comp rating: Over the years, your company builds a reputation for safety that can reduce workers' compensation premiums. One of Carriuolo's clients who had an excellent record used an employee leasing company for several years, then terminated the relationship. The company then got rated by the state as a new employer, and therefore was charged a more expensive rate. While the risk of that happening might be worth the benefits of leasing, be aware of the possibility.
5. Fuzzy contracts: Most PEOs and employee leasing companies have stand-ard contracts. As an entrepreneurial firm, you may not have the leverage to change your agreement. But make sure your attorney examines it carefully to make sure it addresses every issue, clarifying who's responsible for what, with an eye to your state's law.
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- Berger, Davis & Singerman, (954) 627-9906, email@example.com
- Steel, Hector & Davis LLP, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Last spring, Indianapolis' Grant Curlow posted a YouTube clip that could make even the most casual beer fan drool.
In his prosaically titled Beer Cellar Video, Curlow spends six minutes and 48 seconds slowly and nearly wordlessly panning over a concrete basement where, arranged in stacks, racks and scattered across the plywood floor, are more than 700 bottles of coveted brews, such as Firestone Walker's barrel-aged XII and Three Floyd's wax-capped Dark Lord Russian imperial stout. Then there's his Belgian bounty, including Trappist ales and sour lambics, like Drie Fonteinen. Some of his beers are older than Curlow's 24 years—and only going to grow older. "I've got lambics down there I'm waiting for 20 years to try," says Curlow, who started collecting during college and recently parlayed his passion into a job as the craft-beer specialist for World Class Beverages. "I'm in no rush to open them."
Welcome to the new world of old beer. Like wine, beer has the capacity to age, evolve and develop complex new aromas and flavors. Think that Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine is a rich treat right now? Try it in 10 years, when it has mellowed into a smooth elixir worthy of a snifter. Time, combined with yeast and bacteria, can buff a beer's rough edges and unlock its full potential—or, given a few months too many, create a liquid best sent down the drain.
Aging beer isn't an exact science. Still, you can use tricks and tactics to tilt the sands of time in your favor. By creating an ideal climate, selecting the right beers to put to bed and following storage protocols, you can start a cellar of your own, even if you live in a skyscraping apartment.
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After committing to build a beer collection, the first step is creating a safe, cozy environment in which the brews can slumber undisturbed—the cart before the horse. Some of the best advice on building a cellar can be found in Lovell, Maine, a tiny town near White Mountain National Forest that's home to Ebenezer's Pub. Despite its rural digs, Ebenezer's is a world-class Belgian bar and possibly the country's foremost repository for vintage beer. "I'm trying to build a time machine," says owner Chris Lively, 37, of his climate-monitored, 2,700-square-foot cellar. It features a security system to guard his 1,000-plus bottles that span more than a century of brewing. Like a liquid Library of Congress, "I want to have these beers here 100, 200 or 300 years from now. We cellar beers for the interest of the beer world."
For your interests, Lively suggests a cellar, or a basement, where the temperature will remain relatively low (about 55 degrees F is ideal, give or take five degrees), with narrow temperature fluctuation; a range of more than 20 degrees will wreak havoc. This also holds true for wine, which you can cellar alongside beer. (Red wine is typically stored at 50 to 55 degrees, and white wine is best aged at 45 degrees.)
Unlike wine, which rests on its side to keep corks moist, all beer—even if it has a cork—should be stored upright, says Alan Sprints, 51, founder of Portland, Oregon's Hair of the Dog brewery. "That way, sediment remains in the bottom. Store bottles on their side, and sediment kicks up when you pour." Utilizing a shelf system, or a fridge, will help prevent accidentally sending an upright bottle crashing to the ground.
The next step: block sunlight. Beer is photosensitive. Glass bottles let in UV rays, which cause chemicals called isohumulones (they help make beer bitter) to decompose and create compounds found in skunks' spray. Voila! Skunked beer.
Another cellaring enemy is humidity. "If there's not enough humidity, the corks will dry out," Liveley says. "If there's too much humidity, it could damage beer and invite black mold," which can enter through the cork or a loose crown cap. Lively likens black mold to a silent, deadly assassin. "Your beers will die a slow death," he says. Keep them safe with an air purifier, while using a humidifier or a de-humidifier to calibrate the climate. The optimum atmosphere has "the kind of humidity you have in fall or spring" on the East Coast, Liveley notes. (An ideal humidity range is about 50 to 70 percent.) What you don't want is to walk into your cellar and feel a warm, damp rush. That could signify mold in the air, says Lively, who recommends a mold analysis every two years. "It's literally a bacterial war in the cellar."
Though underground storage is ideal because temperatures tend to stay steady, it's not imperative. Instead, you can opt for an inexpensive wine fridge or, if that's cost-prohibitive, "look toward a bedroom in the middle of your house"—far from windows, so the temperature is more stable—"and use the closet," suggests Bill Sysak, 48, the beverage supervisor and certified Cicerone at Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens. "Buy a $2 thermometer and check the closet over a couple seasons. If you don't have extreme temperature fluctuations, you know you have a place that's safe for beer." (He also recommends a humidity meter.)
Before starting at Stone, Sysak spent more than 25 years amassing one of California's—if not the country's—finest collections of cellared beers. At one point, Sysak amassed more than 2,500 bottles, which he stored everywhere from a three-door cooler in the garage (the convenience-store relic is not turned on, yet it maintains temperatures between 62 and 65 degrees) to a cabinet under the bathroom sink. "I also have three smaller wine coolers and bottles stuck under the house," Sysak says. "The point is, a lot of my beer isn't refrigerated." But what if you live in Las Vegas or another scorching city? No worries, says Sysak. "If you don't have a beer refrigerator or a cellar, and your average indoor temperature is in the high 60s or 70s, you can insulate bottles with [Styrofoam] wine shipping crates," Sysak says. "Craft beer is much more durable than people think."
Brews to Choose
Now that your cellar, fridge or closet is secured, the fun part is filling it. However, not every beer should age. Most are best as soon as they're bottled, especially hop-forward pale ales and IPAs. Hops are most pungent and aromatic when fresh, and even a few months will dull their character. (For example, the label on Russian River's amped-up IPA Pliny the Elder reads DOES NOT IMPROVE WITH AGE! HOPPY BEERS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE AGED!)
When selecting beers for aging, Sysak suggests following general guidelines. First, it's beneficial if a beer is 8 percent or stronger, since an elevated alcohol profile will typically become smoother, mellower and more agreeable. Another rule of thumb is to select a darker, maltier beer, because the sweet, residual sugars tend to soften over time. Above all, ensure that the beer is bottle-conditioned, wherein live yeasts lurk inside the bottle.
"Though the yeast doesn't continue to ferment, it helps the beer age," explains Hair of the Dog's Sprints, who always finishes his beers with fermenting yeast. "All of our bottle-conditioned beers are meant to age," he says of creations such as "Dave," an English-style barleywine brewed more than 15 years ago and boasting 29 percent ABV. "It's so much better now than it ever was. That shows the patience it takes to hang on to a beer for an extended period of time."
So which beer styles are worth the wait? Sysak recommends Belgian strong ales, barleywines, imperial stouts and, bucking the high-alcohol guideline, sour Belgians, such as lambics and Flanders red ales. With aging beer
, there are always exceptions to the rule, Sysak says. "I have Tripels, saisons and blonde ales that are 10 or 15 years old and beautiful."
Other outliers include ales spiked with wild yeasts, such as Brettanomyces. They're often unstable, since the yeast rapidly works through a beer and alters its character—one month it's sublime, the next it's undrinkable. However, Brett-dosed beers, such as Belgium's monk-made Orval and Sanctification from California's Russian River Brewing, respond well to cellaring. "They don't age into the 10- to 20-year range, but they do grow complex and amazing," Sysak says. (Additionally, Sysak says beers boasting multiple strains of yeasts and bacteria, such as Lactobacillus, hold up better.)
If you can swing it, purchase at least two bottles of each brew—or more. That way you can crack open a bottle every so often and taste how the beer is aging. Plus, you'll have spares in the event you want more of a good thing, or need to replace a bottle ruined by a bad seal. "Historically, I buy large quantities," Sysak says. "If you have a beer that you enjoy and it has a proven track record, it's nice to get a case, whether that's 12 bottles or 24," Sysak says.
However, you don't want to overdo it on a single beer. While you may be crazy for Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, "you never know how your taste buds will evolve," says Curlow, who started out collecting strong stouts before focusing on Belgian lambics and Trappist ales. "Keep your cellar varied." Since Curlow started saving beer as a college freshman, it's a wonder he resisted the temptation to dip into his stock. "You buy more than you can drink," he says. "That still holds true today."
A Matter of Taste
Pouring and sampling is a critical way to determine how a beer is developing before it ends up past its prime. Though an expiration date isn't stamped on the bottle like a carton of milk, beer does have a limited lifespan. "I have beers that are 50 years old, but for beers that can be aged, the average lifespan ranges from a couple years to eight to 10 years," Sysak says. Taste. Evaluate. Wait. But don't wait too long. "At five years, many beers begin to show signs of deterioration." Typically, higher-gravity barleywines, imperial stouts and old ales have the longest shelf life. "There are rare bottles of English ales out there that are over 100 years old," Sysak continues. "Of course, they're a crapshoot just like old wine. You can pay an exorbitant amount for nectar or vinegar."
Settling on the ideal aging time takes trial and error. "Try it fresh, then anywhere from a month to six months to a year apart to see how the beer ages," Sysak says. "There's always that time when you wonder, 'Should I wait one more year? I like how that flavor is developing.' Then you try it and go, 'Shoot, it's past its prime.' "
When aging beers, clunkers come with the territory. "I know there are going to be some duds, but we just have to suck it up when it happens," says Dave Blanchard, 41, the cofounder of Decatur, Georgia's, Brick Store Pub, where vintage beers are stored in an adjoining, underground bank vault. In 2005, the bar began acquiring close to 500 different varieties of age-worthy beer, refusing to release them until this fall. "It was a big gamble, because I know some of the vintage beer won't be as good after aging," Blanchard says. "It's a big leap of faith."
To make that leap of faith a little less daunting, Sysak suggests turning to resources like RateBeer.com and BeerAdvocate.com, which have active forums dedicated to aging. "If you post, 'I have a 2003 AleSmith Speedway Stout. Has anyone opened it lately?' sure enough, a dozen people will respond."
Combining sensory analysis with crowd-sourced wisdom will allow you to make minute adjustments. If your beer is close to peaking, transfer it to a cooler environment to slow down aging. If you'd like the beer to age faster, slightly elevate its environmental temperature. "I've taken imperial stouts that have a hot, fusil note"—that is, alcohol—"and increased the cellaring temperatures into the high-60s," Sysak says. This slightly oxidizes the beer, creating a sweet, sherry-like nuance. "Brewers will never say to do this," Sysak says, underscoring a simple point: When it comes to aging, you can create the rules as you go along.
Pop Your Tops
After creating, stocking and maintaining a cellar, it's easy to imagine that you've just built a beer museum. But remember, one of the pleasures of building an enviable collection is reaping the fruits of your labor.
For Sysak, savoring and sharing aged beer is part of the fun. He once cohosted (with Tom Nickel, of San Diego's O'Brien's Pub) a vertical tasting of Thomas Hardy's ales (a classic English beer that's no longer brewed) from the first release in 1968 to 2004. Even crazier, for 10 years he hosted a party on his birthday dubbed "the largest, most extreme private beer party in the world." Every 10 minutes for 12 hours, Sysak opened two rare beers—say, a De Dolle Stille Nacht Reserva or 1999 Belle Vue Selection lambic—along with up to 20 kegs of beer "in case you got thirsty in between the nine minutes of beer pours," Sysak says of the event, which sometimes swelled to 250 people.
Of course, opening an aged beer doesn't require a blowout. "One thing I'm most proud of is that people use my beers to celebrate special occasions," such as birthdays or anniversaries, says Hair of the Dog's Sprints. But even that's too formal a reason for Curlow to crack a rare treasure. "You don't need a reason to open a cellared bottle," he says. "I love bringing friends over and popping open something unusual. Whether it's a random Thursday or Sunday, when you pop open the bottle, it'll be the celebration."


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The photographer Larry Fink was there. "They had nothing but their own stealth, and no support," Fink told me. They hoped to stoke a revolution. "They were working from a massive historic misinterpretation," Fink said.
WALL STREET IS WAR STREETThe traders in stocks and bones shriek for New Frontiers—but the coffins return to the Bronx and Harlem. Bull markets of murder deal in a stock exchange of death. Profits rise to the ticker tape of your dead sons. Poison gas RAINS on Vietnam. You cannot plead "WE DID NOT KNOW." Television brings the flaming villages into the safety of your home. You commit genocide in the name of freedom.
If unemployment rises, you are given work, murderous work. If education is inferior, you are taught to kill. If the blacks get restless, they are sent to die. This is Wall Street's formula for the great society!
Fink thinks that today's Occupy Wall Street protests are different. "We've gone past the time when utopia seemed like a viable option," he said. "There's no hope for some kind of Marxist future, so it seems formless. They just know that it can't go on like this: the greed, the inequality. It can't go on, so we'll sit here."
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Nikita's Maggie Q on the "Mikita" relationship: People need to get ready for a rough ride
During a recent visit to the TVGuide.com studios, we put the actress to the test. We named off her castmates well-known roles (and a few less recognizable characters) that her costars played before joining the CW spy drama. Did Q know that Devon Sawa starred in Casper as a kid? Or that girls swooned for Shane West in A Walk to Remember? And who once played a girl named Jenny in Hot Tub Time Machine?
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Your first New Year's resolution of 2013: Stop kicking off the new year by doing something that's not your style.
Unless your heart is set on a big black-tie gala, you can find — or create — social events to suit your own taste here in Lawrence, whether you're eyeing something laid back or dressed up.
Fine food, champagne foam
For foodies with the budget for an elegant dinner out, Pachamama's, 800 New Hampshire St., is offering a special prix fixe menu on New Year's Eve.
Planned is an appetizer of Bruleéd Duck "Faux Gras" followed by four more courses — the last of which is toasted angel food cake with lemon ice cream and champagne foam.
General manager Richard Garcia says the restaurant likes to provide something special for the community, and dreaming up the special dinner is fun for the staff, too.
"We do have all this talent here in the kitchen," Garcia says. "They like to showcase that."
Dinner with a complimentary glass of sparkling wine is $75 per person. With wine pairings for each course, dinner is $100 per person.
Prices do not include tax or gratuity.
Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by calling Pachamama's at 841-0990.
Dancing and ball-watching
One party that isn't happening this year is the annual bash at Abe and Jake's Landing.
The venue is in the middle of a lease transfer, approved Tuesday by the City Commission, and expects to start renovations quickly, event manager Rosie Ralston says.
There will be parties elsewhere, though.
The Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St., will have a dance band from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in its Big 6 Bar.
Cover, which includes a champagne toast at midnight, is $20, or $10 if you have dinner in one of the Eldridge's restaurants, Ten or the Jayhawker.
The Eldridge party is a relaxed, fun atmosphere that typically draws an older crowd, says Lindsay Robinson, general manager of Ten and the Jayhawker.
The restaurants will serve their regular menus plus a few festive specials, including crab legs.
For the first year, Pachamama's is planning a New Year's Eve party in its Alton Ballroom, adjacent to the restaurant.
The Alton party, featuring DJ Hector the Selector and big screens to watch the Times Square ball drop, goes from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Cover is $15, or $5 if you dined at Pachamama's, and includes a champagne toast and light hors d'oeuvres.
Rocking out
Live bands are routine at Lawrence bars, but many liven things up for New Year's Eve.
At Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St., for one, there will be balloons, streamers, party favors, specials on champagne and a barwide countdown to midnight, manager Courtney Smith says.
"I feel like there's just a lot more festivity in the air and a lot more excitement," she says.
The Crumpletons will bring old-school rock for the early show at Jazzhaus at 7 p.m. The Majestics Rhythm Revue plays at 10 p.m. Cover is $5 for the early and $10 for the late show.
Other New Year's Eve concerts include Murder by Death at the Granada, with Cowboy Indian Bear and Y(our) Fri(end); Mountain Sprout and Tyler Gregory at Bottleneck; Approach, Cloud Dog and Radkey at Jackpot; Pale Hearts, Stiff Middle Fingers and Monsoon Lazer at Frank's North Star Tavern; The Sluts, Rev Gusto and Alien Jones at Replay Lounge (with DJ Proof on the patio); and Team Bear Club at Eighth Street Tap Room.
For times, ticket prices and other information, see the events calendar at Lawrence.com.
Staying in
Covers and crowds not your thing? Play host to your own party and make it just the way — and the size — you want.
Food and drinks are at the heart of an at-home gathering. But they don't have to be terribly expensive or time-consuming, says Jan Hornberger, the Club Room manager at Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway.
Beer and wine is fine, or a select few cocktails. Hornberger says a signature cocktail — like the brandy slush she had at a recent gathering — is a festive alternative.
"I think it's fun for New Year's to do a signature drink," she says. "That makes it special."
And if you're on a budget, she says, there's nothing wrong with asking your guests to bring something.
Since most New Year's Eve parties start later in the evening, an hors d'oeuvre buffet is enough to keep everyone satisfied.
A cheese platter is an easy yet showy centerpiece, Hornberger says. Grocers such as Hy-Vee can prepare one for you, or you can build one yourself. Display the cheese with fresh or dried fruits, nuts, olives and whole-grain crackers or thin-sliced ciabatta bread.
For variety, consider a few hot and a few cold items, and some sweet and some savory. If it's in your budget, Hornberger says, shrimp or crab is a nice touch, and hot spinach artichoke dip is always a hit.
Don't forget to have something for guests with special dietary needs, or invite them to bring a dish themselves.
When it comes to serving pieces, matchy-matchy is not a requirement, Hornberger says. It's OK to mix the pieces you have and even pull that decorative bowl, basket or vase from another room to serve snacks in — if it's not food safe, line it with another dish.
And especially with New Year's Eve, there's no rule you can't eat dinner at an unusual hour — Hornberger says she once had a party where she served breakfast at midnight.
"Think outside the box," she says.
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Vote to pass a bill that would prohibit certain civil lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, dealers and importers of firearms and ammunition pertaining to acts of criminal or unlawful misuse of firearms.
- Requires criminal background checks on all firearms transactions at gun shows where at least 75 firearms are displayed for sale, excluding private residence or events funded and maintained by nonprofit hunting organizations (Sec. 2).
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To continue the train of reviews on software developed by LSoft Technologies Inc., I'll be reviewing one of their core products: Active@ Boot Disk.
What this software proves itself to be is a powerful disk utility tool that allows the user to create a portable, working bootable disk that can be used to start up any computer, even without an operating system or drivers installed.
Can You Save Your System? With the Right Boot Disk, There's Still Hope…
June 18 2013,
Richard Pardoe
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Computer problems have a habit of spiraling out of control sometimes. If you've been unfortunate enough to experience a major hardware or software issue, and you've tried to fix it yourself, then you'll be well aware of how dependent the whole system is on its capability to boot up and load the operating system successfully.
It's very difficult to do any kind of repair, reinstall or recovery when the operating system won't even load. It's like trying to fix something with both hands tied behind your back.
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August 7 2012,
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Active@ Boot Disk is software that is designed to help start up a computer, whether the operating system on it is working or not. With that, this software comes with a variety of disk utilities to help fix computer problems, back up, restore or delete data. The way it's put on the start-up screen "Active@ Boot Disk is an emergency disk that can be used to start up your computer".
This software uses almost any kinds of bootable media to serve its purpose. Any USB, CD or other device can be used, even floppy disks. Using about 150MB of space, this software installs itself onto the device, with a small operating system and a set of disk utility software that make it possible to start up your machine and repair it without needing to load up the OS on the actual machine.


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At the 2011 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Invitational last weekend, the girls' team from the host institution launched the 2011 season with a new coach and a new rising star.
Diminutive freshman Jamie Costarino breezed to victory in the varsity race, clocking a meet record time of 19 minutes flat on the 3.0 mile course. The old mark of 19:43 belonged to Episcopal Academy's Kristin Greenwood, who returned this year as a senior and bettered her record pace of 2010, but a final figure of 19:23 meant that the was unable to challenge the young Lions runner at the end.
Costarino was not allowed to compete in varsity cross country last fall, but she showed her potential in the spring, when she raced alongside upper school athletes during track season.
The new coach for SCHA, Ann Keiser, arrived in Chestnut Hill from George Washington High School, where she taught science and also trained distance runners. With undergraduate and Masters degrees from Temple University in Biology and Education, she has joined the upper school science faculty at SCHA. She is a dedicated long-distance runner herself, and plans to race in the Philadelphia Marathon in November.
Keiser finds herself in good company at SCHA, where the new girls athletic director, Tina O'Malley, is a former Temple U. high jumper, and the venerable boys' cross country coach, Paul Hines, has run the Boston Marathon more times than his legs want to remember.
Although the Lions' Costarino bagged the individual title, Episcopal convincingly won the team championship, with Greenwood and four of her teammates all finishing in the top nine places. Earlier, in an open-entry race that preceded the varsity events, the top female finisher was the assistant coach for the Churchwomen, Laurie Smith.
Back in the high school competition, EA freshman McKenzie Street was third in 20:33, and five seconds later fourth place was claimed by Mara Kelly, a senior from Springfield High School (which did not have a full team at the meet). The lead runner for Germantown Academy, Tina DeRusso, finished fifth in 21:10, and was followed by Episopal's Christina Davis (21:30) and Caroline Purtill (21:37).
A basketball standout from Shipley School, Jordyn Turner, clocked in at 21:44 for eighth place, and after EA's Kira Nakahara finished ninth in 21:49, another Shipley runner, Julia Fisher (21:57) rounded out the top 10 in the standings.
With a team score of 27 points, Episcopal easily outdistanced Julia R. Masterman School, with 81 points, and GA, with 84. SCHA finished fourth with 98 points, followed by Shipley (132) and Abington Friends (159). One of the Lions' captains, senior Toni Hall, was off taking the ACT exam, and two returning varsity juniors, Kelsea Brewer and Maddi Hinchey, were both out of action due to minor injuries.
The other senior tri-captains are Emily Davis, who was the second SCHA finisher (14th; 22:18) and Liz Worgan (40th; 29:21). One of the Lions' top young runners from a year ago, sophomore Sarah-Chen Ogorek, came in 20th in 23:04, and her classmate Caroline Canning, a promising beginner, placed 23rd in 23:47.


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NATO should redeploy its forces in eastern Europe and take a firm stand to prevent a contagion of the Ukraine crisis, Romania's foreign minister urged in an interview Thursday with AFP.
"Romania has concrete expectations of a redeployment and an eastward repositioning of NATO's naval, air and ground forces," Titus Corlatean said.
"The Black Sea region must be a top priority for NATO and the EU," he stressed.
Bucharest "is extremely concerned over developments in Ukraine which have a serious impact on international security," Corlatean said, stressing his country is "on the frontline".
Romania, a member of both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, shares a border with Ukraine in the east and in the north.
In recent days pro-Kremlin activists have seized government buildings in several cities in Ukraine's east, declaring independence and vowing to vote on splitting from Ukraine.
The US has accused Moscow of trying to "create chaos" to justify a military intervention like in Crimea.
"Our expectations towards Russia are clear and firm: it should engage in a political dialogue and avoid escalation," Corlatean stressed.
EU and NATO should "stand firm in order to stop potential risks of contagion of the crisis from Odessa in Southern Ukraine to Transdniestr", a pro-Russian breakaway region in Moldova.
Trasndniestr, a strip of land on Moldova's eastern border, broke away from the rest of the country in the wake of the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union but is not recognised by any other state.
On Monday, its leader, Yevgeny Shevchuk, said his dream would be to see the region "together with Russia".
Moscow maintains thousands of troops there for years against the will of the pro-Western Moldovan government.
"We hope that a political dialogue will prevail", Corlatean insisted saying Russia could show its good will by participating in a new round of negotiations planned next week to solve the Transdniestr situation.
"It is important that these talks take place even if they are delayed because this will show if Moscow is more open on the matter or not.
"We have no interest in a clash between the European Union and Russia", but Corlatean warned that if Moscow choses escalation, "further sanctions are still an option".
And the gas issue should not be a reason to "forget about the fundamental values of international law".
"There is a lot of talk about Europe's dependence on Russian gas but Russia is also depending on European markets" to sell its production, Corlatean said.
"Russia could have an interest in listening to what Europe wants on Ukraine", he says.
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sent a letter to leaders of 18 European countries, warning them Russia could cut gas supplies to Ukraine.
But in what might be an overture to de-escalate the crisis, Putin also said that "Russia is prepared to participate in the effort to stabilise and restore Ukraine's economy", but only on "equal terms" with the EU.


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The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, invites applications for the position of Head of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics. This administrative Unit is one of eight Units within the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science and has a total of 25 faculty members and 3 staff members. Graduate students have access to graduate programs in mathematics and interdisciplinary studies. Undergraduate programs include majors and minors in each of the four disciplines, as well as specialized interdisciplinary programs in Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Sciences.
The ideal candidate will be in the early stages of the Full Professor rank, although a senior Associate Professor may also be considered. The Head's position includes a faculty appointment. We are seeking a candidate with demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, leadership and management skills, with proven ability to lead and motivate faculty, staff, and students. Field of research specialization can be related to any area of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Statistics. We are especially interested in candidates spanning at least two of these areas. Desirable attributes include a strong record of published research and external funding as well as prior experience in academic administration and undergraduate and graduate education.
The Head will provide administrative, intellectual, and academic leadership of the Unit and will serve on the Faculty's Leadership Team. The Head is expected to: (i) oversee the overall operation of the Unit, including the budget (ii) ensure that courses are suitably staffed (iii) take an active role in advancing the Unit's programs and activities through curriculum and program review, (iv) foster collegial interaction among faculty members, (v) mentor members of the Unit, (vi) conduct annual evaluations of each faculty member in the Unit, and (vii) serve as the advocate for Unit members within the Faculty and the University. Direct experience with managing reappointment, tenure and promotion processes and familiarity with budget processes are considered assets. As a faculty member of the Unit, the Head will be expected to maintain an active research program in his/her chosen field, to supervise graduate students, and otherwise contribute to the Unit's teaching programs.
The position will be available July 1, 2014 with a five-year renewable term. The Head reports directly to the Dean of Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences.
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