Beer Review: Golden Road Brewing's Back Home Gingerbread Stout - La Times

Golden Road Brewings Back Home Gingerbread Stout is rich with spice and molasses flavors. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times) By John Verive Whole Foods Market Beer review: Golden Road Brewing's Back Home Gingerbread Stout has layers of malt flavors The hop-loving brewers at Golden Road Brewing have turned toward sugar and spice for their latest seasonal release, and Back Home Gingerbread Stout is a balanced and flavorful holiday-time treat. The bouquet of cinnamon, ginger and allspice springs from the whimsically illustrated can the moment the top is popped, and the flavors of the walnut-black brew match the aroma. A sip of the stout evokes an illicit lick of the spoon when mixing gingerbread batter all spices and molasses and the vague cognitive dissonance of tasting a baked good in liquid form. The annual wintertime release from Glassell Park's Eagle Rock Brewery, Jubilee is a spiced old ale that finds delicate balance between warming alcohol, sweet malts and festive spices. Nursing a snifter of the complex brew is an ideal tonic for the stresses of the holidays, and the ale makes for... ( John Verive ) Mercifully, it isn't all baker's spices, and there is still beer there. The full body has layers of malt flavors, from graham to toast to toffee, all underlined by smoky molasses. An earthy and woody hop character manages to peek through in the stout's long finish. While Back Home Gingerbread Stout is quite sweet, it avoids being cloying, and a prickly effervescence enhances the aromatic spices and helps keep the syrupy body from overwhelming the palate.
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Home beer brewing kits for Christmas | FOX31 Denver

The move comes as one of Uber's drivers was accused of allegedly raping a woman last Friday. The woman, a financial analyst from Delhi, hired an Uber cab after attending a dinner party, and fell asleep on the way home. When she awoke, she found the doors locked and the car parked in an unfamiliar, secluded place. Another woman , days before the alleged rape incident, had also complained about the same driver, but no actions were taken. The accused Uber driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, had previously spent s even months in India's largest jail a few years ago on rape charges, although he said that they were never proven. In a blog post , Uber said that during the review, it will conduct a full audit of its verification, rider feedback, and support processes. "We are implementing measures to ensure that critical rider feedback is escalated immediately and immediate action is taken in every instance. We are also re-reviewing rider feedback on every driver partner across India to make sure nothing has been missed," the company said. "Second, we are assessing all driver screening processes. We are evaluating additional screening options to include background checks on all our driver partners in India above and beyond what is currently required. "Third, we will also bring in our global best practices where it would enhance our India safety efforts. Fourth, we will also partner closely with organisations that are championing women's safety here in New Delhi and around the country." Meanwhile, a judge in Spain has banned the ride-sharing service from operating in that country. Drivers hired for rides via the application "lack the administrative authorisation to carry out the job, and the activity they carry out constitutes unfair competition", court services said on Tuesday. The ruling was a "cautionary measure" adopted while the court examines a case brought by the Madrid Taxi Association, the service said in a statement. The court also ordered telecom companies and payment service providers to block Uber, which calls taxis and processes payments via a smartphone application. Dutch judges on Monday banned one of Uber's services, UberPop, from taking bookings via its smartphone app and threatened the company with fines of up to $123,000, saying that unlicensed drivers are breaking the law. A defiant Uber reacted in a statement by saying it "will continue to offer UberPop". Authorities in Denmark and Norway have also filed complaints against Uber, while a court in Paris is due to decide on Friday whether Uber's services constitute unfair competition to traditional taxi drivers. Trouble is also brewing for Uber in Australia. According to 7.30 , 12 Uber drivers are facing legal action in Melbourne, following an undercover investigation by the Victorian Taxi Commission. Eighty infringement notices have also now been issued to Uber X drivers in Victoria and AU$130,000 in fines. However, the Institute of Public Affairs released a report (PDF) this week calling on the governments of Australia to encourage and support the economic opportunities that Uber can bring to the "sharing economy". Business
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Seattle company develops 'Keurig for beer' | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

Its a huge business and a huge hobby with thousands of people now brewing their own beer. And, all this week were offering advice on what to buy your guy for the holidays. If your man likes beer, a home brew kit could be the perfect gift. You probably think a home brewing kit is a major investment and all the equipment will take up a bunch of space. But now, more home brew supply shops are offering smaller brewing kits for people who just want to try it out casually. Brad Segall from brewing supply company Northern Brewer is here.
Source http://kdvr.com/2014/12/09/home-beer-brewing-kits-for-christmas/

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Home brew kits and home brew beer shops have been a staple for amateur brew masters, but there hasn't been an automated, high tech, one-button solution to create custom microbrews. PicoBrew in Seattle believe it's satisfied that desire for a Keurig for beer -- the home bread-maker for brews -- with the Zymatic, a $1,700 computerized beer making machine. "It's the world's first automatic beer brewing machine," said co-founder and ex-Microsoftie Bill Mitchell. Mitchell left the world of device development to chase his passion for home brewing. Along with his brother and a team of like-minded professionals, Michell wanted to keep the "craft" in craft brewing while embracing the power of the internet and eliminate the guess work associated with home brew systems. The result was the Zymatic. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $661,000, PicoBrew had the funds to create its dream and is now building Zymatic's at its Seattle production house near South Lake Union. Users create or borrow a recipe from the PicoBrew online library. Brew masters then fill a five gallon cornelius keg with water and attach the hoses from the keg posts to the Zymatic. Depending on the recipe, users add grain to the main compartment of the step filter and add hops into the appropriate hop cages inside the unit. The entire canister slides into the Zymatic and the brewing begins. The brewing takes about four hours, leaving the unfermented beer in the keg that originally held the water. Add the yeast, then after a week of fermentation you get beer ready to be carbonated for dispensing from the keg. National Home Brewer of the Year Annie Johnson was skeptical at first. "There was a picture of the founders and none of them have beer guts," said Johnson. But after she did some test brews, she says she was able to precisely control her recipes, easily modify the ingredients and temperature to fine tune the entire brew. She was so impressed, she joined PicoBrew as their Chief Brew master. It's not just home brewers who are interested. Fremont Brewing bought a Zymatic to test new recipes and potential hops for future brews. "We get a kind of an idea of what that beer will taste like without running a 1,000 gallon test patch," said Fremont Brewing Lab Manager Robert Fulwiler. The first 420 Zymatics, which are promised to contributors of the Kickstarter campaign, will begin receiving their units soon. There is a back order for $1,700 units, $1,800 for one that includes a cornelius keg. Now anyone can join the microbrew craze and become their own king of beers.
Source http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-company-develops-Keurig-for-beer-285309681.html

Smappee Reports Energy Consumption For All Your Home Appliances

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Smappee (its a sort of an acronym for Smart App for Energy Efficiency) is a sensor that measures the total electrical power that your home draws from the grid. That's not unique, but Smappee's ability to uniquely identify each appliancelarge and smallis new. Smappee CEO and founder Stefan Grosjean says awareness leading to behavior change, plus the ability to remotely power devices off with Smappee Comfort Plugs, will reduce the typical consumers energy bill by 12 percentenough to pay for the device in about one year. Smappee says its sensor can identify a refrigerator's energy consumption discretely from that of a toaster. Youor an electrician, if you dont feel comfortable working inside your breaker boxclamp a pair of sensors to the main power lines coming from the grid into your circuit-breaker panel. (The clamps don't come in contact with the copper wires, reducing the risk of shock, but Smappee nonetheless recommends you hire a professional.) The sensors measure fluctuations in the magnetic field emanating from the electrons flowing through the cables and send the information to the Smappee box. The box uploads this data to the cloud via your Wi-Fi network, where Smappees servers analyze these patterns, disaggregating the data to identify the consumption signature for each device in your home. These results are then pushed to an app on your smartphone or tablet. Grosjean says Smappee can measure consumption down to a single watt, but its technology wont be able to uniquely identify a device consuming that little power. He also admitted that major applianceswashing machines, air conditioners, and refrigerators, for instancecan drown out lower-power devices. And while Smappee can identify electrical consumption from home lighting, it wont be able to tell you which light is powered on. We wont find everything, he said. Small devices can get masked, but we can produce detailed graphs of consumption down to about 40 watts. Were about 80 percent accurate. Smappee has also developed very low-cost plug-in modules that can be used to remotely power-off devices. One is included with the product, and you can buy three more for just $40. Thats considerably cheaper than Z-Wave, ZigBee, and Wi-Fi smart plugs. And because they operate on a very low frequency (43MHz) they should offer excellentrange. Consumers will be able to program the app to power-off devices automaticallywhen low energy consumption indicates the house is probably vacant, but someone forgot to turn off a lamp or TV. The Smappee app reports on each device's energy consumption throughout the day, week, month, and year. Smappee also supports IFTTT, Apples Homekit, and Googles Works with Nest protocol to make it easy to integrate with other smart-home devices. Grosjean described a scenario where you could write an IFTTT recipe that would turn the lights on in your bedroom when the morning coffee is ready (because the coffee makers energy consumption would drop off after it completes its brewing cycle). The company has also released an open API to encourage other manufacturers to tap into Smappees capabilities. If your home uses solar panels that are connected to your breaker panel, an additional sensor will report the energy those panels are generating, so that you can measure your homes net energy consumption (or production, as the case may be). Smappee is new to the North American market, but Grosjean says the concept was fine-tuned for more than a year in Belgium and the Netherlands before being rolled out to the rest of Europe. The Smappee app offers tips for reducing your homes energy consumption, and it uses gamification techniques to motivate energy conservation. The app will also support multiple sensors, so you can set one up in your primary home and a second in your vacation home, and track them both with the same app. The standard Smappee will be priced at $249, with the model capable of supporting solar panels selling for $349. Smappee is sending us an evaluation unit, so look for our hands-on review in the coming weeks.
Source http://www.pcworld.com/article/2857701/weird-name-cool-tool-smappee-monitors-and-reports-energy-consumption-for-each-of-your-homes-applian.html

Seattle company develops 'Keurig for beer' | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

Its a huge business and a huge hobby with thousands of people now brewing their own beer. And, all this week were offering advice on what to buy your guy for the holidays. If your man likes beer, a home brew kit could be the perfect gift. You probably think a home brewing kit is a major investment and all the equipment will take up a bunch of space. But now, more home brew supply shops are offering smaller brewing kits for people who just want to try it out casually. Brad Segall from brewing supply company Northern Brewer is here.
Source http://kdvr.com/2014/12/09/home-beer-brewing-kits-for-christmas/

Lots of opportunities to try Lost Forty Brewing for the first time | Eat Arkansas | Arkansas news, politics, opinion, restaurants, music, movies and art

Home brew kits and home brew beer shops have been a staple for amateur brew masters, but there hasn't been an automated, high tech, one-button solution to create custom microbrews. PicoBrew in Seattle believe it's satisfied that desire for a Keurig for beer -- the home bread-maker for brews -- with the Zymatic, a $1,700 computerized beer making machine. "It's the world's first automatic beer brewing machine," said co-founder and ex-Microsoftie Bill Mitchell. Mitchell left the world of device development to chase his passion for home brewing. Along with his brother and a team of like-minded professionals, Michell wanted to keep the "craft" in craft brewing while embracing the power of the internet and eliminate the guess work associated with home brew systems. The result was the Zymatic. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $661,000, PicoBrew had the funds to create its dream and is now building Zymatic's at its Seattle production house near South Lake Union. Users create or borrow a recipe from the PicoBrew online library. Brew masters then fill a five gallon cornelius keg with water and attach the hoses from the keg posts to the Zymatic. Depending on the recipe, users add grain to the main compartment of the step filter and add hops into the appropriate hop cages inside the unit. The entire canister slides into the Zymatic and the brewing begins. The brewing takes about four hours, leaving the unfermented beer in the keg that originally held the water. Add the yeast, then after a week of fermentation you get beer ready to be carbonated for dispensing from the keg. National Home Brewer of the Year Annie Johnson was skeptical at first. "There was a picture of the founders and none of them have beer guts," said Johnson. But after she did some test brews, she says she was able to precisely control her recipes, easily modify the ingredients and temperature to fine tune the entire brew. She was so impressed, she joined PicoBrew as their Chief Brew master. It's not just home brewers who are interested. Fremont Brewing bought a Zymatic to test new recipes and potential hops for future brews. "We get a kind of an idea of what that beer will taste like without running a 1,000 gallon test patch," said Fremont Brewing Lab Manager Robert Fulwiler. The first 420 Zymatics, which are promised to contributors of the Kickstarter campaign, will begin receiving their units soon. There is a back order for $1,700 units, $1,800 for one that includes a cornelius keg. Now anyone can join the microbrew craze and become their own king of beers.
Source http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-company-develops-Keurig-for-beer-285309681.html

Blue Canoe Brewing opens | Eat Arkansas | Arkansas news, politics, opinion, restaurants, music, movies and art

Meanwhile, the brewery and taproom are gearing up open their doors before Christmas. Here's the schedule of bars and restaurants where Lost Forty is hosting debut parties: Flying Saucer: 5:30-8:30 p.m., tonight, Dec. 10 Creegen's: 4-7 p.m., Dec. 11-13 Mellow Mushroom: 6-9 p.m., Dec. 16 Old Chicago in North Little Rock: 6-8 p.m., Dec. 30 There's also a pair of growler debut events: Colonial Wine & Spirits: noon-3 p.m., Dec. 13 Metro Wine & Spirits: 4-7 p.m., Dec. 17 At each stop, the brewery will have its winter seasonal, Forest King Stout; Bare Bones Pilsner, and Lost Forty Pale Ale. There'll likely be special, small batch experimental brews at each stop, too. Look for a Double IPA at Flying Saucer. Beer will start hitting taps at other restaurants and bars around town this weekend as well. Check here for updates.
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Third St. in the River Market area, opened it's doors on Saturday. Passing the location many times over the last few months and peeking in the front window, I couldn't help but wonder what they could do with such a small place. I also hadn't gotten a chance to try any of their beer at the last couple of festivals they attended and had only heard quick opinions that varied greatly about what to expect.But my first visit shortly after the doors first opened on their first day left me excited to know that we've got another great addition to our beer scene in Little Rock. OwnersPatrick Cowan, his wife Ida and Laura Berryhill have created a place that will be on my list for a visit often, with a wonderful, quaint tap room and a nice variety of flavorful beers. They definitely did the most they could with such a small space that might seem tight when there are a whole lot of people in there as there were on opening weekend, but I'm sure when it settles down it'll actually be about right. It probably seats 20 or so with room for double that to stand I'd guess. Their use of tin and wood gave it a very comfortable feel aesthetically, like I was drinking in some little taproom back in the woods by a river full of canoes instead of a downtown metropolitan area. It's an escape as soon as you walk in the door. Additionally, the owners added to the comfort level with friendly service, even as swamped as they were on day one. click to enlarge I tried The Whittler milk stout, a seasonal spiced pumpkin ale called Pumpkinetic, Whoo Brew Belgian Saison and my personal favorite of the four, a rye IPA called Razorback RyePA. They had eight beers available, all their own, on tap and it sounds like that's about what you can expect year-round. Half of those will be "regulars" and the other half rotating throughout the seasons. There are a lot of variety in the beers so there are plenty of reasons to keep coming back, which I will be. I'd just like to add how much I love our local beer scene as at one point I was hanging around the back of room just taking it all in and sipping on my beer while noticing there were owners of Rebel Kettle, Leap of Faith and Stone's Throw Brewing all in there at the same time, showing support and checking things out while spending money. It's such a great brotherhood and support group our brewers seem to have here in the state and I hope that keeps going. A brewery like this has it's own niche. They're not going to be selling their beer in California or New York anytime soon, nor are they trying to, but they're our own little gem which you can only get right here in LittleRock. Stop by and see for yourself with a pint at the bar or fill a growler to take home.
Source http://www.arktimes.com/EatArkansas/archives/2014/12/10/blue-canoe-brewing-opens

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For all of you Turkish and Greek coffee lovers (sorry filtered coffee drinkers, this ones not for you), you get added benefits of these compounds founds in the beans.They may protect against some cancers, and they have antiviral, antimicrobial and antiinflammatory properties. So, whats the downside? While all of the above sounds great, there are a few things to stop and think about before you begin guzzling down mega size coffees. Buzzzzzz As you may have experienced before, excessive caffeine can give you the jitters, cause sleep deprivation and increase your heart rate. Imagine what 101 espresso shots feel like! (Luckily, the Florida man reportedly shared the Starbucks drink, lets hope it was with many, many of his nearest and dearest.) Buzzzzzzkill Having coffee daily makes you crave caffeine, and skipping a day can lead to some pretty grueling headaches and tired muscles. This can be OK, if you stick to one to two cups per day. Try not to go above this. So think before you drink, and be cognizant of your daily intake. Fancy buzzzzzkill Calories in your cup can add up quickly if you muck em up.
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MTY Food Group and Keurig Canada Announce Agreement Taking Van Houtte-Branded Café-Bistros into New Era - Yahoo Finance

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There's No Place like Austin Home Brew Fest - Time Warner Cable News

install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now . Then come back here and refresh the page. Get that pint glass ready, the Austin Home Brew Fest is coming up. Austin is full of creative people that love to drink great beer, but there are also plenty of folks who get a kick out of making tasty brews as well. The Austin Home Brew Festival will feature 15 home brewers serving up a pint of beer that you've never tasted before, guaranteed. Our Amy Hadley talks with event organizer Nick Salome about the art of making beer, and the special cause behind the fest. Check it out in the video above. In The Community Great fall photo from Rosie Arredondo! Painting pumpkins is great for fall! Thanks to Rosie Arredondo for sharing. Cool jack-o'-lantern from Misti Lane Perez! What a precious little Luigi! Photo from Joey Espinoza. Walter Hernandez shared this photo of his granddaughter, Mia. Precious! Here's a shot of Round Rock's Halloween House from Amber Cunningham. April Karr Jones snapped this purrrfect Halloween photo. Too cute! Thanks to Bryson Bertelson for sharing. Candice Ghai shared this photo from the Halloween House in Round Rock. Crystal Falkner- Paysse shared this zombie-tastic photo. Little ones love the pumpkin patch! Thanks to Jacki Farris for sharing. Scarecrows are perfect for fall! Photo from Jacki Farris. So adorable! Thanks to Leigh Armstrong Owens for sharing. We hope this Superman had a super Halloween! Photo from Leigh Armstrong Owens. Look at this ballerina mouse who came to celebrate Halloween! Thanks to Melissa Madole-Kopp for the photo. Happy Halloween from Morgan Corynne! Hey Austin Police Department, looking for new K9 recruits? Our Digital Content Producer Paul Foster's dog Charlie is up for the task! Thanks to Estel G. Garza for this great pumpkin patch picture from Buda! Orange isn't just for pumpkins; it's also for the Longhorns! Thanks to Rick Acuna for sharing. How adorable! Thanks to Nicole Ramos for sharing. Love this scary Halloween makeup! Photo from April Karr Jones. Looks like it's going to be double trouble this Halloween with these two! Thanks to Adrienne Pollard Willcox for sharing such an adorable photo. We love these awesome jack-o'-lanterns! Pumpkin patch! Thanks to Candice Ghai for sharing this great pumpkin patch portrait! Candice Ghai sent in this photo of her boys enjoying the Saint Richard's Pumpkin Patch in Round Rock. Another great fall portrait from Candice Ghai! FB friend Veronica Martinez sent in this photo of her grandson at the pumpkin patch in Elgin. FB friend Veronica Martinez shared this photo of her grandson at the pumpkin patch in Elgin. Picture perfect! Theresa Hernandez sent in this fantastic fall photo from Leander. Pumpkins! Thanks to Theresa Hernandez for sharing. What a precious pumpkin! Thanks to Sandi Dodd for sharing this photo of her granddaughter Heidi's first fall. This pumpkin art photo is just too cute! Thanks to Nicole Ramos for sharing. Too cute! Thanks to Maria Casas Acuna for sending in this shot from Buda's pumpkin patch. FB friend Jon Lee shared this photo of Wyatt and Lola at the Christmas Tree Farm in Elgin. Bryson Bertelson shared this adorable pumpkin patch photo with us! Jordan got a little tired during her first pumpkin patch photos! Thanks to Kimberley Phillips for sharing. Everyone loves a pumpkin patch photo session! Thanks to Kimberley Phillips for sending in this pic. Jordan had her first pumpkin patch photos taken this fall! Photo from Kimberley Phillips. Thanks to Courtney Allen for this great fall photo! Candice Ghai shared this pumpkin photo with us. What an adorable fall photo sent in by Analissa Galvan! Tammi Todd shared this photo of her great-nephew Caston during his first visit to the pumpkin patch at just 11-days-old. Tammi Todd shared this photo of her grandson Braylin during his first trip to the pumpkin patch! This little one loves the pumpkins! Thanks to Nicole Ramos for sharing. Probably not the most enjoyable way to eat pumpkin, but these kids are adorable nonetheless! Photo from Nicole Ramos. Sweet kids at Sweet Berry Farms on Saturday! Jen Letizia shared this photo of Abby and Shane with us. Precious little pumpkins from FB friend Carol McAllen! Ana Magana shared this photo and said Kolton loved the colorful pumpkin patch. Thanks to Tracy M Gonzales for sharing this adorable pumpkin patch photo with us. It's pumpkin season! Thanks to our Todd Boatwright for sharing. Have you carved pumpkins yet this year? Digital content producer Amy Madden sent in this photo. Thanks to friend Alex Jovi C for this spooky snapshot. < >
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D.C.'s Hellbender Brewing Company Launches Its First Beer Tonight - Young & Hungry

We have come to a very real crossroads. Retailers have no choice. They must assume the perimeters of their computer networks WILL be breached, Paula Rosenblum writes for Forbes. Hackers continue to run one step ahead of retailers and their security experts and standards. Home Depot, like Target before it, was compliant with industry standards, called PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). In both cases, the bad guys entered the network perimeter by using a vendors login credentials, Rosenblum writes. Allowing vendors to access retailer networks is not a bad thing in and of itself. It has become more and more common for retailers to implement these Vendor Portals. It saves both retailers and suppliers time and money on billing, information sharing and standards reviews. PCI-DSS does indeed specify that vendor portals must be separated from internal networks. And Home Depot had done so. But in this case, the bad guys exploited a hole in the Microsoft MSFT +1.71% Windows Operating System (most likely on a server) to hop across networks. Microsoft later patched that hole, but for Home Depot (and who knows who else!) the damage was done. MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft Windows. The gift that keeps on giving. Like dysentery. What should consumers do? Rosenblum writes. Dont expose your credit card information to retailers at all. MacDailyNews Take: CVS, Rite-Aid and any other retailers that have blocked Apple Pay are playing with fire. Lawsuits will flow forth against them should they become the next Target or Home Depot. Sleep tight, CVS et al. Related articles:
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Lessons from Home Depot: Expect hackers to crack more retailers this holiday season – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

downtownvictoria.ca (see details on calendar). Horse-drawn trolley rides: Clip-clop around downtown on a free ride in an old-fashioned, horse-drawn trolley. Weekends from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21. Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. downtownvictoria.ca (go to calendar). Where to stay High end: For romance and that ye olde English feeling, indulge at Abigails Hotel, a 23-room Tudor mansion. (Yes, you can get a room with four-poster bed.) abigailshotel.com Budget-friendly: The Admiral Inn is right by the Inner Harbour, with big rooms and good online-booking discounts. admiralinnhotel.com Out of the rain Stay dry and learn about B.C. history and First Nations culture at the excellent exhibits in the Royal B.C. Museum. Traveling with kids? Santa will be in the museums Old Town exhibit for photos on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 5-21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Seasonal specials Find hotel discounts (mostly room upgrades) at tourismvictoria.com/plan/deals More information For Christmas festivities (and more) in Victoria, see tourismvictoria.com/Christmas or phone 800-663-3883. Kristin Jackson / Seattle Times Jamie Francis / travelportland.com The annual Tuba Christmas concert brings scores of horn players and many fans to Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square. PORTLAND Holiday event In Portland, craft brewing isnt an art, its a frenzy. In December they sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reinbeer and wish each other Hoppy Holidays. Tap into the life force and head south for the annual Holiday Ale Festival, Dec. 3-7. Its in the heart of downtown under a large, clear-top tent that covers Pioneer Courthouse Square while allowing for views of the citys 75-foot Douglas fir Christmas tree. And if the gas heaters dont keep you warm,take a few chugs of one of the 50-plus potent winter ales specially made for the festival. These are quaffs to give you a rosy nose and sparkles on your cheeks: Double Black Ale with Licorice (10 Barrel Brewing), Imperial Stout with Cranberries (Burnside Brewing), Chocolate Mint Porter (Widmer Bros.) you get the ho-ho-whole idea. Theres even a Sunday Beer Brunch. $35 advance general-admission tickets include festival mug, 14 beer tickets and expedited entry. holidayale.com More holiday fun The Festival of Lights at The Grotto, a Catholic shrine on the eastern edge of Portland, features elaborate lighting displays, nightly choral concerts, puppet shows, a petting zoo and more; $5-10, 5-9:30 p.m., Nov. 28-Dec. 30. thegrotto.org/christmas Tuba Christmas brings big brass to Pioneer Courthouse Square, with more than 250 tubas and euphoniums huffing-and-puffing out carols for adoring fans. 1:30-3 p.m.
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5, 2014 at 12:14 pm D.C.'s newest brewery also aims to be its most environmentally conscious. That starts with the name: Hellbender Brewing Company , a nod tothe hellbender salamander. Co-founder Ben Evans was fascinated by these nocturnal amphibianslarge enough to eat a small kittenas a kid and now aims to bring awareness totheirendangerment. He and co-founderPatrick Mullanehave already done an event with the National Zoo to raise money for an endangered salamander exhibit. Hellbender's brewing process also has the environment in mind with unique brewing system "radically different than anything seen in D.C. to date" that uses less water and less grain. Rather than crushing thegrain to the consistency of oatmeal, they use a Belgian-made hammer mill and mash filter system that turnsit into aflour-like powder. The greater surface area means they can extract morenutrients and sugar with less grain. Hellbender claims to be the only craft brewery with a mash filter on the East Coast, but the system is widely used in Belgium. The brewers have also partnered with American University's Office of Sustainability to find local farmers who will take theirspent grain and use it as livestock feed and compost. Evans brings a scientific background to brewing as a microbiologist and neuroscientist who previously worked on visual regeneration in blind Mexican cave fish at the University of Maryland. Meanwhile, Mullane spent 12 years asa congressional aide on Capitol Hill, primarily in transportation policy. The two bonded over their love of home brewing and ultimately decided to take the plunge into brewing professionally. Hellbender's first beer, a full-bodied American red ale called Red Line, will debut today at5 p.mwith an event at Iron Horse Taproom featuring $5 pints. The brewery will release its next flagship beer, Bare Bones Kolsch, at ChurchKeyon Nov.11 and its Eft IPA the week after that. Expect several seasonalbeers as soon as next spring. Evans, his dad, and some friends also started a small hop farm in upstate New York in 2010 that grows 15 varieties of hops. After the fall harvest, Hellbender will use these hops for one-off beers. The brewery's tasting room will open Nov. 15 with hours tentatively set from 1 to 6 p.m. The following week, Hellbender plans to expand its public hours to Thursdays and Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. in addition to Saturdays. Hellbender Brewing Company, 5788 2nd St. NE; (202) 827-8768; hellbenderbrewingcompany.com Photo courtesy Hellbender Brewing Company
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This is the exact reason why there is a recession in levels of home building, added Cramer. There are two general parties created by this: Those who want to stimulate lending by lowering the down payment on a home from 20 percent to 3 percent, and those who want to ease credit ratings for home buyers. Cramer thinks the latter option would be huge, considering that you need a near perfect FICO score of 730 to even get a home loan in the current housing climate. Cramer Remix: Stocks for the next 25 years Sandy Weill: 'Banks aren't the same anymore' ---------------------------------------------------------- Lower gasoline is also a good sign for homebuilders. The cheaper gas could encourage people to buy a home that is further away from their place of work and spur homebuilding in areas where people were reluctant to build before.
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We kept asking ourselves, How does the average Joe support mens health in November if they dont have what it takes to grow a mustache? And then we found an answer, commented R/West CEO Sean Blixseth. Now men, women, children, seniors and even pets can Get a Heart On for men. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting 1 in 7 men, while testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young man aged 15-35 years old. Supporters have two ways to make an impact: Purchase blue Heart On for Men buttons and t-shirts through the site HeartOnForMen.com . All proceeds will go to the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute (earmarked for Testicular and Prostate Cancer research). Declare support on Facebook and Twitter . Someone asked me why we took up this cause, remarked Taylor Siolka, associate creative director and co-creator of the program. The truth is, we just love balls and butts. So be ballsy, join the movement and get a heart on today! About R/West Founded in 1997, R/West is an integrated full-service marketing agency with offices in Portland, Ore., San Francisco and New York. The agency specializes in regional and national advertising, creative design, interactive strategy and design, media planning and buying, social media and public relations. Current clients include DeMarini Sports, Inc., BridgePort Brewing Company , Trumer Pils , The Portland Clinic , SOREL , Intel and First Tech Federal Credit Union , among others. For more information about R/West, please visit www.r-west.com . Follow R/West on Facebook and on Twitter . Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141107006025/en/
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Keurig Green Mountain And Supervalu Announce New Java Delight Coffee For Keurig Hot Brewers - Yahoo Finance

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43 minutes ago . View photo The Java Delight brand K-Cup packs, which became available this month, bring together the quality and WATERBURY, Vt. & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., (Keurig) ( GMCR ), a leader in specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages with its innovative brewing technology,and SUPERVALU INC. ( SVU ), one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the United States, today announced that the companies will offer affordable Java Delight brand coffee products in convenient K-Cup packs for the Keurig hot brewing system. Java Delight is a welcome addition to our Keurig brand family, said John Whoriskey, president of U.S. sales and marketing at Keurig. By working with SUPERVALU, we can offer shoppers across the country the value pricing and rich flavors they expect from their favorite SUPERVALU brand, all with the added convenience of the Keurig Brewed seal, ensuring premium quality with each and every cup. The newly licensed Java Delightcoffee brand K-Cup packs will be offered in SUPERVALUs company stores, which operate under the Cub Foods, Hornbachers, Shop n Save, SHOPPERS Food & Pharmacy, and Farm Fresh banners, as well as the more than 1,800 independent stores the company serves. The Java Delight brand K-Cup packs, which became available this month, bring together the quality and value of the Java Delight brand with the consistency and integrity of Keurig Brewed beverages. At SUPERVALU, we work hard to give our customers a great experience by offering a wide assortment of quality products, including thousands of affordable private brand items, said David Young, vice president of private brands at SUPERVALU. With the introduction of these new K-Cup pack varieties, shoppers can enjoy the great value and delicious taste of Java Delight coffees with the convenience that Keurig delivers. Keurig hot system brewers use innovative brewing technology to deliver a fresh-brewed, perfect single cup of hot or brewed over ice coffee, tea, cocoa, or fruit brews every time at just the touch of a button. With the next generation Keurig 2.0 brewer, consumers are able to brew both a single cup and a carafe of coffee from a Keurig brand pack. With Keurig 2.0 brewing systems, consumers continue to get the same Keurig quality, simplicity and beverage choice they expect with more than 50 brands and more than 275 beverage varieties currently available, all brewed with Keurig's new beverage-optimizing brewing technology. About SUPERVALU INC. SUPERVALU INC.is one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S. with annual sales of approximately$17 billion. SUPERVALUserves customers acrossthe United Statesthrough a network of 3,336 stores composed of 1,807 independent stores serviced primarily by the Companys food distribution business; 1,332 Save-A-Lot stores, of which 928 are operated by licensee owners; and 197 traditional retail grocery stores (store counts as ofSeptember 6, 2014). Headquartered inMinnesota, SUPERVALUhas approximately 35,000 employees. For more information aboutSUPERVALUvisit www.supervalu.com . CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS RELEVANT TO FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. 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With Ebola quarantine battle brewing, President Obama heads to Maine | FOX6Now.com

Mike Michaud, the Democratic governor candidate Portland, Maine (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama visited Maine on Thursday, he didn't come within 300 miles of the nurse protesting her state-mandated Ebola quarantine . But he has inserted himself in the middle of a growing debate between the federal government and states over their rules for health workers returning from the Ebola zone. Kaci Hickox, the Doctors Without Borders worker hailed by the White House as a hero for treating Ebola patients in Liberia, on Thursday defied the demands the Maine's Republican governor to remain inside her home near the Quebec border. She was spotted leaving her house by bike, trailed by a state trooper. Obama, who traveled to Portland on Thursday for a campaign rally, has sought to tamp down on fears of recently-returned health workers, inviting a group of them to the White House Wednesday and hailing their mission as essential. Kaci Hickox's wild ride Obama: U.S. leading way against Ebola Should Ebola nurse be in quarantine? "When they come home, they deserve to be treated properly," he said in the East Room on Wednesday, flanked by doctors still within the 21-day incubation period. "They deserve to be treated like the heroes that they are." Rules implemented this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention require closer monitoring of health workers returning from West Africa, but stop short of requiring any type of quarantine. Many states have gone further, insisting nurses and doctors remain isolated for three weeks. The White House has questioned those state laws, saying the rules are too strict and not guided by the science of Ebola. The virus is spread through bodily fluids and patients aren't considered contagious until they're showing symptoms of the disease. "When I hear people talking about American leadership and then are promoting policies that would avoid leadership and have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers, it makes me a little frustrated," Obama said on Wednesday. Hickox was initially quarantined inside a tent in Newark before being allowed to leave for her home in Maine, where Gov. Paul LePage said he'd require her to remain inside her home for 21 days. Hickox said the state rules amount to a restriction on her civil rights and has threatened a legal battle over the mandated isolation. LePage, an Republican whose past off-color remarks have garnered national headlines, sent state troopers to Hickox's Fort Kent home to enforce the quarantine. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said only that Obama believed state policies "should be guided by science," but wouldn't go to say whether Obama believed Maine's rules lived up to that tenet. A five-hour drive south from the unfolding legal machinations, Democrats welcomed Obama for a political rally supporting LePage's opponent Mike Michaud, who scored a boost to his chances on Wednesday when the state's independent Sen. Angus King lent his backing. Michaud, a six-term congressman, is locked in a dead heat with LePage. Like past races in Maine, an independent is also in the mix, though Eliot Cutler is running well behind the two main party candidates. Maine's gubernatorial contest is one of only a handful of stops Obama will make on the campaign trail this year; his record low approval ratings and controversial policies have made him unwelcome in key Senate battles. Thursday Obama hit Republicans as full of bad ideas, and resistant to measures he said could help improve the lives of middle class Americans, like boosting the minimum wage and insisting on equal pay for women. The objective in Maine, according to University of New England political science professor Brian Duff, is to get Democrats to just "act like Democrats" -- that is, vote for Michaud over the trailing independent. "There is a sense that voters just need a final push to come back into the fold," Duff said. "They are helped by the fact that the current Republican governor is not popular, and has very conservative views that are out of step with the majority of Mainers." One area LePage and and his rival have found agreement, however, is quarantining Hickox. "It's the state's responsibility to make sure that people are protected here in the state of Maine for public safety and I support the 21 day quarantine," the Democrat told reporters Wednesday. Part of complete coverage on
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Small-office and solo practitioners were the most vocal about it ; they had always had a difficult time affording the services of commercial publishers, even in print . And now there was access to a significant chunk of material that had previously been lodged firmly behind paywalls. It was linked and searchable, and still better, it offered a version of the citation-tracking and evaluation features that lawyers knew and loved in expensive commercial systems. It had first-class sorting and filtering features. It had Bluebook -form citations for each case (pretty much the epitome of something that nobody but lawyers knows or cares about , but a very thoughtful touch indeed). Nobody in the open-access arena had tried such a thing, and probably only Google could have. One commentator said that, Google fired (arguably) the loudest...salvo in the battle for free access to caselaw and it apparently came as a tweet. Scholars immediate impact on the legal profession was owed in large part to its technical virtuosity. It was an unusual display of ingenuity used to democratize services and features whose value had mostly been known only to lawyers. But, for the legal profession, it was happening in the middle of a long-brewing, near-perfect storm. Since at least the early 90s , clients had complained about surcharges that law firms added to legal research costs. By 2000, there was growing refusal to reimburse legal-research fees at all; clients felt that the firms online charges were just a part of overhead, like water and electricity. That was not an isolated gripe; rather, it was a visible crack in a business model that we now know had been eroding for quite some time . By one estimate, the 2008 implosion of the financial-services industry destroyed over a third of the legal employment in New York. A lot of firms changed radically or disappeared altogether in the aftermath. You could talk, in dry academic terms, about downward price pressure on the industry. One suspects that the feeling was more like riding in an elevator whose cables had been cut. There had been free offerings of caselaw online for some time , starting with a BBS system offered by the Cleveland Freenet in 1989; the first web-based effort started here at Cornell in 1992, and was followed with a full edition of all Federal statutes in 1994. Elsewhere -- notably in Canada and Australia -- open-access systems offered by third parties had evolved into the de facto national standard. And government was catching up, with many law creators publishing their materials online, for free. Free services had never been the first choice of lawyers in the US. Some of the reasons were rational -- free services often lacked features that lawyers depend on, most provided very little in the way of commentary or annotation, and in any case they were highly distributed. There was no one-stop shopping in the world of open access to law, just a lot of websites offering different collections. The irrational reasons were, if anything, even more interesting and far more influential, though much more deeply buried in lawyer psyches. Lawyers are notoriously conservative in their work methods, and many law librarians even more so . Anything that was both new and noncommercial was inherently suspect . And the commercial services had had more than a century to reinforce the idea that size and comprehensiveness were the only measures of quality that mattered . Even so, its hard to convey the degree to which lawyers mistrust distributed systems. As John Lederer once remarked, Lawyers dont buy books -- they buy systems of books, and so it was with electronic products as well. It was easy for lawyers to dismiss what they saw as isolated pockets of legal information offered by volunteers at wildly different levels of added value, and marketers of commercial services had been quick to emphasize these qualities . That said, in the year prior to the addition of caselaw to Scholar, Cornells website had delivered well over 81 million pageviews to nearly 14 million unique visitors. 4.5 million of those pageviews went to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , a collection unlikely to be used by anyone but lawyers. Comes now Google, a company with unparalleled capacity and legendary technical skills, offering a large collection of caselaw under one roof, with a workable citator and advanced search functionality. That was a big story, and it was often reported as Google takes on commercial legal-research behemoths. It was free access offered from a source that could not be dismissed as somehow beneath notice or unlikely to survive. Googles offerings in Scholar thus became a validation of, and a capstone on, the things that open-access advocates had been doing for years. Apart from its inherent value -- which was, and is, huge -- it was a sign that freely accessible legal information was technically advanced and more than sufficient for many if not most professional needs. Most of all, it signaled that free legal information was something to be taken seriously. It sent that signal at a time when circumstances compelled the profession to pay far more attention than it otherwise might have . Scholar not only brought us a new and capable collection, it brought a new level and quality of attention to the entire open-access enterprise. Everyone else I began by telling a story about law and lawyers, but of course theres an even more compelling story about law and everyone else. Laws -- and particularly statutes and regulations -- affect everybody . They describe whats possible and permissible, what it costs to do business, what we can expect from government and what government can expect from us. On any given day, an open-access legal web site such as ours, or Scholar, is used by people who are helping veterans get the benefits to which theyre entitled, small businesses planning new courses of action, and students at all levels who are learning about the Constitution and our system of government. There are law-enforcement personnel learning about the limits and obligations of their position, hospital managers consulting public-benefits law, and people finding out what they have to do to sell new products in new markets. Those people need access to law. They need to be able to create starting points for themselves, using search to connect words and phrases that they already understand with concepts and explanations that at first they will not understand at all. They need to be able to follow their noses from those poorly-understood things to other pages that will explain them. Making all that possible is the next challenge. What now? Google Scholars caselaw collection offers features -- such as citators -- that are a step toward the system of books that would fully integrate primary legal sources and commentary into a practical resource for public understanding and professional practice. The legal-information ecosystem on the Web as a whole is moving in that direction. As that progresses, the benefits to everyone affected by law -- which is to say, everyone, period -- will be enormous. We will move beyond making law available on the Web to making it truly accessible on the Web -- not just discoverable, but understandable. In 1992, starting with important caselaw collections, the open-access community began connecting law to itself. Hyperlinks gave readers a way to seamlessly follow citations -- at least if the cited thing was available online somewhere. And simply seeing to it that the things that ought to be online are online kept us all busy for a very long time (and is still a significant problem, in many places , some of them surprisingly close to home ). We need to increase the density of connections between documents by making connections easier for machines (rather than human authors) to create. We need to hugely increase the amount of freely-available material that explains the law. And we need to -- in ways both trivial, and not -- make it possible for people to find the laws that affect them using things they already know. Regulations provide a really good arena for thinking about such problems, for two reasons. First, they are harder for information systems to deal with. They are inconsistently drafted by a wide variety of people. For example, the Code of Federal Regulations is essentially a compilation of the work of perhaps 200 agencies (nobody really knows exactly how many). And, compared to caselaw, regulations have been relatively neglected by open-access publishers. Finally, and most importantly, they are the largest single contact surface between the public and the legal system. Yes, there are Supreme Court cases that are sweeping in their effect on daily life -- roughly half a dozen a year, compared to the thousands and thousands of cases in the Federal system that are just about two people suing two other people over something that only four people care about (and maybe a fifth if you count the judge). Regulations affect lots of people , and they change often . That makes them much more of a challenge for open-access publishers, both technically and economically. It also makes it that much more urgent to provide citizens with improved modes of access and value-added services such as notification of changes and anything and everything that would make compliance easier.
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But he has inserted himself in the middle of a growing debate between the federal government and states over their rules for health workers returning from the Ebola zone. Kaci Hickox, the Doctors Without Borders worker hailed by the White House as a hero for treating Ebola patients in Liberia, on Thursday defied the demands the Maines Republican governor to remain inside her home near the Quebec border. She was spotted leaving her house by bike, trailed by a state trooper. Obama, who traveled to Portland on Thursday for a campaign rally, has sought to tamp down on fears of recently-returned health workers, inviting a group of them to the White House Wednesday and hailing their mission as essential. When they come home, they deserve to be treated properly, he said in the East Room on Wednesday, flanked by doctors still within the 21-day incubation period. They deserve to be treated like the heroes that they are. Rules implemented this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention require closer monitoring of health workers returning from West Africa, but stop short of requiring any type of quarantine. Many states have gone further, insisting nurses and doctors remain isolated for three weeks. The White House has questioned those state laws, saying the rules are too strict and not guided by the science of Ebola. The virus is spread through bodily fluids and patients arent considered contagious until theyre showing symptoms of the disease. When I hear people talking about American leadership and then are promoting policies that would avoid leadership and have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers, it makes me a little frustrated, Obama said on Wednesday. Hickox was initially quarantined inside a tent in Newark before being allowed to leave for her home in Maine, where Gov. Paul LePage said hed require her to remain inside her home for 21 days. Hickox said the state rules amount to a restriction on her civil rights and has threatened a legal battle over the mandated isolation. LePage, an Republican whose past off-color remarks have garnered national headlines, sent state troopers to Hickoxs Fort Kent home to enforce the quarantine. A five-hour drive south from the unfolding legal machinations, Democrats were preparing to welcome Obama for a political rally supporting LePages opponent Mike Michaud, who scored a boost to his chances on Wednesday when the states independent Sen. Angus King lent his backing. Michaud, a six-term congressman, is locked in a dead heat with LePage. Like past races in Maine, an independent is also in the mix, though Eliot Cutler is running well behind the two main party candidates. Maines gubernatorial contest is one of only a handful of stops Obama will make on the campaign trail this year; his record low approval ratings and controversial policies have made him unwelcome in key Senate battles. The objective in Maine, according to University of New England political science professor Brian Duff, is to get Democrats to just act like Democrats that is, vote for Michaud over the trailing independent. There is a sense that voters just need a final push to come back into the fold, Duff said. They are helped by the fact that the current Republican governor is not popular, and has very conservative views that are out of step with the majority of Mainers. One area LePage and and his rival have found agreement, however, is quarantining Hickox. Its the states responsibility to make sure that people are protected here in the state of Maine for public safety and I support the 21 day quarantine, the Democrat told reporters Wednesday.
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The PBS and Acorn business plans have been growing more disparate, she said. Its important to be aware of what everybodys long game is. Penella Masterpiece, the first U.S. home of the vast majority of previous Poirotepisodes, contractually had first dibs on the shows, provided it met the same commercial terms as for previous episodes. But in late 2011, when thenrights holder ITV offered the final five episodes, Masterpiecetook only two, following its routine practice of buying shows as needed and as its budget allowed. In the meantime, Acorn Media purchased a majority stake in the Agatha Christie estate and learned that production of the last three shows was in danger because the Masterpiece deal wasnt complete. The company stepped in and bought up the rights, assuming that it would resell them toMasterpiece, said Penella via an Acorn spokesperson. But the rights negotiations were complicated by each partys growing interest in digital streaming. Acorn TV, a subscriber-based streaming service launched in July 2011, had been gaining traction with British TV fans. PBS, meanwhile, was working to develop its own video-on-demand service as a premium for station membership. In late 2013, negotiations over the final Poirotepisodes fell apart, partly due to disagreements over digital streaming. In the end, the detective franchise that Masterpiecehad built over 25 years went to its new rival. Acorn Media got to trumpet the episodes premiere on its new streaming service, but it missed out on the much wider exposure that would have been gained from a broadcast premiere on Masterpiece, which in 2014 is averaging a weekly audience of 6.9 million viewers. It still benefits them to have a program on PBS, Eaton said. Its basically an ad for their DVDs. Each side says the other made unreasonable demands. Eaton blamed Acorns insistence on keeping the premiere of the episodes for its own streaming service. Both PBS and Masterpieceobjected to that, she said, adding that the show and PBS require exclusivity and first digital and broadcast release of any property. In addition, she said, Acorns negotiating position on future streaming rights was problematic, because Masterpiece and PBS are very interested in acquiring all rights to shows that air on PBS. A broadcast onMasterpiecedraws a tremendous audience and is a tremendous showplace for the next life of a show, she said. But Penella said Acorn was forced to turn to its own streaming service for the premiere after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement, with streaming rights just one contentious point in a complicated lengthy process during which multiple alternatives were discussed. They wanted morerights for a lower price, and that presented a problem, said Penella, citing the productions high quality and costs. Theres a budget that we have to cover, he said. Recognizing that Poirotstill needed a broadcast premiere to boost awareness of the final season, Acorn syndicated the episodes directly to public TV stations. Local programmers went for the syndication package. Clearance currently stands at a healthy 83.5 percent of the country. Weve gotten a really good reception, said Dan Hamby, a consultant for RLJ Entertainment. An August pledge special Being Poirotreached nearly 70 percent clearance. Acorn also produced and self-distributed a second show for December pledge. Superserving British TV fans For stations that program their own line-ups of British drama, Acorn TV is proving to be a good testing ground for shows that ultimately prove popular for local stations, Hamby said. PBS passed on the Australian Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries,he noted, but after a premiere on Acorn TV, local stations have met with really good success with the show. Streaming premieres of Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries, starring Essie Davis as private detective Phryne Fisher, have helped boost subscriptions to Acorn TV. (Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corp.) Subscriptions have grown rapidly for three-year-old Acorn TV, which charges $5 a month or $50 a year. Just 12 months ago, it had only 25,000 subscribers. According to Penella, sign-ups have more than quadrupled due to exclusive streaming premieres of the sixth season of Doc Martin, new episodes of Jack Irishand the very last Poirotepisodes, as well as the second season of Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries. He anticipates more growth with the hiring of Matt Graham, senior director of award-winning PBS Digital Studios, to run Acorn TV. Graham, who started Oct. 20, declined to comment. RLJ Entertainment wants to build Acorn TV into the premiere destination for British drama, with a deeper library than PBS, Netflix or Amazon, Penella said. Graham brings expertise on how to reach audiences on digital platforms but is also a smart business person. We think he raises our skill set internally. For Eaton, the companys goals to superserve British TV fans are problematic. Our audience is potentially their audience on Acorn TV, she said. I think its very important for stations to be aware that the shows theyre buying are having a premiere on Acorn TV. At $5 a month, that can create a lot of money and a very potent force in the marketplace. There may come a point in the future where viewers have to decide whether to be a member of their local station or a subscriber to Acorn. By contrast, she said, the all-British digital channel WETA UK, which currently airs only in the Washington, D.C., metro area, may be seeking the same audiences but is not in competition for subscriber money.
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The result is what is now called the Bay Area Advanced Manufacturing hub , or BAAM. Type A Machines has dubbed the building, which was once a Chrysler plant and later a Caterpillar factory, The Gate, and seven other startups have already moved in. At least five more are on the way. Sivertsen made it clear that Type A Machines is only interested in non-competing companies joining the location. But software, filament and service startups are all welcome, and the result is a wildly different mix of people and technologies. Our goal is basically to work together to create a seamless user experience, Sivertsen said. Mind 2 Matter co-founders Rod Wagner and Justin Kelly with their 3D printer farm. Photo by Signe Brewster. Mind 2 Matter , which uses 3D-printed models to create molds for metal casting, lives just down the hall from Type A Machines. Co-founder Rod Wagner uses his background in jewelry to create unusual shapes out of metal, while co-founder Justin Kelly builds custom Nerf guns with 3D printed parts. Its all done with off-the-shelf 3D printers, including Type A Machines Series 1. Every startup at BAAM uses the others products as much as it can and gives feedback. For example, Drakes Brewing Company, which has a tap room downstairs, recently wanted a way to recycle the plastic cups it serves to customers. OmNom , a BAAM member, started recycling them into 3D printer filament.
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Speaker John Boehner has followed the "Hastert Rule" of not attempting to pass legislation unless the majority of his party favor it. As a result, Boehner's Congress has done less work than any in decades, because his own party is split. If voters should have anything on their minds as they go to the polls, it should be "How hard did my representative work to end gridlock?" Or did he or she pick up a six-figure paycheck for essentially doing nothing? A Democratic majority in the Senate does not stand in the way of Republicans governing. They have their own severe gridlock that they haven't been able to overcome. A Republican victory won't change that. Conservative (tea party) Republicans are salivating at the thought of having enough numbers to control their leaders.
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That 10,000 square-foot facility became the Diamond Knot Production Brewery and Taproom. It is still open and houses the headquarters for the business. With an increase in production space, Diamond Knot could now produce more of their own beers and were also able to brew signature beers for other businesses. For example, Fred's Rivertown Alehouse in Snohomish, Diamond Knot's first customer outside of Cheers Too, has their own Fred's Rivertown Brown beer created for them by Diamond Knot Brewing. The company continued in its slow but steady growth. Just before the recession, in 2007, the company took over the Camano Lodge on Camano Island and added a restaurant and alehouse there. The following year they opened a pizza house in Mukilteo that could serve families.
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A dollar from each pint of the pale ale sold goes to the ALS therapy development institute. Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 2:00 am Flathead Lake Brewing Company crafts ale to benefit ALS research Sally Finneran | Bigfork Eagle Hagadone Corporation | 0comments A special brew hit the taps Friday at Flathead Lake Brewing Company to help raise money for ALS research. ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease, is a progressive neurological disease that leads to paralysis. It has no cure. The disease saw an influx of attention this summer with the Ice Bucket Challenge sweeping social media. In the challenge, participants would dump a bucket of ice water over their heads, and then challenge others to do the same, or donate to ALS research. The videos played a large part in increasing awareness about ALS, which wasnt previously talked about often, though about 30,000 people in the United States suffer from the disease. Flathead Lake Brewing is one of 69 breweries around the nation participating in the second year of Ales for ALS, and the only one in Montana. Its a good cause and we want to give back to society through beer, lead Brewer David Brendgard said. This year theres a lot of attention drawn to it with the ice bucket challenge. We felt this was a great way for us to participate in it, without jumping on the ice bucket bandwagon. Participating brewers were sent a special hop blend for free from Loftus Ranches and Hopunion. This years blend included citra and mosaic hops, blended with several other experimental varieties. From there, each brewery designed a beer using the hops, and agreed to donate a portion of the profit from each beer sold to the ALS Therapy Development institute. Brendgard crafted and brewed about 12 barrels of an American Pale Ale for Flathead Lake Brewing Companys ALS ale. Its kind of a nice, well balanced, kind of darker pale ale, Brendgard said. The aromatic ale has a rich red color, a nice bitterness that sits on the tongue and a lower alcoholic content at 5.3 percent. It features Montana two-row pale, wheat, caramel and roast malts. It is on tap in Woods Bay and in Missoula. A pint costs $5, with $1 going to ALS research. Weve had nothing but positive feedback on it, Brendgard said. And thats not the only beer the brewery has received positive feedback on recently. Flathead Lake Brewing Company took home three awards from the Montana Brewers Association Festival earlier this month for their sour beers. They won best sour beer, best festival release and best in show. Flathead Lake Brewing is one of the few breweries in the state making sour beers, which has a large part to do with Brendgard, who worked at Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Ore., where he was in charge of sours and barrel-aged beers. Brendgard said the style has been popular in Belgium and Germany, and has gained popularity in California and Oregon. Flathead Lake Brewing hopes to be one of the leaders in the style, which is characterized by its acidic and sour taste. We are moving forward wholeheartedly with sour beers and barrel aged beer, Brendgard said. We are working very hard to become the leaders in the state on those two styles of beer. It makes your brewery stand out and it also proves that youre willing to do more experimental beers. Soon, Flathead Lake Brewing will be making even more experimental beers, as they begin to transition the production of their mainstay brews from Woods Bay to their new facility in Bigfork this week. The construction of their new facility on the corner of Holt Drive and Montana 35 has been slow going, as the large facility will be completely LEED certified. And while there is still no opening date set for the restaurant and tap room, the brewing facilities are nearly complete and Brendgard said they will begin using them this week. The new facility will enable the brewery to make significantly larger quantities than they can brew in Woods Bay, and by moving their main beers to the new facility, space in Woods Bay will be freed up to try more experimental beers, on a slightly smaller scale. You need that to grow, Brendgard said. You need a pilot brewery where you can make small batches to experiment with, and this is the perfect location to do that in.
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Its a bright, loud and family-friendly space. (Peacemaker doesnt take reservations for groups of fewer than six. On each of my visits, I arrived around 6 p.m. and was seated immediately. When I left at 7:30 p.m. on a Friday, however, the wait was an hour to an hour and a half. You can add yourself to the waiting list before you arrive through the app NoWait.) The Peacemaker is casual but not necessarily inexpensive. The lobster and crab dishes are market-priced, and the lobster boil that I ordered cost $35. This brings you a whole lobster as well as potatoes, corn, andouille, a buttermilk biscuit and, somewhat incongruously, a whole boiled egg. Each ingredient was perfectly cooked, and because they were boiled in nothing but salt water, each conveys only its own flavor. The steamed Maryland blue crabs, on the other hand, arrive caked in dusky-red Old Bay, so you cant help but season the sweet meat as you break apart each shell and pluck every last morsel from even the tiniest crevice. (#Protip for blue-crab rookies: The best meat is inside the body, not the claws.) My order cost $22 for four moderately sized specimens, which after talking with my father back in Baltimore about the cost of crabs there this summer, seems reasonable, if not a steal. Lobster rolls ($22 market) are available either Maine- (cold meat tossed in mayo) or Connecticut-style (warm meat tossed in drawn butter). The latter is my preference, and the Peacemakers version delivers a toasted roll overstuffed with the luscious butter-on-buttery meat. Yet if you let your eye stray down from the lobster roll on the menu, youll find what might be the restaurants secret weapon. The clam roll ($11) spills over with tender clam crisply fried and accented with a sharp chive aioli. Its a great seafood sandwich. The restaurants namesake dish is one of six poboy sandwiches. The Peacemaker ($12) dresses fried oysters with lettuce, tomato, pickle and a tangy remoulade tasty, for sure, though not as compelling as that clam roll. The most intriguing poboy might be the beef brisket ($10), a stack thin, moderately fatty slices of very smoky meat spiked with a horseradish sauce. Christian Gooden Line cook Erin Szopiak prepares a platter of oysters while for a customer order on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at Peacemaker Lobster & Crab restaurant. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com The raw bar includes an ever-changing selection of East Coast oysters, each variety described in painstaking detail by your server. There is also a daily crudo preparation. I liked slices of albacore tuna ($11) drizzled with cilantro-lime vinaigrette, but a garnish of whole corn nuts added little but crunch and a chance to say: Huh. Corn nuts. The selection of side dishes is appealing enough that you might order a few as appetizers, too or to build an entire meal out of wonderfully tart fried green tomatoes ($3, a steal), crunchy-moist hush puppies ($5) and pork-enriched collard greens ($5). Desserts by Sidney Street pastry chef Bob Zugmaier need work. A snow cone with housemade lime syrup ($3) is fun but insubstantial by design more a palate cleanser. Both of the pies ($5) I tried, caramel-apple and derby (pecan amped up with chocolate and bourbon), featured ho-hum filling atop a too-thin, characterless crust. Necessary tweaks notwithstanding, the Peacemaker is that rare new restaurant thats exactly what it wants to be: a fun shore-side seafood restaurant for an area geographically disinclined to such a venture.
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Check out these 13 titles, now streaming on Netflix. 2 "Antichrist" Everyone likes to watch stuff that freaks them out around Halloweenbut what about films that aren't of the slasher, torture porn or supernatural ilk? There are plenty of movies that cannot be rightly classified as "horror," yet are still so damn scary you should watch them this time of year, anyway. After all, fear creeps up in unexpected places. Monsters and deranged serial killers don't have a monopoly on terror; a crowded subway can be scary, or the looming threat of another polar vortex. Loss, grief, and oppression are scary. READ MORE:The 13 Best New Indie Horror Movies to Watch at Home on Halloween We've compiled a list of titles currently available on Netflix that are respectively haunting, nightmare-inducing, or just plain distressingbut without jump scares, mountains of gore, or psychos stalking babysitters. "Jesus Camp" (2006, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing) Single-minded religious fervor and a devotion to conservative Christian values are not assets that typically spring up without a little coaching. This fascinating documentary spotlights an evangelical Christian summer camp for children in North Dakota, where such values are not only learned, but drummed into youthful brains. Following an Academy Award nomination, the film was met with controversy that led to the camp's closure. It follows several kids as they listen to harrowing lectures about the evils of Harry Potter and engage in group prayer. During these collective sessions, children weep desperately as God "touches" thembut arguably, they are too young to understand the religion's hefty demands, and are crying mostly because the frantic hysteria of the worship is all too much for their tender age. "Blue Valentine" "Blue Valentine" (2010, Derek Cianfrance) "Blue Valentine" follows the marriage of Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams); the time frame shifting between the early, happier days of their courtship, and the bitter disbanding of their marriage a few years later. This is one of bleakest depictions of romance ever put on screen, as Dean and Cindy's relationship quickly becomes apparently, utterly hopeless. Both characters start out a bit glum, but they end up pretty damn miserable, oppressed by dull routines and disappointingly non-blissful matrimony. These two love each other in different ways (possibly one of them loves the other more), and they each expected different things from their life together. It might be impossible to fix their bond, because neither person is sure of where or why it all went wrong. Falling out of love is something no one can control. "All is Lost" (2013, J.C. Chandor) Robert Redford is the only actor to appear in this film, and there is no real dialogue to speak of, but it's nonetheless completely gripping. He plays an unnamed man alone in the Indian Ocean, lost at sea after his sailboat's navigational gear is damaged from a collision with a floating shipping container. Redford is forced to contend with not one, but two tropical storms, terrifying forces of nature that flood and rip his vessel apart. He carries the film bravely, wordlessly conveying every hint of despair, hope and defeat as waves crash over him again and againand yet he refuses to go down with the ship. The narrative slowly, methodically takes us through every moment of his lonely journeyit's as though we're right there with him. Magnolia Pictures "Melancholia" "Melancholia" (2011, Lars von Trier) Every one of von Trier's films is deeply troubling in its own right, but this one is especially dismal. It follows two sisters (played by Kristen Dunst as Justine and Charlotte Gainsbourg as Claire) facing the threat of a rogue planet on a collision course with earth. Justine is a depressive who doesn't think the end of the world is necessarily a bad thing. Clare, who has a young son, is much more distraught. "Melancholia" is frightening both as a metaphor for depression (morose Justine expects the worst, so she remains calm in the face of sheer disaster), and for its lack of traditional apocalyptic plot points. There are no television news updates, riots in the streets, or nuclear missiles sent to destroy the planet. There is only Wagner's music from "Tristan and Isolde" bellowing as the end of the human race draws nigh and there is nowhere to run or hide. "Boys Don't Cry" (1999, Kimberly Peirce) Based on the tragic real-life story of Brandon Teena, a Nebraskan trans man is raped and murdered after his friends discover him to be anatomically female. Hilary Swank gave a no holds barred, tour de force performance as Brandon. The fantastic cast also includes Chloe Sevigny as Lana, who falls in love with Brandon, and Peter Sarsgaard as John, Brandon's buddy and eventual murderer. Sarsgaard imbues the sociopath with a charm that makes it easy to see why Brandon would like him, which becomes all the more disturbing when John eventually turns violent. The film draws you into lazy small-town life, an insular world filled with days spent drinking beer and nights weighing cabbage at the local factory. Brandon, born a woman but feeling like a man on the inside, fools his friends into believing he is like themuntil they find out he's not. His demise is both graphic and heart-wrenching. Vivacious and innocent, Brandon had big dreams and a deep love for Lanabut small towns are not kind to those who stand out, and what people don't understand, they fear. "Boys Don't Cry" "Food, Inc." (2008, Robert Kenner) America's food industry is ruled by powerful corporations who aspire only to grow more food, faster and cheaper. This chilling documentary illustrates how little such corporations actually care about what they put into our food, or the harmful effects certain ingredients may have on a consumer's health and on the environment. Much of the food Americans purchase makes them sick (look at instances of E. coli or salmonella); Food, Inc. suggests we all could feel much better and have more energy, if only increasingly wholesome dietary options were offered. This doc came at the forefront of our country's trend toward eating organic. You'll never be able to grocery shop the same way. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" (1989, Peter Greenaway) This lavish and darkly comedic film stars Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon as husband and wife. Gambon is the title's "thief," a brutish, vulgar bully who eats dinner every night in a fancy London restaurant, where he terrorizes all those he comes in contact with. Mirren is his long-suffering wife, whom he abuses both physically and emotionally. Inside the restaurant, she meets a kind patron and begins a love affairbut when her husband finds out, things get nasty. The film takes place largely on one set; the camera panning back and forth in long tracking shots from the restaurant's kitchen, to its banquet hall, to the bathroom where Mirren disappears with her lover. Each room has a different, exquisite color tone, and the characters' clothing changes color as they move from room to room. Repulsive scenes of savagery include a fork stabbed into someone's cheek, death by suffocation via book pages crammed down a throat and cannibalism. The film is both unrelenting and difficult to stomachbut a beautiful meditation on the horrors of tyranny. "Heavenly Creatures" "Heavenly Creatures" (1994, Peter Jackson) Before he was the epic "Lord of the Rings" patriarch, Jackson made some some freaky low-budget flicks. This one, based on the true story of a New Zealand murder case in the 1950s, launched the careers of young Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. Winslet and Lynskey play teenage girls who form an obsessive and borderline-romantic friendship, disappearing together into imaginary worlds of their own creation and gradually losing touch with reality. As the intensity of their bond strengthens, they conspire and carry out the murder of one of their mothers, whom they see as an obstacle keeping them apart. The film is especially topical in light of the recent "Slender Man" stabbing in Wisconsin: two eighth-grade girls stabbed their classmate in the woods nineteen times. Apparently, they believed such an act of violence would get them into the good graces of a fictional horror character from the Internet. "Blackfish" (2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite) This revealing documentary details the controversy surrounding killer whales held captive at SeaWorld, specifically focusing on an orca known as Tilikum, who was involved in the deaths of three people. With expose-style revelations, it sheds light on the shockingly callous treatment of these highly intelligent creatures, suggesting the inhumane living and working conditions the animals endure is directly responsible for their aggressive behavior. Orcas have injured SeaWorld staff on multiple occasions, but according to poignant testaments from former trainers, they are essentially driven mad by captivity. It seems probable the flashy performances so many spectators enjoy, with orcas doing jumps and flips and tossing their trainers playfully in the water, mask brewing dangers. After the documentary aired, SeaWorld suffered huge profit losses, though they deny this came as a result of the film. "Blackfish" "The Invisible War" (2012, Kirby Dick) According to Defense Department statistics, more than 20 percent of women in the U.S. military have reported a sexual assault; but the department estimates that about 80 percent of such assaults are not reported. Most people don't realize the breadth of the sexual assault epidemic running rampant through the military, but those victims interviewed for "The Invisible War" prove just how prevalent these instances of rape are. In a line of work that necessitates toughness and a certain amount of "sucking it up," soldiers are encouraged to follow orders; in many of these instances, a commanding officer is the perpetrator, and the victims are afraid to report him. Many assault claims have been ignored or dismissed, rarely leading to punishment or any legal action. Here, those women whose lives have been shattered in the line of duty give testimony. "Alice" (1988, Jan Svankmajer) This surreal Czech adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" combines live action with stop motion animation, and though it's technically a children's story, it's also liable to terrify kids. Instead of interpreting Alice as a fairy tale, Svankmajer treats it more like a dreamor rather, a nightmare. Alice falls down not a rabbit hole, but a creaky elevator shaft; the signature white rabbit is a taxidermied bunny who comes to life, and the Queen's ordered executions are carried out by the rabbit with a pair of scissors. The film highlights the undercurrent darkness and strangeness of Carroll's original work. After all, Wonderland is full of self-proclaimed "mad" characters, who speak and deal only in utter nonsense, and are never particularly welcoming or helpful to Alice. Wonderland is much murkier and weirder than Narnia or Hogwarts ever were. "Frances Ha" "Frances Ha" (2013, Noah Baumbach) This one is a bit more light-hearted. Baumbach's Frances, played by likably blundering Greta Gerwig, is a 20-something Vassar graduate living in New York City and struggling to find a job. She's an artistic type (a dancer, specifically), and everyone knows job opportunities in the arts are slim. Frances tries to maintain a relationship with her best friend Sophie, who ditches their shared apartment and moves to Japan with her serious boyfriend for work (he has a grown-up job). Sophie seems to be leaving Frances behind. This film captures the quintessential millennial anxiety: because of the bad economy, it seems no college graduate can get hired or easily support themself, and will be left floundering, unsure of what to do or who to be. It's plenty scary, if you're a 20-something, have an arts degree, or need to make a living in an expensive city and don't fancy retreating to your parent's basement. "Antichrist" (2009, Lars von Trier) Another von Trier delight, this one stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as parents whose young son falls to his death from a window whilst they are making love. Wracked with guilt and grief, the couple retreats to a cabin in the woods, where they respond to the tragedy with increasingly unbalanced behavior. Both Dafoe and Gainsbourg give intimate, unflinching performances. He begins hallucinating, meeting a talking fox in the woods, while she starts to exhibit sadistic and violent sexual deviancy (genital mutilation comes up several times). Antichrist explores the deep trenches of sorrowand the ways in which grief can literally drive a person insane.
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But Villas homeowner association president Behl countered that historic preservation must be tempered. As far as historic preservation is concerned its like the boy who cried wolf, you cant save everything, you have to balance it, Behl warned. The controversy started brewing in July, when McGrath Homes had asked the Newtown Area Joint Historic Commission (NAJHC) to recommend to the board of supervisors that the structure be demolished. The commission is responsible for the protection and preservation of historically and/or architecturally significant structures in Newtown Township and Newtown Borough, and makes recommendations to elected officials in both municipalities on whether historic structures should be saved. It also reviews demolition applications. The NAJHC unanimously denied the developers request to tear down the farmhouse. The desire to save the structure had prompted commission member William Mahler, a lifelong Newtown Township resident, to implore the supervisors not to grant the demolition request. Speaking at the Sept. 10 supervisors' meeting, Mahler, who also chairs the townships Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB), had claimed that the unoccupied three-story farmhouse has considerable historic value. According to Mahler, the wood-framed house, believed built in around 1840s and unique to Bucks County, is structurally sound and can be restored. He was also on hand at the Sept. 23 supervisors meeting, asking that the house be restored. Mahler again noted that the commission members have spent hours of their own time reading documents and visiting the farmhouse. In addition to the NAJHC, the township planning commission also has concerns about razing the building, but so far has taken no action on any formal recommendation to the supervisors. The planners are expected to again be involved in the discussions, as will the Villas residents and developer. A lot of people made good points that maybe this is not the plan to be passed, said Chairman Gallagher, There needs to be more discussion. Because township solicitor Jeff Gartons law firm had a conflict of interest in these proceedings, attorney Joseph Caracappa had been appointed to represent the township on the matter. A member of the firm, Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, at one time had represented McGrath Homes on other issues. According to Caracappa, whatever agreement is finally reached on the property is solely up to the supervisors, and does not have to be revisited by the court. The township is holding $500,000 in escrow for completion of the development agreement which also includes landscaping and sidewalks. The money will be returned once the development is certified by the township engineer and approved by the supervisors. The supervisors said that they plan to hold further discussions at a yet unscheduled work session in October. See Full Story UPDATE:A special meeting of the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors has been called for Monday, Oct. 6 beginning at 7 p.m. to discuss this issue further after a vote to turn down the ammended plan was tabled at the Sept. 23 meeting. The meeting is a workshop so it will not be televised but it is open to the public. NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP - Going into the Sept. 23 meeting, the board of supervisors knew that it was going to be anything but a routine, peaceful discussion. If a previous board work session and planning commission meeting were any indication, the supervisors were prepared for lively debate. What the supervisors probably didnt bargain for was a nearly three-hour, often-times raucous discussion with a packed roomful of dozens of Villas of Newtown residents who want the rundown wooden farmhouse at the developments entrance near Upper Silver Lake Road and Penns Trail demolished. Some things need to go out with the trash and some things need to be saved, claimed Charlie Behl, president of the Villas homeowners association, We believe this home has to be demolished. According to Behl, every homeowner in the age-restricted community, where at least one resident in each unit has to be 55 years old, wants the dilapidated farmhouse torn down because its an eyesore, overrun with termites, full of lead paint and beyond renovation. The Newtown Township-based McGrath Homes would like to use the money saved in refurbishing the structure to build an additional 12 townhouses in the 172-home development, as well as add other amenities, such as sidewalks and some trails. Under a 2006 court-supervised agreement between the township and developer, the farmhouse was to be renovated as sold as a single-family dwelling. Because of economic hard times, McGrath had submitted an amended final development plan to the supervisors asking for the change to the eight-year old agreement. It is that amended plan that the board is currently considering. On the other side of the argument are the preservationists who claim that the nearly two-century old historic structure should be saved, and the developer denied permission to amend the court settlement so that more townhouses could be built on the property. Its important for the board [of supervisors] to stand up for our zoning and stand up for our standards, implored former township supervisor Rob Ciervo, an advocate of adhering to Newtowns ordinances and preservation standards. Lets not tear down history, he declared. Representatives from homeowners associations of neighboring developments Wiltshire Walk and Kirkwood said that their residents are also against tearing down the farmhouse. In the end, the supervisors, who admitted that they were considerably divided over the issue, decided not to take any action at this time. In a 3-2 vote, with Democrats Phil Calabro and Jen Dix dissenting, the board tabled a motion for the board to formally deny the McGraths application to amend the final development plan, which would have allowed for the demolition and additional units. Instead, they opted to hold further discussions between township officials, the builder, Villas residents and those who want to preserve the farmhouse so that a workable solution could be found. Supervisor Kyle Davis acknowledged that he was conflicted over the issue, and that it was a tough call because there are not that many historic buildings left in the township. The history is not exciting, but its the history that we have, he noted, We were a farming community and we have a lot of old farmhouses. Meanwhile, Supervisor Chairman Mike Gallagher also questioned what was done to determine that the building on the one-acre site was non-salvageable. I dont know if we have explored every option, he said, I would like to see the board of supervisors and the planning commission examine all the alternatives. One option offered by fellow-supervisor Ryan Gallagher, who grew up near the farmhouse and said that he played on the property, was to move the structure elsewhere. I looked at several different sites, there are places where we could put it, he stated, Its a win-win situation. Ryan Gallagher also said that it was not a black and white argument on whether to demolish or save the farmhouse, but a solution that has to work for a majority of our residents. But Supervisor Dix maintained that she was leery of moving the building, noting that such an undertaking is both expensive and difficult. In addition, she blamed McGrath for allowing the farmhouse to deteriorate over the last eight years. According to Dix, granting the developers request sets a precedent for other developers to get high density housing. She has said that many residents have told her that the court agreement to preserve the farmhouse should be upheld. During the lengthy discussion before a standing-room only crowd, Villas' resident Fred De Vesa told the supervisors that they need to look at what is crucial for Newtown. Historic preservation is important to the township, but so is development, he argued. What is being preserved is negligible at best, De Vesa added, Its not a historic gem that could be sold. He also said that another 12 units provides needed senior citizen housing in Newtown without a drain on the local school system or township services. However, Jeff Miller of Langhorne disputed the assertion that the rundown farmhouse cannot be refurbished. Miller, who said that Supervisor Davis had invited him to attend the meeting, explained that he lives in a historic farmhouse which he has renovated, and admitted it was in rundown when he bought it 17 years ago. Although he acknowledged that the Villas structure is in rough shape, he pointed out that the residents photos which were shown at the meeting do not do it justice. It has beautiful mill work inside, Miller said to the jeers of the audience. Newtown Township resident Jeff Marshall, who also is president of the Heritage Conservancy, a non-profit Bucks County conservation group, said that he also lives in a historic house near an age restricted development. The developer should be compelled to document that he made a good faith effort to sell the house, Marshall testified as a township resident. He also pointed out that the farmhouse does not have to be registered as a historic site with the federal government or the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to have special character. It just has to have historic relevance, he explained. But Villas homeowner association president Behl countered that historic preservation must be tempered. As far as historic preservation is concerned its like the boy who cried wolf, you cant save everything, you have to balance it, Behl warned. The controversy started brewing in July, when McGrath Homes had asked the Newtown Area Joint Historic Commission (NAJHC) to recommend to the board of supervisors that the structure be demolished. The commission is responsible for the protection and preservation of historically and/or architecturally significant structures in Newtown Township and Newtown Borough, and makes recommendations to elected officials in both municipalities on whether historic structures should be saved. It also reviews demolition applications.
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. The man who brought as much value to the position as anyone in football history, Smith is the career rushing leader with 18,355 yards. DeMarco Murray , the guy currently toting the ball for the team Smith helped win three Super Bowls, the Dallas Cowboys , isn't faring too poorly this season. Murray has rushed for at least 100 yards in all eight games, an NFL mark, and is on pace to gain 2,000 yards on the ground. Further proof, Smith says, that the running back is an important cog, even in today's pass-happy NFL. ''That the league has drifted to becoming a quarterback-focused league, the demands for a running back have been neutralized a bit,'' Smith says. ''Everyone wants to get that quarterback. ''But there are not that many Aaron Rodgers or Peyton Manning s or Tom Brady s or Philip Rivers . It's been proven through time that to have success in the NFL, you have to have that balance. ''Look at the teams who have won Super Bowls recently. Seattle last year could run the ball. Pittsburgh, Baltimore. Even San Francisco when you go back, could run the ball. And we could run it. You have to have that running game to win championships.'' Smith believes Murray can crack the 2,000-yard barrier, but only if he and everyone around him can stay healthy. That's already in question with quarterback Tony Romo nursing a back problem. Smith plans to attend the Super Bowl and has hopes the Cowboys will get there for the first time since he helped them win the 1995 NFL title. First, he'll be attending the college football championship at the Cowboys' home stadium, which he calls ''Jerry's World.'' As part of a contest sponsored by Keurig (www.Tailgate.Keurig.com), fans can win a trip to the game to spend time with Smith - and not just brewing coffee. ''It's a chance for me to engage with the fans up close and personal,'' Smith says. ''We can talk football and anything else they want to talk about.'' FILE - This Aug. 17, 1996, file photo shows Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith taking the hand --- LYSTEDT LAW: The Brain Injury Alliance of Washington will celebrate this weekend the passage of youth sports concussion laws in all 50 states. The NFL and USA Football, the governing body for the sport, have played roles in helping get the Lystedt Law passed throughout the nation. Commissioner Roger Goodell will accept the organization's 2014 Leadership Award on behalf of the NFL at a gala in Seattle. Such laws were inspired by Zack Lystedt. In 2006, Lystedt suffered a brain injury following his return to a middle school football game after sustaining a concussion. Zackery, his family and a broad range of medical, business and community partners lobbied the Washington state legislature for a law to better protect young athletes in all sports. In 2010, Goodell sent letters to the governors of 44 states that did not have concussion laws urging them to pass something similar to the Lystedt Law. The NFL advocated for the laws until every state had one. That has happened. ''The passage of the Lystedt Law in all 50 states is an important step for all young athletes and their parents,'' says Goodell, whose teenage twin daughters have played soccer and lacrosse. ''The Lystedts and the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington should rightfully be proud of all that they did to make the nationwide passage a reality. We are honored to support their work to protect all young players, no matter what sport they play. ''We will continue to focus on making our game better and safer and setting the right example on health and safety in sports.'' VACATION OR SUIT UP?: The New York Giants cost cornerback Mike Harris a vacation. A member of the Lions practice squad, Harris was on his way to the airport for a flight home during Detroit's bye week when he got a call that the Giants had signed him on Tuesday. Vacation over. Harris changed his plans and planes, went to New Jersey and practiced with the team on Thursday for its game against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. Harris, who spent the 2012-13 seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars and made seven starts in 31 games, is ready to play. ''You have to be ready,'' Harris said. ''You never know when your number is going to be called.'' In Harris' case, you also never know where you are going to be when your phone number is called, and what it might cost you. ''I would rather lose the bye week rather than spend another week on the practice squad,'' he said. JERSEY REPORT: As the league approaches the halfway point for all 32 teams, who has the hottest-selling jerseys? Who else but the quarterbacks? Denver's Peyton Manning, Indianapolis' Andrew Luck and Seattle's Russell Wilson rank at the top according to sales at Dick's Sporting Goods stores. Four other QBs make the Top 10: Baltimore's Joe Flacco is sixth, Carolina's Cam Newton is eighth, New England's Tom Brady is ninth and - even though he is a backup who rarely gets on the field - Cleveland rookie Johnny Manziel is 10th. Only one defensive player is in the Top 10, Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly at No. 5. Fifth is Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, and seventh is Bears receiver Brandon Marshall. The defending champion Seahawks top the team sales chart, followed by Denver, Carolina, Chicago and Baltimore. --- AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner and Sports Writer Tom Canavan contributed to this story. --- AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Sports & Recreation
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In an impromptu news conference last night, Kaci Hickox, who has shown no symptoms of Ebola, said she was abiding by the states voluntary quarantine by having no contact with people Tuesday and Wednesday but will defy the state if the policy isnt changed later today. State officials were seeking a court order allowing state troopers to detain Hickox, signalling a potential showdown. Until an order is signed by a judge, state police will monitor Hickoxs movement and interactions if she leaves her home. What do you think? Should the nurse obey state laws or does she have the right to defy authorities if she believes she is truly Ebola-free?
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By Donna Brazile 22 hours ago Content preferences Done Bill Moyers, President Lyndon Johnson's White House press secretary, and host of an interview show on PBS, tweeted from his handle, @BillMoyersHQ: "If the GOP takes the Senate, climate change deniers will control key committees." Other veteran journalists, like Moyers, are doing their due diligence looking at how a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate would behave. Let me save them the trouble: A Republican Senate would be like voters saying, "Supersize my gridlock, please." What will your world, your state and your city be like after next Tuesday's election? What will Capitol Hill be like? Actually, they will all be pretty much like they are now. There is no foreseeable "wave" that could give either party a win so big it changes how Washington works. (Or doesn't work.) Despite projections favoring a Republican win, responsible pollsters are adding a tiny speed bump: 10 of the top U.S. Senate races are too close to call. And the odds are we won't know who will control the Senate until January 2015. Because the Democrats' margin in the Senate is slim (53-45), they need to keep most of their seats. So pundits give the edge to the Republicans. Yet, like the San Francisco Giants, Democrats are scrappers. They don't give up. And with only 1 to 2 percentage points separating them from a win in about five races, they're intent on battling to a win. To my mind, the pundits have the odds upside down. Although the Democrats hold a slim margin in the Senate, it's the Republicans who hold a slim margin in the close races. A 4 percent difference is within most polls' margin of error. And there are, as mentioned, 10 races where the leader is "inches ahead" of the opponent. Two of the races, in Georgia and my beloved home state of Louisiana, require the winner to corner 50 percent or more of the vote to win. Without that, there will be a run-off -- in December for Louisiana; in January for Georgia. And in both states, the consistent polling results are that no candidate is within reach of the magic 50 percent figure, to win. Oh, and let's not forget the possible recounts. As for the House, out of 435 races, the venerated Cook Report rates only 26 House races as being a "toss up" -- and Republicans currently have a 34-seat advantage (233-199) in this Congress (with three vacancies). Of these toss-up races, 19 are currently held by Democrats and seven by Republicans. "The more things change, the more they stay the same," is a French proverb that holds even roiling surface changes do not affect matters at a deeper level, except to solidify the status quo. If you just sighed, so did I. But, let's play Devil's Advocate and assume the Republicans win both the U.S. Senate and the House by slim margins. What will change in national politics? Gridlock will worsen. Partisanship will be heightened because the next election season begins soon after. Sigh, again. There must be a will to work with the other party that simply doesn't exist in the current political culture. We have gridlock today on two levels: between Republicans and Democrats, and between Republicans and tea party Republicans. Speaker John Boehner has followed the "Hastert Rule" of not attempting to pass legislation unless the majority of his party favor it. As a result, Boehner's Congress has done less work than any in decades, because his own party is split. If voters should have anything on their minds as they go to the polls, it should be "How hard did my representative work to end gridlock?" Or did he or she pick up a six-figure paycheck for essentially doing nothing? A Democratic majority in the Senate does not stand in the way of Republicans governing. They have their own severe gridlock that they haven't been able to overcome. A Republican victory won't change that. Conservative (tea party) Republicans are salivating at the thought of having enough numbers to control their leaders. A Politico story this week was headlined, "Conservatives to Give Leaders Hell." And, Roll Call featured a story that "a coup is brewing" to dump the head of the National Republican Committee, Reince Priebus. Boehner, himself, was the target of tea party Republicans during this Congress. If they gain in numbers, he could be gone. Neither is embattled Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell guaranteed to be the next majority leader, should he win the toss-up race in Kentucky (that race isn't about Republican vs. Democrat; it's about McConnell vs. McConnell). McConnell's leadership position is already so weakened by defiant members like tea party leader Sen. Ted Cruz that current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opined he had no one to make a deal with in Congress. If the Republicans take the Senate, we'll have more gridlock, not less of it. They still need 60 votes to pass major legislation. Only the gridlock this time will come about after the gridlock between the Republicans has played out. More gridlock is not what voters want, but it might be all we have post-Election Day. (Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic strategist, a political commentator and contributor to CNN and ABC News, and a contributing columnist to Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine.) (EDITORS: For editorial questions, please contact Universal Uclick at -uueditorial@amuniversal.com) COPYRIGHT 2014 DONNA BRAZILE
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By Signe Brewster 3 hours ago Content preferences Done One year ago, Type A Machines was developing, building and selling 3D printers out of a cramped office on the top floor of TechShop in downtown San Francisco. Today, it operates out of an 18-acre industrial complex in San Leandro, Calif., across the Bay from San Francisco and just south of Oakland. It couldnt bear to leave TechShops maker community behind (and it does still operate a wing of its business out of the space), so it decided to convince as many 3D printer companies as possible to join it at the space. If we cant take it with us, then were going to have to create our own community, CEO Espen Sivertsen said in an interview this week. Type A Machines CEO Espen Sivertsen at the startups office in San Leandro. Photo by Signe Brewster. The result is what is now called the Bay Area Advanced Manufacturing hub , or BAAM. Type A Machines has dubbed the building, which was once a Chrysler plant and later a Caterpillar factory, The Gate, and seven other startups have already moved in. At least five more are on the way. Sivertsen made it clear that Type A Machines is only interested in non-competing companies joining the location. But software, filament and service startups are all welcome, and the result is a wildly different mix of people and technologies. Our goal is basically to work together to create a seamless user experience, Sivertsen said. Mind 2 Matter co-founders Rod Wagner and Justin Kelly with their 3D printer farm. Photo by Signe Brewster. Mind 2 Matter , which uses 3D-printed models to create molds for metal casting, lives just down the hall from Type A Machines. Co-founder Rod Wagner uses his background in jewelry to create unusual shapes out of metal, while co-founder Justin Kelly builds custom Nerf guns with 3D printed parts. Its all done with off-the-shelf 3D printers, including Type A Machines Series 1. Every startup at BAAM uses the others products as much as it can and gives feedback. For example, Drakes Brewing Company, which has a tap room downstairs, recently wanted a way to recycle the plastic cups it serves to customers. OmNom , a BAAM member, started recycling them into 3D printer filament. Mind 2 Matter then turns them into coasters. A 3D printed Drakes coaster. Photo by Signe Brewster. Everyone is sort of helping everyone else out, Wagner said. In this facility, you have just about everything at your disposal to get things done. The building is still being finished. Type A Machines works out of one enormous warehouse-like room, but another was recently completed that will be filled with trees, tables, couches and anything else smaller startups might need to feel at home. They will have offices leading off from the main open space. The new open space that BAAM startups will have access to. Photo by Signe Brewster. The existence of all of the other members of BAAM represent a trend Sivertsen said Type A Machines is noticing among its customers: People are starting small businesses based off of their printers. Its becoming increasingly apparent people arent just using 3D printing for prototyping, but for small batch manufacturing, Sivertsen said. I really feel it on a fundamental levelwere seeing our users build businesses. Image copyright Signe Brewster.
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"Just waiting for them to process paperwork, not even to physically inspect or anything like that. It's just about pushing the paper," said Abe Powell. Powell owns a solar company called Solforce Systems, Inc. "As a small solar business owner for the last 13 years, the biggest obstacle we've faced has been Southern California Edison," said Powell. He claims Edison intentionally delay's the process for new solar applications by losing paperwork and changing its applications two or three times a year so companies like his have to resubmit and start the process all over again. "The hard part for us solar guys is that we're all scared to call them and make a fuss because what happens is, your applications get lost for sure," said Powell. Powell is not alone.
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Joppa Stout from Newburyport Brewing Company Click here for high-resolution version NEWBURYPORT, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) - The Newburyport Brewing Company , Massachusetts' all-can and keg craft brewery, today announces the fall release of its Joppa Stout, an Irish dry stout.Part of the brewery's "1635 Series" of limited edition small batch craft beers, this stout is brewed with premium quality roasted malts and features a smooth, bittersweet taste complemented by a slightly dry, chocolate finish.Light carbonation, medium body, and 4.5% ABV makes this a truly delicious, sessionable stout. "This year's batch of Joppa Stout gave us an opportunity to experiment with different flavors and packaging options," said Bill Fisher, co-founder and chief operations officer. "In addition to the traditional stout, we also packaged three casks -- two infused with toasted coconut and one flavored with ten-year, rum-soaked vanilla beans.We also partnered with Atomic Cafe Coffee Roasters to package several kegs of a coffee-flavored version of Joppa Stout using steeped espresso beans." Joppa Stout will be available in the Newburyport Brewing tasting room in samples, pints, and growlers through the Holidays and on draught throughout the season at select bars and restaurants. In addition, Joppa Stout will be served at the following special events: Wednesday, October 29th - special Joppa Stout release party at British Beer Company , 29 Andover Street, Danvers, MA.Join the event on Facebook. Friday, November 7th - Toasted coconut Joppa Stout cask release party at Newburyport Brewing.Join this event on Facebook. Friday, November 14th - Rum & vanilla bean Joppa Stout cask release party at Newburyport Brewing.Join this event on Facebook. About the Newburyport Brewing Company The Newburyport Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery dedicated to brewing the highest quality craft beer products for local and regional consumers. Founded in 2012, the Company is Massachusetts' own keg and can craft brewery. Co-founded by two local Newburyport entrepreneurs, musicians, and home brewers -- Chris Webb and Bill Fisher -- the company aims to capture the essence of Newburyport's quaint seaside character across a line of great tasting handcrafted ales. The brewery uses premium quality natural ingredients in its products: Newburyport Pale Ale, Plum Island Belgian White, and Green Head IPA and 1635 Series small batch beers.Visit us on the Web at http://www.nbptbrewing.com , on Facebook at /NewburyportBrewingCo or follow us @NBPTbrewing.
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