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Beer Talk General beer discussions and questions. Please see regional forums for discussions in specific areas. Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:04:59 +0000 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:04:59 +0000 BeerAdvocate Beer words you have eaten Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:03:39 +0000 (Yargamo) Yargamo 90 Hoppy wheat beer suggestions Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:59:20 +0000 (JordanRichart) JordanRichart 23 Do you really believe the "Last year's was better" talk is accurate? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:45:10 +0000 (SerialTicker) SerialTicker
And although I don't have a reference, I had KBS for the first time this year and was disappointed with it. A few people told me this year's batch was "one of the worst", so maybe there's something to this whole "[insert year] was better" conversation.]]>
Autumn is coming soon, what Pumpkin, Oktoberfest beers are you looking forward to? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:27:16 +0000 (beerchic) beerchic 39 Bud: bottle, can or tap? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:03:40 +0000 (Beertsipper) Beertsipper 221 favorite malt-focused beers? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:59:54 +0000 (brother_rebus) brother_rebus
What are some if your favorites?

Night Shift's Lowlander stand out in my mind. As does Jack's Abby Maibock.]]>
Coffee Drinkers and Coffee Beers Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:49:55 +0000 (Tdizzle) Tdizzle 12 Should... should I still drink this? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:17:59 +0000 (DeweyCheatem-n-Howe) DeweyCheatem-n-Howe

This is a 5 Stones Sprung that has been sitting on its side in my fridge. What is the brown sludge, and is it intentional, or should I fling it out my window while screaming exorcisms?]]>
Green Flash West Coast IPA Now in 6 packs?! Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:34:17 +0000 (Johntomk) Johntomk

Bourbon County 2015 Speculation Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:01:42 +0000 (jlsims04) jlsims04 316 What beer are you drinking now? #1011 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:29:57 +0000 (rmank) rmank

Post a pic of your "Tasting" events Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:27:33 +0000 (C2H5) C2H5 -Cheers

Here's mine from a recent "Belgian beer night"..I know its not all Belgian, we got sidetracked
What do you think of Japanese Beer? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:48:05 +0000 (deepsleeper) deepsleeper
I can't imagine seeing anything else in the hands of a Japanese salary man, it sort of goes hand in hand. They always drink it in a frosty glass before dinner, and say "Umai!"

I personally can't mentally get around drinking any other beer while eating Japanese food. It just seems to pair so well.

And if so, which supposedly tastes the best?]]>
Founders Appreciation Thread Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:37:41 +0000 (Warren2621) Warren2621
Their business model of multiple packed beers vs. a flood of bombers is one of the reasons why I hold Founders in such high regard. They're versatile and distribute so many nice 4 and 6 pack brews. Of their releases, 17 beers are...

Founders Appreciation Thread]]>
Beer you were really excited for but ended up disappointing Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:47:43 +0000 (Kylo76) Kylo76 187 What's your favorite new release world class IPA/IIPA? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:07:36 +0000 (twizzard) twizzard 25 Most Underrated Brewery... Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:05:53 +0000 (CapCollector16) CapCollector16 137 Top 5 beers you want to try... Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:05:40 +0000 (Mehinaman) Mehinaman
2. Goose Island Vanilla Rye
3. Sip of Sunshine
4. Julius
5. The Bruery - Chocolate Rain]]>
Taking beer when visiting a brewery out of state (etiquette) Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:04:35 +0000 (Ford) Ford
Do I offer them to the person working the tasting room? Do I ask for a manager or brewer?

I'm sure there is no right or wrong way to offer someone free beer, but I figured there will be some people here who do this regularly and might have good advice.

Cheers to you,

Post a picture of your latest haul Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:56:37 +0000 (F2brewers) F2brewers

...trades or buys.

Let's keep it on topic.]]>
Yoghurt vs Sour beer (bacteria count) Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:08:46 +0000 (machalel) machalel
Say if the sour was a 355ml (12oz) bottle vs. a 150g (5.3oz) tub of yoghurt?]]>
Craft beer bubble articles bubble Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:38:10 +0000 (ash111) ash111
So I have two questions. First, is anyone seeing contraction in their local market? Second, what is the earliest article you can find describing the craft beer bubble?

Cheers and happy drinking.]]>
Snifter or tulip? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:14:28 +0000 (JC88) JC88 128 Shout out to bottle shops. Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:09:05 +0000 (SINKTIPS_N_SUDS) SINKTIPS_N_SUDS No.1 for me is Fishers Foods on Fulton in North Canton,Oh.
No.2 Wales One Stop in Massilon,Oh
No.3 Rt.62 Butts N Brews in Canton,Oh
Let's get the word out about good bottle shops.]]>
The ever advancing seasonal creep Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:00:35 +0000 (zestd) zestd 146 Raise a beer to RonfromJersey. Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:28:09 +0000 (Todd) Todd @RonfromJersey recently passed away. Ron was an old-school BA who joined back in 2002, hailed from western NJ, and was an active member of the community. His passion and contributions will be missed.

His wife is planning a "Celebration of Life" party in a few weeks, with beer of course. So if anyone has any brewery, beer bar or store contacts in the western NJ area (near Easton/Bethlehem, PA), please drop me a private note and I'll...

Raise a beer to RonfromJersey.]]>
Last Pale Ale You Had That Wasn't "Forgettable" Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:05:44 +0000 (MistaRyte) MistaRyte
Kinda half-expecting a lot of SNPA replies, but... what was your last epic pale ale?]]>
Vaping with Beer? Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:03:51 +0000 (pep) pep
Does anyone vape while drinking? Have you notice certain favors of the eliquids goes better with beer? Just a though]]>
The 1st beer you ever had. Do they still make it? Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:53:58 +0000 (19etz55) 19etz55 some beers that were around many years ago are now gone. When I was 14 in 1970 (you do
the math) my grandfather gave me some Carling's Black Label. So I decided to checked and see
if it was still being brewed. It was! Maybe I'll pick up a 6er and see if it brings back memories!

How about you?]]>
2015 Summer of Gose. What are your winners? Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:52:46 +0000 (bubseymour) bubseymour
For the couple new ones I had distributed in MD, Victory's Kirsch Gose, was hands down the best crafted one I had amongst the 3-4 other new arrivals. Honorably mention was Union's Old Pro Gose. Rest I had were pretty lame/not tasty.]]>


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Could the “Fast Food” News Creation Approach Work for Video? We Don’t Think So

By on 12/13/2009 11:48 AM @beet_tv

WASHINGTON, DC — Creating quality, enduring online video news content doesn't need to be expensive, but it has to be done with skill and credibility.

It is the skilled video producers who will emerge in this new ecosystem of online video news, those who bring strong journalistic skills, notably editing, to the effort.  These are the comments of Mark Whitaker, former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, now NBC News DC Bureau Chief, and Brendan Greeley, multimedia editor for The Economist.

They were participants in Beet.TV Onlnine Video Roundtable in Washington on December 1st.

McDonald's Solution for Online Video News?  Nope

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington sounds the alarm about the emergence of "fast food" news sources, including the newly revamped AOL and the fast-growing Demand Media.

We agree that this trend could have troubling consequences for the media business as we know it, and for society.

But for video news creators, the are big opportunities are for those who produce quality content using basic reporting skills. They will rise to the top.

Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

Panelists at the post-roundtable reception (left to right), Brendan Greeley of The Economist, Mark Whitaker of NBC News, me, and Stokes Young,'s Multimedia Editor

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Beginner Indoor Gardening

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My name is Peter. I live in a cottage with my wife Elizabeth in Melbourne, Australia. Our garden is small, so gardening indoors is an option to enjoy more of the fresh herbs and attractive plants we both love.

Are you a beginner gardener? Do you find all the info on the web daunting? I did too, but through my gardening adventure I've been building this site, writing articles and how-tos in plain English so you can understand.

My Gardening Experience

Like you, I'm pretty new to the gardening game. The thing that got me interested in creating a garden indoors was cooking. There's nothing better than a flavoursome meal with fresh herbs! I've been actively gardening for just under two years and am really enjoying every moment of it.

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There are lots of exciting things to learn about indoor gardening. It's amazing how much you can grow indoors, and how creative you can be. There's just so much more to it than popping a plant in a container and watering it! Here are a couple of things that you can read about to whet your appetite!

Indoor Gardening - Orchid

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php: Installing imagick extension on WindowsXP

October 12th, 2007 ^Lestat 1 comment

This may seem simple enough to many programmers out there but this threw me for a few days. This is how you install imagick on a windows server. If your site is on a shared host, you need to ask your host to install the extension for you.

For this example I am running php 5.2.4 on Abyss/Apache web server

Download the matching pecl5 Binary from In this case its (matching my current php version).

Unpack the file.

Copy the php_imagick.dll into php/ext/ directory

php pecl dll

Open your php.ini file and look for the “Dynamic Extensions” area. In there will be a list of items (some commented out). Add the following line to the bottom of the list: extension=php_imagick.dll

Add the extension to your ini

Save the changes you made.

Restart your web server.

If these steps were successful imagick will show up on any php page using the phpinfo() function.

imagick in the phpinfo()

imagick, pecl-extension, php-extension

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So you wanna kick my butt??

May 31st, 2007 ^Lestat 3 comments

The folks over at have a way for you to make games and have fun. Its easy to use and intuitive. Of course it’s still in Beta. The downside is that I noticed the signup isn’t secure (https).
What are you waiting for? Go ahead and get busy!!

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You can help predict media success

May 31st, 2007 ^Lestat No comments

You can predict media success, or can you?

In this day and age one sometimes wonders who is behind what media is pushed for success. Who are the ‘experts’ that push and market a movie that flops? What are they thinking that we will like? Enter MediaPredict. MediaPredict is a site that allows people to predict the success of new media.

The site is basically a media rating game. After registering you are given $5,000 play money. You use the money to invest in media you think will succeed or fail. It’s played much like a stock market where you can even short sell. The value of the stock(media) is a value based upon others buying and selling the commodity. This represents it’s probability of succeeding out in the world.

MediaPredict Dashboard
(Dashboard – My first purchase)

In the screenshot above I was able to buy shares of a book that I thought would be successful.

It appears that MediaPredict is relatively new. The choices available to work with currently seems limited to new publishers, books, music artists, and a few television sit-com pilots.

The media can be just about anything ranging from books, movies, music and television. Up and coming, and mainstream media is included in the system. Here is an example of a music artist;

    New music artist

  • - Will the artist get a record deal?
  • - If the artist has a deal what are it’s chances of success?
  • - Will a single reach the top 5/10/100?

There is a deadline or time limit for each ‘project’. Obviously there are dates for record releases and such.

The goal I’m sure is to add this source to the portfolio of marketing gurus around the world. I’m not sure of how much data MediaPredict has to offer now other than the popularity of it’s net savvy users. Of course the demographics are a bit different as well. So I suppose it could be a worthwhile added resource.

Features I’d like to see
I couldn’t find a way to add another source of media to the site. So for now it seems that only MediaPredict has the power to add/remove new media. I hope this can be changed in the future.

I would like to see MMORPG category added to the list or tag cloud of choices.

Another feature that would be nice to have is current media, and the prediction of it’s future from now. There is a lot of media and sites out there that started of well, and began to stink after a few episodes or albums. One hit wonders.

Features I don’t want to see
Social networking within MediaPredict. There is already no value to any positive gains you get from playing the game. You win fake money that can’t be used for anything other than bragging rights or just feeling nice about participating. The game itself is interesting. But to add social networking with equally useless winnings and badges is a total turn off for me.

I’d like to see MediaPredict stick to what it is. I think they’ve got something here. Maybe MediaPredict should add themselves to their own market ;)

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Get paid to test with google

May 22nd, 2007 ^Lestat 1 comment

Via googlfied:

According to Blogger Buzz Google is looking for user experience research blogging with google blogger. As mentioned in the FAQ you first need to sign up. After you have signed up you may or may not be selected depending on what they are looking for:

For each study, we need to make sure that we invite people who match our target user profile for the product we are researching. We also want to get a good balance of ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience, so please be honest with your answers. It’s easier for us to match you to a suitable study when we have more information about you, so if you fill in as much of our sign-up form as you can, it’s more likely that you will be invited to participate.

There are different experience sessions where you will work with a google researcher 1 on 1, on the phone, or in a group. It looks like some of the research will be done in person at google. Except you have to find your own way there. The pay looks pretty decent too.. “typically we pay $75 for each hour that you spend with a Google researcher”. The FAQ also mentions the average time commitment is in the range of 1-1.5 hours during business hours.

I think this is great customer service. It seems they want to see how users view and work with their goods. It also gives an opportunity for users in the test to request features, changes to existing features, as well as having features removed. I wonder if this is a result of googlecanyouhear me?

All in all I think this is a smart move and I’m quite curious what will come out of this.

google, blogger, blog

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Internet Explorer 8 and web standards

May 3rd, 2007 ^Lestat 2 comments

From Inside Microsoft:

The most interesting info centers on web standards. According to Mary Jo Foley’s report of the session, IE8 will encourage web designers to create websites that adhere to web standards, and allow them to opt-in to a standards mode if they meet that criteria.

“IE8 will encourage web designers to create websites that adhere to web standards”

*Cough* I mean really?

M$ pushing for designers to stick to standards?? How long. How long, has Internet Explorer had ‘quirks’ and workarounds for the box model as well as all the other bugs it’s had? Specifically in CSS. Seriously.

On top of all this, the browser is so integrated into the operating systems in such a way that if it becomes corrupt, it can slow down your OS, and make some files and operations down right break. Unfortunately IE still has a large portion of users out there. As of this writing still about 78% of the population(via Marketshare). I’d personally be willing to say I’ll bet they are corporate users, or the small portion of home consumers who are unaware of other options out there.

On the other hand I will say it’s taken much too long. If this IS true, THANK YOU Microsoft! But I’ll believe it when I see it. I’m sticking to my firefox. Firefox 2

Microsoft, Internet Explorer, browser, css, standards

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Subject: Inside Ride Inc. E-motion rollers
Only used a couple times they are like new.

Asking $600obo local pickup only, im near Pasadena, CA

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I don't think it's trashy, but I don't think Natasha is trashy either. (Lola I can understand why some people have that association.) But anyway, I prefer Sasha as a nickname for Alexander, for a boy. I don't think it's bad on a girl, though.

Sacha I see as more masculine. The other two spellings could go either way.

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For your last name, (i assume Blick is your last name) i think it's a variation (old form..) of "Blik" meaning two things:
- to give a "blik": to look, gaze, glance
- a "blik": tin, can (as in tinned meat)

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12 Days of Christmas – Personal Finance Style

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas – Personal Finance Style! Over the next two weeks, personal finance bloggers around the internet will be bringing you the 12 Days of Christmas with a financial twist! We hope you enjoy the series!

On the first day of Christmas, the bloggers brought to me….The Best Way to Manage Money! And what is that, you ask?

Spend less than you earn. If you master that principle, you will be well on your way to financial freedom. Begin by making a list of all your expenses.

First think about your fixed expenses, the things that don’t change from month to month. Include things like

  • Housing (rent or mortgage)
  • Car Payments
  • Insurance Payments
  • Prescription medications that you take on a regular basis

Basically include everything you pay a fixed amount for. Don’t forget irregular payments like your auto insurance policy that you renew every six months.

Then make a list of other necessary expenses, the things you need to buy every month, but are a bit more variable in nature. Include

  • Food
  • Entertainment
  • Gas for your car
  • Birthdays and Christmas

Double check your list to make sure you’ve included every possible expense. For the items, like insurance, that you only pay every six months, divide the number into 12 equal monthly payments. For irregular expenses like Christmas, figure out what you typically spend and then divide that number by 12 months. At this point you should have a pretty good idea of what you need to spend every month.

Then take a look at your income. What do you bring in every month? If it’s more than your expenses, you’re in good shape, and you’re already spending less than you earn.

If your income is less than your expenses, you need to cut some things out of your budget. Perhaps you can trim the grocery bill. Maybe it’s time to get rid of cable T.V. Do whatever you have to do to bring the amount of your expenses below your income.

If there’s no way you can bring your expenses below your income, it’s time to look at raising your income. Can you sell some stuff on eBay to pay off the credit cards? Do a little freelance work to make the budget stretch? Get creative. I know it’s not easy, and I’ve definitely been there. I am there now, actually.

In the last few months, since my husband lost his job as an advertising sales manager, he’s done janitorial work at night, freelance copywriting, board operation for a radio station, and work at a call center for Harry & David. It hasn’t been a lot of fun at times, but we’ve managed to avoid touching what’s left of our savings.

If you put your mind to it, most of the time you can find a way to spend less than you earn. And if you honestly can’t, then it’s time to accept some help until you can get back on your feet.

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By , on Dec 10, 2007
Lynnae McCoy I'm Lynnae, wife of one and stay-at-home mom of two. I'm committed to getting out of debt by being frugal with my choices in life.

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  1. Lynnae:

    @Shauna – Glad I could inspire. Rather, glad the person who took the photo could inspire! Off to check out your post!

  2. I’m drafting up my 2008 budget at the moment, thanks for the tips!

  3. cellie:

    2008 is hopefully the year that I stick to tracking my money and following a budget, so I’m really looking forward to these articles. And I am taking your advice – already making my list.

  4. Lynnae:

    Yep, start making your lists! :)

    And when I found that picture, I knew it was *THE* perfect one for this post! lol

  5. It has taken us a long time to create our budget. One trick I have found is that you have to change your budget to meet your changing needs. There are months or years where more money has to be directed into another area, and taken from others at times. I end up overspending when I don’t realize that we’ve been driving less, but that our heating bills have gone up. When I make a note to move the money from the gas budget to the heating budget, I don’t spend money twice by accident.

    Great tips!

  6. I love that picture :)

    great post!

  7. Great start to the 12 Days of Christmas – Personal Finance Style! I’m looking forward to the rest of the articles! :)

  8. So you’re suggesting that we should make a list and check it twice? ;)

    Good start! This should be fun.

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Wednesday 29 July 2015

Drawing on a life

TP Flanagan is one of NI’s most venerable painters, and recently received an honorary degree from Queen’s University, Belfast. Jane Hardy talked to him about life, art ... and biscuits

Published 14/06/2010 | 12:25

Artist’s eyrie: TP Flanagan at work in his studio
Artist’s eyrie: TP Flanagan at work in his studio
TP Flanagan and his wife Sheelagh at home
An eye for detail: A Rose Wrapped Up, by TP Flanagan. (1975, pencil and acrylic on board)
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There’s an anecdote TP Flanagan likes to tell about borrowing one of Sir Walter Raleigh’s phrases — coined to flatter an ageing Queen Elizabeth.

“Instead of saying she’d lost her youth, he said she was ‘surprised by time’. I’d been reading his biography the night before making my 80th birthday speech, so I used it.” Longevity can be good for artists, providing perspective, experience and the sort of explosion of creativity Picasso enjoyed at the end of his life.

This rule certainly applies to Ireland’s most important landscape painter, the man who has put counties Fermanagh and Sligo on the creative map as Paul Henry did 100 years ago with Donegal.

TP Flanagan, Terry to his many friends, may have turned 80 in March, but his enthusiasm for life, art, discussion and Choco Leibniz biscuits is undimmed.

Now busy with a couple of exhibitions, one that has just opened at the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast and another in Banbridge in August, Flanagan admits he hasn’t altered his lifelong habit of planning blocks of work.

“I work in themes and like to see how one painting will fit in with the next. The Ormeau Baths show involves my earlier work and is about the way the Troubles affected me. Liam Kelly organised it with my son Philip and they showed me a visual diary of my paintings.”

In a super-sunny conservatory off the Flanagans’ large BT9 house, he adds: “In retrospect, I can see how the Troubles must have had an effect on every creative artist, direct or indirect.

“I am a visual artist and thought that the new medium, television, was presenting fantastic images of what was happening, so it wasn’t a painter’s obligation to record that. But one of my series of works was called A Frozen Lake, and I felt that we were frozen into attitudes.” Included in the Belfast exhibition are other striking pictures that seem to symbolise Ulster’s pain, including Victim and A Rose Wrapped Up.

Although he is serious about serious matters, there’s an aura of good humour when you’re in Terry Flanagan’s company. He readily accommodates the photographer by posing in his eyrie-like studio on the third floor. As we reach it, passing a deal of interesting objects on the way, he says contentedly: “This is where we hang out.”

On old age, he is philosophical. “I think you seldom realise what age you are. As I don’t paint pictures in isolation, I like to look ahead. Now I’m 80 I do sometimes think ‘If it takes me five years to finish that series, I may not be around long enough.’” He laughs.

Set on the easel is a characteristically loose yet sophisticated account in oils of Reflections of Lower Lough Erne.

“I don’t know whether it’s finished or not. Sometimes I live with a painting for a wee while to make up my mind.”

Terry Flanagan gamely puts some red paint on his palette and adopts the painter’s pose. When I suggest the addition of red might recall Constable, he says: “This doesn’t need any red, but Paul Henry always had a touch of red, in a petticoat or something.”

The studio with its massive window is where TP Flanagan produces most of his work: “It’s where I am not disturbed and has good light. There’s a tradition that an artist must have north light, but I don’t care where it comes from, and the first light I get is from the east”.

After submitting to another photo in the conservatory, and producing a nice Ian Paisley anecdote, the artist chats about his support system, in other words his family.

Catherine Flanagan, his daughter and another artist, provides an insight into growing up with an artist father — “I think there is a family connection in our work, we all grew up watching daddy paint” — while his wife Sheelagh rustles up excellent coffee. TP has three grown-up children, Philip, Catherine and Tony.

A bit of a romantic, Terry Flanagan says that his early oil painting of fir tree branches, placed next to a contemporary study in pink and black by his son Philip, is one of his favourites because it dates from the middle 1950s when he was courting Sheelagh.

“We married in 1959, but I originally met Sheelagh through the Lyric Theatre. She was very keen on acting, and had done part-time work in sound radio.

Mary O’Malley of the Lyric was a great woman at finding out what people could do, then using them.

She discovered I was an artist and got me to paint sets. The cast were rehearsing a Christmas play, Synge’s Riders to the Sea, plus a Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba, which Sheelagh was in.

“Once we realised we were both interested, I painted more sets willingly.” At that period, Sheelagh had a flat in Mount Charles, while TP Flanagan was living off Botanic Avenue. “I often picked her up from the theatre and took her home.”

The Flanagan style often involves very free brushstrokes and in his approach to his main subject — Northern Irish landscapes where, as his friend Seamus Heaney put it, there’s a flirtation between land and water — Flanagan sometimes veers towards abstraction. His Dawn at Fermanagh Lough is one sensuous example, but Flanagan doesn’t entirely agree with the theory. “I never consciously say ‘I’m going to paint an abstract picture.’ You spend a certain period arranging the motifs and managing shapes. If you take a sense of narrative and content out, you get abstractions. But there’s no such thing as a totally abstract or totally narrative painting.” After touching on late Turner, who did get pretty abstract at the end, I gain the background to further works of art littering the Flanagans’ slightly bohemian Victorian semi. There are primitive portraits of sheep and handsome sculptures by Philip Flanagan, now carving out a significant career in London.

The Flanagans’ second son, Tony, is an archaeologist. Is Mr Flanagan pleased at having founded an artistic dynasty ? “I’m sort of sorry for them and glad for them at the same time, if you’re talking about the financial side. The people my son went to college with, who did law or medicine, are earning much more. Young artists have a rough time.”

Now a TP Flanagan canvas commands up to several thousand pounds and his work is in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, the Ulster Museum and Queen’s. When a painting or batch of paintings is finished, he habitually offers his wife first choice. “Sheelagh’s got a good collection of my work.”

The rest are sold, a process he doesn’t find particularly depressing.

“I’m sometimes relieved to see them go. You can’t paint in a vacuum, it’s all to do with communication. The work contains enlightenment and you want to pass it on.” He adds that it’s a bit like a woman having a baby.

One result of producing so much excellent art is TP Flanagan’s honorary doctorate, awarded him by Queen’s University last week. But the new title isn’t going to go to his head. “I won’t go around calling myself Doctor, and I wouldn’t want to sign a painting Dr TP, although I suppose I might put it on the back. These sorts of things are archived,

they’re for the people who come along afterwards.”

That is important, as Flanagan’s place in the Irish artistic pantheon is secure. The man is embedded in Northern Irish cultural life like the bones of Ulster landscape in his art.

Terry’s stories are entertaining. He talks about holidaying in Donegal with the Heaneys when both men had young families.

“At about three thirty to four in the afternoon, there’d be a family tea for the mothers and young children. Seamus and I and the other husbands would get in the car and beat off far from the scene and end up driving round Bloody Foreland. The landscape was mountain and bog trembling under the sky and Seamus said ‘We’re on top of something that goes way way down.’”

This is the landscape that Flanagan painted so memorably in his dark, energetic work Boglands, that also produced Heaney’s poem with its goosebump-inducing last line ‘The wet centre is bottomless.’ Although this is a notable artistic double act, it was totally spontaneous. “I didn’t say to Seamus, ‘Oh, I’m going home and making a picture.’” the artist says with a smile. Then Terry Flanagan adds a neat insight into the great poet’s methods. “Sometimes if we’re out in his car in Co Wicklow, Seamus will begin to tap the steering wheel, lightly tapping. And you think he’s got the rhythm of a poem.”

Waiting for the taxi, I’m ushered into a sitting room with wall-to-wall Flanagans, and the conversational ping-pong turns to the difference between paintings and photographs. Flanagan points out that an artist may move a tree to get the right effect, and insists on the “primacy of imagination”.

Surprised by time? Entertained, more like.

Correspondences, a show of TP Flanagan’s work, runs at the Ormeau Baths Gallery (9032 1402) until July 17. A TP Flanagan exhibition runs at the FE McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge (028 4062 3322) from August 28-October 31

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Wednesday 29 July 2015

Leeman’s hungry for Glentoran final chance

By Chris Holt

Published 13/10/2008 | 12:06

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Bring it on! That’s the emphatic cry from Glentoran skipper Paul Leeman as he prepares to lead the east Belfast men to Drogheda tonight for their Setanta Sports Cup semi-final with United.

The Glens are, amazingly, just one step away from the promised land of an All-Ireland final, thanks to victory over St Pat’s last Monday and a hammering of Linfield a fortnight previous.

Had you made that prediction two weeks ago it would have provoked more laughs than Peter Kay.

However, the only ones with anything to smile about at the minute are of a Glentoran persuasion and they travel south this evening (8.05pm, live on Setanta Sports Ireland) as the JJB Sports Premiership’s sole representatives.

“It’s unchartered territory for us, we haven’t been here before,” said Leeman. “It’s a semi-final and semi-finals are all about winners — you want to get to the final and that’s as big an incentive as you need.

“To be fair there was no real pressure on us last week because we weren’t expected to qualify but now we are through there is a wee bit of pressure now and there’s a big prize at the end of it for everybody.

“We are looking forward to it because a couple of weeks ago people had written us off but we know it’s going to be tough.

“We need to play better than what we did (against Institute on Saturday) which we are capable of doing as we showed last week, so bring it on!”

Ironically if Glentoran are looking for inspiration, they don’t have to look very far.

Fierce rivals Linfield have been there and won it while the rest of the Irish League have struggled in the competition.

Now Leeman wants the Glens to be Northern Ireland’s domestic standard bearers.

“To be fair Linfield have been flying the flag for the Irish League, no other teams have done it in the Setanta so it is nice for us to be there representing the league and it would be great to go a step further to the final,” he said.

“This team is certainly capable of doing it if we are all on top of our game — we’ll prepare well and give ourselves every chance.

“The last three years Linfield have dominated — they have done well in the Setanta and we haven’t so we want to emulate them.

“Apart from Linfield it has been a bit of a non-event for Irish League teams. Maybe that’s the reason why the fans haven’t got behind it as much.

“I’m delighted we’re there because we’ll see (tonight) because we’ll take a sell-out crowd to Drogheda, we’ve sold all our tickets as far as I am aware and hopefully the fans can drive us on.

“We want to win it and I personally would love to win it because it is a trophy that I have never won so the hunger is there for it.

“Drogheda have the advantage of full-time training but we didn’t see the difference on Monday night and if we prepare well then there is no reason why we can’t do well and look forward to the final.”

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Mayor Barry Lyons said he was pleased with the results.

“The idea behind the review was to see how the council might do things even better,” Cr Lyons said.

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BENNINGTON -- The Vermont Veterans Home will be under increased scrutiny "due to its history of noncompliance with quality of care and safety requirements," according to the state agency charged with overseeing the home.

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In a Dec. 7 letter, the state Division of Licensing and Protection informed the home that it is now designated a Special Focus Facility. According to the letter, the designation means the home will experience more frequent inspections and additional oversight. The state agency is the inspection agent for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which provides the majority of funding for the home.

The home faced decertification and loss of the Medicare provider agreement in September because of issues identified during several inspections beginning in March. The state-run home had to correct at least three deficiencies, including an alleged assault of a resident by a nurse, that had been identified by inspectors. Decertification would have cost the home about $12 million in annual federal funding if the home had not passed another surprise inspection by Sept. 28.

Although the immediate threat of decertification was averted, the home will now face additional inspections. There will be at least two inspections per year instead of the one required for facilities without the SFF designation.

The designation can be removed when the home has two consecutive clean inspections.

CMS has a progressive enforcement policy that allows for increasingly stringent enforcement action including monetary penalties, denial of payment for new admissions and possible termination of the Medicare provider agreement with the home. Any future deficiencies would face increased penalties.

Officials said Tuesday that additional oversight has been expected.

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Jackson said state inspectors have returned once since September to investigate a complaint. They spent a day reviewing documentation and interviewing staff and residents, but did not cite the home with a new deficiency, she said.

Frances L. Keeler, assistant division director with the Division of Licensing and Protection, said CMS requires the state to designate at least one facility as a Special Focus Facility at all times. "Some states have as many has five depending on the number of nursing homes in the state," she said. "A small state like Vermont always has one."

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Last night, the key Republicans in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaking out against additional monetary stimulus, and the potential for a third round of quantitative easing, now known as Operation Twist.

Here is the letter in its entirety:

Dear Chairman Bernanke,

It is our understanding that the Board Members of the Federal Reserve will meet later this week to consider additional monetary stimulus proposals. We write to express our reservations about any such measures. Respectfully, we submit that the board should resist further extraordinary intervention in the U.S. economy, particularly without a clear articulation of the goals of such a policy, direction for success, ample data proving a case for economic action and quantifiable benefits to the American people.

It is not clear that the recent round of quantitative easing undertaken by the Federal Reserve has facilitated economic growth or reduced the unemployment rate. To the contrary, there has been significant concern expressed by Federal Reserve Board Members, academics, business leaders, Members of Congress and the public. Although the goal of quantitative easing was, in part, to stabilize the price level against deflationary fears, the Federal Reserve's actions have likely led to more fluctuations and uncertainty in our already weak economy.

We have serious concerns that further intervention by the Federal Reserve could exacerbate current problems or further harm the U.S. economy. Such steps may erode the already weakened U.S. dollar or promote more borrowing by overleveraged consumers. To date, we have seen no evidence that further monetary stimulus will create jobs or provide a sustainable path towards economic recovery.

Ultimately, the American economy is driven by the confidence of consumers and investors and the innovations of its workers. The American people have reason to be skeptical of the Federal Reserve vastly increasing its role in the economy if measurable outcomes cannot be demonstrated.

We respectfully request that a copy of this letter be shared with each Member of the Board.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. John Boehner, Sen. Jon Kyl, Rep. Eric Cantor

The Federal Reserve is supposed to be apolitical, and do what it believes is best for the U.S. economy, regardless of political affiliation. Yet, the Republicans felt the need to send a letter to the Fed questioning the potential for another round of stimulus to try to boost the economy.

This is not the first time the Republicans have done this. They did it back in November 2010, right as the second round of quantitative easing was getting underway. Almost all of the same names were on the letter back then as this most recent letter.

The Republicans are right, particularly in regards to hurting confidence. Confidence is what is needed to get the American economy going again. Yet, this is not Bernanke's job to inspire confidence. It is the job of Congress to do so, as well as the White House. Bernanke and the rest of the FOMC are doing what they see best fit to get the economy going again in the short term. Congress' job is to get fiscal policy right for economic growth. With the Senate and the White House held by the Democrats and the House of Representatives held by a Republican majority, there has been nothing but infighting and constant bickering back and forth. This letter is the latest example of that.

It is understandable that Republicans want to take control of the White House in the 2012 election, but it needs to be done on their own merit. Interference with the Federal Reserve is not helping the the U.S. economy, cause, despite what may be politically popular. There are plenty of people in this country who believe that their quality of life has been lessened thanks to the Federal Reserve. That may be true, but the Fed was set up some 100 years ago to do anything it could to try to prevent the market panic of 1907 from happening again. It has not happened exactly as it was drawn up, but nothing in life ever is. There are central banks around the world, and those institutions are not going away.

Ron Paul's wishes to get rid of the Federal Reserve and Governor Rick Perry's "treasonous" call are not inspiring confidence. Back in August at Jackson Hole, Bernanke called on Congress to get its act together, and it seems like they have not gotten the message. He wants Congress to enact good proactive housing policies from Congress, and specifically mentioned the debt ceiling debate and S&P downgrade as having negative affects on the U.S. economy. This was all caused by bickering in Congress, and to have it spill over to the Federal reserve may lead to some questioning the central banks' independence. The last thing this country needs is more confidence sapped by investors and job creators.

Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, it is time for you to worry about getting this country back to pro-growth policies. Stop worrying about what Bernanke and the rest of his team are doing at the FOMC.

At least the Fed is trying its best. Can you honestly look in the mirror and say you are as well?

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Mon Jul 12 13:15:00 PDT 2004

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Trent Piepho wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> > this three or four times.  Things wrong with rsh:
> >  a) no security (as in "bleeding wound" in an open network)
> >  b) no environment passing
> >  c) no tunnelling/port forwarding
> >  d) no intrinsic X11 support
> >  e) archaic and easily spoofed/snooped authentication mechanism (see a))
> >  f) terrible passwordless login control
> >  g) more or less frozen, unsupported code
> For starting jobs on a cluster with a private network, only b and g really
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> > Things good about rsh:
> >
> >  h) relatively fast
> For passing data over gigabit ethernet, rsh/rcp vs ssh/scp is about four times
> faster, depending on the CPU.

...but, for most applications, this is fairly unimportant -- four times
a small number still being pretty small.

> > Things bad about ssh:
> >
> >  i) relatively slow
> >  j) cannot select "no encryption" as option even on secure networks
> >  k) evil tty disconnect "feature" that requires ~. escapes (nested yet)
> > to leave a job backgrounded from an ssh session.
> What is so annoying about these things is that they didn't used to be
> problems with ssh.  They were "features" added intentionally.  I cannot
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Amen.  I totally, overwhelmingly agree with you.  Given that j is the
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High end SATA and SAS disks claim MTBF values that work out to over 100
years, and yet it is a common
observation that certain models fail at rates entirely inconsistent
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75% of all drives of one model dead in < 6 years.  (Cited by one poster
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).  Additionally, manufacturer warranties at best only go to 5 years,
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don't have a whole lot of faith in their MTBF values.

Some of you have huge amounts of storage, how many disk models lasted
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they should?  (Personally we have only one set of disks that are still
consistent with the claimed MTBF,
a set of 6 Fibre Channel disks that came with a Sun server and are now
10 years old - with no failures.)

How do they come up with the MTBF values for disks anyway?  Clearly it
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Review and Giveaway–Boombotix Boombot Ultraloud Portable Speaker

Boombotix is a small company passionate about music. Lief Storer and Chris McKleroy founded the company together and developed this first Boombot as an alternative to headphones for a bike ride to work. The unique design was conceived from a Japanese toy and you’ll have to take my word (for now) that these little rascals sound just as amazing as they look.

The sound quality and volume that come out of this little guy are impressive to say the least. If you pick up one of these speakers for yourself (or happen to win one Smile), prepare to enjoy your music, videos and whatever else you listen to with much higher volume and much better quality.

The rugged build, water resistance, retractable connection cable, and tough clip on the back of the Boombot make it the perfect companion for life on the go. Feel like blasting your personal soundtrack as you mosey down the street for all to hear? How about playing some tunes while you hike through the woods to keep up spirits and scare away wild animals? Pick up a Boombot and go nuts…just try to keep the tunes age and volume appropriate for your surroundings and for all of our sanity.

The Boombot 1 comes in 9 different unique flavors including 3 limited edition artist designs.

There are 3 buttons on top of each Boombot. One big one in the middle for power and two on either side for volume up and down.

I had the pleasure of trying out a BoomBot 2 which has everything the Boombot 1 has plus bluetooth connectivity. After testing it out for a while now, I absolutely love it. Everytime I fire it up I am impressed by the quality and volume that comes out of such a cute little munchkin.

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The bluetooth connectivity is awesome and the battery life is great. I tried it out inside and out and found that the range is surprisingly close to the same whether I was in a confined area or not. I had to get at least 15-20 feet away in both cases before I started to lose the connection.

In short, I highly recommend any of the great products offered by Boombotix. You can pick up your own Boombot 1 or Boombot 2 directly from their website.

More info and order Boombot 1 for $44.99-$54.99.

More info and order Boombot 2 for $69.99-$79.99.

Giveaway: The peeps at Boombotix have been kind enough to offer one of our readers a free Boombot 1 of their choice! Simply leave a comment on this post and tell us how you would use this ultraportable speaker to make your life more awesomer. Open-mouthed smile  Make sure you are registered so we can track you down if you win! Only comments received before December 14, 2012 11:59PM Eastern time will be entered to win.

The Boombot REX is the latest and greatest offering from Boombotix. We mentioned them back in October and they are currently smack dab in the middle of a successful kickstarter campaign (over 200% funded) and I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these new little monsters.

The REX line adds bluetooth speakerphone functionality, song skipping on the speaker, and even more power and bass bumpin.

Learn more about the Boombotix REX on their Kickstarter page. Join the funding party and reserve a REX of your own!

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  1. This would make my exercises out with my friends a whole lot more awesome! My current speakers are just too soft!

  2. this would make sitting in the garden, relaxing, drinking a cocktail a lot more fun, you can also use it when you’re having a BBQ diner.

  3. This is the cutest, most awesome portable speaker EVER!!! I am in love… I would use this EVERYWHERE just because well look at it! <3 sooooo cute :) I use portable speakers a lot, esp when outdoors. I love to use my SD card cards collection or my BBM music line-up to be an on-the-fly DJ when a random party moment breaks out. This adorable speaker would only enhance the good times 10-fold. :) thanks for making me aware of this product… I love it!

  4. Count me in! I would definitely use this in the home office and for family functions. It would also be great to have in my office so I can listen to music on those stressful days! I hope to win!

  5. This would be great for my on the road experience to not have to use the “speakerphone” to let others in on the music, podcasts, etc. Please count me in and good luck to all.

  6. I would just like to win 1 for all around use since I am always listening to music on my phone.

  7. Would love to have the black one with the x’s on the eyes. Would go great on my work desk.

  8. Would love to have one of these that could travel with me. I don’t have bluetooth capability in my car so I would use it for music while driving and then take it right into work for music at my desk as well since we don’t get speakers for our desk computers. To ice the cake, that’s the coolest little creature speaker I’ve ever seen. Pick me!!

  9. Sitting around the firepit…ah….

  10. This will be good speaker to listen just before going to bed no need for that headphone that can choke you to death :-)

  11. I hope i win this! i could put it to good use at the park

  12. Earlier I use during to lug aroundMy laptop but now I just carry my 64 gb playbook. It has enough space for all my music video’s everything would love to use this it will only make the experience. Better!!!!

  13. How cute is that! I’d love to win one of these to keep on my desk at work. It would definitely add a bit of color and imagination to a dull office. Not the standard square box speaker.

  14. Where would we use this, how about; backyard bbq party, party on the beach, party at friends house, party at just about anywhere…..

  15. Add me to the list to, thats just awesome speakers, especially as it doesnt look ugly like my old ones. I really appreciate you giveaway and hope i win as it will be very much useful to me, i usually need speakers when i am outside home and always wanted some nice quality portable speakers but never had the time to buy some! I would really appreciate winning!

  16. I would love to win this speaker, making chores and yardwork much less of a hassle, listening to music and podcasts in all of their glory.

  17. This would be put to great use on the ski hill. Nothin better than blastin “I like to move it move it” while slashin powder turns. The lift ride would instantly turn into a 4 person rock concert and the lift line would be doing the wave in no time. I can only dream.

  18. Love it, stylish and unique. Now I won’t have to keep my computer on for music and video as well…

  19. This looks so cool. Can’t wait to hear one in person. Thanks for the contest!

  20. this would make a perfect present for my kid

    hopefully get her outdoors and enjoy the backyard more if she had her music blasting in the background instead of her ears using headphones

  21. It’s perfect to be able to broadcast an Arsenal game to a group of mates, outside of any pub, when you can’t make it to the stadium, your local or your living room :)

  22. My blackberry’s speaker cannot handle my music addiction.This awesome extra good looking speaker would totally fit my music needs.
    Good music everywhere! :)

  23. I want one. I’ve seen it in action and it rocks! I’d use it to freak out my kids. I’d put in on the kitchen table and when they pick it up I’d play something.

  24. I am a clown on th side and this would be great for some of my smaller shows.

  25. Would love to have one of these for convenient music playback in one of my other rooms

  26. Fun giveaway, I’d take this to my beer pong tournament next month.

  27. These things are cute! When I’m out with my dogs, we always run into seniors who carry portable AM radios and listening to their stuff. I would carry one of these little guys to “fit-in” :)

    Good luck everyone and happy holidays! :)

  28. This would be great for drowing out my wife at night as she talks in her sleep and keeps me awake as I keep laughing at the nonsence that see speaks.

    Fingers crossed I win.

  29. I would sync this to my cowan for front porch listening. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!

  30. I will hide it in my closet, nicely wrapped.
    Come the 28th this month, it will be in the hands
    of my teenage son. It will add a lot of SWAG points to his everyday. Plus, I don’t have to bother him about having his earphones on too loud. This would give us peace especially when he is practicing his dance moves, alone or with his school dance mates.

    For my son, on his birthday, count me in on this SWAG giveaway :)

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  31. I’d love to get my hands on one of these. Since my JamBox was lifted from my desk, I’ve had no way to annoy my coworkers…

  32. At home, at work, travelling, working out – what about just everywhere!

  33. Cool patio or carry-around speakers!

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Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus met with a group of African-American business and community leaders in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss its ongoing black voter outreach initiative and ways to revitalize struggling urban centers.

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shoe's is sick!!! help!

How has your betta fish's appearance changed?
Her scales stick out kinda like a pine cone. She seems bloated, pale, her eyes are getting cloudy. Her gills kinda stick out too.
Her fins seem damaged. Either fin rot, or she was beat up before I took her out of the main tank.

How has your betta fish's behavior changed?
Labored breathing. Stays toward the top, isn't very active. Swims vertically instead of horizontal along the top.

When did you start noticing the symptoms?
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Have you started treating your fish? If so, how?
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Does your fish have any history of being ill?

How old is your fish (approximately)?
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She's incredibly sick and I don't know what to do!

My mom wants to take her to petco today to get her looked at.

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Pine-coned scales? Could be dropsy....
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If he's pineconing it could be dropsy. Might want to check this thread.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to remember names, appointments, and where you left your keys just by taking an over-the-counter (OTC) memory pill? Some natural supplements are supposed to improve memory and concentration. But is staying sharp as simple as taking a supplement?

Most experts agree that there is no solid proof that memory-enhancing supplements work. These products may not even contain much of their "active herbal ingredients." The strength and purity of natural supplements also vary widely across brands because the FDA does not regulate them.

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Claims that this herb improves mental performance are based on a few small, questionable studies. It may cause stomach upset or headache. Ginkgo is a blood thinner, so if you take an anticoagulant like aspirin, talk with your health care provider before using ginkgo. Avoid ginkgo if you take a seizure medicine.

This herb is supposed to boost the power of your memory, as well as your energy level, but studies have not proved either of these claims. Ginseng can cause a variety of health problems, including increased blood pressure, headache, vomiting, insomnia, tremors, and nosebleeds. Like ginkgo, ginseng is a blood thinner and should be avoided by people taking anticoagulant drugs. People with manic disorder or psychosis should not take ginseng.

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You need these fats for brain function, and they are good for your overall health. There is no evidence, however, that taking them in supplement form has an effect on memory. Foods that are high in omega-3 fatty acids include fish such as salmon, halibut, sardines, albacore, trout, and herring, and oils such as walnut, flaxseed, and canola. Other foods with omega-3 fatty acids are shrimp, clams, light chunk tuna, catfish, cod, and spinach.

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Gerda Grice level-deluxe 9/3/2002 2:06:41 AM

This is a fascinating image. I love the colours and teh textures. #8587

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-deluxe 9/3/2002 7:01:07 AM

Nice job! Love the texture of the tree. #13258

Cathy J. Martin level-deluxe 9/3/2002 9:08:56 AM

just love this shot #13267

Lianne E. Cook level-deluxe 9/3/2002 9:34:45 AM

love the colors and textures!! #13271

Don Ellsworth level-deluxe 9/3/2002 10:25:12 AM

Good capture! It seems that critters always land on something the same color as themselves! Then even if you are able to sneak up on them and take the picture, you can't see them! This is an exception to that rule. #13274

Christina J. Maze 9/3/2002 6:09:03 PM

You always take such great macro shots...what kind of lens do you use? I really enjoy your pictures! #13316

Robert Jensen level-deluxe 9/3/2002 7:35:50 PM

Thankyou everyone for your comments.

Most of my insect photos, including this one, are taken with a Nikkor 200mm micro lens. Occasionally I will use the Nikkor 105mm.

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Congratulations Bob!!!

Well deserved... #17673

Kathleen Clemons

Congrats, Bob! A beautiful photograph, as always. #17679

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Bob!! Good morning! Announcement: You won the Grand prize!! Many, many congratulations on your win with this superb shot!! #17689

Donna R. Moratelli level-deluxe

Hi Bob, This is a super-fantastic image. Congratulations on this big win. You deserve it!! #17698

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Just super, Bob! Congratulations on your win. +Guy #17702

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congrats on your win. what a great shot. that birch tree is a perfect background #17717

Linda Slater

Congratulations Bob Im so glad you got the big one your work has been so outstanding this month. #17719

June Marie Sobrito level-deluxe

Congratulations, Bob. Awesome image. #17761

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-deluxe

Congrats, Bob!! Great shot! #17768

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Congrats Bob on your grandprize win.

Cheers!! Jeff #17807

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Congrats Bob!!! :-) I'm so excited for you!!! FANTASTIC!! Say HI to Cynthia. ;-) #17838

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Congrats Bob, well deserved!! #17840

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Hi Bob: Great shot ... and congrats on a well-earned win! Kerry #17854

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Hip-Hip-Hooray!!! A stunning image, Bob! Congrats on your Grand Prize win!! Well deserved indeed!! Bravo! #17879

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Celebrate! You certainly deserve it! Congratulations! #17881

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Congratulations, Bob, on your very well deserved Grand Prize win! #17904

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Many congrats Bob. This is an awesome image. The green moth contrasting against the birch is very appealing! #17943

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Congratulations! Great Shot! #17951

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Ditto, ibid, etc. This is wonderful. Nice eye you have, Bob. I would frame and hang this one if I were you. #17980

Robert Jensen level-deluxe

Thank you all very much for your comments. I was pleased to have won but was totally surprised. Judging photos is always very subjective. If there were 10 groups of judges, you would probably end up with them selecting 10 different grand prize winners - this month, it just happened to be one of my images - next month it will be one of yours. I really love his site as I've gotten so many ideas from the creative images that everyone else has submitted. I've already seen images this month from some of you that I would choose as this month's winners.

If any of you live in the Los Angeles area, let me know if you would be interested in getting together some Saturday to take pictures at the L.A. Zoo. Thanks again for your kind words, and I look forward to seeing which one of your images wins this month.

Bob J. #17987

Patrick Campbell

I completely agree with your gracious comments. However, your consistently excelllent work was going to rise to the top of this talented group sooner or later. Congrats on the Grand Prize win! Unfortunately, I live at the other end of California, in Redding. Maybe you could come up here sometime? After we get some more snow on Mt. Shasta? #18193

Lorane K. Fought

Congratulations Bob, This is a great shot. Well deserved. I am always impressed with your photo's. Lorane #18328

Piper Lehman

Patrick--you live in Redding? I have relatives there! Small world.

I agree with your comments to Bob. #18331

Piper Lehman

Bob, I love this more every time I see it. I hope you have printed and framed this. Just beautiful. #20679

Robert Jensen level-deluxe

Thanks again for your kind words, and I do have this hanging in my photo room.

Bob J. #20979

Keith L. Clayton level-deluxe 8/20/2004 4:24:23 PM

You have a real talent - Keep it going!! Love your work! #724554

Robert Jensen level-deluxe 8/20/2004 4:34:41 PM

Thanks Keith. I appreciate the comments. Hopefully will be loading some more images tonight.

Bob J. #724569

Ashley level-deluxe 1/19/2006 4:23:02 AM

This photo is absolutley beautiful. I love the colors. #2305278

Septa Iskandar level-deluxe 11/15/2006 6:46:29 PM

Nice composition makro...!!! #3591893

Mark Mirror level-deluxe 9/13/2007 1:46:50 PM

Strange specie of butterfly.
I never seen it before.
I look for it -
but this one is unavailable. #4787034

Mark Mirror level-deluxe 11/28/2008 1:25:41 PM

Excellent Photo. It is similar to the Brimstone, Brimstone photos
This is yellow but rare butterfly but the Brimstone is much more popular #6821451

Milan Banik 4/22/2010 8:16:00 AM

incredible sharing
congrats #8561556

JO ANN CLEVELAND level-deluxe 4/22/2011 5:55:23 PM

Love this Robert...your gallery is always a delight!

jo ann c. #9364263

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Freshly emerged resting on White Birch

Uploaded on 9/3/2002 1:28:29 AM Photo Contest GRAND PRIZE Winner

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