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in other words
july
2009
Another Round:
More Words of Wisdom About Beer
By: Scott Laird
“Beer-Because one doesn’t solve the worlds problems over
white wine.” -Anonymous
North American Organic Brewers Fest-We were
on our way to check this out at press time. Make
sure to read here next month for a full report of what
we found, what we liked, what was fun... (I know, I
know---it’s a Beer Fest for gosh sakes--it’s ALL fun!)
Honey Basil Ale, Organic Strawberry Ale, Overcast
Espresso Stout...Yum! We’ll tell ya all about it.
Three of my Favorite Beers this Spring-Here’s a
few beers I tried that I liked---You might still find
them at your favorite Beer market:
1. Full Sail Brewing Keelhauler-This Scottish Ale
had a beautiful Amber color, a lot of flavor-including
just the right mix of malt and hops for me. Tasty
and well made, grab a 22 ouncer of this Brewmaster
Reserve 2009 and give it a try.
2. Pyramid Brewing Curve Ball Blonde Ale-This
summer seasonal was very drinkable at 5.0% ABV, but
was no slouch when it came to taste and flavor. This
is the second Pyramid seasonal brew I’ve tasted this
year and I have not been disappointed. I don’t usually
drink Pyramid, but I’m going to start searching them
out more often.
3. Rogue Sesquicentennial Ale-For Oregon’s 150th
Birthday, this brew is, according to the bottle,
“Dedicated to Oregon-the State of Beer.” Here, here!
Hoppy and full bodied this ale is a perfect way to
honor Oregon on this momentous occasion and help
sustain the spirit. Have a couple of these and try
saying “sesquicentennial” three times fast!
See you next time for Another Round!
Hello again - Since the last time we talked things have been very busy; not only
with rodeos, but also parades. The weekend of May 23 rd was the very famous Spray
Rodeo. The road trip over there was really fun. My grandma followed behind us
in her motor home and when it came dinner time, we just pulled to the side of
the road and made a tuna sandwich; Pedro had some hay, although he probably
would have enjoyed the sandwich just as well. We pulled into the rodeo grounds,
aka the high school field and set up camp. I needed to roll my hair and since there
was no electricity where we were camping, I went on a mission searching for an
outlet. I found one on the side of the high school’s shop, where I continued to
get my hair rolled sitting on the side of the curb. I’m
sure everyone who drove by was laughing at me. The
next morning was the parade through the town of Spray.
Since the town is so small we looped around and did
the parade twice. It was kind of funny saying, “Hello…
again.” The rodeo that afternoon was a blast. The arena
was huge; the outside was a quarter mile around and
the football field went right through the middle. I was
surprised that Pedro didn’t try and eat while we were
pushing cows.
After Spray was the Portland Grand Floral Parade
on June 6 th . Lisa Edgar, of Vernonia Floral, made all
of my beautiful flower arrangements. Pedro and
I looked awesome in our blue. Once judging
guidelines under development. In another section of the same Senate bill, the
was over, the five hour wait until the parade
underlying strategy is defined clearly:
started. Luckily, I had a great group of queens
“The Center for Strategic and International Studies report on
near me so all of the chit chat made the time
Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency concluded that (A) Cybersecurity is
fly by. Once in route the parade didn’t last very
now a major national security problem for the United States, (B) decisions and
actions must respect privacy and civil liberties, and (C) only a comprehensive long. It only took me about a couple hours to
national security strategy that embraces both the domestic and international make it all the way through. All of the wait
aspects of Cybersecurity will make us more secure. The report continued was worth it, because I won the Regional/State
stating that the United States faces a long-term challenge in cyberspace from Queens Category. I was so excited! My trophy,
plaque, ribbon, and pictures from the parade are
foreign intelligence agencies and militaries, criminals, and others, and that
losing this struggle will wreak serious damage on the economic health and on display in Lisa’s shop. Thank you Mom and
Lisa for all of your hard work, I couldn’t have
national security of the United States.”
done it without you.
In order to meet these lofty goals, there is much work to be done
The following weekend was the Sisters
in the public and private sectors and to my way of thinking; it will take a real
Rodeo
and Parade and my 19 th birthday. The
team effort in order to make the process successful. The FCC has been tasked
weekend
was filled with a few presents, a 1 st
with developing a plan detailing “the most effective and efficient means to
place
trophy
from the parade for Pedro and I,
ensure the Cybersecurity of commercial broadband networks, including
and
lots
of
leftover
birthday cake. I couldn’t
consideration of consumer education and outreach programs.” Education is
have asked for a better birthday.
one of the best remedies to the problem.
The rest of the month looks pretty busy
The water treatment facility I wrote about last month is an
with
the
St. Helens Parade, Glenwood Rodeo,
application of some of the latest studies. We have not reached that level of
security, as yet, but that is the target we are aiming for as we aspire to keep and Tillamook Rodeo and Parade. I begin July
with Cowboy Christmas, the busiest week of
ahead of those that would cause us harm. Stay tuned. This is gonna’ get
the year. It should be lots of fun and make for
interesting.
some great stories.
Until next time,
Burt Tschache is the owner of B&B Computing in Vernonia. He can be
Mackenzie
reached at bnb998@msn.com or 503-429-0817.
Intruder Alert – Safe Computing Practices:
Creating a Safer Infrastructure
By Burt Tschache
With the number of recent security breaches within the various
public and private network infrastructures of the United States, it was only
a matter of time before Congress got on the ball and began a program of
hardware and software security legislation that mandates a higher standard
of protection for critical services without sacrificing usability. With the
latest advances in computing power, the additional overhead some of these
directives could create should not be an issue. If you are still running
Windows98 or Win2K, it might be time to upgrade, though.
A draft of a yet unnumbered Senate Bill that I recently read states
“According to the February 2003 National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, our
nation’s critical infrastructures are composed of public and private institutions
in the sectors of agriculture, food, water, public health, emergency services,
government, defense, industrial base, information & telecommunications,
energy, transportation, banking, finance, chemicals & hazardous materials,
and postal & shipping. Cyberspace is their nervous system—the control
system of our country and that the cornerstone of America’s cyberspace
security strategy is and will remain a public-private partnership.’’
Unfortunately, in the rush to publish the latest releases of operating
systems, hardware and software, there have been numerous bugs (sometimes
referred to as undocumented features) and security loopholes. It seems as
quickly as these are discovered and patches written to correct them, new ones
are discovered. If software was analogous to the dikes in The Netherlands,
the poor little Dutch boy would have run out of fingers to plug the leaks long
ago.
Help is on the way and in a manner that seems appropriate for
all parties concerned if software is written to the specifications of the new
Happy Trails: A Report From the Rodeo Road
By: Mackenzie Carr