Celtics

One more for the road.................
JNZ

Pats Camp

The Patriots made headlines last year when they used tennis rackets to help simulate the reach of Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt in advance of a pair of matchups. The rackets were out again on Friday, this time being used during individual drills for the wide receivers. Waiving the rackets in front of them as they were attempting to catch a pass was a concentration test. Combine that with the rain and the receivers had their work cut out for them.

Reggie Lewis #35

Cant believe its been 20 years, ESPN got the nice write up.

JNZ



Reggie Lewis was fearless in facing Michael Jordan, who said, "He shocked me a little bit.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/9510589/remembering-reggie-lewis-20-years-tragic-death

Dealing with Anger

Sometimes when you are angry with someone, it helps to sit down, take a moment to cool off, and think about the problem.

Boston Globe Article

- New beer alert..
JNZ



Beer company aims to capture spirit of Dorchester
Posted by Patrick Rosso July 23, 2013 12:22 PM

(Image courtesy Percival Beer Company)

By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent

Taking its inspiration from the people, places, and things that make Dorchester unique, a new brewing company looks to bottle the flavor of Boston's largest and most diverse community.

Founded in 2011 and officially launched in early-2013 by Felipe Oliveira, a 36-year-old Milton resident who grew up in Dorchester, the Percival Beer Company aims to create a selection of "craft" beers that can an appeal to the many cultures and palates in the neighborhood.

"My attitude about it is that the craft beer movement has gotten too snobby," explained Oliveira, who was raised on Percival Street in Dorchester's Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood. "I wanted to create a good tasting beer that was simple and could appeal to everyone."

Oliveira's foray into the beer world started at a family barbeque and a dissatisfaction in the beverage options.

"About five years ago I was at a barbeque and somebody brought by some 'craft' beers and we felt they were too heavy, too complex," explained Oliveira. "After that barbeque I just started doing research."

After purchasing a basic home brewing kit, Oliveira set off to create his own recipes, working out of his Milton home and using friends and family as taste testers.

Now with two beers under his belt – Kompadre Lager and DOT Ale 1630 – Oliveira is looking to bring his beer, which is currently brewed at Paper City Breweries in Holyoke, home to Dorchester.

"It's an ongoing process to identify the right location, but we hope to be brewing in the neighborhood soon," said Oliveira.

Although the location of where the beer is brewed is important, Oliveira, who works full-time to support his family and company, said it's really about the beers' reflection of the community.

"I wanted to give Dorchester an identity with my beer," Oliveira, a Cape Verdean-American, explained. "You don't have to be a beer aficionado or Cape Verdean or Irish-American to like these beers; you just have to enjoy beer."

Both of the company's offerings are in their own way uniquely Dorchester, from the Kompadre Lager and its Cape Verdean flavors to the DOT Ale's namesake and the triple-deckers that adorn its label.

"I want to continue to develop brands that reflect the communities of Dorchester and taste good," said Oliveira. "Right now we are working with the Vietnamese community to create a beer that reflects their contributions to Dorchester, as well as another beer that will reflect Roxbury and Mattapan."

Oliveira said he will continue the search for a location in Dorchester to base his brewery, as he works to come up with new recipes and flavors for his beverage empire.

Although it's not available to the public yet, Oliveira said he is already working on a new brew: Mad Jack IPA. The beer takes its name from John "Mad Jack" Percival, once a captain of the USS Constitution and the person Oliveira's childhood street was named after.

"I grew up in this neighborhood and now I'm bringing something back," said Oliveira. "I'm a Dot Rat first and a Cape Verdean second."

To find out more about the company or where to pick up a sixer of one of Oliveira's brews, click here.

h/t A DotRat's guide to the world

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Nintendo

NBA

This is weird.............
KG & Pierce mainly, JT's been on like 80 teams

Boston Celtics

When Dogz attack

 
Pit Bull Attacks 5 Adults at Party in Rhode Island, Described as 'A Scene from Cujo'

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By Denise A Justin, Tue, July 09, 2013

A party for Joseph Bishop Jr., given in their backyard by his mother in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, last Thursday, turned into panic and chaos as a Pit Bull his mother was pet sitting went on a biting rampage. Five victims were taken to Landmark Medical Center with bite wounds, said police Capt. Glenn G. Lamoureux.

Bishop said he suffered at least seven serious bites and numerous punctures on his knee, torso and crotch. At one point Bishop remarked that he had come "within a centimeter of being neutered," according to The Call.

The bloody rampage by the dog took place at 835 Eddie Dowling Highway, beginning just after 5:00 p.m. Jennifer Gilmore was hosting a Fourth of July and going-away party for her son, Joey Romeo Bishop, 18, who was scheduled to report for active duty in the National Guard this week, reports The Call.

"It was crazy," said Bishop. "It was like a scene from the movie 'Cujo.'"

The adult male Pit Bull, named Bootsy, belonged to a neighbor who was away, said Ms. Gilmore, "the dog was supposed to be confined to a sun room during the party, but someone apparently let it out."

No one knows for sure what triggered the Pit Bull's intense and vicious attack, but it began right after some "horseplay" between Joey and his friend, Phillip Alobwede, 18, where the two were playfully shoving each other. Bootsy suddenly went after Alobwede.

The dog went "straight for Phil and he was basically ripping up his leg," Joey Bishop told The Call reporter, Russ Olivo.

THREE SEPARATE ATTACKS BY THE PIT BULL

That was just the first of three separate bizarre attacks that seem surreal. Bishop said he and others managed to subdue Bootsy after he attacked Phil Alobwede. and they got the dog back into the house.

They believed the dog was safely confined, only to see it jump out of of an open window and resume attacking Alobwede and others in the yard.

Bootsy was captured a second time and again returned to the house, but before anyone realized how he had escaped the first time, the tenacious Pit Bull jumped out the window again and started biting guests randomly.

Someone had called the police, who arrived at approximately 5:30 p.m. Several people were on the ground bleeding and the dog was still going after people. As soon as we got to the scene we realized how chaotic it was, police Capt. Glenn G. Lamoureux stated. "We've had our share of dog bites over the years but nothing ever like this in my recollection."

Officers tried pepper-spraying the animal, but the Pit Bull showed no signs of giving up. Two officers then fired one shot each into the dog. Lamoureux said the officers had little choice--a total of five people were bitten seriously enough to be transported to the hospital.

Joey Bishop said that, in addition to himself and Alobwede, his teenage girlfriend and two adults in their 30's were seriously wounded.

He told reporters that his mother tried "whacking the dog on the head several times with a massive cinderblock," Others tried striking it with a piece of timber and kicking it, but the dog just kept attacking," he said.

When the police used their firearms on the animal, Bishop said his only reaction was a sense of relief.

"They really had no choice but to shoot this dog," said Bishop.

Bishop said what surprised him most was the dog's unbridled determination to go after people and bite them, despite all the efforts of the humans to discourage him.

"This is a dog that escaped three times and kept coming," he said. "The fact that he kept coming straight for me was kind of a worry." Bishop and his mother said they were very familiar with Bootsy and had never known the animal to behave in a vicious manner before.

Bishop said he was supposed to report to Fort Benning, Georgia, for basic training this week, but that will be put off until he heals.

Ironically, the attack occurred only one day after the Rhode Island General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting cities and towns from enacting "breed specific" legislation to ban Pit Bulls or any other breed of dog.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/pit-bull-attacks-5-adults-party-rhode-island-described-scene-cujo