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"The investment we are urging the Government to give the Arts Council for 2008 is an additional €20 million funding. When added to the €80 million received this year this will make it possible next year for many, many more children, families and members of the general public to experience the arts."
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The Arts Council has recognised the important role festivals have played for some time and it offers significant support to festivals large and small across all the arts. In some instances, the festivals could not take place without the funding they receive from the Council. In all cases funding from the Arts Council ensures the range and quality of programming that are the hallmarks of arts festivals nationwide. This month alone, the Council is supporting 42 festivals happening across the country, from the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire, to Summer Music on the Shannon, to the Ballyshannon Folk Festival, to the West Cork Music Festival. Next month the Arts Council will support 36 festivals happening throughout the month of September.
"The Arts Council acknowledges the vital role festivals play in local tourism, the local economy and in the lives of tourists and local people. In many ways, the festivals show the distinctiveness of each part of Ireland and help to shape what people think about a town or area after their summer holidays have ended. Elements of a festival - a concert perhaps, or a street parade, or a dance performance - can be the memory that lives on with people long after the holiday is over," Ms Braiden said.
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SALEM — Another Molotov cocktail bomb was discovered on South Broadway, this time unexploded on the ground at the rear of a restaurant in the 300 block Thursday morning....
OMG, I swear we have some real fruit loops living in this city...oh well, our elected officials just won't take it serious! Yawn
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To me it sounds like just some punk kid wanting to be cool. If it was the real deal I'd think there would be a few burnt out buildings or cars to go with them.
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Not to say that it couldn't escalate into a real problem.
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See, look at the fruit loops that disagreed. Molotov bombs are okay to have in a city, what could I possibly be thinking. A restaurant that catches fire and kills a few patrons isn't a problem. Just some little kid playing. NO big deal.
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Mtlhed no disprect but really, is assuming something like that really the smart thing to do. That cool kid could kill someone. This whole thing isn't even funny. What happens when his little plot goes bad? This kid if it a kid isn't playing with a full deck of cards.
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LEROY HOOD, M.D., Ph.D.
Inventor of Automated DNA Sequencer
Transformed Scientific Landscape and Played a Key Role in the Human
Genome Project
BOSTON, MA, April 24, 2003—The annual $500,000 Lemelson-MIT
Prize—the world's largest single cash prize for invention—is
being presented today to Dr. Leroy (Lee) Hood, president and co-founder
of the Institute for Systems Biology, a non-profit research institute
dedicated to applying systems biology to identify strategies for
predicting and preventing diseases. The Lemelson-MIT Program is
honoring Hood, 64, for his vision and inventions, which have permanently
changed the course of biology, and revolutionized the understanding
of genetics, life and human health.
Hood invented four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery
of human biology, including the automated DNA sequencer—which
is the key technology for large-scale, high-speed sequencing of
human genomes. The DNA sequencer was central to the emergence of
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to map and sequence the three billion letters that compose the human
genome. Other notable instruments include a powerful device for
sequencing proteins, a machine for synthesizing proteins and an
automated tool for synthesizing DNA.
"No single person has done more to create the genomics era
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and chair, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the
University of California School of Medicine, in his recommendation
letter. "…He has not only done great science, but has
created new science through which many will create new knowledge
to the benefit of all mankind."
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Hood's life's work has been defined by two fundamental beliefs,
instilled in him while a doctoral candidate at the California Institute
of Technology (Caltech) by his mentor William Dreyer: always practice
biology at the leading-edge; and if you really want to change biology,
develop a new technology for pushing back the frontiers of biological
Under Dreyer's direction, Hood learned how to sequence proteins,
a process that determines the order of the 20 amino acids that make
up a protein. Along with Dreyer, Hood sequenced antibody proteins
found in tumors to study the problem of antibody diversity, the
human body's ability to produce billions of different antibodies
to fight disease. This led to their discovery of one of the most
radical theories ever proposed in biology—antibody proteins
are encoded by two distinct genes, explaining in part the versatility
of the immune system. This poised Hood to focus his future on applying
cross-disciplinary solutions, biology and technology, to unravel
the mystery of antibody diversity.
THE PROTEIN SEQUENCER and SYNTHESIZER
As a faculty member at Caltech, Hood and his team of biologists
and technologists were dedicated to understanding the link between
disease and the three major types of biological information: DNA,
proteins and biological systems. Their initial focus was to develop
powerful technology that enabled the "reading" or sequencing
of proteins that were previously invisible to biologists, due to
their small quantities. In collaboration with colleague Michael
Hunkapiller, Hood developed the gas liquid phase protein sequencer
(1980). This tool was 100 times more sensitive than its predecessors,
enabling Hood's lab to discover for the first time the chemical
makeup of many important proteins, such as erythropoietin, a hormone
that treats anemia by stimulating the production of red blood cells.
In order to understand how proteins operate, Hood's laboratory
took this concept a step further and created the protein synthesizer
(1984). This instrument assembles long peptides from amino acid
subunits, making it possible to produce high volumes of proteins
in order to run experiments on them. Together with drug company
Merck & Co., Hood's colleague Stephen Kent used the machine
to synthesize and purify a protein that became the basis of one
of the most effective AIDS drugs, the protease inhibitor.
THE DNA SYNTHESIZER and SEQUENCER
In the early 1980s, Hood and Hunkapiller, along with colleague
Susan Horvath, astutely predicted the importance of automating the
process for synthesizing DNA gene fragments and developed the first
DNA synthesizer. This machine, about the size and shape of a microwave
oven, strings together fragments of genes to manufacture DNA for
use in DNA mapping and gene cloning, and also made possible the
polymerase chain reaction—a technique for amplifying DNA fragments
one million-fold.
Continuing his work at Caltech, Hood and Hunkapiller worked with
Lloyd Smith to complete the most sophisticated of the four instruments—the
DNA sequencer (1986). This machine rapidly determines the order
of the four letters across the 24 strings of DNA by labeling the
four DNA letters with laser-activated fluorescent dyes in red, green,
blue or orange. The DNA sequences are then interpreted by a computer.
This machine—after 15 years of incremental improvements—made
DNA sequencing 3,000 times faster, facilitating the Human Genome
Project, for which Hood was an early advocate and key player.
Systems biology emerged out of three forces: the Internet, the
Human Genome Project and cross-disciplinary science. A systems approach
to biology analyzes a living thing as a whole, rather than one gene
or one protein at a time. According to Hood, it holds the secret
to understanding diseases at the molecular level which will have
a profound effect on the practice of medicine within the next 10
to 15 years. In 2000, Hood and two colleagues recognized the need
to formalize the study of systems biology, and founded the Institute
for Systems Biology.
Hood predicts that the practice of medicine will shift from today's
reactive approach—diagnosing or treating a disease after it
has manifested itself—to a predictive and preventive approach.
Predictive medicine will enable the detection of genes that predispose
humans to disease, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease; while
preventive medicine will enable the isolation of the problem gene,
and design medicine to block the effects of the defective gene.
In naming Hood as this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner,
Professor Merton Flemings, Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program
says, "He is not only a pioneer that has changed the course
of biology, but also a mentor with a true dedication to getting
K-12 students interested and excited about science."
Hood, in collaboration with the Seattle School District, has implemented
a systemic science education reform, establishing one of the most
outstanding K-12 science programs in the nation. The ultimate goal,
according to Hood, is to produce citizens who are thoughtful, informed
and capable of inquiry-based thinking—and perhaps even interested
in pursuing a career in science.
Hood received a B.S. in Biology from CalTech (1960), a M.D. from
Johns Hopkins University (1964) and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from
Caltech (1968). Hood, the recipient of nearly 60 academic and professional
honors including the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology (2002)
and the Lasker Award for Studies on Immune Diversity (1987), holds
12 patents and has co-authored more than 40 books or book chapters.
In addition to the Institute for Systems Biology, he has founded
or co-founded more than 10 companies, including Applied Biosystems
and Amgen, that commercialize technologies.
Previous recipients of the annual $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
include Dean Kamen, inventor of break-through medical technologies,
such as the Segway Human Transporter (HT)—the first self-balancing
personal transporter for short-distance travel; Raymond Kurzweil,
futurist and developer of pattern recognition technologies; and
Thomas Fogarty, surgical pioneer and inventor of the embolectomy
balloon catheter. Hood will be formally presented with the Lemelson-MIT
Prize the evening of Thursday, April 24, 2003 at a special invitation-only
ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, MA.
Click here for more information on Dr. Hood.
Based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge,
MA, the Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 by the late
independent inventor Jerome H. Lemelson and his wife, Dorothy. The
Program's mission is to raise the stature of inventors and innovators
and to foster invention and innovation among young people. It accomplishes
this by celebrating inventor/innovator role models through outreach
activities and annual awards, including the world's largest for
invention—the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. The Lemelson-MIT
Program is funded by The Lemelson Foundation, which supports other
invention initiatives at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American
History, Hampshire College, the National Collegiate Inventors and
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They did not get a good day for thisThe free event begins at 4:20 p.m. in a tent set up behind a double perimeter fence at Seattle Center, with any pot smoking occurring out of public view.
31 degrees at 4:00 and dropping to 27 by 7:00 PM
That would be too cold for me. I don't do that stuff anyway. Being legal isn't going to affect my wine and beer consumption.
I can't see it as a good senior thing to do either I need all the brains cells I can get.
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A smooth frozen pond sits in the middle of Helena--a skating rink for citizens' use at Memorial Park.
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Call that a mating ritual? THIS is a mating ritual
If you thought forking out for over-priced flowers was enough to contend with on Valentines Day, then spare a thought for fellow lovers in the wild, who have to work much harder to keep their sweethearts happy.
Take satin bowerbirds for instance, who bring a whole new meaning to the saying, 'something borrowed, something blue'.
Male bowerbirds create spectacular mosaics by foraging for anything and everything blue – flowers, berries, feathers, Freddo frog wrappers – and protecting their stash from competing males. The best artwork, combined with the best dancing (a criteria shared by discerning females of many species), wins. But before you get googling for exhibition openings and salsa classes, it's worth noting what humpbacks whales, the supposed 'gentle giants' of the ocean, get up to. These guys slam their 40-tonne bodies into one another, often for hours and sometimes fatally, until just the victor is left swimming.
Brute force won't win over a female cassowary though – they're all about finding a SNAG.
Male cassowaries take chivalry up a notch by raising their young all on their own, as single fathers, right from egg sitting through to chick rearing. Take note, human fathers: there's nothing more romantic than giving the love of your life a night off from the kids and chores.
But even after all of the trouble these creatures go to reproduce, the continued existence of their species is hardly secure.
They, like many others, face threats created by our own species.
A calving ground for humpback whales off the Kimberley Coast is currently under threat from the proposed James Price Point gas project, while land clearing has the cassowary firmly fixed on the engendered species list.
We do have a national environment law in place to try and protect special places and wildlife.
New developments for things like mining, dredging, clearing and damming that could damage nationally significant places and wildlife have to be approved under the law.
But big business is demanding that environmental law should be rolled back; even pushing the federal government to abandon its responsibilities for environmental protection and give state governments the final say on whether environmentally reckless developments should go ahead.
That would mean handing over the reins to premiers like Queensland's Campbell Newman, who last year labelled national protection for koalas as "mindless green tape" and declared, "We're in the coal business".
It would mean giving the Victorian Government the power to go ahead with their plan to allow cattle into the Alpine National Park, leaving more than 1100 native plant species, many of them unique snow-adapted plants found nowhere else in the world to be trampled by hooves and infested by weeds.
It would mean winding back environment protection by thirty years to the days before the protection that stopped the Franklin River from being dammed and the Great Barrier Reef from being drilled for oil was in place.
Obviously, people who appreciate the wonders of Australia's unique landscapes, heritage and wildlife, aren't impressed by the idea.
Polling shows 85 per cent of Australians agree the Federal Government should be able to block or require changes to major projects that could damage the environment.
Eminent Australians have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister urging the government to keep Commonwealth environmental approval powers in place.
The likes of Professor David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University's School of Environment and Society; Robert Pallin, the Chairman of Paddy Pallin and former High Court judge Murray Wilcox all signed on.
Even Sir David Attenborough has spoken up against the idea. Incidentally, I really enjoyed watching YouTube clips of his work in my research for this piece (search 'humpback whale heat runs' for some pretty compelling footage).
On top of the big names, thousands of Australians have written to the Prime Minister urging her to stand up to big business.
Today I'll be dropping off a Valentines Day card and some native flowers to Prime Minister Gillard and Environment Minister Tony Burke signed by some of the many Australians who don't want to see the places and wildlife they love destroyed.
You can share the Valentines Day card through facebook and twitter at www.placesyoulove.org It's no humpback whale body slam but it's a way to show you care about Australian wildlife with enough time left over for our own species' weird and wonderful Valentines-Day courting rituals.
Saffron Zomer is the National Liaison Officer at the Australian Conservation Foundation.
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ramases says:
I've always thought that having a "special" day to tell someone that you love them is a crock. I've been married for over 40 years and the first thing in the morning and last thing at night we both express our love for each other. Stems back to when I was in the Forces and we didn't know from day to day whether we would ever see each other again.
Its not a habit but a true reflection of our love for each other and makes one wonder if people need a special day what do the do the other 354 days of the year. Sort of makes a mockery of the whole process doesn't it.
Meph says:
Thismorning, while waiting for the train, I witnessed a young couple standing further down the platform. Ordinarily this would be an entirely uneventful situation, but the young woman was licking (no, not a typo or Freudian slip) the guy's face.
Either someone had oysters for breakfast, or arbitrary calendar dates really do have an effect on the libido..
Happy corporate love day punchers, may yours be classier than the one I witnessed thismorning.
BCR says:
Er, humpback whales don't do that. Actual physical conflicts are rare, although there's lots of splashing. Instead, generally a cohort of males will chase a female, racing each other at the same time. The 'victor' is generally one that keeps up with the female.
If you want REAL interesting whale mating rituals, check out right whales..
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Sorry saffron, I think most punchers have read your piece and thought fluff piece about Love sounded Meh and quickly switched to another story without completing yours.
You will be happy to know that I did complete it and then went Meh more greenish diatribe to save the blue speckled over sized wombat moth or something went Meh and will quickly switch to another story! But before I go may I say this?
Man's numbers are increasing and there is not much that can be done about that short of starting, a China like, international UN backed one child policy which I am sure has about as much chances of getting up as Elton John at an all girls strip club.
Yes I agree protection is needed but the laws go to far, add too much cost to development and are stopping Australia's advancement. As the world continues to grow, desperation for food could wipe out species completely but if we relax some regulation and work with some sanity in mind on the issue we could be able to save a lot more in the future.
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Redemption - Russian River Brewing Company
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Ratings: 1,237 | Reviews: 533 | Show All Ratings:
4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Hazy golden w/ white short-lived thin head. Not much in the way of lacing.
S: Fruit, Chardonnay & yeasty aromas make for a Belgian nose that portends sweetness.
T: Flavors of grapes, bread & white wine.
M: Light bodied & slightly sweet. Dry and smooth. Easily drinkable.
O: Delightful blonde ale.
Serving type: bottle
02-14-2014 00:15:03 | More by Paincane
New York
4.4/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
A: A golden beer with a light haze. It pours with a finger of cream colored, rocky foam and leaves a a fine, light lacing on the glass.
S: A medium strong peppery phenol dominates with a soft malt aroma. A mild orange and apricot fruitiness.
T: Moderate spice, mostly pepper with a touch of clove. Moderate light colored fruit. A soft Pils malt sweetness against a medium-light bitterness giving a balance that is about even. The finish is fairly dry with a light spice in the aftertaste.
M: A fluffy beer with a medium-light body and strong level of carbonation.
O: It's right up there with the best examples of this style with that distinct Belgian yeast character of moderate spice and fruit that dominates this beer.
Serving type: bottle
01-23-2014 00:33:26 | More by MadScientist
4.13/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12oz to a snifter, bottled 7/18/12
Pours a hazy yellow gold with about 10% transparency. A half finger of foam has receded pretty quickly into a ring. Lacing's okay, very mild carbonation
Smells of sour Belgian funk, apple, pear, and some pale malt, and white wine
Taste is initially pretty fruity- much of the apple and pear from the nose, a touch of cinnamon spice, with notes of oak and white wine and a bit of sweet malt on the finish
Feel is a light/moderate body with a wet finish. Leaves a nice tingle on the palate as it goes down
Overall a really solid Belgian, especially for the price
Serving type: bottle
01-11-2014 20:08:45 | More by lordofstarside
British Columbia (Canada)
4.33/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle is about 10 months of age.
A: Murky golden straw, off-white head with great retention and lacing.
S: Banana, apple, orange citrus. Bright yeasty character, like a saison-dubbel cross.
T: Crisp apple, slight spiciness, funky undertone that puts an old earth character in the background. Some gentle sweetness from the malts.
M: Crisp, light, and dry. Very nice.
O: A pleasure to drink! I didn't expect a lot from this beer but it delivered great complexity without weight. It reminded me a lot of drinking a gently brett'ed saison but with a Belgian twist.
Serving type: bottle
01-02-2014 00:45:28 | More by JasonLovesBeer
4.1/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Bottled on 040413
Appearance - Hazy, deep straw, white film head that leaves small lacing.
Aroma - Sweet wheat, coriander, and orange peel.
Taste - Follows the nose with less orange.
Mouthfeel - Perfect.
Overall - Exactly what I'd want during the warm spring/fall months here in Florida. It's incredibly light, smooth, refreshing and tasty.
Serving type: bottle
12-31-2013 17:24:48 | More by KVNBGRY
4.31/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
375mL corked and caged bottle poured into a tulip. Batch 040413
(A)- Pours a cloudy golden yellow color. Produced a quite nice cap of white froth with great retention and some minimal clumpy lacing.
(S)- A nice dryness throughout. Some really good biscuit-like yeast components. The slightest grassy funk flows into some lemon rind on the finish.
(T)- I quite like the biscuit-like yeasty dryness this has while having just that hint of lemongrass on the finish. Just the slightest twinge of funk to drive this home.
(M)- A lively but superb carbonation level. Very low bitterness with the awesome fruity dryness in front.
(O)- Overall, simply a pure joy to drink and goes down very easy. An ideal beverage for summertime.
Serving type: bottle
10-30-2013 16:10:01 | More by sweemzander
4.14/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: Pours a yellowish gold color, leaves a small head that vanishes quickly, no lacing on the glass either, lots of nucleation occurring, and theres is a slight haziness to it as well
S: Bold yeasty smell, also get light hints of honey, and some bready malts, not a whole lot going on with the smell but it still smell really good
T: Yeast, some funk to it, getting some fruit which I think is pear but it is very faint and hard to tell, a little honey sweetness, bready malts, sometimes I get hints of banana as well
M: Very light, crisp, and refreshing! Finishes really well!
O: Strong beer for sure, would have preferred to have had this on a hot summer day but it is still fantastic now, another beer well done RR!
Serving type: bottle
10-23-2013 06:08:03 | More by bpasquini
3.53/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured a thin layer of head on a hazy, golden colored body.
The aroma is nice: pear, dry grain, bread and apple cider. Light and pleasant.
The taste has a dull sweet pear flavor, some mild lemon bitterness and finishes with a touch of yeast.
The texture is great. Crisp and fizzy.
The taste lacked depth and complexity, but it was still an enjoyable drink.
Serving type: bottle
09-22-2013 03:31:50 | More by Fatehunter
3.56/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
375ml bottle, dated 04/04/13, poured into a Russian River "-tion" tulip.
The beer pours a sharp golden honey color, hues of straw, cloudy complexion with a soft, cloudy white head that sits gently atop the beer before receding quickly and leaving just a few spots of soapy lace behind. The aroma is of pale grain, yeast, a touch of funk, clove, light citrus with some floral qualities as well, but it's heavy on the grain and yeast, very simple. The flavors are right in line, lots of pale grain, yeasty funk and fruit, clove with some citrus and floral qualities, a bit of spice is noticeable too. The grain really dominates this beer and doesn't really let any of the subtle qualities develop. The body is nice, pretty rich and full, coats the mouth very well, the carbonation is crisp but a touch abrasive with a slightly creamy finish.
Verdict: A good Belgian Pale Ale from Russian River, but a far cry from a beer like Damnation or some of their other Belgian Blondes. The beer is just too simplistic and grain heavy and it doesn't come across as light and delicate, which is what I was really hoping for.
Serving type: bottle
09-07-2013 23:16:26 | More by kevanb
4.38/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
375 mL corked & caged bottle; Batch: 040413 (Purchased at Capone's in Norristown, PA)
The beer poured a hazy yellow with a thin white head that was not well retained, but did leave a thin white cap that lasted pretty well throughout the beer.
The beer gave off a nice, Belgian yeast aroma, a little boozy and a bit fruity.
The beer has a really good taste. Belgian yeast, bready, friuty and a hint of pepper.
The beer had a lighter feel to it. It was easy to drink, smooth, with a dry aftertaste.
Overall, an excellent ale and one that I would drink more often if I could.
Serving type: bottle
09-07-2013 15:05:22 | More by PhillyStyle
Rhode Island
4.45/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Served from a 375ml bottle into a Hill Farmstead stemmed tulip.
Appearance- Hazy yellow with quick one finger head that didnt last long. Some damn fine lacing though.
Smell- Lemon, belgian yeast, hops, pear and apple. Very nice smelling fruit forward blonde.
Taste- Lemon and pear all the way through. That yeast is there, but no too overwhelming. Hops are there, but not in the spotlight. Slightly bitter. Very fruity. Lightly vegetal.
Mouthfeel- Crisp and bubbly. MEdium to full carb. Off-dry. Easy drinking.
Overall- Just a really good easy drinking blonde from one of my favorite American breweries!
Serving type: bottle
08-31-2013 23:01:57 | More by Seanniek91
3.6/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured out of a brown 375 mL cork & cage bottle. The label is stamped with a bottling date of 04/04/13, and says "refermented in this bottle" along the front, although it makes no mention of the Brettanomyces that are mentioned on the label in this beer's profile picture. More on that later.
Appearance - Pours a sunny maize yellow with some faint haze that prevents seeing through the liquid, likely from a little yeast getting into the glass from pouring. Head is a proud two-fingers and white with lemony-yellow hints to it. Retention lingers for a good amount of time and never completely dissipates, leaving a foamy layer on top of the liquid. Lacing is pronounced and sticky.
Smell - A little disappointing, to be honest. I get notes of fresh lemon peel, some generic phenolic characteristics and a hefty dose of the the RR house yeast, but zero brett. Confusing, since I see many other reviews specifically calling out the distinctive yeast.
Taste - The smell was true to previewing the flavor, which also is rather flat and uninspiring. General yeasty characteristics, and some very faint, almost imperceptible funk on the very end. Hint of hop bitterness that fades pretty quickly. The lemon notes are here again, but like with the smell, they aren't tart--more like lemon essence. As with the smell, little-to-no brett characteristics.
Mouthfeel - Moderate-to-heavy carbonation that creates sort of a creamy, effervescent feel. Finish is dry and the body is pretty light. Easy drinking, unfortunately, it's not one that I'm like to find myself drinking a lot of...
Overall, it's easy for me to say this is my least favorite offering of Russian River's that I've had so far. Seems like their wheelhouse is sour ales and types of IPA, both of which I love. Reminds me of Damnation in some ways, which I suppose makes sense, but whatever they do to increase the ABV of Damnation also imparts a bit more interesting components to the beer, as I liked it better than this one. There are several BPAs that I would drink before expending the effort to procure another bottle of this.
Serving type: bottle
08-17-2013 21:36:21 | More by LambicPentameter
4.18/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to TATURBO for picking this beer up on your recent West Coast adventure!
375ml C&C bottle. bottled 4/4/2013.
poured into tulip glass.
Appearance: hazy and slighly opaque dull straw/golden yellow boided beer with 2 fingers of bone white head that drops down to a thin cap.
Smell: Wheat malts with fruity yeast. Lemons. Banana's and spicy clove. Earthy. Light funk. Hint of bubblegum that adds some sweetness to the nose.
Taste: Lemons start this beer off. The brett flavors follow up quickly with some a mild generic funk flavor thats earthy and dusty. Fruity and white pepper yeast. Hint of clove. Green apples and pears. Lemongrass with a slightly floral note almost purfumey. Nice complexity.
Mouthfeel: light bodied beer with moderate carbonation. Very clean and very bright beer. Carbonation is soft and delicate. This beer is really crushable.
Overall: Brett in a Belgian Pale ale is a really great compliment. I dig it alot. As always Russian River makes another outstanding beer.
Serving type: bottle
08-17-2013 12:14:27 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT
North Carolina
3.95/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375ml corked bottle batch 4/4/13 into a Flying Dog Goblet.
Pours a hazy golden color with a fizzy half inch white head. The smell is yeasty and crisp with a tad of lemon scent. The taste is clean, dry and even a tad bitter. Some lemon zest is in there too. Pretty standard for the style but it hits the mark. Good, easy drinking with a light body and mild carbonation.
Overall nothing remarkable here but its solid. Good Belgian pale. You could down a few of these in a hurry.
Serving type: bottle
08-13-2013 00:15:03 | More by Axnjxn
Ontario (Canada)
4.05/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: It has a nice hazy golden/yellow color to it. It has a nice white head that dies down moderately slow and leaves some lacing.
Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of Belgian yeast, some breadiness, cloves, peppery spices, lemon and some grassy notes.
Taste: Like the aromas, it has a some Belgian yeast, bready notes, some cloves, faint pepper, a touch of lemon and some grassiness.
Mouthfeel: It has a med/high carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.
Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.
Serving type: bottle
08-02-2013 00:09:41 | More by SebD
4.08/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A- pours a cloudy gold with a two finger head that disapates to a nice stable head, which leaves nice lacing behind.
N- Belgian yeast is upfront with grass, and clove.
T- Belgian yeast and spice are foremost with lemon peel and a bit of fruitiness.
M- dry champagne like feel.
O- very enjoyable session able beer.
Serving type: bottle
07-30-2013 03:23:15 | More by Smarty_Pints
3.96/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
375ml bottle poured into a stolen hotel oversized wine glass.
A - Poured a cloudy straw-colored yellow, with a light head that dissipated quickly. Uniform cloudiness and color. Not much lacing, which could be attributed to a poorly-cleaned glass.
S - Faint banana odor, with a bit of sweet malt. Overall, very subtle phenolic nose.
T - A bit of citrus tartness, with back notes of yeasty bread and flowery herbs. Cloves and bananas, otherwise fairly standard and unremarkable. A nice brew for an autumn evening, with the leaves falling.
M - Thicker than expected...full-bodied with a malty aftertaste. Easy .
O - A solid and well-crafted BPA, but nothing more. A good but unremarkable BPA.
Serving type: bottle
07-24-2013 03:23:00 | More by Knuckles_Nuclear
3.5/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Finally got this around the local area. Bottling date is listed at the side as "04/04/13." Unlike the current picture, the bottle for this does list it as "refermented in the bottle" (naturally, according to style), but it doesn't specify if it's with Brettanomyces. I doubt it still is. Poured into a teku glass from a 375ml bottle. Review is from my notes.
Just like Redemption, this pours a lesser boozier looking, yet equally pale golden color with a less frothy head. The head itself is quite bubbly, almost similar to soda, and it settles down rather quickly. Head retention is nevertheless decent, and sticks around until the very end as a flat circle. Not too many bubbles - shoulda used the Duvel tulip instead. Slightly hazy, and definitely shines well - but it overall is decent, slightly above average take on the style itself.
The flavor brings me back to my roots, when I was first getting into Belgian pale ales like Duvel - candied sugary notes, golden cereal grains, faded apricots white grapes, some grapefruit, and notes of grassy, slightly spicy hoppiness. Orange blossom, lemon peel, and a bit of honeysuckle. The website describes this as having a forward banana ester, but I'm not getting that at all, unlike Damnation. Pretty light all around, but pleasing to the nose.
The flavor is about on par with the aroma, except with some of the grainy cereal notes slightly more enhanced, as well as the citrus peel. Light apricots still dominated, melded with honeysuckle and grapefruit, and the finish is slightly sugary with a dash of green, dried hops. Pretty easy drinking, especially considering the heartiness at hand from the thickened yeastiness and sugared, pale malts. Not too bitter or too sweet, and pretty balanced as a result until the carbonation dies down - then, it gets a bit syrupy. Not too bad - one of the most easy-going beers RR has probably released to date.
A solid introduction to the style at hand, although at this point, I've become so entrenched with the hoppier, wilder pale ale offerings from Belgium to the point where this makes me nothing more than nostalgic to the time period that I was first discovering this style. Absolutely recommended for people wanting to get into startup offerings in the style, and very tame overall. I wish I could have tried the Brett version back in the day, though!
Serving type: bottle
07-20-2013 04:13:13 | More by magictacosinus
4.05/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Corked and caged 375ml bottle with date of 4/4/13.
A: Pours a hazy straw yellow with vigorous carbonation yielding a 1.5-inch rocky white head which leaves rings and spots of lace.
N: Bready yeast, spices (white peppercorns and corriander), delicate floral with a very slight funky farmhouse-like note, grassy/hay, herbal and estery. On warming the banana and clove elements show themselves.
T: Follows the nose with some faint lemon verbena and a malty balance smoothed by the yeast.
M: Semi-medium body and semi-full carbonation. Champagne-like with a clean, fresh, dry, yeasty and herbal finish.
O: Nice, gentle and refreshing and easy drinking. Start here.
Serving type: bottle
07-19-2013 02:07:11 | More by wethorseblanket
4/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/4/2013. Pours very hazy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, clove, wheat, pepper, coriander, floral, banana peel, grass, light funk, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of malt and yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, clove, pepper, coriander, wheat, banana, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of light fruits, clove, pepper, coriander, wheat, banana, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of yeast and malt flavors; with a nice malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Belgian blonde ale. All around nice balance and complexity of malt and yeast ester flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Serving type: bottle
07-10-2013 05:02:58 | More by superspak
4.06/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Batch #008 a 12.68 bottle poured into an oversized wine glass. Comes out a pale blond color which sort of resembles a pineapple juice. HUGE thick white head with both large and small bubbles. If you give a normal to hard pour than you'll have to take your time with this one. Better than average lacing to it, and overall pretty cloudy. Not one to normally like the look of most Belgian style beers, but from my understanding, it nailed it pretty well.
Smell is really good. Smells overall pretty fruity, like canned chilled pears or maybe some golden delicious apples. Some other lighter fruits like that. Very nice, that's a dominant feature, the bready/yeasty aromas are present but take a backseat to the fruitiness. I like it alot, but I'd give it a much higher score if it were slightly stronger.
Taste is also really good, but a slight step down from the smell. Fruity again, but slightly more citrus and even a little bit funky. Some lemon that's close to the peel as well as more of the juicy pear/apple combination. A little light grassy flavors and again a little yeasty. Slightly funky and only slight bitter flavors.
Never been a big fan of most Belgian styles, but I think Russian River knows what it's doing with this style. Really a light bodied beer and soft but not too gentle. Remains smooth and maintains a nice dry finish. Extremely drinkable beer, goes quick, especially on a humid day like today. A very nice beer of a style I don't normally appreciate as much as I should but am occasionally craving. A well done beer.
Serving type: bottle
07-09-2013 19:27:08 | More by AndyAvalanche
4.49/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on 4/4/13
Poured into a standard tulip glass.
Appearance: (4.25)
Pours a hazy straw yellow with some nice gold highlights peeking through as sunlight hits the glass. A thick, tight bubbled, 2 fingers tall white head quickly forms and sticks around for quite a while, leaving a coating of lace behind as it recedes.
Aroma: (4.5)
Aromatics of fresh banana and a light pepper-y-ness from the Belgian yeast strain burst forth from the glass into your nostrils as soon as you raise the glass to your face. Fresh cut grass and a juicy citrus scent augments the yeast forward nose beautifully, giving the ale a wonderfully refreshing zestiness. Some sweet cracker-like malt lingers in the background.
Taste: (4.5)
Your palate is greeted with huge Belgian yeast presence; banana, clove and a distinct pepper-y-ness. As in the nose, the yeast is quickly followed by a zesty fresh hop character in the form of fresh orange juice and grass. The beer finishes bone dry with long, lingering notes of bready malt, bitter orange peel and more banana and spices from the yeast. Very freshing.
Medium bodied with moderate to high, lively carbonation.
Overall: (4.5)
Crisp, refreshing and super flavorful; The orange forward hops(I'm guessing Styrian goldings?) really meld effortlessly with the fruit forward and spicy Belgian yeast. These flavors, coupled with the lively carbonation lend the beer a very thirst quenching character. Belgian "single" ales aren't too common to find, but this is one definitely worth seeking out.
Serving type: bottle
07-02-2013 03:23:23 | More by flayedandskinned
4.45/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Bottled 4/4/13, consumed 5/29/13
A - Cloudy yellow-orange pour with a one inch head which leaves scant lacing
S - Pear, cloves, banana peel, esters, lemon
T - More pear and cloves backed with a sour, funky yeast flavor. Prickly and alive, this beer reminds me of Duvel and Damnation
M - Prickly, well carbonated, light, smooth and lively with a dry finish
O - A very tasty, easy-drinking blonde ale. I can't believe I've never tried this guy considering I see it all over but will definitely have it again. Cheers!
Serving type: bottle
05-30-2013 02:28:49 | More by Hatzilla
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
A - pours a cloudy blonde with a standard white head. Some lace. Too cloudy to see bubbles.
S - intensity is quite mild. Pale malt, mild banana, mild spicy Belgian yeast and a dusting of Euro hops. Nothing special.
T - is similar to the aroma. I get mostly pale malt from it with some Belgian yeast and a hint of spice and floral on the finish. Yay?
M - light body, effervescent and creamy. Slightly tart. Low bitterness. Excellent mouthfeel and easily the best part of this beer.
O - a well brewed beer, true to a classic style, but it doesn't do much for me.
Serving type: bottle
05-17-2013 21:59:49 | More by GuzzLah
4.21/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy gold with a thin white head. No lacing. Smell is pleasant, almost floral. Hints of honey, clove and citrus are evident. The mild floral scent comes out in the taste as well, almost like a jasmine beer but not quite as intense. Very pilsner-esque both in appearance and flavor, but with more body and more well balanced. Expensive. $4+ for a 12 oz bottle in Seattle.
Serving type: bottle
04-21-2013 03:54:25 | More by Kevin73
Redemption from Russian River Brewing Company
90 out of 100 based on 1,237 ratings.


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The Electric Dethatcher Opens Up a Professional Lawn Care Service For Owners Of Small Lawns
Designed for homeowners with small lawns, the Craftsman electric dethatcher is a lightweight, portable solution to ridding lawns of dense layers of accumulated grass clippings. The electric dethatcher features stainless steel tines that dig into and remove thatch quickly and efficiently. Dethatching a lawn helps soil breathe easier, helping soil better absorb water, fertilizer and nutrients for stronger, healthier root development. The easy-to-start dethatcher is environmentally friendly with no messy gas spills or fumes.
A lawn care process previously available to commercial landscapers, this electric dethatcher helps you give a smaller lawn the same care and attention to detail. The lightweight dethatcher weighs 30 pounds, is easy to use and is designed for comfort. A padded tubular handle improves ergonomics, and the folding handle makes it easy to store when you've finished the job. Backed by a 1-year general warranty.
- Craftsman electric dethatcher helps soil breathe easier and encourages strong, healthy root development
- Removes tough layers of dead grass clippings so soil better absorbs water, fertilizer and nutrients
- Ideal for small lawns, environmentally friendly design with no messy gas spills or fumes
- Electric dethatcher is easy to start — plug in, push button and pull the start lever
- Handle folds for more convenient storage
- Rust-resistant stainless steel tines remove thatch build-up
- No-tool height adjustment
- 10 inch tires roll smoothly over lawn
- Ergonomic design has a padded tubular handle
- Lightweight and easy to use
- Red finish
- Some assembly required
- Power type: 110V electric 10 amp motor
- Weighs 30 pounds
- Backed by a 1-year general warranty
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This tool seems to do what it is supposed to do. It pulled up a lot of grass. It did not pull up all of the leaves down deep stuck in the ground as I had hoped. Best used on a short cut lawn I think. Best used on a small lawn. One will get tired of it pretty quickly on a large area.
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First one I purchased motor burnt out, Sears replaced it. 2nd one two of the five tine holders broke off, they are just cheap plastic, the three others are loose on the main shaft and will likely follow the other two. The parts cost to replace the tine holders and 16 missing tines is $104 not including shipping. I gues I'll just chuck it out.
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Purchased this a few years ago and have used once each spring. Cleaned grass from unit after each use and used heavy gauge extension cord. Over the years, have replaced power switch. A few minutes after turning on this spring, unit made squealing sound and lots of smoke came from motor. Motor was fried. Sears really needs to improve their quality. Replacement motor is about as much as a new unit and it will fail again anyway.
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This product isn't worth the time or money. The instructions are very unclear how to assemble. The product isn't powerful enough to do any good on any detatching of a lawn. Totally worthless. Better to rent a gas power rake if you need to get the job done.
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While it did do a really good job picking up the thatch it broke after less than 2 hours of use. I heard a thunk and found a tine lying on the ground. While looking for where it fell off I noticed the housing was broken and would need repair. This would be a good product if built sturdier but as is, give it a pass. I gave it 1 star becasue when it was working it worked great.
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Bought it 5/3/2008, used 3 or 4 times now the motor is smoking. If I buy another dethatcher it will be a gas one and heavy duty. Usually buy craftsman products but might need to reconsider that.
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Tine housing breaks easily even when you don't hit anything. Replacement pieces take a week or more to get. Bought several sets of tine housing since they WILL break. Top and bottom housing sold seperately. They should be sold as a set in the store. Unit is easy to use and not heavy. Ours makes a whistling noise like somethings gonna give. My husband ran the dethatcher and I went behind him with a lawnmower to pick up the thatch with the bag. A bag on the thatcher would be wonderful. Harder picking up the thatch than dethatching it. All in all I like it. Loaning it to all the neighbors.
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Section of tine broke within 1 hour of operation. Otherwise it works fine..
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FBI arrests JFK worker in heist of 3,600 Apple iPad minisNovember 18, 2012: 8:34 AM ET
Suspect reportedly helping detectives search Long Island for a truck full of stolen iPads
FORTUNE -- He's been called "bonehead," "Dumbfellas" and the "less-than-master-mind" behind the theft of 3,600 iPad minis Monday night from the JFK cargo building that was the site of the 1978 Lufthansa heist featured in "Goodfellas."
Court papers filed Friday in Brooklyn show that one Renel Rene Richardson has been arrested by the FBI and charged with acting as the lookout for a pair of accomplices as they allegedly forklifted two pallets containing 1,800 iPad minis each into a waiting tractor-trailer.
The FBI was reportedly led to Richardson after co-workers told Port Authority detectives that he had made suspicious inquiries about when the iPads were due to arrive and where a forklift might be found.
According to the New York Post, which broke the story, Richardson accompanied detectives Wednesday night as they searched Long Island for the getaway truck.
Stolen iPads that have not been registered with Find My iPad are not as easy to track as you might think. Apple (AAPL) presumably has their serial numbers on file, but unless the tablets' modems are activated, the company has no way of tracing their location.
The NYC Police Department has been encouraging new owners to register their iPhones and iPads in case they later get stolen, and sites like Stolen-iPad.com give crime victims a place post the serial numbers of missing devices after the fact.
Victims can also search Craigslist, a favorite venue for fencing stolen Apple products. As of Sunday morning there were dozens of brand new iPad minis listed on the site as available for sale on Long Island. "Need to sell tonight," reads a typical (and perhaps perfectly innocent) listing. "Do not low ball me."


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Today, the video for Longchamps' Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign was launched. Directed by Blanca Li, the movie stars top models Coco Rocha, Emily Di Donato and Noreen Carmody, who play the role of the typical Parisian attitude in a slightly exaggerated way. The video reflects once again the brand's theme of movement, showing the girls in everyday situations like riding a bike, dancing and ultimately making their way to the Montmatre district laden with bags and boxes. Check out the video here above, it really radiates some very nice energy. Enjoy!


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The German dramaturge Ute Haferburg studied philosophy, musicology and theater science at the University of Frankfurt. Since 1992 she worked as a playwright in the theater of such Darmstadt and Basel. She worked with directors like Nigel Lowery (Hänsel und Gretel, La Cenerentola, Lohengrin, Idomeneo), Christoph Marthaler (20th Century Blues, invited to the "Theater Treffen Berlin 2001), Andreas Homoki and many others. She wrote articles programbooks and several other publications and gave lectures and seminars at the University of Basel, the ZHAW School of Management in Zurich and the Institute of Music in Karlsruhe (Chair dramaturgy). In 2002 she founded together with Desiree Meiser a center for contemporary music "Gare du Nord" which she also general and artistic director. At this center she has remained as dramaturge to work, most recently for the world premiere of Aunt Hänsi. Ein Jenseitsreigen of Mela Hans Meier (invited to the Festival of Mexico City and the Maerz Musik Festival in Berlin in 2007). In 2007 she worked as a dramaturge in the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, with a production of Piazzola's Maria de Buenos Aires with the famous fado singer Misia(production Desiree Meiser). From season 2008-09 she was chief dramaturg at Flanders Opera, where she was a dramaturge for the productions of Die Schöpfung, Candide en The Rage of Life. From the 2010-11 season, she will be intendant of the Theater Chur in Switzerland. At Vlaamse Opera she will be succeeded by Luc Joosten.
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The Future Looks Mod Rectangular Glass Vase
Turn plain glass into vibrant works of art with Americana Gloss Enamels®.
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Discoveries, then and now
Iowa State has an impressive history of discovery and innovation and is adding new chapters each year. Iowa State is home to:
- The world's first electronic digital computer and the encoding process essential to nearly all FAX machines
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, whose scientists developed a lead-free solder that's licensed worldwide and led in the creation of iron-arsenide superconducting materials
- The world's largest tornado simulator for wind energy research
- The world's highest resolution immersive virtual reality lab
- The largest concentration of faculty involved in sustainable agriculture teaching and research
- The first-in-the nation research and demonstration farm devoted to biomass production and processing
- Cystorm, a super computer that performs more than 28 trillion calculations per second
- The Bioeconomy Institute, a leader in developing new sources of energy, fuels, and other products from renewable resources
- Breakthrough discoveries on the effects of video game violence on youth.
2011 Nobel Prize winner
Dan Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his 1982 discovery of quasicrystals, a discovery that forced scientists to rethink ideas about matter and its atomic arrangement. Shechtman is an Iowa State professor of materials science and engineering, a research scientist for the U.S. Department or Energy's Ames Laboratory, and a professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
R&D Awards
Researchers at Iowa State and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have won 33 Research and Development 100 Awards. The awards salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. The Chicago Tribune has called the awards the "Oscars of Invention.
Entrepreneurial ventures
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Basketball Tournament Seeds To be Determined
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AUGUSTA, GA - With one game to go in the PBC
regular season, its time to examine the myriad of tiebreaking
possibilities that exist in both men's and women's
basketball. The brackets for the PBC Tournament will be released on
Saturday night following the final games, and every game has
something riding on it.
The Peach Belt seeds teams using the following criteria:
1) Overall Conference Record
2) Head-to-head record
3) Record vs. #1 team. If still tied, record vs. #2 team and so on.
4) Coin toss. If two teams are tied, have split their head-to-head games and have the same result against every other team in the PBC, we go to the coin flip.
Women's Basketball
Francis Marion locked up the #1 seed last Saturday and Clayton State is the #2 seed. Where things begin to get interesting is with Lander, Armstrong Atlantic State and USC Aiken. GCSU had a game nullified this year and, as a result, will have only 19 regular-season games and cannot be tied with anyone at season's end.
Lander/Armstrong Atlantic State. These two teams play on Saturday in Savannah. If AASU wins, they will be tied at 12-8 and will have split their regular-season meetings. AASU wins the tiebreak thanks to their thrilling overtime win at FMU on Wednesday.
USCA/Armstrong Atlantic State. These two teams can only be tied by themselves if they both lose on Saturday. Should that happen, Lander would be at the #3 seed and AASU will have lost both of their games against the Bearcats. USCA would get the #5 seed (GCSU would get #4 with a win over USCA and Lander win over AASU) due to splitting their regular-season games with LU and AASU would be #6.
If AASU beats Lander and USCA beats GCSU, we'll have a three-way tie at 12-8 with AASU/Lander/USCA. To break this tie, the PBC will pit all three against one another head-to-head, in effect making a little mini-conference. So, against USCA and LU, AASU has (or will have if they beat Lander on Saturday) a 2-2 record against both combined. USCA would be 3-1 (swept Lander) while Lander is 1-3. Therefore, a three-way tie would put Aiken as the #3 seed, AASU #4 and Lander #5.
The only other possible tiebreak comes at the 7-8 spot between Columbus State and UNC Pembroke. The two teams face each other on Saturday and only a UNCP win will force a tie. If that should happen, UNCP will win the tiebreak because they will have, at that point, swept CSU in their two games.
North Georgia is the #9 seed and Augusta State is the #10 for the tournament.
Men's Basketball
We start at the top where Augusta State and USC Aiken have been sprinting neck-and-neck towards the finish line for five straight games. Both teams are 16-3 and split their regular-season meetings.
Should both win on Saturday, they would share the PBC regular-season championship but Augusta State would be the #1 seed. Both teams would have the same records against AASU (2-0), GCSU (1-1) and FMU (2-0). But against North Georgia, USCA is 1-1 while ASU is 2-0, including a double-overtime win in Dahlonega.
Should both teams lose on Saturday, ASU would still get the #1 seed. A USCA loss to GCSU would mean USCA is 0-2 against the Bobcats while ASU is 1-1.
Armstrong Atlantic State/GCSU – If these two teams are tied, under any circumstances, AASU would get the tiebreak thanks to their season sweep of the Bobcats.
FMU/North Georgia – A Francis Marion loss to Clayton State on Saturday would put them into a tie with North Georgia, whose regular season ended on Wednesday. The two teams split their regular-season games, but North Georgia would get the tiebreak and the #5 seed thanks to their win over USCA on Feb. 7. FMU would be the #6 seed.
The 7-10 spots are all up for grabs with Lander, Clayton State, Columbus State and Georgia Southwestern tossed into the blender. None of the teams play each other, so there are many, many scenarios that could play out, too many to detail here. But we will take a look at the existing three-way tie between Clayton, Columbus and Southwestern.
Looking at the head-to-head mini-conference, Clayton State is 0-4 against both GSW and CSU and would therefore fall to the #10 seed. Once a team is separated in the three-way tie, the two remaining teams go back to step 1. GSW and CSU split their regular-season games and going down the PBC standings it will all depend on who is higher: FMU or North Georgia. If FMU finishes ahead of North Georgia, then Georgia Southwestern would win a head-to-head tiebreak with Columbus State (FMU swept CSU, GSW split). If North Georgia finishes ahead of FMU, then Columbus State would be ahead (NGCSU swept GSW, CSU split).


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How to Select an ABA Service ProviderMonday, July 2nd, 2007
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