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Is All Settled with NBC's To Catch A Predator Series?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 26, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Per the New York Times, "NBC has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who killed himself... More
Found: An "Old Media Triumph"
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 26, 2008 at 08:38 AM
McClatchy's John Walcott would like us all to see its "Guantánamo: Beyond the Law" series, in part, as evidence of... More
Butt, MSNBC!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 25, 2008 at 01:20 PM
Last week, Megan ">wrote about what she called MSNBC's "thong day's journey into night," wherein a report about a woman... More
AP: OC Register To Outsource Copy Editing
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 25, 2008 at 11:00 AM
"Outsourced Edit?" is the headline of a short piece by Ben Frumin in the current issue of CJR about Express... More
NYT Goes National Geographic
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 25, 2008 at 09:56 AM
That (New York Times goes National Geographic) was the reaction of one of my co-workers to the Times completely fascinating... More
Men Covering Men (Covered By Men)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 25, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Elizabeth Holmes, of the Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire," notices she's the only woman in the McCain traveling press corps... More
Let's Simplify And Go With "Talking Head"
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 25, 2008 at 08:36 AM
If you always suspected that those cable talking head classifications (political contributor? strategist? analyst?) were arbitrary and about as meaningful... More
Pop-Up Video, Meet the Press
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 24, 2008 at 01:12 PM
When asked on Sunday's Meet The Press if he's "interested in being vice president," after some back-and-forth with Brian Williams,... More
Two More Media Players On Russert's Replacement
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 24, 2008 at 11:43 AM
For people who find this sort of thing urgent. Arianna Huffington has broken her silence. And waded carefully into the... More
That Obama Guy? He's Totally Talking About You
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 24, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Anything that Karl Rove says in an election year is news. And so, on blogs and on cable everyone is... More
MSNBC Hits FW on RNC Attack Email
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 23, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Sigh. We've reached the part of the campaign season (if we hadn't already, I've lost track) where the RNC issuing... More
Broder, Woodward, WaPo (Surprise!?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM
A deep cynic might read Ken Silverstein's recent reporting on David Broder and Bob Woodward having collected speaking fees (and... More
Fox & Friends' Advocacy Journalism
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 23, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Yes, morning news shows offer ripe, low-hanging fruit for media critics. Yes, Fox News in particular revels in the Regular... More
NYT Public Editor Misses The Trouble With Dowd
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 23, 2008 at 08:40 AM
"[B]y assailing Clinton in gender-heavy terms in column after column" -- 28 of 44 columns since Jan. 1 --"[Maureen Dowd]... More
Politico: Press's "Dear Obama" Letter on Lack of Access
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Per Politico, the late Tim Russert was one of several journalists who signed a June 6 letter to the Obama... More
Who cares if it's true? - Modern-day newsrooms reconsider their values
What Is Russia Today? - The Kremlin's propaganda outlet has an identity crisis
And from the left…Fox News - There's more to Fox News' strategy of hiring liberals than creating a public boxing match
Why Skype isn't safe for journalists - Here are some alternatives for secure voice calls to use instead
Placing a bet on USA Today - Gannett has long felt the television model could translate into print. Now it's using its flagship paper to double down on that idea.
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
Is the London Review of Books the best magazine in the world?
"I think there's an awful lot of short opinion around, and it's quite nice to find an argument in a piece that isn't just stated"
Even before Fort Lee lane closings, Port Authority was a Christie tool
The politicizing of 9/11 wreckage
"Our research found that black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent"
Can you tell the between content created by a software program and news written by a flesh-and-blood journalist?
President Obama on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
"Is it going to be hard in two years when you are no longer President and people stop letting you win at basketball?"
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
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Questions and exercises for journalism students.


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The forum consisted of more than 100 partner organizations that gathered to begin the planning of Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA, scheduled for Nov. 15-21. As the regional director of the event for Missouri, Stapleton helped develop suggestions for sponsored activities designed to raise awareness for the importance of entrepreneurship and inspire people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is held internationally in November of every year. This annual event connects young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. The week includes a number of presentations, speakers, hands-on activities, scholarships, and business plan competitions that encourage students to make their dreams become realities. Global Entrepreneurship Week has four main objectives for participants: to inspire, connect, mentor and engage.
Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and assistant professor of management at Southeast, described the activities planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week as "students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, government officials and the public coming together to participate in a range of activities, from keynote presentations by nationally recognized entrepreneurs from all walks of life, to innovation and creativity competitions and networking events. We want to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset, to help young people explore the creative entrepreneurial process that leads to new venture creation and the opportunity to consider self-employment as a career choice."
Southeast Missouri State University is a registered partner for this global event. A partner organization agrees to host one or more activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA in November. Under the guidance of Stapleton, Southeast Missouri State University is in its third year of hosting Global Entrepreneurship Week on campus. Global Entrepreneurship Week at Southeast is coordinated by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University's strategic priority to advance the region's economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region.
For more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week or the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial support services it offers, contact (573) 651-2929 or visit www.semo.edu/cie.


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Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout - Goose Island Beer Co.
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Ratings: 657 | Reviews: 63 | Show All Ratings:
4.48/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bomber poured into a matching BCBS snifter. The brew appears black in color with a quick fading cap thats oily and leaves some spotty lace on the glass. Some legs of alcohol droop down the wall of the glass. It almos appears as though small shards of coconut slivers collect across the surface of the brew. A lighter brown hazy color is seen around the edges when held to the light.
The smell opens up with raw sweet coconut. Some vanilla and cocoa batter make for a strong chocolate scent. Some slight citrus hop faintly blends to whiskey spiked boozy goodness indicative of bourbon county. As it warms up, this seemingly becomes a mixture of chocolate and coffee liquor with a minor fruity raison-like finish.
The taste is sticky sweet blending to whiskey. An abundance of vanilla, caramel, toffee and coconut. So much coconut flavor that is milky sweet but also toasty and slightly caramelized. It feels like a mound bar or macaroon of sorts with a chocolate liquor and slight whiskey burn with anise in the aftertaste.
This is a medium to full bodied brew with a light amount of carbonation. It is sticky sweet but not cloying as it is contrasted by the whiskey. This is a fully rich and decadent brew with an exceprional addition of coconut. I would love to drink this again.
Serving type: bottle
03-04-2014 14:34:32 | More by stakem
4.79/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
A - Dark black with a thin oily film and tiny bits of coconut floating around.
S - Light toasted coconut, dark cherry, spicy rye whiskey.
T - Rye whiskey, light coconut, chocolate, dark cherry notes. Has a bit of an aged BCS feel to it.
M - Slightly slick with low carbonation.
D - An excellent variant of the great BCS.
Serving type: bottle
03-01-2014 02:23:33 | More by brewcrew76
New Hampshire
4.64/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to Carp19 and replacementpart for making my Bourbon County dreams come true. Worked for a couple months at these. Finally got two. Great traders! Drinking this bottle all to myself.
Pours very black, with coconut floaties all over the surface. Neat! The aromas is great. Coconut, bourbon, oak, chocolate, some vanilla. The taste is about the same. Coconut way up front, with bourbon and alcohol hear on the backend. You also get a fair amount of chocolate. The coconut isn't too sweet here, and that's really great. Coconut has the ability to take over a beer, but this does a nice job incorporating all the bcbs flavors. The mouthfeel is very slick. It's bit heavy but it's great sipper at 14 percent. The chocolate flavor lingers in your mouth wih a slight coconut sweetness. Very happy to try this, at three months old I'd still consider it fairly fresh. Would be curious how much the coconut fades over a few more months. Not willing to test it though, will be sharing the other bottle quite quickly. Overall, it's a great beer. No surpises, a bcbs with a ton of coconut. I've had pipeworks toasty nut abduction and yesterday the jacks Abby Cocoa-nut framinghammer. This one was less sweet, therefore the best in my book. Although, they are all tremendous beers. Anyone who thinks this is like a mounds bar needs to try a Vermont beer Hodad, made by fiddlehead, not barrel aged, but it's really good. Was it worth the hype? Sure! Solid beer and the coconut floaties are a nice touch.
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2014 19:16:16 | More by Mikeypnh
New Jersey
4.83/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Reviewed from notes from 2/8/14
A- Pours thick and black like old motor oil. A dark mocha head dissipates quickly. The coconut floats on top, and there are alcohol legs when swirled. Despite no head or lacing this is pretty to look at.
S- The aroma is incredibly deep and complex. The base stout is clearly evident, with sweet dark fruit aromas of fig, date, and prune. Vanilla, oak, molasses, and toasted coconut. Liquor soaked cherries, and dark chocolate are also present. A bit of black licorice too. The bourbon and some warming booze round this out. Incredible!
T- The first thing that I need to note is how well the coconut rounds out this beer. I feel as though this took the base beer to a whole other level! Huge baker's chocolate and cocoa notes, along with some sweet cherry. Vanilla and spicy rye on the front of the palate, and then it all gives way to massive toasted coconut notes that overwhelm the palate, but it is welcomed. In the background the figs and dates play an important secondary role. There are some buttery, oily notes that keep this nicely balanced. Only a little warming booze to remind you this is 14.1%! Just an outstanding variant of a great beer!
M- The mouth feel is creamy, yet slightly drying. Just the right amount of carbonation and it coats your tongue with an oily residue.
O- The way everything comes together is perfect! While individual aspects may not be, I can't imagine this beer being improved in any way!
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2014 06:20:24 | More by SadMachine
4.45/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - pours dark black with virtually no head. Gentle swirl brings little foam. Fucking coconut in the goddamn beer. Crazy.
S - big boozy smell up front. Whiskey, caramelized brown sugar, almost a rum-like booziness.
T - tastes like a refined bcbs. Coconut is not overly present at first but comes through on the back end. Alcohol isn't as harsh as regular bcbs and this comes off as slightly sweeter.
M - very lightly carbonated. Viscous and full. Perfectly coats the mouth. Nice lingering roasty, boozy flavor.
O - this is delicious. I can't help but thinking that having this beer almost three months after it was released doesn't showcase it in the best possible light. None the less, it is still delicious.
Serving type: bottle
02-25-2014 04:17:18 | More by EliotRosewater
4.55/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
22oz bottle, bottled 11/19/2013, poured into an original Bourbon County snifter today, 2/22/2014. #3 in the Bourbon County Variant lineup.
Review #455.
App- Looks like Bourbon County. Strangely, my glass is the only one that came with a significant amount of dark mocha head with surprisingly good retention. Weird. Not much lacing. Looks like a Bourbon County Stout for sure.
Smell- Strangely, not a lot of coconut, even as it warms up. It smells like a very decadent Bourbon County Brand Stout, with a bit of heat and a lot of the trademark chocolate fudge and brown sugar. Not particularly complex compared to the other variants we drank tonight, but still delicious.
Flavour- Toasted coconut bomb on the front end, a nice decadent chocolate fudginess on the backend, also quite sweet. It's a bit one-dimensional compared to BCBVS, Backyard, etc. but damn if this isn't a great tasting beer. I can see the Almond Joy/Mounds bar comparison, but I wouldn't go that far.
Mouthfeel- Typical BCBS mouthfeel, thick and silky with minimal carbonation. Gets boozy as it warms up, but there's a nice window in between chilled and before it warms up completely that is just perfect.
Overall- An excellent variant, but I actually prefer Backyard Rye to this. I like that jammy subtle fruitiness that evolves over time for the better, over the one-note coconut that loses a little bit of its luster over time. It doesn't quite deserve that 4.71 rAvg as of this writing, but it's pretty damn good.
Serving type: bottle
02-23-2014 07:11:58 | More by Stevedore
4.91/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Thanks to capnmike for trading me this bottle - it was his first trade and it went perfect
Bomber into 7 tasting glasses at a bottle share.
A- Has BCBS characteristics with a slight notice of coconut film
S- Macaroons in a glass, Bourbon, roasted malt, light almond aroma, light coconut, dark chocolate.
T- smooth like 1-2 year old bcbs, not alcohol bite at all. Sweat but not overpowering like chocolate and coconut can have in a beer.
M- smooth with a slight lingering feel that makes you want more right away
O- I had high hopes for this beer, so I thought for sure I would be disappointed. I was way wrong, this was absolutely perfect!
I have been using a Randal to make my own version of this beer with 2012 bcbs, and my tasting group thought my versions are outstanding. So I didn't tell anyone what beer this was in thoughts some might think it was just another randal version. At first there was discussions as to which it was, but in the end GI could not have made this beer any better and we all knew it was the real thing!
Thanks again capnmike!!!
Serving type: bottle
02-20-2014 14:56:56 | More by baybum
New York
4.94/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Simply the best barrel aged beer I've ever had. I was skeptical going in just cause of all the hype but this is truly outstanding. It's 3 months old at this point, bottled 11/19, bottle #1244, but the coconut is still overwhelming. Would love to try this again.
Serving type: bottle
02-17-2014 00:19:36 | More by JLoPMac
4.76/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to WankelEngine for the pour
Bomber into a plastic flight glass.
A- Looks like BCBS/BCBCS/Etc.
S- Bourbon, roasted malt, dark sweet things, very light coconut, like a high end chocolate.
T- Delicious, just the right kind of sweet, some melange of coffee/tobacco/whiskey/dark chocolate. Almond joy of the gods.
M- Thick, chewy, sticky, warming, blissful. Probably my favorite part of this series of beers.
O- dope, prizeworthy, not gonna chase it or drop massive amounts of skrilla. Thanks again to WankelEngine, a true BA ( For better or worse :p).
Serving type: bottle
02-11-2014 01:14:41 | More by RhyminBelmont
4.88/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Holy of all holy shit baskets... 3 friggen thousand reviews... never in a million years would I have thought that I would get to this many reviews... I also thought that with many other levels, so this is just crazy. Shared this epic epic bastard with the usual rudzud, and a ridiculous thanks to oN3xM (Reddit) for this one. I need to thank him again.
Pours very little head which disappears instantly, legs are great and long, pitch black color no light coming through. However, a nice swirling action kicks up that bastard like the head was meant to be, a battle between the fluffy mocha head and the tingly alcohol.
Nose is just phenomenal, so much awesomeness!!! So much dark roasted malts, tons of cocoa and dark choc, a mild cookie dough and chocolate chip, amazing toasted coconut that's very toasted and awesome, a bit of caramel and vanilla barrel, dark chocolate, some fresh coffee roast and earthy coffee, some juicy roast and malt goodness, biscuity cookie with tons and tons of coconut and the essence of perfection.
Taste is zomg!!! Amazing dark malts, dark choc, caramel, nice fresh roasted coffee, great vanilla barrel with toasted oak, and very mild whisky like notes. Then tons of great toasted coconut, fresh roasted coconut with dark choc layers like a super expensive exotic mounds bar, with cookie base, and caramel filling. with orgasmic layers in between. A hint of warming booze in the middle, and mild bitter earthy hop. Finish lingers with amazing dark choc and tons of toasted coconut, caramel, chewy, etc, hint of whisky and vanilla barrel. I really don't think it could get any better than this!
Mouth is full bod, very little booze warmth, little creamy and very rich, little velvety, but lighter carb. The ligher carbonation may be the only thing holding this back from perfect 5 across the board as it keeps down the mouth feel and head appearance,
Overall crazy awesome, phenomenal, only real drawbacks are lack of carbonation and head, otherwise it would have been perfect across the board and best beer I'd ever had. So Close though, and so phenomenal regardless... thanks so much for this experience.
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2014 03:22:49 | More by jlindros
4.93/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured into a Bourbon County snifter from a 22oz bottle.
Pours a oily dark black viscous liquid with a thin tan head that rises up briefly and then just dissipates into nothingness. There are notes of flakey oily coconut floating around the brew.
Aroma is exquisite! Notes of fresh coconut, coconut cream with notes of molasses and bourbon to back everything up. Slight boozy heat with some nice notes of rye grain. There is some slight roast to the nose like some dark chocolate/bakers chocolate but its quickly covered up by awesome coconut sweetness.
Flavor is out of this world. Beer starts off with notes of sweet coconut with some spicy rye notes. Notes of mild chocolate fudge is present as well. The flavor is just rich and complex with the great notes of chocolate and coconut underlain be boozy heat notes. Absolutely delicious. Nice notes of chocolate can be perceived as well as notes of mild almond with some nice coconut roast. This brew is truly amazing. Just a delight to delve into the amazing sweetness with chocolate notes and mild roast. The mouthfeel is delicious, oily, slick with some nice heat on the backend.
Its hard to say truly but right now this has to be one of my favorite variants. I thought Cherry rye was terrific but this really blew my mind. Amazing.
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2014 02:02:41 | More by JoEBoBpr
4.85/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Big thanks to JLindros for sharing!
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a very nice dark brown nearly black hue with no female head but nice legs.
S - Aromas of dark chocolate, bourbon, faint coffee, so so so much barrel and coconut. Nice vanilla, roasted toasted coconut, great oak , nice cookie dough cocoa nibs going on here with no alcohol.
T - Taste is bourbon and coco, nice toasted coconut. Like a chocolate macaroon! So much bourbon soaked chocolate with enormous coconut. Unfathomable amount of coconut here, seriously...This is a mounds bar minus the diabetus. So much chocolate and coconut here. Who cares about the coffee aspects when you have chocolate bourbon coconut goodness?! Insane.
M - Mouthfeel is super nice, lightly carbonated, smooth and creamy. Alcohol is hidden masterfully, awesome.
O - Overall this beer blew my mind. The coconut here is so so potent it's crazy. Super well crafted, the coconut and bourbon is balanced so well. This beer excess the hype!
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2014 01:00:00 | More by rudzud
3.51/5 rDev -25.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pour is black with light brown head. Nose is strong, lots of bourbon and heat, some of the rich malt but no where near a regular bcs, with a little of the coconut in the nose. The taste is a little all over the place, lots of coconut in there with some of the rich maltiness of the bcs up front, coconut mid palate, lots of heat and bourbon towards the back and a ton if coconut lingers. Full bodied and moderate carbonation, a hint chalky in back.
Serving type: bottle
02-06-2014 02:27:07 | More by cpetrone84
4.55/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
22oz, November 2013
Mini snifter
A: Pours the typical BCBS Oily pitch black. Some flecks of coconut in the pour actually. Looks like BCBS all around. Alcohol feet. Reddish legs on the glass after the swirl.
S: I don't smell that much like coconut, even though others were pulling it. Smells like the traditional BCBS to me which is completely fine. Lots of vanilla, fudge like chocolate, sweetness, umami character, etc. delicious.
T: Toasted coconut. Mounds bar. Oily BCBS. It's legit like eating a Mounds. That dark chocolate and vanilla mixing with coconut. It's more of a toasted character then the coconut you sometimes pick up from the barrel. Very long finish. Lingering chocolate flavors. Delicious beer. Lives up to hype as it's currently drinking for sure.
M: Full bodied. Huge mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
02-05-2014 14:58:45 | More by inlimbo77
4.56/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter at a Superbowl party. Thanks for bringing it, Cliff!
A: Dark brown/black with a tan half finger head that settles quickly. Lots of coconut flakes floating around in the mix. Not much lacing.
S: Heavenly. Coconut dominates, followed by bourbon, malts, and caramel.
T: Fantastic. Adding the coconut really brings this one up a notch. Picking up great bourbon, chocolate and caramel malts. Robust as hell. Balanced like a champ. Sip and be overwhelmed.
M: Medium with medium carbonation. Love the coconut flakes drifting around on my tongue.
O: This is one of the best beers I've ever had. Wish I could've hogged the whole bottle, but it needs to be shared with beer enthusiasts. A true masterpiece.
Serving type: bottle
02-03-2014 16:01:04 | More by brewskifan55
4.83/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Cracked this bad boy on my birthday
Best thing about it was the smell, you get hit with coconut.
Does it live up to the hype though? Yes and No
I wouldn't over trade for this beer, just put some coconut flakes in a regular bcbs
Overall I thought this beer was amazing and it is definitely a beer to share with others.
Serving type: bottle
01-28-2014 00:54:13 | More by De_Nada_Brewing
4.65/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
Thanks to Oneinchaway for sharing this at his tasting.
Bottled 11/19/13.
Pours an opaque black with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. No lacing on the drink down. Tiny pieces of coconut stick to the sides of he glass and float on top of the beer after the pour. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla, bourbon, and coconut aromas. Taste is much the same with coconut, vanilla, and bourbon flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roast and wood bitterness and an alcohol kick on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with a fantastic coconut smell and great barrel aged flavors.
Serving type: bottle
01-27-2014 00:08:50 | More by UCLABrewN84
North Carolina
4.56/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 19 bottling date. tulip.
dark black, thick pour. smell is very reminiscent of regular bourbon county but just a little less intense. taste is bourbony but so so smooth and the coconut comes in at the back end and is just amazing...this is possibly my favorite bourbon county. big body...mild carbonation
overall just insane .
Serving type: bottle
01-26-2014 05:22:44 | More by Axnjxn
New York
4.89/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
The beer comes in that expended pitch black with almost no head. Some glasses had bits of coconut, mine did not.
The aroma has that classic BCBS of sweet chocolate fudge, molasses, oak, coffee vanilla, some alcohol. The coconut comes through as well.
The flavor follows with classic BCBS flavors of that sweet chocolate fudge, bourbon character, vanilla, tons of sticky molasses and sweetness. The middle and towards the finish comes this chocolatey coconut flavor that beautifully melds with this beer.
As with French pressing toasted coconut into this beer, I do believe what the coconut does to this beer is add sweetness and meld with the vanilla and chocolate notes. It does not make the beer a coconut bomb as the coconut only shines through slightly towards the end. Instead, the coconut carries and integrates with the other flavors in the beer to bring out a smoother experience.
Not my favorite variant, but darn amazing stuff.
Serving type: bottle
01-22-2014 00:04:49 | More by dar482
3.98/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
22 oz. bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Inky black. Fleeting khaki head. Nothing after a bit of settling.
Smell - Lots of coconut. Chocolate. Fudgy chocolate. A little bit of whiskey, but it's not as strong as I expected.
Taste - Much more fudge. Oily coconut. Sweet. Again, minimal barrel. A little whiskey.
Mouthfeel - Very sweet. Not as boozy as regular bourbon county.
Overall - The coconut is very strong, especially as it warms. This would probably be better in a bourbon barrel, but it's quite nice.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2014 18:19:43 | More by Alieniloquium
4.59/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Picked this up from a great trade with Evan! Thick, pitch black pour with a one finger caramel-colored head that fades almost immediately leaving no lacing. There are traces of what appear to be coconut flakes floating on top as well. The nose is sweet and boozey with a good amount of roast and a ton of rich chocolate fudge. Hints of soy sauce, vanilla, and cocoa. The coconut was subtle at first, but really emerged as it warmed. The taste is nothing short of a Mounds candy bar in a beer. Rich and flavorful with a huge amount of chocolate fudge, and the toasted coconut was way more prevalent than I had imagined it would be. Hints of vanilla, oak, espresso, tobacco, molasses, cocoa, and a touch of black cherry. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, but velvety smooth with a nice subtle boozey warming on the finish. Overall, this did not disappoint. The alcohol was extremely well hidden and it was very drinkable for such a big beer. Definitely needs to be drank at the correct temperature. Another great variant from Goose Island!
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2014 16:45:06 | More by beerdrifter
District of Columbia
4.93/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The beer appears like any other Bourbon County beer - deep black, viscous, small head that fades to nil. However, upon further inspection, I find tiny pieces of coconut floating on the surface.
The aroma is fabulous. Bourbon, fudge, oak, roast, and all the character one expects from the standard Bourbon County. And then there's the coconut. Wow. I really enjoy coconut / coconut desserts, so this beer is right up my alley.
The flavor is just phenomenal. An instant 5 rating for me. Coconut is front and center and just works beautifully in this beer. Like a chocolate macaroon. I haven't had BCBS Rare in a while, but I do believe that this Proprietor's variant is my favorite of the Bourbon County series. World class and well deserving of the high ratings.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2014 15:34:33 | More by Huhzubendah
New York
4.21/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to Dan for this one. 22oz. bottle into a Hair of the Dog sampler. Reviewed at a tasting 1/18/14.
Pours pitch black with a dark mocha colored head with low retention. Thick, oily legs with little lace. Decent.
Mocha, fudge, sweet soy sauce, chocolate and vanilla. Deep and very sweet. Every bit a Bourbon County variant.
Opens roasted coconut, cocoa powder, chocolate and fudge. Vanilla, oak and leather in the middle with sweet soy sauce and molasses sweetness to balance it out. Finishes chocolate and molasses with a touch of roast. Same aftertaste. Very good but the coconut is barely present and the lingering roast actually takes a bit away from the base.
Full bodied with low carbonation. Oily, slick and rich in the mouth and goes down smooth and moderately hot. Messy finish with a lingering aftertaste. Excellent as always.
A solid and pretty unique take on Bourbon County but this is not one of the better variants. I might have gotten to this one a bit late since the coconut is almost completely faded, leaving just a touch of roastiness. Still, this is Bourbon County so its still much better than average.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2014 00:45:52 | More by SpeedwayJim
4.45/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Big thanks to DocJ007 for sharing this one with us last night at our monthly tasting.
A - Pours pitch black with a nice one finger tall tan head, quickly dissipating down to a light film, leaving small trails of lace on the sides of the glass.
S - Smells of strong sugary sweetness, fudge brownie mix, coconut, molasses, dark fruits, charred wood and plenty of fusel alcohol. The coconut is there but as it warms up the intense sweetness holds it down.
T - Starts off with the intense sugary sweetness - mainly the chocolate, molasses and raw cane sugar - quickly being joined by the strong coconut flavor, dark fruits, charred wood and plenty of warming booze burn. Finish is still really sweet with some mild burn, lingering long after the finish.
M - Heavy body with moderate carbonation. Heavy, sweet feel makes it hard to consume more than a few ounces at a time.
O - A really nice coconut stout, but I have had better in my travels. If the sweetness could be dialed back a bit I think this one could be amazing, since that won't be happening anytime soon this remains just a very nice coconut stout.
Serving type: bottle
01-19-2014 06:44:51 | More by orangesol
4.81/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Pours out dark as night. Couldn't be any darker with a small dark brown head with little retention. Smell is intense chocolate, dark fruits, dark malts. Ironically no smell of coconut at all. The chocolate is overpowering. Taste is more intense chocolate, dark malts, intense chocolate, a little bit of coconut which gives it a sweet taste, and did I say intense awesome chocolate. Mouthfeel is thicker than any stout I have ever drank. Overall the series is always a favorite and this doesn't disappoint. The coconut adds a little sweetness but is not overpowering as the coconut is fairly faint but appreciated greatly by this guy. The coconut just adds another great dimension. Not the most coconut I have ever tasted in a beer but this is just right for me today.
Edit: It was quite warm when I popped it but as it warmed up even more the coconut does seem to come out more. This is the first 5 I have given for anything. I can't taste or smell any booze at all.
Serving type: bottle
01-18-2014 00:17:41 | More by NeedBeerHere
Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout from Goose Island Beer Co.
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by Trixie Bethlehem-Doppelganger, Skip "The Semen King" Elsheimer, and Gerta Stern
When Gerta was given the topic "semen" to write upon for Stay Free!, she was, at first, overjoyed. However, while poring through the stack of thick books Carrie gave her, Gerta had an epiphany, realizing...semen leaves her cold. Trixie and Harriet agreed. What else to do but call up her old prom date, Skip, to discuss it?
Just as at the fateful evening of enchantment, Skip and Gerta did not see eye-to-eye. However, this was one occasion on which Skip and Gerta could agree to disagree. Since Skip had much to say on the subject, they agreed that he should write the bulk of the article. Skip also graciously gave us permission to refer to him as "The Semen King" (though he would not let us call him "The Barrier Method King"). Skip emailed us his urban legends, survey results, and succinct analysis.
Below are popular urban legends -- some true, some myths -- to serve as an introduction to the survey that follows.
During a biology/human sexuality class, the professor explains that semen is mostly sugar. A young coed blurts out, "Well, why does it taste so salty?" She quickly leaves the class which is roaring with laughter.
A disgruntled food service worker ejaculates in some food unbeknownst to the customer(s). Popular foods that are mentioned are mayonnaise, pizza, and salad dressing.
Many foods can actually affect semen. Wheat germ is said to increase one's seminal output. Semen can be sweetened by drinking lots of pineapple juice or eating bananas or papayas. Red meat can make the semen taste more acidic. And alcohol or coffee can make semen more bitter.
A girl once claimed that she could tell if her boyfriend had eaten a Whopper with onions at Burger King based on the taste of his semen.
As an initiation rite, a circle of fraternity recruits compete by masturbating on the same piece of white bread in the center of the circle. The last person to ejaculate has to eat the bread.
Trixie, Gerta and Skip asked their friends and co-workers to describe the taste of both semen and vaginal secretions. The Clampettes asked two questions:
1) What does semen taste like? 2) What do vaginal secretions taste like?
Skip, however, developed a more sophisticated phraseology that elicited more descriptions of same-sex tastes:
1) Have you ever tasted semen (either your own or someone else's on purpose or by accident)? If so, what did it taste like? 2) Have you ever tasted vaginal secretions (either your own or someone else's on purpose or by accident?) If so, what did it taste like? 3) What is a good slang term for "vaginal secretions?"
Additionally, the Clampettes posted a request for descriptions on the alt.music.chapel-hill newsgroup.
Following are the answers of the Clampettes, their friends and acquaintances, Skip, his friends, his co-workers, and various alt.music.chapel-hill readers.
1. Females describe semen:
"Ajax cleaner" "maybe salty" "smells like Ajax, I no longer buy Ajax because of it. Instead I buy Mr. Clean, it's perfumed." "thick Clorox" "rancid Elmer's glue" "tastes and smells like Brie cheese" "It tastes like itself (it's kind of like asking what pepper tastes like)." "Indescribable." "It tasted like a thick, globby beer." "I've discovered that although there is a general almond taste to all men -- different men taste a little differently AND depending on how much a man drinks, smokes, and what he's eating -- the semen ranges in bitterness. The less healthy he is the worst his semen tastes. Almost like Clorox at times." "It tasted quite salty." "I cannot compare the taste to anything else I have tasted because its flavor is unique. I can compare its taste to the smell of Clorox bleach. Semen tastes like bleach smells!" "It has different tastes for different people ranging from rotten eggs and dirty socks to a slimy/salty taste." "Semen had a taste of its own...Sometimes it's more spicy than other times; sometimes it's sweeter. Sometimes it gives me the sensation that I just chewed on a balloon." "Salty. It's a lot like swallowing snot." "Kind of like salty soft snot." "Blah! BITTER taste!" "In my experience, the taste of semen seems to vary (at times dramatically) from guy to guy. Some men, bless them, have semen with very little taste whatsoever. Or maybe they just drink a lot of water and it keeps the concentration of salt and minerals and what have you down. The taste I generally expect is salty, but not a pleasant-eating-soft-pretzels-can-I-have-a-dab-of-mustard-with-that salty. Much more of an acidic, at times bitter metallic taste. At its worst, the taste of semen can surprise you like a mouthful of saltwater. One final note: Evidently garlic is a common culprit in distasteful experiences."
2. Males describe semen:
"Salty glue, especially if dehydrated. Not-so-salty otherwise, actually more watery. Like paper-mache...flour, glue and old newspapers." "Smells like Bradford Pear blossoms." "I don't know, but I've heard that semen tastes like whatever the ejaculator ate twelve hours before." "Like you'd think dish washing detergent would taste, but doesn't. Kind of soapy." "Salty with a hint of chlorine." "Tastes like the ink of an octopus." "It tastes like almonds." "The taste was not easy to identify, it was sort of mixed with another fluid." "Sort of a non-descript taste leaning towards the salty side of the spectrum." "Not much of a flavor. Kind of salty." "What does saliva taste like?" "Alfalfa sprouts." "Caviar." "It has a surprising non-taste. It looks like snot but is not as salty. I was reminded of the time I woke up with a bloody nose and the blood had drained down my throat."
3. Females describe vaginal secretions:
"A mixture of citrus and MSG." "Soy sauce, the light Kikkoman." "Indescribable." "It didn't have much flavor, but the sensation inside the mouth was what I remember most. It was a very warm, comforting feeling." "Like semen, the taste ranges. Sometimes the taste is very clean -- in fact almost tasteless -- but it can also taste kind of like a penny late in the cycle or when I've been smoking or drinking too much." "Kind of sweet and sweaty." "Sweet, not like anything I've ever tasted." "Around the clitoris, it tastes like sweet tarts. In the vaginal canal, it tastes kind of like an artichoke tuna salad." "I've only tasted my own which I've been told is quite tasty. Again, it is hard to say what it tastes like, but it could be described as spicy. The taste varies during the month also."
4. Males describe vaginal secretions:
"Lemony." "Like the ocean." "Cheerios." "Have you ever put your tongue on the end of a battery? Like an alkaline battery." "Like electricity, when you put a pop top from a soda can between your braces." "Tangy." "Like semen (salty), but better. Zesty." "Tastes like glass." "Whipped bananas and ginger ale." "Similar to licking a non-bleeding wound. Sort of a salty, musty, yet sweet taste. It varies." "Honestly I don't remember the taste. The smell was all I could think about." "A little fishy in taste, but that could be related to the smell." "Depending on the woman and the time of the month, there can be a slight non-salty blood taste or a tangy battery taste." "Bitter." "While performing oral sex on a college girlfriend, a few drops of a tepid, vaginal secretion were produced during her orgasm. When I tasted this fluid, I had the unusual sensation of eating a taco. That's right! It was salty and tasted just like the combined flavors of fried hamburger meat, cheese, corn shell, and El Paso taco sauce! I'll always have some very fond memories whenever I eat Mexican."
"Vaginal fluids are tangy, and syrupy, at least the ones I've come across. (!) If I haven't tasted and she hasn't BEEN tasted in a while, the fluids are especially tangy, but they always have a wonderful sweet smell. Kind of paradoxical, tangy-tasting and sweet-smelling, but that's part of why it's so much fun."
"It's not so much a taste, it's a smell. Kind of like a musty armpit but not really as offensive. Actually it might taste like a musty armpit too, I'll have to check it and get back to you."
1. Sociological
Both Skip and the Clampettes found people to be remarkably willing to offer descriptions. Interestingly, no non-virgin heterosexuals who were polled claimed never to have tasted the genital fluids of the opposite sex. Many of the Clampettes' respondents denied knowledge of the taste of their own gender's secretions. However, savvy AIDS-agency-employee Skip fared much better with his "on purpose or by accident" addendum. This leads us to one of two conclusions: either a) the Clampettes, their friends and their acquaintances represent a population different in significant ways from Skip's co-workers or b) some of the Clampettes' respondents were sand-bagging.
2. Similarity of Responses
Before we did this survey, I had never read or heard from anyone else that semen tasted like Ajax. Imagine my surprise when another Clampette offered the same response! I was convinced that Harriet and I shared a deep bond until the results started pouring in...Clorox, Clorox, and more Clorox! Why had I never heard others say this before? Perhaps those who feel vaginal secretions taste like the end of a battery are feeling a similar shock of recognition right now.
Although there were some statistical outlyers that were perhaps not serious responses (for instance, "whipped bananas and ginger ale"), most responses seemed to fall into clusters. Interestingly, there did not seem to be a clear boundary dividing the genders' tastes, i.e. "salt" and "acidic" were commonly mentioned for both.
Common comparisons to semen include salt, cleaning products (especially chlorine-based ones), and bitterness. Descriptions of vaginal secretions included acidic/tangy, salty, and electric or metallic. Two respondents mentioned tacos; one said that he had heard of a man who only ate at Taco Bell whose semen reputedly tasted of tacos, the other described his college girlfriend's orgasm in similar terms. This report corresponds to Skip's urban legend about the Burger King Whopper. Also, some people mentioned a "spicy" or "armpit" smell/taste that may also relate to the taco flavor or even explain the origin of the taco- and fast-food-tasting bodily fluid urban myth.
Here is Skip's succinct and convincing analysis of the results: The similarities in describing tastes can be explained. Semen is an alkali like soap or bleach. Vaginal secretions are acidic and made up of blood components.
The Kinsey Institute (reprinted in Details magazine) describes the chemical make-up of semen: "The chemicals vary somewhat, depending on the man's diet, health, and frequency of ejaculation, but the average ejaculate consists mostly of protein, citric acid, fructose (a complex sugar), sodium, and chloride. There are smaller amounts of ammonia, ascorbic acid, acid phosphatase, calcium, carbon dioxide, cholesterol, prostaglandins, creatine, other minerals, and numerous other chemicals."
That seems to cover the salty, acidic and Clorox descriptions. A Superclamp friend claims that the chloride in ejaculate comes from the Cowper's Gland and ensures that sperm don't get killed in the acidic environment of the vaginal canal.
This was not a major part of the study, but we did get some interesting responses. Some of the suggestions: "Unga-unga," "Honey of the Goddess," "cooze," "the broth," "potpourri." (Note: Our delicate sensibilities did not allow us to include all of the answers.) One respondent felt that because vaginal secretions are almost always present during sexual contact (with semen appearing later), we take them for granted and don't name them.
The winning response: "Go-go juice" (the opposite of cum). The Clampettes will henceforth use this term as much as possible, since it appeals to the Nancy Sinatra fan in all of us.
TRIXIE: I disagree for theoretical rather than purely aesthetic reasons. In my opinion, one runs more risk of dying from choking on Saran Wrap caused by a sharp intake of breath than from contracting AIDS through oral-genital contact. (Let's leave AIDS hysteria in the 80s where it belongs!)
SKIP (perhaps missing the point): I can see that, but not if you do it right. The piece of food wrap should be at least one square foot in area, and should be stuck to the vagina rather than to the face.


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Research in the Division spans Ageing to VZV Vaccine and our research groups and centres belong to either the Research Department of Infection or of the Research Department of Immunology.
Professor Judy Breuer is Head of the Research Department of Infection.
Professor Hans Stauss is Head of the Research Department of Immunology.
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Professor Arne AKBAR (Ageing, Immune Regulation, Infection, Inflammation, T-Cells)
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UCL Biofilms (Biofilms)
Professor Judy BREUER (VZV Vaccine) MRC Centre
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Professor Mary COLLINS (Gene Therapy, Vaccination) MRC Centre
Dr Helen DONOGHUE (Centre for Clinical Microbiology; honorary)
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Dr Ari FASSATI (Chemical Genetics, HIV, Host Factors, Transmissable Cancer) Wohl
Professor Richard Goldstein (Pathogen Evolution)
Professor Bodo GRIMBACHER (Primary Immunodeficiency)
Professor Paul GRIFFTHS (CMV, Vaccination, Viruses)
Dr Joe Grove (Immunology)
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ICH Immunobiology (HIV, Immunobiology, T-Cells)
Dr Clare JOLLY (HIV, Host factors, T-Cells) Wohl
Professor Paul KELLAM (Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interaction)
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Professor Mala MAINI (HBV, Immunopathogenesis, Innate Immunity, Liver Immunology, T-Cells, Vaccinationi, Viral Immunology)
Prof Timothy MCHUGH (Centre for Clinical Microbiology, TB, International Capacity Development)
Dr Richard MILNE (CMV, Vaccination, Viruses)
Dr Emma MORRIS/Professor Hans Stauss (Gene Therapy, T-Cells, Tumour Immunology)
Dr Gaia NEBBIA
Dr Mahdad NOURSADEGHI (HIV) Research Group Page
Dr Dimitra PEPPA
Professor Deenan PILLAY (HIV, UCL Partners)
Dr Matthew Reeves (Virology)
Professor David Sansom (Transplant Immunology)
Dr Benedict SEDDON (T-Cells)
Professor Hans STAUSS/Dr Emma Morris (Gene Therapy, T-Cells, Tumour Immunology, UCLP)
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Dr Yashuhiro TAKEUCHI (Gene Therapy, Viruses) Wohl
Professor Richard Tedder (HIV, Hepatitis B)
Professor Greg TOWERS (Herpes, HIV, Viruses) Group website (June 2013)
UCLP Immunology & Transplantation (Professor Hans Stauss)
UCLP Infection (Professor Deenan Pillay)
Dr Milica VUKMANOVIC-STEJIC
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Professor Lucy Walker (Immune regulation, Diabetes) Lab website
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Professor Patricia WOO (Genomics, Rheumatology)
Dr Jane ZUCKERMAN (Travel Medicine, Vaccinations)
Professor Alimuddin ZUMLA (Centre for Clinical Microbiology)
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Biofilms (UCL Biofilms Centre)
Chemical Genetics (Fassati Group (Wohl));
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (Griffiths, CMV Research Group)
Emerging Infections (Weiss Group (Wohl))
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Gene Therapy (Professor Mary Collins; Stauss/Morris Group; Dr Yashuhiro Takeuchi (Wohl Virion Research Centre);
Genomics (Professor Paul Kellam; Woo Group)
HBV Immunopathogenesis (Maini Group);
Herpes (Towers Group),
HIV (Centre for Clinical Microbiology; Fassati Group (Wohl); ICH Immunobiology; Clare Jolly Group; Pillay Group; Towers Group; Chain Group; Weiss Group (Wohl))
Host Factors (Fassati Group (Wohl); Clare Jolly Group);
Host-Pathogen Interaction (Chain Group; Professor Paul Kellam)
Immune Regulation (Akbar Group);
Immunobiology (ICH Immunobiology);
Immunotherapy (Chain Group);
Infection (Akbar Group; Centre for Clinical Microbiology; Chain Group);
Inflammation (Akbar Group; Chain Group);
Influenza (Weiss Group (Wohl));
Innate Immunity (Chain Group; Maini Group);
International Capacity Development (Centre for Clinical Microbiology)
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Liver Immunology (Maini Group)
Medical Mycology (Weiss Group (Wohl); Centre for Clinical Microbiology); Microbiology (Centre for Clinical Microbiology)
Pathogen evolution (Professor Richard Goldstein)
Primary Immunodeficiency (Professor Bodo Grimbacher)
Rabies (Weiss Group (Wohl));
Respiratory Infection (Centre for Clinical Microbiology);
Rheumatology (Antoniou Group;Woo Group);
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TB (Centre for Clinical Microbiology);
T-Cells (Akbar Group; ICH Immunobiology; Jenner Group; Clare Jolly Group; Maini Group; Stauss/Morris Group);
Transmissible Cancer (Fassati Group (Wohl));
Transcription (Jenner Group);
Travel Medicine (Dr Jane Zuckerman);
Tumour Immunology (Stauss/Morris Group)
Vaccination (Professor Mary Collins;Maini Group;Centre for Virology; Dr Jane Zuckerman);
Viral Immunology (Maini Group);
Viruses (Towers Group; Dr Yashuhiro Takeuchi ( Wohl Virion Research Centre); CMV Research Group);
VZV Vaccine (Breuer Group)
Some of our current research projects
RID-RTI: Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infections
Date added: 13 November, 2013
RiD-RTI is a 3-year research project funded by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme running from 2012.
It is a unique multi-centre project led and coordinated by UCL consisting additionally of two SMEs, Mobidiag (Finland) and Genewave (France); another academic partner, NUIG Galway (Ireland); and a clinical partner, UCLH (UK).
The aims of the RiD-RTI project are to develop and evaluate three diagnostics products for the rapid diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs), based on a novel "sample-in, answer-out" diagnostic platform. The diagnostic products will be designed to be 'near patient', reliable, cost-effective and user friendly allowing for the rapid (< 2 hrs) and accurate detection, identification, quantification (for selected targets) and molecular drug susceptibility testing of RTIs.
More information can be sought from the project website which launched earlier this month: www.rid-rti.eu.
Key UCL personnel working on the project are:
Professor Alimuddin Zumla, Principal Investigator (email)
Dr Virve (Vicky) Enne, Scientific Coordinator (email)
Dr Ljuban Grgic, Project Administrator and coordinator
PanACEA (Pan African Consortium for the Evaluation of Antituberculosis Antibiotics)
Date: 5 August, 2013
This research programme is made up
of a consortium of scientists from more that 14 countries
with skills in clinical trials, pulmonology, mycobacteriology,
statistics and delivery of clinical service. This joint initiative comes
from the recognition that only by working together across countries and
disciplines can the spectre of TB be controlled.
The programme website launched this month can much more information:
Work at UCL is led by Professor Tim McHugh, Centre for Clinical Microbiology (email).
PATHSEEK: Automated Next Generation Sequencing for Diagnostic Microbiology
Summary: PATHSEEK is a 3-year research
project funded by the European Commission Seventh
Framework Programme running from September 2012.
The project is a
collaborative effort led by UCL and involves three further Partners:
Gene Technology (England),
CLC Bio (Denmark) and
Erasmus Medical Centre
PATHSEEK proposes to set up an automated, user-friendly
disruptive next generation sequencing platform for use in diagnostic
microbiology. The platform will utilise target enrichment methods to
specifically sequence the genetic material of single or multiple pathogens, and
relevant host biomarkers, from a single specimen.
PATHSEEK will also develop
user-friendly bioniformatics software for use in the diagnostic environment.
The platform will be developed using
the following target pathogens: Influenza A, cytomegalovirus, HIV, Hepatitis B
and C, Norovirus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Chlamydia
I&I Project Personnel: Professor Judy Breuer, Dr Dan
Depledge, Dr Rachel Williams and Ms Helena Tutill
Website link: www.ucl.ac.uk/pathseek
Contact Name(s): Judy Breuer
(email) or Rachel Williams
Added: 1 August, 2013
PreDiCT-TB: Model-based preclinical development of anti-tuberculosis drug combinations
Summary: PreDICT-TB is funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) for 5 years from May 2012 and the project led by Professor Tim McHugh, Centre for Clinical Microbiology.
The PreDiCT-TB consortium aims to determine and validate improved methods for pre-clinical drug discovery and development. This will be achieved by integrating multiple in vitro and in vivo models to predict the efficacy of different drug combinations against TB in an aim to identify an optimized decision pathway for the best combination regimens to progress into clinical trials. This a collaborative venture between 22 participants from all around Europe that also includes three pharmaceutical companies. The involvement of the UCL team under the supervision of Professor Timothy D. McHugh will assist the consortium in expertise on defining the mutation rates of the new lead molecules and on the genetic mapping of drug resistant phenotypes (Pope et al. 2008; O'Sullivan et al. 2010) by applying both established and new cutting-edge methodologies in genomics and transcriptomics. These technologies will enable us to define and characterise the mode of action of novel inhibitors, their possible role in the development of drug resistance and their associated fitness cost to the bacteria.
Project website: http://www.predict-tb.eu/
Contact Name(s): Professor Tim McHugh (email) and Dr Dimitrios Evangelopolous
I&I Researcher Profile
Dr Matthew Bates
Dr Matthew Bates is a
Research Associate at UCL but is based at the University Teaching Hospital
(UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia, where he directs 'UNZA-UCLMS', Professor Ali Zumla's
medical research and capacity development partnership between University
College London and the University of Zambia School of Medicine (www.unza-uclms.org).
Dr Bates coordinates
a busy research programme under the broad umbrella of 'infectious disease
diagnostics', and has this month secured on-going funding from philanthropic
donors in the U.S, for 'CHANCE' (www.unza-uclms.org/chance)
an intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality at the neonatal intensive
care unit at UTH. Mortality rates are currently as high as 40%, and funds
raised will be used to employ additional nursing staff, provide training and
procure essential equipment and consumables.
Dr Bates is settled in Zambia with his wife and two sons, and first discovered the desperate situation on the neonatal unit when his son, Kuyoya, was admitted there shortly after birth with mild respiratory problems.
Date: 25 June, 2013
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3D tomographic model of cell-cell spread at the T cell virological synapse. Virus (red spheres) is being transmitted from an HIV-1 infected T cell (right, red plasma
membrane) to a target T cell (left, yellow plasma membrane).
Tomography and modelling was performed by Dr Sonja Welsch.
Professor Deenan Pillay (Infection)
Professor Deenan Pillay, Head of the Research Department of Infection delivers a mini-lecture on the challenges of HIV (UCLtv).
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It was another exciting month on Phoronix with having published 239 original news articles and 20 featured articles.
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This month there were 239 news postings (an average of nearly eight postings per day) and 20 featured articles to be published this month, all by your's truly. If you appreciate all of this work that goes into enriching the Linux hardware experience, open-source benchmarking, Linux gaming, and other initiatives, please
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Blizzard Entertainment Planning A Linux Game For 2013
Blizzard Entertainment, the game studio behind wildly-popular games like World of Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft, is planning for a Linux game announcement in 2013.
Valve Pushes Out Half-Life For Linux
Valve has originally ported their original Half-Life title to Linux.
Alan Cox Calls Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro"
Alan Cox, the venerable Linux kernel developer presently employed by Intel and an avid open-source enthusiast, has lashed out against the recent release of Fedora 18. Cox calls the new Fedora release, "the worst Red Hat distro I've ever seen." Alan ended up switching to Ubuntu as a result of his disastrous experience with Fedora 18.
C++11 & The Long-Term Viability Of GCC Is Questioned
Back on Tuesday there was a basic email by a developer volleyed on the GCC mailing list, which has since sparked dozens of responses and a rather interesting conversation about the future of the GNU Compiler Collection and its ultimate path and viability moving forward. The initial e-mail was simply an inquiry asking about an estimated time-frame for having full support of the ISO C++11 specification. Diego Novillo, a well known GCC developer and Google employee, has even expressed fear that GCC may be past the tipping point and could die out naturally.
Thanks Valve, Another Game Comes To Linux
A new game is coming to Linux via Valve's Steam client as the result of Steam Greenlight and interest in the Linux platform.
FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
There's a new situation concerning another high-priority Free Software Foundation project and the unwillingness by Richard Stallman and the FSF to cooperate with real-world free software developers.
John Carmack's Comments On C/C++
John Carmack, the veteran game programmer that co-founded id Software and was the lead developer on the id Tech engine and their most popular game titles, has shared some new opinions on C/C++ programming as it pertains to the id Tech game engine.
10 Year Old KDE Bug Finally Gets Fixed
A bug that has been present in the KDE Libraries for the past decade has finally been fixed.
First Statistics On Steam Linux Usage
Valve has released their December Steam statistics that show initial data on Linux client usage.
Linux-Based Steam Console Reaffirmed For This Year
As said a few times already, this year will be marked by the release of a Linux-based Steam hardware gaming console out of Valve.
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Ubuntu 13.04 Will Improve Gaming On Open-Source GPU Drivers
While still a ways from being comparable to the proprietary graphics drivers in terms of features and OpenGL performance, the open-source GPU drivers found by default in the forthcoming Ubuntu 13.04 release are a big improvement over the out-of-the-box graphics drivers found in earlier Ubuntu Linux releases. The Ubuntu desktop is also faster thanks to improvements to its Unity desktop environment and Compiz compositing window manager. In this article are Linux gaming benchmarks looking at the performance of Fedora 17, Fedora 18, Ubuntu 12.10, and a preliminary Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot. In this first article, the OpenGL performance of Intel and Radeon graphics are being benchmarked.
Nouveau Driver Remains Much Slower Than NVIDIA's Official Driver
While benchmarks this week have shown the Nouveau driver can be faster with the Linux 3.8 kernel, further benchmarks have shown that this reverse-engineered open-source driver for supporting the spectrum of NVIDIA GPUs is still at a significant loss compared to NVIDIA's official but proprietary Linux graphics driver.
Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop Gaming Performance Comparison
In this article are some early benchmark results comparing the OpenGL gaming performance of the Unity, Xfce, Openbox, LXDE, KDE, GNOME Shell, and Enlightenment desktops when running on a recent development snapshot of Ubuntu 13.04. As many earlier benchmarks have shown, the OpenGL frame-rate for Linux games can sway quite greatly depending upon the desktop in use and more specifically the desktop's compositing window manager.
Linux 3.2 To 3.8 Kernels With Intel Ivy Bridge Graphics
With the Intel Haswell product launch coming up soon, here's a look at how the Intel "Ivy Bridge" HD 4000 graphics support has matured on the seven most recent Linux kernel releases. This benchmarking shows how the performance of the Intel DRM driver has changed between the Linux 3.2 kernel and the Linux 3.8 kernel that's presently under development when using the integrated graphics found on the latest-generation Core i7 CPU.
Early Benchmark Preview Of The Linux 3.8 Kernel
While there's already been articles looking at the Nouveau NVIDIA driver and AMD Radeon driver on the forthcoming Linux 3.8 kernel, up today are some early computational benchmarks of this new kernel. From an Intel Core i7 "Ivy Bridge" system, some general-purpose Linux benchmarks were conducted from the Linux 3.5 kernel release through the latest Linux 3.8 Git development kernel.
Nouveau NVIDIA Driver Can Be Faster With Linux 3.8
Published already on Phoronix have been benchmarks of the in-development Linux 3.8 kernel when it comes to measuring the DRM graphics driver performance improvements for AMD Radeon hardware. In this article is a look at the Nouveau driver performance, the reverse-engineered open-source NVIDIA graphics driver. There's a fair amount of changes to look forward to in the next Linux kernel release for Nouveau and it's yielding some performance improvements.
Early Ubuntu 13.04 Benchmarks On The Intel Atom
On Friday benchmarks were delivered of the Atom-based NVIDIA ION platform with the Nouveau driver against NVIDIA's binary blob. Those results were favorable towards the reverse-engineered, open-source NVIDIA driver. For finishing off the week are more benchmarks from this aging NVIDIA ION system but this time seeing how well the low-end 64-bit Ubuntu performance is when comparing the latest 13.04 development image to the 12.10 and 12.04.1 LTS releases.
Fedora 17 vs. Fedora 18 Benchmarks
The latest performance benchmarks of Fedora 18 to share are of Fedora 17 vs. Fedora 18. Benchmarks were done from two separate systems with clean installs of the "Beefy Miracle" and "Spherical Cow" releases out of Red Hat.
NVIDIA GeForce 600 "Kepler" On Open-Source: It's Uselessly Slow
With the Linux 3.8 kernel that's presently under development, the open-source reverse-engineered Nouveau driver for supporting NVIDIA graphics processors has seen some significant changes. One of the late changes was enabling Kepler acceleration support. While there is now an "out of the box" open-source GPU driver that supports the GeForce 600 GPUs with 3D/OpenGL acceleration, it's incredibly slow.
Five-Way NVIDIA GeForce Comparison On Nouveau
With the GeForce 600 "Kepler" graphics cards now working on Nouveau in an out-of-the-box manner with OpenGL acceleration, here's a brief five-way NVIDIA GeForce graphics card comparison when using the Nouveau open-source driver with the Linux 3.8 kernel and Mesa 9.1-devel.
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