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Big Ten Schedule Change Potentially 'Devastating' To UNIBy Marc Morehouse, Reporter
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez said on his radio show Tuesday that Big Ten officials agreed to stop scheduling FCS opponents. That statement reverberated in Iowa, where the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa live and have contracts signed and games on the schedule in 2014 and 2018.
The immediate response was nothing has been finalized, but, yes, this would be a potentially "devastating" prestige hit and a "significant" budget hit for UNI. "Nothing is a done deal, but those discussions have taken place," UNI athletics director Troy Dannen said Wednesday, noting the possible addition of a strength of schedule component when FBS moves to a four-team playoff in 2014. "I didn't expect it to be a conference-wide thing, I thought it would be institution by institution," Dannen said. "I think with television starting to drive things here, I think BCS vs. BCS has more interest than BCS vs. FCS and, frankly, BCS vs. MAC (Mid-American Conference), Sun Belt, that type of game." The Alvarez statement that rang out so loudly in Iowa was this: "The nonconference schedule in our league is ridiculous," Alvarez said on WIBA-AM. "It's not very appealing…So we've made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools. It will not be FCS schools." Next season, Iowa will play Missouri State on Sept. 7. The Hawkeyes open with Northern Iowa in 2014. In 2015, Iowa opens with Illinois State in '16 it's North Dakota State, where Iowa athletics director Gary Barta graduated from in 1987. It would be the 30th anniversary season of NDSU's Division II NCAA 1986 national title, a team Barta played quarterback for. Iowa also has UNI on the schedule for 2018. "I like playing and have liked playing UNI on an occasional basis," said Barta, who was at the same meeting of Big Ten athletics directors and football coaches with Alvarez this week. "What was talked about in the context of scheduling is you look at college football scheduling over the last 20 years, not just in the Big Ten but in college football, and when we added the 12th game, there's just been a shift to these types of games we're playing in our non-conference. "There was a lot of discussion about wanting to re-strengthen for the good of college football, for the good of the Big Ten. One of the reasons why we're talking about going from eight to nine or 10 games is to strengthen and improve the Big Ten college football game. Same in scheduling non-conference." Dannen said as of Wednesday, he's still planning on the Iowa games for '14 and '18. "Frankly, I can't believe the Big Ten would force its members to buy out current contracts," Dannen said. This winter was the first Big Four Classic at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. It included Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and Drake. It also ended UNI and Drake playing host to Iowa and Iowa State every-other year. "This is a lot different than the basketball series," Dannen said. "We're all members of conferences. We're owned and operated by the state of Iowa. "I would tell you the loss of the Big Ten schools will be devastating, to UNI and to a lot of our peers. Not just because we wouldn't play Iowa and have the guarantee, if you think this will stop at the Big Ten…I look at things happening in the equity leagues in fives, and so I have to believe this might lead to additional dominoes." Dannen said he knew the Big 12 hadn't discussed dropping FCS schools from schedules. The financials of these "guarantee" games matter to UNI. The school received $300,000 from Iowa State during the 2010 season. Last year, Northern Iowa earned $950,000 in guarantees from Iowa and Wisconsin. Dannen said this move by the Big Ten could be "significantly impactful" on FCS budgets. "To me, it's a $500,000 budget hit, and that is significant," Dannen said. "It impacts our ability to generate money in football. It closes the ranks, it closes us out a little bit more. I understand why it's happening, but at some point in time, the owners of these institutions — not just stakeholders, I'm talking owners, the state of Iowa — at what point in time do they step in and say, 'You know what, the interests of a few as such a disservice to the whole that we have to start thinking about the whole again.' "Money transferred between state institutions is different than money being paid to someone outside the state of Iowa." Nothing is finalized, a point Barta drove home Wednesday. The Big Ten will reveal the fate of FCS games likely the same time it does scheduling and divisions for 2014, which could be late spring/early summer. "Everybody agreed that we want to collectively make college football as good as it can be and we talked about several ideas," Barta said, "but nothing was finalized. "We don't have any final direction. And we will have. We all agree we need to have something done probably before the summer because we all need direction. 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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index (HPI), previously published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), is a monthly release that publishes figures for mix-adjusted average house prices and house price indices for the UK, its component countries and regions.
The index is calculated using mortgage financed transactions that are collected via the Regulated Mortgage Survey by the Council of Mortgage Lenders. These cover the majority of mortgage lenders in the UK. The HPI complements other measures of inflation published by ONS such as the Consumer Price Indices, the Producer Price Indices and the Services Producer Price Indices.
This statistical bulletin provides comprehensive information on the change in house prices on a monthly and annual basis. It also includes analysis by country, region, type of buyer (first-time buyers and former owner-occupiers) and type of dwelling (new dwelling or pre-owned dwelling). Historical series for all accompanying tables that transferred from DCLG are also available in the data section of this release.
The figures published in this release are not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated.
UK average house prices increased by 5.5% over the year to December 2013, up from an increase of 5.4% in the year to November 2013. This increase follows the moderate house price increases the UK has experienced since April 2012 (Figure 1) and is driven in large part by increases in London. The average UK mix-adjusted house price in December 2013 was £250,000.
In December 2013, the UK mix-adjusted House Price Index reached 188.5 (Figure 2). This is up 0.7% from the record level witnessed in November 2013, when the index reached 187.2 and 1.6% higher than the pre-financial crisis peak of 185.5 in January 2008.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices increased by 0.9% between November and December 2013 compared with a 0.9% increase in average prices during the same period in 2012.
House Price Index: UK All Dwellings | |||||||||
Index | % 12 month change | Index | % monthly change | £ | |||||
2011 | Dec | 173.0 | -0.4 | 174.2 | 0.1 | 214,000 | |||
2012 | Jan | 175.5 | 0.6 | 174.9 | 0.4 | 229,000 | |||
Feb | 172.8 | 1.0 | 175.4 | 0.3 | 226,000 | ||||
Mar | 172.6 | -0.4 | 174.9 | -0.3 | 225,000 | ||||
Apr | 175.1 | 1.4 | 175.9 | 0.6 | 229,000 | ||||
May | 175.1 | 2.3 | 175.9 | 0.0 | 229,000 | ||||
Jun | 177.1 | 2.3 | 176.5 | 0.3 | 231,000 | ||||
Jul | 179.1 | 2.0 | 176.5 | 0.0 | 234,000 | ||||
Aug | 179.3 | 1.9 | 176.7 | 0.1 | 234,000 | ||||
Sep | 178.2 | 1.7 | 176.4 | -0.1 | 233,000 | ||||
Oct | 176.7 | 1.4 | 176.9 | 0.2 | 231,000 | ||||
Nov | 177.6 | 2.2 | 177.6 | 0.5 | 232,000 | ||||
Dec | 178.7 | 3.3 | 179.4 | R | 0.9 | R | 233,000 | ||
2013 | Jan | 179.2 | 2.1 | 178.4 | R | -0.6 | 237,000 | ||
Feb | 176.1 | 1.9 | 178.6 | R | 0.1 | 233,000 | |||
Mar | 177.3 | 2.7 | 179.6 | 0.5 | 235,000 | ||||
Apr | 179.7 | 2.6 | 180.5 | 0.5 | 238,000 | ||||
May | 180.2 | 2.9 | 181.2 | 0.4 | 239,000 | ||||
Jun | 182.5 | 3.1 | 182.1 | R | 0.5 | R | 242,000 | ||
Jul | 185.0 | 3.3 | 182.7 | R | 0.4 | R | 245,000 | ||
Aug | 185.9 | 3.7 | 183.5 | 0.5 | 246,000 | ||||
Sep | 185.0 | 3.8 | 183.6 | R | 0.0 | 245,000 | |||
Oct | R | 186.4 | 5.5 | 186.4 | R | 1.5 | R | 247,000 | |
Nov | R | 187.2 | 5.4 | 187.4 | R | 0.5 | 248,000 | ||
Dec | 188.5 | 5.5 | 189.1 | 0.9 | 250,000 |
Average house prices are not comparable between years as they reflect a different mix of houses being transacted. Indices have been chain linked so they are comparable year-on-year. For more information please see the re-weighting section in the background notes.
SA = Seasonally adjusted.
During the year to December 2013, average house prices increased 5.7% in England, 4.8% in Wales, 0.5% in Scotland and 4.8% in Northern Ireland (Figure 3).
England is the only UK country where property prices are now higher than the pre-financial crisis peak of January 2008 (Figure 4).
The England index reached 185.8 in December 2013. This is 2.8% higher than the peak in January 2008 of 180.8. The index for Northern Ireland (146.4) in December 2013 is 48.0% below the peak of August 2007 (281.5). The index for Scotland (215.5) in December 2013 is 6.5% below the peak of June 2008 (230.6). The index for Wales (214.1) in December 2013 is 3.6% below the peak of January 2008 (222.1).
Average house prices increased in all nine English regions over the year to December 2013 (Figure 5). The largest increase was again in London (12.3%), followed by the East (4.6%) and West Midlands (4.3%). London house prices are increasing at more than double the rate of the UK average (5.5%). Excluding London and the South East, UK house prices increased by 3.1% over the year to December 2013.
The indices for three out of the nine English regions are higher than at their pre-financial crisis peak in 2008. The index for London (210.0) is 20.3% higher than the pre-financial crisis peak in January 2008 (174.5). The South East is 1.9% above the peak of January 2008 (166.5) with an index of 169.6 in December 2013. The East of England is 1.4% above the January 2008 peak (168.4) with an index of 170.7.
Average mix-adjusted house prices in December 2013 stood at £260,000 in England, £167,000 in Wales, £135,000 in Northern Ireland and £182,000 in Scotland (Figure 6). In December 2013, London continues to be the English region with the highest average house price at £450,000 and the North East had the lowest average house price at £147,000. London, the South East and the East of England all had prices higher than the UK average price of £250,000.
Excluding London and the South East, the average UK mix-adjusted house price was £195,000.
The average price for properties bought by first-time buyers increased by 7.4% over the year to December 2013, up from an increase of 6.4% in November 2013 (Figure 7). In December 2013 the average price paid for a house by a first-time buyer was £189,000.
The average price for properties bought by former owner-occupiers (existing owners) increased by 4.7% in the year to December 2013, down from an increase of 5.0% in November 2013. In December 2013, the average price paid for a house by a former owner-occupier was £286,000.
During the year to December 2013 prices paid for new dwellings were unchanged on average, compared with an increase of 2.5% in the year to November 2013 (Figure 8). The average UK house price for new dwellings in December 2013 was £236,000.
During the year to December 2013 prices paid for pre-owned dwellings increased by 5.8% on average, compared with an increase of 5.6% in the year to November 2013. The average UK house price for pre-owned dwellings in December 2013 was £251,000.
ONS HPI monthly and quarterly reference tables (3.4 Mb Excel sheet) (number 1 to 19). This reference table provides full historical series for the monthly tables accompanying the House Price Index statistical bulletin. This month, tables 1 to 9 have been updated with the latest monthly estimates for December 2013 and scheduled quarterly revisions to October and November 2013 data to account for those lenders who provide data on a quarterly basis. The seasonally adjusted figures for the last 12 months in Table 7 have also been revised this month as scheduled. This month, tables 10 to 19 have been updated with the latest data for the fourth quarter of 2013.
ONS HPI annual tables (1.16 Mb Excel sheet) (number 20 to 39). This reference table contains all the annual live tables. No annual tables have been updated this month. The next scheduled update of this table is March 2014.
The Office for National Statistics would welcome your views on the data presented in this statistical bulletin. Please contact the House Price Index team using the email address below to discuss any aspect of the data, including your views on how ONS can improve the data.
New this month
New house price data for December 2013 are published this month. The monthly and quarterly reference table (3.4 Mb Excel sheet) has been updated to include data for December 2013, along with data for the fourth quarter of 2013.
Revisions this month
October and November 2013 data have been revised this month to incorporate transactions from those lenders that provide data on a quarterly basis. There are small revisions to the seasonally adjusted series for the last 12 months, which are expected from the monthly seasonal adjustment process.
Revisions next month
There are no revisions expected in the January 2014 HPI beyond the usual seasonal adjustment revisions.
Taking forward the recommendations from the National Statistician's review of UK house price statistics - update
In July 2013, it was announced that following agreement across the four producers of official house price statistics (Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services, Northern Ireland), a joint project would be initiated to consider the development of a single definitive UK House Price Index (HPI) from which official providers can report on their own areas of responsibility in a way that can be directly compared. This collaborative approach would hopefully allow the publishing of consistent HPI data at a national, regional and sub-regional level across the UK.
Since July, work has focused on assessing the current sources of data used in the production of official house price statistics and the feasibility of combining these sources to produce a single, definitive HPI. Whilst good progress has been made, further work is now required to investigate sources of property attributes data that would be required to supplement the current data and to begin assessing the different methodologies that could potentially be used to produce a definitive index. This additional analysis will take place during the next few months with the aim of identifying a suitable methodology and comprehensive source of property attributes data that could be used to produce the definitive HPI. Details regarding this analysis and any further development will be made available in the first quarter of 2014.
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This update was first published in October 2013.
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices
On 26 June 2013 ONS published the Index of Private Housing Rental Prices (IPHRP). IPHRP is an experimental series that measures the changes in price charged for renting private housing in Great Britain. The index is calculated from rental prices collected by Valuation Office Agency, Scottish Government and Welsh Government, and includes price indices at country level and English region level. The latest publication of the IPHRP was published on 24 January 2014 and covers September to December 2013 data.
ONS would like to consult with users of the index to evaluate how the current IPHRP publication meets user needs, and to identify any improvements which may be required to better meet the needs for private rental price statistics. A user feedback questionnaire has been developed and is available via the following link:
Please would you take ten minutes to complete the questionnaire, so that ONS can understand how the IPHRP can be improved. The questionnaire will close on Monday 24 February 2014.
Relevance of the ONS House Price Index
The ONS HPI is an important measure of house price inflation for the UK and together with the Land Registry HPI, it is one of the main house price indices used by central and local government to support decision making in the UK. Other users include private individuals, surveyors and analysts in financial institutions.
The ONS HPI is also an important input into the housing cost component of RPIJ and RPI retail price indices. Each month a customised HPI delivery is produced using a sub-sample of the full data set for use in RPIJ and RPI.
Revisions policy
At the end of every quarter, as well as releasing final figures for the latest month, ONS revises the figures from the previous two months. This is done because some mortgage lenders, which account for 1 to 2% of all records, provide their data on a quarterly rather than monthly basis. Additionally, data will be revised for the previous month if more than 1,000 additional cases are received in a subsequent month.
In July 2013 the methodology used to seasonally adjust the HPI was updated following a review and brings the HPI in line with ONS best practice for seasonal adjustment. Seasonal factors are now estimated on a monthly basis and therefore may result in small revisions to the previous 12 months data. This updated process improves the accuracy of the seasonally adjusted figures.
Other revisions to historical data (other than those currently due for revision) will be made only if the revision is substantial.
In all cases, the revised figures are labeled with a 'R' and the reason for the revision explained under the 'New this month' section of the background notes.
Data sources
Since October 2005 the ONS HPI (formerly the DCLG HPI) has been based on a sample of mortgage completions data from the Regulated Mortgage Survey (RMS) as collected by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
The number of transactions received from the RMS is affected by the total number of mortgages completed for house purchase in any period. During 2011 the sample covered 65-70% of all UK mortgage completions.
Price methodology
The ONS HPI is mix-adjusted to allow for differences between houses sold (for example type, number of rooms, location) in different months within a year. House prices are modelled using a combination of characteristics to produce a model containing around 100,000 cells (one such cell could be first-time buyer, old dwelling, one bedroom flat purchased in London). Each month estimated prices for all cells are produced by the model and then combined with their appropriate weight to produce mix-adjusted average prices. The index values are based on growth rates in the mix-adjusted average house prices and are annually chain linked. More information on the model used is available via the hedonic model methodology paper (246.4 Kb Pdf) published on the HPI User Guidance webpage.
The ONS HPI is a weighted Laspeyres-type index. In January of each year the index weights are updated based on the relative numbers of transactions during the previous three years, which are grossed to total transactions obtained from Land Registry. Applying new weights ensures that the index keeps up to date with changes in the types of properties that are being purchased, and therefore reflects the price of the average property. A high level summary of the weights used in the calculation of the ONS HPI can be found on the ONS website.
One consequence of changing the weights every year is that the mix-adjusted house prices cannot be compared between years as the weights are different. The index itself is constructed on a chain-linked basis, which enables year-on-year comparisons to be made. This means that the year-on-year change in the index for June 2011, say, is effectively the change in the average price from June to January 2011 (using the weights for 2010) combined with the change in the average price from January to June 2011 using the weights for 2011. Therefore, the year-on-year change in the index is not the same as the year-on-year change in the mix-adjusted average price. More information on the HPI methodology is available on the DCLG Website.
Seasonal adjustment
The housing market shows seasonal effects that affect house prices. For example, prices have tended to be higher during the summer months than during the winter months. These seasonal effects are estimated and adjusted for in order to calculate month-on-month price changes. Seasonally adjusted figures are provided at a national level in Table 7 alongside the non-seasonally adjusted figures of the other tables. Seasonal adjustment is performed each month and reviewed each year, using the standard and widely used software X-12-ARIMA. Seasonally adjusted house price estimates are used to report monthly percentage changes. All other figures such as annual rates of change and average house prices are based on non-seasonally adjusted estimates, unless otherwise stated.
Other house price statistics
Currently there are a number of different sources of house price statistics published in addition to the ONS HPI. There will be differences in the data published by each source as there are differences in both the data and methodology used. Therefore the ONS HPI is not directly comparable with these other indicators. Further details on the differences between official house price statistics can be found in the article Official House Price Statistics Explained.
Land Registry House Price Index
All residential property transactions in England and Wales are recorded by Land Registry. These transactions are used for calculating the Land Registry index. This index is based on repeat-sales regression, which calculates the change in price of any property transacted twice since 1995. Therefore new build properties are excluded from the index. Land Registry publishes indices at a sub-regional level. The Land Registry HPI is normally published on the 20th working day of every month, and refers to all transactions of the preceding month.
The Land Registry HPI can be accessed via the Land Registry's website.
Registers of Scotland Official Quarterly Housing Market Statistics
Registers of Scotland records all the property transactions in Scotland. It produces average house prices based on arithmetic means of these transactions, which is published as the Quarterly Housing Market Statistics in the second month after the month to which the figures refer to.
Northern Ireland Residential Property Price Index
The Land & Property Services assisted by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) publish a quarterly Residential Property Prices Index (RPPI) for Northern Ireland. The index measures change in the price of residential property sales recorded by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs. This is a new official statistic, first published in quarter 1 of 2012.
Halifax House Price Index and Nationwide House Price Index
Both Halifax and Nationwide produce house price indices based on their own mortgage approvals only and therefore, like the ONS HPI, will not include any cash transactions. They both have UK-wide coverage, and since the Halifax and Nationwide use only their own in-house data they can process them immediately and do not have to await the receipt of data from other lenders. This means that they are more timely than the ONS HPI.
LSL Acadata House Price Index
The LSL Acadata (previously the LSL Property Services/Acadametrics) HPI is the only house price index to reflect all transactions, as opposed to data samples, and provides mix and seasonally adjusted results at national, regional and county/unitary district/London borough levels.
The index can be accessed at Acadata.
In addition, other indices are also produced. Rightmove tracks the asking prices of properties in its website and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) produces an opinion survey of its surveyors regarding the direction that prices are moving in.
Full details on the alternative house price statistics can be accessed via the National Statistician's Review of House Price Statistics.
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Armed with a glass of mulled wine and hot seasonal fare from the Lord Nelson on the evening of Tuesday 24th November between 6.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m., you'll be able to shop at leisure at local independent stores and hetitage attractions, all under one roof and for one night only. Kew Bridge Steam Museum will be in attendance and is supporting this event.
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War Returns to the Waterworks at Kew Bridge
Making do with what one has? Stretching the last penny until it cannot be squeezed any further? Sounds like life today in modern Britain.
But this was what everyone left at home had to do during the Second World War. And it is what Kew Bridge Steam Museum will be doing during its third annual Waterworks at War exhibition from 11 am to 4 pm over the Bank Holiday weekend of 29th, 30th & 31st August.
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I've been using the international version of the Galaxy Note since December. While it's easily my favorite phone of all time, the Galaxy Note does have some pros and cons.>> Pros of the Samsung Galaxy Note <<
Its large screen makes it a virtual tablet replacement. It's great for web browsing on the go. The Galaxy Note also makes for a great e-book reader.
The display is beautiful and bright. I enjoy watching movies on this device as well as Youtube videos.
The extra screen real estate makes typing on the device a breeze. I can type in either portrait or landscape.
The phone performs extremely well. This phone is not only fast but its big battery lasts all day into the next day.
It includes an S-pen which can be used for hand written notes and for drawing.
I find the camera works pretty well. I am pretty impressed with its photo and video recording capabilities.
Unlike the iPad, any Android Tablet, Kindle Fire, or any other tech gadget you have, the Galaxy Note goes everywhere you go. Since it's your phone, you are more likely not to leave it at home.
>> Cons of the Samsung Galaxy Note <<
Some will find that the Galaxy Note is not pocket-able. I purchased a case from eBay but I don't use it since it takes too much effort to pull the device out of it.
Using the device with one hand will be tough for many. I can do it easily so it's definitely possible.
It doesn't have a notification LED. After owning Blackberries for years, this is one (missing) feature that I always look for.
Like all Android devices, you won't get an iTunes-like experience when you connect your Galaxy Note to your desktop.
While you might not mind having a big phone, you may receive unfriendly comments from friends, family, coworkers, clients, or passers-by. Just this past weekend I heard someone saying from a distance, "Look at his phone. It's ginormous * laughing *". This can be a big problem if you need to be image conscious.
>> Conclusion <<
While I love, love, love this phone, it's not for everybody. I encourage everyone to at least test drive this device. If you do, I'm sure you will get hooked too!
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We've seen smartphone display sizes creep up over the years, but with the introduction of the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note , it's official: the era of tabletphones is upon us. On paper, the Samsung Galaxy Note is a powerful companion, with a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 5.3-inch Super AMOLED HD display with a jaw-dropping 1280x800 pixels, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, giant 2,500 mAh battery, and Android 2.3.6... more...


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With emergency teams and extra engineers already in the Northeast because of Superstorm Sandy, wireless carriers say they're ready to deal with the effects of the nor'easter hitting the New York/New Jersey region Wednesday.
"All of our emergency plans and backup systems are working and ready and, what's more, they all have been recently tested. We are absolutely ready," Brenda Raney, a spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless, told NBC News in an email.
The four major wireless carriers have had extra crews on for more than a week, since before Sandy hit and in the days after. As of Wednesday, Verizon Wireless said its Northeast network is 99 percent restored; AT&T about 98 percent; T-Mobile is 97 percent back; and Sprint is at 93.5 percent in New York.
Verizon Wireless, which had deployed mobile charging stations and mobile stores on wheels in New Jersey and on Staten Island, said it will "temporarily relocate" some of those stations "to protect the safety of employees and the community, and to ensure the stations remain operable and ready to deploy when it's safe to do so."
AT&T said its charging stations in New York and New Jersey also will not be available Wednesday. But AT&T and T-Mobile say the agreement to let customers in the region use roaming on each other's network post-Sandy and during this new storm remains in place.
T-Mobile said it is bringing in additional engineers to the New York and New Jersey region who "have now joined our local rapid response teams to provide even more on-the-ground support," said a spokesman. "We are preparing our staging areas and equipment, and readying for this new storm."
A Sprint spokeswoman said that a "large portion" of the carrier's emergency resources and personnel are "still available in these areas following Hurricane Sandy, so we plan to respond to any impacts from the storm based on this current setup and the projected affects."
You can find some tips here on how to maximize your cellphone during the storm, similar to the kinds of things many users did before and during Sandy. In addition, Verizon Wireless suggests smartphone users take these steps:
Many of you have had practice at this already, unfortunately. The up side: at least some of these behaviors are still fresh in your minds, and they really will help in the event of power outages.
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With the same hand he used to create the Disney character Thumper – Bambi's best bud – Col. William Tilton also rendered countless salutes during his 32-year career in the United States military.
Tilton served in both World War II and the Korean War, and when he wasn't jumping out of airplanes, he was doodling drawings for his fellow soldiers or even painting the portraits of generals.
Tilton and wife Alice retired in Raleigh in 1992. It was not the first time Tilton had lived in North Carolina – he had been stationed at Fort Bragg once and was not initially interested in returning to the area, his wife said.
But a visit in the 1980s convinced the couple that Raleigh was the place for them. A large part of the draw to the area was the burgeoning art scene, of which Tilton would become an integral member, friends and family say.
Tilton died last month at 92. His loved ones marvel at the life he led, bucking stereotypes and finding a way to fulfill both personal and family desires.
"He was so proud to serve his country, but my father was such a contradiction," said his daughter, Karen Spinella of Pennsylvania.
She described him as a "straight arrow" who had his uniforms tailored because he did not like the way they fit. However, he was also the sort of grandfather who would wear silly hats to get a giggle from the children. And he was always game for a detour if he saw a sign for an interesting destination when out for a drive.
"There's not a snake farm I haven't seen," his daughter joked.
Tilton was raised in Rawlins, Wyo., the son of a petroleum engineer. He showed an early aptitude for art, winning a drawing contest at the age of 5, his family said. They still have the winning entry – a drawing of a king.
"My father apparently had drawn since he could hold a pencil," Spinella said.
Tilton's father could not fathom one of his sons not being an engineer, let alone becoming an artist.
"That was what the Tilton boys were supposed to do – they were all engineers, except for my father," Spinella said "Luckily for him his mother was very progressive and thought it was a fine idea that her youngest boy would go to art school."
And so he did, attending the Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fla. From there he became an assistant to famed artist Grant Wood at the University of Iowa. Wood was known for his painting "American Gothic," the iconic image of a pitchfork-wielding farmer and his wife.
Tilton eventually moved to Hollywood, where he worked for Disney. He worked on animated films such as "Pinocchio" and "Bambi," where he was the principal illustrator for the Thumper character, and also drew the circus train in the film "Fantasia," his family said.
When World War II broke out, Tilton was quick to enlist. He did not want his record to show he had been drafted, said his stepson David Hickman of Raleigh.
Hickman met Tilton while attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Tilton had retired from the military and was working on his master of fine arts degree at Denver University, and Hickman knew Tilton's children. Tilton became a mentor of sorts, sharing the military connection.
Hickman introduced Tilton to his mother, Alice, and a few years later, when Tilton was divorced, he asked Hickman if he might ask Alice on a date.
Tilton and Alice were soon wed – he designed their wedding bands – and they moved to Virginia where she worked in communications for the Pentagon. Though he had returned to his career as a professional artist, the retired Colonel enjoyed living so near the nation's capital.
He loved the military.
Tilton served in the U.S. Army first as an enlisted soldier in World War II, during which he was mostly deployed to the Pacific. He was sent to Officer Candidate School where he became a Lieutenant, and also joined the Army Corps of Engineers – something his father deeply appreciated.
Following the war Tilton worked in New York City for a while in advertising, and remained in the Army reserves. He was again called to duty during the Korean War, during which he would make more than 3,500 parachute jumps.
Jumping out of planes proved hard on his joints, and Tilton would become one of the earliest recipients of a knee replacement, Hickman said.
Following Korea, Tilton stayed on in the military. His daughter Karen, one of his three children from his first marriage, remembers how much he enjoyed the military lifestyle, while remaining devoted to visual arts.
"He always had a pencil and a notebook or a piece of paper in his hand and was drawing constantly," she said. "In restaurants he would be drawing on napkins."
During his military career Tilton worked with NATO, spending time in places including Mali and France. Yet art was always there, whether he was drawing the animals he spotted in Africa, or the portraits he made of fellow officers. He had art shows during his deployments as well.
When the couple moved to Raleigh, they wasted no time in immersing themselves in the local art scene. Tilton became very involved with Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, a nonprofit that serves as an incubator for young and new artists, as well as a gallery.
"He was constantly giving of his talents, his time, and anything anybody asked him for," said Jane Kluba, a friend within Tilton's art circle. The Tiltons played host to monthly dinner parties where local artists enjoyed a place to talk about their work. Tilton organized workshops for low-income youth, and worked to raise money to support artistic endeavors.
"I was just one of many people that they helped," Kluba said.
Tilton often traveled with Kluba to exchange art with other galleries throughout the state. "They were there for more people than you can imagine."
Tilton wrote a column called "The Pro's Nest" for the Artist's Magazine, and published a book on drawing animals that was translated into other languages. He also designed a line of cards for the company Leanin' Tree.
"He was always studying and improving and reading," Hickman said.
Tilton sometimes asked for paintings that he had sold to be returned so that he could improve them.
"He said, 'I don't want to be embarrassed by something I did, now that I'm better,' " Hickman said.
Tilton thought that anyone could be an artist, Alice Tilton said, and was always encouraging it in others.
"I think it was as much a part of him as walking," she said.


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Alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage is a drink that contains ethanol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes for taxation and regulation of production: beers, wines, and spirits (distilled beverages). They are legally consumed in most countries around the world. More than 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption.[1]
Alcoholic beverages have been consumed by humans since the Neolithic era; the earliest evidence of alcohol was discovered in Jiahu, dating from 7000–6600 BC.[2] The production and consumption of alcohol occurs in most cultures of the world, from hunter-gatherer peoples to nation-states.[3]
Alcoholic beverages are a source of food energy. The USDA uses a figure of 6.93 kcal per gram of alcohol (5.47 kcal per ml) for calculating food energy.[4]
Distilled beverages[edit]
A distilled beverage, spirit, or liquor is an alcoholic beverage produced by distilling (i.e., concentrating by distillation) ethanol produced by means of fermenting grain, fruit, or vegetables.[5] Unsweetened, distilled, alcoholic beverages that have an alcohol content of at least 20% ABV are called spirits.[6] For the most common distilled beverages, such as whiskey and vodka, the alcohol content is around 40%. The term hard liquor is used in North America to distinguish distilled beverages from undistilled ones (implicitly weaker). Vodka, gin, baijiu, tequila, whiskey, brandy, and soju are examples of distilled beverages. Distilling concentrates the alcohol and eliminates some of the congeners. Freeze distillation concentrates ethanol along with methanol and fusel alcohols (fermentation by-products partially removed by distillation) in applejack. Paracelsus gave alcohol its modern name, which is derived from an Arabic word that means "finely divided" (a reference to distillation).
Rectified spirit[edit]
Rectified spirit, also called "neutral grain spirit," is alcohol which has been purified by means of "rectification" (i.e., repeated distillation). The term "neutral" refers to the spirit's lacking the flavor that would have been present if the mash ingredients had been distilled to a lower level of alcoholic purity. Rectified spirit also lacks any flavoring added to it after distillation (as is done, for example, with gin). Other kinds of spirits, such as whiskey, are distilled to a lower alcohol percentage in order to preserve the flavor of the mash.
Rectified spirit is a clear, colorless, flammable liquid that may contain as much as 95% ABV. It is often used for medicinal purposes. It may be a grain spirit or it may be made from other plants. It is used in mixed drinks, in liqueurs, in tinctures, and as a household solvent.
Fermented beverages[edit]
Wine is a fermented beverage produced from grapes. Wine involves a longer fermentation process than beer and also a long aging process (months or years), resulting in an alcohol content of 9%–16% ABV.
Sparkling wine can be made by means of a secondary fermentation.
Beverages called "fruit wines" are made from fruits such as plums, cherries, or apples. The kind of fruit must be specified on the label.
Fortified wine is wine, such as port or sherry, to which a distilled beverage (usually brandy) has been added.[7] Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it. Many different styles of fortified wine have been developed, including port, sherry, madeira, marsala, commandaria, and the aromatized wine vermouth.[8]
Beer is at present the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world,....[9]
Beer is a beverage fermented from grain mash. It is made from barley or a blend of several grains. If the fermented mash is distilled, then the beverage is a spirit.
In the alcoholic beverages industry, congeners are substances produced during fermentation. These substances include small amounts of chemicals such as other alcohols (known as fusel alcohols), acetone, acetaldehyde, esters, and aldehydes (e.g., propanol, glycols, ethyl acetate). Congeners are responsible for most of the taste and aroma of distilled alcoholic beverages, and contribute to the taste of non-distilled drinks.[10] It has been suggested that these substances contribute to the symptoms of a hangover.[11]
Furfural is a congener that inhibits yeast metabolism. It may be added to alcoholic beverages during the fermentation stage. Although it occurs in many foods and flavorants, furfural is toxic with an LD50 of 65 mg/kg (oral, rat).[12]
Tannins are congeners found in wine. Tannins contains powerful antioxidants such as polyphenols.
Fusel alcohols[edit]
The term fusel is German for "bad liquor".[13] Methanol and isopropanol are fusel alcohols.
Excessive concentrations of alcohols other than ethanol may cause off-flavors, sometimes described as "spicy", "hot", or "solvent-like". Some beverages, such as rum, whisky (especially Bourbon), incompletely rectified vodka (e.g., Siwucha), and traditional ales and ciders, are expected to have relatively high concentrations of non-hazardous alcohols as part of their flavor profile. However, in other beverages, such as Korn, vodka, and lagers, the presence of alcohols other than ethanol is considered a fault.[14]
Since ancient times, people around the world have been drinking alcoholic beverages. Reasons for drinking alcoholic beverages vary and include:
- Being part of a standard diet
- Medical purposes
- Relaxant effects
- Euphoric effects
- Recreational purposes
- Artistic inspiration
- Putative aphrodisiac effects
- Happiness[15]
Examination and analysis of ancient pottery jars from the neolithic village of Jiahu in the Henan province of northern China revealed residue left behind by the alcoholic beverages they had once contained. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, chemical analysis of the residue confirmed that a fermented drink made from fruit, rice and honey was being produced in 7000–6600 BC.[2][16] The results of this analysis were published in December 2004.[17] This drink, as of now, precedes the evidence of grape wine from the Middle East by more than 500 years.[16] Wine's first appearance dates from 6000 BC in Georgia.[18] Evidence of alcoholic beverages has also been found dating from 3150 BC in ancient Egypt,[19] 3000 BC in Babylon,[20] 2000 BC in pre-Hispanic Mexico,[20] and 1500 BC in Sudan.[21] Distilled alcoholic beverages were first recorded in Europe in the mid-12th century. By the early 14th century, they had spread throughout the European continent.[22]
Alcohol concentration[edit]
The concentration of alcohol in a beverage is usually stated as the percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV, the number of ml of pure ethanol in 100 ml of beverage) or as proof. In the United States, proof is twice the percentage of alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (e.g. 80 proof = 40% ABV). Degrees proof were formerly used in the United Kingdom, where 100 degrees proof was equivalent to 57.1% ABV. Historically, this was the most dilute spirit that would sustain the combustion of gunpowder.
Ordinary distillation cannot produce alcohol of more than 95.6% ABV (191.2 proof) because at that point alcohol is an azeotrope with water. A spirit which contains a very high level of alcohol and does not contain any added flavoring is commonly called a neutral spirit. Generally, any distilled alcoholic beverage of 170 proof or higher is considered to be a neutral spirit.[23]
Most yeasts cannot reproduce when the concentration of alcohol is higher than about 18%, so that is the practical limit for the strength of fermented beverages such as wine, beer, and sake. However, some strains of yeast have been developed that can reproduce in solutions of up to 25% ABV.[citation needed]
Alcohol-free beverage definition controversy[edit]
The term alcohol-free (e.g. alcohol-free beer) is often used to describe a product that contains 0% ABV. Such products are permitted by Islam and are popular in countries that enforce alcohol prohibition, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran.
However, alcohol is legal in most countries of the world where alcohol culture also is prevalent. Laws vary in countries when beverages must indicate the strength but also what they define as alcohol-free.
In the EU the labeling of beverages containing more than 1.2% by volume of alcohol must indicate the actual alcoholic strength by volume, i.e., show the word "alcohol" or the abbreviation "alc." followed by the symbol "% vol."[24]
Most of the alcohol-free drinks sold in Sweden's state-run liquor store monopoly Systembolaget actually contain alcohol, with experts calling the label "misleading" and a threat to recovering alcoholics.[25] Systembolaget defines alcohol-free as a drink that contains a maximum of 0.5 percent alcohol by volume.[26]
Standard drinks[edit]
A standard drink is a notional drink that contains a specified amount of pure alcohol. The standard drink is used in many countries to quantify alcohol intake. It is usually expressed as a measure of beer, wine, or spirits. One standard drink always contains the same amount of alcohol regardless of serving size or the type of alcoholic beverage.
The standard drink varies significantly from country to country. For example, it is 7.62 ml (6 grams) of alcohol in Austria, but in Japan it is 25 ml (19.75 grams).
In the United Kingdom, there is a system of units of alcohol which serves as a guideline for alcohol consumption. A single unit of alcohol is defined as 10 ml. The number of units present in a typical drink is sometimes printed on bottles. The system is intended as an aid to people who are regulating the amount of alcohol they drink; it is not used to determine serving sizes.
In the United States, the standard drink contains 0.6 US fluid ounces (18 ml) of alcohol. This is approximately the amount of alcohol in a 12-US-fluid-ounce (350 ml) glass of beer, a 5-US-fluid-ounce (150 ml) glass of wine, or a 1.5-US-fluid-ounce (44 ml) glass of a 40% ABV (80 US proof) spirit.
Serving sizes[edit]
In the United Kingdom, serving size in licensed premises is regulated under the Weights and Measures Act (1985). Spirits (gin, whisky, rum, and vodka) are sold in 25 ml or 35 ml quantities or multiples thereof.[27] Beer is typically served in pints (568 ml), but is also served in half-pints or third-pints.
In Ireland, the serving size of spirits is 35.5 ml or 71 ml. Beer is usually served in pints or half-pints ("glasses"). In the Netherlands and Belgium, standard servings are 250 and 500 ml for pilsner; 300 and 330 ml for ales.
The shape of a glass can have a significant effect on how much one pours. A Cornell University study of students and bartenders' pouring showed both groups pour more into short, wide glasses than into tall, slender glasses.[28] Aiming to pour one shot of alcohol (1.5 ounces or 44.3 ml), students on average poured 45.5 ml & 59.6 ml (30% more) respectively into the tall and short glasses. The bartenders scored similarly, on average pouring 20.5% more into the short glasses. More experienced bartenders were more accurate, pouring 10.3% less alcohol than less experienced bartenders. Practice reduced the tendency of both groups to over pour for tall, slender glasses but not for short, wide glasses. These misperceptions are attributed to two perceptual biases: (1) Estimating that tall, slender glasses have more volume than shorter, wider glasses; and (2) Over focusing on the height of the liquid and disregarding the width.
Apéritif and digestif[edit]
An apéritif is any alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite while a digestif is any alcoholic beverage served after a meal, in theory to aid digestion. Fortified wine, liqueur, and dry champagne are common apéritifs. Because apéritifs are served before dining, the emphasis is usually on dry rather than sweet.
Sensation of warmth[edit]
In cold climates, potent alcoholic beverages such as vodka are popularly seen as a way to "warm up" the body, possibly because alcohol is a quickly absorbed source of food energy and because it dilates peripheral blood vessels (peripherovascular dilation). This is a misconception because the "warmth" is actually caused by a transfer of heat from the body's core to its extremities, where it is quickly lost to the environment. However, the perception alone may be welcomed when only comfort, rather than hypothermia, is a concern.
Alcohol is a moderately good solvent for many fatty substances and essential oils. This attribute facilitates the use of flavoring and coloring compounds in alcoholic beverages, especially distilled beverages. Flavors may be naturally present in the beverage's base material. Beer and wine may be flavored before fermentation. Spirits may be flavored before, during, or after distillation.
Sometimes flavor is obtained by allowing the beverage to stand for months or years in oak barrels, usually American or French oak.
A few brands of spirits have fruit or herbs inserted into the bottle at the time of bottling.
Use as a substitute for water[edit]
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At times and places of poor public sanitation (such as Medieval Europe), the consumption of alcoholic drinks was a way of avoiding water-borne diseases such as cholera. Small beer and faux wine, in particular, were used for this purpose. Although alcohol kills bacteria, its low concentration in these beverages would have had only a limited effect. More important was that the boiling of water (required for the brewing of beer) and the growth of yeast (required for fermentation of beer and wine) would kill dangerous microorganisms.
The alcohol content of these beverages allowed them to be stored for months or years in simple wood or clay containers without spoiling. For this reason, they were commonly kept aboard sailing vessels as an important (or even the sole) source of hydration for the crew, especially during the long voyages of the early modern period.
Alcohol and health[edit]
Short-term effects of alcohol consumption include intoxication and dehydration. Long-term effects of alcohol include alcoholism, malnutrition, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease, cancer and damage to the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.[30][31][32] Alcohol is converted to the carcinogen acetaldehyde by the liver.[33]
Drinking small amounts of alcohol can offer some protection for people at risk of heart disease, but large amounts can increase the risk of stroke, high blood pressure, and other conditions.[33]
Alcoholic beverages contain calories, which may contribute to an increase in body weight (see beer belly). Each gram of alcohol provides 7.1 kcal, and each milliliter provides 5.6 kcal.[34]
In addition to alcohol, many alcoholic beverages contain carbohydrates. For example, beer usually contains 10-15 g of carbohydrates (40-60 kcal) per 12 fl.oz. Aside from the direct effect of its caloric content, alcohol is known to potentiate the insulin response of the human body to glucose, which, in essence, "instructs" the body to convert consumed carbohydrates into fat and to suppress carbohydrate and fat oxidation.[35][36]
Psychoactive drug[edit]
Alcohol (ethanol) is a psychoactive drug.[37][38] In countries that have a drinking culture, social stigma may cause many people not to view alcohol as a drug because it is an important part of social events. In these countries, many young binge drinkers prefer to call themselves hedonists rather than binge drinkers[39] or recreational drug users.
Undergraduate students often position themselves outside the categories of "serious" or "anti-social" drinkers.[40] However, about 40 percent of college students in the United States[41] could be considered alcoholics according to new criteria in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5.
Legal status[edit]
Alcohol laws are laws in relation to the manufacture, use, influence and sale of ethanol or alcoholic beverages that contain ethanol. Alcohol laws often seek to reduce the availability of alcoholic beverages, often with the stated purpose of reducing the health and social side effect of their consumption. In particular, such laws specify the legal drinking age which usually varies between 16 and 25 years, depending upon the country and the type of drink. Some nations do not have a legal drinking or purchasing age, but most set the age at 18 years.[1] This can also take the form of distribution only in licensed stores or in monopoly stores. Often, this is combined with some form of alcohol taxation. In some jurisdictions alcoholic beverages have been totally prohibited for reasons of religion (e.g., Islamic countries with certain interpretations of sharia law) or perceived public morals and health (e.g., Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933).
Religious aspects[edit]
Some religions forbid, discourage, or restrict the drinking of alcoholic beverages for various reasons. These include Islam, Jainism, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith, the Church of God In Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Church of Christ, Scientist, the United Pentecostal Church International, Theravada, most Mahayana schools of Buddhism, some Protestant denominations of Christianity, some sects of Taoism (Five Precepts (Taoism) and Ten Precepts (Taoism)), and some sects of Hinduism. In some regions with a dominant religion the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages is forbidden to everybody, regardless of religion. For instance, some Islamic states, including member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen, prohibit alcoholic beverages because they are forbidden by Islam.[42]
In some religions alcoholic beverages are used for ritual purposes. For example, the Roman Catholic Church uses wine in the celebration of the Eucharist; in Judaism kosher wine is used in holidays and rituals.
Carnival in the Netherlands is historically a Roman Catholic feast which is well known for its excessive drinking of alcohol.
Alcoholic beverages listed by type of base material[edit]
The names of some alcoholic beverages are determined by their base material.
Grains | Name of fermented beverage | Name of distilled beverage |
barley | beer, ale, barley wine | Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, shōchū (mugijōchū) (Japan) |
rye | rye beer, kvass | rye whiskey, vodka (Poland), Korn (Germany) |
corn | chicha, corn beer, tesguino | Bourbon whiskey; and vodka (rarely) |
sorghum | burukutu (Nigeria), pito (Ghana), merisa (southern Sudan), bilibili (Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon) | maotai, gaoliang, certain other types of baijiu (China). |
wheat | wheat beer | horilka (Ukraine), vodka, wheat whiskey, weizenkorn (Germany) |
rice | beer, brem (Bali), huangjiu and choujiu (China), Ruou gao (Vietnam), sake (Japan), sonti (India), makgeolli and chungju (Korea), tuak (Borneo Island), thwon (Nepal) | aila (Nepal), rice baijiu (China), shōchū (komejōchū) and awamori (Japan), soju (Korea) |
millet | millet beer (Sub-Saharan Africa), tongba (Nepal, Tibet), boza (the Balkans, Turkey) | |
buckwheat | shōchū (sobajōchū) (Japan) | |
Fruit juice | Name of fermented beverage | Name of distilled beverage |
juice of grapes | wine | brandy, Cognac (France), Vermouth, Armagnac (France), Branntwein (Germany), pisco (Peru, Chile), (Grozdova) Rakia (The Balkans, Turkey), singani (Bolivia), Arak (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan), törkölypálinka (Hungary) |
juice of apples | cider (U.S.: "hard cider"), Apfelwein | applejack (or apple brandy), calvados, cider |
juice of pears | perry, or pear cider; poiré (France) | Poire Williams, pear brandy, Eau-de-vie (France), pálinka (Hungary), Krushova rakia / Krushevitsa (Bulgaria) |
juice of plums | plum wine | slivovitz, țuică, umeshu, pálinka, Slivova rakia / Slivovitsa (Bulgaria) |
juice of apricots | Kaisieva rakia (Bulgaria), pálinka (Hungary) | |
juice of pineapples | tepache (Mexico), Pineapple Wine (Hawaii) | |
junipers | borovička (Slovakia) | |
bananas or plantains | Chuoi hot (Vietnam), Cauim (Kuna Indians of Panama), urgwagwa (Uganda, Rwanda), mbege (with millet malt; Tanzania), kasikisi (with sorghum malt; Democratic Republic of the Congo) | |
gouqi | gouqi jiu (China) | gouqi jiu (China) |
coconut | Toddy (Sri Lanka, India) | arrack, lambanog (Sri Lanka, India, Philippines) |
ginger with sugar, ginger with raisins | ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger wine | |
Myrica rubra | yangmei jiu (China) | yangmei jiu (China) |
pomace | pomace wine | Raki/Ouzo/Pastis/Sambuca (Turkey/Greece/France/Italy), tsipouro/tsikoudia (Greece), grappa (Italy), Trester (Germany), marc (France), orujo (Spain), zivania (Cyprus), Bagaço (Portugal), tescovină (Romania), Arak (Iraq) |
Vegetables | Name of fermented beverage | Name of distilled beverage |
cassava |
tiquira (Brazil) |
juice of ginger root | ginger beer (Botswana) | |
potato | potato beer | horilka (Ukraine), vodka (Poland and Germany), akvavit (Scandinavia), poitín (poteen) (Ireland), tuzemák (Czech Republic) |
sweet potato | soju (Korea) | shōchū (imojōchū) (Japan) |
juice of sugarcane, or molasses | basi, betsa-betsa (regional) | rum (Caribbean), Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, pinga or cachaça (Brasil), aguardiente, guaro, Gongo, Konyagi (Tanzania) |
juice of agave | pulque | tequila, mezcal, raicilla |
Other base materials | Name of fermented beverage | Name of distilled beverage |
sap of palm | coyol wine (Central America), tembo (Sub-Saharan Africa), toddy (Indian subcontinent) | |
sap of Arenga pinnata, Coconut, Borassus flabellifer | Tuak (Indonesia) | Arrack |
honey | mead, horilka (Ukraine), tej (Ethiopia) | distilled mead, honey-flavored liqueur |
milk | kumis, kefir, blaand | arkhi (Mongolia) |
sugar | kilju and mead or sima (Finland) | shōchū (kokutō shōchū): made from brown sugar (Japan) |
See also[edit]
- Alternative psychoactive alcohol use
- Beer and breweries by region
- Chinese alcoholic beverages
- Cooking with alcohol
- Home brewing
- List of alcoholic beverages
- Mixed drink
- Moonshine
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- ^ Lichine, Alexis (1987). Alexis Lichine's New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits (5th ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 236. ISBN 0-394-56262-3.
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- ^ Nelson, Max (2005). The Barbarian's Beverage: A History of Beer in Ancient Europe. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 0-415-31121-7. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Understanding Congeners in Wine, Wines & Vines. Accessed 2011-4-20
- ^ Whisky hangover 'worse than vodka, a study suggests', BBC News. Accessed 2009-12-19
- ^ "ChemIDplus Advanced". Chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ Hazelwood, Lucie A.; Daran, Jean-Marc; van Maris, Antonius J. A.; Pronk, Jack T.; Dickinson, J. Richard (2008). "The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production: A Century of Fesearch on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74 (8): 2259–66. doi:10.1128/AEM.02625-07. PMC 2293160. PMID 18281432.
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- ^ a b "The Earliest Alcoholic Beverage in the World". Penn Museum. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ Roach, John. "Cheers! Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science". http://www.nbcnews.com (Nbc News). Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ Vouillamoz, J. F.; McGovern, P. E.; Ergul, A.; Söylemezoğlu, G. K.; Tevzadze, G.; Meredith, C. P.; Grando, M. S. (2006). "Genetic characterization and relationships of traditional grape cultivars from Transcaucasia and Anatolia". Plant Genetic Resources: characterization and utilization 4 (2): 144. doi:10.1079/PGR2006114.
- ^ Cavalieri, D; McGovern P.E., Hartl D.L., Mortimer R., Polsinelli M. (2003). "Evidence for S. cerevisiae fermentation in ancient wine.". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 Suppl 1: S226–32. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-0031-2. PMID 15008419. 15008419. Archived from the original on April 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
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- ^ Caan, Woody; Belleroche, Jackie de, eds. (11 April 2002). Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical Practice (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-0-415-27891-1.
- ^ a b Cancer research UK: Alcohol and cancer "There is no doubt that alcohol can cause seven types of cancer"
- ^ Nielsen, S.J. et al. (2012). Calories Consumed from Alcoholic Beverages by U.S. Adults, 2007-2010. Hyattsville, Md.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.
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Now, Hoffman has written a book, which complements her speaking engagements. The book is called "Your Winner Within: Own Your Power, Your Attitude and Your Life." Former NFL football coach Jimmy Johnson, Hoffman's fellow competitor on "Survivor," wrote the foreword. Priced at $20, "Your Winner Within" was published by Throne Publishing Group of Sioux Falls.
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Fred Sanford
RE: Get over yourself
Before you dig yourself any further you may want to consider what Find A Grave has to say about this.
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Fred Sanford
on Mar 14, 2014 11:38 PM
Rachel's mom
Abraham Tanquary
I deleted mine. I have a feeling though that Cedar Grove Cemetery and Tarbill Cemetery are one in the same.
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Rachel's mom
on Jan 01, 2014 4:12 PM
Rachel's mom
Abraham Tanquary
My information comes from the Marion Twp Cemetery listings. The number that you listed in the body of your email brings up a different person.
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Rachel's mom
on Dec 30, 2013 8:11 PM
RE: Margaret Ann Stewart Rose
You're very welcome, I enjoy helping and I couldn't resist debunking a family dispute :)
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on Nov 17, 2013 2:52 PM
Rose's and Thraps
I was able to find Margaret and Alva Rose's marker and photograph it today for you. Also came across some Thraps a Samuel and his wife, not sure if they're any relation to Sarah Thrap, Alva's mother. I am trying to finish photographing the whole cemetery and came across them today. There may be more, but I was only able to be out there for a couple hours today (too windy and cold!).
Fawn Wood Bowden
Riverside, IA
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on Nov 17, 2013 2:19 PM
Patricia Cole(Gerlock)
Donald Durrett
I can't remember who or whom it was, but they sent me the birth date of October 16.
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Patricia Cole(Gerlock)
on Nov 11, 2013 7:44 PM
S Hemingway
Etta Sheldon
To answer your question, my husband is related to Etta's husband Albert Sheldon who would be my husband's 1st cousin 3x removed. Albert's mother was Caroline Hemingway Sheldon who was a sister of Josiah Hemingway...my husband's greatx3 grandfather. I corresponded with Etta's daughter Ruth many years ago & I currently have connected with Etta's great granddaughters.
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S Hemingway
on Oct 03, 2013 11:34 PM
Robert Mitchell
Thank you!
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on Aug 24, 2013 7:12 PM
Rosa Leitch Plummer
Thanks for making the link and update for Rosa.
Your help is appreciated
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on Aug 18, 2013 2:17 PM
Mark and Mark Lisle Bigler
Thanks for transferring these memorials to me. Very much appreciated. I am finding findagrave.com a wonderful resource, and your service to the website appears to be considerable.
Thanks for all you have done and have a great day.
Dale Bailey
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on Aug 17, 2013 1:45 PM
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