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Winter 2001
Coverage of Terrorism
By Melissa Ludtke, Editor
September 11, 2001: Telling Stories Visually
A Photo Essay By Peter Turnley
Language Matters as We Try to Describe What Happened
By Beverly Wall
Secrecy and the Press in a Time of War
By Ted Gup
The Pentagon and the Press
By Stanley W. Cloud
The Principles of War Coverage
The Dangers of Disinformation in the War on Terrorism
By Maud S. Beelman
President Harry Truman Enlisted Journalists in the Cold War
By Nancy Bernhard
Is the Press Up to the Task of Reporting These Stories?
By James Bamford
The Unreported Threat in Coverage of Anthrax
By Philip Caper
Highlighting Antibiotic Resistance
Reporting International News in a Serious Way
By William F. Woo
Training Journalists to Report Safely in Hostile Environments
By John Owen
Freelancers' Vital Role in International Reporting
By Nate Thayer
Press Access to Satellite Images is a Casualty in This War
By Christopher Simpson
Recommended Sites
By Christopher Simpson
Using Graphics to Tell Stories
By Joanne Miller
Watchdog Journalism: An Instrument of Democracy
Comments By Bob Giles and Murrey Marder
Asking Probing Questions in a Time of National Crisis
Journalists' Panel Moderated By Charles Nesson
Images of a Shattered City
By Stan Grossfeld
Reporting to a Western Audience About the Islamic World
By Geneive Abdo
Images From Another War in Afghanistan
By David B. Edwards
Revealing Beauty in the Harshness of War
By Reza
Independent Media Try to be Balanced and Fair in Their Coverage
By Fazal Qureshi
Stories the Media Decide Not to Tell
By Abdelmagid Mazen
Understanding the 'Why' of September 11
By Danny Schechter
America: A Bully Wreaking Havoc on the Poor
By Dale Fuchs
Women and Journalism: International Perspectives
By Melissa Ludtke, Editor
Reporting on Gender in Journalism
By Margaret Gallagher
Worldwoman Stretches Its Reach to Several Continents
By Lesley Riddoch
In Nigerian Newspapers, Women Are Seen, Not Heard
By Christine Anyanwu
An Absence of Women
By Pippa Green
Community Radio Provides Women a Way to Have Their Voices Heard
By L. Muthoni Wanyeki
Changing the Way Women's Lives Are Portrayed
By Lettie Longwe
'Who Makes the News?'
By Teresita Hermano and Anna Turley
In Poland, Women Run the Largest News Organization
By Peggy Simpson
Reporting on War, Listening to Women
By Ratih Hardjono
Women, War and the Media
Excerpts from an essay by Ammu Joseph
Storming the Citadel of Hard News Coverage
By Ammu Joseph
Media Don't Portray the Realities of Women's Lives
By Sakuntala Narasimhan
Bringing Women's Stories to a Reluctant Mainstream Press
By Angana Parekh
In Pakistan, Journalists Maintain Women's Lesser Status
By Massoud Ansari
'Visual Voices': Photos From China
The Varied Pace of Women's Progress
By Bettina Peters
Women Bring a Certain Look and Feeling to News
By Veronica Lopez
Between the Rhetoric of Equality and the Harsh Reality
By Blanca Rosales
Machismo Is Only One Obstacle Women Face
By María Cristina Caballero
Breaking Down Barriers in the Arab Media
By Naomi Sakr
Arab Women Media Center
Moving Coverage Beyond a Woman's Veil
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
Curator's Corner
Reporting Clashes With Government Policies
By Bob Giles
Nieman Notes
Interactivity Creates a Different Kind of Journalism
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Living Treasures
By Steve Northup
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Freelancers' Vital Role in International Reporting
With the rise of media conglomerates, foreign news has been shoved aside.
By Nate Thayer
Thayer in a Khmer Rouge controlled area of Cambodia.
Photo by Roland Eng.
At an annual gathering of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in July, I sat with Ahmed Rashid, a renowned Pakistani journalist, and discussed the decreasing appetite for international news. Rashid has spent a lifetime writing about Afghanistan. He spoke then of diminishing interest from editors for his stories. "No one is interested in Afghanistan anymore," he concluded. His brilliant book, "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia," was newly published and was meeting with a good response from those who maintained an interest in this "irrelevant" corner of the world.
Typical for an accomplished and respected freelance journalist, Rashid writes for a number of publications, relying on a core handful of news organizations to make a living. But, he said in July, even these were rejecting stories they once would have published. The Islamabad-based Rashid said it was a struggle to get anything published on Central Asia in the British- and American-owned publications he relied on.
Only weeks later, after the events of September 11, I smile as I pass my small-town bookstore and see Ahmed Rashid's "Taliban" prominently placed on a rack next to the cash register—number one on The New York Times bestseller list. I see Rashid regularly on television and quoted copiously by journalists now descending on the region—22 years after he began reporting full time from and about Afghanistan.
The pleasure is mixed with melancholy for the state of international reporting. Hundreds of freshly arriving foreign correspondents obscure the fact that they are often dispatched by major news organizations to cover international events only after they are overtaken by them. And their presence obscures the crucial role that local and freelance journalists play in ensuring that these otherwise forgotten places are properly covered in the absence of a major media presence.
Further, the key role played by "foreign" freelance journalists in providing the backbone of international coverage highlights the importance of the principle of a press free from the influence of any government. Many, if not most, of those who gather information for the American-owned press are not American. And many of those who read or view the American-owned press are not American. And for those who are, so what? The concept that reporters should have some allegiance to their government is not only fundamentally contrary to the role of a credible and independent press, it presupposes a false premise: that news organizations are homogeneously comprised of nationals of the country of which they have their primary audience.
It is freelancers and local journalists who are now playing a crucial role in Central Asia in ensuring that the world understands these events as they have rocketed to the forefront of international attention. When a story forces media executives to react to events, their reporters must turn to those who are informed and on the ground. Invariably, those they turn to are freelance local journalists such as Ahmed Rashid.
At the same time, the events of September 11 should have sent a cautionary signal to major media conglomerates, which increasingly are controlled by people who have demonstrated an insufficient commitment to the role of a free press and well informed public in world affairs. These news outlets are increasingly driven by their marketing departments, public relations people and lawyers, whose values too often infiltrate the newsrooms and effectively seize control. Non-journalists are increasingly determining what is news and treating it as a commodity, selling it like shampoo or cars.
The world press has indeed been absent from Central Asia since the Soviets and the CIA pulled out a decade ago. Before September 11, how many news organizations had staff reporters in Islamabad, much less in Kabul, or in the countries just north of Afghanistan? Precious few. Not The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, nor any other American news organization except The Associated Press (often staffed by "local hires," usually nationals). Nor did the three American broadcast networks—which eviscerated their foreign news operations during the past decade—have staff correspondents in the region.
Lessons From Cambodia and Afghanistan
There are useful comparisons to be made between what is happening now in Afghanistan (and with Rashid's reporting) and the decade I spent as a freelance reporter in Cambodia. Both Rashid and I had chosen areas of focus that often held marginal interest in the ebb and flow of international attention. Neither of us was a staff correspondent, though each was listed as a "senior writer" on the masthead of the Far Eastern Economic Review, the leading Asian weekly newsmagazine, owned by Dow Jones. Our compensation came primarily from our published words.
Like Afghanistan, Cambodia was, after a spurt of international focus, relegated to the dustbin of obscure civil wars. Interest in both countries always had little to do with the country itself, but rather the proxy role each played to larger global players. Once epicenters of cold war conflicts that served as a hot theater for foreign power interests, by the mid 1990's neither Afghanistan nor Cambodia had much economic, political or strategic value to the world—or to its media.
Like the Taliban and bin Laden in Afghanistan, the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot continued to play a major role in Cambodia's politics after outside interest diminished. And, despite the absence of international attention, the domestic dynamics of these conflicts continued largely unchanged, ready to erupt. Like bin Laden, Pol Pot was seemingly an inaccessible enigma, directing a monstrous political movement and hiding in impenetrable terrain. And similar to Rashid's predicament this past summer when I was a freelancer covering Cambodia, editors at my primary news outlets constantly discouraged me from pursuing stories and often rejected ones I wrote. These stories were dismissed as too obscure, costly, dangerous, or merely "uninteresting to our readers."
Such reactions explain why there has developed such a dearth of in-depth international journalism. This essential yet expensive genre of reporting has few institutional supporters. Fortunately, as a freelancer I had the latitude (if not the expense account) to ignore those who urged me to stop my investigations. Had I been a staff reporter covering Cambodia—and therefore required to abide by instructions of those who had the right to dictate what stories I could pursue—I would not have kept reporting many stories that were deemed "important" as time went on.
The absence of coverage of these regions is usually a reflection of the skeletal resources that major media organizations devote to foreign coverage. And that is a decision often dictated by the business side. The Afghans and Cambodians, after all, aren't likely to be promising advertising targets or subscribers. Therefore, the argument goes, there is little "reader interest." And, in the absence of staff journalists based in such places, it can often appear that there is little of newsworthy significance. But, as the events of September 11 made clear, this is not necessarily true. There are important stories to tell and it is crucial for news organizations to be prepared to cover news properly when events demand.
The author standing next to the body of Pol Pot.
The Role and Life of a Freelance Journalist
While publications naturally like to take credit for work they publish, any modicum of journalistic accomplishments I might have had were not wholly supported—financially or otherwise—by any publication. Freelancers usually must pay the expense of research, travel and phone upfront with no guarantees of having their work published or expenses reimbursed. Given the substantial costs of reporting, many stories go unreported for the simple reason that there aren't journalists to do them.
It is true that properly covering many obscure and complicated conflicts often bears little immediate fruit. I emerged from most forays with precious little, often after weeks of work, an empty wallet, and thousands of kilometers of travel. But even though a meeting or trip would often not bear fruit worthy of an article, it all added up to a body of unique knowledge and access. My persistence, like the work of many freelancers, left me in good position to write knowledgeably when newsworthy events happened. Like most "local" journalists and freelancers, I had what visiting journalists did not—the essential context for any story, pertinent background and, after years of cultivation, well developed sources in place. At such moments, I could usually offer plausible and well informed analysis of what a news story meant.
Like many other reporters, I prefer to work as a freelancer, even though it's a job that is often like being a mistress. The editors' attitude: "Why buy the cow, if you can get the milk for free?" They compliment me profusely after each encounter and give me little stipends to keep me feeling wanted and coming back. They speak wistfully of how much they wish they could hire me and that someday we might have a permanent relationship. Like two illicit lovers who can't look each other in the eye, we both generally leave our encounters satisfied. We each accept the arrangement as good under the circumstances. And I am fully aware that the focus of my reporting makes me rather unemployable by nature—not marriage material.
In June 1997, I was still a freelance journalist when Cambodia, again, imploded in civil war. Hundreds of journalists descended on the country. There were reports from the jungle suggesting Pol Pot was on the run, and fighting raged on several fronts throughout the country. I'd already spent years reporting in inhospitable jungles (though I'd been based in Phnom Penh and Bangkok), attempting to find Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge.
I called editors seeking plane fare to go back to Cambodia. "I believe I might be able to get to Pol Pot," I said. I was flatly turned down. I borrowed money and got on a plane that day. Six weeks later, I emerged from Khmer Rouge-controlled jungles having gotten to Khmer Rouge headquarters and been the only reporter to attend the "trial" of Pol Pot, one of the century's most sought-after mass murderers. In 18 years he hadn't been seen or photographed. For a couple of days, it became the biggest story in the world. And as a freelancer, I had the only firsthand reporting, still pictures, and video of the story.
I received thousands of calls from media wanting my pictures and story. As I sat in my office in Bangkok, journalists from the world's major media descended like vultures. And before I'd even finished writing my story, these events were front-page news around the world. Ted Koppel of ABC News flew to Bangkok from Washington, and he returned home with a copy of my videotape. I gave it to him in exchange for his strict promise that its only use would be on "Nightline." However, once he had the copy of the tape, ABC News released video, still pictures, and even transcripts of my interviews to news organizations throughout the world. Protected by its formidable legal and public relations department, ABC News made still photographs from the video, slapped the "ABC News Exclusive" logo on them, and hand delivered them to newspapers, wire services, and television. It also released the transcripts of my interviews to The New York Times and placed pictures and video on its Web site with instructions on how to download them. All of these pictures demanded that photo credit be given to ABC News.
Even though ABC News does not have a correspondent in Southeast Asia, it looked as though ABC News had gone and found Pol Pot. The Far Eastern Economic Review ran my story in its weekly edition a couple of days later. But already thousands of newspapers, magazines and television stations had published or broadcast the story, thanks to ABC News. The story won a British Press Award for "Scoop of the Year" for a British paper I didn't even know had published it. The Wall Street Journal (also owned by Dow Jones), for which I'd never written about this story, also won several awards for its coverage. I even won a Peabody Award as a "correspondent for 'Nightline.'" But I turned it down—the first time anyone had rejected a Peabody in its 57-year history. No one noticed, since ABC News banned me from attending the ceremony after I told Koppel I would reject the award.
When I watch the Afghan coverage and think about the U.S. military and American news reporters now looking vigorously for bin Laden, I remember that he has been interviewed and photographed seven times by local and freelance journalists. And when I see the American networks play "stolen" footage—obtained by Al-Jazerra and lifted off satellite transmitters—I think of the Al-Jazerra correspondents in Kabul, risking their lives and developing sources to obtain information and develop access. I am outraged that a U.S. smart bomb targeted their offices and there was scant protest. And when I see the Ken and Barbie news celebrities in their color-coordinated flak jackets reporting from the "front lines" (microphone in one hand, aerosol hair spray nearby), I picture them pouring at night over the life work of Ahmed Rashid to try to get an understanding of what the hell is going on.
With the war in Afghanistan, it is important to remember the invaluable role played by freelancers and local correspondents whose commitment to reporting gives substance to the current coverage. They play a pivotal role in maintaining a free press by delivering knowledgeable, firsthand, Wells information from the field. It is their dedication to this vital enterprise that creates the foundation for what we read and view, not the efforts of slick corporate hucksters and their willing agents who would substitute an agenda that betrays what should be our singular allegiance. That allegiance should not be to Pennsylvania Avenue, or to Wall Street, or to Madison Avenue. It should be to Main Street.
Nate Thayer was the Cambodia, then Southeast Asia, correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review. He has written for more than 40 other publications and news services and has won numerous awards, including the 1999 SAIS-Novartis prize for Excellence in International Journalism and the first award given by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Freelancers' Vital Role in International Reporting
Melody Kemp says:
September 11, 2011 at 3:33am
Nate, how cathartic it is to read your piece. I am a freelancer living in Laos writing about enviro stuff.. I find stuff I wrote about for free blogs years ago (as the story had to be out) now being covered by Reuters for money.. but shallowly as they don't have the contacts. And yes i foot my bills travel to where the stories are.. In remote locations and then can't pay the bills as sniffy editors think they may not like it..Consequently I am about to give up. I get stories in Asia Times but they pay so badly.. soon won't be able to afford the beer to cry into..
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Perry shot a 6-under-par 64 at the Omaha Country Club on Saturday and, along with Fred Funk, will go into the final round of the U.S. Senior Open two shots behind leader Michael Allen.
Perry, who was 10 shots off the lead after a 73 on Friday, figured he would need to halve the deficit to have a chance today. He posted nines of 32-32 and got some help from Allen, who went from 63 on Friday to 72 on Saturday and was at 8-under 202.
"I was in that rocking-chair seat," Perry said. "I was in a very aggressive mode, where if I go out and play great today, I've got a chance to move my way up the leaderboard. Or if I don't play any good, it's OK, too."
It looked as if Funk, the 2009 champion, might fade after taking a double-bogey on No. 10. But he birdied the last two holes for a 67, rolling in a 35-foot putt on the 18th. Suddenly, he was right back in the tournament, too.
"To make that putt on 18 was a bonus," Funk said. "Having that good finish was great. At least it kept me in the game."
Allen, a journeyman on the regular tour and a four-time winner since joining the senior tour in 2009, started with a 5-shot lead -- the largest after 36 holes in the tournament's 34-year history.
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I should have seen it coming. In the eighties, US companies began outsourcing the manufacturing of everything from garments to steel, leaving whole cities to die. Education was the recommended solution for the unemployed, because in the globalized future, Americans would be world's brains, while Mexicans and Malaysians would provide the hands. Let the low-end, repetitive jobs scatter to the ends of the earth, we were told — the intellectual and creative work would stay right here.
So no one really complained when the back office and call center jobs migrated to
But no one can pretend any longer that we have a global monopoly on intellect and innovation. Look at the "telemedicine" trend, which has radiologists in
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No, I don't resent the Indians for moving in on the kind of work I do. I just wish the next time some managers get the idea of cost-saving through outsourcing they'd go for the CEO's job. That's where the big bucks are, and there's no reason to think a Chinese or Indian person couldn't do a CEO's work, whatever it may be, perfectly adequately, and at less than a tenth of the price. As for me, I'm retraining as a massage therapist, at least until they figure out how to do that from Mumbai.
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On Tuesday night, Harrisburg City Council approved a budget for 2013 that still includes a deficit of around $3.5 million.
It also includes that earned income tax that was mandated by the state-appointed receiver.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was the approval of the mayor's request for a spokesperson. It's something council has been denying for the last couple of years. The current spokesman, Bob Philbin, has been working basically as a volunteer.
Council President Wanda Williams based her change of heart on the spokesman position after hearing from other mayors at a recent conference.
"It made me realize how vital that position was," Williams said. "And I had an opportunity to shadow the mayor to see what her interaction is on a daily basis and she certainly needs and individual of that sort."
Councilman Brad Koplinski voted against funding the Philbin position and was the lone vote on several other attempts to cut spending.
"I think it's sad tonight," Koplinski said. "The city raised taxes $5 or $6 million dollars on the people of the city and we could only muster $154,000 in cuts."
So what happens to that existing deficit? Council members are placing hope in the financial recovery plan submitted by the receiver.
"We're moving forward and we'll see what happens," said Koplinski. "Probably by April or May...that's the projection to see if the plan's going to work or not."
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I just dumped a long-overdue rant targeted at webfinger on the #indiewebcamp wiki page about it. Please read before suggesting email-like IDs for for representing people on the web.
I just dumped a long-overdue rant targeted at webfinger on the #indiewebcamp wiki page about it. Please read before suggesting email-like IDs for for representing people on the web.
Aral Balkan current #indiewebcamp rough consensus is to use URLs as nouns, pingback (or webmention) as notification infrastructure.
Personally I am doing some rather more complex stuff where I author notes using @-names, which get parsed by @cassisjs into
.h-x-username twitter.com-linked anchors, then I transform those into
.h-card's with data either from my contacts DB (at the mo mirrored from my personal CardDAV share) or from the identengine.com API for people I don't know. Then all the links in a note get sent pingbacks.
Fat chance of twitter implementing that though ;)
sophiedennis one of the interesting things about #indiewebcamp is that there's almost no discussion about privacy or security. It's completely focused on sharing, content ownership and lowering the barrier to entry.
Chris Messina tbh I prefer to have actual discussions with people over IRC or hangout or other such medium, and use my website as a destination for solidified results of those discussions, and a broadcast medium to include others too. So I'd love to hear your comments on stuff I've said, perhaps in #indiewebcamp on freenode? :)
veganstraightedge we really should have done one at IWC UK 2012 — or perhaps stick the ones @t took into a panorama ;)
rektide agreed! We (#indiewebcamp) are building that return. Care to join in? http://indiewebcamp.com but most activity is on IRC
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A South Dakota meat packing facility that was toured by Scottsbluff leaders as they consider a proposed processing facility in Scottsbluff has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Aberdeen Attorney Rory King says Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen, South Dakota, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, according to KSFY TV in Sioux City.
No court hearings have been filed yet and more information would have to come from the company.
Employees at the plant went without a paycheck last week, although that is expected to be rectified this week
The plant was visited by members the Scottsbluff city council and TCD board along with others interested in the project. A plant cited as a possible model for the local facility, Caviness Beef Packing of Hereford, Texas, was recently fined $120,000 after being cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to protect workers from various workplace hazards.
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Greensburg —
The Holiday season is upon us!
Greensburg has many scheduled events that are occurring between now and Christmas.
Downtown Greensburg kicks off the season with The Holiday Walk Friday, Nov. 30.
The festivities will begin with the annual Christmas Parade at 6 p.m.
Businesses, families, and individuals alike are invited to take part. All veterans, police, firemen, sheriff, etc. that participate will receive free hot cocoa for their service to our community. Additionally, each retail store on the square has "Santa's Helpers" tickets to give to five lucky children that shop there.
The children with the tickets are to show up at the Post Office at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 30.
These children can either be an "elf" or a "reindeer" as they walk in front of Santa in the parade to help usher him downtown. Santa will arrive at the Santa House (Decatur County Courthouse atrium) where he will greet children that evening from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. At the Walk there will be music, free crafts, carriage rides, and more! After the Holiday Walk, Santa's House will be open every Friday until Dec. 21, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
A model railroad display will be held in the basement of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church, 202 N Franklin St., Dec. 7 to 9.
The hours are: Friday, December 7, 4-7pm; Saturday, December 8, 1-7pm; Sunday, December 9, 1-5pm. On December 8, Santa will be there 3-6pm. The admission is free and each child will receive a free raffle ticket to win a Lionel Train.
The Decatur County Historical Society will hold its annual Christmas Open House at the Museum, 222 N. Franklin St, from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9.
The Victorian themed Christmas will feature music by different groups, many holiday foods, and an appearance from Santa.
Their Christmas exhibit remains on display Dec. 1 to 31.
Visit them online at www.decaturcountyhistory.org for additional information.
For additional information regarding downtown Greensburg please visit www.mainstreetgreensburg.com.
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Reviews by RTrain12:
3.75/5 rDev +12.6%
03-28-2014 22:10:25 | More by RTrain12
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North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev +5.1%
My first Twisted Pine offering to try.Poured from the can into an imperial nonic a dull medium golden with a large fluffy white head atop.Light lemon and earthy hops in the nose along with mild caramel/biscuit,just really light and pedestrian.Flavors of earthy and leafy hops although somewhat muted,the biscuit malt flavors are as big as the hops.Eh it's ok but it's not for people who love big hopped up IPA's.
07-13-2013 21:32:21 | More by oberon
2.93/5 rDev -12%
Appearance – This one has a big, white head, too foamy actually, with a thin, light orange, weak=-ooking body.
Smell – It's pine alright and little else.
Taste – It's namesake resiny pine is there but no malt whatsever. This beer is very one-dimensional.
Mouthfeel – This is a little better than light-bodied with some mild bitterness.
Dirnkability – Not a bad ale but nothing of substance.
04-18-2014 21:33:33 | More by RoyalT
3/5 rDev -9.9%
11-04-2012 00:07:16 | More by Tiernan
3.25/5 rDev -2.4%
05-10-2013 03:51:12 | More by tbryan5
4.25/5 rDev +27.6%
06-25-2012 02:42:53 | More by muthe
South Dakota
3.26/5 rDev -2.1%
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a Sam Adams pint glass.
The beer pours a hazy orange-gold with a 2-finger head that quickly compacts to a thin, foamy top that leaves some lingering lacing.
The aroma is pretty muted: some grass and citrus and an earthy note underneath.
The taste is not bad. Bright an bitter up front from the piney hops, a little spice and citrus with a lingering piney dryness. Not detecting much from the malts.
I like the mouthfeel on this beer, medium, a little sticky and even slightly creamy. This is an easy drinking IPA but it lacks complexity.
07-17-2014 03:41:39 | More by SD-Alefan
1.63/5 rDev -51.1%
22 oz bottle dated 1/06. Pours a golden orange with a frothy white head that quickly diminishes.
The aroma is a subdued grapefruity pine with a little bready malt.
The flavor is kind of a mess. It's very water leather with a touch of fruits and then a metallic bitter finish. It's nothing llike what I was expecting. The mouthfeel is light on carbonation and very watery.
Overall, it looked and smelled like it would be a decent IPA, but it's pretty darn bad. A drain pour (only my second).
03-30-2006 05:47:50 | More by Beaver13
3.75/5 rDev +12.6%
01-19-2014 21:47:44 | More by TTripp725
New York
3.48/5 rDev +4.5%
16 ounce "tall hoppy can"
A fairly elegant one inch head is lifted above its hazed dull golden amber liquid. Slowly the head goes to a thicker film and nice looking ringed low sheeting and fields of super fine lace.
Faint and delicate pine hop nose.
Biggest problem here is the thinness of the flavor and lack of body. Very lightly hopped for an "IPA" and not much of a malt presence to boot. Pleasant enough but this drinks more like an IPA "light" then anything else.
02-13-2014 03:04:38 | More by Billolick
3.73/5 rDev +12%
Hell yeah...thanks to zrrbrrt for this unexpected drop on his most recent visit to Bean.
Super hazy, orange rust in color with less than a half finger of bright white head...thin, spotty lacing.
Juicyfruit aromas...major citrus, a hint of caramel with very little sweetness.
Leaning more towards lemon citrus with some tea flavors as well...that sweetness barely detected in the nose, is true as well in the taste...not agressiveley bitter either.
Mouthfeel is thin for some IPA's but the flavor helps to add some depth overall.
Easy drinking here...easily a session IPA, just not a standout among so many others available.
02-12-2007 01:45:43 | More by warriorsoul
3.23/5 rDev -3%
This beer pours orange with a white head. Not much aroma at all, some citrus and orange but that is about it. The flavor has a lot of citrus and pine, but not too much bitterness. Fairly drinkable but rather pedestrian IPA. Not bad, but nothing I would seek out again.
12-29-2009 20:01:22 | More by Mora2000
3.56/5 rDev +6.9%
Looks like a good craggy amberish ipa. Great aroma, like the namesake, its piney alright.
Taste, wasn't as hoppy as expected. Seems like maybe they did some dry hopping with pine, butin terms of what resonates taste wise, its not very bitter and lacks the hop depth you'll see from IPAs that have different hop additions at different stages.
Mouthfeel, loses a lot of the pine from the initial whif and aroma, takes on some tobacco, stale wood notes, but doesn't dissuade you from finishing it, just doesn't compel you to rate it higher.
12-29-2009 20:42:37 | More by Beerandraiderfan
3.25/5 rDev -2.4%
08-10-2013 23:21:08 | More by valkyre65
North Dakota
3.5/5 rDev +5.1%
08-15-2013 05:18:11 | More by Oelschlager
New Jersey
2.75/5 rDev -17.4%
10-25-2013 15:29:56 | More by NickyT
3.25/5 rDev -2.4%
10-09-2013 00:59:51 | More by IchLiebeBierZu
North Carolina
3.93/5 rDev +18%
I spy something local! I picked this one up on my trip to Colorado.
Pours a typical pale color. Head quickly disipates and leaves some thin lacing.
Aroma-citrusy hop aromas, with grapefruit being the dominant one.
Mouthfeel-assertive hop bitterness hits the palate and the sweet malt flavors come in and a clean hop bitterness on the finish. I dread using balanced but this is a very good IPA and the pale malt and above-average hop bitterness makes for a solid IPA that is certainly above-average. There was a fair amount of sediment in the bottle.I was curious if it was bottle conditioned or I might have got a hold of an old bottle since the date strip on the bottle was NOT marked or notched. I swirled the last few ounces and dumped it in and it tasted fine.
Good choice.
03-09-2008 04:22:06 | More by ByTor2112
4/5 rDev +20.1%
01-24-2013 01:00:26 | More by Beer21
3/5 rDev -9.9%
06-25-2013 01:50:33 | More by sgttibbs
3.9/5 rDev +17.1%
(Served in an American pint glass)
A- Copper color slightly hazy body with a thick creamy head and a gentle carbonation of bubbles. Rings of head stick to glass leaving sip marks.
S- Slight earthy hops aroma with a faint lemon hint comes through when warm. There is a soft bitter smell in the finish. The overall smell is very light overall.
T- Fresh pineapple hops are very green with a note of pineapple weed and a slight citrus zest. Soft smooth pale malt note comes through after the hops fade. There is a soft bitterness that hangs on the tongue after each sip.
M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with a creamy texture that is from the head.
D- This beer is a nice little IPA but it doesn't have much complexity.
05-21-2007 02:09:48 | More by rhoadsrage
New Mexico
3.38/5 rDev +1.5%
Poured from above the glass this beer still had a small white head with a light lacing on a honey golden colored beer.
The aroma is a light citrus to piney hops with a little bit of grass with just a touch of some light malts.
Pine and some grasses and a little citrus hops in a dryish taste.
Some piney/citrus remains in a dry aftertaste on this medium bodied beer.
Not the strongest hops taste but one I think I could drink a few of in a sitting, which I guess is good for the company. I would have to give this a thumbs up for it being a IPA that doesn't scare people away with overpowering hops.
05-18-2012 23:52:51 | More by LXIXME
New York
3.25/5 rDev -2.4%
10-13-2013 00:36:55 | More by TheLevi4000
3.51/5 rDev +5.4%
From the can, this IPA is a pretty heavily clouded gold tinged with a deeper amber tint. It also develops a very soft and fluffy head to quite a nice height, very nearly white and quite clean-looking. It sits like a clumpy pillow for the full session in some form or another as it takes time to fall to a thick foam and leaves very clumpy, heavy spotting on the glass.
There's quite a nice aroma with lots of lemon and a bit of pine with some sweeter caramel malt coming through as well. The lemon scent's medicinal quality is the only thing preventing a better score, particularly as a bit of tropical fruits come in and a bit of grass and herb, too.
Something happens in the flavor, though, as malts seek to take over but it's the clash more than the success of it, as the hops power it out but bring some astringency in doing so. The medicinal quality notable in the smell carries out in the finish. Not a bad IPA, but it's not what the aroma promised.
The feel is pretty good, but the malts pull out some of the citrusy brightness for something heavier. The body's good, a solid medium, but with something to it that doesn't belong. The herb dies out the finish, but not too much.
11-19-2013 19:44:44 | More by Brenden
3.25/5 rDev -2.4%
07-27-2012 22:20:55 | More by RDW
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Roberta McCain, mother of Arizona Sen. John McCain, is celebrating a big day on Friday. She is now 102 years young.
There's no doubt that Sen. McCain got his penchant for "straight talk" from his mom.
She created a stir during McCain's 2008 presidential bid when she told C-SPAN amid the primaries that the Republican Party base would be "holding their nose, they're going to have to take him." Then there was the time, when she was 97 years old, that she said Rush Limbaugh "does not represent the Republican Party I belong to."
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Easy Beef Stroganoff Recipe
- 4-1/2 cups uncooked yolk-free noodles
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 large onion, halved and sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup (8 ounces) fat-free sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook the beef, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Remove and keep warm.
- In the same pan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add broth and tomato paste. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Carefully return beef mixture to the pan. Add the sour cream, salt and pepper; cook and stir until heated through (do not boil). Drain noodles; serve with beef mixture. Yield: 6 servings.
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Made it twice, slightly different the second time. Bland, boring, just not good.
Just not a fan I used a London broil for personal taste forgot the tomato paste and the flower. seared the meat then cut it up & put it in the crock pot with all ingredients except sour cream and used golden mushroom soup . 15 minuets before serving used 1 whole cream cheese & a dollop of sour cream . Then boiled the noodles on the stove .
This was good! It didn't take too long to make and even my hubby enjoyed!! It fits into my Weight Watchers plan easily which is also a plus :)
This was easy to make and really good! Even my picky 7 year old daughter ate it without complaint. I would probably add some Nature's Seasons to the sauce next time, but it was delicious. It's one of those meals my whole family ate withou prodding. I would definitely make it again!
I added some fresh chopped mushrooms. It was really delicious.
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Huckabee Strongly Courting the Far Right
by Jonathan Singer, Sat Jul 01, 2006 at 07:28:30 AM EDT
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has generally been flying under the radar in his bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, trying to position himslef as the alternative for Southern conservatives within the party. As a part of this effort, Huckabee is jumping in front of an issue near and dear to his heart: gay-bashing.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Friday he hopes the Legislature considers reimposing a ban on gay foster parents, struck down a day earlier by the state Supreme Court.
"I'm very disappointed that the court seems more interested in what's good for gay couples than what's good for children needing foster care," Huckabee said through his spokeswoman Alice Stewart.
With John McCain and Rudy Giuliani having seemingly sown up the self-proclaimed moderates within the party as a result of having held some moderate views in the past (even though they have eschewed many such views as of late), the battle for the GOP nomination in 2008 will be played out among the most conservative segments of the base.
And now, as George Allen -- who at one time seemed poised to become conservatives' favorite -- is embroiled in a very rough Senate contest, there is a real opening in the contest to court conservatives. Among the participants in this quasi-primary are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Sam Brownback, Giuliani, and McCain, but there are real questions as to whether any of these candidates can actually carry culturally, socially and politically conservative Southerners.
Enter Mike Huckabee, a man from Hope. With Huckabee showing his willingness to bash the judiciary (check) and bash gays (check) while standing up for family values (check), he is quickly positioning himself as a palatable alternative to the cadre above.
As he does this, we as progressives must not underestimate the potential appeal of this conservative Southern Governor and overlook his bid for the White House, because if we don't pay attention to his machinations today, we will be unable to out them for what they really are in the future.
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A couple months ago I ran into a woman wearing a medium sized cross on her necklace, so I asked if she was a Christian?
She said, "Yes, why do you ask?"
"Because you're wearing a cross," I said.
"Oh, that's just a decoration," she responded, "but I am a Christian."
While I don't on principle oppose the wearing of crosses, we should never forget: it is as if we were wearing a little gold guillotine, or gallows, about our necks. It has a very specific reference, and we should mean it, or not mess with it.
Exactly Dan! Couldn't have said it better.
Gar. Must--have--more Bayly blogging. Must. Get. Bayly -fix.
Baylys --haven't posted in days! Aaarrrgh. I'm losing my --superpowers!
Tim is on vacation this week and had a lot going on until they left town, so I hope that we don't see or hear much from him. David has been hard at work shepherding this week. This is one of those times that both David and Tim have spoken about that their primary calling and therefore their primary duty is to their flock.
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Fire And Blood Red Ale - Brewery Ommegang
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New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
03-21-2014 00:22:37 | More by Foxman
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North Carolina
3.8/5 rDev +4.7%
Pours into my Ommegang chalice a clear deep auburn color with a nicely formed craggie light tannish colored atop that sticks like glue to the glass.Aromas of toasted cereal grain,light spiced phenols,and maybe a touch of vanilla.Quite dry on the palate with more spiced phenols,and mild nuttiness in the finish,the anchos don't provide much fruitiness but still a decent flavor profile.Not bad but not an overly complex beer,nice to to try another one of the "Game of Thrones" projects.
04-06-2014 21:53:23 | More by oberon
New York
4.24/5 rDev +16.8%
Caution, treat the cork like you've got champagne here as the cork came flying out with an enthusiastic pop, then ricocheted of my thumb to find my chin and that was from a well chilled bottle. No harm done so moving on.
A lightly hazy, medium copper colored ale; the chill haze fades as it warms. The persistent head is creamy to rock, pouring about a finger think and leaving thick ropes of lacing on the glass.
A mix of lightly smokey, dried chile peppers and rye spicy notes dominates the aroma. There is a supporting Belgian yeast spice note and a caramel malt aroma.
The chile flavor is there but restrained with just a hint of heat. The flavor of the rye and nutty, graininess of the spelt almost dominate. There is a medium malt sweetness with a light hops bitterness. Some moderate fruit flavors are coming through that are somewhere around the orange, light fruit with some raisin territory. The finish is medium with a light chile pepper and smoke aftertaste.
A creamy, medium bodied beer with a strong level of carbonation.
Think of a Dubble blended with a rustic grain Saison and a light touch of smoked dried chiles. There is a lot of flavors in here but it does become overwhelming as the flavors are medium to light in intensity and well balanced.
03-30-2014 01:10:33 | More by MadScientist
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
06-16-2014 04:01:54 | More by tbryan5
4.04/5 rDev +11.3%
08-19-2014 01:04:44 | More by GameOfBeers
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
05-07-2014 06:40:48 | More by freshflesh
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
04-08-2014 02:22:43 | More by DaftPatrick
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
05-16-2014 04:50:38 | More by aquazr1
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
05-01-2014 10:47:18 | More by BeerDrinkingDiver
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
04-23-2014 02:31:04 | More by dankjohn
New York
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
06-06-2014 04:15:07 | More by mjtiernan
New York
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
06-16-2014 22:07:58 | More by ChaseBacon
South Carolina
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
06-15-2014 06:30:49 | More by Funky-Brewster
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
06-10-2014 08:58:04 | More by ExNihilo
4.18/5 rDev +15.2%
Poured from a 750 ml corked bottle into a Duvel tulip glass.
Appearance: Pours a deep amber red with a lot of rising bubbles. Huge four finger off white head with good retention. Leaves a lot of creamy lacing.
Smell: A toasty and yeasty malt forward aroma with good hints of caramel and spices. Belgian yeast with hints of pepper, clove, and the added chilies. Toasted malt with hints of wheat, grains, rye, caramel, toffee, and biscuit. Fruit hints of banana, apple, lemon, grapefruit, and orange. Dark fruit hints of raisin and fig. Floral and earthy hops with hints of grass. A very solid aroma.
Taste: Like it smells, a yeasty and toasty Belgian tinged red ale taste with big notes of spice and caramel. Upfront Belgian yeast along with notes of clove, pepper, and chilies. Sweet toasted malt with notes of wheat, grains, caramel, toffee, rye, and biscuit. Fruity esters of banana, apple, and dark cherry and raisin. Citrus hop notes of orange, lemon, and grapefruit. Earthy notes of grass. A pretty good taste.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a fairly high level of carbonation. Creamy, spicy, and fairly drying.
Overall: A pretty good twist on a red ale. Big Belgian yeast and spice presence with the red malt notes.
06-24-2014 05:33:10 | More by MattyG85
North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
04-07-2014 22:42:42 | More by Mantooth
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
05-21-2014 21:10:03 | More by Hairrrrrrrr
4/5 rDev +10.2%
04-07-2014 04:17:45 | More by amstokesdb9
4/5 rDev +10.2%
03-29-2014 01:43:30 | More by briandaube
West Virginia
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
05-01-2014 22:53:48 | More by williamjbauer
West Virginia
4.01/5 rDev +10.5%
I loved the last version of the Game of Thrones beers, I've never seen a single episode and guess what I'm still liking the Ommegang/HBO concept of teaming up for special release beers based on a TV series/movie like this. I've smoked Soprano cigars from CAO, why not a Brewery Ommegang Game of Thrones beer, look at the concept based on three different labels I've seen there is a connection to me for an amber ale brewed with ancho chilies to represent a fire breathing dragon from the series on all three labels.
Appears a deep muddled dark amber body with off white cream colored head layers up like a textured milk shake very thick and fine bubbled carbonation streams to the bottom of the glass.
Aroma has smoked chilies, deep amber bready qualities, cherry and fresh sliced green apple tartness...maybe hints of burnt wood and a slightly smokey chocolate character from the deep roasted amber malts.
Darrk bitter cherry skins hit with a fruit note, very much earthy herbal bitterness rolled into the yeast dryness, spicy black pepper and finish of controlled but vegetable heat of the ancho chilies creats a nice mix of flavors.
My suggestion is to start out cold and let it warm up to brighten up even more flavor aspects, very complex and well thought out beer from Brewery Ommegang. Super dry finish, hard to believe they added the chilies on top of the deep tree bark like earthiness I'm getting from the hops and spice combination available in this beer already, the heat is slow and low barely lights a flame on the palate but it's in the backend and evident with each burp I've let out...However I've had a lot of Mexican food today including a mango pico de gallo with serrano and jalapeno chilies so I'm not sure what direction the spice is hitting my palate. All I know is it's a different type of heat, well integrated into the flavors of the beer, I'm okay with it.
On the mouthfeel it does slap the palate around a bit from the super dry end of the spectrum, to bitter/tart dark fruits, and finished with the chilies in the nares and back of the throat there's multiple challenging aspects of this beer, but I'm a fan carbonation is super heavy like most effervescent big bottled offerings from Ommegang or any other Belgian style brewery who knows what they are doing.
Overall very impressive, a complex beer that makes it feel like something new that hasn't been done yet or all that often. A new style not overdone or done in a unique way adds to the excitement and rating of a beer for me quite a lot, especially if it's something I like to taste and talk about the next day as well.
04-14-2014 03:07:01 | More by WVbeergeek
3/5 rDev -17.4%
05-15-2014 12:56:23 | More by kwkdmk
3.5/5 rDev -3.6%
07-15-2014 14:57:14 | More by mrosenfeld32
4/5 rDev +10.2%
07-10-2014 20:15:23 | More by timontheroad
2.5/5 rDev -31.1%
05-29-2014 23:42:20 | More by Ice_cyclops86
Fire And Blood Red Ale from Brewery Ommegang
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So what happens to things that are not recyclable and are not food scraps like styrofoam and milk cartons? Maybe they will just sort that stuff out at the recycling plant. Sounds like a great idea though. Hope the pilot program goes well.
on Jan 15, 2013 at 11:09 am
Pick our neighborhood! Please! Nice mix of single- and multi-family residents... :-)
I LOVE this program--I've seen it in operation in Seattle area and other NW cities, and it works great, and reduces actual "garbage" by AMAZING amounts... Well worth the slight effort it takes for people to adjust to using it...
Woo Hoo! Finally, Palo Alto!
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Reporters Amy Lange, Alexis Wiley and Robin Schwartz, along with executive producer Laura Moore and assignment editor Danelle Aboud were all smiles when they walked on set to pose for a pic with the former 'Beverly Hills 90210' star. Perry was happy to take the photo, saying he felt like "Charlie with all his angels..."Perry is in town for 90s night during halftime at the Detroit Pistons game at the Palace of Auburn Hills tonight. Learn more at www.nba.com/pistons.
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NEW YORK, July 2- Venture capitalist Tim Draper was the sole winner of an auction last week of 30,000 bitcoins by the U.S. Marshals Service auctioned off 29,655 bitcoin at an estimated worth of about $18 million in an online, sealed-bid auction that drew more than 40 bidders, including a number of well-known players in the crypto-currency.
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Government cannot satisfy the demand for public goods and services alone. Its role should be akin to a venture capitalist, says Laura Tyson.
More than 200 angel investors and venture capital firms are meeting in Denver today to hear pitches form start-ups in the world of weed, reports CNBC's Josh Lipton.
Quirky is setting up a separate company, Wink, whose main technology is software helping seamlessly connect automated home devices.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19- Investors in March fired G. Steven Burrill as the head of a $283 million venture-capital fund he ran, amid alleged fraud and misuse of capital, according to a lawsuit.
NEW YORK, June 17- The venture capital arm of Japan's SoftBank Corp is investing in enterprise mobile company Kony Inc, Kony said in a statement on Tuesday. SoftBank Capital will lead the $50 million financing round, Kony's largest to date, with existing and new investors including Insight Venture Partners, Telstra Ventures and Georgian Partners.
Anyone can invest in disruptive start-ups, thanks to crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. It has helped fund blockbusters like Oculus Rift
They may still make the stuff in Asia, but the ideas for Quirky's products originate in the ingenious minds of 'moonlighting' inventors.
With AngelList, entrepreneurs wary of venture capital have a new way to transition their ideas all the way from start-up to stock offering.
Despite having about one-fifth the worldwide total of Internet users, China is notoriously tough for U.S. venture capital firms.
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