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Last February, Todd Stadtman and Tars Tarkas invited me on the Infernal Brains podcast to discuss space ladies with them. We covered a lot of films, but I didn't get to one film Todd suggested we watch, Darna Vs. The Planet Women (1975). I finally did recently and he was so right—Darna Vs. The Planet Women was a movie I needed to see. Since then, I've watched Darna And The Giants (1973) and Darna At Ding/Darna And Ding (1980). And these movies bring together so many fine things: a costumed comic book superhero, space ladies, supernatural creatures, black magic robots, disco fabulousness and the sassiness of Vilma Santos' Darna. Continue reading…
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In the season one finale of AMC's new series Halt and Catch Fire, the builders of the Cardiff Electric portable Giant computer gather around a conference table to read an unenthusiastically positive review of their new product. It is an unwitting apt reflection of my reaction to the show in general. What was touted, or at least what was expected to be, 1980s Mad Men with Computers ended up being just good enough to get me through the season relatively satisfied, but it never really clicks. It's primary problem for me is the same problem I have with a number of shows: it is unwilling to commit to any emotion beyond reserved grimness.
Nothing good can ever happen to the sad sack quartet of Joe McMillan (Lee Pace), Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis), Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy), or Donna Clark (Kerry Bishe). Every minor victory, every shred of happiness these four might attain in their quest to build a portable clone of an IBM computer in the wild, early days of microcomputing, must be countered by a sledgehammer negative consequence. Every tiny victory must be followed the very next scene by a mental breakdown, a betrayal, a professional disaster, or even just a bloody kitchen accident. It soars past Shakespeare into the territory of pure Greek tragedy as each Sunday night, vengeful gods strive to grind these four people into oblivion, and along with them, the viewers. Continue reading…
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Last summer, the repairman who came to patch my kitchen ceiling, discovered I read comics and then kept asking me about different blockbuster superhero movies and shows. And I'd keep saying I wasn't very interested. He stood on the ladder, shaking his head in a reverie, saying the superhero movies were like candy to him and "I can't get enough." Then he explained that Superman was boring and Wonder Woman was a bad character.
He has so much candy he can't even taste it anymore.
I've been thinking about this as my tastes become more out of sync with the fandom mainstream. With comics, I've always enjoyed marginal characters. It doesn't surprise me with my movie taste in general, but it's strange to feel disinterest in the whole summer blockbuster thing, despite a long-standing love of explosions, fights and scrappy underdogs doing the right thing. In fact, I've been enjoying those more in movies like Machete Kills or Fast & Furious 6 than in superhero movies lately. But I'm not entirely surprised that Punisher: War Zone (2008) is the film that pulled me out of my superhero movie malaise. Continue reading…
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Animator, writer, director and producer Liz Holzman has died. Holzman worked on Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, DuckTales, Smurfs, Muppet Babies and Darkwing Duck among other television series and films. The Hollywood Reporter, Animation Magazine and The Los Angeles Times have obituaries. Animation Insider has an interview with Holzman. Here is a gallery of Holzman's paintings.
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New York City officials are making a push for every New Yorker to sign up for an identity card. Supporters of legislation passed by the City Council say this is really going to help undocumented immigrants. It will allow them to open bank accounts, cash a check, sign a lease, or see a doctor.
The NYC Identity Card Program is moving forward. An estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants will now have access to a secure ID.
Ester Sanchez, a mother of three, says the ID card would allow her to get inside her children's school and make it easier for them to see a doctor.
Carlos Menchaca, chair of the Immigration Committee for the City Council, says this new form of ID will help all New Yorkers.
"We heard from the transgender community who can't present their gender on an ID that came from the government, we heard from seniors that didn't want to go to the DMV, had issues getting their documents together," he said.
Applicants will have to show proof they're a city resident through a lease or utility bill. The ID will cost about $10, but that fee will be waived for those who can't afford it.
Mayor Bill de Blasio set aside $8 million in the budget to create the program.
But some New Yorkers said they are skeptical it could be abused.
Supporters of the law say the municipal ID program will be secure in a way that deters fraud.
"The NYPD is going to be accepting this so they're making sure they can detect fraud and solve the issues," Menchaca said.
This ID card is going to be optional, not a requirement. It will also let people have access to the city's cultural institutions such as museums and libraries. Distribution still has to be worked out, but people can start applying at the beginning of next year.

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All Massachusetts school districts will have to adopt new evaluation systems based on a state framework that was approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on June 28.
The new system will be phased in over three years, beginning with Level 4 schools – those designated "underperforming" by the state – in the 2011-12 school year.
"This framework incorporates many of MTA's recommendations and, if properly implemented, will lead to better evaluations and improved teaching, learning and leadership in our schools," said MTA President Paul Toner. "School committees and local associations are going to have to work out the details of the new systems in bargaining to make sure they are workable, fair and effective. The MTA will provide local associations with guidance and support during this process."
The MTA played a central role in shaping the new regulations, starting with last December's release of a report titled Reinventing Educator Evaluation that was produced by MTA's Center for Education Policy and Practice.
"Our goal has always been to have a system that is transparent and fair and that helps teachers and administrators improve their practice," said Toner. He added that the MTA's participation was critical to making sure that multiple measures of student learning are used, not just MCAS scores; that high-stakes decisions are not made based on student learning measures alone; and that critical decisions about the new district-based evaluation systems remain in collective bargaining.
Until the new system is phased in, districts will continue operating under the existing state framework, which was mandated by the Education Reform Act of 1993. That system establishes principles of effective teaching and administration and specifies the minimum number of times teachers must be evaluated. Beyond that, however, most details are left to collective bargaining.
The new system establishes streamlined standards for teachers and administrators and will require the following steps:
The most serious consequences are for those rated Unsatisfactory. These educators will be put on a one-year Improvement Plan and, if they fail to improve in that year, they may be dismissed or demoted. In a May 11-17 MTA poll, 71 percent of MTA members favored this provision.
Educators with an overall rating of Needs Improvement will be placed on a Directed Growth Plan for one year or less. At the end of that period, they must be rated either Proficient or Unsatisfactory. If they are rated Unsatisfactory, the one-year Improvement Plan process is implemented.
Educators with a Proficient or Exemplary rating and new teachers will be on different plans, with the least restrictive plans for those with a high rating and a moderate or high impact on student learning.
The new regulations also require districts to collect survey data from students in grades six or higher about teacher effectiveness starting in the 2013-14 school year. That year they will also have to collect staff feedback about administrators. In the future, parent feedback may also be required.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is developing a "model" evaluation system that districts may adopt or modify. The MTA is already drafting a version of a model plan and will work closely with the DESE on the creation of the state plan.
Although more than two-thirds of the MTA members polled support using multiple measures of student growth as part of the evaluation, some have questions and concerns about what those measures will be and how they will be used.
Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester tried to allay some of their concerns.
"There's no formulaic approach where the student learning piece trumps the evaluator's judgment," Chester said at a public forum in Agawam on June 7. "One question that your district will have to decide – and it's a district-by-district decision – is what impact do we expect to see on student learning and does that differ for different students? Based on that you're going to have make judgments about whether a given teacher or a given school is in fact reaching that expectation or not."
Toner said that avoiding a formulaic use of scores has been among the MTA's key objectives in this process.
"We were very clear that these measures should not account for a specific percentage of a teacher's evaluation. And we were very clear that measures of student performance should not trump the evaluator's judgment. We won both of those arguments," he said.
"Everyone knows that teachers are not 100 percent responsible for how well their students perform," Toner continued. "At the same time, it is common sense that teachers do have an impact on their students' learning. How well their students are doing in school – based on multiple measures – is relevant to consider in the evaluation process."
Several BESE members made similar comments at the June 28 meeting before they voted. Education Secretary and BESE member Paul Reville said again, as he has said in the past, that student learning measures should be "informative, not determinative."
The MTA's biggest remaining concern is over the training and experience of evaluators. BESE member Harneen Chernow offered an amendment to the regulations drafted by the MTA that would have required the DESE to provide all evaluators with training in the new system and would have mandated that teacher evaluators have five years of teaching experience.
Although several board members said they agreed with the sentiment behind the amendment, it was defeated at the recommendation of Commissioner Chester, who expressed confidence in the administrator corps and said he was concerned that the amendment would slow down implementation of the new regulations.
Administrators expressed their own concerns, mainly around where they will find the time and money to develop the new district-based assessments and conduct the more thorough evaluations. Presumably, Race to the Top districts will use some of those funds to implement the new system, and the DESE plans to allocate some of its share of RTTT funding to evaluator training.
While acknowledging that the new system will be time-consuming to implement, Reville said that developing staff is a high priority and must be done. "We are saying that in the Commonwealth, the evaluation of educators is the number one priority of administrators," he said.
The new system is scheduled to be implemented in the state's 35 Level 4 schools and in a small number of selected districts in the 2011-12 school year, in Race to the Top districts in 2012-13, and in all districts in 2013-14.
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We wouldn't keep going back to the Vernon Wells trade if it weren't so absurd. It was absurd at the time, and, somehow, it only looks more absurd ten months later, with Mike Napoli having terrorized opposing pitchers with the Rangers, and with Wells having completed one of the most disappointing seasons since the summer of 1816. The newest nugget to cause something of a stir appeared in a Sunday column by Peter Gammons, reading:
About a year after former general manager Tony Reagins confided that he had a pretty good idea that when he traded Mike Napoli to Toronto that the Blue Jays would likely flip him to Texas [...]
One of the many criticisms of Angels GM Tony Reagins at the time was that he allowed Napoli to land with a division rival. Now, according to Gammons, Reagins had a hunch that was the way things would play out after he sent Napoli to Toronto. It wasn't a guarantee, but Reagins understood it to be the likelihood that, by moving Napoli in the Wells deal, he would be paving the way for Texas to get its hands on the slugger.
Now, the rest of this post is going to operate under the assumption that Gammons is correct. Gammons might not be correct. Who knows? I guess Reagins knows, but I don't know. If this is wrong, then, okay, nevermind. If this is right, then proceed.
What does it mean that Reagins figured Napoli would end up with the Rangers? What does it add to the story that Reagins shipped Napoli to the Jays while knowing that the Jays didn't have much use for him, but that the Rangers did?
The most popular interpretation I've seen is that this is just further evidence of how little Reagins and the Angels' front office thought of Napoli as a player. That they weren't worried about Napoli joining the Rangers because they didn't think he was very good. So Mike Napoli could go to Texas. Who cares? How much could he possibly do?
Here's the thing about that, though: we don't need any further evidence of how little Reagins and the Angels' front office thought of Napoli as a player. There's no room for further evidence of how little Reagins and the Angels' front office thought of Napoli as a player. Because the Angels traded Mike Napoli, along with Juan Rivera, for Vernon Wells, and almost all of Vernon Wells' contract.
That says everything about how Napoli was valued. Here's what the Angels would've needed to give the Blue Jays in order to land Wells and his contract:
That's it. Nothing. Maybe a low-level minor leaguer, just because the commissioner's office frowns on players being given away. But the Angels didn't need to include Napoli and Rivera. They did that because they wanted to. They did that because they wanted to clear payroll space, and didn't care to look into other possible ways.
The Angels basically handed Mike Napoli to the Blue Jays. There is no more illuminating indication of how little he was valued. It doesn't say anything new that Reagins assumed Napoli would land with the Rangers; we already knew the Angels didn't think Napoli was worth much. That was established by the original trade.
It's also worth pointing out that, while Reagins figured Toronto would send Napoli to Texas, he figured that would be a trade, and a trade that returned equal value. The Rangers would add Mike Napoli, but lose something else. If Reagins didn't think much of Napoli, it wouldn't matter. On the off chance that Reagins thought Napoli could be something, then he would've figured the Rangers would lose something of value to get him. It's not like the Rangers were going to add Napoli for free.
All in all, I'm not sure this new information adds anything. I guess it adds some color, and it makes Tony Reagins appear less naive, but in terms of the Angels' valuation of Mike Napoli, it doesn't add anything we didn't already know. The Angels didn't care for Mike Napoli. The Angels didn't care for Mike Napoli one bit. That's just part of what makes the whole thing so amazing.


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Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew offered some thoughts on his contract holdout on Wednesday, saying he thinks "things are going to work out" with the Jaguars, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.
The running back offered the comment during a chat about fantasy football. After admitting he drafts himself every year, MJD assured that, holdout aside, he remains worth drafting this year.
"I think things are going to work out," Jones-Drew said, an open-ended comment that doesn't indicate whether he thinks they will result in a trade or in his reporting to Jacksonville to play his seventh season for the Jaguars.
Jones-Drew has indicated that he would be open to a trade, but as reported earlier on Wednesday, the Jaguars are not "actively" trying to trade him. For his part, Jacksonville owner Shad Khan has taken something of a hard stance toward Jones-Drew.
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Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour for Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsDH Film
Several weeks ago, as first heard exclusively on PotterCast, this editor brought the news that actor Bill Nighy had been cast in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We are delighted to say that Bill Nighy, who will be taking on the part of Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour for the film, has made new comments about his upcoming appearance in the final installment in the Harry Potter series. Mr. Nighy said: "I don't think I'm allowed to say it but I'm going to be in the next Harry Potter film,"
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got the gig." If you don't mind us saying, it's about time, Bill. The
rangy actor has been dropping hints for aeons, once complaining that he
was "the only British actor who hasn't been in Harry Potter". But has he read the books? "Not yet, but I will!" he says. "It's rather like being in a Shakespeare that way, you know?" Mm.
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CORTLAND — Seven members of the Plattsburgh State men's lacrosse team were honored Tuesday as the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced the 2013 SUNYAC Men's Lacrosse All-Conference Team.
Joey Kramer, Tim Lawrence, Nick Travers and Ryan Phillips each received All-SUNYAC First Team nods. Charlie Dullea and Brett McClelland garnered second team honors while Mike Lind was one of four honorable mention selections.
The seven all-conference honorees mark a program-high for the Cardinals, who previously set the record with five last season. Kramer, Lawrence, Travers and Phillips join Kyle Norchi (2011) and Chris Hopps (2008) as the only Plattsburgh State players to receive first-team accolades.
As the Cardinals' leading scorer, Kramer becomes a two-time All-SUNYAC player with 39 goals and 50 points. The Lindenhurst, N.Y. native is the league's leading goal scorer and is tied for third with 3.33 points per game. Kramer is fourth all-time with 111 career goals and 146 points. He has also scored more man-up goals than any other Cardinal lacrosse player with 23 goals in 64 games. In addition to two man-up goals this season, Kramer has also netted four game-winning goals.
Lawrence receives the second straight all-conference award of his career as a member of the first team. A junior attackman out of Kings Park, N.Y., Lawrence is third on the team with 26 goals and 15 assists. He is the Cardinals' leading scorer in conference play, tallying 19 of his 41 points against SUNYAC opponents. In addition to his offensive numbers, Lawrence has picked up 32 ground balls and caused 12 turnovers.
Travers, a Smithtown, N.Y. product, is a three-time All-SUNYAC selection. After representing the Cardinals on the second team in his first two seasons, Travers jumps up to the first team in his senior season as a fixture in Plattsburgh State's midfield. He appeared in all 16 games and enters the postseason fifth in team scoring with 19 goals and 26 points. Travers has won 117 of 216 face-offs and leads the squad with 101 ground balls.


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Bigger than gigantic or enormous. A combination of the two words used to express a mass amount of something or it's sheer size.
Look at those ginormous tities!!
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Hey guys anyboy that thinks they invented the word ginormous in the 2000's is full of it. I wont give away any year as everybody will try to out do each other, but I have proof of it being used long before any of these entries. I don't care if it is spelled GIA or GIN ormous.
That mole hill is ginormous
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Larger than enormous. Uniquely oversized.
That's not going to fit in my mouth! Its Ginormous
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I was in the research stage of planning a trip: Alaska to Argentina by land. For extended travel, the most common size backpack is anywhere between 50L - 120L with 60L - 70L being the average.
I was trying to do a year 1/2 with 20L. It just wasn't possible, but almost. I owned many backpacks at the time, including Arc'Teryx M40, and Arc'Teryx RT 35. Both are great backpacks, but just didn't have the right feel for this huge adventure. I checked out the Arc'Teryx Miura 30 at REI, and the feel + minimalist design sold me.
I finished my Alaska to Argentina by land adventure, and after a year 1/2 and 18 countries, how did this backpack hold up? Actually, amazingly well. I still wear the backpack in the Colorado backcountry to this day. After living out of this backpack for a year 1/2 in many different environments - ranging from 15,000ft. peaks in Peru, to climbing Volcanoes in Nicaragua - I can attest to its extreme durability and overall robustness.
1. Zippers - Indestructible
2. Quality of Fabric - Highest
3. Design - Minimalist
4. Weight - Near Ultralight
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This pack is outstanding. I am hard on my gear, and…
Number of Pockets: 2 + main
Height of Owner: 6''3
Price Paid: $90 CDN
This pack is outstanding. I am hard on my gear, and went through several packs before buying this one, tearing holes, splitting zippers, breaking plastic buckles, and just plain wearing them out.
I have used the Miura constantly and rigorously now for almost four years. I have abused it again and again, from long camping trips, to everyday use as a book bag, to living out of it overseas. However, inspecting the bag now, I can only find no visible scars on the bag, except for the mesh inside one of the pockets, which is a little torn. All the buckles are intact, the zippers have never split, and there are no holes.
Besides its toughness, the best thing about this bag is its size. It is small enough to carry around as a day bag, if the retention straps are compressed; alternatively, it expands large enough to use for a weeklong holiday, or a weekend hiking trip. I use this bag more than any other piece of gear I own.
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Design: internal frame
Size: about 2200
Number of Pockets: 2
Max. Load Carried: 25 lbs
Height of Owner: 5 10'
Price Paid: $120 cdn.
This is an awesome pack!!! I have a non-average shaped back and I bent the single aluminum stay to my back for a perfect fit. At first I put the 2" webbing hipbelt in the wrong place and it bruised my hips up but I moved it and it carried just as well as if it were padded. I like the way it has a plastic frame sheet because this means you don't have to worry about things sticking into your back. When I carried 25lbs in it I walked 25km and did 1200m elevation gain, a lot of it over unstable morains. The manual says a back length of 19"-23" and my back length is 18".
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The Arc'teryx Miura 30 Backpack's panel-access design and internal gear loops keep your climbing gear organized, so you can rack up quickly and get on your route. This mid-size Arc'teryx crag pack holds enough gear for a day of sport or trad climbing, and it includes two external straps to carry your rope. Two aluminum stays and an HDPE framesheet combine with the padded waist-belt to make the Miura 30 Backpack comfortable to hike with, even when you load it to the gills. This fully featured pack includes one internal and two external pockets for smaller gear, and the bright interior makes it easier to find stuff in the dark if you forget your headlamp. Not that you ever do that *Available for US shipment only.
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Oh, I see we are heading off into the wild blue yonder yet again. Good for you! This time just remember to take your Miura 30 day pack from Arc'teryx to keep you loaded with all that you could want for along the way. PRODUCT FEATURES: Material: 630D Superpack pain weave, 630D Superpack ballistic weave, 210D nylon Ripstorm, Spacemesh, Hypalon trim, EV50 foam Full-separating front panel RollTop closure Dual full-length side zippers with opposing thumb loops Two internal gear racking loops Top pocket Kangaroo pocket with external and internal access zippers Two top grab handles Two modular/removable external load straps with quick release buckles Hydration bladder clip and hose port Anatomically shaped hip belt and shoulder straps Spacemesh backpanel Shoulder straps and hip belt Two 6061 Aluminum stays HDPE framesheet Volume: regular - 30l. / 1891cu. in., tall - 35l. / 2136cu. in. Weight: regular 1.0kg. / 69oz., tall 2.1kg. / 73oz. in.
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On Sale. Free Shipping. Arcteryx Miura 30 Pack DECENT FEATURES of the Arcteryx Miura 30 Pack Full length side zippers with security snap closures Kangaroo pocket with external and internal access zippers Fits a standard 17 inch laptop Breathable backpanel, shoulder straps and hipbelt RollTop closure Top loading pack with RollTop closure and full-length side zippers with security snap closures Anatomically shaped shoulder straps and hipbelt and backpanel utilize breathable materials for hot weather carrying comfort Fullyseparating front panel for increased accessibility Top pocket, kangaroo pocket with external and internal access zippers Hydration bladder clip and HydroPort Two internal gear racking loops Removable compression straps Two top grab handles The SPECS Material: 260D Invista Ballistic Superpack nylon 210D Plain Weave nylon 630D Invista HT Superpack nylon EV50 foam Hypalon trim Spacermesh 6005 M-Bar custom extruded stays HDPE framesheet The SPECS for Regular Weight: 67 oz / 1.9 g Volume: 1831 cubic inches / 30 liter The SPECS for Tall Weight: 74 oz / 2.1 g Volume: 2136 cubic inches / 35 liter Care Instructions Surface clean only This product can only be shipped within the United States. Please don't hate us.
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The Arc'teryx Miura 30 Backpack's multiple access points and internal gear loops keep your climbing gear organized so you can rack up quickly and get on your route. This mid-size crag pack holds enough gear for a day of sport or trad climbing, and it includes two external straps to carry your rope so that your lifeline doesn't hog all the room inside.
- Backcountry.com
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United Kingdom (England)
3.35/5 rDev -9.9%
A 12oz bottle with a bottling date of July 2013 (if I've read the code accurately). Acquired a little while back from Trembling Madness in York. Simply called 'IPA', and hopped with Cascade and Citra.
Poured into a Duvel tulip. Bottle conditioned. A hazy orange-amber hue with plenty of floating sediment and medium carbonation. Produces a large head of creamy off-white foam with good retention; this slowly reduces to a persistent surface layer. Some lacing. Aroma of intense, spicy hops with notes of pine resin, grapefruit and orange peel. This is underpinned by sweet caramel malt, earthy yeast, stewed hops and a touch of harsh cardboard. A discordant mix of aromas.
Tastes of formidable aromatic hops and caramel malt, concluded by a powerful bitter finish. Notes of pine resin, dank weed, grapefruit, orange peel, citrus, spice, herbs, caramel malt, earthy yeast and stewed leaves. Faintly sweet, with a harsh, leafy character and hints of cardboard and solventy booze in the background. A strident bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Spicy hop oils tantalise the palate. Highly astringent, followed by an aftertaste of acrid stewed leaves/herbs, spice, cardboard, faint fruity aromas and caramel malt.
Hmmm - pretty unbalanced. The hop character goes over the top in this brew, giving it a seriously harsh edge that detracts from the drinking experience. Looks OK, but the aroma and flavour are dominated by strong hop notes and hints of stewed herbs. The malt simply can't tame the hops, to the detriment of the beer. Body is alright. Disappointing - something I thought I'd never say about SN. Perhaps the bottle hung around for too long. At any rate, this is more miss than hit. No need to seek it out.
01-27-2014 01:06:15 | More by jazzyjeff13
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North Carolina
3.54/5 rDev -4.8%
I haven't had to many of the SV Beer Camp series so I figured I would pick up a case today.Poured into a standard pit glass a clear light to medium golden with a great looking billowing white head that clings nicely to the glass it settles slowly into a frothy mass.Caramel/biscuit malt along with light piney hops,to me the malt is as big as dare I say bigger than the hops.A big biscuit malt base with a little caramel sweetness on the palate with lighter herbal and piney hops in the finish,not much citrus flavor from the hops.Kinda pedestrian in my opinion,the hops are pretty restrained and the malt profile is pretty large.
08-22-2013 20:39:14 | More by oberon
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
08-25-2013 21:46:41 | More by npala86
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
08-14-2013 20:22:11 | More by Tiernan
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
08-25-2013 01:52:40 | More by tbryan5
4.25/5 rDev +14.2%
08-11-2013 23:46:31 | More by SanFranJake
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
04-27-2014 05:04:47 | More by DaftPatrick
3.84/5 rDev +3.2%
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Imperial Pint.
Appearance: Burnished gold with thick, foamy head and great, lacing rings.
Smell: Citrus, pine and tropical fruits. Too mild of an aroma.
Taste: Pretty hoppy with a standard toasted IPA malt body. Citrus and pine are most noticeable with some tropical hints. Piney, spicy and bitter on the finish.
Feel: Medium body with modate carbonation. Pretty creamy with a nice, dry finish.
Overall: Very good IPA, but I am not sure why this was included for beer camp since it is clearly similar to Torpedo and their Harvest IPAs, but not as good.
08-18-2013 04:14:26 | More by bsp77
3.51/5 rDev -5.6%
Copper colored with nice clarity. About 2 inches of foam resting on top. Light floral hop aroma, but not much of one is present. Wow is the reaction to the first sip. Piney hop flavored, but wasn't expecting that intensity after the subtle aroma. Thick , chewy mouthfeel I would have expected from a double IPA. Malt does a good job of backing the hop intensity.
08-26-2013 03:36:39 | More by Franziskaner
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
02-04-2014 23:49:12 | More by fionn13
4.16/5 rDev +11.8%
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tall Summit EPA glass. Date on the "Beer Camp" box is 07/29/13.
Appearance: Pours a bright and clear copper golden orange with a moderate amount of bubbles. Solid three fingers of off white head with decent retention. Leaves a lot of lacing around the glass.
Smell: A bright hop forward aroma with lots of floral and fruity esters with a solid malt backing. Lots of floral and herbal hop hints upfront. Grassy hop hints and some dank pine resin spice. Citrus hop hints of grapefruit, orange peel, pineapple, tangerine, and lemon zest. Bready malt backing with hints of grains, biscuit, yeast, crackers, and caramel. Smells fairly damp and very earthy. Solid aroma.
Taste: Like the aroma, a very earthy and spicy hop forward taste with some good citrus and malt notes. Very earthy upfront with lots of floral and herbal hop taste. Grassy hop notes and some spicy pine resin. Citrus hop notes of grapefruit, orange peel, tangerine, lemon zest, and pineapple. Hops are pretty wet and earthy. Solid malt background with notes of biscuit, grains, yeast, caramel, and crackers. Nicely bitter, wet, and earthy. Pretty good taste.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Somewhat chewy and oily. Crisp and nicely smooth.
Overall: A pretty solid IPA. More towards the floral and piney side than West Coast citrus style. Damp and moderately bitter. Pretty nice.
08-20-2013 06:42:02 | More by MattyG85
4.5/5 rDev +21%
08-24-2013 23:40:03 | More by tyleeis
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
10-02-2013 00:49:40 | More by Cynic-ale
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
10-01-2013 02:31:11 | More by HeyYoMar
3.43/5 rDev -7.8%
Slightly opaque orange colored with an inch high head of beige foam that settles out to leave a quarter inch cap atop the liquid. Aroma of citrus hops and honey. Flavors of citrusy hops, tangerine, grapefruit and orange rind. Good balance of hops and malt, even hop flavors, not overly bitter. A piney bite lingers. Full and even mouthfeel. Good beer.
09-14-2013 01:23:32 | More by far333
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
09-12-2013 22:53:39 | More by jminch
3.58/5 rDev -3.8%
Poured into DFH Spiegelau IPA glass; clear golden-orange, the color of bright honey, with a huge yellowish-white head from a moderate pour that fluffs up and then sits, fading very slowly leaving slimy lacing made of fine bubbles.
Smells nutty, piney, and herbal; small hint of citrus rind.
Taste is surprisingly malty; clean, slightly sweet nutty malt, almost like graham crackers. Hops then come in, very one-dimensional with a flat, herbal bitterness.
Mouthfeel is thin, finish is dry and bitter.
Overall, this is a very one-dimensional IPA. It's all bitterness, no real hop flavor. I guess that's the west-coast style, heheh...Reading the bottle, I can't believe this uses Citra hops...where are they?
10-23-2013 04:53:25 | More by BurgeoningBrewhead
West Virginia
3.83/5 rDev +3%
Flooded with malty fall seasonals how could I pass up this variety pack of Sierra Nevada Beer Camp IPAs...including the Imperial Red, and Black IPA, #93, 94, and 95. I haven't seen these in my neck of the woods bottled mid to early July...I couldn't bring myself to purchasing anymore malt forward beers at this point. IPA, mentions Citra on the Cascades the hop that made the Sierra tradition famous. Appearance is billowing off white head trying to climb out of my glass, with a copper orange brilliant bright body, chunky sporadically layered lacing is left behind. Aroma is full of citrus, tropical fruit colliding with each other. The malts are driven between the two hops like a cohesive spike in the potentially abrasive hop cloud, biscuit driven malt profile brings out ample sweetness enough to carry the two parties through this hoppy and bitter party to make it home safe to my palates enlightenment. Overall unique balanced medium to full bodied IPA, natural smooth carbonation all day I'm happy to see the Beer Camp project thriving the way that it has, it's good for beer.
09-17-2013 02:26:52 | More by WVbeergeek
North Dakota
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
08-09-2013 05:08:20 | More by Oelschlager
3.25/5 rDev -12.6%
08-24-2013 17:56:54 | More by Adkins1203
4/5 rDev +7.5%
09-29-2013 21:57:58 | More by DarrellK
4/5 rDev +7.5%
08-31-2013 22:10:02 | More by richkrull
New Mexico
3.69/5 rDev -0.8%
Big off white head settles into a nice lacing above a orange like colored beer with a copper tint.
Citrus aroma with a hint of orange and pine.
Light bitter dry citrus taste with a hint of orange peel and a slight hint of malts sneaking in there.
Dry aftertaste with a bit of bitterness with this medium bodied beer.
A pretty decent tasting beer with maybe a bit to much dryness for some beer drinkers.
09-13-2013 20:56:53 | More by LXIXME
New York
3.96/5 rDev +6.5%
12oz bottle poured into a snifter. 2013 Beer Camp mix pack. Bottled July 9, 2013.
A: Pours a clear copper amber with a dense off white head. Leaves plent of lacing on the sides of the glass. Little low on the visible carbonation.
S: Great floral aroma in this brew and citrus notes as well. Hops are nice and fresh whole cone hops. Malts are noticeable adding some sweetness, booze is present as well.
T: As with the aroma this is a great hoppy beer. Cascade hops provide strong earthy tone. Malt sweetness comes through in the middle but is easily overpowered by the hop. Bitterness isn't too high considering how much hop flavor is in this beer.
M: Medium to full body with a resinous mouthfeel. Carbonation is fairly low. A bit sticky upon the finish.
Overall I'm a fan of this beer. Cascade hops are one of my favorite varieties and this beer just reaffirms that fact. Bit thicker and more flavorful than Sierra Nevada's typical IPA.
08-18-2013 20:35:31 | More by CloudStrife
Rhode Island
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
11-01-2013 15:32:52 | More by Jonny_Tremain
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|"Correctional Health Care and Special Populations--Legal Considerations and Context" in Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisons, Volume II, (Stand Stojkovic ed) (Civil Research Institute 2010).
|New York Evidence with Objections (3d ed. 2008) (with Jo Ann Harris, Anthony J. Bocchino, and David A. Sonenshein).
|"Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisons—Legal Considerations and Context," in Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisons (Stan Stojkovic ed. 2008).
|The Rights of Prisoners (4th ed. 2009) (supplemented annually).
|Practice Commentaries for Article 1 of the CPLR, in New York Civil Practice (Jack Weinstein, et al. eds.) (2005).
|The Rights of Prisoners (supp. to 3d ed. 2004).
|The Rights of Prisoners, 3rd edition. Thomson West, 2002.
|The Rights of Prisoners, 2nd ed. Westgroup, 2000.
|The Rights of Prisoners, 2nd ed. and Annual Updates. Colorado Springs, Co.: Shepard's/McGraw Hill, 1993.
|"Independent Oversight of N.Y. Jails," New York Law Journal, May 17, 2007, at 2 (with John Horan, David Lenefsky, Madeline deLone, John M. Brickman, and Clay Hiles).
|"Bound and Gagged: The Peculiar Predicament of Professional Jurors," 25 Yale Law and Policy Review 239 (2007).
|"The Impact of the Surge of Immigration Appeals to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals" (Report of the Federal Courts Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York) (with David Arroya, Lynn Kelly, and Ellen Unger) (2004).
|"Foreword: Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda," 24 Pace Law Review 395 (2004).
|"Dying Twice: Incarceration on Death Row," 31 Capital University Law Review 853 (with Joe Ingle, Russell Stetler and Craig Haney) (2003).
|"Dying Twice: Conditions on New York's Death Row," co-authored with David Hammer, Art Cody, Risa Gerson, Norman Green, and Richard Wolf, which will be published in Pace Law Review.
|"Legal Rights of Prisoners," Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, 2nd ed. Joshua Dressler, ed. 2002.
|"Unsafe Havens: The Case for the Constitutional Protection of Foster Children from Abuse and Neglect," 23 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review 199 (1988). Adapted and published as Chapter Eleven of Child, Parent, and State: Law and Policy Reader, S. Randall Humm, et. al. editors. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1994.
|"The New Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction: New York's Revival of a Doctrine Whose Time Has Passed," 55 Brooklyn Law Review 1059 (1990).
|"Foreword. Gideon v. Wainwright Revisited: What Does the Right to Counsel Guarantee Today?" 10 Pace Law Review 327 (1990).
|"History Comes Calling: Dean Griswold Offers New Evidence About the Jurisdictional Debate Surrounding the Enactment of the Declaratory Judgment Act," with Donald L. Doernberg, 37 University of California - Los Angeles Law Review 139 (1989).
|"The Trojan Horse: How the Declaratory Judgment Act Created a Course of Action and Expanded Federal Jurisdiction While the Supreme Court Wasn't Looking," with Donald Doernberg, 36 UCLA Law Review 529 (1989).
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Read our minute-by-minute account of the Texas Primary.
12:18a With most precincts now reporting statewide, the Secretary of State's office reports a turnout of 3.56 percent of registered Democratic voters and 10.18 percent of registered Republican voters. - WFAA
10:46p House District 33 Democratic candiates Marc Veasey and Domingo Garcia just finished a live split-screen mini-debate on WFAA. "I think I can do a better job than anybody because we built the largest coalition," Garcia said. "I think July 31 is a whole new election," he added, referring to his runoff with Veasey. "I think I've run a good, positive campaign," Veasey said. "I put together the broadest coalition in the district of African-American and Latino and progressive voters ... I am a good Democratic voice for all the voters in the district." "Wall Street has been running Washington for too long," Garcia said, inferring that Veasey's campaign was fueled by special interests. "I want to be the voice for average people." But Veasey countered: "There are no special interests in District 33." - WFAA
10:30p Ted Cruz challenges Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to five debates before their July 31 runoff for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination.
10:14p David Dewhurst has acknowledged to supporters that he will be in a runoff with second-place finisher Ted Cruz in the GOP U.S. Senate primary race. "Watch out!" he warned Cruz. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
10:11p Democrat Marc Veasey thanked campaign staffers and supporters in his race for the District 33 House primary. "I'm very happy with the big lead that we opened up," he said, saying he's ready for the next challenge: a runoff with second-place finisher Domingo Garcia. Veasey said he will need to solidify his Tarrant County base and work hard for support in Dallas, Garcia's stronghold. - Casey Norton reporting from Fort Worth
10:06p Supporters cheered Ted Cruz, as he climbed the podium at his election watch party with his wife and two young daughters. "Wow! We did it!" Cruz said, after apparently winning a July 31 runoff with front-runner David Dewhurst in the GOP U.S. Senate primary. "This is an incredible, unbelieveable night ... nobody in the state thought we could do it, and together, we did." He said winning a runoff with David Dewhurst is "a victory for conservatives." - Jason Whitely reporting from Houston
10p "Today Republican voters made a choice between a conservative Texas businessman and Washington special interests," Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told supporters in Houston. "If you like Texas, you're going to love the job I'm going to do for you in Washington." But while he got the most votes in GOP U.S. Senate primary -- 47 percent -- the projections indicate Dewhurst will not get enough votes to avoid a runoff election with Ted Cruz, who had 32 percent of the vote with 39 percent of precincts reporting. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
9:54p Democrat Domingo Garcia tells supporters he will be in a runoff for U.S. House District 33. - Monika Diaz reporting from Dallas
9:50p A spokesman for GOP U.S. Senate candidate David Dewhurst says things are "looking good" with the numbers from West Texas still to be counted. Dewhurst plans to address supporters at 10:03 p.m. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
9:48p Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina says David Dewhurst failed to win a majority in the GOP U.S. Senate primary because he failed to fight for conservative principles and his false attacks backfired. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
9:39p Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The race had been fierce, with brutal attacks from all sides. Candidates competed to see who could claim to be the true conservative. Dewhurst was short of the majority needed to earn the nomination outright. The two men will now face a runoff election on July 31 to advance to the November general election in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. - AP
9:34p Could Tom Leppert be the kingmaker in the Republican U.S. Senate race? He declined to endorse either Ted Cruz or David Dewhurst, who are apparently headed for a runoff. A recent Public Policy Polling survey shows that Leppert backers break 77-13 in favor of Dewhurst. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
9:32p GOP U.S. Senate candidate Craig James has conceded defeat. He has less than 4 percent of the vote with 25 percent of precincts reporting. - WFAA
9:25p Democrat Domingo Garcia said he plans to reach out to all voters in what looks like an upcoming runoff for the U.S. House District 33 race with Marc Veasey. "It's about bringing all Americans together to fight the people who have been putting a lot of middle class families down," he said, adding that he will ask the candidates who finished out of the running to unite behind his campaign. - Monika Diaz reporting from Dallas
9:18p The trend is definitely pointing toward a runoff in the GOP U.S. Senate race. With 20 percent of precincts reporting, David Dewhurst's slice of the pie has slipped under 47 percent; Ted Cruz is moving toward 31 percent. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
9:09p Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has declined to endorse either David Dewhurst or Ted Cruz for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, saying he's going to wait and see what happens next. Leppert also said he has no future career plans to announce at this time, and wouldn't say whether a return to city politics might be a possibility. - Jonathan Betz reporting from Dallas
8:59p With 13 percent of precincts checking in statewide, David Dewhurst has 47 percent of the GOP U.S. Senate primary vote; Ted Cruz trails with 30 percent. Tom Leppert, who has already conceded defeat, has 14 percent. - WFAA
8:50p Domingo Garcia, seeking the Democratic nomination to the U.S. House District 33 race, has arrived at campaign headquarters in Oak Cliff. With only early voting returns in so far, he's in position for a runoff with Marc Veasey. - Monika Diaz reporting from Dallas
8:46p Although Tom Leppert conceded defeat to reporters at his campaign headquarters, the former Dallas mayor has yet to address supporters following his disappointing showing in the GOP U.S. Senate race. He's been meeting one-on-one with key backers. - Jonathan Betz reporting from Dallas
8:43p Supporters are chanting as incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson declares victory in the U.S. House District 30 race with 71 percent of the early voting total. Asked what the numbers in her landslide victory mean, she replied: "They say I win!" - Teresa Woodard reporting in Dallas
8:36p Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, who portrayed his rivals as "empty suits" in a TV campaign, concedes defeat in the GOP U.S. Senate race, saying "the numbers are pretty clear." - Jonathan Betz reporting
8:33p Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has arrived at his watch party for the GOP U.S. Senate seat. If early returns hold, Leppert will be out of the running for a runoff election.
8:32p There's a festive mood at the David Dewhurst watch party in Houston. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate is leading rivals, but the early vote return indicates that a runoff with rival Ted Cruz is likely. - Brad Watson reporting from Houston
8:29p Democrat Dr. David Alameel is expected to arrive at his U.S. House District 33 watch party around 8:30 p.m. With only early voting reported, he is in fouth place with 9 percent. - Marcus Moore reporting from Fort Worth
8:24p Mitt Romney says he's honored and humbled to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee, and he's expressing confidence in his chances of winning the White House this fall. The former Massachusetts governor clinched the party nod Tuesday night with a Texas primary victory. In a post-victory statement, he claims the party has come together after a divisive primary with one goal — putting what he calls the countries' failures of the last three-plus years in the past. He also says he's mindful of the challenges that lie ahead. But he also says he and the country will settle for nothing less than making America prosperous and filled with jobs. - AP
8:11p Domingo Garcia is expected to arrive at his campaign headquarters at around 8:30 p.m. The Democrat currently has second place in the battle for his party's U.S. House District 33 seat with 25 percent; Marc Veasey has 39 percent. - Monika Diaz reporting in Dallas
8:05p The Associated Press projects that Mitt Romney will win the GOP Texas Primary, giving him enough delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. - AP
8:02p Democrat Barbara Mallory Caraway, who lost her challenge to U.S. House District 30 incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson, asks campaign volunteers to celebrate their hard work. Caraway tells them that she will be back in the political arena. - Craig Civale reporting from Dallas
7:58p It was a short night at campaign headquarters for incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson, declared the winner of the Democratic primary in the U.S. House District 30 race. "I'm grateful to voters in District 30," she told WFAA. "This term is not finished. The nomination that I received is for next year, and I have to finish out this year." - Teresa Woodard reporting from Dallas
7:52p Marc Veasey, running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. House District 33, is speaking to supporters, saying the early returns are "encouraging." He has 39 percent of early voting over challengers Domingo Garcia and Kahleen Hicks. "I'm feeling really good about tonight so far," he said. - Casey Norton reporting from Fort Worth
7:45p It looks like the Texas GOP Senate primary might go to a runoff based on early returns. - Jason Whitely reporting from Houston
7:40p With 72 of 8,779 precincts reporting, the Texas Secretary of State says David Dewhurst has 47 percent and challenger Ted Cruz has 28 percent of the vote in the Republican U..S. Senate primary. - Jason Whitely reporting from Houston
7:27p Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is comfortably ahead of Democratic challengers Michah Phillips and Betty Culbreath in early voting with 76 percent of the total. - WFAA
7:26p Incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson is projected to win the Democratic primary for U.S. House District 30 over challengers Barbara Mallory Caraway and Taj Clayton. Johnson had 71 percent of the early voting returns. - WFAA
7:26p In the Democratic race for the new U.S. House District 33, Domingo Garcia has 46 percent of the early voting returns, a clear lead over his opponents Marc Veasey and David Alameel. - WFAA
7:25p Ted Cruz is having a brief dinner of chicken wings at a Houston hotel as he awaits early returns in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. Those initial numbers are important, because if they show challenger David Dewhurst with 50 percent or more of the votes, it could indicate a difficult night ahead for Cruz partisans, who are hoping for a runoff... which they would consider a victory. - Jason Whitely reporting from Houston


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April 11th, 2014
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Beverly Ann Greene 76 of Richmond died October 8, 2012 at AMG Specialty Hospital in Muncie. She was born January 25, 1936 in Richmond to David and Dorothy Adams and lived her all her life. She retired from working at the Wayne County Courthouse.
Survivors include her son David of Richmond, two sisters Sandy Adams and Linda Black of Richmond, two brothers Ronnie and Gene Adams of Fountain City, nieces and nephews, and a special friend Raymond Malott of Richmond. She is preceded in death by her parents and one sister Rosemary Powers.
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Weekly Pulse: Pelosi Makes Her Move; Republican Rep. Calls for Coup
by The Media Consortium, Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 12:14:38 PM EDT
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has laid out a strategy to pass health care reform in the next couple of days by allowing the House to vote on the details of the reconciliation package instead of the Senate bill itself. As usual, progressives are fretting that winning will make them look bad. On the other hand, conservatives are baying for blood and calling for revolution.
'Deem and pass'
Nick Baumann of Mother Jones discusses the parliamentary tactic known as "deem and pass" (D&P), which House Democrats plan to use to avoid voting for the Senate bill before the Senate fixes the bill through reconciliation. The House doesn't want to sign a blank check. If the health care bill passes the House first, there's no guarantee that the Senate will make the fixes as promised.
Originally, the hope was that the Senate could do reconciliation first. The problem is that you can't pass a bill to amend a bill that isn't law yet. That would be like putting the cart before the horse. To clear that hurdle, the House will invoke a rule that deems that Senate bill to have passed if and when the House passes the reconciliation package. It's sort of like backdating a check. Ryan Grim explains the process in more detail on Democracy Now!
D&P does not equal treason
Progressives like Kevin Drum worry that D&P will make the Democrats look bad. Meanwhile, the Tea Party crowd is calling for Nancy Pelosi to be tried for treason, as TPM reports. The bottom line is that D&P is no big deal. Republicans used the process 36 times in 2005 and 2006; Democrats used it 49 times in 2007 and 2008. D&P is constitutional. We know because it has already been upheld by the Supreme Court. Kevin Drum writes, "If you have a life, you don't care about the subject of this post and have never heard of it."
Teabag revolution
There is no joy in Tea Party Land, as Dave Weigel reports in the Washington Independent. The tea baggers are frantically lobbying to stop the bill, but the reality is starting to sink in. Their leaders are shifting from trying to kill the bill to planning the tantrum they're going to throw when it passes:
While many held out hope that plans to pass the Senate's version of reform in the House would stall out, others pondered their next steps. Some, like Rep. Steve King (R-IA), took a dark view of what might come.
"Right now, they're civil, because they think they have a chance of stopping this bill," said King to reporters, waving his arm at a pack of "People's Surge" activists forming a line to enter the Cannon House Office Building. "The reason we don't have violence in this country like they do in dictatorships is because we have votes, and our leaders listen to their constituents. Now we're in a situation where the leaders are defying the people!" Later, King would expand on those remarks and speculate on a possible anti-Washington revolt in which Tea Parties would "fill the streets" of the capital.
Sounds like King is calling for a revolution, doesn't it? As it turns out, that's exactly what he says he wants if health care reform passes. Eric Kleefeld of TPMDC reports that King is hoping for something akin to the uprising that overthrew the Communists in Prague in 1989. "Fill this city up, fill this city, jam this place full so that they can't get in, they can't get out and they will have to capitulate to the will of the American people," King said in an interview with the Huffington Post.
Women and health care reform
Health care reform seems poised to pass. Amid the heady excitement, there's a sense of gloom in the reproductive rights community. Bart Stupak was defeated, but health care reform will probably end private insurance coverage for abortion.
In The American Prospect, Michelle Goldberg urges feminists to support reform anyway. She argues that the women suffer disproportionately under the status quo. If reform passes, it will insure 17 million previously uninsured women. Expanding health care coverage might help reverse rising maternal mortality rates in the United States.
A recent report by Amnesty International found that at least two women die in childbirth every day in the U.S., a much higher rate than most developed countries. The anti-choicers had the advantage because they were willing to kill health reform over abortion. The pro-choice faction did not allow itself the luxury of nihilism.
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Whatever the sport, by now you should expect a classic finish whenever the Wisconsin Badgers and the Ohio State Buckeyes square off. Sunday was obviously no exception, with the Badgers avenging a home loss earlier this month with a 63-60 win in Columbus.
Ohio State's loss gave Michigan State at least a share of the Big Ten title.
In their previous meeting, Jordan Taylor accounted for just 12 points, and the Badgers shot 18.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc in a 58-52 loss. Poor shooting from long range has been Wisconsin's nemesis for much of the season, but they were sharp Sunday, connecting on 8-of-21. As for Taylor, he turned in arguably his best performance of the season with 19 points (including 6-of-7 from the free throw line) and four rebounds while matched up with one of the country's best defenders in point guard Aaron Craft.
After taking a 42-41 lead midway through the second half, Wisconsin went 4:20 without a point. The Buckeyes went on a nine-point run for their largest lead of the night, 50-42, before Jared Berggren hit a three-pointer to end the drought and spark a comeback. Jordan Taylor hit a three and a jumper to help put the Badgers up 52-51 with 3:50 left in the game.
The two teams traded blows until the final minute of the game. Jared Sullinger hit a turnaround shot over the 7'0 Berggren to put the Buckeyes up two with 49 seconds to go. Berggren redeemed himself immediately on the next possession, however, drilling a three-point dagger to put the Badgers up for good.
Berggren was then fouled while pulling in the defensive rebound off of a missed DeShaun Thomas three-pointer. He made his free throws to account for Wisconsin's final five points of the game. He finished with 18 points on the day, 10 of which came in the final eight minutes of the game.
Sullinger, who left the game briefly late in the second half with what appeared to be a calf issue, was held to just eight points and six rebounds. Thomas led the Buckeyes with 23 points and William Buford (15 points, nine rebounds) continues to play well since his dud against Michigan last week.
The Badgers close out the regular season with home games against Minnesota and Illinois on Wednesday and Sunday. The Buckeyes played their final home game, and will hit the road to face Northwestern on Wednesday and Michigan State on Sunday.
For more on the Badgers, head over to the SB Nation blog Bucky's 5th Quarter. For more on the Buckeyes, check out Along The Olentangy. Stay tuned to our college basketball hub for more news and results from around the country.


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'Big Thirst' Author Charles Fishman to Speak at Economics Club of Hampton Roads Luncheon Sept. 18
Charles Fishman, author of "The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water," will kick off the 2013-14 roster of speakers for the Economics Club of Hampton Roads on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
Fishman, a celebrated investigative journalist and author, will speak at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, 235 E. Main St. in Norfolk. The event, which runs from 11:40 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is free for Economics Club members and $40 for non-members.
Fishman's latest book, "The Big Thirst," examines how water resources will come to define this century. He helps redefine how Americans look at water, the nation's most essential - but in many ways, misunderstood - resource. Fishman highlights water's vital role in the business sector and points to the many contradictions of water in the developing world, leaving audiences with a hopeful vision of how current wasteful ways can be curbed through ingenuity and conscientious stewardship.
Fishman now also blogs about water for National Geographic.
In his previous book, "The Wal-Mart Effect," Fishman took a definitive look at how Wal-Mart has become, without precedent, the most powerful and influential company in the history of the world.
In the book, Fishman writes how striving for one goal - saving its customers money - has resulted in Wal-Mart changing the practices of its suppliers, the economic life of cities, the economies of the countries from which it buys its goods, and the buying habits of consumers.
The Economics Club of Hampton Roads is an organization for business and government executives and community leaders who share an interest in the practical implications of economic principles, trends and events. It was established in 1991 as a community service by former ODU President James V. Koch, and is administered by Gil Yochum, dean of the College of Business and Public Administration, under the supervision of an elected board.
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Talk radio host John Gambling weighs in on criticism of Gov. Chris Christie ahead of his State of the State address.
"Steve Sweeney, the lead Democrat in the state legislator, was all over the governor yesterday saying Christie will use Sandy as the wall to hide behind the failings of the administration," Gambling told Good Day NY.
John Gambling is the host of The John Gambling Show on WOR 710 News Talk Radio.