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George - Calvados Barrel Aged - Mikkeller ApS
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05-28-2014 13:20:04 | More by Andy_Luft
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The bourbon version a couple years back was €8 in Amsterdam, and now it's €15. I decided to stop sponsoring Mikkeller and wasn't going to buy this, but one ended up in my possession by mistake. At least it's a world class beer...
From a 25cl bottle into a snifter
Drunk along side the bourbon and cognac versions
APPEARANCE: Pours pitch black and yields a ½ finger, medium looking, dark mocha colored head with pretty good retention. Head is dark, but not quite as dark as the cognac version. Thick pitch black body with no real carbonation evident. Head fades to a good wisp and dark mocha colored ring. A ring and light wisp remain until the end but leave no real lacing down the glass. All these beers look good.
SMELL: Burnt and charred malts for sure, with roasted espresso, oak, some light alcohol and molasses on the nose. A bit more burnt and charred with less aroma from the spirit.
TASTE: Burnt, charred and roasted grain initially, with a bold sweet caramel, boozy and ashy finish. This is the most charred and ashy of the series. Big and lingering aftertaste of burnt and charred grains, bitter espresso beans, some wood flavors and alcohol. Lots of wood and vanilla linger. Not as boozy and barrel heavy as the others, but more burnt and roasted. Very flavorful and enjoyable in its own right.
PALATE: Medium body and medium carbonation. Creamy on the palate, a touch lighter than the others in the series, goes down smooth and finishes sticky. Less heat than the others, but also a touch lighter than expected.
OVERALL: Another wonderful George variant. These are great and make a fun series to drink all at once. This one is more burnt and charred than the others, with less of a barrel component at as well. The feel is also a touch lighter. Still, a top notch brew that I would buy regularly if it were available and reasonably priced. As it is now, I will probably only drink Mikkeller beers if I get them by accident, as they've kind of priced themselves out of my market.
01-08-2014 08:12:26 | More by Jeffo
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Bottle (2013)
Acquired via online purchase
Black throughout and heavy in body. Not quite as thick as a Dark Lord of a Hunahpu, but thick nonetheless. Heavy in the glass. Coating. Sticky. A very pretty imperial stout.
Lots of cocoa powder in the aroma butted up against really earthy, dark fruit character--fig, and sun-dried cherry. There's some mild wood character peeking through there as well. A little bit of the spirit and alcohol heat emerge as the beer comes more close to room temperature. Very nice--layered, expressive, and complex.
The flavor is quite similar to the aroma. Nice layers of chocolates and dark fruits play nicely together. Mild spirit note and a touch of barrel, but the base beer is still really allowed to shine through here nicely. The time in the barrel, I believe, has smoothed this beer out nicely, integrated the flavors, and made the alcohol nearly untracable. Silky smooth and very nice flavors.
Medium bodied with silky, creamy mouthfeel. Exceptional for a stout of this magnitude.
Fantastic beer.
06-29-2013 04:29:49 | More by ehammond1
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Bottle from Etre Gourmet. Served in a tulip glass.
A - Looks a lot like the Cognac version, but with more sticky lacing on the sides of the glass.
S - The Calvados doesn't show up as heavily as the Cognac did. There's far more of the base stout, but with some mild brandy sweetness integrating with the milk chocolate and dark fruits of the base beers. There's perhaps a hint of sweet apples in the periphery, along with mild roast. Not nearly as burnt as most Mikkeller offerings.
T - The taste has a bit more Calvados presence, with sweet apples and very mild oak presence. Again, it's like George, but with a bit more sweetness and fruitiness to it and less of the signature char and burnt flavors. Booze-soaked dark fruits, chocolate, and mild roast.
M - Seems a tad more tannic than the Cognac version. Otherwise quite similar in fullness of body and understated carbonation. No heat, and lingering stickiness.
D - Enjoyable, but was a bit of a drop-off compared the Cognac version. I'd gladly drink this again, but at $20/250ml it'd be hard for me to justify the expense. Again, the nip is a nice serving size for this type of beer. Liked it about as much as the bourbon version.
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Been saving this one for a special occasion, and as I'm moving out of my flat in Los Angeles tomorrow to attend grad school in Austin, Texas, I figured it was time to give this one a go. That, and my car is so damn full of all my crap that the more bottles I can go through, the easier moving will be.
First off, I love the label art. But I don't love that it's imported by the Shelton Bastards. "Imperial Stout aged in Calvados barrels." 12.12% ABV confirmed per the label. Expectaitons are really high for this one since the bourbon variant was #26 in ratebeer's top 50 in 2011, and Mikkel is me favourite brewer. 8.5 fl oz brown glass bottle with unbranded pry-off cap acquired at a local beer store some months ago and served into a flared stem-snifter/tulip hybrid glass in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. Reviewed live. Brewed at Nogne O.
I do want to say I applaud the small bottle format; it's always nice to buy an imperial stout you know you can easily drink that night by yourself.
Served cold, straight from me fridge, and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.
A: Pours a gorgeous rich shiny tan colour head; wonderful vibrance. Half a finger in width. Brilliant creaminess and thickness, yet it still features a soft complexion. Near perfect for a head colour and texture; the only thing that's missing is an equally impressive retention - this only holds up for maybe three minutes, though the floater ring it recedes to remains for some minutes more.
Body colour is an opaque jet black. It was sinfully dark pouring out of the bottle, but also a bit syrupy - which has me worried. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show.
No flaws are obvious, and it certainly seems special. The syrupy looking texture does have me a bit concerned. The retention is excusable given the high ABV, but I've definitely seen beers at this ABV or higher that held up far better. (The Vietnamese Speedway Stout, World Tour Blend Speedway Stout, and even Barrel Aged Speedway Stout 2012 vintage that I tried yesterday come to mind.)
Sm: Decadent calvados notes, evoking red apple, brandy, hints of red wine, and a pleasant warmth. Dark malts, caramel, chocolate malt. Cream. Milk chocolate. Timid dark fruits - dates, and maybe grape? The calvados notes seem to blend seamlessly with the base beer; there's no clear dichotomy; it seems gestalt. Baked apple notes emerge more as the beer warms. A seductive aroma of incredible complexity, subtlety, and balance. Some toasty character, but not much roast. Moderate in strength, and damn appealing.
I don't detect any coffee, char, burnt character, or espresso. It's definitely a warm aroma, and I might call it boozy - but that descriptor has an unsuitably negative connotation. It's got a pleasant presence of alcohol that doesn't turn me away by any means. No yeast character or hop character is detectable.
T/Mf: Sweet apple brandy/calvados mixes well with the more chocolately, lightly burnt base stout, but somewhere along the way a rough sort of scratchy texture emerges. It's a bit syrupy and frail, and the texture dries and coarsens towards the finish, which teases out the next sip. But the texture is in some ways unnatural, which is unpleasant to a degree.
I get warm caramel, baked apple, pleasant alcohol warmth, a dab of raisin, some dark fruits (dates, mainly, with a biteen of grape), and milk chocolate. The apple swells and sweetens as the beer develops, leaving you with a kiss of caramelized apple right on the finish. That's lovely.
Certainly a thick beer, but aptly so. The texture supports and complements the taste; it's a fine marriage. Perfect carbonation. Silky smooth with a welcome wetness up front, but it gives way to the more dry and coarse texture noted above. Sticky and somewhat chewy. It flirts with the delicate feel of the finest beers I've ever had, but it never quite crosses the line into that territory. Good body.
Superb balance. Good complexity and subtlety, though it could maybe use a bit more.
Dr: Damn drinkable for the ABV. It's an excellently executed beer for the concept; it hits the calvados aging with grace and the barrel notes seem to complement the base beer and coax out its nuances - there's clearly reasoning behind the barrel aging here. I'm actually quite resistant to apple liqueur of any type, but this stuff is delicious. Sure, the pricetag is high as an exotic import (mostly thanks to the Shelton Bastards), but I could justify buying it again - especially for aging, which I think would be interesting. Could I have another? I'd probably want something a bit lighter within the same day, but it's a high quality brew nonetheless. Another incredibly good beer from Mikkeller. I can't wait to try the other variants.
08-11-2013 21:49:47 | More by kojevergas
George - Calvados Barrel Aged from Mikkeller ApS
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Carbon Hill defeated Haleyville and lost to Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa in a tri-match at Carbon Hill High School on Thursday.
The Bulldogs knocked off Haleyville 25-14, 26-24. Maggi Clark had five kills and four digs for Carbon Hill (17-12), Tessa Ivey had five kills and three digs, Lindsey Madison added five digs and Jessica Hurst had nine assists and four digs.
Carbon Hill lost to Hillcrest 22-25, 25-13, 15-9.
Clark had six kills and five digs, Ivey had five kills and four digs, Savanna Lawson had six kills, Abby Tittle added four kills and Hurst had 19 assists.
Carbon Hill hosts Oak Grove and Cordova on Tuesday.
Cordova routs Corner
Cordova swept past Corner on the road on Thursday, winning 25-15, 25-21, 25-14.
For Cordova, Faith Sims had 10 kills, two blocks, two aces and a dig, Katilyn Barnes added seven kills, four aces and a block, Kara Hall had four aces and two kills, Maleah Gilmore had nine digs, Emily Wilson added 23 assists, seven aces and three digs while Allie Bradford had two aces.
Cordova (13-6) plays at Carbon Hill on Tuesday.
Cordova's JV team defeated Corner 25-16, 25-16.
Coach Mark Ragsdale's team improved to 12-1 on the season.
For the Blue Devils, Charity Bradford had seven aces, seven digs and four assists, Kelley Burnett had six kills, four digs and one ace, Kaylee Robertson had four assists, three digs, two aces and a kill, Kelsee Sanford added three kills, three digs and an ace while Hannah Ingram had three aces and three digs.
Curry outlasts Dora
Curry bounced back after losing the first set to beat Dora on Thursday.
The Yellow Jackets won 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.
For Dora (12-10), Alexia Smith had 13 kills, two blocks and two aces, Larissa Steeley had 10 kills and three aces, Hannah Wilson had 24 assists, six kills and three aces, Madisen Bencko had 20 digs, seven kills and three aces, both Lydia Sanders and Lindsey Johnson had 21 digs and Keola James had three kills and two blocks.
Dora won the JV match 25-23, 25-20 to improve to 5-2.
For Dora, Bailey Jett had four assists, two kills and two aces while Brooke Abbott had 18 digs, two kills and an ace.


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Fast Marriage Facts - Rhea and Danny:
Met: 1970.
Married: January 28, 1982.
Separated: October 2012.
Reconciled: March 2013.
First Marriage: Yes.
Did You Know?
Danny and Rhea worked together during much of their marriage.
News Updates:3/15/2013: According to People.com, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman "have been quietly working on their relationship in recent months and have called off the separation."
12/05/2012: Danny DeVito -- "Rhea and I are really close. Actually, still together, just separate, but together." Jerry [Penacoli] asked if there was a chance of reconciliation. Danny replied, "We're working on it."
Source: Jerry Penacoli. "Exclusive! Danny DeVito on His Marriage: 'We're Working On It'" ExtraTV.com. 12/05/2012.
Rhea Perlman: March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York.
When Danny and Rhea Met:
The play didn't last long, but their marriage and friendship was considered by many to be one of Hollywood's success stories until their split in 2012.
Wedding Date and Information:
Carol Wallace: "When the bride could not choose between 'a sweat suit and an attractive T-shirt,' she settled for a rented antique wedding dress. The groom, meanwhile, rushed home during a Taxi lunch break. The rain-soaked garden ceremony was performed by a French-horn player with the Los Angeles Philharmonic who doubles as a licensed minister. As for the wedding march, the happy couple chose a recording of Our Gang's Alfalfa trilling 'I'm in the Mood for Love.'"
Source: Carol Wallace. "Chalk Up a Successful Marriage for TV's Tart-Tongued Twosome, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman." People.com. 12/12/1983.
- Lucy Chet DeVito: Born in 1983.
- Grace Fan DeVito: Born in 1985.
- Jacob Daniel DeVito: Born in 1987.
Rhea: Actor, author, producer.
Quotes About the Marriage of Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito:
Source: Criag Hlavaty. "Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman Are Splitting Up: Say It Ain't So #TrollFoot." HoustonPress.com. 10/08/2012.
Jen Chaney: "The diminutive couple — whose most notable television roles, on Taxi and Cheers, respectively, cast both of them as smart-mouthed cynics — came across publicly as stable, happy, family-focused people who genuinely worked as a team. Obviously, marriages and partnerships evolve over time, and sometimes even the most bonded units breaks down. But still: It's sad ..."
Source: Jen Chaney. "Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have separated." WashingtonPost.com. 10/08/2012.
Danny on the secret to a long lasting marriage: "Love. Love. I mean, really. You know what? Who knows. The secret to success is to try to never figure that out."
Source: Sheila Marikar. "Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman Separate After 30 Years." ABCNews.go.com. 10/08/2012.
Rhea: "Ours is not a fighting relationship. We both always feel terrible after even a small amount of harsh words."
Source: Carol Wallace. "Chalk Up a Successful Marriage for TV's Tart-Tongued Twosome, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman." People.com. 12/12/1983.
Michael Douglas: "There's a balance to their relationship, and they protect it zealously. There's a magic about them."
Source: Carol Wallace. "Chalk Up a Successful Marriage for TV's Tart-Tongued Twosome, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman." People.com. 12/12/1983.


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From RCM&W A short but excellent, thin hand crack with good rests and the requisite manky pin at the crux. From the ledge, follow the obvious crack straight up to a crux near the top.
#2 camalots & Smaller
calling this route thin hands is debatable. i never placed anything smaller than a #2. gear: 2-3 #2 camalots, #3 camalot, few runners. route is maybe 45 feet long. long webbing for belay/top rope anchor helps. belay at ledge takes small cams and/or nuts. i used a orange tcu, yellow tcu, and a medium/large nut.
FA Peter Scott circa 1988 Not Chris Holbeck (He's a friend of mine and can confirm this) he was the belayer on the FA Originally there was a loose block at the beginning of the crack (see photo) that I later trundled and then reclimbed the route. This made the initial crack longer. I love the belay ledge on this route! The position is incredible . Glad to see people climbing this route.
So classic. Every year I worked for the Voyageur Outward Bound in Ely we'd make a pilgrimage to climb at Palisade and specifically to climb Urge to Mate. This route is awesome: hands at the bottom and steep cruxy face moves at the top. It's a must climb for the area! Love it! Find the top by looking for the small "Headstonish" looking rock facing away from the lake.


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Bid to get care workers a better deal at Worcestershire County Council rejected
5:21pm Wednesday 21st May 2014 in Local By Tom Edwards, Political Reporter
A BID to rapidly improve the terms and conditions of hundreds of poorly-paid care workers across Worcestershire has been rejected.
The county council's Conservative group has thrown out a bid to adopt a union-led charter which aims to make sure people offering home care services get better wages, more training and work reasonable hours.
The Ethical Care charter, created by Unison, has been gaining momentum across the country over the last 18 months and is aimed at preventing outside agencies from exploiting their staff.
Most councils 'buy' homecare from outside bodies, who often work long hours on the minimum wage.
A motion was debated during a full council meeting, led by Green Party Councillor Matthew Jenkins, to encourage the county to sign up, but it was thrown out despite support from the Liberal Democrats and several Labour politicians.
Councils which adopt the charter often find it has significant costs, not least because it means workers must all be on the Living Wage of £7.65 an hour. County Hall's budgets need to be reduce by around £100 million by 2018.
During the debate Cllr Jenkins heavily criticised the homecare industry, calling it "a race to the bottom" and saying the way councils work closely with it creates a "false economy".
He said poor at-home care leads to more injuries, worsening health among the elderly population and further knock-on problems to the public purse.
Councillor Liz Tucker, Lib Dem group leader, said: "If we adopt this charter it will being transparency as to whether we are buying services that are actually good enough.
"I can see that one of the problems for the administration will be the cost, and the Living Wage issue, but I'd like to see what could be put into the pot to create a guaranteed level of service."
The Conservative group, which has an overall majority at County Hall, amended the motion so it said the council will "have regard to the social values in the charter" but be "mindful of the tight financial position".
Cllr Jenkins said the re-worded version did not compel the council to sign up to the better terms and conditions, lambasting it.
Councillor Sheila Blagg, Conservative cabinet member for adult social care, said: "We already comply with some of the standards you are talking about."
She the council was committed to "better quality care", adding: "But it is a finite envelope, and we can't ignore value."
Cllr Blagg also said she "does not support the idea" that better wages automatically leads to improved care.
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BUT..... The county council suggest retirees become personal assistants with supported training and flexible hours to suit, which will save them money by reducing the direct payments or personal budgets paid to the elderly and disabled. Therefore not having to pay as much to employed care workers. Appears to be quite a contradiction between two reports coming from county hall on this subject.
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The Ten Commandments are a set of ten basic rules of behavior, mostly negative in construction, that appear in the ancient Hebrew scriptures and are directed at the Hebrews as God's chosen people. Tradition holds that these rules were delivered to them by God via Moses, who climbed to the top of Mount Sinai during the Hebrews' journey through the desert from Egypt to Canaan. They are, then, God's requirements for how the Hebrews are supposed to behave.
The Ten Commandments are also called the Decalogue (or Decalog). This is a word derived from the Greek deka, which means ten, and logos, which means word. It is common in some religious circles to refer to the Ten Commandments as the Ten Words and even list them in the form of "First Word, Second Word, etc."
How Many Commandments?
The Ten Commandments are not the only commandments that exist in the Hebrew scriptures. There are, in fact, 623 commandments or laws in the scriptures, but these ten are given extra weight by Jewish scholars because of their very basic nature. This attitude has been carried on in Christianity and Islam. Christian scriptures depict Jesus as reducing the basic laws to two, loving one's neighbor and loving God. Muslim scriptures don't specifically list or address the commandments by name at all but they do contain similar commands.
According to Jewish traditions, the Ten Commandments were delivered to Moses on Mt. Sinai when the Hebrews stopped there during their journey from Egypt (where they were enslaved) to Canaan (where they would wipe out the local inhabitants). Jewish scholars have generally treated these ten rules as foundational for the rest of Jewish law.
To say that they are foundational suggests that they are not themselves laws. One reason for this is that none of them, at least in their shorter forms, contain punishments, explanations, or means of implementation. They don't look at all like the laws we see elsewhere in the Hebrew legal code and may be best described as fundamental principles that justify and support the rest of the law.
How Many Versions of the Commandments?
Of the three versions of the Ten Commandments that appear in the Hebrew scriptures, two are similar and one is very different. The presence of the two similar versions is not entirely surprising. One can claim that the first in Exodus 20 was delivered to Moses by God, but Moses broke the two tablets when he came down from Mt. Sinai and discovered that people were worshipping a Golden Calf. God then instructed Moses to create two new tablets and these became the Deuteronomy 5 version. If both are supposed to be from God, though, why are there any differences at all?
The version from Exodus 34 is radically different from the other two. It really does have ten distinct commands rather than a larger set that is only divided into ten through creative editing. It also gives commands that are completely unlike those in the other two versions. These commands all involve ritual acts and laws, thus leading to their designation as the "ritual decalogue" by some.
The present form of the Ten Commandments is considerably more recent than the time of Moses, assuming that Moses even existed, but it is likely that some simpler form existed during that earlier era. At the very least there is nothing about such a version that would require a much later dating.
Origin of the Ten Commandments
Although religious conservatives generally believe that the Ten Commandments we currently have were given directly to Moses by God, religious liberals who accept that the Bible was written by multiple authors believe that each of the three versions comes from a different hand. According to the Documentary Hypothesis, the version in Exodus 20 was written by the "E" author between 922 and 722 BCE, the Exodus 34 version was written by the "J" author between 848 and 722 BCE, and the Deuteronomy version was written by the "D" author around 622 BCE.
Regardless of whatever special importance the Ten Commandments may have had to the ancient Hebrews, a full listing of the them only occurs in Exodus and Deuteronomy. They are referenced elsewhere and a couple of the commandments may be mentioned, but no full listings can be found in the other Hebrew scriptures, the New Testament, or various non-canonical works.
It is thought that the form of the Ten Commandments was deliberately chosen to facilitate regular, even ceremonial, recitation. They do, after all, number the same as the number of human fingers, and the format of repeated "you shall" or "you shall not" would lend itself to memorization and public recitation on festivals or other religious events (especially if it is true that they were all originally very short).
The Deuteronomy text even indicates that they were recited directly to the people by God, though it's unclear if that happened in the context of Exodus 20. There is no actual record of a public ritual during which the Ten Comments might have been ritually recited, though. This means that their status as ritual or not is questionable and shouldn't be taken too far when trying to understand their origin.


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According to the National Center for Policy Analysis direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer's and other dementias amounts to more than $148 (b) billion a year.
So how do you pay for care and treatment?
Medicare: What is it?
A federally funded health insurance program that typically serves as the primary insurance for people over the age of 65 as well as people with certain disabilities and health conditions. Medicare generally pays 80% of outpatient serves.
What does Medicare cover?
The services Medicare now covers include "reasonable and necessary" doctors' visits; physical, occupational or speech therapy; psychotherapy or behavioral management therapy by a mental health professional; and skilled home-care services (such as skilled nursing, speech or physical therapy).
The new policy, which was officially in place as of late 2001 but only became public in March 2002, reflects recent scientific evidence indicating that people with Alzheimer's can often benefit from mental health services and specialized types of therapy. Alzheimer's experts say the new rules will enable people with the disease to stay at home longer by providing access to services that help improve activities of daily living and help people with the disease maintain a better quality of life.
What Medicare does NOT cover:
**Medicare will pay for medically necessary skilled-care services at assisted-living facilities or nursing homes.
What if Medicare denies to coverage:
Some Medicare carriers may still be automatically denying coverage of medical services for people with Alzheimer's. If you or a loved one has been denied coverage of medical services by Medicare, you should contact your local Medicare office or your Medicare carrier, the company that reviews claims for the government in your area.
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BERLIN (WRCB/AP) - Work crews backed by about 250 police have removed portions of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved.
Police spokesman Alexander Toennies told The Associated Press there were no incidents as work began about 5 a.m. to remove four sections of the wall, each about 1.5 yards wide. That will make way for an access route to the planned high-rise luxury apartments along the nearby Spree River.
Plans to remove part of the 3/4-mile stretch of wall sparked protests that developers were sacrificing history for profit.
Chistoph Scheld, a German reporter visiting WRCB this week as part of journalism exchange program, remembers growing up in a divided Germany.
"We Germans were all very happy when the wall came down," said Scheld.
"And we're still grateful that it happened. But we still want to have that last part of the wall that is still there as a reminder to future generations to keep in mind what happened and all the terrible things that happened along the wall.
At least 136 people died trying to scale the wall that divided communist-run East Berlin from West Berlin.
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Altuzarra borrows from Boro. Boro?
Inspiration for Altuzarra's spring collection comes from Japanese Boro gear. You know…BORO. Yeah, he explained it in his program, but we had to look it up later. Boro is a term for ragged clothes or textiles worn by farmers and fishermen, patched and stitched together to make them last longer. Real clothes, with real purpose. It's a far cry from today's trend-driven, disposable fashion, but that's...Read more »
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The folks at Clover Canyon may design, cut and sew their clothes in sunny California, but the new brand has Russia on the brain for fall.
Called "Winter Palace," the line takes inspiration from the land of Baryshnikov and Tolstoy, using prints derived from photos of everything from grand architecture to dramatic vistas, from the Siberian plains to the stage of the Ballets Russes. The ornate...Read more »
Sophie Theallet invents a whole new dress category: the LGD
You almost feel like you should have your passport on you when you attend a Sophie Theallet runway show. Surely there's some sort of customs checkpoint, where cold but impeccably dressed officials should survey your papers, and a front-row seat requires a visa. Because as soon as the lights go down, the music pumps in and the models start down the runway, well, it's clear we're not in...Read more »
Sophie Theallet: Dragonfly dreams
French fashion designer Sophie Theallet has a remarkable ability to craft truly special pieces that appear both bohemian and classic in one swoop of her needle and thread. And this collection proves it. Playful, strong, diaphanous, all-out sexy — she juggles a lot of style elements and somehow comes up with a cohesive whole. (And a slew of must-have frocks for women of any age.)
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Christian Siriano goes to the ballet
Truth told, Christian Siriano is known for over-the-top confections, but at Saturday's afternoon show, he took a more discreet route via the ballet. Inspired by movement and particularly the "Dream Ballet," performed by the American Ballet Theatre, the show opened with slim pale pink polka-dot cropped pantsuits — a gussied-up version of what dancers might wear hanging around. Later, that same silo...Read more »
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Sirens at Peter Som
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Cosmetically I will get the windows tinted down the line as well as renew the headlight lenses because they are fogged up.
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Meredith Hastings
Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor:
Geological Sciences
Phone: +1 401 863 3658
Phone 2: +1 401 863 3339
My research focuses on the reactive nitrogen cycle, with an emphasis on nitrate deposition. My interest in reactive nitrogen (e.g., NOx) extends from its connection to air quality through its impact on ozone and hydroxyl concentrations to the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the earth system via formation of nitric acid (or nitrate), a major component of acid rain and a source of biologically available nitrogen.
I graduated magna cum laude in 1998 with a B.Sc. in marine science and chemistry from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. After a one-year stint working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, I began graduate school in the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University. Graduating with a Ph.D. in 2004, I subsequently became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington with a fellowship from the Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO). I joined the faculty at Brown in 2008, and continue to pursue my varied research interests in the global N cycle, the biogeochemical record in ice cores and global connections between atmospheric chemistry and climate.
My research draws on principles from different individual disciplines, bringing a novel set of skills to the challenge of understanding the impacts humans have had on the composition of the atmosphere, the biosphere and climate. My research is driven by questions such as: what is the impact of anthropogenic emissions on the oxidation capacity of the atmosphere? What are the current impacts of acid deposition on streams, lakes, and the terrestrial biosphere? How has the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen changed through time? What are the connections and feedbacks between the air quality, the physical climate system, and the health of the biosphere? To address these questions, I am currently utilizing novel isotopic measurement and modeling studies in the present environment, as well as characterizing how the environment has changed though time based on the interpretation of ice core measurements.
My recent focus has been on the reactive nitrogen cycle, with emphasis on nitrate deposition. Nitrate deposition in rain, snow, ice and aerosols is the main sink of reactive nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the atmosphere. My interest in NOx extends from its connection to the oxidizing efficiency of the atmosphere through its impact on ozone and hydroxy (OH) concentrations to the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the earth system via formation of nitric acid (or nitrate), a major component of acid rain and a source of biologically available nitrogen. Using the isotopic composition of nitrate, I am investigating variations in the sources, chemistry, and transport of NOx. On short time scales, this has implications for studying air quality and acid deposition impacts. On longer time scales, I am interested in the natural variability of NOx sources, and the connection between climate, atmospheric composition, and the biosphere.
Because humans have significantly altered the biogeochemistry of nitrogen in the recent past, I am especially interested in exploring this cycle in the modern environment. The isotopic composition of nitrate represents an exciting new tool that can be used to characterize anthropogenic versus natural sources of nitrate, as well as the oxidant composition of the atmosphere.
Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences (2011-present)
Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) Fellowship recipient (2005-2008)
Department of Energy Graduate Research Education Fellowship recipient (2002-2004)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient (1999-2002)
Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel Award (2001)
Phi Beta Kappa (1998)
Henry King Stanford Scholarship Recipient (1994-1998)
Florida Scholar's Award Recipient (1994-1998)
Florida Resident Access Grant Recipient (1994-1998)
Co-convener of special session entitled "Measurement and Modeling of N2O Fluxes and the Coupling with CO2 and CH4 Fluxes" at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2011.
Co-convener of special session entitled "The Bioatmospheric N Cycle: N Emissions, Transformations, Deposition, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts" at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2011.
Co-convener of special session entitled "Investigation of Atmospheric Processes Using Stable Isotopes" at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2010.
Co-convener of special session entitled "The Bioatmospheric N Cycle: N Emissions, Transformations, Deposition, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts" at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2010.
Member, American Geophyiscal Union
Co-founder, Board Member, Earth Science Women's Network
Co-editor of focus issue in Environmental Research Letters journal on "Connections between Atmospheric Chemistry and Ice and Snow," 2008.
Co-convener of special session entitled "Atmospheric Chemistry of Ice and Snow" at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2007.
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2009-present.
Proposal Reviewer, French Polar Institute, 2009-present.
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
Journal Reviewer, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Journal Reviewer, Geophysical Research Letters
Journal Reviewer, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Journal Reviewer, Environmental Science & Technology
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Marine Chemistry
GEOL 1350: Weather and Climate
GEOL 2920-V: Terrestrial Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling
GEOL 2910-C: The Global Nitrogen Cycle
Current Graduate Students:
Aron Buffen
Dorothy Fibiger (Chemistry)
Rebecca Fahringer
Mengdi Cui (Brown-MBL)
Funded Research
Lead PI, Brown University, Office of the Vice President for Research Seed Funds, The Impact of Agricultural Practices on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality: A Case Study in New England, Co-PI Jianwu Tang (Marine Biological Laboratory)
Lead PI, National Science Foundation, Atmospheric Chemistry, Collaborative Research: Isotopic and compositional investigation of the sources and interactions of reactive N in the marine atmosphere at Bermuda, Co-PIs: A. Peters (Bermuda Inst for Ocean Sciences), D. Sigman (Princeton Univ)
Co-PI, National Science Foundation (NSF), Ocean Sciences, Collaborative Research: GEOTRACES Atlantic Section Nitrate Isotope Measurements, Co-PIs: K. Casciotti, (Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.), D. Sigman (Princeton Univ).
Lead PI, National Science Foundation, Arctic Sciences, Collaborative Research: The Impact of bromine chemistry on the isotopic composition of nitrate at Summit, Greenland, Co-PIs: J. Dibb (Univ of New Hampshire), L.G. Huey (Georgia Inst. of Technology)
Lead PI, National Science Foundation (NSF), ADVANCE, Collaborative Research: Career Advancement for Women through the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN), Co-PIs: C. Weidinmyer (NCAR), T. Holloway and E. Marin-Spiotta (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), S. Laursen (Univ of Colorado-Boulder), A. Steiner (Univ of Michigan).
Co-PI, Brown University Dean of the College, Curricular Development Grant, Co-PI: James Russell (Geo)
Lead PI, Brown University/NSF ADVANCE, Brown Career Development Award
Web Links
- Brown's Earth Systems History Group
- New Proxy Reveals How Humans Have Disrupted N Cycle
- Facilitating career advancement for women in the Geosciences through the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN)
- More about my research...