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Artvin Province
|Artvin Province
Artvin ili
|Province of Turkey
Location of Artvin Province in Turkey
|Black Sea
|• Total
|7,436 km2 (2,871 sq mi)
|Population (2010-12-31)[1]
|• Total
|• Density
|22/km2 (57/sq mi)
|Area code(s)
|Vehicle registration
Artvin Province (Turkish: Artvin ili, Georgian: ართვინის პროვინცია) is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia.
The provincial capital is the city of Artvin.
Artvin is an attractive area of steep valleys carved by the Çoruh River system, surrounded by high mountains of Kaçkar, Karçal and Yalnızçam(up to 3900 m) and forest with much national parkland including the Karagöl-Sahara, which contains the Şavşat and Borçka lakes. The weather in Artvin is very wet and mild at the coast, and as a result is heavily forested. This greenery runs from the top all the way down to the Black Sea coast. The rain turns to snow at higher altitudes, and the peaks are very cold in winter.[2]
The forests are home to brown bears and wolves. The Çoruh is now being dammed in 11 places for hydro-electric power, including the 249 m Deriner Dam and others at Borçka and Muratlı.
In addition to the vast majority[citation needed] ethnic Turks, the province is home to communities of Laz people and Hemshin peoples. Autochthonous Muslim Georgians form the majority in parts of Artvin Province east of the Çoruh River. Immigrant groups of Georgian origins, found scattered in Turkey are known as Chveneburi.[3] In particular, there is a prominent community of Chveneburi Georgians many of them descendants of Muslim families from Georgia who migrated during the struggles between the Ottoman Turks and Russia during the 19th century. With such diverse peoples, Artvin has a rich variety of folk song and dance (see Arifana and Kochari for examples of folk culture).[4]
Local industries include bee-keeping especially in Macahel region.[5]
Artvin is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
The area has a rich history but has not been studied extensively by archaeologists in recent decades. Artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age and even earlier have been found. The Hurri settled in the Artvin area in 2000 BC and were succeeded by the Urartu civilisation, based in Lake Van. Later, the area was part of the kingdom of Colchis but was always vulnerable to invasions, first the Scythians from across the Caucasus, then the Muslim armies led by Habib, son of Caliph Uthman who controlled the area from 853 AD to 1023 when it was conquered by the Byzantines from the Sac Emirate linked to the Abbasids.
The Seljuk Turks of Alp Arslan conquered the area in 1064 AD; but after his death, it was briefly recaptured by the king of Georgia with the help of the Byzantines, but by 1081 was in Turkish hands again when Saltukoğlu Beylik managed to take it back with the aid of Melikşah. With the collapse of the Seljuks, the Artvin area came under the control of the Ildeniz tribe of the Anatolian Turkish beyliks.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Fighting for control between various Turkish clans continued until the Safavids taking advantage of this infighting, were able to conquer the area in 1502.
The Ottoman Empire under Mehmet II defeated the Empire of Trebizond to bring the eastern Black Sea coast and the mountainous hinterland under their control. Subsequent expeditions into the mountains by Selim I and Mehmed Han Yusufeli gave them control of a number of castles and thus the whole district. Kara Ahmet Pasha, the vizer of Suleiman I formed the first Livane Sanjak with the name Pert-Eğekte. In 13 July 1551, with İskender Pasha's Ardanuç castle, the Ottoman control of Artvin was secure. Ahmed III's vizer Hasan Pasha founded the city of Batum in the newly acquired lands of Ajaria and it became the hub of the area.
This lasted 250 years until the area was ceded to the Russians by the Ottoman Empire following the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), and recovered and again ceded at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Artvin was in war zone and continuously changing control between Russia and Turkey with the Treaties of Brest-Litovsk, Moscow, and Kars. All this fighting and uncertainty between Russia and Turkey in the late 19th century caused the people of Artvin to suffer terribly, with much of the population moving westwards away from the Russian-controlled zones.
The Russians withdrew from Artvin following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917; but when the First World War ended with the Ottomans on the losing side, British troops moved into the area in 1918, followed by the newly independent Georgians. There were moves to incorporate Artvin into Georgia but a referendum was called in 1920, and, knowing that the vast majority of the population were Turks, the Georgians withdrew their claim on Artvin in 1921 by the Treaty of Kars.[14]
In 1924, the Liva Sanjak was abolished and the Artvin Vilayet was created. Artvin Vilayet was combined with Rize to form Çoruh Vilayet with the capital at Rize. Later it was separated into Artvin Province with the districts of Ardanuç, Arhavi, Artvin, Borçka, Hopa, Murgul, Şavşat and Yusufeli.[15]
Places of interest[edit]
- The city of Artvin has an ancient castle and a number of Ottoman period houses, mosques, and fountains.
- Every June, there is a "bull-wrestling" festival in the high plateau of Kafkasör
- The Parekhi monastery, a Georgian monastery
Popular places for walking and outdoor expeditions.
- The Kaçkar Mountains are among the most-popular venues for trekking holidays in Turkey.
- Macahel Valley on the Georgian border, is another popular location for walking holidays.
- Papart forest in Şavşat
- Genciyan Hill in Şavşat, overlooks the border and the Binboğa lakes.
- The lakes of Şavşat and Borçka and the crater lake of Kuyruklu.
- The Çoruh River is excellent for rafting and championships have been held here * There are a number of Georgian churches in the valleys of Yusufeli.
- Bilbilan Yaylası - a typical Turkish high meadow.
- Savangin pre-historical cave with an inscription written unknown or unsolved alphabet
Well-known residents[edit]
- The singer and politician Zülfü Livaneli was born into a family from Yusufeli.
- Folk rock singer, guitarist and composer Kazım Koyuncu was born in Artvin's Black Sea town of Hopa.
- The bard of Artvin, poet Turgut Çelik
- Folk singer Şükriye Tutkun
- The father of TV personality Beyaz was from a village in Ardanuç.
- The singer&composer&engineer Mircan Kaia was born into a family from Borcka.
Artvin province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold):
Sister cities[edit]
See also[edit]
- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
- ^ Artvin geography (tr)
- ^ Peoples of the Caucasus in Turkey
- ^ Artvin
- ^ Artvin Macahel
- ^ The Turks: Middle ages, Hasan Celāl Güzel, Cem Oğuz, Osman Karatay, 2002
- ^ Les Origines de l'Empire ottoman, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gary Leiser, 1992, page 82
- ^ European and Islamic trade in the early Ottoman state: the merchants of Genoa and Turkey, Kate Fleet, 1999, page 49
- ^ Turkey, Verity Campbell, 2007, page 35
- ^ Turkey, James Bainbridge, 2009, page 33
- ^ Eastern Turkey: The Bradt Travel Guide, Diana Darke, 2011, page 77
- ^ The Turks: Early ages, Hasan Celāl Güzel, Cem Oğuz, Osman Karatay, 2002
- ^ The sons of Bayezid: empire building and representation in the Ottoman civil war of 1402-1413, Dimitris J. Kastritsis, 2007, page 2
- ^ Artvin Valiliği Resmi Web Sayfası <<! HOŞGELDİNİZ !>>
- ^ Artvin
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Artvin Province.
- (Turkish) the provincial governorate
- (English) Artvin Weather Forecast Information
- (English)Çoruh River Valley and future of artvin city
- (English) Armenian History and Presence in Artvin
- (Turkish) Artvin has a Wikipedia all of its own including...
- photos of Artvin
- HQ pictures of Artvin
- more photos
- World Wildlife Fund report on the area
- (Turkish) photos and villages of Artvin


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Last Monday, an unidentified 10th-grade English teacher at Albany High School assigned her students a "persuasive writing" exercise telling them to pretend their teacher was a Nazi, the New York Times reported.
The students were reportedly told to use historical propaganda and a traditional high school essay structure — "five paragraphs long, with an introduction, three body paragraphs containing your strongest arguments, and a conclusion" — to argue that Jews were "the source of our problems."
"You do not have a choice in your position," the instructions reportedly read. "You must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!"
The Albany schools superintendent, Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, reportedly met with Jewish leaders in Albany and apologized, insisting, "that's not the assignment that any school district, and certainly not mine, is going to tolerate."
"Obviously, we have a severe lack of judgement and a horrible level of insensitivity," she said.
But she added, "No one here believes that malice was the intent."
According to Vanden Wyngaard, the assignment was meant to connect with a history lesson on the Holocaust. The Times noted that this echoed an earlier incident in a Manhattan elementary school, where math problems featuring the whipping and killing of slaves were assigned, reportedly in an effort to tie in a social studies lesson.
The instructions indeed said to use "what you've learned in history class," as well as "any experiences you have."
The assignment was given on Monday, which was Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The teacher was reportedly not in class on Friday and is facing disciplinary action that could include termination.
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In Denial: AP Report Dodges Obvious Potential Reasons For Friday Dive in U.S. Bond Prices
When you increase demand for something, its price should go up.
In the case of bonds, if the demand for them increases, their price should go up, and their effective interest-rate yield should go down.
That didn't happen on Friday when the Federal Reserve began executing its second round of "money from nothing" quantitative easing. Even though the Fed increased demand, bond prices went down and yields went up.
Why? If you read a late Friday afternoon report by the Associated Press's Matthew Craft you essentially get a bunch of blubbering "I don't know" statements (bolds after headline are mine):
Treasury prices take a dive; Interest rates jump
The Federal Reserve put its latest stimulus plan into action on Friday, buying government bonds in the hope of lowering long-term interest rates. But instead of sinking, interest rates jumped.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury hit 2.78 percent, the highest level since Sept. 10. The two-year yield, which had hovered around 0.40 percent for months, rose to 0.51 percent, a large move for that security.
The Fed bought its first batch of Treasurys since announcing its $600 billion plan to boost the economy last week. The central bank picked up $7.23 billion in Treasurys coming due between 2014 and 2016.
Buying bonds on a large scale should drive down long-term interest rates. Pushing bond prices up knocks yields down, and Treasury yields act as benchmarks for other lending rates. But Treasury prices dropped after the Fed bought its bonds, sending their yields sharply higher.
What happened? "It's complicated today," said Guy LeBas, chief fixed income strategist at Janney Capital Markets. "There's just a lot going on."
A collection of trends and events arrayed against Treasurys. Worries Ireland would default on its debt eased on Friday. LeBas said that gave European government bonds a lift while diminishing Treasurys' appeal. As Treasury yields were climbing, Ireland's 10-year bond yield dropped from 8.89 percent to 8.13 percent.
Foreign central banks, reliable Treasury buyers, weren't around to help, said Tom Tucci, head of Treasury trading at RBC Capital Markets.
... Some banks decided it was time to sell. Tucci said central banks were dropping five-year Treasurys this week, a rare sight. "That's the first time I've seen central bank sellers in I don't know how long," he said.
Geez, an eight year-old kid can come up with more creative excuses than the ones LeBas and Tucci offered. An eight year-old can also probably come up with better excuses as to why his or her former friends don't seem to want to play games together any more.
I would also hope (probably in vain) that the AP can come up with a better term that "stimulus" to describe what Bernanke is doing. How about "electronically creating money"?
Let's buy Craft, LeBas, and Tucci a couple of clues:
- One item that can heavily weigh down bond prices is inflation expectations. The beginning of Big Ben's binge constituted final confirmation that the Fed is willing to risk inflation by creating hundreds of billions of dollars out of nothing. The size of the first day buy, if kept up on each business day -- or even every other business day -- will use up the $600 billion planned amount much faster than the announced eight months (600 divided by 7.23 is about 83 days). When future inflation expectations go up, bond prices go down, and bond yields go up.
- Another factor is default risk. Bond investors need to be confident that they will get their principal back at maturity. The fact is that Big Ben's binge has been pressed into service because the administration and the current Congress have refused to do anything to get fiscal policy in order, running up the national debt by over $3 trillion since Barack Obama took office. Perhaps bond investors are losing confidence that this country will ever get its fiscal house in order. If we don't, there is a high likelihood that we will see the Mother of All Defaults occur. When perceived default risk increases, bond prices go down, and bond yields go up. Greece is paying effective double-digit rates on its government debt for a reason.
C'mon, guys -- especially the AP's Craft. One or both of the aforementioned elephants is more than likely already in the room; if not, they're knocking very loudly at the door. Why not say so? It beats the heck out of insults to our intelligence like "it's complicated," and "there's a lot going on." Zheesh.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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Here is what
Submitted by Thoreau on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 1:14pm.
Here is what happened.
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Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 1:24pm.
And the scary thing is, I can see that happening.
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A Broken Clock Moment?
Submitted by Tenebrous on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 5:04pm.
I'm amazed that Lew Rockwell posted something that makes sense and not the usual insane anti-war libertarian logorrhea. Maybe it's their broken clock moment for today. In any case, Bernanke is trying to hustle those that hold our debt and I don't think it will work. It's just another moment of weakness, instead of doing the right thing and cutting spending and taxes right now.
Why do these man-children think that other countries are going to finance our debt forever, especially when rates hit the toilet? Who would? They are about to find out that other people do not appreciate being thought of as imbeciles; actually, they should have learned that lesson from the midterm election results, and the G-20 failure, but it seems, that they need stronger medicine still.
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Yeah it's a....
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 1:54pm.
Coming and if they twiddle there thumbs much longer there not gonna be able to stop the train wreck that's going to happen and then there still going to say it's "Co,plicated" or "I don't know" take your pick of the Litter makes no difference !!
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We're turning into Greece or
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 2:35pm.
We're turning into Greece or worse, pre-war Germany.
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More Misery Index, Bracket creep, Government bubble...
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 3:23pm.
When that bubble pops, paper money will be just that.... paper.
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money on paper
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 7:46pm.
I wonder what'll happen if I ask my bank to covert my American dollars in my bank accounts to Euros? If the dollar goes bellyup, I don't want to be caught empty-handed.
What do you think, Mr. Blumer? Good idea? Bad idea?
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Shoulda been more clear
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 10:51am.
That'll teach me not to put a comment saying I wouldn't want to touch the Euros for anything. I knew I should have said that, wasn't really asking for financial advice. Given the way things are going with the EU, why would anyone want to mess with the Euro?
My bad.
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At least when that happens,
Submitted by wascally on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 9:39am.
At least when that happens, there will be an abundance of TP!
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I have not yet read the
Submitted by MikeB on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 3:51pm.
I have not yet read the entire article, but one reason the price of the bonds went down and yield went up is because the fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government has caused the debt rating of the government to go to junk bond rating. These bonds are a promise from the federal government to pay the owner, at some future date, a certain amount of money. The bond purchasers are not too sanguine about the ability of the government to honor the debt. The increased yield is a risk premium because of the poor financial health of the federal government. It's the same principle between the interest rates on loans from your bank and from a pay-day loan business.
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It's like a credit-card
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 6:39pm.
It's like a credit-card junkie who tells his creditors to take it easy because he just bought a counterfeit machine. It inspires all kinds of confidence in potential investors.
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You Mean to Say
Submitted by Vonu on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 9:33pm.
They don't know what they are doing? The Fed can only Hope interest rates stay low. QE2 will not be enough. QE to Infinity is Jim Sinclair's take. Guess they'll have to hide it from now on. Inflate or die. The rest are words.
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Bid to Cover 4 to 1 -- a DISASTER!
Submitted by wascally on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 9:37am.
The bid to cover ratio on the Fed's quantitative easing purchases on Friday was 4 to 1. That's far higher than normal, which is typically 2 or 3 to 1. It's a shot across the bow of what's coming!
What that means is that for every dollar of treasuries the Fed says it will purchase, there are FOUR sellers who want to dump their US government debt! Even as the Fed quadruples or quintuples its buying from its elevated purchases of this past summer/fall, the mad rush for the bond market exits has begun. Investors see trouble ahead!
This may be an early sign of impending doom, because everyone, including foreign governments, wants to dump US debt -- except for the Fed! The Fed has overnight made itself the buyer of last resort! But even with all that money-printing and debt-monetizing, there are still more people and central banks running for the exits of the crowded economic theater than the Fed is prepared to pump in order to vainly try to rescue our financial markets.
Economic armageddon is coming. This is one of the early signs that its coming soon to a crowded economic theater near you!
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printing money
Submitted by breese59 on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 9:41am.
when the fed. prints more money with no gold to back it ,it makes what we have worth sell ,there for to break even the intrest rate has to go up .the government is killing this economy when it is printing all this money
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Blonde De Chambly - Unibroue
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Alberta (Canada)
3.53/5 rDev -8.3%
From a 750 ml caged and corked brown bottle. Pours out a hazed light golden hue, with a tall spongy white head.
Sweet grains and yeasty twang on the nose, some citrus rind and peppery spice.
Sweet grains also up front in the flavour, along with orange and lemon citrus. Mild yeasty and peppery phenols kick in around the middle, and continue towards the finish while things dry out.
Mouthfeel is on the top end of light-bodied, texture is slippery and watery, while some brisk carbonation from the bottle conditioning keeps it from falling completely flat.
Has that familiar Unibroue taste to it, although tough to differentiate this Saison from many of their other light/blonde type ales. While it exhibits basic Saison characteristics it doesn't quite come across as fully convincing for that style. A decent drink on its own, it simply hasn't made up its mind yet what it wants to commit to being. I enjoyed it, but not as a Saison.
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Newfoundland (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
06-20-2013 01:51:31 | More by cam477
Ontario (Canada)
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
served in a tulip glass.
LOOK (3/5) - pours a light straw color, none of the orange one would expect from a saison. Head was a pretty big disappointment. It rose to about a finger or so and collapsed very quickly to nothing with no lacing. Cloudy with little visible effervescence.
SMELL (4/5) - a huge helping of wheat graininess right off the top. The yeast character is quite nice: predominantly fruity (citrus, lemon, and a bit of berries), some spiciness (pepper), some floral alcohol notes, and a hint of vanilla. No real hop aromatics.
FLAVOR (4/5) - very, very similar to the blanche to chambly in the grain flavors. The yeasts character is fairly different that the usual you get with unibroue, and it is obviously similar to the aroma. sourness is low. There is moderate-low bitterness and a dry finish similar to a Belgian Strong Golden. It rounds out the finish with a lasting vanilla/spice combo.]
FEEL (3.5/5) - light body and surprisingly light carbonation. A bit of tingling acid and spiciness on the finish.
Pretty good. I'm by no means a saison expert. I really like spicy phenol characters in yeasty beers and this one did a pretty good job. I think it could have gone for a bolder flavor and a bit more sour... but it was tasty!
11-08-2011 05:11:49 | More by Rijtjeshuis
Ontario (Canada)
3.98/5 rDev +3.4%
Single 341mL bottle brought back from Montreal. Love the bottle design as always - looks like the Filles du Roi have just arrived!
Poured into my trusty Duvel tulip glass. Pale golden straw coloured, slightly opaque, about a half inch of head with a dash of lacing. Not much retention there.
Nose is pleasant and floral, with notes of lemon, yeast and a bit of spice.
A tasty brew this is - crisp, with a lovely yeast and citrus tang, yet sweet enough to pair well with my spicy Thai soup. The lemon and pepper flavors come out nicely in the finish.
Zesty carbonation, slightly thick with some sediment.
A nice little beer for the evening, fresh, clean, floral and citrussy. A good little saison, I have to say. Low ABV and the flavor profile makes this one a good session brew that would pair with summer dinner fare. I would absolutely love a corked 750ml of this over the summer - methinks a trip to Quebec be in order.
03-07-2011 03:02:33 | More by JohnnyBarman
Ontario (Canada)
3.6/5 rDev -6.5%
341 ml served in a chilled glass
Appearance - Beer pours with a nice white thick head, about 2 fingers that slowly goes down to 1. The beer is a nice hazy amber with minimal signs of carbonation.
Smell - citrus , some hints of spices and a nice hint of sweetness. There are some apples nodes as well.
Taste - Nice tasting beer, very light actually. The hints of citrus disappear with the spice coming through. I actually found it to be very smooth.
Mouthfeel - added carbonation brings fwd the bitterness this beer offers, can actually taste the apple nodes more. The spices do come fwd as well.
Drinkability - I am actually very pleased with this beer. This is a good session beer and one i would stock up on for friends and family over the xmas break!
11-30-2010 00:14:02 | More by Swedes21
3.55/5 rDev -7.8%
12oz bottle poured into a Piraat tulip.
Pours a light hazy wheat color with a thin white head. Nose is barnyard and tart and yeasty it's funky and nice.
It's very wheaty and nice, it's got a good tartness and flavor to it. Mouthfeel is rich and sweet, pretty damn drinkable too.
09-10-2010 23:44:19 | More by kingcrowing
Nova Scotia (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
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Manitoba (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
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British Columbia (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
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Alberta (Canada)
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
750ml bottle. Finally the bombers arrive in good ol' Edmonchuk.
This beer pours a bright, cloudy, pale golden hue, with three fingers of thin, puffy, foamy white head, which leaves some lofty arched and isolated islet lace around the glass as it lazily settles.
It smells of sharp wheat grain, citrus rind meets a Polysporin medicinal edginess, some subtle multicoloured ground pepper, mild earthy yeast, and a subtle leafy, weedy hoppiness. The taste is soft wheaty malt, white pepper, soft citrus rind, mild savoury coriander and cumin, understated, edgy yeast, and leveling earthy, weedy hops.
The bubbles are genially soft and inviting, the body a plush medium weight, and equally smooth in its bearing. It finishes slightly off-dry, the wheat malt, latent yeast, petered out fruit, and still pertinent, and somehow sassy earthy hops filling things out nicely.
A more than agreeable New World saison, rendered by those who should know. Spicy, wheaty, and quite drinkable - what's not to like, especially given the sexy Three Musketeers era label (no offense meant to that other prolific Quebecois brewery).
06-03-2012 04:39:15 | More by biboergosum
3.88/5 rDev +0.8%
Enjoyed on tap at pazzos pizza pub for pint night in Lexington, KY. Poured into signature Unibroue glass. Not really sure how to describe it besides inbetween a flute and a hurricane glass.
A - pours a cloudy golden color with a white head that doesn't last long. Head is a couple fingers and is pretty fizzy. Lacing is pretty minimal. Only lasts for the previous sip.
S - peppery citrus on the nose. Smells very tart like it could almost be a fruit beer.
T - the taste is quite complex here. It starts off sweet and citrusy and moves into a tart saisony middle, and finishes with a moderately dry peppery note.
M - Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
O - A complex saison that has a lot of nice elements to it. The yeast that Unibroue uses is the real star. It's the perfect mix between fruity esters and spices. Perfect for this style.
04-18-2012 23:31:57 | More by Dave128
Ontario (Canada)
3.6/5 rDev -6.5%
A blonde with a subdued spice. Pours a decent off-white head on golden body. Pleasant aroma. Average mouthfeel, decent drinkability. Yeasty, slighly fruity with a bit of bannana and spicey, and then a drop of harshness, some hops, in the finish.Not too wheaty.
03-27-2011 01:47:56 | More by Sammy
Ontario (Canada)
3.76/5 rDev -2.3%
Bottle to Glass
Appearance - Poured a hazy yellow with a large white head
Smell - Slight citrus, some pepper, yeast its there as well. Smells like a saison
Taste - Citrus, cloves, pepper, yeast. A pretty traditional saison, nothing special
Overall - A good well made saison, but nothing special
07-20-2014 18:32:19 | More by Dna_Infinity
4.25/5 rDev +10.4%
07-06-2012 00:48:58 | More by KMcG
4.25/5 rDev +10.4%
05-06-2014 16:15:00 | More by DOCRW
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
07-29-2013 19:04:26 | More by juliendesrochers
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
341ml ml into Brassin d'Hiver tulip
Tried it on tap at the 2010 Mondial de la bière launch but wasn't too impressed. I thought it tasted just like the Blanche which I find too watery.
Bought a 6-pack mostly for the glass but also to try it again. Good move. I find it a lot better now. Maybe my tastebuds weren't as overwhelmed from the Mondial tastings but I think it's more of a bottled versus draft thing.
A- Yellow tint to the thick loose head. Yellow gold liquid with lots of carbonation bubbles goes from clear to very cloudy once you add the yeast. Looks right. Some wispy lacing.
S- Alcohol and banana yeast. Sweet light clove comes up with the temperature.
T- Seems to me like this is mostly finish and after-taste. Not much in the beginning of the sip. Very tasty though. Same as the smell but a bit more citric and watery. A tiny bit of green hop.
M- Full. Medium carbonation that foams up a bit, losing all prickliness. Very dry.
D- Good. Goes right down. Offers some different flavors and textures to keep you interested.
If in a limited selection store or dépanneur, I'd buy another six-pack glass or no glass. This has the potential to be a small hit in Quebec grocery stores.
I kind of rated this like an everyday blonde because I think this is probably what Unibroue is going for.
09-04-2010 21:28:43 | More by Yoonisaykul
Alberta (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +6.5%
A - very cloudy unfiltered golden appearance with a tower or fluffy white head that dissipated evenly
S - strong fruity aromas of apricot, banana, and pineapple, slight sour yeastiness, with some fresh grains
T - nice yeasty mix of sour fruit and gentle spice, big bready malt, and light leafiness on the late finish
M - big carbonation, full bready feel from top to bottom, and a light spice tingle
O - this is a very refreshing and drinkable saison that hits all the elements, a little disappointed that I've only seen this in the odd Unibroue mixer pack, no 6ers or bombers around in Alberta :(
11-23-2011 02:55:21 | More by joemcgrath27
British Columbia (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
07-06-2013 22:21:43 | More by kyrlos
5/5 rDev +29.9%
12-04-2011 04:20:59 | More by nunzo
Quebec (Canada)
3.93/5 rDev +2.1%
Pours a milky straw-yellow with a thin cover of bubbly white head. Head and retention could be better. No lacing.
Smells like citrus, Unibroue yeast, a bit astringent, little peppery, light floral hops. It does smell somewhat like a saison.
Nice and peppery. Lemon, floral hops, nice subtle spice blend (coriander, nutmeg, cardamom). Pretty good, if maybe a little on the light side.
Light body and slightly over-carbonated. I'd prefer the body to be at least a bit fuller.
Light and refreshing. Maybe a bit too uninteresting for my taste but this is definitely a great summer beer. I'm enjoying it but as a side note, this is a little underwhelming a release by Unibroue considering they haven't released anything since 17 in 2007. Considering the quality of some of their other beers, this one is a bit of a let-down, even if it is a decent brew and easy drinker.
08-11-2010 20:32:03 | More by eat
New York
4.5/5 rDev +16.9%
08-05-2014 23:05:13 | More by PaleAleWalt
Ontario (Canada)
4.26/5 rDev +10.6%
Purchased at the LCBO 750ml bomber for $6.85 or so. Served at 6deg C in a draught glass
A- Opened well with a lot of head. Settles down to a thin film within a couple of minutes. Cloudy
S- EXCELLENT! Just yeast on yeast with citrus and coriander galore.
T- Excellent. Almost as good as it smells. Don't get that brett yeast hit like it smells. Lots of carbonation here. Liking it a lot. Very light and similar to a wheat beer. Another combination beer from Unibroue.
M- Pretty good. Nice and carbonated with the wheaty flavor is an excellent combination.
O- Very good. Would like to try this one on tap. Seems these cross beers from Unibroue are a real hit.
Food Pairing
This nice blended beer pairs well with... General Tso's Chicken. This beer just bites it's way through the spice if the General.
04-13-2014 18:45:32 | More by DaveBar
3.95/5 rDev +2.6%
Draft in a 12 oz. goblet. Pours a bright golden color with rising trails of visual carbonation. Thin cap of frothy white foam that sticks nicely to the glass.
Earthy grassy hops and honey malt sweetness in the aroma. Somewhat subdued and simple but with an added layer of complexity from the yeast, which is fairly understated for a Unibroue beer. Crisp and effervescent body, flavors of apple, pear, honey, and crackers. Light feel, and again the yeast is never flavor dominant as in most of Unibroue's beers. Thirst quenching on a 90º+ day, much needed and true to style. Would pick up a bottle of this to revisit.
07-04-2012 03:50:34 | More by emerge077
British Columbia (Canada)
4.15/5 rDev +7.8%
Appearance. Pours a hazy straw-amber with a small, bubbly white head. Tons of fine bubbles rushing up.
Smell. Light grains, very fruity yeast and a little more fruit in behind that.
Taste. No surprise to find a nice hit of that fruity unibroue yeast. A little bit of light grain and cloves, and a very subtle tartness. Finishes pretty clean.
Mouthfeel. Lighter body with full and lively carbonation.
Overall. Great stuff. Goes down too easy.
Thanks DaftCaskBC!
02-06-2012 03:54:13 | More by Rutager
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The weather this spring, while it may not have pleased many of the Gardening Grannies, it sure seemed to suit the Sugar Peas. As a result, the Grannies are enjoying a bumper crop of the delectable little rascals. The growing season for Sugar Peas is fairly short and, since they require cool weather, the seasons here on the Delmarva Peninsula are pretty much limited to spring and fall. Spring is easy. Try to get Sugar Peas in the ground on or around St. Patrick's Day for your spring planting. Fall is a little trickier and most of the Grannies think it's not worth the risk.
Sugar Peas are generally about a 60-day crop from seeds to the table so you would count backwards from several weeks from the first anticipated frost date which averages around October 20, give or take a week. Then count back another 60 days. You would, therefore, want to plant your fall sugar pea crop somewhere around early to mid-August.
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October 9: Listen up, Obama...
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10/08/2012 21:51
Mr. Obama, if you're listening, please offer us words of reassurance that you're not simply an ally of Israel, but rather Israel's greatest ally.
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Listen up, Obama...
Sir, – With regard to "What we've got here is a failure to communicate" (Analysis, October 5), the next US presidential debate will focus on foreign policy.
Mr. Obama, if you're listening, please offer us words of reassurance that you're not simply an ally of Israel, but rather Israel's greatest ally. I want you to focus on dispelling all the spin that you've been a disaster for Israel, and to say that if you win a second term and won't have to worry about being reelected, you won't place undue pressure on Israel to make concessions that will jeopardize its security.
Our relationship is at a crossroads, Mr. President. Like the Spike Lee movie, do the right thing.
Mevaseret Zion
...and you too, Erekat
Sir, – With regard to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat's comment that "a culture of hatred and racism...has become mainstream among Israelis" ("'Price tag' graffiti desecrates J'lem convent," October 3), I wish to say to Erekat: You will never get what you want vis-a-vis Palestine and the Palestinian people if you and your colleagues continue your hateful and libelous rhetoric and demagoguery against Israel and the Israeli people.
It is you and your people, Mr. Erekat, who have been pursuing and disseminating a mainstream policy of defamation and hatred against Israel in your textbooks, films, magazines, and now in your libelous presentation of events in the news. It is you, sir, who is consumed with hatred, not us. If we were, your people would not benefit, for example, from the medical care they receive at our hospitals.
If anyone should be held accountable for hatred it is those who controlled the West Bank and east Jerusalem before the Six Day War and denied universal free access to the holy places in Jerusalem.
My advice to you, sir, is to change your attitude and present events as they are, without twisting them to your hateful political ends. Speak the truth.
Then and only then will the Palestinians reap all you feel they deserve.
Tel Aviv
Good of the country
Sir, – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ("Embarking on early elections," Politics, October 5) should forget about records and consider not what is best for his party and its partners, but what is best for the country. The reasons are critical.
• It is pretty clear that despite sanctions, Iran will have the bomb in the coming months, and we can't afford another surprise like in 1973. To preserve their tottering regime, Iranian leaders will, like Syria's Bashar Assad, do anything to survive.
• It is not going to be easier to pass the budget after the elections. The critical economic problems will still be there.
• We need a little time and to be on our guard to see how we go with Egypt. Cairo is playing around with Sinai. It does not look as though it has a way to quell the terror that keeps spilling over into Israel.
• Syrian rebels have made it clear that if they win, we are their next target. Whatever happens there is likely to be a huge escalation of civil war, much larger than at present, as the Alawite regime fights for its life.
• There are signs of unrest in Jordan that could easily escalate overnight.
• The West Bank under Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is bankrupt. It continues to prop up the Gaza regime with half its budget, but does not have the slightest say in what happens there. There's no chance of an agreement with Hamas, and even less for agreeing on elections. Donor countries are not paying up. The explosive situation in our backyard cannot remain peaceful.
Internally we have serious problems, but we cannot afford to be in a situation where our enemies take advantage of an interim government that can't plan ahead, take any initiatives or make decisions vital for our survival.
Kiryat Ono
Right on Barak
Sir, – Hurrah for Hirsh Goodman ("Time for Barak to bolt," PostScript, October 5). As Goodman states, Ehud Barak had his chance – more than once – and the time has come for him to leave the stage.
Barak was a great soldier and, for a time, a pretty good politician.
But that time has passed and he is no longer needed. As of late he has hung on by making Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu believe that he can't do without him. But that time is over.
So let's end this charade. In fact, it would probably be a good thing if both Barak and Bibi left the stage. Now!
Sir, – Everyone knows what Ehud Barak is like. He has consistency in two things: failure and the fact that no one matters except Ehud Barak.
If the mistake is made again and Barak manages to remain defense minister, he will have his bag of excuses and blame everyone else for his failures before any buttons are pressed, whether they are for Iran or anywhere else.
Solid ground
Sir, – In "Freedom in theory" (Letters, October 3), reader Jalil Mortazavi accuses supporters of Israel of not practicing freedom of speech. He overlooks the fact that free speech is subject to limitations. It does not give one license to endanger lives, for example, by shouting fire in a crowded cinema when there is no fire, or by indulging in libel or slander.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has advocated the destruction of a member state of the United Nations, thereby infringing UN principles.
It would therefore be completely reasonable for the US to refuse him admission, and for the UN to refuse him the right to address its General Assembly.
Supporters of Israel were on solid ground in advocating this.
Beit Zayit
Serious field
Sir, – I was flattered that my course, "Harry Potter and the Holocaust," was motioned in Adina M. Yoffie's "Jewish studies, once and in the future" (Comment & Features, August 29). However, I was surprised that Yoffie saw in the title of the course "a sign that standards are low and getting lower."
With due respect, why does Yoffie assume this is not a serious course? Did she look at the syllabus and the ideas presented in it? Did she glance at the reading list for the course and the various topics it covers? Is Yoffie at least aware that there is a serious field of children's literature, as well as scholars who take children books, such as the Harry Potter series, very seriously? Does she know that the Harry Potter books have inspired a great deal of serious scholarship in a number of fields? At the very least, is Yoffie aware of Prof. Ann Curthoys's serious academic article in History Australia, "Harry Potter and Historical Consciousness: Reflections on History and Fiction," which discusses the topic of Harry Potter and the Holocaust?
The course that I teach covers a variety of issues, such as imagism and modern poetry, modern Jewish history, the Holocaust and children's literature. And, yes, it is very well attended.
I do agree that academic studies must aspire to a certain degree of elitism. But this must not be elitism that is based on ignorance and sloth. If Jewish studies are to have a future, people like Yoffie should stop stifling new and original voices and let new ideas flourish instead of cultivating old, stale and cowardly pedagogy while wailing that students (for some strange reason) do not seem interested.
Gainesville, Florida
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Security is an extra-hot topic these days, as all sorts of government agencies short on letters but long on budgets keep getting accused of spying on their own citizens, and debates rage on whether what look like accidental bugs may actually turn out to be quite intentional.
In the midst of all the ruckus, Apple has updated its iOS Security whitepaper, a longstanding document outlining the thought processes and technologies that go into keeping its mobile platform as secure as possible. Here are just a few of the most interesting tidbits from this latest revision.
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Remember how, back in June of last year, Apple published a statement in which it claimed that iMessage data is "protected by end-to-end encryption"? Well, it seems the company really meant it.
Like many Internet services, iMessage depends on public-key cryptography to function. This technology uses two very long numbers, based on cryptographically secure random data, that can each be used to decrypt information encrypted with the other. When you activate messaging on each of your devices, iOS generates a pair of keys and sends one of them--appropriately called a public key--to Apple, tucking the other one securely away in its local memory storage.
Now for the fun part: When someone wants to send you a message, they ask Apple for all the public keys that belong to all your devices, and then use each to encrypt a separate copy of the message, sending the encrypted messages to the company, which, in turn, forwards them to the appropriate device using iOS's push notification system.
Crucially, each device's private key, without which data encrypted using the corresponding public key cannot be decrypted, is never transmitted across the Internet, which means that the company really cannot read your messages, just as it claims.
Note, however, that this system is not absolutely secure. In theory, since Apple controls the directory of public keys used by all the devices, it could surreptitiously add--or be forced to add--its own set of public keys (for which it knows the corresponding private keys) and thus gain access to every last bit of information that is exchanged on its messaging network. Therefore, it would perhaps be fair to say that iMessage is secure as long as you trust Apple--just like your mail is secure as long as you trust that the mail service won't photocopy it on the way to its recipient, or that your phone company isn't rerouting your calls to someone who just pretends to be your mom.


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Birmingham in bloom for international competition
Birmingham represents the country in a European competition to find the best environmental city.
Judges have been in the city to see what horticultural and environmental qualities it has to offer.
These are just some of the sights the judges of the Entente Florale contest have seen today in Birmingham, which faces competition from cities across the continent.
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Many Minnesotans got out the checkbook for Give to the Max Day -- but some of them hit some snags when it came time to click their pick for charitable donations.
The 24-hour donation blitz is a chance for Minnesotans to donate to their favorite non-profits and team up with organizations that will match the gift.
Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 14, the charitable clock started ticking. In the next 24 hours, Minnesotans came together in collaborative giving.
"You can give on givemn.org any day if the year," says executive director Dana Nelson. "But on Give to the Max Day, we've got over $6 million in matching funds."
Yet, heavy traffic crashed the site at about 1 p.m., and the outage persisted until roughly 6:30 p.m.
Before the crash, thousands of donors had responded to Give to the Max Day, raising more than $9 million by noon.
Augsburg College was among the many anxious nonprofits cranking out emails to supporters by late afternoon.
The Star Tribune reported more than 30,000 donors had responded before the site crashed.
Last year the day raked in more than $16 million for 4,400 charities and schools.
Minnesota was the first to launch a statewide giving day 5 years ago. Since then, other states have followed the lead.
For many non-profits, Give to the Max Day is something they depend on.
To donate: www.givemn.org
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