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Erik Lars Myers didn't start his life in the beer business. He got his degree in performing arts from Alfred University, and then ended up working in information technology for 15 years. Now he is a respected figure in the craft beer scene in North Carolina. Erik has homebrewed for over 11 years which led to him opening Mystery Brewing in Hillsborough, NC. He has worked within the North Carolina Brewers Guild, was the executive editor for the Know Your Brewer website, has published more than 90 columns in various publications, and has his own blog Top Fermented where he comments on craft beer and its industry. Oh yea, he's also a Certified Cicerone; the beer equivalent of a sommelier. So yea, Erik knows a thing or two about craft beer. With all of the knowledge and experience about craft beer he has accumulated throughout the years, he decided to write a book about the flourishing craft beer scene throughout the state of North Caronlina.
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Dogfish Head Urkontinent to be Released Mid-April
As we previously mentioned to our faithful readers, Dogfish Head Urkontinent was being tentatively bottled at the time. However, it seems to be that Urkontinent will be released sometime mid-April in 750ml champagne bottles and limited draft release.
This is what Sam Calagione says the 8.1% ABV Belgian Dubbel "…a valentine to boot-strapping creative entrepreneurs in all kinds of industries all over the world.
Here is a breakdown from Beer Street Journal about what each of the ingredients add to Urkontinent:
- Wattleseed from Australia imparts chocolate, coffee and hazelnut notes to the beer. Toasted amaranth from South America gives it an earthy, grainy flavor and a little additional roast flavor.
- Green rooibos from Africa contributes a floral aroma and slight astringency.
- Myrica gale from Europe supplements the bitterness from minimal hopping.
- Hiveplex Honey from California adds a subtle sweetness while maintaining the dry finish.
Small Breweries Represent Over 5% of Beer Market in the United States
According to the Brewer's Association, the craft beer industry rose over 13% in volume in 2011; a 1.3 million barrel increase in production. The total volume of craft beer produced in 2010 was 4.97% which increased to 5.68% in 2011. Another big accomplishment for the craft beer industry is that more than 2,000 craft breweries are now operating in the United States!
Great news for the craft beer industry. Check out Beer Street Journal for some more information on the rise of craft beer!
Bell's Oberon Released Today!
Today is the day that Bell's Oberon is released. This wheat ale is a favorite beer throughout the craft beer community, and is definitely great for this exceptionally warm weather we've been having recently. Check out the Bell's Brewery event calendar to see if there are any Bell's Oberon events happening near you!
The Music of The Rocktown Beer and Music Festival
Over the years, one of my best friends Thomas over at Rarity in Form has introduced me to music I would have never found on my own. I'm sure his passion for music is unlike anyone's I have ever seen and he has continued to delve deeper when he moved up to the Washington DC area. I respect his musical taste and knowledge, so I asked him if he would be kind enough to write about the bands that will be performing at The Rocktown Beer and Music Festival this April 21st.
Check his article out over at Rarity in Form about the three acts coming this year; The War on Drugs, Yarn, and No BS! Brass Band. Also do yourself a favor and look through his other posts about up and coming bands, concert reviews, and his concert pulse that has a lot of must see shows coming through the Northern Virginia / Washington DC area.
How Beer Saved the World!
Thanks to Beer Street Journal, here is an awesome info graphic about where we would (or wouldn't be) without beer!
New Belgium to Start Distributing in Michigan
New Belgium Brewery has stated that they will begin shipping to Michigan this August 2012. Michigan will be state number 29 (not including the District of Columbia) to have New Belgium distributed there. As with previous New Belgium releases, 22oz bombers will be the first to arrive followed by draft then 12oz bottles.
Check out Beer Street Journal to see the full list of distributors in Michigan who will be carrying New Belgium products!
My First Order of Business When I Get a Dog
Here is an awesome article telling you how to train your dog to get you a beer from the refrigerator.
Some changes will be coming to Craft Beer Nation soon. The site name will be changed in the near future because someone has already registered the domain for craftbeernation.com. It will still be all about beer and beer related things, just a different name and web address. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment! Once a new name and address is chosen, we'll let you know.
Sierra Nevada's Hoptimum is Coming
Sierra Nevada's Hoptimum is ready to be shipped from Chico, California. This whole cone hop Imperial IPA was first released last year, and was met with great praise from the craft beer world. Unfortunately, I was unable to snag some last year but I'm hoping to get my hands on a 4-pack this year. With Sierra Nevada setting up shop in North Carolina in the near future, I'm excited to see what this will do to bringing more of their limited release beers to this region of the US.
Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Bitter – German Magnum. Aroma/Dry – Simcoe & new secret strain.
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Golden Promise, Munich & Wheat
Yeast: Ale
Hoptimum will be a limited release and available in 12oz bottles and on draft.
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MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A motorist, trying to pass another driver in a no-passing zone, caused a fatal accident Wednesday morning on Highway 594. The two vehicle accident happened around 7:30 a.m. north of U.S. Highway 80 in Monroe.
The investigation shows a Nissan Rogue, driven by 41-year-old Alice Simmons of Monroe, was traveling south on Louisiana Highway 594 when it attempted to pass a Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by 34-year-old Lakita Lavender of Monroe, in a no passing zone. State police say the rear right portion of the Nissan struck the front left portion of the Chevrolet as the Nissan was attempting to reenter the southbound lane. This caused the Lavender to lose control, drive off the left side of the road, strike a culvert and overturn. Lavender was not wearing her seatbelt and was ejected from the Chevrolet. Lavender suffered fatal injuries as a result of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Ouachita Parish Coroner's office. The passengers in the Chevrolet, two 11-year-old males, suffered minor injuries and were transported to a hospital in Monroe. Simmons did not report any injuries. Alcohol use is not suspected. Toxicology samples were taken and submitted for analysis. Simmons was issued a citation for passing in a no passing zone. The crash remains under investigation. According to Louisiana law, where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone, no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such zone, or on the left side of any pavement striping, designated to mark such no-passing zone, throughout its length.
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DATE: Our crew on the scene of the accident confirms one woman is dead and two children were taken to the hospital.
The children are said to be between 8 and 11-years-old. Apparently, the driver killed was being passed by another vehicle, and was knocked off the road causing her car to flip over.
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Benjamin Franklin once famously said, "A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has a chance to put its boots on." He couldn't have been more correct.
A photo making its way around online has been passed around more times than the $100 note with Franklin's face on the front.
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The photo has been shared on social media sites alleging the picture was snapped after the animal stole bait from a deer hunter's stand.
WSFA 12 News asked the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries if the photo was real and they did some investigating. They're determination? It's a panther in the photo and it isn't in Wilcox County or Alabama.
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The decree on International Banks remains unchanged. The period of validity of the two decrees is 35 days.
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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" caught box office fire this past weekend as a female-led action film. In timely fashion, the New York Film Academy has created a lengthy graphic showing that, despite the winningly tough likes of Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen or Jena Malone's Johanna Mason, quite a lot of work still needs to be done in the film industry toward gender equality. This is the obvious thing that always bears repeating. Issues broached in the graphs include percentages of female speaking characters, percentages of female characters called upon to wear "sexy" clothing or get partially naked (versus their male counterparts), percentages of documentaries made by women versus narrative films, and much more. All is looked at within the prism of the last five years. Check it all out, below.
The Hollywood Reporter's Actress round table recently broached the issue of women in film, and the no-bullshit Emma Thompson pointed out that, despite the occasional salient example, not much has changed for women over the past 20 years in the industry. Meanwhile, our coverage of the "Women Who Kick Ass" panel at Comic-Con is here; and "Hunger Games" franchise producer Nina Jacobson at CinemaCon, talking Hollywood's never-ending chase of the young male demo, is here.
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I am always so troubled by the underlying apathy and sense of intrinsic defeat communicated when women say, "Things are getting better, but it's going to take a long time." The truth is it only takes an instant to make the choice for equality. Keri Putnam did it last year at Sundance, choosing director gender parity in the features in competition line-up. As long as more than 95% of America's feature films are directed by men, then our society's most socio-politically influential global export will communicate a perspective that is perversely skewed. If the leaders of liberal Hollywood were not so muddled by sheer greed, they would do as Putnam did and make the right choice-- simply and immediately-- for lawful gender equity in America's entertainment industry. It's disheartening to hear women limply gesture toward some vague future of equity. It's our right to demand it right now for ourselves and for the coming generations of women. And the the study here is completely wrong regarding who the most influential women in Hollywood are in terms of creating change to for women today. The women mentioned above might be helping out by modeling their own individual success, but they are not speaking out for the greater good of women-- on the contrary. Smarten up New York Film Academy and look a little more deeply at where the real change is coming from.
Carol | November 26, 2013 8:52 PM
Such a great movie, I was able to watch The Hunger Games Catching Fire for free moviesatyou.com, check it out!
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This is a rather interesting and informative look at women in movies, and definately shows that more work needs to be done. But definately their has been progress in the last few decades. We have a lot more inspiring female parts than in the past, even more than those listed: Elinor from Brave, Helen From The Incredibles, Calhoun and Vanellope from Wreck-it Ralph, Roxanne from Megamind, Susan from Monsters Versus Aliens, Elizabeth from Pirates of the Carribean, Black Widow from the Avengers, Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon, Event the Harry Potter movies, in which their are too many awesome females to count, really. And their are probably many more that I haven't mentioned, that would almost NEVER have happened years ago. Used to, all women, in general, were shown as housewives or dependent on men, or not doing or incapable of doing things men did. So we have come a long way. We just aren't to full gender equality yet, just as we really aren't in the rest of society. Art reflects a society, and until the society thinks women are REALLY equal to men, they won't be in most of the movies. It will take time, a long time, but we are definately heading in the right direction.


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Those who gathered to celebrate the milestone, could see the construction already underway.
"Fourteen classrooms, a new library, a new cafeteria, new guidance offices and new administration offices," said school board member, Karen Tolbert.
School and community leaders began serious planning back in 2008 to upgrade what had become a hodge podge of aging facilities.
"At that time, plumbing was failing under the slabs of some of the existing buildings. Our old gymnasium was outdated and in need of help. The layout of the buildings was a spider web that really didn't make sense," said school board member, Glenn Dickerson.
The new middle school will provide a welcome upgrade and be able to accommodate future expansion by adding classroom wings to the new building.
"We're so excited about this. It's long overdue. And we're finally getting it out of the ground. It's great for our children and for our community. It's going to be wonderful," said Jackson County Schools Superintendent Dr. Barry Amacker.
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There's no such thing as too much Bruce Greenwood, that's certain.
The speech at the end I felt was akin to the frequent little coda's that a lot of episodes have where the characters sort of talk amongst themselves just to try and make sure that the main point isn't lost but while I think it could be considered a little blunt (I think that scene may also have been longer originally but on the Blu Ray there's no deleted scenes to verify that or not) but I think it does come out of what Kirk has experienced in the film.
I know deleted material exists somewhere that would have smoothed this out because in one of the trailers Pike has the line 'Starfleet isn't about revenge' to which Kirk replies 'Maybe it should be' which clearly ties into the ideas the film is trying to bring in and neither of those lines is in the finished film. This also helps to define Kirk as being caught between the philosophy of Pike (the equivalent Dove) and the actions of Marcus (the equivalent Hawk) which clearly would be at opposing ends of the Starfleet spectrum. In the end, Spock takes over the Pike role in the early stages but Kirk's own decision making comes to a head on Q'onos when faced with Harrison and has to decide what he's going to do. That's where he gets his understanding and the actual situational experience to make his speech at the end.
Their prior actions wouldn't need to be in harmony with that speech because the film is them learning (in theory, although it's more weighted to Kirk) why the words of the speech matter. Saying them with the understanding behind them of what it means. That's the intention I believe anyway, but like so often sometimes it can be said the execution doesn't always work smoothly. Speeches like Kirk's tend to be emotive by design and often simple..........you can still support the ideas and/or ideals of a speech, but I'm not one for confusing well meaning speeches with reality. Which is why Picard's speech in FC doesn't really work for me. But that's just an example and not an intent for a tangent.
I don't view Marcus as 'evil' - he simply made a decision he felt was in the best interests of the Federation but since he's allied to Section 31 his reasoning process would likely take him down that path. Did Pike ever know about Section 31? We don't know and never will. But again, letting the genie out is fraught with danger and in the end Marcus' actions caused catastrophe on Earth (which I actually thought was more interesting than having the damage caused safely away from Earth).
Although I do agree it's unclear what the mood on Earth was like after Nero. The problem I think is that I don't think we've ever known exactly how much the general population of Earth was ever told about how close to various disasters they came, or how much of the truth. V'Ger? The Alien Probe? The various Borg attacks...............really what at the end of the day does Paul in Venice or Sandra in Prague know about these events or are they subject to restrictions on just what was going on? Are Augments widely known about on Earth? I think you could look at that aspect of it, but I think it would open up similar conversations about other Earth theatening events. We usually see aftermaths through the prism of Starfleet Officers and I think that was repeated in Darkness.
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Urban Camper
The Early Years 2007-2010
De Jim Toun Gordon
Part 1 in a series of books based on my Urban Camper initiative. The purpose of Urban Camper is to document my travels through an exacting itenerary and precise touring. My main area of focus is the great state of Texas, although once a year I make trips outside of the state.
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Jim Toun Gordon has been traveling the world all of his life. In 2007 he initiated the Urban Camper group to chronicle his travels throughout his home state of Texas. The purpose of the group was to hone his skills as an organized traveler while learning the history that each town or area provides. The initial plan was to camp prior to exploring the area of his choice. Thus Jim has expanded his travels to include at least one major vacation per year.
Jim Toun Gordon was born in Udonthani, Thailand, but grew up in Brazoria, Texas from the time he was 6 months until he was 17. After a stint attending Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas he moved to Branson, Missouri where he honed his photography skills. He currently resides in Houston, Texas where he works as a photographer.
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In the year of our Lord 1990, Jim Henson, the famous puppeteer and voice of Kermit The Frog, passed away. He died before his time from sudden illness. This was a very sad day. No more Jim Henson, and no more Kermit The Frog. But wait, Kermit The Frog still lives! He's still on tv and in movies, he still has a voice.
How is this possible? It's not. Except for the very small possibility that someone else is doing the voice. It sounds crazy, but it's possible.
Since googling this and quickly finding out the answer seems complicated and like something a lazy hack writer would do, I've instead compiled a list of two suspects.
Eugene Robinson, and Beth Karas.
Eugene Robinson is the overrated, boring, predictable, shallow columnist for the Washington Post. That rag. He also won a Pulitzer prize, likely for puppeteering. Listen to Kermit suspect number 1:
Obviously Kermit.
Or maybe not so obviously. That brings us to suspect number 2,
Court TV True TV reporter Beth Karas. Best known as, you don't know her. Anyway she's on tv all the time talking about trials that you don't care about. She is also very possibly the voice of Kermit The Frog.
Obviously Kermit.
Eugene Robinson and Beth Karas, you can fool the rest of America. But I know who you really are. It's not easy being green, or a liar. Come clean, admit what you do. You put your hands up inside a frog and make sounds. You make me sick.


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1) Brent Grimes (CB)
2) Fred Davis (TE)
3) Brandon Moore (G)
4) MIchael Huff (CB/S) - Perfect replacement for Charles if we needed.
5) Eric Winston (T) - Only if we lost hope on Sherrod
6) Israel Idonije (DE) - Maybe not a 3-4 fit, but could fit somehow
7) Daryl Smith (LB) - Not a good blitzer
8) John Abraham (DE) - Got cut by Falcons so that is not a good sign
9) Bryant McKinne (T) - See Winston.
10) Brandon Lloyd (WR) - Short-term replacement for Jennings.
11) Sedrick Ellis (DL)
12) Victor Butler (LB) - Can blitz nicely.
13) Kerry Rhodes (S)
14) Kevin Walter (WR)
15) Tracy Porter (CB)
16) Karlos Dansby (LB)
17) Larod Stephens-Howling - If Ross can't return, then he could be a good add.
18) Peyton Hillis (RB)
19) Shaun Phillips (OLB) - I think he is too underrated.
They are not in order, but all could be useful to the Pack. Thoughts on who we should target?


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I believe that is the "New Posts" menu feature on the menu bar
hmm it seemed to be different at the time.
I'm honestly not sure then
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The Giants finally squeak out a win in LA. Does anyone else think that if this team had any semblance of an offense and a vaguely competent defense (seriously, how long will we have to put up with Aurilia and Durham on the right side of the infield???), they'd be serious playoff contenders? The pitching this week - Zito included; aside from the first inning blemish, his start was fairly solid - has been outstanding. Hopefully our fourth and fifth starters will continue the trend.
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people are snowed in, we're 18-12 and there's no actual knicks game to watch... i say let's go nuts, lord of the flies style, and have everyone post their ideal TRADE MACHINE APPROVED moves that they'd want to see...
than let's all be as condescending as we can as we judge the "other guys'" moves (while staying at least mildly civil). the only rules are... THERE ARE NO RULES! (except maybe that we're not allowed to talk about peoples mothers).
you should also try to explain WHY the other team MIGHT consider making the moves (to prevent exceedingly foolish trades where the knicks get everything and the other team gets no benefit). also, there may be some draft picks that need to be added, but for the purpose of this post, we'll overlook this
here's mine:
knicks do it because:
we stay young (verajao 28, iggy 26, gibson 24)
we improve our depth (battie and gibson and moving chandler and fields to the bench for iggy and verajao), defense and rebounding (verajao, iggy) and outside shooting (gibson and battie on the PnR), while adding a borderline star/defensive stopper (iggy, for wade, allen, kobe, pierce etc)
the contracts, while larger and longer than is ideal, are for players that compliment each other and are for young enough players that they'll have trade value for a while now... plus, at some point, we're going to need to pay guys to play for the chip
plus... we don't empty the cupboard for one max contract... cough cough
the cavs do it because:
they unload longer term, higher contracts (verajao, gibson, jamison) to bring in shorter, less expensive contracts of young players with potential that are defensive minded like scott likes (mozgov and TD)
they get a "name brand" that keeps cav fans interested who may form a pretty formidable front line with jj hickson
the sixers do it because:
they get 2 expiring contracts for over 14 million
they unload brand who wasn't happy and bring in jamison who has 1 year less on his contract
they get a sturdy, servicable back up guard in sessions to help out jrue
and they get a cheap 21 year old talent with "loads of upside)
they unload iggy and his contract to create room for evan turner and jodie meeks
so go ahead guys, make your pitches, and understand NONE OF US ARE GM'S, so there may be some flaws in these plans... and this is meant to be fun, where each trade has as much credibility as we can muster.


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As I watched Raw on Monday night (Nov 12, 2012), one thing seemed pretty clear: Brad Maddox has a lot of potential.
His promo before he came out to the ring, about having no regrets, just oozed charisma and confidence. He conveyed a lot of cocky charisma as he came out, and he was able to turn his expression and tone on a dime when the ambulance backed into the arena.
During the match, he was beat down the whole time and got no offense in, but he was able to sell very well and take some brutal bumps while making Ryback look like a million bucks. On top of that, he was even able to tell a good story in the ring.
He displayed abilities well beyond what many of the low to mid-card talents already have.
Last week, he was given plenty of mic time on National Television and pulled it off very well. Could Swagger, Morrison, or even Kofi Kingston have done that? I'm not so sure. I definitely don't think they could have done it their first time out.
Now, I don't follow the indy scene, I haven't seen what he can do offense-wise, and that could make or break him. I'm not a big mark for him either, I just saw a spark on Monday. I will be watching young Maddox as he develops.
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In a report released Monday, the Center for Public Integrity rated all 50 states in terms of their laws for public records access, requiring reports of campaign donations, accountability of all three branches of government, state budget transparency, civil service procedures, purchasing procedures, lobbyist disclosure, audits, pension fund management, ethics bodies, insurance regulation and redistricting.
"Keep in mind we're not measuring cases of corruption, but the systems in place to prevent it, and encourage openness and transparency in government," said Gordon Witkin, CPI's managing editor.
The report is likely a surprise for many state residents, who are accustomed to a steady drumbeat of arrrests of state and local officials for misuse of office. That includes the arrests of 44 people in 2009 for corruption and money laundering.
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Since a hot start in juniors, Hyka has cooled somewhat in terms of scoring lately. In 14 games played, Hyka has 5 G, 11A for 16 points. His team, Gatineau, is 9-9-0-0, good for 3rd place in their division and 2 points behind the division leader Val d'Or. They play tonight v. Quebec Remparts and Friday v. PEI Rocket. Hyka's teammate Jean-Gabriel Pageau has garnered much more attention lately. He is currently the QMJHL's second star both for player of the week and player of the month honors, having posted 14G, 7A for 21 points in just 12 games played. He was drafted by OTT last year.


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Yes, it's true, we've come to the end of PAX East and you still haven't won a code to download Beyond Good & Evil HD from the Xbox Live Arcade. What a shame!
Luckily, you've got one last chance. While I develop a scavenger hunt for our next giveaway, all you have to do to win the last download code today is comment below. Since Haiku Fridays was absent this week, I'll require a haiku with this mystery ingredient. Random Youtube clicking brought me to this:
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Doan, who was selected by the franchise with the seventh overall selection in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, has spent his entire career with the Coyotes/Jets organization and has played the most games in team history with 1,198.
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Local, state, and federal authorities are searching for a possible murder suspect. He is 55-year-old Vernon Ray Gilmore. He is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
Police say, Saturday afternoon, Gilmore tried to cash a check on the account of murder victim Rex McGuire. McGuire was found shot to death in his home on April 20th.
Bank employees alerted authorities and a chase ensued. Police say Gilmore fired shots at police before stealing a car at gunpoint from a motor home park.
Gilmore was last seen at 98th and Indiana, which is now part of what police are calling a search area between 114th street and the South Loop and from Quaker to the I-27. They were able to pinpoint this area by tracking Gilmore's cell phone calls. Gilmore was last seen driving a stolen 1994 silver Chevy short bed with a blue stripe and a white toolbox. License plate number 8YFT41.
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In an attempt to limit head injuries and make the game safer, Roger Goodell has been handing out fines like candy on Halloween. In general I have been in full support of his actions, from moving the kickoff location to penalizing defenders for hits to the helmet of the receivers. I played football for a long time and I know how difficult some of these hits can be to avoid, and can't even imagine how much more this is the case when the game is moving at such a fast speed. That being said, my education in athletic training and the severity of head injuries has allowed me to get past the rules that favor safety over the tradition of the game. Searcy was handed a very questionable fine for a hit on Kevin Boss that was clearly incidental contact to the head of another player. I didn't argue it because I understand the league is taking extreme measures to try to make the game safer. Then I see Brandon Spikes do this on sunday...
I don't know if I can recall a more blatant, intentional attempt to injure a player. Spikes comes from out of nowhere to launch himself at Scott Chandler, making helmet-to-helmet contact. It was behind the play, and Chandler was letting up because the play was essentially already over. Chandler burned NE for two TD's in the first half, and Spikes took this as an opportunity to take a cheap shot at him.
If Searcy got a fine, I expect a suspension for Spikes. This is year two of these rules being implemented. The players know what is allowed and what isn't. Spikes has a reputation as a dirty player. If this kind of play doesn't draw a suspension, then the new policies the NFL has implemented will lead nowhere. The players need to understand malicious hits like this are going to receive more than just a slap on the wrist for these rules to ever be taken seriously.


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Election turnout expected to be less than 40 percent
If they held an election and nobody noticed, would it still count? Because that's what this Tuesday's presidential primary election is starting to feel like: the election that everyone ignored.
Okay, okay, not everyone is ignoring this election. San Francisco Elections Director John Arnst tells us that his department has received about 55,000 mail-in ballots so far out of the nearly 217,000 they sent out, a turnout of about 25 percent. And 1,110 voters have cast their ballots in person during early voting at City Hall as of this afternoon, a level lower than the 2010 or 2008 primaries "by quite a bit," Arnst said.
That's not really surprising given that both major political parties have already chosen their presidential candidates, there are no other offices being seriously contested, and the rest of the ballot consists of the Democratic County Central Committee (and its Green and Republican parties counterparts) races and a pair each of ho-hum statewide and local ballot measures. The most interesting one is Proposition A, which seeks to break Recology's waste collection monopoly in San Francisco by requiring competitive bidding.
"If the garbage issue is the most exciting issue on the ballot, you know it's the most boring election ever," says Tony Kelly, who is leading the campaign for Prop. A.
With the exception of a press conference that Kelly and other Prop. A supporters held last week to accuse Recology of being complicit in an alleged recycling kickback scheme by some of its employees, there's been little to indicate Prop. A has much chance of success given that almost every endorsing group (except the Guardian) opposes the measure.
"Goliath doesn't lose very often, and we're being outspent 100 to one," Kelly said, expressing hopes that the measure can at least garner 35-40 percent of the vote to send a message that Recology should work with the city to allow competitive bidding on some of its contracts.
But with turnout expected to be low, Recology isn't taking any chances. Its political consultant, Eric Potashner, says the campaign has been assembling up to a couple hundred volunteers and its SoMa headquarters each weekend and "we're doing the full grassroots outreach." He expressed confidence that the measure will be defeated: "Folks have been well educated on this issue."
Arnst estimates that this will be a historically low turnout election: "Top end right now, comparing the last three presidential primaries, I'm looking at 40 percent as the top turnout possible."
But you know what that means, right? Your vote could be more decisive than ever, particularly for the 24 members of the DCCC, the outcome of which could move the ideological center of that body before its important endorsements in the fall Board of Supervisors races. So click here to take a look at the Guardian's endorsements and don't forget to vote.
What were you all thinking at the Guardian when you endorsed Matt Dorsey for the DCCC? He is out to end the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and makes no bones about his opposition to citizens who use the task force. I've persuaded a few friends to not vote for Dorsey and blogged about why I oppose him retaining his DCCC seat here:
Included in that post is a quote Dorsey gave last March to the NYT, a quote that I would expect to cause the Guardian to never endorse him:
Matt Dorsey [...] said in an e-mail, "The task force has degenerated into a rogue, lawless jury that beats up on city departments and tries to get conscientious public employees fired." Mr. Dorsey and other city public information managers said they spent an extraordinary amount of time and resources complying with the ordinance. They described task force hearings as a tedious kangaroo court.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/us/18bcjames.html?_r=1
Matt Dorsey is the spokesperson for the City Attorney's Office and must therefore defend its actions, and we'll be the first to say that department could be stronger on sunshine issues. But that's just one issue, and our endorsement of Dorsey goes far beyond that one issue. Matt is part of the progressive slate created by Sups. John Avalos and David Campos and other progressive leaders, he's someone whose intelligence and values that we've come to know and appreciate over many years, and we stand by our decision to endorse him. Sorry, Michael, but we're going to have to agree to disagree about this one.
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Which fighters were the wildest outside the ring?? I'm sure many fighters have been party animals in the past or just plain crazy, so sure there a plenty of stories outside the ring to go along with these boxers. Drugs, alcohol, womanizing, fights, breaking the law, the lot! I wanna hear em all!
Mike Tyson is an obvious choice with his antics outside the ring. Not sure I've heard of him being a big drinker but sure he did some pretty generous lines in the past and wouldn't have said no to a toke . The man was also a bit of a player who was too busy fucking Japanese girls over training in Tokyo for the Douglas fight, which we all know how that ended up. He was clearly known for his violence outside the ring landing titanic rights for Julius, his public marriage with Givens, busting up Mitch Green on the streets to defending and beating the shit out of two armed men and a woman . Tyson wasn't called the baddest man on the planet for nothing!
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Traffic Safety Researcher Porter Gets Grant for Seat-Belt Study
Seat belt use is believed to lag behind the average in rural areas of Virginia, and Old Dominion University researcher Bryan Porter has been commissioned to study the problem (Quest, Vol. 4, Issue 2).
Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine announced in late summer 2009 the distribution of $17 million in federal funds to promote traffic safety, and Porter leads an ODU research team that will get nearly $200,000. Recipients include most of the state's localities, state agencies, nonprofit groups and educational institutions.
Porter, associate professor of psychology, is known internationally for his research into the psychological underpinnings of dangerous driving habits. His work has assessed automatic
photo-enforcement to reduce red-light running, and he also has been commissioned by the state to help bolster the "Click It or Ticket" program to encourage seat belt use, as well as anti-drunk driving initiatives.
The ODU professor is regularly featured as a source for traffic-safety media reports. The Washington Post quoted him in its story of Sept. 10 about the governor's latest distribution of funds for programs aimed at encouraging safe driving.
Porter told the Post that these programs, such as "Click It or Ticket," help explain why the state's roads are getting safer.
"It's a combination of higher seat-belt use, better technology in the cars, probably better roads and possibly people slowing down to conserve gas," he told the Post. "Wearing a safety belt is the easiest thing a passenger or driver can do to increase their odds of surviving a crash."
Nevertheless, he said, national and state statistics show that 15 to 20 percent of drivers do not buckle up.
The latest grant will support efforts of Porter's research group to identify portions of the state, typically rural areas, where drivers are less likely to use seat belts. The team will continue work already under way to develop awareness campaigns and enforcement strategies to promote safe driving.
Health Sciences' Anna Jeng Takes on Environmental Project in Taiwan
Steelworkers on the other side of the world will serve as subjects of a new research project led by Anna Jeng, Old Dominion University assistant professor of community and environmental health in the College of Health Sciences (Quest, Vol. 10, Issue 2).
With a $150,000 grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the ODU researcher will assess the effect of inhaled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on male reproductive health. Steelworkers around coke ovens in the largest steel plant in southern Taiwan are routinely exposed to PAH emissions and will be the study's subjects.
PAHs are a group of chemicals that are formed during the incomplete burning of coal, oil, gas, wood, garbage or other organic substances. There are more than 100 different PAHs and they generally occur as complex mixtures, not as single compounds.
Jeng collaborates in the research with Dr. Ming-Tsang Wu, professor of the Graduate Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health at Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan. The project's consultant is Dr. Radim Sram, head of the Department of Genetic Ecotoxicology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in the Czech Republic.
The ODU researcher said PAH mixtures are widely distributed in the environment, and humans normally come in contact with them on a daily basis from industrial and vehicular emissions, cigarette smoke and grilled foods. Due to the carcinogenic properties of the mixtures, most studies to date have been conducted to assess the relevance of PAHs in the development of cancers.
The new project, investigating the potential relationship between PAH exposure and male reproductive health, is in what Jeng called "a relatively unstudied area" with important health
implications far beyond the studied workplace.
"I'm excited about working with my international collaborators who bring the needed
complementary expertise to the table," Jeng added. "I heartily appreciate their enthusiasm
and generosity that will surely contribute to the project's success."
Though still classified as a junior investigator, Jeng has developed a reputation since coming to ODU in 2004 as a dedicated researcher and advocate on issues related to human health. She was appointed last summer by Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine to a four-year term on the State Board of Health. She is the first board member to be chosen specifically for environmental health expertise.
"We have hit the ground running on initiating phase one of this project and already look ahead to making a future grant application," Jeng said. "In getting to this point, I want to express appreciation for the early and continuing support of Mohammad Karim, vice president of the Office of Research, and Andrew Balas, dean of the College of Health Sciences at ODU." The funded project will run through August 2011.
Michele Darby Wins Fulbright Term in Jordan
Michele Darby, an eminent scholar and the author of two leading dental hygiene textbooks, won a Fulbright scholarship in Jordan at least partly because her students can't seem to get enough of her teaching.
Several of Darby's former students who are now faculty members themselves at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) started the wheels in motion that resulted in their mentor winning a Fulbright appointment to their country. Darby is the graduate program director for the Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene in the College of Health Sciences.
In 2006, Darby was invited by three of her former students to JUST in Irbid, Jordan, where she conducted seminars and did outreach work. Since that short visit she has wanted to return to Jordan for the sort of extended professional interaction that the Fulbright Scholars Program makes possible. Her term at JUST will be from Jan. 1 to May 15, 2010.
The goals Darby has set for the Fulbright term include 1) raising standards of dental hygiene education and practice, such as by addressing the shortage of qualified dental hygiene practitioners and educators; 2) helping JUST graduate dental hygienists who provide care equal to that provided by graduates of programs accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation; and 3) forming a sustainable partnership between JUST and Old Dominion.
Jeffrey Jones on New York Times Panel Examining Humor in Difficult Times
Jeffrey Jones, Old Dominion University associate professor of communication (Quest, Vol. 10, Issue 2), participated in a New York Times "Room for Debate" commentary Sept. 19 about humor in today's economically depressed times.
Five writers and academics who study humor were asked by the Times how comedy changes when economic or global negativity dominates the headlines.
Along with Jones, panelists included Richard Zoglin, a writer and editor at Time Magazine; Bambi Haggins, director of film and media studies at Arizona State University; Paul Lewis, professor of English at Boston College; and John Rash, director of media analysis for Campbell Mithun, a national advertising agency based in Minneapolis. The five experts gave written commentaries, answering whether humor changes depending on the politics of the time and unemployment.
Jones, the author of "Entertaining Politics: Satiric Television and Political Engagement," wrote in The Times: "What seems pronounced about comedy in hard times… is not the continued comedic banality of Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien or even their brand of facile humor as salve for the economically hurting and displaced. Rather, it is other comedic voices that simultaneously appear - ones with an edge and bite that can prove quite appealing, yet ones that may offer little in the way of direct ha-ha humor."
In short, he argued, humor in hard times may not be very humorous, but the public does look to comedians and satirists for perspective that seems noticeably absent from the serious discourse of politicians or the formulaic comedy of mainstream talk show hosts.
Jones is also co-editor of another book, released in April 2009, "Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era." Through its collection of essays, the book considers the symbiotic relationship between politics and comedy in the contemporary genre of satire television. Programs discussed include "The Daily Show," "South Park" and "The Colbert Report," among others.
NSF Invests $1.4 Million in Spiny Lobster Research of Mark Butler
Old Dominion University marine biologist Mark Butler leads a research team that has won $1.4 million in support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore new evidence they have developed to explain the spread of a deadly viral disease among spiny lobsters in the Caribbean and waters off Florida (Quest, Vol. 11, Issue 1).
Don Behringer, a researcher at the University of Florida who was a Ph.D. student of Butler's at ODU, is a co-principal investigator together with Jeff Shields of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and Claire Paris and Robert Cowen of the University of Miami.
The three-year grant, "Connectivity of Disease in Marine Ecosystems: Multi-scale Dynamics of a Viral Disease Infecting Caribbean Spiny Lobster," builds upon two previous NSF-funded projects in which the investigators have studied the dynamics and ecological consequences of the lobster virus known as PaV1 (Panulirus argus virus 1). Altogether, the NSF has invested nearly $2.5 million in their work on this problem.
Spiny lobsters support the most valuable fishery in the Caribbean, and the threat to them from PaV1 has hastened the need for scientific research to better explain how the virus is spread among distant populations, Butler said.
Recent research by the ODU scientist and his collaborators has found that many lobster postlarvae settling into coastal nurseries in Florida are already infected with PaV1. "This latest grant from the NSF will allow us to examine this stunning new evidence that long-distance pathogen dispersal in the sea via infected larvae is possible," Butler said.
Scientists have long understood that pathogens spread much differently in marine systems than they do in terrestrial systems. In water they have no barriers to dispersal. "Yet the movement of pathogens in the sea and its importance to disease dynamics in marine metapopulations is virtually unstudied," according to Butler.
What is known is that pathogens free-living in the water are subject to rapid dilution and have no means of targeting distant hosts.
An "underappreciated mechanism for dispersal," as Butler calls it, involves infected larvae. Most marine animals produce larvae that float as plankton in the sea and can potentially be carried for great distances. If they are infected by a virus "these larval vectors would provide an efficient mechanism for distributing pathogens at high concentrations directly into habitats where hosts dwell," he said.
Butler and research collaborators described the PaV1 virus in 1999 and since then have studied its pathology, epidemiology, transmission and effects on juvenile lobster populations in the Florida Keys. "Our focus has been on local pathogen-host dynamics, but PaV1 infections in lobsters are now confirmed in distant areas of the Caribbean such as Belize, Mexico and St. Croix," Butler said. "These regions are demographically linked only by dispersing larvae that spend more than six months in the open ocean."
The researchers believe that their findings will have an impact beyond spiny lobster-PaV1 associations, providing a better understanding of how dispersal of infectious agents affects the spread and maintenance of disease in marine populations in general.
Chris Platsoucas, dean of the ODU College of Sciences, noted that Butler has the distinction of having two decades of continuous research support from NSF. "This is a remarkable accomplishment," the dean said. "The competition for these awards is stiff, and for Professor Butler to have been an NSF investigator for 20 straight years is a tribute to the quality of his research."
Nanoparticle Research Supported by new NIH Grant to Nancy Xu
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Old Dominion University nanobiotechnology researcher X. Nancy Xu nearly $500,000 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance her studies using nanoparticle probes of cells to reveal clues about multidrug resistance (Quest, Vol. 10, Issue 1).
Xu, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is currently working under a $1.3 million NIH grant that she received in 2006 and has supported her groundbreaking research into the creation and utilization of nanoparticles for biological applications. These nanoparticles can enter living cells and embryos in order to accomplish specific missions.
One goal of the work has been to learn more about the mechanism by which cells expel foreign objects. This process can frustrate nanoparticle probes of cellular functions or deliveries of medicine into cells.
The new grant will make it possible for Xu and her research team to use advanced cryo- electron microscopes and other instrumentation at the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (NCMI) at Baylor University's College of Medicine in Houston. The title of the grant, which comes via the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences, is "Nanoassay for Realtime Molecular Probing ABC Transporter." The project period is Sept. 30, 2009, through April 2011.
"This support gives us access to state-of-the-art instrumentation at NCMI and enables us to study the structure, at atomic resolution, of the membrane transporter that leads to multi-drug resistance," Xu said. "The study of the structure of membrane transporters at atomic spatial resolution will be used to compare with our real-time dynamics study of individual membrane transporter using single nanoparticles at millisecond temporal resolution, aiming to illustrate the comprehensive functions of membrane transporters that are responsible for multidrug resistance."
She said the outcomes of this study will aid the design of more effective therapies to treat a wide variety of diseases, such as cancer.
ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters are membrane proteins that serve, in layman's terms, as gatekeepers and bouncers for cells. Of particular importance to medical science is the transport mechanism by which intruding specks—such as nanoparticle probes or antibiotics and cancer-fighting medicine—are recognized and expelled from cells. Although the transport mechanism is a natural protective measure, it works against physicians trying to eliminate sick cells. It "bounces" probes or medicines that are sent into cells to arrest an infection or malignant growth of tumors.
With more study, the day may come when chemotherapies could have stealth qualities. Molecules of medicine would be able to enter cells and avoid the ABC transporters long enough to perform their mission. This would allow precise targeting of cancer cells and avoid the current massive doses of medicines needed to outgun the transporters.
Xu's work, which also received $1.2 million in funding in 2005 from the National Science Foundation, explores fundamental questions posed by nanobiotechnology.
In research reported over the past two years, the Xu research group at ODU has been able to create smaller and smaller silver and gold nanoparticles that can be used as biosensors to study molecular-level functions, such as of molecular machinery of individual key proteins of live cells.


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