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ASA members are encouraged to submit nominations for the following ASA awards. Award selection committees, appointed by ASA Council, are constituted to review nominations. These awards are presented at the ASA Annual Meeting each August. The deadline for submission of nominations is January 29, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
This award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline. The body of lifetime work may include theoretical and/or methodological contributions. The award selection committee is particularly interested in work that substantially reorients the field in general or in a particular subfield. Nominations should include a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and letters in support of the nomination. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package.
Distinguished Book Award
This award is given for a single book published in 2014, 2015, and in the month of January in 2016. Nominations must come from members of the Association and should include the name of author, title of book, date of publication, publisher, and a brief statement about why the book should be considered for this award.
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
The ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award honors outstanding contributions to undergraduate and/or graduate teaching of sociology. The award recognizes contributions that have made a significant impact on the manner in which sociology is taught at a regional, state, national, or international level. These contributions may include preparation of teaching- and curriculum-related materials and publications, participation in the scholarship of teaching and learning, development and communication of innovative teaching techniques, leadership in teaching-related workshops and symposia, involvement in innovative program development, and contributions to the enhancement of teaching within state, regional, or national associations. The award typically is given for a series of contributions spanning several years or a career, although it may recognize a single project of exceptional impact. The award is not designed to recognize outstanding teaching ability at one's own institution unless that is part of a career with a broader impact. Individuals, departments, schools, or other collective actors are eligible. Nominations should include the nominee and a one- to two-page statement explaining the basis of the nomination. Nominations should also include a vita, if applicable, and relevant supporting materials. Nominations must now also include at least a paragraph within the nomination letter explaining how the CV illustrates the nominee's contributions to teaching.
Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology
This award honors outstanding contributions to sociological practice. The award may recognize work that has facilitated or served as a model for the work of others; work that has significantly advanced the utility of one or more specialty areas in sociology and, by so doing, has elevated the professional status or public image of the field as a whole; or work that has been honored or widely recognized outside the discipline for its significant impacts, particularly in advancing human welfare. The recipient of this award will have spent at least a decade of substantial work involving research, administrative, or operational responsibilities as a member of or consultant to private or public organizations, agencies, or associations, or as a solo practitioner. Nominations should include a one- to two-page statement and the vita of the nominee. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package.
Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award
The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. This award is intended to promote a broader vision of sociology and gain public support for the discipline. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package.
Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award
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Award for Public Understanding of Sociology
This award is given annually to a scholar or scholars who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public understanding of sociology, sociological research, and scholarship among the general public. The award may recognize a contribution in the preceding year or for a longer career of such contributions. Nominations should include the nominee's vita and a detailed one to two page nomination statement that describes how the person's work has contributed to increasing the public understanding and knowledge of sociology. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package.
Jessie Bernard Award
The Jessie Bernard Award is given in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution may be in empirical research, theory, or methodology. It is presented for significant cumulative work done throughout a professional career. The award is open to women or men and is not restricted to sociologists. Only members of the American Sociological Association may submit nominations for the Jessie Bernard Award. Nominations for career achievement should include a narrative letter of nomination, a copy of the vita of the nominee, and three supporting letters.
Dissertation Award
The ASA Dissertation Award honors the best PhD dissertation from among those submitted by advisors and mentors in the discipline. Dissertations from PhD recipients with degree awarded in the 2015 calendar year will be eligible for consideration for the 2016 ASA Dissertation Awards. Nominations must be received from the student's advisor or the scholar most familiar with the student's research. Nominations should explain the precise nature and merits of the work.
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This week, one of my favorite features, the guest prognosticator series returns! The Philadelphia Eagles are coming down I-95 to take on the Washington Redskins in a big NFC East matchup. Joining me this week is Kevin McGuire, a Philly sports fan who you may know from Examiner.com's Penn State coverage and The Nittany Lions Den.
WFY: I guess you are finding out what Washingtonians already know — heavy is the head that wears the crown of "OFFSEASON CHAMPIONS." What's going on with "the Dream Team" right now? Also, was this past weekend the "worst weekend ever" (as suggested by the Philly Daily News) for Philly sports fans?
KM: Quite simply, the Eagles can't tackle to save their lives right now, and Vince Young's premature statement after signing with the team has unfortunately caught on everywhere even though everybody else on the team has tried to silence that idea, even as early as the day it was said. Andy Reid is under the hottest fire he has ever been in with fans and if things don't start to turn around in a hurry it will only get uglier.
As for last weekend, yes, it was one of the worst weekends Philly has seen in sports in a long time. The way the Phillies went out was pitiful, and that's being kind. There was no reason the Phillies should have lost to the Cardinals in a five game series, and ironically it was Cliff Lee, who signed with the team to win a World Series, who is most to blame for losing the series in my opinion. You can't give up a 4-0 lead at home in game two. Enough said.
Forget the offensive woes for now. The Phillies lost games started by Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt in a five game series. That just is not acceptable for the standards this team established.
WFY: Is it still uncomfortable having Michael Vick as the starting QB on account of puppy killing past? Or his present being 1-4?
KM: I have long moved on from Vick's past, but I won't blame others for not. To me, he has paid his time according to the law and thus he has earned a right to doing what he is best at again. I honestly feel Vick is a much different person than he used to be, at least in the media and the public eye. He really has grown and matured and become the leader of this team the way he never did in Atlanta.
The Eagles being 1-4 generally pins a lot of blame on the quarterback, but Andy Reid is absorbing the brunt of any negativity surrounding this team right now for more critical reasons.
WFY: Andy Reid is one of the deans of NFL coaches, arriving in Philly in 1999. He's got 5 NFC title game appearances and 1 championship, but no Super Bowl victories. Is the fanbase tired of the team never breaking through or is he on strong footing with the fans? Would your answer have been different a month ago?
KM: Yes, and they have been since that run of NFC championship game appearances when the team had Donovan McNabb in his prime, Terrell Owens and Brian Westbrook on offense and Brian Dawkins and Jeremiah Trotter on defense. And Reid's press conferences have long infuriated fans because you know exactly what he is going to say every single time.
"I have to do a better job and put this team in a better position to win."
"I take full responsibility for that."
Well Andy, if you want to take full responsibility and put this franchise in a better position to win, that position may be seeing you no longer on the sideline. I'm the one who wanted to see Reid go before McNabb left, so I don't think my answer would have been any different a month ago. I think after 12 years, we know exactly what Reid is capable of. He'll turn around a team, but he won't win you the big prize.
WFY: How is the Lincoln Financial Field Eagles gameday experience? How available are tickets to the general public? Why does that stadium have a complete lack of symmetry between sections and tiers? It looks silly. What's so great about Crab Fries? Aren't they just regular fries with an Old Bay-like seasoning? Seems like something you'd get in Baltimore.
KM: I'll be honest, I have been to Lincoln Financial Field about 20 times now and have yet to see an Eagles game. Yes, it's true. I have seen plenty of temple games and a couple soccer matches, and even a World Series parade but I have never seen an Eagles game. The stadium is kind of quirky in a sense and once they get the wind turbines on the roof (supposing that's still in the works) it will look even funnier. Honestly, I don't think the Linc is all that great. It was nice when it opened, but there isn't too much to it if you ask me.
As for the crab fries, yes the formula seems rather simple but it is the cheese that makes the crab fries a game day necessity. I have been known to sneak out of a press box or two to grab an order. Chickie's & Pete's has made a business out of crab fries over the past few years and I think it combines a Baltimore flavor with that Philly cheese blend. Maybe it should be an I-95 thing.
WFY: Who is the greatest Philadelphia Eagle of all time, your lifetime or both?
KM: Without a doubt, Reggie White. The Minister of Defense played his last days as an Eagle just when I started to really follow the team, when I was still naive to understand the influence of free agency, but every time I get a chance to watch some old film of White and Jerome Brown on that defensive line I have to make sure to stop anything else I may be doing. If you have not seen it yet, make sure to catch that NFL Network special on White and Brown. It's a shame they didn't get to play together longer.
WFY: Do you watch Eagles games with the sound turned down and the radio turned up?
KM: Nope. Many Eagles fans love Merrill Reese. I can take him or leave him. And I'm no fan of Mike Quick as an analyst.
WFY: Who are the standouts for Eagles media coverage?
KM: I think Les Bowen (Philly Daily News) is one of the better guys following the team on a regular basis but any time Ray Didinger (CSN Philly) chimes in on the team I feel ten times smarter after hearing what he has to say.
WFY: Oh the 4 major Philly teams, which one winning a championship would mean more to you? To the city/region?
KM: To me, it will always be the Phillies. But if the Eagles ever win a Super Bowl the celebration would be pretty epic. They have the longest championship drought going in the city right now (1960) and while a Flyers Stanley Cup parade would be much warmer, the Eagles parade would be quite the event.
WFY: Midnight green?! That's a stupid concept, much less color. Do you want the Eagles to return to their kelly green look? How about my mock-up?
KM: It took a while for me to warm up to the midnight green, but I kind of like it now. After seeing your mock-up and reminding me of the classic styles in this division, I find it hard to argue against what you've come up with. I'm on board. Make it happen! (It will never happen though because Mrs. Lurie is apparently not a fan of kelly green). I always prefer kelly green over midnight green though.
WFY: What Eagles jerseys do you have? If I were a Philly fan, I'd wear one of those green Phillies hats with my Iggles jersey.
KM: I have a midnight green McNabb which I bought on clearance after the Super Bowl loss a few years ago, and I have a 1960-style Brent Celek jersey scheduled to be delivered next week. Other than that, nothing. I can usually be found on Sundays wearing my Matt Schaub jersey actually. He graduated from my high school, a year in front of me so I kind of designated myself president of the Schaub fan club early on, when he played for Virginia.
WFY: There is a Rocky Balboa statue in Philly, but not a Joe Fraizer one. Why does a celluloid Philly heavyweight champion get a statue while the real one doesn't?
KM: Because Rocky embodies the true spirit of the Philadelphia. Not well respected, hard worker, determined. We also have a statue of Kate Smith.
WFY: What are your top 3 cheesesteak establishments? I'm partial to Jim's Steaks and Tony Luke's.
KM: Tony Luke's is tops, followed by Jim's and I have recently gotten on board the Primo's bandwagon. Pat's and Geno's are for tourists. skip them and go to Tony Luke's.
WFY: Who wins on Sunday and why?
KM: I think the Eagles somehow manage to win one this weekend. I just can't see them going to 1-5 and after everything that has gone on in the past few weeks they know what's going on. Forget last year's massacre of the Redskins in FedEx Field (and I'm sure Redskins fans remember that the teams happened to split meetings last year, Eagles fans should be reminded of that too). This is going to be much closer but if this Eagles secondary can't stop Rex Grossman from beating them, then Andy Reid should have to take a taxi home.
WFY: I think the Eagles have too much talent and Redskins QB Rex Grossman is too suspect, so I'm going to say that hungry, desperate Eagles team wins this one. The Redskins just have a way of losing these kinds of games that would really help them.
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Starbucks CEO Sees Benefit In Upscale Coffee At McDonald's
Posted by TheShot on 01 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Quality Issues, Restaurant Coffee, Starbucks
Who doesn't read cattlenetwork.com? An article posted there today cited comments from Jim Donald, CEO of Stabucks, about Ronald McDonald (no relation) and his newfound popularity from McDonald's recent premium coffee success: Cattle Network – Connecting The Beef Industry Worldwide – Starbucks CEO Sees Benefit In Upscale Coffee At McDonald's.
Mr. Donald says that he is not worried about potential competition from McDonald's. Rather, he suggests that McDonald's is helping Starbucks with the dirty work of feeding their customer acquisition pipeline — that McDonald's customers are now more likely to migrate up to Starbucks' "super-premium" coffee over time (note the judicious use of quotations). He also states they already see this effect taking place.
Given that Starbucks is now clearly mid-grade level in the world of retail specialty coffee, I wonder about the effect at the opposite end of their customer pipeline: i.e., what about all the former Starbucks drinkers who have since graduated on to better coffee? Whether they're getting better coffee at home or through boutique cafés and smaller chains (with higher quality standards and none of the requirements to use only massive bulk coffee supplies for chain consistency), what customer attrition rate changes are Starbucks seeing at the upmarket end of the spectrum?
Since Starbucks dumbed down their equipment and their baseline employee skillset to meet their explosive growth needs in recent years, this is undoubtedly a dirty secret that few even in the corporation will share with each other. Because I can guarantee you that it is happening, and growing, without question.
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[…] But the coffee purveyors like it this way. It means that their brands have come to stand more than just their coffee; their brands have come to identify with personal lifestyles — something much more intimate and personally defining. The real truth is, of course, in Starbucks' statement in response to Consumer Reports' study: "Choosing a brand of coffee is a personal decision, as taste is subjective." So much for Jim Donald's recent comments about customers "graduating" from McDonald's to the unquestionable superiority of Starbucks' "super-premium" coffee. […]


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This morning the U.S. State Department revealed its latest pawn in the overthrow game it's playing with Cuba: Darsi Ferrer, a Cuban doctor currently under arrest in Cuba, to whom it granted Honorable Mention in its 2009 Freedom Defenders award sweepstakes. A few questions come to mind. Who won First Prize? Second? Third? Is this sweepstakes the State Department's best kept secret, only pulled out for public display when Washington worries that the media buzz is starting to dry up on its prefabricated Cuban dissidence campaign or the hunger strike recruitment is flagging?
The story put out by the anti-Cuba lobby on Ferrer is that he was arrested for possessing a couple of bags of stolen cement but that this is a cover for the real reason for his arrest, which has more to do with his "dissident" activities. I have no idea what Ferrer was actually charged with but I'm guessing that dissidence isn't a reason for arrest in Cuba either…treason is, however. Atilio Boron explains:
Dissidents or Traitors? – en español
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The "free press' in Europe and the Americas – the one that lied shamelessly about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or described the putschist regime of Micheletti in Honduras as "interim" – has redoubled its ferocious campaign against Cuba. As a result, it's important to distinguish between the true reason for it, and the pretext. The first, which establishes the global framework for this campaign, is the imperial counter-offensive launched near the end of the Bush administration, and whose most resounding example was the reactivation and mobilization of the Fourth Fleet. Contrary to the predictions of certain gullible people, this policy, dictated by the military-industrial complex, was not merely continued but reinforced by the recent treaty signed by Obama and Colombia's President Uribe, through which the United States is to be granted the use of at least seven military bases in Colombian territory, diplomatic immunity for all U.S. personnel affected by these operations, license to bring in or remove any kind of cargo without authorities in the host country being able to register what's coming in or going out, and the right of U.S. expeditionary forces to enter or leave Colombia using any kind of i.d. card whatsoever attesting to their identity. As if all that were not enough, Washington's policy of recognizing the "legality and legitimacy" of the coup d'etat government in Honduras and the subsequent fraudulent elections is yet one more example of the perverse continuity that links policies implemented by the White House, regardless of the skin color of its principal occupant. And in this general imperial counter-offensive, the attack and destabilization of Cuba plays an extremely important role. Continue reading


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Innovation at Cooper Union: The Mechanical Engineering Design Expo
POSTED ON: April 25, 2012
Ocean politics have become increasingly visible in a world facing accelerating climate change and rising sea levels. But aside from the menacing uncertainty of a hydrosphere on a warming planet, the world's oceans remain a vast and largely untapped system for sustainable power generation. Wave energy, or marine power, is currently a nascent commercial area ripe for development and technical innovation. Although attempts to harvest wave energy have been made at least since the late nineteenth century, the first experimental wave farm was opened in Portugal as recently as 2008, at the Aguçadoura Wave Park.
In its current form, generating energy from ocean currents and tidal power often involves a wave energy converter (WEC), a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to generate electricity. The SurgeChop Project at Cooper Union, by mechanical engineering students Daniel Nash and Medwin Chang, takes existing WEC technology and improves it to increase the useful energy generated from wave power. Working with the guidance of Professor George Delagrammatikas, the SurgeChop team will be one of many highlighting their research and design this Thursday, April 27, at the 2012 Mechanical Engineering Design Expo at the Cooper Union.
The ME student expo takes place from 10 am through 5 pm on Thursday, April 27, 2012, in the lobby of 41 Cooper Square. The event is open to the public, and students will be available from 2 to 5 pm to field questions about their projects.
John Hawk and Nicholas Rotella will also be showcasing their project at the expo: the Gestural Language for Operations in Virtual Environments, or GLOVE. The technology they are developing allows a user to interact with a computer with a wearable hand interface (read: glove) that allows hand motion to be captured and recorded as easily as speech. One application the two students have developed with their product, with the advisory of Professor Stan Wei, is the real-time interpretation and recording of sign language. The glove and necessary electronics are battery-powered and completely wireless, using Bluetooth to communicate with a target computer or host device (laptop, cell phone, or specialized computer hardware) at a range of up to 100 feet, making the technology easily portable.
Students Nelson Chiu, HuiZi Lin and Kevin Tulod meanwhile have been working with professors Toby Cumberbatch, Eric Lima and Nina Tandon to develop Clinical Trial on a Chip, or CToC. Their product improves current drug screening processes to determine safety for human use by targeting drug cardiotoxicity. The FDA's screening process involves testing on animals and humans, but only a handful of clinically tested drugs are deemed safe for human consumption. The CToC system analyzes the action potentials generated by cardiac cells and tissues to identify harmful drugs before human trials begin, thereby saving millions of dollars spent annually on clinical drug research. Unlike current systems which limit studies to a single cluster of cells, CToC incorporates a multi-well cell culture plate to achieve accurate results at a high yield. This high throughput approach allows for more thorough pre-clinical drug screening at a quicker drug turnover rate.


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January 15, 2010
The Lewis & Clark campus is a dynamic place in which to live and learn. In the following videos from Lewis & Clark's YouTube Channel, students offer a candid look at the places they spend the most time on campus.
The Co-op:
Lewis & Clark's student-run cooperative is more than just a place to grab a cup of fair-trade coffee—it's also a popular place to study and a venue for concerts and DIY festivals. In this video, students talk about the co-op's role as a community gathering spot.
Stewart Hall:
Each residence hall on campus has a different personality, and many halls focus on themes like environmentalism and performing arts. Stewart Hall is a wellness-themed hall, and in this video, an RA from Stewart discusses life on campus and offers a glimpse into her single room.
Olin Lab:
While at Lewis & Clark, many students conduct advanced research alongside distinguished faculty, investigating topics from gecko adhesion to neurotoxicity. In this video, students discuss researching memory in the Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry.
Akin Hall:
As home to Lewis & Clark's Multicultural Themed Community, the mission of Akin Hall is to enrich the experience of the student body and the Lewis & Clark community by promoting intercultural understanding and celebration. In this video, Akin residents talk about the friendships they've made within the hall and the value of living in a closely knit multicultural community.
Watzek Library:
No matter their major, Lewis & Clark students spend time at Watzek Library. In this video, a senior psychology major offers a look at some of her favorite features of the library.


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It's a breezy, blue-sky January afternoon in New Haven, Conn., and the mercury has sunk to the eyeball-chilling low double digits. Despite the frigid weather, hundreds of revelers clad in wool caps and thick coats are swarming around the entrance to Brü Rm @ BAR. These extremely dedicated drinkers are waiting to sample dozens of beers that are anything but extreme: tepid, lightly fizzy, low-alcohol, cask-conditioned ales.
At 1 p.m., the doors to the 10th annual Connecticut Real Ale Festival swing open and attendees stream into the expansive, high-ceilinged bar. Like kids at a candy shop, they excitedly grab sample glasses and flit from table to table, exchanging grey tickets for a pour of Victory's fresh, aromatic Hop Wallop or Southampton's banana-tinged Saison Brune. Instead of throwing back beers, they swirl and sniff before taking dainty sips of the aromatic brews. If this seems more genteel than most rowdy, modern beer festivals, that's because cask ales are not modern, super-charged brews. "It's beer brewed as if it were the 1800s, not 2010," enthuses Jeff Browning, Brü Rm's brewmaster and festival founder.
Creating cask-conditioned (or real) ales is not complex. Store any unpasteurized and unfiltered beer in a firkin—a wood, plastic or more often metal keg that holds 10.8 gallons, also called a "cask"—and the live yeasts added to the firkin develop a gentle, natural carbonation. (The same process applied to bottled beers is called "bottle-conditioning.") The beer is alive, changing flavor every day, even after the firkin is tapped. Because firkins aren't pressurized, "beer engines" (usually hand pumps) or gravity must dispense the nectar, best savored at 55 degrees, a temperature that accentuates its fragrant aromas and nuanced flavors. Sample a chilly, highly effervescent draught of Stone Brewing's IPA alongside the same beer from a cask, and you'll find the cask ale's flavors mellower, with the astringent bitterness made smooth. "This is what real beer tastes like," Browning says.
While the tepid temperature is difficult for some Americans to appreciate, cask ales have been making headway in the U.S., slowly transforming over the past two decades from a cultish British import to an American craft mainstay. These days, microbreweries, such as California's Lagunitas and Maryland's Clipper City, Bell's in Michigan and Peak Organic in Maine, have bought their own firkins in order to regularly offer cask varieties of their draught line. More taprooms are adding beer engines and sourcing cask ale directly from breweries. And cask festivals have sprouted from Long Island to Michigan to San Francisco, celebrating the pleasures of nuanced, lightly effervescent ales.
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While America's embrace of real ale might seem new and novel, in many respects it's merely an embrace of the country's brewing past. At the turn of the 20th century in America, "beer was cask ale by default. There was little refrigeration, and everything was served from wooden casks," says New York's Alex Hall, an English expat who, since relocating from Brighton to the U.S. in 1999, has become a leading real ale proselytizer. "But then along came Prohibition," Hall adds, causing the death of breweries—and cask ale before it could assume that moniker.
When beer-making in America legally resumed, brewers began moving away from real ale. It's a finicky product—yeast is temperamental, and there's a short shelf life for anything but the strongest beers (five weeks unopened, three or four days once tapped). They found that if they filtered and pasteurized the beer to halt the brewing process, the flavor wouldn't change and the beer would last longer. But without yeast beer won't develop carbonation, so they force-carbonated it with CO2. This new process permitted mass-production and ensured uniform quality.
Across the Atlantic, the writing was on the bar in England. Breweries also began phasing out naturally carbonated milds and bitters in favor of gassier, pasteurized beer that, by comparison, was cold and flavorless. Displeased drinkers formed the grassroots organization Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in 1971. The group agitated brewers to keep traditional English ale alive via aggressive lobbying and vocal boycotts of fizzed-up beer. Today, cask remains integral to British pub culture, and CAMRA (whose members now number 100,000-plus) continues to champion its liquid cause. "They're the reason real ale still exists," Hall insists.
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Around the time cask ale received a stay of execution in England, American drinkers were barely rousing from their macro-beer slumber. Enlightening consumers about cask ales first required hipping them to microbrews. "In this country, it's hard enough to build consciousness for craft beer, much less cask," says Steve Hamburg, 56, who helped found the Chicago Real Ale Festival in 1996. "We thought, 'If you've been to a British pub and enjoyed the beers, wouldn't it be cool to enjoy the same beers in this country?' " Hamburg's dedication to cask ales was strengthened when he apprenticed as a London pub's cellarman (the employee who taps and tends to casks) in the early 1990s. To prep for the fests, he imported serving equipment and cask-conditioned beer from Britain, and he had to jerry-rig standard kegs of American beer with hand pumps.
Early on, festivals were the key to educating beer drinkers and creating demand for cask ales both British and, increasingly, American. In 1997, the volunteer-run Cask-Conditioned Ale Support Campaign launched the New England Real Ale Exhibition. That same year, California's Pizza Port Brewing launched the San Diego Real Ale Festival, while 1998 saw the first Friday the Firkinteenth at Philadelphia's Grey Lodge Pub. Mike "Scoats" Scotese, Grey Lodge's "lodge master," concocted the event (it occurs every Friday the 13th) to attract attention to cask ales. "Because there's a learning curve to get people used to beer that's naturally carbonated, having a big event with a kitschy name helps," says Scotese. The Lodge served about 17 gallons of cask during the first event. Now, Scotese says, "we do a good week's worth of business in one night"—about 240 gallons, or nearly 16 standard kegs. In recent years, firkin fests have spread nationwide. Happy Gnome in St. Paul, Minnesota, hosts an annual spring bash, while Magnolia Pub puts on a cask fest during San Francisco Beer Week.
However, cask's most tireless cheerleader is undoubtedly Hall. As an agent for UK Brewing Supplies, he sells cask equipment to bars in New York. He also pens a cask column for Ale Street News. But most of his free time is spent curating real ale festivals both stateside and international. Three times a year, he runs the Cask Head Festival at Brooklyn's Brazen Head, offering several dozen painstakingly sourced real ales. Hall acquires them by mailing empty firkins (from his personal stock of 54) to breweries nationwide that do not typically offer real ale. He also acquires imported British casks fresh off the boat.
Hall insists on serving fresh, rare casks because he sees each firkin as an opportunity to convert another drinker to the gently carbonated realm of real ale. "The point of a cask ale festival is to raise consciousness that cask can be wonderful," Hall says. "I want to create demand."
Earning a Place at the Pub
The festivals are definitely working, as more cask ales are finding a place at the bar. Anchorage, Alaska's Midnight Sun Brewing trots out a firkin the first Friday of the month. In March, Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing hosted Brew Your Cask Off in which more than 70 guest brewers created their own unique real ale. Events like these may be gimmicky, Hamburg says, "but they're instrumental in expanding the horizon of beer drinkers."
Still, an increasing number of bars and breweries are treating cask ale as more than a novelty. For Ted Sobel, it all began with a midlife crisis. Nearing two decades as a software engineer, the Oakridge, Oregon, resident was burnt out. He quit and traveled to England, where he visited the Lake District's Woolpack Inn, home of the Hardknott Brewery. There he sampled Hardknott's warm, flavorful bitters and took a brewery tour. In the fermentation tanks and firkins, Sobel, an avid homebrewer since he was 21, saw his future: to run Oregon's first pub that brews only cask ale.
Sobel first fell in love with real ale in 1991, when he and his wife spent a month hitchhiking around the U.K. "I became hopelessly addicted to pubs and real ale right from the start," he says. "In my mind, it's not only the flavors and mouthfeel that is expressed by a well-kept pint, but the environment in which it is consumed that makes it what it is."
To re-create the British pub experience, in August 2008 Sobel opened Brewers Union Local 180, where he crafts his smooth bitters, malty IPAs and other English-style ales poured by the proper 10- or 20-ounce pint. Upon opening, Sobel hedged his bets. Unsure how the outdoorsy town favored by mountain bikers would cotton to cask, he stocked a half-dozen traditional draughts and ciders on tap. A year and a half into his experiment, "I sell two to five times as much cask as regular draught," he says. "People love the gentle carbonation, full flavors and lack of gas."
Making cask an everyday indulgence was certainly Greg Engert's goal when he devised the beer list for Washington, D.C.'s ChurchKey, settling on 500 bottled brews, 50 draughts and five cask ales. Outside of a festival, "nobody really offered enough variety for a cask beer enthusiast to just drink cask," says Engert, 30. He now clears 10 to 15 casks a week—three or four on a busy Friday night alone—with offerings ranging from Tröegs' floral HopBack Amber to BrewDog's Paradox Isle of Arran, an imperial stout aged in wooden Scotch barrels.
But feeding demand poses several quandaries unique to cask ales: Modern mechanized draught and bottling lines aren't set up to fill firkins, which must be manually cleaned, filled and primed with yeast. The extra effort means a 10.8-gallon cask can be as expensive as a keg. "It's a labor of love," says JT Thompson, brewer and resident cellarman for Portsmouth, New Hampshire's Smuttynose.
Adding to the complexity, many microbreweries have not purchased their own vessels. To ensure a steady supply, the ChurchKey purchased about 40 empty firkins—which cost roughly $150 to $200 each—that Engert pays to ship to breweries for filling. (The firkins are returned via normal distribution channels.) Still, this painstaking effort can pay delicious dividends: For instance, Avery Brewing fills Engert's firkins with its IPA, then adds to each batch a different strain of hops to alter the flavor. "Every firkin you get is a beer unto itself. It's a one-off," Engert says. "Serving casks is not profit-driven. I'm reviving a tradition that's gone by the wayside."
Cleanliness = Quality
While it's encouraging to see real ale join beer lists, bars must go beyond simply installing a beer engine and tapping a firkin; they have an obligation to handle the rather finicky beer with care. "Cask ale demands more on the serving side," says Chicago's Hamburg, "How long has it been sitting around? How has it been handled? Does the barkeep have any cellaring knowledge?"
In order to extend a cask's lifespan from three or four days to nine or 10, many bars use "cask breathers." It's a system for covering the beer with a blanket of carbon dioxide that, at low levels, does not impact flavor or add carbonation, but does inhibit oxidation and spoilage. While CAMRA shuns this practice, it's essential for many bars' bottom lines. "Most bars that can't get through a cask in three days need a cask breather," Hall says. "All it takes is one bad pint to turn off drinkers from trying cask again."
Cask's quality and flavor are also impacted by cleanliness. Because cask ales are unfiltered, a beer engine's lines are more to prone to collecting sediment. When ChurchKey's barkeeps swap out a cask, they thoroughly clean the beer lines, too. However, education often lags behind enthusiasm, so this rigorous commitment to cleanliness is hardly industry standard.
These are lessons that will come in time. Like craft beer in the late '90s, cask ale will undergo growing pains. But the good pints will eventually outweigh the bad. Britain has had hundreds of years to perfect—and protect—its cask ale tradition; America has had less than two decades. Soon, what is today a novelty can become a tradition. "Cask ale is a traditional beer," Hall says, "and tradition is never a novelty."
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Berry Cheesecake Dessert
Total TimePrep: 45 min. Bake: 40 min. + chilling
Makes12-15 servings
- 2-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
- In a small bowl, combine the cracker crumbs and butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into the crust.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until the center is almost set. Carefully spread sour cream over the top. Bake 10 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in cold water. Refrigerate for 45 minutes or until thickened but not set.
- Carefully pour a third of the gelatin over sour cream layer. Arrange strawberries over gelatin; pour remaining gelatin over berries. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 319 calories, 19g fat (11g saturated fat), 96mg cholesterol, 224mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.
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Apr 26, 2018
Five Stars! Thank you Jo, followed recipe exactly. Everyone enjoyed it. This will become my go to recipe. Taffy
Apr 15, 2014
Made this exactly as called for. Sour cream just sat as a blob on top of the base and added nothing to the flavor of the dessert. The dish LOOKED nice, but really just a cheesecake square with a side of strawberry jello. I don't think the topping was at all taste compatible with the base. For this reason, I would not make it again.
Aug 3, 2013
I made this last 4th of July. Was a big hit with family and friends. Will definitely make again!
Jun 11, 2013
Went over very well at a recent potluck. I did use gluten free vanilla wafer crumbs rather than graham cracker crumbs. I ended up using frozen strawberries, and it worked out fine, but the fresh berries would be the best.
Jun 18, 2012
Great dessert. The jello soaked into the cheesecake layer, so it wasn't as pretty but it tasted great.
Jul 7, 2010
Easy to make and a nice summer dessert.
Oct 20, 2009
My family ate and ate. They could not get enough. It was an easy way to serve cheesecake
Aug 6, 2009
I made this recipe last night and it was not a big hit. The textures did not go well together.
Jul 12, 2009
This is soooo gooood. I will definately have to make this again. Did not change a thing. Yummy just the way it is printed. baker 1576
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I made this over the weekend and it delicious and I'm going to make it for my son when I go to visit.


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No Limit Texas Hold'em For Winners
The complete poker player's guide to No-Limit Texas Hold'em for beginners, intermediates and advanced players, available in paperback and KINDLE editions
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'This book will take you from mere pretender to serious contender' Stewart Reuben
On the Blackwell's 'Read This' and 'Books Everyone Should Read' recommended lists
This book has massively improved my poker skills. I can't really compare it to others as it's my first poker book. I did find it pretty simple to understand and the exercises helped to consolidate my knowledge and understand the principles in action. One area it's lacking is related to tournaments, but they really require their own specialist books. Highly recommended introduction to cash games that I think would help make most small-stakes cash game poker players profitable.
Rob Collins
As a beginner at the game, I enjoyed No-limit Texas Hold'em For Winners and found it very enlightening and helpful. Of course, as a beginner, it's also apparent that I can't be certain whether the advice given is excellent, ruinous or where it falls in between those extremes, but I get a strong feeling that it leans heavily towards the former. The language used is lucid and the teaching is logically and clearly structured; the authors have talent in these respects and are fine communicators. Strategies for all four betting rounds are proposed. Crucially, the logic behind those strategies and for approaches towards other aspects of the game is well explained so that the reader doesn't merely follow a blueprint but becomes versed in the reasoning behind the advice given. Other facets of the game are discussed such as deception, playing styles, stacks and blinds. There is a splendid piece about the role of luck in the game which is useful to all of us who believe we don't get our fair share of it. Although the book is comprehensive, it would have been helpful to squeeze in a few more pages about tournament and internet play and there are a few slips in the text, a tad disappointing in a second edition. The book seems to be of considerable value to beginners who are serious about improving and, I suspect, to better and more experienced players, too. It does demand the reader works hard to get the best from it. I'm very glad I bought it.
A.P Derham
Yeah - what everyone else said., 5 Aug
I havent got anything to add except my own weight to the praise for this book. Excellent. Danny Briggs
Best beginning and intermediate poker book available, 5 Jul
Ok first of all if you're new to poker BUY THIS BOOK!! and if you've been playing for a while but have never very seriously studied the game BUY THIS BOOK! Now i had been playing no limit texas holdemn for just a few weeks yet i had learnt quite alot from studying and played comfortably at the lower limits online turning a healthy profit.
All in all this makes for a great book and i would recommend it to most people, i think even some more experienced players will find many great parts in this book to help their play. So really BUY THIS BOOK!! for a great grounding in no limit holdem. B J Hunter
Playing Poker to Win, 23 May
I hadn't played poker for a while and I read this book with a view to taking it up again. I found it a pacey and informative read, packed with information. I learnt much more than I'd ever known previously. Now ... where are those chips? Ms B Crockett
Start your poker book collection here, 19 May
A few years ago when the game wasn't so popular, the demand for poker books was dictated largely by the US market, which was dominated by limit hold `em. This was compounded by a simple but universal problem: good poker players couldn't write and good writers couldn't play poker.
Thoroughly comprehensive guide to No-Limit Holdem, 17 May
As almost a complete novice at poker, particularly Holdem, I wasn't quite sure what to look for in this book. However, I found it all. Whatever aspect of the game interests you, there's an excellent primer on it here.
Naturally, most of the book focuses on the strategy of the game. It's quite an intensive trip for a beginner; there are a lot of new ideas to take in. However, in my view that's a good thing - you really feel like you're getting your money's worth. Every concept is explained clearly, with helpful examples, and there are test questions throughout which help both for practice and to clarify more intricate uses of the techniques. The cartoons are a little distracting - the reference to Benny Hill below sums them up nicely. However, there aren't too many and the rest of the book is very sound, written in a style that's clear and precise, but still easy to absorb.
I was also impressed by the amount of consideration given to other aspects of the game. A section on online play reveals the differences between this, the reason for the game's sudden overwhelming popularity, and standard "live" play. There's a chapter on cheating (not how to do it, but how to avoid being suckered by it), a section on poker psychology, a discussion of other poker games, and - most helpful of all - a chapter on money management and how to use it to keep track of your progress as a player.
The book dispels the fog of mystery almost harshly, but in doing so reveals that the game is, after all, learnable. It doesn't rely on gut feelings or some innate psychic ability. To start winning games, all you need is an understanding of some concrete, provable ideas - and this book shows you how. Clinking Dog
Poker for all levels, 12 May
This book provides a very easy and clear explanation of how to play poker. It is suitable for beginners but also goes into greater depth for more advanced players, especially when studying the complex gambling probabilities that underlie the game. Machiavelli "Card Player" London
If you only ever read one poker book then this should be it, 2 May
I've been playing poker for a good few years now and I really wish I'd been able to read this book sooner. 'Playing Poker to Win' is the only book I've seen on Hold 'Em that is useful both to complete beginners and to intermediate players who have been playing for a while and want to hone their games. The explanations and concepts are clearly and logically explained with a lot of examples to back them up. There are also quizzes at the end of each chapter to test your understanding of the material.
I've read a few other poker books and each of them has concentrated on some of the aspects of poker, but this is the only time I've had access to ALL the information I've needed in one place. This is an extremely comprehensive book, and covers all the aspects of playing poker, from betting strategy; general playing considerations; pot odds; playing the flop, turn and river; poker psychology; tells; deception; playing styles; cheating; online play; poker tournaments; game variations... and the list goes on. It also includes all the tables of probabilities and calculating odds, which are invaluable to any poker player.
The book has made me realise that a lot of the time during games I was making decisions based on gut feel, not always the right ones, and has formalised and clarified the decision making process and the reasons why we should choose one course of action over another. In additon to this, it has been invaluable in understanding why the people you are playing against would exhibit certain behaviour and betting patterns. I would urge anyone to read it who would like to gain a wealth of information in one place without having to invest in many different books. There is absolutely no doubt that my game has improved significantly since reading 'Playing Poker to Win'. Pokerette
What can I say, apart from "great book". I'd played a bit of poker with friends and online but had never read anything about the game before. A friend (who had regularly relieved me of money) gave me a copy of this book to read. What a revelation!
It's clearly written, easy to read and nicely laid out, with helpful reference tables, meaning that I have regularly turned back to the pages for a quick refresher. I'm not convinced by the (thankfully sparse) cartoons with their Benny Hill-esque humour, but otherwise it's hard to find fault. It covers everything from the rules for the absolute beginner, through simple strategy to more advanced concepts. There are also helful sections on online play, tournament play and managing your money, to name but a few.
So, as a releative poker new-comer, it gave me everything I needed and, as I have improved, I've introduced some of the more advanced strategy to my play. And, yes, it does appear to work, at least it has so far for me.... Overall, if you're looking for your first poker book this is definitely it. If you're a bit more experienced, well read the review above. Poker Novice London UK
A must have for beginners and experts, 27 April
I've read a few books by the likes of Sklansky, Brunson, Harrington etc. which have helped me improve but they are either on Fixed-Limit (popular in America I understand) or are aimed at tournaments or complete beginners. This book is different in that it contains everything about No Limit Hold'em cash games (and a bit on tournaments) that you could possibly want to know. It is by far the most comprehensive and well structured book I have come across with the author taking you through each stage of the learning process with clear explanations along the way as to why certain actions are preferable to others. Just reading the 10 pages on bluffing would turn most unprofitable players into profitable ones. Phil 'Poker Mad'
Great book for beginners and experienced players alike, 12 April
I'm a reasonably experienced player - a few years online and also in casinos. However, I still found a lot of use in this book. And having raced through it in a few days, I suspect I shall return to it. You can never read (some) poker books too often. I say 'some' as many poker books are characterised by poor writing style / editing and terrible anecdotes. And despite the astonishing rise of poker over the last few years, in the main, this still remains true.
This book, on the other hand, impressed me. The breadth of content is excellent, the writing style is lively and coherent, and there is plenty of solid advice. The design is clear, the contents are well-organised and there are lots of examples/tasks throughout to make you an active reader - just what you need in a poker book. A few (sometimes groan-worthy) cartoons are scattered throughout for light relief but personally, I enjoy the odd distraction. After all, too much time at my desk led me to poker in the first place.
Reviewer: Hold'Em Addict "pokerhander" London UK
Over the years, we've read more than our fair share of poker books - some of them good and some of them not so good. But very few of them attempt to set out the fundamental principles of no-limit hold'em strategy in their entirety, and in a form accessible to the less experienced player. There are great books on poker theory by Sklansky, for example, but most don't focus on hold'em.
There are numerous good books on fixed-limit hold'em, but fixed-limit is so different from no-limit that the cross-over is minimal. And of course most self-respecting top poker pros have now made their own contribution with a book on expert strategy. Why would a pro stoop to write for beginners? Most of them can't remember what's it's like to learn the game, let alone struggle with it like lesser mortals do.
All this is a real shame since no-limit hold'em has recently undergone an astonishing explosion in popularity, and there are literally millions of enthusiastic new players out there crying out for a book that will help them become competent and knowledgeable in the shortest possible time. So - we set out to write such a book. Quite simply, we've written the poker manual that we would have liked to have had at our fingertips when we were learning the game. Playing Poker to Win aims to tell you everything you need to know about no-limit hold'em, so that you don't have to trawl through other volumes, extracting the relevant information, throwing away the rest, and puzzling over expert tips that leave you none the wiser about the basics. We're not claiming that this is the only poker book that you'll ever need. But we believe that if you read it first, all the others will make a lot more sense. Enjoy.