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I remember my first successful deer hunt like it happened yesterday. So, as I sit here today, I can only imagine the excitement that is still coursing through my daughter's veins. She just shot her first deer last week — the day before Thanksgiving. Taylor is 11 and was allowed to hunt under Wisconsin's new hunting mentor program. All fall, we had lessons every day after school. We would sit in my office at home and go over everything — the hunting regulations, possible hunting scenarios and, most importantly, shot placement. We used photos in Deer & Deer Hunting in a game we called, "Shoot or Don't Shoot?" We also used my desktop version of our Shot Simulator to go over the best possible shot placement. By the time we got to last week, she had become a pro on exactly where the deer's vital organs are and where the scapula is positioned on a deer's skeleton.
Our plan, if we saw a deer close enough, was to aim dead center for the scapula. I wanted her first shot to be no guesses. No blood trailing, either; if at all possible. Several unsuccessful ground blind vigils in 20-degree temperatures wore down Taylor's excitement, but she was bound and determined to just see a deer this season. That moment came when our good friend Cory Johnson placed us in a prime spot on his property. As the afternoon daylight faded, a big doe appeared in the woods before us. The only problem was another deer — a young buck — had crept close to our blind and winded us … sending both deer high-tailing it out of sight before she could shoot.
It all came together when another friend, Michael Solberg, allowed us to hunt one of his best spots: a blind overlooking an oat food plot. He told us several deer were visiting the plot regularly during daylight, so we slipped into the spot at 1 p.m. The excitement and anticipation must have wore Taylor down, because she fell asleep on my shoulder almost immediately after her midday snack. I couldn't help but smile and just soak it all in. Michael had told us to be on our toes at about 2:30 p.m. That's when the deer usually showed up to feed. It was just a few minutes before 2 when I slightly nudged Taylor and told her it was almost "prime time."
We quietly talked about school, her favorite TV shows and her upcoming part in our church's Christmas choir performance. Then, just like always, a deer showed up unexpectedly. Taylor was facing due west and I due east when I noticed a flicker of movement through the blind's window behind her. There, at just 4 yards, stood a white-tailed doe. "Don't move," I whispered anxiously. "Don't move. There's a deer coming to the plot!" Taylor froze in statue-like form. Her breath billowed from her mouth like a freshly stoked wood fire.
The deer took a few steps and stopped. "She's so pretty!" Taylor whispered. The doe whipped her head toward the blind and started doing a head bob. "Donnnnn't move." I whispered, my heart now in my throat.
After a few more head bobs and a swirl of her nose, the doe determined the Double Bull blind was not a threat. I moved for the rifle — a Knight .243 single shot that we borrowed from D&DH's Brad Rucks for this occasion. My excitement got the best of me, however, as I made a slight noise when I tried to position the gun on our Caldwell shooting tripod. The deer heard something and slowly trotted across the food plot and out of my line of sight.
I thought I had just completely ruined Taylor's chance. However, Taylor could see through a window behind me, and noticed the deer had not completely fled the area. Within moments, Taylor whispered excitedly, "She's coming back!"
Peering out the window, I noticed the doe had returned to the plot and started feeding. It was game on once again. With the rifle solidly anchored in the tripod, I tuned the scope down to 3-power. "Can you see her?" I asked as Taylor lined up the shot. "Yes!" Taylor replied.
"How about now?" I asked, turning the power up to 5X.
"Yes, Dad!" she replied with a hint of "duh."
"OK, let's go for it," I replied, turning the scope's power all the way up. "She's broadside. You know where to aim, right?"
"Yes, that square part at the top of her shoulder," Taylor said matter-of-factly while lining up the near-70-yard shot. I wanted to brace myself for the shot, but it was too late.
With one eye on the gun and one eye on the deer, I recoiled slightly, but that didn't stop me from seeing the deer drop dead on the spot. Her reaction said it all.
The true celebration, however, didn't begin until we got out of the blind and walked up to the deer. It was then that Taylor knew that she was bringing home the venison. Her excitement was truly contagious.
One of my favorite memories of this hunt was the next video clip. This was completely unexpected improv from Taylor. She is constantly singing at home, and always makes up her own songs, whether or not she has an instrument handy. This is a moment that any seasoned hunter can appreciate — pure unbridled enthusiasm over something that is primal. This is why we hunt!


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On August 21 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a struggling oil-refinery town on the Texas border, Wilbert Rideau walked to the center of the modern courtroom, hobbled by shackles. The man Life magazine called "the most rehabilitated man in America" lifted up his furrowed brow and looked at the judge. And stillness came over the crowd of mostly elderly blacks, as Rideau pleaded not guilty to a murder committed forty years ago.
Interest in the case lies not in Rideau's innocence or guilt. On numerous occasions he has accepted responsibility for murdering a woman after robbing a bank in 1961. Rideau, 59, received the death penalty, but by an accident of history, lived to become a famous journalist. As editor of a prison magazine called The Angolite, he has won almost every journalistic award and become a national expert on prison life; he's been "Person of the Week" on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and a pundit on Nightline–all from behind prison bars in Angola, Louisiana. In 1994 Rideau's lawyers, in a last-ditch effort to free him, filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court. In December 2000 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that the original prosecutor of the case had excluded blacks from the grand jury in blatant violation of the Constitution, and ruled that the state must retry Rideau or release him.
This year Rideau is set to stand trial in the same Louisiana town where he was first convicted forty years ago. Many thought that Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish would look the other way rather than reprosecute an age-old case with lost evidence and a manifestly rehabilitated defendant. Rideau's lawyers have said he would settle by pleading guilty to manslaughter and walk away with more time served than all but four convicted murderers in Louisiana history. But the state won't offer any deal.
The reason can be found in Lake Charles, a town where redemption may not be possible when a black man kills a white woman. Powerful people in the parish have blocked Rideau's release, whereas other inmates sentenced for similar crimes have received parole. During Rideau's time in Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, nearly 700 convicted murderers have been freed. Four pardon boards have recommended Rideau for release–but two governors have denied clemency. "Why Not Wilbert Rideau?" was the title of a 20/20 segment exploring why he has not been able to get parole. "I think he is a con artist," said District Attorney Rick Bryant. "He's a master manipulator of the media and people who have supported him."
The vehemence stems in part from the fact that Rideau is a prosecutor's nightmare. This is the fourth time the parish has tried him. Each time Rideau is convicted, he appeals and exposes shameful structural flaws in how the justice system here really works. And he's doing it again. This past November 29 the Louisiana Supreme Court struck down the parish's process for selecting judges in capital cases, which the court faulted for allowing judge-picking, a practice used by prosecutors to obtain judges favorable to the state. The prosecution had filed its new case against Rideau when the only ball left in the bingolike hopper was the one for Michael Canaday, a white judge who had never before tried a felony. After watching Judge Canaday in court, Marjorie Ross, 68, a retired department store salesperson, said, "I look back forty years ago and things haven't changed. It's because of this." She pointed to her dark-skinned face.

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Students Challenged to Know Christ at Christian Life Conference
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For a few minutes, the only sounds in Shortess Chapel were CIU students lifting their praises to God.
"Thank you, Lord, for indwelling us." "Thank you for giving us your Spirit." "Thank you that you do not despise the broken and contrite heart." "Thank you, God, for Jesus."
The Spirit of God moved powerfully as students, faculty, and staff gathered for the Christian Life Conference, Sept. 9-12. The conference is held every year as a time for CIU to focus on one of its core values: the victorious Christian life.
Dr. Charles Price of Toronto, Canada addressed the CIU body. Price pastors The Peoples Church in Toronto, and his weekly television program, "Living Truth," is broadcast in countries around the world.
"His messages were powerful, humorous, and filled with biblical truth," sophomore Timothy LaPointe said. "I was definitely challenged to hold strong to my faith, but also to trust in the Lord's strength."
Throughout the week, Price gave a series of Chapel messages focused on faith, dependence upon God, victory over sin, and Christ's fulfillment of the law.
"I loved how Dr. Price said, 'Jesus does not take away our sin, but counteracts our sin,'" sophomore Kaylee Pedersen said. "Even though sin is hard and never gives up ... the Lord remains faithful."
Price challenged his listeners to think of the Old Covenant law as a means by which God revealed His character.
"The purpose of the law is to reveal the character of God," Price said. "The effect of the law is to reveal the failure of man."
The Christian Life Conference concluded with a prayer day as many students stood to proclaim that God had begun a new work in their lives that week.
"The [Christian life] is not trying to do my best for God," Price said in his final day at CIU. "It is allowing God to do His work in me and through me. He desires that His commands would become promises that liberate you and free you."
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Annual McMahon tournament held in Bath
One of the oldest events in the UK, this event was for many years run by Bristol club in the town hall in Marlborough in Wiltshire, a location chosen for easy driving in pre-motorway days. It then moved to Keynsham in 2006 and 2007 before settling down at St. Mark's Community Centre in Bath, with that club taking over running it.
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Brazil submitted to Ukrainian authorities USD 4.5 billion worth of investment proposals. "We want to build the mini-tractors production plant in Ukraine as well as purchase shipbuilding and pharmaceutical manufacturing technology," said José Barouki, director of trade and investment company Daruvar S.A. during the Ukrainian investment roadshow in São Paulo, Brazil.
According to the Advisor to the President Brazilian Development Bank D. Rodriguez, Ukraine could become a very interesting platform for Brazilian investors, especially given the strategic location of Ukraine. The Bank will consider investing into National Projects of Ukraine.
Ukraine's roadshow for investment opportunities, which started on September 26, 2012, will take place in 15 financial and economic centers around the world. The objective is to promote investor opportunities of the Europe's second largest country including its National Projects: "LNG-terminal", "Open World", "Clean City", "Technopolis", "Industrial parks", "City ring road" as well as agricultural projects.
In May 2012, Brazil state pharmaceutical group Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz signed a purchase contract with Ukrainian insulin producer Indar for 3.5 million vials of genetically engineered human insulin. The Brazilian experts stated that they chose their Ukrainian partner based on quality of their product. Ukraine and Brazil also have a preliminary agreement to establish bilateral insulin production in Brazil using Ukrainian technology by 2014.
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Clifford Nass, the Stanford University sociologist who helped pioneer studies that undermined ideas about multitasking, has died at age 55. The man who dedicated his career to thinking about how humans live in a digital age died after taking part in a hike near Lake Tahoe Saturday.
At Stanford, Nass was "a larger than life character," his colleague professor Byron Reeves tells NPR's All Things Considered. Reeves says Nass "was just incredibly enthusiastic about his work, about students."
As for Nass' legacy, Reeves says his colleague worked to trace how technology has moved "from tools to social actors," in which everything from robots and computer-laden cars can now use interactive software to present visual cues.
"These were essentially social responses," Reeves says. "And humans were built for those kinds of social responses, and to recognize that kind of social interaction and to participate... and they did."
A graduate of Princeton University with degrees in mathematics and sociology, Nass worked as a computer scientist at Intel Corp. before beginning his work at Stanford, according to the Stanford Report. The school paper adds, "He was also a professional magician."
Nass's work on multitasking was just one part of how he examined the way people interact with technology. He also wrote books about voice recognition software, and the ways people think about computers and television.
But it was his research — and his skepticism — about multitasking that drew the most notice. And Nass didn't have to look far for test subjects.
"The top 25 percent of Stanford students are using four or more media at one time whenever they're using media," he told NPR's Science Friday this past May. "So when they're writing a paper, they're also Facebooking, listening to music, texting, Twittering, et cetera. And that's something that just couldn't happen in previous generations even if we wanted it to."
To anyone who claims they're able to multitask, to concentrate on multiple things at once while still thinking creatively and using their memory, Nass had a ready response.
"They're basically terrible at all sorts of cognitive tasks, including multitasking," he told Science Friday's Ira Flatow, citing a raft of scientific research. In Nass's view, people who say they're good at multitasking because they do it all the time are like smokers who say they've always smoked — so it can't be bad form them.
"People who multitask all the time can't filter out irrelevancy. They can't manage a working memory. They're chronically distracted," Nass said. "They initiate much larger parts of their brain that are irrelevant to the task at hand. And even - they're even terrible at multitasking. When we ask them to multitask, they're actually worse at it. So they're pretty much mental wrecks."
Nass also warned that the mental strain of taking in an ever-increasing load of information through electronic media hasn't been fully realized.
"Companies now create policies that force their employees to multitask," he said, according to the Stanford Report. "It's an OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) problem. It's not safe for people's brains."
Another of Nass' experiments revolved around how people see virtual versions of themselves — particularly when given the option of giving themselves feedback. Here's how he explained the results of a study during a 2010 appearance on NPR:
"We've done studies, for example, in which... you take a test on a computer and the feedback is either given not only by your own voice but your own face, saying you did a good job or you did a bad job, or someone else has.
"And people not only thought they did better when they got feedback from their own voice, they thought their own face and voice was more intelligent, more likable, and in fact they remembered more of the positive and fewer of the negative comments."
With all this talk of Twitter and its IPO, we want to take a few moments now to remember a man who warned against spending too much time using social media.
CLIFFORD NASS: We've got to make face-to-face time sacred, and we have to bring back a saying we used to hear all the time and now, never hear: Look at me when I talk to you.
CORNISH: That's Clifford Nass. He was a trained sociologist and a Stanford University professor who studied the effects of multitasking on the human brain. Nass died on Saturday at the age of 55. He was alarmed by how difficult it was for many of his students to process complex ideas. One reason, he argued, they were chronic media users and multitaskers.
NASS: First of all, they find it very difficult to filter out irrelevant information. Second, they have serious problems with managing working memory. And finally, and perhaps most surprising, they're even bad at multitasking.
CORNISH: Professor Byron Reeves, of Stanford University, joins us to talk about his colleague and friend Clifford Nass. Professor, welcome to the program.
BYRON REEVES: Oh, thank you.
CORNISH: And first, I want to offer our condolences. Obviously, Professor Nass was loved on campus.
REEVES: Yes. He was certainly a big part of a lot of different programs here.
CORNISH: We heard some of his humor, in those clips earlier. Can you tell us more about what he was like?
REEVES: Larger-than-life character. He was just incredibly enthusiastic about his work and - just a giant hole here.
CORNISH: Tell us how he came to this area of study - multitasking - and also, the study of - sort of how people relate to their devices.
REEVES: Yeah. Early on, we spent a lot of time thinking about how people relate socially to technology - to computers, to television images, and he was very much responsible for bringing about this notion that social responses to these technologies were very much how humans were built to respond. So these were not just tools. They were really social relationships. There were voices and pictures and faces. So that started it all. And of course, those relationships weren't social, and I think that led Cliff to his more recent comments on what it means to spend so much time thinking you're relating socially but, of course, that's not really the case.
CORNISH: He also talked about this idea of chronic use of social media. He said in 2009 - PBS interview: "We could essentially be undermining the thinking ability of our society. We could essentially be dumbing down the world." What did he mean by that?
REEVES: Well, we've run out of hours in the day, to pack more media time. So Cliff noticed that what really have to do is overlay media experiences. We like them all, so we overlay them. And we're trying to do two or three - or more - things at once. So he was very concerned recently that that overlaying, that multitasking, was causing us to do less well at any given thing - and especially to relating to other humans.
CORNISH: Now, what was the response to his work? I mean, obviously, you know, you're located in the heart of Silicon Valley where, arguably, the multitasking revolution began. I mean, did his work get back to the tech industry? And did it affect the way that they did business?
REEVES: Well, I'm not sure that the influence yet has been seen in trying to dampen down the multitasking but certainly, there are other people talking about it. That conversation is very much alive. It's alive on campus. You know, he - Cliff had some exercises that he would have the dorm folks - kids do, when he was in the dorm, of actually spending time face-to-face asking each other questions; and it proved to be a little difficult. So he was very interested in moving that - those social discoveries into thinking about how to mitigate some of the negative influences of the multitasking.
CORNISH: That's Byron Reeves, talking about his fellow Stanford professor Clifford Nass. Nass died Saturday at the end of a hike. He was just 55. Byron Reeves, thank you much for speaking with us.
REEVES: You're welcome.
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I've been hoping and wishing and dreaming about making this blog post for a long time but now that the time is actually here I find myself somewhat at a loss for words. I am hoping that more words will come to me if I just keep typing … hopefully they will be assembled coherently :-)
For some months now I have been keeping a secret from you. A secret that started out teeny tiny (the size of a poppy seed apparently) and over time has grown and grown and is now the approximate size of a cantaloupe melon. If you haven't guessed what kind of secret it is yet, I won't keep you in suspense any longer: it's a baby-sized secret!
Yes that's right, come September (all being well), Tiny Tin Bird will make our family of two into a family of three, make our parents into grandparents and our siblings into aunts and uncles. To say that we are happy and excited about this is an understatement. I'm sure you can imagine that we are completely over the moon!
So far, my pregnancy has been fine apart from some wicked tiredness. Oh my! It's a wonder I've achieved anything this year at all, all I have really wanted to do is spend every spare moment in my bed. Some days I have! I had also really hoped that "baby brain" was a myth, sadly that myth became reality at about 6 weeks when I managed to leave my shoes at work and has now progressed into things like making pots of tea with no teabags and being really confused when the "tea" came out clear!
We're both so happy and since we had our second scan on Friday (all healthy and fine!) we have just had perma-grins attached to our faces. I've been cautious of getting too excited or telling the world prior to this point but hopefully being half way through means that it's ok to share and start thinking about things to buy. I'm making a list of things I would like to buy (why is my taste so expensive?!) and an even bigger list of how I can afford these things! (To be honest, those are the only two things on my list so that's not too bad …)
I'm also making a list of all the blanketty things I would like to make for him/her. (The English Language is missing a pronoun don't you think?) I have been saving some Cotton-Ease for about three years for this purpose and tried to start it last week but it transpires that me and Cotton-Ease just do NOT get on, so that idea is out of the window. I have some other good ideas though, don't worry, and I am very much looking forward to sharing them with you as time goes on.
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We spoke with Kingston Technology earlier this evening at eFocus, where they were giving the details on their Secure Digital Card product line addition. The new Ultimate SD cards will ship at 512 MB and 1 GB capacities to start, but I am sure a 2 GB version isn't too far away. The new SD Ultimate cards offer significant performance benefits over the current Standard and Elite Pro lines of SD cards, including 133X transfer rates of larger size files. This is great for the rapid shooting demands of professional digital photography.
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AMBER Alert Goes Mobile
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Today you now have the ability to receive AMBER Alert messages via SMS on your mobile device. In fact, in a chat with Sprint earlier it seems that soon you will even be able to be sent an image of the missing child. Almost the whole country is covered by the service, and thusly can subscribe at no cost. Of course, the standard text messaging fees of your mobile carrier still apply - but aren't those virtually non-existant nowadays?
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The Xbox 360 will be able to run some games from the current Xbox library. Microsoft Senior Vice President of the Home and Entertainment Division Robbie Bach says the Xbox 360 will run the "top-selling" games from the current console. Sounds like more of a licensing problem than a true hardware problem to me. With Sony and Nintendo announcing full backwards compatibility, Microsoft better get this right.
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Unsurprisingly, Nintendo is continuing to support their Game Boy Advance by introducing a new addition to the family: Game Boy Micro. At 4 inches wide and 2 inches tall, the diminutive player looks to fill a non-existent void in Nintendo's hardware line. I'm confused by the need to make a smaller player, but I welcome the interesting device. This could be a smart move on Nintendo's part as it's most likely cheaper to produce than the current GBA SP and possibly cheap enough to persuade anyone without a GBA to buy it.
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Nintendo's press conference is over, and we haven't received that much information on the Revolution other than that the box the are showing off is a prototype, with the final product expected to be much smaller. Here is all I know:
- Total Backwards Compatibility: Not only will the Revolution play standard Gamecube discs, but its owners will also have downloadable access to 20 years of their favorite Nintendo titles from the NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 as well.
- The specifications: The system boasts 512 megabytes of internal flash memory, wireless controllers, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi access. A worldwide network of Nintendo players can gather to compete in a comfortable, inviting environment. Revolution's technological heart, a processing chip developed with IBM and code-named "Broadway," and a graphics chip set from ATI code-named "Hollywood," will deliver game experiences not previously possible.
- SD Card Expansion: A bay for an SD memory card will let players expand the internal flash memory.
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E3: Mario To Work Overtime In Baseball, Soccer, Party 7, and Dance Dance Revolution!
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Well, Nintendo has announced that Mario will be working overtime on the Gamecube in 2005. We have all heard about Mario Baseball, so that isn't too much of a surprise. What we didn't know is that he and his crew will also be starring in a soccer title. You can also look forward to seeing the next version of Mario Party, which will feature simultaneous 8-player support. Not bad. The biggest news as far as Mario is concerned, though, is that Nintendo will be bringing us Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Edition. I can definitely feel that.
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A partnership is ideal when two or more parties want to go into business together. Using the online business model as an example, you may have the knowledge about running a business and managing its finances, but not a clue about web design, marketing, or advertising. If you happened to know someone with strong design and marketing skills, you may choose to start a company together. It is great to enter into this kind of relationship with someone you trust and can bounce ideas off of. There are a few things to look out for when forming a partnership. Each member pays taxes based on the percentage of the company that they own. This should be clearly explained and identified before starting up. A Partnership Agreement should be drawn up and signed by all parties. This should lay the foundation for the dividing of all assets and liabilities. If no agreement is in place, then all members will be considered equally liable and/or entitled to all assets and liabilities regardless of how much more or less one person works than another.
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Why would you want to go through the hassle of incorporation when a sole proprietorship is so much simpler to form and manage? It is certainly a loftier task to incorporate, and there are plenty of additional laws and regulations set by the government that you would have to adhere to. Then there is the issue of having to pay both personal and corporate taxes. At first glance, it may not sound like the preferred method of doing things – until you consider some of the advantages:
Health insurance premiums can be considered a business expense, and thusly are a deduction.
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Capital can be raised by selling shares of the company.
If you believe that incorporation is the way to go for your business then you have two options. You can form a C corporation, or a subchapter S corporation. Most small businesses which choose to incorporate will go with subchapter S route.
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Most woodworkers appreciate things that are well-made, fashioned by hand and extraordinarily useful. So it's little wonder that Wayne Anderson stays quite busy. From a small basement workshop in Elk River, Minn., Anderson makes custom infill planes one at a time to sell to woodworkers and collectors. Unlike many manufactured tools, Anderson's planes marry solid plane mechanics with fluid curves that would be difficult – if not impossible – to create using machines. One recent chariot plane from his workshop resembles a scarab beetle. The front grip of the small plane at right is filed into the shape of a curved acanthus leaf.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Tuesday, July 19, 2011) – Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey will miss the remainder of the 2011 season after suffering a torn left Achilles tendon during the Rapids match on Saturday at Seattle Sounders FC (video below). Casey, who leads the Rapids with six goals this season, will undergo surgery on Wednesday and is expected to be out approximately eight months while recovering.
Casey was injured in the 38th minute of Saturday's match at Seattle Sounders FC, and an MRI taken on Monday afternoon revealed the extent of the injury. Surgery on Casey's left Achilles tendon has been scheduled for Wednesday at Advanced Orthopedics in Denver under the supervision of Rapids Team Doctor Wayne Gersoff MD.
The 29-year-old is the club's all-time leading scorer with 48 goals, having started 88 of the 101 career regular season games he's appeared in for the Rapids. He had started 11 of the 14 matches he appeared in this year, missing six games with a hamstring strain. The Denver-native was named the 2010 MLS Cup Final MVP after scoring a goal and setting up the winner in the championship game against FC Dallas last November.


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If today turns out to be an average one for Kentucky's hospitals, here is a glimpse of what is taking place: More than 6,600 patients will be treated in emergency rooms; 14,000 more will be helped with other outpatient services; 1,500 will be discharged after a stay of about four-and-a-half days; and 150 of the state's newest citizens will be born.
This information, compiled by the Kentucky Hospital Association, gives us a much clearer view of the one place in our communities that we may not always want to visit but are always glad that it's there.
09, President Obama has spoken of a sweeping agenda with promises of a stronger economy, fiscal discipline, improved health care and cheaper energy from the full range of our energy resources. Unfortunately, these were empty promises.
The promises started with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the "stimulus" bill, which the president's economic advisers said would hold the unemployment rate below eight percent. Instead, the unemployment rate has stayed above eight percent for 40 straight months.
Memorial Day is a time to honor our soldiers and remember those who have fallen. This day also comes at the end of National Military Appreciation Month, an appropriate occasion to reflect on national unity and lend our support to those in uniform. Although some have tried to paint a picture of the "one percent" over the last several months, there is a real one percent prepared to protect us all: the United States Armed Forces.
For several years now, the General Assembly's Office of Education Accountability has compiled an annual report that gives us a big-picture look at how our students compare to their counterparts in other states.
While there are persistent challenges, many tied to poverty, the report has some positive trends certainly worth noting.
I am writing in regards to the Mobile Food Pantry that comes to the Henry County Fairgrounds the fourth Wednesday of every month.
I think this is a great service that is being offered to the less fortunate citizens of Henry County. But there aren't any restroom facilities available to use. I am a handicapped senior that has bladder issues. I know it is a long time that everyone has to sit in their cars to wait and get the food. If you don't get there early to get a good place in line, you don't get hardly any food.
As I read Brad Bowman's article: HCSO's New Office Open June 4th, last week, I was surprised to see a glaring omission. The move was, in part, due to the Henry County Health Department. However The Henry County Health Department Board was not mentioned in the article.
A couple of months ago my truck needed some mechanical repairs. I found an experienced mechanic to do the work. Following Ike I needed a new roof on my house. I sought out a qualified roofer to install the new roof.
That is the way most of us think. We want the most qualified doctor, lawyer, or electrician to do the things we need performed. We appreciate experience.
One of the major issues least talked about in the Henry County Circuit Court Clerk's race is our courthouse.
The Administrative Office of the Courts has declared that the Henry County courthouse is one of two in the state most in need of replacement. Our courthouse is also one of the oldest and most beautiful, built in 1877, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
As a resident of Henry County, it is my pleasure to support Nick Hawkins as our next Circuit Court Clerk.
Nick is not only a great family man, but one the most active Henry County residents. He is very involved with our youth and extremely knowledgeable about the resources available. I am impressed with how quickly this young man has been able to establish himself in Henry County.
On behalf of Bill and his family, we want to thank everyone for helping make the benefit a success.
We would like to thank all of you who donated food, items for the silent auction and monetary contributions.
A very special thanks goes out to Fred Porter and Cropper Baptist Church for the use of their facility.
Last, but by no means least, to the Better Daze Band, Thomas Hood, and Shades of Pink for their awesome music, which was enjoyed by all.
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I have been trying to get some usb microscopes (QX5 and/or Ken-a-vision) to work on the xo for the last year. I have not been able to get them to work. I have tried it on the xo with sugar and with Ubuntu, and now I sprung for the Enlightenment SD card,but still can't get them to work.
Any help would be great.


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Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens: Dancing the Night Away!
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were spotted dancing the night away at Eden Nightclub along with pal Brittany Snow on Friday (January 7).
"They were inseparable throughout the night seen dancing, drinking Belvedere and canoodling," a source told E!. "[Vanessa] only broke from [Zac]'s side to dance with Brittany on the couches at their table."
Another eyewitness added, "They were directly next to our table and were all over each other, dirty dancing and making out."


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Frances Trollope, Domestic manners of the Americans (London, 1832), vol. 2, facing p. 18; reprinted New York, 1832, facing p. 199.
Caption, "Live Stock, Virginia, 1830." The author was in the United States from late 1827 to around 1830-31. This illustration is found in her chapter on Virginia and her discussion of slavery in the state, but she does not describe what the illustration is supposed to convey. The scene is the interior of a cabin, a bed in the right-hand corner; a calabash ladle or drinking gourd hangs on the wall. The black man with the cane, and the white man behind him with his hands on the black man's chest. The scene, including the image's caption, is puzzling.


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This is experimental, (which is why only 16 players this time).
You get ranked according to score (unfair but that's the way it is)
I was looking for some tournament inspiration and found this a balanced triple elimination tournament. That means just because you win the winners bracket don't mean your through to the final.
So I'm going to give it a go, and then I may enlarge it for a second time round.
Each round is best of 3, once on each persons settings and once on, Classic, Escalating, Sequential, Chained, No Fog.
To sign up /in with your home map and settings.


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The buzz in the Colorado State University locker room was all about the basketball polls Monday, and that was even before the Rams learned they had cracked the rankings for the first time since 1954.
We were all kind of wondering if Miami was going to jump up to No. 1 after all those upsets, Rams senior forward Greg Smith said. That was more of the discussion in the locker room. It wasnt really about us.
After the two-hour practice ended at 9 a.m., an exhausted Smith grabbed some breakfast and hit the books.
Then my Twitter started blowing up. Everybody was saying, Were ranked! Were ranked! Smith said. People sent me links. Thats how I found out. Then, my teammates starting calling me.
The Rams are 24th in both The Associated Press mens basketball poll and the USA Today poll, their first foray into the rankings since March of 1954 20 months before Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy was born.
Its neat for our players and for our program. Thats exciting news for our guys, but we still have to play very difficult games this week against San Diego State and Air Force, said Eustachy, ever the pragmatist, downplaying the polls.
I think right now all of us are really excited, Smith said.
Transfers Daniel Bejarano (University of Arizona) and Colton Iverson (University of Minnesota) are the only two guys who have played on a ranked team, Smith said. They know how to handle it.
But I think all of us that have been around here for a while are really just happy that were finally being recognized as being one of the best teams in the nation, Smith said. Weve just got to go out and keep playing like it, starting (today).
By the way, Miami, the object of the Rams early morning curiosity, rose to No. 3 in the rankings, behind only No. 1 Indiana and No. 2 Duke after a succession of impressive wins and losses by highly ranked teams.
The Rams (19-4, 6-2 Mountain West) will face preseason favorite San Diego State (18-5, 6-3) tonight at Moby Arena, where theyve won 26 consecutive games.
Only Syracuse (37) and South Dakota State (27) boast longer home winning streaks.
I was just talking with my brother. I was like, Three years ago, would you ever be thinking that if San Diego State were to beat us that it would be an upset? Smith said. Its nice to have that target on our back. But now weve got to go out there and keep doing what were doing.
Smith said the senior-laden Rams should have no trouble keeping all this national recognition from going to their heads, too.
Honestly, weve got a lot of seniors, he said. We should stay pretty grounded because of our age. Its only a label. Just a couple of days ago we were the 28th-best team. Miraculously, three days later, were the 24th-best team. Weve just got to stick to what were doing, go out and focus and keep getting wins.
Eustachy, who took over for Tim Miles in April and whos in line to take his fourth school to the NCAA Tournament after guiding Southern Miss, Iowa State and Utah State there, said his focus is on the Mountain West race, where the Rams trail No. 19 New Mexico by a half-game for first place.
New Mexico is clearly the team to catch, but there are other teams right behind them that have a chance, and I think that we are one of them, Eustachy said. Its going to come down to who plays the best basketball in the second round of conference play.
The Rams were ranked four weeks overall in 1953-54, rising as high as No. 18.
Making for a fitting storyline, the Rams will celebrate the programs heritage by wearing pumpkin orange and alfalfa green uniforms with the Colorado A&M Aggies mascot written across their chests for todays game against San Diego State, which is in third place in the tightening MWC race.
Im not a real poll watcher .. But I am extremely aware of where (teams) are in conference, Eustachy said. Our goal is to win a championship. It always has been.


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States to reopen shut down national attractions
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Arizona and New York have reached deals with the Interior Department to reopen Grand Canyon National Park and Statue of Liberty National Monument using state funds until the federal government reopens.
A spokesman for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer confirmed the Grand Canyon deal late Friday afternoon, meaning the park should reopen Saturday.
The governor had wanted to only partially reopen the park, but the deal includes the entire park.
Brewer spokesman Andrew Wilder says Arizona will pay less than the $112,000 a day the Interior Department wanted.
Meanwhile, the National Park Service announced that it has entered into an agreement with the state of New York.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will pay $61,600 a day to fully fund National Park Service personnel and keep the Statue of Liberty open.


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If you had a germ detector in your home, where would it lead you?
Straight to your baby's nursery or Junior's playroom. Since this is where your kid spends a good chunk of time, you need to zero in on these nasty germs—E. coli, rotavirus, cold, and flu—before they make him sick. Charles Gerba, Ph.D. (aka "Dr. Germ"), professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, identifies the hot spots and how to treat them.
1. Carpet or rug
Carpeting is like a sponge for germs—holding on to everything from diaper leakage to dirt tracked in on shoes. Vacuum three to four times per week and aim for a deep steam-clean every three months to kill germs below the surface.
2. Toys
There's no stopping it—these will go from mouth to floor and back again. Wipe down hard or rubbery toys after use with a nontoxic disinfecting wipe that won't leave nasty chemicals behind, such as Seventh Generation Disinfecting Wipes ($6; seventhgeneration.com). You can also toss hard toys into the dishwasher for a deep clean.
3. Changing table
The changing table is an obvious hot spot for E. coli bacteria left behind from poopy diapers. Wipe it down after each use with a nontoxic disinfecting wipe.
4. Stuffed animals
Like carpets, stuffed animals are mini—germ sponges. Ideally, you'll wash them once every three weeks or so in hot water with bleach (if possible) and then dry for 45 minutes on high heat. But if you're too busy, at least give them a spin in a hot dryer for 45 minutes.


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Thirteen U.S. cities, from Miami to Seattle, will host Gold Cup games this summer.
The federation for soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean announced the sites Wednesday for the July 7-28 event. Matchups have not been determined.
Eight of the stadiums have never taken part in the tournament: Atlanta; Baltimore; Denver; Hartford, Conn.; Houston; Miami; Portland, Ore.; and Salt Lake City.
The tournament returns to five venues in Arlington, Texas; Chicago; Pasadena, Calif.; Harrison, N.J.; and Seattle.


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Applied Interactive needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 258 designs submitted by 60 freelance designers.
WinSolve is a new software application related to USB flash drives. Software will be shipped on a USB drive which is packaged in a blister pack.
The product will be sold by major retailers while the target audience is techies, tech support people and home computer users.
We are really open on what this can be. Catch our attention. We like bright colors like red, blue, green and yellow. The logo will be used on a white background.
Make it modern and memorable. Once we have the logo we will be using it to design an icon to go with it.
Please note that this logo will be printed on a small USB drive. There are requirements.
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3. Colors cannot overlay one another.
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DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are on the defensive amid demands to regulate their industry more closely following the financial crisis that battered the global economy.
Bankers have been widely blamed for the financial crisis that has dramatically reduced the living standards of many in the world, whether they're in work or not.
"We're doing the right thing," Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., said Wednesday.
Dimon, who last week took a 50 percent cut in pay for last year following a multibillion dollar trading loss in London, stressed the key role of banks in making the economy work, and insisted many of the bad practices of the recent past were being phased out.
Regulators, he said, were "trying to do too much, too fast."
Banks have spent much of the past few years in a bunker, getting on with shoring up their tarnished finances — and that's spelled difficulties for many in need to get their hands on money they need. Given its importance to the global economy, many reforms have been called for to make them work better for society as a whole. One solution being espoused around the world is to siphon off risky trading activities from traditional banking such as taking deposits and granting loans.
Bankers have borne a large chunk of the blame — many say the lion's share — for the fragile state of the global economy.
The financial crisis, which bared its teeth in the summer of 2007, started when banks effectively admitted they didn't have a full understanding of many of the investments they had been making. Notably, they took heavy losses in the U.S. on complex investments based on mortgages to people with shaky credit. Just over a year later, Wall Street luminary Lehman Brothers had collapsed, among others.
Though the world economy is growing after its deepest recession since World War II, the fallout from the crisis remains. A United Nations body said Tuesday that the number of unemployed around the world will rise to a record 202 million this year, while many countries, particularly in Europe, struggle to post any growth at all.
Dimon said the banks were getting an overly bad press, that there was "huge misinformation" out there about what they are doing to get things right.
For example, he said banks had "twice as much capital as before" to pad against losses and that JP Morgan had helped clients raise money for socially-important projects in schools and hospitals.
Axel Weber, a former central banker and current chairman of Swiss-based bank UBS, acknowledged the "excesses" of the past but said it was pointless to debate breaking up banks.
"Where does the financial sector start or stop?" he asked. "It's so intricately linked that we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater .... We all provide valuable social functions."
Both spoke in Davos at the annual gathering of more than 2,500 corporate and political leaders.
Among those questioning the bankers' assertion that the financial sector is doing fine and doing its job was Min Zhu, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
"The financial sector is too big," he said. "The products are too complicated. Transparency is not there. In this sense, I say the financial sector still has a long way to go."
Andrei Kostin, chairman of Russia's VTB Bank argued it was governments who ran up excess debts — and not banks — and were largely to blame for recent economic troubles.
"We should have better regulations but not necessarily more," he said.


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Four Premier League sides - Arsenal, Everton, Manchester City and Wigan - face lower-league opponents, while Manchester United and Reading go head-to-head on Monday.
And if you place a five-fold or bigger accumulator bet on the Both Teams to Score market for Saturday and Sunday's FA Cup matches and if only one leg lets you down, Paddy Power will refund your losing bet.
Arsenal are first up on Saturday afternoon and are 2/7 (1.29) with Paddy Power to see of Blackburn at Emirates Stadium. With a crucial Champions League game against Bayern Munich to come on Tuesday, manager Arsene Wenger will want this tie resolved with the minimum of fuss if possible.
The Gunners boss may be tempted to rest a couple of players and with Jordan Rhodes scoring regularly since his move from Huddersfield he could trouble Arsenal's defence. Paddy Power offer 4/6 (1.67) that both teams will score in this game.
Oldham entertain Everton on Saturday after claiming cross-city rivals Liverpool's scalp in round four, the League One side will fancy their chances at Boundary Park.
This is David Moyes' side third game on the road in the FA Cup this season and the last time that happened was in the 1989/90 season when Everton went out in the fifth round – to Oldham.
Paddy Power make it 5/6 (1.83) that both teams score and if Oldham score first, Paddy Power will refund all losing First/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match.
Huddersfield – who have appointed former Coventry manager Mark Robins - beat Leicester 2-1 away on Tuesday night to set up a clash with Wigan at the John Smiths's stadium. Paddy Power are 4/6 (1.67) that both sides score and Wigan will need to be on their guard if they're to progress.
Spurs, along with Liverpool, were the biggest casualties in the fourth round losing to Leeds at Elland Road and Neil Warnock's side have earned another big pay-day against Premier League champions Manchester City in round five.
The hosts' chances of retaining the Premier League appears to have almost disappeared after their 3-1 defeat at Southampton last weekend and the FA Cup is their only chance of silverware this season.
Leeds deserved their win against Spurs and while a home tie would have increased their chances of another upset considerably and their strikers, such as Ross McCormack, do pose a very real goal threat. Paddy Power are offering Evens (2.0) that both sides score.
Holders Chelsea get a second bite of the cherry against near-neighbours Brentford in their fourth-round replay on Sunday with the winner away to Middlesbrough next Wednesday.
With the Premier League out of reach this is a realistic chance for the Blues to claim a trophy this season and Rafa Benitez will be keen to do so. Paddy Power make it 10/11 (1.91) both teams to score.
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Kellan Lutz is Mandy Moore's New Husband -- EXCLUSIVE!
Kellan Lutz has signed on to play the husband of Mandy Moore in a new movie called Love, Wedding, Marriage, sources confirm exclusively to JustJared.com.
The romantic comedy has Mandy playing a marriage counselor whose parents separate after many, many years together. She feverishly attempts to get them back together, jeopardizing her own marriage.
My Best Friend's Wedding actor Dermot Mulroney will be making his directorial debut. Production for Love, Wedding and Marriage kicks off in New Orleans in early February.


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Washington state is nearing the one-year mark for its vote to legalize marijuana and the two-year anniversary of privatizing liquor sales.
I wonder, looking back on those two votes, if things have turned out the way people expected.
Privatization, by more than tripling the number of licensed retailers, has increased the sale of booze and brought in more revenue for the state.
But it's also come with higher prices and, according to a recent report by consumer advocacy group Nerd Wallet, the highest level of taxes on alcohol in the nation. While Washington's booming beer and wine industries are comparatively sheltered from exorbitant tax rates, taxes on spirits are nearly double the next closest state, Oregon. Washington's beer tax is sixth-highest in the nation, while its wine tax is 20th.
Perhaps it's a step in the right direction as far as the state budget is concerned, but it was by no means a magic cure for Washington's economy. In my opinion, its long-term effect will be a boon to the mega-retailers while hampering the small business owners who are still trying to survive in the midst of every grocery store offering the one-stop shopping customers lust for.
On the other hand, the state has yet to see a nickel in tax revenue from marijuana sales. Although it was expected to take at least a year for policies to be put in place and retailers to be opened, I wonder how much the state and individual cities will get in the way of legalized marijuana ever becoming the economic boom it has the potential to be.
Many cities in Eastern Washington – even in areas that voted in favor of Initiative 502 – have implemented moratoriums on pot retailers. Some, I'm sure, are just giving due diligence to the legislative process, waiting for the state to finalize its stipulations and gauging possible reactions from the federal government.
Other cities, I think, are taking a "not in our house" approach, as if by preventing legal weed retailers they can prevent the drug from being used in their town. The problem with that approach is that there are already pot retailers in every single city in Washington – and quite likely just about every city in the entire nation. They're just not the legal, state-approved kind.
The "illegal" weed industry is the No. 1 competitor to the state-run "legal" weed industry.
In theory, legalized marijuana would put run-of-the-mill drug peddlers out of business.
But cities that go the "not in our house" route will ensure job security for your friendly neighborhood weed dealers. And still without a nickel of revenue going into the state's coffers.
Likewise, at the state level, it seems like there's a high potential for unintentionally sabotaging the potential benefits of legalizing marijuana. Much in the same way as privatized booze, I see marijuana sales being heavily taxed.
Plus, retailers will need to sell enough product at a high-enough markup to cover the costs associated with a brick and mortar business, various licenses and insurance, employees, etc. Consumers will be the ones that foot the bill for those stores.
I don't think the state has any intention of offering an option for a licensed, low-overhead business model where anybody with a backpack and some Ziploc bags can run a successful enterprise.
With all the bureaucracy that will go into implementing I-502 and state-approved retailers, I have a hard time believing "legal" prices will be competitive with those of the free market.
If I had been in Washington last year, I would have voted in favor in I-502 (I was still living in Oregon at that time). However, I'm extremely skeptical that its passage will produce the results people were expecting when it was put on the 2012 ballot.
Garrett Rudolph is the managing editor of The Chronicle. He can be reached at 509-826-1110 or via email at email@example.com.
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The stream will launch the fourth season of "American Express Unstaged," an online series that pairs notable directors with popular music acts. Vampire Weekend's concert at the Roseland Ballroom on April 28 will stream live on VEVO and YouTube.
American Express was to officially announce the live stream Tuesday.
Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig in a statement called Buscemi "a wonderful actor, a NYC legend and a great director." Buscemi has directed four feature films, including 1996's "Trees Lounge," as well as several "Sopranos" episodes.
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Photos of the day: 12/9
Images from around the globe.
A drop of water falls from an icy tree branch Monday in Cockeysville, Md. The storm that coated parts of Texas in ice struck with unexpected force Sunday on the East Coast, blanketing some spots in a foot of snow, grinding highways to a halt, causing power outages, and closing schools or delaying start times. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mac Arthur Mti wears badges for sale Monday with the image of late president Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A person carries bags as he walks past puddles on a walkway Monday in Princeton, N.J. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fernando Perez Molina, the president of Guatemala, visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian riot police block pro-European Union activists' tent camp next to the Ukrainian government buildings in Kiev on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tourist holds a camera as she enters St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica in Rome. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thick smoke billows from the fire after a commuter train collided with a truck hauling fuel on the outskirts Jakarta, Indonesia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anti-government protesters stomp on a poster of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government said Monday it has proposed new elections be held Feb. 2, hours after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the lower house of parliament in a bid to calm the country's deepening political crisis. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A mourner places a candle outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Ukrainian riot police block pro-European Union activists' tent camp next to the Ukrainian government buildings in Kiev on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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It's generally agreed that we have five basic tastes — sweet, salty, bitter, acidic, and umami — all of which make appearances in wine.** The nuances described in baroque tasting notes — fruits and flowers and tar and tobacco and the rest — are, of course, smells. But where does that leave astringency? In the hands of physiology researchers, evidently. Anatomy is the science of labelling the parts of the body and where all the bits are. Physiology is the science of understanding how those parts work. So when we ask questions about how wine triggers responses in the mouth, we ask physiology.
Astringency is the dry, rough, puckery feeling left in your mouth by a sturdy red wine, strong black tea, dark chocolate, or (best example ever) an underripe persimmon. Some astringent molecules also taste bitter, but that's not what we're talking about. Astringency doesn't seem to be a taste. It's definitely not a smell. It's…something else. But since descriptions like "something else" leave scientists (and wine drinkers, maybe) feeling unsatisfied, physiology researchers at Ruhr University in Germany have been trying to pin down astringency more precisely.
Research on astringency isn't new, but it's been confusing. Astringency triggers the same nerve that's used to carry flavor sensations in mice; since flavors and feelings (like touch and temperature) are carried by different nerves in the mouth, that's a useful observation. But astringency can be sensed by parts of the mouth that don't have taste receptors. We know (or we think we know) that tannins are responsible for red wine astringency, and what we're taught in food science classes is that tannins bind to the proteins in your saliva and cause them to glom together, which simultaneously decreases the slipperiness of your saliva — making your mouth feel dry — and creates a bunch of big rough tannin-protein blobs that themselves feel rough. The problem with that explanation is that the intensity with which we sense astringency doesn't seem to be related to how much protein gets bound up, and not all molecules that seem to cause astringency bind up proteins at all.
This new German study, unfortunately, doesn't help resolve most of those conundrums. But it did use a simple, elegant little trick to pretty firmly say that astringency isn't a taste, and that it is a feeling.
Since completely different nerves carry taste sensations and mechanical feelings like pressure or roughness back to the brain, these researchers used anaesthetic — the same injectable kind you'd get at the dentist — to numb up either the taste nerve for the front of the tongue alone or both the taste and the feeling nerve of some real live humans, then subjected them to astringent things like quinine (the stuff in tonic water) or powdered chestnut. They also found some folks whose mechanical feeling nerve had been cut in the course of middle ear surgery, which means that they couldn't taste on half of the front of their tongues (these and most nerves are paired with one for the right and one for the left side of the body). The folks who couldn't taste — either because of surgery or because of anaesthetic — had no trouble detecting astringency. But the folks who couldn't feel were numb to the astringent sensations. That suggests that we don't sense astringency in the same way as mice, but that's not outside the realm of possibility.
The study also included tests on isolated nerve cells (from mice, not those human subjects; don't worry) to look for exactly what molecules were triggering the mechanical nerves and what kind of triggering was going on. Those experiments showed that astringency isn't just the roughness you feel when you move your tongue around, but that nerve cells are being activated directly. In other words, you could still feel astringency if you couldn't tell whether the inside of your mouth was rough by moving your tongue and cheeks around.
But, still, that's an open question: is the sensation of astringency caused just by chemicals triggering nerves, or is it also the product of rough feelings when we move our mouths around? Since knocking out the mechanical sensation nerves knocks out both of those feelings, these experiments couldn't say.
So when astringency comes up over a glass of tannic red, you can continue to confidently say that the wine feels astringent rather than tasting astringent. Cocktail-party trivia, sure. And maybe this research has other functions, in understanding and knowing how to fix peculiar diseases of messed-up mouth nerves. But in some ways, it's about what science has always been about: looking at something — in this case, our own bodies — and asking, "Well gosh, how does that work?" The earth is a giant puzzle book, and we're certainly in no danger of reaching the last page any time soon.
**Yes, yes: what constitutes a basic taste is a matter of debate, but that's an interesting topic for another day.