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Doug Chabot, Mark Richey and Steve Swenson failed to climb the north ridge of Latok I (7145m) due to deep unconsolidated snow. This elegant ridge known as the "Walker Spur of the Karakoram" has so far thwarted over twenty attempts by talented alpinists. Chabot, Richey and Swenson did succeed on Choktoi (6166m). Lindsay Griffin reports at Alpinist.com
Pakistan's Shipton Spire (5885m) gained two new lines this summer: the first by a team of four Russians who took the full height of the southeast face, and the second a spirited solo effort by Spain's foremost female big wall climber, Silvia Vidal. She climbed the shorter—but no less steep—northeast pillar and did not continue to the summit. Lindsay Griffin reports at Alpinist.com
Several new big aid routes have been established in the Sam Ford Fjord area of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, by a Norwegian and a French team. Lindsay Griffin reports at Alpinist.com
On August 4, Mauro "Bubu" Bole and Gabriele Gorobey completed the first free ascent of Donnafugata (7a A2 or 8a [5.13b] free, 23 pitches, 750m) on Torre Trieste (2458m) in Belluno, Civetta, Dolomites, Italy. Nicholas Middleton reports at Alpinist.com


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Chase Burnette and his younger brother Jake are busy climbing the ladder to becoming major league baseball players.
FARGO, N.D. - Wide receiver Warren Holloway scored twice to help North Dakota State defeat Georgia Southern 35-7 Saturday in a Football Championship Subdivision semifinal.
FARGO, N.D. - Dale Lennon built his career around stopping the option and he says North Dakota State will have a tough task this weekend in its playoff game against Georgia Southern, led by Flowery Branch grad Jaybo Shaw at quarterback and Buford grad Dominique Swope at running back.
STATESBORO - Quarterback Jaybo Shaw ran for two touchdowns and threw for another Saturday to lead Georgia Southern to a 35-23 win over Maine in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
MACON - Only two days after setting her career high in scoring, Jasmine Hassell again took the lead with 16 points to lead No. 14 Georgia to an 80-43 win over Mercer on Tuesday night.
STATESBORO - Dominique Swope, a Buford grad, ran for two touchdowns and 255 yards in a game dominated by both offenses as Georgia Southern held on to beat Old Dominion 55-48 Saturday in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
The lights will stay on Friday night at City Park Stadium.
LAS VEGAS - Freshmen Erika Ford and Krista Donald made a smooth transition into Georgia's starting lineup.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Connor Shaw threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead No. 14 South Carolina to a 10-win season for the first time in 27 years and its third straight victory over No. 18 Clemson, 34-13 on Saturday night.
LAS VEGAS - Georgetown accomplished two firsts Saturday with its 64-56 upset of No. 10 Georgia.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope came to Georgia with a reputation for being a prolific scorer.
The Georgia High School Association executive committee meets today in Thomaston to finalize news classifications around the state.
HOMESTEAD, FLA. - Tony Stewart insisted he wasn't a title contender when NASCAR's championship race began.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Trent Richardson rushed for 175 yards and scored three touchdowns to power No. 3 Alabama to a 45-21 victory over Georgia Southern on Saturday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Connor Shaw, a Flowery Branch grad, threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns, including Alshon Jeffery's first scoring catch in more than a month, and No. 14 South Carolina defeated The Citadel 34-20 on Saturday.
It's mid-September. Still hot in these parts despite summer's rumored departure, as autumn's crisp air has yet to appear.
Billy Horschel stared down the world's best golfer on Sunday and came out victorious.
JOLIET, Ill. - With a daring drive through the middle, Brad Keselowski showed how badly he wants to win another championship.
NASCAR's version of the playoffs, the Chase, begins today at Chicagoland Speedway.
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String test
A string test involves swallowing a string to obtain a sample from the upper part of the small intestine. The sample is then tested to detect the presence of intestinal parasites. The string test is rarely used in the United States.
Alternative Names
Duodenal parasites test
How the test is performed
You swallow a string with a weighted gelatin capsule on the end. Four hours later it is pulled back out. Any bile, blood, or mucus attached to the string is examined under the microscope for cells and parasites or parasite eggs.
How to prepare for the test
You may be asked not to eat or drink anything for 12 hours before the test.
How the test will feel
You may find it difficult to swallow the string, and you may feel an urge to vomit when the string is being removed.
Why the test is performed
The test is performed when the doctor suspects a parasite infection, but no parasites were found in a stool sample.
Normal Values
No presence of blood, parasites, fungus, or abnormal cells is normal.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may indicate the presence of giardia or another parasitic infestation.
Special considerations
Previous drug treatment can affect the test results.
Semrad CE, Powell DW. Approach to the patient with diarrhea and malabsorption. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 143.
Sears CL. Giardiasis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 372.
Hill DR, Nash TE. Giardia lamblia. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 280.
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Ms. Bette Holland's (Democratic Party Co-Chair) Letter to the Editor touts the wonders of Obamacare, while denigrating attempts to repeal it by people who were elected to do that very thing. As facts in Obamacare slowly ooze out, I shudder as I recall Nancy Pelosi's comment, "we have to pass the bill to know what's in the bill."
Now that I'm so old that people don't expect very much of me and compliment me on just being able to be out and about, I can admit something that many may already know: If you really don't have talents, just act as if you do.
Developing the state budget is a lot like making sausage. You have to follow the rules (recipe) carefully. Many steps are required and they have to be done in the proper order.
On behalf of the Dawson County Library, I would like to commend the Dawson County Roads Department for their admirable performance during the recent snowstorm.
Despite an icy start to this year's legislative session, I'm eagerly beginning my journey as state senator for the 51st District.
What do a snowstorm, Inaugural Address, and State of the State Address have in common? They all occurred last week in Atlanta as the General Assembly attempted to get the 2011 session underway.
Next week the new Republican Congress will act to repeal the Affordable Care Act or "ObamaCare" as the Republicans and their pundits call it.
Of course, my first message must be "Happy New Year." I do hope that 2011 will be a good one for each of you.
I trust that each of you had a blessed Christmas this year.
This piece was first published in the Indianapolis Star, but as we get ready for the next sessions of Congress and the Georgia General Assembly, I believe it deserves repeating. It is probably more true today than it was when Dr. Borgman first wrote it. Enjoy and reflect.
As we come to the end of another year in Dawson County, we can't help but look back on what the past 12 months have brought.
As we near the 2011 Session of the General Assembly, discussion topics get tougher because we are getting closer to the time we must either "fish or cut bait."
Many of the traditional customs we've come to observe during the holiday season, like decorating our homes and sending Christmas cards, were uncommon practices in the early years of our country. Before the 19th century, most Americans worked on Christmas. For generations, it was treated just like any other day.
Amid some of the most flagrant abuses of the federal government in our country's history, the Tea Party movement has emerged to give voice to Americans' frustration with Washington. It has energized thousands of voters to respond to out of control government spending and encroachment on American liberty.
It really is true: There is no need for Dawson County residents to be bored.
The Woman Who Shares My Name instructed me that this week's column was to be about positive things. She says she is tired of bad news and thought you felt the same way. "Surely, you can find some positive things to write about," she said, "and temporarily take people's minds off all the terrible things going on in the world. I think your readers would appreciate that."
It is a potential killer whose numbers rival the deadly Ebola virus and it doesn't get near the attention it should. Unlike the dreaded illness currently ravaging West Africa this is one with a quick cure.
Rap. Rap. Rap.
I just learned of a book called, "Say Goodbye to your Southern Accent."
The U.S. Senate race this November between Democrat Michelle Nunn and Republican David Perdue will be one of the more unusual campaigns we have witnessed in Georgia. Neither has held public office and both are anxious to portray themselves as the ultimate "outsider."
In 1997, Gov. Zell Miller appointed me to fill a vacant seat on the five-member State Ethics Commission and then reappointed me to a full term where I served until 2002. It was a rewarding experience and I am proud of the good things we accomplished at the commission.
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We recently learned that municipal, county and federal law enforcement agencies are putting their heads and resources together to combat spikes in violent crime in north Lake County this summer. As great a concept as this is, police will continually be hamstrung in the crime-fighting without help from one of their most important corners: the public.
This important topic came under discussion earlier this week at a Gary public safety committee meeting, just as Gary was recording its 33rd homicide of the year — a 48 percent spike over last year.
Gary Councilwoman Kim Robinson made a salient point: "Gary is not a place of stranger crime," she said. "People know."
The people who "know" have a responsibility to step forward and make reports if they are serious about addressing the problem.
It's understandable why some people are hesitant to step forward in reporting a crime they may have witnessed. Some are afraid street violence will turn in their direction if they are seen as whistle-blowers. With this concern in mind, it's important for law enforcement throughout the region to ensure residents have a safe and anonymous means of conveying such information to police.
Gary police have a crime reporting tipline — (866) 274-6347 — at which residents can leave anonymous tips. Other region police departments offer similar services. Just as residents have a responsibility to use these services, police have a responsibility to preserve public trust by honoring the anonymity of residents attempting to do the right thing.
In her article Thursday, The Times reporter Christine Kraly cited the poignant example of Gary Bishop Norman Hairston, who has presided over funerals for 16 of the 33 homicide victims to date — and is preparing to preside over a 17th funeral this coming weekend.
This is not the kind of issue for which any of us can sit on the sidelines. South county agencies with a propensity for ignoring the problems of north county are obligated to help when lives are on the line. And residents who witness or possess vital information about such crimes have a duty to share that information, not throw their gears into neutral.
Too often throughout human history, horrible things have occurred when everyday residents could have somehow intervened but were too afraid or self-interested to do so. Lives and safety are at stake.


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Deep Fat Fryers
As its name implies, deep fat fryers are used for deep-frying. They are a common kitchen appliance and can be widely seen in all sorts of kitchens ranging from domestic to commercial kitchens alike.
Types of Deep Fat Fryers
According to its power source, a deep fat fryer can be classified in two categories- electronic and gas.
Electric Deep Fat Fryers
An electronic deep fat fryer uses electrical energy as their main source of power. They are suitable for small volume usage such as in domestic homes.
Pros and Cons of Electronic Deep Fat Fryers:
Now let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of electric fryers in detail starting with the good points.
Pros of Electric Deep Fat Fryers:
- The small and compact volume of an electronic deep fat fryer ensures storage convenience and ease of mobility.
- They conduct less electricity to the surrounding atmosphere. This attributed to the fact that their heating elements are submerged in oil.
- They have a quicker temperature recovery time period between frying cycles.
- Usually, they are less costly.
- Their servicing costs are lower; lower maintenance cost.
Cons of Electric Deep Fat Fryers:
- They take more time to heat up
- They cannot achieve the high temperatures that gas-powered deep fat dryers can achieve
As you can see there are more good points than bad when it comes to electric fryers. Now lets have a look at the other main type of fryer: the gas powered version.
Gas Deep Fat Fryers
A gas deep fat fryer is powered either by natural gas or propane. They are generally used in commercial kitchens.
Pros and Cons of Gas Deep Fat Fryers:
Just like we did for the electric version let's have a look and good and bad points of gas powered fryers.
Pros of Gas Deep Fat Fryers:
- Both natural gas and propane are cheaper sources of energy than electricity.
- They take less time to heat up.
- They can achieve higher cooking temperatures.
Cons of Gas Deep Fat Fryers:
- Their servicing costs are higher; more maintenance cost.
- A few common and problematic situations faced by gas deep fat fryers are oil taint and oil burn at the base of the deep fat fryer. This occurs when food debris travels travel to the base of the tank and carbonizes due to the presence of a high temperature level.
Deep Fat Fryer Buyers Check-list
If you are seriously thinking about buying a deep fat fryer, before reading the reviews we recommend you have a check-list to hand so you know what you are looking for. Use this list to help priorise what you are looking for and what makes a product the best deep fat fryer.
- Construction: Commercial fryers are available in mild steel and stainless steel. Stainless steel deep fryers are less prone to corrosion than the mild steel deep fat fryer and therefore, they usually come with a longer guarantee. On the flipside, they are more costly. On the other hand, a mild steel deep fat fryer is much cheaper but they are susceptible to expansion under heat which may damage their welds over the course of time.
- Size: The capacity of the appliance should also be taken into account to provide more value for your money. A rule of thumb is, the bigger the capacity of the deep fat fryer the more the purchase price.
- Dipping Basket: To achieve an alluring crispy texture and the elusive loud crunchy noise upon biting, a dipping basket is essential. A deep fat fryer with a dipping basket requires less oil than a deep fat fryer without one.
- Viewing Portal: A viewing portal (such as one in the form of a window) is an ideal feature as it enables you to keep track of the progress without the dangers associated with removing the lids.
- Ease of Cleaning and Maintenance: Opt for a deep fat fryer which has easy removable parts, dishwasher-style parts and so on to allow for a thorough cleaning. If it is a commercial grade deep fat dryer, ensure that it has its own drainage system and oil filtration system. Involving employees in the process of filtering oil with an exterior system puts them at a dangerous scenario.
Now that you are fully keyed up on what makes a good fryer head over to the deep fat fryer page and pick one of the great products on sale today.


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How to Relieve Stress Naturally
Pages in this Story:
- Why Stress Management Is Important
- How to De-Stress Your Mind
- How to De-Stress Your Body
- How to De-Stress Your Spirit
How to De-Stress Your BodyGet a Rubdown
It's four months into the new year, and you're still carrying the 20 pounds you resolved to lose. Negative self-talk will get you nowhere. Instead, head to the nearest spa for a massage. When stressed-out ER nurses received twice-weekly chair massages, their tension levels dropped significantly, according to researchers at Griffith University in Australia. Go to massagetherapy.com to find a practitioner in your area.Move It!
The endorphins released during workouts make you feel great! The proof: Volunteers who signed up for a three-month stress-management course that included hourlong workouts of walking, jogging, and dancing not only lowered their cardiovascular-disease risk but also eased their anxiety and depression. Dodge your next stress attack by taking the dog for a run. Or crank up your Beyonce CD and shake your hips like a backup dancer.Make Time for Tea
Brits appear composed for a reason. It turns out that people who drink black tea have lower cortisol levels compared with those drinking a tea substitute. Our advice: Brew, steep, and sip up, but skip the scone.Canoodle with a Labradoodle
Researchers at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York found that pet owners have higher heart-rate variability (the greater the variability, the better the heart is able to respond to varying demands) compared with that of non-pet owners. Moreover, recent studies have found that people with pets have lower blood pressure than the rest of the population. One explanation: Pets provide constant companionship and unconditional affection.
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I agree totally with what your article states. I just wish I knew how to turn off the Cortisol.12/3/2013 12:14:39 PM Report Abuse
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A Logansport man is behind bars after he called 911 to report himself for driving drunk, police said.
Just before 12:30 a.m. Monday, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department received a 911 from a man reporting that he was drunk and needed to be taken off the roadway.
24 year old Matthew Devore, was in his vehicle on the side of Interstate 65 northbound near the 226 mile marker.
Devore told the trooper he was sick of Indiana so he decided to go for a drive but lost control of his car and drove into the grassy median and that is when decided to call 911 to report himself.
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Economic Valuations on Village Health Worker' Recompense in Lesotho
Presenter: Feng Zhao, The World Bank
It is well recognized that community-based health interventions are essential for achieving better health outcomes. The Declaration of Alma Alta in 1978 and the subsequent Ottawa Charter formally acknowledged community-based health interventions as an integral part of primary health care. In Lesotho, community-based health interventions are normally delivered by a combination of health professionals and Village Health Worker (VHW). Most recently Lesotho Government decided to pay their VHW about 300 Maloti per month. This financing policy demonstrated the commitment of Lesotho Government to the health human resource development and to the improvement of accessing basic health service for all. However, there is no evidence to show this amount of payment reflects the value of VHW's work and what this amount paid for. The objective of this report mainly focuses on the issue of the economic valuation of VHW recompense, which directly related to the sustainability of VHW in the remote areas. In addition, current VHW's workload and responsibility have been also investigated in this study.
The valuation of VHWs' work by community member and willingness to accept (WTA) by VHW to work in their local community have been investigated in this study. In addition, the background and validity-checking questions have been included in the questionnaires. Cluster sampling method has been used for the selection of VHWs. Cluster plus systematic sampling methods have been applied to select local community members. A total of 174 VHWs and 300 Community Members participated in this study. The descriptive statistic methods are used of the data analysis. Tobit model has been used to identify the factors that affect VHWs value from community members and WTA from VHW.
The results displayed that VHW is playing very important role in ensuring the health of the population in their community. Although there are some discrepancies between the community members and VHWs in terms of VHW functions, the community members highly value VHW's services and very satisfy their roles in the community. Although VHW is considered as a volunteer, their service is not free. Each household spend about 64 Maloti on VHW service per year. The average age of current VHW is about 53 years old. The average initial training is about 3 weeks. Each VHW received 5 times additional training after the pre-service training in the past three years. VHW has about 13 years working experiences as VHW after their pre-service training. They spent about 4.5 hours per day engaged in seeing patients; and the average number of patients they have encountered is about 3-4 patients per day. They spend about15 days per month working as a VHW. The result from community member's survey displayed that the payment to VHW should be about 541 Maloti per month and the result from VHWs survey displayed that the payment to VHW should be about 712 Maloti, both them are significantly higher than the current government payment to VHW.
Authors: Feng Zhao, Hong Wang, Nora Groce, Kanako Yamashita-Allen
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Reverend Al Sharpton at The Occupy Wallstreet protests in downtown Manhattan. And he gets a kiss!
Fun Fact! Sharpton was licensed and ordained a Pentecostal minister by Bishop F.D. Washington at the age of nine or ten.


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Roseville hotel with free self parking
Situated in Roseville, this hotel is in the same area as Freedom Hill Amphitheatre and Macomb Music Theatre. Regional attractions also include Harpos Concert Theatre and Red Oaks Waterpark.
Hotel Features
In addition to complimentary wireless Internet access, Red Roof Inn Detroit - Saint Clair Shores provides free self parking, a 24-hour front desk, and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
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Televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and climate control.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Red Roof Inn Detroit - Saint Clair Shores features coffee/tea in the lobby and a safe deposit box at the front desk. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Red Roof Inn Detroit - Saint Clair Shores is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 109
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Number of floors - 2
- Free self parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
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Free self parking
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- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
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US accolades for South African brandy10 April 2013 South African luxury brandy producer Oude Meester, which forms part of the Distell family brand, gained traction in a US market untapped by local producers when it won three medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in March. The most senior of the Oude Meester range, the 18-year-old Oude Meester Souverein, won a gold medal, while the Demant and Demant 12 Year Old Reserve both won silver medals. The Oude Meester 12 Year Old Reserve also won the best brandy title at the New York International Spirits Competition at the end of last year. "South African brandy has established a powerful reputation in the UK and Europe, but our connoisseur offerings are still something of a novelty in the US," Oude Meester's global marketing representative, Lee-Anne Lotz, said in a statement. "Since Oude Meester's exposure to American trade and consumers last year in New York, market response has been extremely encouraging. "Connoisseurs are thrilled by the sense of discovery and the levels of excellence they are encountering in a specialty segment of the deluxe brandy market hitherto unknown to them," Lotz said. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition saw 1 407 spirits from 63 countries around the world being evaluated by 34 judges. The winners were announced on 27 March. "Judges were drawn from among well-respected spirits buyers and consultants representing high-end restaurants and hotels, mainstream outlets, as well as spirits journalists," Lotz said. "Their vote of confidence in Oude Meester suggests very exciting market potential for the brand in the US, coast to coast." SAinfo reporter
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STRATFORD, Wis (WSAU) 37-year-old Mathew Dort was pulled over by Stratford police last weekend and is now charged with a 5th OWI. The initial traffic stop was because Dort had the wrong license plates on his car. The officer determined Dort had been drinking. He had a blood-alcohol level of .21.
Dort is also being charged with having sex with an underage girl. The complaint dates back to earlier this year. The alleged victim was 16. Dort thought she was an adult. He told police the relationship ended several months ago.
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Did you watch the news yesterday? Congressman Anthony Weiner got caught, and decided to apologize for his behavior and his lies about it. While watching the Anderson Cooper 360 show addressing the drama, I was horrified to hear one of Anderson's guests express how she did not want to have to address such issues as "sexting" with her teen children.
Wow. Really?
So if you're one of those head-in-the-sand parents who doesn't want to address the tough discipline issues with your kids or think your kids don't do those things, you don't want to read this article. But if you're mom to a teen and want to learn the best way to address the hard issues and find effective discipline techniques that actually work keep reading!
When teens do something wrong
This article is not about when teens make mistakes in their process of growing up. Things like forgetting to pick up their room, having a bad day, being moody, or having an occasional blow-up, do NOT constitute "doing something wrong". I am a firm believer in giving teens the respect they need to make mistakes and learn from them. I've spoken with moms who didn't like their teen's messy rooms so moved them (rather dramatically) into the garage while the teen was at school. Other moms punish their teens for getting poor grades in school, or for expressing an opinion different from that held by the family. These situations bother me, as they are examples of moms behaving disrespectfully themselves.
However, there is a whole different category of teen behavior. Like Weiner getting caught for sending inappropriate photos in social media, it is likely your teen will test the limits you've set and you'll feel frustrated. Here's a short list that will give an idea of those teen behaviors that positively demand parental intervention.
- Habitual disrespectful language at home. This includes cussing at parents, yelling, bullying.
- Inappropriate use of social media. This includes sexting, phone sex, and lewd or profane postings on social media sites.
- Habitual lying, about where they are, what they're doing, what happened.
- Refusal to follow family rules (be careful of this one – if its not defiance, it doesn't belong on this list! Teens get to have different opinions, and need help practicing respectful ways of expressing them).
- Defiant refusal to follow parental requests. This includes curfews!
The central theme is this: teens are just 'being teens' when they try out different ways of doing things, have a hard time controlling their emotions, struggle with depression and wild mood swings (its a hormone thing), and say they don't want to participate.
Teens are being defiant when they engage in behaviors listed above, or others like them.
What is a mom to do?
What absolutely does NOT work
Here's the deal. If you're a mom who has engaged in physical discipline (spanking) with your younger child and you now have a teenager, I sincerely hope you have moved on to other techniques. If you're still spanking / slapping your teen, STOP IT! Can you tell I'm rather opinionated about this? At the risk of alienating my readers, let me say that I believe that there is absolutely no time that any child, of any age, should be hit, slapped, spanked, swatted, whipped, beaten, or any other similar behavior. With very young children (under 5), picking them up and removing them is about as physical as you should ever get, period. If you need help coming up with alternative discipline techniques with young children, please write to me and we'll explore what works.
I say this as a single mom for nearly 30 years of four incredibly strong-willed, often defiant, opinionated and verbal and gifted children. I was raised with spanking/beating being the standard discipline technique, so when my children were born I did what I knew. It was wrong, every time, period, no excuses. Just don't.
What else doesn't work? Yelling, nagging, endlessly discussing, public humiliation, cussing, threatening. If you're like me, you've done all those things. How's that working for you?!
What absolutely DOES work
Here's my list of what does work, every time, no matter what. It takes more time and mindfulness to follow these guidelines. You won't have a teen who asks how far when you say jump, or who never makes a mistake – sometimes a big one. If that's what you want, good luck! If instead, you want a teen who learns to think for themselves, to form their own belief system and respect differences, to own up when they make a mistake (sometimes even before they get caught!) and who treats you with respect, practicing these techniques will get you there.
- Have a really short list of expectations for your teen. If you don't write them down, they don't exist! And be specific. If your expectation is that your teen keep their room tidy, you'll need to phrase the expectation in 'teen speak'. "Make your bed before leaving for school" is better than "keep your room as neat as I keep mine".
- Have a list of consequences for defiant behavior. If your teen yells or cusses at you, walk away. If you yell back, you just lost. If you were pushing them too hard or trying to impose your own opinions on them, own it and let it go. If you discover your teen posting inappropriate information on social media sites, remove their computer. If they lie routinely about where they are, remove all electronic devices and let them earn them back. And say no next time they ask permission to go somewhere. If they keep getting in trouble at school, allow natural consequences to happen while you're being gentle with your child's frustration.
- Watch how you communicate! Disciplining teens is a funny thing. Parents are so often surprised when I remind them that they're doing just as much yelling as their teen! Come on – do you really want a teen who never disagrees with you? Get really good at saying, "Thats interesting" then dropping the subject. Ask them, "Would you like my input?" then respect their response. Practice using your super calm/quiet voice when you talk. Try asking their opinion rather than giving them ultimatums. It takes a bit longer, but will always be more effective.
- Be absolutely immovably consistent. Teens still have black-and-white thinking. Its a hard-wiring thing, and that means they can't help it. While their brains are still developing (not til they're about 25), it makes no sense to expect them to calmly put up with you changing just because they argue. It makes teens super insecure when they realize they can talk their way out of a consequence or argue their way past your 'no'.
- Drop the ultimatums. They just don't work, and are the ultimate setup for your teen to fail.
- Be quick to forgive. If you're working on having calm, quiet discussions about heavy issues and defiant attitudes your teen needs to work on, be the first one to notice a step in the right direction. Don't ever bring up "all the times you've lied to me before!" Stay in this moment, talking about this issue.
- You have 60 seconds. Literally. If you can't make your point about a consequence for defiant behavior briefly, you might as well not bother saying it. Teens' attention span is short, and there's nothing healthy about making them listen to your long paragraphs detailing what they did and giving them opportunity to argue. Just say it calmly, briefly, then walk away.
- Most important of all: Be gentle. Even when you don't feel like it. Even when your teen doesn't "deserve" it.
Curfew: Your teen is repeatedly late getting home. You've tried the yelling, the negotiations, and the removal of privileges. Nothing's working. Try this: Show up at their school every day for a month to pick them up. Walk right in to their last class. Smile! Ignore any attempts to argue, the eye rolling and snide remarks. Say, "I'm here to give you a ride home." Don't say anything else. On the ride home, take sixty seconds to quietly let them know that you've decided that since they're not old enough to remember to get home on time, you will be picking them up after school each day for a month, and they will stay home in the evenings for the whole month. Completely ignore any attempts your teen makes to argue. No matter what your teen says, just calmly keep driving home. When you get home, don't expect them to be happy! They might even decide to push it and walk down the street. Let them go. Show up the next day at their last class.
Sound ridiculously tough and inconvenient? Sure it is! Parenting teens is tough, and especially if you've gotten into some bad habits of the yelling/negotiating routine it'll be even tougher to break those habits. But what you'll have in the end is a teen who knows you mean business and who he cannot manipulate.
Sex: Catch your son having sex with his girlfriend (and he's only 15)? Don't yell. Walk right in, privacy be damned. Pick up your phone and calmly call the girl's mother. Remember, you have 60 seconds and your son will be feeling rather defensive! Discover its happening again? Have a sit-down conversation. Keep it short and quiet. Explain your beliefs on the subject, and the consequences of STDs and teen pregnancy (did you really expect the school to give him this information?). Choose an appropriate consequence and then follow through no matter what.
There are as many examples as there are teens and moms who love them but are over-the-top frustrated. If you need input regarding a specific situation, feel free to send an email to me: firstname.lastname@example.com. Changing your mindset into more effective parenting is incredibly tough!
There is HOPE
My youngest son has been particularly challenging. Sometimes my interventions worked, and sometimes they didn't. When I would nearly despair of reaching him, of him turning the corner and letting go of his disrespect and defiance, I would hold on to what I believe in most firmly: all teens deserve my respect, period, even when (perhaps especially when) the choices they are making are completely at odds with what I believe in.
Recently my son had a breakdown of sorts. He called me in tears, having just come to the realization that he had so completely messed up, could I please help? Of course I can, always. Within boundaries that for the most part I keep inside my head (nothing is served by telling him what I won't do, only what I WILL do). I am watching this boy/man step up and show a level of responsibility and ownership that I only dreamed of. These ways of disciplining a super tough super defiant teen are on this page because I know they work.
I invite you to try the better way.
What points on the list above most bother you? What have you tried? Are there techniques for disciplining your teen that work well that aren't on this list? Please share! What issues are you and your teen struggling with right now?
Remember, no ones finds recovery in a vacuum. Together, things CAN be better!


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Updated: July 7, 2012 8:11AM
My first memory is hearing my father scream at night.
I was very young and it pierced my sleep and sent me racing to my parents' bedroom in our Logan Square apartment, where I found my mother holding my dad in her arms.
She told me he had a nightmare and to go back to bed. But I stood rooted there in shock because it was the first time I realized that my father could be afraid of anything.
His name was Konstanty Siemaszko and he survived both the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. To the day he died, he was plagued by nightmares.
I found myself aching for my father last week after President Obama caused an uproar by mistakenly using the term "Polish death camp" while honoring a World War II hero with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
You see, my father was Polish. And I am certain that if he were alive today, he too would be disappointed that those three awful words wormed their way into an otherwise wonderful tribute to Jan Karski, a Polish underground fighter who was the first to alert the world that the Holocaust was under way.
In addition to being Polish, my father was Catholic.
And that fact is also key to understanding why so many Poles and Polish Americans are angry at Obama's comments.
While everybody should know by now that the Nazi genocide machine was created mainly to destroy the Jews, less known is the fact that more than a million Polish Catholics also were ground up in those gears.
This is entirely understandable. The Jews were Hitler's primary victims. Catholic Poles were next in line, along with homosexuals and Gypsies and others the Nazis deemed "undesirable."
When Polish Americans hear the words "Polish death camp" uttered by the president of the United States, they don't hear a benign geographical description, as some apologists for the White House have argued Obama's gaffe to be.
They hear blame and responsibility for the slaughter of millions being transferred from the true culprits to victims like my father.
They hear a refusal by a president many of them admire to acknowledge the pain and suffering of people who went to the gas chambers and the ovens with the Jews.
That is wrong. The Poles did not launch the Holocaust or build the concentration camps or the death camps. The Germans did. Anybody who has ever cracked open a history book should know that.
Yes, there were Polish collaborators, and nasty anti-Semitism lingers to this day. There is scum in every society — in fact, there were collaborators in just about every European nation. But they were far outnumbered by other Poles who risked their lives to save thousands of Jews from the Nazis.
Just go to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and count the Polish names on the list of The Righteous Among the Nations who aided Jews. There are more than 6,000 of them.
But all it takes is three awful words, strung together in a speech, to turn them into villains. And
that is why Obama, who I'm certain meant no harm, needs to take an extra step and apologize to the Polish people.
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ZINE SPOTLIGHT: Not Straight Not White Not Male
TITLE: Not Straight Not White Male
AUTHOR: rosi
ORIGIN: Los Angeles, USA
RELEASE: December, 2012
I wrote this zine because there is a lack of media that I can really, truly relate to. It is glaringly obvious that this radical scene is comprised mostly of heteros, of whites, and of males. I am Asian, I am hella gay, and I am female.
Disclaimer: I wrote this for me a lot more than I wrote it for you. There is a lack of solution offering, and at the same time a lot rambling, because it is cathartic for me. It is highly anecdotal; I write from experience. Don't assume that my aim is to educate ignorant fucks. It is not my job to cry and bleed so that they can fucking evolve.
Always for the greater gay,
I am Vietnamese-American, female and hella gay (also vegan, straightedge, intersectional-feminist, anti-theist/agnostic and non-pacifist). So this is written from that perspective.
By Joyce Hatton, POCZP Midwest Coordinator
Yesterday I was leaving the gym with a friend of mine, and we were debating the existence of the "Lobster and Lefse Festival." I said "But it's a whole weekend! How can you make a whole weekend out of lobster and lefse?!" Two older white women started chatting with us and assured us that it was a real thing, and yes, it was a weekend long. It was a friendly chat until one woman said "Here in North Dakota we can make a weekend out of anything," and suddenly my friend and I weren't laughing.
It hurts when people assume that I'm not from here, that their culture is not my culture. It burns, because I know the only reason they think that is because I'm black. I am steeped in Uff da culture, this is my home, but I am always treated as in outsider in my home.
I recently read "Not Straight Not White Not Male" by rosi, and it was a balm to my irritated soul. In the disclaimer she said "I wrote this for me a lot more than I wrote it for you. There is a lack of solution offering and at the same time a lot of rambling, because it is cathartic for me. Don't assume that my aim is to educate ignorant fucks. It is not my job to cry and bleed so that they can fucking evolve."
rosi addresses many issues, her relationship with her mother, who rosi sometimes felt embarrassed by, because of her mother's lack of assimilation into American culture; privilege; a desire to be white/internalized racism; becoming comfortable with her Asian identity; misogyny; animal rights, and more. rosi writes about these topics very honestly and with so much anger, but amazingly, no bitterness. It was very helpful and eye opening for me to read, as I struggle with many similar issues.
I think that, in addition to "just" being cathartic, zines such as this contribute to a person's growth. For a person of color to admit to themselves that they want/had wanted to be white is a huge thing, and to share that with someone else is so powerful. Internalized racism is partnered with shame, and so to be able to open up and communicate about these issues, and learn that other people feel this way to, is a huge step to decolonizing the mind.
In "Proving Myself: as an Asian and as a Female" rosi shares the way her thoughts influence her actions. For example, if a man notices them checking the oil level in her car, she will go buy oil and add some, just to show the man that, yes, she, a woman, knows how to replace her oil! It seems that rosi has had her competency called into question so often that she feels the need to preemptively display her ability. It is so unfortunate when we modify our behavior to suit or defy those people, because that means we are less free. We think we are defying the bigotry, but really it is winning because we are still letting it control us. rosi knows this, and as she noted, she offers no solutions, but it's a big, wonderful deal to know you're not alone in that struggle.
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"And Ode to Chinkophiles: Y.e.l.l.o.w.F.e.v.e.r"
"Chauncey: This fucking guy" - a detailed account of the wildly inappropriate escapades of a middle-aged white man projecting his yellow fetish onto yours truly
"I Have Discovered the Words with Which to Express my Visceral Resentment of White Cockiness" - where I bitterly examine my aesthetic inferiority complex
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"Sorry, Mom" - being vietnamese-american in america can be fucking irritating..
"Pre-Gay" - some things i want to say to old friends and family
"But Really, Come On, You Surely Know By Now" - about the differences in expectations in 'female' attire and aesthetic and 'male' attire and aesthetic
"Dysfunction Over Fashion" - how my boi-complex fucks with my wardrobe choices
"Proving Myself: as an Asian and as a Female" - where I discuss, shortly, my relentless need to prove to everyone that I can be "better" than my stereotype
(^ and a follow-up clarification on the preceding essay)
"Your Masculinity is Under Attack: In response to the new onslaught of ad campaigns that perpetuate sexism under the guise of 'making fun of sexism through exaggeration'" - an obnoxious, satirical piece
"A Documentation of Vocalized, 21st Century Gendered Bigotry" - where i list just a few months' worth of sexist, patronizing remarks
"A Documentation of Vocalized, 21st Century Racial Bigotry" - where i list some racist remarks I've received throughout my life
"Not Asian Enough / Too Asian: month one - working in a Vietnamese restaurant couched in white O.C."
"Broken" - a weird arty thing symbolizing South East Asian-American diasporic identity crises idk
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"A/S/L? 13/M/CA" - a short essay about how i used to create online role-playing characters to live out my dreams and escape my identity
"Don't Tell Your Parents I Think They're Racist: (unless I've asked you to)" - PSA to white allies. In summary, don't decide for me when I should have race talks/race fights, and don't decide for me which relationships I must now compromise for the "greater good"
"White People Making White People Jokes" - where i discuss why i don't think it's always appropriate
"Sup, Hypocrites" - shortly addressing skinny-shame, prude-shame, and femme-shame
"Microcosms of Patriarchy" - hiding from the world in the radical scene does not mean hiding from non-consensual, intimate contact, unfortunately
"Being Conscious of Womanhood" - an analysis of the unconscious things i do because i am hyper-aware of what it means to be a woman in this society
"On Privilege, Allies, and Bitterness" - me listing and rambling for a page about the aforementioned topics
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In the spirit of spreading this important information, POC Zine Project has archived and made available to embed and share the FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GRAND JURY RESISTERS zine.
This zine, created by New York Year Zero, provides an overview of the situation regarding the currently imprisoned Pacific Northwest grand jury resisters. Consisting of 72-pages, this zine also functions as a timely primer on grand juries in general.
This zine also includes the resisters' statements, news articles, tips on what to do if you're subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury, and a detailed history of grand juries and their use as a tool to suppress political organizing and revolutionary struggle in the United States.
Click here to read a statement by Matt Duran, APOC who has been locked away since September 13, 2012 for refusing to cooperate with a secret federal Grand Jury investigation targeting anarchists in the Pacific Northwest.
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Chapter 4
I got a phone call at about 4 in the morning. Aaliyah was murdered and Catherine was put in a shelter for homeless teens for the night.
"Are you able to house another child Ms. Bueno?" The woman from the shelter asked me.
"Yes, of course." I said.
"Okay great. How soon can you be in New York to pick her up?" The woman asked.
"I can be there tomorrow." I replied.
"Okay, so I'll need at least 2 forms of state and picture I.d., your last 3 electricity bills and your last 3 pay stubs. All for security purposes of course." The woman said.
"I'll be sure to have everything. Thank you." I said and hung up. I walked into Sam's room.
"Sam, wake up." I said lightly tapping him. He shifted and sat up, yawning.
"What time is it?" He asked while stretching.
"It's 4:30. Pack a bag, quickly, we're going to New York." I said.
"But what about football?" He asked me.
"I'll explain everything to your coach, but um there's a family emergency so we need to go." I said.
"What happened?" He asked looking worried. I took a deep breath.
"Well, Aaliyah was murdered and Cathy's in a shelter. We have to go pick her up. She's going to move in with us." I said. He looked extremely confused, but he didn't ask questions. He just got up and went to the bathroom. I went back to my room and packed my bag.
Half an hour later we were on the road and going to New York.
After the cops realized I have no immediate family in New York, they took me to a homeless teen shelter. The lady that works here is really nice, but I really didn't want to be here. She gave me a change of clothes (a short sleeve t-shirt, sweats and socks) and showed me the room I could use for tonight, well this morning. I couldn't sleep at all. I just stared at the ceiling and cried silently. Aaliyah was really gone. My older sister, my best friend, my rock, the girl I looked up to, the only one I could really relate to…is gone. I tried going to sleep, but every time I closed my eyes, I saw Aaliyah. I tried listening to music, but every song annoyed me. So I just sat there in my own grief and misery. An hour passed and I watched as the sky started to get brighter. I watched the sunrise and then the people going about their daily lives. I ended up falling asleep around 7:30 am, but the lady woke me up an hour later to let me know there was breakfast in the cafeteria. I was far from hungry, but I got up and sat down at a table by myself. I plugged in my headphones and buried my face in my arms. I felt someone rubbing my back. I lifted my head slightly and saw my boyfriend, Josh. Cassie and Trey were here too. I pulled my headphones out and they all kinda half smiled at me. I closed my eyes and the tears came back. Josh hugged me and that only made me cry more.
"I'm so sorry baby, my mom said that if this place lets her, she'll take you home and you can live with us until college." Josh said kissing my forehead. I finally stopped crying and hugged Trey and Cassie.
"We brought you ice cream." Trey said holding up the Haagen Dazs carton and smiling.
"Thanks, but I'm really cold. They only gave me this short sleeve tshirt and they've been pumping that AC since last night." I said.
"Here." Cassie said handing me her oversized cardigan. I took it graciously.
"I don't wanna eat that whole thing of ice cream by myself guys." I said.
"So we'll share and talk." Josh said showing me 4 spoons.
"Okay." I said grabbing the ice cream and zoning out. I'm not sure what they were talking about, but I saw that lady coming towards me again.
"Catherine, sweetie, someone is here to pick you up." The woman said. I looked at Josh and he just looked confused.
"Come with me to the office." She said. I stood up and followed her. I saw Sam and Titi Emily sitting there. I hugged them as tight as I could. God knows how happy I was to see them.
"Titi, where are we going?" I asked her after we left the shelter.
"I'm staying with my friend from high school and she said you could stay there with us until we go to Virginia." She said.
"Oh okay, when are you guys going back down?" I asked.
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"Oh no, I can't, I have school in a few days." I said.
"You're transferring to Woodside and going to school with Sam. You're moving in with us in Virginia." She said.
"But all my friends live here, my boyfriend lives here. I don't wanna start over." I said
"I'm sorry Cathy, but we can't just uproot our lives and move to New York." She said.
"You don't have to Titi, I can live with Cassie or Josh or Trey." I said. She just ignored me for the rest of the drive and I knew that was it. I could kiss New York goodbye in a few days.


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NY Times on craft whiskey aging
The New York Times has a piece up about craft distillers utilizing small barrels and other, more sophisticated tricks to impart an aged flavor and complexity to young whiskeys:
The writer, Clay Risen, seems sort of skeptical of the whole idea, but it seems like this sort of thing may be the way of the future. Maybe traditionalists will never abandon their 15-year aged in the barrel whiskey, but I'm curious as to what distilling start-ups will be doing ten years from now.
Has anyone tried any of these faux-aged spirits? What did you think?
I've had quite a few and have yet to have a small barrel aged whiskey that I really cared for that much. They tend to be heavy on young wood notes, pine and such, without any of the mature oaky notes that I like in American whiskey. One distiller I know likened it to making tea with ten tea bags in a mug. What you get is ready much faster, but it won't be the same as properly steeped tea.
re: sku
To echo what you've said, but from the WINE point-of-view, there is a HUGE difference between aging in wood, and flavoring from wood.
A "normal" wine barrel is 225L (i.e.: close your eyes, think of a wine barrel -- that's the one that's 225L); that translates to 25 cases of wine, but more importantly is 59,4 U.S. gallons, roughly equal to the "normal" 60 gallon whisk(e)y barrel.
Smaller barrels contribute more flavor faster, but do not AGE the wine in the same way. There will *always* be a noticeable difference between a "normally" aged wine, and one aged in a smaller vessel.
So, too, will there *always* be a difference between AGING a wine (or spirit) in barrel, versus holding a wine in stainless and FLAVORING it with oak chips. Oak chips (the "making tea with ten tea bags in a mug" comment by the distiller) do nothing in terms of aging; they ONLY add flavor. Thus, in a whisk(e) equivalent, a newly distilled (white) whisk(e)y, held in stainless for 12 months but with oak chips added may have the color and oaky aroma of a whisk(e)y aged for years in oak, but it will still be an UNAGED whisk(e)y -- with oak flavoring added.
re: quazi
That's true, and the state of things right now is clearly that normal barrel aging is superior to these other techniques. But even if start-up distilleries transition into traditional means of production as their businesses mature, the fact that it takes so long to bring traditional product to market means that start-ups also have incentive to continue to progress these new techniques. Perhaps in twenty years you won't be able to tell the difference between barrel aged and artificially aged whiskey. Or, as the article mentions, perhaps the craft distillers will use these new processes to create interesting and original spirits.
I've had the Hudson brand of hootch. They all tasted green or off to me.Time is elastic, in warm climes you dont need the same amount of time, i.e. Kalavan from Taiwan is really nice and it's not 30 years old......
As a professional artisanal distiller I have to agree about the problems of small barrels. If you distill the spirit the way you would for full size 53 gallon barrels and age in a small barrel (5,10, 15 gallon), the spirit is either fully flavored but not fully aged, or to get it fully aged it is then over wooded. This is because the spirit is distilled with some heads and tails, full of long chain compounds that require time and oxidation to break down into shorter chain, tasty compounds. Scottish whisky needs so much time in the barrel because it is distilled with even more heads and tails than American whiskey and so needs that extra time for aging/oxidation.
But if you distill the spirit very conservatively, making huge cuts and only using the best of the heart of the distilling run, leaving out all the heads and tails, you have a spirit that is very smooth and is almost pure ethyl alcohol (the good stuff.). Done this way you can drink it immediately as a fine white whiskey, or age it in a small barrel. Basically it is getting flavor from the small barrel, but not really aging, but it doesn't need it because it didn't have huge amounts of the long chain compounds.
Now it won't taste exactly like a regular whiskey, because it is a different way of making whiskey, but it will taste good.
I have had very good results using this way of distilling with rum and brandy, and aging in 5 & 10 gallon barrels. I haven't made huge amounts of whiskey yet myself, but have had some very good artisanal whiskeys aged in small barrels. Although the majority were not so good. I remember judging almost all the artisanal American whiskeys two years ago, around 95 in all, and the majority were pretty bad. In many I could actually taste the acetone and other chemicals and congeners, because they had too much heads and tails left in and not enough aging for them to break down. But in the unaged whiskey class, around ten whiskeys, nine were very good. These had obviously been distilled specifically to be drunk unaged and had no heads and tails, just the heart of the distilling run.
Some of the big distilleries are releasing unaged white whiskeys, and they are pretty harsh and hot, because they are just their regular whiskeys, not distilled specifically to be drunk unaged.
re: JMF
Why do you think all these not-so-good whiskeys are emerging from small distilleries? Are they on a learning curve in plain sight of the public? Are they not so good at their chosen craft?
I recall some issues of this type in the early days of craft-brewing. After a time, most of the perpetrators were gone. Today you have lots of experimentation, sometimes ill advised, but I would say that craft breweries are generally turning out product that is at least pretty good in a technical sense.
Are craft distilleries following a similar path?
re: Jim Dorsch
Yes, very much the same path. I anticipate that 20-30% of new distilleries will fail in the next 4-5 years as the public becomes more discerning about artisanal spirits. As the public gets more picky, only the distillers that improve their product will stay open. A lot of distilleries that will fail are ones where the owners are financial types who don't actually want to be the distiller working 60-80 hour weeks, but hire a staff who don't have the personal investment.
Also there are distillers who think it will be fun and don't realize that much of distilling is like watching paint dry, with the tedium of having to constantly check on what is happening and taking notes.
Distilling is part science and part art. To make good stuff you need to have a good palate, have a solid background in tasting spirits, and learn how to anticipate (or make good solid guesses) as to what something will taste like after fermented and distilled and for aged spirits, what will happen in the barrel.
What is the difference between a whiskey treated this way and vodka or pure grain alcohol?
Couldn't you buy vodka put it in stainless, throw in wood chips and then have whiskey?
re: redfish62
No. Even if the grain used to distill the vodka were the same as, say, a Rye Whiskey, vodka is distilled at a higher proof. It will always taste differently than even an unaged "white" whiskey.
re: redfish62
Vodka is distilled until basically tasteless. When whiskey is distilled, even very clean, it still has tons of flavor.
There are some aged vodkas on the market. They pick up some vanilla and tannins from the wood, but don't taste like whiskey.
I've done tests aging neutral grain spirit and neutral cane spirit, and they don't taste like whiskey or rum, because you are starting with a flavorless "neutral" spirit.
I also did a test with a cane spirit that was distilled very pure, just the hearts, and it had a very light clean super light rum flavor unaged, even then it picked up tons of rum character during the aging process. I aged two gallons in a three gallon new charred barrel, and took out 4 oz. samples every few weeks and saved them, and took out samples over around two years from the start. Early on it tasted like a very elegant aged rum, then it became a beautiful powerhouse of an aged rum. Finally it started to get over wooded at around 8 months. Tomorrow will be thirteen months and I have to pull off another sample and see how it is doing. By the time the barrel is drained from samples I will have a great vertical sample of barrel aging an almost neutral cane spirit in new very small barrels.
re: JMF
Do you find the balance of the flavor compounds extracted from the wood to be very different using small barrels/shorter time vs larger barrels/longer time? If so is the balance "tweakable" to be able to approximate the larger barrel/longer aging time or is it non tweakable such that expectations should be that the small barrel aged hearts can be very "good but different"?
Going from my experience with coffee and tea (as others have also described), mainly experimenting with coffee using different dosages/different temperatures/different extraction times/dissolved solids, etc.), I am inclined to think that end results may be "good but different" and not really "the same".
re: khuzdul
Yes to "good but different". In my opinion you can't "tweak" the flavor profile to get something aged in a small barrel to be like something aged in a large barrel. Since the chemical compounds in the unaged spirit break down over time, oxidize, change structure, etc. they dissolve different compounds out of the wood.
Unless you do a lot of pretty severe "tweaking." Some distillers bubble oxygen through spirit for a week or two to promote oxidation. This can make a slightly rough spirit smoother. Also I've noticed that if a barrel is left with a small amount of air/head space in it when filled, aging/maturation happens faster. But barrels are expensive, actually more so than the raw spirit put in them, so a barrel that isn't filled is wasting money and production costs go up.
I just want to add to all I am saying here in this thread, that this is my opinion, based on my observations, experiments, etc. There may be others with differing views, based on their experiences.
re: EvergreenDan
Yeah... I'll toss around some numbers. Now this is doing everything at retail prices using new barrels. But buying in bulk the numbers stay in around the same ratios. Small barrel prices from one of the three cooperages in the US that make them. 5 gl. $165, 10 gl. $180, 30 gl. $260, full size 53 gl. $220. Yes, 53 gl. barrel is cheaper than a 30 gl. barrel. These prices are for single barrels without shipping. Figure shipping adds 5-10% on to the price, but I'll leave that out.
Lets say I was going to make five gallons of rum. I would make 50 gallons of rum wash, using 10 gl. of blackstrap mollasses and 40 gl. water. I have seen prices as low as $20 for a five gl. bucket. So $40 molasses, a few dollars of yeast. So $45 to make five gl. rum, but $165 for the barrel.
Costs drop as you go up in barrel size. For a 30 gl. barrel you need $120 of molasses, $20 yeast and $165 for the barrel.
53 gl. barrel size is when costs even out. $200 molasses, $20 yeast.
Of course when you include shipping it tips it back again to the barrel being more expensive that the spirit in it.
If you look at the total numbers, it costs only twice as much to make 10 times the amount of spirit using the large barrels. But also 10 times as long to get the final spirit, but it tastes so much better.
Of course this is generalized and over simplified and there are a million other factors.
re: JMF
Ah, I see. You are pricing the raw spirit at the price of the raw materials that are fermented, rather than including the costs overhead, labor, and amortized costs of fermentation and distillation. If you were to price that raw spirit at something like wholesale price (say the price you'd sell it to someone who was going to age and bottle it), then the ratio to cask cost would be quite different.
I can't help but wonder if technology couldn't replace the barrel. Barrels have to be made of clear straight-grained wood, laboriously shaped and fabricated, in order to be watertight. If the same chemical process of barrel aging could be reproduced with, say, a combination of a stainless steel tank, scrap wood (charred if needed), and controlled oxygenation / evaporation (to simulate the permeability of the wood), then costs could come down dramatically. Once you've bought the apparatus, you'd only need to replace the wood for each batch.
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re: EvergreenDan
Yes, I was just doing a simple calculation. Just too many other things involved. But with the small barrels it still comes out that the spirit is cheaper than the barrel including all costs. (Except bottle and label cost. I know of one company whose bottle, label, and adornments come out to $14 each. And that's in huge bulk. That's for a gin that retails at $37 in NYC)
There are tons of people playing with techniques and ideas like you mention. The laws say that a American whiskey has to be store in new charred oak containers. It doesn't say what shape those containers are, or how long the spirit needs to be stored in them. Some laws cover how old the whiskey has to be for different categories, but it doesn't have to be stored in those wood containers for that period of time. But the traditional barrel continues to be used because it is so good at what it does.
re: Jim Dorsch
I'm going to give you a lot more info than you asked for, to show a basis for my answer.
If you want to call it whiskey, bourbon, rye, etc. it must be stored in a new charred oak container, not necessarily a barrel. For example the legal definition of bourbon is: "Whisky produced in the U.S. at not exceeding 80% alcohol by volume (160 proof) from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn and stored at not more than 62.5% alcohol by volume (125 proof) in charred new oak containers."
An exception is Corn Whiskey: "Whisky produced at not exceeding 80% alcohol by volume (160 proof) from a fermented mash of not less than 80 percent
corn and if stored in oak containers stored at not more than 62.5% alcohol by volume (125 proof) in used or uncharred new oak containers and not subjected in any manner to treatment with charred wood."
If the term "Straight" is used the definition is: · "Bourbon whisky stored in charred new oak containers for 2 years or more." · "Straight Bourbon Whisky" may include mixtures of two or more straight bourbon whiskies provided all of the whiskies are produced in the same state"
In addition if the straight whiskey spent less than four years on the oak container there needs to be an age statement on the label.
If the whiskey says "Blended" it just has to be 51% whiskey and the rest can be neutral spirit, and coloring and flavoring can be added.
Now if you wanted to make something along the lines of an Irish or Scotch whiskey. First you couldn't call it that since to have those names they had to be made in those countries, and according to those countries rules. But if made in the US, you would have to call it, literally, "Whiskey Distilled From Malt Mash" on the bottle label, and it would have to be aged in used oak containers. Legal definition: "Whisky produced in the U.S. at not exceeding 80% alcohol by volume (160 proof) from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent malted barley and stored in used oak containers."
(Jim, I know you will understand this as you are a beer writer)
But you notice how in the definition it says "Mash." In the US traditionally the grain is finely ground and is mashed (water added and brought up to temperature for starches to be converted to sugars by enzyme action) then the mash is fermented, then put directly in the still and distilled.
In Ireland and Scotland the grain is mashed, but with a lot more water, then is lautered (filtered through itself) in a "wash" or "wort" as if you were making beer, then fermented, then distilled.
Now there are whiskeys being made in the US as a wash, but not many since the equipment to make the wash is expensive enough that 95% of the artisanal places don't bother, and none of the big companies.
On a legal/technical level the US government TTB (Tobacco and Alcohol Tax & Trade Bureau) considers a mash and a wash to be the same, but only uses the term mash.
re: scubadoo97
Actually JD White isn't legally a whiskey, and the label doesn't say whiskey on it. It says "Neutral Spirit" as the "Class" and "Rye Mash" as the "Type." So it's an un-aged neutral spirit made from a rye mash. Or as the industry would call it a "Rye White Dog" (White Dog being a name commonly used for un-aged spirit.) The JD White does get the Lincoln County Process charcoal filtering, just like JD Tennessee whiskey does.
On a side note: it will be retailing at a MSR of $49.99. And JD will be laughing all the way to the back charging that much for an un-aged spirit. No barrel cost, and no time spent in storage in rickhouses, and no loss to evaporation from the barrels "Anger Share."
re: scubadoo97
Most probably a corn whiskey.
As for passing it through a barrel, I wonder what that exactly means. To be a whiskey it has to be stored in a new barrel. Five seconds in the barrel is storing it, but then afterwards the barrel isn't new and can't be used for calling a product whiskey. A corn whiskey could be poured into a used or new uncharred barrel and right out again and fit the legal definition. Could use the same barrel forever.
There are a lot of distilleries who get labels passed that aren't technically correct. It all depends upon the agent approving the label.
re: Jim Dorsch
Indeed! Whenever our labels would get bounced, we wouldn't change a thing -- just send 'em back. Got approved EVERY time!
re: scubadoo97
Angel's share is a vapor, so presumably it comes in a gas canister. ;)
re: ncyankee101
No, it's a small but rapidly growing artisanal brand. I can't say which, sorry.
re: ncyankee101
The Hendrick's bottle is not ornamented at all, especially compared to say the Brooklyn Gin (company in Florida, product distilled in update NY) bottle.
re: khuzdul
I wouldn't call Warwick Valley where the excellent Brooklyn Gin is made upstate NY. Many folks commute from there to NYC to work. oh, and the comnpany is registered in Florida, but the maker/owners live in Brooklyn. They use Warwick Winery/Distillery to make the gin. They actually source and prep all the botanicals and distill it themselves on Warwicks equipment.
re: EvergreenDan
That sounds a lot like the steel vat and wood chip/stave method of aging that used to be outlawed in the EU for wine prior to 2006. I only know about it from a brief flirtation with the idea back in 2006 of buying the original 100 liter announced version of the winepods vs the 75 liter one they finally were able to sell. I had thought about trying to age tequila in it in addition to making wine. Might be a better fit since tequila rest times are shorter than whisky?
FWIW, I really liked this Jack Daniels video of barrel making:
Also an older Jim Bean barrel making video:
re: redfish62
Vodka has to be distilled to 95% alcohol
re: redfish62
This thread has been very educational, if I ever decide to give distilling a try I'm just going to label it "Hooch"


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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau held the first of three public hearings Monday night on new recommendations meant to help clean up blighted neighborhoods in the city.
A code enforcement task force has drafted the recommendations over the last year. They include hiring another property inspector, charging a re-inspection fee for properties that inspectors visit more than three times and creating a definition of tenant and landlord responsibilities.
"What we need to do is not make it so restrictive that they can't function within what we're offering, but actually help us find a solution that's more palatable for everybody that still works," said task force and City Council member Lisa Rasmussen.
"I'm not sure that adding additional layers to this or making it stricter is the solution," said landlord Dick Holster. He said it's difficult to create and enforce regulations when tenants, landlords and city officials all have different definitions of blight.
Others who attended the hearing said the city could do a better job communicating with landlords about police activities at their properties. At least two landlords suggested having inspectors meet with tenants to explain code violations.
The city will hold two more public hearings before it uses the feedback to draft a final set of regulations for City Council approval. The other hearings are June 14th at the Wausau police department and June 21st at City Hall.