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How to Eat a Fish
by Tim Connor
Center for Justice, October 6, 2009
On a global scale, overfishing is destroying the world's ocean ecosystems and the human societies that have long depended upon them. Yet, closer to home, the energy and commitment needed to save threatened wild salmon comes from the same people who love to catch and eat them.
In his artful book, "The Race to Save the Lord God Bird," Phillip Hoose recounts a small but still important part of American history that doesn't get covered in high school. It's about how Boston's Harriet Hemenway decided to do something about the wholesale slaughter of egrets and herons in the southern United States. The birds weren't being gunned down for sport. They were being killed for their feathers, to provide the "airgrette" plumes that were so fashionable in the latter part of the 19th century as ornaments for ladies' hats.
Hemenway was so repulsed by the carnage, particularly on Great and Snowy Egrets, that she started the Audubon Society. The well-organized Audubon movement led to the so-called "Plume War" of the early 20th century and the hard fought, eventual preservation of the birds. Still, the protections did not occur quickly enough to prevent the demise of the magnificent Ivory-billed Woodpecker, "the Lord God Bird," of Hoose's book. It's possible, based on recent reported sightings in Arkansas and the Florida Panhandle, that the Ivory-bill may have avoided extinction somehow. But its decimation between 1885 and 1935 was due both to hunting for its valuable feathers, and the leveling of southern old growth forests for lumber.
All of which is to illustrate that the chainsaw-like destructiveness of modern consumerism (with heart-breaking effects on the natural world and human cultures dependent upon natural resources) isn't a new phenomenon. It's been with us for a while, and one of the things we've learned is that the profit-chasing corporations who reach from Patagonia to Siberia to Amazonia to the remotest parts of the blue Pacific for the fodder, wares, and oils they want to sell us, don't start their days with soul-searching meditations on what's good for humanity or the planet.
As consumers, we have to both rationally and emotionally assess our complicity in this. In the 1870s, a young woman who wanted a lovely feather for her Sunday hat may have been oblivious to the senseless killing of a magnificent bird 1,500 miles away. But that didn't make her less responsible. So it is today when we walk into a market with the power in our wallets to either encourage the bulldozing of a rain forest, or the growing of healthy organic food on a local farm using environmentally sustainable methods. We can choose not to know more than what we see on the shelf. But that hardly makes us innocent to the consequences of our choices.
Welcome to the truths and consequences of modern consumerism. For those who enjoy seafood as part of a healthy diet (you know, the Omega-3 fatty acids that demonstrably reduce our risk of heart disease) you should take the time to read marine biologist's Daniel Pauly's article, "Aquacalypse Now, The End of Fish," in the current issue of The New Republic.
Even though it's not his purpose, the details of the oceanic plunder that Pauly describes in his article are enough to make a reasonable person give up fish altogether. The industrialization of ocean fishing since the 1950s, he writes, has become a "giant Ponzi scheme" that first destroyed northern ocean fisheries of cod, hake, flounder, sole, etc., and has since moved southward to continue devouring every discernible stock of commercially valuable fish.
Of course, these southern journeys of northern fishing fleets have already caused global political friction and social consequences. You may, for example, wonder why Somalians have resorted to brazen acts of high seas piracy. Not to excuse the hostage-taking buccaneers altogether, but the Somalians would want you to know that their once tuna-rich offshore waters have been decimated by foreign fishing fleets.
"While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people-even those who profess great environmental consciousness-continue to eat fish as if it were a sustainable practice," Pauly writes. "But eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant should be considered no more environmentally benign than driving a Hummer or harpooning a manatee. In the past 50 years, we have reduced the populations of large commercial fish, such as bluefin tuna, cod, and other favorites, by a staggering 90 percent. One study, published in the prestigious journal Science, forecast that, by 2048, all commercial fish stocks will have 'collapsed,' meaning that they will be generating 10 percent or less of their peak catches. Whether or not that particular year, or even decade, is correct, one thing is clear: Fish are in dire peril, and, if they are, then so are we."
You have to read deeper into Pauly's piece to see that his prescription is not to end fishing or the eating of fish, but for people to pressure governments directly "to stop subsidizing the fishing-industrial complex" that is behind the Ponzi scheme he lays out.
I found myself agreeing with Pauly's arguments for reforming commercial fishing regulation and with his gentle critique of efforts like those of the Marine Stewardship Council and the Monterey Bay Aquarium that issue consumer guides for seafood. Although I have the Monterey Bay Aquarium's website bookmarked on my browser, I agree with Pauly that it's still confusing to try to figure out what fish, from what fishery, from what fishing method, is okay and which is the one I should avoid. So, apart from doing as Pauly suggests, and look for my next opportunity to work for better fishing laws around the world, what am I to do, as a consumer? One of the aspects of this conundrum I haven't mentioned is food safety and mercury contamination in particular. I can't even talk about eating seafood around the office without a certain lawyer (and she knows who she is) pouncing in with a mercury warning. Good point. The temptation, clearly, is to walk away from the fish counter altogether.
With that in mind I thought of Sam Mace, the Spokane-based activist for Save Our Wild Salmon. Sam and I have had a passing acquaintance for years and I was curious about her reaction to Pauly's article and its Rachel Carson-like warnings about ocean fishing. For starters, one thing I know by social osmosis is that the battles over the Northwest's signature salmon are as difficult and heart-wrenching as they come. Sam Mace and her group have really hung in there, patiently and passionately doing their good work, because of their love for the fish. That love is both for wild salmon as a food source and for what the health and viability of wild salmon stocks means for our regional identity as a people.
When I met with her to talk about Pauly's piece she was sipping a cup of coffee and wearing a brown "Dry Fly" distillery sweatshirt accented with orange lettering and her own shoulder-length copper hair. She said she thought Pauly's article was "generally helpful" because of the heavy-lifting it did in trying to raise awareness for what is clearly a continuing global crisis in the world's fisheries.
Yet, because Sam looks at this broad problem through the experience of trying to protect wild salmon, she was eager to point out and emphasize some crucial facts and lessons about Northwest salmon that are beyond the reach of Pauly's global analysis.
The most important difference is this one: it is not overfishing, neither recreational nor commercial, that's putting wild Northwest salmon in peril. Rather, what the science says is that it is dams and other obstacles to healthy inland habitat that are the real problem. They've not only reduced the areas where salmon can spawn, but dams take a huge toll on salmon both when they try to swim upstream to spawn and when young fish try to reach the ocean to grow to maturity.
The Snake River salmon and steelhead runs, Sam notes, are closely monitored and what the numbers show is that dams are responsible for the lion's share of fish mortality, whereas ocean and in-river fishing take a paltry number of fish by comparison.
The regional controversies over wild salmon inevitably turn to the issue of the four dams on the lower Snake River whose elimination, advocates for the salmon contend, is the most sensible single solution to restoring and securing the long term health of wild salmon populations generally, and Snake River salmon especially. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has vigorously opposed dam breaching and so have a succession of both Republican and Democratic politicians who don't want to anger the inland Northwest farm communities who've used slack water barges on the lower Snake as a cheaper means (before 1975 trucks and rail cars were used) to move grains and other crops to markets.
It's a clash that involves economic arguments but it's abundantly clear that the dams are also powerful cultural symbols that amp up the politics.
One memorable visitor to this landscape was Blaine Harden, a national award winning reporter for the Washington Post who grew up in Moses Lake and returned to the region to write a powerfully eloquent book, "A River Lost," about what he found. Here's how he captured it in his introduction.
"When I returned home, I could not help but bridle as suburbanites from Portland and Seattle sneered at the Columbia Basin as an environmental wasteland populated by cowboys on welfare. Yet, the more I saw of the puddled remains of the river, the more I felt like a stranger looking in on a foreign way of life. The familiar landscape was deeply unsettling. The community I grew up in seemed contaminated by self-deception. This book is about the destruction of the great river of the West by well-intentioned Americans whose lives embodied a pernicious contradiction. They prided themselves on self-reliance, yet depended on subsidies. They distrusted the federal government, yet allowed it to do as it pleased with the river and the land through which it flowed. As long as there was federal money, they did not mind that farmers wasted water, that dams pushed salmon to extinction, or that plutonium workers recklessly spilled radioactive gunk beside the river."
Harden's 1996 book illuminated the maddening political landscape that Sam Mace and her peers have to criss-cross to do their work. And in that work what Sam says has been the biggest problem is Washington state Democrats who, for fear of alienating a heavily-subsidized region that votes Republican, have worked against salmon recovery by opposing removal of the lower Snake dams.
"It [Pauly's article] is helpful," Sam said, "but I'm dealing with an issue where the bad actors are BPA, Murray, Cantwell, Gregoire and Locke."
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are the state's U.S. Senators and Christine Gregoire the Governor. Gary Locke is the former Governor who is now the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. All are Democrats who've raked in millions of dollars in campaign contributions from people whose position on how to save wild salmon would be indistinguishable from that Sam Mace and Save Our Wild Salmon.
If there's another fascinating irony here, it is this one: Sam Mace really wants you to eat the fish she's trying to save. In fact, what she's discovered is that the people willing to work hardest to save the salmon are the Northwesterners who either grew up fishing for salmon with their fathers, mothers and siblings, or those who rely upon a healthy salmon fishery for their livelihood.
If fishing for salmon were banned in Washington, she says, "I would lose the people who work the hardest and those are the fisherman who connect with what it's all about."
Whether you catch your own salmon or buy wild caught salmon here's another useful fact. Eating wild caught salmon is healthier than eating farm-raised salmon because researchers have found that farm-raised salmon contain ten times or higher concentrations of toxins like PCBs and dioxins. Although a 2008 study found mercury levels higher in wild salmon than farmed salmon, the levels in both fishes were far below levels of human health concern. Thus, while EPA has issued health warnings advising people not to eat shark and swordfish and recommending limits on tuna steak consumption, it notes that salmon is among five commonly eaten species of seafood that are relatively low in mercury.
Sam and others who work on salmon recovery issues also make a sharp distinction between farm-raised salmon and wild and hatchery salmon because of the well-documented harmful environmental affects of salmon farming. Those effects include the introduction and spreading of diseases that are harmful to wild salmon and steelhead. For those interested in knowing more about how to buy salmon, you can download Trout Unlimited's "Salmon-Wise Consumer's Buyer's Guide" here.
There is, of course, an ocean of more information out there about wild Pacific salmon and the profoundly important work being done to sustain them not just as a living museum piece, but as a part of the region's ecology and culture. A lot of the work that Sam and Save Our Wild Salmon are doing involves the patient facilitating of conversations and understandings between farmers and fisherman, including commercial fisherman who, as much as growers, depend on the environment for their livelihoods. Part of what inspires her is being able to foresee and help build alliances that, against the history of this extraordinary controversy, seem improbable at best.
Here, at least, a splendid common denominator is a dinner plate with a succulent filet of wild salmon on it. It is part of Save Our Wild Salmon's practice to host dinners featuring salmon both to raise money and to get the message out, including the message that it's okay to eat salmon.
"That's why we do them," she says. "The message is that you can feel good about eating wild salmon but we also, as consumers of salmon, have responsibilities to write our Senators and our governor and help fight the important fights for the fish."
You still have time to join Sam and Save Our Wild Salmon at the 3rd Annual Wheat, Wine, and Wild Salmon Dinner, Wednesday, October 7th at Hill's Restaurant in Spokane, where the topic will be how we can once again have a Snake River that works for farmers, fisherman, citizens and salmon. Tickets are $45 each. For more information call (509) 747-2030 or email Sam Mace.
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Interesting discussion about my food logs; New cutting program in January.
Thursday, November 9, 2006 by John Stone
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A very interesting discussion was started on the forum a couple of days ago concerning my food logs. As you probably know, my food logs are no longer updated due to the Non-Disclosure Agreement required by SwoleCat (who's nutritional protocols I've been following with great success for over a year now). As you will see when you read the thread (which is 3 pages long and growing), my initial response can be summed up as "Hey, what's the big deal?" As more people voiced their opinions, however, I started to realize that perhaps my personal menus are far more important to some people than I first realized.
Obviously SwoleCat's nutritional programs are excellent, and I have enjoyed tremendous success cutting and bulking while utilizing his protocols. That is why he is a sponsor of my forums, and why I personally endorse his programs (and will continue to do so). I've always tried to be open-minded, and I truly feel that my willingness to try new things has played a huge role in my success thus far. I've never been content to sit back and relax. That's boring! It's in that same spirit that I feel it's time for me to expand my horizons and my own personal knowledge and try something new. I don't want to go back to my old food plans, either – I feel they can be improved upon.
So, what does this mean for the web site? I don't entirely know yet. I can tell you this much: I'm going to finish my bulk using the same SUP2 nutritional program that I have been using, but when I start cutting in January I'm going try something entirely new. I don't know if I'll be updating my food logs every day as I once did (that was a huge pain!), but I'll certainly share what I'm doing, and at least provide a week's worth of food logs and updates as required.
I encourage everyone reading this to always feel free to email me your suggestions and thoughts. I may not have time to respond to your email, but I promise that I read every last one of them and will take your suggestions and comments to heart.


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The EPA triggered another toxic spill at another mine in Colorado. This time it involved only 2,000 gallons that ran into the Elk Creek from the Standard Mine at Crested Butte, but the EPA didn't notify residents including the mayor, they aren't accountable of course, and they probably don't know how to clean up mines safely.
"Once again the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] has failed to notify the appropriate local officials and agencies of the spill in a timely manner," U.S. Congressman Scott Tipton said.
The spill took place on Tuesday and the EPA kept the information from the Denver Post on Wednesday when they inquired, and they didn't send out a public notice until Thursday.
Because they are unaccountable, covering their butts comes before the safety of the public.
They're probably lying again.
Congressman Tipton said, "They are reporting that the spill consisted of "gray water," and was not toxic. But the definition of gray water does not preclude the presence of possible toxic substances."
Even though it's a small spill, it is a concern to residents who live downstream.
Congress still hasn't gotten any answers on the Gold King Mine spill in August when the EPA was responsible for a toxic spill of more than 3 million gallons.
The House of Representatives is devising "good Samaritan" legislation that would ensure, in the case of disasters such as these, local and state officials are able get involved and take charge of these issues to address them in more timely and effective ways than the EPA has done.
"We question the veracity of the EPA and its capacity to properly handle these disasters," he said. "We want our local governments and officials to be nimble enough to address the issues of impact to water, habitats, environment, and people, which the EPA is either unwilling or unable to do."
The Standard mine is closed and is on the Superfund list and was targeted for cleanup with the EPA supervising.
The EPA escaped public wrath in 2005 when it secretly dumped up to 15,000 tons of poisonous waste into another mine 124 miles away. That dump – containing arsenic, lead and other materials – materialized in runoff in the town of Leadville, said Todd Hennis, who owns both mines along with numerous others, according to Watchdog.org.
"If a private company had done this, they would've been fined out of existence," Hennis said. "I have been battling the EPA for 10 years and they have done nothing but create pollution. About 20 percent (of Silverton residents) think it's on purpose so they can declare the whole area a Superfund site."
I wouldn't even mention this spill but the government fines private companies for 2,000 gallons of anything spilled. In 2,000, the owner of a pipeline that oozed about 2,000 gallons of oil into the ocean off Orange County paid a fine of $48,000 levied by federal regulators.
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Kremlin programme number two! In this week's exciting programme, Martyn Andrews and the team take their TV cameras inside the Kremlin. What new and revealing information will they find? The Kremlin isn't just a seat of power - it's also home to a stunning and incredible collection of art and other objects. In the second part of RT's exploration of the "Jewel of Russia" we will introduce you to our fascinating guide inside the political and historical heart of Russia.


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As you dig into turkey and stuffing tomorrow, it may be worth remembering that the number of hungry Americans reached a new high, according to The Washington Post.
Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps is poised to exceed 30 million for the first time this month, surpassing the historic high set in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.
— Americans' Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High, WP, Nov. 26, 2008.
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MADRID (AP) Chris Froome pulled out of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday after fracturing a bone in his right foot.
The two-time Tour de France champion - and two-time Vuelta runner-up - said on his Twitter account that the navicular bone in his foot was fractured.
''End of the Vuelta for me,'' Froome tweeted.
Froome hit a barrier shortly after the start of Wednesday's 11th stage. Although he got back on his bike, blood could be seen oozing from a wound on his right knee.
''I hit my right side heavily and the main impact went on my right foot,'' Froome said in a Team Sky statement.
Froome was trying to become the third rider to win the Vuelta and the Tour de France in the same year. But after the accident he looked to be in pain for the rest of the tough mountainous ride and he finished 15th overall, 7 minutes, 30 seconds behind race leader Fabio Aru.
During most of the race Froome looked troubled, shaking his head frequently, especially during the four steep Category 1 climbs in the stage.
''I was desperate to dig in and finish the stage and my teammates did brilliantly to get me through it, but as soon as I got off the bike I couldn't put any weight on my right side,'' Froome said. ''I'm really gutted to be leaving the race but the injuries that I sustained on yesterday's stage were too much to continue.''
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Responding to Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian's prediction last week that America will expand up to 3.5pc in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the same period this year, Mr Greenspan said that was "reasonable".
He added: "The US economy unquestionably has some momentum. The fourth quarter looks good. The growth rate could be 3.5pc or more" for the final quarter of this year.
The US economy grew at annualized pace of 2.5pc in the third quarter.
The pick-up should lead to an increase in employment, he said. Employers in November added 39,000 workers to their payrolls, but the unemployment rate jumped to a seven-month high of 9.8pc.
"The unemployment rate should start coming down next year," Mr Greenspan said. "The most you can expect is that it will get down to 9pc, or the high eights, by the end of the year."
Mr Greenspan, who now heads his own consulting firm, Greenspan Associates, sees stock prices climbing further as the growing economy boosts companies' sales and earnings.
"We are seeing a topping out of profit margins," he said. "Fortunately, revenues are beginning to rise. That will increase profits. As earnings rise, and because equity premiums are so high, stock prices should move higher."
The S&P 500 has risen almost 12pc this year as corporate earnings exceeded estimates, economic data improved and the Fed purchased Treasuries to boost growth.
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Minnesota's craft beer renaissance
About three hours southwest of the Twin Cities, out on the wind-swept plains, a large red shed serves as a beacon for the tiny town of Lucan, Minnesota, population 220. Instead of producing commodity-grade soybeans and corn, like most farms in the area, the fields near the shed are sown with barley and hops. Inside the building, shiny tanks, coolers, and a bottling rack take the place of combines and tractors, and the air smells faintly of a yeasty ferment. Welcome to Brau Brothers' little brewery on the prairie, one of the state's newest up-and-coming craft beer makers.
I was lured to Lucan after discovering a six-pack of Brau Brothers beer at my local liquor store a few months back, which left me a) impressed and b) full of questions. Who were these Brau brothers, exactly, and how did their English brown ale, made in the middle of nowhere, earn shelf space at Twin Cities liquor retailers? Was Brau Brothers' success a sign that a new era of brewing had been ushered into the land of sky blue waters?
After a few weeks of talking to brewers, drinking beer with brewers, and spending one intoxicating afternoon sampling nearly 30 locally made varieties in one sitting (let's just say my notes became less legible as the day wore on), I found answers to those questions and many more. So I sobered up and made my best effort to trace the development of Minnesota's current craft brew revolution, and discuss what we might expect from it next.
Beer has been a part of the American experience ever since the Pilgrims harvested their first acres of barley. It's the beverage that makes fishing more bearable, helps the ball game pass faster, and encourages wedding guests to get out on the dance floor. It's the most popular alcoholic beverage in the country, accounting for about 85 percent of total consumption.
Contrary to popular belief, however, the pre-Prohibition era wasn't as much a beer-drinker's utopia as we would like to believe. Though many small towns had breweries before they had newspapers—the populace was drunk before it was informed—the beer they brewed was not necessarily of good quality, and brewers typically made only a few styles. Before distribution channels were established, most drinkers had no choice but to sip the local swill. Today, about 1,500 breweries operate in America, roughly equivalent to pre-Prohibition numbers, and more than in any other country. "Today is the renaissance," says Jason Alvey, owner of the year-old specialty beer store Four Firkins in St. Louis Park. "We're leading the world in terms of craft beer."
Craft beer's resurgence comes on the heels of a decades-long trend of flavorless, homogeneous, mass-market beer produced by American breweries. As highly processed foods became more popular after World War II, the American palate grew accustomed to blander tastes. Brewers responded by offering inoffensive products to appeal to the broadest consumer base, which were often made from cheap, so called "adjunct" fermentables, such as corn and rice, instead of the more traditional barley malt (malted grains are those that have been soaked in water until they sprout, and then dried). These indistinct macro-brews—Budweiser, Coors, Miller, and the like—are about as flavorful as a beer burp, and are considered to be the fast-food equivalent of alcoholic beverages. Still, it's unlikely they'll ever completely disappear. "They're going to be making Schmidt's and Hamm's as long as we still have VFWs," cracks beer historian Doug Hoverson, author of the recent book Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota.
In recent years, beer-drinking culture has begun to shift away from quantity to quality, as those who once drank by the case or the keg stand are now stopping by the local microbrewery to pick up refillable glass jugs known as growlers. According to the Association of Brewers, American craft brewers saw their sales volume rise about 6 percent last year, while mass-market beer sales stayed flat. (The association defines craft brewers in terms of their small production, independent ownership, and traditional methods, but they're generally thought of as microbreweries that use high-quality ingredients to brew distinctive-tasting beer.)
While craft brews make up just 6 percent of sales in the American beer market, drinkers are quickly discovering that they're an inexpensive luxury. "You may not be able to afford a plasma TV," says Alvey of Four Firkins, "but you can sure as hell afford examples of the best beers on the planet for 10 or 20 bucks—which is incredible compared to the best wines."
With just 22 commercial brewers in the state, Minnesota finds itself in the middle of the pack in terms of breweries per capita. But in just the past few years, it has finally embraced—bear hugged, even—the craft beer trend that started on the West Coast nearly three decades ago. And several promising newcomers are helping to make sure more of those purchases are local.
The start of Minnesota's craft brew revolution can be traced to the late 1980s, when the state's first microbrewery, St. Paul's brand-new Summit Brewing Company, released Extra Pale Ale. Though Summit offers a number of British-style ales and other European brews, Extra Pale Ale is the one you'll receive if you ask for "a Summit," and it accounts for roughly 80 percent of the brewery's sales. "Summit EPA is a beer that you and I take for granted," says Alvey. "But it was a huge step forward—it was really progressive at the time. If Summit hadn't done that, our palates wouldn't be where they are today."
For the next two decades, Minnesota craft brewers made slow but steady strides. New Ulm-based Schell's, the country's second-oldest family-owned brewery, which today derives much of its revenue from producing the mass-market beer Grain Belt, started producing a few specialty bocks and amber lagers, among others, as finely crafted versions of Old World styles. Schell's Bohemian-style pale lager was dubbed "one of the best American examples of the Pilsner style," by the late Michael Jackson, the beer world's Robert Parker.
Around the same time, James Page, a Minneapolis microbrewer whose brands are now owned by Wisconsin's Stevens Point Brewery, started making a beer from wild rice. By the mid-1990s, Lake Superior Brewing, which today makes a portfolio of bock, lager, and kolsch-style beers out of a small Duluth strip mall, was proving there was a strong market for small regional brewers. In 2002, Summit began contract brewing Finnegan's Irish Amber, a pioneering socially conscious beer whose profits are donated to charity. Still, compared to the brewing explosion on the coasts, the Twin Cities' local craft beer market was largely untapped.
Then, in February 2006, the first Surly beers emerged from a Brooklyn Center warehouse, an event significant enough that local beer geeks will perhaps one day refer to events in Minnesota's brewing history as having occurred B.S. and A.S.—before and after Surly. Omar Ansari and Todd Haug, Surly's creators, were the first to truly put Minnesota on the national craft beer map. Within about a year, the online magazine Ratebeer.com had judged Surly Darkness, a seasonal Russian Imperial Stout, the best beer in the country. Beer Advocate magazine called Surly the best brewery in America. Even though Surly is only available in parts of the Midwest, Hoverson dubs the brand "world famous" and recounts a story of bringing a few Surlys into the famous Portland beer shop Belmont Station. "The clerks almost soiled themselves," Hoverson recounts. "They said, 'We'll trade you anything in the store for it.'"
Surly's beers tend to defy categorization. Instead of brewing traditional styles, Haug has experimented with all sorts of extra-hoppy, high-alcohol, barrel-aged beers rarely seen in Minnesota. His recipes tend to be more complicated than those of most brewers, using several types of malts, for example, to create complex flavor profiles.
Surly's signature Furious rates at 100 International Bitterness Units, or IBUs, the maximum on the scale used to measure bitterness provided by the hops. It tastes sharp and bright, as if you'd set a citrus grove on fire in your mouth. I think it's the best-smelling beer in the world and would wear its grapefruit aroma as a fragrance if they'd figure out a way to bottle it. Surly's other year-round beers include the smooth, malty Bender (it's also available in a coffee-infused version) and a beer called Cynic, which has several fruity, almost resin-like flavors. Even as one of Surly's lightest beers, Cynic is about as close to a mass-market lager as maple syrup is to birch sap.
Surly's choice to give its aggressive-tasting beers edgy names and sell them in 16-ounce cans with iconic graphics—marketing Alvey describes as, "Are you man enough to drink this beer?"—appeals to the adventurous tendencies of the craft brew subculture. "We're known for being the extreme brewery," Ansari says.
This, apparently, is exactly what drinkers wanted. When Surly released 2008's first batch of its famed Russian Imperial Stout at "Darkness Day," some diehard fans camped overnight outside the brewery's front door. (The port-like brew—to me, it tastes of chocolate, coffee, and figs, with top notes of citrus—is probably one of the few beers worth a night on the pavement.) Ansari says he once met a Surly evangelist who told him that whenever she went to a bar and saw someone order a Newcastle, she'd buy the person a Bender and try to convert him. Without doing any advertising or marketing, and relying mostly on consumer requests, Surly has become so popular that new liquor store accounts are put on a years-long waitlist. The brewery has already been expanded several times to increase capacity, and the owners are in the process of figuring out how to cut a hole in the brewery's roof to drop in even larger tanks.
Ironically, this edgiest of local breweries has helped make craft brewing—and its own beers—more mainstream. As beer enthusiasts move brewing culture into the thriving new beer-focused bars such as the Happy Gnome and Buster's, craft beers reach an even wider audience. "Our beers aren't that crazy anymore," Ansari says. "It's not just a beer for the guys who go to beer fests. You can drink it at your local bar." I tell Ansari that I recently saw a couple of old-timers order Surlys at the 8th Street Grill, a place whose patrons are arguably more hip replacement than hipster. Ansari isn't surprised: "We brewed beer for people who didn't know they wanted to drink it until they had it."
NEXT WEEK: Three new breweries take the craft brew revolution in new directions.


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Documentary series with international stories. Predecessor to FRONTLINE, executive producer David Fanning. Five seasons from 1978-1981. "WORLD has presented a series of international documentaries. One of our concerns has been to show the world as others see it, and we are committed to the idea that we should include those who normally don't have a chance to have their voices heard." -- quote from opening to Blacks Britannica (1978) Series release date: 1978
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The West Bank is 2,000 square miles of territory conquered by Israel in 1967. In Old Testament times, this was the home of the Jewish people. But for many centuries it has also been the home of Arabs. Since their victory, the Israelis have built 90 new settlements. The UN claims the soldiers protecting these settlements are illegal. Israelis themselves are bitterly divided.
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Just joining us? This little tale begins here.
Drive on the Left! (part 4)
I passed the hotel parking lot and made my way toward the airport exit. Large road signs lined the road:
- Drive on the left!
- Fasten your seat belt!
- Drive on the LEFT!
- No Speeding.
- Drive on the LEFT!
- Mortuary
As I exited the airport, more red signs and flashing lights: DRIVE ON THE LEFT.
Do you think one or two tourists has had trouble with this concept?
I got to my first roundabout and pulled out – to the left. Michael had said, "If you miss your exit just keep going. Think about Chevy Chase." I read the signs. I followed the directions. I said aloud, "Look kids! There's Big Ben! There's Parliament!" And somehow I ended up on my way to Quin.
While driving on the left was vaguely disorienting, it also became more and more intuitive – that is, until I came to a stop. At each intersection or stop I had to remind myself: "hug the center line." It worked. Michael, in spirit, was my driving instructor all day.
Now, I will say, I never quite relaxed. By the time I returned to my hotel room at 11 pm, my right foot was cramped and sore from tension. And think about all of the distracting things you do when you are driving: talking on the cell phone (illegal here), eating, reading maps, putting on makeup (never!)… I would imagine this was the safest day of driving I've had in a long time!
My first stop was to be Quin Abbey. About 30 km from the airport, the drive took me through gorgeous Irish countryside in County Clare. I drove through the towns of Hurlers Cross and Sixmilebridge (yep, all one word). In Kilmurry, I took one of many wrong turns but finally headed northeast toward the town of Quin.
To be continued...


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At an inservice this summer our presenter gave us a
Anyhow, I loved the process and although my title says "Literacy Coach," I've been able to work with some small groups of students. Their little faces light up when I bring in some problem solving for them. It's no longer a chore, but a coveted challenge. They want to show me not one way, but multiple ways they can arrive at the same answer. Check out the work a group of 2nd graders did for me today trying to figure out what combination of 14 coins made $2.14. Each one worked individually on the outside of the circle while discussing with each other what worked and didn't. What did it sound like? "Don't try a bunch of pennies...that sure didn't work." "I tried half dollars and some quarters, but that doesn't work either." "I'm getting closer when I change my quarters to dimes and nickels." "I'm giving this problem to my DAD!"
What did it look like? A MESS! Don't ya' love their scribbles where they tried something and it didn't work? When they finally arrived at the answer it went in the middle so they could proudly display their accomplishment.
All this problem solving motivated me to create a problem of the day activity for each month. I actually started in early October, but it took me longer than I hoped to finish. So...the October one is done and October is about OVER! Yes, that's how I roll sometimes. :-) I scrambled to finish NOVEMBER for those that want to start right away! Click on the image for a trip to my TpT store to investigate. It's geared specifically with 3rd grade in mind, but 4th would enjoy, and if you have some high flying 2nd graders, they'd be challenged! If you like it, let me know and I'll throw the October one in FREE for ya' from now until the end of November!
UPDATE to this post: I now have 9 school months complete! September through May units are finished! You can get them individually, or all bundled up for a cheaper price!
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
2 comments:
- Pretty in Pink said...
I am loving all of your NARS items. I need to start building up my NARS collection... all I have so far is Orgasm blush, Laguna bronzer, and the Turkish Delight gloss which is still MIA. I brought my Turkish Delight on a ski vaca last week (it is the perfect snowbunny look) and I'm pretty positive I dropped it off the chairlift or something. Greatttt.
Anyways, thanks for being my fav youtuber xoxo
- December 31, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Princesa said...
^this is killing me we cant get nars at my country.
nice stuff :D
- January 1, 2009 at 8:46 AM
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Buro Buro Springs Vermi Farm is a premier agro-tourism destination of the Philippines. Situated in the foothills of Talisay City in Negros Occidental, it is the first certified organic farm in the Philippines by NICERT (Negros Island Certifiication Services). It is a vertically and horizontally integrated farm which produces organic fertilizers, organic vegetables, organic fruits and organic herbal supplements as well as providing training and consultancy services for farms and organizations. The farm is considered to be the primary training center for Vermiculture and Vermicomposting in the Philippines and has been visited by thousands of visitors from all over the country. All of the farm's fertilizers, vegetables, fruits, herbs and herbal supplements are certified organic according to Philippine National Standards. It is also considered the home of the African Nightcrawler Worm ( Eudrilus Eugeniae), being the pioneering commercial breeding farm for these in the country. Buro Buro Springs Vermi Farm has been supplying these worms to Philippine farms since 1998. Buro Buro Springs Vermi Farm is a founding member of the Negros Island Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (NISARD) Foundation – a member organization of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) which is an umbrella organization of the organic movement uniting 750 organizations in 116 countries worldwide. It is also a founding member of Organik na Negros Organic Producers and Retailers Association (ONOPRA) and the Negros Island Organic Fertilizer Producer's Association (NIOFPA). It supports the vision of making Negros Island the organic food basket of Southeast Asia as well as the reduction of the global carbon footprint through sustainable agriculture methods.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Before the fog
4 comments:
- dicet said...
wow, Jimmy,
I really love this sketch!
I'm actually impressed. I found it hard to paint on Moleskin sketchbook. The water tends to float a little too much. I always love it for drawing so I was hoping to paint on it too but never had a success.
but the way you painted here is quite impressive. I would love to hear how your experience was on the Moleskin book. Or maybe it isn't moleskin?
great painting regardles..
- Friday, February 29, 2008
- Mike Dutton said...
Dice, if I recall correctly, he has a moleskine, but it isn't the thick paper sketchbook kind (I have one of those and I have the same complaints as you do about floating paint). I think he's actually using the "plain notebook" one with the thin paper. Pretty amazing, huh?
Man Jimmy, I'm glad you have some record of the better part of the morning before "you was robbed". There isn't a single cloud in the picture you took of me, yet only half an hour earlier.... sigh, if only...
- Thursday, March 06, 2008
- Marcos Mateu said...
I really like the sense of atmosphere in your landscapes!
- Thursday, March 06, 2008
- JimmyG said...
Thanks for the comments guys! Dice, this was actually done in a "regular" moleskein (yup, with the thick water resistant paper). This one went down ok, maybe because I was putting on the gouache pretty thick. Maybe because I'm using those Holbien "plasticy" gouaches, I dunno. I do have issues with these books when laying down thin washes of watercolor though. However, if you just "scrub" a little, it seems to break the sheen and then the watercolors will sink in. This was the last page in this little moleskein though, I just started a proper "watercolor paper" landscape format (YAY!) moleskein.
- Thursday, March 06, 2008


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The grounding of a cargo ship has permanently scarred one of the island's best-loved and most photogenic dive sites, Eden Rock.
Portions of the popular swim-through cavern system have caved-in, leaving at least one tunnel impassable. Divers and snorkelers are struggling with the notion that Eden Rock will never be the same.
"Unfortunately, we've lost a great site, the Caymans have lost a very great site to the damage," lamented Eden Rock Dive Centre Senior Instructor Andy Barnes.
The iconic Eden Rock was one of Cayman's most spectacular dive sites, at least until its unfortunate run-in with a 328-foot cargo ship.
"Imagine taking a belt grinder, a giant belt grinder straight down onto the reef until it was perfectly polished flat," described avid freediver Tom Quigley.
"There are pieces of reef that are the size of cars broken down, closing up entrances to caverns and caves," added Mr. Barnes.
Friday morning, the 2900 tonne Saga container ship was on its way to its next port of call when it ran aground south of the harbour, damaging at least five sections of coral reef.
"From that mooring ball, there's damage for the next 150 meters," said Mr. Quigley, gesturing off shore towards the field of damage.
The DOE told Cayman 27 it took two tugboats to extricate the vessel from the reef system.
Monday, DOE and Port Authority boats were on the water, installing new marker buoys to replace the ones that Paradise Snorkel and Scuba manager Chris Bodden said have been missing for months.
"The force of that cargo ship hitting this reef has structurally destabilized some parts," said Mr. Quigley.
The impact caused some of Eden Rock's legendary swim-throughs to fill with rubble and debris. At least one tunnel was completely blocked with debris.
Mr. Barnes said the country has lost a national treasure.
"No matter how much money you throw at it, repairing a reef like this, it will never be the same again," he said.
Cayman 27 contacted Environment Minister Wayne Panton, who called the Saga grounding and the damage inflicted at the treasured dive site 'an absolute shame.' The minister said there was no excuse for such a navigational accident, and added the marker buoys had nothing to do with it.
Monday afternoon, the DOE issued the following statement online regarding the marker buoys:
"The only buoys in the Eden Rock area are vertical red buoys with a white strip, which resemble a dive marker flag, and they were installed for public safety to ensure that snorkelers do not enter boat traffic lanes (not to depict marine protected areas, which is the DoE's remit). The DoE is not responsible for maintaining these swim marker buoys. They are not Marine Park marker buoys or navigational buoys; there have never been Marine Park buoys in this location as the Marine Park boundary extends from North West Point to Sand Cay. This is the first incident involving a cargo ship making a navigational error in this location since the cargo dock was constructed. The DoE is working with Port Authority and Maritime Authority to assess the steps that can be taken to prevent such incidents occurring again."


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Epilepsy is a common neurological condition which manifests as recurring seizures. A seizure is a temporary burst of uncontrolled electro – chemical activity (mixed up messages) affecting the whole or part of the brain. People suffering mild forms of epilepsy may not be greatly inconvenienced while those with more severe forms may have their lives dramatically altered requiring a great deal of ongoing assistance. Epilepsy can be life threatening.
Simple partial seizures
The person is fully conscious and will experience an involuntary tingling or sensation of stimulation of a sense of emotion. An altered psychological or cognitive or the change in an automatic function may also occur.
Complex partial seizures
The person is not unconscious but consciousness is impaired /altered. They may appear to be sleeping walking, intoxicated or drugged. Typical actions are to stand and stare, wander about, pick up clothing or objects or smack their lips. They are unaware of their actions and may appear confused afterwards.
The person has a brief loss of consciousness lasting 4 – 10 seconds is experienced. They do not fall but fluttering of the eyelids, brief jerking of the arms or head or appear to be day dreaming may occur. Recovery is instantaneous.
Tonic clonic
The person becomes unconscious. If standing they will fall, followed by stiffening and rhythmic muscles contractions (jerking & shaking). This usually lasts 1 – 5 minutes then consciousness is regained slowly and they are usually confused.
Developing Epilepsy
Anyone can develop Epilepsy at any stage of their life. While often the cause for epilepsy is unknown, its onset may occur due to:
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There are many causes of epilepsy, which may vary with the age at which the seizures begin. As a generalisation, it can be said that an epileptic seizure occurs when, due to a sudden unusual release of energy (electrical activity) in the brain, its normal working is disturbed. The brain then fairly rapidly corrects itself and everything soon returns to normal.
From an explanatory point of view, although it may not be strictly medically acceptable, it is useful to divide epilepsy into two types:
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- Secondary Epilepsy
The seizures in Primary Epilepsy may be identical to those in Secondary Epilepsy, but on examination of the brain with today's techniques, unlike Secondary Epilepsy, it is not possible to find an abnormality of brain tissue.
For many years this type of epilepsy has been called Idiopathic Epilepsy. It is probable that in Idiopathic Epilepsy there are abnormalities of the chemicals in the cells of the area of the brain tissue which is electrically abnormal. These chemical abnormalities are such that from time to time epileptic discharges may be produced. The exact nature of this chemical abnormality has yet to be understood. Understanding this chemical abnormality is very important for two reasons:
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- It may allow the production of drugs (anticonvulsants, anti-epileptic drugs) specifically aimed at correcting the chemical abnormality.
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Secondary Epilepsy
Secondary Epilepsy is an easier concept to grasp. It means that the symptoms, namely the fits, are secondary, or subsequent to, some obvious abnormality of the brain. In other words, if you could look at the brain itself and examine it, either during life using x-ray techniques like CT or MRI scanning, or autopsy, it would be possible to find an actual abnormality in the brain. The person may have been born with this abnormality of the brain or it may be a scar related to brain damage at birth, a head injury and so on.
It can be fairly easily understood that if there is a structural abnormality of brain tissue, then the brain cells surrounding that abnormality will be somewhat misshapen and possibly functioning abnormally as a result. If you have a scar somewhere on your body, glance at it and notice how it pulls the surrounding skin and tissues in various directions. Some particular causes of epilepsy include anoxia (hypoxia), i.e. lack of oxygen to the brain, brain damage, brain tumours and brain infections.


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Category: built heritage
Montreal used to dominate cotton-making in Canada. In 1907, Charles R. Whitehead, owner of Montmorency Cotton Mill Company, left Dominion Textile and came to Trois-Rivières and found Wabasso Cotton. The company hired around a thousand employees. Among employees, males earned 45 cents per hour while females earned 28 cents. Men used to be long-term employees while women were only part time. Wabasso closed their doors on May 17th 1985, making 1665 people to lose their job. The building was destroyed in 1986 and 1987.
We chose this heritage because we were intrigued to know the origin of the old parts of a building behind the Super C shopping centre near our school. Every time we passed by this place, we wondered what used to be there. We found out that it was in fact Wabasso and that the street in Trois-Rivières, Whitehead Street, was named after the founder of Wabasso.
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