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Name Change for ISIS
English speakers have yet to agree on a word, phrase or acronym to label the terrorist group making news for such atrocities as beheading noncombatants and butchering unarmed prisoners.
A few years ago, American journalists started referring to the group that was calling itself "Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham" as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), but this acronym has proved to be a poor choice; it suggests that the group's focus is limited to Iraq and Syria.
The term al-Sham does not stand for Syria. The English translation of al-Sham is "the Levant."
Levant came into English from French in the 15th century with the meaning "East," (from French lever, "to rise.") The region referred to was in the East. The sun rises in the east, ergo, levant (rising), present participle of lever.
The Levant is "the eastern part of the Mediterranean, with its islands and the countries adjoining." According to one interpretation, the Levant is made up of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey. Others claim that the Levant refers only to Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
The Associated Press has rejected the continued use of ISIS, preferring ISIL (L for Levant) as a more accurate interpretation of al-Sham. John Daniszewski, AP vice president and senior managing editor for international news, says, "We believe this is the most accurate translation of the group's name and reflects its aspirations to rule over a broad swath of the Middle East."
Since June 2014, when the terrorist group named a "caliph" and dropped both Iraq and Levant from its name, ISIL has become less than accurate as a reflection of the group's aspirations. Referring to themselves as "the Islamic State" reflects their self-image as a reincarnation of the medieval caliphate founded in the 7th century. The Umayyad caliphate (661-750) conquered lands from Arabia to Spain; their advance into Western Europe in 732 was turned back by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.
The words caliph and caliphate derive from Arabic khilafa, "succession." A caliph is seen as the successor of Muhammad. A caliphate is a sovereign state ruled by a caliph under Islamic law (sharia). The office of caliph combines the functions of king and priest.
British journalists seem to have decided on the initials IS as a short way of referring to the group without limiting its perceived goals to any particular region of the world. They use the term "Islamic State" for the first reference in an article and the capitalized initials IS in subsequent references.
It seems to me that either ISIL or IS is preferable to ISIS. As a student of mythology and comparative religion, I cringe every time I hear the murderous terrorists referred to by an acronym that sounds like the name of the benign mother goddess Isis. And I sympathize with women like Isis Martinez of Miami who sees people "recoil in disgust" when she introduces herself these days.
Postscript: I just heard an American reporter on NPR refer to the group as IS.
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Hazel on September 09, 2014 8:19 am
In the UK, the BBC consistently calls it IS.
Karen Levy on September 09, 2014 10:29 am
The article above about what a terrorist group wants to call themselves, I could care less. Write about something more relevant.
Najah Lightfoot on September 09, 2014 11:26 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I too have posted about this very thing on my Facebook page.
Indeed as a Priestess of the Goddess, I too shudder whenever I hear the acronym "ISIS" used to describe a terrorist organization. Thank you for elaborating so elegantly as to why "IS" is a much better term. Also thank you for letting us know AP and the British Press have adopted the usage of "IS". May the American Press follow as well.
Anne on September 09, 2014 1:24 pm
Thanks for the clarification. Very useful.
Heather on September 09, 2014 1:47 pm
What did you mean to say here? See below:
"Others claim that the Levant refers only to Syria, Lebanon, and Syria."
Maeve on September 09, 2014 1:54 pm
I have submitted a correction request. It should be: "Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine."
Evelyn Howell on September 09, 2014 2:06 pm
I was unhappy to see a common punctuation error occur in Daily Writing Tips, which I hold to a higher standard than average Internet postings. In the attribution for the quote from the AP official, the modifying clause is not closed off with the second comma (see bracketed insert below):
John Daniszewski, AP vice president and senior managing editor for international news[,] says, "We believe this is the most accurate translation of the group's name and reflects its aspirations to rule over a broad swath of the Middle East."
Because I see this error all the time in business writing and Internet news posted by writers more experienced in blogging than in print journalism, I count on educated writers and editors to be more precise.
Funny to hear you say this. A company that creates a Google Wallet alternative called Isis Wallet (shipped with Samsung devices) finds themselves having to rebrand.
Lisa L. on September 09, 2014 2:53 pm
I personally don't think the world journalists should dignify the Whozits' by referring to them
as a recognized ' Islamic State ' ..
nor with derivatives from 'Levant' as in ' Rising from the East' –
nor should they be ever be honored with a name derived from 'Caliphate' – ie., the Kings and Priestly successors of Muhammad.
Rather, they may be more appropriately referred to as the
Evil Incarnate ( EI ) …since they choose unspeakable , horrific evil actions— horrors such as beheading , burying children and adults alive, selling women, public butchering of those who don't subscribe to their beliefs, Raping and slaughtering, etc.
Lind Barr on September 09, 2014 4:15 pm
Since Isis a group of radical Right-Wing Separatist Terrorists, I think their should be called exactly that. International State of Islamic Extremists.
Terrorism of any kind is extreme, and all nations have played this role at one time or another. The only exception with this league of terrorists is that the identity they are trying to create, threatens the peaceful existence of millions of law abiding moderate Moslems in the world.
venqax on September 09, 2014 6:11 pm
I agree a name change would be nice. Poor Isis doesn't deserve the proximity, but is makes such a danged nice acronym. You can say it and everything without having to resort to spelling chicanery like CINLANT (LANT is supposed to mean Atlantic) or EKG. ISIL works a little– but how do you say it. Rhymes with whistle? Or first syllable like ice? Is there a way it could be SILI? Like in French, maybe. They say everything backwards. 🙂
@Linda Barr: How are they "right wing"? The are not nationalists. They are pushing a trans-national ideology. Those are left-wing, not right wing, traits. They really don't fit well on the Euro-American left-right spectrum.
Maeve on September 14, 2014 10:31 am
As long as the group is stirring up trouble, it will be talked and written about. The post is about finding a term to call the group without promoting its agenda.
I agree. "So-called Islamic State," perhaps. (SCIS?) Or maybe the Arabic acronym: DAESH. I've read that the group hates to be called that.

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The 7th annual GLObal RUN 5K will be a glow run! This event is in support of Gray's Creek Middle School's global focus and student travel. This year's scholarship recipients are traveling to China in summer 2019. How awesome is that?
Each participant gets a t-shirt (with glow-in-the-dark print!), a glow bracelet, and glow necklace. Gear up, paint up, and get your glow on for this fun event. NOTE: Must register by March 25 to guarantee a t-shirt.
All ages and levels are encouraged to participate. Walkers and runners welcome!


Tenerife is as far-flung as Europe gets – and yet it's easy to get to, safe, popular, and well-adapted for holidaymakers. An island of gold beaches and Goldilocks weather, it's never too hot or too cold – just right, in fact for your next holiday. Situated in the Canaries, a volcanic cluster of Spanish territories right off the coast of north Africa, Tenerife is an island of two halves: the touristy south and the lesser-navigated north.
The south of the island became a sun-worshippers mecca in the seventies. With imported golden sand, strips of tourist-friendly shops, tapas bars, nightlife and water parks, this side of the island is well-versed in package holidays; so you won't be disappointed if you choose to book a relaxing All Inclusive in Costa Adeje. Tellingly, the south also gets the best weather.
The northern half of the island remains quieter, with black sand and dramatic coastline. If package tours are not your bag, look north for a completely different kind of island life. From here you can set out on brilliant scenic drives to charming Canarian towns and visit vineyards that have piqued the interest of the world's best sommeliers.
But hire a car and you'll be able to enjoy the best of both worlds: deep ravine walks, remote hill villages, smooth biking routes through tall red bugloss flowers, and great golfing greens. Pause at a family-run Gaunchico for a simple, wine-fuelled lunch. When the sun goes down, look up from the horizon – another delight awaits. The island is one of the best places for stargazing in Europe. What are you waiting for? Book flights to Tenerife for a journey to the stars.
Tenerife has a bumper crop of All Inclusive hotels, many recently refurbished and ready for your next holiday. Our handy guide details which hotel includes what – so you can find the perfect resort, whether you're travelling as a pair, or as a parent.
The best way to see Tenerife's incredible scenery is by car – in the two hours it takes me to travel from north to south I'm greeted by incredible landscape changes. Thanks to my hired satnav – the perfect companion to any road trip – I'm making no wrong turns. First stop – the most famous seafood restaurant in Adeje, La Vieja Restaurante. Black rice paella and a small, cold cerveza por favor.
Abama Golf Course is one of the most prestigious courses on the island, stretching over 6,000 metres, with 22 lakes and 25,000 palm trees! Most holes have stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean and the island of La Gomera. This stretch of water also happens to be one of the top three whale and dolphin watching destinations in the world – so I keep my eyes peeled!
Back down the mountain and I'm on my way to the Bodegas Monje to try my hand at making mojo sauce – an accompaniment to any meal in the Canaries These mojos can be red or green and are sometimes very spicy. To finish my tour I take a look around the extensive vineyards and even get exclusive access to the cellar, where up to 160,000 litres of wine can be produced from one crop.
Punta Brava in the north or Playa de Las Americas in the southhave the best breaks for surfers.


DGCR8-dependent microRNA biogenesis is essential for skin development.
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Title DGCR8-dependent microRNA biogenesis is essential for skin development.
MicroRNAs play important roles in animal development. Numerous conditional knockout (cKO) studies of Dicer have been performed to interrogate the functions of microRNA during mammalian development. However, because Dicer was recently implicated in the biogenesis of endogenous siRNAs in mammals, it raises the question whether the Dicer cKO defects can be attributable to the loss of microRNAs. Previously, we and others conditionally targeted Dicer and identified its critical roles in embryonic skin morphogenesis. Here, we focus explicitly on microRNAs by taking a parallel strategy with Dgcr8, encoding an essential component of the microprocessor complex that is exclusively required for microRNA biogenesis. With this comparative analysis, we show definitively that the Dicer- and Dgcr8-null skin defects are both striking and indistinguishable. By deep sequencing analysis of microRNA depletion in both Dicer- and Dgcr8-null skin, we demonstrate that most abundantly expressed skin microRNAs are dependent on both Dicer and DGCR8. Our results underscore a specific importance of microRNAs in controlling mammalian skin development.


I am a passionate cook who is striving to broaden my families pallet.
Today, I had to go to the court house to get a copy of Cody and my birth certificates and our marriage licenses because I didn't want to send my only copies to Colombia. The clerk who printed them out for me said that she was the person who issued Cody and me our marriage licenses 5 years ago. She and I started talking about where life had taken us in the past 5 years. She was impressed with Easton showing off his jumping skills and was excited to hear about our adoption plans. Another clerk was there too and we had a nice chat with these sweet ladies. It is nice to be able to share our journey with people and give them a glimpse into our journey. They said they were going to follow our blog, so ladies, if y'all are reading this, it was nice to meet y'all today!
Today we also got all of our paper work notarized and tomorrow it will go to Austin to be apostilled. I remember when we first got the dossier process started it was so overwhelming and seemed like it would take forever. So many times it seemed like the end would never be in sight. Now seeing this pile of papers all grouped together and ready to go, makes all the stress diminish.
I also want to thank so many of y'all for doing fundraisers for us and helping us pay for this adoption, we really really appreciate y'all! Many people do not know it costs over $35,000.00 to adopt a child. We have been so blessed and have been able to meet every deadline and so far we haven't had to go into debt either. A few people keep asking where they can make a tax deductible donation. if thats you you can Click Here and make a donation. These next couple of weeks are going to be expensive, but we serve a BIG God and we know He will keep providing for us to be able to bring our Ellie home.
Easton has been asking about Ellie every day lately. He says "Ellie sissy Mommy baby" He also asks if she's "bye bye?" It is challenging to know how to explain adoption to a 2 year old, but it is so sweet to see how loving he is already towards her. I love my sweet boy and I know he will be such a great big brother.
Thank you all for following along with us on this journey, we appreciate each and every one of y'all. We are one step closer to bringing our Ellie home.
Last night was our fundraiser dinner and silent auction at Joe Willy's. It was a HUGE success! So many people came out to support us. We met a nice family with 6 adopted children who saw the event posted in Facebook and they wanted to come out and encourage us during this process. We also met a family who adopted their daughter from Russia. It was wonderful to be able to talk to these families and know that they have been right where we are now. They were all so encouraging and told us that the adoption journey is full of ups and downs, but is wonderful.
The silent auction was a big hit! Thank you so much to everyone who donated to it! We had a great variety of items and people really enjoyed the shopping.
Thank you to everyone who came out to have dinner and to help us work. I was so busy I didn't get very many pictures, but I have the images in my mind!
I have been dreaming about Ellie very often lately. Most of the time the dreams take place in Colombia and I feel the excitement of getting to meet her and hold her. I never see her face in my dreams, but I did feel her weight in my arms. When I was pregnant with Easton I could feel him kick and wiggle, since I can't fell Ellie inside me, feeling her in my dreams is the next best thing. I long to hold my baby girl and my little boy together. Easton is saying "Mommy two babies. Ellie and Baby" He refers to himself as "Baby" so he is starting to understand that we are going to have two babies in the house. He asks about Ellie multiple times a day and asks if she's "night night?" He makes my heart happy. He is going to be the best big brother.
We got our home study back and we have been approved! Woo Hoo! So, now everything has to go to Austin to be authenticated and then we can send everything to Colombia. We have also been working on our family book, it is pretty impressive, if I do say so myself!
Next week we have a fundraiser dinner at Joe Willy's in Rockwall. If you live in the Dallas area, please come out to Joe Willy's and have a delicious dinner and help us bring Ellie home. We will also have a bunch of great silent auction items there too. I am so excited!
We have made some really cute cards that have our blog address on them and some cute pictures. We made them to give to people so they can follow our journey and can keep us in their thoughts and prayers. If you would like one, let me know, I will drop one in the mail for you.
Also, if you haven't ordered your Ellie shirt yet, please order one HERE. We are doing a collage on the wall in Ellie's room with individual pictures of people wearing their shirts. We want your picture on the wall too! Only 3 more days left to order, don't miss out!
We appreciate all of the support, encouragement and love on this journey.
a pile of paper work.
We have finished the paper work part of our adoption journey. Not to toot our own horn, but we broke the record for getting it all done in the shortest amount of time. We are pretty proud of our accomplishment, it was no small task. We are just waiting on our home study report to come in and then we will send everything to Austin to be authenticated and then it will all be sent to Colombia. It is such a relief to have all of this finished.
We have been praying for Ellie every night when we put Easton to bed. He now asks about "Sissy Ellie" everyday and talks about her before bed. I really believe he will be a wonderful big brother. He has such a sweet and tender heart and loves to share when his friends come over.
We are working on making our photo book to send to Colombia and the photo collage for Ellie's bedroom, please send us a family picture for us to put into our book! If you bought an Ellie shirt, send us a picture of you wearing it. If you did not get one, order one here and when you get it, send me a picture of you wearing it.We are sooooooo close to reaching our fundraising goal, so please consider buying a shirt to help us!
This week please be in prayer for Ellie. We have been praying for protection for Ellie. This week I have really felt a burden on my heart for her safety. It is strange to love someone you have never met, have a child who isn't growing in your tummy or in your arms and to wonder who is taking care of your baby. We already feel protective over her and like she is already ours. So, please be in prayer for her.
Thank you for joining us on this awesome journey!
Today has been a wonderful day. We finally became members of our awesome church Lake Pointe after attending together for almost 4 years. This afternoon Easton got to go on his first Easter Egg hunt with all the kids in the neighborhood. While I was watching him gather eggs, my heart got excited that it is a real possibility that next year we could have two little kiddos hunting eggs. We cannot wait to have our family completed!
Tonight we finished signing and sorting all of our papers for our home study. We are one step closer to having our baby girl home! On our weekly call with the adoption agency on Friday, we found out we have broken the record for getting all our homework finished and our online training courses completed. Woo Hoo! Go us!
If you haven't checked out our t-shirt fundraiser click here and order a cute shirt. We want to get pictures of all our friends and family in the shirts to add to Ellie's life book and into the book we send to Colombia to introduce ourselves.
Thanks for all of your support and encouragement on this journey!


Born on May 12, 1950 in Novgorod (now Veliky Novgorod).
Graduated from the Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute for Communications (now Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications).
Served in Armed Forces. Employed as engineer at Vektor Research and Manufacturing Association in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
1977: began his career in state security bodies, starting as an operative at a department office of the Committee for State Security in the Leningrad region and eventually promoted to Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service.
2000-2004: Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
2004-May 2008: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
May 15, 2008: appointed Chief of Federal Drug Control Service by Presidential decree.
May 25, 2008: appointed member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation by Presidential decree.
State awards: Order of Service to the Fatherland, 4th class, and Order of Honor.


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Virginia Legislators Expect to Legalize Marijuana in 2021, but Massive Changes Needed Might Slow the Process
December 19, 2020 December 18, 2020 Eric Burk
It's not quite a nonpartisan issue, but Virginia legislators expect an effort to legalize marijuana will receive enough bipartisan support to pass in the 2021 regular session. The biggest hurdle to the plan is the massive legislative changes that are required. Legislators have to choose how the cannabis business will interact with many sectors of business and government including banking, law enforcement, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Taxation, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.
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Commentary: Sorry, Democrats What Goes Around Comes Around
Democrats who are unhappy that Republicans are skeptical of the 2020 election results have no one to blame but themselves. Democrats cannot understand why Republicans would question the election results in spite of the fact that Democrats sought to undermine anti-voter fraud measures in the run-up to the election; that Republican observers were not allowed to observe vote counting; and that massive numbers of Biden votes were counted in the middle of the night while no Republican observers were present. Of course, in recent years, Democrats have repeatedly disputed unfavorable election results, pushed wild conspiracy theories, and lied about their opponents. A quick review of recent political history seems in order.
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National Guard Preparing for Indefinite Deployment While George Floyd Trial Proceeds in Minneapolis
The Minnesota National Guard may deploy indefinitely to Minneapolis while the four former police officers involved in the death of George Floyd are on trial in 2021, an ABC affiliate reported Wednesday.
The National Guard's 12-page plan dubbed "Operation Safety Net" details a worst-case scenario plan where all available state guard forces are deployed for an indefinite amount of time during and after the trials of former Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Keung, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, local outlet KSTP reported.
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Georgia Has Registered 76,000 New Voters Ahead of Senate Runoffs
Almost 76,000 voters who did not vote in Georgia's November elections have registered ahead of the state's dual Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
If those new voters turn out, they could make a sizable difference in a state where the November presidential race was decided by only 12,000 votes.
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Judge Michael Warren Commentary: Defending Lincoln
San Francisco's school district has cancelled Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln High School is going to be renamed. Why? "Lincoln, like the presidents before him and most after, did not show through policy or rhetoric that black lives ever mattered to them outside of human capital and as casualties or wealth building," Jeremiah Jefferies, the chairman of the school district's renaming committee and a first-grade teacher, virtuously pontificated to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Music Spotlight: Lilly Winwood
December 19, 2020 December 19, 2020 Bethany Bowman
NASHVILLE, Tennesse- I am often sent songs to review to see if I want to feature the song(s) and/or artist in my column. When I heard Lilly Winwood's song "Few More Records" I knew this singer/songwriter was talented. But surely this Nashville girl wasn't related to the Brit rocker, Steve Winwood.
It turns out, surely, she is. Lilly Winwood is the 25-year-old daughter of famed rock and roller, Steve Winwood.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Counting Illegal Immigrants for Congressional Redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to President Donald Trump's plan to not include illegal immigrants living in the U.S. in the count to determine congressional districts, Reuters reported Friday.
The court ruled 6-3 against a lawsuit attempting to block Trump's plan to exclude illegal immigrants from the count, Reuters reported.
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Commentary: Praying for Peace in a Biden-Influenced Middle East
As sane Americans reluctantly resign themselves to the approach of an unimaginable Joe Biden presidency, the unrelenting blitzkrieg of media Trump-hate is occasionally, but each week more frequently, punctured by glimmers of recognition of what the apparently outgoing president has achieved. There seems to be a consensus, even embracing many Democrats, that President Trump has scored a significant success with the Abraham Accords in the Middle East.
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Steve Bannon Presents 'War Room: Pandemic'
An all new LIVE STREAM of War Room: Pandemic starts at 9 a.m. Central Time on Saturday.
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon began the daily War Room: Pandemic radio show and podcast on January 25, when news of the virus was just beginning to leak out of China around the Lunar New Year. Bannon and co-hosts bring listeners exclusive analysis and breaking updates from top medical, public health, economic, national security, supply chain and geopolitical experts weekdays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon ET.
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Trump Tells McConnell, Fellow GOP Senators 'Get Tougher' and 'Fight' for Election Win
President Trump on Friday leaned into Senate Majority Mitch McConnell and others fellow Republicans in the GOP-controlled chamber, telling them to "get tougher" and "fight" for the presidential election.
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Joe Biden Defends His Son, Who Is Under Federal Investigation, as 'the Smartest Man I Know'
President-elect Joe Biden says he is "not concerned" about a federal investigation into his son, Hunter, and accused his opponents of weaponizing the probe for political points.
Biden said that Hunter, who has been involved in a string of high-profile personal and business controversies in recent years, as "the smartest man I know."
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FDA Grants Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine Emergency Authorization
The FDA approved Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Friday, making the United States the first country to have approved two safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19.
Its approval follows a key FDA panel's overwhelming vote Thursday to endorse the vaccine's safety and efficacy. The Moderna vaccine's approval means that its distribution could begin within hours, providing hospitals and long-term care facilities across the country thousands of much-needed doses.
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Commentary: Was Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax Falsely Accused?
At 9:00 am on Monday, February 6, 2019, Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax's meteoric political ascendency could not have been any higher or brighter. Indeed, Fairfax was on the verge of being elevated to the highest office in the Commonwealth – Governor – due to the political blackface scandal that engulfed Governor Ralph Northam. Indeed, if Governor Northam were to resigned – which many in the State Democratic Party where calling for – Justin Fairfax would automatically become the 74th Governor of Virginia.
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Governor Northam Outlines Budget Recommendations with Focuses on COVID-19, Education
December 19, 2020 December 18, 2020 Jacob Taylor
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam unveiled his recommendations for the biennial budget on Wednesday with big spending toward the state's continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public education and other items.
The governor presented his budget proposals to lawmakers during a joint virtual meeting of the House of Delegates and Senate appropriation committees.
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Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton Nominated to Powerful House Appropriations Committee
After two years in Congress, Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) has been nominated to the powerful House Appropriations Committee for the 117th session which starts in January. The current session is the first in over a century where Virginia had no representatives on the committee, according to a Wexton press release. She will be able to advocate funding for Virginia priorities like infrastructure and national defense.
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Virginia to Receive Over 100,000 Fewer COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Than Anticipated
Virginia is now expected to receive just under 110,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses from the federal government than originally anticipated.
Operation Warp Speed, the government's vaccination program, informed the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) late Thursday night, and now the state is preparing to get 370,650 vaccine doses by the end of December instead of the initial 480,000 projection, according to a press release.
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Le  est un mouvement sportif, artistique et littéraire qui consiste à parcourir les Pyrénées pour en réaliser une œuvre en rapport avec l'expérience ressentie. Il naît au  pour connaître son apogée au , avant de devenir plus confidentiel aux . Le développement du pyrénéisme est concomitant de ceux du mouvement romantique en Europe et du tourisme thermal en France.

Selon l'inventeur du terme, Henri Beraldi,  Béraldi crée le terme « pyrénéisme » en 1898 dans son ouvrage Cent ans aux Pyrénées et attribue l'origine du mouvement à l'ouvrage de Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, Observations faites dans les Pyrénées, paru en 1789.

Définitions
Il faudra attendre le dernier quart du  pour que le mot apparaisse dans les dictionnaires de langue française, avec, toujours, une référence à l'alpinisme considéré comme une pratique sportive dont le pyrénéisme ne serait qu'une variante.
 Le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique en dix volumes, Éditions Larousse, (1984) en fait une entrée : Pyrénéisme n.m. Alp. Pratique de l'escalade dans les Pyrénées.
 Le Grand Robert de la Langue Française (2001) : Pyrénéisme. 1898 - Beraldi - sport, rare. Alpinisme pratiqué dans les Pyrénées.

Définition et citation qui renvoient à Alpinisme : 1876 de alpin, et -isme. Sport des ascensions en montagne. Ce sport pratiqué dans les Alpes - andinisme, dolomitisme, hymalayisme, pyrénéisme ; ascension, escalade, grimpe, montagne, varappe, etc. Faire de l'alpinisme - ascensionner, escalader, grimper.

 Le Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé donne en remarque dans l'article pyrénéen la définition suivante : Pyrénéisme, subst. masc. Goût des courses et ascensions dans les massifs pyrénéens.
 Dans le Dictionnaire culturel en langue française (2005), le Robert en quatre tomes, le mot pyrénéisme est absent et pourtant cité dans la définition du mot alpinisme : Sport des ascensions en montagne (himalayisme, pyrénéisme, etc.), page 239.

Enfin, Le dictionnaire des Pyrénées consacre deux entrées au pyrénéisme.
La première concerne « deux articles traitant de ce même sujet et aboutissant à deux conclusions radicalement opposées ».
La seconde entrée  traite de  l'évolution du pyrénéisme sous le titre : « Pyrénéisme de difficulté contemporain ».

Aujourd'hui, l'exploration, l'étude topographique, la conquête des montagnes est peut-être historiquement close. Cette épopée a été traitée par nombre de spécialistes en France comme à l'étranger. Dans d'autres pays, d'autres mots, d'autres verbes servent à définir la pratique de l'ascension d'un massif, le « faire de la montagne », avec des évolutions, des perfectionnements techniques qui s'échangent et s'universalisent.

Cependant, si le terme alpinisme, se décline, du moins dans l'hexagone, en andinisme, en himalayisme, selon le massif dans lequel s'exerce l'action sportive, la valeur culturelle du pyrénéisme, elle, reste singulière.

Le pyrénéisme, il y a cent ans

Alors qu'Henri Beraldi avait reçu en 1902 pour Les Pyrénées le prix de la Société de Géographie de Paris, il donna du pyrénéiste  (celui qui pratique le pyrénéisme), la définition suivante :

Dans Cent ans aux Pyrénées, une des premières études d'Henri Beraldi est consacrée à Ramond de Carbonnières, l'inventeur du Mont Perdu, à la fin du , dans laquelle il nous donne l'idée d'un pyrénéisme qui possède une référence littéraire autonome :

C'est l'écrit qui fonde le pyrénéisme
Henri Beraldi insiste.
 Le pyrénéisme n'existe que

 Le pyrénéisme est géographique.
Henri Beraldi, dans son excursion biblio-pyrénéenne, situe les écrits du pyrénéisme de la manière suivante :
 Le pyrénéisme, c'est l'affaire de qui ?

Henri Beraldi pose enfin la question suivante : Qui les visite (les Pyrénées) ? et répond :

La littérature pyrénéiste
Pour être reconnu pyrénéiste, il faut donc, selon Beraldi, ascensionner, écrire et sentir - et, nécessairement publier. La matière de l'analyse de Beraldi dans Cent ans aux Pyrénées est la masse des ouvrages de toutes sortes traitant du voyage aux Pyrénées. La variété des visiteurs entraîne la variété des œuvres :

Ce qui frappe d'abord dans la foule des auteurs cités et commentés par Beraldi, c'est leur origine géographique : pas (ou si peu...) de Pyrénéens (nés au pied des montagnes). Les auteurs pyrénéistes sont des touristes venus aux Pyrénées pour leurs loisirs, même si certains s'y sont installés ou ont tenté de le faire : Ramond, professeur à Tarbes, Russell louant le Vignemale pour , Schrader s'installant à Pau...

En 1908, Louis Le Bondidier ironise :

Par une critique sévère et ironique, Beraldi, distingue donc parmi ces touristes-voyageurs et écrivains, ceux qui sont dignes d'être reconnus comme pyrénéistes. Mais, finalement, ceux qui seront le plus facilement admis comme tels sont les explorateurs (des derniers sommets non encore conquis, des versants inconnus des montagnes espagnoles...) et les cartographes (les officiers géodésiens comme les amateurs éclairés). Le pyrénéiste reste avant tout celui qui fait de la montagne dans les Pyrénées.

La question de la première

La première (la première ascension d'un sommet, ou le premier parcours d'un itinéraire), c'est une question que l'on retrouve dans toute la littérature pyrénéiste, du moins celle des livres de sommets : qui est lauteur de tel sommet, de telle voie d'ascension ? Objet de débats, voire de querelles.

La nature même des Pyrénées, massif de moyenne altitude, pratiquement dénuées de zones glaciaires rend la plupart des sommets facilement accessibles, du moins pendant l'été. La question de leur première ascension n'a donc guère de sens : montagnes fréquentées depuis le néolithique par les troupeaux et leurs bergers, par les chasseurs d'isards et les contrebandiers, elle a été de tout temps parcourue en tous sens. Et les sommets n'étaient, pour leurs utilisateurs habituels, ni plus, ni moins intéressants que les pâturages : des bêtes, des ovins surtout, s'y égarant parfois jusqu'aux plus hautes altitudes, parfois postes de chasse. Bien sûr, certaines conquêtes sont, de manière presque certaine, l'œuvre des touristes, voyageurs et autres pyrénéistes (le Balaïtous, les hautes crêtes du Vignemale, la Maladetta, sans doute, au-delà des glaciers...). Mais les pyrénéistes eux-mêmes le reconnaissent parfois : il y avait déjà un signal, une tourelle, un cairn, une trace sur ce sommet que l'on venait de vaincre. Et les guides de Ramond de Carbonnières furent conduits au sommet du Mont-Perdu par un berger espagnol...

La première est parfois revendiquée par celui qui s'en dit l'auteur : Beraldi ajoute maintes fois après le mot première, « par un touriste ». L'ascension n'a de valeur, d'existence même, que quand elle a été racontée par l'écrit. C'est donc le touriste-écrivainqui en sera reconnu comme l'''inventeur et non les montagnards ou les guides qui l'ont conduit.

 Le nom des sommets

L'autre grande question qui agite, dès le  le monde des touristes-écrivains, ceux qui seront qualifiés de pyrénéistes, est la dénomination des montagnes, et des sommets. La conquête implique en effet de nommer son objet.

Les habitants des montagnes, les pyrénéens, ont nommé de long temps, les cabanes, les pâturages, les forêts, les lacs, les cols, parfois les crêtes séparant les vallées, en  somme tous les lieux utiles. Ils ont ignoré les sommets : lieux a priori sans intérêt.
Mais chacun de ces lieux a été nommé dans le cadre - et la langue, l'occitan pyrénéen, l'aragonais, le catalan, le basque... - de la communauté paysanne qui les parcourait et les utilisait. D'où des toponymes souvent identiques, ou voisins, d'une vallée à l'autre, pour désigner des lieux différents. Les crêtes, les montagnes qui séparent les territoires portent, le plus souvent deux ou plusieurs noms : ceux donnés par les montagnards de chaque versant qui en faisaient usage.

Les touristes, les pyrénéistes, cherchèrent à nommer leurs montagnes : on ne peut parler que de ce qui est identifiable. Le nom des sommets fut donc demandé aux guides et aux bergers, gens qui ne nommaient pas ces accidents de terrain. Les sommets devinrent les « pics de... » (Pic de Campbieil, par exemple, pour désigner le pic qui dominait le pâturage de Campbieil). Et certains sommets eurent deux noms, selon leur auteur (Pic de Néouvielle ou Pic d'Aubert, par exemple, selon la vallée par où on le gravissait). Désordre auquel les pyrénéistes, après de longues polémiques, mirent fin par des commissions toponymiques, qui baptisèrent les sommets de noms officiels, repris ensuite par les cartographes.

La multiplication des pyrénéistes et leur appétit de conquête entraîna la pléthore des noms : on en vint à nommer tout ce qui se différenciait tant soit peu sur une crête. D'où, par exemple, la multiplication des 3000 (les sommets de plus de  d'altitude, hauteur symbolique, voire mythique, dans les Pyrénées). Et, finalement, l'attribution à des sommets, de noms de pyrénéistes en hommage rendu par leurs pairs (Soum de Ramond, Pic Brulle, Pic Schrader...), parfois de leur vivant même.

 Le pyrénéisme du
Le , celui de l'après Henri Beraldi, va continuer à développer une subjectivité pyrénéiste toute liée à l'après exploration, à l'après conquête. Si déjà, la reconquête est amorcée à la fin du  au travers de la recherche de voies nouvelles, nous assistons à une autre forme de conquête, s'appuyant notamment sur une évolution technique importante, européenne dans un premier temps, puis sous l'influence des États-Unis. Ainsi se décline au même titre que l'évolution de l'alpinisme de difficulté, un pyrénéisme de difficulté.

 Le pyrénéisme de difficulté

Le terme pyrénéisme, dans cette acception, ne se distingue de celui dalpinisme que par la signification du massif dans lequel il est pratiqué.

Le pyrénéisme de difficulté n'est pas né au . Le père en est certainement Henri Brulle qui, dès 1878, généralise l'emploi de la corde d'assurance et du piolet court dans ses ascensions. Avec Bazillac, de Monts, d'Astorg, conduits par les guides Célestin Passet et François Bernat-Salles, il réalise de nombreuses premières, la face nord du Mont-Perdu, le couloir de Gaube au Vignemale, etc.

Il est indéniable que l'entreprise pyrénéiste, l'aventure, l'attrait de l'inconnu de la conquête des sommets de premier ordre, l'exploration de nouveaux massifs s'épuisaient au fil du temps. De même, le pittoresque s'étant largement vulgarisé aux travers d'albums, du dessin, de la peinture, atteignant son paroxysme avec l'image photographique, il fallait au même titre que l'alpinisme, concevoir un pyrénéisme, avec de nouvelles pratiques : nouveaux itinéraires, faces nord, pyrénéisme hivernal, pyrénéisme en solitaire, même, qui s'apparente davantage à la conquête de soi-même. La création du Groupe Pyrénéiste de Haute-Montagne, le 11 juillet 1933, fut un des actes fondateur de ce pyrénéisme de difficulté contemporain dont les acteurs Ollivier, Mailly, Cazalet, Henri Barrio, Arlaud et tant d'autres utilisèrent les techniques les plus modernes, alors, de progression, développées par les grimpeurs des Alpes orientales (usage des pitons de progression). L'après-guerre vit une nouvelle génération de grimpeurs s'attaquer à toutes les parois encore vierges, aux hivernales (les Français Jean et Pierre Ravier, Patrice de Bellefon, Despiau, Sarthou... les Espagnols Rabada, Anglada, Montaner, Navarro... et tous ceux qui écumèrent peu à peu tous les replis de la chaîne).

Enfin, toutes les arêtes et les parois vaincues, les éphémères cascades de glace deviennent la quête de la fin du . Les pratiques évoluent aussi : reprise des voies anciennes en libre, voire en solo extrême, y compris en hivernales.

Ce pyrénéisme de la difficulté a engendré également de multiples écrivains qui illustrent cette passion du pyrénéisme.

 À la recherche du pyrénéisme

L'idée selon laquelle il existe une spécificité pyrénéiste a toujours fait débat.

Dans la ligne de Beraldi on peut trouver des arguments typiquement pyrénéistes :

 Pour J.C. Tournou-Bergonzat,

Mais la question, posée par l'éditeur du Dictionnaire des Pyrénées, a abouti à deux réponses opposées.
 Pour Hélène Saule-Sorbé, « aller faire un sommet c'est aussi parcourir son histoire », rejoignant ainsi Jean et Pierre Ravier qui utilisent l'expression « entrer en pyrénéisme » ou Joseph Ribas pour qui « le pyrénéiste intègre le vivant et le culturel dans le paysage, à ses yeux lieu de rencontre, lieu d'échange ».
 Pour Renaud de Bellefon, le pyrénéisme est « un fourre-tout dénué de sens, car ses approches sensibles et savantes, parfois opposées à la référence sportive, sont de tous lieux » et dont « l'invention est d'abord efficace dans le champ de la bibliophilie (elle crée un espace de collection) ». Elle n'a que « le mérite d'obliger les alpinistes à ne pas oublier nos montagnes alpinistiquement secondaires »

 Quelques grands noms du pyrénéisme
 Louis-François Ramond de Carbonnières, né à Strasbourg (1755-1827), père du pyrénéisme (les Ramond étaient originaires de Castres).
 Vincent de Chausenque, né le 9 avril 1781 à Gontaud (Lot-et-Garonne) et mort le 24 avril 1868 à Gontaud (Lot-et-Garonne).
 Charles-Marie-Étienne Champion Dubois de Nansouty (1815-1895).
 Paul Edouard Wallon, né à Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) (1821-1895).
 Eugène Trutat (1840-1910).
 Franz Schrader, né à Bordeaux (1844-1924).
 Félix Régnault (1847-1908).
 Maurice Gourdon, né à Nantes (1847-1941) Biographie Bulletin S.P.M. Paris.
 Henri Brulle (1854-1936), il est considéré comme le fondateur du « pyrénéisme de difficulté ».
 Henry Russell, né en 1834 à Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) et mort en 1909 à Biarritz (Basses-Pyrénées), c'est un des pionniers de la conquête des Pyrénées.
 Henri Beraldi, né le 6 février 1849 à Paris  et mort dans cette ville le 31 mars 1931.
 Pierrine Gaston-Sacaze (1797-1893), berger botaniste autodidacte. On lui doit un monumental herbier des Pyrénées.
 Henri Lefebvre, né le 16 juin 1901 à Hagetmau et mort en 1991 à Navarrenx, c'est un géographe, sociologue qui a écrit plusieurs ouvrages sur les Pyrénées.
 Jean Fourcassié, né à Albi le 17 octobre 1886, décédé à Calella de Palafrugell, Espagne le 15 juillet 1955.
 René d'Astorg, né en 1860, mort en 1940.
 Georges Ledormeur (1867-1952), auteur du Guide Ledormeur : Les Pyrénées Centrales - du Val d'Aran à la Vallée d'Aspe.
 Alfred Tonnellé, né en 1831, mort en 1858.
 Les Frères Cadier, George, Henri, Albert, Édouard et Charles.
 Joseph Ribas, né en 1931, auteur du Petit Précis de pyrénéisme.

 Notes et références

 Voir aussi

 Articles connexes
 Alpinisme
 La découverte du Pyrénéisme (Eaux-Bonnes)
 Naturalisme
 Romantisme
 Massif du Canigou

 Bibliographie

 Jacques Labarère, Essai de Bibliographie Pyrénéiste, suivi des Index des noms de personnes et des noms de lieux cités dans l'ouvrage d'Henri Beraldi, Cent Ans aux Pyrénées. Les Amis du Livre Pyrénéen, 1986. 2 vol. (248 et 252 pages).
 A. Suchet, « De Louis Ramond de Carbonnières à la Pléiade des Pyrénées ou l'invention du pyrénéisme selon Henri Béraldi », Babel, , 2009,  .
 Jacques Labarère, Henri Beraldi (1849-1931), Historien des Pyrénées. Les Amis du Livre Pyrénéen, 2013. 3 vol. (329 pp., 272 pp., 98 pp.)

 Bulletin de la Société des peintres de montagne - Paris.
 Revue Pyrénées (anciennement Bulletin pyrénéen'')
 Bulletin de la Société Ramond

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Another episode recorded with us sacked out on the couch in the Dungeon Theater, binging killer puppets - so there's no drink check, or news, or anything else really - just a blow by blow take on three more movies in the PUPPET MASTER movie series.
For this installment we suffered through PUPPET MASTER 4, 5 & 6, and honestly, I forgot to write down time stamps when I was editing this episode, but it's an hour long, and it's all puppets and bad movies, so dive into the whole thing!
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Pseudonym of US author Edward P Malerich (1940- ), author of The Miscast Gentleman (1978), a mildly intriguing Time-Travel tale whose protagonist is transported in adventures in Elizabethan England; and The Pirate of Hitchfield (1978), which similarly transports its protagonist into the seventeenth century, where he becomes involved with pirates. [JC]
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An occasionally used item of sf Terminology, describing travel at less than the speed of light – that is, constrained by the usual laws of Relativity, as distinct from the greater narrative convenience of Faster Than Light or FTL transit. The term seems to have been first used by Poul Anderson in "A Sun Invisible" (April 1966 Analog). [DRL]
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(1878-1943) UK soldier and author, who sometimes signed early books as Captain Charles Gilson and later publications as Major Charles Gilson, and whose tales for young male English readers are riddled with the class, racial and imperialist assumptions of his era. He is best known for fantasies like The Cat and the Curate: A Phenomenal Experience (1934), in which a cat is transformed into a seductive Middle Eastern lady, and for Lost-World tales like The Lost Island (November 1907-March 1908 The ...
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Japanese animated tv series (2018), in conjunction with the Manga by Satoshi Mizukami. J C Staff. Directed by Youhei Suzuki. Written by Satoshi Mizukami. Voice cast includes Atsushi Abe, Sayaka Haradi, Shiori Izawa, Rikiya Koyama and Kenji Nomura. Twelve 24-minute episodes to date. Colour. / The Invasion of Earth is not an infrequent genre trope, but the first Weapon being an enormous smiling teddy bear with ears for wings, a mass of (human) arms in place of legs and, upon its chest, ...
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(1939-2018) Australian editor and author, primarily a critic and historian of sf through his creation and editing of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [see below]; resident in the UK 1970-1988, in Australia from 1988; worked as an academic in English literature (1962-1968, 1971-1977), scripted television documentaries, was a Harkness Fellow in Film-making (1968-1970) in the USA, worked as a publisher's editor (1982-1983), often broadcast film and book reviews on BBC Radio from 1974 and ...


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14 Construction Engineering Squadron Deploys
14 Airfield Engineering Flight Lunenburg was established in 1994 as a deployable Total-Force construction engineering unit that was based on the Reserve Force. At that time, ways were found to create several Airfield Engineering Flights whose broad support benefitted from partnerships with the local community. 14 Airfield Engineering Squadron (now named 14 Construction Engineering Squadron) was established in 1997 to provide command and control after the formation of more such Flights.
Recruiting, training and deploying Reserve airfield/construction engineers can be a real challenge whether it is in developing the necessary set of technical skills and teamwork against the additional or the challenge of finding the time for deployment within the demands of a primary job. But, within a year of the first stand-up there was a Reserve journeyman plumber serving on the Golan Heights. Since then, members have served on most major deployments - both domestically and internationally.
14 CES became known as a unit that could quickly deploy personnel. This was the result of a training regime wherein all members were constantly training to remain current on all technical and "soldier" skills required to deploy on short notice. Success of this readiness posture was seen during Operation GUARANTOR (1998-99) when 14 CES was able to deploy 12 members to Macedonia on only seven days notice. Smaller missions, CF Station Alert, Technical Assistance Visits (TAV), embassy projects, Air National Guard projects and support to various Wings were normal but the first deployment of a Flight was to Camp Mirage on Operation APOLLO in 2002. This was the first deployment of a Reserve Flight, not only for the Squadron, but also the first for Canada since WW II.
14 AES deployed a Reserve Heavy Composite Flight to Afghanistan on a five month TAV (October 2006 - March 2007). That TAV comprised 17 members of 14 CES and was pulled together, trained, equipped and deployed in 56 days. They constructed a recreation and morale centre in Kandahar named "Canada House" that played an important part in the off-duty lives of Canadian Forces personnel deployed to Afghanistan. Their completed work was considered "outstanding" by the Air Force and the squadron was awarded the 2007 Patton-Cunnington Airfield Engineer Trophy for "the successful completion of a project of significant magnitude." In 2010 the Squadron was also awarded the Canadian Expeditionary Force Commander's Commendation for this work. That citation made note of the unit "...overcoming considerable difficulties to complete numerous critical infrastructure projects.." and the "…outstanding dedication and relentless effort of each member…."
The work of the new Construction Engineering Squadrons proved the concept that a Total-Force construction engineering unit that was based on the Reserve Force could contribute significantly to the Air Force's operational capability.
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Double NEIPA with Maple Syrup added.
L: Poured from a tallboy can to a snifter glass. Had a yellow-orange color and a cloudy consistency. There was a half inch of foamy, somewhat long-lasting head. Pretty good lacing.
S: A very nice aroma of maple syrup, hops, citrus fruit, malt, tropical fruit, and pine.
T: Tasted of little bit of malt (mostly in the finish), a hint of pine (gives it a little spark), a big shot of maple syrup (a dominant force), a moderate amount of hops, some citrus (lemon, orange), and a bit of tropical fruit (mango). One the more interesting DIPA flavors I've tried recently. Not as sweet as Decadent's Winter Spiced French Toast, but still delicious.
F: A good amount of carbonation with a smooth, slightly syrupy finish. Medium-bodied.
O: A well made, easy to drink DIPA. Worth a look.
From the bottom of the can: "DECVT" (unreadable) "828"
Appearance: The beer is very hazy but not completely opaque. It has a ton of visible carbonation along with a lot of suspended solids and particles. It has a nice thick white head with good retention and lacing.
Aroma: The beer has a light maple syrup and brown sugar aroma. There is a light aroma of alcohol.
Taste: It has a strong flavor of maple syrup. A little bit of alcohol comes through after a while but those first few sips from the glass are divine.
Mouthfeel: It is very smooth and slick feeling on the palate. It feels a lot like the texture of maple syrup and it leaves a slickness in the mouth after each sip. There is a light bitterness to the beer.
Overall: The can states that this is a "Double India Pale Ale with Maple Syrup Added" and it hits it right on the nose. It has a very pronounced maple syrup flavor. Being in a Double IPA might seem a bit strange but the hop characters don't clash with the sweetness at all. It is mostly a sweet tasting beer with just a bit of bitterness. It's not something I would drink often but I would drink it again. It's well made. I would recommend it.
Pours a clear orange-ish straw with particulate suspended. Head is two fingers of white foam and retains well. Aroma is herbal, resin and citrus hops. Figs and maple syrup add sweetness alongside the hops. Flavor profile is herbal, sticky resin and citrus hops and sweet maple syrup directly behind. Maple syrup is abrupt and strong, but mold into the profile well. Mouth feel is pillowy and soft with a touch of effervescence at the end. It has a medium thickness. Overall, maple syrup is apparent and sweet, but folds in well without every being cloyingly sweet. A very novel NE IPA.
Served in a 15.5oz Spiegalau tulip from a 16oz can.
16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent local release. Pours very hazy/cloudy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, maple syrup, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, maple syrup, and bready malt flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slight lingering resins/rinds. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.1%. Overall this is an incredible flavored NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, maple syrup, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish, fanatically soft feel. Amazingly juicy, and lightly dank/earthy Citra/Mosaic hop profile; with perfectly balanced maple syrup, and wheat/oat/malt backbone. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding spot on style example as expected. All of their NEIPAs are similarly impressive.
A very unique beer. Poured a hazy orange with some sediment and a good head. Smells of citrus and maple. Tastes of citrus at first and then maple syrup. Ends sweet. I like what somewhat else said about this, tastes like beer, tastes like dessert.
ABV marked at 9.1% on can. Drank from the can so no real information on the look. Smell is exceptional tons of maple syrup and sweet citrus mango hop bitterness. Taste is defiantly good but lacked the intensity of maple unlike the french toast. The difference I guess is an American IPA base. Not a bad IPA in face the maple in it is not dry or the hop base too bitter. It just didn't wow me like other entries to the series.
Pours clear, gold in color with 1/3 inch head. Taste is big maple syrup, grapefruit, and apricot. Great combination of very sweet and very bitter, medium bodied, with moderate carbonation. I have never had a beer like this. Tastes like beer, tastes like dessert. Definitely get both IPA and big maple. Excellent beer. At this point it is tough for me to have flavor combinations that I have not had yet, but this is totally new.
Poured a golden-orange body with one-finer head and no lace. The aroma has minimal notes of maple but is mostly soapy, earthy and dirty hops. Fuller-bodied beer with a dry, earthy, slightly bitter hoppiness. The maple syrup is more pronounced in taste than aroma as you get this sweet, maple syrup taste (slightly bacony) on the backend. Slow sipper due to heaviness and booze, not well-balanced but still enjoyable.
16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a good-sized head of foam. It smelled of maple syrup, citrus and toasted caramel. Really strong maple syrup taste. Almost couldn't taste any double IPA notes.


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RIVERDALE, N.Y.--The Connecticut College men´s cross country team opened their season in the Big Apple with the 16th Annual Meet of Champions, hosted by Iona College at Van Cortlandt Park. The Camels placed 17th in the 19 team field but 15 of those teams were Division 1 programs with Division II American International and Shawnee State, the third ranked team in the NAIA being the exceptions. Running with a split squad, the Camels scored 494 points to defeat Division I Youngstown State and Division III Ramapo. La Salle University won the meet with a score of 93 points. The University of Pennsylvania was second with 108 points. Albany placed third with 140 points. Junior co-captain Doug Wright (Darien, Conn.) placed 60th overall with a time of 26:25. Michael LeDuc (Canton, Conn.) was 90th overall with a time of 26:58. Senior Shawn Mulcahy (Lebanon, Conn.) posted a time of 27:29 as the 108th finisher. Andrew Duarte (Rocky Hill, Conn.) was 114th place in 27:57. Colin Gallant (Ashford, Conn.) posted a time of 28:46 in 122nd place. Brenner Green (Lisbon, Conn.) was the 123rd finisher with a time of 28:50. Tim Murtagh (Rowley, Mass.) was the seventh Camel to cross the finish line in 29:01. The Camels also competed in the UMass Dartmouth Invitational Saturday. Connecticut College placed 27th out of 36 teams with 764 points. Keene State College won the invitational with a score of 73 points. MIT and Brandeis were second and third with respective scores of 76 and 79 points. Sophomore Matt Boudreau (Bridgewater, Mass.) was the Camels´ top finisher in 137th place with a time of 27:52 on the 8k course. Hoitt Mcallister (McLean, Va.) was next with a time of 28:18 in 150th place. Andrew Majkut (Upton, Mass.) was the third Camel runner in 173rd place with a time of 28:59. Sophomore Patrick Myers (South Burlington, Vt.) posted a time of 29:23 as the 185th runner. Dan Post (Pepper Pike, Ohio) was next with a time of 29:41 in 199th place. Sophomore Jeff Beling (Framingham, Mass.) placed 216th overall with a time of 30:46. Billy Martinsky (Monroe, Conn.) rounded out the top seven in 218th place with a time of 30:50. Complete results from the UMass Dartmouth Invitational are available here . Complete results from the Iona College Meet of Champions are available here .


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Q: Displaying a widget only on long posts (over X characters) I'm looking to display a standard wordpress widget only on posts that are over X amount of characters in length (or another method that can roughly calculate the height of of a post.)
I am looking to include some additional advertising in the sidebar of my sites posts that are very long and thus have empty sidebar space. On shorter posts this is not necessary to display this large additional advert as then otherwise the sidebar would be longer than the main content body and cause issues with layout.
Does anybody know the best solution to achieve this?
I understand it may not be a common thing to ask, but if it's a simple enough solution it could be worth while to implement on the site. Thanks to anyone who can offer some assistance.

A: Use the function t5_word_count() from this answer and extend the method widget() in your widget class:
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A: Widget Context allows this as standard. You can select to only how on pages that more than or less than a set number of words!

A: How about doing it with some javascript?
I can think of a way:
1) Already add additional widgets to the sidebar, and make them hidden with css
2) On page load use some jquery to calculate the effective height of the post(main content area). This will also take images into account, instead of just words.
3) And comparing the height of main content and sidebar you can set visible those extra widgets
But this approach will have one problem, those widgets, even if they aren't displayed, are loaded on page load, so extra html, etc...
To avoid that you can load those widget content with ajax after page load, if extra widgets are to be shown. But that way I am not sure all of the widgets can be fetched through ajax. But for sure, ads can be..
Makes sense?

A: The Widget Logic plugin can filter the content of any widget.
You can hide the widget using the word count from Count the words.
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