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NafenWorld HMM A4 xW jHjjiSIffigjj ll ng i THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This beer is so happy not to be stuck in a bottle that it can hardly contain itself Beer needs Breathing room THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If your idea of glassware for beer is limited to the bottle or can it comes in cheat ing yourself Beer needs air It like being bottled up reeing it from its glassy confine allows complexities to stand out An added benefit: burp less because some of the carbon dioxide can escape But what to drink if from? or many drinkers any glass will do even heaven forbid an icy mug pulled from the freezer If you store your mugs in the freezer do yourself a favor: Cold beer is one thing but beer served too cold dulls the taste buds and the frosted glass can pick up flavors from the freezer which will detract from the beer The icy coating can also water down beer Like wine a variety of glass ware is available for many styles most brew eries especially those over in Europe they have their own glass styles to go with theirstyles of said Jeffrey Walewski owner of Sharp Edge Creekhouse a Pittsburgh restaurant I look at some a The American pint glass: With its sides widening from bottom to top this standby is good enough for most beer styles The style developed from cocktail shakers Walew ski said (You likely have a cou pie of these in your cupboard perhaps pilfered from the local watering hole probably bearing the logo of a favorite brand You also probably feel no guilt about the theft) The mug: This vessel has fallen out of favor for the above mentioned pint glass Its thick walls do a good job of insulat ing beer and fine for typical American beers Hefeweizen glass: This tall glass flares out in a grace ful curve from bottom to top a treat to see a talented bartender place it atop a bottle turn them right side up and slowly lift the bottle to pour the beer The large glass has plenty of room for thick creamy head of foam Goblet: Stemmed glass Ses most often used in somevariation for complex Belgian beers Walewski said each Bel gian brewer has its own style of glass In Belgium he said bars serve one beer in another glass If a given glasses are all in use you have to pick another beer he said Pilsner These glasses re sembling a thicker version of a champagne flute make an at tractive presentation for their honey hued namesake brew Whatever glass is used it should be for beer only With milk especially fats can re main and detract from the head Glasses should be wash ed in hot water and allowed to air dry or more stories like this one go to TriCitiescom and click on the button THURSDAY MARCH 30 2006 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Total solar eclipse World witnesses rare event THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCRA Ghana Schoolchil dren clapped and cheered as the first total eclipse in years plunged Ghana into daytime darkness Wednesday a solar show sweeping northeast from Brazil to Mongol ia During the rare heavenly align ment all that could be seen of the sun were the rays of its corona the usually invisible extended atmosphere that glowed a dull yellow for about three minutes ba rely illuminating the west African nation Automatic street lights flickered on authorities sounded whistles and schoolchildren burst into ap plause across capital Ac cra Many in the deeply religious country of Christians and Mus lims said it bolstered their faith believe a wonderful work of God despite all what the scien tists said Solomon Pomenya a 52 year old doctor tells me that God is a true The last such eclipse in Novem ber 2003 was best viewed from Antarctica said Alex Young a NASA scientist involved in solar research if your hair was to stand up from static electricity kind of what the corona looks like all around the Young said But directly looking at the sun can damage the eyes with out proper protection About 12000 tourists from 40 countries and 20000 Libyans trekked out to three viewing spots in Libya one on the border with Egypt and two deep in the desert Tourism Ministry said Egyptian President Hosni Muba rak his wife and several ministers joined 8000 tourists and astronom ers from six countries in Solloum Egypt The town lay nearly dead center in the path of the total eclipse giving spectators nearly four minutes of darkness starting at 12:38 pm In Iraq Sunni and Shiite Mus lims were summoned to their mosques during the partial eclipse for a special prayer reserved for times of fear and natural disas ters Dozens shut down shops and left offices to gather in mosques particularly in the southern city of Basra home to many devout Muslims Even in Baghdad which has THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tourists gather in front of Apollo Temple to view a solar eclipse in the Turkish Mediterranean coastal resort of Side Antalya Wednesday rl 'T iMj been wracked by violence in re cent days people congregated to look at the sky Inside mosques they shouted is A total eclipse could be seen in Nalchik Russia about 870 miles south of Moscow People on the streets screamed some with fear and some in wonder and they were joined by the cawing of crows when the city fell into dark ness and temperatures plunged suddenly In Mediterranean town of Side hundreds streamed down a main street some carrying tri pods to an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Apollo It was and said Brian altinson of Victoria Canada who was in Turkey to witness his second eclipse just about made me Joaquim Boix traveled to Turkey from Barcelona Spain saying he became addicted to eclipses after seeing one in Germany Boix said the color the metallic blue green color on the skin of the people The sky with the stars in the background Usually you watch the stars in a black background The background is blue a special Astronomers and scientists from NASA and the San rancisco based Exploratorium science mu seum gathered in Side one of those experiences that makes you feel like part of the larger said NASA astronomer Janet Luhman NASA said'the best spot to view the eclipse was along the Turkish Mediterranean coast and Turks welcomed the many tourists aft er a recent bird flu outbreak and protests over the caricatures of Prophet Muhammad should happen more said Hamza Bikmaz who was sell ing eclipse shirts outside the theater West African governments scrambled to educate people about the dangers of looking at the eclipse without proper eye protection Authorities imported hundreds of thousands of pairs of special glasses that sold rapidly in capital Lome But villagers in the interior did not have access to the eyewear and officials urged them to stay home Superstition accompanied the path of the eclipse as it has for centuries One Indian newspaper advised pregnant women not to go outside during the eclipse to avoid having a baby who is blind or having a cleft lip ood cooked before the eclipse should be thrown out be cause it will be impure and those holding a knife or ax during the event will cut themselves the Hin dustan Times added In Tokat province wary residents set up tents outside despite assurances from scientists that there was no evidence of a link between earthquakes and eclipses In August 1999 an earthquake in northwestern Turkey killed some 17000 people just six days after a solar eclipse Total eclipses are rare because they require the tilted orbits of the sun moon and Earth to line up exactly so that the moon obscures the sun completely The next total eclipse will occur in 2008 UN demands Iran suspend uranium enrichment THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council de manded Wednesday that Iran suspend uranium en richment the first time the powerful body has directly urged Tehran to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons Iran remained defiant maintaining its right to nuclear power but insisting that it was committed to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and had no inten tion of seeking weapons of mass destruction and threats do not work with Iran Iran is a country that is allergic to pressure and to threats and Iranian Ambassador Javad Zarif said He later added that insists on its right to have access to nuclear technology for explicitly peaceful purposes We will not abandon that claim to our legitimate The 15 nation council unanimously approved a statement that will ask the UN nuclear watchdog the International Atomic En ergy Agency to report back in 30 days on compli ance with demands to stop enriching uranium Diplomats portrayed the statement which is not legally binding as a first modest step toward compelling Iran to make clear that its program is for peaceful purposes The Security Council could eventually impose econom ic sanctions though Russia and China say they oppose such tough measures council is expres sing its clear concern and is saying to Iran that it should comply with the wishes of the governing UN Ambassador Jean Marc de La Sabliere said The document was adopted by consensus and without a vote after a flurry of negotiations among the five veto wielding council members In the end Brit ain rance and the United States made several conces and threats do not work with Iran Iran is a country that is allergic to pressure and to threats and Javad Zarif Iranian Ambassador sions to China and Russia allies who wanted as mild a statement as pos sible Still the Western coun tries said the statement expresses the international shared con viction that Iran must comply with the governing board of the IAEA and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Enrichment is a process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material for a nuclear warhead Members of the council wanted to reach a deal before Thursday when foreign ministers from the five veto wielding council members and Germany meet in Berlin to discuss strategy on Iran Diplomats would not say exactly what will happen if Iran does not comply with the statement within 30 days but suggested that would be discussed by the foreign ministers in Berlin US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the statement an tant diplomatic that showed the international concern about Iran is more isolated now than she said in a statement Secu rity Presidential Statement sends an unmis takable message to Iran that its efforts to conceal its nuclear program and evade its international obliga tions are The council has struggled for three weeks to come up with a written rebuke that would urge Iran to comply with several demands from the board of the IAEA to clear up suspicions about its intentions Tehran in sists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes The West believes council action will help isolate Iran and put new pressure on it to clear up suspicions about its intentions They have proposed an incremental approach refusing to rule out sanctions US officials have said the threat of military action must also remain on the table Russia and China both allies of Iran oppose sanc tions They wanted any council statement to make explicit that the IAEA not me Security Council must take the lead in confronting The draft circulated to the council calls upon Iran to resolve outstanding ques tions and underlines the particular importance of re establishing full and sustained suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing 1.