Day: July 13, 2010
What the hell is an “ozone warning?”
You have a TV station that reports temperature and rain, but the biggie now is called "ozone," and you don't even mention it like you do [an] allergy [alert]. The EPA website has Green /good thru yellow, orange, red and purple air-quality indexes — for what? They do not tell you what they are measuring. … Read more
Fight for your rights, even if it’s a losing fight
We, as a country, like to hold big business accountable. Look at the research done by the U.S. firm Vision Critical: Nearly 50 percent of Americans hold extremely negative opinions of BP because of the Gulf disaster, with a multitude of lawsuits being filed [against the company]. Lawsuits are being filed against Apple for reception … Read more
Brews news
Second Annual Hops Farm Tour It’s time to check out a couple of up-and-coming WNC hops farms with all your hophead friends. Hops trellising and more: Participants in 2009's first Hops Farm Tour admire the hops growing at Winding River Hops Farm in Weaverville. The second annual Hops Farm Tour takes place on July 31. … Read more
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler July 14-20: This could be interesting
Last week gave us at least two winners: Micmacs and Winter’s Bone, both of which scored with Asheville audiences even more highly than the national average. This week we look toward The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Cyrus and one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer, Christopher Nolan’s Inception.
