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A new canned cold brew from Cuvée Coffee won’t just have the boost of caffeine in it. |
The locally based coffee roaster has added 10 mg of odorless, tasteless and water-soluble cannabidiol (CBD) hemp oil to its latest product, Nitro Hemp Oil Cold Brew. Hemp oil is derived from a varietal of the cannabis sativa plant, just like hemp’s more well-known cousin, marijuana. |
Unlike marijuana, hemp has only tiny amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical that gets you high, but it does have more CBD, a substance that is increasingly regarded as having medical benefits. |
With the new cold brew — releasing on April 20 at Cuvée’s East Sixth Street coffee bar— Cuvée aims to combine "the functional benefits of hemp oil with the power of caffeine," according to a press release. |
Cuvee Coffee was the first purveyor to release nitro cold brew in cans, and now the local coffee roaster also has debuted one of the first coffee products with hemp oil. |
Want the hemp oil in more than just the cold brew? Cuvée Coffee partnered with California-based Natural Plant Extracts USA to prepare a hemp oil product specific for cold brew, and it’s something that customers of the coffee shop can now add to any drink order for an additional $2.50. |
On April 20 (which doubles as 4/20, a day marijuana advocates celebrate), the launch party for Cuvée’s latest offering will have free samples, happy hour pricing and a Q&A with a representative from Natural Plant Extracts so you can learn about hemp and CBD, among other activities. |
"While the exact health benefits of CBD hemp oil are still being researched, this new product is the brainchild of our owner, Mike McKim," the Facebook event reads. "Mike believes the high caffeine content in cold brew paired with the health benefits of hemp oil can improve your mood, keep you alert and focused, aid ph... |
Hemp and products containing hemp — which have been on the rise lately as the benefits of CBD and medical marijuana have begun to be recognized — are completely legal in all 50 states because they lack discernible amounts of THC. Some of the things you’ll see now? Los Angeles bartenders are incorporating CBD oil in the... |
Cuvée Coffee’s new cold brew is one of the first hemp oil-infused coffee products in the country, according to McKim. |
Independence Brewing’s release of their first double IPA, Highboy. To celebrate, the East Austin brewery is screening stoner comedy "Friday." Attendees will receive a complimentary bowl of Cap’n Crunch at the beginning of the film, as well as enjoy hot dogs, popcorn, hop-brownies, and beer like Highboy and the Stash IP... |
Construction has begun on the Ella Elizabeth Hise Museum of Regional Art at Southeastern Illinois College. SIC officials say the museum, funded entirely by a private donation, will add to the educational opportunities the college provides. |
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -- The statistics are in and the facts are evident: Community colleges in Southern Illinois and across the nation are experiencing a significant and long-term enrollment decline. |
Numbers from the Illinois Board of Higher Education show that from 2012 to 2016, John A. Logan's head count fell 41 percent; Rend Lake College, 35 percent; and Shawnee Community College and Southeastern Illinois College, 13 percent each. |
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported that this spring, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.3 percent from the previous spring. For two-year public institutions, enrollment was down 2 percent across the nation. |
But at John A Logan, the 10th day head count for spring 2018 was 19.6 percent lower than spring 2017, and total credit hours dropped 4 percent. |
"A large portion of this drop was in the continuing education area, which no longer enrolls credit students, and in the Center for Business and Industry, which lost many credit courses," explained Eric Pulley, director of institutional research at Logan. |
President Ron House called the "revamping and changing" of these courses as an ongoing process. |
"It's been happening for well over a year and will continue for probably another year or so," he said. "Our courses had not been reviewed for many years, so it was time. |
Pulley argues that head counts in the transfer and career areas of the college "provide a more accurate reflection of enrollment trends" because they enroll the more traditional-type of college student, one that carries a full-time load of about 12 credit hours, and because they represent about 94.2 percent of total en... |
"When looking solely at the transfer and career areas of the college, the total head count drop and the total credit hour drop was only 3.6 percent each," he said. |
While John A. Logan's enrollment decline is markedly steeper than other Southern Illinois community colleges, the spring numbers across the region paint a pretty negative picture. |
At Rend Lake College, the unduplicated head count for spring 2018 was down 17 percent from 2017, and total credit hours dropped seven percent. |
"Like most colleges and universities across the state, our enrollment is seeing the same decreases," said ReAnne Palmer, Rend Lake College public information officer. "Despite what's happening in Illinois, we're continuing to give our students the best education and services we can." |
At Shawnee College, enrollment dropped 15 percent from spring 2017 to spring 2018. Credit hours in the same time period dropped 3 percent. |
"The enrollment at Shawnee has seen a consistent decline over the past 10 years for many reasons," President Peggy Bradford said. "There are some other factors to be considered; declining population, limited online courses and degrees, and failure to offer classes in areas students desire to enroll in or during times w... |
"The good news is that we are currently increasing our opportunities for offering online courses and degrees, dual credit courses, new programs in Career Technology and Education and transferable degree offerings," she said. "We expect to reverse this trend by providing these additional options for our students." |
At Southeastern Illinois college, head count fell seven percent from spring 2017 to spring 2018, and credit hours fell eight percent. |
"Last spring, like most community colleges, SIC saw a decline in enrollment," said Gina Sirach, executive dean of academic services. "For SIC, the main reason is that our high schools are smaller, as they are in much of the region and Midwest. Our freshman class of two years ago was very small and they are cycling thro... |
There are a number of reasons for this nationwide enrollment decline at community colleges. Illinois education officials blame higher tuition costs, less state funding (but more state pressure to improve), and more potential students working instead of enrolling. |
Those in support of laying at least some of the blame on the state cite the numbers. State funding fell 36.9 percent from 2008 to 2017, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. That's the nation's third highest reduction in state education funding. Only Arizona, at 53.8 percent less, and Louisiana at 43... |
Many believe that when unemployment is low and jobs are easier to find, more adults choose earning over learning. That belief is supported by data from Inside Higher Ed that shows two-year colleges have been coping with declining enrollments since 2009, when the Great Recession ended and the national unemployment rate ... |
The Educational Advisory Board cites two trends: fewer adult learners age 25 and older and the declining number of high school graduates as reasons for enrollment decline. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education takes that last reason a few years further, projecting the number of U.S. high school graduat... |
Part of the reason for this anticipated precipitous enrollment decline, according to experts, is because of low birthrates during the Great Recession (December 2007 through June 2009), which translate into fewer 18- to 22-year-olds, the traditional age of college students, starting in 2025. |
Another reason, according to the EAB, is the failure of community colleges to retain students. The board found that out of every 100 students who apply to a two-year college, an average of 56 are lost before classes begin -- when students are dealing with paperwork, placement testing, orientation and registration -- 23... |
Meanwhile, back in Southern Illinois, the enrollment decline continued this summer. |
John A. Logan College's total 10th Day head count for summer was down 26 percent from summer 2017, and total credit hours decreased by seven percent. But if you only use numbers from the transfer and career areas of Logan -- as the director of institutional research at Logan directs -- the numbers improve exponentially... |
At Rend Lake College this summer, the 10th Day unduplicated head count was .9 percent higher than summer 2017, while total credit hours decreased six percent. |
Rob Betts, director of communications at Shawnee Community College said that "10th Day numbers were not yet available." |
Southeastern is the single bright spot, once again, in an otherwise dark picture. SIC's head count for summer 2018 is 892, down only 6 students or 0.7 percent (statistically flat) from 898 in 2017, and credits are down only 17 or 0.6 percent (statistically flat). |
"This summer's enrollment trend shows flat credit hours and head count, which is a good indicator given numbers are still down in the state and Midwest, for the most part," Sirach said. |
Angela Wilson, SIC's executive director of marketing and public relations, said that Southeastern has implemented a number of initiatives in response to recent lower enrollment, including "creating some new programs with jobs of interest available in the area," such as Biotechnology, and Veterinarian's Assistant and Ma... |
SIC has also started recruiting from out-of-state counties along the Illinois border; has increased scholarships; has started competitive team offerings including 3-D and indoor archery and bowling; and has expanded services for student retention, including a new early warning system if a student is struggling academic... |
"SIC maintains a strong full-time instructor to student ratio (16:1) and enhances one-on-one contact for stronger retention efforts," Wilson said. "Additionally, we are looking into more dual-credit partnerships with high schools both in our district and in border-county areas. |
"With a stable state budget now, SIC is planning enhanced student learning spaces, including a redesign of our library, media services and online support areas, and our Student Success Center into one flowing 'learning commons' area to appeal to student needs and increase support for them," she said. "This also include... |
"Additionally, a 100 percent donor-funded regional museum of art is currently under construction, increasing our offerings in the Humanities division, and increasing our appeal and services to the communities we serve, from a cultural standpoint." |
"At John A. Logan College there are plenty of new ideas, plans, programs and initiatives to combat declining enrollments in the state and nation," House, the JALC president, said. They include growing dual-credit programs, expanding online course offerings, expanding popular programs and adding new ones, and adopting a... |
House also said that the college is working on an enrollment management plan, "one that will help each student set clear goals and objectives and apply measures to ensure continued growth." |
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sept. 11 appealed to Russia, Iran and Turkey to “spare no effort to find solutions that protect civilians” in Syria’s Idlib and said it was “absolutely essential” a full-scale battle was avoided. |
Senior officials from Russia, Iran and Turkey met with U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva on Tuesday. The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia met in Tehran on Sept. 8 but failed to agree on a ceasefire in Idlib. |
Russia briefed the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Sept. 11 on the Tehran meeting, which was held as part of the so-called Astana process. |
Lagunitas Brewing Co., a Heineken-owned brewing company with headquarters in Petaluma, announced Tuesday that it would be laying off 12 percent of its workforce. The brewery cited a "retrenchment of the American craft beer market" as the reason for the layoffs, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported. |
In addition to the main brewing operation in the North Bay, Lagunitas also has two taprooms in Seattle and Azusa, California, and a second brewing facility in Chicago. More than 100 people in every department of the roughly 900-person company will be affected, although the Petaluma location will experience most of the ... |
"The craft beer market is rapidly evolving and, in many ways, more challenging," said Lagunitas CEO Maria Stipp in a statement. "More breweries, more choices ... very much like the late '90s when the craft beer segment had similar pressure." |
Stipp said to combat the slowing of the market, the company would be refocusing on taking "steps to drive our flagship IPA." That beer, the Lagunitas IPA, is considered one of the paradigmatic examples of the West Coast IPA style. |
8 Northern California craft breweries among 50 largest in U.S. |
"We do not take this lightly and are making every effort to do it in the right way, as these actions impact our valued co-workers, friends and community who have contributed to our tribe story," the statement continues. |
Lagunitas Brewing was founded by Tony Magee in 1993 with a 420-friendly aesthetic and a penchant for resinous, "dank" IPAs and hoppy style-beers. The company grew exponentially over the next 20 years, but in 2015, Magee sold a 50 percent stake to Heineken. In 2017, Heineken purchased the other half. The company was val... |
Lagunitas has recently been exploring non-beer business possibilities, starting with launching the production of Hi Fi Hops, a non-alcoholic sparkling water infused with THC in June. Shortly thereafter, the company released another non-alcoholic hop-flavored sparkling water. |
Such struggles are not unique to Lagunitas. A year ago, Anheuser-Busch InBev's High End division, which manages Golden Road, 10 Barrel and others laid off 90 percent of its sales division. In June, San Diego's Green Flash Brewing scaled back plans to expand distribution to 32 states and laid off 15 percent of its workf... |
It promises to be a very busy weekend in the Allianz Leagues with 21 games taking place on Saturday across football and hurling. |
A full round of fixtures will take place in the football league and the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) has fixed the three hurling quarter-finals, originally scheduled to take place last weekend, for the same day. |
Kilkenny will also play Cork in the Division 1A relegation playoff. |
As is tradition, the All-Ireland club hurling and football finals will take place on St Patrick's Day (Sunday) at GAA headquarters. |
Considering that Christian Grey claims to exercise control in all things, it’s safe to say he’d be more than happy with Fifty Shades of Grey’s release. After controlling the box office in its opening week, the film’s soundtrack has now gone on to make a statement of its own. |
According to Billboard, the film’s official soundtrack came in at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200, selling 258,000 units. And with 210,000 of those units being traditional album sales, it marks the largest sales debut for a soundtrack since 2009’s Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which sold 373,000. |
However, unlike This Is It, Fifty Shades of Grey has a multi-artist soundtrack. Taking that into considering, the last multi-artist compilation to debut bigger than Fifty Shades was 2005’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which sold 317,000 in its first week. |
The head of delegation for Team Ireland at the Special Olympics Summer Games in Abu Dhabi has said she hopes people turn out at Dublin Airport tomorrow afternoon to welcome the team home. |
Team Ireland return to Dublin at around 2pm tomorrow laden down with a haul of 86 medals. |
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Emma McMenamin said the team "have had a fantastic games and are coming home with a quite a significant medal and ribbon haul". |
Ms McMenamin said there have been a number of standout performances, including by the ladies basketball team, the Bocce team and by Co Donegal gymnast Patrick Quinlivan. |
However, she said the beauty of the Special Olympics programme is the opportunities it provides athletes. |
"Yes we are a sports organisation and we provide the competitive opportunity for our athletes, but there is a holistic approach and it is a huge experience for them in terms of independence, finding their own feet and finding who they are. |
"We've about eight athletes who, until they got on the plane on 7 March had never been on a plane, had never left Ireland, had never been away from their families - that is a huge learning curve for them and to do it while representing their country, I think they've shown great strength." |
Ms McMenamin said the families of athletes would be in the arrivals lounge of Dublin Airport tomorrow for "an informal reception", and she encouraged members of the public to turn out and show their support. |
At its best, Afghan cooking is a homey cuisine. Those encountering it for the first time are often surprised to find that behind such transporting titles as mantu, badenjan, and aushak lurk such humble, comforting fare—meat sauces, dumplings, and hearty soups and stews. |
Balancing the exotic and the familiar has long distinguished this Bethesda restaurant, where even the dining room has the allure of a distant hideaway. The menu isn’t the most extensive for Afghan in the area, and it can feel duplicative, with multiple variations on a single theme, but the cooking manages the trick of ... |
Is 'Edge of Tomorrow' Doomed to Be Beloved but Little-Seen? |
Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi action movie, Edge of Tomorrow, is getting fantastic reviews, but it has a weak box office forecast. |
Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi action movie, Edge of Tomorrow, is getting fantastic reviews, but it has a weak box office forecast. What gives? Is it doomed to be underrated, at least here in America? |
The Wall Street Journal's Ben Fritz wrote today that the movie, which stars Cruise and Emily Bunt, is "poised to be Hollywood’s first big budget flop of the summer." Doug Liman's film, in which Cruise's character is forced to live the same day battling aliens over and over again, cost $178 million, making a predicted b... |
But what about those great reviews? Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations Co. told The Wire that Edge of Tomorrow's "prospects have been rising in the last couple of weeks," after box office sages lowballed its opening numbers initially. Bock now thinks it will open in the low- to mid-$30 million rage Meanwhile, Managing Ed... |
Still, consensus in the press remains that the movie is going to have to do well overseas, where it has already opened, to be considered a success with its budget. Even that's not a sure thing. The movie only raked in $20 million in its opening in 28 markets last weekend, struggling up against Maleficent and Days of Fu... |
"I think part of it is Tom Cruise has sort of lost his luster at least domestically," Bock told us, adding later: "I think there comes a time when star power just fades." Cruise's last big hit domestically was 2011's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which brought in $209.4 million, but that had the franchise aspec... |
What's unfortunate for Edge of Tomorrow is that a summer blockbuster has to have a strong opening weekend to have any chance of sustaining itself, Bock explained. Next weekend it will face off against the sequels 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2. "Sci-fi is not known for having a very long life at the box ... |
The Daily News understands the school has been suffering recurrent attacks from the goblins since 2008. Speaking during the launch of the Churches Convergence on Peace (CCOP), Zimbabwe Christian Alliance’s Matabeleland North provincial administrator Siyaphambili Moyo said CCOP — a consortium of faith-based organisation... |
“Our teachers have suffered sleepless nights because of the goblins that have terrorised the school. “The goblins make noise from 12pm till 5am. They scratch windows and doors, get inside and sleep in the beds causing much fear. |
“Sometimes, the teachers wake up with swollen faces and painful bodies,” said Moyo. “The problem started in 2008, cooled down a bit and started again in 2012 and 2017. “We had some Zion churches who descended at the school in 2017 to do some cleansing rituals and for a while everything appeared to have gone back to nor... |
He, however, said traditional leaders were set to meet with members of the community and the district education officials to deliberate on the matter. “I have not met with the school officials but according to the information that I have the school is still closed. “I have been away for some time and we have called a m... |
“We have asked the DA to be part of the meeting as I understand he has also been briefed about the problem,” he said. |
“Representatives from the ministry of Education will also be present as this is a very serious matter; some people feel they have been violated. |
Jordan Peele (born February 21, 1979) wrote and directed Get Out, a horror movie about racism that became a breakout hit and the most profitable film of 2017; the success of this film garnered Peele an Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a nomination for Best Director. In June 2017, he was invited to joi... |
Director Jordan Peele attends the MoMA's Contenders Screening of 'Get Out' at MOMA on November 15, 2017 in New York City. |
Get Out, a horror movie written and directed by Peele, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 and had a wide theatrical release the next month. The film is about a black man who goes to visit his white girlfriend's family for the first time. Early scenes showed some of the racial slights offered b... |
Though he's married to a white woman, Chelsea Peretti, Peele has explained he wrote this film before the two started dating. One source of inspiration came from the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency: as segments of society heralded the arrival of a post-racial future, Peele felt compelled to show how... |
Peele assumed a horror film about race, which took the existence of racism seriously, would never be produced. Fortunately, the movie not only got made, it became an enormous box office and critical success, bringing in more than $250 million worldwide (making it the year's most profitable film, as it had been pro... |
Get Out was released as a horror film, and has the requisite shocks and scares, but Peele considers his movie more of a "social thriller" like Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Stepford Wives (1975), meaning society itself is a villain. Peele also felt that a gripping tale would allow both black and non-black audienc... |
Around the time he learned that Get Out was up for Oscar consideration, Peele announced that he was done with acting, telling CBS News that it wasn't as much fun as directing. He later revealed that he had made the decision earlier, after being offered a part in the animated The Emoji Movie (2017). Initially offer... |
For his second feature film, Peele returned to the horror genre with Us (2019). Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss and Winston Duke, the fright flick focuses on the Wilson family and their encounter with mysterious doppelgängers while on vacation. |
Us drew strong reviews ahead of its release, with Empire calling it a "stunning sophomore effort," and the film went on to generate an impressive $70 million at the box office over its opening weekend. |
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