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Beer tax supporters: Idea earning momentum

Posted by admin | News | Posted on April 21st, 2009

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- Beer tax supporters: Idea earning momentum
- Woman accused of buying beer for teens indicted
- Canadians cheer red wine beer
- You might as well stop blaming the “beer goggles”
- Wash. approves beer and wine at galleries
- Boston Beer CE realizes $7M from options
- City officials: Smoking ban may lead to more outdoor beer gardens

Beer tax supporters: Idea earning momentum
Bizjournals.com
The regon Partnership which helped craft House Bill 2461 said a Moore Information Inc. survey showed that 61 percent of regonians would favor a 15-cent a glass beer or wine cost increase if the money funded substance abuse treatment and prevention programs. The move would establish the Alcohol Impact Remediation Fund which would distribute money to various agencies that address treatment and recovery issues. If it passes it would take effect this fall.

Woman accused of buying beer for teens indicted
Seattle Times
— A Klamath Falls woman who allegedly bought 180 cans of beer for an underage drinking party is charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of an 18-year-old who attended. — A Klamath Falls woman who allegedly bought 180 cans of beer for an underage drinking party is charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of an 18-year-old who attended.
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Canadians cheer red wine beer
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You might as well stop blaming the “beer goggles”
Reuters UK
The study used 240 heterosexual people in bars and cafes aged 18-70 to look at photos of women and comment on their age and attractiveness. “verall participants who drank alcohol actually rated all the women in the photos as less attractive (compared to the participants who hadn’t drunk alcohol). This seemingly flies in the face of the commonly held notion of ‘beer goggles’” Egan said. “Beer goggles” is a popular English language slang term to describe a common theory that the more alcohol consumed by the participant the higher the attractiveness of the observed face of the opposite sex. Half of the participants consumed alcohol prior to the test and ranged from feeling “relaxed and benign” to “unambiguously drunk and probably mentally impaired. ” Results showed that alcohol and use of make-up had a minimal effect on how men perceive a woman’s age. (Reporting by Farah Master).

Wash. approves beer and wine at galleries
Seattle Post Intelligencer
approves beer and wine at galleries. — The Legislature has passed a bill that would allow wedding boutiques and art galleries to serve free beer and wine.

Boston Beer CE realizes $7M from options
Bizjournals.com
_5821E3E9ED6843658D01340BB9666E21. the brewer of Sam Adams beer realized nearly $7 million from exercising stock options in 2008. Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) CE Martin Roper acquired $197520 shares on option exercises realizing $6.

City officials: Smoking ban may lead to more outdoor beer gardens
Daily Republic
<br> A representative of Signatures the former Doc N Eddy?s at 716 N. won the council?s approval Monday to establish an enclosed outdoor beer garden on the south side of the building. The representative who did not identify himself said the request came after smoking customers expressed interest in an outdoor smoking area.