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VANCOUVER — If these are in fact the dog days of summer – at least the tail end of them -- then the tendency might be to say that the Vancouver Whitecaps are looking a little bit like a 14-year-old mongrel curled up on the rug with that droopy-eyed, just-let-me-rest-a-bit expression.
Playing Saturday without their goal-scoring leader, Camilo, who has a slight groin pull, the Caps suffered a rare defeat at home, dropping a 1-0 decision at B.C. Place to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
It was the fourth loss in the last six games overall for the Caps (10-9-6) and the third time they've been blanked in the last five games.
Still, for much of the game, they looked as lively as a 10-month-old puppy chasing his tail, sticks or tennis balls.
After going down 1-0 just three minutes in after a couple of glaring miscues, the Caps rallied to throw all kinds of pressure at the Los Angeles goal, particularly in the second half. But the highest scoring team at home in MLS was stymied by a goal post, a few off-target strikes and a moment of pure brilliance by Galaxy goal keeper Jaimie Penedo.
The Panamanian international, recently signed and making just his second start, made one of the saves of the season in the 82nd minute, getting off his belly and diving back across goal to get his right hand on a left-footed shot by Jordan Harvey from close range.
The Caps fullback, who has a surprising four goals on the season, had collected a rebound off the post from the foot of Kekuta Manneh and made a lunging stab at the ball towards an open goal. He was shocked to see Penedo make the save.
"I thought we got forward, we created a number of good chances, but it was just one of those nights,"
said Caps head coach Martin Rennie. "A goalkeeper makes an unbelievable save and there's a number of incidents in the box that felt like could have gone our way and they didn't and you end up on the wrong end of a 1-nil."
The Caps vociferously complained a few times about non-calls from referee Armando Villareal on what they thought were hand balls in the box. Perhaps the Galaxy, who are starting to get hot (12-9-4) after a slow start, were just getting the kind of calls that two-time reigning MLS champions tend to get.
"It feels like that," said Rennie.
The loss was just the second in 13 home games for the Caps, but it was costly in the ridiculously tight West. Vancouver, tied for fifth with FC Dallas when play began Saturday, could have moved into a tie for second with a win. Now, they're sixth after Dallas earned a point in a 2-2 draw with San Jose, and could fall to seventh if Seattle beats Portland on Sunday.
The decision to start veteran centre back Andy O'Brien for the first time since June 8 backfired almost immediately as he got his signals crossed with partner Johnny Leveron in the third minute, leading to an early Los Angeles goal.
After Matt Watson turned the ball over a midfield with a casual back heel pass, the Galaxy quickly broke the other way. As a pass went to Robbie Keane, both O'Brien and Leveron converged on the Los Angeles striker. Leveron got a foot in, only to have the ball go directly to a wide-open Landon Donovan.
He moved forward into a gaping hole and blasted a shot high past helpless Caps' goalkeeper David Ousted from 22 yards.
"Three of us were attracted to the ball," said O'Brien when asked if there mis-communication between he and Leveron.
"But it was a super finish (by Donovan). To hit it so well with his left foot, it decided the game. We deserved more out of the game . . . but sometimes a bit of brilliances like that separates winning and losing."
Vancouver did bounce back aggressively, with Russell Teibert sending a handful of good crosses into the box. On the Caps best chance, Darren Mattocks took a short ball from Teibert and found Kenny Miller on the six-yard line at the far post, but the ball bounced awkwardly, up and off the striker's arm.
Gershon Koffie, Leveron and Nigel Reo-Coker all had long range shots go either wide or were stopped.
Reo-Coker, who is still looking for his first MLS goal, had another good chance from just inside the box in the second half, only to shoot wide.
With speedster Kekuta Manneh subbing on at halftime for Watson, the Caps continued to pressure the Los Angeles back line.
In the 53rd minute, after a terrific run down the right by Teibert, his cross, pulled back to the penalty spot, was muffed by Mattocks, but the ball went directly to Miller. His left-footed shot, with Penedo at his mercy, went well wide and the Scotsman buried his head in his hands in disbelief.
"For long spells of the game, it felt like we were in control," said Miller. "The start of the game was disappointing . . . but the rest of the game, there was a lot of positives to take.
"It was one of those games where the ball just didn't want to cross the line."
And now for the first time in weeks, the Caps find themselves below a line, the one that separates the top five in the West and the playoff pretenders who are on the outside looking in.


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Insurance Commission offers Tips for Fire Claims
August 20, 2013
"Anyone with an insured property claim should contact their insurance agent or company immediately," said Commissioner Kiser. "Be sure the company adjuster knows how to contact you and how to get to your home/cabin, or other property that has been damaged or destroyed by the fire."
Immediately Following the Disaster
o Once you gain access to your property take pictures of the damage if it looks like the adjuster will be delayed.
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Seven U.S. Banks Seized in Busiest Year for Closures Since 1992
By Ari Levy and Flynn McRoberts
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Six banks in Illinois and one in Texas were seized by regulators as the deepening financial crisis pushed the toll of failed U.S. lenders this year to 52, the most since 1992.
Twelve banks have failed this year in Illinois, the most of any state. The seven lenders seized yesterday, with total assets of $1.49 billion and deposits of $1.34 billion, were closed by state or federal regulators and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver, according to statements from the FDIC. Buyers were named for each of the closed institutions.
The Illinois banks are affiliates of Peotone Bank & Trust Co., in Peotone, Illinois, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of Chicago. The failures resulted primarily because of soured loans and losses on investments in collateralized debt obligations, the FDIC said. Illinois, with an unemployment rate above the national average, was one of seven states to begin the fiscal year without a spending plan.
"The six failed Illinois banks are all controlled by one family and followed a similar business model that created concentrated exposure in each institution," the FDIC said. CDOs, which packaged bonds and loans into notes of varying risk and yield, lost money as real estate defaults soared.
Regulators this year have closed the most banks since the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1990s as lenders struggle with mounting losses on mortgages and commercial loans. The total for 2009 is more than double the 25 banks shuttered in 2008 and surpasses the 50 that were closed in 1993. The prior year there were 181 failures or government-assisted transactions.
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The FDIC estimates yesterday's seizures will cost its insurance fund $314.3 million. The regulator imposed an emergency fee in May to raise $5.6 billion to rebuild the fund, which has deteriorated in the past 18 months. More assessments are possible, the FDIC said.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, refused to sign a budget because lawmakers failed to approve raising the income tax. In his original $53 billion budget proposal in March, the governor sought personal and corporate tax increases to help eliminate an $11.6 billion deficit and maintain state services.
Chicago is 280 miles from Detroit, home to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which were forced into bankruptcy. Lear Corp., the Southfield, Michigan-based maker of automotive seats, announced plans yesterday to enter bankruptcy. The unemployment rate in Illinois was 10.1 percent in May, compared with 9.4 percent nationally.
'A Mess'
"This is a mess," said Jack Ablin, who oversees $60 billion as chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago. "We're a manufacturing state and in the Midwest, so we're influenced by the autos."
In addition to CDOs, the failed banks were plagued by losses on commercial real estate loans. Founders Bank of Worth, the biggest of the Illinois banks seized yesterday, had $374 million in construction and commercial real estate loans as of March, accounting for 63 percent of the bank's net loans and leases, according to a regulatory report.
Millennium State Bank of Texas, the Dallas-based bank taken over yesterday, had $67.5 million in such loans, or 81 percent of its total loans.
"The common denominator for most of the bank failures so far has been troubled construction loans," said Matthew Anderson of Foresight Analytics, an Oakland, California-based real estate research firm. "There's no easy way out with defaulted construction loans in today's environment."
The Illinois banks have a combined 29 branches, which will all open under new ownership by July 6, the FDIC said. Millennium's lone office will open that day as a unit of Irvine- based State Bank of Texas.
The following table lists the banks that were seized yesterday. Asset and deposit figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Failed Bank Buyer Assets Deposits
Founders Bank PrivateBank & Trust 962.5 848.9 Worth, IL Chicago
First National First Financial 166 147 Danville, IL Terre Haute, IN
Millennium State State Bank of Texas 118 115 Dallas Irving
Rock River Bank Harvard State Bank 77 75.8 Oregon, IL Harvard, IL
Elizabeth State Bank Galena State Bank 55.5 50.4 Elizabeth, IL Galena, IL
John Warner State Bank of Lincoln 70 64 Clinton, IL Lincoln, IL
First State Bank First National 36 34 Winchester, IL Beardstown, IL
Collateralized Debt Obligations (derivatives) and Commercial Real Estate. This is a situation that is going to get much, much worse over time. The small local and regional banks' exposure is immense as many funded enterprises that were larger than they should have been invested in, exposing themselves to too much risk. Investing in securitized debt is just silly for a small institution, again, many of them simply did not understand the risk involved.
As these small banks fail, their parts move up the food chain. Eventually those parts will find their way right back to the very institutions that created the derivatives mess in the first place. The debt needs to be cleared, as in defaulted, but so much of it has been moved onto the government roles that the government has now defaulted on her debt – that's what "quantitative easing" is – when one can no longer finance their debts, and needs to issue more debt to remain cash solvent, then they are bankrupt and by printing money to buy one's own debt, we have in fact defaulted to those who hold our debts as the money they will be paid back with is being devalued by that process. This creates a negative feedback loop, a death spiral of debt.
The FDIC is as INSOLVENT as the banks that it backstops. They have no real money as all their fees were added to the general fund and SPENT. Even their ledger balance is now wiped out and they are asking Congress to be replenished. The failure of our debt based system is now accelerating. Small bank failures are but one symptom. Hey, that's what happens when you live life in the credit fast lane!
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Dayton, Ohio-based Standard Register, a leader in critical communications management solutions, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012. The company reported fourth quarter 2012 revenue of $143.6 million and a net loss of $0.2 million or $0.01 per share. The results compare to 2011 fourth quarter revenue of $161.4 million and a net loss of $95.5 million or $3.28 per share. The 2011 fourth quarter loss included a non-cash charge of $89.5 million to establish a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets.
Non-GAAP net income from operations after adjustments for pension loss amortization, pension settlement, restructuring charges, postretirement plan termination, tax effect of adjustments and deferred tax valuation allowances was $4.0 million or $0.14 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $0.9 million or $0.03 per share for the same period in 2011.
For the full 12 months of 2012, the company reported revenue of $602.0 million and a net loss of $9.1 million or $0.31 per share. The results compare to full year 2011 revenue of $648.1 million and a net loss of $87.7 million or $3.02 per share. Full year 2011 included the $89.5 million valuation allowance and a $20.2 million one-time gain from the termination of the postretirement health care plan.
Non-GAAP adjusted net income from operations for the full year 2012 was $12.2 million or $0.42 per share compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $7.7 million or $0.26 per share for the prior year.
"Operational performance continues to improve, which is an indicator that customers are seeing the value of our transition from a traditional printing company to a provider of communications and marketing solutions across multiple delivery channels," said Joseph P. Morgan, Jr., president and chief executive officer. "The restructuring plan that we introduced in January 2012 has resulted in improvements in efficiency as well as helping us align our cost structure with our resources. We are building a sustainable enterprise based on our recognized expertise in managing workflow and our platform of marketing, communications and program management for business and health care."


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Activists have set up a petition urging TV bosses to drop convicted rapist Mike Tyson from an upcoming episode of crime drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
The former boxer has landed a cameo role in a new episode of the cop show, playing a murderer with a murky past, but the casting has infuriated campaigners against sexual violence.
The series often features storylines about sex crimes, and activists claim producers should have avoided casting Tyson because of his 1992 rape conviction.
A petition urging show bosses to drop Tyson has been set up on the Change.org website and has attracted more than 6,300 signatures so far.
The petition is addressed to TV chiefs at the show and at American network NBC and states, "We are requesting that you re-consider your decision to have Mike Tyson on Law and Order: SVU. While we understand Mr. Tyson has served his time, it seems as though the only person who will benefit from his guest appearance will be him.
"There are many sexual assault survivors as well as others who consider your decision to be in poor judgement. Mr. Tyson has never publicly apologised to his victim nor has he admitted his crime... Your show has been a great comfort for so many and is one of the few media outlets that discourages victim-blaming. We would like for the show to continue to have that same integrity."
Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison after he was convicted of raping beauty queen Desiree Washington, then 18, in an Indianapolis hotel room in 1991. He was released in 1995 after serving three years behind bars.
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Kipnis shines among baseball's brightest stars
Tribe second baseman slashes RBI double in Midsummer Classic debut
NEW YORK -- This might be the All-Star break, but it didn't put a pause in Jason Kipnis' sensational surge at the plate.
Kipnis made the most of his All-Star moment Tuesday night at a sold-out Citi Field. Selected to the game for the first time in his career and brought in off the bench in the late innings, Kipnis ripped an RBI double off Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel to pad the American League lead in a 3-0 victory over the NL in the 84th Midsummer Classic.
"Not only to get to play in it but to do something like that?" Kipnis said. "This is fun for me."
What, you expected the guy with a .397 average dating back to June 5 to suddenly cool off? Not in the 90-degree heat of Queens, and certainly not with the whole world watching.
Kipnis wanted not just to soak up this moment but to shine, and being here, representing a team and a town, he felt a newfound sense of belonging in one of baseball's most special fraternities.
"It's one thing to look at yourself and say your stats compare to the others," Kipnis said. "But once you get peer recognition, once you get in front of guys who you've only played against a couple times but they know your face and call you by your name, you start to realize, 'Hey, I kind of do fit in here, I do belong.'"
Kipnis proved it. His teammate Justin Masterson, meanwhile, didn't get that chance. AL manager Jim Leyland used starters Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, Felix Hernandez and Matt Moore, then dipped into his deep crew of relievers, leaving Masterson waiting in the wings.
No worries, though, for Masterson knew all along that being here at the Midsummer Classic was more important than actually being in it.
"I think, by default, by being a part of this, you gain a little more respect in the eyes of everyone around the league, around the world, whatever it may be," he said. "Just like Terry Francona has won a couple World Series, so by default he's going to get a lot of respect for that. This isn't a World Series, obviously, but for us to be in this situation, we're a part of the great players of this first half, this season, and it's a big deal."
Indeed, though they got a grab bag of expensive gifts and gear, hearty applause from the masses assembled along 42nd Street to scope out the All-Star parade and a multitude of memories from fraternizing with some of the Major Leagues' best and brightest, the overall recognition was what really resonated for the Tribe duo.
"I definitely grew up watching these games," Kipnis said. "To experience it now and see the behind-the-scenes is a neat transition."
Kipnis, it seems, will transition seamlessly into the ceremonial second half, if that clutch double is any indication.
The AL roster had four second basemen, so there was some question as to whether Kipnis would even get to step onto the field. But he moved up in the pecking order when AL starter Robinson Cano was plunked by a Matt Harvey pitch in the first inning and wound up coming out of the game. Dustin Pedroia replaced Cano, and Kipnis replaced Pedroia in the field in the seventh. It was in the eighth when Kipnis got to play a part in the game's signature moment -- Mariano Rivera's 1-2-3 inning that earned him the All-Star Game MVP. Kipnis made the play for the first out on a grounder by righty-swinging Jean Segura.
"Almost for a second you kind of just want to watch," Kipnis joked. "You kind of hope you don't have any balls hit to you. But with him throwing that cutter and guys slapping it the other way, you figured one might be coming your way. I'm just happy I made the play on this one."
Kipnis' double also came in the eighth. Facing the hard-throwing Kimbrel, he was looking fastball, and he got one in a 1-1 count. The double put a fine finishing touch on the AL's offensive output on a night in which the Junior Circuit ended a three-year All-Star losing streak. So now home-field advantage goes to the winner of the ALCS, and Kipnis certainly hopes the Tribe benefits from that arrangement.
"We like where we're at right now," Kipnis said. "We're a game and a half out [trailing the Tigers] even though we went 4-18 at one point during the season."
They climbed back into contention after that rut in large part because the 26-year-old Kipnis led the way on the offensive end.
"He's been able to carry the load and kind of take that burden for our offense," Masterson said. "That has been incredible to see. He takes that with open arms and does a great job with it. That is why he is an incredible player."
On this night, a national audience got to see that. It's funny, too, because earlier in the day an MLB volunteer helping out at the event told Kipnis, "It's an honor to have you here, Mr. Swisher."
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We look at the Co-op's expanding food to go range; chat with EAT's new Chief Eecutive Andrew Walker and catch up with the BSA's latest Brexit update.
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- WH Smith is to expand its en-route food-to-go offer at stations and airports as its traditional markets suffer from tough conditions. Its travel business revenue and profi ts have now overtaken High Street business for the fi rst time.
- Birmingham-based sandwich maker Authentic Bite Ltd has again been hauled up in County Court after using bread baskets belonging to Bakers Basco to transport its sandwiches without permission … despite making a formal promise before a judge not to do it again.
- There's been substantial growth at Street Eats since the recent management buyout and there's plenty more in the pipeline, with several prestigious contracts in travel and contract catering reverting
back to the Chester site for manufacture, totalling around £8m increase in turnover. Meanwhile, there's an innovative new menu. Mark Arnold, Head of Innovation, explains.
- The Co-op has made remarkable progress with its food to go offer in recent years, but as Mark Pettigrew, Director of Format, Range, Space and Merchandising, explained at the recent IGD Food To Go Conference, there's still room for improvement. Its transformation programme now aims to establish an emotional bond with customers and introduce a previously lacking element of theatre and cohesion. Partnerships are also on the way
- EAT's new Chief Executive Andrew Walker is focused on getting core London stores to operate at a higher level and growing the business slowly with partnerships, rather than chasing rapid expansion. He told a lunch! show audience that while the company had lost its way in some respects, it now had the capability to be "fantastic"
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- The injuries keep mounting for the New York Yankees.
So do the victories.
Brendan Ryan scored the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning on a wild pitch by Jim Johnson, and New York defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Thursday night after blowing a four-run lead.
Mark Reynolds and Curtis Granderson homered for the Yankees, who remained one game behind Tampa Bay for the second AL wild card. After taking three of four from Baltimore, New York travels next to first-place Boston for a weekend series between division rivals.
"It's important," manager Joe Girardi said. "We need to continue to win and we need to continue to take series if we want to play in October."
The Yankees (79-68) moved within one game of their high-water mark for the season, 12 games over .500, which last occurred in May. But the victory was marred by another injury, this one to leadoff hitter Brett Gardner, who left in the first inning with a strained muscle on his left side.
"I've never had an oblique issue before," Gardner said. "The best thing to do is just wait until (Friday) and see what the MRI says. That'll paint a much clearer picture."
New York led 5-1 before Nick Markakis hit a solo shot in the seventh and Danny Valencia homered with two on against David Robertson in the eighth.
But the Yankees bounced right back in the ninth with an unearned run against Johnson (3-8). Ryan, obtained in a trade with Seattle on Tuesday, led off with a single. Chris Stewart bunted, and Johnson threw wildly into center field for an error that left two on.
"The ball slipped, and that kind of started the whole inning," Johnson said.
After another bunt put the runners at second and third, Johnson uncorked a pitch that didn't reach the plate and bounced to the backstop.
Mariano Rivera (6-2) got straight three outs in the bottom half and was given credit for the win by the official scorer because Robertson was ineffective in the eighth.
The start was delayed by rain for 1 hour, 18 minutes.
After defeating New York in the opener of the four-game series Monday night, the Orioles needed to win only one of the next three to capture the season series for the first time since 1997. Instead, the Yankees emerged with a 10-9 edge in 2013.
Baltimore trails New York and Cleveland in the wild-card chase and fell into a tie with idle Kansas City, 2 1/2 games behind the Rays. The Orioles begin their final road trip of the season -- to Toronto, Boston and Tampa Bay -- on Friday.
"We've just got to start rattling off some wins," first baseman Chris Davis said. "This is definitely going to be a big road trip."
Reynolds put the Yankees up 2-0 in the second with a drive to left after Eduardo Nunez hit a leadoff single. It was Reynolds' fourth homer in 22 games since joining New York in mid-August.
Sixty of Reynolds' 200 career home runs came with the Orioles, from 2011-12.
Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen allowed eight of his first 14 batters to reach base. In the third, after Alfonso Soriano sandwiched a double between two walks, Vernon Wells delivered a two-run single.
In the bottom half, Baltimore used an RBI single by Manny Machado to close to 4-1.
Granderson, who replaced Gardner in center field, chased Chen with his second homer in two games and New York's 10th in the four-game series.
Markakis homered off David Huff in the bottom half. Huff was originally supposed to start the game, but Girardi figured the left-hander would be more comfortable coming out of the bullpen. Phil Hughes started and left in the fourth.
In the Orioles eighth, Soriano made a leaping grab at the left-field wall to rob Machado of a home run and keep New York's lead at 5-2. But with two outs, Adam Jones and Markakis singled before Valencia ripped Robertson's first pitch over the left-field wall.
NOTES: The Orioles will be without reliever Darren O'Day during the weekend series in Toronto that begins Friday. O'Day has been dealing with soreness in his fingers and has pitched only twice this month. ... Jason Hammel will start Friday night for Baltimore. He replaces Bud Norris, who has been experiencing elbow discomfort. ... The Orioles honored Rivera before his final game at Camden Yards. The 43-year-old closer received a gift and a standing ovation. Rivera, meanwhile, has donated the baseball he used to record his major league-record 602nd save to the Police Athletic League for auction. ... New York hopes to have C Austin Romine (concussion) back during the weekend series in Boston. "Headache's gone. Neck's not sore," said Romine, who sustained the injury Tuesday night. ... Baltimore has won a season series from New York only once since 1982.


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This was something PQ started a couple years ago (if anyone remembers that), but I'm bringing it back!
This time weekly instead of monthly.
So you know how they have Pocket Morning Weekly, where all the H!P groups answer different questions each week? Well now with this thread we all have the chance to answer those same questions ourselves!
Each week I will post one of the questions that the members of H!P have been answering. Obviously not all the questions would apply to us as we aren't H!P members, so I will choose the ones that are relevant.
This weeks question: Who is the coolest member in Hello Pro?
My answer is... Tamura Meimi! Especially during concerts~


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On a recent trip to glorious South Florida, I visited a man I would call Mr. Palm Beach, aka Rick Rose.
This host-with-the-most runs Grandview Gardens Bed and Breakfast and Palm Beach Vacation Rentals in West Palm Beach. A local expert, he knows everyone and everything in a town where that sort of tourism intel is pure gold.
Rose is the official tour guide along posh Worth Ave. and author of Palm Beach: The Essential Guide to America's Legendary Resort Town. He also is on the board of Discover the Palm Beaches, which covers nearly 40 communities from Boca Raton and Highland Beach in the south, running north to Jupiter and Tequesta, and including the county seat, West Palm Beach, a city where culture and cuisine are booming.
Grandview: Grandview Gardens is an upscale, five-room B&B built around a restored 1920s Spanish Mediterranean manor house. It's on a quiet residential street, but within a few blocks of "downtown" West Palm Beach. The lawn is shaded with tropical foliage and there's a courtyard and heated swimming pool.
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The accommodations are all separate units, like mini-cottages, built about 13 years ago. Each has a private entrance, a walk-in closet, a desk, a sitting area and French doors leading to a balcony or patio. Guests enjoy air-conditioning, in-room tea and coffee, TVs and mini-fridges.
"We're equipped, but it's not like a large hotel," said Rose. "People often stay several days or several weeks."
The homey vibe is a switch for Rose and his partner, Peter Emmerich. They're both marketing dynamos who met while working in Europe. They're sophisticated hosts and between them they speak English, French, German and Spanish.
Grandview serves a breakfast buffet, plus a daily special such as Eggs Benedict, peach-topped French toast or quiche.
Cottages: In addition to B&B lodging, Grandview also manages more than 20 private houses that are for rent.
"Canadians love staying long-term," said Rose. "Different generations of families or groups of friends take adjacent properties, and simply live the Florida lifestyle."
One of the houses is Coco Palm, a vintage cottage on the grounds of Grandview Gardens, which allows guests to use the pool and bikes.
West Palm Beach: Grato is an exciting West Palm Beach trattoria run by executive chef Clay Conley, a semi-finalist for the James Beard culinary award for best chef in the South. The open kitchen provides an entertaining show of chefs at work, and happy hour offers tasty treats like meatball sliders, truffle arancini and $10 pizza, plus perky cocktails featuring basil, Limoncello, jalapeños, strawberries and figs.
Grato's specialities include Mediterranean-style octopus and calamari, Key West shrimp and Italian ingredients such as burrata, white anchovies, pistachios and artichokes. There is also pasta with beef, morels, lobster or shrimp and main courses of steak, chicken and fish.
The West Palm Beach Warehouse District embraces the Grandview Public Market, which has several trendy food kiosks, and fun enterprises such as Gypsy Surf, Steamhorse Brewing Co. and Elizabeth Avenue Station, an entertaining collection of artisanal shops.
The Grandview Heights historic neighbourhood is also home to the Palm Beach County Convention Center, Hilton West Palm Beach and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Nearby are Antique Row, West Palm Beach's Clematis Street and Rosemary Square (previously CityPlace).
The expanded Norton Museum of Art is a local jewel, prized for its splendid sculpture garden and The Restaurant at The Norton, run by executive chef David Schiraldo, who fuses the best of Italian, French and Japanese cuisine.
Grandview Gardens B&B: 561-833-9023, grandview-gardens.com, 1608 Lake Ave., West Palm Beach, Florida.
Prices are approximate: Watch for last-minute discounts. Dec.–April, US$239; June-Aug., US$139-$155; spring-fall, US $155-$169; including full breakfast, Wi-Fi, parking, bicycles, library, in-room coffee/mini-fridge. Pets $10 per night. Tennis, basketball, shuffleboard, jogging path, dog run in adjacent Howard Park.
Grato: 561-404-1334, gratowpb.com; 1901 South Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Discover the Palm Beaches:thepalmbeaches.com
Rick Rose's walking tours: Worth Ave., Palm Beach; 561-659-6909, worth-avenue.com; 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Dec.-April; $10 to charity.


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Things continue to be busy around here with I'm not even sure what, so my blog-slacking continues. I will try to upload some pictures and maybe even a video or two soon, but for now, here are some highlights of what's going on...
1. Charlotte is talking nonstop. She has been for about a year now, but the words are more clear and she's using more and more words each day. She keeps us laughing with what she says and how she says it. She's adorable and she knows it. When she realizes something she has said makes us laugh, she repeats it over and over to get more laughs. It quickly gets to the point where it's not cute anymore, but she rarely stops when there might still be a laugh or two left in us.
2. I pulled the exersaucer out of the attic today and Naomi has been having a field day with it. Charlotte has even enjoyed showing her how to play with the toys on it and it makes me smile to watch them play together already. I am amazed at how well Charlotte has transitioned into her role as a big sister and how loving she is towards Naomi. This morning while I was holding Naomi, Charlotte told me, "Put Sister down here," as she pointed to the bouncy seat, so that I could make breakfast for her. There have been a few of those moments, but other than that, Charlotte has just loved her sister to pieces.
3. I have become a Chick-fil-A addict. I've bought lunch from there at least five times within the past two weeks. Jared asked me if I heard that their sales had gone up 50%, and started telling me about this article he read that said they've been able to target it to their Florida locations and that their Jacksonville locations were now the most profitable and they've pinpointed it to the repeat customers at the restaurant on Southside Blvd., specifically the woman in the Toyota minivan who has been going through the drive-through every day. I thought he was serious until he got to the part about Southside Blvd. He thinks he's so funny... :)
4. Last week Naomi mastered the skill of rolling over, but she isn't really a fan of being on her stomach, so she would then fuss about the predicament of being on her tummy and not knowing how to get back over. She is finally tolerating being on her tummy more and has even started lifting her head to look around and see what is in front of her to grab and play with. This is a skill that comes at an earlier age for many babies, but not all babies are 16.5 pounds before they are 4 months old! She's a chunk and I love it! She continues to have issues if I eat any dairy, but they seem to be getting better. Hopefully I will not be banned from milkshakes and chocolate for the year that I plan to nurse her!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
What's Going On
Things continue to be busy around here with I'm not even sure what, so my blog-slacking continues. I will try to upload some pictures and maybe even a video or two soon, but for now, here are some highlights of what's going on...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Here are a few cute things Charlotte said yesterday that still have me smiling:
We were getting ready to eat lunch and Charlotte quickly went through her prayer, "Kank-ku (Thank you) Mommy, Daddy, Sister. Amen. Kank-ku food. Amen!" I asked her who we prayed to and she knowingly answered, "God... and Jesus." Then I asked her who Jesus was, and she replied, "God's Son." So yeah, our two-year-old is saved :) I know she doesn't get it at this point but it does make a momma's heart happy to know that she is making connections about some things that can be quite difficult to understand.
And while I was at my Bible study yesterday evening, Jared took Charlotte to the playground in our neighborhood. She looked up and said, "Daddy! The moon! It's pretty!" Then reached up and said, "Can't reach it... Turtle stool?!" Her Auntie Arin and Uncle Dusty gave her a stool for Christmas in the shape of a turtle. (Arin's parents make them, along with lots of other great toys and furniture!). A little later she saw an airplane fly over and again reached up, said she couldn't reach it, and asked for her stool. :)
I love that kid!!
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Blog Slacker
Hi, I'm Brittany and I'm a blog slacker. Things have been busy around here. I'm not sure how, but our schedule seems to get filled up quickly. Here are some random photos and stories from the last couple weeks...
(I uploaded the pictures to photobucket, 'cause I heard that's what the cool people do, and I'm still figuring it out, so I apologize for how HUGE the pictures are. If you click on them you should be able to see the entire picture.)
Charlotte had fun playing a new game at Toto & Pop's house. Ping pong paddle and a softball: Softpongball?
Anson did some worm tracking :)
Charlotte and Anson pulling bark off the tree and playing in the sap. Charlotte started crying when she realized all the adults had gone inside (for no more than a minute)
Charlotte went on a boat ride with Daddy, Uncle Dusty and Anson... no actual pictures of the boat ride because I was getting that on video
Looking for fish
Charlotte gave lessons on being cool. Lesson 1: Get some cool shades.
Lesson Two: Hang out with cool people.
Naomi got lots of snuggles from her Toto
The men made a delicious dinner for us!
Charlotte has had a great time riding her tricycle on the back porch
Naomi found her feet!
I've been enjoying my girls :) How funny is Naomi's expression?!
Naomi has gotten even cuter! I took her to the doctor's office a couple days ago to get a shot and at not even 3.5 months, she weighs 16 pounds 4 ounces! I just love those rolls on her legs!
Something that Charlotte would surely tell you if she saw you in person (but I don't have any pictures of) is that she saw Mickey Mouse! Her Grammy and Grampy (my mom and stepdad) took her to Mickey's Rockin' Road Show a week ago and she had a blast! In true grandparent fashion, they sent her home with a plethora of Mickey loot and she's been walking on air from seeing her favorite characters. The Sunday after the show, our pastor was saying hello to Charlotte but she would not reply with so much as a smile. We kept coaxing her, trying to get her to say something, but she didn't say a thing until we told her to tell the pastor who she saw last night. Then she excitedly went into a long explanation of seeing Mickey and "Goopy" and "Cinnerwella".
Jared and I have noticed that she's picking up on some of the phrases and mannerisms from watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She says "Oh boy!" (she gets this one from Donald) and last night she was being really silly with the way she walked and it looked an awful lot like she was imitating Daisy. Silly girl.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Councilman Gavin Rollins!
Gavin won his re-election to Keystone Heights' City Council! We were hoping he wouldn't have a running mate so that this election would be a little less stressful than the last, but there were a certain few (the mayor and every other member on the council) who did everything in their power to make sure Gavin had competition and lost. Half of their plan worked. :)
On Tuesday we went into Keystone to help him hold signs, shake hands and kiss babies. The babies being kissed all had the last name of Rollins, but that's beside the point. The weather was not very kind, but the efforts the day of and the many weeks beforehand were not in vain because he won 160-105. (There are 1400 registered voters in the city and that's all that showed up to vote. Isn't that pitiful?!)
Some pictures from the day...
Gavin did a wonderful job campaigning, but I'm pretty sure this waving toddler is what put him over the top
Amber and I discussed potential candidates for the next position to be filled: Mrs. Gavin Rollins!
Charlotte spying on the competition with some "nonky-yers"
Whitney, Stephanie & her boys, Gavin & Charlotte
James, another Rollins baby that was kissed :)
Stephanie and Charlie hosted a victory party for Gavin. They have the most beautiful home and are always so gracious and welcoming of guests, even if they're not there (I've watched Gator games and nursed babies in their home while they weren't there. They're just super cool people like that).
While Stephanie took Wyatt to t-ball practice, I may or may not have (I definitely did) gone around and taken a few pictures of her decorations to copy them.
I know this is only the beginning of Gavin's career in changing the world. I don't want to say his career will only be in politics because Gavin is involved in so much more than that. We'll just say he's at the beginning of changing this world. The good kind of change. Not that bogus kind of change for the worst (not worse... worst!) that America is getting now. ::Steps off soapbox::
Congratulations, Gavin!!
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
On Sunday, Marineland had a Family Day (which means getting in for free) so we drove straight there after church to see the dolphins. It is a small park and I don't think they were expecting the size of crowd that was there. It was packed in front of the dolphin tanks, so much so that it was nearly impossible to move in some places. The dolphin "show" was quite short, far from what you would expect at SeaWorld, but it was still neat to see and I think Charlotte really enjoyed it. If nothing else, it got us out of the house on a sunny afternoon. The small stretch of A1A we drove is beautiful and we saw a house that we're going to base the exterior of the house we build in 8 or so years on. Until we see something we like better and change our minds next year :)
Naomi really enjoyed it. She went crazy over the dolphins. Oohing and ahhing. Or it could have just been because of gas.
While we waited for the dolphin show, Charlotte had to make sure that her cross was safe and sound buckled up in her stroller.
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That was the glass-half-full perspective anyway. As it was, the political pressure on United States president Abraham Lincoln was enormous. His reelection chances were not bright, William T. Sherman's armies were stalled near Atlanta, Georgia, and the Confederate Army of the Valley under Jubal A. Early had threatened Washington, D.C., leading a member of the 58th Virginia Infantry to leave behind a note: "Now Uncle Abe, you had better be quiet the balance of your Administration, as we came near your town this time to show you what we could do. But if you go on in your mad career, we will come again soon … "
Indeed, Grant was open to suggestions, and a truly strange one worked its way up the chain of command. Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Pleasants of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, in Burnside's corps, commanded a regiment of anthracite miners from Schuylkill County. One of his men looked out at the Confederate position from his trench and declared, "We could blow that damned fort out of existence if we could run a mine shaft under it." The army's professional engineers thought this to be "claptrap and nonsense," largely because the tunnel would need to be longer than four hundred feet, a distance that would preclude proper ventilation. As such, they refused to lend any assistance or expertise to the project. Pleasants got the go-ahead anyway, and on June 25 his men started digging, using improvised tools.
Once they saw the tunnel idea was actually going to work, Burnside and Meade set about creating a battle plan. The two didn't like each other, in part because Burnside had once commanded the Army of the Potomac but was now subordinate to Meade. (Burnside had seniority, however, and Grant issued them separate orders, lest Burnside be offended by receiving direct commands from Meade.) Now Meade, having consulted with Grant, overruled Burnside's plan to send in first his freshest men—the Fourth Division, consisting of 4,300 United States Colored Troops under the command of the white general Edward Ferrero. (Ferrero was a ballroom dance instructor who, like Meade, had been born in Spain.) Meade said the black troops were untested, which they were, but there was another, more political, reason. Grant later told Congress that if there were a massacre, and the black troops went in first, "it would then be said … that we were shoving these people ahead to get killed because we did not care anything about them."
The Battle
At precisely 4:44 there was, according to a soldier from the 20th Michigan, a heaving and lifting of the fort and the hill on which it stood; then a monstrous tongue of flame shot fully two hundred feet in the air, followed by a vast column of white smoke … then a great spout or fountain of red earth rose to a great height, mingled with men and guns, timbers and planks, and every other kind of debris, all ascending, spreading, whirling, scattering.
At the same time, 110 Union guns and 54 mortars all opened fire. (The delay had actually been to the artillerymen's benefit; by now it was light out and they could see what they were shooting at.) This is the moment when Ledlie's men were supposed to advance, but like everyone else, they were briefly paralyzed by the force of the blast. At least 278 Confederates—South Carolinians and Virginians mostly—were killed instantly, and a giant crater—what has come to be known as the Crater—was opened up in the ground where moments earlier they had been sleeping. It was more than 170 feet long, 60 feet across, and 30 feet deep. When Ledlie's troops reached it, rather than march around it they marched into it. There, they discovered that the earth that had fallen back into the Crater had become a mash that trapped the struggling men.
The historian William Marvel has offered two explanations for this crucial mistake. First, he has noted that that the Union men stopped to help dig Confederate survivors from the wreckage, a humane act that nevertheless "proved their undoing, for had they instead swept up and down the trenches and pushed ahead to the heights beyond"—per the battle plan—"they might have captured Petersburg that day." Marvel has also noted that soldiers were accustomed to seeking shelter, and the Crater was like the biggest and safest foxhole anyone had ever seen—except that it was not. Its steep thirty-foot walls and slippery red clay made it nearly impossible for the men to escape once they had entered, and when Burnside's remaining divisions followed Ledlie's men into the fray, pretty much everyone just piled in, making for a perfect mess. Once the Confederates shook off their initial shock, they wheeled their cannons up to the edge of the hole, pointed them down, and let loose.
With all of this action was taking place, Ledlie and Ferrero's remaining in the rear drinking rum rather than going in with their troops underlines their gross lack of leadership. Marvel, to his credit, has been more dispassionate than most scholars: "The principal reason for the failure of Ledlie's division to capture Cemetery Hill"—the heights that served as the goal of the morning's action—"may be that Ledlie never told his brigade commanders they were expected to do so." This hardly lets Ledlie off the hook, but when congressmen later investigated the fiasco, they focused on Meade's refusal to send the trained and rested black soldiers in first. In other words, perhaps Ledlie's men did not have the time to prepare for their new role, thrust upon them just hours before the battle. And perhaps Ledlie did not have the time properly to instruct them, to which some historians have replied, Perhaps. But when he should have been up front barking orders and inspiring his increasingly desperate men, Ledlie was nowhere to be seen. Other historians (and Marvel in particular) point out that more-competent generals than Ledlie were nearer the action; in fact, it is possible that the inebriated general, if he had been up at the front, would have hurt the Union cause more than he helped it.
In the Crater
Robert E. Lee had ordered up two infantry brigades under William Mahone to fill the gap in the lines. "Small and lean as a starvation year," in the words of Douglas Southall Freeman, "Little Billy" Mahone was a Virginia Military Institute graduate and a veteran of all the major Army of Northern Virginia campaigns since the Seven Days' Battles (1862). His Virginians, who were busy firing down into the Crater and in some instances even hurling bayonet-fixed muskets in the manner of spears, saw the black troops as an ugly provocation. Said one Virginia officer: "Boys, you have hot work ahead; they are negroes and show no quarter."
William Pegram, a Confederate colonel whose cousin's battery was blown up by the initial explosion, wrote in a letter to his sister that "it seems cruel to murder [the black soldiers] in cold blood, but I think the men who did it had very good cause for doing so." From Pegram's point of view, part of that cause included his own troops' morale. "I have always said that I wished the enemy would bring some negroes against this army," he wrote. "I am convinced, since Saturday's fight, that it has a splendid effect on our men."
A similar incident, on a much smaller scale, would occur just a few months later, at Saltville, Virginia.
There was plenty of blame to go around. The Union general Orlando B. Willcox accused the black troops of having "acted badly," and it is true that many of them had run—or, in the cramped confusion of the Crater, had tried to run—when confronted with Mahone's point-blank counterattack. Burnside, however, was more magnanimous, describing the Fourth Division as having marched "gallantly under the first fire and until their ranks were broken."
When members of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War investigated, however, they pointed a finger at Meade. (With his sister-in-law married to former Virginia governor Henry A. Wise, Meade was no friend of the Radical Republicans who dominated the committee.) He should never have reversed Burnside's plan to send Ferrero's men in first, they said. But he did, of course, and the Petersburg siege lasted another eight months, the longest siege on U.S. soil to date.
Time Line
June 25, 1864 - Members of the 48th Pennsylvania, miners led by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, begin digging a long tunnel to the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg.
July 17, 1864 - Members of the 48th Pennsylvania finish digging the main shaft of a long tunnel to the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg.
July 18–29, 1864 - Having already completed the main shaft of a long tunnel to the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg, members of the 48th Pennsylvania dig a T-shaped explosives chamber. They pack it with four tons of gunpowder.
July 28–29, 1864 - Union general George G. Meade and general Ambrose E. Burnside discuss their plans ahead of the Battle of the Crater. Meade overrules Burnside's intention to send in first his fresh black troops. Burnside asks his remaining commanders to draw straws.
July 30, 1864, 3:15 a.m. - Henry Pleasants of the 48th Pennsylvania lights a fuse designed to ignite four tons of explosives at the end of a 511-foot tunnel to the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg.
July 30, 1864, 4:44 a.m. - After problems with the fuse, four tons of explosives finally ignite under the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg. At least 278 men—mostly South Carolinians and Virginians—are killed instantly. The explosion digs a crater more than 170 feet long, 60 feet across, and 30 feet deep.
July 30, 1864, 5 a.m. - Union troops pour into the Crater created by their explosives, becoming trapped and easy targets for Confederates. During the next seven hours, they will lose nearly 4,000 casualties compared with the Confederates' 1,500. Union general Ambrose E. Burnside will lose his command as a result.
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Wolfe, B. Battle of the Crater. (2012, June 26). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Crater_Battle_of_the.
- MLA Citation:
Wolfe, Brendan. "Battle of the Crater." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 26 Jun. 2012. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: September 22, 2009 | Last modified: June 26, 2012
Contributed by Brendan Wolfe, editor of Encyclopedia Virginia from 2008 to 2019.


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Chocolate spread
Is there anything nicer on a Saturday breakfast than a delicious crisp bread roll with some rich, deep chocolate-flavored spread? I invented this recipe after playing with butterscotch, and it makes a superb sweet, yet bitter, aromatic spread. And the best part is that you can make it in no-time on your own whenever you want!
Italian-meringue buttercream
Following my search for the best icing cream, I arrived to the mythical Italian-meringue buttercream — it's simply amazing, both silky and fluffy, deliciously light and creamy... You should follow my recipe to achieve this amazing icing cream with minimal effort :-)
Coffee cake
My first real cake, made with delicious coffee-flavored buttercream. It was really good, and simple! Because this cake doesn't require leveling, you can simply bake two layers separately, then stack them — a perfect recipe for beginners! :-)
I made my cake with normal instant coffee, but you can also use decaf coffee for same taste, but caffeine-free cake! :-)
Meringue hearts
Let this special someone know you've got your eye on them with a cute, delicious, sweet meringue heart. You only need a couple of eggs, and some sugar, and of course red coloring. These are irresistible and will make an everlasting impression (because everyone loves the person that brings sweets, right?).
Honey meat ravioli
This delicious meal is amazingly easy to prepare, as long as you have a pasta machine and ravioli tablet — it's a small grid in which you can prepare ravioli "like a sandwich", then roll out the ready ravioli using a rolling pin. Super easy, and with just very little effort you will end up having a luxurious feast!


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As the mysterious travel details of Edward Snowden continue to dominate the news cycle, on Monday evening "Piers Morgan Live" invited attorneys Gloria Allred and Alan Dershowitz to offer their candid reactions and detailed insights.
Over the weekend, Glenn Greenwald – the columnist for "The Guardian" who is largely credited with breaking the story surrounding Snowden, and his leaked info on government agencies use of secret data-mining programs – appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press," taking issue with some of David Gregory's questions.
"Edward Snowden has said, 'I've committed a serious crime,' the newspaper has put this out there," noted Piers Morgan. "Surely he [Greenwald] should be prepared to answer questions about whether anything they have done – in cahoots with this guy, we don't know how far he goes – anything they've done borders on criminality. I think it's a perfectly reasonable question."
Dershowitz, for his part, insisted there is no gray area:
"Well, it doesn't border on criminality – it's right in the heartland of criminality. The statute itself, does punish the publication of classified material, if you know that it's classified," explained the guest. "Greenwald – in my view – clearly has committed a felony."
Continuing his assessment of the reporter, Dershowitz held little back:
"Greenwald's a total phony. He is anti-American, he loves tyrannical regimes, and he did this because he hates America. This had nothing to do with publicizing information."
Allred, meanwhile, questioned Greenwald's concern with Gregory's question, and moreover, wondered if "The Guardian" columnist may need to rework his business card:
"It's bizarre that he's really upset that that question is being asked. It's an obvious question," she said. "I wouldn't necessarily call Mr. Greenwald a journalist – I would think of a journalist as someone who is neutral. I see Mr. Greenwald as more of an advocate, defending his source, almost acting as a lawyer."
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Hat's Off to you, Piers Morgan for defending Glenn Greenwald tonight. Although I don't always agree with everything that Glenn says or writes, I do support his rights as a journalist to express himself.
Glenn has never behaved in anyway of which I am aware that would lead me to view him as anti-American. I haven't seen any evidence indicating that Glenn loves tyrannical regimes as claimed by Dershowitz. I do not support Dershowitz' statement: "....and he (Glen Greenwald ) did this because he hates America. " Glen Greenwald has done nothing to indicate that " he hates America. "
Glenn Greenwald should not be immune from answering other journalist's questions. Currently I do not understand why Greenwald takes umbrage toward answering that question. In my opinion he should answer it.
I used to have a great deal of respect for Glenn Greenwald because of his stance in the Bradley Manning case, but since he stated that the murder of Drummer Lee Rigbey on the streets of London was legitimate because he was a soldier (and in th eyes of people like him any soldier of western troops is a legitimate target anywhere and anytime because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) I have only contempt for him.
Gleen Greenwald is a very depraved individual and not only anti-american but anti-western like the majority of his left-wing compratriots.
assuming that you reflected greewald's thoughts accurately, why is an muslim youth of military age, WHO IS NOT IN A MILITIA ALTHOUGH OR KNOW TO HAVE EVER COMMITTED A MILITARY ACTION, a legitimate target for US drones anywhere in the world but a british person who is ACTUALLY IN THE MIILITARY not a legimate target? This is NOT a rehtorical question. Please provide an answer.
Dershowitz is a coward and shill for the power structure. Greenwald hates America for exposing the government's tyranny? What utter nonsense.
CNN is a pathetic excuse for media, and the hunt for Snowden is just a worthless distraction from the fact that the government is now above the law.
And my God, I have always Dershowitz for his disgusting hatred of the Arab world and his fawning over Israeli bombings of civilians, but he has reached a new low.
And as for the question, Greenwald was right to be furious. Criminalizing journalism and assassinating a journalist's character are obvious tools used by the power structure to suppress dissent. And as usual, Dershowitz proves himself to be a tool by aiding and abetting the Obama administration's war on journalism.
What about the government's crimes? of course pathetic Dershowitz will defend those crimes to the death, and the crimes of the Western military that he loves so much. He is a hypocrite and a sociopath with no humanity or empathy.
Well, there's in depth analysis for you: "greenwald did this because he hates America"? Seriously? That's it? Not that Derschowitz has any credibility – but I can get that analysis from a 7 year old. Good god CNN – why bother with Deschowitz? Could you get someone with some serious and thoughtful analysis and not just a right of center hack with a facile sound bite?
Dershowitz would not hire ME to defend him. That said, Dershowitz has taken some very courageous, even radical INDEPENDENT points of view in the past. Sometimes they were so radical that the press even refused to put him back on TV. The most interesting example is Dershowitz's defense of so-called "torture warrants" in which a Federal judge would sign a warrant permitting torture of a non-convicted defendant (or terrorist if you prefer).
Dershowitz is pretty unpredictable, for sure. Whether you love him or hate him (as you apparently do), you have to admit that he is absolutely independent in both his thinking and analysis.
name two "couragous ... points of view" that dershowitz ever took. name any time that he was kicked off the air because of his views
Wrong! I don't have tyo admit that he is independant. He takes whatever position that his bosses in the israel lobby want him to take.
Dershowitz is an idiot. Was he the one big on oj simpson? a narrow-minded zionist
A patriot loves his country and is willing to face its failings in order to make it better. A nationalist defends his country even when it does the indefensible. Greenwald is a patriot.
As for the question Greggory posed Greenwald, it was of the "when did you stop beating your wife" variety. So Piers - when did you stop dating prepubescent boys? Oh you're ticked by the form of the question? I wonder why? /sarcasm
Or perhaps he should ask Dershowitz when he plans to stop plagiarizing the work of others.
A nationalist defends his country even when it does the indefensible." That is an extremely narrow and factually incorrect statement on nationalism. It assumes all nationalists are on the same page with Nazism, Fascism, etc. The MSM would love for you to believe this, as the biggest threats to globalists and Social Marxists is republican (small "r," not adherents to some party) such as The Texas Nationalist Movement. http://texnat.org/
Nationalism and patriotism are not mutually exclusive, as infothugs like Alan Dershowitz, Gloria Allred, and David Gregory would have you believe.
Of course Israel-firster Dershowitz is upset. The NSA partnered with IDF founded Verint and Narus (Israeli companies) could very well be AIPAC's power source. Nothing like blackmail.
Glenn could have responded to Gregory, if he were not such a gentleman: "The 1974 Church hearings showed that most important media figures were in league with the CIA. David, what exactly are your relations with the CIA, and the NSA, for that matter?"
"he did this because he hates America"
LOL. Anyone who says this with a serious face needs to be ridiculed into obscurity. Is there seriously any self-respecting, even slightly intelligent adult who does anything other than burst out in laughter at such a pathetic attempt at smearing someone?
"Yes, Greenwald hates good and loves evil, he's a bad guy!!!!"
I think we should get Bernie Madoff's view next...lol
Perhaps we could reanimate J. Edgar Hoover, and he could be on Piers' show, dressed fully in drag, explaining how Greenwald's reporting is destroying America's moral values.
I find it ironically amusing that Candidate "Jeckyl" Obama would seem to be arguing on Greenwald's side, while President "Hyde" Obama wants nothing more than to be able to persecute the press and whistleblowers with impunity.
As for Dershowitz and Allred, Samuel Johnson and Ambrose Bierce had their numbers.
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
- Samuel Johnson
"In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."
- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
Robert, even though I disagree with you, yours was a d**n fine post.
None of those three would know a real journalist if they saw one. There certainly were no real journalists present in their little smear group. Yes, journalists are supposed to be neutral – not shills for the State.
I thought that Journalist / Investigative Reporter responsibility were to be the "watch dog" for you and I Joe Public and informing us to the Deeds or Misdeeds of OUR Government?
The always snarling Dershowitz peddling his brand of Fascism as 'Americana.' How even Harvard can put up with this Likudist is beyond me. Allred, the 'House Trotskyite,' should just stick to being a Hollywood 'Judge' and leave the matters of Liberty to those who actually LIKE the notion.
Greenwald plays the piano on only one key....criticize the powers that be! He has no respect for anyone else's opinion but his own and would do all manner of things to bring himself to the forefront. He is egotistical, thinks nobody knows anything but him, and would be a dictator if he could. Allred got it right...he is no journalist because he is not neutral...a real journalist makes at least a concerted effort to be fair.
Where did you get the silly idea that it is ever a virtue to be amoral? That it is wise to give equal respect to both good and evil? That not having a principled opinion is the height of sophistication?
wrong! a journalist is not necessarily neutral. as in journalists who write opinion columns. as to being fair, like beauty, that's in the eye of the beholder. and, actually, greenwald goes out of his way to be fair.
why not just admit that you think that his opinions suck?
Let me get this straight, Sally. You believe that the powers-that-be should not be routinely criticized, is that correct? I'd like to know why you think that is true.
Here is the translation: Leakers and publishers when there is a Republican in the White House = Heroes. (Deep Throat, Woodward, & Nixon) Leakers and publishers when there is a Democrat in the White House = Traitors. (current situation)
BTW, Nixon had some guys break into the DNC offices to record their conversations, Obama is recording everyone's conversations.
Don't you just love it when racist Israel firsters pretend to love America.
My question is, what did Snowden leak that wasn't already known? Everyone in the world with half a clue should have known that the NSA and other three letter agencies were doing this and more. There's really nothing new here. Countless people have leaked what has been done for decades. Some prosecuted, some not. What's new is that the mainstream media picked up on it and put it in the face of the american public instead of burying it so deep that the only people who would notice would be Alex Jones and various other konspiracy kooks.
It appears that the offense in this case was alerting the clueless american public who when at any time were confronted with the truth just called the messenger names like 'conspiracy theorist' and 'tin foil hat wearer'. So now we have all these regime serving media figures coming out to try and get Mr. and Mrs. Applepie to go back to sleep. Nothing to see here, move along, the guy is a 'traitor to america', the journalist 'hates america' and so on and so forth until the ignorant masses go back to sleep.
It's been rather amusing these last few months. I am wondering what decades old 'conspiracy theory' will be brought before the american public as 'conspiracy fact' next. 2013 has been a good year for konspiracy kooks thus far.
Most Americans are ambivalent about Snowden. At best, he was a person who wanted to limit the ability of big Government to intrude into our personal rights. At worst, he is a grandiose, poorly educated, self-serving snot who thinks that only HE has the knowledge and power to fix the US.
He told China that the US spied on them. HA! Both countries have been spying on each other forever. But by saying this, Snowden hoped to curry favors with China. It's a little like saying the ocean is wet.
Whether you love or hate Snowden, everyone would agree that you could never trust him.
Snowden is not the issue. Big Brother surveillance is.
And Alan Dershowitz calls himself a liberal? This guys sounds like a political commentator from Fox News.
Is this some sort of a joke? I wouldn't hire dershowitz to represent a donkey....his analysis was simply astounding. Our news media has completely been bought out by the wealthy...it no longer represents what we consider as being neutral news...
Has Dershovic ever won a debate ever? I would seriously pay to see Greenwald dispatch this moron in a live televised debate.
Right Alan,
And if we criticize Israel, we hate Jews.
Your line is old, it was old when you first started spewing it and it is as old and tired as you are now.
How about doing some humanitarian work in Gaza and leave the heavy thinking to others.
I studied with Dershowitz and liked him personally and as a teacher, but I am appalled by this statement. It is so devoid of balance, context, or reason, I wonder what has happened to him.
Dershowitz is on the Payroll– that's why he says this stuff. This is all part of the attempt to discredit Greenwald and, by extension, Snowden. And if you don't believe they have highly orchestrated plans to discredit people, read this piece in the nation about Barrett Brown– it's horrendous what these intelligence agencies do:
Seriously? "He did this because he hates America"?
That's on the same level of simplistic drivel as "The terrorists hate us for our freedoms."
he, like many americans, hates the america
of now;
over 46 million people on foodstamps.
22 vets committing suicide daily.
bankers, still on a roll.
the politico/defence/ penal /swat/ taser life.
homeless the new norm for too many.
protest prohibited.
the press, indifferent to justice.
many hate where this is going.
around the clock surveillence, both visual and digital. cctv s everywhere.
licence plate scanners....one may as well be wearing electronic tracking.
there used to be a better america.
Really, Dersch? Your one and only love is israel. For you, the US is just Israel's beeyatch. you have no problem with terrorism if it comes from isreal (as in you beloved mehr Kahane) You are the last person to give a damn about the American people. You phony.
I don't trust Dershowitz to know what "America" means in any deep way ( besides a lot of money to him and media appearances ). Not even the United States, just "hates America"?
I think people are sick and tired of the elites on both sides using such simplistic drivel (to the poster above me: great expression!) to justify their illegal actions. Even if nothing happens now–I'm a bit taken aback they apparently also believe that history will give them a pass.
Oh are we the most moral nation on earth too? Maybe we're right behind Israel? Maybe any attempt by members of the public to think critically should be just stifled too huh? We should just trust flunkies who aren't even willing to think through their propaganda? Maybe, maybe not! 😉
Alan is only interested in himself. If he was a Greek, he would be all up in your grill about Greek issues. His identification with issues is directly related not to their philosophical interest, but only the degree to which it affects or can aggrandize him. Ego gone mad.
Oh I see Alan Dershowitz is still a shill for the power structure. Dershowitz who supports torture, spying on American citizens, illegal rendition, and just about any other fascist technique you can think of.
Dershowitz is the guy who helped get OJ off, so that shows what kind of person he is. Plus he's like 90 years old. Don't you think it's about time to retire Alan?
Well, if Alan was a shill for the power structure, why wouldn't he prosecute OJ in the press, defending the LAPD? No, there was no money in that for Alan.
Dershowitz is a Jew. Enough said
Kepp you're comments sterotyping jewish people to yourself
And you are an ignorant bigot, enough said.
Thank you, Al Sharpton!
Alan, which America? The Land of the Free? Or The Land of the Spies?
When he gets mad, Dershowitz always looks like he just smelled a fart!
Dershowitz hates Greenwald less because Glenn hates America (which he so obviously doesn't) than because he has the audacity to criticize aspects of America's relationship with Israel. To Dershowitz, simply questioning that relationship is un-American and anti-Semitic. Because Greenwald isn't the blind, Israel-first tool that Dershowitz is, Big Al goes on the air to, predictably, smear one of the few journalists with the balls to take on the political establishment, in which Dershowitz is at the very center.
Shut up Dershowitz you damned coward. Crawl back to your hole you little worm.
Good job Mr.Greenwald. Your comments are absolutely correct, I admire your great coverage of the Snowden story,manning, and all involved/ included in this coverage.you are an excellent writer/journalist.i look forward to more from you.yes, manning did the work of journalists exposing what's not right. Good job.Good interview on CNN.
Re: Alan saying Glenn is not a journalist.
Since Glenn has been hired as a journalist, and is being paid to write journalism for a daily published news journal organization for which he produces nearly daily .... that pretty much meets the definition of "journalist".
Glenn also has training and experience as a top notch lawyer. Most likely Glenn has angered Alan somehow b/c Glenn is widely famous in legal circles for having immensely supurb and successful legal skills, talent, and prowress.
Sadly, I enjoy Alan and his work, but have to say this comment was very pitifully immature. Glenn's job is to report the US NSA crimes as proven by specialists (Snowden, Wikileaks international lawyers writers etc.). Glenn reports the facts given to him very well. if Glenn was acting as his lawyer, clearly he would also include as many attacks as possible to harm the "prosecution" (corrupt USA govt criminals) - but he only reports the facts.
Sorry, Alan. Your comment about Glenn was unfounded. It actually made you look like a jeaulous child seeking revenge ... not the brilliant intellect you've more than not shown yourself to be. Grow up, darlin'.
Maybe Greenwald wants to act as Snowden's attorney, but Dershowitz always wants to act as a rabid Zionist hitman and a bag man for Jewish banking interests.
You could not bring any more circus to blur the issues that Alan Dershowitz
Ah yes, the always snarling Dershowitz. What was Harvard thinking by giving this biased cretin tenure? "He (Greenwald) hates America." That is something I would expect from establishment boot-lickers like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, or Bob Schieffer. Dershowitz is a renowned boot-licker for Tel Aviv, but wouldn't that also mean he, too, "hates America?" And NO, Alan, Israel and America are NOT joined at the hip as you and your fellow Likuds insist. NO, we do NOT 'share' a common goal. No one I know wants to "share" an Israeli lifestyle which is a fascist police state in constant lock-down and strives to make eternal enemies with both its neighbors and the rest of the world. I know that's what YOU want, and I would urge you to immigrate to Israel (Please) as quickly as you can board the next flight out. But, of course, someone has to stay behind to make sure the 'goyim' ante up the cash needed to breath life into your Zionist paradise, right? As for Greenwald, you couldn't carry his water, bucko. His actions embody the veritable meaning of the word 'Patriot,' while you embody everything that is wrong with America.


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There is a reason that street foods are eternal and craved relentlessly; they're just damned good. When you load your diet with legumes, you're always after new ways to be creative with them. In my opinion, the queen bean is without a doubt the garbanzo. Call it ceci, chickpea or Bengal gram, it's still the reigning sovereign of many vegan's diets and a favorite of omnivores the world over.
Here I celebrate and pay homage to panelle, a Sicilian street eat that is traditionally served as a simple sandwich filling on a bun. One of the reasons that I love panelle so much is because, when pan-fried and warm, it has that contrasting textural thing going on with the crispy edges and a velvety soft interior. It is, hands down, a great sandwich.
Panelle [Chickpea Polenta]
1 ½ cups garbanzo bean flour
2 cups vegetable broth
2 tsp dried oregano
Pinch of salt
Freshly-cracked black pepper
Olive oil
Slowly add broth to the flour while whisking to avoid lumps. Add in the oregano, salt and pepper. Cook for 10-15 minutes over medium heat, stirring the entire time. (It does not need to boil and shall spit molten chickpea lava at you if you do let it boil, so be careful.) It is going to be very thick once finished but you want it to have that consistency because you want a substantial texture for a sandwich filling.
Transfer panelle to a non-stick pan and tamp down with a spatula. (I used a loaf pan sprayed with olive oil.) Place into the refrigerator until chilled solid. Invert onto a cutting board and slice into 1/2 inch thick slices. You can either pan fry in oil (as is traditional) to crisp it up or do as I did and simply give a quick spray of olive oil to each slice and place in a pan until the sides are golden.
As always, my predilection for the savory-sweet combination shines through here. I like to add a nice slather of apricot jam to my panelle sandwich, though it's entirely up to you how you wish to assemble your own masterpiece.
[This slightly-modified post/recipe was originally published at VelvetPark last year. I wanted it here, on my personal blog, because it is one of my favorites and I felt it was important to include it here in my collection/index.]


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