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Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Cubs Clinch Division, First Back-to-Back since 1907-1908, Earliest since 1932
W - Lilly (16-9), You, Me, Santo, Harry, 104-year-old-dude-who-threw-out-the-first-pitch, all Cubs fans.
L - Pineiro (6-7), the rest of the NL Central
S - Wood (32)
Things to Take from This Game
1. A bases loaded three-run single for Soriano
Well, two rbis and an error leading to the third run. In the bottom of the second Soriano lined a single right at Brian Barton in left. The ball kicked off his glove and rolled to the wall, clearing the bases. The Cubs raced out to a 3-0 lead.
2. More fielding problems, more runs.
The Cubs got two more runs in the fourth, as Soto began the inning by smashing one through Glaus at third. DeRosa hit a double high off the ivy to score Soto, and after advancing to third on a Fukudome ground out, scored on a nicely executed suicide squeeze by Lilly. 5-0 Cubs through four innings.
3. Glaus homers in 4-run Sixth
Lilly looked great, very economical, through five. In the sixth Felipe Lopez gets an RBI single on a smash up the middle off Theriot's glove, and Glaus unloads a no-doubt three-run home run into the left field well. Suddenly we had a close game. 5-4 through six.
4. Lilly Recovers, Marmol and Wood close it out
Other than a leadoff walk to Glaus in the ninth, the last three innings passed uneventfully as Lilly pitched the seventh, with Marmol and Wood doing their jobs to close out the game. A soft fly out to Edmonds off the bat of Aaron Miles ended the game, and a happy Cubs team celebrated between the pitcher's mound and first base.
The Back-to-Back NL Central Champion Details, below.
Game Recap
- Oh my god, can we just declare that FOX has no pretensions towards actually concentrating on the game? We get some WWE Diva giving us the cardinal lineup, which amounts to her plugging the WWE, mentioning that Pujols is good, and flirting with Tim McCarver. Eww.
Inning 1 - Top
- First pitch of the game, Izturis pops up to straight behind home plate. Ridiculously easy first out
- Ludwick lines a shot over Soriano's head for a double. Looks like it would have been uncatchable regardless, but Soriano also misjudged it a bit, leapt for it without a shot
- Pujols rolls out easily to Short. Nice scoop by Lee. McCarver wanted to IBB Pujols. Idiot.
- Strike 3 called on Felipe Lopez. I know that all the studies show that "protection" for a slugger is a myth, but really, Felipe Lopez hitting fourth, behind Pujols? 13 pitch inning for Ted.
Inning 1 - Bottom
- Hey, how about it: Jeff Samardzija gives the Cubs lineup, and actually, you know, provides information. But God Bless Fox, they misspell it "Smardzija." Poor Fox: so far from journalism, so close to remedial freshman english class.
- Soriano with a check-swing tap-back to Pineiro
- Theriot rolls out to Lopez at second.
- Lee lines one off the base of the ivy in straight-away center. Looks like Ludwick also had some trouble judging that liner.
- My God, McCarver is a moron. Just listening to him discussing whether to pitch Sabathia on short rest makes my mind want to shrivel up and die.
- Ramirez lines out to right, inning over
Inning 2 - Top
- Everyone, take another shot for a 1908 reference from Josh Lewin
- In fact, the entire "what was going on in 1908" graph.
- Glaus K's swinging at a fastball
- Adam Kennedy is playing RF? Ouch. A check-swing right back to Lilly, two outs.
- Brian Barton bounces one just outside of Lilly's reach, over his head up the middle for a single.
- McCarver tells me Barton was an aerospace engineer major, lived in Addis Ababa for a time. Cool.
- Pineiro flies to center, Edmonds battles the sun, makes the catch.
Inning 2 - Bottom
- Edmonds nearly hits one out at the left field well. hits maybe a foot away from the basket, instead it's a double.
- Soto walks
- DeRosa bounces into a potential 4-6-3, but there's a bobble on the turn, DeRosa safe at first by a half step. Pineiro not happy about it.
- Fukudome walks, bases loaded for Lilly
- McCarver shills for budweiser.
- Pineiro continues to look a bit annoyed by things.
- Lilly battling nicely.
- Finally K's swinging. Soriano up, 2 outs, bases loaded.
- Soriano singles to left on an inside fastball, and the ball bounces off the heel of Barton's glove, rolling to the wall. 2 RBIs with the third run being credited to the error. 3-0 Cubs
- Theriot flies to Kennedy in right.
Inning 3 - Top
- Jason LaRue (hitting 9th) up. Gentle pop-up to Lee on a big curveball
- Izturis with a slow bouncer up the middle. Theriot makes a pretty sweet sliding stop on it, but no chance on the throw.
- Everyone, take a shot for the Bartman reference.
- Ludwick grounds into a very easy 6-4-3, out of the inning. 37 pitches for Lilly on the day
Inning 3 - Bottom
- Lee flies to Kennedy in right
- FOX cries crocodile tears for Derek Jeter as he misses the playoffs
- and Ramirez grounds to short. two pitches, two outs
- Edmonds K's swinging, five pitch inning
Inning 4 - Top
- 3-2 pitch to Pujols, he lines a shot to Ramirez's left. He makes a great diving stop for it, the throw is up the first bas line, and Lee manages to barely tag Pujols on the leg as he lunges for it. Out. Very nice set of plays by Ramirez and Lee.
- Lopez squibs one to Lee, unassisted.
- Maybe it's time to listen to the Pat and Ron audio while watching the FOX telecast.
- Glaus pops to Theriot.
Inning 4 - Bottom
- Soto rips a grounder right at Glaus, who can't handle it. Well hit ball, but certainly an error.
- DeRosa then smashes one high off the ivy in the left field well. Looks like a fastball that tailed back over the plate. Barton gives it a good try, but no luck. Soto scores, 4-0 Cubs.
- DeRosa to third as Fukudome grounds out to second.
- Suicide Squeeze play. Lilly bunts, a nice one to the left of Pineiro. DeRosa is breaing for home on the play, Pineiro tries for the glove-hand toss to LaRue, but it's not even close. Lilly safe at first, 5-0 Cubs. Pineiro really letting himself get rattled by his D.
- DeRosa flies out to Kennedy
- FOX shows a highlight of Brewers game: Fielder trying to score on a hit to the outfield, is going to be out by a mile, so he just PUNCHES the catcher as he runs into his tag a few feet up the line from home. What a monumental collapse...
- Theriot grounds out to second
Inning 5 - Top
- Kennedy with a soft liner to DeRosa, first pitch. FOX keeps getting back to the game late from commercials
- Barton flies to left, and Pineiro flies out to the warning track in left. I think it was something like a five pitch ining. 56 for the game
Inning 5 - Bottom
- Lee flies to Kennedy
- Ramirez lines a single to left center
- Edmonds bounces into a 4-6-3 DP
Inning 6 - Top
- LaRue with a soft fly out to Edmonds.
- Izturis with a soft liner into right-center for a single
- Ludwick K's flailing at a curve.
- Pujols gets pitched around, walks on five pitches.
- Double-steal, uncontested. Gyeh.
- Lopez smashes one to Theriot's left. Makes a nice stop to keep it from getting to the outfield, but can't get Lopez at first. One run scores, first and third, two outs.
- Glaus then crushes one out into the left field well bleachers. 5-4 game.
- Ron Santo is Sad.
- Full count, Kennedy walks.
- Cotts and Samardzija up for the Cubs, McClellan for the Cards. 0-2 on Barton
- Crowd gets up.
- Barton with a bouncer to Theriot. Handles the in-between hop, gets Barton by a step.
Inning 6 - Bottom
- Soto with a slow roller to third. Glaus charges, bare-hands, it kicks away. Soto singles.
- DeRosa flies to center.
- Soto isn't being held on (well, Pujols is a foot or too off the bag, between Soto and the bag) and Soto, with a modest lead, takes off for second. Thrown out by a mile. Seems to be explaining himself to someone in the dugout. Two outs.
- Pat and Hughes assume Fukudome missed a hit and run sign. Since I'm not listening to the Fox-cast, and since I can't fathom Soto straight-stealing there, I'll go with that theory.
- Fukudome K's swinging at a pitch inside.
Inning 7 - Top
- Josh Phelps hits for Piniero, K's looking at a fastball
- LaRue K's swinging.
- Izturis bounces out to Theriot. Nice comeback by Lilly
Inning 7 - Bottom
- Ryan Franklin in to pitch.
- and Fontenot hits for Lilly
- and rolls out to Pujols
- Soriano flies to Kennedy. Sun still looks really tough today. Santo with a loud "gyeah!" about it, I'm not sure why.
- Theriot swings and misses at three straight. Really struggling the last few days.
- Very, very quick inning
Inning 8 - Top
- Marmol in.
- From 3-0 to 3-2 on Ludwick, he flies easily to center.
- Pat really getting into it on the radio broadcast
- Pujols reaches for a slider, gently pops to DeRosa, two outs.
- Lopez bounces to Lee way behind the bag and on the line. Waits for Marmol to get over, tosses, inning over. Three outs to go!
Inning 8 - Bottom
- Ludwick to left, Baron out of game Schumaker comesin to play center.
- Lee K's swinging at an inside fastball
- Pat tells me this would be the earliest Cubs clinch since 1932.
- Wood warming up to face Glaus, Kennedy, Schumaker, and a bear-hug from Soto.
- Ramirez K's swinging
- and Edmonds bounces out to Lopez
- Pat - "Time to fasten those seatbelts!"
Inning 9 - Top
- Crowd on its feet at the start of the inning. 3-1 count to Glaus, Wood hitting 96 on gun. Glaus walks
- Brendan Ryan runs for Glaus
- Taps one slowly to DeRosa. He goes to second for the force,Theriot throws, quite late, back to first. Nice work by DeRosa on a relatively tough 4-6 force to get the lead runner
- FOX informs me that wood has a 9.82 era in september. ohh boy.
- 1-1 on Schumaker. 2-1, fastball just off the outside corner. Bit of a tough strike zone, today.
- 2-2 count.
- Wood drops a gorgeous slider down the middle of the plate, bottom of the zone. Strike 3
- Miles hits for franklin. First pitch, skies it to Edmonds in shallow left, an easy out.
- The team gathers between pitcher's mound and first base bag. Santo is hollering on the radio broadcast.
- All told, a rather subdued celebration after a few seconds of group-hug-jumping. Everyone hugs, handshakes each other.
Inning 9 - Bottom
Parachat Recap
Inning 1
- Chad gripes about Theriot
- We gripe about Fox, McCarver
- we mock Fox, McCarver
- how we know who Rob G's wife thinks is cute.
- Whether it's smart or not for the Brewers to pitch Sabathia today on short rest
Inning 2
- Cubs offseason SP rotation moves.
- Brewers game updates
- Wes arrives. People surprised to see him and me at the same time. Harrumph.
- Prominent Cardinals free agent signings
- What to do when life hands you tomato juice. Good suggestions from me, H. Vaughn, Andy
- Our newly socialized economy.
- Ethnically stereotyped pronunciation jokes. Go, Parachat, Go.
- The Blink 182 Drummer's plane crash
- meh
- We don't care about the AL
- Who gives fucks?
- Celebrating the lead
Inning 3
- Since evidently people are sad when I don't give them shout-outs, here's who we have cheering along in Parachat right now: Rob, Andrew, Andy, bizmarquis2, crunch, cubs.com, H_Vaugh, HollywoodChad, MorningtonCrescent, nohit, osiris, The_Real_Neal, THUD, me, and Wes. And every single one of them has said something witty and funny for which they should be eternally commemorated in the internet ether.
- Who is Mischa Barton?
- Who is Brian Barton?
- When Andrew's in Rome...
- The Virgin Mary doesn't ring anyone's bell.
- wait, are we back to talking tomato juice, or rome, or sex?
- I'm so confused.
- More fox-mocking.
Inning 4
- Facing your prostate issues
- for celebration purposes, should we root for the Brewers to win their games, so that the Cubs have to clinch by winning it on their own? (ehh, never root for your opponents.)
- What are we drinking for the clinching celebration?
- Evaluating the New Commisky/Cellular ballpark
- Rob G starts counting the outs remaining in the game.
- Talking to people about their itches in Manhattan
- Cubs Game Plan: Aim for Between Their Legs - The Real Neal
- Cheering on the squeeze play
- amazed at Fielder's cheap-shot.
- Should Theriot rest/be dropped in the order? (Yes, and No.)
Inning 5
- Erudite ostrich-eating tailgaters. I think it was Brick who brought up this crucial demographic.
- Discussing life in North Carolina
- and my modest love life. (
- Osiris preemptively complains about my censorship of this discussion in the recap.
- Trust-fund bums
- my story of Henry the Handwiper
Inning 6
- Facebook, MySpace
- Not Trans's MySpace Page.
- Angst. Chad. Chad. Angst.
- Who is using LinkedIn for sex?
- Who is Fred Gwynn, and is he as stiff as Troy Glaus?
Inning 7
- Interesting trivia: Josh Phelps is one of Alaska's 15 men who haven't impregnated the governor - John Beasley
- I almost feel bad for recapping that.
- Almost.
- is it true that Jason LaRue is singing in a Motorhead cover band during the off-season - Real Neal
Inning 8
- Brewers updates
- that Fielder cheap-shot.
- Discussing the Micah Owings PH RBI in Cincy
- Naked old men in a balloon.
- Last year's parachat on clinching day.
Inning 9
- The top of the ninth starts with a big parachat crowd of: Rob, Andrew, Andy, Biittner, biz, brick, crunch, cubs.com, H Vaughn, Chad, John Beasley, mattralph, MorningtonCrescent, nohit, osiris, real neal, me, Wes, lowitzki.
- A picture is worth a thousand words.
Cubs record in games recapped goes to 13-6
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Booya! As Pops used to say, "Now, da shit gets real real, son."
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
How great is going to the post season in back to back years?
How much better is it to know this is a team that isn't just happy to make it there, but they expect to win in October too?
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
congrats cubs
1 down
3 to go
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New Magic Number = 11
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Magic Number for Homefield advantage is 2?
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with the Mets loss, it is down to 2. Would need Phils and Mets to lose tomorrow and a win to make the road trip completely irrelevant.
Fun Johann vs Harden matchup currently set-up for Tuesday...we'll see if Lou keeps that.
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poor brewers...
get a run and load the bases for Fielder.
and he K's.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
f them.
fielder sucks.
Go cubs!!!!
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Very cool screen shot of the parachat. Wish I could have been in there - instead I spent the whole day doing yard work while I listened to the game over my laptop outside. But hearing Ronnie going crazy after that last out made it worth it.
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x-Chicago Cubs 93 60 .608
Love that "x"!
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whatever mr. 'lets see how wood can blow this one'
go away you fake fan
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"whatever mr. 'lets see how wood can blow this one'
Things are getting really stupid around here. WTF are you referring to, Chad?
This is right down there with TheRealNeal's Guzman has an ERA of 0.00 comment.
Fuck yourself
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woah woah woah.
this is my fault.
no one needs to fuck themselves.
i went into parachat with a 'navigator' nick and made a very stereotypical comment...it was just 1 comment and it was the one that chad said.
this was also followed by me (crunch) saying 2-3 times that wasn't you after appropriate outrage and lulz were gained from the comment.
and before you think you're special...immitating TCR'rs on parachat is done sometimes...its part of it to some people.
and before you get upset that i immitated you...well, i guess you can be and i'm sorry if it upsets you, but 1- ive only done an impersonation of you once 2- i said that one thing 3- sorry this situation arose.
remember that "what's said in parachat stays in parachat?" =p
long story short...sorry this is going on and if anyone's upset...well...i can't do anything about it, but this wasn't the intention of a parachat "thing".
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Palin's baby is pissed at you too.
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But I can still fuck myself if I want to, right?
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Just because crunch says you don't need to doesn't mean you're not allowed. I think I speak for all of TCR (and by that I mean solely myself and those who I occasionally imitate for a laugh) when I say: Fuck yourself at your own discretion.
There's still a surprising amount of anger in a couple of these comments considering that the Cubs clinched the NL Central Division for the second year in a row today. Woo!
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
I blame Fox Spots for that too (see Trans and I agree on some things).
At least my remarks have some basis in reality.
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Anyone want to make early predictions for the playoffs?
I know in short series you really can't predict anything, I expected the Cubs to not do well in the Division Series last year based on that horrible Florida series last year, something just wasn't right.
This years team is better, but I still don't think they are a lock to win even the first series. It will help if they draw the Mets in the first round, they've had good luck with the Mets this year and their bullpen is in shambles.
Our bullpen which was at least a mild strength for most of the year isn't in great shape right now. Marmol is lights out, Wood is so-so and it drops WAY off after that with Cotts being the 3rd best option. IF Gaudin can come back to his old form he becomes the 4th option, it seems like a big if though.
The offense has been inconsistent of late. I know alot of people on the board disagree with this and point to the 'best offense in the league' and thats definitely true by the numbers, but this offense is majorly hot and cold. I would hope they are better than the 07 offense in the playoffs, and I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised.
The starting pitching is the strength of the team going into the post-season. Dempster, Harden, Zambrano and Lilly hopefully will give at least decent starts. I'm not all worried about the starting pitching.
So overall I'm undecided. The team is stronger than last year, but still isn't great enough to think that they will just cruise through the NL playoffs.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
I had us as being swept last year. This year, I do not believe that will happen. :-)
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Me as well - I assumed they'd get swept by Arizona especially after losing that first game. I feel a bit more confident this year, although not as confident as I was in 2003.
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I think I feel more confident than 2003 at this point. I have more faith in the pitching staff, and the offense scores about an extra run per game than that squad did. Roster is stronger, deeper and more consistent from top to bottom.
I'm going to be disappointed with anything less than a pennant.
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I'm not sure I'll ever feel as good about a starting rotation than I did going into the 2003 post season. Prior looked unhittable, Wood was healthy, Z was having one of his best seasons of his career (and I'm saying that in retrospect), and Clement was pretty solid. Of course, I didn't want to admit how heavily worked Wood and Prior were and I hadn't yet seen the meltdown that Z was capable of having during big games, which I'm hoping Z is now over. Going into that post season I thought the Cubs had three of the top ten starters in the game. Turned out I was wrong.
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the short series scares the crap out of me, no matter who we face. Game 1 becomes so critical, and it's really a crapshoot, as you are going to face a good pitcher, and our pitcher could have an off day as much as the other guy.
We should be able to beat anyone in the playoffs....but unlike 2003, I'm not putting any WS flights back to Chicago on reserve.
I am worried about 2 things.
1. Offense. It's still not clicking on all cylinders. We've gotten several big hits and build leads, but then don't do much for the final 4-5 innings. Only 6 hits today. 3 hits before the 9th against Brewers...built big leads against Houston, but didn't add to it after the early innings.
2. Relief. The only guy in the entire bullpen I really trust now is Marmol.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
The Angels and Rays are the only teams that can feel 100% percent confident that their pen is good. Wood has looked real good his last 2 outings and we should get Gaudin back in time for the playoffs.
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Chad, I really think you could possibly be the angriest person alive.
Anyway, a nice win and nice to be able to relax for the final week.
This is far and away the least excited I've been for a Division championship, I'm sure because it has been inevitable for the last week or so.
I want more. Much more. Here's to the playoffs.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
No, MikeC is the angriest person alive. Chad's just punchy.
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I'm the sexiest person alive, for what it's worth.
GO CUBS GO CUBS GO CUBS! I was going to be in Chicago during the World Series if the Cubs make it getting drunk at the bars near Wrigley Field, but now it looks like I'll be in Florida doing political organizing:-(
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I'm the sexiest person alive, for what it's worth
Yes, you get that from your mom's side of the family, I'm told.
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The bullpen is really no biggie to me, because we can use starters there.
With all the off days in the post season, you really only need about 3 relievers
marmol, wood, gaudin
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That would be assuming that we get great starts throughout the playoffs...do you really think Wood isn't going to use Cotts as a LOOGY?
Very naive to think that you only need a 3 deep bullpen throughout the whole playoffs.
Just looking at the 2003 playoffs (12 games):
Guthrie 1.2 innings pitched
Alfonseca 3.1 innings pitched
Veres 4.1 innings pitched
Remlinger 4 innings pitched
Farnsworth 8 innings pitched
Borowski 7.2 innings pitched
Cubs starters averaged 6 2/3 innings over those 12 games. Only Clement had a start of less than 5 innings.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Since when did Wood become the manager and the boss of Cotts?
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
that is 6 relievers. If you consider our #4 starter, marquis and marshall, there is your six, why was this so hard?
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I'm glad I was able to watch the game today. No thanks to Fox, who decided that more people in Seattle wanted to see the Rays-Twins game. Anyway, big thanks to P2P broadcasting. Fuck you blackout scheduling! I don't need MLB.tv or TV, bitches.
Anyway, if it's illegal, then I actually didn't use P2P, and the above is what I WOULD HAVE said, if I did illegal things, which i don't condone.
Go Cubs.
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My first thought was: "what the hell did Marquis say now?"
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i like what az phil said
dempster should start game one or two
that way he is available in the bullpen
for a possible game 4 or 5 this could be
a huge advantage to bring a starter who
has been a starter,would not mind lou
bringing marquis in out of the bullpen
a couple of times before end of season
as much as it pains me he should be on
post season roster in the pen.
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c- hill
1b- ward
a shot in the dark at tomorrows
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c- hill
1b- ward
a shot in the dark at tomorrows
A Long Strange Trip
A time for joyous celebration!
Cubs have won the division 3 of the last 6 years -- so, enough already with the references to 1969. However, 1984 and 2003 references are still valid, for now.
And now -- answers to the FIVE BURNING QUESTIONS from Spring Training:
1. Can Dempster be a starter? Hell, yes.
2. Is Soto the real deal? Double Hell, yes.
3. Can Kerry close? So-so. Similar to his days as a starter, lots of high highs and and a few lows, and an injury that cut into his season. Still, he was better than what the Brewers had, and remains the heart and soul of the team.
4. Is Fukudome the real deal? Other than April -- Hell, no. And an issue for the next 3 years.
5. Is Pie our everyday CF? Double Hell, no.
A good year for Hendry (other than the $48MM Fukudome misfire) -- Reed and Edmonds were picked off the scrap heap, played well and won many games for the Cubs, Harden and Gaudin for Gallagher was a great move.
Enjoy, and rest up. A lot of late nights ahead.
Re: A Long Strange Trip
I agree that Fukudome had a bad season, but it's a bit early to call the entire contract a bust. Certainly, if he keeps up his current level of production, it will be a major bust. I'd give him another year though before I consider it a total loss.
Favorite Memory
Lots of great stuff -- Rammy's walk-off vs. the Sox, the 4-game sweep in MIL, Z's no-no, Geo's HR this week....but my favorite memory of this fun team...
Cubs up a run, in St. Louis, Wood in for the save. Tying run on first, Cardinal fans making noise, and Wood bounces a slider in the LH batter's box. Soto makes a great block, and the runner can't advance. Camera pans back to Wood, who yells "Attaboy, Geo!!"
Great reflection of a cohesive team, and Kerry's role on it.
Re: Favorite Memory
It's a little more obscure but I think my favorite game of the year that I saw live on tv was this game:
Edmonds hits the homer and Len gets to do his Jack Brickhouse homerun call.
Of course the sweep at home against the White Sox was great too.
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So sorry I missed it, but there's gotta be a reason for that and I'm drunk out of my mind.
I love you all.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
OT, anybody see this? WTF?
George Brett apparently shits his pants on a regular basis
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Holy crap.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Hysterical. Check out the jersey numbers of the two guys he's talking to: 77 and 78. Clearly, he's hazing a couple of rookies or non-roster invitees.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
My favorite part is the last thing he says, "Whose the pitchers in this game?" West Virginia is proud of you George.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Who's the pitchers in this game?
Still wrong, but not as wrong as yours.
Re: Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
Congrats Cubs.
You've climbed the mountain, it's now time to kick some real ass.
Let's do it.
Recent comments
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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5 Reasons Batman Always Wins
Batman cares as little for nature as he does for the impropriety of disrobing with teenagers.
Batman is, at his core, a traumatized orphan: two descriptors never followed by "... and that's why he's adapting so well, socially." He surrounds himself with women he barely pretends to like at fundraisers he doesn't even pretend to manage. He does pretend to get drunk so other people will think he parties hard, but the only folks who do that are well-behaved tweens.
Say, wasn't Bruce a well-behaved tween when his life was ripped asunder?
These are not the secrets of a man with a healthy social network. If Bruce Wayne were on Facebook, he'd have 75 friends, and 55 of them would be utter strangers sending relentless FarmVille invites.
The only things he cares about are kicking ass and family ... and he's all out of family. Everything else is peripheral. Even when Nolan's Batman saves a life, it's a woman he plans to sleep with, or a rampaging murderer like the Joker, or that twerp Joffrey.
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All of Westeros' problems can be blamed on Batman.
It's clear that the sanctity of human life is not Batman's prime motivation, which is researching new places to bend the human body. Sure, there was that time he rescued a couple boatloads of people, but he was also trying to salvage his reputation ... so that he could resume beating people with impunity.
The end result of this total withdrawal is that he's obligated to no one. Here's his idea of a coy exchange:
Your palpable disdain has been registered, Mr. Wayne.
Our hero didn't even have the good manners to think up a convincing lie. He just laughs off the man's worry for his well-being. "Gunshot wound? Which one? I'm always doing crazy stuff to myself. Maybe someday you'll know more, but for now, I have what I need from you." It's a lot like that girl I cared about who used to say juuuuust enough to let you know she was a cutter, then act like it was none of your business when you tried to help.
Although come to think of it, I've never seen Susan and Batman in the same filthy alley.
Ah, never mind. There they are.
What This Means for the Movie:
There's a great advantage in disinterest. It's why an athlete can be great in practice, and then choke at bat.(Though it's also because he's a football player with no idea what he's doing in a baseball stadium, but that's circumstantial, and shouldn't impact this metaphor.) Ask any live performer: Caring enough to get psyched up is a hair's breadth away from caring enough to get psyched out.
Bane invests all his energy in rewriting Gotham, whereas at the start of the film, Batman cares so little that he's retired. The only thing that can hope to defeat Batman is more Batman, or in this case, Batman's apathy. With nothing to lose and nothing to gain, he's in a perpetual zen state, whereas Bane's stacking decent odds on a choke.
Bane, are you sure Batman didn't lure you to the city and make you think all this terrorism was your idea so that he'd have the green light to batter you around?
DC, you kooky fun-factory, don't ever change
He'll solve a crime even if it ruins his chances with a dame.
You cannot stop Batman. Entire planets have tried. When Batman crosses railroad tracks, the warning lights are for the train's safety. The four fundamental interactions in physics are gravity, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force and Batman getting what he wants. In fact, the Large Hadron Collider was a waste of money, because scientists could have just as easily observed a Higgs boson particle every time Batman's balls clap against his knee.
What This Means for the Movie:
We have confidence that Christopher Nolan intends to break the Bat and show that, one way or another, a Dark Knight will always rise to defend Gotham. But as we've seen, Batman is fueled by adversity. The world's greatest detective will figure out who directed the hit on his parents, decided to murder his true love, helped the Joker devastate Gotham and pointed Bane to paralyze him. What's Nolan going to do when -- inevitably -- Bruce Wayne comes after him?
Oh, you're laughing, of course. Batman can't hurt Christopher Nolan; he's just a fictional character. Hang it all, haven't you been listening?
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This is a real panel that a real editor really approved.
He's the goddamn Batman. He changes personalities more often than clothes. He can resolve any challenge without taking his hands off his belt. He kills whenever he feels like it. He does not care, and he does not stop. What, among all those traits, makes you think he'll let not being real delay him for one second from taking vengeance? If you strike him down, he'll only come back with more dimensions.
And I, for one, am looking forward to it.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and NEW YORK, NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE -- (Marketwire) -- 12/07/12 -- Tullett Prebon has been named the inaugural Interdealer Broker of the Year at the Futures and Options World International Awards 2012.
The awards, which celebrate innovation in the derivatives industry, were judged by an independent panel of market advisers and consultants and this year featured an interdealer broker category for the first time. The results were announced at a ceremony in London last night.
The judges highlighted a number of factors contributing to their decision including:
-- Tullett Prebon's recent gains in market share in existing and electronic hybrid offerings, in particular with respect to the Asian and Chinese markets; -- The consolidation of and increased leading position in the global power markets; -- The innovative launches of tpSWAPDEAL, tpMATCH NDF and tpSPOTDEAL; -- The successful acquisitions of Convencao and Chapdelaine & Co in the Americas; -- The "strong innovation" displayed by the Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments team; and -- The notable strides made in increasing market transparency by Tullett Prebon Information.
Tullett Prebon's success builds upon its strong performance in the recent Risk Magazine 2012 Annual Interdealer Rankings in which the business was named the overall number one interdealer broker, dominating 15 out of 24 FX categories as well as performing strongly in the Interest Rates and Credit categories, with 14 and 7 number one rankings respectively.
Last month, Tullett Prebon was also named Best Broker for Forwards FX for the 12th year running and Best Broker for Currency Options for a second consecutive year in the annual FX Week Best Banks Awards.
Commenting Angus Wink, Chief Executive Office of EMEA at Tullett Prebon, said:
"We're delighted to be named as Futures and Options World's inaugural Interdealer Broker of the Year. The win is testament to the success of our hybrid approach to broking, the evolution of which has allowed us to continue delivering a first class service to our clients despite challenging macro-economic conditions.
"This approach combined with the launch of several innovative new products and a growing commitment to providing market transparency through our Tullett Prebon Information business has ensured we're well-placed to meet our client's needs. The fact this has once again been recognised by the industry is something as a business we're extremely proud of."
Commenting John Abularrage, Chief Executive Officer and President the Americas at Tullett Prebon, said:
"Winning this award is recognition for the strength of our business across the globe. It's fantastic to see our recent acquisition of Convencao and Chapdelaine & Co highlighted by the judges, as we continue to strengthen both our geographic footprint and product offering to meet our client's needs in a shifting macro-economic environment."
About Tullett Prebon
Tullett Prebon (www.tullettprebon.com) is one of the world's largest interdealer brokers and operates as an intermediary in wholesale financial markets facilitating the trading activities of its clients in seven major product groups: Rates, Volatility, Treasury, Non Banking, Energy & Commodities, Credit and Equities.
With offices in 21 countries, Tullett Prebon operates voice, hybrid, electronic, volume matching, algorithmic matching and risk mitigation platforms, to accommodate the needs of its clients, and to satisfy the regulatory driven evolution of the marketplace. Tullett Prebon will be applying to be a Swap Execution Facility with the CFTC and the SEC in the US and will continue to provide regulatory compliant infrastructures in all other jurisdictions.
In addition to its brokerage services, Tullett Prebon offers a variety of market information services through its IDB Market Data division, Tullett Prebon Information.
Tullett Prebon has its principal offices in London, New Jersey, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, with other offices, joint ventures and affiliates in Bangkok, Frankfurt, Geneva, Houston (Texas), Jakarta, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manama (Bahrain), Manila, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, Warsaw and Zurich.
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The future of clothes washers is now.
Over the last five years there have been remarkable changes in clothes washers and the clothes washer market. In 1995 water and energy efficient washing machines were few and far between. Today, almost every major manufacturer offers a water and energy efficient line of machines and many of these products are touted at the finest washing machines the company has ever made. Initially these machines were all front loading machines, but in the past two years a number of high efficiency top loading machines have been brought to market.
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Senior Jonathan Mendoza was named Preseason All-America by College Soccer News, College Sports Madness, and Soccer America this week. The midfielder was selected to the Second Team by the first two publications, and First Team by the latter.
Mendoza, who was a Third Team All-America selection by the NSCAA at the end of last season, was the only Atlantic Sun Conference player to receive recognition on any list. The senior led the Hatters in scoring a year ago, and already tallied a couple of scores in the preseason this summer.
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They arrived on Friday, with Harry praising his fellow trekkers, who included a double-amputee and a blind U.S. Army captain.
"It will prove to everybody that there's so much that can be made possible when you think that nothing is left," he said on the Walking With The Wounded charity blog.
"I think we'll be having a few whiskies tonight and the everyone's looking forward to getting home."
The 29-year-old should be back in London in time to see girlfriend Cressida Bonas before Christmas and then go on to celebrate the holidays with his brother, Prince William, sister-in-law, Kate and little nephew Prince George.
It was no mean feat for the veterans from the U.K., U.S., Australia and Canada as they battled temperatures of 58 degrees below zero while pulling sleds loaded with their provisions.
The expedition, with three teams led by Harry and actors Alexander Skarsgard and Dominic West, was originally a competition to race to the pole. But that element was canceled due to safety concerns and then the main objective became getting all of the adventurers to the finish line.
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For traditional recipes from the Mysore region and food from all over, with ramblings about life and kids thrown in the mix.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Lazeez Lauki
RCI is an event started by Lakshmi and hosted by Lavi this month with Lucknawi food as the theme. The Nawabi food of Lucknow is royal indeed with generous use of rich foods like khoya, cream, ghee, saffron, nuts, dry fruits etc in many of their dishes. This Lazeez Lauki again comes from Dastarkhwan-e-Awadh, a cookbook dedicated to Awadhi cuisine. I adapted the recipe to use the ingredients I had in hand and substitited where necessary. I have used paprika and turmeric for color. Recipe calls for saffron and kewra water, both of which I skipped. I'm sure that would've added a whole new dimension to the flavour. Recipe also has khoya for stuffing but I used paneer instead. I've used garam masala in place of the roasted and ground spices that the original recipe had. I've tweaked and taken short cuts here but I think it was still the longest time I've taken to prepare a curry! But the lauki was still very lazeez! :)
Bottle gourd
For stuffing:
1/4 cup crumbled paneer (recipe calls for khoya)
2 tbsp cashewnuts, chopped and roasted
1 tsp yogurt
salt to taste
For grinding:
2 onions, chopped and fried till golden brown
1 tbsp poppy seeds, roasted
1 cup yogurt, beaten
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chilli powder (or to taste)
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 tbsp ghee/oil
salt to taste
Wash and peel the gourd. If too long then cut into two halves (I used just a half). Remove the pith with a knife. Prick the outside uniformly with a fork. Apply a teaspoon of salt all over and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, fry the finely sliced onions in ghee to a golden brown and grind to a paste along with the roasted poppy seeds. If too dry, add a little yogurt to help with the grinding.
Prepare the stuffing by frying the cashewnuts in some ghee. Mix it in with crumbled paneer, 1 tsp yogurt, salt and keep aside.
Pat the gourd dry and fry in the ghee previously used. Evenly brown all over. Drain ghee and remove. Fill the gourd with the prepared stuffing.
In the yogurt, mix the onion/poppy seed paste, garam masala, red chilli powder, paprika, turmeric and salt & blend well. I had some leftover stuffing that I added in the mixture, which made the sauce chunky. Heat the mixture in the pan, along with the stuffed gourd. Cover with lid and cook on low for 30 minutes, until the gourd is cooked through.
Serve hot on a platter, garnished with coriander. Carve round slices while serving. Tastes delicious with chapati or warqui paratha.
46 comments:
- Asha said...
YUM! I have a cookbook with this recipe too, but with Snake gourd/Padavalkayi. Looks so good and perfect entry. You are cooking more these days, goo for you!
Hugs to you,enjoy. Very busy weekend for me. I don't want to be stressed but likely with about 6-8 teenagers in the living room with guitars and drums. I think I will go to my cabin and read or something! :D
- March 13, 2009 at 10:16:00 AM EDT
- Happy cook said...
I have never had this, itlooks so yummy delicious, wish i could taste this.
- March 13, 2009 at 11:23:00 AM EDT
- Jaya said...
OMG!! these looks so delicious and I am sure the effort is worth trying ..great one ...yeah your are right there awadhi cuisine is rich and uses lots of dry fruits/khoya/cream ...
this one is just a winner ..
hugs and smiles
- March 13, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM EDT
- Ashwini said...
Looks so fab and mouthwatering..perfect entry. rich and creamy gravy..
- March 13, 2009 at 12:34:00 PM EDT
- Cham said...
Looks really tasty the gravy and veggie, I will look the site u provided and cook something, sounds very delicous awadhi cuisine Vani!
- March 13, 2009 at 2:01:00 PM EDT
- Usha said...
Wow this looks really rich and creamy ! I am sure it tasted awesome :-)
- March 13, 2009 at 3:24:00 PM EDT
- A_and_N said...
Gosh I should so try this! Looks amazing
- March 13, 2009 at 4:13:00 PM EDT
- indosungod said...
You are on a roll. Looks so delicious Vani. I just love the creamy and rich gravy. Now I am more curious about a sweet dish. Do you have any coming up ;)
- March 13, 2009 at 4:30:00 PM EDT
- Madhu Taneja, Ameeta Atul & Ashima Taneja said...
wow Vani ...... this looks delicious ...... even though I am from Lucknow I have still never had this dish ..... always heard about it though ......
lovely collection of recipes at your blog ......
- March 13, 2009 at 6:03:00 PM EDT
- meeso said...
That's a great looking dish!
- March 13, 2009 at 6:20:00 PM EDT
- Pooja said...
Nice pic vani..Looking great..
- March 13, 2009 at 6:39:00 PM EDT
- Sharmila said...
This is a new dish Vani! Stuffed lauki! Sounds wonderful .. and the snap looks awesome! :-)
- March 13, 2009 at 11:09:00 PM EDT
- sra said...
Ah, the 'umble bottlegourd - what a transformation! I made a stir-fry of an entire b.gourd three days ago, haven't been able to touch it, and it's not like I dislike it. Just guess it's not looking exciting enough.
- March 14, 2009 at 9:26:00 AM EDT
- sampada said...
hey vani,
nice recipe..sounds delicious..i always love to make bottleguard dishes...picture looks so inviting. recently my husband got transferred to U.S. here i had a hard time to find ingredients. anyway one of my friend introduced to a great resource www.myethnicworld.com where i can pass great along as well.
- March 14, 2009 at 10:07:00 AM EDT
- Priya Sriram said...
Looks lovely Vani! Would make a very good side dish for paratha!
- March 15, 2009 at 1:24:00 AM EDT
- Arch said...
Great looking picture and am sure it tasted awesome too...very innovative dish with a plain and simple lauki !
- March 15, 2009 at 8:33:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Asha- looks like a full weekend for you! Enjoy the b'days :)
HC - first time cooking with lauki for me. the dish was really nice
Jaya- rich foods so can indulge occasionally only. It was a good recipe I found :)
Ashwini - thanks :)
Cham - do look up the site. Has some really good non-veg recipes too :)
- March 15, 2009 at 9:38:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Usha - yeah, rich and made richer with panner/cashew in the gravy. It was awesome :)
A&N - and it was! :)
ISG - yeah, on one of my positive blogging phases right now. Having no sweet tooth to speak of, no sweets post coming up, I'm afraid :(
AShima - thanks! loved your blog too :)
Meeso- thanks :)
- March 15, 2009 at 9:42:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Pooja- thanks :)
Sharmila - I never tried it before too but was just ogling at the recipe for months now! Got a chance to actually make it this time :)
Sra- I know what u mean about not wanting to eat something sometimes. yeah and humble no more with this dish! This was my first time cooking with lauki. I made muthiyas with leftover lauki and that was great too. I'll have to try other dishes and I know where to look for recipes :)
Sampada - thanks for the nice comment. Will check out the website u mentioned :)
Priya - thanks :)
Arch - thanks. this recipe sure dressed up the simple lauki :)
- March 15, 2009 at 9:48:00 PM EDT
- Uma said...
what a delicious way to eat lauki! Lovely recipe Vani!
- March 16, 2009 at 1:09:00 AM EDT
- Ann said...
Wow what a delicious dish Vani...and amazing clicks here makes me your follower..i missed you,but not from today..keep going Vani.
- March 16, 2009 at 2:19:00 AM EDT
- Divz said...
hi vani...first time on ur blog..lovely clicks!! i am feeling bad why hadn't i spotted ur blog all this while?
- March 16, 2009 at 2:33:00 AM EDT
- keerthana said...
hi Vani,isn't that what we call sorekai? that looks delicious. never heard of this dish before.
- March 16, 2009 at 3:52:00 AM EDT
- Mangala Bhat said...
wow ! nice pic and recipe looks creamy and rich ..:)
- March 16, 2009 at 8:13:00 AM EDT
- Sandeepa said...
Have had lauki kofta but this is just too good
- March 16, 2009 at 8:22:00 AM EDT
- Chitra said...
nice pics,lovely clicks vani!!DO visit my blog when u r free:)
- March 16, 2009 at 8:29:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Uma - thank you :)
Ann - that's so sweet! thanks :)
Divz- don't blame you. I may be missing about half the South Asian blogs in the blogosphere. we are a pretty big community, right? nice to have found you :)
- March 16, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Keerthana - yup, it's the sorekayi. tho' my mom makes it sometimes, I've never tried to cook sorekayi at home before. Made muthiyas with leftover that were nice too. I think I'm turning into a fan of this veggie :)
Mangala - thanks :)
San - can't go wrong with ghee, paneer and cashews :)
Chitra- thanks for stopping by! just left you a comment :)
- March 16, 2009 at 2:21:00 PM EDT
- Purva Desai said...
This is completely new dish, rich and tasty...
Will try this soon, thanks for sharing
- March 16, 2009 at 11:55:00 PM EDT
- SriLekha said...
wow! a unique dish for me vani!
looks so tempting!
- March 17, 2009 at 7:50:00 AM EDT
- Laavanya said...
That looks awesome.. I love how the sunlight falls on it.. Makes it look heavenly :)
- March 17, 2009 at 11:02:00 AM EDT
- bee said...
what a gorgeous pic!!!
- March 17, 2009 at 2:03:00 PM EDT
- Vani said...
Purva SriLekha, Laavanya, Bee- thanks, all!
- March 17, 2009 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
- Paru ... said...
Vani, thats one great looking dish out there..Bookmarking this, need to definetly try it..
- March 17, 2009 at 3:54:00 PM EDT
- Pavithra Kodical said...
This is so new to me..Recipe sounds interesting and looks delicious.Worth all the effort.Great post :)
- March 17, 2009 at 8:14:00 PM EDT
- Jayashree said...
That is such a tempting pic Vani....looks delicious.
- March 19, 2009 at 7:25:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Paru, Pavithra, Jaysshree - thank you, girls! :)
- March 19, 2009 at 10:32:00 AM EDT
- Sia said...
OMG, OMG!!! how in the world i missed this post!
what a pretty looking plate of stuffed lauki. i had made stuffed lauki from raghavan iyer's 660 curries and loved it. i am one of those crazy fans of lauki and gonna make this pretty soon. thanks vani for this awesome recipe :)
- March 20, 2009 at 5:19:00 AM EDT
- srikars kitchen said...
wow.. new dish to me.. i will try .. thxs for sharing...
- March 20, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM EDT
- Sunshinemom said...
lauki really looks lazeez. I think I have eaten this long back at a restaurant. You just reminded me of it!!
- March 21, 2009 at 6:39:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Sia - thanks! glad u found it now and liked it. Saw your stuffed lauki too. looks delicious!
Sri, Sunshinemom - thanks for your comments, both! :)
- March 22, 2009 at 11:11:00 AM EDT
- Susan said...
Now that I have more working knowledge of Indian spices and legumes, the amazing world of Indian veggies is next. I currently have bags of bitter gourd and red chiles in my freezer.
Vani, this looks incredible. Fascinating food! Thanks for opening my eyes and making me hungry to try even more recipes. : )
- March 23, 2009 at 10:44:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
Susan- thank you for stopping by and your nice comment :)
- March 23, 2009 at 4:50:00 PM EDT
- Aparna Prabhu said...
Hey Vani i saw ur blog just today nd really loved lots of foodies.....
keep visiting mine too
regards always
- March 29, 2009 at 2:11:00 AM EDT
- themustardseed said...
This is one of the best versions of lauki sabzi I have seen. Looks really good.
- August 11, 2011 at 1:13:00 AM EDT
- Vani said...
TMS - it was really good. I've not made this since though. I shd soon!
- August 12, 2011 at 11:54:00 PM EDT


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A majority of voters would support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, but Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has surged ahead among Republican challengers, trailing Mrs. Clinton by single digits, a McClatchy-Marist Poll released Wednesday found.
In a Clinton-Ryan matchup, 52% favored Mrs. Clinton while 44% backed Mr. Ryan, who was the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee. The poll showed the gap has narrowed from 53%-40% in December.
Support for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was considered the Republican frontrunner until a January controversy over lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, has dropped in the last month, with undecided voters largely heading to the Clinton camp. In this month's poll, Mr. Christie trails Mrs. Clinton by 21 percentage points, with 37% of the vote and 6% undecided. In January, Mr. Christie trailed the Democrat by 13 percentage points, with 12% undecided.
Mrs. Clinton also holds a 14-point lead over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and a 17-point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas). Her lead on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush—who said last month he is still considering a bid—widened to 20% from 12% in December. She also leads Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) by 20 points, up from 15 points in December. Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) trails the former first lady by 21 percentage points.
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JOHNSTOWN - Some things are timeless, like good friends, a great cookie and even legendary rocker Mick Jagger.
All those things come together in the latest version of the traveling Sesame Street Live show, "Make a New Friend,'' which comes to the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown next month.
The old favorites will be there, like Elmo, the Cookie Monster and Grover who sing traditional tunes, like the TV show's theme song, "Sunny Days.'' But there are also some new tunes, like a parody of Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger'' that should keep parents entertained.
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Characters from the TV show "Sesame Street" will be featured in "Make A New Friend" playing Sept. 17 and 18 at the Cambria County?War Memorial Arena in Johnstown.
The show also features parodies of song hits by Katy Perry and Bruno Mars, said Joy Carlson, performance director for Sesame Street Live.
"We like to keep up-to-date with what's going on now,'' she said. "We keep the parents just as entertained as we do the kids.''
But the show is really about the little ones and this year's show has a new twist. It's the first time an international character has been introduced who's not a regular member of the TV cast. On the show, there's one character who represents another culture and that's Rosita, who's Mexican, Carlson said.
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What: Sesame Street Live - "Make a New Friend"
Where: Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown
When: 7 p.m. Sept. 17, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 18
Tickets: $18 general admission for evening shows, $10 for kids' matinee and open to school or day care groups with more than 10 children; a $2.50 facility fee will be added to the cost of all tickets.
Special ticket offers: Sunny Seats, $53, includes pre-show Meet and Greet photo with a Sesame Street character, music and play plus seating in first two rows of auditorium; Gold Circle $30, on-floor seating behind Sunny Seats.
For more information, call 536-5156 or to charge tickets call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. To order tickets online go to www.ticketmaster.com.
The premise of "Make A New?Friend" is that Grover's friend from India, whose name is Chamki, is visiting Sesame Street for just one day. He introduces her to his friends on Sesame Street, like the Cookie Monster, who is very interested when she tells him about the cookies in India called "biskuts.''
"Chamki is a little shy at first, but Grover helps her to makes friends,'' Carlson said. "So it's nice for kids to see that it's not so bad if they're shy, too, that they can make friends.''
Grover has a long list of things he wants to do with Chamki, including kayaking and yoga, but he soon finds out he's running out of time. He even wants to turn into "Super Grover 2.0,'' a kind of super hero shown on the TV show, to get it all done.
But he eventually learns that the lesson of friendship is that you don't have to do a lot of things together to be friends, you just have to spend time together, Carlson said.
The Sesame Street Live show has been making kids, parents and grandparents smile for 34 years, playing in both big and small cities across the country, said Carlson. Most of the 13 cast members are dancers and during the show they interact a lot with the audience, moving throughout the auditorium.
The show tours from the end of August through next July, she said.
People in the Altoona-Johnstown area have loved the Sesame Street Live shows for at least two decades, said Tom Grenell, general manager of the Cambria County War Memorial Arena. He said the shows attract children as young as infants and they just keep coming back, year after year.
"This may be the first show that parents takes their child to but the memories will last a lifetime,'' he said.
The War Memorial can seat up to 5,000 for a concert, but Grenell said they alter the seating so that the three Sesame Street shows will only accommodate 1,500 people at each show.
"A young person needs to be more close,'' he said. "If you're more than 300 hundred feet away from Elmo, you're probably not going to have a good experience.''


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West Oahu Campus, Campus Center Multipurpose Room C-208
UH West O'ahu to host Distinguished Visiting Scholar Dr. Pasi Sahlberg of Finland. Internationally renowned education expert to discuss "Finnish lessons for Hawai'i."
The internationally renowned education scholar will travel to the Islands to discuss the story of education reform in Finland and how these lessons might inspire new policy and practice in Hawai'i.
During his presentation, Sahlberg will address topics from Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? including Finnish schools' focus on equity over excellence, and how the Finnish education system was reformed from one much like the United States, to one that views education as "an instrument to even out social inequality." Dr. Pasi Sahlberg's presentation is made possible by the UH West O'ahu Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, the University of Hawai'i Diversity and Equity Initiative, and offered in partnership with the Consulate of Finland and the Hawai'i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS). He will also speak at an HAIS event on Nov. 18. For more information, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu.
Pasi Sahlberg has lived and worked in England (King's College), the United States (World Bank in Washington D.C.) and Italy (European Training Foundation in Torino) and worked in 50 countries around the world. He earned his PhD from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland in 1996 and was an invited speaker at Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University and Parliament Houses in England, Scotland, New Zealand and the European Union.
Sahlberg is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in education, and member of the Advisory Board of the Center on International Education Benchmarking, as well as Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Helsinki and Oulu.
His book Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? (2011) won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award, the 2012 Education Award in Finland, and 2011 Upton Sinclair Award in the United States. He is also known as an international "school improvement activist" because of his direct links to practitioners and their communities. For more information, visit pasisahlberg.com.
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This week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by new-member-of-the-team Rick Barraza to discuss the week's top developers news, including:
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Localized versions of Silverlight 5 Tools !!!!
PowerShell 3 and DLR
CodeMash 22.214.171.124
http://codemash.org/ http://codemash.org/Sessions/Technology/.NET">.NET and http://codemash.org/Sessions/Technology/Windows%208">Windows 8 content, Jon Skeet is here
EF 4.3 Beta 1 (and announcing EF 5.0)
Code signing for the independent developer (a bit old though)
Dorian Corompt's posts about functional programming
On the subject of INotifyPropertyChanged, the Anders Hejlsberg Way.
The only issue I have with it is that it as to replicated across classes.
Now as I see it, if you slightly modify the code you can make it an extension method.
Different interface, so you raise the event on the correct object. (As I don't no a way to externally trigger them.).
Public Interface INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd Inherits INotifyPropertyChanged Sub RaisePropertyChangedEvent(ByVal source As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) End Interface Public Interface INotifyPropertyChanging_Extd Inherits INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd Sub RaisePropertyChangingEvent(ByVal source As Object, e As PropertyChangingEventArgs) End Interface
Then you have the following extension method(s).
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Collections.Generic Public Module Exts <Extension> Public Sub SetProperty(Of T, U As INotifyPropertyChanging_Extd)(ByVal obj As U, [property] As String, toValue As T, ByRef usingField As T, Optional ignored As Object = Nothing) If obj Is Nothing Then Exit Sub If Not EqualityComparer(Of T).Default.Equals(usingField, toValue) Then Dim old = usingField obj.RaisePropertyChangingEvent(obj, New PropertyChangingEventArgs([property])) usingField = toValue obj.RaisePropertyChangedEvent(obj, New PropertyChangedEventArgs([property])) End If End Sub <Extension> Public Sub SetProperty(Of T, U As INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd)(ByVal obj As U, [property] As String, toValue As T, ByRef usingField As T) If obj Is Nothing Then Exit Sub If Not EqualityComparer(Of T).Default.Equals(usingField, toValue) Then usingField = toValue obj.RaisePropertyChangedEvent(obj, New PropertyChangedEventArgs([property])) End If End Sub End Module
Example Class using this extension method.
Public Class Example Implements INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd Private _Value As Integer Property Value As Integer Get Return _Value End Get Set(value As Integer) Me.SetProperty("Value", value, _Value) End Set End Property Public Event PropertyChanged(sender As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged Public Sub RaisePropertyChangedEvent(source As Object, e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements INotifyPropertyChanged_Extd.RaisePropertyChangedEvent RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(source, e) End Sub End Class
And the _PropertyChanged event being handled.
Class MainWindow Private WithEvents MyExample As New Example Private Sub MyExample_PropertyChanged(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs) Handles MyExample.PropertyChanged Debug.WriteLine(e.PropertyName) End Sub End Class
INotifyPropertyChanged, the Anders Hejlsberg Way:
Good feedback and an interesting discussion.
In terms of visual density, this was partly due to the fact that Anders codes using K&R style bracing instead of Allman, as well as the extra code he uses to properly avoid the race condition that exists in the MSDN example. I updated the blog post to use Allman style for both.
The other thing I did want to point out was that there is at least one other advantage besides just reductions in raw lines of boiler plate code in property setter, which is that it sets up a Pit of Success for properly implementing INotifyPropertyChanged in subclasses.
I work on a very large WPF/C# enterprise project at the moment and there are literally *thousands* of incorrectly implemented properties in the application that need to be fixed to properly check for inequality before setting the field and raising the event.
I appreciate the discussion even if you don't agree with the post. (:
Welcome to the C9 team, Rick and Brian!
I started watching this podcast on my bus ride into work today. Rick, you used a term I've not heard before, called "New Developers". I think you said it is a term that was introduced at the Build conference. I wasn't able to make the Build conference, so would you please define what that term means.
@rbarraza: Rick, it's my turn to apologize for not responding sooner. WOW, almost a month after you replied to me. I'm sorry!
Thank you for your description as to what you mean by a "new developer". It's interesting, then, as it now seems like Microsoft is going to make it possible for the hobbiest developer to get back into the game, so to speak. I know that you meant more than that, but it seems as though the new developer would be someone who isn't necessarily a heavy duty enterprise developer (although they're included), but could also be the person who writes a few scripts on the side, occasionally dabbles in HTML and JavaScript, that Windows 8 will open it up for people like that again. Something that was lost with each new version of VS.
Welcome Dan. And a nice video though, several interesting things.
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|Principles of Marketing
|An introduction to the terminology of marketing and basic marketing concepts. Emphasizes product, price, distribution and promotional decisions with reference to the internal and external environments of the organization. Prerequisite: MATH 141 OR MATH 143. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.
|Professional Selling
|An analysis of current models of professional selling procedures. Emphasizes the practical application of procedures to sell successfully. Role-playing is used extensively to apply the practical knowledge to selling situations. Prerequisite: MKTG 300. Offered Fall and Spring semester.
|Introduction to the terminology, institutions, and functions of advertising as an activity of marketing. Emphasizes managerial aspects of advertising. Prerequisite: MKTG 300. Offered Fall semester.
|International Marketing
|Explores marketing strategies unique to international business. Focuses on modifications of marketing strategies and tactics occasioned by environmental differences. Prerequisite: MKTG 300. Offered Fall and Spring semesters.
|Directed Studies
|A tutorial-based course used only for student-initiated proposals for intensive individual study of topics not otherwise offered in the Marketing Program. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and school dean. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.
|Special Topics in Marketing
|Current topics of interest in marketing are explored. The title changes according to the contemporary marketing issue being examined.
|Consumer Behavior
|This course provides students with a managerial perspective of consumer behavior. Students examine how psychological, sociological and anthropological bases of behavior influence purchase and consumption of consumer goods and services. Prerequisite: MKTG 300. Offered Spring semester.
|Marketing Research and Planning
|Provides a detailed examination of marketing research including the design of a marketing research project. Includes the development of a marketing plan based on the results of the research process. Prerequisite: MKTG 300, MATH 150; junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor. Offered Spring semester.
|Students receive credit for meeting pre-arranged learning objectives while working for a company or non-profit organization. Internships give students the opportunity to compare their understanding of classroom material with current best practices in their field. Credit is based on the number of hours at the job site and the nature of the learning objectives. Monthly class sessions reinforce the student learning objectives, and allow interns to compare their experiences with other interns. Prerequisites: MKTG 300; junior or senior standing (transfer students must complete a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours or obtain permission of instructor); and approvals from the Gore School of Business Practice/Experience Coordinator and the Career Center internship coordinator. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.
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|Professional Portfolio
|The Professional Portfolio is designed for mid-career professionals. The class gives students the opportunity to assess their interests and skills, design a career plan, and create a portfolio, which documents what they have to offer to an organization in an appropriate field. Students must have at least five years of professional or managerial experience to enroll in this class. Prerequisites: MKTG 300; junior or senior standing; and approval of the Gore School of Business Experience/Practice Coordinator. The 442 series is offered primarily as a directed studies option. For further information and 442 approval, see the Practice Experience Coordinator.
|New Product Development
|This course is designed to introduce the theories, methods and practice of product development from initial research through concept development. Students will become familiar with the nature, structure, roles and process of research and development, including the use of product development as a competitive strategy.
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|Traditionally, business school courses have focused on the manufacturing sector of the economy. This course is especially designed for those students who may be interested in working in service industries and in addressing the distinct needs and challenges of managing services and delivering quality service to customers. The primary theme of the course is that service organizations (e.g., banks, transportation companies, hotels, hospitals, educational institutions, professional services) require a distinctive approach to management and marketing strategy—both in its development and execution. A second theme of the course focuses on the role of service in manufacturing businesses. Prerequisite: MKTG 300, MGMT 305. Same as MGMT 470. Offered Spring semester.
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|This is an integrative course in marketing planning and strategy. Marketing functions are examined through application and case analysis to successfully integrate all elements of the managerial process. The course presents concepts from a decision making perspective rather than from a descriptive point of view. This approach reflects our emphasis on the marketing decisions that students are most likely to confront in their careers. Additionally, since marketing managers are held accountable for profits as well as sales, budgetary considerations of marketing decisions are discussed. Prerequisites: MKTG 300; MKTG 338 or instructor's permission. Offered Spring semester.


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When I was trying to figure out how close the Bedford-Chestnut Ridge rematch would be prior to Saturday's District 5 Team Duals starting, I thought it would be a lot closer than the first time the rivals wrestled - a 59-16 Bedford rout on Dec. 22.
In the rematch, the teams battled nerves, familiarity, pressure, surprises, lineup moves and, of course, each other to send the dual meet outcome down to the last bout. In that bout, Bedford's Michael Brett beat Dan Albright, 8-6, in a matchup of Thomas Subaru Tournament champions to give the Bisons a 29-24 win.
I didn't know it would be that close.
Dual meets like that are tough on the nerves of respective teams and fans, but they're good for wrestling, and they've been happening a lot this season within District 5. In District 6, many of the matches involve multiple forfeits that lead to blowouts or high-scoring dual meets.
Ridge coach Greg Lazor and the rest of the Lions should be commended for closing a significant gap that separated the teams, who are the top two in the Mirror rankings, in the first match. The rematch is more what the teams are used to in this series.
Part of that is many of the Lions dropping one and sometimes two weights from the first matchup. Colby Hillegass weighed in at 132 and wrestled at 138 the first time. The second time he was at 120. Nobody outside of the Ridge program could have seen Austin Buttry dropping from 238 in the Richland Duals to 220 for Saturday's action.
But the Lions' improvement goes beyond weight loss. Kyle Winegardner was pinned by Tanner Williams with a second left in the second period the first time. The second time, Williams, down to 145 last week for the first time, earned a 2-1 win.
The one-point win was one of three the Bisons came out on top of in the match. Jacob Krupa beat Luke Fochtman, 2-1, in a 285-pound bout wrestled by 220-pounders. Dylan Evans captured a 7-6 win over Matt Dull at 170.
Ridge also got a one-point win by freshman Trent Crouse, who made it two in a row over returning state placewinner Ryan Easter. It's probably safe to say these two will be battling again in the individual district tournament, and it will be tight and well wrestled.
The Bisons were able to withstand Ridge's upset bid because of their balance, the coaching of Brian Creps and his talented staff and the fact they've been in close meets en route to a 15-0 record.
Heck, they needed Josiah Koontz's 5-2 win over Berlin Brothersvalley's Trace Heffner at 160 pounds in the Duals quarterfinals to clinch a 34-31 win. They also own a 35-32 win over District 5 foe Somerset the day before the Thomas Tournament and a 34-31 win over North Star in the first match of the season.
It's that kind of handling of pressure that will serve the Bisons well down the road. They could start reaping the rewards this week in the PIAA Duals, where they'll open with District 2 champion Western Wayne at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Giant Center. A win there and they'd face either District 7 champ Burrell or District 11 runner-up Pen Argyl on Friday.
Todd Irwin can be reached at 946-7464 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. He can be followed on Twitter at ToddIrwin1.