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Well Panther fans, we're still locked out. That stinks, I know. However, I'm happy to introduce myself as the newest Staff Writer here for "The Rat Trick". In this article, I plan to let you all get to know me a bit better. After that, I'll dive into the good stuff. Hope you all enjoy!
To begin, my name is Lauren Burg and I'm a hockey fan born and raised in the sunny state of Florida. I didn't become a hockey fan though until 2004, 20 years into my life. Yes, that might seem weird to some but I blame the fact I was raised in a family full of football and baseball fans (Hey, it IS Florida! We're not often known for our hockey!). To tell the honest truth, my boyfriend back in college got me into hockey AND took me to my first game. It was amazing and afterwards I was hooked. I'm a Tampa Bay Lightning fan first and foremost but love and fully support the Florida Panthers as well.
My favorite Panthers player is Sean Bergenheim (yes, a former Bolt, I know) but they're all really cool guys! I also met and have pictures with some Panthers, including head coach Kevin Dineen, from last February when they were in Tampa. If you'd like to see those please feel free to friend me on Facebook!
Here on TRT I'm excited to share my Panthers knowledge with all of you rabid Panther fans. I'll also try and keep you up-to-date on any Panthers news from overseas, at least until this lockout ends, along with San Antonio Rampage and Florida Everblades news. I also cover hockey news for both "Daily Shootout" and "110 Sportz Talk" so feel free to check out those articles as well.
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Zebediah Walker watched Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time when he was six years old and still had nightmares about Eve and the serpent.
It was one of his mother's good days, when she would still smile at him and wear long sleeves so he didn't know how much she was hurting. He had just finished his PB&J sandwich, putting his plate in the dishwasher carefully and making sure he left no crumbs behind when Rebekkah Walker suddenly picked him up and placed him on her hip, closing the washer up for him.
"Come watch a movie with Mummy."
Setting him down in the big armchair usually reserved for his daddy, he watched as Rebekkah set up the VCR and fiddled with a few buttons and knobs and cords before finally pushing the VHS into the machine. He crossed his legs, gripping onto his ankles and leaning forward with interest to see what movie his mummy had chosen – there was always singing, and he always liked to see the smiling faces and the dancing people. Mary Poppins had become a recent favourite, it being the last movie he watched with Rebekkah.
The movie opened with a black man singing, wearing a red suit with tassels and seeming to be upset about something. He didn't dare speak up to ask who the man was or what the movie was – as soon as Mummy sat down and started to watch, she did not like to be disturbed.
Zebediah learned the hard way once what it meant to disturb Rebekkah during her movie time.
He stayed very quiet throughout the entire film, pushing back against his seat and feeling his insides twist uncomfortably as the music turned louder and more dramatic and more frightening. He didn't like Harod and he didn't like Judas, and he really wasn't sure Caiaphas or Annas.
He was starting to become a little frightened of Jesus, too, but then he started to sing Gethsemane.
It started off very quietly – quiet enough that Zebediah could hear Rebekkah's quiet snores, since she had fallen asleep around 'Everything's Alright'. It eventually got louder, of course, and Zebediah whimpered when he saw all the art of Jesus on the cross, bleeding and dead and terrible.
But the song stuck with him.
It had not been a very good day for Zebediah Walker.
It had been a long day of phone calls: phone calls to the bank, to an architect, to a lawyer. Anyone, really, that he needed to talk to so that he could rebuild his shop and finally get off his lazy ass. The prices he was quoted made his head spin, and he had had to hang up on a contractor so that he didn't end up yelling at them and telling them exactly where they could shove their prices.
Rubbing his forehead, he looked into the kitchen to see Adiel dragging a bag of flour to the counter in the middle of baking cookies. Allen was probably in his office – the hospital was crazy right now, what with the backlog due to that freakish week.
Once sure that Ellie wasn't going to accidentally feed Dinah chocolate chips because the German Sheppard had made the begging-puppy-dog-eyes face at her, Zebediah wandered over to the living room. Heading straight to the DVD collection, he rifled through the musicals that were sitting there, finding the one he wanted and pulling it out.
He set up the DVD player, popping in the disc with careful fingers and sitting down in the armchair once everything was settled. Making sure that the volume wasn't too high (not wanting to bother anyone with his movie choices), he went to press play before stopping. Moving to select 'Scenes', he searched until he found the one he wanted, pressing play and watching as Jesus began to make his trip up the mountain, talking to God.
Someone sitting on the arm of his chair alerted him that he hadn't been as quiet as he'd hoped.
Pressing pause on the scene, just as Jesus was about to sing 'just watch me die', Zebediah looked over to see Allen staring at the screen with curiousity.
"I didn't bother you with this, did I?"
"Hm?" Blinking, Allen looked down at Zeb before smiling and shaking his head, patting his shoulder reassuringly. "Oh, n-no, no, I went to g-go see what Ellie was up t-to and heard the music." He paused, turning towards the screen again, his hand not leaving Zeb's shoulder. "…D-Did you start from the beginning…?"
"Nah," Zeb smiled thinly, closing his eyes and lifting a hand to wrap around Allen's wrist quietly. The doctor shifted their grip until they were both holding onto one another. "Skipped to this song."
"A-any particular reason?"
"…I like it," Zebediah murmured, looking at the scene again with faraway eyes. "It's helped me through a lot of shit that's happened last few years."
"…'I will d-drink your cup of poison, nail me to your cross and b-break me; bleed me, beat me, k-k-kill me take me now, before I change my mind'?"
Zeb huffed a laugh, looking up at him. "Yeah, somethin' like that."
"Not v-very optimistic."
"Never said I saw the glass half full."
Allen fell silent, frowning faintly before kissing the back of Zebediah's hand lightly. "…W-want to know my f-f-favourite bit?"
"Thought you were more of a King and I man, love."
"Oh, I am," Allen assured, smiling. "B-but I enjoy the m-music in this one, too. I'm…r-rather fond of one of M-Mary's songs."
"Mmhm." He closed his eyes, clearing his throat and squeezing Zebediah's hand in his before singing softly. "Try not to get worried, t-try not to turn on to problems that u-upset you – don't you know e-everything's alright, yes, everything's fine? And we want you to sleep well t-tonight…"
"…let the world turn without you tonight…if we try, we'll get by, so forget all about us tonight…" He closed his eyes when Allen pressed a quick kiss to the top of his head, smiling vaguely.
"Thanks, love."
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Blueberries 'n Cream Danish Braid.
Follow these easy instructions and create a flaky, buttery cream cheese Danish at home. You can be a master at this, I promise!
One of the kitchen challenges I gave myself last year was to make homemade Danish pastry. You know those buttery, flaky, fruit/cream cheese filled pastries at catered breakfasts and meetings? They're totally irresistible, I know.
Making Danish pastry at home was extremely intimidating, but I put on my big girl pants last October and spent days in my kitchen trying my hand at it. Call me determined, call me pastry crazy, call me whatever but I finally got it! Lucky for us, the recipe I use to make our beloved pastries at home is a quick-method.
If you haven't tried it yet, now is the time. Don't be scared; you can do this too!
My Danish pastry dough and method is an adaption of several trusted sources: Cooking Illustrated, Joy of Cooking, and pastry master Beatrice Ojakangas. I studied the three methods and sort of mish-mashed them all together. Using what I learned, I made a beautiful Iced Raspberry Danish Braid and brought it to Kevin's parents'. If heaven had a taste, it would be my raspberry danish braid.
While snowed in this past week, I made the Danish pastry again – cream cheese filling this time. I also tried to cut the pastry into cute little shapes. Squares, rectangles, circles, twists. What a disaster! They puffed up, but looked incredibly awkward and lopsided.
I'll spare you the photos.
I'm better at pastry braids. It seems like braiding the dough would be harder than cutting into shapes, but trust me – it isn't! Just follow my instructions and visuals and you'll be a Danish pastry master in no time. Promise.
In case you missed it a few months ago, let me explain what Danish pastry is.
What is Danish Pastry?
Danish pastry is made from flour, yeast, milk, eggs, and copious amounts of butter. The texture is similar to croissant dough, but tastes sweeter (and has the addition of egg in the dough). Like croissants, typical Danish pastry dough is rolled out thinly, then folded into numerous layers with a butter square. Flaky, buttery layers. That's what makes it so good!
My Shortcut to Danish Pastry
Rather than laminating the dough with a butter square like Danish and croissant dough typically requires, I cut the cold butter into the dough. Which is a method I use for making my favorite pie crust. You'll still get the flaky, buttery layers you love about Danish pastries, but you'll cut a lot of work from the process.
I have a separate page for you dedicated to preparing and shaping this Danish braid. Before you begin, I suggest reading through the entire dough recipe. It takes some planning ahead. Certain ingredients must be at room temperature, certain ingredients must be warm, while others must be cold. Temperature is very imperative to the success of your Danish pastry dough! So be sure to be prepared by reading my instructions first.
The dough must be sufficiently chilled whenever you are working with it.
There are two stages of chilling:
- Chill the dough right after you prepare it. Chill it in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 4 hours. (And up to 3 whole days.)
- Chill the dough after the "roll and fold" process (of which I detail in the pastry dough recipe) and before you braid it. Chill for at least 30 minutes. During this second chilling time, you could actually keep the dough frozen for up to 1 month. Then thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
Because of all the chilling, this pastry is a wonderful recipe to begin the night before and serve as brunch the next morning. Or even prep the dough a few days in advance so your work can be cut down. I detail make-ahead instructions in the pastry dough recipe.
It's important to know that this recipe makes 2 lbs of dough, which equals 2 braids. The filling and glaze recipes below are enough for 2 braids. 1 braid should serve 4-6 people. Make 2 braids for company. If you don't need that many tempting danishes around, freeze the second half of the dough for a later time. That's what we do!
The filling I used is a simple cream cheese mixture. Lightly sweetened and the perfect creamy center for the flaky dough. It sort of tastes like cheesecake. Cheesecake tucked inside buttery pastry. Oh yes. I dotted the cream cheese filling with blueberries and topped the braid with a few sliced almonds before baking. (Also a simple egg wash to leave a shiny finish.)
Once the braid is finished, you'll drizzle it immediately with a simple glaze. Try to go very light on the glaze because you'll want the cream cheese filling to stand out. Toasted almonds, cheesecake filling, juicy blueberries, flaky pastry, vanilla glaze. What a combination of flavors this braid has!
My homemade pastry is nothing like those mass-produced, overly sweet danishes you're used to finding at the store. My mom put it perfectly "store bought danishes taste so old." Yes, they do! And they're filled with a bunch of gunk I can't even pronounce.
It's simple to create a tender, flaky pastry dough at home. I know it seems scary, but take some time to read through the easy instructions before you begin. That will make the whole pastry-making-process much easier for you! It's not rocket science, it's fruity pastry.
Don't be overwhelmed by my wordy instructions. The more thorough I am, the more help you have to make a successful braided pastry. You can do this!
Blueberries 'n Cream Danish Braids
Yield: 2 braids, 4-6 servings each
Prep Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Total Time: at least 6 hours, which includes chilling time
- 1 recipe Homemade Danish Pastry Dough (step-by-step photos included)
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8oz (224g) full-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup fresh or frozen (unthawed) blueberries
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds (optional)
Vanilla Glaze
- 1/2 cup (60g) confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon (15ml) heavy cream (or milk)
Make the pastry dough through step 7.
Make the filling: in a medium bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and egg yolk together on medium speed until smooth. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Continue with steps 8-10, including preheating the oven to 400F, in the pastry dough recipe for how to assemble. *Don't forget to add the blueberries on top of the filling (as pictured above) and sprinkle the uncooked braids with the sliced almonds before baking.
As the braids are baking, prepare the vanilla glaze by whisking all of the ingredients together. After 10 minutes of cooling, drizzle the braids lightly with glaze and serve immediately.
Braids taste best served on the same day. Dough may be prepared in advance. See "make ahead" instructions in the pastry dough recipe.
Dough recipe adapted from Cooking Illustrated, Joy of Cooking, and Beatrice Ojakangas.
© Sally's Baking Addiction. All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words, or link back to this post for the recipe.
Here's my Iced Raspberry Danish Braid recipe
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90 Responses to "Blueberries 'n Cream Danish Braid."
Omg. SALLY!!! It's gorgeous! Okay that one step shot with the 'leaves' all fanned out, all so perfectly cut into strips, my Lord. You have the patience of a saint and this is stunning! I see things like this and I think, one day…
It looks so incredibly flaky, tender, and soft. Even more flaky, buttery and wonderful than your last pastry dough recipe. And I love the blueberries. So awesome. Pinned! I can only IMAGINE the amount of work that went into this recipe and post
Oh my goodness. That danish looks amazing. I made your danish pastry dough before and filled it with strawberry preserves. It was delicious, and my house smelled like butter. Unfortunately I was just diagnosed with celiac disease, so I am currently mourning the loss of most of my sally's baking addiction favorites. However, I did freeze the other half of the pastry dough, so I may have to make this one for my father. Two of his favorite foods are blueberries and almonds.
My family are Danish so perhaps there's some genetic pre-disposition to loving pastries?
I have made Danish pastry a long, long time ago, but unfortunately it was in the middle of a long hot Aussie summer. With the cooler weather around the corner I think this treat would be a perfect autumnal treat for my family. Thanks for sharing Sally
Sally, this made me laugh, because I am totally intimidated by complicated-seeming recipes, and then you said "this isn't rocket science"…and the thing is, rocket science is literally my job, so I took it as a statement right at me to stop being a wimp and go for it! I do want to try this so much…I love cream-cheese danishes, and anything that you say is cheesecake-like sounds heavenly to me Thanks for your great posts that detail all the steps, and thanks for being brave with testing out recipes so your readers don't have to worry!
I made your previous Danish with my own cream cheese filling recipe and it was delicious. I can't wait to try it with blueberries and almonds!
Also your pictures are beautiful! I just started my own blog with your tips on blogging and now appreciate how much work you must put into taking those gorgeous pictures!
You always sound so positive and uplifting in your blog posts Sally; it's why readers love and trust you! Cheering them on before they've even started baking… You're just the best. I almost wish you'd get snowed in more often if it meant you'd create masterpieces like this! The blueberries must really brighten chilly winter days and help with some of the stir-craziness. Sending lots of warm-weather thoughts your way!
Wow, Sally! This is so unbelievably gorgeous and delicious looking it's hard to believe it's homemade. I believe you though! And you've reduced the intimidation factor by about 94%. That other 6%? Well I think I might be able to forget about it. Because I'm legitimately so in love with how beautiful and tasty this is, that I may attempt it soon. I'll keep ya updated. Have a great Monday!
This is beyond gorgeous. I've always been so intimidated to try this, but after reading your post I think I'll give it a go. I am sure we have another snow day coming up in our near future and this Danish Bread would definitely keep me busy and happy :). You are so talented, Sally. Can't stop looking at these beautiful images!
I just made this today and it was so easy to make and so delicious. I'm making half of the recipe tomorrow. Sally I do have a question regarding the dough. So even though I rotate the pan every five minutes, and left it in the oven for a couple more minutes the dough was still a bit underdone. What do you suggest I should do to have a perfect cooked dough? Or is it supposed to be this way?
I made these a few days ago and they were absolutely fantastic! Even me- the pie hater/pastry decliner- enjoyed a warm slice of this decadent treat straight out of the oven, and the hubby and son raved endlessly about it. I posted it on my blog and linked back to you, of course! Thanks so much for a superb recipe!
Sally, this looks heavenly! Pinned it! And including it in our brunch ideas for Feature Friday today! http://returntothetable.net/recipes/15-easter-morning-brunch-ideas/
I made this tonight, intended for Easter breakfast tomorrow, and my daughters already ate half of one. I wish I had added the almonds for a bit of bite in the texture, but one of my daughters dislikes them. It was still amazingly delicious (and warm) and I have to hold them all back from eating the other 1 1/2 (still warm). I'm eager to have some with coffee.
Thank you for this. My eldest says it tastes like pancakes with a hug.
Sally I just made this to take on a picnic tomorrow with my Hungry Hubby – we've only been married 4 years but we've been together for 14 on Monday se we've taken a long weekend off to celebrate. The pastry is amazing! The lamination is wonderful and it tastes sublime. I love the blueberry cheesecake vibe to it too. Thank you for sharing a wonderful recipe I can't wait to make again!
I studied this one for months before finally attempting this weekend. The dough was so, so sticky. I rolled it out on parchment and cut the strips, but couldn't peel the strips off the parchment without tearing. I ended up kind of wrapping the parchment up around it and kind of…I don't know…smooshing it together that way??? So, it looked like a giant mess, but the dough was soooo light and flaky! We devoured it! I'm hoping maybe I just need to incorporate more flour in the rolling and folding process and it will go better next time. Any other troubleshooting suggestions for me? Thanks for the delicious recipe!
Hi Sally! These Danishes look amazing! I was wondering, your pastry dough recipe makes enough for two braids, so if I wanted to make one raspberry and the other one your blueberry cream cheese filling would
I cut the filling recipes in half so as to only make enough for one? Thank you sorry for the dumb question!


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The story keeps getting more interesting of how the Salem City Council is spending $200,000 to conduct additional tests for dioxin and other nasty chemicals in and around heavily used Riverfront Park.
Yesterday I blogged about a "New City of Salem 'corporate welfare' giveaway to Mountain West Investment." It bothered me that public urban renewal funds were being used to test for contaminants on private land that is now, and will remain, owned by Mountain West Investment.
I could understand why the City wanted to test for pollution from the old Boise Cascade operations on the 3.8 acres west of the railroad tracks. Mountain West has agreed to sell this part of its property to the City so it could be added on to Riverfront Park.
But, I wrote:
There's more to this issue, though. Now I've got even more questions about how City officials are handling this issue.
First, the City Council, Mayor, and City Manager discussed the additional $200,000 worth of environmental testing in a closed executive session. A consituent of Councilor Laura Tesler asked her to explain why taxpayers were paying for testing on Mountain West Investment property.
Tesler replied that since this was discussed in an executive session, she couldn't say anything about the meeting. So Tesler told the constituent that she'd try to get information from City staff.
Now, I don't think it is a wild, crazy, Green-freak, eco-zealot notion to expect that discussions about possible dioxin and other contamination adjacent to or in a public park should be completely open to the citizenry.
The only reason I can think of why this was discussed in a closed executive session is that confidential matters relating to Mountain West Investment business plans and financing were talked about.
If so, this fits into my "corporate welfare" conspiracy theory. If not, what other reason would there be to shut out the public and press?
Second, contrary to the impression given in Statesman Journal stories, most of the additional testing is being done on RIverfront Park land already owned by the City, and already used by the public. I'd wondered how finding an underground pipe on the railroad right of way adjacent to the 3.8 acre planned purchase could boost the cost of DEQ testing from $150,000 to $350,000.
Testing is required by the Department of Environmental Quality before it will issue the Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) sought by the City of Salem. A PPA limits the liability of someone who purchases previously contaminated land -- sort of a "clean bill of health" guarantee.
But a PPA only is granted for land that hasn't already been purchased. So this part of a Statesman Journal story isn't accurate.
Download Salem council to pay for more environmental studies
The council agreed to use $200,000 in urban renewal funds for the environmental work. The environmental studies are needed to protect the city's interests, as it prepares to buy 3.8 acres for an expansion of Riverfront Park, city officials said.
This can't be true, given what John Wales, the City's Urban Development Director, said in an email message to the Councilor Tesler constituent (full message can be found in a continuation to this post).
The proposed new tests along the banks of the Pringle Creek and the Slough will be paid with Urban Renewal funds from the Downtown Riverfront and South Waterfront URAs. Of the 19 proposed test sites, four are located on/or adjacent to the 3.8 acre Park Parcel while the remaining 15 are located on the edge of Riverfront Park.
Thus only four of the 19 tests appear to be needed for the Prospective Purchaser Agreement.
Fifteen are on current Riverfront Park property. Meaning, City officials are concerned that there could be dioxin and other contaminants on the banks of Pringle Creek and the Willamette River Slough that are already accessible to park users.
This raises some questions:
(1) How did City officials become aware that part of Riverfront Park could be contaminated by noxious chemicals? How long have they known this?
(2) Given that Riverfront Park has been converted from a former Boise Cascade industrial site, was adequate environmental testing done before the property became a public park? Why is the shoreline testing only being done now?
(3) Won't the footings for the soon-to-be-built Minto Brown Pedestrian Bridge disturb the ground in the area of the 15 Riverfront Park test sites? Will this increase the cost of the bridge, if contaminants are found?
(4) Why are urban renewal funds being used to pay for the entire $200,000 worth of environmental testing, since only about $42,000 of that amount (4/19 of $200,000) apparently is for test sites related to the Prospective Purchaser Agreement sought as part of the deal to buy 3.8 acres from Mountain West Investment for an addition to Riverfront Park?
Regarding that last question, I'm no expert on urban renewal. But I've always thought it had to do with improving rundown areas and changing their character, not maintaining what already exists in a city.
Most of the $200,000 is being used to test for contaminants in an existing city park, Riverfront Park. Expenditure of that money seemingly has little or nothing to do with the proposed purchase of the 3.8 acre addition to Riverfront Park. It seems to me the 15 test sites should be considered park "maintenance," while the four test sites related to the new potential park acreage is "renewal."
[Update: I just noticed that this agenda item for the Urban Renewal portion of the September 8 City Council meeting claimed that the entire $200,000 is needed to complete the purchase of the 3.8 acres. This seems decidedly misleading. How is testing for contaminants on property the City already owns, which have no way of affecting the 3.8 acres (being downhill and downstream of the 3.8 acres) needed for "environmental due diligence" regarding the proposed purchase?]
(a) Grant Agreement for Environmental Due Diligence Necessary to Purchase 3.8 Acre Park Parcel – Ward 1 – Board Member Bennett – CANDO (UD)
Recommended Action: Approve the grant agreement, attached to the staff report, to provide $170,000 of Riverfront-Downtown and $30,000 of South Waterfront Urban Renewal Area funds, a total of $200,000, to the City of Salem for environmental due diligence necessary to acquire 3.8 acres of land adjacent to Riverfront Park.
I look forward to learning how City councilors and other officials answer these questions. If I don't have an accurate or complete understanding about what is going on here, I'm open to being educated.
Comment away on this post, City leaders. (I'll send them a link.)
Here's the complete message from John Wales, and my reply to him.
Continue reading "How contaminated is Salem's Riverfront Park? More info on DEQ testing." »


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Infamous Stringdusters – Free Concert
The Infamous Stringdusters are a pop bluegrass band. The band emerged in 2007 with the acclaimed album Fork in the Road on Sugar Hill Records. The band's current line-up features Andy Hall (Dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), and Travis Book (upright bass).[1] The band has become known for a complex, distinctive, and groove-friendly sound along with a bluegrass theme.[2] Falco is the newest permanent member, filling the role vacated by guitarist Chris Eldridge(son of Ben Eldridge and later a touring partner with Chris Thile). Jesse Cobb (mandolin) announced his departure Oct 5, 2011; Dominick Leslie was announced as the mandolin player for the tour that followed but the band has not replaced Cobb and is now touring and recording as a five-piece ensemble.
The Infamous Stringdusters won three awards at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony in October 2007: Emerging Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Fork in the Road (in a tie with J.D. Crowe & the New South's albumLefty's Old Guitar), and Song of the Year for the album's title cut.[3] The band was also nominated for 2011 Entertainer of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association.[4]
Their "Magic No. 9″ (from Things That Fly) was nominated for a 2011 Grammy award for "Best Country Instrumental".


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So a WHILE ago I asked a guy on Reddit to draw the character Gamzee from the webcomic Homestuck and how he would react to his first meeting with the real Insane Clown Posse. In Wallpaper form.
This was the result. And I could not be happier!


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Color:Ladylike quilting and chains: the link to a pulled-together look. Updated in a range of colors, our Fleming Medium Bag is made of supple leather detailed with a topstitched logo, a unique diamond pattern and two discreet exterior pockets. The clean shape is perfectly sized to hold your essentials — a wallet, a phone and even a small makeup case or agenda. Featuring an adjustable strap that can be worn cross-body or doubled and over the shoulder, it's dressy yet easy — a classically chic style for day or evening.
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- Quilted leather.
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- Can be worn as a cross-body or shoulder bag.
- Height: 7" (18 cm)
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one"
"Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued on page whatever. No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention. Well, get used to that feeling. That's how your whole life will feel some day. This is all practice. None of this matters. We're just warming up."
"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy."
"It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized."


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Federal Communications Commission
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In theory, current U.S. government policy allows for all information on the Internet to be given the same treatment by Internet service providers. But a controversial proposal on "net neutrality" was narrowly approved by the FCC on Thursday.
Regulatory: Do agencies have the power to determine the scope of their own jurisdiction?
In 1984, the Supreme Court dealt with the question of whether agencies have the power to construe the statutes they are assigned to administer.
President may veto proposal to overturn net neutrality rules
The White House announced on Tuesday that is may veto a proposal to overturn the government's highly controversial net neutrality regulations, which are set to go into effect Nov. 20.
3rd Circuit says FCC wrongfully fined CBS
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I Don't Have Subwoofers
Back In Town
What Is PWK Designs?
She Likes It Amplified
As long as we're playing dumb…
It wasn't until the dawn of the smartphone generation that some people found themselves right back at square one, as it happens, struggling to work out which of our basic shapes corresponds to the familiar 16:9 aspect ratio landscape "rectangle" which, since 2009 has been the international standard for cinema, computer displays, HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television, and analog widescreen television. (To say nothing of the basis for the resolutions native to our mobile devices, straight through 4K.)
To some, the very conclusion that a phone could be held in a way that corresponds to the widescreen orientation (at least while a picture or a video is being captured) is nothing short of unimaginable. I myself know of several "virtuosos" whom I would nominate for a technical achievement award if only they were to stumble upon the idea to rotate the camera 90 degrees.
Alas, I fear that the struggle with basic concepts like portrait and landscape is hardly the crux of this phenomenon. I know that I'm expected to sound condescending, but I refuse to believe that every last instance of a "sideways" video is due to someone being too dumb to work out something that even our grandparents, armed with bulky videotape camcorders, had down packed.
As I sift through these "narrow-screen" videos, one thing becomes abundantly apparent: All the empty space to the left and to the right of the image. I know that this is something of a long-shot, but if the aim is to preserve as much of the screen real-estate as possible with a "full-screen" image, here's the most geometrically efficient way to do it:
Figure 1.) 16:9 aspect ratio landscape image (blue) maximized to a 16:9 frame.
Coverage: 100% Empty letterbox space: 0%
Figure 2.) 16:9 aspect ratio portrait image (blue) maximized to a 16:9 frame.
Coverage: 26.64% Empty letterbox space: 73.35%
Figure 3.) 16:9 aspect ratio portrait image (blue) rotated 29.4 deg. maximized to a 16:9 frame.
Coverage: 20.24% Empty letterbox space: 79.76%
(You're welcome.)
Audio Posers
If you're going to boast about how important music is in your life, or how passionate you are about it, please don't let me catch you defiling it with the miserable excuse for a loudspeaker that is your mobile device. I simply can't help but to cringe anytime I happen upon a group of people sitting around, with that tinny upper midrange passband emanating from the scant diaphragm lodged within the body of the phone like a piece of gravel in a worn tire.
If your deepest hunger can be sated with a single bite of a stale fruit, not only would I question the severity of your craving, but the substance of your taste as well. Likewise, if your "passion" for music can be satisfied with such a deplorable rendition of whatever artist's work you happen to be playing, then not only do I challenge everything that you have to say in favor of your respect for the composition, but your qualifications as a discerning listener as well.
I realize that this is bound to ruffle some feathers, but if the shoe fits, wear it. You don't amass reverence as a passionate music enthusiast by posing as one, meanwhile embracing the most pedestrian of listening habits. I see many distinguished audiophiles catch undue flack on account of the imposters who undermine the pastime, and rob the art of its significance. I'm not happy about that.
The Smurfette Is a Hoe!
What's Beautiful?
Okay… as I set out to type this, I'm not aiming for it to be a rant; more so a statement of bewilderment. Why is it that anytime someone posts a baby picture on Facebook or Instagram, it is invariably trailed by a slew of comments by people exclaiming that they can't believe how beautiful it is and so forth? I've seen more than my fair share of these, and whether I attempt to embody the author's bias or remain objective / detached, I simply cannot tap into this "attraction" that others seem to be overflowing with. (And yes, I realize that an "object" doesn't have to be sexual to be beautiful; there are beautiful cars, there's beautiful architecture, beautiful poetry, etc., but a misshapen infant in no way reminiscent of the man or a woman it is inadvertently destined to become?)
As I think back to the rare moments when I've witnessed the sort of beauty that inspired disbelief, and the momentous sights or experiences that have influenced the aforesaid emotions, I'm only that much more perplexed by the notion that others can be driven to such "arousal" by a figure of what is essentially a premature, toothless human with an over-sized cranium, bloated features, a vacant expression, and a posture reminiscent of an inebriated contortionist. Is it perhaps some form of a "breeder" impulse that I lack, or am I simply not on board some implicit fetish?
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LG Viewty Smart (GC900) £370
26th Jun 2009 | 10:08
The next-generation of LG camera phone, not an iPhone-wannabe.
LG Viewty Smart - overview
The LG Viewty Smart (CG900) carries on the heritage of the first LG Viewty (KU990), which sold over 6.5 million units. Not too shabby. Especially when you consider that Viewty Mark 1 found itself fighting an almost impossible popularity battle against the first iPhone.
Credit then to LG, who didn't pitch the original Viewty as a rival to Apple's revolutionary mobile. Instead, LG focused on what the Viewty did best – taking great photos using its 5 Megapixel digital camera.
Two years on and the LG Viewty Smart updates the specification. This time around, there's a stunning 8 Megapixel camera, WVGA (800x480 pixel) touch screen and the S-class interface that we first glimpsed on the LG Arena. The Viewty Smart also sidesteps a brawl with the iPhone 3GS.
The new handset certainly has some iPhone-beating features – the 8MP camera, for starters, the higher resolution screen, plus haptic feedback, an FM radio and expandable storage. Nevertheless, LG is pitching the Viewty Smart as a high-calibre camera phone. "Take smarter pictures" is the slogan that's splashed across its website.
Available on Vodafone, O2 and Orange in the UK, the LG Viewty Smart is a bit of a looker. With a black and silver livery, the design is dominated by the 3-inch touchscreen. A long, bronzed 'home' button rounds off the front face.
Measuring 18.9 x 56.1 x 12.4mm, the LG Viewty Smart is slightly more compact than the iPhone, but Apple's handset does have a 3.5-inch display, compared to the new Viewty's 3-inch LCD. It's only a smidgeon fatter too (0.1mm in technical terms compared to the iPhone 3GS) and at 102g, it's a good 33g lighter.
Of course, all this counts for precisely zip if the Viewty Smart doesn't have the technology to match. The mobile phone market is fierce.
VOLUME: The volume controls on the edge of the LG Viewty Smart also control the 4x digital zoom.
Flip the LG Viewty Smart sideways and, on its right-hand edge, you'll find a camera shutter button and volume controls. The volume buttons also control the digital zoom when the phone is being used as a camera.
Disappointingly, there's a proprietary slot for power/USB/headphone connections. So you can only use the supplied headphones and you can only use the supplied USB cable. Much like the original iPhone, in fact.
EXPANSION: Equipped with only 1.5GB of internal storage, you'll need a microSD card to boost the storage capacity.
On the other side, the left-hand edge as you look at it, there's a microSD slot (supporting memory cards up to 32GB) and a 'multi-tasking' button, which enables you to view all of the currently active applications. The power button (and phone lock) can be found on the top edge.
LG Viewty Smart - Interface
Like the KM900 Arena, the Viewty Smart features LG's cubist S-Class interface. Touch the top bar and a handy drop-down menu gives you simple, one-press access to the phone's key settings, including: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, voicemail and the Music player application.
INTERFACE: The LG Viewty Smart features the S-Class UI, which first made an appearance on the LG Arena.
MENU: Four quick-launch icons (at the bottom of the screen) give you access to the core phone functions.
Along the bottom, there are four quick-launch icons for the phone's dialler, Contacts, SMS Inbox and the 'Top menu', which allows you to delve deeper into the phone's various applications. Haptic feedback responds to each button press with a soft vibration. You push the LG Viewty Smart, it pushes you back.
If you're not familiar with the S-Class UI, the main home screen is essentially one face of a cube. Swipe your finger left or right and this cube smoothly rotates with a 3D effect, giving you access to three extra screens – Widgets, Contacts and Multimedia.
WIDGETS: Flip the S-Class 'cube' once and you'll find the Widgets screen, which can be littered with useful mini-apps like a calculator and memo pad.
There's a growing trend for personalisation on mobile phones and so these extra home screens can be customised. Small applications and application shortcuts (I.e. a Calculator, Memo and Weather app) can be spread across the Widgets screen. While your closest contacts, favourite music and digital photos can be arrayed across the remaining two.
It sounds powerful. But it doesn't have the flexibility of the multiple screens on current Apple and Android phones and the personalisation is actually fairly limited. The animated 3D cube is really just a gimmick.
CONTACTS: The Contacts screen can be configured to display your favourite people. With just one touch, you can call or message them.
Nevertheless, the S-Class UI is easy to use. You press and hold to unlock the phone (compared to the iPhone's 'slide to unlock') and the touchscreen is reassuringly responsive as you swipe between the four home screens. On the Contacts and Multimedia screens, content can either be arranged in a no-nonsense grid or a pretty, scrollable wheel.
MEDIA: The Multimedia screen can be used as a shortcut to your favourite music tracks and digital photos.
MENU: The 'Top men' displays an iPhone-esque grid of all the options and applications on the LG Viewty Smart.
Delve into the deeper menu and the applications are split into four categories – Communication, Multimedia, Utilities and Settings. This is the real guts of the phone – you can do anything from this iPhone-esque menu, from launching the web browser to adjusting the screen settings.
As you play around, transitioning between the various applications can be sluggish, almost as if the Viewty Smart goes 'umm...' before it launches the app or opens another menu. It's noticeable, but it's hardly a deal breaker.
LG Viewty Smart - messaging & calls
Typing in information can be a chore. Holding the phone upright, the Viewty Smart provides you with an onscreen numerical keypad and familiar T9 assistance.
SCREEN TYPE: In the normal portrait mode, you type using a virtual numeric keypad (with a little help from T9 predictive text.)
Turn the handset sideways and the Viewty Smart's built-in accelerometer detects the change of orientation. It subsequently flips the screen into a landscape view, replacing the keypad with a roomier virtual QWERTY keyboard.
This isn't as good as the iPhone's equivalent keyboard. But it's still better for typing out long text messages and emails. And the text entry system includes cut, copy and paste functionality as standard. No OS update required.
With so much going on, it's easy to forget this the LG Viewty Smart is a mobile phone first, 8MP digital camera, video recorder, music player, web tablet and FM radio later.
CALLING: Calls can either be made manually via the virtual keypad or by tapping on one of your contacts.
All of the calls we made and received were suitably clear, but this will ultimately depend on what network you're on and what the coverage is like where you're using it. There's also an option for making video calls (but does anybody really bother?). A small, front-facing VGA camera is hidden away at the top right of the 3-inch display.
LG Viewty Smart - camera
The highlight is undoubtedly the camera on the back – over half of the phone's short manual is devoted to talking about photos and video.
But you won't buy the LG Viewty Smart for its video conferencing abilities. Like the Nokia N86, LG Renoir and Samsung Pixon, the Viewty Smart packs a high-quality 8.0 Megapixel lens. At its simplest, you just turn the phone sideways and hold down the shutter button to launch the camera application.
The Schneider-Kreuznach auto-focus lens, LED flash and LG's sophisticated Intelligent Shot technology can take care of the rest. All you need to do is point-and-shoot.
FOCUS: The 8 Megapixel Schneider-Kreuznach lens and built-in auto focus can deliver excellent results, both close-up and at distance.
The Intelligent Shot mode analyses the subject of your picture, the background and the ambient lighting conditions, then automatically picks the best settings by comparing the data to seven pre-programmed scenarios.
The results are excellent using this mode, clear, blur-free and crisp, especially when you retain the Super fine image quality and the maximum 3254 x 2448 image size. The presence of a 4x digital zoom enables you to tighten your focus, although it's a poor substitute for the optical zoom on a dedicated camera.
AUTO: The clever Intelligent Shot mode included on the Viewty Smart automatically selects the best settings for the perfect photo.
ZOOM: The LG Viewty Smart is equipped with a 4x digital zoom, which (as this photo shows) works surprisingly well.
Camera phones typically have limited manual options. But should you feel the need to fiddle, the LG Viewty also offers continuous shooting, face-tracking, smile detection and image stabilization. In addition, there are a number of alternative shooting modes, including a night mode, plus Art and Panoramic shots.
You can also manually tweak the camera's ISO settings (up to 1600) and the white balance. In short: if you're a casual photographer, the LG Viewty Smart could easily replace your existing digital compact. Can the average digital camera geo-tag your photos using GPS? Didn't think so.
ART SHOTS: The Art mode applies a monochromatic effect that is like viewing the scene through a spyhole in a front door.
PANORAMA: As its name suggests, the Panorama mode enables you to take three photos in succession and stitch them together.
It's also worth mentioning the onboard photo editing options. You might never use them, but the LG Viewty Smart includes functionality to let you crop an image, draw on it and add text.
Then, with a flick of a virtual switch, you can flip the camera into video mode. By default the LG Viewty Smart captures footage in its 720x480 D1 setting, saved to the phone as a 3GPP file. The D1 video is surprisingly decent too, at least in terms of clarity.
When you start to move the camera around, you'll notice that the video becomes slightly juddery. But it's hardly surprising – in this resolution, the phone's processor is going like the clappers just to keep up.
To compensate, there are three other video options – VGA (640x480), QVGA (320x240) and a classic 176x144 mobile resolution. You can also record video clips using the front-facing camera.
And just as you can edit photos on the phone, the LG Viewty Smart includes some rudimentary video editing options.
You can trim a video, merge two videos together, overlay text, even add a photo to the beginning or end of a video clip. The only catch? You can't edit D1-quality video. Probably because the phone will explode.
LG Viewty Smart - internet
As far as Internet connectivity is concerned, the LG Viewty Smart combines 3G and Wi-Fi for speedy web browsing. That's the good part. Because while the web browser is certainly capable of displaying full HTML web pages, like many phones it struggles with animation.
For example, the carousel on the TechRadar website doesn't cycle; YouTube defaults to the mobile version (the videos themselves play perfectly); as does the BBC News site.
INTERNET: The web browser is one of the weakest elements of the LG Viewty Smart and struggles with some websites.
Rather than invent a new way to zoom, the LG Viewty Smart uses the multi-touch 'pinch' approach pioneered by the iPhone. But it all feels like a bad copy of Apple's intuitive online experience. Navigating web pages is functional, but it's also slow and frustratingly fiddly.
To say it's disappointing is an understatement. It's more effective to tether the LG Viewty Smart to your laptop to provide bigger-screen mobile Internet access.
RSS: Simplify your web browsing by using the RSS Reader. It's strange that there's no integrated Google application.
Elsewhere, there's a simple RSS reader and a suite of Google Apps, which includes quick links to Google Maps (which works with the built-in GPS), Google Search, Google Mail, YouTube and Blogger. The email client is minimalist to say the least.
But it's easy to set up and LG has provided support for Microsoft Exchange and POP3/IMAP accounts.
LG Viewty Smart - media
Media playback is far more impressive. For starters, there's a dedicated Music player application, which will happily embrace any AAC, MP3, WAV or WMA tracks you can throw at it. Again, it's a bare bones app, but you can construct playlists, filter by genre, artist or album, and define favourites that will appear on the Multimedia home screen.
TUNES: The Music player application is rudimentary but it can play back AAC, MP3, WAV or WMA files
Hook up the LG Viewty Smart via USB or Bluetooth and you can copy music files over manually. Or there's a Music Sync option, which lets you drag-and-drop tracks from inside Windows Media Player. To be honest, keeping things simple and treating the phone like an external drive is easier.
RADIO: The built-in FM radio is easy to use and, if you stand still and don't walk about too much, maintains good reception.
Thanks to Dolby Mobile technology, the audio has a real kick to it, easily eclipsing the iPhone in terms of sound quality. Pressing the power button gives you instant access to the Music player to skip tracks or stop playback. The music will also automatically pause when a call comes in; starting up again when you hang up.
Dig further into the menus and you'll also find that LG has squeezed in an FM radio. This will give you around six years of local radio listening if the government follows up the Digital Britain report and ditches FM transmissions by 2015.
CODECS: Not only can the LG Viewty Smart play back its own 3GPP files, but it'll happily accept DivX and XviD without complaint.
PLAYBACK: We tested the DivX playback with Ashes to Ashes. It wasn't specifically encoded for the Viewty but played perfectly.
The LG Viewty Smart is also a capable video player. Beyond its ability to play back its own 3GPP video clips, it features built-in DivX support. LG supplies DivX Converter software on the CD that ships with the phone, so you can spend hours converting your favourite TV shows to watch on the move.
We dragged-and-dropped a 683MB episode of Ashes to Ashes across and, when we could eventually find the file, the LG Viewty Smart coped admirably with playback (in both portrait and landscape modes). The only niggle? It doesn't remember how far you've watched if you close down the player and restart it.
LG Viewty Smart - battery life, apps and misc
Of course, video playback will seriously deplete the battery life. As will excessive use of the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G radios. That said, the LG Viewty Smart has a degree of staying power. It relies on a replaceable and rechargeable 1000mAh cell, which will give you around five hours of talk time; 350 hours of standby.
Considering the storage demands of digital photos, music and videos, the 1.5GB of internal memory on the LG Viewty Smart will quickly get swallowed up. Other core applications will also be chasing a slice, such as: voice recordings, memos, calendar entries, email attachments and games.
APPS: LG has included a number of small productivity apps, including: a calendar, stopwatch, calculator, world clock and stopwatch
GAMES: The LG Viewty Smart also features several games, such as Wheel Mania. You spin the wheel by shaking the phone...
The LG Viewty Smart can also store and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, not to mention PDFs.
Even an 8GB microSD card will boost the overall storage capacity dramatically, giving you enough space for all manner of multimedia content and any extra apps, widgets or games should they appear. (But I wouldn't hold your breath).
TechRadar verdict
As previously mentioned, the LG Viewty Smart builds on the success of the original Viewty, boosting the specification to match the best that 2009 has to offer.
While it looks like a smartphone, and has definite smartphone functions, the new Viewty GC900 is primarily a camera phone – a potential digital camera-killer.
The 8 Megapixel Schneider-Kreuznach lens is the dominant feature and it makes it obvious that less attention has been lavished on some of the phone's other features.
So rather than compare the LG Viewty Smart to the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre and the HTC Magic, it slots into a segment of the market where the Samsung Pixon, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 and Nokia N86 do battle.
These handsets aren't designed specifically to rival the iPhone. Yes, they've been inspired by it, and yes, they often blatantly ape some of the iPhone's better features.
But, without the core iTunes integration and without an App Store that can deliver hundreds of new games, widgets, applications and utilities over-the-air, the Viewty Smart and handsets like it are second class smartphones.
If building phones was purely about who's got the best technical specification, then the iPhone wouldn't be the worldwide success that it is today.
The LG Viewty has a better camera, superior video recording, an FM radio, expandable storage and a battery that you can actually remove... But when it comes to the 'experience', something about the new Viewty can leave you cold. Nothing truly hangs together. S
Don't make the mistake of thinking that the LG Viewty Smart is a cutting-edge smartphone and iPhone alternative. It isn't. LG doesn't pretend that it's anything else but an 8 Megapixel camera phone. And once you get that into your head, it's easy to appreciate what the LG Viewty is best at (and where it cuts small technical corners). For example...
We liked: There's much to like about the LG Viewty Smart. Obviously, it can take high-quality pictures with its 8MP camera and the Intelligent Shot technology makes it easier to get the perfect photo first time around. It's also a capable music/video player; connects easily to a PC or Mac; and can boost its storage above 32GB with a microSD card.
We disliked: The web browser is fairly poor, barely coping with some HTML pages whilst defaulting to WAP-based mobile versions where possible. Online connectivity is one feature you can't afford to get wrong. Where's the Facebook and Twitter integration? Why bother with a proprietary RSS reader when you could use Google's software? The lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack is also annoying.
Final verdict
A cracking camera phone that could easily replace a mid-range digital compact camera. But as a smartphone... the LG Viewty Smart isn't as smart as it hopes to be and certainly not versatile enough to threaten the big boys.
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The whole argument that "these are just sales that would have occurred in the future" is ridiculous. THAT'S THE POINT! That's the whole idea behind stimulus–you're trying to smooth out the business cycle.
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Based on my 30 years tracking conumser demand impact on auto sales in last 30 years global financal crisis, recession., Auto salse slump follow consumer demand decline especially at high jobless rate at 10 % level.
Clunker program onl boost short term sales and its contribution to GDP are not sustainable,
Auto sales will go bak to its pre-clunker program, as soaring jobless, foreclosure will drag consumer demand and auto sales and GDP till next year.
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Pulling future sales into today with discounts is really a double wammy…not only are you creating the "need" for further "stimulus" in the future since demand will be low but the PRESENT VALUE is less since you are subsidizing the revenue with borrowed money (the govt is broke my friend or don't you remember that)…so we are borrowing money to stimulate demand which would have occured naturally later on…and in many cases this is regressive in that all my upper middle income neighbors are dumping their GMC SUV's for Subarus or Hondas…I love subsidzing my neighboors in buying a car.
This has NOTHING to do with increasing productive economic growth…it is another idiot Keynsian scheme which proports that an economy is based on printing money and aritifically manipulating interest rates NOT productivy improvements…
Politicians love it since they don't care about debt…and don't care about tomorrow (just like their idol Keynes…)..just the pol numbers today…remember that whne the dollar is worthless and your living standards are kaput…
We really need some Austrian Economists in Real Time Economics NOT the Wall Street easy money crowd we have today.
Oh one last point-business cycles are caused by fractional reserve banking and central banks….all you Keynsians out there..show me one case of a "business cycle" aka recession NOT caused by either fractional reserve banking, central banks manipulating interest rates and the money supply or govt….please I"m waiting…
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Going into more debt to create sales today which would have occurred naturally tomorrow would only make sense if it brings about growth today that wouldn't have occurred tomorrow. I'm not convinced that'll happen. I don't think anyone can prove it'll happen. It seems like a case of good short-term PR, but bad long-term economics.
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- Dredge in salted and peppered flour.
- Dredge in egg wash.
- Dredge in panko.
- Heat vegetable oil and some butter in a medium hot pan. Add breasts. Pan-sear until golden brown, flip, repeat.
- Serve topped with a slice of lemon, and —if you want to be a "real" Austrian, an anchovy filet on top of the lemon slice. Eat. Hope for schnitzel night again soon….
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Anyone who's been following this year's MLB playoffs can see that the umpires are either on their Tim Donaghy steez or in serious need of a visit to an optometrist. Umpire Tim McClelland's blown call at third (see the picture above and video at the bottom) in Game 4 of the ALCS was just the latest in a series of gaffes that have many baseball fans clamoring for instant replay (and just hope that one of those calls doesn't go against the Yankees, else that clamoring's gonna turn into a full bore apoplectic fit).
However, it isn't just this year that the umps have been watching different games than everyone else. Turns out the Stevie Wonder swagger jackers have been at it for decades, as you'll see with our list of the 5 biggest blown calls in MLB playoff history...
• Those Involved: Livan Hernandez (Florida Marlins), umpire Eric Gregg, Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves).
• When: 1997 NLCS Game 5
• The Call: Eric Gregg had been calling a wide strike zone all game so it really wasn't that much of a surprise when he called Fred McGriff out on the final pitch on a ball that was at least a foot outside of the average strike zone. The Marlins went on to win the series in six. Overweight and hungry umpire + Miami's sweltering heat = pitcher's paradise.
• Those Involved: Carlton Fisk (Boston Red Sox), Ed Armbrister (Cincinnati Reds) umpire Larry Barnett.
• When: 1975 World Series Game 3
• The Call: After attempting a sacrifice bunt, Armbrister collided with Fisk at the plate, causing Fisk to make a throwing error. Umpire Barnett failed to make the interference call and the Reds went on to win the game 4-3, and the Series in 7. Barnett and Bill Buckner are the reasons why every Boston fan who died before October 2004 went to their grave without ever seeing the Sox win it all.
• Those Involved: Ron Gant (Atlanta Braves) and Kent Hrbek (Minnesota Twins) and umpire Drew Coble.
• When: 1991 World Series Game 1
• The Call: After a single, Gant rounds toward second but heads back, and that's when Twins' pitcher Kevin Tapani throws back to first. Twins' first baseman Kent Hrbek then wrestled Gant off first to get the out call. In what ended up being a seven game series where five games were decided by one run, the players didn't need a WWF SummerSlam intro.
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• Those Involved: Fan Jeffrey Maier, right fielder Tony Tarasco (Baltimore Orioles) and umpire Rich Garcia
• When: 1996 ALCS, Game 1
• The Call: With the Orioles leading 4-3 in the eighth, 12-year old fan Jeffrey Maier reaches over the right field wall to turn what would be an out, into the game tying home run for some Yankee rookie named Derek Jeter. You know the rest: New York won in extra innings and went on to win the World series that year, with
'Roids and an endless bank roll Maeir's catch jumpstarting the Yankees dynasty that decade. Don't worry Oriole fans, your city can still claim The Wire and better crabs than NYC.
• Those Involved: Jorge Orta (Kansas City Royals) Todd Worrell (St. Louis Cardinals) and umpire Don Denkinger
• When: 1985 World Series Game 6
• The Call: With the Cardinals only three outs away from a World Series title, Don Denkinger calls Orta safe at first on a routine ground ball where he was clearly out. Royals went on to rally and score two runs and to win the game and eventually the series. Cardinals' fans subsequently sacrificed Denkinger's first-born as equal retribution for the blown call. Maybe not, but Denkinger did say he received death threats for years to come.
• Those Involved: Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano (New York Yankees), Mike Napoli (Anaheim Angels) and umpire Tim McClelland
• When: 2009 ALCS Game 4
• The Call: Posada caught in a rundown heads back to third, Cano advances on the fielders choice and runs from second to third, only problem neither of them ever touches base and Napoli tags both out. When it comes to baserunners, McClelland obviously takes after Ray Charles. He don't see nobody!


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- 12 ounce(s) Spaghetti
- 1 cup(s) Onion Chopped
- 1 cup(s) Green Pepper Chopped
- 1 pound(s) Lean Ground Beef
- 16 ounce(s) Tomatoes Diced
- 4.5 ounce(s) Can Sliced Mushrooms Drained
- 1 teaspoon(s) Dried Oregano
- 2 cup(s) Cheddar Cheese
- 10.75 ounce(s) Can Condensed Mushroom Soup
- 1/4 cup(s) Water
- 1/4 cup(s) Parmesan Cheese Grated
- Directions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add spaghetti, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente. Drain, and set aside.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute the onions, green peppers and ground beef. Once beef is brown and onions and peppers softened, add the tomatoes, mushrooms and oregano. Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Place half of the cooked spaghetti into the prepared dish. Top with half of the meat mixture. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the mild Cheddar cheese. Repeat. In a medium bowl, mix together cream of mushroom soup and water until smooth; pour over casserole. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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