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Ryan Vogelsong
Ryan Vogelsong | |||
Vogelsong pitching in the preseason of 2011
San Francisco Giants – No. 32 | |||
Starting pitcher | |||
Born: Charlotte, North Carolina |
July 22, 1977 |||
Professional debut | |||
MLB: September 2, 2000 for the San Francisco Giants | |||
NPB: April 5, 2007 for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
MLB statistics (through 2014 season) |
Win–loss record | 49–57 | ||
Earned run average | 4.42 | ||
Strikeouts | 731 | ||
NPB statistics (through 2009) |
Win–loss record | 11-14 | ||
Earned run average | 4.17 | ||
Strikeouts | 197 | ||
Teams | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
Ryan Andrew Vogelsong (born July 22, 1977) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Giants (2000–2001, 2011–2014) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001–2006), and for the Nippon Professional Baseball League's Hanshin Tigers (2007–2008) and Orix Buffaloes (2009).
His career was revitalized as he established himself as a dominant force in the fifth spot in the Giants 2011 rotation after Barry Zito got hurt. He made the 2011 All-Star team, and in 2012 posted a streak of 16 consecutive quality starts, allowing three earned runs or fewer in at least six innings each game.
Amateur career[edit]
In 1995, Vogelsong graduated from Octorara Area High school in Atglen, Pennsylvania, where he played baseball, basketball, and soccer. He played Legion baseball in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He played his little league baseball for Highland in the Southern Chester County Midget League. He also played for Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, during the 1996–1998 seasons. He recorded 242 strikeouts and set nine school records in his three years at Kutztown. He was inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
Professional career[edit]
Draft and Minor Leagues[edit]
Vogelsong was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1998 he made his minor league debut with the Single A Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in Keizer, Oregon.[1]
San Francisco Giants[edit]
Vogelsong made his major league debut with the Giants on September 2, 2000. He finished the rest of the 2000 season by playing 4 games with 6 innings in relief pitched.
Vogelsong did not perform well to start the 2001 season as he went 0–5 and a 6.75 ERA in 15 games (2 started).
Pittsburgh Pirates[edit]
Vogelsong was acquired by the Pirates on July 30, 2001, along with outfielder Armando Ríos, for pitcher Jason Schmidt and outfielder John Vander Wal. He appeared in two games for the Pirates before he required Tommy John surgery that kept him out of the majors until the end of the 2003 season.
2004 marked Vogelsong's first full season in the major leagues. He spent most of the season as a starting pitcher and struggled in that role, ending the season with a 6–13 record and 6.50 ERA. He rebounded in 2005 after being moved to the bullpen, posting a 4.43 ERA and 2–2 record while being used primarily as a middle reliever. At the end of the 2006 season, Vogelsong had accumulated a career 10–22 record and a 5.86 ERA in 120 games and 315 innings over parts of six seasons.
Hanshin Tigers[edit]
Vogelsong signed for the Hanshin Tigers of Japan[2] in 2007 and made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut as their starting pitcher on April 5, 2007, facing another former Major League Baseball pitcher, Kazuhisa Ishii. He won in his debut at the home stadium, Koshien Stadium, on April 12, 2007, hitting a home run in the bottom of the second inning.[3]
Orix Buffaloes[edit]
Vogelsong signed a one year deal to play for the Orix Buffaloes in 2011.[4]
Philadelphia Phillies[edit]
During the 2009–2010 off-season, Vogelsong made his way back to the MLB and signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was released by the Phillies on July 15, 2010.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim[edit]
Vogelsong signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on July 28, 2010. He was released after the season ended.
Second stint with the San Francisco Giants[edit]
In 2011, Vogelsong signed a minor league contract to return to the San Francisco Giants with an invitation to spring training. On April 17, 2011, the Giants purchased his contract to replace the injured Barry Zito.[5] On April 28, 2011, after making two relief appearances, Vogelsong got his first start since the 2004 season against his former club, the Pirates. He held the host Pirates to two earned runs on four hits and struck out eight en route to a 5–2 Giants victory and his first MLB win since September 2005.[6][7]
Vogelsong continued to excel in his replacement role, posting a record of 6–1 with a 2.17 ERA in the first half, which secured him a spot in San Francisco's vaunted starting rotation.[7][8] Giants and 2011 National League All-Star manager Bruce Bochy named Vogelsong to the 2011 NL All-Star Team on July 3, 2011.[9] He didn't see any action in the NL 5–1 win over the AL.[10] His first start after the All-Star break on July 18, 2011, a 5–0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, gave him enough innings pitched to qualify for the National League leader in ERA with 2.02.[11]
In his final start of the season Vogelsong pitched seven shutout innings against the Colorado Rockies, giving up four hits and walking no batters. The 33-year-old Vogelsong finished his first MLB season as a starting pitcher since 2005 with a 13–7 record and a 2.71 ERA, the lowest among the San Francisco starting rotation that boasted Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Madison Bumgarner. Five of Vogelsong's seven losses occurred in a row, during a stretch where Vogelsong received three total runs of support, with no more than one run scored each game by a struggling San Francisco offense.
During the month of August 2011, Vogelsong stated that playing winter ball in Venezuela in 2010 with Tiburones de La Guaira was the turning point to recover his career.[12] Prior to his experience in Venezuela, Vogelsong had 10 wins, 22 losses and 5.86 ERA in his MLB career.
In January, Vogelsong and the Giants agreed to an $8.3 million, two-year contract.[13]
Vogelsong continued to dominate in 2012. He boasted the lowest ERA in the National League at the All-Star Break and a 7–4 record.[14] Despite his impressive pitching, Vogelsong did not make the 2012 All-Star team, a decision Giants fans consider a major snub.[15] Vogelsong was the first ERA leader not to make the All-Star team since 2001 (Josh Johnson had not pitched enough innings in 2006 to qualify for the ERA title). On August 3, 2012, Vogelsong's 16-game streak of allowing three or fewer runs per game was snapped by the Colorado Rockies when he allowed 4 runs while pitching 6.1 innings in a 16–4 Giants win. Vogelsong finished the regular season with a 14-9 record in 31 starts with a 3.37 ERA.
In the 2012 Postseason, Vogelsong would play a pivotal role in the Giants Postseason push toward their 2012 World Series title. During Game 3 of the 2012 National League Division Series in Cincinnati, with the Reds holding a commanding 2-0 lead in the series and the Giants facing elimination, Vogelsong pitched a tight game tied at one run through 5 innings. The Giants would go on to win Game 3, 2-1 in 10 innings on a Joaquin Arias ground ball mishandled by Scott Rolen allowing Buster Posey to score the winning run.[16] During Game 2 of the 2012 National League Championship Series in San Francisco, Vogelsong faced Chris Carpenter, with the Cardinals holding a 1-0 series lead. Vogelsong allowed 1 run in the 2nd inning to tie the game, but proceeded to shutout the Cardinals offense through seven innings en route to a 7-1 win at home and tie the series at one game a piece.[17] During Game 6 of the NLCS in San Francisco, Vogelsong and the Giants faced elimination for a fifth time. The Giants pitching began to dominate. Vogelsong had a very strong outing this time scattering five hits and allowing one run in the 6th inning after the Giants set the tempo with a four-run 2nd inning to break the game open and he created a new career-high 9 strikeouts on the night after he struck out Daniel Descalso with a foul tip. The Giants won the game 6-1 and pushed the NLCS to the limit in a magical game 7 which they won to complete the comeback and advance to the World Series.[18]
During Game 3 of the 2012 World Series in Detroit, the Giants held a surprising 2-0 lead for the first time in the 2012 postseason. Vogelsong would have his strongest outing of the entire playoffs posting a shutout through 5.2 innings. The Tigers threatened to open the scoring with the bases loaded and one out in the 5th inning, but Vogelsong struck out Quintin Berry and got Miguel Cabrera to pop out to end the threat. The Giants would go on to win Game 3, 2-0, and posted the first back-to-back shutouts since 1966.[19] The Giants went on to sweep the Detroit Tigers 4-0 to win the World Series.
Vogelsong and Barry Zito were the only pitchers to go undefeated in the postseason amongst all Giants' starting pitchers. He posted a 3-0 record with a 1.09 ERA, allowing three runs through 24.2 innings, the lowest ERA among all Giants' starting pitchers. Vogelsong's postseason ERA was the best since Orel Hershiser's 1.05 in 1988 (minimum 24 innings). Vogelsong joined Christy Mathewson as the only pitchers to start their postseason careers with four consecutive starts of five or more innings giving up one run or fewer.[20]
Vogelsong began 2013 as the #5 starter in the Giants rotation. His season didn't start out well, where in his first 9 starts, he went 2-4 with a 7.19 ERA and 1 quality start. In a start on May 20 against the Nationals, he was pitching 5 shutout innings when he came to bat against Craig Stammen, who hit him on the hand with a fastball, fracturing two bones and dislocating a joint.[21] Vogelsong missed almost 12 weeks before returning on August 9. He had a strong final two months, lowering his ERA by 1.46. In 19 starts in 2013, Vogelsong went 4-6 with a 5.73 ERA, striking out 67 in 103.2 innings.
On November 4, Vogelsong had his $6.5 million club option declined, and instead was paid a $300,000 buyout. However, the Giants remained interested in negotiating a less-expensive deal with him.[22] Vogelsong agreed to a 1-year, $5 million contract on November 29, 2013, pending the completion of a physical examination.[23][13] The deal was officially completed on December 4, 2013.[24]
Vogelsong made a career-high 32 starts in 2014, finishing the season 8-13 with a 4.00 ERA, striking out 151 in 184.2 innings. During the postseason, Vogelsong started three games, and although he received no decision, the Giants went on to win each game.[25] Vogelsong won his second World Series ring as the Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals four games to three.
On January 23, 2015, Vogelsong re-signed with the Giants on a one-year, $4 million contract.[26][27]
Pitcher profile[edit]
Vogelsong throws a four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, cut fastball, circle changeup, and curveball. His four seam sits in 90-93 mph.
- Vogelsong was awarded the 2011 Willie Mac Award, given annually to the Giant who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership consistently shown by Willie McCovey throughout McCovey's long career.[28]
- Vogelsong was named Giants Breakout Player of the Year by MLB.com for the 2011 season.[29]
Personal life[edit]
Vogelsong is married to Nicole Vogelsong. Vogelsong has one son named Ryder.[30] Vogelsong is a Christian.[31][32]
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- ^ "Japanese Baseball Box Score". japanesebaseball.com.
- ^ MLB.com profile
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- ^ "Ryan Vogelsong Pitches Giants Past Pirates". espn.com/mlb. April 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Yahoo.com Stats
- ^ http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2011/06/05/bruce-bochy-ryan-vogelsong-isnt-going-anywhere-whenever-zito-comes-back/
- ^ "Vogelsong superb as Giants top Twins". mlb.com. June 23, 2011.
- ^ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_07_12_aasmlb_nasmlb_1 MLB.com Box Score</a>
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/SFGiants/status/93178472544997376
- ^ http://deportes.aollatino.com/2011/08/08/la-pelota-venezolana-salvo-la-carrera-de-ryan-vogelsong
- ^ a b "Ryan Vogelsong, Giants Agree to $4 Million, 1-Year Deal". The Associated Press (The New York Times). January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Snubbed Vogelsong has impressive stats". MLB.com. July 7, 2012.
- ^ Mori, Dan (July 3, 2012). "San Francisco Giants: Who Is the Most Unfair All-Star Snub?". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Giants capitalize on Scott Rolen error in 10th to stave off elimination". ESPN.com. October 9, 2012.
- ^ "Giants crush Cards in Game 2 to tie up NLCS". ESPN.com. October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Ryan Vogelsong pitches Giants past Cards in Game 6". ESPN.com. October 21, 2012.
- ^ "Giants blank Tigers for 3-0 World Series lead". ESPN.com. October 27, 2012.
- ^ Kawakami, Tim (October 27, 2012). "The Giants' unbreakable, unbeatable, towering pitching staff: They've made the 2012 World Series history". Bay Area News Group.
- ^ Haft, Chris (May 21, 2013). "Vogelsong out four to six weeks with broken hand". SFGiants.com.
- ^ Baggarly, Andrew (November 3, 2013). "Giants interested in bringing Vogelsong back". CSN Bay Area.
- ^ "Giants bring back Vogelsong on 1-year deal". Sportsnet. November 29, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Twitter / SFGiants: #SFGiants officially re-sign RHP Ryan Vogelsong to a one-year contract.
- ^ Haft, Chris (January 3, 2015). "In appreciation of Vogelsong's run with Giants". MLB.com.
- ^ Chris Haft and Jane Lee (January 24, 2015). "Heart in SF: Vogelsong re-signs with Giants". MLB.com.
- ^ https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/558753415396720640
- ^ http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110909&content_id=24468042&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf
- ^ [1] 7 November 2011. 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Nicole Vogelsong: MLB Player Ryan Vogelsong's Wife".
- ^ "Ryan Vogelsong #32 San Francisco Giants".
- ^ "Contact! Ryan Vogelsong 'slashes' and burns Cards with bat and arm".
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Super long lasting juice, then again, anything with a strong patchouli note does also. Not really fond of the opening, its a bit of a cherry, almond smell which I find a bit off putting. The amber here is very nice and reminds me of Eau Lente from Diptyque (just texture not smell), may be its the incense and benzoin/opoponax doing tricks. Dries down to a creamy, almondy, white chocolate sensation,and yes, this is like Amen white chocolate edition you can say, but less sweet. Interesting fragrance, its a like but not a love as I don't find it compelling or challenging enough and the opening wasn't that appealing to me. Its an oriental that its warming or caressing and comforting enough for me and a bit too much patchouli.
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You're at work and lunch time rolls around. You've been responsible enough to brown-bag it to eat healthier and possibly save money, but then, you start peeking around.
Your desk mate's lunch looks far more appetizing than what you've sloppily tossed together for yourself. It's a scene that plays out from childhood lunchrooms all the way to your cube at work. Co-workers Callie and Tommy decided to rekindle their love of lunch by trying a three day swap.
Callie and Tommy established a few simple rules to their lunch swap: 1. No smelly foods - you don't wanna be that guy at work.
2. Nothing that completely repulsed either of them. For Tommy, it was mushrooms and for Callie, red peppers.
3. For three days they would bring in lunch for each other and use retro-style lunch trays because festive presentation somehow makes food so much more appetizing.
Day One
What Callie made for Tommy "When I make food for someone else I put so much extra time and care into it. I think we were actually both a little nervous about making food for the other person. Is my prosciutto sandwich going to live up to his chicken curry sandwich? I made mine this morning; are the tomatoes going to make the bread soggy? Performance anxiety!"
Tommy's Take "Callie's sandwich was salty and delicious - especially the pancetta on the rosemary bread. Bread really makes a sandwich. My only complaint was that the tomato was a bit mushy because she had put it on the sandwich at home and tossed the whole thing in the fridge."
"I think tomatoes are better if you wait and cut them at work. Just use them for both your sandwich and your salad. Callie apparently loves fruit, so I was given both white and red grapes, and a few slices of some sort of fancy watermelon. The fruit was great, but I think I ruined my shirt spitting seeds onto my plastic tray. Apparently they bounce. All in all a great lunch, and definitely something new."
What Tommy made for Callie "I've never really made a good chicken salad, but I figured since I wasn't eating it I would experiment. Callie could be my gastronomical guinea pig. I threw together the chicken salad with canned chicken, which I find actually tastes better than fresh believe it or not, and mixed in some mandarin oranges and curry."
"I also made a Caprese salad with fresh mozzarella and Roma tomatoes which are dirt cheap and taste less "tomatoey" than most. I mixed a little oil and vinegar with some basil, garlic salt and pepper for dressing and tossed it all on spinach. Spinach is the key to all my lunches. Those lettuce bags rot in a day and spinach has some sort of mutant capability that seems to make it last forever. Plus it's healthier than most other lettuces."
"To finish it all off I tossed some raspberries on some Greek yogurt. I don't really get Greek yogurt, but it's all the rage and I love a good bandwagon."
Callie's Take:
"I'm pretty sure Tommy snuck into my kitchen and took notes on 1. the obscene amount of yogurt I consume and 2. the lack of fresh veggies...or the presence of rotten ones. This made the Caprese Salad all the more fitting for a girl who just can't seem to keep fresh vegetables from going bad.
"The same goes for the yogurt that was dressed up with a bit of honey and raspberries. It was a perfect way to satiate my sweet tooth without sending me into a total sugar coma. As for the curry chicken salad with Munster cheese - that was maybe a bit of an odd combo - but piled on cheerful little potato rolls turned out to be quite tasty."
"What I didn't expect was how lovely it was to eat lunch that was made just for me. I ate slowly and enjoyed each yummy bite—especially the tart pop of raspberry added to my yogurt."
Day Two
What Callie made for Tommy
"I pre-planned all my menus the weekend before so the fact that we both made chicken salad just means that chicken salad rules. I put a little twist in my chicken salad and added Greek yogurt to cut down on fatty mayo and give it a little tang. I also painstakingly peeled and sliced two perfectly ripe tender Georgia peaches. I was going to have an issue with Tommy if he said he didn't like peaches, because if you have ever had a ripe Georgia peach, you know that they ooze the nectar of the gods."
Tommy's Take
"Callie packed her chicken salad in pitas. It was REALLY good. She put grapes in it and used spicy mustard and yogurt, which gave it a cool kick. For sides she stuck to her old standby and gave me sweet Georgia peaches - which for some reason are really hard to find in Georgia - and blueberries and sliced apples with cheese. I had only seen this done in a cheese commercial once, but it was delicious. It made me feel European, even though I think some of the cheese was American."
What Tommy made for Callie
"One word (that should be two): EverRoast chicken. I don't know what Boar's Head does to the stuff, but it's all I buy. I tossed together a sandwich with this lunch meat as well as some sliced avocado, Munster cheese and bacon I tossed in the microwave. I buy generic store-brand bacon because it's the thinnest and microwaves the best; just toss it in with a bunch of paper towel for a minute on each side. (Apologies to any vegetarians at work - the break room will reek like pork for hours.)"
"For sides I globbed some hummus on the tray with some carrots then tossed together a salad with the spinach and raspberries from yesterday and a little gorgonzola and champagne pear dressing."
Callie's Take
"I have to admit, I was a bit hesitant about the microwave bacon on my sandwich, but it was delicious. My salad was so fresh because the ingredients were in separate containers so they wouldn't get soggy the night before. The bread was a bit overly bready and dampened some of flavor of the bacon and turkey. Tommy later disclosed that the bread may or may not have expired."
Day Three
"I maybe spent a bit more time on the gnocchi than anything else, but it was leftovers from the night before. However, I think there's a huge difference between homemade leftovers and some soggy takeout that's been floating around the back of the fridge for who-knows-how-long. I put some serious love into my gnocchi and didn't skimp on the gorgonzola sauce. You just can't muck up Italian cooking with lower calorie substitutes."
"Callie went all out for the last day. Gnocchi is my favorite, and she tossed it with some prosciutto, chicken, basil and a nice light cream sauce. Delicious. She complemented the Italian dish with a Caprese salad which was delicious (but seriously, Callie, stop copying me.) The toasted walnuts she added really made it pop. She also mixed some fruit and yogurt, though she avoided the Greek variety – Callie is free of food pretentions."
"I'm only one person and lunch is my big meal, I like to throw some stuff in a crock pot at night and wake up to the smell of pot roast in the morning. Then I take it to lunch. Callie was the beneficiary of my crock pot creation, which was just store-bought gravy, onions, carrots, potatoes and pre-cut chunks of meat. It's not pretty, but I think it's pretty delicious.Since that meal had veggies and sides in it, I just played to Callie's produce soft spot and threw together a little fruit salad with the leftovers from the other meals."
"The beef stew that had been slow cooked overnight tasted just like something from mom's kitchen - before the advent of the microwave that is. The only issue here was its rather disgusting appearance. Several of my co-workers delicately asked of the brown glob on my lunch tray, what is that? I, however, proudly defended my gross looking but rather yummy home cooked pile of deliciousness."
My coworkers are all chefs! Please, make food for me!
(The last lunch a coworker made me was when we were bored after the breakfast rush: smoked Coho salmon that he'd caught the previous day and smoked overnight, shallots, and yogurt made into cakes with home-made aioli and chiffonade basil as a garnish. Sinfully good.)
Those lunches sound fabulous but who puts that much effort into lunch for work? I prefer to put more effort into dinner because I get to eat that at home with my honey. At work, I'll eat a PB & J and be done with it.
Also, why are people so negative whenever they see a feature story about something that's not a pressing world issue? If journalists only wrote about bad news stories they would need lifetime supplies of prozac!
if I still worked, I would try this
What a great way to have fun with taking your lunch to work!
Would totally do this. My co-workers and I were just talking about how we hate making our own lunches. I've worked with them for several years and would totally know what each other likes and dislikes. Last year I spent several nights with a girlfriend while her husband was out of town and she made me lunch to take every day. It was great.
You mean your cocktail weiner?
It plumps when you cook it
I would have fed her my "Ballpark Frank" every day.
I don't think she would be satisfied.
Who in the hell makes that kind of food?
I can tell you, my lunch "partner" would be getting peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese. Maybe you guys spend 30-45 minutes putting together some awesome lunch every day, but I've got better things to do with my time...
Instead of going for the pre washed and bagged lettuce, go for the head of lettuce. Look for a tight head free of rust (brown). A head of lettuce will keep for a week or two in the veggie drawer if you don't chop it up. If you chop it up, splurge on a salad spinner. The secret to keeping lettuce longer is keeping them dry. I spin my lettuce two or three times and place them in a Tupperware container IN the veggie drawer. Place a paper towel in the bottom of the container to absorb any excess liquid. Lettuce keeps longer in the winter then the summer for some reason but chopped lettuce in the Tupperware usually keeps a week or longer in the summertime. Also, never cut your lettuce with a metal knife. That will cause almost immediate browning. Tear the lettuce with your fingers or use a plastic serrated knife.
Thanks for the helpful advice. I didn't know about the metal knife thing.
Good to know, thanks!
Two of their meals were sandwiches and salads - how generic, but then I eat stuff like pho for lunch. I wonder if sandwich/salad everyday is a southern thing. Their portions seem awfully large as well. At least they mixed it up on the last day a bit.
At least they could have taken pictures of lunch size portions instead of Saturday night portions.
I think it's funny she was scared of bacon from the microwave. People get so adamantly freaked out about things when they don't understand them.
Is just me are is CNN not doing news anymore and just throwing out crap. Lunch swap this is something a ten year old would do with other classmate. Further the writing was a ten year old level as well. CNN please actually write proper stories. This is why are news is the laughing stock world wide.
Why 'are' news...? Did you write that comment by using dictation on your computer? Weird.
*our* ...and you complain about them writing for a 10 year old.
Grammer.... your name should be spelled Grammar.
When people make that typo it always makes me laugh. Learn how to spell grammar before you nitpick the sentence structure of your peers. A good post should include proper spelling and grammar.
Coming up later will be Joy Behar doing an interview with all of the starving inner city kids, who are being oppressed while these two cook for each other.
Don't you read the headline of the article before you click on it? If not, you probably should. If so, you should know what kind of article it is and avoid it if that's not the kind of article you want to read. Not everything needs to be about the oil disaster. The writing style is casual, which is perfect for this type of article. Grow up and realize that different topics are meant to reach different audiences and often work best with different writing styles.
This is a bad photoshop picture. That's all I thought.
For sure they like each other. I am a vegetarian so a lunch swap would be an inconvenience to other person more so than it would be for me. When it comes to going to an extra length to make sure other person like what I cook would be way too much to do because I would at least cook something that I would like to eat.
the gravy is theirs!
My co-worker and I have been doing this for over the past month and have been blogging about it – check it out!
I think it's funny how much effort they go into to make the other happy instead of just swapping what they made for themselves.
Figures the LIBERAL MEDIA is trying to push a COMMUNIST style "lunch swap"! What will the liberals want next, a breakfast cereal called Obama' "O"s!!!
You're a freak.
Sounds like so much fun!! I don't have the guts to cook for anyone other than immediate family. I wish I did; this would be a great way to add some oomph to otherwise boring lunch hours! And yes, I think there's a crush there too! :)
These 2 guys HAVE to be single. Any working parent would be tossing in a pre-packaged Kiddie Lunch kit, a Juicy-Juice inabox, and an apple (with the worm cut out leaving the brown spot) - and they'd be lucky to get that!!
um.. it's a guy and a girl. and they're adults, not kids. how is your comment at all relevant to the article?
Working parents have no time for making fancy lunches... as I know from my own experience
It even states in the article the the guy is single. Are you trying to make yourself feel better about all the work you do as a parent? Ok, here you go, Good Job being a parent.
Tammy sounds like a lousy parent.
Never heard of Gnocchi ! I had to Google it !
are you ten years old?
Calm down there, not all of us grew up/live around those kinds of foods. Honestly, it's the first I've heard of, gnocchi as well. Does sound like it'd be interesting to try though.
Easy there pal. Not everyone grew up in the city as a metrosexual such as yourself. The world is bigger than you appear to understand.
haha wal-mart must be slacking
I had to look it up too! Now I want to try some.
And now yu can buy them at the grocery store. Just boil them, and put yuor fav sauce on them. Less work, less mess, and still yummy!
How DARE she say that Tommy's crock pot stew was as good as her mother's!!! NO WAY!! Callie's Mom
If your callie's mom does she talk about tommy much? You need to pushing the issue, he can make really good stew!
This is hilarious!! Callie & Tommy are both so picky they should HAVE to make their OWN lunches. Sounds like this was so hard for them , but so funny their descriptions of their efforts that they should stick to writing and pick up deli take-out every day!
For fresh veggies, I know this might sound like a plug, but those Debbie Meyer Green Bags that you can get at BedBath&Beyond ACTUALLY WORK. I can buy veggies now! Keeps salad greens for 2-3 weeks. Reuse them too. (And this isn't coming from someone who buys all the crap from "as seen on tv" (my mother bought them for me, so figured I had to use them, and now can't keep veggies without em!)
If you can't keep veggies fresh you're either buying an obscene amount in which case the solution is obvious (stop!), or you're not eating enough veggies. A head of lettuce shouldn't take you 2-3 weeks to consume... try a few days.
If you're eating organic some veggies can spoil within a couple days.
joe08: hahah, i agree. if i made that for my coworker, my husband wouldnt be too happy with me. that too i'm vegetarian and most people wouldnt know what to make for me.
Actually, spins, how about a vegetable stir fry with "Gardein beefless tips"?
I think they secertly have a crush on each other.
I agree - it's a man and a woman, and unless you kind of "liked" someone you wouldn't want them making your lunch. Especially when you read what lengths they went to make each other happy. They noticed what each other liked, etc.
Or they could just be trying very hard to outdo each other. :)
They are totally going to hook up.
I have something I would like to feed her.
I don't think female is his sexual preference.
Thats my first thought too! We all know food is the easiest way into someones heart and here they go preparing masterful lunches for each other (although it seems Callie got some of the worst of it...expired bread!?!?!)...someone follow these two!
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Sophomores Lead Loyola To Win Over Louisville In BIG EAST Opener
March 22, 2013
BALTIMORE - The No. 16 Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse team strung together five-straight second-half goals to erase a halftime deficit and earn an 11-6 victory over No. 20 Louisville in the BIG EAST opener for both teams at Ridley Athletic Complex Friday.
The Greyhounds' sophomores combined for 10 of Loyola's 11 goals, as Hannah Schmitt led the way with a game-high four. Kara Burke and Sydney Thomas each tacked on two for Loyola (3-5, 1-0 BIG EAST), while Annie Thomas and Taryn VanThof contributed one each. VanThof also tacked on a game-high two assists, while senior Joanna Dalton had the remaining goal.
For Louisville (7-2, 0-1 BIG EAST), Nikki Boltja and Erika Eipp had two goals each, while Katie Oliverio and Cortnee Daley both added one.
Louisville, Loyola's sixth nationally ranked opponent in eight games, got on the board quick, scoring at 29:27, before two more goals gave the Cardinals a 3-0 advantage at the 22:31 mark.
Schmitt then fired a goal into the back of the net at 14:03 before giving up a free position attempt to Burke, who sent a quick-stick shot into the goal, cutting the Greyhounds deficit to one, 3-2, at 10:52.
The Cardinals wouldn't allow Loyola to find its equalizer though, as Boltja tallied back-to-back scores by 3:41. Schmitt then rounded out the first-half scoring with a goal at 1:39, sending the squads into the break with Louisville up, 5-3.
Loyola quickly took control of the second half with Schmitt scoring her third goal of the game just 11 seconds into play. Sydney Thomas then knotted the score for the Greyhounds at five, before VanThof sent a pass from Sydney Thomas past Ashley Herbst, the Cardinals' goalkeeper, to give Loyola its first lead of the game, 6-5, at 25:27.
Freshman Molly Wolf turned back a shot while the defense was playing a man down, keeping the Cardinals scoreless at that point of the half, while Annie Thomas and Dalton tacked on scores to put the Greyhounds ahead, 8-5, with 17:42 to play.
Wolf made another point-blank save following a Louisville timeout, but the Cardinals were able to break through at 7:52, snapping Loyola's five-goal run.
Sydney Thomas, Schmitt and Burke rounded out the scoring in the game though, earning the 11-6 victory.
In goal, Wolf finished with eight saves, one ground ball and one caused turnover, while VanThof collected five draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Sydney Thomas added four ground balls for the Greyhounds.
Loyola will return to action on Sunday when it hosts Cincinnati at noon.
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Marilynn Johnsrud
Johnsrud, Marilynn A.
Marilynn A. Johnsrud, age 71, a resident of North Ridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center, Manitowoc, found eternal peace, Saturday evening, June 15, 2013.
Marilynn was born on February 19, 1942 in Manitowoc, daughter of the late Michael and Mildred (Loritz) Ebert. She graduated from Manitowoc Lincoln High School with the class of 1960. On October 14, 1961 she married James F. Johnsrud at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Manitowoc. He preceded her in death on December 13, 1995. Marilynn was employed at Rahr Malting and J.C. Penney's for many years. She was also employed with the Manitowoc Public School System as a special education assistant at Monroe Elementary. Marilynn enjoyed being a Girl Scout Leader and Den Mother as well as traveling and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law; Julianne and Wayne Yindra, Port Richey, FL, two sons and daughters-in-law; James and Elisa Johnsrud, Cottage Grove, WI, Gregory and Tracy Johnsrud, Manitowoc, fourteen grandchildren; Tyler Novak, Travis Yindra, Ryan Yindra, Karissa Bjork, Sarah Johnsrud, Bryce Bjork, Blake Bjork, Samuel Johnsrud, Jennifer (Jerance) Farmer, Justin Johnsrud, Jamie Krause, Jacqueline Johnsrud, Madeline Johnsrud, three great grandchildren; Kendalyn Waddell, Brailyn and Temperance Farmer, two sisters and three brothers-in-law; Judi and Ken Roberts, Manitowoc, Mary and Kerry Krajnik, Francis Creek, Robert Kujawski, Newton, two brothers and three sisters-in-law; Michael and Julee Ebert, Las Vegas, NV, Gary and Kathy Ebert, and Ann Kujawski, all of Manitowoc. Also surviving are nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at St. Francis of Assisi on Grand, Manitowoc. Officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial will be the Rev. Richard Klingeisen with burial to follow at Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The family will greet relatives and friends from 9:00 AM until 10:45 AM on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at St. Francis of Assisi on Grand, Manitowoc.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
A cornerstone of Marilynn's life was the gift of helping others. The family wishes to thank all those who reciprocated this gift in her lifetime.
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For 30 years Shimon Malka has been the only Jewish storekeeper in Acre's Old City market, running a business that has belonged to his family for more than half a century.He sells an assortment of spices, dried fruits, canned goods and other items one might find in a corner store.Malka lives outside of the old city and says his relationship with both Arab and Jewish customers is good and that business and tourism have remained stable for years.When asked about his relations with the Arab shop owners, he appears hesitant but says, "everything is ok." He does not want any problems. According to Malka, when there is a Jewish boycott of the market it negatively impacts his business.The Old City of Acre can trace its history through periods of Jewish, Roman, Greek, Muslim and Crusader rule. It was a base for the Romans when they put down the Jewish revolt of 66 CE and was later conquered by the Persians in 614, the Arabs in 638, and the Crusaders in 1104 – who named it St. Jean d'Acre.In 2012, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of a 1,500-year-old ceramic stamp seal near Acre with the image of a seven-branched Temple Menorah. It is presumed to have been used to identify kosher bread. Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (known both as Maimonides and the Rambam) passed through Acre's port upon his arrival in Israel.Today, its permanent residents are mostly Arab, though many shoppers are Jews and foreign tourists.It was not always this way, but most Jews sold their property and moved out to the modern city of Acre and its sprawling neighborhoods.In an attempt to increase tourism the Old City has developed a multilingual website as well as the new boutique hotel, Efendi. 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The tourism industry has become very important for the city, providing 1,855 places of business, he says.Harari explains that 6% of properties in the old city are privately owned, 15% are owned by the Islamic Waqf, and 91% by the state.As to tensions between Arabs and Jews, he plays down any problems stating, "There are 17,000 Arabs in [greater] Acre, 4,500 in the Old City, and they have moved to the new parts of Acre in order to live next to Jews because they want to live a better life."Ben Mayost, the CEO of the Economic Company of Acre, a municipality-owned entity seeking to develop the Old City and attract wealthy investors, says he does not want to change the city's character."We want to keep Acre's soul, its soul is its ethnic traditional people, it is part of the scenery and essence of the city, not just a headline that I am telling you," he said.Mayost said many of the crumbling walls in the Old City are covered with temporary paste. Renovation, he explains, is expensive and so he sees only two options to deal with the issue: either have people turn their homes into small businesses, or bring in wealthy investors to fix and maintain the buildings."There is a market failure in Acre," Mayost emphasized, saying that business investors are needed "to pave the road for others, doing things that people who live here cannot do."He adds, "Investors will not invest unless they feel their investment is a safe one." It is his job to advise these investors.A main sticking point is that 80% of the residents in the Old City are "protected tenants," but, he says, "we do not want people in the Old City to move, we want them to take responsibility of assets and not depend on the state to do it for them."The state's plan is to sell the property rights to the protected tenants's dwellings which are on state property.In the last three to four years, Mayost says, the pace has begun to pick up. If homeowners want to start a small business out of their homes, they need to own the property and get the proper licenses. Bed-and-breakfasts, boutique hotels and restaurants are the perfect business options for local homeowners to go into, he advised.As to the Jewish-Arab tensions in the city, he believes it's largely a media-made issue, which has been exaggerated."The media is always writing the same stories, interviewing the one person [Sami Hawary], who is a one-man NGO, always saying the same things because that is the way he gets funds," he says.He continues, somewhat heatedly, "When there is no conflict, there is no need to bring money. What has he done in the past five years, name one project?" Responding to a question about the new yeshiva, Mayost retorts, "The yeshiva is doing good work, but since when has it been the representative of Jews in Acre? There are 35,000 Jews in Acre and less than 500 in the yeshiva."He goes on to counter any discrimination in the way the development project is being carried out. He said every businessman – whatever their religion – receives the same assistance."We are not dealing with old politics, we are in a different era," concluded Mayost.
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Reviewed Moist Roasted Whole Red Snapper with Tomatoes, Basil and Oregano
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"I thought this recipe was very good. I have access to fresh red snapper and the flavors of the fresh basil, oregano, garlic and lemon made for a wonderful combination. The recipe was not too complicated. The only problem I had was that the skin of the fish stuck to the hot frying pan right away, so there was little skin to protect the fish from""


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Otis Manning
From MagicPedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Otis Manning | |
Born | 1911 Toledo, Ohio |
Died | February 2, 1963 Atlanta, Georgia |
Flourished | l930s-1960s |
Otis Manning started out as an amateur magician in Toledo, Ohio and went on to become a professional nightclub magician in the 1950s.
He wrote articles for the The Gen, Jinx and Phoenix publishing AND marketing such routines as Aces of Eight, The OM Billet Changing Box, Crystal Clear, and Another Dictionary Effect. Ted Annemann included many of his effects in his books.
During World War II, he toured Africa, Italy and Corsica, giving his shows at USO's.[1]
He also wrote a series of monologues for entertainers: The Nudist Camp Routine, and The Ride of Paul Revere.[2]
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'Long-Tail' Theory Faces the Music
A tiny company in Sacramento, Calif., with a pittance in revenue caused an outsized stir this month when it filed for an initial public offering. The buzz started when a few tech blogs crowned the company, Digital Music Group, as the first "long-tail" IPO.
But even if DMG, essentially a digital music wholesaler to online music stores, is a clearly undercooked IPO candidate now, it's worth considering simply because it represents a business model that investors will be confronting more and more in the next few years.
But what is long tail? Because it's still a new, if influential, idea, there's no clear consensus on it. But most agree that it's a gradual reshaping of the demand curve for digital music and other media -- in this case, from an overweening "head," comprising a handful of music megahits, into a growing "tail" of niche-catalog properties, whether hits of yesteryear or new works from garage bands.
In other words, new technology is bringing about changes in media commerce that allow songs, books and movies to keep selling -- modestly, but in aggregate, profitably -- long after their shelf life.
So what's the effect of this new technology? First, there are more tools to produce content, such as Apple's (AAPL - Get Report) Garage Band software, which can remix and create digital music, blogging software, and so on -- all of which puts more niche content out there. Second, the cost of buying media is cheaper, whether through peer-to-peer software or through Web sites such as eBay (EBAY - Get Report). So it's both easier and more convenient to buy this stuff. Finally, content that used to be frustratingly hard to find is much more accessible now, thanks to search engines, online user-created reviews, and content-oriented social networking sites such as News Corp.'s (NWS - Get Report) MySpace. Of course, so-called long-tail businesses aren't anything new. In fact, the most successful ones are well-known, and many tech investors already own them. eBay, with its site allowing you to connect with people selling all kinds of weird stuff, is a clear example, as is Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) with its user reviews, Netflix (NFLX - Get Report) with its recommendation software and Google (GOOG), whose sponsored links allow many a niche site to draw in revenue. But none of these companies actually set out to exploit the long tail. None of them launched an IPO to tap into the realization that this is a busy intersection of media and technology that is going to make a few smart people much richer than they may already be.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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November 9, 2014 - PnP, then drunk over three days.
Medium deep ruby, with purple hues, clear.
Some oak at first, not too much. Fine red fruit (cherries, raspberries), later some smokiness. 2nd and 3rd day, much better, more on red fruit, with earthy tones and some spices, forest leaves.
On the palate I found it a bit heavy and grumpy on the first day, with the presence of oak perceived clearly. Better on day two, lighter, juicier, more drinkable. Finish on blood oranges. Nicely mineral, gains some complexity. Tannins are grainy and a bit drying. Needs time, serious. -
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Mixi & Poupeegirl vs Twitter Strategy in Japan
by Ron CallariCan Twitter become a game-changer in Japan, where it just recently launched a new mobile platform? Or will cultural differences and native social networks like Mixi and Poupeegirl thwart its efforts?
Falcon's Faux-Flight Of Fancy, the Reality Show?
by Ron CallariIt started with a helium aircraft hovering over Fort Collins, Colorado and the belief that a 6-year-old boy climbed
in and floated away Thursday, October 15,
forcing officials to come up with a rescue plan to save him. Update at 3:35 p.m. ET:The balloon slowly spun to a crash-landing, surrounded by rescuers. Mystery widens, no one was inside balloon? It was at this time we learned that the father was a stormchaser, thus the balloon, and the family was involved in ABC's "Wife Swap," thus the reason for part of the craziness that unfolded. But the story didn't end there. The rest is only something that could make up a real-time Reality Show! Was it Truth or Hot Air? Or Balloonacy?
It Took 4.4 Million Years To Tweet About Our Oldest Ancestor!
by Ron CallariIf you are an Evolutionist and a member of the Twitterverse, new evidence dates our human ancestory back 4.4 million years. Move over Lucy, YOUR ancestor pre-dated you by over a million years. "Ardi" is her name, and being acknowledged on Twitter is her game.
Twitter's FIGS Speaks In Tongues
by Ron CallariHablo Espanol? Parlez-vous Francais? Spriten Ze Deutsche? "Gazouiller" and "Cinguettare" translates to "Twitter" in French and Italian. But how do you translate English into other languages on the microblogging site?
The 2009 Nobel Prize In Physics: Core Developments In Communications Networking
by Myra Per-LeeWhere would Google, Facebook, and Twitter be today without the inventions of Charles K. Kao,
Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith? Non-existent. Likewise, Apple,
IBM, and the hundreds of other companies that exploit the inventions of
these men might not even be around. And then there are the many
millions of people all over the world that are users of these
technologies: we'd still be in the dark ages of communication.
Tweetup In Space, The Final Frontier
by Ron CallariTwitter has conquered a lot of international territory around the world, but tweeting into Space is definitely allowing man to go where no man has gone before. Astronauts Nicole Stoff and Jeff Williams who are currently circumnavigating the globe at five miles a second will attend a Tweetup while in space.
Twitter's Landmark Tweet Against Impostors
by Ron CallariTwitter's landmark case strikes the first blow at
Internet anonymity and identity theft with the issuance of one single
tweet. But where is that 140 character message that was responsible for
breaking new legal ground? Inquiring minds want to know.
Morbid Indian Graveyard Cafe: Historical Tribute Or Halloween Scare?
by Beth Graddon-HodgsonGhost stories always surround buildings, homes and other establishments built over alleged graveyards and burial sites, but while there is folklore, it's rare that a business built over a piece of history pays tribute to the past, at least not in the way that one Indian eatery does!
Google Wave Wants You!
by Ron CallariIt's a little bit county! It's a little bit rock 'n roll! It's one over-sized network mash-up! Google Wave is part Outlook, IM, calendar, Twitter, wiki, spreadsheets/docs/presentation, picture sharing, social media, forums, maps and just about everything else on the web, but the kitchen sink! It's what some have called "email on steroids."
Google's Sidewiki Profiles Internet Users?
by Ron CallariThe ubiquitous Google never content to remain idle and like the Pac Man of yesteryear gobbling up everything in site is now setting its cross-hairs on YOU. This time out, they are introducing the Google Sidewicki which will be added to the Google Toolbar and will allow the entire Internet universe to leave comments about pages they surf on the Web.
Facebook Movie Makes Geekdom Sexy!
by Ron CallariFrom a Harvard dorm room to a multibillion dollar enterprise, the origins of the dynamic trio who created the social network goliath Facebook is virtually unknown to the general public. Sex and the social network apparently go hand and hand. Who would have thunk?
Gizmodo Gallery Gives Geeks Gadget Goosebumps
by Must Love GadgetsGizmodo, the Internet's premiere gadget guide is hosting the second annual Gizmodo Gallery. The gallery, which opened today in New York City and closes September 27, is totally interactive, but it's not online. It's live! And its collection of one-of-a-kind original gadgets are every geek's wet dream.
'Twitter Wit' Is The New Algonquin Roundtable
by Ron CallariEndorsed with a foreword by Biz Stone, Twitter Wit is the new Harper Collins collection of "the funniest tweets of all time." Satiric humor in 140 characters or less includes one-liners from some of the Twitterati's most famous wordsmiths including Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Fry in addition to many more unknown would-be humorists.
TV's Going To Pot - Cannabis Planet Launches!
by Ron CallariWhen someone tells you that TV is "going to pot," you can now take them
literally, because "all things marijuana" has found a TV channel it can
call its own! It's the latest in a new wave of niche marketing where TV programming is devoted to one topic!
Immortality Industry: Secure Storage For Memories and DNA
by Beth Graddon-Hodgson Believe it or not, there's an industry being built on our quest for immortality, and one bank is preserving lives with the security of a Swiss bank.
Habitat Turning Hashtag Spam Into 'Green Eggs & Ham'?
by Ron CallariThe power of social media and real-time search can turn on anyone in a moment's notice when misconduct online takes the spotlight. As evidenced recently by Kanye West, Joe Wilson, United Airlines and countless others, there are no "get out of jail free cards," when individuals and brands misbehave badly. The immediacy and the transparency of social media will catch you every time.
Size Of Tiger Brain Challenges Scientific Assumptions About Social Animals
by Lady BeeAt Oxford University, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has been studying the brain size of four large cats -- leopards, jaguars, lions and tigers -- in relation to their average overall size. The largest brain by length measurement is the lion's , but the volume of the tiger's brain, contrary to the researchers' expectation, is larger than the lion's brain relative to body size. So what's the big deal?
Joe "You Lie" Wilson Under A DDoS Attack!
by Ron Callari"Sticks and stones may break my bones," but will "name calling" define Joe Wilson? This South Carolina's congressman knows how to call presidents liars but does he know how to defend himself against a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack?
'The Good Web' Uses Social Media To Advance Causes
by Ron CallariSomething is afoot when people begin to distinguish something that is familiar as 'good.' Not inferring that everything that went before it was 'bad,' "The Good Web" looks at the Internet and Social Media with new eyes and places value on using the tools of the Digital Age to create a groundswell of activity to assist with worthwhile causes.
Mein Kampf Manga Blitzes Bookstores With Comic Nazi-ness
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I got this swimsuit last week and going to wear this weekend. Fits great. Will see how it holds out after this weekend. Overall very happy with it.
Thought it was attractive but had some issues. Even tho I used the size chart, wish I had gotten a size smaller especially since it got looser after the first time I went into the water and the top has minimal support to begin with. Also, found the colors ran after the first time it got wet. Rinsed it out after the time wearing it to the beach. After I hung it to dry, found both the black and pink streaming to the floor. But the colors didn't bleed or fade. The pink is still clean and vibrant. Since I was on vacation, I had to wear it again but decided to skip the pool and opted for the ocean thinking that the saltwater might help set the colors. It seemed to do the trick. Tho I find a swimsuit whose colors run worrisome.
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December 26, 2007
Don't Cry For Her, Argentina
WASHINGTON — Cristina Fernandez recently took office as Argentina's president. Until a few weeks ago, she was the country's first lady. The big difference, of course, does not reside so much in the fact that her former status was ceremonial and dependent on her husband, Nestor Kirchner, as in the fact that she will need to reverse most of his populist policies if she wants to succeed. She is unlikely to do so. A recent scandal has reminded everyone in Argentina that the Kirchner couple is a firm political partnership. Assistant U.S.
Ladies' Choice
For Barack Obama, it has all come down to the mommies. Hillary Clinton's commanding lead among Democratic women--as high as 20 points in some nationwide polls--has long been cited as a strength Obama can't overcome. A November Zogby poll found that nationwide, Clinton's 11 percent advantage over Obama was due entirely to her 18 percent lead among women. But in recent weeks, Obama brought female voters into his column as he pulled even with Clinton in the early primary states.
Hillary And Rwanda
Today's NYT look at Hillary's White House foreign-policy role by Pat Healy is interesting in various ways, not least for Hillary's conspicuous paranoia of saying anything noteworthy about her influence on Bill's decision making. Also conspicuous is her apparent omission of any hint that she supported bombing in Bosnia and Kosovo. But I was most struck to see that when asked about the Rwandan genocide, "Mrs.
December 25, 2007
The Radical Meaning of Christmas
WASHINGTON -- Hope is an overused word and an underrated virtue. We "hope" for all kinds of things, from the trivial to the profound. But hope is both a habit and a discipline. It is an orientation toward the future based on the conviction that we live in an ultimately trustworthy universe. Hope is the virtue on which faith and love depend. Even more than faith and love, I think, hope is closest to the heart of the Christmas story. In an anthropological sense, Christmas celebrates new life and birth, a theme that crosses cultures and traditions.
December 24, 2007
Let's Declare A War
I'm familiar with Caguan, the part of Colombia where Ingrid Betancourt was taken almost six years ago. She is still being held there in appalling conditions. I also happen to know Ivan Rios and Joaquin Gomez, the mafioso Marxist leaders of the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), because I went to Caguan to interview them, first for Le Monde and then for my book on "forgotten wars." So.
Constitutional Craving
Is the Constitution a partisan, Republican document? GOP candidates sure seem to think so--they have been relentless in asserting that they would "follow the Constitution" in pursuing goals from overturning Roe v. Wade (Mitt Romney) to restoring the gold standard (Ron Paul). And for decades, conservative judges such as Robert Bork and Antonin Scalia have been backing these claims up, advocating for a version of constitutional "originalism" that lines up quite nicely with the Republican platform.
Palestinian Collaborators Then And Now
I've just finished a truly intriguing book. It is called Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 and is the product of what is clearly a daring mind, that is the mind of Hillel Cohen of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The book bears two blurbs: one from Zachary Lockman, director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies at N.Y.U., who last appeared in the news as a signatory to the international petition calling on universities and colleges to boycott Israeli academics. The second blurb was by Tom Segev, an Israeli version of Alexander Cockburn: "all that the hom
December 22, 2007
What's Your Problem?
What's the problem with the GOP and immigration? PETER BEINART is editor-at-large at The New Republic, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of The Good Fight (HarperCollins). JONAH GOLDBERG is editor-at-large of National Review Online and a contributing editor to National Review. By Peter Beinart & Jonah Goldberg
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For our small-but-passionate band of Biden devotees: An AP story on Biden's hopes for placing third in Iowa: He draws enthusiastic crowds to his events and last week began his first sustained TV ad campaign.
December 21, 2007
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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and water utility industry groups, communities will need as much as $1 trillion during the next 20 years to repair, replace, or upgrade aging drinking water and wastewater facilities; accommodate a growing population; and meet new water quality standards. GAO found that the amount of funds obtained from user charges and other local sources of revenue was less than the full cost of providing service--including operation and maintenance, debt service, depreciation, and taxes--for more than a quarter of drinking water utilities and more than 4 out of 10 wastewater utilities in their most recent fiscal year. GAO also found that more than a quarter of utilities lacked plans recommended by utility associations for managing their existing capital assets, but nearly all had plans that identify future capital improvement needs. A privatization agreement's potential to generate profits is the key factor influencing decisions by private companies that enter into such agreements with publicly owned utilities or the governmental entities they serve, according to the companies GAO contacted.
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Red Mango frozen yogurt, smoothies store opens in Machesney Park
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Red Mango, a frozen yogurt and smoothies store, has opened a second Rockford-area location — in Machesney Crossings Mall, 1093 W. Lane Road, Machesney Park. The Machesney Park location joins Red Mango's other area store at 6876 Spring Creek Road, Rockford.
Paul Hornick, of Poplar Grove, Ill., who owns both area locations, said: "We are very excited to introduce Red Mango to Machesney Park. A lot of people in northern Illinois have heard of Red Mango but have not had the opportunity to try it yet, so I'm bringing Red Mango to them. Red Mango is an experience and so much more than frozen yogurt. It's the perfect nutritious treat for our health conscious community."
The new store in Machesney Park opened its doors Friday, March 9. A "Grand Opening" celebration, including a ribbon-cutting with free yogurt for attendees and other prizes and giveaways, is scheduled for the first week of April.
Red Mango offers 40 flavors of all-natural, nonfat frozen yogurt, including the company's core flavors, all at around 100 calories per serving.
The company's signature product, which is rich in probiotics, low in calories, nonfat, kosher and gluten-free, has been the foundation for a popular menu that now includes 20 varieties of fresh fruit smoothies, made-to-order fruit parfaits, hot chocolate and all-natural probiotic iced teas.
More than 150 Red Mangos are in operation throughout the United States. Visit www.redmangousa.com for more details.
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Submitted by fishyculture on Sun, 01/06/2013 - 07:50. Permalink
Good intentions will pave the roads. Appeal told me the road to hell is paved with Good Intentions. And clearly, all roads lead to hell in this country...
He posted it on the wrong thread, I think, but I'll move it over here.
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The Engine Room is an award-winning strategic design and brand agency based in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. We use design thinking and business thinking to transform our clients' businesses.
See how we do things differently at Christmas... The Engine Room will be closing on Tuesday 23rd December at 4pm and re-open on Monday 5th January at 9am.