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Good afternoon, angel! Being the sweetest, kindest, gentlest and most feminine woman is no assurance that a man is going to fall in love with you. Being the most beautiful, glamorous, elegant, and mysterious woman is likewise no assurance.
Furthermore, being the most intelligent, charming, wittiest, and the most brilliant conversationalist won't do it. A man will fall in love with you because you've demonstrated a greater ability to meet his psychological/emotional needs than any other women he knows, and will get to know.
It's certainly true that beauty, femininity, kindness, intelligence, and so on, may help you to meet a man's needs. But not one of these in itself will cause a man to adore you, to fall head over heels in love with you, and to want to bond with you for life.
WHAT are these needs that men have, and if met, can make even the most notorious players fall in love with a woman and commit to her, dove?
Well, first of all, there's a category of physical needs - or drives - which are common to all humans.
These basic and elemental physical needs are;
These are the basic and elemental needs, and it almost goes without saying that to be loved by a man, you're going to have to recognize the existence of his physical needs, as well as his emotional needs.
But let's be clear on one thing;
No man gives his affection to a woman because she satisfies one, or a few, of his basic and elemental drives.
No man falls in love with the female chef at his local restaurant because she serves up the best steak and pumpkin pie.
No man falls in love with the landlady because she provides his place to sleep.
No man (and this is important,) falls in love with a woman because she meets his basic physical need for sex.
Clearly, my feminine lovely, there are some emotional/psychological needs of men (and women,) which are far more powerful than the physical ones in the inducement of love, and of the quality of life.
But sometimes, after love has been induced, the delightful encouragement and satisfaction of the basic physical needs by a wife who has *finesse and understanding* can definitely contribute to the growth and continuance of that love.
The husband whose wife shows a *continuous and focused* interest in the satisfaction of his (and her own) sexual needs is quite likely to experience a growth in his love.
The husband who receives clear evidence that his wife has given some thought and attention to the satisfaction of his nutritional needs is very likely to come to the conclusion that he certainly did well when he picked this jewel. *Smile*
However, while these things contribute to the romantic feelings and satisfaction in a relationship, they don't necessarily create them.
What's undoubtedly more important to the growth of a relationship with a masculine man - in the early stages and beyond - is a feminine woman anticipating his inner emotional/psychological needs, being alert to those needs, and meeting those needs that have been learned from the moment of birth.
The emotional/psychological needs that a man has;
Are what he subconsciously responds to
Can't be changed without making a significant effort
Are not about what he likes, wants or prefers
Go far beyond just stroking his ego
There are VARIOUS emotional/psychological needs that your man has, cupcake, and that should be met adequately by you. When you manage to meet all his most vital emotional needs (more about these later in this post, and part two of this post,) you'll make him feel trusted, understood, respected, admired, and deeply cared for. *Smile*
**One of the reasons that players go from woman to woman, and seek numerous woman, is because they need numerous women to fulfill the various need categories in their lives.
Among the more basic emotional needs of a man are his needs for;
New experience/novelty
Feminine energy (masculine energy needs to be charged by feminine energy, or to achieve 'polarity.')
Ego-satisfaction from his reputation as a desirable man
An illustration of meeting a man's most vital emotional needs is when a young woman went to the prom with a disabled young man. She met his emotional needs because she wanted more than anything else to ensure that he would have a good time. And he did. *Smile*
However, when she went out with a man her own age, she only expected to have her own emotional needs met, and so she was a failure at establishing a loving, mutually satisfying relationship.
**The moral is clear in this little illustration, dove. A little unselfishness and self-sacrificing - to the point of contributing towards a man's quality of life, and 'earning' his love - will pay off dividends in the end.
For ordinarily, when a man begins to really love you, he'll start spending his time trying his best to meet your emotional needs. *Smile*
However, there's a major question that to be answered first....
How do you tell what your man's important emotional needs are?
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Interview with Jersey Shore's Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino
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America's most famous abs are headed to Miami. |
Gearing up for the South Beach experience is the Situation, who hosted a party at LIV last night. Although it was a Monday, the ladies were swarming the Fontainebleau's legendary lobby, hoping to catch a glimpse of the buff reality-TV star. Before the festivities began, New Times sat down with the hunky gym bunny at Gotham Steak and found his cockiness to be charming in the same way we are addicted to P.F. Chang's but will never admit it. As for Sorrentino's constant habit of referencing himself in the third person, that got old quickly. Nevertheless, the next few months should be entertaining when the Situation and his cast mates try to conquer Miami's social scene.
New Times: What do you enjoy about hosting these nightclub parties?
Mike Sorrentino: I take pride in anything I do, whether it's film, interviews, or appearances. Wherever I go, the venue is sold-out. There are people waiting for me at airports. When I show up for these events, I give the fans exactly what they want. I take every single picture; I shake every single hand; I kiss every single cheek. I feel it's my job to live up to all of these expectations. All of the people who say my 15 minutes of fame are over -- I love it when I hear that. It's never over until I say it's over.
What are you most looking forward to about filming Jersey Shore in Miami?
I'm not positive that it's in Miami.
They've actually announced it. It's safe to talk about it.
Everyone knows that Miami has beautiful people, beautiful clubs, and beautiful weather. I'm looking forward to taking part in that particular situation.
What should the girls of Miami know about the Situation?
They need to know that I'm a cool, nice guy. I'm fun. I'm good-looking. I've got a lot going on for me right now. I'm flattered that things are going so unbelievably well.
Will you forego the tanning salon with Miami's sunny weather?
Yes. The only reason I go to the tanning salon is just to get a healthy glow. In the Northeast, it's cold and rainy. I make sure I keep up with my GTL [gym, tanning, laundry]. Here I'll be enjoying the Miami weather and everything this city has to offer. I'm just so excited.
Are you worried the humidity is going to affect your hair?
No. The gel that I use probably wouldn't be affected by a hurricane.
How has fame changed you and your cast mates?
Fame definitely hasn't changed me. As for my cast mates, I can't really speak about that. I'm not one to point the finger or even speak about my cast mates. I speak about the Situation. I speak about myself. The only thing that has changed about me is that everyone in the United States knows my name. They probably know my face. Right now, Jersey Shore is going international. Soon enough, everyone in the world is going to know my name. And that's a pretty good situation.
What type of drama can we expect from season two?
I made sure season one was a hit. For season two, we are going to be one of the greatest reality shows in history. And the Situation will be the greatest reality star in history. I'm going to move on to bigger and better things.
Now that you've seen how you were portrayed on television, is there anything you are going to do differently when filming resumés?
No, not at all. I believe I was portrayed as a humorous, good-looking ladies' man. I pretty much ran the house and did what I wanted. Once the show was over, we saw who was on the covers of all of the magazines. Obviously, I performed pretty well.
How does it feel having the most famous abs in America?
I work pretty hard on my abs. Everybody knows that it's not easy to have a six-pack. I'm proud to have one of the most famous six-packs in America. For season two, they are going to be even better.
In Miami, there are a lot of guys with great abs too.
I'm not a hater. If there's a guy out there that's ripped, I will definitely compliment him. But I know that The Situation has one of the best six-pack abs in America right now. I'm confident in myself.
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Happy Valentine's Day! I have to say, holidays have become so much more fun now that my kids are old enough to get excited about them. Valentine's Day for us usually means a stay at home date with a special meal made after the kids go to bed. But this year, my crazy parents are keeping all 12 of their grandchildren for an overnight Valentine's Day sleepover, while us parents get to go childless for a night. Max is over-the-moon excited and has not stopped talking about it. He's been making valentines for his cousins all week and has been counting down the days. I have to admit, this year I have been too! Who knew Valentine's Day could be so much fun? ;)
I'd been planning on making our go-to cinnamon rolls this week and since love and hearts seemed to be taking over the house, I thought it might be fun to make them into heart shapes. You know, for the kids. ;) They helped me with the assembly and were so excited to see the hearts come together.
Aren't they freakin' adorable? They're no harder to make then regular cinnamon rolls and are a great way to dress them up for a special occasion. But really, who needs an excuse to make heart shaped cinnamon rolls?
We made half of our cinnamon rolls regular and half into hearts. I've included pictures of both for comparison. Here's how you do.
Rather then roll up the dough into one log, like you normally would, you roll it up from both ends until they meet in the middle, like a scroll.
Cut them into slices. Lay them on their sides and pinch the bottom into an exaggerated heart shape. Place it on a baking sheet and you're good to go!
The heart shaped cinnamon rolls won't be as gooey as the regular ones, as they have more room to breathe, which may be preferable to some. You can also bake the spiral ones separately like this too, just follow the assembly instructions of the regular ones and the baking times of the hearts. We like them gooey (read: cooked through but melt in your mouth), so if we're not making them into shapes we like to stuff them into a pan for the least amount of crust possible.
I found this recipe in my first few years of baking and have never felt the need to find another. It makes a perfect, classic, cinnamon roll. The dough is soft, the filling is sweet and sticky and full of cinnamon flavour, and the frosting, oh the frosting! It is cream cheese frosting at it's best, and when spread on a warm cinnamon roll, it melts and seeps into all the crevices, contributing to the gooey factor – perfection! If you're still on the lookout for the perfect cinnamon roll give this recipe a try, and let me know what you think!
First time working with dough? Head here.
- Dough
- 1 cup warm milk (110ºF)
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2.5 teaspoons instant yeast
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 3.5-4.5 cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Filling
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2.5 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- Frosting
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1.5 cups icing (confectioners) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Stir together milk, butter, sugar and instant yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes until creamy. Beat in eggs. Add 3.5 cups bread flour, along with salt. Knead until smooth; adding additional flour as necessary to achieve a smooth, pliable and slightly sticky dough (it should be sticky to the touch but not cling to your finger when you pull it away). Place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place (I like to put it in the oven with the light on) for 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
- Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and butter in a small bowl.
- Roll out dough to a 16×21 inch rectangle. Spread dough evenly with sugar/butter mixture. Roll up, starting from the long side. Cut into 12 rolls if baking in a 9×13 pan, cut into 18 rolls if baking in 2, 9×9 inch pans. Place 12 rolls into a greased 9×13 pan or place 9 rolls into each of two, greased, 9×9 inch baking pans (we like to do two pans so we can freeze one for later). Cover and let rise for 30 minutes, until nearly double.
- Bake at 400ºF for 15 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Spread with frosting while warm but not hot.
- These are best fresh, if enjoying them the next day, warm them in the microwave for 20 seconds or so to bring them back to life.
- Beat together cream cheese and butter, until smooth. Add icing sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat until smooth.
- Roll out dough to a 16×21 inch rectangle. Spread dough evenly with butter/sugar mixture. Roll up, starting from both of the long sides, until they meet in the middle, like a scroll. Cut into 18 rolls. Shape the bottom centre of the roll into a V shape. Place 9 rolls onto each of two parchment lined (or greased) baking sheets. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes, until nearly double.
- Bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Allow to cool. To drizzle frosting, pop the prepared frosting into the microwave for 20 seconds until a pourable consistency. Drizzle over hearts with a spoon.
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By breaking up the word 'LANGUAGES', two ideas are juxtaposed:
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The Queensland government is about to start automatically docking the pay of health workers to recoup overpayments arising from the Queensland Health payroll debacle. Laws allowing the move were introduced to parliament last year.
Health Minister Lawrence Springborg announced on Wednesday an automated system to recoup overpayments would come into effect from July.
Springborg said staff members will be notified of new overpayments via their payslips and will have 28 days to raise any concerns.
"Repayments through staff pays will then commence automatically 28 days after the initial notification," he told parliament.
Springborg said repayments would be calculated at 15 per cent of the employee's gross base wages. Given most overpayments were under $500, most will be repaid in under two pay cycles, he said.
The automated recovery system will first take effect on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and children's services. Remaining staff will be added to the system before the end of the year.
"This process is clear, transparent and timely," he said. "It enables us to recover taxpayers' money and ensure staff are not disadvantaged."
Springborg said the government is working to recoup millions of dollars already overpaid to staff.
The doomed payroll system was introduced in March 2010, and resulted in thousands of staff being overpaid, underpaid or not paid at all. The system has been the subject of an inquiry which has heard allegations of a Queensland Health staffer helping IBM win the payroll contract by providing unfair advice and attention, and questions raised as to whether the winning system from IBM was properly vetted .
The government has estimated the debacle will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.


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4.27.14 (via LATimes.com) - Ryan Hunter-Reay coasted to his second straight victory at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., when the rain-shortened IndyCar race finished under caution.
A full-course caution came out for the final seven minutes of the timed race after rookie Mikhail Aleshin lost control and went off the track. That left Hunter-Reay unchallenged, with Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti finishing second.
Scott Dixon was third, followed by Simon Pagenaud and pole-sitter Will Power, a two-time winner at Barber who was among the drivers dealing with a slippery track in spots.
"He was out there cutting the grass," Hunter-Reay said. "I had to take advantage of that. It was so easy to do that today. I almost lost this race three times."
There was some slipping and sliding after the field switched from the wet tires with several drivers leaving the track.
"That was horrible for everybody," Hunter-Reay said. "It was like an ice-skating rink."


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Funding for dozens of new transportation projects are at risk. At-risk projects include bus rapid transit, protected bike lanes in Chicago, suburban bike trails, the Lake Front Trail Flyover, Chicago's bike share program, and CTA station repairs, among others.
That's because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the Chicago region now meets federal air quality standards and, as such, potentially loses roughly $80 million per year in funding for transportation projects that help reduce air pollution, called the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) fund. In total, 115 CMAQ projects totaling $411 million over five years are at risk.
The EPA is relying on air quality data through 2010, but air pollution levels actually exceeded standards in 2011. The EPA wants to use a technicality to exclude the 2011 data.
If the EPA changes our air quality designation, the CMAQ dollars would not be eliminated until Congress passes a new transportation bill—but that could happen as soon as this spring.
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EPA attainment areas are done by county, so the State Line plant - in Indiana - doesn't necessarily count towards emission standards in Cook County if they are doing source-point readings...ambient readings are another story. Secondly, State Line was not shut down by the EPA; it's owner, Dominion Resources, voluntarily decided to shutter it by 2014 because it didn't want to retrofit the facility. As for the Pilsen coal fired plants (Crawford and Fisk), there are no immediately plans for shutting them down by the EPA. The City of Chicago and Alderman Joe Moore tried to push through a municipal-scale Clean Air Act last January/February, but it never left committee and likely wouldn't have withstood a judicial test.
Also, realistically, it doesn't matter if we pay more for energy, at least in as much as it impacts these dollars. They are taken from the Federal government, which means they come from tax dollars we have already paid. If we don't take the money, it doesn't mean we don't have to pay for them. It just means that they will go to Los Angeles, New York, Houston, or virtually any other large city which is a non-attainment area.
With the State Line and Pilsen coal-fired power plants being shuttered by the EPA, Chicago will be meeting air quality standards going forward. This is one situation where the EPA is right.
If Chicagoans are going to have to pay more for power, we should not also have to pay more in taxes for transportation subsidies that we no longer qualify for.
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Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April. You can receive a Poem-A-Day from Poets.org. Thursday, April 24 is Poem in Your Pocket Day when people select a poem, carry it with them, and share it with others throughout the day. You can also share your poem selection on Twitter by using the hashtag #pocketpoem. Need a collection of poems to choose yours from? We have books, eBooks, and eAudiobooks full of poetry.
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The second week of the Olympics has been exciting watching our favorite teams and athletes represent their home country with pride and compete for the dream of winning gold, silver, and bronze medals. It was exciting when U.S. women's soccer player Alex Morgan's header was the winning goal on Monday with 30 seconds left in the semifinal against Canada.
On Tuesday, down to the last day of gymnastics, watching American Aly Raisman win on floor exercise, as she had dreamed of most of all, was amazing. As Monitor staff writer Mark Sappenfield reports, "Today has been a dream come true," she said. "I'm so glad I got the medal I wanted."


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Why Gold Hasn't Risen Higher Under QE
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The Dow rose 136 points yesterday. What does it mean? Beats us. Probably nothing.
We were on RT television yesterday. The pretty interviewer, Lauren Lyster, wanted to know what would happen after the election.
"Nothing," we replied. "At least, nothing important. The election is really a contest between two groups of zombies. One favors the social welfare zombies -- the unemployed… the disabled… the Democratic Party voters. The other favors bigger zombies -- Wall Street… the defense industry… the Republican Party voters."
Who will win?
The Electoral College system seems to favor Obama. At least, that's what our wonky political friends tell us. Unless something goes wrong, they say, he's got the election in the bag.
But the military and Wall Street zombies can sleep easy. He's not going to cut them off.
Either way, the zombies win.
Rick Rule on the Curious Case of Gold
On another subject, our old friend Rick Rule explains why gold did not go up, even as the Fed undertook the most ambitious program of money printing in history:
Part of the retrenchment is a natural and normal backing and filling, if you will, in a resource market. We had a whole range of commodity prices that did extremely well in the last decade. Gold price, as an example, increased $260 per ounce at the beginning of the decade to almost $1,800 per ounce at the end of the decade, and that's only an indicative of the most outrageous of the moves.
So, from one point of view, one of the things that happened was that the market wanted to catch its breath. The second thing that happened is that quantitative easing was put in place to combat a global economic slowdown.
And markets move on two primary forces: supply and demand. The fact that the Western world's economies, the world's "mouths" -- North America, Japan, Western Europe -- experienced a pretty substantial slowdown beginning in 2008… reduced demand for commodities.
The resource equities did extremely well in the 10 years that comprise the decade between 2000 and 2010. So well, in fact, that they probably, in most cases, overshot their value. In addition to overshooting their value, the companies that issued those equities underperformed, relative to the expectations of many investors, including myself, in terms of how their free cash flow would evolve.
Taking the gold equities as an example, one would have expected that companies that were at least breaking even in a $260-per-ounce gold environment would be coining money above $1,500 per ounce.
But that gush of free cash flow didn't occur. Instead, the companies gushed new equity. They sold stock to buyers who were eager to cash in on the increase in gold prices.
A classic example of that is Goldcorp. With Goldcorp, although the price rose, and rose reasonably well through the decade, the market cap expanded much more radically as a consequence of the fact that the issue in outstanding shares at Goldcorp increased by 600% in the decade.
And finally, of course, there was the incredible issuance of resource equities in the junior market. Well, the junior market share prices didn't always escalate through the sector. The market capitalizations escalated dramatically, first of all as a consequence of company formation and second of all as a consequence of equity issuance by the existing participants in that market. So while share prices didn't rise, equity issuances rose very, very, very dramatically.
So, to summarize, one thing that happened was that prices of both equities and commodities rose very fast in the middle part of the last decade, and the beginning part of this decade was spent in a catch-up period.
Second, the quantitative easing, which should have resulted, by conventional wisdom, in an increased acceptance of equity and commodity prices, in fact happened as a consequence of the economic slowdown that reduced demand for commodities and hence commodity quotes.
Third, corporate performance itself. The issuance of new equities began to bog down the prices of new equities.
It's important to note that cyclical declines in a secular bull market are commonplace events. We have previously discussed the fact that in the great 1970s, the gold price rose. The price advanced from $35 to $850 per ounce, a wonderful gold market by anybody's standards. In the middle of that, in 1975, the gold price declined from $200 per ounce, where it has risen from $35 per ounce, all the way to $100 per ounce. So in the middle of a secular bull market that saw a run from $35 to $850 per ounce, we had a secular decline of 50%, from $200 to $100 per ounce.
What's important for people to consider in the context now is that people who got shaken out in 1975 in the face of a 50% decline missed the move in the period from 1975-1981 from $100 to $850 per ounce. An 850% move in six years. I believe very much that what we're experiencing as we speak is a cyclical decline in a secular bull market.
Moves in a commodity markets are dramatic and long lasting, because the industry itself is very capital intensive. When you have a period of rising commodity prices and you expect supplies to rise, it still takes many years to find, permit and build things like gigantic copper mines or gigantic oil fields, never mind forests.
And once prices begin to fall as a consequence of the new supply additions, it takes the industry an awfully long time to decommission surplus supplies. So the lengths of bear markets and bull markets in the natural resource business are extremely long.
The bear market aftermath of the bull market in resources in the 1960s and 1970s lasted for 20 years. The hangover, if you will, from the party that natural resource investors enjoyed in the 1960s and 1970 commenced in 1982 and lasted until 2002.
What's important to note is that these secular bull and bear markets can last as much as 20 years. The bull market of the 1960s and 1970s caused the bear market of the 1980s and 1990s, which in turn is causing the bull market that we're in.
Specifically, we had 20 years of underinvestment in natural resources' productive capacity in the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. For 20 years, we as a society were consuming more by way of natural resources than we were reinvesting in productive capacity. We were using up the capital that we had invested in the 1960s and 1970s.
The consequence of this, of course, is that as we continue to increase our rates of consumption without increasing our ability to produce, eventually we went to a place where consumption was outpacing production, and prices began to rise. And this is the situation that we are still involved in today. The decades of the 1980s and 1990s so constrained investments of natural resources that, for a very long period, we have impaired our ability to increase production in natural resources.
Conversely, the very low prices that existed in real terms in the 1980s and 1990s increased consumption. So we had the classic supply-and-demand curb shift with increasing consumption and declining production raising commodity prices.
Demand for natural resource commodities on a per-capita basis has increased rapidly, spread over billions of capitas. So we're in this resource bull market for important fundamental reasons. Supply is still constrained from two decades of underinvestment, and demand is soaring both from the low prices that the markets enjoyed in the 1980s and 1990s and also as a function of the liberalization of people in the Third World and their increased ability to spend and compete with us for commodities.
And since 2008, the supply of fiat currencies has increased dramatically as a consequence of what the politicians call quantitative easing. You and I would call this counterfeiting, but regardless of what you call it, the fact that there are more currency units issued relative to the production of goods and services in the economy means that every currency unit issued is worth, in a real sense, less.
As more and more of these currency units -- call them dollars, call them yen, call them euros, call them renminbi -- are issued, it would make sense that the nominal, non-inflation-adjusted price of resources over time should go up.
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Madden NFL 25 promises to deliver both strategic necessity and intense game play; from crushing tackles to deep passes to legendary players, the only thing missing from the virtual game seems to be the smell of grass and sweat. Of course, reviewers have noted a few less-than-stellar features (including the tedium of Owner Mode) in Madden 25, but all in all, EA should be able to if not exceed expectations, at least meet them. After all, they've eschewed their tradition of naming each version after its year in order to draw attention to the fact that Madden 25 marks the franchise's 25th anniversary.
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Although gameplay on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be tighter and easier to control thanks to the Infinity Engine 2, fans will have to wait for the launch of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to get the benefits of everything Madden 25 has to offer. The two new consoles, both due for launch in late 2013, will make use of the new Ignite sports game engine, which will supply more precise tracking, a higher degree of fluidity, and better AI. The EA Sports Ignite engine, in short, will give gamers cutting-edge visual detail (for example, the field degrades as you play) and exact player handling.
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Although the ability to play as a player or coach returns in Madden 25, Connected Franchise mode also allows gamers the chance to play as an owner, managing everything from concession prices to parking. Because perhaps this ability won't appeal to everyone, EA has revived a few features from earlier versions of Madden NFL, including the abilities to revive or relocate teams. Ultimately, however, many of the game's basics remain the same; it's the power of the Infinity Engine 2 (and, in the future, the Ignite engine) that improves the Madden experience. Players will no longer tumble over each other and will look more realistic in general.
By and large, reviewers have taken to Madden 25 and most have recommended it as a must-buy. IGN's Jack Devries calls it the "best football game experience" he's had until now. GamesRadar's review notes that Madden 25 is more than just a roster update, calling it a better version than Madden 13. FanSided gives the game a grade of 'A minus,' noting that although there aren't many new "bells and whistles," the improved gameplay makes it worth the money. Note that these reviews are all for the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game; the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions promise to be even better.
Although Barry Sanders, the legendary Detroit Lions Hall of Fame running back, won the honor of gracing the cover of Madden 25 by fan vote, he will ultimately split the honor with the finalist he beat. Adrian Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings, will be featured on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One covers, while Sanders will remain on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Despite having to share his victory, Sanders has been quoted as feeling proud and excited to have won.
The release date for Madden NFL 25 on PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 is Aug. 27, 2013. Sony's PlayStation 4 is due for release on Nov. 15, 2013, with the Xbox One scheduled to hit the shelves around the same time. Madden 25 will be a launch title for both platforms. If you're a Madden fan, 2013 should be a great year for you — and if not, this might be the year to become one. To Pre-Order from Amazon, click the links below..
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Somewhere in orbit outside of this planet Aun have been scheming and preparing to release their latest effort, entitled Alpha Heaven. The band from Montreal, Canada has been evaporating the boundaries between diverse musical genres such as electronic music, ambient, drone, techno, progressive, psychedelia and industrial since their conception back in 2007. And in their latest work they outdo themselves once again.
The music found within Alpha Heaven is encircling. It is a spiraling monument of continuous movement through abstract thoughts. The feeling that the album transmits can be described easily as cinematic and alien at the same time. But what is brilliant about it is that it never stays in one place. Aun are able to move between different sonic territories effortlessly, showing a different face at every turn that this album takes. Appearing in instances with a romantic dreamlike presence, as is the case in "Koenig" and "Returna", or in more uplifting personifications, for instance in "Viva" and "Peacecalm". Of course the album contains a much darker side as well, which starts from being melancholic, for example in the post-rocky (Sigur Ros influenced) "War Is Near", or surrounded by a much more sinister extension to their music, for instance in "Voyager".
The hypnotic element of the record gives it a sense of continuity and connection between the different compositions found in it. The dreamlike ambiance of "Koenig" ties in perfectly with the more melancholic concept of "War Is Near" which incorporates abstract female vocals to enhance even further the solitary emotion of the album. The uplifting vibe of "Viva", surprisingly enough, is the perfect introduction to the more sickening side of Aun, which is firstly revealed in "Vulcan", one of the most interesting tracks of the album due to the ability of the band to maintain a peaceful state while in unbroken movement. On the other hand "La Luna" manages to merge together the romantic and sinister sides of Aun, causing endless confusion to the listener.
The shortest track of the album, "Peacecalm", offers some of the most beautiful moments found in the entirety of Alpha Heaven while the disturbing feeling that is underlying the melodies of "Alpha" gives way to the unsettling and nerve wrecking "Voyager", easily one of the darkest songs of the record with its bizarre use of vocals to enhance cognitive dissonance. "Floodland" is found on the other edge of Aun's spectrum with a gloomy quality to it, aided by the use of samples; it soon gives way to the absolute finest moment of the full-length, "Return to Jupiter". The closing track of the album spans for over ten minutes and it reaches the boundaries of the celestial trip to the alien soundscapes that Aun are navigating us through, with its industrial nature, which resolves in the building of tension in the most imaginative way.
Aun's latest release is an excellent sonic trip to different dimensions. Even if you are not a fan of electronic/ambient music but you like a fair bit of atmosphere or if you simply want to lose yourself for about an hour, you should definitely give Alpha Heaven a listen.


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The most utterly predictable comment from a New Yorker in a Miami pizzeria: "It's not like a New York slice." Culprits often cited are humidity, water quality, and brand of canned tomatoes. In fact, the real deal has been available for about a year and a half at Primo Pizza, which puts out a New York slice in a New York minute from its petite shop at First Street and Collins Avenue in South Beach.
What makes a New York slice a New York slice? For one thing, the crust is not crisp. It is floppy-soft, thicker than flatbread but thinner than deep-dish. There are no black char marks on the bottom; if there were, any self-respecting New Yorker would return it and say, "Hey, Einstein, you burned the goddamn pizza!" Plus it is cheesy, and the cheese is chewy. An oregano-flecked, unobtrusive marinara sauce balances the cheese and bread. That's it, and Primo Pizza, with six stools and a bench outside the front door, serves it for $3 per slice. A regular pie, with cheese, sauce, and mozzarella, is $12.95. Specialty pies such as Hawaiian, Buffalo chicken, and Philly cheese steak cost more, with prices topping out at $22.95 for the Primo Pizza Supreme, which comes with "anything and everything." Diners can also create their own combos by choosing from some 30 à la carte garnishes at $1.75 to $2.25 each. There are no such choices regarding size; all pies are large, just like in New York.
I'm a regular-pie kind of guy, but when feeling wild, I pick Primo's white pizza, with its blistery bubbles of ricotta, mozzarella, basil, and garlic. A textbook cheese calzone brings pretty much the same ingredients — just a higher dairy-to-bread ratio — in rolled-up form, with a little side dish of marinara for dipping. There are also "rolls," which are like calzones but filled with either pepper steak, chicken, eggplant, broccoli, sausage, or meatballs. All are made in house and baked fresh each day, but Primo's prime draw is that phat pizza — available on weekends until 5 a.m.
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Fatburger, 947 Washington Ave, Miami Beach; 305-534-9696. Open Monday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., Thursday through Sunday 24 hours.
Fatburger's "Fatburger," on the other hand, is not a phat burger. Nor, for that matter, is it a fat burger. It starts at a third of a pound, but by the time the lard content cooks out, it looks more like a quarter-pounder. It is also not a fast burger; during numerous visits, it took anywhere from eight to twelve minutes to be served (potential ad slogan: Fast food without the speed!). A "spicy fat chicken" sandwich brought a dreadful Tabasco-soaked breast; the fish sandwich, two greasy spears of fried cod with tartar sauce, made me yearn for Mrs. Paul (or at least her fish sticks). So what is the appeal of this food chain that has 93 franchises sizzling across 15 states as well as Mexico and Canada? A decent-tasting burger and an inspiring early narrative.
The inspiring early narrative: Lovie Yancey opened the first Fatburger in South Los Angeles in 1952. It was a popular spot, drawing entertainers such as Redd Foxx and Ray Charles, but the second location, in Beverly Hills, became a favorite celebrity haunt and grew into a Hollywood legend. Yancy began to franchise "The Last Great Hamburger Stand" in 1985, and five years later sold the business to the Fog Cutter Capital Group. Earvin "Magic" Johnson was an investor, and Pharrell Williams has a financial stake in the company's first 10 locations in China. The 96-year-old Lovie, hailed as a pioneering African-American businesswoman, passed away just five weeks ago — right before the newest Fatburger opened on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach. Queen Latifah is a backer of this SoBe store, although "she didn't even show up for the opening," according to one disappointed employee.
The décor is fast foodie all the way, colored in yellows and reds like you-know-who, and tempered with some industrial-metallic touches. Atmosphere is not what you come here for, although the jukebox music selection is one of Fatburger's selling points. Gliding from Frank Sinatra to Cat Stevens to Bob Marley to Muddy Waters without missing a beat, the tunes provide enjoyable listening — especially for those born around, say, 1952.
The skinny on the Fatburger ($4.49) is that it possesses an emphatic char flavor from the grill and tastes demonstrably superior to the patties from the bigger burger barons — although admittedly that's like saying Michael Jackson is a better parent than Britney Spears. What the burger here has going for it is freshness. Like Five Guys Burgers and In-N-Out — Fatburger's brethren in the second-tier fast-food burger market — the meat is never frozen and always cooked to order. Unfortunately, at least at this location, the hamburgers are not very juicy.
The Kingburger ($5.49) clocks in at the pregrilled weight of a half-pound and proved moister than the thinner Fatburger. Double and triple Kingburgers are also up for grabs (note, though, that a single Kingburger is 820 calories). The turkey burger ($4.69) was delicious relative to other turkey burgers, but a Boca soy patty, while improved via grilling and accompaniments, is still a Boca soy patty. You'd think that maybe after 56 years, Fatburger could have come up with a veggie burger recipe of its own.


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I'm starting to enjoy Jamie Duke's commentary on NFLN. I will get plenty o flak for that. It wouldn't make me want to stop posting.
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but anyway, keep posting man. i like your updates, and so does most everyone else. The people who dont want to read them dont have to. its just a message board, who cares what anyone thinks.
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Reading some of these posts I look like a complete jacka$$. Everyone seems to have turned on me, but whatever I do not care. After getting some private messages I have been convinced to block some people such as Jsquarred, Bruce Brewski, and MrTouchdown. Ill keep the Fiz because he is an actual joke and his comments are humorous to read. So if people want to read my updates I will post them and if you don't whatever. I will not post anything on this board anymore other than updates.
Hang in the NJPanthers12. Being overseas most of the time your posts actually give me some good reading. Sadly there are far too many trolls that have nothing better to do than to insult or put down others posts.
Most of them know who they are without listing their names. I find it funny that many of them have hundreds and even thousands of posts but rarely post a legitimate comment. What is worse is their attempt to be funny isn't funny at all. Many like to insult and degrade and then pop off with "Relax Dude you are taking this way too serious" especially when you call them out on their B.S. post.
I may not agree with your posts all the time but I do respect your opinion and your updates are appreciated.
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Jason Mraz Went Off the Grid for the Holidays
Jason Mraz had a wonderful 2012 with his hit album Love is a Four Letter Word and it seems like he had a fantastic holiday season too.
The Recycled Orchestra Turns Trash Into Musical Instruments
Jason had the chance to fulfill a dream by headlining a show for the 1st time at New York's Madison Square Garden on the 10th! Then he went on to spend his holiday season the same way he always has since the beginning of his successful career.
Jason Mraz Tells Us Why He Always Travels With His Own Coffee Mug
"I go off the grid. I go home. I've never played a New Year's show or anything. I love to just go back to Virginia…put on a scarf, be with the family. It's really great," he tells us. Sounds like the perfect way to recharge for 2013!


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This list of fruits names more than 90 common culinary fruits.
It includes what are generally regarded as edible fruits and their close relatives. The definition of botanical fruit would exclude some of these and include other foods that we think of as vegetables.
The list shows which fruits are closely related by arranging them into families. What are food families?
For more foods, see the list of vegetables, list of grains, list of nuts and seeds, and list of meats and poultry.
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NFU Hosts 2013 College Conference on Cooperatives |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melisa Augusto, 202-314-3191 "At every level, and in industries as varied as housing and daycare to electrical power generation and farm supply to marketing, cooperatives are leading business models serving millions of Americans," said NFU President Roger Johnson. "Cooperatives are owned by their members who are encouraged to have a voice in the overall business operations."
While in Minneapolis, students will be guests at CHS, the nation's leading and largest agricultural cooperative. Students also will hear from cooperative leaders, farmers, and government experts who will explain the current challenges facing member-owned cooperatives. Additionally, the students will tour housing, retail and marketing cooperatives in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
"Our own history is very closely tied with the cooperative movement," said Johnson. "Farmers Union has a strong commitment to providing cooperative education not only to our own members, but also to the general public, and especially to young people."
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You know how peer reviews are among the most respected write-ups in terms of integrity, authenticity, and recognition, in respective industries and fields of studies?
Well, for me, I think endorsements from fellow bloggers and readers are just as significant.
Fellow blogger, parent, and offline friend Moomykin has given Daddeeyah! an award!
Thanks, Moomykin, for this award! This comes just a little after Daddeeyah! blog reached its first anniversary!
The Proximidade award. It is a Portuguese word which means "proximity" or "nearness"- suppose it means this blog or blogging makes us feel close together ?
They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship;
there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut or that they propagate?
Then let's try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.
So here are the other bloggers whom I stalk
- Since I am a Husband and Dad also
- Another Good Husband-related blog
- Toddlerdaddy
- Lynn Lim
- Derek Semmler's The Man Page
- Parent Hacks! has lots of tips
- This Cuddly Family
- My brother's Flickr site (I know this is cheating, but he does photo-blog somewhat with this)
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It's set up with an optional magwell and two sets of grips.
Rear sight is a modified 'Tier One' of my manufacture.
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Senior Emily Boyd (Indianapolis, Ind.), sophomore Briahna Chambers (Bell, Texas) and sophomore Leah Kemmerer (North Vernon, Ind.) have each received the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's player-of-the-week honor in their respective sports.
Boyd, a thrower, was named the Heartland Conference's field athlete of the week after her performance at the Indiana Division III Championships April 13 in Franklin, Ind.
She was named co-field athlete of the meet after winning the hammer toss and placing second in the shot put.
She captured first in the hammer with a 42.47-meter heave. She was second in the discus throw with a 37.38-meter effort, which stands as the second-best in school history.
Boyd also placed eighth in the shot put with a 9.35-meter effort.
Chambers was named the HCAC's track athlete of the week after registering four first-place finishes and a second at the Indiana Division III Championships.
Chambers set a Hanover record in the long jump (5.42 meters) to win the event by more than half a meter.
She claimed first place in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. She won the 100 in 12.48 seconds, narrowly missing the Hanover record (12.40). She was first in the 200 meters in 26.30 seconds.
She also was a member of the Panthers' winning 4x100-meter relay. The group posted the fifth-fastest time in school history to win the event (51.45 seconds).
Chambers' second-place finish came in the 4x400-meter relay, where she was part of a foursome which ran the second-fastest time in school history (4:08.60).
Kemmerer was named the Heartland Conference's softball pitcher of the week after posting a 2-1 record for Hanover, including wins in both games of an April 14 doubleheader with the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
In three appearances last week, Kemmerer (7-4) worked 15 innings, allowing just seven hits and four runs with 12 strikeouts.
She tossed a seven-inning complete-game one-hitter to lead Hanover to a 3-0 win against Rose-Hulman in the first game of the HCAC twinbill. She followed with 1.1 innings of one-run relief as the Panthers rallied for a 3-2 win in the second game against the Engineers.
Earlier in the week, Kemmerer tossed a five-hitter in a 3-2 loss at Transylvania University (Ky.), April 9. In that outing, she pitched 6.2 innings, allowing three runs with six strikeouts.
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Salmon: Could Cyprus Go the Way of Ecuador?
NEW YORK ( Reuters Blogs) -- A small country that has adopted a major global currency finds itself with massive debts and insolvent banks. Its only real hope is that it controls areas rich in hydrocarbons; the problem is that it has neither the wealth nor the expertise to exploit those hydrocarbons on its own. The result: It ends up essentially selling itself to an omnivorous global superpower that is interested only in access to resources rather than in domestic economic growth and prosperity.
This is the narrative which might well end up playing out in Cyprus. The local population is so unhappy with the euro that they're seriously looking to bitcoins as an alternative, despite the fact that there is no real bitcoin economy, and insofar as there is one, it's inherently deflationary. Much of the country's political, economic and religious elite is seriously talking about leaving the euro. If they decided to do that, Cyprus would probably become even more controlled by Russia than it is already -- especially given that Gazprom is by far the most obvious candidate when it comes to finding a partner that can exploit Cyprus' natural gas reserves.
If you want to see an example of what this story looks like in practice, just take a look at Ecuador, which adopted the dollar as its national currency back in 2000. Since then, it has had a brutal debt restructuring, causing most foreigners to give up on putting their money into the country. Predictably, China stepped into the vacuum and is now by far Ecuador's largest source of funds.
The latest development is that Ecuador is probably going to sell about three million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest -- that's about 12% of the total area of Ecuador -- to Chinese oil companies. Ecuador might not be drilling in Yasuni -- yet -- but this new parcel is right next door, and if the Chinese come in to drill for oil there, the effects on Yasuni can't possibly be positive.
Ecuador's indigenous population is up in arms, but is effectively powerless in the face of China's tsunami of cash. For its part, China has no real interest in Ecuadorean economic growth or the well-being of its people; it just wants to control Ecuador's natural resources, and is willing to pay many billions of dollars to do so. If Cyprus once again restructures its debt and/or leaves the euro, could we end up in a world where Russia controls Cyprus to anywhere near the degree that China controls Ecuador? The answer to that has to be yes, given Russia's imperial ambitions and the degree to which Russia's wealth dwarfs anything in Cyprus right now. Cyprus has already announced that its harsh capital controls are going to be in place for at least a month; realistically, they're likely to stay much longer than that. So long as they remain in place as the Cypriot economy suffers the deepest recession in the history of the eurozone, it's going to be very difficult to persuade Cypriot voters to accept the status quo. The EU, then, should be thinking very hard about how it can bring Cyprus back into the European fold. There are as many differences between Cyprus and Ecuador as there are similarities -- but still, Ecuador is a sobering reminder that rich, resource-hungry powers really can end up essentially taking over a nominally sovereign democratic nation. For many years, the EU looked down at emerging-market countries suffering major crises, with an attitude of "it could never happen here." Well, we've now learned, the hard way, that big crises can happen in the EU. The lesson must surely be that nothing is unthinkable. -- Written by Felix Salmon in New York. Read more of Felix's blogs at Reuters.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania's breweries and beer distributors are worrying about how lawmakers may liberalize the system of selling beer and wine, and whether they'll be forced to compete at a disadvantage with bigger, better-prepared competitors. The state House of Representatives passed a bill last week to allow wine sales at beer distributors and some grocery stores, while allowing groceries to sell beer through a separate restaurant-style area. Gov. Tom Corbett supports it, but the Senate's likely to change it. The bill also could mean the closing of state-controlled liquor stores. However, Pennsylvania-based brewers worry they'll have to compete with better-selling national beer brands for less shelf space in each outlet. Meanwhile, distributors worry that big supermarkets will undercut their beer sales and are better prepared to handle wine and liquor.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson says her words were taken out of context by news reports on a derogatory remark about the rural neighboring county. Thompson was talking about local trash collection at a news conference Wednesday when she turned to the chronic problem of out-of-towners illegally dumping bulky items in the Pennsylvania capital. She said city officials won't tolerate such behavior by – in her words – "some scumbag" from Perry County. Several elected local officials in Perry County demanded an apology, but Thompson points out that the remark was one of a number of hypothetical scenarios she offered and that she wasn't laying blame on anyone specifically. Thompson also says she asked Perry County commissioners to watch the new conference video from start to finish.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A Texas congressman was "rude and irate" after receiving a parking ticket near the Lincoln Memorial earlier this month. That's according to a police report. The report says Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert told U.S. Park Police he's on a committee that oversees their agency and would not pay a fine. The report was obtained by Politico. Gohmert received a citation after 11 p.m. on March 13 for parking his vehicle in a spot reserved for National Park Service vehicles. Gohmert spokeswoman Kimberly Willingham says the congressman parked in one of several empty spaces and believed he was allowed to do so. She says a park service officer apologized to Gohmert when pointed out his congressional plate. The police report contains no mention of an apology, according to Politico.
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NEW YORK (AP) – New York City is asking appeals judges to reinstate a ban on supersized sodas and other sugary drinks. The city had vowed an appeal and said Thursday that lawyers had filed it late Monday. A Manhattan judge struck down the first-of-its-kind measure March 11, a day before it was to take effect. The rule would prohibit many eateries from selling high-sugar drinks in more than 16-ounce portions. City officials say it will combat obesity. Beverage makers and sellers say the rule is unfairly arbitrary because it would exempt some high-calorie drinks and some retailers, including supermarkets and convenience stores. The critics also say the city Board of Health overstepped its authority in passing the ban. The trial court judge agreed.
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I'm at the airport, going on holiday with my family. Carl is there, the children are excited about going on an aeroplane and we are sat, on a table having a pre-flight coffee. Also sitting at our table is Mr George Clooney and on recognising him all my clothes fall off, in a oner.
The children don't seem to notice, Carl simply gives me the 'Oh darling' face and Mr Clooney is overcome with love for my beautiful body. Having a what Marks & Spencers (and other well-known chains) might call a 'fuller-figure, I am left explaining to George that having a body like mine does not come easily and that one has to work at these things by a:having children, b: feeding it at regular times, at least 5/6 per day c: keep active d: erm not sure.
Scrabbling together my clothes, we left for our holiday, leaving George still sitting on the table, in shock at my beauty.
It was all a dream, bugger.
I woke up in celebration of my body and thankful for all the extra wobbly bits. It truly saddens me that we girls are still so brow-beaten about our figs – I heard an article on the radio last week, that if we do the usual – stand in front of the mirror & chastise ourselves for the extra bits, our children pick up on this and in time follow suit.
Enough of this ladies. Stand in front of your mirror, in front of your children and sing in celebration of your body, your image, your look and give yourself a pat on the back – you are chuffing gorgeous and you know it!
Reports back please….and love from George too x
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Dolphins Pull Out Win Against Bengals Despite Abysmal Officiating
If not for some stout defensive play by the Dolphins defense, we'd probably be insulting the officiating crews' mothers after several questionable calls went against the Dolphins. The refs botched a fumble called as recovered by the Bengals after the ball inadvertently brushed Reshad Jones during a Dolphins punt return (despite being bobbled as the Bengals player slid out of bounds), another Bengals punt that should have been called a touchback that was downed at the two (though the Bengals player's foot appeared to be touching the goal line, thus a touchback) and an apparent A.J. Green fumble caused by Cam Wake, who dislodged the ball, put it gently aside, and then mauled Green like a delicious steamed pork gyoza.
Those were just three of the complete garbage calls making every Dolfan wonder if we could possibly bring the replacement refs back.
-- Rookie QB Ryan Tannehill has been improving with each game under center, notching his best passer rating (92.0) and racking up 223 yards on 17-for-23 completions. Tannehill made some big-time throws throughout the game and threw no interceptions -- just stellar stuff from the kid. His game has grown from week-to-week and slowly the Dolphins passing game is becoming less and less cringe-worthy with each RT17 dropback.
-- As good as Tannehill was, the defense was even better. For much of the game, the Fins defense held A.J. Green, Andy Dalton and the rest of the Bengals offense to six points until an early fourth quarter Dalton-to-Green two-yard TD over CB Sean Smith. Other than that, the Dolphins held the Bengals to 298 yards and the NFL's No. 1-ranked run defense contained the Bengals to 80 yards on the ground. Particularly impressive on defense were Randy Starks (who had an interception and was consistently disruptive along the D-line) and Reshad Jones (who recovered from his earlier punt team miscue with some aggressive decision making and a game-sealing interception).
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Libyan rebels and regime loyalists clashed again Wednesday in Tripoli as Moammar Gadhafi vowed in a radio message to fight until "victory or martyrdom." International Television News' Jonathan... 05:41
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2011 Oakland Greek Festival
A Greek meal worthy of the gods.
This weekend, Oakland's Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension is hosting their annual Oakland Greek Festival. Besides being a gathering of some of the East Bay's most colorful and enthusiastic Greek residents, the festival is home to some of the best Greek food the Bay Area has to offer.
Yesterday I hit up the festival's opening day, and was completely bowled over by the amount of food available. Every possible Greek delight you can imagine was being prepared by local cooks, from whole lamb on a spit to flaming cheese (seriously — stand back when they set it on fire!). Saturday and Sunday are filled with Greek cooking demonstrations. If you've got some free time this weekend, can you think of a better way to spend a few hours?
Fresh calamari and French fries
Breading the calamari by hand.
John Constantine, calamari Superman
Flaming cheese — this you really have to try.
Lamb goddess Karen Kolokithas
Fresh baklava, ready for a new home.
What kind of Greek festival would it be without the requisite feta and olives?
Loukoumades, or honey-dipped pastry puffs. There are not words.
Assorted Greek goodies for sale.
Alyssa Landis dishes out some of the most incredible lamb I've ever tasted.
Harry Greer unwrapping his lamb on a spit.
The [rather large] lamb, in all its glory.
Anna Wade grills meat for gyros.
Brittany Wade shows off her winning gyro-making skills.
2011 Oakland Greek Orthodox Festival: May 13, 14, 15
Oakland's Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
4700 Lincoln Ave
Oakland, CA 94602
Admission: $6 for adults, children under 12 free. With a coupon, you can receive $1 off adult admission.
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Stephanie is a writer and cookbook author recovering from her former tech-startup life. On the side she's also a media consultant, specializing in all forms of digital goodness: audio, video, print, design, and social media. After leaving the tech world nearly a decade ago, Stephanie made a career jump to her lifetime love, writing. She currently writes for the Huffington Post, KQED's Bay Area Bites, NPR, and other select media outlets. Her first cookbook,Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese, is due out in fall 2013 on Little, Brown with coauthor Garrett McCord. Being a recovering techy leaves an indelible mark, and everything Stephanie does is infused with her deep fascination with digital technology. She has been blogging since 1999, before blog engines even existed and a great readership consisted of a handful of friends who occasionally thought to check out your site. In 2005 she started her first food blog, which she repurposed in 2007 to become The Culinary Life. Stephanie can be called many things: food writer, essayist, professional recipe developer, cookbook author, social media consultant, videographer, documentary maker, website developer, archivist of life. Despite all of these titles, she most commonly responds to Steph.-


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