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Citi Field
News about Citi Field, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 17, 2013
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column holds that if there is an unexpected takeaway from the All-Star Game it would be that the night went just about perfectly for New York Mets and the Wilpons family's dream ballpark, Citi Field. MORE
Jul. 12, 2013
New York Mets have struggled since Citi Field opened in 2009, and MLB's 2013 All-Star Game will bring the ballpark major national exposure for the first time. MORE
Jul. 12, 2013
Events surrounding MLB's All-Star Game at CitiField include fanfest, home run derby, parade and philharmonic concert. MORE
May. 20, 2013
Jon Pareles reviews performances at Electric Daisy Carnival, two-day electronic dance festival, at Citi Field in Queens. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
The Mets averaged 28,035 a game, down nearly 7 percent from the 2011, while revenue dropped over all, to $121.5 million from $126.9 million. MORE
Sep. 22, 2012
An Appraisal by Michael Powell conveys that as a lifelong New York Mets fan, September baseball at Citi Field means a surreal excursion into a cavernous shell abandoned by optimism long ago. MORE
Jun. 4, 2012
New York Mets fan Rafael Diaz faces charges of interfering with a sporting event and criminal trespass after he stormed onto Citi Field to celebrate pitcher Johan Santana's no-hitter, the first in the team's 51-season history, joining the players' scrum as if he belonged to the team. MORE
May. 17, 2012
Bloomberg administration makes a sudden departure from its long-held plans and strikes a deal with a developer and the owners of the Mets to build a 1.4-million-square-foot mall and parking garage in Queens next to Citi Field; plans also include a 200-room hotel and stores on the other side of the stadium; proposal must pass an environmental review and other hurdles. MORE
May. 17, 2012
MLB Roundup; New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon announces that the Mets will host the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi-Field. MORE
Apr. 6, 2012
New York Mets fans and players alike have positive reactions to the team's decision to bring in outfield fences at Citi Field. MORE
Feb. 16, 2012
Field 6 at the New York Mets training complex in Port St Lucie, Fla, which mimicked Citi Field's original shape, has been altered to match the stadium's new outfield wall dimensions. MORE
Nov. 2, 2011
Planned alterations to New York Mets stadium Citi Field are an acknowledgement that the club erred in it original design, yet fiddling with the design of stadiums has become an almost standard practice for relatively new ballparks. MORE
Nov. 1, 2011
Citi Field, nearly $800 million stadium built by and for the New York Mets, will undergo a dramatic change for the 2012 MLB season; new walls will be constructed in three areas of the outfield to substantially diminish the outfield's overly large dimensions in an effort to make it easier to hit home runs and make the stadium less daunting for the team's struggling power hitters. MORE
Sep. 14, 2011
New York Mets Citi Field park is known for its cavernous dimensions and 16-foot-high wall, but many of team's pitchers like it that way. MORE
Jun. 9, 2011
Italian champion soccer team Juventus will play three exhibitions in the United States during the 2011 summer, including one against Mexico's Club America at Citi Field; other soccer items noted. MORE
Jun. 8, 2011
Citi Field's baseball diamond and outfield were converted into a soccer field for the first time in the New York Mets stadium's two-plus-year history for an international friendly between Ecuador and Greece. MORE
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Highlights From the Archives
Is This Seat Taken? In Front Rows of New Ballparks, No
The Mets and the Yankees failed to sell about 5,000 tickets — including some of the priciest seats — to each of their first few games after last week's openers.April 22, 2009 sportsNews
Architecture Review
Two New Baseball Palaces, One Stoic, One Scrappy
The new homes of the Yankees and Mets, both major upgrades over their predecessors, subtly reflect the character of the franchises that built them.April 3, 2009 artsReview
Mets' New Home Is the 'Anti-Shea'
The new stadium corrects many of the worst faults of the old one, which lies in ruins a few hundred yards away.March 5, 2009 sportsNews
At Citi Field, Swinging for the (Higher) Fences
Hitting home runs at Citi Field, with its deep power alleys and imposing walls, will be a challenge for even the mightiest sluggers.February 7, 2009 sportsNews
New Stadiums: Prices, and Outrage, Escalate
As fans look forward to state-of-the-art stadiums, they face ticket price increases during an economic downturn.August 26, 2008 sportsNews
Mets Among Major League Leaders in at Least One Category
Days before the home opener, the Mets showed off their prized structural addition for 2015 at Citi Field: a new video screen for the center-field scoreboard.
April 2, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , Stadiums and Arenas , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , New York Mets
Mets Inject Drama Into Camp, Hoping to Entertain Fans
Spring training is the only time when the team's production arm and its cable channel, SNY, have extended access to players, so SNY has been shooting videos to use during regular-season games.
March 2, 2015, Monday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , SNY Network , Port St Lucie (Fla) , Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming , New York Mets
Mets Bring In Fences, Again
Citi Field renovation No. 2, unveiled on Tuesday and limited to right-center field, should give a boost to hitters like David Wright, Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson.
November 19, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , Alderson, Sandy , New York Mets
Fans May Like Home Runs, but They Love a Winner
On Tuesday, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson unveiled the pitching-rich team's latest attempt to win more games than it loses: It moved in the right-center-field fence.
November 19, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , Alderson, Sandy , Cuddyer, Michael , Granderson, Curtis , New York Mets
BMW Offers Classes to Enhance Driving Skills and Safety
Part safety course, part performance skills clinic and part advertisement, BMW's Ultimate Driving Experience teaches motorists a car's limits.
October 16, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Automobiles , Bayerische Motorenwerke AG , Queens (NYC) , Citi Field (Queens, NY)
Nationals Cruise Past Mets and Close In on Division Title
One night after their 12-game winning streak at Citi Field was snapped, the Nationals moved a step closer to their second National League East title in three years.
September 14, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , New York Mets , National League , Washington Nationals , Desmond, Ian , Harper, Bryce
Mets Fans at the Handicap Elevator
Metropolitan Diary: Two familiar faces met at the subway station: a regular Mets fan at Citi Field and a woman in charge of security in that section.
July 18, 2014, Friday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: New York Mets , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , Subways , Disabilities
Strategies for Covering a Losing Team
We asked Tim Rohan, a Times sports reporter covering the Mets, what it's like to write about the team, which currently has a record of 45 wins and 50 losses.
July 18, 2014, Friday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Harvey, Matt , New York Mets , Citi Field (Queens, NY) , Baseball
A Test for Mets Hitters From the Fans
Was there merit to the parting shot by the hitting coach Dave Hudgens, who after he was dismissed said that fans at Citi Field should be more supportive of Mets hitters?
May 28, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , New York Mets , Citi Field (Queens, NY)
Beautiful Day at Citi Field, Except for Action on the Field
The Mets' familiar offensive futility has continued this season, and the doubleheader against the Diamondbacks on Sunday epitomized some of the problems.
May 26, 2014, Monday
MORE ON CITI FIELD AND: Baseball , New York Mets , Arizona Diamondbacks , Citi Field (Queens, NY)
The Mets' New Home
Two panoramic views of Citi Field, the Mets' new ballpark in Queens, with audio from Mets' executive Dave Howard.
The Last Days of Willets Point
Newer developments will soon replace the stream of auto repair shops that have long lined and defined Willets Point. Those who work there see the city-planned upgrade as a threat to their livelihood.
Home Run Derby
Eight sluggers put on a long-ball show for a crowd of more than 43,000 at Citi Field.
Emptiness All Around at Citi Field
It is another ruined September for the Mets, but there are still games to be played before the lights go out for good in Queens.
Citi Field: A Brooklyn Accent in Queens
With a facade reminiscent of Ebbets Field and a rotunda named for Jackie Robinson, Citi Field is opening with a nod to the past.
The Mets' New Home
Two panoramic views of Citi Field, the Mets' new ballpark in Queens, with audio from Mets' executive Dave Howard.
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This from the House Speaker-designate for the 112th Congress in today's Wall Street Journal:
[T]here are several steps I believe the next speaker should be prepared to take immediately. Among them:
• No earmarks. Earmarks have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them. The speaker of the House shouldn't use the power of the office to raid the federal Treasury for pork-barrel projects. To the contrary, the speaker should be an advocate for ending the current earmark process, and should adhere to a personal no-earmarks policy that stands as an example for all members of Congress to follow.
I have maintained a no-earmarks policy throughout my time of service in Congress. I believe the House must adopt a moratorium on all earmarks as a signal of our commitment to ending business as usual in the spending process.
[T]here are several steps I believe the next speaker should be prepared to take immediately. Among them:
• No earmarks. Earmarks have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them. The speaker of the House shouldn't use the power of the office to raid the federal Treasury for pork-barrel projects. To the contrary, the speaker should be an advocate for ending the current earmark process, and should adhere to a personal no-earmarks policy that stands as an example for all members of Congress to follow.
I have maintained a no-earmarks policy throughout my time of service in Congress. I believe the House must adopt a moratorium on all earmarks as a signal of our commitment to ending business as usual in the spending process.
And this from the President during his post-election news conference on Wednesday:
My understanding is Eric Cantor today said that he wanted to see a moratorium on earmarks continuing. That's something I think we can -- we can work on together.
My understanding is Eric Cantor today said that he wanted to see a moratorium on earmarks continuing. That's something I think we can -- we can work on together.
In light of the economy, I can understand why Boehner is focusing on earmarks as the most visible symbol of what needs to be fixed on Capitol Hill. And I agree that we need to fix the abuse of the earmark process by reforming it. But the fact is that not all earmarks can be construed as wasteful spending and not all wasteful spending are in earmarks. It's easy to come up with rhetoric denouncing "the evils of earmarks," but what we should be focusing on substantively is wasteful spending.
I don't want to get into debates over how Republicans should define public goods and wasteful spending. I do however want to talk about what principles should be espoused by Republicans when it comes to spending and how we can be innovative on sound spending policies.
What are some budgetary principles that should be communicated by Republicans to the American people?
How can we turn those principles into solutions? The answer is to do what's difficult, not easy (i.e. earmark moratoriums), and be innovative about our budget from both procedural and substantive points of view:
I'm glad that we're getting out in front of the President and Democrats on this. We need to be in a proactive position, not a reactive position. Talking about earmkars is too easy. This is just another area where we need to develop political communication and public policy entrepreneurship on a serious issue.
In these closing days of the midterm elections, Democrats have been unable to do anything to stop the hemorrhaging of support that continues to drain away from them. At the same time, the wind behind the backs of the G.O.P. continues to build and with no resistance in sight, the momentum for Republican electoral victories is only strengthening. Two weeks ago, I feared that Republicans had peaked in the polls. That would have been a premature occurrence and not boded well. But since then, as GOP candidates continue to rise in the polls, it is clear that Republicans did not peak too early. All indications are that the momentum is still behind them and building. As such, history shows that many seats which are close enough to be considered tossups and those that have Democrats holding only slight leads, are more likely to fall into Republican hands then Democrat hands.
In addition to that and the massive swing of Independent and women voters to Republicans from Democrats, I believe that the anti-Democrat sentiment is currently running so unusually strong and deep that traditional polling models are not able to accurately enough read the depth of support for Republican candidates that exists out there. At least not as accurately as they normally can be.
The polls most reflective of final election results are those that are taken among people who are considered likely voters. But this year, there exists a group of voters which can not yet be identified by existing polling models. They fall in neither the category of "first time voters" or "likely voters". It is the segment of the electorate which is also the most angry and the most likely to vote against Democrats. They are voters who became fed up with government as much as 5 to10 years ago and tuned out and stopped voting. But now, they have become so angered that they have come out of inactivity and are going to be some of the first people to cast their ballots against Democrats on Election Day. Existing polls are unable to account for this demographic and are allowing for results that do not contain the influence of these voters.
It is this unseen undercurrent of Republican support which I believe is going to help tip tossup races in favor of G.O.P. challengers and produce a number of surprises in races that are leaning toward Democrats. For instance, while I admit that Barbara Boxer is likely to be reelected, I have a feeling that Republican Carly Fiorna is poised to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the night and throw Boxer into a long overdue retirement from politics. The same undercurrent that I believe may sweep Fiorna into the Senate, will probably also be sweeping Republicans Dino Rossi of Washington and, I am going out on a limb by saying West Virginia's John Raese, also to victory.
On the Senate side I believe that Republicans establish majority control by winning in:
Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
West Virginia and Washington are going to be too close for comfort though, and these results may not be official for quite a while, especially in Washington where mail in ballots are going to make recounts a tedious and time consuming process.
As for Alaska, this will probably be the very last race to be declared and won't be done on Tuesday. Expect a careful and methodical recount of tons of write-in votes and court challenges. In the case of Delaware, I am probably one of the few people who is still not writing-off the ability for Christine O'Donnell and the voters of Delaware to make the professional pundits, political establishment and the media, look stupid, by pulling off an unlikely surprise upset victory over Democrat Chris Coons.
So while I an sure that the G.O.P. will have a minimum net gain of 8 seats in the Senate, I believe that some combination of wins in Washington, West Virginia and/or California, will give Republicans control of the Senate with a total of 51 to 49 seats. But the very real possibility of a 50/50 tie does actually exist here. If that happens, expect the GOP to end up taking control at some point during the course of the new year as at least one Democrat or two switch Parties ahead of their 2012 reelection bids in an attempt to avoid becoming a casualty when President Obama is on the top of the liberal ticket.
On the House side, I expect Republicans to increase their existing numbers by a minimum of 58 seats and possibly as many as 65 or even 68 seats. This would bring Republicans from the current 178 House seats to anywhere from 236 to 243 or 246 House seats. Such numbers would give the G.O.P. one of its largest majorities since 1946.
Many may believe that these figures are too high. As a skeptic, under normal conditions, I might believe so too. However, even though I am typically a pessimist and even though I usually prefer to lower expectations in politics, I am convinced that my projections are not exaggerated or overly optimistic and I believe there to be a greater chance for the higher estimate to come to fruition than there is for my lower estimate.
But the proof will be in the pudding and no matter how much statistical data and fine tuning of local factors that I combine together to reach my projections, only each individual voter ultimately knows what they will do with their private ballot. And Lord only knows the variables that things like the weather will add to the mix.
But signs of the final results will reveal themselves early on in the evening of November 2nd.
6:00 pm: Parts of Indiana and Kentucky;
Polls close in parts of Indiana and Kentucky at 6:00 pm, but we may not hear any results until 7:00 PM when the rest of them close Indiana and Kentucky along with the states of Virginia, Georgia, Vermont, South Carolina and parts of Florida.
7:00 pm: Virginia, Georgia, Vermont, South Carolina, Parts of Florida, All of Indiana and Kentucky;
The hour between 7:00 and 8:00 pm may produce election results that provide us with a hint as to whether the 2010 midterm elections are going to be a current, wave or tsunami for Republicans.
South Carolina's Niki Haley will hold on to the Governor's mansion for Republicans. But it is South Carolina's 5th CD which may be one of the very first indication that normaly safe democrat seats and incumbents are about to fall like dominos. Here, if longtime incumbent John Spratt loses to Republican Mick Mulvaney, people like Michigan's John Dingel and Massachusetts Barney Frank, better pull out the rosaries, find God, light a candle and say a few prayers because for the first time in their careers they will most definitely be vulnerable.
From Indiana, The GOP will gain a senate seat, replacing retiring Evan Bayh with Dan Coats and news that 8th and 9th district Republicans Larry Buschon and Todd Young defeat Democrat incumbents Trent Van Haaftern and Baron Hill will indicate that Republicans are on track to win 55 or more seats. Should they lose, the GOP will still be in line for at least 40 seats but significantly more than that may not be realistic. In Indiana's 2nd district, if returns are still too close to declare incumbent Democrat Congressman Joe Donnelly the winner, or if his Republican opponent Jackie Walorski beats him, do not be surprised by GOP gains of 60 or more seats.
In Florida, early indications that Republicans are on track for 40 or more seats will be seen in early returns that give the GOP wins in FL-2 with Republican Steve Sutherland, and in the 8th, where the unbridled liberalism of Allen Grayson, one of the most obnoxious and arrogant members of Congress, should be shut up and shot down by Republican Daniel Webster. But if the G.O.P. is going to be riding a tsunami to control of the House, Lt. Col. Allen West, my favorite candidate of all running for the House, will win in Fl-22, along with Republican Sandy Adams over Democrat Suzanne Kosmas in Fl-24.
7:30 pm: West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio
Other races between 6 and 8 pm to look at as barometers include KY-3, where incumbent John Yarmuth should win by at least three or more percent. If his opponent, Todd Lally pulls off an unlikely win, this election will be a bigger landslide to the G.O.P. than anyone anticipated.
The same goes for KY-6 (Ben Chandler vs. Andy Barr), NC-2 (Bob Etherdige vs. Renee Elmers), VA- 5 (Tom Perriello vs. Robert Hurt), GA-12 (John Barrow vs. Raymond McKinney), OH-6 (Charlie Wilson vs. Bill Johnson), and WV-3 (Nick Rahall vs. Spike Maynard) and we should be getting news on SC-5 (John Spratt vs. Mick Mulvaney),
Perhaps the biggest news at this time will be the news that Rob Portman keeps Ohio's senate in the Republican column and that John Kasich takes the Governor's mansion away from incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland.
At the hour of eight o'clock, the real dye will be cast.
8:00 pm: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida CD's 1 & 2, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;
At this point in time, despite Linda McMahon and the Republican candidate for Governor losing their races in Connecticut, look for CT-5 (Chris Murphy vs. Sam Caligiuri), to switch and if CN-4 also falls, you will have further confirmation of the 2010 midterm elections being historic. During the eight o'clock hour, one of the most indicators of just how big Republicans may win by, will be most played out in Mississippi's 4th CD. If incumbent Blue Dog Democrats Gene Taylor goes down to Republican Steven Palazzo, President Obama might want to consider pulling a Charlie Crist and registering as an Independent because a loss by Taylor will mean that there is no place for Democrats to hide and no issue for them to hide behind.
A race that could be indicative of the big mo behind the G.O.P. will be Maine's 1st district where Democrat Chellie Pingree could be beaten by Republican Dean Scontras.
The state to produce the most dramatic switch to the G.O.P. this hour may be Pennsylvania where, Republicans Tom Corbett and Pat Toomey will take the statehouse and U.S. Senate and as many as 7 seats could go red. The five seats most likely to switch are PA-3 (Kathy Dahlkemper-D vs. Mike Kelly-R), PA-7 (Patrick Meehan-D vs. Bryan Lentz-R), PA-8 (Patrick Murphy-D vs. Michael Fitzpatrick-R), PA-10 (Chris Carney-D vs. Tom Marino-R), PA-11 (Paul Kanjorski vs. Lou Barletta).
In regards to the U.S. Senate, sometime between 8 and 8:30 we should be hearing that my favorite Senate candidate, Marco Rubio, has pummeled both Charlie "What Am I Now" Crist and Democrat Kendrick "I should have stayed in the House" Meek.
We should also hear that we can say goodbye to Joe "Says Tax" Sestak in Pennsylvania with Republican Pat Toomey, and also welcome Republican Mark Kirk to the Senate from Illinois.
As far as the races for Governor go after the 8:00 pm closures, in addition to Paul LePage taking Maine, Tom Corbet taking Pennsylvania, and Florida going to Rick Scott, the GOP will also increase the number of Governors in their ranks with wins in Pennsylvania and Illinois and Maine.
8:30 pm: Arkansas
At 8:30 pm, Arkansas closes the book on the 2010 midterms with a stinging and embarrassing defeat of Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln and the flip of AR-2 from Democrat Joyce Elliot to Republican Tim Griffith.
A defeat of Democrats in AR-1 and 4 is not likely but possible. If they do fall to Republicans, this will be further evidence that we will be in the midst of a total shift in the tectonic plates of the political landscape.
Before 9:00 pm, we should already know that Nancy Pelosi's tenure as majority leader is just a bad memory. But during this hour, a flood of states will be delivering additional blows to Democrats.
9:00 pm: Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Between 9 and 10 pm, the G.O.P. will make big gains in the all important statehouses which will be instrumental in drawing preferential districts for the incumbent Party for the next decade and also gains towards taking control of the United States Senate.
Republicans will pick up Governors in Kansas, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Wyoming, and have a good chance of taking Minnesota. Rhode Island's gubernatorial leadership is likely to flip from Republican hands to Independent hands, but it is still somewhat of a tossup. And while I do not see us keeping Rhode Island, if by chance, Republican John Robitale defeated liberal Independent Lincoln Chafee and Liberal Democrat Frank Caprio, Democrats will need sedatives to get through the rest of the night because that will be indicative of a pending national whooping that will hit them so hard, FDR will feel it.
As for the Senate, say goodbye to Michael Bennet in Colorado, and Russ Feingold in Wisconsin.
House races to look at for signs of how substantial the night will be for Republicans include CO-7 (Permultter-D vs. Frazier), RI-1 (Cicilline-D vs. Loughlin-R), and especially NY-1 (Bishop-D vs. Altschuler-R), NY-13 (McMahon vs. Grimm-R), TX- 25 (Dagget-D vs. Campbell-R), and MN-8 (Oberstar vs. Cravaack). Any combination of three or more of these seats will be one of the final signs that Democrats are spiraling out of control in this election. From those states which wrap their voting up during this hour, at least 16 or 17 seats should switch from Democrats to Republicans. Some of the biggest gains are likely to come from New York where the GOP will pick at least 4 seats, (NY-1, 19, 20, and 29), but possibly as many as 6 with wins. A remarkable chance exists for Republicans to take back the 13th CD which is encompasses the Staten Island and Southwest Brooklyn section of New York City's five boroughs. This seat has been the only one in which New York City sent a Republican to occupy. It was in Republican hands for decades but last year fell to Democrats after Congressman Vito Fossella received a DUI charge in Virginia and subsequently revealed that while he was away in Washington from his Staten Island family, he spent time with his mistress and illegitimate child in Virginia. The candidacy of Michael Grimm and the anti-Democrat environment we are in, makes this a good last chance to take this seat back.
The other New York race that is well worth watching is out on the Southern tip of Long Island where Tim Bishop, (D, NY-1) could find himself a victim of a trend that began on Long Island last November when one of its two counties was taken by surprise when Republican Ed Mangano came from nowhere to defeat a safe Democrat incumbent in a race that was largely seen as uncompetitive. Although that was Nassau County and NY-1 is in Suffolk County, there is not much that differentiates the one county from the other when it comes to political sentiments. In this congressional district, Republican Randy Altschuler is certainly giving incumbent Tim Bishop a run for his money and if there are going to be a lot of surprises on November 2nd, NY-1 is as a good a place as any.
10:00 pm: Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, Utah
It may not be made official for an hour or so but the biggest news of the night will happen not long after the stroke of 10 when Sharon Angle embarrasses Democrats by taking down their Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid. Further embarrassment will include the ridiculously lopsided loss of Harry's son Rory Reid, who is running for Governor of Nevada. Hopefully the Reid family will take the message and crawl back under the rock they emerged from.
In this same round of poll closings Iowa will give the GOP a statehouse pickup in Iowa. House seats to watch include AZ-7 where a win by real life rocket scientist, Republican Ruth McClung could defeat incumbent Raul Grijalva. McClung is not favored to win but if she did, it would be indicative of 2010 being much more than a Republican wave election. Other races which are suppose to remain in Democrats hands but could be upsetting the establishment are AZ-8 (Gabrielle Giffords-D vs. Jesse Kelly-R), ID-1 (Walt Minnick-D vs. Raul Labrador-R), IA-3 (Boswell-D vs. Brad Zaun-R) NV-3 (Titus-D vs. Heck-R), ND-At Large (Pomeroy-D vs. Berg-R), and UT-2 (Matheson-D vs. Morgan Phipot-R).
11:00 pm: California, Washington and Oregon;
In this round of poll closings, the GOP will simply be putting the icing on the cake House, but could determine whether or not they take control of the Senate.
In California, Republicans may very well control in Sacramento with the defeat of Meg Whitman to Jerry Brown and while only a major last minute development can save her, Carly Fiorina will in my opinion fare far better and ultimately pack Boxer up with a victory of a percent or less.
Washington state is likely to produce an upset by sending republican Dino Rossi to Washington and retiring incumbent Patty Murray by another slim margin of victory, but mail in ballots will prevent this from being confirmed for days, at least.
The most interesting House race to be watched will be in California where Democrat Loretta Sanchez is in the tightest race of her nearly two decade in office as she tries to beat off a challenge Van Tran. Vietnamese Tran, a California state legislator, is unifying the significant 15% of the district populations which is Vietnamese, along with a coalition of Independent Hispanics, African-Americans and Caucasians, along with a sizeable Republican vote. Together, these groups are countering the overwhelming 69% Hispanic makeup of the district. But that is a pretty solid voting bloc and if Van Tran can pull this one off, it will in large part be due to the strong undercurrent that is sweeping Democrats away. Sanchez should win this election the surprise factor has great promise in CA-47.
12:00 pm: Alaska, Hawaii
At this point, Republicans may be needing a victory by Joe Miller to take control of the Senate. But despite losing the GOP nomination in Alaska, Miller's closets opponent in the race, Lisa Murkowski, is still a Republican and if her outside chance of successful write-in candidacy comes true, she is still likely to caucus with Republicans and in that regards, accomplish the same goal as far as who will control the Senate. Either way, expect Alaska's results to no be made official for quite a while.
In Hawaii, CD-1 will be an attention grabber. Here, Republican Charles Djou recently won the seat in a special election. Yet observers favor his opponent, Democrat Colleen Hanabusa to take this seat back for Democrats. I think Djou can keep it, albeit by a small margin, but by a majority nonetheless. As for the governor's race in Hawaii, while Republican Duke Aiona has made this race a tossup between popular retiring Congressman Neil Abercrombie, I fear Abercrombie is just to popular to defeat in Hawaii. The fact that Aiona has made this race as close as it is, is a tremendous credit to him, but in the end, I see Republicans losing the hold they had on the Hawaii statehouse with retiring Republican Governor Linda Lingle, to Neil Abercrombie.
No matter what, Republicans will be back in a position of power that will make it at the very least alter the Obama agenda and make it impossible for the President and Democrats to try to circumvent them. If the GOP happens to take control of both the Senate and the House, you can rest assured that President Obama is going to be a different President than he has been over these past 22or so months. Will he abandon his agenda and moderate in order to work with Congress or will he stick to his guns and risk an endless stream of rejection from Congress? When Bill Clinton was faced with the Republican Revolution of 1994, he was reduced to having to explain to a reporter how he would be relevant to the political process during the second half of his term.
Now, with the Republican Rejuvenation of 2010, President Obama may be faced with the same need to prove how relevant he will be. This will certainly be the case if Republicans can exploit the small chance of taking over the senate as well as the House. But Bill Clinton was able to prove that he was indeed relevant. He began to pay attention to the pulse of the people and began working with the G.O.P. instead of constantly working against them. This will be harder for President Obama to do though. The has publicly told Republicans to sit on the back of the bus and called Republicans "the enemy". Still, unless President Obama wants to endorse gridlock and seek to get reelected by claiming that the GOP is still in the way of his agenda which has proven to be a failure, he will be forced to moderate. How he reacts to the new political in America will be quite interesting. If he is the politically charismatic genius that some claim, he could turn things around and resurrect himself among mainstream and moderate America and the powerful Independent vote.
As for Republicans, it must be remembered that they are not winning because people like, trust or want them. They are skeptical of the GOP and not fully convinced that they understand that the people do not want to compromise on the issues of big government, big spending and further encroachment of our constitutional rights. This means that Republicans must be unafraid of saying "no" to the President. They must not backtrack on attempts to repeal government healthcare, cut the size, scope and cost of government or cave in to political correctness and fail to live up to the promises made in 2010.
The final political effect of the 2010 election results will be seen in the 2012 race for President a contest that will begin on the Republican side on Wednesday November 3rd. On the Democrat side it may not begin start up quite as fast. President Obama will be spending some time outside of the country in the days to follow the election. And when he returns home he will be making every single policy decision with 2012 in mind and others. But others like Hillary Clinton may also be doing the same. People like her might feel that the devastating losses that Democrats will have suffered, will require them to save the Party from President Obama and the nation from his policies. Such thinking could be behind the resignation from her position as Secretary of State some time during the beginning of 2011.
Republican House Pickups
Results bewtween 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm
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Take a journey through the second half of the twentieth century by exploring some of the great moments in rock and roll history. Students will actively participate in discussions about shifting cultural values, conceptions of equality, and political activism. Students in grades 4-8 will enjoy historical moments such as Elvis Presley's first national television appearance in 1956, the Beatles first American performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, and the birth of MTV in 1981. Students in grades 9-12 enjoy Jimi Hendrix at the 1969 Woodstock music and arts festival, a Blondie performance at the legendary Studio 54 in New York City, and the fusion of rock and hip-hop in the 1986 video "Walk This Way." This class is offered in English or Spanish.
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Many religions share same stories, Christianity, Judaism and Islam for example (the ones I know of at least). Some of those stories could even be traced to earlier civilizations in the Middle East region, like the belief in resurrection, God (gods) intervention in the worldly affairs, heaven, hell etc. My question is could we trace these ideas to one ancient religion? That is was their a religion to have been a focal point of all religion of which basic religious ideas came up and been absorbed and modified by other religions? Or were they generally the product of many stories of many unrelated not connected religions which developed separately?
Religions are cultural concepts, they evolve through the time, adapting some ideas from others, providing some new ones, etc. For example, having Christianity of 500 AD, you'd be able to point out some concepts taken (directly or not quite so) from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Neoplatonism, etc. Then, Christianity itself influenced Islam, Manicheism, lots of Gnostic denominations. Putting these influences graphically, the graph would be in my opinion pretty dense.
No I dont think we could trace it all back to one religion. Religion is a big part of the human experience the need to create a mythical realm where we go after death, seems to be a part of just about every culture. The major religions of today are likely derived from several older religions.
Well, the obvious answer is that both Christianity and Islam emerged from Judaism. Christianity is pretty easy to see, since most of us in the West have at least a passing familiarity with the documents (particularly the New Testament) which note the early consolidation of a particular apocalyptic Jewish death cult into what we now know as the Christian religion.
The direct link between Judaism and Islam is a bit more tenuous and, given the poor relationship between the adherents of those religions right now, controversial. However, Wikipedia notes that there was at the very least a bit of tolerance between Mohammed and the earlier religions:
I read a narrative a few years ago whose name completely escapes me that hid a fairly plausible explanation for this camaraderie: that Islam itself arose from a coalition of Arabs and messianic Jews, and that while Muhammed himself may or may not have been born Jewish, he based much of Islam on Jewish teaching. It was an interesting book, wrapped up in the narrative format because it was aimed at the general public rather than academia.
Otherwise, I've heard people (not all of them evangelists) insist that LDS is not a Christian religion, and if you believe this to be the case, then that is most certainly an example of a large religion which has its basis in another one. There is no question that Joseph Smith drew heavily on the Old and New Testaments for inspiration.
There are lots of religions that was inspired by others.
Roman mythology is in fact almost fully taken from the Greeks. There are some differences, like gods' names and heroes (Ulysses vs Oddyseus), and the main difference is the legend of foundation of Rome (Romulus, Remus and she-wolf).
In the Acts of Apostles chapter 17 there is a story about St. Paul in Athens where he finds an altar "to the unknown god" and he uses this to introduce Christian God to people. This altar was made because there where many cultures (Persian, Egyptian etc.) having their own gods, which were not treated as wrong by the Greeks, but some kind of supplement to their pantheon. I think many foreign gods became also Olympian gods, for example there was always a god responsible for some territory or terrain feature (like gods of rivers, forests etc.). They were accepted while visiting new countries.
And of course the idea of one god (God) is an Israeli development, which was then taken (or improved) by Christianity and then by Islam. Combination of many religions led in later times to creation new ones, like eg. Voodoo.
However, answering to your question. Some religions state, that they were revealed by god(s). In fact, the latest sources of the religions are holy books of themselves and there is no written moment "ok, for now we were atheists and we begin to believe that the truth is out there".
We can only imagine what is the reason of "creation" of gods, of course if they had not existed forever. The natural forces which were not to be explained by small brain, were inspiration of gods. There are lots of natural forces that have (good or devastating) impact on the environment (like rain, thunderbolt, grow of flora, large animals, astronomical events etc.), or on the human himself (like fire that is hot, death of old age). I think that primitive man seeing these random events must have thought that there is some kind of supernatural control in this.
I don't know when this happened, but I think this is the answer to your question: the oldest religion of man is the Nature itself. Because it is much stronger than human, not controllable, not explainable and sometimes acting like it was pleased or angry, this can be considered by the oldest god.
In every (I think) religion gods can control the Nature, like an archer controls his arrow, spearman controls his spear, a farmer controls his corn, a shepherd controls his flock. This control seems to be such obvious, that nothing in the world should have not been left without control. The feeling that everything has its controller fulfils one of human basic needs: the need of security.


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Thread: 25 best fantasy novels/series
October 2nd, 2012, 10:49 AM #16
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I still love how on the left side list they say Heroes Die was written by Michael Stoover. I had a good laugh at that one yesterday.
October 2nd, 2012, 11:28 AM #17
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I just saw the most influential section which would make a much better best of list, but I'm still disappointed that the Elric Saga is nowhere to be found.
October 2nd, 2012, 11:46 AM #18
Twilight? Its sole merit is it got people reading. The rest of it can go burn in a fire for all I care.
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I can't agree with the whole list. But if you were recommending books to newcomers, I would strongly urge to follow this list. (Not the public version) I believe the Top5 there represents what many nowadays consider to be the top5...or at least very close.
I think some people around here, no names, are just simply book snobs.
You book snob, you!!
And think if it doesn't have an expert prose or amazing style it's not worthy. I can't argue much as I am very much a Beer Snob(Budweister vs A Belgium Creme Ale? Comon now.) But people like what they like. This isn't a rank of the best writers....
By the way, I prefer porters, stouts and ales, though I don't think I'm all that picky. My recent favorite is a Polish porter, Zywiec. Smooth as caramel or silk or caramel silk and for those of us who don't really drink a lot, it has a kick like a goat.
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Imho the list should probably look something like this:
1) Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
2) Book of the New Sun by Wolfe
3) Gormenghast by Peake
4) Elric of Melnibone by Moorcock
5) Ficciones by Borges
6) Dying Earth by Vance
7) Conan the Barbarian by Howard
8) Earthsea by Le Guin
9) Little, Big by Crowley
10) Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny
11) Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Donaldson
12) Perdido Street Station by Mieville
13) Song of Ice and Fire by Martin
14) Discworld by Pratchett
15) At the Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft
16) Worm Ouruboros by Eddison
17) Harry Potter by Rowling
18) Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Leiber
19) Mists of Avalon by Bradley
20) Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis
21) Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Williams
22) Well at World's End by Morris
23) Black Company by Cook
24) King of Elfland's Daughter by Dunsany
25) American Gods by Gaiman
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I tried to address some of my concerns with the imbalance in the first list. My primary factors were influence, literary merit (in terms of prose, thematic elements, characterizations) and originality. I tried to provide a cross-section reflecting some of the diversity of the genre and its history. There are fewer recent works because I remain unconvinced of their staying power. The few exceptions - Mieville, Gaiman and Martin have achieved wide appeal outside the genre, are influential and distinctive enough that I think they will last. I don't think in any discussion of best you can limit yourself to the books or series you personally find the most entertaining. Harry Potter may have its faults but you must consider it within the context of its YA target audience and its impact on YA reading is indisputable. In my opinion, as much as I occasionally enjoy works by Erikson, Bakker, Jordan, Sanderson, Abercrombie and Rothfuss, I don't find their works to be as innovative, memorable or influential as other works on my list. The prose of Tolkien surpasses that of Abercrombie. The complex genius of Wolfe, Mieville and Borges (both in terms of plot and theme) surpass that of Erikson and Bakker. The emotional resonance and characterization of Le Guin easily outstrip those of Sanderson and Jordan for me. I'm not saying these works don't have merit and I'm not even saying these are my favorite 25 works (far from it actually) but I think they are close to the "best" and "most important." I am however, distressed by the fact that my list is still so dominated by male authors.
Edit: And I will concede that it does reflect my valuation of the authors as much as the works themselves.
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October 4th, 2012, 06:06 PM #23
Fair enough. And that's a decent rank. But I personally feel a Top25 rank should be "What is the Top25 most enjoyable books to read right now". So things like Earth Sea and these older books wouldn't be in the Top25, but if they were it would lend even more credence to their greatness. How many generations can a book stay a Top25's "favorite read"?
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Stating the obvious but, of course that would depend a lot on the person. I read Jordan and Martin before Tolkien and enjoyed the Tolkien more. I read Earthsea after Erikson and Bakker and enjoyed the Le Guin more. Different strokes.
October 5th, 2012, 06:47 PM #25
Are there other lists out there that do seem well-constructed?
I would enter these for consideration (in no special order):
- Mike Harrison's list
- supplement to Harrison's original list
- The Curiosities series at The SF Site
- The Scriptorium
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy sub-list at The Complete Review
- 100 Great "Works" of Science Fiction & Fantasy, using an expansive definition of "works" (full disclosure: my own list)
- Mike Harrison's list
October 6th, 2012, 05:53 PM #26
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There are these Digital Dream Door lists:
They need a lot of work though. The good thing about the site is that they do look at things like impact and influence for their lists and it's a collaborative effort, so if anyone wants to argue that something should or shouldn't be there, they can.
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I would even consider a different list for fantasy newcomers. A first time genre reader of most any age would enjoy some of the current/modern series, but to follow some of the evolution of the genre allows one to experience novelty and wonder with each story, and not see the worst of the tropes or start with the subversion of said tropes. But what do I know, I started with Dragonlance and Eddings...
October 20th, 2012, 04:16 PM #29
Ah, this stuff again.I think some people around here, no names, are just simply book snobs. And think if it doesn't have an expert prose or amazing style it's not worthy.
A tale is thoughts expressed in words. If the tale-teller's ability to express thought in words is mediocre or poor, then perforce the tale is mediocre or worse; you cannot make pleasant music by whacking rocks together. I have no idea what "expert" prose is supposed to be, but prose that is clear and expressive works well, while prose that is wooden, or contorted, or ungrammatical is painful to read. The title of one of the better-known usage manuals in English says a lot: Simple & Direct (by Jacques Barzun); so do many others (such as Plain Words or The Careful Writer). Perhaps we are so far fallen now that simple, clear, and grammatical prose is "expert".
I also do not quite grasp what would make any writer's style "amazing". Is it one in which the characters are frequently amazed? Is it one in which the readers are frequently amazed by the plot developments? Or what?
As some or t'other once remarked, there is nothing whatever in this world that anyone is obliged to like; and that is certainly so. But reasons for classing particular tales as "worthy" or not worthy are not completely arbitrary matters of random, idiosyncratic taste. There are qualities not primarily subjective that typify works of worth; while anyone is free to dislike worthy works, individually or as a class, and to like mediocre or even trashy works, again individually or as a class, and be free of any obligation to justify his or her tastes, what one is not morally entitled to do is to trash works of merit on the sole ground that one does not personally enjoy them.
But we have been over this ground countless times before.
October 20th, 2012, 04:40 PM #30
The term ***-snob usually refers to someone who will trash some items because it doesn't live up to what they view as "quality". And maybe they are in their right to do so, but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of said item. You are not a food-snob if you like good food. You are a food-snob if you tell everyone pizza is terrible quality food and you guys are silly for liking it, you should only enjoy lobster bisque or anything of that quality. Same with beer, books, cars, anything...


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Chinese Braised Soy Sauce Eggs (滷蛋)
I promised you my Chinese braised soy sauce eggs recipe (滷蛋) in the Taiwanese scallion oil noodles (葱油拌面) post, so here you go. This is a super easy recipe, and the best thing is that you can save the braising soy sauce stock (滷水汁) in the fridge and re-use it again to make the eggs or even tofu (bean curd). I usually use the stock for 2-3 times before I discard it. As many Chinese cooks or chefs would tell you, the flavor of the braising stock develops as time goes by…some restaurants just keep using their stock for as long as they stay in the business (I kid you not!)…
One ingredient that I like to add to my braising stock is a spice tea bag used for braising a variety of foods—chicken, pork, beef, peanuts, seaweed, tofu, etc. (You can check out the product picture here). It's available at Asian stores and they are cheap and handy. It's optional but a tea bag of the spice adds to the aroma and overall flavor. To make perfect hard-boiled eggs, please refer to this kitchen tip by Good Life Eats.
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Over-cooked hard boiled eggs don't bother me as I hate it when the egg yolk is not quite set. For this recipe, I think it's hard not to overcook the eggs since they're steeped in the stock.
I love braised pork and eggs so I'm sure I'll love this recipe too… can't wait to try it!
Nice..I was just craving braised soy sauce eggs :) Good timing.
thank you thank you! i'll make it for CNY next week :)
thanks for sharing. my husband and i love these. i can't wait to make them.
Never had these, so are the shells left on the eggs until eating?
I always love eating hardboiled eggs with kicap manis… and was introduced to this dish by my husband… and love it eversince.
My kids' favourite too… braised chicken and eggs… :)
using their stock for as long as they are in business? doesn't that pose threat to people's health?. However, stock tend to become richer and tastier the longer it simmers.
How long can you keep the egg in the broth for? Up to a week?
yummy! Love braised eggs, goes with so many rice and noodles. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Hi! What exactly is spiced tea bag?
Hi, just a question, can I put both eggs and beancurd together in the liquid? And for how long before I turn off the fire? Tnx ;)
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can you recommend the dark soy sauce you used in this recipe. I like my braised egg to be darker but my dark soy sauce doesn't give me that dark look. I am currently using the brand "Pearl River Bridge" but hope you would recommend other dark soy sauce.
hi rasa — great recipe! i just made these last night and i have couple questions.
do you leave the spice tea bag in the braising liquid the whole time? and where do you leave the eggs / liquid overnight? i put them in the refrigerator last night…do you leave yours on the stove or in the fridge?
I saw a recipe similar to this some time ago, called "Chinese Tea Eggs". One difference … they left the shells on the eggs, but cracked them all around the outside with a spoon. Then when they boil in the tea, they get this great pattern. When I made them though I didn't boil them … I just put the eggs in a jar with the cracked shells, poured the soy sauce tea mixture over them, and let them set in the refrigerator overnight. Actually a few days, as I ate them. I just peeled them before eating.
Hi, i tried the receipe. However i have left over broth/stock/seasoning. how should i keep it so that i can reuse them again?


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