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Pettitte went 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA in 21 starts. So if Pettitte were to arrive in May and made 20-25 starts, then 10 victories could be very realistic. However, that is going on a big if. If Pettitte stays healthy. To me, after missing a year, that will be the most difficult obstacle.
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- With the slow but steady demise of BillMonk, my friends and I turned to other means of debt tracking and bill sharing for our nights out. Ultimately we turned to Amazon Payments and their 'TextPayMe' service. While many of them may rant about how cool this is, I'm not going to.
Here is how it supposedly works. You give them your credit or debit card number, or alternatively your bank routing number and bank account. They supposedly from then on will magically deduct the texted amount from your bank and automatically drop it into your friend's Amazon Payments account. No need to split bills anymore, no need to settle up later. It's all done with a quick, flashy text from your cellphone to Amazon's number. You just text them the short "Pay $$ 'Account Name Here'" and tada! No muss, no fuss. Nuh uh.
Here are the massive hiccups involved in this service, and the inducement of what is at least a 5-7 business day headache... it not much much longer, because one then must undo the damage done.
1). Unless you weave through the complicated and ill-laid out Amazon Payments website to find the box to check, the TextPayMe is going to call you and demand your Amazon Pin. No big deal. The phone call takes a minute or two. You're done, right? Nope.
2.) You've authorized the payment, it should be done, right? No. Something happens, and I have not yet been given a straight forward answer as to why. You get a text back either confirming that the money was transferred, or the OTHER message. "Your credit card was declined."
Okay, well... you know there's plenty of money in your account. Why was it declined? Meanwhile your friend wants his money and you look a bit like a deadbeat. You apologize and say you'll try again. Cue the annoying slew of 'call your banks' from your friends. Yes, that's exactly what I want to do - sift through a phone tree of computer automation.
What Amazon's very vague text that literally says, 'your credit card was declined' actually means is its been 'temporarily declined.' That is the exact wording given to me by the person on the other side of the 'Contact Us' link. But they don't tell you that in the text. It's just declined. In the rest of the world, that means it's over. Try again. So what does it really mean?
This charge has been put into a review, which they claim takes 24 hours. I assume business hours. Unless you go onto their site and figure this out yourself by clicking on the right thing, you would never know. But why was it put into review? I wish I could tell you this. They have a box you can click SOMEWHERE that says, 'call me above a certain payment amount.' I had this unchecked. But they still called.
More confusion before we go on. They bounced certain charges, but let others go through. Back to the meat of it. Tired of dealing with them pulling directly from my credit card because they didn't seem to like it, I decided to dump my 'going out' budget into Amazon Payments so they could directly pull from there. The TextPayMe system is supposed to pull from your balance with Amazon Payments first, and if you don't have enough there, it pulls from your credit card or account. Reasonable. But then we enter the 1990s.
Depositing AND withdrawing money into your Amazon Payments account takes 5-7 business days. That is 5-7 business days that it disappears from one place, reappears in another but isn't actually usable until then. Didn't we dispose of this (I believe by law) way, way back? This is not a money transfer where physical tender is being moved from place to place, this is electronic information. This is two computers talking to one another and saying, "Got it?", "Yep, got it.", "Give me.", "OK." Done.
So your budget for going out is in limbo, your Amazon Payments balance is still nonexistent, they are still reviewing your 'temporarily declined' payment and your friend wants his money. So what do you do? Try again No that would be silly. But I did it anyway. Result? The exact same. The card was declined, the payment shunted to a reviewed status and I now have two payments and a balance transfer hanging in limbo. It's like the sword of Damocles. When and where will the payments strike, further depleting your weakened saving account.
I had finally had enough. I contacted Amazon and they told me all of this 'temporarily declined' nonsense and they assured me that my poor limbo'ed budget would eventually arrive. And oh, they reviewed the first declined charge and its going through. But the other charge is still pending. When its deemed successful, it will be charged too... whenever that is. Twenty hours has passed, I'd like to note. Fantastic! Except I asked them to cancel them both so I could just pay my friend in cash! Now he must pay ME back for the duplicate charge.
So here I sit. Officially complaining about a product for the first time in my life. Let's add one last insult to injury. When I finally get my balance that has been floating unusably through cyberspace until then, I still either have to use this service to get it back, or else wait ANOTHER 5-7 days for them to transfer it back into my account. 10-14 BUSINESS days that I have not had my budgeted funds available, and have had to dip into other budgets to fulfill demands made. That is 2-3 weeks to those who are counting... business days after all.
A double payment that was supposed to come from my Amazon Payments account has been pulled out of my savings account, and I won't be getting that back until it is all settled. I did kind of want to go buy some groceries this week, but here's a fun fact - the money you have in your AP account can only be used with Amazon, and even then only on certain products.
I don't think an ATM (or a kind, apologetic smile and a request to split the check) has EVER looked so good right now. I ask you: who would do this to themselves? How is this convenient to have a reserve of difficult to access, difficult to replenish, difficult to use money that is not doing anything useful but sitting there possibly a good thing? Even in an ordinary savings account, its use or movement is near-instant, and in the meantime it's making tenth of cents in interest.
I discovered that Kindle now allows people to "check out" books via their local libraries. Just like going to the library, you get the book for only a certain amount of days (In my case, I can have a book for 7, 14, or 21 days). I went to my local library yesterday and signed up for a "Library Card." This takes every bit of 3-5 minutes. When I left, I was able to download books from the library directly onto my Kindle for 3 weeks. It works exactly as I was told (I guess the book will disappear from my machine in 3 weeks).
Fabulous! As if you needed a reason to get a Kindle (Oh yes, the first reason is that you have any slight interest in *reading*. Duh). But when you get one, one of the first things you will probably explore is how many free books you can get (there are literally millions). After these books, what can you check out from the library? Well, anything you want to. Free books. Borrowed books. (And even books that you give as gifts). Kindle just keeps getting better and better and stronger and stronger.
PHILIPINES -- I purchased a product from Amazon and the product was a total defect. I returned it on July 3, 2010. As of today I have not received my refund. Even though I was told they were refunding my $60.95 in full, they have not. Each time I call they have a different story. The first story was "we are refunding your VISA account. It will take up to 5 to 7 business days". After the 7 days went by and I didn't get my refund they had another story "well, we just received the merchandise back and we have to process refund", which was a flat out lie because I had the UPS receipt showing they had gotten in 2 weeks ago.
Anyway the last story, "I received it's up to your bank to refund you. We will request them to". My bank? what do you mean my bank?... this is crazy.... if I were you I would go straight to the manufacturer to do business Amazon location is in the Philippines. I found out and they don't know what they are doing, they have no idea what they are selling and they would like to keep your money. I have to take them to small claims court just to get my refund back this is ridiculous.
SUITE 1200, WASHINGTON -- I have been selling on Amazon on and off for a few years recently I decided to focus more on selling on the site. After getting income of about $1500 for about two months I decided that I could use a pro account. After making several inquires to amazon's customer service, (and it took a few inquires) I was told that the only way to do this would be to close down my current account and start again. I was unhappy about doing this but I reluctantly agreed.
So I closed my current account and opened up a pro-account. The site said that funds would be held on new account for two weeks as a security measure. I was not happy with this but it seemed reasonable. Right before the two weeks were up I had accumulated about $1400 in my account. The day before the funds were two be released, I received the following message.
As part of our ongoing commitment to improving the customer experience on Amazon.com, we are conducting a review of your seller account. During this review period your funds will be reserved in your Amazon Payments account for up to 30 days.
I immediately stopped selling on Amazon despite them telling me that it was OK. I called customer service and they told me that I had been "selected" and that this was "routine". At that point I started doing research on Amazon and I was surprised to learn how often they do this and get away with this. I provided them with all the tracking information like they requested (everything was delivered and there were no complaints). I also receive a total of 17 positive feedbacks with no negative feedback.
They requested information about where I source my merchandise from and I other business information. Information which I feel is an invasion of my privacy. Why should I have to reveal to Amazon detailed information about how I sourced my merchandise. No other online company has requested this. Not eBay; not overstock and not others. My merchant account company has also not requested such information. It is clear to me that they are requesting it to gain useful selling information for their own use.
I did not try to contact them again about the fairness of holding my funds because I read that a number of people that have tried to do that have had their accounts permanently terminated, rudely told that any further emails would not be returned and fund that were already held for a long time would remain in "custody" for several more months.
After I received the notice mentioned above I sent them in all the information that they requested in spite of my objections. Immediately afterwards, I emailed them asking if the information that I sent was sufficient. I only received a form letter that did not answer my question. I repeated this and I got the same response.
About a week ago (3 ½ weeks after they sent the initial email), I received another email that the information that I provided them was insufficient and that my funds would be help for an additional 15 days. They did not explain what was insufficient, but I knew from experience that it would not help to ask. I again sent them more detailed information and I am now waiting. It has been more than thirty days since I shipped my last orders and I have no complaints against me. If they do not want me to sell on Amazon because they think that I am not trustworthy (actually I think that the opposite is true), so they should not let me sell, but why should they hold my money?
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- I am a new seller on Amazon and I am using a dropship supplier to ship my orders, basically my supplier. I listed the inventory I intended to sell, over 500 items. Because I was new, I wasn't clear on how to do my pricing so I listed my items for what the MSRP is.
I soon began receiving email messages from Amazon, claiming that my prices are too high and due to this, they stated that they are deactivating my listings; they began doing this on certain items, not my entire inventory. They stated that my pricing should fall within the wholesale and MSRP prices.
There were a multitude of items that were deactivated and instead of checking each SKU to determine if an item was deactivated I simply removed all inventory, I then proceeded to go to my supplier's website to download a fresh inventory feed. I adjusted my pricing to exactly what Amazon wanted and I uploaded everything fresh, to my webstore because it was easier and less time-consuming to do it this way.
I began receiving those same email messages and Amazon started deactivating my inventory again. I got upset and emailed them. I stated that I adjusted my prices but they continue to deactivate items. When I complained about it they claimed that it was just a "suggestion" to lower my prices so I can make more sales. I emailed back and said that if it were just a suggestion then why do you continue to deactivate my items? And besides that, I looked on the marketplace and compared my prices with other seller's prices and theirs are higher priced.
I initially had a webstore through Amazon but got frustrated and discouraged and cancelled the webstore. A week later I decided to open a new seller account using a new email address that isn't associated with my first webstore. Now what's going on is that I have tons of orders from customers and Amazon is sending me order notifications to the email address that was associated with my first webstore, not the email address associated with my current webstore.
Even worse, none of my orders are posted under "manage orders" in my webstore. I wouldn't know that there were any orders at all if I didn't check my email account that was associated with my first webstore. Now I have customers emailing me asking where their orders are, and complaining about it.
I looked at all of these orders which made me enough money to buy a used car but yet Amazon has not posted them to my account. I have no way to contact those customers unless they email me first; their orders show no email contact addresses. I don't even know what to tell them.....
I've been trying to find a nice winter coat for my no-longer-baby Clutzy. But of course finding one at a reasonable price is hard to come by. thought I had one at Walmart, but when I looked at it, it wasn't what I had in mind. So, in the middle of my local Walmart, I ordered a London Fog bubble coat from the Amazon.com app on my phone. It was only about $10 more than what the Walmart coat was going for, but it's London Fog, so it's a name I know.
When I got home and looked at my order online, I noticed that there was a promo code for 20% off eligible outerwear that I could have applied to the order. Of course, my order was in the "shipping now" status so cancellation and reordering wasn't a very good option. So I decided to call Amazon customer service. After explaining what happened, the CSR managed to apply the discount to my order, bringing the cost of the coat down to about what I would have paid for the Walmart coat (especially after taxes). How awesome is that?
Update 11/18: The coat arrived last Tuesday, however Amazon failed to process my refund. I called an explained the problem. The person I spoke with said he would process it, it would take 2-3 business days and he sent me an email to confirm it. Fast forward to this morning (business day #3) and still no refund. I was about to call Customer Service AGAIN when I happened to check my bank account online and noticed that I was being charged less for a pair of pants I had just ordered.
I checked my email and they had applied that refund to my AMAZON account and just used it for my next order. Obviously it doesn't matter at the end of the day since the money just went back to Amazon, but what if my coat purchase had been a one and done? I'm a little disappointed in Amazon's less than upfrontness about the whole matter.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- Amazon now has a feature called, "Add on". What it means is that you can't order the product you want unless you spend $25! Even a Prime membership won't help with Add-on products. This is a ploy to make profit. The claim is that shipping on certain items is costly and making it an Add-on alleviates the shipping cost. Maybe it alleviates the shipping cost for Amazon, but it alleviates nothing for the customer who doesn't want to buy more or unnecessary items. If you don't want to increase your order to $25, you CAN'T order the item - even if you were willing to spend the shipping fee!
Consumers are very capable on deciding if they want to spend the shipping fees. Amazon has now decided for you. I am already ordering fewer items from them. I am finding other sites where shipping is less than having to bring my order up to $25.
I was a great fan of Amazon until this ridiculous move. I will be much more wary of what I order from the company. They have already lost my business twice - and that is in one week.
I made this "informative" other than a "complaint" as I'm not really sure who's at fault. My first XBox went out after 3 years or so, so being fat with all those expensive games, I pretty much had to get another one. Ordered it from Amazon for a OK price and excellent shipping (always have good luck with Amazon and shipping)and got it 10/25/12.
Last night it decided to stop working after not quite 2 months. Found all the warranty paperwork and started the process. Registered it online (required) to start a ticket. At this point it says my XBox is under warranty (good deal) and the warranty expires 1/25/13. Huh? So, evidently, if you order this stuff from Amazon it has been sitting in some warehouse eating up its warranty until you buy it. Supposed to be a year warranty, I get 3 months.
So, I got that going for me... That was sort of my first issue. The problem with my XBox is all over the web and they say it just needs an updated power cord/supply. Which could easily be sent to me in no time. But, that isn't how things are done. So... I had to pack the thing back up in (pick one) the original packaging (which is what the first info told me) or totally different packaging (which is what the second info told me) and ship it off to them. Which is what I did (and I mixed original packaging with new packaging just to cover all my bases). Now I wait for "2-3 weeks".
In Microsoft's defense, they do pay for the shipping when it's under warranty, but that seems to be where the customer being right pretty much ends. Is it Amazon for eating my warranty or Microsoft for being hardly customer-centric? I'll let you decide...
WASHINGTON -- We ordered a Remington Razor advertised as NEW. Amazon's vendor DiscountJungle.com sent a Factory Serviced unit. This is illegal in Ohio. Discount Jungle Reviews on Google show many complaints where NEW merchandise advertised but Refurbished shipped. Amazon would not respond as to why Amazon allowed this to continue without stopping this for all of their customers, though they refunded me.
If this happens to you, please contact the Attorney General's Office for the State of Washington where Amazon is located, or contact me. Amazon is a good company, but with a weak tolerance for correcting bait and switch patterns that are brought to their attention. So let's help change this for Amazon and keep the internet fair and honest.
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YOU CONTINUE PUTTING MY ACCOUNT IN HOLD (very unprofessional) I am planning to bring to your Management this type of actions. I have called several times to your customer service and they promises they will put a note in my account, so they don't put my account in hold again but guys disregard any notes and continue PUTTING my account in hold. I am sincerely believe that the problem in your company is the account specialist department. Every time I call they open a request to the account specialist and they claim that he/her will call me within the next 24 hours. It never happen I have never received a call from an account specialist.
I have a log of all the nightmare that I have with you guys.I am planning to send all this proof of very bad service to all the executives including Jeff Bezos. I have requested for a supervisor to call me, and never received a call. I AM REQUESTING AGAIN FOR A SUPERVISOR OR A MANAGER TO PLEASE CALL ME MY PHONE NUMBER IS XXX-XXX-XXXX. Every time you put my account on Hold I buy from eBay and other places, so your company looses the business. But I think your company don't care. That is a bad business. Check my account and see the activities I have in the past.
My credit card number was stolen in Amazon. The bank issued a new credit card. I provided the new credit card number to Amazon for some previous charges. My account was put in hold for weeks now. When I call Amazon, they claim I will be call within 24 hours. I have never received a call from them. I have send several emails, no response. They don't care because there is no way to call a resolution department or complain to Management.


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The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the nation's best -- it is a large and free zoo in the center of the city and adjacent to the lovely Lincoln Park Conservatory, Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The sandy beaches of Fullerton Parkway and North Avenue are just beyond. Café Brauer overlooks the Lincoln Park Zoo Pond which features morning birdwalks and paddle boats for rent. Kayaking, boating and bicycling (bikes for rent) are available on the lakefront.
The Armitage / Halsted shopping district is hugely popular with scores of designer boutiques as well as national brands such as Benetton. The theatre district is within walking distance -- the Steppenwolf Theatre being the most nationally prominent of the many in the area. Restaurants from five star to casual breakfast cafes line the streets, many of which feature al fresco dining during the warmer months.
Self-serve coffee station
Soft drinks and bottled water
In-room mini refrigerator, ice
Clock radio with iPod docking station
Writing desk and books for your reading pleasure
Iron and ironing board
Hair dryers
Guest-controlled thermostat
32" flat-screen LCD television and DVD player
We are a smoke-free zone
Note to guests with allergies: we have no cats in residence
Check-in is between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Please contact us ahead of your stay to confirm your estimated time of arrival. We are happy to accommodate later or even very late check-in times, depending on your travel itinerary requirements. Check-out is 11:00 a.m.
DINING: Charlie Trotter's, Café Bernard, Sai Café, Tilli's Restaurant, Nan's Sushi, John's Place, Café Ba Ba Reeba, Pasta Palazzo, Red Rooster, Karyns Raw Vegan Gourmet
CASUAL DINING: Athenian Room, Sweet Mandy B's, Potbelly's, Glasgotts Saloon, Kincades Bar & Grill, Toast, McGee's Tavern, State Restaurant, Argo Tea, Starbucks Coffee, Noodles in the Pot, John Barleycorn's Memorial Pub, Bacino's Pizzeria, The Bourgeois Pig* (Recommended by Rachael Ray), Minnies, Dairy Queen
LIVE MUSIC: Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S., Lilly's Bar, Ambrosia Café, Wise Fools Pub
PARKS AND RECREATION: Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Lincoln Park Zoo; Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and OX PARK, featuring Dorothy & Toto, the Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow; tennis courts, baseball field, jogging track, child play-lot and semi-formal English gardens
LIVE THEATRE: Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Apollo Theatre, Royal George Theatre Center, Theatre on the Lake (summers only)
FITNESS: Webster Fitness Club, Harmony Mind Body Fitness, Veria Wellness Center
SALON SPAS: bluemercury, Karyn's Inner Beauty Center, Spacio, Michael Anthony Spa & Salon, Lincoln Park Massage, Blueberry Moon, Hair Cuttery, Veria Wellness Center
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BEYOND THE NEIGHBORHOOD: easily accessible via taxi or CTA (Chicago Transit Authority's subway, elevated trains, and bus lines):
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Latvian Cultural Center
DuSable Museum of African American History
Equinox Lincoln Park Fitness Club
Garfield Park Conservatory
Gene Siskel Film Center
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
The Museum of Broadcast Communications
The Museum of Contemporary Art
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
Polish Museum of America
Second City and Second City E.T.C.
Spertus Museum and Institute of Jewish Studies
Ukrainian National Museum Chicago
Chicago Center for Green Technology: Resource Library and Classes
TRANSPORTATION: The house is easily accessible from airports and expressways. A CTA train station servicing the Red, Purple and Brown line trains is two blocks from the Guest House. The Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park and the Loop are minutes away by these el and subway lines which can transport you from Wrigley Field to the White Sox in a single ride. Three bus lines stop within one block of the House: the Lincoln 11, Halsted 08 and Fullerton 74.
Arriving via AUTO
From the Kennedy Expressway (I 90 / I 94):
Exit Fullerton Ave and travel east 1.7 miles to Halsted Street. Turn right (south) on Halsted; half-way down the block (0.1 mile) on left side of street.
From Lake Shore Drive (Route 41):
Exit Fullerton Parkway to travel west 3/4 mile to Halsted Street. Turn left (south) onto Halsted; half-way down the block (0.1 mile) on left side of street.
PARKING: Free, unrestricted parking is available on Halsted Street. Parking also available on adjacent Belden Avenue, for which we will provide a free parking permit. There is a self-park garage on the next block at 2316 North Lincoln Avenue.
Arriving via Midway or O'Hare Airports, in order by economics
The house is 17 miles from O'Hare International Airport and 13 miles from Midway Airport.
$ - CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) trains run directly from both of Chicago's airports and are an extension of the city's convenient subway and elevated train system
$$ - Airport buses cater to hotel guests and will take you to your specified destination
$$$ - Taxis are plentiful from Midway and O'Hare Airports; travel time is 30 - 60 minutes
$$$$ - Private car and limo service can be arranged in advance
Arriving from Airports via PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
From Chicago's Midway and O'Hare Airports: Travel from airport terminals via CTA trains is approximately 45 - 60 minutes. Purchase tickets from vending machines in the station. Trains generally run 24 hours. Fare is approximately US $2.
Board the CTA Orange Line at Midway Airport. Exit at the State/Lake station in the Loop to the Red Line subway station. Station attendants will assist and advise you to get a transfer, exit the station, and walk down stairs to the State Street subway entrance to the Red Line Lake Street station. Board the Red Line traveling NORTH. Exit at the Fullerton station.
Board the CTA Blue Line at O'Hare Airport. Exit at the Jackson station in the Loop. In the station, descend stairs to walk through the underground passageway one block to ascend stairs to the Red Line Jackson station. Board the Red Line traveling NORTH. Exit at the Fullerton station. See below.
From the CTA Fullerton Station which serves the Red, Purple, and Brown Lines:
Exit Fullerton station to street level. Walk east two blocks to the six-way intersection of Fullerton Parkway, Lincoln Avenue and Halsted Street. Turn right (south) on Halsted Street; one-half block to the yellow stucco Guest House, 2319.
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What we're reading: the menu for tonight's State Dinner at the White House
- 12:49 pm Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
Tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: A dish—toro tartare served with Caesar sashimi salad—wrapped in clear acetate and tied with a rice-paper cord.
You know, sort of like a gift meant to be opened.
This `gift' is one of the courses to be featured tonight at the White House's State Dinner honoring Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
It's a course that would seem to showcase the chops of guest chef and Japanese native Masaharu Morimoto of "Iron Chef" fame.
Morimoto is helping to executive the dinner, led by longtime White House chef Cris Comerford and pastry chef Susan Morrison.
Overall, the dinner menu is an East-meets-West overture, [More]
Once again, bagpipers coming to celebrate at PB's Michael R. McCarty's
- 2:56 pm Friday, March 13th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
Once a year at Michael R. McCarty's, dinner comes with an appearance of—and rousing performance by—bagpipers.
And, of course, amid lots of wearing o' the green.
So it will be March 17 as the Palm Beach restaurant and bar, 50 Cocoanut Row, marks its 14th-annual St. Patrick's Day celebration.
According to owner Michael R. McCarty, the Palm Beach Pipes & Drums will make a grand entrance and perform during each of two dinner seatings Tuesday.
Dinner seatings are at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Exactly what times the bagpipers and drummers will make their appearances during those seatings is a surprise, McCarty says. "But anyone at either dinner seating will see the Pipes [More]
The Breakers' HMF primes the pump with Hong Kong dumplings, ravioletti
- 1:58 pm Saturday, January 24th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
In the spirit of its far-reaching repertoire of largely small plates influenced by traditions, street foods and iconic dishes from around the world, the chefs at The Breakers' HMF have introduced a few new dishes.
Of course, that's after the dishes earned the chef team's collective thumb's up as they endeavor to keep the palates of their patrons—weaned on HMF's emporium-esque food-and-drink offerings—jazzed.
The dishes include Hong Kong-style dumplings ($18)—tubular-shaped dumplings filled with a blend of shrimp, pork, ginger and scallions—and Swedish meatballs ($19) served with a mushroom-based sauce finished with sour cream.
The third new dish at HMF, 1 S. County Road [More]
Three chefs face off Sunday, vying to win $10,000 prize
- 11:54 am Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
The 8th-annual Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival—featuring numerous nameplate chefs and Food Network personalities—kicks off Thursday for its four-day run that concludes Sunday with a bang at 150 Worth: a cooking-competition `throwdown' between three area chefs—two of whom were recently involved in another kind of competition just to land a spot in the festival's throwdown and the event's $10,000 grand prize.
Throughout November, as part of the festival's pre-planning, several area chefs vied on Facebook to garner the most "likes" based on Facebook posts in which they explained, in 150 words or fewer, why they deserved to be a Palm Beach Food & [More]
Enchanted garden: PB's Echo debuts newly designed alfresco drinks-and-dining space
- 1:59 pm Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
Now that the weather is seasonably mild and downright delightful in Palm Beach, here's an apropos best-kept dining secret that likely won't be a secret for long…
At Asian hotspot Echo (230 Sunrise Ave.; www.echopalmbeach.com), the restaurant's rear alfresco courtyard has been redesigned into an enchanting nook with banquette seating and a couple tables centered with a fire design-element the restaurant ignites at night.
The Garden at Echo, as the space is now called, is open nightly on a first-come/first-served basis (it's also is available to reserve for private parties)—and it'll undoubtedly emerge as a choice spot at the restaurant, especially [More]
Connecting the dots: Well-known PB and Washington, D.C. chefs trading places
- 12:35 pm Sunday, November 30th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
In a manner of speaking, it turns out two well-known chefs—one from Palm Beach, the other from Washington, D.C.—have traded places, at least if you take a moment to connect the proverbial dots.
Lindsay Autry—a Bravo TV "Top Chef" alumnus and a former Omphoy Ocean Resort kitchen leader who's participating in Dec. 11-14's Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival—has assumed the executive chef position at Firefly restaurant in the Hotel Madera in D.C.'s Dupont Circle.
There, she replaces Firefly's now-former executive chef Todd Wiss—who's now executive chef at The Omphoy in Palm Beach.
The Omphoy and Hotel Madera are in the management portfolio of San Francisco-based Kimpton [More]
What to drink with a Thanksgiving feast? PB Master Sommelier Virginia Philip dishes…
- 12:09 pm Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
If you're still understandably boggled by what wines to pair with your Thanksgiving feast—a confluence of so many different flavors, whether you dine out or entertain at home—Virginia Philip, Master Sommelier of The Breakers and owner of an eponymous wine shop and academy in downtown West Palm Beach, has four suggestions.
They include two whites and two reds—and Philip (www.thebreakers.com; www.virginiaphilipwineshopacademy.com), a widely acclaimed distinguished wine expert, explains why they're just right for the turkey-day holiday.
First, the whites: a Gewurztraminer from California or Alsace, France, and a Riesling (Kabinett style) from Germany.
According to Philip, Gewurztraminer, a medium-bodied spicy white wine, "is a perfect [More]
Upcoming book signings feature longtime PB County restaurateur and her new food-and-memories tome
- 12:36 pm Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
Given its 34-year history serving generations of devotees, Zuccarelli's in West Palm Beach has become a landmark family-owned and -operated Italian restaurant where Olimpia Zuccarelli, now in her forties, has worked since the age of 9.
In her new book, "Chair at My Table," Zuccarelli tells her story—from working as a child in her mom's kitchen to becoming owner of Zuccarelli's and a longtime lover of good food and wine—and she introduces family recipes that have been a backbone of her family's Italian restaurant open since 1981, when her parents began serving patrons dishes inspired by their native Calabria, a southern region [More]
Uncorking time-honored tradition at downtown WPB's Pistache French Bistro
- 12:59 pm Sunday, November 16th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
France's Beaujolais nouveau isn't a complex or sophisticated wine—after all, it's only aged for about six weeks so it's light and fruity—but right about now every year, it gets gobs of attention as revelers in France, the United States and beyond celebrate the wine's annual first-release on the third Thursday of November.
Here locally, downtown West Palm Beach's Pistache French Bistro (shown above), a sister restaurant to Palm Beach's PB Catch, is ready to party on Beaujolais Nouveau Day—this year, it falls on Nov. 20—with a special menu of classic French dishes, plus lots of Beaujolais nouveau from France's Georges Deboeuf vineyards.
Pistache's Beaujolais Nouveau Day [More]
How-to holiday fare: Del Frisco's candy-cane martini, Meat Market's Gouda tots
- 4:05 pm Saturday, November 15th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
It's just about lift-off for the holiday season and if during the social whirl—or grind, depending on your Scrooge level—you plan on entertaining at home for an informal cocktail party, say, what are you going to serve?
White-chocolate candy-cane martinis, perhaps?
Nibble-friendly crispy-gooey cheesy tater tots, anyone?
Good ideas, those, but one would be wise not to serve them as a pairing because really, candy canes and cheese?
The martini is a specialty cocktail available now through the holidays at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille (340 Royal Poinciana Way; www.delfriscosgrille.com/palmbeach) and the tater tots are a popular side dish served at Meat Market Palm Beach (191 [More]


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Comfortable, hospitable, 3 star, split-level (upside down) centrally heated house, set in tranquil surroundings, on a hillside, with great views, 1/2 mile from Monmouth town centre. Casita Alta offers a friendly, peaceful atmosphere for that unique getaway. Excellent breakfast menu to choose from is included in the price. All diets are catered for if given notice when booking. There is some provision for walking disabled, stair lift installed.
Good centre for touring both sides of the English and Welsh borders.
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|I entered, although I'll have to sell my PSP soon so I can get some money for the PSP Slim & Lite out in the Fall.
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|Entered. Nothing could be greater than portable Tales.
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|Well, I entered as well, since I have a PSP and I love the Tales series. If I read the rules correctly one is allowed to make multiple entries? As long as it is only once per day?
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And of course the rest of the world can't enter in the sweepstakes...
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I'm sure it's because of shipping issues, but I guess it still sucks that non-US/Canadians can't enter. Oh well, less competition >_>
Nifty avy, btw, Muse is a pretty good band.
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|Darn your extension, ANN! You have created more competition!
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|Contest ended on the 6th, but it still appears to be open for entries...in classic ANN style?
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|Hoping to get an answer sometime- if winners are already notified, I'd like to go buy my own copy, but I'd rather not waste the money if it's still undecided. Anyone able to confirm anything?
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Autumn Hunting
There has been some concern among listeners about Freddie Pargetter's keenness to follow in his father's hoofsteps and to go 'autumn hunting'. Some people have suggested that we are portraying - even encouraging - an illegal activity.
I'm happy to be able to assure listeners that we aren't.
In years past, 'cubbing' or cub hunting took place before the formal opening of the hunting season in late October or early November. It was a way of training new hounds to scent and chase foxes, and to work as a pack. This activity became known as 'autumn hunting' some time before the Hunting Act 2004 made it illegal, along with mainstream fox hunting.
The hunting that we portray in The Archers is all legal within the act. So in the autumn hunting that Freddie is keen to join, the hounds and riders follow scented trails, not foxes. Nonetheless, hunts keep up the traditions of autumn hunting They go out in early morning or late afternoon, sporting not the hunting 'pink' (actually red), but the more informal mode of dress known as 'ratcatcher'. And the trail is usually laid through woodland rather than open countryside.
We are very aware that hunting is an emotive issue on both sides of the debate, and we always ensure that, over time, a range of views on this topic are aired in The Archers. Jill has already expressed her reservations about her grandson's enthusiam for hunting.
Keri Davies is an Archers (and Ambridge Extra) scriptwriter and web producer.
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Comment number 1.At 06:43 23rd Sep 2011, Nemo399 wrote:
Thanks for this info., Keri--I found it interesting as I'd genuinely not heard the expression 'cubbing' or 'Autumn Hunting' before it came up on the programme, having never lived in the country, I suppose, although I am aware of some of the pro- and anti- arguments about the 2004 Hunting Act, and I knew about the earlier Countryside March which (mysteriously) wasn't mentioned on TA at the time.
Comment number 2.At 07:37 23rd Sep 2011, carrick-bend wrote:
Listeners might find this thread on the Archers Message Board interesting/amusing -
Eleven and on a lead rein hunting!!!! Surely he will die of shame...
Comment number 3.At 09:22 23rd Sep 2011, John H Lowe wrote:
You should not have to explain or apologise for Autumn Hunting (as the lefties will now have us call it). Hunting is a perfectly natural country sport and should be unashamedly promoted within the programme. Jill's attitude towards Freddie's participation is distasteful, to say the least.
Comment number 4.At 09:28 23rd Sep 2011, MattyRatty wrote:
It's a shame that the scriptwritters continually refer to hunting as 'going out with the hunt'. People don't talk like that; they say, 'I'm going hunting' or 'I'm hunting tommorow'.
As for the rights and wrongs, it is a proven fact that hunting is more popular than ever since the ban, and any child who is involved with their local pony club is likely to want to move on to hunting.
The comment above also suggests that all hunt followers wear 'pink'. In fact, only hunt staff wear red; it helps to identify them in the field.
Comment number 5.At 09:57 23rd Sep 2011, wynkyn de worde wrote:
Dear Mr Davies,
Ambridge is in central England. Hunting would be deeply ingrained in the inhabitants and supported hugely.
The way the SW's write this is beyond belief. Are they ignorant of country affais or under some sort of instruction?
As for "Autumn Hunting"..... PAH!
Comment number 6.At 11:19 23rd Sep 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:
The worry is not whether hunting is or is not legal and whether or not it ought to be portrayed as happening; it is what the fisk sort of rider Freddie is meant to be. He gallops about looking over his left shoulder and geeing the horse on by gripping with his heels, and gets clear rounds in the jumping at gymkhnanas, but has to be coached over two small jumps on a leading rain. What is going on here?
Our Freda has beautifully summed up the concern felt by some of us about leading reins for eleven-year-olds who seem by previous accounts able to ride really quite well without them, in a poem (after John Betjemen) called "Millie's Lament": http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/NF2693940?thread=8278562
Comment number 7.At 13:51 23rd Sep 2011, Keri Davies wrote:
>I knew about the earlier Countryside March which (mysteriously) wasn't mentioned on TA at the time
This is a myth which I am keen to correct. I assume you are talking about the Countryside Rally in Hyde Park in July 1997. Because of the speed with which this event was arranged, we weren't able to give it advance coverage in the programme. But the day of the rally itself was dramatised in considerable detail. A writer, a producer and two actors actually attended the rally and recorded specially written scenes on location, with the sounds of the real rally in the background, and those scenes were cut into that evening's episode.
I know this very well, because I was the producer in question.
We also featured the Liberty and Livelihood March in September 2002 in a big way, with a coach from Ambridge taking numerous characters to London.
Comment number 8.At 15:36 23rd Sep 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:
A last minute addition was inserted, but other broadcasters of the programme, such as the BFBS, transmitted the original. This may have led to a certain amount of confusion.
Comment number 9.At 15:41 23rd Sep 2011, SlipalongTrevaskis wrote:
Just be thankfull that Freddie is finally going hunting! He'll do away with the lead rein half an hour after the hounds move off, I'm sure!
Comment number 10.At 16:20 23rd Sep 2011, wynkyn de worde wrote:
Dear Mr Davies,
I thought the countryside marcg was in 2002?
As reported by the BBC?
Comment number 11.At 18:59 23rd Sep 2011, heatherfeather58 wrote:
Good for Freddie's Granma. I would like to disagree with all the above supporteres of dear little Freddie going off and killing defenceless animals for a bit of fun, no it is NOT normal to teach this to your children. I hope Freddie falls off his horse and is spoken of in hushed tones ever after!
Comment number 12.At 19:33 23rd Sep 2011, Organoleptic Icon wrote:
Surely "illegal activities" often ARE portrayed in BBC dramas?
I seem to recall even murders - all over the place.
So why NOT have the local hunt going well beyond the law when there was no-one to see? Too realistic?
Comment number 13.At 20:35 23rd Sep 2011, Our_Freda wrote:
heatherfeather58 Freddie is not going off to kill anything, as a cursory glance at both the initial post and the law in question would make obvious.
Wishing death upon young children is OK, presumably?
(And don't give me he's fictitious. So are all the foxes in Borsetshire.)
Comment number 14.At 23:36 23rd Sep 2011, cath wrote:
I hope Freddie dies and if he falls off a horse and is eaten by a fox I'd cheer. He's a tedious character brought in to fill the space left by Nigel and I don't give a stuff about him other than to wish him well away from the airwaves which means in this case, death. He's fictitious. As would be the fox that ate him.
Comment number 15.At 06:18 24th Sep 2011, Nemo399 wrote:
I can see both sides in the hunting debate, but what I find puzzling is the description of a fox as a 'defenceless animal'.
Comment number 16.At 07:27 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
Autumn hunting was introduced by the Countryside Alliance following the ban, it is used to hind the fact that cub hunting is using a family of foxes to train new hounds.
Most people find this offensive rather like dog fighting with 6 month old pups!
Also the phrase "hunting is an emotive issue on both sides of the debate" is another Countryside Alliance smoke screen as over 70% of the population do not support hunting and this attempts to portray hunting is a 50-50 issue.
This article is most dishonest and misleading and biased.
Comment number 17.At 08:23 24th Sep 2011, Nemo399 wrote:
Hugo, saying that an issue is 'emotive' on both sides of the debate, means that both sides feel strongly; it doesn't imply anything whatsoever about what percentage of the population that occupies each side.
Comment number 18.At 08:44 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
When people talk about sides they usually think in terms of binary items; heads or tails; true or false; yes or no; good or bad.
This leads to a 50 - 50 split in most people minds - its planned that way by the Countryside Alliance.
Stag hunting has 96% against it but never referred to as emotive issue!
Comment number 19.At 14:04 24th Sep 2011, lobopod wrote:
I'm with Organoleptic Icon. Illegal activity is a mainstay of TV and radio drama and, as hunts continue to go about their business regardless of the law, and dismiss anyone who feels this is wrong as sentimental leftie townies, they should be portrayed as doing so in The Archers. There are plenty of country folk who do not agree with hunting, and will be glad when hunts finally realise that hunting live quarry for fun isn't a 'human right' and that, along with the rest of us, they are not exempt from obeying the law. Little Freddie is from a hunting family who would no doubt be amongst those eagerly and illegally continuing to hunt. This is an issue that should be raised on The Archers, not casually dismissed by having them drag hunting. Most hunts start their day by announcing "this is a legal hunt", then nonchalantly heading off to 'accidentally' pick up a live scent. Cub hunting is an even more disgusting 'sport' in which young dogs who wouldn't naturally chase a fox rather than, say, a rabbit, are trained to do so. The activity should be explained by both pro- and anti-hunt characters if you really want to depict hunting as part of country life, especially as Jill is already voicing her concerns. It's illegal, but continues to happen. We shouldn't become complacent about it.
Comment number 20.At 14:20 24th Sep 2011, lobopod wrote:
Oh, and Nemo39, While I find the use of the phrase "defencless animal" to be clicheed, overused and somewhat cutesy when used by people trying to encourage higher animal welfare (especially when faced with people trying to discourage animal welfare), a fox does have very little defence when being chased for hours across open coutryside by a pack of braying hounds and a mob of people on galloping horses. It's not exactly common for a fox to enter a house, let alone head upstairs, climb into a cot and attack children. I grew up in the forest and never once heard of a fox attacking anyone, and you could be certain that if one ever had then the old foresters would churn the story out year after year.
Comment number 21.At 16:22 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
Lets be honest about hunting, most hunting takes place in winter when the weather is wet. So what farmer would want a parade of 4 x 4 vehicles churning up the road verges and fields and a group of riders pitching up his pasture fields (and public footpaths). The answer is no one wants that. However most farmers do not have a choice; they are either tenant famers and have no say or are small to medium farms who need the support of the larger estates for loans of harvest machinery etc. So if they say no then this support and help is withdrawn. Hunting is a relic of our feudal past and the law needs to be re-written to place the same rules and regulations on hunting dogs and remove all the convenient exceptions they currently have.
Let the writers inject some reality into the storyline.
Comment number 22.At 16:27 24th Sep 2011, Our_Freda wrote:
I suppose there's no real harm in the mindless rantings, total falsehoods and unmitigated carp in the last three or four posts, if it helps you spit on your sandals a bit less, but I really do think people who can happily fantasize about harming children should have some kind of action taken against them.
Comment number 23.At 18:59 24th Sep 2011, carrick-bend wrote:
Heatherfeather58, you wrote "Good for Freddie's Granma. I would like to disagree with all the above supporteres of dear little Freddie going off and killing defenceless animals for a bit of fun, no it is NOT normal to teach this to your children. I hope Freddie falls off his horse and is spoken of in hushed tones ever after!"
I presume you're totally vegan?
Comment number 24.At 19:08 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
A link exists between harming animals and people. If people hunt for sport and enjoy the aspects of killing and inflecting cruelty then research shows that his can lead into their private lives and they are more likely to harm there partner and children.
You can dress hunting up as much as you like but it unleashes emotions like lust and love and they are very different.
Oh Our_Freda I have never spat on my sandals thats a hunters thing i believe!
Comment number 25.At 19:40 24th Sep 2011, carrick-bend wrote:
Hugo, are you saying that everyone who hunts "enjoys the aspects of killing and inflecting cruelty" and therefore that everyone who hunts is "more likely to harm there(sic) partner and children"?
Comment number 26.At 20:03 24th Sep 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:
"then research shows that his can lead into their private lives and they are more likely to harm there partner and children."
Please can you provide the evidence for this?
A very large majority of those who damage their partner or children by brutalising them have never been on a hunt in their lives, as far as I have ever seen from my work in this field. Most of the ones I have observed would be hard pushed to stay on a horse at all, let alone to stay on a horse at speed and over fences.
Comment number 27.At 20:56 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
Prof Broom of Cambridge University
Comment number 28.At 21:01 24th Sep 2011, Hugo101 wrote:
Comment number 29.At 21:35 24th Sep 2011, Our_Freda wrote:
Whereas your animal rights activist is just a well balanced family man.
Comment number 30.At 21:46 24th Sep 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:
It would help if you could be a little more specific, in your first example: the needs of pet rabbits are important but not very relevant, I feel. Which of the umpteen papers on that page did you intend to signpost?
In the second example, I note several things within the first couple of pages. The disclaimer at the beginning is a bit of a warning that this might not be an ideal paper for your purposes: "I emphasise that this is a /relation/ and not necessarily a causal one. Animal abuse does not inevitably lead to interpersonal violence."
In the next paragraph there are many examples of undemonstrated hypothesis: "may make it more likely", "may desensitize", "the roots of human empathy may wither and die", "could serve as an early warning sign", "their threshold for being interpersonally violent may be lowered"
but best of all, a little further on, we learn that "I have excluded socially and culturally sanctioned activities that harm animals, for example, certain agricultural practices, hunting and trapping, rodeos".
So not about hunting, then.
You wrote: "If people hunt for sport and enjoy the aspects of killing and inflecting cruelty then research shows that his can lead into their private lives and they are more likely to harm there partner and children."
(Can, not does, I note.)
I would suggest two things: one, that many children are cruel to animals, grow out of it and never go on to be violent to anyone else, and two, that every person who is violent to another person is likely to have wished to be so before they actually do it (I exclude from this "crimes of passion" in which somebody snaps under stimuli and attacks a tormentor) and is very likely to have "practiced" on more socially-acceptable targets then for example children. But the suggestion of causality is similar to linking use of alcohol to use of heroin: it is likely that most if not all heroin users have tried alcohol, but very likely that alcohol users will not progress to using heroin.
Comment number 31.At 21:46 24th Sep 2011, carrick-bend wrote:
Hugo101, you link to research based on the established correlation between cruelty to animals and abuse of humans by other humans.
You have not responded, however, to my post 25.
It simply asks "Are you saying that everyone who hunts "enjoys the aspects of killing and inflecting cruelty" and therefore that everyone who hunts is "more likely to harm there(sic) partner and children"?"
"Yes" or "No" would suffice.
Comment number 32.At 21:51 24th Sep 2011, cath wrote:
And here we go!! You are hilarious OF.
Who precisely has fantasised about harming children? I have fantasised about Freddie, a tedious little /fictional/ character having his head eaten by a fox. Good job Hillaire Belloc's dead otherwise no doubt you'd have had him hung drawn and quartered.
I only wish I could truthfully say I 'd eaten three babies for dinner just to get the rise out of you! Ha ha ha ha ha.
Comment number 33.At 22:05 24th Sep 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:
I am now leaving here: it is too much of a bore to get out of here to where I want to be, and I don't think that bothering to check on references is how I want to spend the rest of the weekend. Bye all.
Comment number 34.At 17:26 26th Sep 2011, tremewan wrote:
John Lowe writes...."You should not have to explain or apologise for Autumn Hunting (as the lefties will now have us call it). Hunting is a perfectly natural country sport and should be unashamedly promoted within the programme. Jill's attitude towards Freddie's participation is distasteful, to say the least."
Dismissing all who disagree with hunting as "lefties" betrays a very immature and ignorant attitude. Does he not know that there are Labour supporters who agree with hunting (Melvyn Bragg is only one of many) and prominent Tories (Ann Widdicombe amongst them) who are fiercely anti-hunt? What would Mr Lowe have us call the pro-hunt lobby? "Fascists" maybe? The idea is laughable and shows a lack of understanding of a complex issue.
Furthermore, to say that Jill's anti-hunt stance is "distasteful" is the worst kind of fascism - in that it doesn't allow for the possibility of an alternative point of view to your own.
Please, Mr Lowe, accept the fact that whilst you may enjoy it, not all country dwellers (by a long way) support the acceptance of such a barbaric practice.
Comment number 35.At 20:47 26th Sep 2011, Pahnda wrote:
I'm happy with TA making people aware that the despicable practice of chasing a wild animal and ripping it to pieces for so-called SPORT is still alive and well in rural Britain. I hope that Freddie comes home and says how horrible it was and he never wants to go there again.
Comment number 36.At 07:19 28th Sep 2011, carrick-bend wrote:
Yes, much more humane for the foxes, if individuals become a problem to farmers, to be shot and often have a slow, lingering death, and for the rural fox population (which has no natural predators) to become visibly more unhealthy, so that seeing old, mangy foxes (the mange is a prevalent disease - I'm not using a slang term) becomes much more prevalent.
Comment number 37.At 10:57 28th Sep 2011, Nemo399 wrote:
Before the hunting ban, the sight of foxes in urban areas dying slowly and painfully from sarcoptic mange was unknown to me. Now I see them on a regular basis. I'm told that there's no connection between these two things, but I do wonder....As for the sight of what happened to the hens in a hen house after a fox got in, that was far from pleasant....nature red in tooth and claw...
Comment number 38.At 02:34 29th Sep 2011, Tarnation wrote:
When I was young I was anti hunting and refused to consider any other view.Just following my pack of peers you might say.Then I grew up and decided to find out for myself the pros and cons of both sides. When you do this the argument has to be on the side of hunting as the best form of control. A healthy fox will usually escape and the sick or old foxes ( usually the ones which will attack livestock and have to be controlled) will be dispatched quickly and cleanly. Unlike the shooting option which can lead to a slow lingering death. A lot of hunters and hunt followers are the farmers in the hunt area and it is not the "class war" that the weards with beards (of both sexes) who have hijacked the anti hunt lobby would have you believe. It would be helpful if some of these could also grow up and put forward a coherent argument instead of just parroting the same old phrases and mantras!
Comment number 39.At 08:44 5th Oct 2011, John_Riggins wrote:
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Comment number 40.At 14:34 9th Oct 2011, Bollynix wrote:
I'm ambivalent about fox hunting. I worked as a groom in a hunting yard and have been hunting but, as I say, I'm neither for nor against. However, I must just correct something that was said up thread (up blog?) and its something that gets trotted out everytime the hunting debate rears its head.
There is the idea that when a fox was hunted it was chased over a very long distance. This is correct.
However, the fox was not chased by a pack of foxhounds inches from its brush with the mounted field on the sterns (tails) of the hounds. This simply did not happen. The hounds were sent into the covert (a wood, a kale field) where foxes were known to be. A pack of fox hounds, with the followers makes a lot of noise and any fox would have taken it's leave as soon as the 'field' approached. The actual sport was the hounds working together to pick up the freshest scent. One would find the scent and start to 'sing' (bark/howl) its news to the rest of the pack. They would then follow the scent. They would be 15, 20, 30 or more minutes behind the fox. The hunstman and his 1 or two assistants would follow the hounds some way behind. The field of mounted followers were held back by the Master until the hounds are well away then they would go where they were told. They often didn't see the hounds again. 95% of them never saw the fox the hounds were hunting. A few would be there at a kill, but not many. And a kill was quick - the lead hound jumping on the fox and breaking its back before breaking its neck with a bite. Any 'tearing apart' was done by the hounds after death.
While this may be distastful to many, it is a totally different picture than the one painted so often of fox, hounds, mounted field just yards from each other for the duration of a hunt.
Comment number 41.At 20:48 13th Oct 2011, Tarnation wrote:
Well done Bollynix. A sensible explanation about what actually happens from someone who obviously knows. I notice no comments from the great unwashed! But then logical argument has never been their strong point. Just hysteria and threats make up their limited thought process. Or is there one out there who can string two sentences together without abuse?


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Rewind: Sunday Sitdown with Jennifer Wenk
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The Sherdog Radio Network "Rewind" makes its long-awaited return with a special "Sitdown" interview with a mover and shaker who has a unique...
Roundtable: UFC Fight Night 'Alves Vs Condit'
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The UFC returns to Brazil Saturday with two celebrated former welterweight title challengers at a career crossroads in the main event, and the...
Roundtable: UFC 187 Johnson Vs Cormier
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The UFC continues its Memorial Day weekend big show tradition this Saturday with two title fights at UFC 187, and the Sherdog Radio Network Roundtable convened in the ...