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Italian Cannoli
Cannoli forms/tubes - optional, but recommended if making traditional shaped cannoli.
How to make Cannoli without Shells/Forms/Metal tubes?
Nothing beats the original form to make a great looking Cannoli. But then here are some options you can try. I haven't personally used any of the following (I had the forms!) but this is a concise list from internet and from fellow daring baker's personal experiences. Hope this helps:
- Dried cannelloni pasta tubes work just as well!
- You can try using heavy duty aluminum foil and roll into a tight cylinder.
- Use broomstick handles! Cut down a thin broomstick to 4-6-inch lengths (or any length you require). Wash and scrub it well with hot soapy water until clean. Make sure the surface is smooth. Rinse in hot water and dry thoroughly. Use them as it is, which proved to be quite a problem for some fellow daring bakers since the dough got stuck to it. My tip that could possibly work is to wrap the broom handle with aluminum foil and then wrap the dough on it.
- Use steel curtain rods. Cut it into 4-6 inch pieces and use them as forms
- For the cannoli shells
- 2 cups (250 grams/8.82 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons(28 grams/1 ounce) sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams/0.06 ounces) unsweetened baking cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (1.15 grams/0.04 ounces) ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon (approx. 3 grams/0.11 ounces) salt
- 3 tablespoons (42 grams/1.5 ounces) vegetable or olive oil
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams/0.18 ounces) white wine vinegar ( I used rice vinegar)
- Approximately 1/2 cup (approx. 59 grams/approx. 4 fluid ounces/approx. 125 ml) sweet Marsala or any white or red wine you have on hand (I used Pomegranate juice - you can use grape,apple,cranberry etc. Just add little more vinegar to the dough)
- 1 large egg, separated (you will need the egg white but not the yolk)
- Vegetable or any neutral oil for frying – about 2 quarts (8 cups/approx. 2 litres)
- 1/2 cup (approx. 62 grams/2 ounces) toasted, chopped pistachio nuts, mini chocolate chips/grated chocolate and/or candied or plain zests, fruits etc.. for garnish
- Confectioners' sugar
- For the Savory filling
- 1 cup cannellini beans, cooked (canned works perfectly)
- 1 small red onion,chopped finely
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (or as per taste)
- 1/2-1 tsp Italian seasoning (as per taste)
- fresh parsley/cilantro leaves for garnish, chopped
- 1 tbsp melted butter/olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- For the Sweet filling - from Food Network Website
- 1 cup unsalted pistachios, toasted and chopped finely
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons golden raisins
- 1 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup ricotta
Note - If you want a chocolate cannoli dough, substitute a few tablespoons of the flour (about 25%) with a few tablespoons of dark, unsweetened cocoa powder (Dutch process) and a little more wine until you have a workable dough1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer or food processor, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt.
Cut the dough into two pieces. Keep the remaining dough covered while you work. Lightly flour a large cutting or pastry board and roll the dough until super thin, about 1/16 to 1/8" thick (An area of about 13 inches by 18 inches should give you that).
Oil the outside of the cannoli tubes (You only have to do this once, as the oil from the deep fry will keep them well, uhh, oiled..lol). Roll a dough oval from the long side (If square, position like a diamond, and place tube/form on the corner closest to you, then roll) around each tube/form and dab a little egg white on the dough where the edges overlap. (Avoid getting egg white on the tube, or the pastry will stick to it.) Press well to seal. Set aside to let the egg white seal dry a little.
Method - For the savory filling
Its the simplest savory version you can make with delicious results. Just mash the cannellini beans well
Method - For the Sweet Filling
In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream with 1 tablespoon of sugar until it holds a soft peak.
In a large bowl fold together the whipped cream, raisins, 1/3 of the chopped chocolate, 1/3 of the chopped pistachios and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Gently fold the whipped cream mixture into the ricotta. When ready to serve, spoon the filling into a pastry bag fitted with a fat round tip.
Blend the remaining chopped chocolate and pistachios on a plate.
To garnish: Dip each end of the cannoli into the chocolate pistachio mixture.
How to bake Cannoli instead of deep frying
If you prefer to steer clear of the deep fry, you can bake the shell. You won't get the snappy, blistery texture and appearance that make cannoli so special, but I'm sure it'll taste good nonetheless. Here's a link where the cook bakes some of his cannoli shells: http://www.ifood.tv/network/cannoli/recipes
VanessaFebruary 18th, 2015 on 8:56 am
Hi! I'm making cannolis for the first time this weekend, though I admit to using premade cannoli shells. My question is: can I make the filling with just heavy whipped cream and omit the ricotta? I don't care for the texture. My concern is that the filling – essentially whipped cream with sugar, amaretto, lemon and raspberries, might be too light and not stay in the cannoli shell. Any suggestions or thoughts? Thank you!
carmenSeptember 29th, 2014 on 3:09 pm
simply out of curiosity, i ordered shells once (my grandmother is saying every bad maltese word ever known right now). they don't come close, to say the least. you will be better off just frying pieces of dough and putting the filling on top. this way you get the true flavor in less time.
sueSeptember 10th, 2014 on 5:49 pm
Wondering if premade shells are sold anywhere. This seems like a lot of work so know why canollies are expensive. Also, what can be used to avoid buying the tubes?
Giselle KomanichNovember 29th, 2013 on 8:59 pm
This was amazing! I made this for my friends and family and they all loved it. PS: I only made the sweet one………….
It was so delicious! Thank you so much!
PSS: You should get a recipe for sweet potato marshmallow casserole!!!
Jim DiPasqualeNovember 17th, 2013 on 10:34 pm
An easy and quick cannoli dessert: mix the ricotta filling as you wish—sometimes just mix ricotta, conf. sugar and orange zest. You can now use quartered pizzelle—not anise flavor) to scoop into the ricotta filling. Pizzelle can be made at home or purchased when grocery shopping. Most major grocers carry packages of this pastry. I'm gluten intolerant and make my own pizzelle—and no one can tell the difference.
jillNovember 5th, 2013 on 12:52 pm
real cannoli filling is marscapone cheese filling like in tiramisu.. and the finishing stuff is candied dried watermelon rine and chocolate chips..
SusanOctober 30th, 2013 on 7:52 am
We really enjoyed your recipe. They were a big hit.
The only thing we changed up was the prep for the raisins; we chopped the raisins so they would pass through the pastry bag easier.
Grazie per la deliziosa ricetta cannoli voi!
KristieMay 25th, 2013 on 1:49 am
was looking around at recipes n got n idea, canoli filled w/ a cream cheese/cheesecake like base mixed w/ cocolate chips n strawberries. perfect for summer?
MariaFebruary 11th, 2013 on 1:02 pm
First of all, well done. They look awesome! Secondly, it is an unforgivable sin to say that cannoli are Italian-American pastries. They are Sicilian (not even Italian), and no one does them better (or even the same), except one famous cafe' in Malta, where I come from.
Anna:)April 27th, 2011 on 4:42 pm
i am not allowed to cut up my mother's broom. But i heard you can make forms out of tin foil. Is this true???????
Fran ForinoDecember 30th, 2010 on 8:40 pm
NO real Italian would put beans in a cannoli shell
Yeah may be..but I am no Italian
carmenDecember 29th, 2010 on 10:07 am
in response to peanutts question about cannoli forms: my family is Maltese so i grew up with this delicious treat. my grandfather cut up a broom stick handle for my grandmother's cannoli forms. the wood works fine since it becomes saturated with oil over time (just like a healthy cutting board). go to home depot (or such store) and buy a dowel, they will cut it for you if you aren't big on saws. make sure to sand down the edges so they are splinter free. "fry them" for a bit to allow oil to permeate the wood and give them a good rub down with a lint free towel. now you have true old school cannoli forms. good luck!
Good galJuly 17th, 2010 on 8:29 am
i dont have a deep frier so i'd use the method where i use the oven. exactly how long should i cook it??
Although I haven't personally tried it , see if this works for you : Place the dough wrapped tubes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 F for 20- 30 minutes ,or until the pastry is dry and set. Remove the pastry shells from the tubes immediately otherwise it might stick to the tube. Grip the pastry in one hand, protected with a clean towel or paper towel and pull out the tube with tongs.Cool the cannoli shells on a rack before filling. Store the shells in an airtight container at room temperature. Courtesy link – http://www.mangiabenepasta.com/cannoli.html
meenakshiJune 21st, 2010 on 12:39 am
hello mam ,is cadbury cocoa powder same as unsweetened baking cocoa powder? if not then what is the substitute for this as i want to make it asap.
warm regards
I dont get cadbury brand here – but if yours says "Unsweetened" then thats the one to use. –DK
SheraApril 20th, 2010 on 12:08 pm
I am so excited that I found your site with all the wonderful cannoli ideas! I am amazed how wonderful and delicious your fillings are also! Thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes and I will be making my cannolis today for sure! The other fillings are also impressive and a wonderful lunch idea or great for a cocktail party! Thank you so much!… Shera :))
Tanja ObradovicJanuary 21st, 2010 on 6:11 am
Odlicno e da mozemo menjati recepte i tako unesemo delic svake zemlje i kulture u svom domu!
Yes, it indeed is. Its no wonder the language of Food is universal –DK
December 2nd, 2009 on 3:12 am
wow, that looks so amazing. I'm jealous. Amazing photos there
November 30th, 2009 on 6:14 am
WOW WOW WOW! Your cannoli turned out so amazing, I can't stop looking at the photos, especially those bean filled savory yummies (I'm so sick of sweet cannoli after frying and eating them all month!). Gorgeous photos too, and a fantastic write up! Oh..did I mention your shells are blistery perfection? Thank you so much for deep frying with me this month, and I'm so glad you, your family and friends, loved them!
November 29th, 2009 on 6:56 pm
Oh yummmm! Is there any thing else i can use instead of those metal tubes for shaping them? THis looks like a great recipe to try for a tea party , sure to impress people
This sure is a party hit…mine went off in matter of seconds! I have a section in the post called "How to make Cannoli without Shells/Forms/Metal tubes?" – You can check it for ideas to make them without it. Hope it helps –DK
November 29th, 2009 on 12:10 pm
I'm not going to call you DK anymore. Inimel PS dhaan, porumaiyin sigaram.
Look who is talking! Then I should probably call you PU "Porumayin Utchakattam"!!!
November 29th, 2009 on 7:02 am
WOWS, I love your shells. So nicely made Great job there!
November 29th, 2009 on 6:19 am
Seriously thats awesome dhivi..had you not put in steps I would hardly have understood what this is..but they are so lovely..no wonder those disappeared so fast! remember this when you come down ok..not sure how many you will have to cook for me..:
November 28th, 2009 on 6:41 am
Stunning pictures and gorgeous cannoli, feel like grabbing few!
November 28th, 2009 on 5:39 am
November 28th, 2009 on 12:38 am
this cannoli look absolutely perfect, stunning, delicious. Your Pictures are amazing.
November 27th, 2009 on 8:04 pm
WOW WOW WOW I'm stunned how wonderful they look some of the nicest cannoli I have very seen and you did two versions of the fillings both sound delicious. Bravo bravo bravo and kudos to you especially with disappearing cannoli to photgraph. Cheers from Audax in Australia.
November 27th, 2009 on 2:18 pm
Tes cannoli sont superbes avec des garnitures bien appétissantes . Tes photos sont vraiment très belles
Merci beaucoup — DK
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Nassau, Bahamas - The 25th ranked NC State gymnastics team took first place in its first meet of the 2001 season. The Wolfpack came out on top at the Bahamas Breeze Invitational with a team score of 192.550. NC State downed two other ranked squads, No. 24 Kentucky (192.450) and No. 23 BYU (191.650).
The Wolfpack entered its last rotation 0.900 points behind Kentucky. The Pack then put together a meet-high 49.050 on the uneven bars to overtake the Wildcats by a margin of 0.100 points.
Senior Kelli Brown kicked off her final season with a strong showing. Brown took first on floor with a score of 9.875 and also the bars with a 9.9. Overall, Brown took second in the all-around with a score of 39.075. Brown was also fourth on vault (9.8) and sixth on bars (9.5).
A trio of gymnasts returned to action after missing last season with injuries. Senior Amy Langendorf, who tore her ACL in the first meet last year, competed on bars and came away with a score of 9.725 for ninth place. Fellow senior Aimee Panton returned from a broken arm and competed on three events. Panton scored a 9.625 on vault (11th), 9.65 on bars (12th) and 8.95 on floor (17th). Junior Marlyn Madey has been unable to compete each of the past two seasons because of a foot injury also competed in three events. Madey captured sixth on bars with a 9.8, 12th on floor with a 9.625, and 17th on beam (8.9).
Senior Laura Jazab placed fifth on the bars with a 9.825 and also sixth on beam (9.5). Junior Stephanie Southard looked strong by scoring a 9.775 on vault and 9.8 on bars. Classmate Cara Dougherty was fifth on beam (9.525) and seventh on floor (9.725).
Competing in their first collegiate meets were freshmen Jessica Campbell and Cori Goldstein. Campbell scored a 9.6 on vault for 13th place, while Goldstein was seventh on floor (9.725) and 15th on beam (9.075).
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Team Standings: 1) NC State 192.550, 2) Kentucky 192.450, 3) BYU 191.650
All-Around: 2) Kelli Brown, 39.075
Vault: T-4) Kelli Brown, 9.8, 6) Stephanie Southard, 9.775, T-11) Aimee Panton, 9.625, T-13) Jessica Campbell, 9.6, 15) Alison Bundy, 9.575, 16) Molly Pennington, 9.15.
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When I went vegan one of the things that overwhelmed me, more than reading food labels, was figuring out which animal-free and all-natural body products and cleaning products to buy. After all, the labels on foods are pretty easy to decipher. For example, look at these peanut butter ingredients:
Peanuts, salt.
Compare that with the ingredients in a Twinkie:
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Clearly, there are several non-vegan ingredients, but even from a distance I could have already put the package down based on the crazy long list of ingredients and a virtual who's who of pseudo-foods I have no interest in eating. (As an aside here, beef fat? Who in the creation of a cake has ever said, "You know what this yellow cake needs? A bit of beef fat!")
So the food part was easy, especially if one sticks to the section of the grocery store where labels aren't needed – the produce section. However, when it came to body products and cleaning products, the process was trickier. After all, just because I might not be familiar with the term "lauryl polyglucose," which is an ingredient in glass cleaner, doesn't mean that it's necessarily bad. What is it and is it plant-based? And what about animal testing? The companies that don't test on animals often put a jumping bunny logo on their products with the words "Not tested on animals, no animal ingredients." However, not every company does that, and where to start?
Finally, even after purchasing the product there was a trial period, because not every product works as well as one might hope. It takes time to find products that live up to the task, while remaining in alignment with my values of compassion and desire to use products that are healthful. I remember wishing at the time that there was a list of animal-friendly and natural products I could refer to and just buy those, at least as a starting point. With that in mind, I'm planning on writing about the various cleaners and body products that I make or buy in the coming weeks.
Today, I'm starting with the first thing that goes on after a shower – deodorant. Like many of us, when I started using it as a pre-teen, I just used what my mom brought home, which was the brand she'd been using since she was a pre-teen. As an adult, I based my choices around the ad campaigns that I liked. (Very discriminating standards, as you can tell…) Now that I was coming at it from a health perspective (both of my health and the health of bunnies, guinea pigs, and mice, on whom many body products are tested), I was looking at it through a different lens. Now I needed a product without animal ingredients, animal testing, aluminum, parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates, and propylene glycol. This also meant I'd be moving from antiperspirant to deodorant. I didn't relish the thought, honestly. I liked feeling dry all day. And pit stains? Not cute. Still, I was up for the challenge.
I tried brand after brand of natural deodorants on the shelves of my natural food store. The results? Not pretty. Finally, I heard about Lavanila Deodorant. It's a natural deodorant, and it got rave reviews. The ingredient list, which starts with aloe juice, looked good. They don't use ingredients that were tested on animals, and the final product is not tested on animals. There was only one small problem – the cost. While I was used to spending a few dollars on my deodorant, Lavanila costs $18. (Updated to add: Lavanila Deodorant is now available online for $14.) This seemed ridiculously steep for something I was just going to rub on my armpits everyday. But I bit the bullet, paid the 18 bucks, and gloriously, it worked. At the end of the day, I was still smelling fresh and clean. (It didn't keep me dry, but it's a deodorant, not an antiperspirant.)
As I was nearing the end of my roll, a friend mentioned to me that she makes her own deodorant using coconut oil, corn starch or arrowroot powder, and baking soda. I was intrigued but unsure. Would it work? Did I want to make something else in my life from scratch? Still, my friend said she'd been doing it for a year with great results and that one batch lasts a long time. I had all of the ingredients in my kitchen already, and so one afternoon I took the leap.
I mixed the coconut oil, corn starch, and baking soda in a bowl. The coconut oil mixes easier when it's a warm liquid as opposed to a cool solid. (If it's too hard to mix easily, use your fingers, and the warmth of your hands will liquefy it, making it easier to use.) I moved the deodorant into a jar, and then I took a small amount onto my fingers and rubbed it into my underarm area. I've been using it for the past couple of months, and I'm hooked. Not only does it keep me smelling sweet, I find it keeps me pretty dry as well, even when biking in the summer heat.
Even without taking the cost into consideration, I like it better than the $18 Lavanila. It just involves mixing three ingredients, and I keep it in the cupboard of my bathroom. Since coconut oil is a liquid in heat and a solid when cool, the consistency varies upon temperature but it works equally well regardless. I haven't had any problem with the oils staining my clothes.
I've noticed there are a million and one variations on this recipe all over the web, but I believe this version from Passionate Homemaking is the original. Some people use more or less of the ingredients, some people just use coconut oil alone, and some include things like essential oils for fragrance. Personally, I like the coconutty, tropical smell as-is. I've read some people complain that the baking soda and/or corn starch gives them a rash in certain quantities, and so if you find that, increase the coconut oil. I have sensitive skin, and I haven't had any problem with it.
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But this called third strike was so bad, I just had to post something about it.
Umpire Marty Foster called the balls and strikes Monday night during the Rangers' 5-4 win over the Rays in Arlington. I didn't watch the game -- there was some basketball game going on at the time -- but Deadspin does an admirable job of chastising Foster, nonetheless.
From Deadspin (view the .gif of the pitch here if you'd like)
This was the strikeout the ended the game, a 5-4 Texas victory, and Tampa Bay is wondering what could should have been. Joe Nathan had been shaky. He had already given up one run. There was a runner on first. Ben Zobrist saw that Nathan couldn't find the plate, so he never once took the bat off his shoulder over a six-pitch at-bat. Every pitch was out of the strike zone. Three of them were called strikes, with strike three being the most egregious of all. This is how baseball makes you sad.
Joe Maddon was furious, taking to his Twitter account afterward to opine, "That can't happen in a major league game." Joe Nathan, who locked down his 300th career save, knew he got away with one. "It's pretty safe to say we got fortunate," he said. Even Marty Foster owned up to his oopsie. And this was all presumably before anyone saw the pitch tracker.
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Shabby Love started like so many small businesses. When Hannah married her husband, a horticulturist who took a job at an estate in Virginia, friends and family donated a bunch of what she calls ugly furniture. "I've always been a hands on person," she said. "My whole life I was always really artsy, so I started taking these pieces and fixing them and painting them." Soon enough her friends asked her to do the same thing for their furniture and urged her to start a business. "They'd say 'Hannah, you're really good at this. You should start a business.' And I'd just laugh and tell them 'no, I don't want to do that.'"
Eventually, after moving to a part of Virginia that has more thrift stores than bars, Hannah started attending estate sales to buy furniture to restore. "I was really inspired by all the old furniture here," she said. Pretty soon, after further prompting from her friends, she started a small website on which she could advertise her upcycled masterpieces." "It just took off she said, it blew up!" Hannah's work became so popular that people begged her to open a store. Again she resisted, but the demand was so great despite the extraordinarily small population that Shabby Love was almost born of its own free will.
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Earlier this week, we showed you some of the most outrageous dog costumes on the web. Now, here's a look at some funny costumes for babies!
Earlier this week, we showed you some of the most outrageous dog costumes on the web. Now, here's a look at some funny costumes for babies!
Halloween isn't just about candy and haunted houses—it's about creating lifelong memories with your kids. You can take them to a pumpkin patch and carve a pumpkin, you can pick out a design together and then build the best costume ever. There are so many wholesome activities to share with your darling children.
Or ... you could traumatize them. Let's not forget, Halloween is also about playing magnificent pranks against your naturally unsuspecting kids. Here are 10 ways to traumatize them this Halloween:
A few years back, Diane decided she was going to be Marilyn Monroe for Halloween. Since I had no idea what I wanted to be, I figured I'd go as legendary Yankee and Marilyn love interest Joe DiMaggio, so we'd be a couple. But I'm a Mets fan, so I made a small adjustment. As you can see, it didn't go so well.
As Halloween draws near, shut the lights off, grab your pet, a well-worn blanket, and curl up to read about some of the most spine-tingling and frightening places on Earth. As the ghost stories of each place draw you in, be aware of that disembodied footstep or strange rapping noise-it may just be a spirit trying to reach out to you!
One of our new favorite things about Halloween is funny, candid pictures of people being scared senseless in a haunted house. We had to ask ourselves though, what were they seeing that was so scary? We put our heads together, and we think we've figured it out. Here are our guesses at what was so scary in that haunted house. Because it certainly wasn't a guy in a wolf mask jumping out of nowhere.
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September 27, 2011 5:00 am
The 2006 draft has served as a major talent influx for the top forces in the NL West.
I'd wanted to write about Clayton Kershaw because I haven't discussed him in as much detail as his season merits, but finding a fresh angle proved to be difficult. Improved control? Done. Comparisons to Sandy Koufax? Done. A thousand other things? Done.
September 23, 2011 12:00 pm
A combination of injuries and an anemic offense led to another mediocre season by the Bay.
Kiss 'Em Goodbye is a series focusing on MLB teams as their postseason dreams fade—whether in September (or before), the league division series, league championship series or World Series. It combines an overview from Baseball Prospectus, a front-office take from former MLB GM Jim Bowden, a best- and worst-case scenario ZiPS projection for 2012 from Dan Szymborski, and Kevin Goldstein's farm system overview.
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August 10, 2011 9:00 am
In the wake of the Phillies/Giants brawl this past weekend, BP's staff of writers recall their most memorable basebrawls of all time.
June 8, 2011 9:00 am
Oakland's rotation takes another hit, Hanley hits the DL, John Lackey returns but remains in the woods, and Brian Roberts and Denard Span offer additional opportunities for concussion discussion.
Brett Anderson, OAK (Left elbow soreness)
Anderson made multiple visits to the disabled list with elbow and forearm injuries in 2010. The first stint, for a strain of the flexor tendon, lasted a little over a month. This tendon lies directly over the ulnar collateral ligament of Tommy John fame and helps to absorb some of the forces placed upon the ligament. Anderson made two appearances after returning from that scare before heading back to the disabled list with general elbow inflammation. This time it took him almost two months to come back, but by the time he did, something had changed. His velocity was reduced from what it had been in the second half of 2009, even if his results were still good.
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April 8, 2011 8:42 am
Do early-season phenoms fade once the rest of the league learns to stop giving them pitches to hit?
Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work being done elsewhere on the internet, we'll be yielding the stage once a week to the best and brightest baseball writers, researchers and thinkers from outside of the BP umbrella. If you'd like to nominate a guest contributor (including yourself), please drop us a line.
March 31, 2011 9:00 am
Pegging BP's favorites in both leagues, both in the standings and for the major awards.
Today we reveal the Baseball Prospectus staff predictions for the division standings and the major player awards (MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year) in the American and National Leagues. Each staff member's division standings predictions may be found later in the article. Here, we present a wisdom-of-the-crowds summary of the results. In each table you'll find the average rank of each team in their division with first-place votes in parentheses, plus the results of our pre-season MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year voting.
For the MVP voting, we've slightly amended the traditional points system in place that has been used elsewhere, dropping fourth- and fifth-place votes to make it 10-7-5 for the MVP Award, and the regular 5-3-1 for the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards (that's 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a second-place vote, etc.). Next to each of these selections we've listed the total number of ballots, followed by the total number of points, and then the number of first-place votes in parentheses, if any were received.
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March 31, 2011 9:00 am
Does Billy Beane's sh*t work in the trainer's room?
The Team Injury Projections are here, driven by our brand new injury forecasting system, the Comprehensive Health Index [of] Pitchers [and] Players [with] Evaluative Results—or, more succinctly, CHIPPER. Thanks to work by Colin Wyers and Dan Turkenkopf and a database loaded with injuries dating back to the 2002 season—that's nearly 4,600 players and well over 400,000 days lost to injury—we now have a system that produces injury-risk assessments to three different degrees. CHIPPER projects ratings for players based on their injury history—these ratings measure the probability of a player missing one or more games, 15 or more games, or 30 or more games. CHIPPER will have additional features added to it throughout the spring and early season that will enhance the accuracy of our injury coverage.
These ratings are also available in the Player Forecast Manager (pfm.baseballprospectus.com), where they'll be sortable by league or position—you won't have to wait for us to finish writing this series in order to see the health ratings for all of the players.
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March 30, 2011 9:00 am
A few pitchers had very strong springs, and Craig has the details on which ones matter during the regular season.
Fantasy season opens tomorrow, but it's not too late to consider a couple of starting pitchers who enjoyed strong springs. This article is a complimentary piece to last week's look at the hot hitters of spring. Almost all of us have drafted our teams for the year, but these pitchers may warrant either a waiver pickup or a trade offer as we prepare for the season to start.
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February 25, 2011 9:00 am
After the King, a deluge of middle-tier Junior Circuit starters.
These are the American League starting pitcher fantasy rankings for 2011. Check out our previous first base, second base, third base, shortstop, catcher, left fielder, center fielder, right fielder, and closer installments. NL starting pitcher will be published Monday.
February 7, 2011 9:00 am
Rob McQuown gives more keeper tips and dives into draft preparation notes.
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July 29, 2010 8:00 am
Why what are reported as minor forearm and elbow problems often end in major surgery.
There are few things more frustrating to the uninformed observer (a label I wouldn't hesitate to apply to myself in this instance) than the DL dance that often precedes a pitcher's disappearance into ligament-replacement limbo. We've all endured that feeling of agonized uncertainty as a player upon whom our chosen team's playoff hopes rest hangs suspended over the 60-day abyss by a fraying flexor tendon or a lacerated ligament; of course, any anxiety we feel must be little more than a microcosm of the emotional suffering (to say nothing of the physical discomfort) experienced by the ailing athlete himself.
The narrative can unfold in any number of ways. Maybe the protagonist hears the proverbial "pop" and walks off the mound, clutching his arm in pain as a hush descends upon the assembled onlookers. In other cases, he experiences some soreness on his throw day or while warming in the bullpen and doesn't answer the bell. Grim faces appear in post-game interviews; quite likely our hero has suffered from arm trouble before, and worries all the more by virtue of his familiarity with his foe.
July 7, 2010 8:00 am
Oakland has quality young pitching but sorely needs some power hitting, along with notes from around the major leagues.
The Athletics for the span of eight seasons from 1999-2006, defied the idea that a small-market team could not consistently contend. They won four American League West titles during that time and made the playoffs as the wild card on two other occasions. General manager Billy Beane's ability to build a team by finding economic inefficiencies in the player market became immortalized in Moneyball, Michael Lewis' seminal book.


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DOVER, Del. (June 1, 2008) -- Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 DEWALT NANO Technology Ford Fusion look to be on an upswing after finishing fourth in Sunday's Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway – their fourth top 10 in a row and second top-five finish in the last four races. Though Kenseth only managed a 21st place qualifying effort during Friday afternoon's time trials, he was confident heading into the 400-lap event, as he posted respectable times during the weekend's practice sessions and was comfortable with the setup of the No. 17. Though Kenseth managed to turn 22 of the race's fastest laps, long green flag runs separated the field and Kyle Busch won the race in a dominating fashion – five seconds ahead of second place.
Roush Fenway Racing driver, Greg Biffle led the 43-car field to green at the Monster Mile on Sunday afternoon. Kenseth rolled off 21st and by lap 15 he had put the DEWALT NANO Technology Ford Fusion in 13th place.
Just seventeen laps into the race however, contact in turn two between David Gilliland and Elliott Sadler triggered an 11-car wreck that ruined the afternoon for several Chase contenders and forced NASCAR to red flag the race. Kenseth avoid the melee and when the race restarted, he made his way to pit road for the first stop of the day.
Though Kenseth reported that he was pleased with the overall handling of his Ford Fusion, he said that "it's getting looser and looser the longer the run." With that in mind, crew chief Chip Bolin called for only air pressure adjustments to Kenseth's Ford. After the No. 17 made the adjustments, bolted on four fresh tires and filled the DEWALT Ford with fuel, Kenseth rejoined the race in 14th place.
On lap 41, Kenseth broke into the top 10 and by lap 62, when caution waved for the second time he was running sixth. After a routine pit stop during the caution period, Kenseth exited the pits in fourth place.
Kenseth maintained fourth position throughout three cycles of green flag pit stops. And after his final stop on lap 319, Kenseth was still scored in fourth place, where he would ultimately finish the race.
The final laps of the 400-mile event stayed green for 153 laps and Busch gained a total of five seconds over runner-up Carl Edwards en route to his fourth win of 2008. Greg Biffle finished third, while Kenseth was fourth and Jeff Gordon followed to complete the top five.
The second consecutive solid finish for Kenseth and the No. 17 team did not give them any gains in the point standings. However the fourth-place finish did close the gap on 12th place and Kenseth is now only 95 points out.
Roush Fenway Racing put three cars in the top five - Edwards, Biffle and Kenseth - for the first time since July 2006 at New Hampshire. All five Roush Fenway Racing Fords finished in the top 15 – Jamie McMurray, 10th and David Ragan 15th.
"It was a good day," said Kenseth. "We started off and were pretty fast on the long run and then we kind of got off to the loose side and we tightened it up and then the track tightened up on us and we just got too tight in the center. It was a great run for us though. We're definitely making progress. We're moving the right way here lately and have been getting some good runs put together, so it feels good to have the DEWALT car at least up in the top five.
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Kenseth and the No. 17 team will travel to Pocono, Penn. next week for the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. The racing action will be broadcast live on FOX television and MRN radio affiliates beginning at 2:30 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, June 8.
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Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR's largest team operating 13 motorsports teams. Five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun; and three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Kvapil, John Wes Townley and Bobby East; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.


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Mike Boos has been named vice president of zoological operations at Busch Gardens, the top zoological position at the Tampa park. Boos, 43, replaces Glenn Young, who retired at the end of June.
Mike Boos has been named vice president of zoological operations at Busch Gardens, the top zoological position at the Tampa park. Boos, 43, replaces Glenn Young, who retired at the end of June.
Thanks to modern technology, SeaWorld Orlando employees and animals were able to fulfill a final wish from a 48-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor to meet a dolphin.
Manta recently celebrated its one year new birthday. We sat down with Brian Morrow, Corporate Director of Creative Development and Manta designer for a Q & A session.
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Last Friday, SeaWorld Orlando employees took part in a unique conservation-related project to help restore dead oyster reefs in the Indian River Lagoon in Central Florida.
Volunteers helped make oyster shell mats that will eventually be distributed into the Mosquito Lagoon.
March 9, 2010
At SeaWorld and Busch Gardens we are proud of our successful breeding program. The time, care, commitment our employees dedicate to these animals; aided by their passion and dedication, ensures healthy moms and babies. Enjoy this slide show featuring some of our parks' recent animal additions.
Ever want to know what it's like to work with some of the world's most amazing animals? We interviewed just a few of the many dedicated employees at our parks and discovered their inspiration and what's most rewarding about their jobs. Take a look - you might even find out about the not-so-glamorous moments, too.
February 24, 2010
February 24, 2010
It is with great sadness that I report that one of our most experienced animal trainers drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales this afternoon, February 24, 2010 at our SeaWorld Orlando park.
We have initiated an investigation to determine, to the extent possible, what occurred. There are no other details to share at this point, but we will make our findings known in due course.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to Legal Residents of the United States who reside within 50 miles of the city of Tampa, Florida. Entrants must be 18 or older on the date of submission of their entry. Void where prohibited by law.
The Busch Gardens Fun Card Photo Contest (the "Contest") begins at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 14, 2010 and ends at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on April 26, 2010 (the "Contest Period").


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NORTHERN TRAIL. Crime scene investigators look for evidence inside the treasurer's office in the town hall of Compostela, some 25 kilometers north of Cebu City. Carmen and Sogod also reported similar burglaries yesterday. (Allan Cuizon)
SERIAL robbers are at it again.
Another LBC outlet was robbed before noon yesterday, this time the branch along a busy street in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.
Six robberies so far this year have cost LBC outlets in Cebu a total of P191,000. Combined, the five outlets that were robbed before yesterday lost P167,000.
The outlet in yesterday's case lost P24,000 in cash and valuables to two unidentified men within
just three minutes.
It was the third time it got robbed since it started operating, police said.
The outlet has no security guard and its closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera bogged down; the police have been saying these factors place any establishment at a greater risk of getting robbed.
In the first half this year, an average of 374 robberies occurred in Central Visayas per month, records from the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division of Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 showed.
From January to June, there were 2,249 robberies recorded by police, which was 25 percent of all crimes against properties. Theft remained the most common crime, with 6,634 incidents or 75 percent of all crimes against property.
The latest robbery took place at 11:30 a.m. yesterday, when two men suddenly entered the outlet, said SPO3 Marcos Noval Jr. of Mandaue City Police Office's (MCPO) Investigation and Detective Management Branch.
One of the suspects, clad in a white shirt, went directly to clerk Queenie Pie Diaz, 21. His cohort, who wore a helmet, sat down on the bench where customers sit to wait for their transaction.
The suspect declared a hold-up and opened the two drawers with one hand while the other hand was placed behind his back, as if he held a gun.
The suspect then took the P9,000 cash and P6,000 cash placed in each drawer. He led Diaz to the back room and took a mobile phone worth P9,000 and P300 cash owned by Shienna Uy, 22, the other clerk.
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Noval said that the suspect was apparently planning to lock Diaz in the bathroom, but left her and immediately ran outside. The two suspects then fled onboard a red XRM motorcycle.
Uy, who had gone out to buy lunch, came back several minutes later and learned from Diaz about what happened.
PO1 Jom Rosas of Subangdaku Police Station, who was patrolling several meters away, heard about it from residents and immediately proceeded to the scene.
Rosas, when interviewed by Sun.Star Cebu, said he checked the outlet at 10 a.m., about 90 minutes before the robbers struck.
He is assigned at the beat patrol and the area is one of his assignments since the outlet has been robbed several times. It was reportedly robbed in November last year and during the Holy Week.
"Mobisita gud ko diha pirmi. Maglingkodlingkod. Posible nagbantay ra gyud to sila (I visit that outlet a lot. It's possible the robbers were monitoring the joint)," he said.
The outlet is equipped with a CCTV camera but it stopped operating yesterday after it was reportedly affected by the fluctuating electricity supply.
Senior Insp. Jimmy Fortes, head of MCPO's IDMB, said they will ask the management to check their computer system because it may have recorded the suspects.
Edu Jay Ando, the outlet's supervisor, declined to issue any statement yet regarding the incident. The outlet also suspended its operation after the robbery.
Noval said they will invite the female clerks for questioning as part of their standard operating
procedure. Diaz has only been working in the LBC outlet for three weeks, while Uy has been there for less than a year.
During the robbery, an elderly customer was sitting on the bench and busy texting. The customer told Sun.Star Cebu he didn't hear any commotion nor notice the suspect who sat beside him.
"Wa gyud ko kabantay kay busy sad ko ug text (I didn't notice anything. I was busy texting)," he said. He had just dropped off some clothes to be delivered to Manila.
The customer said the clerk then went out from the room and informed him that they got robbed.
"Ato ning sutaon gyud kung unsay tinuod (We'll find out what really happened here)," Noval said.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on August 27, 2014.
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Apparently the older, hipper kids are into Mahfood's work plenty. For a long stretch last year, Jim had a weekly gig with the Bombshelter Crew, Arizona's premier DJs. Emile, Radar and Z-Trip spun live at Anderson's Fifth Estate while Jim created "big-ass (5-by-2-foot) marker drawings of hip-hop heroes like Run-D.M.C. and Public Enemy, onstage with them. I worked on upright glass panels while they spun -- three DJs, six tables and me. It was crazy. I wanted to do looser, more freestyle shit, and they dug my work, so we hooked up." For Mahfood, those shows were a throwback to the hip-hop jams immortalized in the film Breakin', where MCs and DJs worked the crowd while graf artists threw up murals and B-boys battled. It was also a rare opportunity for a visual artist to perform for a live audience as opposed to the seclusion of his studio, where he spends most of his time. "Six days a week, eight or nine hours a day to meet my deadlines," Mahfood says.
The fruits of those 50-hour workweeks will pay off this summer, when Oni Comics releases the collected soft-cover version of the Grrl Scouts series, as well as a collection of his Stupid Comics, a feature Mahfood has been doing for the Arizona weekly paper Java. "I've also got a story coming out in the The Simpsons Comics Treehouse of Horror No. 6. It's a Simpsons story, but I get to do it my way, not like the usual Simpsons stuff." He's quick to note that all of his books will be available at Star Clipper Comics and the Fantasy Shop: "St. Louis pride, baby!"
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The Frangipani Hotel In Bequia
Posted on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
It is well-equipped with a bathroom, an icebox and comfortable sleep, but due to sea breezes you could find the air conditioning a non essential.
The food at the restaurant is wonderful with breakfast, lunch and supper menus and the Thursday Night Jump Up is not to be overlooked if only for the large buffet of local dishes like curry shrimp…
Once you visit The Frangipani Hotel in Bequia in the Caribbean, book the Air-conditioned Deluxe Room with a fantastic view of Admiralty Bay.
It's well-equipped with a bathroom, an icebox and comfortable sleep, but because of sea breezes you may find the air-conditioning a non essential.
The food at the restaurant is great with breakfast, lunch and supper menus and the Thursday Night Jump Up is not to be missed if perhaps for the large buffet of regional dishes like breadfruit, curry shrimp salad and conch.
The bar staff couldn't be friendlier, and you need to take to a few of the niche products from the selection offering local herbs. The bar staff provides you with great tips for other restaurants, shores and water taxis.
The crowd varies from hotel people to the occasional yacht crowd moored in for the night and taking in some food and drink at the restaurant.
The place near city helps as the Belmont pathway usually takes you to various restaurants and you are no more than 10 minutes stroll to downtown and the ferry pier to St. Vincent.
There is a fantastic, conscious staff on deck and you get yourself a good mosquito net for precaution, so you needn't be worried about either protection or bugs.
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Just keep in mind that is perhaps not an elegant de luxe, while you may find in Europe or the China. You will not get bath gowns, or 24 hour service. Hotels in Bequia, as in many elements of the less well-known Caribbean, are just the same.Its a clear place to stay with a terrific environment.
The Frangipani is a superb place to introduce you to Bequia. Situated, good food and good cost.
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The White House says U.S. military involvement in Libya does not set a precedent for how the U.S. will handle similar uprisings in other countries throughout the Middle East.
Deputy national security adviser Denis McDonough says the administration judges each situation separately and based on what is in the best interest of the U.S. He says there are no plans for the U.S. to intervene militarily in Syria, where security forces are cracking down on protesters.
McDonough spoke at the White House ahead of President Barack Obama's Monday night speech on his rationale for U.S. military involvement in Libya. Officials are reluctant to discuss details of Obama's speech, including whether Obama would lay out a timeline for ending U.S. military actions.
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Jim Paschke caught up with Joel Przybilla at a Bucks event.
A Summer Visit with Brandon Jennings
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Bucks guard Brandon Jennings discusses some of his summer activities, the Bucks off-season transactions and his upcoming basketball camp.
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Tickets for Bucks Preseason Games on Sale Friday
Tickets for the Milwaukee Bucks four Wisconsin-based preseason home games, including two at the BMO Harris Bradley Center and one each at the La Crosse Center (La Crosse) and the Resch Center (Green Bay), will go on sale TOMORROW, Friday, Aug. 17.
Bucks Sign Free-Agent Center Joel Przybilla
NBA Pioneer Wayne Embry to Receive Legends Award at Fellowship Open in Milwaukee
Forty years after the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks named him the first African-American general manager in all of professional sports, Hall of Famer Wayne Embry returns to Milwaukee on August 17 to be honored by the annual Fellowship Open golf tournament with its Legends Award.
On Schedule Pt. II
The second half of a basketball game is no more important than the first half. No matter how it feels. However, the second half of a basketball game is certainly different than the first half. It is the outcome of halftime adjustments. It marks the separation between a team that loses energy and one whose focus rises as the game clock dwindles.
No Dream; Just Reality
Are you among those who have been impressed with the United States men's basketball team and its accomplishments in the 2012 Olympic Games in London?
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Updated at: 05/10/2013 2:19 PM
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ALBANY - New York is one of the top five states for Lyme disease. That's not good for people who are diagnosed because there's no good test for the illness so confirmed cases could be well below the actual number of people infected.
Calls for better testing along with better treatment were on the agenda today at a rally in Albany, part of the worldwide Lyme Disease Awareness Day.
There's controversy in the medical community about how long lasting Lyme can be.
There's a lack of knowledge in the public that one tick can transmit other bacterial diseases.
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RFMA 2015 will be held at the:
The San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Parking at the San Diego Convention Center
On-site private vehicle parking is available at the convention center's 1, 950-vehicle underground garage
located below the building. Enter the parking garage on Harbor Drive between First Ave. and Fifth Ave.
Also, directly across the street at the east end of the convention center is a 2,000 space parking structure.
The daily rate is $10. Parking rates may range from $10 to $20 on days when there is a special event at
PETCO Park or other downtown events. Payment is due upon entry and there are no in and out privileges.
No overnight or RV parking are permitted.
Transportation & Parking for Our RFMA 2015 Hotels:
Hilton San Diego is located at:
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-564-3333
Parking at Hilton San Diego Bayfront:
Self Parking: $30.00 per night
Valet: $45.00 per night
San Diego Trolley: Closest Trolley stop is at 5th and Harbor Drive; then a Five Minute Walk to the Hotel. For complete schedule and more details click here.
Driving Directions:
San Diego International Airport: Distance from Hotel: 3 mi. - Drive time: 10 min.
From the Airport:Drive out of parking lot. Follow signs to Interstate 5/Downtown. The ramp will put you on Harbor Drive going South. Continue to Park Blvd., turn right. Hotel is on the left.
Transportation to and from the Airport:
Limo: Executive Corporate Limo – or www.execlimoinc.com
Shuttle: Cloud 9 Shuttle – www.cloud9shuttle.com $8 per person each way from airport to hotel
Rental Car: Enterprise Rent-A-Car - For more information or to make a reservation call (4683)
Taxi: San Diego Yellow Cab – or San Diego Cab, , $18-$20 from airport to hotel
San Diego Solamar (A Kimpton Hotel)
435 6th Avenue (corner of J Street and 6th Street)
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-819-9500
Parking at the San Diego Solamar:
Valet parking: $41 per night and $20 per night for hybrid vehicles
Valet parking fees are subject to change
See more at: http://www.hotelsolamar.com/faq.html#sthash.iiHhH6ik.dpuf
Driving Directions from the Airport:
From the east and San Diego Intl. Lindbergh Field (SAN): Hotel Solamar is located just three miles from the San Diego International Airport. Take the airport exit towards the car rental return. Turn left onto North Harbor Drive. Turn left onto Broadway. Turn right onto 6th Avenue. Hotel Solamar is located at 435 6th Avenue at the corner of J Street.
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The Westgate Hotel - San Diego, CA
1055 Second Avenue
San Diego , CA , 92101
Phone: 800-522-1564
Parking at The Westgate:
Overnight Parking: $32 per night
Directions to Hotel Parking: Valet Parking attendants will be available in front of the hotel on Second Avenue from 6:00 a.m to 10:00 p.m. Before 6:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m. please proceed to end of Second Avenue and turn right immediately before trolley tracks, ignoring the "Left turn only" signs (it is OK to turn right if turning into the hotel). Proceed down the ramp to the valet desk. 24 hour valet parking for hotel and dining guests in front of the hotel main entrance. Overnight parking is $32 for hotel guests. For shorter visits the first hour is $8, every additional hour is $4.00.
The Westgate Room validates parking for two hours at the charge of $3. The Plaza Bar validates parking for one hour at a charge of $3.00. Both outlets' parking will be charged $4 each hour thereafter. There is no self parking available.
Transportation to & from the airport:
A taxi ride from either the San Diego International Airport or the Amtrak Train Depot to The Westgate Hotel is reasonable. Our Guest Services Department is here to assist you with your transportation needs, please contact us at (619) 238-1818.
From San Diego International Airport:Exit airport and follow signs to Downtown (east on Harbor Drive).Turn left onto Broadway, follow Broadway nine blocks to Second Avenue.Turn left on Second Avenue.The Westgate Hotel entrance is on the right hand side.
The Sofia Hotel
150 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
Located in the heart of downtown San Diego, The Sofia Hotel is just blocks away from the trendy Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego's bustling Convention Center, Lindbergh Field airport, Port of San Diego cruise terminal and a plethora of shopping, restaurants, nightlife and entertainment.
Map to the hotel: http://thesofiahotel.com/pdf/map.pdf
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The Sofia Hotel offers its guests convenient valet parking. Overnight parking is offered at $30 per day. Only valet parking is available.
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Per Mertesacker thinks Germany are shaping up well ahead of the World Cup following their win over England.
Mertesacker's first-half header gave Germany their fourth straight victory over England on Tuesday night.
The Three Lions had a lot of possession, but they did not get one shot on target and the German defence were barely troubled thanks to some industrious work in midfield from Lars and Sven Bender.
A second string Germany team shorn of the likes of Phillipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Mesut Ozil looked confident on the ball and had it not been for an excellent performance from Joe Hart, England could have been beaten by a much bigger margin.
Germany, who were unlucky to come away with only a draw in Italy last week, are the second-ranked team in the world and Mertesacker believes there are plenty of encouraging signs for Joachim Low's men ahead of the campaign in Brazil next year.
The Arsenal defender said: "We had a different squad for these two games and we showed overall that we have maybe 30 players who can be selected for the World Cup and that is a good sign.
"We are confident as a team. We were very stable in the 1-1 draw against Italy in defence. This is very positive.
"We have excellent team spirit as well as the large selection of good players.
"That's why I look optimistically to Brazil. Those things can make the difference in the summer. "
After spending the last two and a half seasons at Arsenal, Mertesacker was well prepared for the meeting at Wembley.
But he was taken aback at how poorly England had prepared for dealing with his threat from crosses.
"I was surprised that I was so free," said the 29-year-old, who stole ahead of Chris Smalling to turn the ball past Joe Hart just before half-time.
England were booed off the pitch just as they were following their 2-0 defeat to Chile last Friday.
Many viewed the results as proof that England cannot be regarded as serious contenders for the World Cup, but Mertesacker has told Roy Hodgson's squad they should not be too downbeat.
"There was a lot effort (from England)," Mertesacker said.
"They tried always but defensively we are quite strong at the moment and we didn't give them too much room so it was quite hard for them to come through.
"We did a lot to make sure it was difficult for them. Germany overall are always a threat and I think we showed that."
Borussia Dortmund will be cursing their luck after two of their players suffered injuries, ruling them out of this weekend's game against the team that beat them in the Champions League final last year - Bayern Munich.
The German Football Association said that defender Mats Hummels suffered an ankle injury that will keep him out until January.
Fellow Dortmund defender Marcel Schmelzer will be out for three weeks with a calf injury he sustained at Wembley.
Luckily for Bayern, defender Jerome Boateng has declared himself fit for Saturday despite coming off against England with a heel complaint.
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Albertsons: V8 V-Fusion Juice As Low As $.75 Each!
Posted by Aimee on February 15, 2013
I just want to remind you all of this deal at Albertsons this week. To see all the deals at Albertsons, check out my Albertsons Weekly Deal Match-Ups!
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Is the catalina deal good at other stores too or just Albertsons? I have Vons J4U coupon that is $1.99, so about the same price there with the catalina.


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Will you hug me Mom?
Oh yes, Gracie, so so tight.
Will you tickle me Mom?
Now and always I will.
Will you snuggle me?
I am the best snuggler Gracie girl.
Mom, can we read 2 books tonite?
Mom is tired, how about one.
I was a good girl, please read 2.
Gracie, one day Mom will be old.
3 like me, mom?
No baby, but maybe eighty three.
Gracie, will you hug me?
Tight tight tight, Mom.
My sweet girl, will you tickle me?
On your funny tummy, Mom.
Will you still snuggle me beautiful girl?
But you are the best snuggler, Mom.
How many books will you read me, Gracie?
Mom, if you are a good girl,
I will read you 2 books.
Please don't forget me
when I am old my Gracie.
No Mom, when you are little and I
am big I will brush your hair.
Thank you Gracie girl.
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Mary Gobble and Margaret Greene on Roan Mountain (Submitted by Polly Booher)
Hi, my mother, Mary Gobble, and her longtime friend, Margaret Greene (whose husband used to be a reporter/photographer for the Press-Chronicle) and who are both in their 90's, just took a walk up on the Roan.
Both these ladies grew up on the Roan and remember the days of walking from the village to the top of the Roan as little girls. Both these ladies remember the days of the Cloudland Hotel that used to occupy a spot on the top, and both love this place with all their hearts.
Because of age and health, it is unlikely that both will have a chance to return to walk this mountain again, as Margaret could just barely make it from the parking lot to the lookout due to serious back problems and constant pain, yet both were chatting and enjoying its beauty once again.
While we were disappointed that the Roan was not yet in bloom, we did see a few buds this past weekend. And these two old friends got to remember many wonderful times on this mountain.
Thanks, Polly Booher, daugther of Mary Gobble, Cary, NC 27513.
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Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics
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- Local prepositions and serial verb constructions in Thai (1984)
- The present paper is an attempt to describe a particular semantic domain in Thai, that of local relations, in terms of a gradual interconnection of what traditional descriptions usually regard as distinct and isolated categories. It is based on the well-known observation that isolating languages like Thai typically display a high degree of 'multifunctionality', or else of syntactic 'versatility' of very many lexical items. […] The semantic area studied in the following pages yields a clear systematic interconnection of three different categories, viz. that of nouns – as the focal instance of maximum syntactic independence –, that of verbs – as, conversely, the focal instance of maximally relational concepts –, and, as an intermediary category between these two, that of prepositions which the system lexically feeds from both these opposite ends. The examples given in the course of this paper have been obtained from published grammatical literature, from Thai texts, and from informants.
- Towards a typology of valency : ein Beitrag zu den Techniken Valenz und Orientierung (1984)
- Grammatical relations, particularly the notions of transitivity, case marking, ergativity, passive and antipassive have been a favourite subject of typological research during the last decade, but surprisingly, the notion of valency has been of marginal interest in cross-linguistic studies, though the syntactic and semantic status of participants is, to a great extent, determined by the relational properties of the verb. Valency is the property of the verb which determines the obligatory and optional number of its participants, their morphosyntactic form, their semantic class membership (e.g. ± animate, ± human) ,and their semantic role (e.g. agent, patient, recipient). The valency inherently gives information on the nature of the semantic and syntactic relations that hold between the verb and its participants. If a verb is combined with more participants than allowed or less than required, or if the participants do not show the required morphosyntactic form or class membership, the clause is ungrammatical. In other words, it is not sufficient to consider only the number of actants as a matter of valency, but it is only acceptable if all semantic and morphosyntactic properties of the relation between a verb and its participants that are predictable from the verb are included. The predictability of these properties results from their inherent givenness, and it does not seem reasonable to count some inherently given relational properties as a matter of valency, but not others (compare Helbig (1971:38f) and Heidolph et ale (1981:479) who distinguish between the quantitative, syntactic and semantic aspect of valency).