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UBS' Steve Milunovich shares his thoughts on Apple's outlook after a blow-out quarter. The wearables could become a large category, says Milunovich.
UBS' Steve Milunovich weighs in on IBM's bruising quarter. Clearly IBM is in a major transition that will take multi-years to figure out, say Milunovich.
John Faucher, JPMorgan beverage analyst, breaks down the company's quarterly numbers and shares his thoughts on the Coke's plans to cut costs.
Will Power, Robert W. Baird analyst, breaks down Apple's third quarter results and shares his thoughts on falling iPad sales, despite iPhone 6's record-breaking launch.
After strong earnings from Morgan Stanley, Mike Mayo, CLSA Research analyst, says he likes the bank's restructuring story now coming together.
Despite Google's earnings miss, RBC Capital Markets analyst, says this is a great value play in the Internet space.
David Hilder, Drexel Hamilton banking analyst, provides perspective on Morgan Stanley's third quarter results of $0.65 vs. $0.54 EPS on revenues of $8.7 billion.
Nick Heymann, William Blair & Company, provides perspective on the industrial giant's mixed quarterly results and GE's Alstom acquisition.
This is still a great business, says Daniel Ernst, Hudson Square Research, breaking down Google's quarterly results and providing his thoughts on the company's outlook.
Netflix shares tank after the company reported fewer subscriptions than anticipated last quarter. Rob Sanderson, MKM Partners managing director, explains his long-term view for the company.
Matthew Boss, JPMorgan retail analyst, shares his outlook on retail winners this upcoming holiday shopping season.
Brennan Hawken, UBS, provides analysis to quarterly numbers by JPMorgan, Citi and Wells Fargo.
Rich Greenfield, BTIG analyst, weighs in on Netflix's upgrade and $600 price target. It's all about international expansion, explains Greenfield.
Rich Greenfield, BTIG analyst, shares what he wants to hear at Time Warner's analyst meeting.
The big banks are out with earnings this week. Betsy Graseck, Morgan Stanley, shares her top three picks.
Discussing the big week for bank earnings, with David Konrad, Macquarie Securities, and Chris Kotowski, Oppenheimer & Company.
Just how bad are chip stocks? How to play the weakness in semiconductor stocks after Microchip's sector warning, with Stacy Rasgon, Alliance Bernstein.
Chip stocks are getting slammed today on a warning from Microchip, which believes another industry correction has begun. The FMHR traders, and Cody Acree, Ascendiant analyst, discuss.
Discussing how competitors and investors view Tesla innovation after it unveiled its new "D" version of the model "S", with Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley auto analyst.
After Carl Icahn's letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a large buyback, Toni Sacconaghi, analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, shares his reaction.
Discussing PepsiCo's earnings and margin expansion, with John Faucher, JPMorgan senior analyst.
Nick Setyan, Wedbush Securities, weighs in on the decline in the fast casual dining space. Commodity prices are pressuring margins, explains Setyan.
Discussing the growth and cost of solar technologies, with Drew Cupps, Cupps Capital founder, and Pavel Molchanov, Raymond James solar analyst.
Discussing the timing of Hewlett-Packard's decision to split the company into two businesses, with Toni Sacconaghi, Sanford C. Bernstein senior research analyst.
Discussing gold's downward trend, John LaForge, Ned Davis Research, explains his call that gold could fall to as low as $660 an ounce.
"Street Signs" hosts Mandy Drury and Brian Sullivan look at 5 stocks with 5 analyst recommendations. Sandler O'Neill has downgraded Visa and MasterCard citing macro headwinds.
UBS analyst Brennan Hawken, explains why he upgraded Bank of America and downgraded JPMorgan.
Why Twitter is a more attractive now, with Doug Anmuth, JPMorgan Internet analyst.
Discussing which biotech companies working on treatments for deadly viruses are the most investable, with Dr. Neil Shahrestani, Pura Vida analyst.
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RA4. User Group News
The HRIBF Users Group met on October 11, 2007, in Newport News at the Fall Meeting of the DNP. More than 110 people attended the meeting which was held jointly with the ATLAS, NSCL, GAMMASPHERE/GRETINA, and RIA Users groups and sponsored by HRIBF, ATLAS, and NSCL. Our portion was hosted by UEC chair Art Champagne. Carl Gross gave the facility update, Noemie Benczer-Koller (Rutgers) presented recent transient field data taken on the g factor of the first 2+ state in 132Te, and Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri summarized the previous day's Electron Drivers for Radioactive Ion Beams Workshop. Our plans for upgrading the facility including an electron driver to produce intense beams of neutron-rich isotopes from fission of uranium may be found on our website.
The Users Executive Committee met via telephone on January 30, 2008 and elected Walt Loveland to chair this year's committee. The meeting consisted of facility, equipment, and upgrade project reports as well as a discussion of how the this year's budget will affect HRIBF. In addition, it was reported that the beam specialists (Dan Stracener and Tony Mendez) are in place and working to improve beam delivery. The next users workshop will be a workshop on science applications and cross disciplinary fields at HRIBF. Walt Loveland and Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri have agreed to organize the workshop. In order to highlight our work in these fields, we are putting together new web pages. Dates for the workshop have not been set but will probably occur toward the end of 2008.
Later this year, we will hold an election to replace Walt Loveland and Robert Grzywacz on the committee. They have served for four years and will help select two candidates to replace each of them. We encourage you to contact them with any suggestions you may have. The current committee members may be found on our website. The rules of the election are given in the charter; you are reminded of passage 3.4 below:
In order to ensure the diversity of the Executive Committee, the nominating committee will select two members to compete for the seat of each outgoing committee member. The slate of candidates will be presented to the Users Group and additional nominations from the entire Users Group will be solicited for at least three weeks. Additional nominations are made by sending to the nominating committee at least 10 statements of support and identifying the seat of the outgoing committee member.

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Posted by KathyK on 04/27/2007
I recently went to Regionale with my family, including 2 small children, and was pleased with what we found. The decor is sparse, but then space is at a premium in this long, slim, rectangular slot. We arrived early and were seated and served quickly. As we neared 7:30, the place filled up, and the noise became an issue. Even so, the waitress was good about bringing food quickly (for the kids), and was helpful to the adults in terms of wine selection. Our dishes were all surprisingly good, though heavy, not what we'd been searching for when we'd chosen Italian. The desserts, however, were divine, and comparably light after the ragous. We were pleased with the less-than-typical Italian fare and plan to return. But with two new condo buildings opening just down the block, I fear this little place will soon burst with noise and spout interminable lines. Give it a try while the atmosphere's still palatable.
Posted by Wonderful on 04/15/2007
Friends invited us to try a "new" place last night. Wow, we were so impressed. We were seated promptly. The specials were described to us and all of our questions answered with great professionalism. We were unsure about some dishes and the waiter made wonderful recommendations. The pastas are all wonderful. I had the ravioli and we shared the appetizer of fried calamari with assorted seafood................amazing! It is a really fun place to go with friends. There is a great bar area. It is a great addition to the Upper West Side!
Posted by anonymous on 04/09/2007
Even though they have been opened for a while I finally tried it this weekend. It was amazing! The pasta with duck ragu was just amazing as was the cheese platter. The waitstaff were really attentive. It was a great experience!
Posted by Anonymous on 04/07/2007
If you read some of the earlier reviews you get the idea that it was insider writing it. The ambience is a little odd, sorta like the ystarting decorating and then forgot to finish. The menu is inexpensive and varied and looks great at first glance. However the food doesn't match up to the descriptions. The portions were small but somewhat tasty (veal was overcooked, calimari stuffed with essentially tomato sauce). And the specials sounded great. The biggest issue was by far the service. They just couldn't get it together. Fortunately it was inexpensive and the wine list was good.
Posted by foodcrazed on 04/06/2007
Amazing discovery! In a city where all italian restaurant seem to come from the same mold, Regional shines for being atypical. Good inexpensive food, a great wine list, varied and reasonably priced. Try the Homemade whole wheat noodles in duck ragout or the sausage in green olive sauce (comes with an incredible Pecorino cheese & fennel seed )focaccia) . I had a great Merlot from Veneto , offered as a special wine the night i went for $9. The decor is warm, if sparse and plenty of leg room makes it perfect for big parties( we were 10). maybe a bit noisy, but overall the service if not flawless was courteous enough to warrant an encore.
Posted by UWSider on 03/26/2007
A friend and I stopped in for brunch on the weekend after seeing the "unlimited mimosas" sign outside. Brunch was excellent. I had the artichoke frittata and my friend had the vegetable frittata. The muffin and breads to start with were great and the bartender kept the mimosas flowing. The host was exceptionally welcoming of everyone who walked in. The high wooden table near the bar and the bar menu look like a lot fun. Can't wait to go at night and hang out there sometime. The UWS needs a nice wine, small plate bar...
Posted by vanessaknows on 03/11/2007
We've been to Regional and loved what we ordered. Originally in love with the homemade whole wheat pasta with duck ragu, we've learned to find there are many more great tastes where that came from. We recently had the freshest fried seafood we've had in the states and great porsciutto, in addition thee buffala mozzarella melts in your mouth. The staff are friendly and great, the food consistent and delicious. I'm excited to go back to try the bar menu. I'm amazed this is unrated because its a great place for the neighborhood and worth the trip uptown.


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Traders always say virtually the same thing. I'm on the simulator. I am trading well. I have very few bad trades. It does not matter if I am trading stocks, ETF's, trading futures, day trading or night trading. I change to trade with live money and I can't make a good trade to save my sole from the devil.
The odd part about this comment is that it is harder to trade with the simulator than it is to trade with live money. The simulator has a built in bug. If you are waiting to get filled with a limit order off the bid and the market trades off the ask, when the market comes back to the bid, the simulator puts you back to the rear of the line of those traders waiting to get filled. This does not happen when you trade live. You do not lose your place in line.
These same traders tell me that when they go back to the simulator after a few bad trades with real money, they trade just fine again. So what is the problem?
These traders have fallen prey to the evil "I can – I can't syndrome". Here's how it works.
Trading with the simulator, you learn the indicators, you see the market setups, you enter trades based upon what you see at the time you see it.
Now comes trading with money. Oh, you see the trades ok, you see the market setups, but you can't enter the trade. You want to enter but you can't. I can – I can't. I can – I can't.
You begin to doubt yourself. You doubt you know what you see. You doubt your indicators are telling you accurately. You doubt you will ever be a professional trader who trades for a living. And most importantly, you doubt this will be a profitable trade.
Finally you begin to conquer your doubt and make the trade. But by the time you overcome your own emotions, it is too late. The trade has passed you by. Entering late, you now have a bad trade. You have successfully self-fulfilled your own prophecy that you can't make a good trade to save your sole from the devil.
How do you overcome your own doubts? By undercutting.
Underneath that "I can – I can't syndrome" is an underlying doubt that your indicators are trustworthy. If you felt that your indicators were reliable, and that you could reliably identify market patterns, you would not fall prey to the "I can – I can't syndrome."
What you need to do is this. Stop trading. Even stop entering trades on the simulator. Spend 3 or 4 days, whatever you need, and watch the market. Watch your indicators give you the setups you need to be profitable. Just watch the charts and your indicators. Do nothing more. Don't even make simulation trades. It may seem like you are just staring at the wall. That's fine. You'll know when you can trade again when the wall begins to talk to you.
Sometimes even entering simulation trades is above the undercut you need. That's why you just want to sit and watch the market until you KNOW you can trust your indicators to give you reliable entry points. You have CERTAINTY that the indicators are identifying the trades correctly. At that point, begin to trade on the simulator again and then finally return to trading with real money. It may seem like you are just staring at the wall. That's fine. You'll know when you can trade again when the wall begins to talk to you.
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The Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health (TRIUMPH) program is a focus within the MD Program curriculum at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
The Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program seeks UW medical students who are committed to providing health care for urban populations and to reducing health disparities.
The program combines Milwaukee-based third-year primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine rotations, the fourth-year preceptorship and electives with community and public health experiences. The program integrates clinical medicine and community and public health in a combined third- and fourth-year curriculum.
TRIUMPH, like the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM), is a program within the school, designed to address the health needs of Wisconsin and beyond. Both programs embody the Wisconsin Idea for the 21st century - to share and apply advances in knowledge for the common good in collaboration with the state, its constituents and communities and its partners around the world.
TRIUMPH, established in 2008, is led and coordinated by an enthusiastic team of UW School of Medicine and Public Health faculty and staff located in Madison and Milwaukee. The program is an important component of our transformation into a school of medicine and public health.
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health also works with the University of Wisconsin System and community partners to develop a Rural and Urban Scholars in Community Health (RUSCH) undergraduate pipeline program to recruit and prepare motivated students who wish to serve rural and urban communities.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health medical students in the Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program will learn about:
- Promoting health equity and reducing health disparities
- Accessing community resources
- Enhancing cultural skills
- Engaging with communities
- Developing and implementing population-based health promotion projects
- Mindful practice and self-care for physicians in training
TRIUMPH Partners
- Aurora Health Care
- Aurora Family Service
- Bread of Healing Clinic
- Center for Urban Population Health
- Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
- City of Milwaukee Health Department
- City on a Hill
- Community Advocates
- Growing Power
- Historic Milwaukee, Inc.
- Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families
- Milwaukee Area Health Education Center
- Milwaukee County Breast Feeding Coalition
- Milwaukee Center for Independence
- Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
- Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
- Milwaukee Public Schools/Aurora School-based Health
- Public Allies
- Progressive Community Health Centers
- Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
- St. Ben's Community Meal Program
- United Community Center
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It's as false as the world is flat mate. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out that attaching
to the shell is going to have some sort of effect on its ability to vibrate. Why do practically all toms come with suspension mounts these days? I'll tell you now, it's not a conspiracy started by Gibraltar and RIMS, it's called physics.
Now, if this is alteration in vibration of sound waves (ie sound produced) is noticable in a real-life amplified setting is debatable. I tend to go with the belief that once you hit a certain volume combined with other instruments a lot of drums start sounding pretty similar. In the studio this is a different case. I probably can't justify the extra expense of going solid-shell free-floating drums; I'm an Engineering & Design student not a musician. Really, I can't justify going much higher than Ludwig Classics, Gretsch Renowns, etc because it won't have that big an effect on my career, income, etc.
Personally, I'd say DMCs "opinion on hardware and his over use of the word "bolted" " are a hell of a lot less irritating that your reappearing view on said issue. Give it a break.
Sorry to WL for the tangent this thread has taken.
You're as fruity as DMC!
This is exactly what I'm talking about, now you're talking about physics. Some of the best drum sounds I ever heard were recorded long before suspension mounts and so called "virgin" bass drums. C'mon, you know as well as I do with all the technical advancements today you can take any kit in a studio and make them sound great.
The drum companies are all in to this marketing of suspended toms and "virgin" bass drums or 18 or 20 inch bass drums, and to me all that stuff doesn't effect a drum sound, you do.
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Editorial: Tough times or not, parents still shell out for school
Americans may be worrying about layoffs and a second recession, but it's made them only moderately less openhanded in back-to-school spending, which has quietly assumed the status of a major economic barometer and event.
Retailers say parents are more inclined to shop sales, make do with last year's clothes and supplies; more than 40 percent say they'll spend less than last year. At least, that's what they're telling pollsters.
It's not your imagination: The back-to-school sales really are starting earlier each summer. Retailers say it's because consumers are demanding. The more cynical think the stores want to grab back-to-school shoppers before they're tapped out.
Here's another reason for early shopping, at least this year. The Associated Press reports: "Retailers are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10 percent across-the-board this fall in an effort to offset their rising costs for materials and labor."
When it's all over, the National Retail Federation estimates that the combined spending on kindergarten through high school and college will total $68.8 billion, well above pre-recession levels. The NRF says that makes it "the second-biggest consumer-spending event for retailers behind the winter holidays."
Families with children in grades K through 12 will spend an average of $603.63 to equip their little scholars with school supplies, clothes, shoes and the like, only a few bucks below last year's average of $606.40.
There is a significant decline in one category that has been among back-to-school's fastest-growing — electronics. The federation says college students and their families will spend an average of $236.94 on computers, cellphones, MP3 players and other devices. That's down from last year's $266.08, a record high.
The federation has an interesting explanation for this: "This year's sixth-graders were born in 2000; there's no piece of technology today's students don't know about, haven't used or don't already own." And they no longer regard technology purchases as seasonal — say, right before the start of school. They buy these devices as new ones are introduced and they can afford them.
Bad economic times or not, American parents are still willing to spend on their children's education, even if they have to strain the family budget. The kids can reciprocate by studying hard in school this year.
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Entry level, full-time tenure track position in Chinese (Mandarin). Preference will be given to applicants with
broad range of interests. Native or near-native fluency. Responsibilities include teaching all levels of
undergraduate language, literature, and culture courses; student advisement; committee work; and program
building (the creation of courses appropriate to a major in Chinese with concentrations in language, culture and teaching). Research is expected.
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With a proud history and a vibrant future, Montclair State University is one of New Jersey's most diverse and dynamic institutions of higher education. Located 14 miles west of New York City on a 246-acre campus which boasts modern, state-of-the-art facilities complemented by green spaces, public plazas, and early twentieth-century architecture, the University offers a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum with a global focus; a broad variety of superior graduate programs through the doctoral level; and a talented and diverse faculty and student body.The University's six colleges and schools offer more than 300 undergraduate and graduate majors, minors, concentrations, and certificate programs, and with more than 120 student organizations and 17 varsity sports for men and women, Montclair State offers students the total college experience.
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Collateral Knowledge
Legal Reasoning in the Global Financial Markets
Who are the agents of financial regulation? Is good (or bad) financial governance merely the work of legislators and regulators? Here Annelise Riles argues that financial governance is made not just through top-down laws and policies but also through the daily use of mundane legal techniques such as collateral by a variety of secondary agents, from legal technicians and retail investors to financiers and academics and even computerized trading programs.
Drawing upon her ten years of ethnographic fieldwork in the Japanese derivatives market, Riles explores the uses of collateral in the financial markets as a regulatory device for stabilizing market transactions. How collateral operates, Riles suggests, is paradigmatic of a class of low-profile, mundane, but indispensable activities and practices that are all too often ignored as we think about how markets should work and be governed. Riles seeks to democratize our understanding of legal techniques, and demonstrate how these day-to-day private actions can be reformed to produce more effective forms of market regulation.
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Posted by NH17 on 07/06/2014
Quick and cheap for killer pork dumplings. But be prepared to eat on the street.
Posted by Anonymous on 03/22/2011
Everything (and I mean everything) is scrumptiously delicious!
Posted by Davy Crockett on 01/23/2011
This is so much better than any other dumpling shop in Chinatown, for five dumplings for $1, that once you try these, you will be literally unable to eat dumplings elsewhere. These are thousands of times better than the others. I'm talking about the stunningly great pork fried dumplings. The flavor is fantastic, there's no gristle, it's all prime as can be, and it is succulently delicious. When you're almost broke, you can't beat the price. Although there are several other places in the vicinity that match the price, none of their dumplings even begin to measure up. Yes, there are lines here (that move quickly) but there's a compelling reason for that. Vanessa's up the street, for example, has AC, similar prices, and a large comfortable place to sit, but their dumplings can't match these and if you have dumplings here, you will never go elsewhere under any circumstances. And it's not far from the D train.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/19/2011
Soup is delicious and mushrooms amazing; best value and taste of dumplings
Posted by Dito on 08/10/2010
It's completely understandable how anyone coming here to order the vegetable dumplings would be disappointed. Please, let's not delude ourselves: you come here for the pork and chive dumplings, you eat them by the sack. So don't diss it just because you don't get the point. It's cheap, filling, and delicious-- provided you know what you're doing.
Posted by Rachel on 08/03/2010
I don't understand why everyone raves about this dumpling shop, except that it's ridiculously cheap. I got the vegetable dumplings, which are boiled or steamed, not fried, and a sesame pancake with vegetables. The dumplings were good but nothing to write home about. The pancake was tastier, a bit like a thick scallion pancake with a nice hint of cilantro. The best part was the price - $3.00 for a satisfying lunch. You can't beat that for value. However, I don't think the dumplings warrant the down side of this place. It's rather far from the subway, the lines are long, the store is tiny, and in the summertime, it's absolutely sweltering. I had to wait a good five to ten minutes for my dumplings, although people who came in after me were served first. I think because they were all getting pork dumplings, which are always ready, wherease the vegetable dumplings had to be made specially for me. Probably this would be a better option in the winter when it's not so insufferable inside the store and a bit easier to walk through Chinatown, which is always unpleasant in the summer. Possibly people are raving about the pork dumplings not the veggie ones but I'm vegetarian so I can't comment on those. Bottom line is that this is a good value, even if the dumplings are nothing special, but where else can you get a good-sized lunch for two or three dollars?
Posted by Taos on 04/27/2010
Although it's not much more than a small counter window to order through, this is one of the best deals in the city. The prices are up a bit from the posted menu (5 dumplings $1.25, pancakes $.75) but they are excellent and worth the trip. I live in NJ and buy the bag of 50 so I can always have them handy!


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Royal Navy ship HMS Scott docks in Plymouth after Red Sea mission
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ROYAL Navy survey ship HMS Scott has returned after more than three months on deployment.
The ship docked in Devonport yesterday after conducting survey work in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The ship, which has a crew of 78, supported coalition maritime security operations and surveyed more than 7,200 square miles of the sea floor – an area almost three times the size of Devon.
For the last two seasons HMS Scott has acted as the UK's ice patrol ship in the Antarctic.
The ship's commanding officer, Commander Pat Mowatt, praised his ship's company and emphasised the ongoing need for surveying the poorly known sea floor.
He said: "The ship's company have done a good job. However, the work continues.
"We are back for only a short time in Plymouth before we deploy again - this time to the North Atlantic to continue deep water surveying during the calmer waters of the spring and summer.
"The Royal Navy's deep water ships and deep-working submarines operate worldwide all the year round and therefore, we need to continue our important work ensuring the charts which use our data are up to date and provide safe navigation during their vital deployments and exercises."
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It's one thing seeing images, leaked or otherwise, of a hot new product, it's another entirely getting to fiddle about with one. And that was the case with Samsung's Galaxy Tab as, while it looks good in the shots, and the specifications read well, it's a different kettle of fish up close.
It's better.
The first impression of the Tab is that it is the perfect size for a portable multimedia device. Its 16:9 7-inch screen is ideal for watching video content, text is still fully legible on both websites and ebooks, and it doesn't suffer from the iPad's cumbersome girth when trying to play action games. In short, it is the Galaxy Tab that will be a true game changer (pardon the pun).
Of course, it also offers way more, in terms of functionality, than Apple's device. There's cameras front and back for starters, and while the rear one is a mere 3 megapixels, that's 3 megapixels more than the iPad. The memory storage is also upgradeable, being as it uses micro SD cards (up to 32GB), so you don't have to choose between gradually more expensive options.
And there's voice calling. This may be a little cumbersome to use, to be honest, and will certainly not replace a phone, but we could see that it would be ideal for conference calls, video or otherwise.
We're also pleasantly surprised by the Tab's chunkiness, it feels solid in the hand. That may not sound as exciting as some other company's "slimmest tablet" claims, but it is reassuringly well-built, and that's, perhaps, more important. Indeed, we saw someone drop one on the Samsung stand at IFA, Berlin, which clattered to the floor like a piano in a Laurel and Hardy film, but it was still fully operational and intact - thumbs up.
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For Sarah Palin, October 2 is her D-day - debate and decision day.
If she survives the Vice Presidential debate with Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, she may be on her way to becoming the first female vice president of the
But if she fails, she may be on her way back to
It has come to that.
The hoopla over her surprise pick for the Republican vice president has died down. In the few interviews she has granted the media, she ended up scaring not just her opponents but respectable Republicans.
In her first interview with Charles Gibson, Gibson was blamed for her failures to answer his questions like someone who might be president on January 21st 2009.
In her interview with friendly commentator, Sean Hannity of Fox News 'Hannity & Colmes," Palin did not do any better in spite of being in a friendly territory.
Then she was interviewed by Katie Couric - a woman news anchor who was not espousing sexism. There her performance was a disaster.
Writing in the conservative Townhall.com, Kathleen Parker essentially asked Palin to return to
Even women on the street are now screaming that Sarah Palin does not represent them. "We are much smarter than that," a woman said.
It wasn't just the radical right that are pissed off, even responsible conservative like George Will are raising doubts about McCain's readiness to be president.
In his column in Washington Post, conservative columnist George Will wrote, "It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency."
McCain's certainty on the choice of Sarah Palin for vice president has not helped.
Maybe at the end, we will all see what Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy saw at the very beginning when Sarah Palin was named McCain's choice for vice president. These two Republican operatives called it "gimmickry" and "political bullshit.' In fact, they concluded that "it is all over" for John McCain.
ŌĆ" or maybe, just maybe, these early signs were all ploys to lower expectations so much that come October 2, Sarah Palin will perform so brilliantly that John McCain will step down for her.
You never can tell.
What we all can agree on is that from now until October 2, Sarah Palin has a lot of reading and cramming to do. And based on what we saw at the first presidential debate, the stakes are too high.
You bet, I will be watching.
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Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Afeni posted on 09-28-2008, 19:14:29 PM
I watched the Katie Couric interview. Sarah Palin was horrible. I ended up switching channels out of sheer shame for her. She is not prepared, and it is absolutely clear to all honest people.
Sadly, I think her problems are too severe to be cured in crash-studying of the issues. Fundamentally, she is not interested in economics and foreign policy, and it shows. No amount of talking points handed over to Palin will fix this flaw.
The only question I have is, what was Mccain thinking? Palin is the last person he should have picked.
i) She undermines the entire argument about Barrack Obama being unqualified.
ii) She upsets female voters who feel insulted that Mccain chose a pretty, empty box to represent them.
No doubt about, she is going to be slaughtered at the debate.
Its no wonder that the Mccain campaign keeps her away from the media. In the month or so she has been the nominee, she has had 3 national interviews. In comparison, Joe Biden, the Democratic VP nominee, has had over 90 national interviews. He even engages in 1 on 1 discussions with passengers during his daily commute on the trains from Delaware to Washington.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Ezyvic posted on 09-29-2008, 15:09:56 PM
Palin could be the downfall tool for McCain, if and only if, Biden 'eats' her up on thursday. Sarah Palin want to shore up the economy without an inch idea of how to do it. I hear she has been in the 'debate camp' and will remain there till thursday.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP12aNzocSc
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kjFn4s4sU&feature=related
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 06:52:01 AM
Hmmmmmmmmmm! Just wondering if she read and crammed her way up to get the governorship seat of Alaska. Are you a governor of your own state in Nigeria? Never heard of any "Rudolph O. Okonkwo" as any governor of any Eastern state in Nigeria afterall. Even in the Ibo-speaking areas of the Niger-Delta to broaden the scope of recognition.
Please speak/write for yourself and those who think like you. You are most certainly not echoing ma thoughts ok?
The beauty of American politics. Everyone has a chance to prove himself or herself to the people who should be electing them.
We listened to George Bush and John Kerry in their rounds of debates 8 years ago or so. Even where George Bush looked and sounded like a "musketeer', it did not stop the American people from voting him in twice as POTUS.
Go figure!
People never learn from past mistakes-----the reason history will keep repeating itself over and over again.
It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
What's the hype over Palin? Because she is a young woman who at 44, has achieved what most men even in their 60s and 70s can never dream of achieving anywhere in the world?
Is she dumber than George Bush?
With any of the combination of choices we have currently.....things can only get better not worse.
What's the hype I ask?
I see only sexism and gender bias at play here. If George Bush could find his way into the White House twice, Palin has a fair chance too.
The stakes are high indeed! Just as they were for George Bush I believe.
Just as John McCain eats up Barack Obama in most of his debates, it should not take the brain of a 2 year old to see that Biden would have an edge over Palin for one simple reason---------experience and age. I really do have to turn off my TV set when I hear Obama talk too like he knows what the heck he is yapping about............no experience whatsoever. Does that mean he should not be given a chance? No. Even with the absence of a meaningful stats of "voting records"----the American people have not discarded him yet. All seasoned politicians start from somewhere. They make mistakes and learn from those mistakes....except those like George Bush of course.
My point? Palin deserves the kind of chance Obama is getting too.......let them go and prove themselves with the wealth of experience around them. This is not Africa where Old men die in office with the "Mugabe" syndrome. The young shall definitely grow. Margaret Thatcher comes to mind.......she took baby steps to get to be a prime minister abi? She made mistakes and worked her way up in Britain to make history. Were there not able bodied men in Great Britain in her time? Experience is accquired and not genetically bestowed upon politicians.
WHY IS PALIN DIFFERENT? ---------- Sexism and gender bias--------- the ever sickening concept of the "over-inflated male ego" at play---------blind to reason and ability to negotiate successful outcomes for the general good of all. No woman will be quafied just for being a woman. Can we even dream of a Nigerian female VP? Not in this life time. Even governorship seat na wahala------who born you? When the only thing you are good for is bedroom and kitchen activities?
Just as the Obama-Biden ticket is appealing to most, I do not see anything wrong with the McCain-Palin ticket. Obama lacks the experience Biden or McCain has. So he is just as green as Palin in my opinion-----------don't really care if he is a man or not. He is also there to learn just like Palin is there to learn. He is 46 years old, and Palin is 44 years old. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? Only thing I see is that one is a male and one is a female------equally inexperienced.
There are reasons Obama picked Biden. There are also reasons why McCain picked Palin. In the overall political "chess" game of American politics, you can never know what aces are up the sleeves of the dealers till the game is over.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 07:47:47 AM
Is the current Liberian President in Africa not a woman?
Did they not all start from somewhere?
Anywhere I see a woman active in political affairs around the world-------I rejoice.
Why? My daughters will have a chance at progress anywhere in this world where Nigeria cannot give them that kind of chance.
See? No husband oooooooooooooooh! Just one daughter. An advocate of gay rights too. Were there no men in the country of Finland?
If she does not do a good job----I am confident that the people of Finland will do something about it..........she has proven herself.
See? Female prime ministers and female presidents.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure! I know. Let women keep trying too till they get it right. No political office is devoid of scandals and pitfalls. Halonen was re-elected again in 2006
My point----------Sarah Palin deserves that chance. Any thing for the advancement of women anywhere in this world I am for. You men should stop dragging us back please. We are sick of being used as just your breeding grounds and tired of burning our eye-lashes/fingernails in the kitchen to feed your pot bellies. Get into the gaddem kitchen and cook meals for the whole neighbourhood for a change.
Join \"Agoyin\" men group of company for a change.
We don tire.
Goooooooooooooooooooo Palin Power!!!!! Even if you do not win--------go and try your luck. I no dey your party but I dey ya side gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Do your thing mama!!!
Make women proud across the world.
Gooooooooooooooooo Palin Power!!!!!
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 08:34:18 AM
Goooooooooooooooooooooo Palin Power.
Join the list please. Make women proud across the globe.
Interesting all the women look like lesbians--------who needs a man afterall? See all of them with low cut like \"boy alinco\" dem.
he he he
Laff wan kill me this morning.
See? Men have always been a stumbling block to the successes of women since time immemorial.
Nearly all the women in this long list from the 1950s deciced that men are stumbling blocks when it comes to women getting ahead in life.
It is not our portion in the name of the Lord.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 08:50:57 AM
Women Presidents
S├╝hbaataryn Yanjmaa (1893-1962)
The widow of national hero S├╝hbaatar was First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural of Mongolia and acted as Chairman of the Presidium (i.e., head of the State) during a vacancy in that position from 23 Sep 1953 to 7 Jul 1954. If we consider such a post as having a real ruling status, she would have been (excepting queens) the absolute first woman political ruler in contemporary history.
(Info submitted by Juan Jorge Sch├żffer)
Song Qingling (Sung Ch'ing-ling) (1893-1981)
The widow (got married in 1914) of doctor Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Chinese Republic, and the sister-in-law of marshall Chiang Kai-shek, his successor as president of the Republic of China (then Taiwan), constitutes a very special case. From 31 Oct 1968 to 24 Feb 1972 no head of state was mentioned in the People's Republic of China, as such a post remained vacant in the wake of Liu Shaoqi's fall into disgrace, during the Cultural Revolution, and up to 1972 no acting president was appointed in the person of Dong Biwu. He and Song Qingling were vicepresidents by then (she was elected to the post in 1954, after being deputy premier since 1949), so, de facto (and in theory), both leaders shared the presidential duties in 1968-1972. Furthermore, when in 1976 Zhu De, the head of state by then as chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (the presidency of the Republic was officially abolished the previous year), passed away, a vacancy period was inaugurated and not filled until 1978, with the appointment of Ye Jianying. In this months were the 21 vice-chairmen, among them four women: Song Qingling, Cai Chang, Li Suwen, and (from 2 Dec 1976) Deng Yingchao, the widow of just deceased premier Zhou Enlai. Song became a member of the Communist Party only on her deathbed, and in 1980, shortly before her death, was elected "Honorary President" of the People's Republic of China.
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Mar├Ła Estela ('Isabel') Mart├Łnez de Per├│n (1931-)
Served as president of Argentina from 1 Jul 1974 to 24 Mar 1976. Was married since 1961 with Juan Domingo Per├│n, president in the terms 1946-1955 and 1973-1974, and replaced him automatically in his death as she held the vicepresidency of the Republic and the presidency of the Senate since the 1973 electoral victory of the 'Per├│n-Per├│n' formula. In fact. Per├│n's incapacitation forced her to act as president since Jun 29. She was the first woman who became president, both in America and in the world. And also was the first one ousted in a military coup.
Lydia Gueiler Tejada (1926-)
Caretaker president of Bolivia from 17 Nov 1979 to 18 Jul 1980. Deposed in a military coup.
Vigd├Łs Finnbogad├│ttir (1930-)
President of Iceland from 1 Aug 1980 to 1 Aug 1996, has got several "firsts": 1st woman president in Europe, 1st one elected directly by the people in the world and when quitting in 1996 was the female political ruler longest-time in office in the world, as well as the doyen among all European non-monarch rulers.
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini (1953?-)
Co-Captain-regent (head of State and Government) of San Marino in 1981 (1 Apr to 1 Oct).
Agatha Barbara (1923-2002)
President of Malta from 15 Feb 1982 to 15 Feb 1987. Second woman president in Europe behind Vigd├Łs Finnbogad├│ttir (see above).
Gloriana Ranocchini (1957-)
Co-Captain-regent (head of State and Government) of San Marino from 1 Apr to 1 Oct 1984 and from 1 Oct 1989 to 1 Apr 1990.
Carmen Pereira (1937-)
Acting president of Guinea Bissau from 14 May 1984 to 16 May 1984 in the capacity of chairman of the National People's Assembly.
Corazon (Cory) Aquino (1933-)
President of the Philippines from 25 Feb 1986 to 30 Jun 1992. Widow of Benigno Aquino, assassinated in 1983. Asia's first woman president.
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943-)
Dame Ertha Pascal-Trouillot served as interim president of Haiti from 13 Mar 1990 to 7 Feb 1991. America's third female president and second black female ruler in the continent after Dominica's premier Eugenia Charles.
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946-)
Chairman of the Volkskammer of the late German Democratic Republic in 1990 was the last head of State (Staatspr├żsident), nominal and interim, before the unification. Her testimonial tenure lasted six months: from 5 Apr to 2 Oct 1990. In fact, the only female head of State in former communist East Europe.
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1929-)
President of Nicaragua from 25 Apr 1990 to 10 Jan 1997. Widow of Pedro Joaqu├Łn Chamorro, assassinated in 1978.
Mary Robinson (1944-)
President of Ireland from 3 Dec 1990 to 12 Sep 1997, when unexpectedly resigned, three months before the expiration of her mandate. After that, she served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to 12 Sep 2002.
Edda Ceccoli
Co-Captain-regent (head of State and Government) of San Marino from 1 Oct 1991 to 1 Apr 1992.
Patricia Busignani
Co-Captain-regent (head of State and Government) of San Marino in 1993 (1 Apr to 1 Oct).
Sylvie Kinigi (1952?-)
Acting President (de facto) of Burundi from 27 Oct 1993 to 5 Feb 1994. See profile at the Prime Ministers' page.
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945-)
President of Sri Lanka from 14 Nov 1994 to 19 Nov 2005, although also served as prime minister before, from 19 Aug until her presidential oath taking. Daughter of the late Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times prime minister of Sri Lanka, the last one at the moment of her demise in 2000, so Sri Lanka was the first republic in the world whose two top executive offices were simultaneously held by women; in addition, both posts have been filled through democratic elections... and the daughter appointed the mother to hold the premiership in 1994. Chandrika's father and Sirimavo's husband, Solomon, was assassinated while being prime minister in 1959. The same fate suffered Chandrika's husband, Vijaya Kumaratunga, also assassinated in 1988.
Ruth Perry (1939?-)
Chairman of the Council of State (a six-member collective presidency) of the National Transitional Government of Liberia from 3 Sep 1996 to 2 Aug 1997. Perry has been, excepting queens (and Burundian premier Sylvie Kinigi, who acted as president briefly de facto in early 90s), Africa's first female head of State
Rosal├Ła Arteaga Serrano (1956-)
Ephemeral caretaker president of Ecuador in 9-11 Feb 1997.
Mary McAleese (1951-)
President of Ireland since 11 Nov 1997. First woman president having succeeded another one, Mary Robinson, in history.
Janet Jagan (1920-)
President of Guyana from 19 Dec 1997 to 11 Aug 1999, but also prime minister from 17 Mar to 22 Dec 1997. Succeeded her husband Cheddi Jagan in the Presidency some months after his passing. The sixth woman occupying the presidential office in America and the second one with an additional premiership experience in the world (the first one was Sri Lanka's Chandrika Kumaratunga).
Ruth Dreifuss (1940-)
The first female Swiss head of State as president of the Confederation following a very, very long list of one-year male rulers. Dreifuss was elected by the Federal Assembly to serve as president of Switzerland for the period 1 Jan 1999-1 Jan 2000.
Rosa Zafferani (1960-)
Co-Captain-regent (head of State and Government) of San Marino from 1 Apr to 1 Oct 1999 and again since 1 Apr 2008.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1937-)
The first woman to be president of a country in East/Central Europe or came out with the former Soviet Union, was electer by the Parliament of Latvia on 17 Jun 1999 for a four-year term, starting on Jul 8. After winning a second and final term in 2004, she left the office on Jul 8, 2007.
Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias (1946-)
The first woman president of Panama served from 1 Sep 1999 to 1 Sep 2004. She is the widow (1988) of former president Arnulfo Arias Madrid.
Tarja Kaarina Halonen (1943-)
Finland's first woman president, since 1 Mar 2000. Her tenure expires in 2006.
Maria Domenica Michelotti (1952-)
Co-captain regent of San Marino for the period 1 Apr 2000-1 Oct 2000. The sixth woman to become co-captain regent since 1981.
Maria Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947-)
President of the Philippines since 20 Jan 2001. Daughter of late president Diosdado Macapagal and second woman president of this Asian State.
Megawati Sukarnoptri (1947-)
The daughter of the late president Sukarno is president of Indonesia from 23 Jul 2001 to 20 Oct 2004.
Valeria Ciavatta (1959-)
Co-captain regent of San Marino for the period 1 Oct 2003-1 Apr 2004. The seventh woman to become co-captain regent since 1981.
Nino Burdzhanadze (1964-)
Acting president of Georgia twice, from 23 Nov 2003 to 25 Jan 2004, and again from 25 Nov 2007 to 20 Jan 2008.
Fausta Simona Morganti (1944-)
Co-captain regent of San Marino for the period 1 Apr 2005-1 Oct 2005.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (1939-)
President of Liberia since 16 Jan 2006. She is Africa's first elected woman president.
Michelle Bachelet Jeria (1951-)
President of Chile from 11 Mar 2006.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 09:11:09 AM
Since my darling Hilary Rodham Clinton could not make the list above this year....I wish her better luck in 2012.
In the meantime, I will gladly accept the next best thing in Sarah Palin Power----the VPOTUS.
Yup! I have my own agenda in all this--------the advancement of women anywhere in the "sane" world. Where the use of bottom power is minimal or at least backed up by brains/qualifications and/or the voice of the people with elective powers in a true democracy.
Even where Sarah Palin does not do well in the debates.....no problem. Neither has Obama.
Both can never be dumber than George Bush.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 10:20:07 AM
Duplicate post.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
Dewdrops posted on 10-02-2008, 10:21:30 AM
Interesting match-up.
Thank God the moderator is a female.
Re: October 2: Sarah Palin's D-day
DaBishop posted on 10-02-2008, 11:30:13 AM
Interesting submissions Dewdrops;
Is it your submission then, that ...
1. Although McCain is 73 has cancer and may die in office
2. Although the US is going through economic, military, foreign affairs wahala and domestic collapse
3. Although we need radical steps to bring us back from the brink, such should not be considered because women want to advance? Can that argument too be termed sexist?
Please stay on point (do not further hash on the ills of men, tell me the advantage of voting Palin in NOW).
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PP, I am glad you have a fun and safe time!! Thank you for telling us about it! I would have loved to been able to meet GA/Phillip!!! Hearing what a nice guy he is just makes him even hotter! You will have so much fun next month. Good friends, good family--what more can one want in life. I bet it will be had to leave little Drew. He will get to play with Grandma and be spoiled--what a lucky little guy!
PP, you can't see someone's pics unless they are on your friend's list.
Well, then go and ask Beth to be your friend, and tell her that you two share a good friend and that your friend is a good close friend of John's and I bet that she will let you be a friend and then you can look, she has great pictures and I am in a lot of them.
lol PelphreyPosse I wish I were tight with the GL stars like you haha
Ms. James, 20 years of going to these kind of events will make you known to most of them. I have met the younger cast over the past 10 years or so. Tom, John, Gina and Jeff and Jessica. Kim and Robert and Ron for more than 15 years. This has been my hobby and what I do for fun. I am indeed lucky and I know it.
I would go to more events, if I had the cash to travel and money for tickets. I think its cool that you know all of them, you guys are like friends
I have never claimed that my soap hobby is inexpensive. I spend a lot of money on plane tickets, event tickets, hotels, meals etc. But I work hard too and it's my choice on what I spend my loot on! In the last three years, I have moved from seeing the actors at the events, to going out to dinner and hanging with them away from the events. It has just been a natural progression of a friendship. I feel very fortunate to be able to be around them so much. They are a great group of people.
:] yeah they are all very great people. Thanks for always sharing your stories with the rest of the posters. Its always nice to know what the cast has been up too.
Quote PelphreyPosse: Well, let's see. Robert spoke about Jordan and said he did indeed have a slight stroke. He is doing well and in rehab and the prognosis is for a full recovery, but he won't be doing Las Vegas in December. They have added Justin Deas and I just about fell out of my chair. I have been waiting for more than 25 years to meet this man. What a Christmas present that will be for me and you can believe that I am going to Las Vegas December 5th! That will make 3 in a row for me for So Long Springfield events. I also get to visit with my oldest child, my son Chris and his wife Gretchen and my almost one year old grandson Drew. 4 weeks to wait, I hope they go by fast. John Driscoll is going to try to come over from L.A. and if he does, I will have, Tom, Jeff and John there together, my favorite 3 young men. Plus Justin, somebody can pinch me! Dreams do come true.
The Atlanta event was a lot of fun, not quite as many fans, but a really large turnout still. I had friends there, Dot and Janine and Milli so it was a reunion of sorts, too.
Jessica was there and I love her to death so that was great for me. I got to chat with Grant for a few minutes, gave him some pictures that I had taken at Beth Chamberlin's last luncheon in N.Y. and later that evening he came up to me and said he took them up to his room and showed his wife, Sherry and she just loved them. I thought that was such a nice gesture on his part. He's really a nice guy.
I talked to Jeff and Tom for a short time, and Kim stopped me as she was leaving the stage to say, "Vegas, baby, we'll have a great time". Robert and Bradley both chatted with me at different times and Gina and I had a few minutes of quiet time to talk. Daniel talked to me from the stage cause I sat on the front row, I gave Frank some pics from the luncheon that Jennifer Roszell set up with a copy of the Playboy magazine that Frank was on the cover, 25 years ago. He blushed and said, "I cannot believe you two girls got me." So I guess I actually talked to everyone on stage at one time or another. They set lines a little differently this time but since I know all of them, they usually call out to me and I get to see and talk even tho I don't sometimes go thru every line. I got back to Nashville around 2:00 a.m. and had to come to work at school today for some overtime, I'm ready to go home and get some sleep, but it was well worth it and now the countdown begins for Vegas! Bring it on.
Dear PP: Wonderful to read your email! I will be breathlessly waiting for Dec.5 review from you about your visit then...seeing Justin Deas, how lovely...seeing Tom is the best thing of all to my way of thinking, however...have a lovely Thanksgiving, dear, as it Nov. 21 today as I write...jdvermeer (Jean D., Holly)
PP: Will pull up the pics you mention....thanks...jdvermeer
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Posted by FoodFan on 10/23/2008
Let me start by saying - i love cupcakes. And sadly, this was a big disappointment. I went at about 8 on a weekday night, and there were barely any left. There was only vanilla-vanilla, vanilla-chocolate, and pumpkin. I was excited about the pumpkin, which I had wanted to try anyway (warning: If you're expecting this to taste anything like pumpkin, which I did, then you will be let down - it tasted exactly like carrot cake!). When I ventured over to the cases to ask which cupcakes were inside, I was told I could only get the ones that were already out. The cucpcake, as many have said, was dry and crumbly, and the frosting was too soft and messy. My boyfriend got one of the mini cheesecakes, which was the only redemption, it was quite good but super sweet. The bars looked delicious, as did the bread pudding, I should have gotten one of those instead. The cupcakes are tiny for the price - you could pay the same price at Crumbs and get a cupcake twice the size!
Posted by Anonymous on 08/28/2008
Magnolia's cupcakes are really not that good! They are dry and topped off with sickly-sweet frosting. I have a major sweet tooth and I can't even finish one. The prices are extortionate! If I owned this place, I would be laughing all the way to the bank that people wait on the always long line to buy overpriced, dry cupcakes that are mass produced. It's not really a bakery when it comes to cupckaes, its just a smaller scale Entenmann's/Sara Lee these days. (When friends come to town and inevitably beg you to take them there, I guess try the very average flourless choc cake.)
Posted by heart cupcakes on 07/15/2008
magnolia bakery has quite a name for itself so we decided to get some cupcakes for dessert...and then again for someone's bday at work. needless to say i was disappointed both times...the cupcakes are small, dry, chalky and the icing has a generic sweet taste. i like my cupcakes moist, soft and fluffy with creamy flavorful icing. this isn't my thing but hey, if you want to go here because they loved it on satc then go ahead...but there are definitely MUCH better cupcakes in the city!
Posted by Anonymous on 07/06/2008
some really great stuff and some really mediocre stuff... - cupcakes: love the icing, but the cake is too dry. - icebox: excellent! and they also have peppermint icebox - even better! - pumpkin cheesecake - also yummy! - banana pudding - pretty good. i haven't tried everything, but the list above were the only things that stood out for me. the lines can be long. the last time i was there, the line went around the corner but moved pretty quickly.
Posted by Atressa on 06/22/2008
After dinner one night, I decided to look this place up and try one of the famous cupcakes. ...Ah well, you live you learn. The shop itself is very small, especially considering the massive crowds of overdressed "too cool for you" wannabes who are obviously the shop's regulars. Trying to get to, select, and safely carry one's cupcake to the register takes feats of acrobatics, great patience, and is not recommended for clausterphobes. Making all of this much worse for a newcomer like me is the fact that the place caters to people who have been going there forever. There are no signs, for instance, explaining the flavors of the cupcakes. You have to guess. I ended up with a chocolate-malt(?) cupcake...which if it wasn't supposed to be malt sure did a good impression of that flavor (which I don't personally like). The other thing is that if you want a drink you have to tell one of the many many people behind the counter before you reach the cashier. ....Not that anyone tells you this or has a sign up or anything. You have to 'know'. Obviously for regulars, none of this is a problem at all, but it is hardly conducive for making 'new' regulars! And as for the cupcake itself? Personally I prefer hard, ice-cream like icing or ganache to be honest, so the exceedingly smooth blob of sweet was not my idea of delicious, though I suppose it wasn't bad. The cake itself, though apparently fresh out of the oven since it was a new tray, was very dry, and ultimately quite non-descript. ...In short, there was nothing I saw that made these cupcakes worth fighting the crowds or paying the cash. Indeed, I could make cupcakes that taste similar in my own kitchen, 12 for the same price or less than a single costs. I suppose if you're looking for a 'homemade' cupcake or something this place works, but if you're looking for something different, a bit special, I would not recommend this place.
Posted by LouisM on 06/08/2008
I haven't been back here in some timefor two reasons but thought I would weigh in. 1) The cupcakes are supremely ovrerated with icing that is WAY too sweet. 2) Equally problematical is the subliminal hysteria that has overtaken the reality/overwhelmed the space. On any warm night you will find a line of upwards of 50 people, mostly girls who, I suspect, are prolonging some sort of Sex and the City fantasy/identification. I assure you the wait will not have been worth it. If you want a far more satisfying cupcake, one that does not set your teeth on edge (and probably set those same teeth on the fast track to decay).
Posted by RJ on 06/02/2008
ONE BITE, was good... but the stuff is just too RICH hard to eat! The Pudding is also way to rich and the pie crust was soggy


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Streaks are good conversation pieces, but the longer they go and the more they're talked about the harder it is to sustain them.
Or does that make it harder to break them?
That question will likely be answered tonight as Science Hill will arrive at the new 'Topper Palace with a pair of streaks sturdily in tow.
First, the Hilltoppers have built an impenetrable 56-game Big Seven Conference basketball winning streak. Secondly, the Hilltoppers have brushed aside rival Dobyns-Bennett 14 straight times.
Streaks are not uncommon to the Science Hill/D-B rivalry. The football Hilltoppers just ended a 19-game drought last month. A precursor close call in 2012 seemed to set the stage for this year's victory.
If that's true, was February's Makale Foreman 45-foot buzzer-beating iron-denied regulation-ending rim-rattler a precursor for an Indians' win in the same gym some 10 months later? Or will the future reveal it was more like Derrick Steele's breakup of Issac Kinley's almost-game-winning pass to Armando Canepa in the back of the end zone in 2008 that was not an entrance sign to victory lane for the football Hilltoppers.
Listening to preseason chatter, it would seem the Indians enter as the favorite — despite the streak. Indians' head coach Charlie Morgan thought highly enough of his bunch to drop the name of George Pitts, comparing his team to the glory days of Science Hill basketball.
As good as the Indians are this year, one thing seems certain in this matchup. Under head coach Ken Cutlip, Science Hill will scrap, claw, battle and fight for 32 minutes — and longer, if needed.
It should be quite a battle in front of a big crowd. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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Follow Douglas Fritz on Twitter @FritzBlitzzz.
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Points of interest: Knox Fulton continued into the stratosphere for points scored in a season. The Falcons have shattered the previous mark, and their 41 points in Friday's semifinal win over Knox Catholic pushes them to 808 for the season.
Fulton probably has at least another 40 points in its pocket as it will line up against Giles County in Saturday's Class 4A title game in Cookeville.
Fulton is averaging 57.7 points per game. Greeneville averaged 49.8 in its former record-setting 2010 season.
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Playoff odds: Here's a look at who is favored for this week's TSSAA state football championship contests:
Class 6A — Maryville by 8 over Hendersonville.
The Rebels seek their third Class 6A title in the last four years. They are shooting for their 14th championship overall, and their 10th since 2000.
Class 5A — Henry County by 3 over Knox West.
Henry County is looking for its second title in three years while West looks for its first true team-sport title of any kind.
Class 4A — Knox Fulton by 14 over Giles County.
A fifth state title appears to be a strong possibility for the Falcons. Giles County's lone title came in 2009 against Greeneville.
Class 3A — Alcoa by 14 over Christ Presbyterian Academy.
Looking for a 13th state title, the Tornadoes will try to earn No. 9 since 2000. CPA has won two titles, but none in Class 3A.
Class 2A — Trousdale County by 17 over Adamsville.
Trousdale is shooting for title No. 9 while Adamsville looks for its first state championship in any sport, team or individual.
Class 1A — South Pittsburg by 2 over Union City.
Looking for state title No. 6, South Pittsburg will try to deny Union its second state championship.
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Boys basketball games of the week: (Today) Dobyns-Bennett at Science Hill, Elizabethton at Sullivan North, Sullivan South at Sullivan East, North Greene at University High; (Friday) Science Hill at Tennessee High, David Crockett at Daniel Boone, Sullivan North at Unicoi County, South Greene at University High; (Saturday) Sullivan East at Tennessee High.
The tables are turned with D-B favored going into the contest. However, playing at the new 'Topper Palace, it's still a prove-it game for the Tribe. …
Sullivan North is viewed by some as being on the fringe of title contention. The Raiders will provide evidence to support or refute that opinion this week. …
Friday's game could be one of the most meaningful Basket-Musket games in quite some time for the Pioneers and Trailblazers. …
University High gets a double dose of Greene, two games that are very important for the Junior Bucs because both are at home and both opponents will be hard to beat on the road.
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Boys pick of the week — Science Hill 62, Dobyns-Bennett 60.
It's time for the bounces to go the Indians' way, but it may have to wait until they are in the Buck Dome.
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A loss by Dobyns-Bennett left a crack in the door at the top, but the Indians are still holding off Unicoi County in this week's Prep Top 10.
Team W-L Prv
1. Dobyns-Bennett 2-1 1
2. Unicoi County 6-0 2
3. Elizabethton 4-2 3
4. Science Hill 6-2 4
5. David Crockett 7-2 5
6. Tennessee High 4-1 6
7. Sullivan South 3-3 7
8. Daniel Boone 5-3 8
9. Sullivan East 4-3 10
10. Johnson County 1-3 9
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Girls basketball games of the week: (Today) Dobyns-Bennett at Science Hill, Unicoi County at Happy Valley, Sullivan South at Sullivan East, (Thursday) Sullivan East at Johnson County, (Friday) Science Hill at Tennessee High, Happy Valley at Elizabethton, (Saturday) Sullivan East at Tennessee High, Happy Valley at Hampton.
Science Hill has a chance to immediately distance itself from a pair of threats in the Big Seven Conference. ...
It's a giant challenge for the Lady Warriors with two of their battles being on the road. …
Also being tested is Sullivan East, and like Happy Valley the Lady Patriots face two road tests.
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Girls pick of the week — Science Hill 55, Dobyns-Bennett 39.
The Lady Hilltoppers have been defending all season, allowing only one team to exceed 40 points.
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Cloudland's win over Volunteer shook up this week's girls rankings. The Lady Highlanders jump five spots while Sullivan East experiences a two-spot leap with a win over South Greene.
Team W-L Prv
1. Science Hill 7-0 1
2. Elizabethton 5-1 2
3. Sullivan South 4-1 4
4. Cloudland 5-1 9
5. Volunteer 8-1 5
6. Hampton 4-2 6
7. Tennessee High 0-3 3
8. Sullivan East 7-1 10
9. Daniel Boone 4-2 7
10. Happy Valley 5-2 8
(tie) South Greene 6-3 nr


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Cavalier grad bringing youth together through hoops
Anytime basketball players from Southern Lee and Lee County match up, it's competitive. That goes during spring break. It goes if it's about six months before the next high school season tips off.
Tuesday afternoon's games at the Bob E. Hales Center, though, were done out of a spirit of friendship and fellowship as much as rivalry. Former Southern Lee gridiron standout Princeton Tabon wants Tuesday's games to become the start of something new to help the county's youth.
Tabon graduated from Southern Lee in 2008 and is a graduate of Elizabeth City State University. On the football field, he was a wingback for the Cavaliers, then a receiver, making the team as a freshman as a walk-on, for the Vikings.
Tabon wants, with help from the community, to turn these games into monthly events.
"I want the next event to be for middle school kids," said Tabon.
"In time, we're looking to create camps," he said.
It's partly about kids having ways to improve their games, Tabon said, but it's also about being a mentor and guiding kids, even while Tabon's a young guy himself, on lessons such as the importance of grades and what it takes to be a college student - whether or not as a football or basketball player along the way.
"Something I can pass along is dedication. Anyone who knows sports, knows what sacrifice is, what work is," Tabon said.
"And work matters for any place you're at in life. In sports, in school, in a job, you can take that work, the time you put into something, and you can be successful."
The first try at basketball games at the old Armory building started a little slow. A few minutes before 4 p.m., when the event was to start, Tabon and one other guy were there just shooting hoops. A little later though, more than 30 high school kids had turned out.
"I'm very excited. I'm looking forward to hosting more events like this," he said. "As long as we're getting support, I'll put it on for these kids."


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Giulia McPherson is traveling in Liberia and Ghana on a CARE Learning Tour, a comprehensive, multi-day tour for policymakers and those who can influence policy to gain firsthand knowledge of the core issues poor communities face. She is the Deputy Director for Citizen Advocacy with CARE USA"s Policy and Advocacy Unit. To learn more about the Learning Tours Program, please visit: www.care.org/learningtours.
Ghana is often characterized as an "African success story,' having achieved impressive growth and record poverty reduction over the past 20 years. Life expectancy is currently at 64 years - the highest in sub-Saharan Africa - and there has been a 20 percent drop in the child mortality rate as well as 95 percent growth in primary education enrollment. Ghana is currently on track to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 of halving extreme poverty by 2015.
While Ghana has made tremendous strides, it still faces significant challenges in improving the lives of the 20 percent of the population that lives on $1.25 a day. The country struggles with pervasive gender inequality and a northern region that lags far behind the rest of the nation in overall development. Additionally, combating malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Ghana.
[Rep. Hank Johnson helps hang a bed net to prevent the contraction of malaria]
Today, the CARE Learning Tour delegation visited a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported program called the HealthKeepers Network (HKN). This innovative program recruits and trains local women to become "HealthKeepers' who sell health protection products, including water purification tablets, oral rehydration solution for dehydrated children, contraceptives and hygiene products.
HKN also provides insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria while working with the local community to raise awareness about the importance of using bed nets. The delegation visited the home of Grace Tetteh, the mother of three sons who received her family"s first bed net a month ago. Today, during the delegation"s visit, Grace received her second bed net – providing her family the protection they need against contracting malaria.
Ghana is an example of a country that has made significant leaps toward poverty reduction due to long-term sustained engagement and support from the international community, including the United States. Within such financially difficult times, Ghana shows us how investments in health and development can go a long way towards meeting the basic needs of the world"s poor, promoting global stability, expanding the benefits of the global economy and applying American values. During a reception hosted by the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, which concluded the delegation"s day, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) noted that, "We Americans are known for being humanitarians – we have a moral obligation to improve the lives of people around the world.'


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Charles R. Hale, Director SRH 1.310, 2300 Red River Street D0800, Austin, TX 78712 • 512.471.5551
Exhibit Opening and Concert: ''From the Sacred to Popular Culture: Representations of La Virgen de Guadalupe''
Wed, December 12, 2007 • 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM • Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street
Exhibited works from the private collection of Gilberto Cardenas. Marian Concert featuring the award-winning St. Mary's Cathedral Schola Cantorum. Directed by Jeffrey Jones-Ragona.
For more info., call 512.471.4557.