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After getting a road taste of mid-state football, Science Hill will get a chance to see if home cooking helps.
The Hilltoppers will play host to Brentwood Academy tonight at Tipton Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30.
Science Hill is 3-1, but coming off a 64-38 loss to Murfreesboro Siegel. Brentwood is 2-3, having lost three games in a row.
"They're not used to losing four games in a season," said Science Hill head coach Stacy Carter. "Brentwood at one time was the toughest in the state."
Indeed. The Eagles are just behind Maryville and Alcoa for state championships with 10. However, their last title came seven years ago, and it was their only one in the last 17 years.
This season after whipping Memphis University School and Liberty Tech Magnet, Brentwood fell to Father Ryan, St. Xavier (Ohio) and MBA. St. Xavier is ranked No. 10 in the Midwest Region in the Fab 50 national football rankings, and defeated Brentwood, 23-0.
The Eagles are led by quarterback Tyler Swafford, who helped his team to a 22-7 lead last week against undefeated Montgomery Bell Academy before losing in overtime. Swafford was 13 of 25 for 187 yards in the game with a touchdown.
Another key player for the Eagles is receiver C.J. Sanders, who had four catches for 84 yards against MBA, including a 48-yard scoring grab.
"They have a real good quarterback," said Carter. "And I think their receiver is big time. I don't know that they have as many threats as Siegel, but they look bigger than Siegel on film.
"They scrimmaged Siegel, and I think it was pretty even. They definitely have a good football team."
Carter said the Eagles run a spread offense, and like to put the ball in the air.
"They are definitely not as gifted at running back as Siegel, but their quarterback throws it well and they sling it around," he said.
Carter said the Hilltoppers have made some personnel changes on defense in an effort to cover passes better.
"We will see if that helps us," he said.
Science Hill will look for more good things from quarterback Malik McGue, who has totaled 1,215 yards of offense in four games. McGue leads the Big Seven Conference in rushing with 604 yards on 56 attempts, an average of 10.8 per carry.
McGue attempted 46 passes in last week's loss to Siegel, but that total needs to be notched down this week, said Carter.
"Offensively we have to mix it up," he said. "They are so big and strong, we will have to throw it and run it and have a good mix.
"At Siegel we left points off the board in the first half and shot ourselves in the foot. We can't have that this week. Hopefully we will be consistent, move the ball, and sustain drives."
As for Science Hill's overall attitude, Carter said the players need to show they can bounce back.
"We've got to be able to experience a loss and come back," he said. "This is new territory as far as this team. We don't know exactly how they will respond, but this game is important. We need to win this for momentum for sure."

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COLLEGE STATION - Frightening moments for a College Station mom whose life was threatened Thursday by a man who broke into her home while she and her three-year-old son were sleeping.
We first told you about this scary timeline Thursday night, but now the woman is talking about the man with a knife she came face to face with.
News 3 has more on how the mom fought back to protect herself and her son.
Ashley Ellen of College Station woke up to a nightmare early Thursday morning. A stranger came into her home on Milner Drive while she and her three-year-old son Brody were sleeping in the living room.
"He had a knife you just don't come into somebody's house with a knife with great intentions, so we definitely got really lucky .I mean my son was standing right there the the time he was just screaming I was screaming," said Ellen.
She woke up to take care of her son after he'd had an accident and as she walked to her bedroom.
"I was pushing it and it wasn't giving any and that's when I flipped the light on and I turned right here and he hit me coming this way and then I fell over here in this corner," she said.
The two fought briefly and Ashley got knocked to the floor. She pushed back avoiding getting hurt by the man holding a double bladed knife.
"I asked him why he was here and he said he was just looking," she said.
She says the man seemed coherent and left after she put up a fight.
The man came in and out through the front door. Ashley Ellen says she always locks it but had forgotten that night.
She says changes are on the way.
"I have a security system on the way and yes I plan on getting a doberman," Ellen said.
"I just hope that he gets caught..... shouldn't get away with terrorizing a family and God knows if he did it this time what he's capable of doing to somebody else," she said.
She's thankful she and her son are safe now.
The suspect is described as a white man in his 20's, about 6 feet to 6-feet 2-inches tall., weighing 200 to 230 pounds.
He was wearing a black t-shirt and a black knit skull cap.
The victim only received some cuts and scrapes during the scuffle with the suspect.
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HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University will play host to a voter registration drive and a candidate forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Shawkey Room on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center.
Sponsored by Women's Studies and the Women's Center, the goal of the forum is to give students and community members the opportunity to meet the candidates who are running for governor, attorney general, House of Delegates precincts 16 and 17, county commissioner, assessor, mayor of Huntington, Cabell County magistrate and Huntington City Council to discuss the economic, civic, commercial, cultural, industrial and educational interests of the area.
The League of Women Voters will register eligible voters, and representatives from the Republican, Democrat, Mountain and Libertarian parties and will sponsor tables with candidate information, party platforms and suggestions for how to get involved this election year.
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The feckless response of the British government to the barbaric treatment of one of its citizens, Gillian Gibbons—imprisoned by the Sudanese government for allowing her classroom of seven-year-olds to name a stuffed animal "Muhammed"—is not the type of "diplomacy" that ought become a matter of course when dealing with religious fascists and tyrants. To its credit, the British government is acting quite differently—under great pressure from its craven, European allies—in response to the scheduled appearance of Robert Mugabe at an upcoming European/African Union summit in Lisbon which starts this Saturday.
Mrs. Gibbons has become a literal hostage of the Sudanese regime; her very life is in the hands of Islamist tyrants. Likewise the European Union has become, (wittingly, to its shame) the hostage of the African Union, many of whose member states—namely those belonging to the Southern African Development Community regional group—are making their presence at this weekend's conference conditional upon Mugabe's presence. Not only are SADC's members threatening to boycott the conference if Mugabe is not invited, they are simultaneously demanding that the Zimbabwe crisis itself not be on the conference agenda. The Executive Secretary of SADC stated that "SADC will not go to Lisbon to discuss Zimbabwe because the summit is not about Zimbabwe, but about relations between the EU and Africa," he said. Mugabe has duly thanked the members of SADC, telling a crowd in Harare last week, "I want to express our gratitude to our fellow members of SADC for their support of Zimbabwe in its assertion to defend its sovereignty against the onslaught that has come from Britain and its allies."
"Relations between the EU and Africa," however, have everything to do with Zimbabwe. Considering the billions of dollars in aid money that Western governments give annually to African ones, the governance of African states is certainly pertinent to the nations forking over so much dough, indeed, "governance and human rights" are one of 5 topics that are on the conference agenda. So if the SADC states see fit to prop up, exalt, and equip a murderous dictator whose economic policies have gravely affected European businesses and who has violated the human rights of thousands of British subjects–to say nothing of those policies which have led to the deaths of untold thousands of Mugabe's own people and created one of the largest refugee crises in the world–it's difficult to see how this situation does not fit under the purview of the European Union's relations with its African allies.
Earlier this year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown showed some spine and stated that he would not attend the summit if Mugabe were to be there. Mugabe has confirmed his attendance for the weekend, and the European Union—by indulging the petty whims of African states—has demonstrated its favoritism for a tyrant over the leader of one of the world's great democracies. Thus far, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Mirek Topolanek, is the only other European leader to follow Brown's example. This is an encouraging sign, however minor, that at least some Europeans understand the importance of not caving into the demands of tyrants, or their enablers.
Update: Gibbons has been pardoned. Three cheers for that.


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Oh, and BTW: We have boudin!
One more thing: Tomorrow's market is going to be awesome with real Cajun/Texas Boudin Gris. Come and Join us!
A temporary farewell…
Hello everyone,
As you all know, we are building a fantastic meat processing plant in Skagit Valley in order to make all of these cool meat products for the wholesale markets. We came to the farmers' markets in order to test some products and build up some word of mouth. We have been happily blown away by the outpouring of enthusiasm and love from this community. Not only have the markets been popular and successful, but we feel like we have met many fellow sustainable meat enthusiasts.
Bittersweet news: Our plant is being built at a rapid clip, so fast, that we are going to have to take a long hiatus from the farmers markets, in order to get ready to open for real. Tomorrow will be our last one, until next year. We are sad to go, this has been such a fun summer for us. However, we will be back and available in a store near you, come Winter. Also while the markets started as a lark, we have decided that working the farmers' market scene will be a big part of our overall plan. We will be back.
Thank you for all of your love and support. Please check back here at the blog to learn various updates and find out where the products will be placed.
Wednesday Market update: Tomorrow we have sandwiches!
Wow, it has sure been a busy summer. So much to do! :)
Tomorrow, at the Wednesday market, we are finally ready to share our "Kiddie Dogs". We have made smaller versions of our normal Beef Franks, grilled to order and available FOR FREE to kids 10 years old and younger, with purchase.
We also are finally bringing sandwiches to the Wednesday market: Ready for tomorrow are:
- Jambon-French Ham sandwich
- Bahn Mi-Country style pate sandwich
- Italian Grinder
- Grilled Bratwurst and sauerkraut
- Italian sausage sandwich with sauteed peppers and onions
- Grilled Dogs
Also, we are now making pre-seasoned and portioned roasts, ready to cook for dinner. Follow our simple directions and Voila! Dinners ready.
Let's make midweek dinners a little easier, together.
Meat us at the Market!
Tomorrow is the day, join us on the Green!
We are very excited to announce, that commencing tomorrow July 2nd, we will be at the Wednesday market at the Fairhaven Village Green. We did a test run, last Wednesday and now we are ready! Not only will you be able to purchase your favorite sausages, bacon, and sliced meats, but starting next Wednesday 7/9, we will be making LUNCH!
So far, the tentative menu is as follows:
Jambon de Paris-Our roasted Ham on a baguette with butter, Dijon, Gruyere, cornichons
French Country "Bahn Mi"– Country style pate on a baguette, with market pickled vegetables, cucumber, and a house made "green goddess" dressing
Italian Grinder-Ham, Capicolla, Pepperoni and Salami, cheddar, provolone, house pepper relish, on a hoagie roll
Charcuterie Sampler- 4 of our house cured meats, 2 cheeses, 1 cracker, mustard and chutney
Grilled Brat-Beer braised Bratwurst, sauerkraut, roasted beet and fennel slaw, grainy mustard, hoagie roll
Italian Sausage-Grilled Sweet Italian sausage, caramelized onions and peppers, provolone cheese
All Beef Frank-Our Famous Grass Fed Hot Dog on a bun, the way you like it
Merguez Sandwich-Moroccan lamb sausage on a baguette with roasted peppers, harissa, mayo, and cilantro
I can't promise we will debut with everything, but this is what I am shooting for… it will be delicious. :) Also thinking about some sort of meat pops. Any ideas?
See you tomorrow!
~Chef G
Summer Solstice Market! New Yummy Products
Hello Everyone,
We have been in a flurry of activity getting ready for the longest day of the year. In addition to our wonderful pigs, we have had the pleasure of receiving some beautiful lamb from Waterwheel Farms in Arlington. They are big and meaty and full flavored without being gamey. Try the Merguez sausage or the Greek.
Also new this week:
Jambon Persille: This is a very special spring/summer dish from Burgundy in France. It is a terrine made from slow simmered ham, mixed with lots of parsley and fresh herbs, all set up in a light white wine tinged gelee. This makes a great lunch for two, along with a baguette, a little salad, some mustard and maybe a pickle or three.
Creamy Pate: Just got better! I was pretty happy with it before, now, I am ecstatic. Creamy pate is now in an 8 oz tub, topped with a sage leaf.
Pepperoni, Landjaeger, and Cervalat are back, and better than ever.
This week we have 3 perfect "Porchetta-tini"- our loin roast, rubbed with Tuscan fennel pollen, rosemary, garlic, salt and black pepper. This delicious 2-5# roast will feed you and your family and make the whole house smell like the Tuscan countryside. We only have three though, so text me if you want to reserve one!
Mexican Chorizo, Biscuits, Breakfast Sandwiches, oh my…
Meat you at the Market
Something to do with our Andouille Sausage-GUMBO
Lots of people have asked me what the best way to use our Andouille (ahn-dew-ee) sausage is. There are a lot of great ways to enjoy this particular sausage, but Gumbo is the classic. Serve this with crusty French bread and cold beer.
Chef Gabriel's Wicked Crawfish Gumbo serves 8
Brown Roux
½ C vegetable oil 1 C Flour
Gumbo Base
1/2 # Andouille Sausage 1 T vegetable oil
¼ # Chicken Thighs, large dice ½ C Onion, small dice
1 stalk Celery, small dice 5 cloves Garlic, minced
½ Green Bell Pepper, small dice 2 Jalapenos, minced
½ bunch green onions, sliced thin 3 oz Okra, small dice
kosher salt and pepper to taste 2 Tomatoes, seeded and diced
10 oz cooked Long Grain Rice 2 quarts Chicken Stock
½ # crawfish tail meat
¼ tsp Dried Basil ½ tsp Oregano, Dried
2 tsp File Powder ½ tsp Thyme, Dried
1 Bay leaves 2 tsp cayenne
Make Roux: In a medium sauté pan, heat the ½C oil up over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until it forms a paste. Stirring constantly, continue to cook the roux until if forms a dark brown paste, about 30 minutes. Be careful not to burn the roux! Set aside.
Start Gumbo: In a large pot over medium heat, heat the 1 T vegetable oil over medium heat. Sauté the sausage for 3 minutes and then add the chicken, sauté until lightly brown. Add the onion, green pepper,celery, jalapenos, scallions, garlic, okra, and tomato concassé. Sauté until tender and translucent. Add roux. Add stock, stirring to work out any lumps.
Finish Gumbo: Add spices; simmer for 30 minutes. Then add rice and crawfish tail meat and simmer for 2 minutes. Add file powder, whipping well. Do not allow the soup to return to a boil. Adjust seasoning. Serve hot.
Myth Busters Vol 1; The Elephant in the Room…Nitrites/Nitrates
Ok, it is time to discuss Nitrites. I know a lot of folks have pretty particular opinions about this subject, so I will tread lightly. Many people have asked me if our products contain Nitrates. I could flippantly say "NO" they don't. But they do contain Nitrites, and that is what most people mean. I am going to break this post up into 2 sections: History of Nitrites and curing; then the modern debate.
History of Nitrites and Curing
Let's start at the beginning:
Meat has been cured as a method of preservation since the Roman times. And since the Roman times, occasionally when we are smoking or hanging meats for a long time, regardless of good sanitation and temperature control, they would create a product that would kill everyone.
This is due to Clostridium Botulinum (or CBOT for short). CBOT is found most everywhere and is the single deadliest pathogen on earth, 96% fatal at any dose. It can easily get into meats. However, it only "wakes up" and forms a toxin in an anaerobic environment, i.e. without air. The problem is that smoking is very low in oxygen and a sausage hanging in a cave doesn't really have too much oxygen inside it. CBOT can definitely form a toxin. There is only 1 way ever found to confidently prevent CBOT from forming its toxin and that is NO2 (Nitric Oxide).
Nitrite does three things:
1: Makes the meat pretty in pink: It is nicer to look at than old and grey
2: Sets the flavor of the cured meat: Anyone who has ever tasted "uncured bacon" has noticed that it doesn't taste the same
3: MOST IMPORTANTLY: prevents CBOT from getting its groove on and killing us.
The Romans discovered this first and started to use what they called "Red Salt" to cure their meat. It was salt that naturally had sodium nitrite as an impurity in it. The problem with using red salt is that the amount of NO2 varies batch to batch (since it is an impurity). Sometimes they weren't getting enough to stop CBOT and sometimes they were actually getting sick from too much. Over the last 2000 years, we have been working on refining Sodium Nitrite into a stable compound. Salt petre was used for a long time (compound used in gun powder, potassium nitrite) but that was banned in the US in 1973, still had too much variability.
In America, today, it is mandated BY LAW to use NO2 to cure your meats. There are very very strict rules, per product, detailing the exact ingoing parts per million of pure sodium nitrite allowed. The thing is, NO2 has a very short life span, usually around 2 weeks. So if I put 120ppm in the the bacon cure (the max allowable by law) and then cure it for 7 days, then smoke it and package it, by the time you eat it, it should have less than 10ppm.
Nitrate is the more complex form of Nitrite. Nitrate (NO3) breaks down slowly into Nitrite, which breaks down into nothing. We would use Sodium Nitrate in longer cured items, such as salami and coppa and such. These would keep the product safe for the length of its time in the anaerobic zone.
So to recap: Nitrite prevents CBOT from forming its toxin. It is required by law in some form. Nitrate is only used in dry cured things that age a long time. Using Nitrites is NOT a product of our modern industrial complex, it is as ancient as meat curing itself. (Unlike a lot of the other garbage in meats).
More to come…
A wee bit of the meat science
So Hot Dogs are surprisingly hard to do well. You wouldn't think it being how ubiquitous and debased they are, but to do a really good dog is a challenge. Hot dogs belong to a family of meat emulsions along with bologna, mortadella, and weisswurst, to name a few. The cool part about them is that they are literally a stable blend of meat, fat, and water… if you do it right.
We get to use massive chopping machines, called bowl choppers (our big one is named Harley), that will finely mince all of the meat up first. Then we add ice. We need the temperature of the mix to go down to 32F and then go back up to 40F due to friction. Then we add the semi frozen fat and keep processing to 45F. Then a binding agent. We use dry milk powder. It is pretty cool stuff. Makes things stay juicy and binds them together, without ever being wet. At this point, if you have done it right, you can let 'er rip to 54F exactly. It is done.
This all gets stuffed into a casing and then smoked. Or poached. Or poached and then smoked. Or smoked and then poached. Each permutation has a differing effect on the finished product.
Today I took a batch of pretty darn good, all grass fed beef dogs out of the smoker. We are using natural old school lamb casings, so it makes and old timey wrinkled affect. Let me know what you think. They will be there tomorrow.
The Big Push to Market-Week 2
Well Week 1 at the Bellingham Farmers' Market sure went well… we had a line about 20 minutes before we opened and ended up selling out of most everything by 2pm! An awesome first day.
However, that means we ran out of everything and need to make more of everything! Paul Klingeman from Pure Country brought us two more beautiful Berkshire/Landrace pigs on Wednesday and the team has been working around the clock. Everything is coming out pretty well and we have a few new products to add this week:
Smoked Hocks
Roasted Ham
Mexican Chorizo
and yes, it is true we are bringing Warm Fluffy Wonderful LARD Biscuits! (We have a secret plan to take over the world with biscuits, this is just the initial foray…)
Meat you at the Market!


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Goat curd & black olives. What should I cook?
I have scored about 500g of goat curd and some really nice black Kalamata olives FREE!!! YES FREE!!!!!
I thought maybe pasta with some sage & roasted pumpkin, or maybe some little tartlets, or even a soufflé.
Does anyone have any clever recipe ideas for me?
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Michael Rodriguez accused of stealing from neighbor's garage
Michael Rodriguez, 19, charged with burglary
SAN ANTONIO - Michael Rodriguez, 19, has been arrested in connection with a burglary after San Antonio police allegedly found him with the stolen property in the backyard of the house next door. The victim called police shortly after the burglary on Nov. 11.
An arrest warrant affidavit stated that the man told officers he had left his garage open earlier in the day.
He said when he went to investigate a noise he heard coming from the garage, he saw the gate on his neighbor's backyard slamming closed, the affidavit stated.
He told police he also looked in the garage and noticed two bicycles and two helmets were missing.
The victim told police he then saw Rodriguez in the backyard with the bicycles, the affidavit stated.
Police said they questioned Rodriguez and he admitted to stealing the bicycles.
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In the December 2007 issue of the Atlantic, Mark Ambinder wrote a piece on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's relationship in the Senate. It was a dramatic read then, and in light of last night, it's positively Shakespearean.
When Obama assumed his U.S. Senate seat in January 2005, he reached out to Hillary, looking for mentorship.
Clinton's staff was collegial. Obama's overture was viewed by some as genuflection to the party's natural leader, its likely presidential nominee; Obama himself was thought of as a possible apprentice and, perhaps one day, an heir. Clinton's own decision to run for president had a whiff of destiny about it-she'd been preparing for years, had served four years as a senator, and had developed a nuanced political strategy. Some of her top advisers exuded a sense of entitlement: Clinton deserved to be president; it was her turn. They did not perceive any threat until it was almost too late.
An agreeable understanding was supposedly in place between the Hillary and Obama camps. Hillary would show Obama how to deal with the press, for whom to do favors, etc, and in return Obama would observe the sense of "destiny" in a 2008 Hillary campaign for President.
But something changed-and fairly rapidly. Obama diverged from the Clinton path and decided to challenge the former first lady for the presidency.
Or did nothing change on Obama's end? Judging from Hilllary's subsequent campaign, it's plausible that she read the situation drastically wrong from the beginning. Perhaps the understanding was one-sided from the start.
The Ambinder piece also gets credit for this telling glimpse of Michelle Obama, then barely thought of as more than a smart, stylish lady:
On November 8, the day after Democrats took control of Congress, Obama, his wife, and his brain trust crowded into a fourth-floor conference room in the brick building in Chicago's Loop that houses Axelrod's consulting firm. "I want you to show me how you're going to do this," Michelle Obama said, according to an aide. "You need to show me that this is not going to be a bulls**t fly-by-night campaign."
He showed her. And her.


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Pastries of Demark's Petit Fours
By Mabel Suen
Miss Leon's Serves Some of St. Louis' Best Comfort Food
By Cheryl Baehr
Fort Taco Is Your Newest Addiction
By Cheryl Baehr
Planter's House Debuts New Spring Cocktail Menu
By Patrick Hurley
Gooseberries Pleases Herbivores and Omnivores Alike
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Cabana on the Loop Struggles with Basics
By Cheryl Baehr
Sugar High: Strudel at Feasting Fox
By Mabel Suen
Desserts included both the reliable (Tahitian vanilla crème brûlée, as satisfying as good crème brûlée always is) and the clever. The standout among the latter was the "Caramel Apple," green-apple sorbet from local favorite Serendipity, roasted apples and cajeta, a Mexican version of caramel syrup, made with goat's milk.
Here, sadly, the meal ends. Though classy, Franco is utterly unpretentious, so there's no shower of petits fours to keep you at your table. Which, come to think of it, is odd. Given the choice between lingering at a four-star table in a monkey suit and lingering here, I'd choose Franco every time.
This is the saddest story I have ever told about myself: One summer I subsisted on nothing but cornbread and French fries.
1535 S. Eighth St.
St. Louis, MO 63104
Category: Bars and Clubs
Region: St. Louis - Soulard
Pommes frites $5
Sweetbreads $9
"Wood Grilled Bistro Steak "$20
Braised lamb shank $23
"Caramel Apple "$6
I was working as a deli clerk and short-order cook in Ocean City, Maryland. The cornbread came from a boxed mix. The fries we made ourselves. These were boardwalk fries: cut fresh, soaked in water, blanched twice, doused with salt and eaten out of a paper cup that started to disintegrate with the first drop of grease.
These were as vital to summers down the ocean (as we say there) as the sun and the surf, but I took them for granted until I learned how to make them. There was no secret, just a time-tested process that you either followed or you didn't. If you did, you got the crispest and saltiest and most delicious fries you could imagine. If you didn't at just a couple bucks a cup no one really cared.
I made them the right way. I knew I'd be stealing a handful from every batch I made, so I wanted to steal the very best fries I could. I also knew that while the fries were a simple pleasure, they were a pleasure, deserving of my attention.
Pommes frites at Franco cost $5 and come in a metal cone rather than a paper cup, with a side of mayo, not ketchup. Otherwise, they're boardwalk fries. I ordered them at the same time I ordered the sweetbreads, and while the sweetbreads blew me away, it was the frites that took me back to the 64th Street Market in Ocean City. There I first realized that food wasn't just taste and energy and a full belly.
Franco isn't the "best" restaurant in St. Louis. It's not haute or innovative cuisine as you might find at An American Place or Niche. It's not fancy or pampering like Tony's. But I can't think of a better place to reconnect with why you fell in love with food and restaurants in the first place. And if you've never thought about food or restaurants in those terms, I can't think of a better place in St. Louis to start your own story.
It'll have a happy ending. Promise.
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ROANOKE, Va. -- A Virginia Tech spokesman says human error enabled a hacking attack that exposed the driver's license numbers of more than 16,000 job applicants.
The university announced Tuesday that a computer server in its Department of Human Resources was illegally accessed on Aug. 28.
Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker tells The Roanoke Times that protections and protocols to prevent hackers from accessing sensitive information weren't followed.
More than 144,000 people used the school's online employment application process between 2003 and 2013. Virginia Tech said 16,642 people provided their driver's license numbers in response to a question regarding professional licenses or certificates.
The university is offering a year of free credit monitoring services to people whose driver's license numbers were accessed.
The breach didn't compromise Social Security or credit card information.
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12 Aug 2013, 04:49pm by Scott Kacsmar
Can Adrian Peterson ever break Emmitt Smith's career rushing record? It's hard to imagine, given that fewer and fewer NFL carries are going to running backs over the age of 30. (Click to read more.)
6 comments, Last at 28 Aug 2013, 1:19am by Karen Swift
08 Aug 2013, 12:40pm by Brian Fremeau
17 teams have elevated their PFEI rating each of the last four seasons, including national title favorites Alabama and Oregon. Here are five others that should continue to ascend.
2 comments, Last at 23 Aug 2013, 11:04am by mkrand01
07 Aug 2013, 10:47am by Aaron Schatz
With no reason to believe that Geno Smith would be better than Mark Sanchez right now, and no reason to believe that starting Smith right now would help him long-term, why not use Sanchez to give Smith a little space to learn the NFL game and the Marty Mornhinweg offense?
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The answer: Probably not yet, but the Bears need to find some young stars to replace their aging veterans.
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Which teams that didn't win over the voters at conference media days are favored by our FEI projections to win division and conference title races?
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Training camp injuries have already begun to take their toll; who are the five skill players at each position that their respective teams can't afford to lose?
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31 Jul 2013, 11:41am by Vincent Verhei
By canning Ron Rivera! Oh, wait, you mean they kept him? Hmm. Well, there are other things they can do.
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The battle for NFC West supremacy continues: did San Francisco or Seattle claim the top spot in our 25-and-under organization rankings? Meanwhile, Jacksonville and Oakland bring up the rear.
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Our top-25 prospects list from the book finally gets the ESPN treatment. Everson Griffen is No. 1.
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Which teams outside of the SEC have the best chance to get to the title game and possibly end their dominant run of seven straight national championships?
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College football is all about the game-changing upsets—like Stanford over USC last weekend—that mark each season's pathway to the national championship.
We don't know where Week 4's critical upset (or, even better, upsets) will take place, but like many of you we're always looking for clues. And the latest UPS Team Performance Index—a formulaic ranking system devised by UPS and STATS LLC—is offering up a doozy.
A look at the TPI rankings shows Florida State at No. 1 for the second week in a row, with an Index score of 142.3. Its game vs. No. 13 Clemson (121.8) may not be the upset we're looking for.
The 20.5-point gap is only slightly greater than those separating some other combatants in high-profile Week 4 games: Nos. 19 Notre Dame (119.2) and 47 Michigan (104.1); and Nos. 12 South Carolina (123.8) and 38 Missouri (110.9). Those may not be our upsets, either.
But check this out: Oklahoma checks in at No. 18 in the TPI rankings, with an Index score of 119.4. The Sooners will host Kansas State on Saturday night, a tough team that's not nearly as highly regarded as OU in the voter polls.
Where do the Wildcats appear in the TPI rankings? All the way up at No. 3, with an Index score of 134.3.
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Bill Kumpe, a Tulsa attorney, posts his newsletters on his website. His January 2009 Newsletter leads with "SO-CALLED TORT REFORM WILL BLOCK THE COURT HOUSE DOORS TO AVERAGE CITIZENS."
Mr. Kumpe points out some of the facts that the advertisements funded by large companies and insurance companies fail to mention. He recommends calling the proposed "tort reform" legislation "The Plaintiff's Are Guaranteed to Lose Act of 2000."
Note: I personally do not know Mr. Kumpe. He describe's his practice as "an emphasis on business transactions, small buiness entity formation, estate planning, probate and administrative law." He definitely can't be called an "ambulance chaser" with that description. He's not the typical advocate that fights for the rights of injured Oklahomans. He just appears to have a lot of common sense!
Mr. Kumpe goes on to describe the unconstitutional tort reform as constitutional blackmail that "heavily weigh[s] the scales of civil justice in favor of lenders, insurance companies and large business interest[s]."


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Business beat: Kindred, partner purchase former WOWK building
Renovations are under way in the former WOWK-TV building at 555 5th Ave. in Huntington, after Kindred Communications and a partner purchased it from West Virginia Media for an undisclosed price.
Committed to staying in downtown Huntington, Kindred President Mike Kirtner said Kindred is renovating the building with the help of developers Philip Nelson and Jim Weiler of Capital Venture Corp., the leasing agent on the property.
Space will be leased to other tenants besides Kindred, including WOWK-TV. Within the past year, West Virginia Media moved most of its Huntington WOWK-TV operations to its new Charleston office, but it will lease some space in the building.
The facility will be called the Kindred Capital Building when finished, Kirtner said.
Kindred operations are now divided in the Coal Exchange Building and the Huntington Bank Building. The company recently purchased two Huntington radio stations from Connoisseur Media of Connecticut. Kindred owns 93.7-FM The Dawg; 92.7-FM The Planet; 94.1-FM Super Talk (also heard on 930-AM as WRVC); Magic 97.9-FM; Big Buck Country 101.5-FM; and 1340-AM.
SNAP FITNESS: Snap Fitness, a chain of 24/7 state-of-the-art fitness clubs, has opened at 3554 U.S. 60 East in Barboursville.
The chain, which already has a location in Winfield, offers 24/7 access to the club via electronic key card entry, along with cardio and weight training equipment. The new center will be managed by John Pasley.
Every member who joins the club receives a Fitness Score Session with a personal trainer, along with a "Basic 8" workout plan. Members also receive access to their own personal web page at mysnapfitness.com, which provides health and wellness tools such as online workout tutorials, ideas for meal plans and free challenges intended to keep members engaged. Snap Fitness also offers members a 30-day, money-back guarantee.
In celebration of the grand opening, the Barboursville club is offering free enrollment this week for new members. More information is available by calling 304-840-0180 or emailing email@example.com.
PATTER FAM: Throughout the month Patter Fam Sauces of Wheelersburg, Ohio, will donate $1 of every bottle of Bourbon Barrel Hot Sauce to help end breast cancer. Patter Fam's Bourbon Barrel Hot Sauce is a limited edition hot sauce with a total of only 1,100 bottles manufactured. Aged in a bourbon barrel for six months, each bottle is numbered, hand dipped in wax and autographed by the producer. The sauce will be available online at www.patterfamsauces.com and at various events throughout the region. See the website and Facebook for locations.
WV KIDS CONSIGNMENT: A West Virginia Kids Consignment sale is planned Friday through Sunday, Oct. 26-28, at Pumpkin Park in Milton. Infant and children's clothing and maternity clothing will be sold on consignment, as well as baby and kids gear, toys, furniture and other household items.
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Pathetic Glue
I bought the Keen Austin for Keen's reputation of quality and style. At first look it is a beautiful shoe; however, I have had NO luck with their durability.
The shoe begins to delaminate just down from the toe piece and a gap starts to split open where the gap readily expands even more!
I got the shoes warrantied (took 5 weeks to get them back) and my new pair of Austin's are having the exact same problem after a month of wear.
Maybe this years glue is different from the last but this shoe is pathetic and I recommend it to nobody.
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The Library
of Congress
site_name: 'Poetry 180',
Every poet has an image of the ideal reader,
and the not-so-ideal reader.
First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully up on my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
up on its shelf. She will say to herself,
"For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned." And she will.
from Sure Signs, 1980
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Copyright 1980 by Ted Kooser.
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Trade of fortune: Former Hooks Zobrist, Talbot doing well
Zobrist has been an all-star with Rays, Talbot in Indians' starting rotation
CORPUS CHRISTI - During the Hooks' seven-season history, there has been no lack of transactions.
Promotions, demotions, releases, signings and trips to the disabled list dot the story of every campaign.
But there is one transaction that stands out above the rest and remains the most jarring in franchise history.
Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the first in-season trade involving Corpus Christi players. And five years later, July 12, 2006, which saw the parent club Houston Astros trade pitcher Mitch Talbot and shortstop Ben Zobrist to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for third baseman Aubrey Huff, remains the most tumultuous day for the Hooks.
"I would say nothing comes close to that," broadcaster Matt Hicks said, without hesitation.
The 2006 Texas League championship season remains the high point in Hooks history, and on July 12 of that year, it's safe to say things were going swimmingly.
The Hooks had won the South Division's first-half title and 18 games into the second half, they were in first place at 13-5. In their series opener at Springfield, Mo., they lost 7-1, with the only run coming on a Zobrist homer.
The blast was witnessed by several family members who made the drive of five-plus hours from their central Illinois hometown of Eureka. His grandmother, who hadn't seen Zobrist play since Little League, was coming the next day.
But that homer proved to be a mere footnote the following morning after Talbot and Zobrist heard their phones ring shortly after 8 a.m., an obscenely early hour for baseball players.
Calling was Houston farm director Ricky Bennett. In the span of about two minutes, he informed them they had been traded to Tampa Bay, thanked them for their contributions to the Astros and wished them well.
Quite the way to start the day, to say the least.
"I didn't know if I was dreaming or not," Talbot said. "I kept waiting for myself to wake up. It hit me pretty quick that it was real."
In another part of the University Plaza Hotel, Zobrist had a similar reaction.
"I hung up the phone and looked at my wife (Julianna) and she said, 'Who was that?'" Zobrist said. "And I was like, 'We just got traded.' She said 'What?' Everybody was in shock. We had no idea anything like that was coming."
Then-Hooks manager Dave Clark, however, said he had an inkling that something might be up when he was told to use Zobrist at positions other than shortstop.
"When you're asked to do something like that as a minor-league manager, you start to realize that something may be cooking," Clark said.
That may have made it easier for Clark to digest the news, but not the rest of the team.
Hicks learned of the deal when he was awakened by a call from a Caller-Times reporter.
"I couldn't believe it," Hicks said. "I talked to Dave right away, and Dave confirmed it. It was like a punch in the gut."
Talbot had been with the Astros after they drafted him out of Canyon View (Utah) High School in 2002, while Zobrist was drafted in 2004 after his senior year at Dallas Baptist University. Each had played with several Hooks teammates on multiple Astros affiliates in preceding seasons.
"I saw a couple guys in the hotel and told them and they were like, 'No way,'" Zobrist said. "I think we really didn't know what to do. Just like that, you're traded like a trading card. All you've known is one organization.
"It was crazy. It seemed kind of impersonal, but a reality of what happens in pro baseball all the time. It was tough to leave all the guys I had come up with and played with those last couple years like Hunter Pence, Jonny Ash and Chance Douglass. It was like, 'All right, see you down the road sometime.'"
At the time, Zobrist was arguably the Hooks' best hitter, with a strike-zone discipline that Clark called among the best he'd seen in Double-A. Zobrist's .327 average was second in the Texas League and he was among the circuit leaders in five other categories. Meanwhile, after a slow start, Talbot was turning a corner. The right-hander's 96 strikeouts ranked third in the league and his 3.39 earned-run average was good for seventh.
Losing two players of their caliber was a shock, and sent a ripple through the clubhouse.
"I just remember everybody was in a state of disbelief — everybody associated with the club, from Clarkie to the (coaching) staff to all the players," Hicks said.
"I remember talking to both guys and telling them, 'We're going to miss you and there's a reason these things happen and you're going to do well.' I also remember thinking, 'Where did that come from and how much of an impact was it was going to have on us?'"
The Hooks dropped seven of their next 10 games. After losing other key players such as ace pitcher Matt Albers, catcher J.R. House and closer Jailen Peguero, they finished the second half 35-35, losing seven of their final nine regular-season games.
"Did it affect (the other players)?" Clark said. "Yes, it did. Did it affect us as a team? Yeah, because I lost my No. 3 starter and the best hitter in the Texas League.
"It was a blow. I thought they took it that we just gave up two of our big prospects and had just won the first half. They were more concerned about the Corpus Christi Hooks than anything else, and that's because that's where they were at the time."
But a funny thing happened come playoffs. The proverbial light bulb went off for the Hooks, who went 7-1 during the postseason. They clinched the championship in an epic 14-inning win over Wichita, with the winning hit provided by Wade Robinson, who was called up from A-ball to replace Zobrist.
In the end, things worked out after the initial turbulence. As for Aubrey Huff, he got his ring, but it was with the San Francisco Giants last fall, four years after he left the Astros as a rental player.
With the Astros, Huff batted .250 with 13 homers and 38 RBI in 68 games. However, he wasn't able to give the Astros the late-season push they needed as they finished two games out of first place behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
As for Talbot and Zobrist, they went to the Tampa system and took differing paths.
On the afternoon of the trade, Hicks received a request from a sports radio station in Tampa to come on and discuss the deal.
"The first question I got was 'Ben Zobrist, Mitch Talbot — who are these guys?'" Hicks said. "I said you're definitely getting a great deal in return for losing Aubrey Huff. The (host) said, 'Really? We've never heard of these guys. We have no idea about these players. It's almost like we're getting nothing.'"
At that point, Zobrist's baseball career already had a stranger-than-fiction feel. After high school, he was planning to attend a Bible college in Kansas City, Mo., and play basketball. But he paid $50 to attend a tryout camp for college baseball coaches and caught the attention of Olivet Nazarene University, an NAIA school in Bourbannais, Ill.
He started there as a pitcher before convincing the coaches to let him play shortstop. While playing summer ball in Wisconsin after his junior year, his roommate was a Dallas Baptist player named Jeff Gilmore. Zobrist transferred to DBU, which was joining Division I, for his senior year — and later married Gilmore's sister.
After being assigned to the Devil Rays' Triple-A affiliate in Durham, N.C., the stars again aligned for Zobrist. The team traded Julio Lugo to the Dodgers and fellow infielder Ty Wigginton broke his hand.
So just 19 days after being traded, Zobrist was in the majors. His first game was on Aug. 1, which happened to be his younger brother Noah's 12th birthday. Three days later, Zobrist got his first major-league hit, off Boston ace Curt Schilling.
The next two years saw some time back in Triple-A, but he returned to Tampa for good in 2008. That fall, the ultra-versatile utility man was starting for the now-Rays in the World Series against Philadelphia.
"I was very fortunate at that time to be traded to Tampa Bay," Zobrist said. "It was literally like three weeks and I was in the big leagues. I know that wouldn't have happened at the time with the Astros with where they were in the organization."
Zobrist's father Tom, the pastor at Eureka's Liberty Bible Church, saw a greater power in his son's ascent to the majors.
"It's an amazing thing," the elder Zobrist said. "We kind of see God's hand in it. He knows what He's doing. He directs our pathways and got Ben in the right place. We're real thankful he's down in Tampa."
For Talbot, however, his time in the Tampa Bay system wasn't as charmed.
After being acquired, he was assigned to Double-A Montgomery (Ala.). He thrived down the stretch in 2006, tossing two playoff shutouts as the Biscuits won the Southern League championship, coincidentally on the same Sept. 15 night the Hooks captured their title.
Talbot then spent all of 2007 and most of 2008 in Durham, finally getting to the majors and making three appearances in the latter season. A right elbow injury then sidelined him for two months in 2009, as he made a career-low 15 appearances for three different Rays affiliates.
Being in one of the majors' richest farm systems didn't help his cause, either.
"At the time, I thought it was a trade that was going to work out better for me because (Houston) had Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and guys in Triple-A that were pitching well, too," Talbot said. "We were kind of loaded in the system at that time and in Tampa, the starters in the bigs weren't doing so hot.
"I thought it would be an expedited process to the big leagues. I (joined the Rays) and the pitching that was there in the minors was just unbelievable. I think the guys I pitched with there, every one of us is in the big leagues now."
For Talbot, it was another trade that helped him stick in the big leagues. On Dec. 1, 2009, he was sent to the Cleveland Indians for catcher Kelly Shoppach.
The following April 16, he threw a complete game in Chicago against the White Sox to pick up his first major-league win. He went 10-13 with a 4.41 ERA in his first full major-league season.
"I was out of options and if they're going to trade for you, they're expecting you to be in the big leagues," Talbot said. "It was good to hear that news. If I hadn't been traded, I would've gone to the bullpen and I didn't want that.
"That trade was a good one for me. It was a lot easier since I'd been through it once before. I transitioned into that one real easily."
In April 2010, Zobrist signed a contract extension that could potentially earn him around $30 million. He and wife Julianna have a 2-year-old son, Zion, and another child on the way.
On July 24 of last year, Zobrist and the Rays were in Cleveland to face the Indians, with Talbot starting.
"It's interesting any time you face a former teammate or friend," Zobrist said. "Our wives are good friends, and it was tough for them to see us face each other.
"I was so happy to see how well he's been doing and see him solidify himself as a big leaguer. Everybody's known he has that kind of stuff. It's been neat to see that as a former teammate."
In his first two at-bats, Zobrist made outs. Then in the fifth, he faced Talbot with two outs and two runners on.
"I knew Ben's approach was to pull the ball early and adjust to the opposite side later in the game," Talbot said. "So I kind of pitched according to that and got him out the first couple of times.
"In the fifth, there were a couple runners on base and I told myself he's going to try to go oppo and make him beat you oppo because it's hard to hit a homer to the opposite field."
Zobrist then hit a 1-0 pitch that grazed the top of the fence in left-center. Originally ruled a triple, it was changed to a three-run homer after an instant replay review showed it hit a railing above the wall.
"He whacked it and I think he cleared the fence by about six inches," Talbot said. "It was pretty fun, just because of the experiences we had before. It was an interesting game."
The homer was shown on ESPN's Baseball Tonight that night, with nary a mention that Talbot and Zobrist were traded together and had been former teammates in two organizations.
Then again, their 2006 trade was just part of the business of baseball, and apparently became just another transaction to some, but not to anyone associated with the Hooks.
"In this day and age in baseball, I wouldn't be surprised by anything," Hicks said. "But I would say that the number of times that we're going to have a deal like that where you are so taken aback and shake your head and say, 'Oh my goodness, I can't believe that,' ... the chances of us having another deal like that are very few and far between."
2006 stats: 6-4 record, 3.39 ERA, 96 strikeouts in 94.1 innings over 17 starts.
Top moments: On June 11, Talbot followed Roger Clemens during the latter's tuneup start and worked a three-inning save. Then 11 days later, Talbot struck out 12 against Arkansas to break Clemens' franchise record by one. Talbot's record stood until Xavier Cedeno struck out 14 against Frisco on June 27 of this year. In his final nine appearances, Talbot allowed more than two earned runs just once.
2006 stats: .327 average, 3 homers, 30 RBI, .434 on-base percentage in 83 games.
Top moments: On May 4 at Springfield, Zobrist hit his first homer — on his sister Serena's birthday with her and eight other family members on hand. Then in a wild game against Frisco on July 7, following the memorable tirade and ejection of pitching coach Joe Slusarski, Zobrist made a brilliant leaping catch with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning. Hooks broadcaster Matt Hicks said the crowd's roar when Zobrist landed remains the loudest he's ever heard Whataburger Field.
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Murder 2, a copy of Korean flick?
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Mumbai: As Mohit Suri's much awaited film 'Murder 2' is ready to hit the theaters today, speculations are making rounds that the movie is a straight lift from 2008 Korean flick 'The Chaser'.
In the Korean flick, a human-trafficker is on the hunt of a serial killer who is finishing off pretty girls. From what people have heard, the plot of Murder 2 is the same. The film has already grabbed eye-balls because of the steamy chemistry between the lead pair of Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez.
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'Empire Strikes Back' director Irvin Kershner dies at age 87
Suddenly the Star Wars marathon this past weekend on Spike takes on some unexpected gravitas. Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, died during the weekend. He was 87. This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, yet another bittersweet reminder of Kershner's stellar contribution to […] [Read More]
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It's times like these that so many of my worlds collide. See, my darling daughter has recently become obsessed with pretending to be an elephant, crooking her tiny little elbow over her nose like a trunk and blaring the most adorable "l-fant" noise her two-year-old lungs can muster. She also loves Elmo and Sesame Street, […] [Read More]
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'A Wave of Reason' by Symphony of Science opens minds, drops ethereal beats
Back in June, I did a print story on the Symphony of Science, an online music project that transforms the mindspeak of Carl Sagan and other science luminaries into Auto-Tuned, ambient goodness. I'd blog new SOS videos any chance I got because I love the concept of promoting science in such a creative, quirky way. […] [Read More]
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My how time flies, even for a televised Time Lord. Today marks the 47th anniversary of the first-ever broadcast of Doctor Who. That episode, called "An Unearthly Child," introduced us to an odd student named Susan (Carole Ann Ford) and her very odd granddad called the Doctor (William Hartnell), who live in a police box […] [Read More]
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Two super-sized comic book images from the '70s still stick with me after all these years: 1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man and 1978's Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (pictured). Fitting, I guess, since both big books feature the Man of Steel taking it on the chin from two of my all-time favorite superheroes. I think […] [Read More]
'Doctor Who' Christmas Special title, trailer and poster
You don't know how long I've waited to see the Doctor tumble out of a chimney and into a new Doctor Who adventure. Why, it's just like… Christmas, wink-wink. Now we know just what to call this new Who Christmas Special: A Christmas Carol. And you better believe it brims with references to the Dickens' […] [Read More]
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I love me some Shakespeare. (A proud English major, be I.) I love me some Helen Mirren. (Prime Suspect. Win.) I love me some CGI imagery with an old-school flair. (Who doesn't?) Throw all that into one feature film and you have The Tempest, an ambitious but still surprisingly art house-like adaptation of Shakespeare's final […] [Read More]
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From club brand to record label and beyond, here is the worldwide exclusive first listen and lyric video for Mandolin – Jodie Harsh's bass-driven stomper of an underground dance track and the debut release from from the Room Service record label.
The track features vocals from 'Put 'em High' songstress and Swedish wonder-woman Therese, a live Mandolin and a breakdown of epic proportions.
Room Service is a new house label created by the team behind the London-based club brand of the same name. It is set to release music from the club's favourite producers along with a string of collaborations from international recording artists.
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This radio is a GLF model F-770, circa 1948. GLF stands for Grange League Federation, which was a farmer's co-op in upstate New York. In the late forties, the Grange League Federation founded six FM stations in upstate New York and formed the Rural Radio Network to serve farming communities. They marketed these well-built 10 […]
WBJC Host Appearances at the Baltimore Summer Antique Show
WBJC hosts will be at the 34th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show! Stop by the WBJC Booth and say hello, chat with your favorite host, and enter a contest while you're there! Thursday 8/21: Mark Malinowski – noon to 3pm Dyana Neal – 3pm to 6pm Kati Harrison – 6pm to 8pm Friday 8/22: Judith Krummeck – […]
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Emily Allchurch uses photography to recreate old master paintings and prints, creating contemporary narratives. The exhibition showcases Allchurch's celebrated Tokyo Story and Tokaido Road series, which pay homage to the 19th century Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
See the amazing history and future of East Asian craft and design and its global influence in this exhibition inspired by objects from Manchester Art Gallery's collection.
Captured around the world, fashioned in Manchester: internationally renowned and Manchester-based media and textile artist Andrea Zapp reveals her first luxury womenswear collection. Working with scenes and photography from her global travels, Zapp has used urban views, rural panoramas, miniature scenarios and objects of culture and curiosity to create a visual portfolio which forms the essence of each stunning hand-made silk dress.
This autumn, Manchester Art Gallery will present Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War, an exhibition of work by acclaimed British painter, Stanley Spencer, on loan from the National Trust's Sandham Memorial Chapel.
This major group exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War explores how artists have communicated the impact of military conflict on the body, mind, environment and human senses between 1914 and 2014.
This display explores the pioneering role that painters such as Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and David Hockney played in the reinvention of figurative art in the second half of the 20th century.
Twelve international jewellery designers present new commissions in response to our Pre-Raphaelite painting collection.
See sculptures by contemporary Korean artists Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram at Manchester Art Gallery as part of Asia Triennial Manchester 08.
Join Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and friends in our interactive summer exhibition for under 7s and their families.
This autumn Manchester Art Gallery stages the first international exhibition in over 40 years dedicated to the life and work of Pre-Raphaelite master William Holman Hunt.
This exhibition celebrates the 60th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales. It's a rare chance to see ten of the Royal Collection's finest drawings by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519).
In celebration of the Professional Footballers' Association's centenary year, this is the first ever public exhibition of work from their art collection.
Discover multi-media sculpture, photography and animation based on the theme of well-being. The award-winning, arts-based mental health service, Start Manchester, part of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, has created this new exhibition especially for display at Manchester Art Gallery.
Giant sunflowers and daisies tower over a ruined Greek temple and a country cottage. A menacing black sun (or moon) looms above. Could nature be out of control?
Dinu Li's beautiful photographic portraits depict residents from Manchester's many different communities using call centres to keep in touch with their friends and relatives abroad.
See artworks produced at the gallery's family art clubs and inspired by our collections. Look out for them around the galleries, on display next to the original works.
A major new commission by Manchester International Festival with Manchester Art Gallery. Bach's sublime solo works for piano, violin and cello will be performed in a unique environment created by Zaha Hadid Architects.
See a selection of flip-book inspired animations by Manchester-based artist Andrew Bracey in this new exhibition.
Look out for Marc Quinn's sculpture No Visible Means of Escape IV (1996) on loan from Tate and on display in our Victorian Galleries as part of the Visual Dialogues programme.
From Quentin Blake to Eric Clapton, 45 famous names reveal their favourite things in this exhibition celebrating the art of illustration.
Discover Goya's extraordinary use of imagination, wit and satire in this exhibition of around 30 rarely-displayed prints from our collections.
See the Chapman Brothers' gruesome sculpture Disasters of War alongside the Goya etchings that inspired it.
Prepare to be amazed by ten rarely-shown works by current and future global art stars from China, India and Japan. Facing East is a wondrous exhibition featuring outstanding contemporary paintings and sculptures drawn from one of the largest and most important, privately held contemporary art collections in the UK today.
Ron Mueck's hyper-real sculptures of the human figure are tender portrayals of people in their most intimate, isolated and vulnerable moments. This exhibition features three of his remarkable, out of scale sculptures: Wild Man, 2005; Spooning Couple, 2005; and Mask III, 2005.
See the winners of our Inspired by
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This is the first comprehensive retrospective to trace Dorothy Bohm's exceptional photographic career a career that spans six decades and several continents.
Charlotte Newson's photo-mosaic portrait of Manchester suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is formed from thousands of images of other inspirational women, supplied by people around the world.
You're invited to sing a karaoke duet with a soldier.
This quietly provocative installation was made by the Manchester-based Quarantine theatre company over an 18 month period with currently serving soldiers.
Lighting created by young people from across Manchester together with lighting designer Daniel Davis James.
Drawing, textiles and mixed-media artworks inspired by the gallery and our collections, created by people with learning disabilities.
See the winners of our annual competition for adults.
Button World is a positive treasure trove for children, and imaginations will surely run wild as they explore a kaleidoscope of thousands of buttons of all shapes, sizes, colours and materials.
See the results of the Gallery's most ambitious conservation project ever.
Paul Floyd Blake's striking photographic portraits show ordinary people involved in a variety of sports - from football to fell running - depicted against the backdrop of their chosen pursuit.
A celebration of the creativity of Manchester school children highlighting the gallery's Artists in Schools programme.
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Taiwanese metal artist Chien-Wei Chang is the latest designer and maker to be featured in the 21st Century Showcase in the Gallery of Craft and Design.
The Creative Consultants (our team of young people) have chosen two contemporary photographs from Tate Britain to hang with the artworks in our Victorian galleries, creating a visual dialogue between old and new.
In this video, a pomegranate stands out from a backdrop reminiscent of a sixteenth century still life until it is exploded by a high-velocity bullet.
Inspired by Celia Fiennes (16621741) who journeyed through England on horseback and came to Manchester in 1688, Jo Roberts will be a contemporary reporter coming to the city. She will take as her subject Manchester's two football clubs, revealing the quirky through drawing and writing, reflecting and observing.
This exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, the largest ever art exhibition in the UK, held here in Manchester in 1857.
This exhibition is the result of a photographic project commissioned by Look 07 working with eight groups and twelve artists. Each group presents what is distinctive about their experience of Manchester and has worked with photographic techniques from polaroids and pinhole cameras to digital media.
Sophie MacCorquodale is the winner of the Crosby Manchester Art prize for 2005.
Laylah Ali, Hamad Butt, Ellen Gallagher & Edgar Cleijne, David Huffman, Hew Locke, Marepe, Henna Nadeem, Kori Newkirk, Yinka Shonibare MBE,
Eric Wesley and Mario Ybarra Jr.
The Creative Consultants - our group of young people who explore the exhibitions and collections and help to interpret art works for a young audience - bring together two art works, to create a visual dialogue in our twentieth century galleries. Watch out for their interpretation of these art works from mid January.
Don't miss your only chance to see Kylie The Exhibition in the north of England.
A special exhibition celebrating the creativity of the communities of Manchester. Inspired by the Art Treasures exhibition.
Pakistan's new miniature art movement is experiencing a spectacular revival around the world. Beyond the Page brings eight of the most prestigious artists trained in Pakistan to Manchester Art Gallery, as part of the Festival of Muslim Cultures 2006.
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba is one of the most exciting Asian artists to have emerged in recent years. This retrospective is his first major UK exhibition.
Televisions that retract into the ceiling, pivoting walls with a built-in mini bar, underground 'nuclear cities' the work of the 1960s Italian designer Joe Colombo could easily have emerged from the set of a contemporary James Bond film. This is the first international retrospective of Colombo's influential work.
This exhibition celebrates 25 years of inspiring textiles by Georgina von Etzdorf, one the UK's most influential design labels.
See the 10 winning art works from our Inspired by... competition displayed alongside the original works that inspired them.
From Manchester to Shanghai is a major retrospective of paintings by the popular Manchester artist Liam Spencer. As well as his most well known pictures of Manchester scenes, the exhibition also includes recent paintings of New York and Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.
Swiss born René Burri is one of the world's greatest living photographers. From his famous portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso to his iconic pictures of Sao Paolo and Brasilia, his work captures almost all the major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century.
This family friendly exhibition celebrates Miffy, the iconic bunny rabbit created by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. Now celebrating her 50th birthday, Miffy is a worldwide phenomenon loved by children, teenagers and nostalgic adults alike.
In no particular order is the first solo exhibition in the UK by California-based artist Pae White. Cascading waterfalls of multi-coloured paper, delicate wire bird cages suspended above pools of coloured light and 21st century tapestries create a stunning visual experience in the gallery.


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Doug Wojcik was on the verge of being fired as College of Charleston basketball coach Monday and still might lose his job for alleged verbal abuse of his players, The Post and Courier has learned.
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Age: 50
Hometown: Wheeling, W. Va.
College: U.S. Naval Academy
Record at Tulsa: 140-92 in 7 seasons (two NIT appearances)
Record at College of Charleston: 38-29 in 2 seasons
Previous College of Charleston coaches:
John Kresse: 23 seasons, 1979-2002 - 560-143 (4 NCAA Tournament appearances, 2 NIT appearances)
Tom Herrion: 4 seasons, 2002-2006 - 80-38 (one NIT appearance)
Bobby Cremins: 6 seasons, 2006-2012 - 125-68 (one NIT appearance)
After meeting with current players for more than an hour Monday afternoon, athletic director Joe Hull told team members he was going to fire Wojcik.
Hull was overruled by then-school President George Benson later in the day.
Benson recommended that Wojcik be suspended without pay for the month of August and undergo counseling, a source confirmed. The loss of a month's pay for Wojcik would be more than $33,000.
Players met with Glenn McConnell, who took over as the school's president Tuesday, and at least most of them insisted on Wojcik's dismissal, but no resolution was reached.
"These players will not play for (Wojcik)," a parent of a current player said. "No way."
Hull and Wojcik declined to comment Wednesday, and attempts to reach Benson through college officials were unsuccessful.
Sources in the school's athletic department confirmed that Wojcik has been the subject of a six-month investigation that included interviews with players, assistant coaches, athletic department staffers and boosters after allegations of verbal abuse came to the attention of the school's administration. The source said the school completed its investigation last week and issued a 100-page report on the allegations.
Wojcik, 50, is 39-28 in two seasons as the Cougars' head coach. Wojcik was hired in April 2012 after getting fired from Tulsa, where he compiled a 140-92 record and left as the school's winningest coach.
Wojcik, who played at the U.S. Naval Academy alongside Hall of Famer David Robinson, replaced Bobby Cremins, whose easygoing style made him a favorite among players.
Wojcik has three years remaining on a five-year contract that pays him more than $400,000 per season.
Firing Wojcik could cost the Cougars more than $1.2 million if the administration cannot find cause for termination.
"The report doesn't shine a favorable light on Doug, but I'm not sure there's cause to fire him," a senior athletic administration official said. "If the administration can't find cause, it's going to cost them a lot of money to fire (Wojcik)."
The College of Charleston fired former basketball coach Tom Herrion in 2006 with four years remaining on his contract and ended up paying him $787,000 in a buyout settlement.
The investigation began when former and current players, which included Trent Wiedeman and Bart Benton, complained to the administration about Wojcik's outbursts in the locker room at halftime and during games, a source confirmed. Wiedeman transferred to Georgia Southern after the 2012-13 season, while Benton graduated after Wojcik's first season as the Cougars' head coach.
On Benton's Twitter account, the former walk-on said, "Doug Wojcik needs to go. Plain and simple."
In the report, former and current players said that Wojcik's rants became "personal" and "went over the line" of normal criticism from a coach.
Two current players, who did not want to be identified, said that while they couldn't defend all of Wojcik's comments, the situation isn't as bad as many are making it out to be.
"Did he cross the line? Yeah, he crossed the line with some guys, especially his first season," the player said. "He made things personal with a couple of guys. He challenged their manhood and no one wants to be challenged like that. He never went after me like that. Sure, he was hard on me, but he didn't make things personal like he did with some of the guys. I didn't have a problem with the way he treated me."
Both players said they were not sure they'd return to play for the Cougars next season if Wojcik was not in charge.
"I think we're going to win a championship with him," the second player said. "Is he demanding? Yeah. He wants what is best for us and for the team. He's already made me a better player. If he's not here next year, I don't think I'd come back. He's going to get us to where we need to be. We're already pretty close right now."
The players said while it'll be difficult to mend fences and soothe hurt feelings, it can be done if Wojcik returns next season.
"I think it'll be the big white elephant in the room at first, but eventually we'll all come together and be a team again," the player said. "We're a pretty strong group."
A senior athletic administration official doesn't know if the situation is salvageable between Wojcik and the players.
"I'm not sure there's going to be a lot of trust on either side," the source said. "Are the players going to trust coach Wojcik and can he trust them anymore? I just don't know the answer to that."
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