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Day one at the 2011 Sweets & Snacks EXPO, and the show floor reflected the state of the confectionery industry—still booming.
According to the National Confectioners Association, the confectionery industry posted a 3.6% gain in 2010, and in the 52 weeks ending April 17, 2011, the highest performing major confectionery segments based on unit sales were:
Single Chocolate Bars +8.5%
Seasonal Christmas Chocolate +7.2%
Snack Size Chocolate Bars +6.4%
Hard Candy Pkg/Rolls +4.4%
Chewy Candy +3.6%
Licorice +3.6%
Sugarless Gum +2.2%
Source: SymphonyIRI Group
All of these categories were well-represented on the show floor today. Here are a few that winked at me:
Candy Corn Jelly Beans and Mint Chocolate Dips
Jelly Belly, Booth 831
It was just a matter of time before Jelly Belly would take cues from its classic Candy Corn and create a Candy Corn-flavored jelly bean. Officially available in June, Jelly Belly's Candy Corn jelly beans have a buttery taste with a hint of vanilla. The new beans will be available year round and come in 10-pound bulk cases and 9-ounce packages.
Also new from Jelly Belly are Mint Chocolate Dips. The Mint Chocolate Dips are a new flavor in Jelly Belly's chocolate-dipped jelly bean collection. These beans are good, too! What I didn't realize until today is that Jelly Belly chocolate-dipped beans don't have the typical jelly bean sugar shell; the chocolate layer is the shell. I also learned from Jelly Belly's director of communications, Tomi Holt, that the Chocolate Dips are slightly less caloric than regular Jelly Belly jelly beans (3.7 vs. 4 calories per bean). While writing this post, I polished off two mini bags of Very Cherry Dips and don't feel one bit guilty.
Hard Candy Shot Glasses
Melville Candy Company, Booth 2002
Gummy shot glasses created some good buzz last year. This year, it's hard candy shot glasses.
The family-owned Melville Candy Company has created seasonal and everyday sets of hard candy shot glasses. I like the swirled variety above—perfect for when "Bridesmaids" and "Hangover 2" come out on DVD. Also new from Melville are lava lamp-shaped lollipops. I took a photo of these today, but since I am a rotten photographer, I'll leave them up to your imagination. Based on buyer reaction in Melville's booth, I will say that candy shot glasses and lava lamp pops have serious legs.
Chocolate Krispy Treats
Forbidden Sweets, Booth 2463
This booth was mobbed today. And, I know why. The company's "Chocolate Krispy Treats" on a stick are creative, adorable, and come in zillions of designs, shapes, and colors. They taste good, too, and have a six-month shelf life.
One of the Forbidden Sweets' owners told me that the Peanuts Gallery collection (above, left), was created for and is carried by Hallmark stores. Take a look at the crisped food collection (above right) all on sticks. Love the mushroom and pickle.
Each treat is packed on a sturdy sucker stick in a clear cello bag and measures about 4 inches in diameter. The treats ship 8 per case.
Sugar-Free Glee
Verve, inc., Booth 1456
It's happened. Verve, inc., the makers of Glee Gum, ventured into sugar-free and now have two products in the category: Lemon Lime and Refresh Mint gum.
Both products are sweetened with 100% xylitol, a sugar alcohol extracted from birch tree bark.
Sugar-Free Glee, like the rest of the Glee Gum line, is all-natural and made without artificial coloring, flavoring, sweeteners or preservatives.
The chewy texture comes from chicle, a tree sap harvested sustainably to help conserve the rainforest. Sugar-Free Glee is also gluten-free, soy-free, corn-free, and GMO-free. Packaged in recycled cardboard rather than blister packs, each box contains 15 pieces of gum.
Chocolate Squares for Zzzz's
Slumberland Snacks, Booth 1876
The Upstate Dream Institute in Ithaca, NY, came to the Sweets & Snacks EXPO with "Slumberland Snacks Chocolatey Sleep Squares: The bedtime delight that helps you sleep through the night."
I kid you not. (Full disclosure, I have yet to try these nighty-night squares for fear of nodding off in the middle of the trade show floor, but they are intriguing. Additional disclosure: Sleep Squares actually launched at the 2010 Natural Products Expo East Show in Boston, but they're new to me, so I'm plopping them in this post.)
According to Slumberland Snack's Web site, the sleep mechanisms in these squares are "Traditional herbs: Blue Vervain, Passionflower Extract, L-Theanine, Hops Extract Brain Fuels: L-5-HTP, Choline L-Bitartate, and Melatonin."
If I have the guts to try these tomorrow—day 2 of the show—I'll let you know how I fare. ?The product is currently available in two sizes: a 7 count (one week's supply) and a 30 count (one month's supply), and comes in three flavors: Original, Raspberry, and Orange.
Zanies Marshmallow Candy
Spangler Candy Company, Booth 1937
This Christmas, the Spangler Candy Company is introducing its newest marshmallow product, Zanies Wacky Marshmallow Candy. The packaging is vibrant and fun, and I think kids will dig it. Mine did when I showed them the image.
Zanies feature four Christmas-shaped marshmallow characters; Oliver Orange – an ornament, Gretchen Grape – a Christmas star, Sarah Strawberry – a stocking, and Adam Apple – a Christmas tree. Ideal for stockings and secret Santa gifts, kids can collect all four character ornament cut-outs featured on the back of each display carton.
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Ricky Martin 'Caught Off Guard' In Underwear By Paparazzi
With that kind of body, he can and should hang out more in his undies!!!!!!
I want to BE his underwear!
He has always seemed very sweet and gracious and along with his obvious good looks and talent, those qualities make him a very dynamic person to watch. Just FYI, stars use the media to get the image they want to share "out there". He had an image show up not long ago that was not flattering, so he's probably planned this after he got he body back together for Summer. His career demands that he stay good looking and be seen as such... all the time. In short, he probably new the image was being taken.
I appreciate Ricky's wonderful smile
COMPLETELY LOVE HIM !! If I had a body like that I wouldn't care if the photographed me. Don't think he does either. LOVE RICKY !!!
I was 32 when I came out. Wish it had been sooner, but it is what it is. Thankful that I did at all. God bless you Ricky!!!
It's bad enough that paparazzi take these photos, it's worse that magazines print them. Did we learn nothing after the death if princess Diana
Truly the definition of a TIRED OLD QUEEN!
Spoken by a bitter, tired old troll!
and you are totally frustrated men!!! and a cruel mind person too , go to a psychologist doctor bro!
Your comments are uninformed and weak. " Psychologist doctor bro? " Read a book while you're waiting for the nurse to call your name bro.
Have you checked the mirror lately?
He makes me moist
He is beautiful
LOVE this man, and LOVE that he constantly uses his platform to speak about gay rights and the gay community. It's wonderful
Oh puh-lease. The man was like 68 when he came out. Example of what? Wait sitting down??? How's that inspiring?
I was thinking something similar and he did it once everybody else did. It wasn't like a super-bold ground-breaking move. I still think he's beautiful, his music is OK.
No matter when a person comes out, there coming out makes a difference. You ignorant , insignificant child.
wtf. it's so obviously a bikini
who cares, he could wear a bathing suit at a pool/beach like that. geesh, this is NOT news.
Seriously? This is news? You can't even fucking see anything
I would tickle his dupe!
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For years Delynn Fielding, the economic development director for Carbon County, beat his head against a wall in trying to get businesses to locate in this area. Something almost always seemed to fall short.
"The one biggest factor seems to be that we are not on an interstate," said Fielding. "I always told them that if they looked at it, in many areas in the county there is only one stop sign between where they would locate and Denver or Los Angeles. Yet that seemed to be a big hangup."
Other kinds of things have gotten in the way too. Without huge investments, electrical infrastructure was lacking for some businesses and for others it was myriad other things.
Many said that Fielding had the most frustrating job in the county.
Then a few years ago, Nick Tatton, the community director for Price City, brought back an idea from a conference about how to grow businesses from within. It was called Business Expansion and Retention (BEAR).
Fielding, Tatton and others worked hard on what they saw as a possible way to not only bring new business into the area, but to help grow that which was already here. In the years since its inception it has been a great success. A number of new businesses have started successfully in the area. It has been such a hit that the state of Utah has taken the program and expanded it to many other counties. In fact it was one of the main topics of discussion during the Legislative Rural Day in January at the Capitol.
"BEAR has been basically a kindergarten and first grade level of business development," said Fielding last week during an interview. "We need to move to the next level now, kind of moving on to the upper grades."
Fielding says the next level is what is called Economic Gardening. The idea comes from the Edward Lowe Foundation which provides entrepreneurial support in terms of research and development into rethinking economic factors.
According to documents from the foundation, Economic Gardening's basic premise is to help existing companies in an area to grow in terms of production, services and create a positive economic impact on an area. Its idea is to "grow your own success stories."
Economic Gardening takes an entrepreneurial approach to job creation. Often referred to as a "home-grown" or "inside-out" strategy, that sounds relatively simple and is why many people believe they're practicing economic gardening, when they're not. Economic gardening differs from other economic-development strategies by its target audience, tools and timing.
The foundation says that economic development should be thought of as a triple play of activities.
First would come benefits for entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) such as the local BEAR program. By referring local companies into an economic gardening program, ESOs build greater trust because they're introducing clients to unique services that can't be obtained elsewhere. After participating in an economic gardening program, companies typically emerge more interested in programs available at the local level. What's more, ESOs that participate in an economic gardening network learn more about each other, which enables groups to avoid duplication of services, refine core strengths and refer clients to other groups when appropriate.
Second comes the benefits for second-stage chief executive officers of companies. Second-stagers are at a critical juncture as they transition businesses from small to large enterprises. They face new challenges that not only are tough to resolve, but difficult to even identify accurately. Participating in an economic gardening network allows them to stop working in their businesses, and step back so they can work on their businesses. Economic gardening helps CEOs build stronger teams, identify new markets and sharpen their competitive edge. In addition to technical services, economic-gardening programs often provide CEO forums, roundtables and other types of peer-learning activities that help second-stagers gain insights and improve leadership.
Third comes the benefits for communities involved in the program. Economic gardening helps establish an entrepreneurial culture within communities, which is critical to regional growth. Local businesses tend to have greater commitment to their regions and the most impact on sustainable job creation than companies with out-of-state headquarters. If they grow, the whole community benefits.
The key to making the program work is speed and insight. Businesses need to be engaged in real time as they are already on the move. Lengthy assessments of businesses at this stage of growth usually doesn't work because things are changing so rapidly within the business and sometimes in their market. ESOs form Strategic Research Teams that intercept the business at hand briefly and gain and understanding of the issues that need to be dealt with. Often with the growth of a business things go unnoticed by those right in the middle of it because they are so busy trying to make things run.
A Strategic Research Team (SRT) model would be used by the program and they would look at four key issues within a company they area assessing.
- The company's core strategy. The SRT would be dealing with changes in strategic direction, the business model and opportunity development.
- The market dynamics. Assessing the companies involvement in the unique relationship between the company, their customer and their industry.
- Marketing leads that are available. The SRT would help identifying and find markets and customers to match the company as its business evolves.
- Analyzing the companies management team. The SRT would advise on issues revolving around the changing role of the entrepreneur and their team as the company grows.
Probably one of the most important aspects of the SRT is that it must act, look and operate entrepreneurially by being relevant, responsive and adaptive. Companies in fast track growth have little interest, nor time, to look at consulting information that is overblown or slow to implement.
Any SRT formed will find each situation unique. This type of advisement is not a cookie cutter approach and the team must "catch up" with where the company is quickly if it is to be effective.
Presently programs like this are active in places like Indiana, Wyoming, Louisiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, and Ohio among other states.


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Pierre LeBrun, of ESPN.com, conducted an interview with Ray Whitney who said that the NHL is trying to institute a restrictive system of contract rights that will limit the way certain general managers conduct business.
"We don't trust you GMs, we want to put in a system that tells you how to run your teams now. We're going to cut your legs out. We're going to make it so the worst GM in the league can compete with you because your hands are tied.'
Whitney says that he thinks he has the solution since he doesn't think that the two sides are that far apart, "I'd stuff them all in a room and tell them they can't come out until it's done. And we're not sending any food, either."
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Seffner man's final resting place below his home
37- year old Jeff Bush will have his final resting place beneath his Seffner home where he was swallowed by a sink hole in his bedroom.
His brother, Jeremy Bush said this incident will bother him for the rest of his life as he was in the hole trying to rescue him.
Jeremy added that he was thankful the rest of his family who was in the living room next door were not harmed when the earth opened up beneath their home.
Hillsborough County engineers say the ground is so unstable their only option is to demolish the home.
All the equipment is being kept near the street. A back hoe with an extended arm is being used to keep crews safe as neighboring homes are also on unstable ground.
At this point, neighboring families are not sure if they will ever move back home as engineers believe it will take some time to figure out what other areas of the landscape are at risk of collapsing.
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Video: Batavia Walmart Assault Case: Sentencing
Video: Jacquetta Simmons Speaks in Court
Video: Surveillance Video Released in Walmart Assault
Video: Analysis from Attorney Barry Covert
BATAVIA, NY - A Batavia woman who was found guilty of punching an elderly Walmart greeter in the face last Christmas eve was sentenced to five years in prison.
Twenty seven-year-old Jacquetta Simmons was taken into custody right after the judge handed down the sentence.
A jury found Simmons guilty of punching 70-year-old Grace Suozzi.
Simmons was convicted under the state's "Granny Law," which gives stiffer penalties for an assault on someone 65 or older.
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PITTSFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is helping a woman from Pittsfield sue her former employer over allegations she was denied a job because she is a medical marijuana user. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Brittany Thomas, alleges that she was discriminated against by Adecco Group North America, a staffing firm, for no other reason, than she uses medical marijuana. Thomas says she uses the drug to ease her pain due to medical conditions including arthritis, spondylosis, two bulging disks, and a herniated disk. Thomas is represented by ACLU and the Mckee Law firm. Thomas said Adecco wanted to put her into a job making smoke detectors at United Technology Center. It was a job she had held once before, but in order to return to work she was required to take a drug test.
"I told her you know it's a prescription, I'm not going to do it before work or while I'm working just when I get home and she'd call me back and said no. but if I had had other stuff in my system it would have been ok." explained Thomas.
She is seeking back wages and compensation for emotional and mental distress. She would also like her job back. Adecco declined to do an interview about the lawsuit but did issue the following statement:
"While the company typically does not comment on litigation matters and has yet to receive the formal complaint; it is important to note that as the world's largest provider of recruitment and workforce solutions, Adecco is proud of our commitment to providing the very best career opportunities to the 500,000 workers we employ each year while ensuring a safe work environment at all of our offices, branches and client assignment sites."
The case is filed in Somerset County Superior Court.


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Monday, March 17, 2008
CrockPot Apricot Chicken Recipe
59 comments:
- country mouse said...
Just found your blog recently and I'm so glad I did! I have a crock pot that I would love to use more and this recipe sounds wonderful. Defintly a must try!! I have you bookmarked and will be checking back often to see what new recipies you are trying.
- March 17, 2008 at 6:30 AM
- geekypoet said...
Morning Steph,
I had to chuckle when I saw "or equivalent body parts" - maybe I've been watching to much crime tv. Or maybe it's just Monday.
I think I may have to try this with some tofu next week...
Have a great Monday! :)
- March 17, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Try this with 1 package of Lipton onion soup mix, 8 oz of Russian Salad dressing and 1 cup of the apricot preserves. It is great!
- March 17, 2008 at 7:03 AM
- Crockpot Lady said...
Thanks, country mouse!
geeky poet, I bet tofu would taste amazing.
anon, I bet that tastes great! It's hard to go wrong with apricot preserves. They are so yummy all on their own.
- March 17, 2008 at 7:11 AM
- emily said...
I can't wait to try this! Any thoughts on using frozen boneless breasts? Or what I could do if I need it to go 10 hours :)?
- March 17, 2008 at 7:12 AM
Apricot anything sounds good to me, so I pounced on this one. Great idea for a coolish day. Yum.
- March 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Canadian Saver said...
Yum! that looks excellent :-)
- March 17, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Amie said...
that looks reeeeeally good!
- March 17, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- Becca L. said...
oh my goodness! This looks delicious! I'll add it to my menu for next week!
- March 17, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Amy said...
can't wait to try this one! looks yummy!
- March 17, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- Dana said...
I have made several things from your site and all have been wonderful. I've also recently added a link to you in my "Daily Reads" section of my blog. Just thought you would want to know.
- March 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- Crockpot Lady said...
thanks, everybody!
Dana, thank you so much for leaving a comment---it means a lot that a rockstar has linked to me.
- March 17, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- Canadian Saver said...
I really, really enjoy the recipe anonymous posted, with the onion soup mix, russian salad dressing and apricot jam. I worked in a restaurant many years ago and that's what they used to baste their chicken. Yummy!
- March 18, 2008 at 5:55 AM
- emily said...
Steph - I made this tonight/today. I did 6 boneless skinless breasts - FROZEN - for 7 hours and then it was on "warm" for the remaining 3. I served it with "sticky" rice and it was a HIT with my hubby (2 servings) and my girls.
- March 18, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- jennifer said...
this is also good with pork!
- March 20, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- petunia said...
I wonder, could you use any other kind of preserves or jelly?
- March 20, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Crockpot Lady said...
canadian saver, that is good to know. I need to keep my eyes open for Russian Dressing.
emily, I am so happy that you and your family liked it! thank you for reporting back.
jennifer, I am sure it would be wonderful with pork.
petunia, I bet a bunch of different types of jam/preserves would work. Orange marmalade, peach, lemon...
I guess it depends on what type of mood you're in!
- March 20, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- Adam's Mom said...
I made this last night and it was so very yummy! We saturated our rice with the sauce! Even my two year old loved it! Thanks for adding to my recipe base!
- April 29, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- Adam's Mom said...
question: in the ingredients photo you show chili flakes but not listed as an ingredient. Should I be adding it in? I have made it twice now without, showed my mom the site and she noticed that in the picture. I think it's fine as is but just wondering!
- May 7, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Crockpot Lady said...
eeek! thanks, adam's mom, and adam's mom's mom!
I've updated the ingredient list.
- May 7, 2008 at 3:52 PM
I made this and it was awesome! DH told a friend and we sent him to your site. I will definitely try more of your recipes and links. Your wit and honesty make this site a great "read" as well. Thank you so very much.
I give you a five "smiley" star rating. :) :) :) :) :)
- May 23, 2008 at 10:07 AM
This was TERRIFIC! I've been cooking from your site ever since swim team practice started and killed my ability to make dinner in the afternoon. Lots of creative ideas - thanks! So far this is the best!
- June 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- MrsSpock said...
Hoo boy, this was good! I even burned it by leaving it too long, but I still ate the entire batch in one sitting...
- August 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I love this dish. I have some kids who don't eat sugar, so I made the apricot stuff by chopping a bag of apricots, and adding honey and orange juice. I let that cook for a couple hours in the crock, then proceeded to (mostly) follow your recipe. I like that your recipes are easy for me to adapt. Thanks for the great blog.
- August 18, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Another yummy recipe to add to my crockpot file.... thanks so much! The family loved this one, especially the sauce!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- Dana said...
Wow, this is insanely good! I barely had the willpower to stop eating for long enough to comment. But I did, because I'm quite proud of myself for successfully making them. (This is my fourth or so attempt at a crock pot dinner, and so far your recipes have usually turned out to be my favorites.) Thanks so much for this one, and for all the others!
- November 30, 2008 at 5:47 PM
I'm the HUGEST fan of the Apricot/Lipton Onion/Russian Dressing recipe. Throw in some baby whole potatoes (in a can) and they are sooo soft and perfect!!
- February 19, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- Puanani503 said...
I luuv your blog! I just stumbled upon it and will definitely try this recipe!!
- March 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM
I've made the Lipton Onion Soup Mix recipe with a can of whole cranberry sauce (in place of the apricot preserves, which I'm sure is also delicious) for years. It's my go-to recipe when I need to make a meal for someone. The Russian Dressing can be hard to find sometimes. I like the Wishbone and have only been able to find it at Wally World.
- March 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM
My husband made this last night and it was deeeelicious. Will definitely make again and wouldn't hesitate to make it for company. Thanks!
- March 19, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- graceling said...
Steph, about how many pounds of meat is "6 chicken thighs"? I plan to make this with pork (it was on sale!) and need to convert.
- August 17, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- graceling said...
Also, what do you think of adding some fresh apricots to this? We have some we need to use up, but I am afraid they would turn mushy if I add them at the beginning...?
- August 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM
- Stephanie O'Dea said...
Hi Graceling,
I'd guess 3 pounds or so of meat. As for the fresh apricots, if you do decide to throw them in (are you still going to use the jam?) I'd dice them and add in the last two hours.
- August 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- sherbear said...
Hi, could you just use chicken breast? Would that work? Thanks sherry D.
- October 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM
I have made this so many times- and make a fried rice to go with it-I have used chicken tenders also that works really well---thank you so much!
- October 21, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Catherine said...
I'm making a meal for 12 people this week; could I double the recipe if I've got a large crockpot? Do I cook it longer? Thanks so much for this amazing website! I will visit this often.
Yay Crockpots!
- October 26, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- Stephanie O'Dea said...
Hi Catherine,
sure! Usually you don't need to increase the cooking time when you double and increase the size of the slow cooker. I'd set the timer for the same amount of time, and then adjust if necessary.
xxoo steph
- October 26, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- kelly said...
we loved this tonight! thanks-even tho i was/am a devote blog follower, i'm loving my cookbook, too!
- October 26, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- Faragon said...
This is the first recipe I made in my brand new slow cooker that arrived yesterday.
It's definitely a winner!
Thank you so much for this fantastic site and all the humorous comments on the recipes :-)
I do have one question, how do you know if the food is ready?
I was so afraid to undercook the chicken that I ended up overcooking it a little. Next time I would like to prevent this, but I don't know how (yet).
- October 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- Stephanie O'Dea said...
Hi Faragon,
Congratulations on your new slow cooker! I'm glad you liked this recipe. To see if the chicken is done, it's the same way as in traditional cooking: cut into it, and see if the meat is cooked through and the juice runs clear.
I don't follow the no-peeking advice. I peek and stir and taste quite often while I slow cook.
oxox steph
- October 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- comfycook said...
You certainly don't have to be a kid to like this. I am a grandma who would love it.
- October 29, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Keri said...
I just made this tonight and LOVED it! I'm always looking for easy recipes and this one really is. We will definitely be having this again.
Thank you so much for sharing all your amazing recipes! You're making life as a new mother a lot yummier!
- November 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM
I made the crockpot apricot chicken recipe and the whole family liked it. My six year old decided that I should "make probably 16 or 17 more recipes from that crackpot lady"! ;) He is a very picky eater and yes, he did mean "crock pot".
- November 20, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Could I use a different kind of fruit? Perhaps peaches or pears? Or fruit cocktail? Yeah...I'm a rebel.
- April 4, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Yum, yum yum. Just did this with Mango jam and a pork tenderloin roast. EVERYONE liked it...even my (sometimes) picky kids. Thanks for another winner, Steph!
- August 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- Tracy said...
One of my friends sent me the link for your recipes because I was looking for some crock pot recipes. The fact that they're gluten free has absolutely made my day!
- September 10, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Shaun said...
Made this recipe 3 times in the past 6 weeks -- been a hit every time.
- January 8, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- Bridget said...
I added 1 cup of whole cranberries to this and it was GREAT!
- January 31, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Yooli said...
I just made this today but added in 2 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter. I also added chopped onion, bell pepper, celery and carrots in the last hour and vented the lid to reduce the sauce a bit. Served it over brown rice and it was SO GOOD. It reminded me of Yoshinoya rice bowls I used to eat as a kid!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Inspired recipe! My adaptation - instead of the preserves, I used 1 c. dried apricots pureed in the food processor with a little orange juice and honey (thanks to the commenter above) and enough water to make it the consistency of preserves. I discovered that it wanted to burn on the bottom, so I had to stir it and add a little more water. Served shredded on toasted hamburger buns. Savory and really good!
- July 4, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Denise said...
This turned out great. It was a little juicy, so to thicken up the sauce a bit a I added 1 can of cream of chicken soup. It added just enough to make it more sauce like and less watery. (Although the flavor was great without the addition of the soup) Will definitely try this one again. Thanks for the recipe!
- August 4, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Making this for my husband and myself right now. Last time he said he wanted it spicier, so I'm going to throw a whole Serrano in about 30 min. before it is done. Going to serve with brown rice and a Creamsicle Parfait for dessert!
BTW, I think you and I have the same spice rack!
- September 5, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Awesome awesome awesome blog!!!!
As someone who has in recent months jumped on the gluten free bandwagon. I have found it near impossible to find gluten free recipes online that don't contain 55 types of different flour. I'm usually just looking for a simple dinner recipe but the gluten free recipes always include some sort of flour (severe lack of thinking outside the box LOL!!)
Anyway thank you for this fantastic blog!!
I'll be venturing here on a daily basis :-)
- February 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM
I just made this tonight and I LOVE it! Even my 2 yr old who refuses to eat most anything loved it. I poured the left over sauce into a container to save. It will make a great sauce for many other things too!
- April 28, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Just made this today and everyone loved it! Even my 4 year old who generally doesn't eat much meat ate every last morsel. Thank you so much for this and all the other yummy recipes on here! I served it over rice and added a finely chopped yellow pepper and 2 handfuls of baby spinach during the last 30 minutes.
- July 26, 2012 at 7:35 PM
- Lori said...
Made this tonight and it was a hit!! We are a family of 5 and I made this with 8 chicken breast and it was ALL gone and they were wanting more!! (3 growing boys!!!) Fixed it with white rice and green beans.
Will definitely fix this regularly!!
- October 23, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- Elisa Staton said...
Love this! I made it with fresh boneless, skinless thighs. Checked it after 4 hours on low and it was DONE, so I ate it for lunch. Also, I used Polaner's sugar free with fiber preserves (sweetened with Splenda) and it came out great!
- November 7, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Regina said...
If you are having trouble finding the red Russian dressing, Kraft's Catalina dressing or a country French dressing works just as well.
- January 22, 2014 at 11:11 AM
- hooktontravel said...
I'm so glad I found this. I have seen all the recipes for the onion soup mix/preserves, and onion soup mix/preserve/salad dressing. Right now, though, I'm trying to avoid all processed foods, extra sugar, MSG, soy, etc. for one month. this was the ticket. I had apricot jam sweetened only with fruit juice and instead of onion flakes (we don't have any!) I just sliced an onion in the bottom of the cooker. I used mustard powder since we didn't have Dijon. hope it will work well! (we're a boring kitchen. it's unusual to use anything other than salt & pepper & butter on our food...so I've made quite a departure with this month of meals!)
- February 4, 2015 at 5:02 PM
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As fuel prices follow national trends and continue to rise here in the Castle Valley, state agencies such as the Utah Department of Transportation are working to alleviate travel cost wherever possible while simultaneously increasing the availability of public transportation. Last week, UDOT's Jason Green approached the Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments Economic Development District to seek support for inner city bus service moving through the local community.
In 2009, UDOT completed an inner city bus study study which identified transportation demand within Utah and confirmed the inclusion of an in-kind match from Greyhound concerning new routes.
Since completing the study, UDOT has implemented a route along U.S. Highway 40, in conjunction with Colorado, which links Salt Lake City and Denver, Colo. According to Green, this route has seen major success, prompting the department to consider requests for proposal (RFP) concerning two other routes identified within the study. The first would link Richfield with Moroni and Fairview along U.S. Highway 89, the second would increase inner city bus service here in Castle Country.
"Of interest to you would be an RFP for a new route from Blanding on U.S. Highway 191 to Green River and up U.S. Highway 6 to Price and potentially beyond," explained Green. "Or to amend that, and look at going up State Road 10 instead of Highway 6. I'm not here for a formal buy-in today, but I would hope to find that the association does have support for inner-city bus service going through this community."
Green went on to explain that while Greyhound buses are typically the most common form of transport thought of when dealing with inner-city bus, the newest routes proposed may use a large van or smaller bus as the program begins.
"The type of vehicle used will actually be up to those who come forward when the department issues their request for proposal," said Green.
The UDOT official also went on to explain that the in-kind match provided by Greyhound within this program essentially means that there will be no local cost to the communities which tend to benefit the most from the service.
In terms of the in-kind match the proposed services would also have to feed into existing Greyhound bus stops or locations.
According to Green, in lieu of funds the local community would be expected to support the projects as well as work with those submitting proposals in order to identify the areas which would best be served by bus service.
"This could provide a wonderful service to your community to connect your area to Salt Lake City, Provo and beyond since you would be connecting to national Greyhound routes," explained Green. "We are looking to provide the maximum ridership and with your help I think this would be a great route for all parties involved."
After hearing his proposal, the association questioned Green about existing bus services, asking if new bus services would affect the current routes.
"What Greyhound gets out of this increased service is increased ridership through additional trips and some increased access," he stated. "For example, the possibility of moving a new route from Interstate 70 along State Road 10 through Emery County toward Price."
Green did stipulate that he was only at the meeting to gauge interest and to answer questions, explaining that the project would not catch any real traction until the requests for proposal were submitted, green lit by the local communities and returned to UDOT.


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L.A. Times shtickmeister T.J. Simers has all sorts of interesting Elton Brand content in his column this morning.
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Among the revelations:
- While it's public knowledge that Elton ruptured his Achilles during his "daily workout" on August 3, the specific drill in question was a game of one-on-one against Chris Kaman.
- According to Brand's blog [via Simers], the ruptured Achilles didn't occur out of the blue, but "stemmed from an injury that happened in Toronto against the Raptors" last Febuary. "We were in the midst of a Playoff race so even though I felt the pain, I went by my rule 'if I can Run I can Play'. I had to miss 2 games because of compensating for that injury. I received the Cortisone shot (my first ever) to try to alleviate the pain. It worked for a while, but the same issue later arose."
- More startling, though, is this comment from Brand regarding an apparent accusation from Clippers' officials that Elton's injury might be attributable to PEDs. Again, Brand's blog by way of Simers: "One could imagine my disbelief when I was asked if my injury was due to performance enhancing drugs by Clipper brass. I know we live in that era, but I hold the game of basketball in high esteem, and conduct myself with integrity. I am not trying to go all 'Kobe' on the staff, but to be asked that question when all the facts were presented throughout the year was very disappointing to say the least."
- Elton insists that the Clippers will not be the 2006-2007 Memphis Grizzlies sans Pau Gasol. '"I guarantee you it won't be like the Grizzlies (who lost Pau Gasol and then went into the dumper)," Brand said. "The guys have already called and said they'll keep it going until I get back.
"Take my brother Kaman," Brand added, "he's been in the gym working hard every day and looking great."'
My sense, never having met the guy, is that you have to go to some extreme degrees to piss off Elton Brand. Apparently, the Clippers managed to achieve that. Well done.


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Manga News: Check out these new manga (9/21/15 - 9/27/15).
New Forums: Visit the new forums for Boku no Hero Academia!
Event News: Community Awards 2015 have begun!
Lucy Heartfilia
Erza Scarlet
Mirajane Strauss
Juvia Lockser
Wendy Marvell
Cana Alberona
Levy McGarden
Lisanna Strauss
Bisca Moulin/Connell
Laki Olietta
Mavis Vermilion
Jenny Realight
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Chellia Blendy
Kagura Mikazuchi
Arania Web
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Beth Vanderwood
Flare Corona
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This is simple. It's like the Ms. Fairy Tail Contest we have seen on the manga, but this time include participants from all the known guilds so far. So, you can choose your favourite female characters (as many as you want).
On your post you can put your choices in the order you wish; also you can say why you chose those characters (body, powers, personality, etc.) if you want. If someone is missing from the list, you may choose "Other".
Here's my list (until I change my mind):
1. Erza (body and powers)
2. Juvia (personality)
3. Minerva (sexy evil woman!)
4. Flare (body and hairdo)
5. Wendy/Chellia (cute but powerful)
6. Jenny (body)
7. Kagura (swordswoman!)
8. Angel (body)
Special mentions: Bisca, Laki (post-timeskip), Evergreen, Ultear, Meredy
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For some reason I Find Angel to be beautiful.
So here is my weird Top 5:
1. Angel (don't ask)
2. Ezra ( body)
3. Cana ( body and personality; would be 2 if not for gildarts )
4. Ultear (mature females FTW)
5. Mira (personality)
Juvia Lockser -cute and love to be puneshed
Meredy, before the timeskip she was awesome.
After the timeskip she is the hawtest!
I think Erza is more badass than hot, too much fanservice of her if you ask.
top 3, but voted for only Erza!
Yeah... moe for the win <3
Erza - Epic
Levi - Totally my type
Wendy - Cute
Mavis - Cute and probably very powerful
Didn't vote for her, but I like Meredy as well
i only have two favorites
lucy for her aweseome sexy boobs and
erza for her sexy hair and scary dangerous attitude
as for bodies there both perfect so these are my girs so hands off people there taken by me
unless you want to fight me for them lol
here is my top 3
1. Erza - i like redheads cant help it
2. Cana - her frivolous personality and body ofc but she is gildarts daughter so she is not my number one i dont want gildarts use crash on me lol
3. Ultear - mature sadist chick
LOL it's so difficult to choose, but anyway this is my poll:
1) Erza: for obvious reasons
2) Lucy: blonde girls are always the best.
3) Ultear: don't know the particular reason, but i like her.
4) Levy: I love girls with glasses.
5) Mavis: obviously for her cuteness.
*hands down*
i would marry erza, in real life, even though she is a cartoon
end of thread, she is by far the coolest, most badass chick in the FT universe and she also loves cosplay so she must have a kinky side!!!
erza all the way .she's one of my fav female characters in all of the mangas i've read
My top three:
- Ultear..... good girl gone bad, gone good again......plus she's got super sexy features and a badass personality.... (voted only for her btw)
- Erza ......I don't think I need to portray her...saying Erza is just about Enough
- Juvia....... Phycholovely, fun, badass


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M. Xu[1], Z. Wu[1], X. Wang[1]
[1]Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Capillary effects are common in microfluidics due to large surface-to-volume ratio of flows inside microchannels. In biological or chemical analysis, capillary flow is used for the transport of liquid and mixing enhancement, without applying any external means. It's used in biochemical analysis, drug delivery, and protein crystallization, where minute amount of liquids are precisely guided ...
Influence of Air Gap Length and Cross-Section on Magnetic Circuit Parameters - new
A. Polit[1], R. Jez[1]
[1]ABB Corporate Research Center, Krakow, Poland
The air gap is one of the most crucial part of magnetic circuits, especially in high-power inductors. It significantly modifies the parameters of magnetic devices by increasing the saturation current, linearizing B-H curve of magnetic circuit and causing a decreasing in the inductance. Therefore the optimal selection of shape and dimensions of the air gap is very important from the design point ...
Mie Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves
J. Crompton[1], S. Yushanov[1], K. Koppenhoefer[1]
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The Mie solution to the scattering of electromagnetic waves by spherical particles has been examined using COMSOL Multiphysics®. The results assume elastic scattering only and do not include Brillouin or Raman scattering. The nature of the interaction has been considered for materials with three different properties: metallic, magnetic and dielectric. The solutions provide details of the ...
Design and Stress Analysis of a General Aviation Aircraft Wing
G. Atmeh[1], F. Darwish[1], and Z. Hasan[2]
[1]Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
[2]Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
The present study focuses on the design and analysis of a single-engine, propeller-driven general aviation airplane. Initial weight estimation based on the initial sketch and the design mission profile is conducted. The estimated weight and other design parameters are used to define the external geometry of the fuselage, wing and tail. Conic lofting is utilized to render a layout of the design ...
Multiphysics Simulation of Thermoelectric Systems - Modeling of Peltier-Cooling and Thermoelectric Generation
M. Jaegle
Fraunhofer-Institute for Physical Measurement-Techniques (IPM), Freiburg, Germany
Electro-thermal interaction is commonly considered only as a matter of joule heating. In addition, the Seebeck-, Peltier- and Thompson-Effects are significant in materials with high thermoelectric figure of merit Z. These thermoelectric materials have a high Seebeck-coefficient α, a good electric conductivity σ, and a poor thermal conductivity λ. They have widespread areas of ...
COMSOL Implementation of a Multiphase Fluid Flow Model in Porous Media
M. Diaz-Viera, D. Lopez-Falcon, A. Moctezuma-Berthier, and A. Ortiz-Tapia
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, México D.F., Mexico
The aim of the present work is to implement in COMSOL Multiphysics a multiphase fluid flow model in porous media, also known in the oil reservoir engineering literature as a black oil model, using a standard finite element approach. In particular, we are interested to apply this model coupled with a multiphase, multicomponent transport model to study Enhanced Oil Recovery processes at laboratory ...
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O. Vogel, and J. Ulm
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CVD Graphene Growth Mechanism on Nickel Thin Films - new
K. Al-Shurman[1], H. Naseem[2]
[1]The Institute for Nanoscience & Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
[2]Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Chemical vapor deposition is considered a promising method for synthesis of graphene films on different types of substrate utilizing transition metals such as Ni. However, synthesizing a single-layer graphene and controlling the quality of the graphene CVD film on Ni are very challenging due to the multiplicity of the CVD growth conditions. COMSOL Multiphysics® software is used to investigate ...
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J. Muñoz[1], G.J. Molina [1], M.M. Rojo[1]
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Electromagnetic metamaterials present exotic and unusual properties hardly to be found in nature with many potential applications. They are usually built by distributing small resonant structures in periodical lattices. If the structure has chiral symmetry, the medium is called chiral metamaterial. Here the electrodynamics behavior of a chiral structure with a huge electromagnetic activity at ...
Analysis of Hydrodynamic Plain Journal Bearing
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[1]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
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News about James Turrell, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 3, 2014
James Turrell installation Meeting, at MoMA PS1 in Queens, has been closed to the public as Turrell and museum decide how to restore it. MORE
Jul. 20, 2014
Villa e Collezione Panza, storied villa of Milanese businessman and art collector Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, is now a contemporary art museum; latest exhibit, called Aisthesis: The Origin of Sensations, features works by artists Robert Irwin and James Turrell that explore the ability to perceive. MORE
Jun. 21, 2013
Roberta Smith reviews James Turrell installation, Aten Reign, at Guggenheim Museum. MORE
Jun. 16, 2013
Wil S Hylton article profiles James Turrell, artist known for experimenting with light, as he prepares for exhibits at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Guggenheim Museum. MORE
May. 9, 2013
For his fervent private collectors, James Turrell's celestial skyspaces are an exercise in blind faith. The temperamental artist regards them as test runs for his life's work in the Arizona desert. Somehow, everyone's happy. MORE
Mar. 21, 2013
Guggenheim Museum in New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, are planning coordinated, successive exhibitions dedicated to the work of James Turrell, artist who uses light as his primary medium. MORE
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What's on This Week Around the World
A celebration of the shortest day of the year in Australia, a new home for contemporary art in Moscow and theater from around Europe and beyond in Transylvania.
June 5, 2015, Friday
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Vast Space and Art to Fill It
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is set to announce on Monday that it will forge long-term partnerships with big names in contemporary art.
November 17, 2014, Monday
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A View of the Heavens Needs Some Retouching
"Meeting," by James Turrell, one of the most popular installations at MoMA PS1, with its open roof, is in need of restoration and has been closed for over a year.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
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Linda Ronstadt, Brooklyn Academy of Music Among National Medal of Arts Recipients
President Obama will present the National Medal of Arts to 12 recipients on Monday.
July 22, 2014, Tuesday
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A Palace of Wonders
The grand Italian villa of Giuseppe Panza di Biumo is the home of a small but powerful exhibition of works by Robert Irwin and James Turrell, exploring the limits of perception.
July 20, 2014, Sunday
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In Argentina, Wine, Art and Altitude
A mountain winery and the only museum in the world solely dedicated to the artist James Turrell combine at Colomé.
June 8, 2014, Sunday
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A Protégé of James Turrell Makes His New York Debut (With Lasers and Holograms, Naturally)
In a new show at Johannes Vogt, the artist Matthew Schreiber is showing multimedia works that offer crowd-wowing plays on light.
April 10, 2014, Thursday
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Sculpture in a Norwegian Wood
A multimillionaire and long-time art collector has turned an Oslo park into an open-air, female-themed gallery.
February 6, 2014, Thursday
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Art in a New Park in Oslo
The Ekeberg Sculpture Park, which opened in the fall in Oslo, features sculptures by Rodin, Renoir and Louise Bourgeois.
December 3, 2013, Tuesday
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Art Matters | A Different Kind of Light Show at the Guggenheim
For the 2013 Guggenheim International Gala honoring the James Turrell and Christopher Wool, the techno DJ Richie Hawtin built an installation that illuminated the rotunda, recalling Turrell's show last summer.
November 8, 2013, Friday
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Select shots from the Fire's 4-1 win over D.C. United.
CREDIT: Brian Kersey Chicago Fire
The Fire head back to Toyota Park on Saturday evening after a disappointing display in Vancouver last weekend, giving up three second half goals to the Whitecaps. D.C. come to town (LIVE 7pm CT on My50) after last playing out a 0-0 draw in Colorado on July 7. With D.C. sitting last in the East and the Fire slipping back from the playoff positions in recent weeks, this game is extremely important.
Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
Team defense – be wary of quick transitions
In last weekend's match against Vancouver, individual errors were again to blame for the Fire not coming back with any points but the team's defending in transition also left something to be desired.
When the Fire turn the ball over, it is up to the team as a whole to defend, obviously not just the back four. D.C. will be looking to catch the Fire on the break as much as possible and when this happens, Fire players, most notably the outside defenders must turn attack into defense.
READ: Pause likely to be back for D.C.
Against Vancouver last weekend, the Whitecaps first goal came from a quick transition from a corner where the Fire were caught with too many players up the field. The Men in Red should be able to create multiple chances against D.C. and while getting forward and coming up with chances is important, the players must not neglect their defensive responsibilities.
DC getting back to full strength – DeLeon and Porter return
Athletico Coaching Corner on D.C.
Over the past few matches, D.C. United have been without two of their start players, Nick DeLeon and Kyle Porter due to injury and international duty respectively. Both look set to return to the team on Saturday night which will be a big boost to the Black and Red.
Though still raw, Porter's crossing and 1v1 abilities make him one of the best up-and-coming wingers in MLS, while DeLeon's creativity in the attack is also a major threat. D.C. have only scored eight goals this season but Porter and DeLeon have either scored or assisted in three of those.
That may sound like a small number but when you've only scored eight, contributing to three makes you responsible for almost half of the teams goals!
Because D.C. plays with one recognized striker, the emphasis is on players like DeLeon and Porter to get forward and support the lone striker whenever possible. The more the Fire can isolate both players and not allow them to link with the lone striker and withdrawn forward Chris Pontious, the better.
Targeting the middle two – getting past Kitchen and Thorrington
D.C. plays a system with two recognized defensive midfielders, presumed Saturday night to be John Thorrington and Perry Kitchen. Unlike Vancouver, whose three central midfielders often get forward to support the attacking three, D.C.'s pair are very much holding midfielders.
Both players sit in front of the back four to provide cover which makes D.C. a very difficult team to break down. There are times however when one of the central two is dragged wide, leaving space in the middle to exploit. When this happens, players like Alex must step forward and take advantage.
READ: Johnson keeping tabs on Fire from USMNT camp
Recognizing when these opportunities present themselves and quicker switches of the point of attack from the wing to the middle are things I am looking to see on Saturday night.
After the last home match against Kansas City, Mike Magee criticized his teammates for not getting forward in larger numbers in the second half when the team was down.
If the Fire can get more people forward and force Kitchen and Thorington into 2v1 situations, the team will create chances.
Prediction: 3-0 Fire with goals from Magee, Nyarko and Alex
Earlier Thursday morning I was once again invited back to U.S. Soccer Federation headquarters in downtown Chicago to witness the semifinal round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup coin flips.
Let me be honest, unlike the previous three rounds, Thursday's process was the simplest I've witnessed.
That's because even before showing up at Soccer House on Thursday morning, U.S. Soccer had already confirmed what the potential semifinal pairings would be earlier this week based on geography.
Combine that with all eight quarterfinal teams applying to host the semifinals, literally all that was needed was to flip the famous bicentennial silver dollar twice.
Still, Competition Secretary Paul Marstaller kept things official, handing out the same formatted paper which clearly listed the matchups and assigned heads and tails.
That sheet looked like this:
|D.C. United/New England Revolution
|Chicago Fire/Orlando City*
|Real Salt Lake/Carolina RailHawks*
|Portland Timbers/FC Dallas
If I can be bold enough to say, every time the Fire have come up in a coin flip, I honestly get this strange excitement in my stomach. The feeling of a simple coin going a long way to deciding your team's tournament fate is a thrilling, if not brief emotion.
TICKETS: Chicago Fire vs. Orlando City Quarterfinal on June 26
Luckily for the Fire, the first coin flip landed tails, meaning the winner of next Wednesday's game vs. Orlando City will host the winnder of D.C. United/New England on August 7. This is the third straight flip the Fire have won after losing the initial third round flip to the Charlotte Eagles.
In the second flip, the coin came up heads, meaning the winner of Real Salt Lake/Carolina RailHawks will host the winner of Portland/FC Dallas. The flip was the fourth consecutive win for RSL in the 2013 U.S. Open Cup.
And that was it.
Only one coin flip remains and that's for the final which will be played in early October. I'm told that will go down at some point in July.
All intentions to host the final were due along with intentions for the semifinal on Wednesday, though U.S. Soccer will likely not make that list public until the final coin flips occur.
I can confirm the Chicago Fire have applied to host the 2013 U.S. Open Cup final.
Earlier 2013 Open Cup Coin Flips:
After a week of very positive results on the field, the Fire team will be full of confidence as they welcome the Portland Timbers to Toyota Park on Saturday night (LIVE 7pm CT on My50/La Ley 107.9FM) .
Portland are not short of confidence themselves, riding into town on an 11 game unbeaten streak. Both teams are missing players due to international duty. Here are some tactical things to keep an eye on...
The 4-4-2 diamond formation option #1 – keep the diamond for the Portland game
In the Fire's most recent MLS game against D.C. United, the team tweaked the formation and started with a 4-4-2 with a diamond in midfield. Jeff Larentowicz played just in front of the back four while Alex got the start at the point of the diamond.
Against D.C., this tactic worked very well as Alex was given license to stay forward and almost act as a third forward at times while helping Mike Magee and Chris Rolfe put pressure on the United back four.
Frank Klopas echoed this in a recent interview, stating "He's had two good games, he brings that ability onto the field – when he gets the ball he can make good passes and connect plays together, another guy that supports the forwards."
Like Magee and Rolfe, Alex is just as good without the ball at his feet, constantly making runs wide and connecting with Patrick Nyarko and Joel Lindpere on the wings. Though the Fire didn't have as much possession as D.C., Alex was involved in a number of counter attacks which caught United off guard.
Every fan wants to see attacking soccer from their team, especially at home, and starting Alex at the top of the diamond would certainly signal that the Fire don't intend to sit back and allow Portland to come at them, but rather the opposite.
The 4-4-2 diamond formation option #2 – revert to two more defensive minded players in the middle
Even without starting striker Ryan Johnson (gone for international duty), Portland boasts one of the most potent attacks in MLS. To date, the team has scored 22 goals, only 12 away from what they put up the entirety of last season.
Frenchman Frédéric Piquionne will start as the lone striker in place of Johnson but it is the support behind him that the Fire must be wary of. With players like Diego Valeri (who I will talk about more later) Darlington Nagbe and Will Johnson, the team from the Rose City have a wealth of attacking options.
Because Portland plays with a 5 man midfield, a lone holding midfielder might not be enough for the Fire on Saturday night. Jeff Larentowicz did a fantastic job of stifling the D.C. attack last weekend but against a team not afraid to push men forward, a two-man combination of Pause/Paladini/Larentowicz makes more sense tactically.
Two holding midfielders would also put less pressure on wingers Patrick Nyarko and Dilly Duka to drop back and help out defensively. Coach Klopas also called for the team to dominate more in possession against the Timbers and playing the two central midfielders close to one another would suit this strategy.
What will be interesting is which option the Fire start the game with, knowing that the team can revert to either option simply by making a substitution and either bringing Alex on the field or off.
Stopping Diego Valeri – taking a physical approach
Over the past two seasons teams have used a number of strategies to stop Fire playmakers such as Patrick Nyarko, Chris Rolfe and Sebastian Grazzini. One tactic that is used very often is to be physical (and in some cases overly physical) in an attempt to keep the player from making an impact. One way to try and contain Timbers creative midfielder Diego Valeri is to take this very approach.
Back in 2011, Paladini employed this tactic against RSL's Kyle Beckerman and after 11 minutes, Beckerman snapped, head-butting Paladini and getting sent off with the Fire ending the game as 3-0 winners.
There is certainly a fine line between kicking lumps out of a player and just being physical with him. Thankfully, the Men in Red are blessed with veteran players such as Pause and Larentowicz and players like Paladini who are well versed in the "dark arts."
Because Valeri is so mobile, another option would be to man-mark him but that essentially eliminates one of the Fire players' ability to contribute to the attack. The physical approach is certainly a more practical tactic than the man marking one and if the Fire can contain Valeri and prevent him from pulling the strings in midfield, it will be very detrimental to a Portland team who rely heavily on his creativity.
Prediction: The Fire will continue to turn the corner and hand the Timbers their first defeat in 11 games. 1-0 Fire with a goal from Chris Rolfe.
The potential quarterfinal pairings for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup set to be played Wednesday, June 26:
1) Chicago Fire/Columbus Crew winner hosts Sporting Kansas City/Orlando City winner
2) D.C. United/Philadelphia Union winner hosts New England Revolution/New York Red Bulls winner
3) FC Dallas/Houston Dynamo winner hosts Portland Timbers/Tampa Bay Rowdies winner
4) Real Salt Lake/Charleston Battery winner hosts Carolina RailHawks/Chivas USA winner
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Select shots from the Fire's 2-0 win over D.C. United
CREDIT: Brian Kersey Chicago Fire
The Fire's Athletico Injury Report has become much shorter with a number of players coming off the list in the last week.
Daniel Paladini (left calf inflammation), Maicon Santos (right shoulder sprain), Hunter Jumper (right groin tightness) and Yazid Atouba (right ankle sprain) all came off the report over the last week and will be available for selection by Frank Klopas in Sunday's showdown with D.C. United.
The one addition to the list this week is captain Logan Pause who is listed as questionable after suffering a left groin injury just before halftime of Tuesday's 2-0 victory over the Charlotte Eagles.
Should he be unable to go, Paladini will most likely step back into the Fire midfield in his stead.
Arne Friedrich is back in Germany again receiving treatment for his hip problem while Steven Kinney remains out with a right quad strain.
The Fire entertain lowly D.C. United this Sunday at Toyota Park (LIVE 4pm CT on My50/UniMas) after a week of very positive results in MLS and U.S. Open Cup play. The Men in Red got a credible draw at RSL before traveling to South Carolina to take on the Charlotte Eagles, winning 2-0 and advancing to the fourth round of the Cup.
D.C. dropped a 2-0 result to Portland at RFK Stadium last weekend and squeezed by the Richmond Kickers on penalties in the Cup at midweek. Here are some tactical things to look out for during Sunday afternoon's game.
Magee and Rolfe – a budding partnership to continue up front?
Fire newbie Mike Magee made his debut against the Eagles on Tuesday and combined well with Chris Rolfe up front with both players tallying in the win.
Rolfe and Magee looked to get each other involved in the attack and tried to play as close to one another as possible.
Coach Frank Klopas indicated after signing Magee that he feels his best position is playing up front and because both he and Rolfe are so mobile, it makes sense to continue to start the pair against a D.C. team
that has struggled on the defensive end this season.
Soumare, Rolfe preview D.C. United
Magee showed on Tuesday how much of a threat he is in the air and his inclusion in front of Maicon Santos and Sherjill MacDonald will not hurt the Fire in terms of having an aerial threat up front.
Magee's move up front also allows Patrick Nyarko to slot back into a wide position which allows him to be more creative and take players on.
This new partnership has the potential to blossom into a very successful one and the more time both players get to spend on the field together, the better.
Exposing the Kitchen/DeLeon partnership – taking advantage when one gets forward
In D.C.'s last game against Portland the team played Nick DeLeon and Perry Kitchen together in the middle of the field, similar to how the Fire play with Jeff Larentowicz and Logan Pause.
When D.C. attacked, either DeLeon or Kitchen would get forward to support Chris Pontius and Carlos Ruiz.
This left the team with only one holding midfielder and Portland took full advantage of this, breaking at every opportunity and opening D.C. up with either a long ball into space or attacking through the middle where they only faced one holding player.
Portland's stretching of the field during the counter attacks opened up huge pockets of space in the middle and players like Will Johnson and Darlington Nagbe were able to get forward and put real pressure on the United defense.
Kitchen is a more disciplined player than the sophomore DeLeon and the Fire must look to try and take advantage of this when D.C. turn the ball over in an advanced position.
Keeping an eye on Kyle Porter – DC's tricky winger
I admit that the Portland/DC game was the first time I had seen Kyle Porter play and he impressed me a lot. Porter reminded me of a young Justin Mapp, a player with great promise but who can also be very frustrating at times.
Porter is very good in 1v1 situations but sometimes tries to do too much with the ball and not make the simple pass. Porter's crossing ability is also very impressive and he put numerous free kicks into dangerous positions.
Porter combined well with veteran James Riley on the right wing and Fire left back Gonzalo Segares will be tested on Sunday night. That being said, Porter can also be a bit naive on the defensive side of the ball and the Fire should look to exploit the space behind him if he is slow to track back.
Prediction: Statistically, D.C. is the weakest team in MLS and with the Fire playing at home, three points is a must. 2-0 Fire with goals from Chris Rolfe and Dilly Duka.
Should the Chicago Fire come away victorious over the Charlotte Eagles in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup next Wednesday, the team is guaranteed to host its fourth round match against either the Columbus Crew or Dayton Dutch Lions on Wednesday, June 12 at Toyota Park.
I'll have a full play-by-play of the draw later today on Chicago-Fire but until then, see below all fourth round U.S. Open Cup matchups:
#1 – New England Revolution/Rochester Rhinos hosts Reading United AC/New York Red Bulls winner
#2 – D.C. United/Richmond Kickers winner hosts Ocean City Nor'easters/Philadelphia Union winner
#3 – Chicago Fire hosts Dayton Dutch Lions/Columbus Crew winner
-or- Columbus Crew host Charlotte Eagles
-or- Dayton Dutch Lions host Charlotte Eagles
#4 – Sporting KC host Colorado Rapids/Orlando City winner
-or- Colorado Rapids/Orlando City hosts Des Moines Menace
#5 – FC Dallas hosts FC Tucson/Houston Dynamo winner
-or- Houston Dynamo hosts Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
-or- Ft. Lauderdale Strikers vs. FC Tucson (Host TBD)
#6 – LA Galaxy/Carolina Railhawks winner hosts Chivas USA/LA Blues winner
#7 – Atlanta Silverbacks/Real Salt Lake winner hosts San Jose Earthquakes/Charleston Battery winner
#8 – Seattle Sounders will host Wilmington Hammerheads/Portland Timbers winner
-or- Portland Timbers will host Tampa Bay Rowdies
-or- Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (Host TBD)
In case you missed it, I had the opportunity to serve as a witness for today's Third Round U.S. Open Cup draw at Soccer House in Chicago.
I detailed the interesting tidbits of how the draw is done but in case you don't want to nerd out, just check out the potential third round matchups below...
#1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-Pro) vs. Philadelphia Union -or- Philadelphia Union vs. Ocean City Nor'easters
#2 Richmond Kickers (USL-Pro) vs. D.C. United -or- D.C. United vs. Icon FC (USASA)
#3 Rochester Rhinos (USL-Pro) vs. New England Revolution -or- New England Revolution vs. GPS Portland Phoenix (USL PDL)
#4 Charlotte Eagles (USL-Pro) vs. Chicago Fire -or- Chicago Fire vs. Seattle Sounders U-23 (USL PDL)
#5 Orlando City Lions (USL-Pro) vs. Colorado Rapids -or- Colorado Rapids vs. Ocala Stampede (USL PDL)
#6 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) / Laredo Heat (USL PDL) vs. FC Dallas
#7 Charleston Battery (USL-Pro) / Portland Timbers U-23 vs. San Jose Earthquakes
#8 Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United FC (NASL) - Des Moines Menace (USL PDL) / Madison 56ers (NPSL)
#9 Real Salt Lake vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) / Georgia Revolution (USASA)
#10 LA Blues (USL-Pro) / Ventura County Fusion (USL PDL) vs. Chivas USA
#11 Carolina Rail Hawks (NASL) / Carolina Dynamo (USL PDL) vs. LA Galaxy
#12 Columbus Crew vs. Dayton Dutch Lions (USL-Pro) / Dearborn SC (USASA) winner
#13 New York Red Bulls vs. Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-Pro) / Reading United (USL PDL) winner
#14 San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) / FC Tucson (USL PDL vs. Houston Dynamo
#15 Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) vs. Seattle Sounders FC -or- Seattle Sounders vs. VSI Tampa Bay (USL-Pro)
#16 Portland Timbers vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-Pro) / Austin Aztex (USL PDL)