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2014 Opening Day Affiliates Rosters
Opening Day is here for the minor leagues!
What follows are the announced rosters for each of the full-season minor-league affiliates for the Milwaukee Brewers, broken down by position group.
Class-AAA Affiliate (Twitter: @nashvillesounds)
Manager: Rick Sweet
28 Total Players
Pitchers (13)
- Michael Blazek (Twitter: @MichaelBlazek34)
- Hiram Burgos (Twitter: @Burgos196)
- Jose De La Torre
- Mike Fiers (Twitter: @Fiers64)
- Alfredo Figaro
- Donovan Hand (@DonovanHand)
- Kyle Heckathorn (@KyleHeckathorn)
- Johnny Hellweg
- Brad Mills
- Dustin Molleken
- Jimmy Nelson (@Jimmy_J_Nelson)
- Ariel Peña
- Rob Wooten (@RobWooten35)
Catchers (3)
- Robinzon Diaz
- Lucas May (@LukedogKC)
- Matt Pagnozzi (@MattPagnozzi)
Infielders (9)
- Irving Falu (@irvingfalu)
- Hector Gomez
- Taylor Green
- Sean Halton (@SeanHalton11)
- Elian Herrera
- Hunter Morris (@HunterMorris15)
- Pete Orr
- Stephen Parker
- Eugenio Velez
Outfielders (3)
- Caleb Gindl
- Jeremy Hermida
- Kevin Mattison (@stachemaster4)
Class-AA Affiliate (Twitter: @HuntsvilleStars)
Manager: Carlos Subero
28 Total Players
Pitchers (14)
- Tyler Cravy (@TylerJayCravy)
- Drew Gagnon (@Dgags24)
- David Goforth (@DavidGoforth7)
- Brooks Hall
- Greg Holle (@GHolle44)
- Taylor Jungmann
- Brent Leach (@brentle24)
- Arcenio Leon
- Johnnie Lowe (@jlowe390)
- Eric Marzec (@MarzMLB)
- Casey Medlen (@cmeds13)
- Andy Moye (@AMoye22)
- Kevin Shackelford (@Shackeldaddy)
- Brent Suter (@bruter24)
Catchers (3)
- Joey Paciorek
- Adam Weisenburger (@aweisenburger)
- Shawn Zarraga
Infielders (7)
- Greg Hopkins (@StJonnyHopkins)
- Josh Prince (@JoshPrince17)
- Nick Ramirez (@N_Ramirez33)
- Jason Rogers (@jasonrogers2003)
- Nick Shaw (@NShaw3)
- Hainley Statia (@HStatia4)
- Shea Vucinich
Outfielders (4)
- Kentrail Davis
- Mitch Haniger (@M_Hanny19)
- Brock Kjeldgaard
- D'Vontrey Richardson
Class-A Advanced Affiliate (Twitter: @BCManatees)
Manager: Joe Ayrault
26 Total Players
Pitchers (13)
- Jacob Barnes (@j_barnes30)
- Jed Bradley (@Jed_Bradley)
- Hobbs Johnson (@hojo31)
- Jorge Lopez (@yabiee18)
- Damien Magnifico (@D_Magno32)
- Stephen Peterson (@SPetey22)
- Chad Pierce (@pierce_chad)
- Tanner Poppe (@TannerPoppe)
- Austin Ross
- Michael Strong (@Strong_Mike1188)
- Tommy Toledo (@TommyToledo13)
- Martin Viramontes (@martilious19)
- Tyler Wagner (@_TylerWagner_)
Catchers (2)
- Parker Berberet (@Parkcity16)
- Cameron Garfield (@CAMgGARFIELD)
Infielders (8)
- Orlando Arcia
- Garrett Cooper (@CoopaLoop1)
- Michael Garza (@Miguelito_G_21)
- Brandon Macias (@Cias12)
- Nathan Orf (@NateOrf4)
- Yadiel Rivera (@YADIELRIVERA13)
- Alfredo Rodriguez (@Arodss2)
- Jose Sermo (@j_weesy21)
Outfielders (3)
- Michael Reed (@MReed1119)
- Victor Roache (@_Heavy28Hitter_)
- Tyrone Taylor (@Ty_roneTaylor)
Class-A Affiliate (Twitter: @TimberRattlers)
Manager: Matt Erickson
27 Total Players
Pitchers (13)
- Tyler Alexander (@LilLefty12)
- Tristan Archer (@TRISTAN_archer)
- Barrett Astin (@BarrettAstin17)
- Victor Diaz
- Rodolfo Fernandez (@cuba900321)
- Preston Gainey (@friendpresto)
- Tyler Linehan (@tylinny39)
- Harvey Martin (@Martin_Time15)
- Zach Quintana (@Slummdog)
- Chris Razo (@RazBerry02)
- Trevor Seidenberger (@trev15berger)
- Tyler Spurlin (@TyroneG4)
- Taylor Williams (@TWilly_KSU)
Catchers (3)
- Clint Coulter (@ccoulter12)
- Paul Eshleman (@EshPaul)
- Rafael Neda (@rafaelneda88)
Infielders (6)
- Francisco Castillo
- David Denson (@_DavidD_41)
- Steven Halcomb
- Chris McFarland (@cmcfarland116)
- Angel Ortega
- Taylor Smith-Brennan (@TaylorBrennan88)
Outfielders (5)
- Johnny Davis
- Omar Garcia
- Jose Peña
- Michael Ratterree (@MRat_Ocho)
- Lance Roenicke* (@LTRoenicke)
Prospect Pilgrimage Audio – Taylor, Roache, McFarland
As you're aware if you follow me on Twitter (@BrewerNation), I was up at the Timber Rattlers game on Saturday evening for my annual prospect pilgrimage. I want to get up there more often, but it didn't happen last year. Hopefully I'll be able to accomplish that goal here in 2013.
Regardless, when I have gone up I've been fortunate enough to get a media credential and have access for some one-on-one time with the players. Last year I chatted with three guys who I had interviewed before on the phone in Mitch Haniger, Nick Ramirez and Chad Pierce. I also got the single greatest quote out of Timber Rattlers' manager Matt Erickson when it comes to player development vs. trying to win a game on a given night.
This year, with some talented individuals on the roster, I had to limit myself to just three players quite frankly because there is only so much time between batting practice and first pitch. I think I did alright with the choices.
Here you can listen to my interviews with Tyrone Taylor, Victor Roache and Chris McFarland.
Official Release: Brewers On Deck To Feature Over 50 Players, Coaches
Thirty-two current Milwaukee Brewers players from the 40-man roster plus a host of alumni, Minor League prospects, coaches, front office executives and broadcasters are scheduled to participate in Brewers On Deck, which is set to take place Sunday, January 27 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Delta Center. The event is presented by Time Warner Cable.
Brewers On Deck is the annual Fan Fest that bridges the gap between winter and Spring Training. Players, coaches and alumni scheduled to attend include the following (all subject to change):
- John Axford (@JohnAxford)
- Burke Badenhop
- Jeff Bianchi
- Ryan Braun
- Nick Bucci (@nickbooch)
- Hiram Burgos (@Burgos196)
- Khris Davis
- Marco Estrada
- Mike Fiers (@Fiers64)
- Yovani Gallardo
- Mat Gamel
- Scooter Gennett (@Scooterg11)
- Caleb Gindl
- Carlos Gomez (@C_Gomez27)
- Michael Gonzalez
- Tom Gorzelanny (@TGorz)
- Taylor Green
- Corey Hart
- Johnny Hellweg
- Jim Henderson (@JimHenderson29)
- Brandon Kintzler
- Jonathan Lucroy (@JLucroy20)
- Martin Maldonano (@Machete1224)
- Chris Narveson (@sleep_trick)
- Michael Olmsted
- Wily Peralta
- Josh Prince (@JoshPrince17)
- Mark Rogers
- Logan Schafer (@LoganS22)
- Josh Stinson (@JStinny19)
- Tyler Thornburg (@TylerThornburg)
- Rickie Weeks
- Ron Roenicke
- Joe Crawford
- Marcus Hanel (@Markoos55)
- Garth Iorg
- Rick Kranitz
- Jerry Narron
- Johnny Narron
- Ed Sedar
- John Shelby
- Lee Tunnell
- Clint Coulter (@ccoulter12)
- Kentrail Davis
- Drew Gagnon (@Dgags24)
- Mitch Haniger (@M_Hanny19)
- Taylor Jungmann
- Hunter Morris (@HunterMorris15)
- Jimmy Nelson (@Jimmy_J_Nelson)
- Victor Roache (@_Heavy28Hitter_)
- Matt Erickson (Mgr.)
- Jerry Augustine (@jaugie46)
- Jim Gantner
- Larry Hisle
- Gorman Thomas
- Bob Uecker
Tickets for Brewers On Deck are currently on sale. Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $9 for children ages 14 and under. Tickets may be purchased at the Miller Park ticket office, by calling the Brewers Ticket office at 414-902-4000, or online at Brewers.com/ondeck. On the day of the event, only cash will be accepted for purchases made at the door. Tickets the day of the event are $20 for adults and $15 for children 14 and under.
Brewers On Deck will feature a number of activities for the entire family. Autographs and photos from Brewers players and coaches, interactive games in the Kids Area, Q&A sessions and game shows with coaches, players and staff, vendor booths with baseball memorabilia, the Brewers Community Foundation Treasure Hunt and many other activities will all be a part of Brewers On Deck.
The same system for autographs will be used for Brewers On Deck that was used last year. Recipients of any "PREMIER" autographs (players to be announced at a later date) will be chosen through a random selection process. Numbered coupons to be entered into the random selection process will be available the day of the event only and will be distributed beginning at 8 a.m. at the Delta Center. Coupon distribution will be available up to an hour before each designated autograph session. A schedule of players, their session times, and distribution info will be posted later this month.
Fans can receive one coupon per event admission ticket and can use that coupon to enter the random selection process for any one of the select Brewers players. There is no cost for coupons to enter the random selection process; however, those holding coupons that are chosen must pay $25 at the respective autograph stage to collect their player signature. There will be 250 winners for each of the PREMIER autograph sessions.
Players and staff not included in the PREMIER autograph list will not use the random selection process. Each of these players will sign 250 autographs at prices ranging from free to $10. The autograph opportunities are for signatures on photo cards provided by the team; the Brewers cannot guarantee that any player will sign other memorabilia. For additional information regarding the lottery process, visit Brewers.com/ondeck.
All autograph proceeds benefit Brewers Community Foundation. Please note that cash is the only acceptable form of payment for autographs. The Brewers cannot guarantee that any player will sign other memorabilia, and personalization of items is solely up to the discretion of each player.
Milwaukee Brewers Select College Bat with Pick 28
The Milwaukee Brewers have made their first two selections in the Major League Baseball "Two-Thousand and Twelve First-Year Player Draft."
(Yes, that's an homage to the commissioner's long-winded setup prior to each pick delivery at the podium.)
With the 28th selection, the Brewers took: Victor Roache, a 6'1″ 225 lb outfielder from Georgia Southern University.
Roache bats and throws right-handed.
MLB.com lists Roache as its 27th overall prospect available in this draft.
"A raw hitter coming out of the Michigan high school ranks in 2009, Roache's years at Georgia Southern have served him well.
"A strong, physical specimen, Roache has plus bat speed and raw power, with the ability to hit the ball out to all fields. He has a solid approach at the plate, with good pitch recognition and rarely gets cheated. Speed isn't a part of his game, but he's a capable outfielder with enough range and arm to handle an outfield corner at the next level. He certainly looks the part and plays the game hard.
"There may be some who'll question if he'll hit enough to tap into that power, but it shouldn't be a huge concern. Power in an advanced bat is always highly sought after (see Choice, Michael) and with a good spring, Roache should see him near the top of many Draft boards."
ESPN.com ranks Roache 88th overall and has this to say:
"Roache may have gone in the first round prior to the broken wrist he suffered in February, ending his season, but wasn't a first-round talent, just a one-tool player who has plus raw power but lacks the hit tool to get to it. Drafted in the 25th round by Detroit in 2009, Roache is a dead-pull hitter who collapses his back side as he tries to jerk everything out to left field, but showed on the Cape last summer that he couldn't adjust to offspeed pitches, especially those on the outer half that he couldn't pull.
"He's a fair athlete who probably ends up in left field in pro ball. He'll turn 21 in September, making him one of the younger college position players in the draft, but he'll have to return to action and show he can make adjustments so that he'll hit enough to let his power play."
***UPDATE: Here are some quotes from Roache as he joined the media on a conference call tonight…***
Roache said that the broken wrist that cost him most of this past season would preclude him from playing pro ball this summer. He said he was about 4-6 weeks away from being cleared for all baseball activities.
"It was tough, breaking my wrist six games into the season. It was a hard pill to swallow.
"I was in a cast for seven weeks. I'm on the road to recovery right now. It's going very well. The doctor said I'm in for a 100% recovery. I just have to take my time and not rush, and build my full strength back. I was strictly working on range of motion.
"The broken bone was the least of their worries. Dr. Hunt's main concern was the ulnar joint was dislocated. He put pins in there and casted it up, and it remained stable and back to normal. In a week or two, I'll pick up a bat and swing a little.
"Hopefully, by the end of the summer or early fall, I'll be back on the field playing again. I heard someone say to get ready to go for instructional (camp in the fall), maybe go play winter ball and go from there.
"Everything happens for a reason. I'm very thankful to still be considered a first-round pick. That means a lot to me for the Brewers to still have faith in my talent and take a chance and draft me in the 28th spot. That motivates me even more to give it 100% and get back on the field as soon as possible, and produce for them for the next 10-15 years."
You can follow Victor Roache on Twitter at: @_Heavy28Hitter_


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I have been thinking about this for sometime. There is a warning on CC page on TDwebsite about not using wood in aluminium CC -probably because itwould melt? I have seen several bushbuddy type tin can stove is whichhave steel inner aluminium outer. So my idea is that I could put BPLTi foil cone inside CC and burn wood inside Ti foil.There could be another advantage. I have been reading about woodstoves and how they work. There is some veryinteresting dicussion MYOG forum.//http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=10020&startat=20passive downdraught gassifier woodstoves are not possible////http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/10959/index.htmlThe flames are formed when unburnt gases are driven off the fuelupward and reignite when preheated secondary air from the annularspace between the inner and outer walls mixes with these gases to giverenewed combustion. The wood does not give off fumes downward. hot airdoes not easily travel downward. I can prove this because in my stovethe outer wall does not start until well above the primary feed holeswhich are the only potential path for fuel gases to get into theannular space as shown in the earlier diagram. I am certain that mystove, the bushbuddy and the stove on this thread work by upwardgassification and recombustion with preheated secondary air. Eitherway they work well.//BPL Ti foil comes prepunched. Could one placed inside CC, make CC anupward gassifier in principal? The primary air would enter the inner(BPL Ti foil) through the prepunched holes via the lower holes in theouter CC. here it would burn fuel. The secondary air would go up theannular hole between the 2 walls and go just above the fuel where itwould reignite the smoke. The holes at the top of CC would be exitholes for exhaust gases and flames.I contacted Russ at TD but he is busy right now.I am also in touch with Derek Goffin.I would love to know what rest of you think. May be we can even see some field trials since so many people here already own a CC.
I like your idea since I am a wood gasifier fan myself. However, could you preface all of your initials and shortened words with what they stand for? CC I think is caldera cone. What is TD?
just get the ti cone from tigoat. Done!
TD: Trail Designs, makers of the Caldera Cone.
Al: Aluminium, Ti: Titanium.
Nice to see someone taking a RATIONAL look at backpacking stoves. The appeal of the downdraft gasifier appears to be more romantic than realistic. There's a paper, "Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves", which contains a lot of no-nonsense information for designing a cook stove. The PDF file can be had on-line. Just Google the title.I've made a couple of stoves based on this paper (see my post: high efficiency wood burner & two cents worth on wood stoves) and near as I can tell, they appear to perform at least as well as the bush buddy (I say appear because bush buddy doesn't publish enough information to determine its efficiency) in still air, and are the hands down winners in a breeze. Oh, and it uses an aluminum outside shell and a stainless steel fire box. I would have tried TI but the stainless steel was what I had on-hand.
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SVNewTech – Tue Mar 2 – Marketplaces, Real-Time, and ConversationsPosted: March 2nd, 2010 | Author: vinnie | Filed under: svnewtech | No Comments »
First, congrats to CoTweet.com who presented on our stage just 4 months ago and was acquired today.
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When: Tuesday, Mar 2, 2009 7:00 PM
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She is eight months pregnant, and police say they caught her doing drugs.
Pikeville Police arrested 22 year old Erica Coleman of Elkhorn City on Friday.
She is facing several drug-related charges. Officers say they caught her and her boyfriend shooting up drugs behind a fast food restaurant. The eight month pregnant woman then went to jail.
Coleman appeared in Pike County District Court on Monday morning and entered a not guilty plea to four charges.
Police say they are concerned for the unborn baby's health.
Pikeville Police officer Tony Conn said it started when he found a suspicious car behind Hardee's on Friday. He says Coleman and Kyle Thacker were inside.
"Both appeared to be under the influence of narcotics, upon further investigation, my suspicions were confirmed," said Conn.
He says there was a large amount of drugs in the car and says Coleman told him she was injecting suboxone.
"She had shot the suboxone into her thumb. She had track marks here on her thumb, also on the bends of her arms, and in the other hand on her thumb," said Conn.
Conn says EMS took the eight month pregnant Coleman to Pikeville Medical Center. She was released the same night and went straight to jail.
"She was a habitual user. You could tell by her demeanor and the marks on her arms and hands," said Conn.
Monday morning, Coleman pleaded not guilty to public intoxication, drug possession, drug paraphernalia, failure to appear in court, and contempt of court charges.
Her attorney asked for her release from jail saying, "Right now this is only an allegation, and if she is pregnant and is on some type of medication, then it's probably dangerous to keep her in jail."
Judge Darrel Mullins agreed to put her on home incarceration and ordered frequent drug tests for the health of the unborn child.
"She needs to be tested more than anybody normally. First time she fails, she goes back to jail," Judge Mullins said during court.
Coleman is due back in court in February.
Kyle Thacker was also arrested on several drug charges and is out on bond.
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Thor and K-Stew combine in Rupert Sanders CGI-laden retelling of the classic fairy tale.
What's wrong with a good, old-fashioned fairy tale? Not enough sardonic asides and postmodern revisions, according to Tarsem Singh's recent Snow White adaptation, Mirror Mirror. In the view of ad-man Rupert Sanders' feature debut, more epic adventure is what the story needs to locate its galloping hooves.
To recap for those out of the fairy tale loop: Snow White, played in this version by Twilight's own Kristen Stewart, is banged up by her evil step-mother, Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron), in a cell decorated with stone, stone and more stone. Evil stepmother passes the time by talking to a beauty-affirming mirror, squeezing her kingdom into poverty and delivering mournful speeches to pretty rebel knights.
One day her hitherto yes-man-of-a-mirror – actually a viscous gold figure (Christopher Obi) with Darth Vader's voice – announces that Snow White has become more beautiful than the queen. As well as causing great embarrassment, this news threatens Ravenna's power and so she dispatches her creepy brother to perform murder most horrid.
Resourceful SW escapes so the queen manipulates a hard-drinking, grief-addled Scottish huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to pursue her into the haunted forest. And for those still out of the fairy tale loop, this is where the creative licensing commences.
The thrust of the drama boils down to Queen Ravenna in the evil corner trying to kill Snow White, and SW in the good corner trying to preserve the lives of a trio composed of herself, the kingdom and the film's pending box office.
Knocking about protectively are the newly enlightened huntsman and Prince William (Sam Claflin), who is impressively gracious about an invented character stealing his thunder. Still further down the cast list, a band of dwarves are frog marched in and exist solely to facilitate a round of, "Look what CGI did to Ray Winstone! Bob Hoskins! Eddie Marsan!" catcalls.
With the dwarf plot swiftly sidelined, the haunted forest takes centre stage, hypnotising with rocks that wake up to be trolls and grasping branches that sense human weakness. Everything is shifting, dirty and just a Sean Bean away from Middle Earth. In this intoxicating atmosphere, characters take a while to define themselves, which, considering that they are fairytale archetypes, is both strange and dissatisfying.
What this action-fairytale hybrid is lacking is a good, strong heart. In its place is a marketable beauty with an acting range comprised of a sliding scale of semi-peeved grimaces. We're supposed to believe that Snow White commands the adoration of everyone she meets, but when poor Hemsworth lunges in for his emotional reveal, it's as plausible as a man professing undying love for a tablespoon. To make matters worse, Theron in full charismatic powerhouse mode, and you do end up wanting her to win.
In contrast to Julia Roberts' enjoyable pantomime baddie in Mirror Mirror, Theron plumbs the delicious, pain-filled depths of a woman as tortured as she is terrible. "Men use women… when they finish with us they throw us away to the dogs," she says, magisterial face creased with pain, even as she brutally takes another life.
Imagine Fatal Attraction's Glenn Close empowered by the dark arts. Beside such complexity, Snow White seems like one of her dwarves, and the huntsman's choice of allegiance informed by drink. It is the character whose absent from the title that (just) saves the film by giving it all of her black heart.
Charlize, Thor and K-Stew in a Brothers Grimm fairy tale! C'mon!
Almost everyone gets lost in the fugged-up atmosphere.
Worth seeing for Queen Charlize.
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Larry Harmon (Bozo The Clown) dead at 83
I was never big on clowns when I was a kid. Except for one that is, Bozo.
Larry Harmon wasn't the only person to play Bozo The Clown, but he is the person most identified with the role. A man named Pinto Colvig was the first Bozo The Clown in the mid-1940s on several children's records, and then Harmon was hired to play Bozo in the mid-50s and eventually got the licensing rights to the character and arranged for various people to play the clown on TV in different markets, including Willard Scott in Washington, D.C., Frank Avruch in Boston, and Bob Bell in Chicago. The last show aired on WGN in 2001, and Harmon was involved in a controversy in 2004 when the International Clown Hall of Fame took down Harmon's plaque and recognized Colvig as Bozo. But Harmon never claimed to have created the character, just that he made him what he became.
Harmon died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles at age 83.


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I have only tasted or rather remember having heard of mango ginger when in north mango turmeric I remember a scant mention in our homes in south.. I am not sure if mango haldi is used for pickles as readily as mango ginger.. in north that is as far as my memory goes.
But I love both these I would love to see photos or any illustrations any any related info you might have sabiha
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I just posted a sweet eggplant brinjal pickle recipe: http://forums.egulle...brinjal-pickle/
Posted 13 August 2013 - 12:41 PM
Anyone has experience of making pickle with the localy available raw mangoes in USA. Which one are best suitable for pickle making.
I know this is a vary late reply, but I peruse these old posts sometimes so I figure it's just adding to the info.... I'm not sure what exactly is meant by "localy (sic) available mangoes" but I will assume this to mean "in the grocery store". Well, most often they are not green! They may be green on the outside, but they must be green and firm on the inside. I will make a salad with these (Thai) or a curry (South Indian), but I think a pickle may not work as they are most often in the mid-ripe stage, and are slightly sweet, and starting to soften. However, lately, I've been seeing some pretty green ones in the Supermarket, and Mexican Grocery stores (They do use green mangoes in Mexico, but I hardly see them in the markets!). They do have them in Asian Markets (Southeast Asian, or Indian), but the nearest one is quite a drive for me. Having said that, I think there are some Indian Pickles you could make with partially ripe mangoes - perhaps some of the sweet ones. Lastly, when I lived in Florida, green mangoes were of course available locally (in my backyard, and all through the neighborhood). Many were not picked, as there were just too many!
Posted 13 August 2013 - 12:51 PM
I just added another pickle recipe: Sour Tomatillo Pickle Achar. This one is made with non-traditional ingredient - tomatilloes, but it is very similar to other sour Indian fruits and vegetables. Tomatilloes are very easy to grow and are extremely prolific for me, thus I wanted to find a way to use them. http://forums.egulle...o-pickle-achar/
Posted 13 August 2013 - 11:53 PM
Green Chilli Pickle, Lemon Pickle, Garlic Pickle and my most favorite Mango Pickle.
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Today I bought something I had never heard of or imagined: Bangladeshi olive pickle.
Olives, oil, salt, garlic, ginger, cumin, chilli, coriander, turmeric, mustard, aniseed.
PRAN brand.
The olives in it are cut up but the fragments are gigantic. The whole fruit must have been a couple of inches long.
Is this a traditional condiment?
How would it normally be served?
Are olives common in Bangladeshi cuisine?
All information welcome. Preferably before I finish the jar. So soon.
ETA I know that Bangladesh is not in India. This seemed the most appropriate topic...
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The congressional Democrats' surge-against-the-surge -- a case study in political futility.
Dec 3, 2007, Vol. 13, No. 12 • By NOEMIE EMERY
Eagerly anticipating the defeat in Iraq to which they are so much attached, some on the left have also been preparing for another contingency: the assault that they think they see coming, a drive to pin the whole wretched failure on them. Apparently, this will be "stab in the back" redux, a new iteration of the theme deployed so successfully in interwar Germany by a resourceful, ambitious Austrian corporal, who managed to propel his rise to power with the claim that World War I would have been won by his country, if not for sinister forces at home. Then, it was subversion by Jews and other disloyal elements. This time, in the left's imagining, the blame will fall on the press and the Democrats who, by pulling the plug at just the wrong moment, caused the loss of Iraq. "Nobody I know in a rational condition believes that the United States is going to have any kind of a military victory," Mark Shields said in August. "So the idea is going to be, 'We were on the cusp of victory and the rug was pulled out from under us by these willy-nilly, weak-kneed, nervous Nellies back home.' "
The problem with this is (1) that we may really win, and have no failure to blame upon anyone, and (2) that the nervous Nellies really did try to keep us from winning, indeed fought fang and claw to derail our best efforts. If they had had their way, Iraq would still be the quagmire they are so fond of invoking, and the United States--or George W. Bush, which may be the more relevant factor--would have incurred a definitive and, at least in his case, legacy-blasting defeat. It is unfair of course to call this a stab in the back, as the Democrats have been engagingly open about their intentions. In the course of the past year, they have gone from attacking a plan that had not been effective to attacking one that hadn't been tried yet, to attacking one that exceeded all expectations, while in the process ignoring reality, slandering a commanding general, and denying American forces in battle due credit for what they had done. If not backstabbing as such (see above), it is diverting enough a spectacle to merit a replay. Let us look back at this last year of battle and see how the story played out.
When our tale opens, it is the last month of 2006, Democrats have just scored a blowout in Congress, Iraq is in shambles, and the country is calling for Bush to change course. He does. But he changes course in the other direction, radically revising his Iraq strategy, adopting aggressive new rules of engagement, and sending in 30,000 more troops. Even before the plan was announced to the public on January 10, 2007, Democrats launched their assault. Senator Christopher Dodd declared the plan useless: "A 'surge' of American troops will do nothing." Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrats in the new Congress, released an open letter to Bush on January 5, decrying his redoubled effort as futile: "Surging forces is a strategy that you have already tried, and that has already failed." The surge was "a sad, ominous echo of something we've lived through in this country," according to Illinois senator Richard Durbin. "I'm confident it will not work," said John Kerry at a Senate hearing, a sentiment echoed by Barack Obama. "Verdict first, trial afterwards," said the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, unaware of her future as a role model for America's congressional Democrats. And then it really got strange.
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- CT or MRI scan excluding another structural brain disease;
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- Hamilton Depression Scale ≤10
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- Epileptic Patient
- Severe liver or renal disease
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Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
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The Wall Street Journal reported the news earlier on Sunday. The newspaper said the combined value of Barclays' and Bank of America's stake is likely between $2 billion and $3 billion, citing people familiar with Archstone's finances.
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The sixth and final season of the Balbithan Prehistoric Landscape Project.
Fun ongoing research and training excavation on the prehistoric landscape of Balbithan Wood, which includes Mesolithic camps, Neolithic cairns, and 30 upstanding Bronze Age roundhouses.
The final season will examine a nascent Neolithic Long Cairn, a large round prehistoric enclosure and continue to look for Mesolithic camps!
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I'm on a train going to cover some games today, but wanted to give some quick thoughts on the Jeremy Lin signing.
I have covered the Ivy League since finishing my playing career at Columbia in 2006. There is still argument amongst many Ivy League aficionados as to who was the best player to come through the league this millennium. But one thing no one argues about is who the biggest surprise was. Undoubtedly, it was Jeremy Lin. He was never bestowed a ton of hype coming into Harvard but over his first 2 seasons went from good role player to the most versatile and dangerous player in the league in his Junior and Senior campaigns. During his Junior year, he was the only player in the country to rank in the top 10 in their conference across all statistical categories. In his senior year, he lit up UConn for 30pts (61% from field), 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 monster dunks that put him on the national map. To those of us that followed the league, it just vindicated what we had been saying for some time. He may not look like a physical freak, and yes went to Harvard, but the kid can play.
In terms of his game now, he doesn't do anything great but does everything well. He's a combo guard, not a true PG but able to play either position. He's a decent 3 point shooter. His mid-range game is his bread and butter. He is a patient guy on the wing and uses his body well to create space off the pivot. The most interesting thing about his game is he's a sneaky good athlete. He has a good first step and can finish over guys. He has a solid handle and good court vision. He has long arms for a guard and good anticipation on the defensive end of the court, which enables him to get a lot deflections and steals. He'll need to show improvement in is his lateral quickness on the ball and defending the pick and roll. The Knicks will need Lin to step up in this area and keep guys out of the lane.
In terms of his role for this squad, he should be a solid guy off the bench. With Bibby coming back, I think he'll get most of the 2nd unit minutes at PG with Lin getting some time at PG and SG (maybe 10 mpg total). He doesn't have the upside of Shumpert or the same type of physical talent but will be able to pick his spots on offense, play very hard on defense, and rebound from the guard spot. Lin will help this team most in terms of his effort and basketball IQ. He's bounced around the league already in only 1 full season so he will be looking to make an impression in the country's biggest market. Looking at this team and the city it represents, the way to do that is by defending, rebounding and just being tough. I think he'll understand that and bring all those things to the table. Additionally, he won't do a lot to hurt you. Obviously he is intelligent coming from Harvard, but he really understands the game and the right way to play it. He may not be the seasoned veteran many people want added to the team, but he will bring it every day and has the intangibles to help this team until B Davis and Shump get healthy again.
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Using campsuds (biodegradable soap) is unfamiliar territory for me. I know the stuff is concentrated, but I have absolutely no clue how much I need to bring on my upcoming JMT (21 days estimated)Relevant Info and intended uses:Will be used to wash hands before food prepWe will be washing a 1.3L pot twice a day (breakfast and dinner)We will probably use a bit to bathe (every 2-3 days, e.g. hair, face, body)Will be using in combination with hand sanitizer after using the bathroomAny guidelines (e.g. something like .75 oz per Person, for 10 days etc) would be a great. Thanks guys!
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I'm trying to figure out the same thing. Not sure how campsuds compares to dr bronner's, but I ended up just filling a leftover 1oz visine bottle with dr bronner's and intend to use it for 2 people and 17 days.Also, in Mike C's book he lists 0.7oz for his model 10 day, 3 season trip....so maybe I should bring a little more.When do you start? I'm leaving from Happy Isles on Friday.
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Chris, thanks for the tip. I must have somehow missed/forgotten about that Tip in Mike's book. I'll reread that section again. I won't be starting til the first week of Sept, so you got a headstart on me :D Enjoy your trip!
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Appeal court overturns malice claim against Bonita Springs fire commissioner
BONITA SPRINGS - A state appeal court has overturned a ruling that a 2010 Bonita Springs fire commission candidate acted with reckless disregard or malice when he claimed the incumbent fire commissioner had wasted taxpayer money by going to seminars in Paris and at Harvard University.
The emailed claims against Fire Commissioner Ed FitzGerald, sent by candidate Robert Sharkey, turned out to be wrong. However, Sharkey argued he'd relied on Alex Grantt, a former fire commission liaison, who corroborated that he'd heard the information at a fire commission meeting.
"It turned out that Grantt had not been listening attentively enough at the board meetings when the trips to Harvard and Paris were discussed; his information was erroneous," the Lakeland-based 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Friday in a six-page decision that found Sharkey hadn't acted with "actual malice."
The ruling overturns a July 28 decision and $1,000 fine ordered by a state administrative law judge in Tallahassee. It involves a 2009 Florida election law that prohibits maliciously making false statements about an opposing candidate.
In August 2010, Sharkey sent two emails to about 200 people that detailed two claims of spending abuse by FitzGerald and the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District. Both claims were false. FitzGerald had requested reimbursement for an $11,000, three-week Harvard class but was turned down; no fire official went to Paris.
Reached at his home Friday, Sharkey said he felt vindicated by the appeal ruling.
"I feel a big burden lifted off my shoulders," said Sharkey, who is running again for commissioner in a four-way race that doesn't include FitzGerald. "I don't think I was wrong. I had no animosity toward Mr. FitzGerald and didn't do anything wrong."
The administrative judge had ruled that Sharkey "acted with reckless disregard" by making false claims and ordered him to pay a fine to the Florida Elections Commission.
The appeal judges noted there was evidence suggesting Sharkey had "entertained serious doubts" because another fire commissioner said he'd told Sharkey he thought one allegation was false.
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By Mia A. Aznar
Monday, June 2, 2014
WITH talent still considered a major concern for most IT and business process management companies, strategies to ensure the supply of qualified workers are being undertaken by the industry.
Jomari Mercado, president and CEO of the Information Technology-Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), said they hope to at least double the number of qualified personnel who apply with the companies in need of workers, by providing channels for students to learn the skills the industry requires.
At the Cebu ICT-BPM Conference and Expo on Monday, Mercado reported that a 21-unit minor course in service management has been approved by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is initially available in 17 universities in the country. As of last year, they targeted the training of 685 teachers. They also sought the training of 2,800 teachers in language and hoped to see 20,000 students enrolled in the program.
Most companies noted that only 10 out of 100 applicants get accepted in their organizations. Mercado said that if they can increase the number to 20, they will effectively be doubling the talent pool.
The IT-BPM industry employed some 900,000 nationwide and generated US$15.5 billion in revenue. Cebu contributed 100,000 direct workers and $1 billion. By improving the skills of the graduates, Mercado hopes to see Cebu contribute 200,000 direct workers for the industry.
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Aside from working on the college-level graduates, Mercado said the IBPAP is also turning their attention to high school students.
They are hoping to introduce the service management program into the K+12 system by offering it under the technical vocational skills that students can learn.
Mercado noted that there are 30 percent of high school graduates that cannot proceed to get a college degree because they cannot afford the fees.
By finding high school students who can enroll in the government's alternative learning system, they can add another 30 percent of high school graduates who can join the IT-BPM workforce.
Mercado said that the first batch of graduates under the program graduated three weeks ago and that they had a 65 percent hire rate.
The IBPAP also received a grant from the Asian Development Bank and Department of Finance to create IT-BPM knowledge hubs, which are venues for sharing best practices, information and learning. Under this grant, the University of the Philippines' Open University hopes to turn their service management program into e-learning courses.
Once this is completed, the course can be offered to anyone with access to the Internet.
Aside from the basic talent, IBPAP noted the lack of qualified and experienced middle managers. This is among the challenges he sees for the industry ahead. He pointed out that of 140,000 jobs expected for the industry this year, they will need 7,000 middle managers.
There is also the challenge of supplying talent with niche skills.
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Mercado also cited the growth of tourism as a threat to their industry, saying large tourism facilities like hotels and casinos compete for the same kind of talent the IT-BPM industry needs -- those with strong communication skills and good service culture.
As for the impact of economic integration in Southeast Asia, Mercado said the industry stands to gain from it. Since the Philippines is already established as a place to go to for IT-BPM, he said the possibility of more business arriving is strong.
He added that if clients will want to services beyond English, such as in Thai and Malay languages, local companies will be able to find talent from around Southeast Asia.
A downside, however, is the loss of middle management workers who might be tempted to move to other countries and work in other industries.
Other threats include the change in leadership in 2016 and the fears of a change in policies and regulations under a different administration.
Still, Mercado said the future is bright for the industry and they expect to meet a target of one million directly employed and $18 billion in revenue.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 03, 2014.
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The Country Music Hall of Fame will open a new exhibit Friday that honors one of the legends of the genre, though it's clouded by the death of her former husband.
Tammy Wynette: First Lady Of Country Music, Presented By Great American Country Television Network is loaded with memorabilia celebrating the singer, who died in 1998 just months before her induction into the Hall of Fame.
But when the exhibit opens, it won't be seen by her last husband, George Richey, who died earlier this summer. The death was not made public, though Music Row magazine reported George has already been laid to rest near Tammy in Nashville's Woodlawn Cross Mausoleum.
George married Tammy in 1978 after they'd known each other for years. He was a piano player, songwriter, producer and record-company executive in Nashville with his own musical resume. He and Tammy were co-writers on her standard "'Til I Can Make It On My Own." He also authored George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Lorrie Morgan's "A Picture Of Me (Without You)" and Joe Stampley's "Soul Song." He produced Freddie Hart's million-selling "Easy Loving," plus a string of Sonny James singles and some gospel songs for the Oak Ridge Boys before they became a country group. He also played as a studio musician on hits by Johnny Cash, Lynn Anderson and Jeannie C. Riley, among others.
George was Tammy's fifth husband, and the marriage lasted nearly 20 years until her death. He personally donated many of the materials in the First Lady exhibit to the Country Music Hall of Fame, making the public opening a bit surreal.
GAC got to see the exhibit first-hand last week while it was still being constructed, and it's a real winner. The "bling wall" — as curator Carolyn Tate calls it — includes gold records, plaques and thank-you notes from five presidents. A representation of Tammy's celebrity closet lays out a bundle of her wardrobe essentials — earrings, shoes, stage clothing, wigs and a house robe or two. It also displays a couple of beauty-shop chairs that she kept in her home.
The original hand-written lyrics from "Stand By Your Man" are featured, as well as awards, three of Tammy's Bibles and a wall titled "The Cost Of Being Tammy" that documents through newspaper reprints the tragedies that befell her, including hospitalizations, fires at her house and a kidnapping from a Nashville parking lot.
Footage of Tammy's live performances and TV appearances is also a part of the exhibit with Faith Hill providing commentary. The First Lady celebration captures Tammy in all her glory — and in some of her misfortune, which she always felt made her much like everyone else.
The difference between her pitfalls and most people's? "Mine's always headlines," she says in one of the exhibit's old TV interviews.
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Why are the UAE and Iran squaring up over an island which measures just about 12 square kilometers, almost 350 times smaller than the emirate of Dubai?
August 31, 2008 11:59 by kippreport
The UAE has recently sent a complaint to the UN, about Iran's reported establishment of facilities on the island of Abu Musa. In a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the UAE claimed that Iran was continuing to violate an agreement signed between the two sides in 1971. Tehran has reportedly established a maritime rescue office and an office for the registration of ships and sailors on the island, which the UAE lays claim to.
International documents show that three islands, which were historically owned by Iran, temporarily fell to British control in 1903. When British forces left the Gulf in 1971, Iran took possession of Greater and Lesser Tunbs, while Abu Musa, the only inhabited island, was placed under joint administration under a deal with Sharjah, now part of the UAE.
Iran has repeatedly dismissed the UAE claims over Abu Musa, stressing its ownership over the islands are indisputable. Iran's Foreign Ministry said in mid-August that that they are open to talks with the UAE to remove any misunderstanding about the islands.
So what value does the island hold?
The island is valued by these two countries for economic, security, and environmental reasons, according research from the American University in Washington. One significant feature about the island is that it is potentially full of oil reserves. Also, the island is located in the Strait of Hormuz, the mouth of the Arabian Gulf. This strategic position could allow a country to influence the Gulf's shipping lane.
But there are also environmental concerns associated with Abu Musa. If there were to be an oil spill on or around this island, it could have consequences on the environment and the nearby animal life.
The UAE enjoys major Arab backing in the dispute. The GCC has strongly denounced Iran's move, saying the islands belong to the UAE and are being occupied by Iran.
But tension between the two countries will not spell well for either nation.
According to reports, Iranian investment in Dubai reaches about $14bn each year, and an estimated 450,000 Iranians live in the UAE.
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Since When the Persian Gulf has become Arabian Gulf????
Since I was in Grade 3 20 years ago.
since forever, only if you know history of your own land you would know that Iran had non to do with the gulf, since the great islamic empair back in the 700's. persians are exactly what they are, Cats and cats scared of water. 90% of the population live along the coast of the gulf are know as Arab of Persia
read some history before you speak up Omid
HAHAHA! Oh this is so funny, really. Come on, lay into each other some more!
By the way, how many UAE nationals do you think are of Iranian origin? Many, I can tell you. After all, are names such as Gargash, Futtaim more Arabic or Persian? What do you think? (rhetorical question this one, old Sport. Ask a few Arabs if you're not sure).
hopefully iran and obamas us can get closer and someday become friends again….then iran can not only take back all of Abu Musa, but also Bahrain and while we are at it we can ban the PERSIAN Gulf from being called the Arabian Gulf. hell lets rename the arabian sea to the Arabian sea.
"and an estimated 450,000 Iranians live in the UAE."
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The Creature from the Depths (Hardcover)
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|H. P. Lovecraft
|H. P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived for almost all his life. When he was 7, his father died, after being institutionalized for madness related to, it is suspected, syphilis. Spending much of his childhood isolated due to poor health, Lovecraft used the time to read. After he dropped out of high school following a "nervous breakdown," he began to write short stories inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and others. Still living at home with his increasingly ill mother, Lovecraft found work as a freelance journalist for local papers, even working as an astrology columnist. In 1917 he became president of the United Amateur Press Association, a post he held again in 1923. By then, he had already written a handful of stories, but it wasn't until the early 1920s that his work took on a unifying form. In 1922 he began writing what would become the 60-odd stories that compile the Cthulhu Mythos. These stories feature an extremely cohesive, if tremendously complex, system of gods and monsters, and their interactions among themselves and with humans across a multitude of dimensions. From 1923 onwards, almost all of Lovecraft's short fiction appeared in Weird Tales, a pulp magazine where many of the future writers who came to emulate and idolize him first encountered his work. He married and moved to New York for two years before divorcing and returning to Providence in 1926. Inspired by his stories in Weird Tales, Lovecraft's many fans wrote to him and, as a result, he co-wrote stories with some of them. In 1931, his mother died in the same asylum as his father. Six years later, Lovecraft died of cancer. In 1939, one of his acquaintances, August Derleth, co-founded Arkham House, a publishing company dedicated to Lovecraft's works. The business didn't become successful until the mid-1940s, but it is largely through Arkham's efforts that Lovecraft--and, later, other authors--became widely known and respected.
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|In the depths of the sea exists an ancient treasure. Anyone who comes in contact with it is overcome with greed. For centuries, this treasure has been hoarded deep below the ocean?s surface. To steal it, one has to get past the creature! One group?s quest for the cursed riches is retold in this striking graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovelace's character the Creature From the Black Lagoon. A creator biography and glossary help reluctant readers take the first step on the road to classic literature.
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