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Recently, I began a long thought experiment with a hypothetical, possible red-green Ravnica guild called the Brangok Corsairs, and explained myself thusly:
Ravnica is an immensely well-regarded plane, and most of its fans love it because of the guild system, allowing each of the ten two-color combinations to get relatively equal representation, its own identity, and a new keyword. And the ten guilds do capture the essence of what their colors are about, philosophically and mechanically - or at least part of it. Individual colors are deep enough that their philosophical essences can't be pinned down in one word, of course, and so are the intersections of two colors. And it becomes problematic when players think that all two-color cards, concepts, or factions need to fall in line with the appropriate Ravnica guild's beliefs.
So, as a thought experiment, and partly as speculation for the future of multicolor sets and perhaps even Ravnica itself, I will propose versions of Ravnica guilds that might have existed if R&D had chosen to focus on different aspects of the colors that make them up.
Because this guild wound up being genuinely interesting, I decided to try again, borrowing a friend's concept for a red-white guild.
Red and white have a lot to share, for enemy colors: They're both into small creatures, combat tricks and mechanics like first strike, and are the most likely to believe battle is justified. This is both good and bad when making a faction that combines them, because it's easy to fall into the simplistic snare of all righteous anger, all the time. The Boros had quite good flavor in the original Ravnica block but got frankly shafted mechanically, having gotten the most unlovable guild keyword of all time, radiance. This "hit everything of one color" indiscriminate keyword frankly did not make much sense for the flavor of the Boros - who at the time were largely sympathetic, workaday cops fighting to contain their natural violent vigilante streak, and who even were cunning detectives - or even for the mechanical framework of Ravnica.
By Return to Ravnica block, their keyword was frankly awesome - battalion did a good and rewarding job of showing how Boros regular troops work together, with support from their superiors. However, their flavor had become more stereotypical for story reasons: When Aurelia took over the guild, her fanaticism caused her to make it into basically a perpetual paramilitary crusade, and the characters lost something in terms of likability. The Boros individual who got the most time in the spotlight (Tajic, who, like Agrus Kos from the previous Ravnica block, was a dark-skinned beat cop gifted with a form of invincibility and in way over his head in plots) was still sympathetic, but his compatriots came off as one-dimensional.
So what if instead of war-makers, the most working-class guild were industrial, embodying both the high-minded ideals and lax safety procedures of the Soviet Union? This is MTGSalvation user CrustaceanCrusader's delightfully offbeat Toval Union.
The working-class muscle of Ravnica, the Toval Union own, manage, and staff many of the city's larger industrial precincts, and produce much of the city's raw materials. Because of their near absolute stranglehold on production, the Toval Union are able to broker professional agreements with many other guilds, and outsiders often decry the guild for having too much influence. They perhaps paradoxically believe in the strength of the collective and the significance of personal roles within it, each member of the Union relishing the chance to do their part to strengthen the whole. Despite this, members of the Union enjoy lives of considerable personal freedom, their needs provided for entirely by the group.
In war, the Toval Union employs fragile and readily replaceable constructs known as Autonik supported by combat engineers and heavier ogre enforcers or draught dromads. This translates into gameplay with the mechanic automate, which creates a steady stream of expendable artifact tokens to throw at your enemies.
The Toval Union is currently led by Kazovat, a powerful Ogre foundry-mage. His practical business policies have maneuvered the Union into a financial position nearly rivaling Orzhova itself. There are some, however, who suspect Kazovat is nothing more than the political puppet of more shrewd leaders, and that his policies are not entirely as benevolent as they appear.
My production. My revolution. My guild.
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At the beginning of your upkeep, automate 3. (Put three 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens with haste onto the battlefield. Sacrifice those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.)
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Saturday, March 02, 2013
So why do I feel so down? Starting preg testing again, it sucks going in so hopeful and coming out feeling like a popped balloon. My dog Patsy was so cute this morning, she could tell I was upset and came up and kept licking my face. So sweet when they know your down. It's actually a bad time right now, things did get better this week with job situations but they could be more steady. I wont keep blabbing about this it's just heavy on my mind at this point in time. Each month gets a little more relaxed so that's good.
Exercise this week was awesome! I got my 3100 calorie burn by Friday night! I feel like ever since since Scott starting working a 8-5 job, I feel guilty if I am not home with him at night. Water aerobics has been backed up to 6-7 pm so I don't usually get a shower and make it home til 7:40. But I gotta do what I gotta do. I wish he would get a membership there too, but it isn't his thing, All he would do is run and I would feel rushed to leave earlier than I wanted. I just wish He had something else happening right now to keep him busy and make me feel less guilty. There is wall of fame at the gym with ppl who have transformed in some way weight loss or body building. They change it out once a month. I showed the gym class manager my thing on spark and she wants to add me to the next round!
My motivation this week has been good for a change, haven't been motivated in awhile. I have been running 3 miles before water aerobics. Since running outside has been nasty with all the snow. It was a good week. It was a good week for eating too. Haven't eaten out in over a week and it is showing on the scale for sure. Waking up at 160! It's strange not running a half marathon for the first time in 3 yrs this spring. Usually I am in running mode, which means eating more mode. But instead I am exercising and just learning to balance and that's ok. Taking a break from distance running has been nice. I am all about finding joy in exercise right now and fitting it into my life. Not Running and fitting everything else into my life. It's been good, it's just been a change.
Calories burned for the week! Steps over the week! My only goal for today is to work on metal work door, Scott and I started like 4 months ago lol And I am gonna cook! Gonna be an awesome day! Have a good one guys!
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Telling you to not worry about the pregnancy thing would make me sound like a complete hypocrite, lol :) But honestly, I don't test each month. I just can't. I'm not one of those people that gets the early tests and tests days before my period is due...A) if you get a positive result before your period comes and then you get your period (chemical pregnancy) that is super depressing B) there just isn't any point in knowing early, you know? I have only ever tested if I'm late. Plus, I temp and do OPKs so I know exactly when I'm due for my period...no guessing.
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Try not to get discouraged with the pregnancy thing. Long story short, we have lots of issues and the OB-GYN just reminded us on Tuesday that only 15% of women trying to get pregnant in a specific month will get pregnant that month. Plus, stress only makes it more difficult:)
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I really love your attitude! To me, enjoying exercise as part of your life is where it's at. Good for you. My eating has been less than good, but reading this inspires me to pull my act together. I'm making a good dinner. :)
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It sounds like you are having a good week with diet and exercise. You are really good at keeping your weight in a good range most of the time.
Patsy sounds like such a sweet dog. I miss having dogs and cats. I wish my son wasn't allergic to them.
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The Tobacco-Free USI Policy applies to the entire campus, including roads, sidewalks, and sports facilities. Tobacco use is not permitted on University-owned, operated, or leased property or in University-owned, -operated, or- leased vehicles. Use of tobacco in private vehicles located on University property is permitted, but users must contain tobacco waste inside the vehicle. Smoking or the use of tobacco or tobacco products is prohibited inside all student housing facilities, including resident halls, apartments, common areas, balconies, building entries, and student rooms. Tobacco use is permitted in designated outdoor areas by residents in student housing areas.
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I got a new camera, and before trying it out in macro mode on plants, I took a picture of a bottle.

I hope you like it. The original photo is a humongous file, since it's a 10mp camera. Here, let me zoom in….

Oy, that's close up. You can really see the dust collecting on it. Where's my dust rag? Let me get that…

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The Las Vegas Review Journal takes a question about cactus.

Q: In my neighborhood is a house with three large saguaro cacti. They are at least 30 feet tall and very big around. One of the huge ones is splitting. What should be done?

A: Splitting of saguaro cactus is most likely due to frequent overwatering. These cacti have ridges and furrows running vertically along with their trunks and stems so that they can expand and contract like an accordion.

When water is available, saguaro cactus stems expand with stored water. When water is no longer available from the roots, stored water in the trunk and limbs is used for survival, ultimately causing the trunks and stems to contract.

Applying water frequently never gives the trunk and stems a chance to contract. As it grows, the already-expanded trunk splits.

Water these plants less often. They are shallow rooted, so water them deeply and apply it quite a distance away from the trunk. This will help keep the trunk sturdy and prevent it from possibly falling over. Watering this large cactus close to the trunk could be dangerous.

Another possibility is bacterial necrosis, but the split would be foul smelling with ooze coming from it and flies attracted to it.

There is nothing you can do about a split saguaro. It should heal on its own if you follow good irrigation practices.

They have cactus classes in Oklahoma, it turns out, so they can't be all bad. The Oklahoman has a story.

Joyce Hochtritt of Midwest City, a member of the Central Oklahoma Cactus and Succulent Society, tends to cactus plants. She began collecting cactuses when she was 8. By Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman

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Aloe arborescens. It's a good time of year for the winter-blooming aloes.

The Oklahoman recommends a few cactus in your tabletop garden in the Sooner State. (That is Oklahoma, isn't it? I think so, but who can know for sure. Maybe it's the Buckeye State or the Wheelbarrow State.)

Close your eyes and visualize an early spring, a trickling stream and fragrant, fresh blooms….

Create a cheerful early spring garden in your kitchen window with flowering bulbs…. Balance a paper-white narcissus, hyacinth or crocus on the rim of a glass or narrow vase with just the roots in water…. A few blossoms on a single stem of freesia will add fragrance and color indoors and should last for weeks in a cool setting.

The thought of growing a delicate orchid could cause a new gardener to opt for a cactus garden.

Oh. So they're not telling you to add cactus to your tabletop garden after all, those crazy Oklahomans.

Q: Can cactus be found growing in Oregon's nature or are the conditions not right? Hopefully you could align me with some hikes but I'm still a bit doubtful it even exists.

Thank You,

Andrew

A: Andrew,

There are several species of Opuntia as well as other genus of Cacti (Pediocactus and others) that grow throughout Eastern Oregon. I have seen Opuntia fragilis as well as a much larger mystery prickly pear (Opuntia polyacantha?) while hiking in the hills south and well east of Salem… but that was about twenty years ago… so other than to tell you it was somewhere way up "Thomas Creek" if my memory is not confusing that hike with where the best rope swing and swimming hole is…

You should check with the Oregon Cactus &Succulent Society:

Meets: Sacred Heart Villa, 3911 SE Milwaukee, Portland, Oregon. 7pm every 3rd Thursday (except December, June, July, and August when meetings, locations, and times will be announced.

They should be able to tell you where to hike to see some of the native cacti.

Good Luck,

Hap

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Aeonium garden and a great Agave lophantha.

A writer and/or photographer, ItoFoto, goes to a writing retreat and finds cactus all over the place. Photos follow. Agave, Aloe and more.

Q: Hello. I bought a Macodes petula orchid from you about a year ago. I am having a hard time finding information about how to care for it online. It has not grown much and doesn't usually have more than two leaves. Is this normal? I am watering once a week, and I keep it out of direct sun but in a somewhat lighted place. Can it get too cold near a window?

Anyway, if you can give me any care instructions for it I would be extremely grateful! It is one of my favorite plants.

Thank you!

Tasha

A: Tasha,

These are a tricky plant. We find they often will have only 2 to 3 leaves, with old ones dying as new ones grow. Generally, they want bright indirect light only. Water once a week, letting it drain. And mist the leaves every 2-3 days. If it is near a window in winter, keep it at least 4" from the glass.

If it's been a year, now would be a good time to fertilize with something like liquid kelp (actually 2-3 times per year would be good). You may also want to use a bloom food in March. And repotting into fresh orchid soil yearly is always a good idea.

Peter

Did I tell you that the nursery is reopening this Friday, Feb. 1? 10:00am, rain or shine. It's been a very busy January, indeed. We've loaded up the nursery with all kinds of new plants and tools and fertilizers and bird feeders and other stuff too. Are you getting our monthly email? No? Then go here and sign up, for gosh sakes, and you'll be just in time to get our February email later this week.

They got them a lot of ants in Florida.

Q: One of my cactuses has ants in the container, and I would like to get them out without using pesticides. What should I do?

A: Ants don't like water, so a good soaking should get them out of the pot. Perhaps this is best done outdoors in an area where you don't want an ant explosion. Dunk the cactus's pot with root ball under water for about five minutes. The unhappy ants should scurry to the surface. When you think all the ants are out, set the ant-free cactus out to drain before giving it a permanent location.

Those clever devils at the Orlando Sentinel. What will they think of next. Dunking.

They have a strange set of interests in Colorado. They go to the desert and they find a toaster. Then they write an entire article about the toaster and print it in the newspaper. I'm not shocked, after all, since Coloradans are living pretty high. From the Boulder Daily Camera.

An old toaster decorated with cactus is part of the folk art adorning the Fantasy Island riding area in Tucson, Ariz.

Photo by Marty Caivano

That's a nice toaster.

A Work in Progress visits Tucson and takes a lot of family portait style pictures of Saguaros. It seems like a reasonable thing to be doing.

Benjamin and Amica at Pt. Isabel last week on the occasion of their 5th birthdays, before the storms moved in.

The Arizona Republic visits their local National Park, Saguaro National Park, and comes away the better for it.

Even if you haven't been to the western part of this park, you can imagine what it looks like. Massive stands of the namesake cactus are everywhere.

But fewer people are familiar with the park's Rincon Mountain District, 30 miles east of the more visited Tucson Mountain District.

There are fewer saguaros in the eastern section, but it's thick with other cactuses: cholla, prickly pear, barrel, hedgehog.

There are some nice back roads too. It's all so dense with so many different types of cactus you could just collapse from all the spiny goodness.

Houstonist finds a recipe for a cactus juice cocktail that contains prickly pear fruit juice, and of course tequila.

Houstonist is heading to Big Bend National Park this weekend to participate in our annual camping extravaganza…

This year, we decided that it was time to "live off of the land" and "leverage" available natural resources. What's plentiful in West Texas besides sand and sun? That's right – cactususes. [We know cacti is correct, but cactususes is more betterer. So, deal.]…

Recipe after the break….

Continue reading "Drink Your Cactus"
An Indian gardening blog, Slice of the Day, tells you everything you need to know about Agave and tequila.

Archaeologists say the agave has been cultivated for at least 9,000 years.

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New York theater audiences are feasting on cactus and goat curry, according to bloomberg.com theater critics and food afficionados. Delicious!

 Brick Lane Curry House has a London Underground sign for a logo, a tribute to its namesake street in the British capital, home to many curry restaurants….

Plump shrimp were cooked in a spicy coconut curry; goat was simmered in sweetish, creamy gravy tinged with saffron.

La Palapa, named for the thatch-roofed huts that dot the coast of Mexico, is a festive space decorated with pottery, old maps of Mexico and a sunburst made from bronze stalks of corn….

Catfish is baked in a corn husk with chunks of cactus, jalapenos and pungent epazote leaves ($8.95).

Oh, so the cactus and the goat curry aren't in the same dish…. Now I get it. It's the cactus and catfish together. I didn't think the goat cactus combo sounded so good.


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A community crime
A hot blog and podcast topic a while back was "To board or not to board? That is the question". Meaning should there be official forums for a game or, should that work be outsourced to fan sites. The debate even had a full panel discussion at AGDC 2007.
Lots of good points were brought up and debated both in that panel as well as within the industry media. But lets change direction just a little.
Sony Online Entertainment a few months back launched a MySpace site for their upcoming action MMORPG, DC Universe Online. I found this to be a great alternative to building a traditional website and/or forum for a game that is still pre-alpha. Why? Simply because it is too early for a lot of information to be available.
Yet, the bits and pieces that they do want to let out can be done so here in an environment that many potential players already use regularly and are familiar with. They then launched a forum on the page a few weeks later. Another great step. Allowing the growing fan base to mingle with each other. I kept in mind that it was pre-alpha and not a lot of info would come out over the site or forum. But the community friendly atmospheric groundwork had been laid. Kudos to SOE for that. A few blog posts here a screenshot or two and a video there all ads to the attraction of such a site for such an early stage of the game.
However, I soon started to notice that none of the interviews/Q&A's I had been stumbling upon were being posted to the MySpace site or it's forums. I thought this strange as I figured they would want to promote as much of this as they could. Not only that, but it is something that the community likes. Easy access to as much information as possible and located in one area is always a plus.
Sure, this is the time that fansites come into play and start growing their own community. However, those same community members are still going to look for an official source now and then. Not to mention the easier time that the fansite staff would have in keeping their information up to date.
One can argue that it is only a MySpace page and not an official site. Well, it is infact an official site as SOE built it and do provide the content for it. Sure it is early on as I have said, but seemingly not wanting to promote their Q&A's or interviews seems a bit backwards for a site meant to draw interest in the product from the community they also wish to sell it to.
Whats worse, is that it now appears two recent posts in the DCUO MySpace forums were removed. They were posts promoting two recently conducted Q&A's. I can not fathom why these would be removed. As such, I am hoping and going on faith alone that this was some sort of MySpace forum bug that wiped them out. I just hope that is true. As no one is around to manage that site as it should be though, it is hard to tell.
Which brings us to the point of this blog. Should any site (forum included or not) be created for the community if it is not going to be properly used at even the simplest of levels? Just a simple blog post on the MySpace page saying "Hey gang, we just recently did a Q&A with keepusintheloop.com. Click here to read it." would more than suffice.
If you are not going to help promote the sites and people promoting you, then don't build the page. If you're going to build what is essentially a community page, then make sure you have someone on staff (even a volunteer) who can get the basics such as interview links posted and peek in on the forum from time to time to make sure there are no trolls around. Have them lead a DC Comics trivia game or something once a week.
Even a MySpace site opposed to a standard site needs some occasional live interaction. It does not need to be a Dev or Community Manager. A volunteer community team hopeful would do just fine. It lets the community know that the company is interested in interaction even if news is not being released.
If you can't do that, then don't build something for the very community that you are not supporting at the simplest of levels. It is a crime if you do.


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I've noticed a trend emerge recently. A client of mine got me to design an invitation to a marketing event – cocktails at a new store – I sent him a beautifully designed invite in the form or a PDF and asked him how many he needed printed and he said: "Oh, there's no need, I'm sending the PDF by email".
More and more of this will be happening in the future. If this widely-predicted recession actually takes hold, marketing managers can tighten there budgets by sacrificing digital print for digital communication.
It's another benefit of the interactive PDF. Why go to the expense of printing something when you can email a PDF? They look good, the file size is low enough not to bother the receiver and, let's face it, it's more likely to be seen than if it was sent in the post.
There are various other ways of side-stepping a printer. There's html emails, although care should be taken that they're not seen as spam. And there's one-off web pages – if you're very worried about spam filters simply put a link in your email. A new domain can be set up in seconds for next to nothing. Simply create a site at www dot something-interesting-that-hasn't-been-thought-of-yet dot com and design an eye-catching splash page. Use web stats and forms to see if visitors have landed.


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I'm in serious reining it in mode, and have committed to low carb, vegetably dinners for this coming week– salads and vegetable soups. Which means I've made a big batch of the only salad I could possibly stand to eat for a week straight: the crunchiest, most flavorful, packed-full-of-goodies salad I know. In case you haven't met it yet, allow me to introduce you to this surprising Bok Choy Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette.
My mom once got the recipe from her friend, and we've been making it for years. Over time, we've modified the dressing recipe to be waaaaay less sugary, and the salad is no worse for the wear. This salad is a less common way to use bok choy, a most nutritious cruciferous vegetable that's more likely to be stir fried or sauteed than it is to be eaten raw. Which is odd, since raw bok choy beats most lettuces for crunch, but isn't excessively tough and fibrous like raw kale and cabbage often are. You can also use this vegetable salad as a base for proteins to add a bit more substance; some sauteed shrimp or chicken would be lovely, as would soy-marinated sliced steak or Asian- flavored baked tofu or tempeh.
Folks whose digestive systems disagree with the other cruciferous family veggies– like broccoli, brussels, kale and cabbage– may find that bok choy is the distant relative who they can tolerate.
Recipe: Bok Choy Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette
Toss together all of the salad ingredients.
Peanut Vinaigrette:
To make the vinaigrette, whisk together the following ingredients very well until uniform consistency. Leftover dressing can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge, and brought to room temperature again for future use.
While I've loved beets for ages, my four year olds have been quite steadfast in their refusal to give beets a chance. Max, my supertaster, can detect their earthy flavor when I sully a fruity berry and banana smoothie by slipping in a beet to the mix. "Mommy, " he says with furrowed brow, "did you put beets in here?!" J' accuse!
But still, I persist. Beets, after all, are among the sweetest vegetables the earth has to offer. Their bright colors, moreover, should naturally appeal to children. Texturewise, they're soft and easy for little mouths to chew. Beets should be a no-brainer for kids!
And so, I scheduled beets for week #2 of my #52NewFoods challenge, and chose a super-easy execution of them that my children could participate in: mini Napoleons. Moreover, I thought that sandwiching one of their faves– goat cheese–between the sliced beets would be a wise approach; they'd have to at least engage with the beet in order to access the cheese.
As it turned out: they thoroughly enjoyed making the napoleons. They pressed soft goat cheese down on on the sliced beets with their little paws. They chose cookie cutter shapes and pressed down on the beet/cheese layers to create adorable little shapes. They sprinkled pink sea salt atop each napoleon as a garnish. And when all was said and done, they quickly peeled off the layers of beet and chucked them on my plate in order to access their beloved goat cheese. Oh well. More for me!
If I were making these for grown ups or a party (they'd be a fabulous offering for a brunch buffet), I'd drizzle the finished product with some good oil and balsamic vinegar as well.
Recipe: Mini Beet and Goat Cheese Napoleons
Unlike other fruits, whose edible flesh lies directly under the skin, a pomegranate's edible part is actually the hundreds of little juice-filled sacs that surround a seed (called arils) buried densely within its inner sanctum. So in order to access the goods, you need to open the fruit, excavate all of those crimson-colored arils, avoid staining your hands and clothing, and then figure out what to do with the arils once extracted.
That just seemed like a lot of work for a fruit that I wasn't really sure I'd even like.
But like so many other foreign (to me) foods, pomegranates infiltrated my family's kitchen via an encounter at a potluck meal, when friends of ours brought a homemade raita (Indian yogurt sauce) that was spiked with pomegranate arils. Their four year old daughter thought it was "red corn" and encouraged my son to pick some out and try them. He did, and being a veritable fruitarian, realized what we were dealing with: an entirely new fruit that he had yet to conquer. The incessant begging ensued, and I soon found myself in the supermarket produce section, resolving to figure out what to do with this strangely alluring/intimidating fruit– one that biblical scholars believe to be the actual "forbidden fruit" referred to in the biblical Garden of Eden story.
Here's where my education has yielded thus far:
2. How to open a pomegranate: (See step by step photo montage below):
Slicing pomegranate across its equator
Gently pulling back on edges to loosen arils
Proper positioning to extract the arils
Video: Smacking the daylights out of a pomegranate to extract the arils
3. What to do with pomegranate arils: So, the first thing you need to know is that the tiny seeds inside a pomegranate aril are edible. If you're shy about chewing and swallowing them, you may find that pomegranates are an awful lot of work to eat, as each little drop of delicious fruit juice will require you to spit out a seed. Get over it and chew the darn seed. When you do, you'll experience one of the pomegranate's most endearing charms: the ability for a fruit to deliver both juicy, fruity flavor as well as a textured crunch. Here are some ways to enjoy them:
Nutrition info for fresh pomegranate:
A 1/2 cup of pomegranate arils contains about 70 calories and 12g of sugar (roughly equivalent to a small apple or 2 clementines), and has 3.5g of fiber. It's got about 15% of the daily value for Vitamin C.]]>
It's the brainchild of wildly talented chef Einat Admony, and combines an unusual blend of Moroccan ingredients (preserved lemon, chickpeas) with more new world flavors (cilantro, cranberries). The first time I made it, I had to scour New York City for weeks to find a jar of preserved lemons, though. And I found myself wanting a little more of the addictive fried shallots and hearty chickpeas than the original recipe called for. So the next few times I prepared this dish, I tinkered with the recipes proportions and swapped in some easier-to-find freshly-grated lemon zest for the preserved lemons. These minor tweaks were all it took to evolve this fantastic recipe into a special occasion one to an everyday one, and to render it a bit more substantial as a meatless entree.
Try making this flavorful, healthy quinoa for large family gatherings, as it scales up easily to feed a crowd; just keep the components separate until you're just ready to serve. Serve it warm or cold. Toss leftovers with a heaping handful or two of arugula and you've got a terrific lunch. In the spirit of efficiency, you can cook the shallots, chop your cilantro and zest your lemon while the quinoa is cooking.
Lemon Chickpea Quinoa
Adapted from Einat Admony
Serves 4 as a main dish and 6 as a side
Of course, I'd eat peanut butter sandwiches happily until the day I die. But nowadays you can't always pack a PB&J to bring into public spaces, particularly if you're making a picnic for your kids that will be eaten in public shared spaces, as nut-free zones abound.
So you can imagine how revolutionary it was to discover an entirely new sandwich condiment– a nutrient-packed, vegan and densely-flavored one at that– which would serve as the basis for a whole new category of vegetarian sandwiches I could add to my repertoire. This condiment–which hails from Germany and is called simply "streichcreme" (rote Bete-meerrettich)– has been dubbed "pink stuff" by my kids.
This sandwich spread is ubiquitous in Germany, and my sister in law always brings us a jar when she visits from Hamburg, where she now lives. It's a silky-smooth, magenta colored spread whose primary ingredients are roasted beets, sunflower seeds and horseradish. It tastes more of mild horseradish than beets or sunflower seeds, in my humble opinion, and is positively addictive. My kids like to dip mini Triscuits in it as if it's hummus. I've found it most appealing as the basis for a savory breakfast sandwich, paired with cheddar cheese and a handful of peppery arugula leaves (pictured above).
Since German ingredient labels list ingredients by percentage, I decided to try to reverse-engineer this product. After a few attempts, I came up with this recipe as the closest approximation to the real deal. My homemade version is more rose colored than magenta, owing to the fact that I don't have the benefit of "roasted beet concentrate" in my pantry, but the flavor is similar enough. Of course, if you happen to know someone traveling over there for any reason, ask them to pick up a jar for you as a souvenir so you can compare this homemade version to the original.
Recipe: Pink Stuff (Roasted Beet & Horseradish Spread)
Yield: ~1/2 pint plastic deli container's worth
To make Pink Stuff Sandwiches:
A digestive aside: while this recipe does feature dairy prominently, most of the cheeses used are low (or negligible) in lactose. You can swap in Green Valley Organics Lactose Free sour cream* for the Greek yogurt to help keep lactose content to a minimum. Once the lactose situation is sorted, you'll notice that there are no other fermentable carb (FODMAP) ingredients in the mix– no onions, garlic, wheat, flour of any kind or gassy veggies. So file this one away in the event you're ever invited to a potluck attended by a digestively diverse crowd.
Recipe: Gluten free Sweet Potato Pignoli Mini-Quiches
Yield: ~16 mini quiches
* FTC disclosure: I am a paid consultant for Green Valley Organics Lactose Free


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The hotel is a three-star hotel. The hotel has 15 meeting rooms, two restaurants, 20 private dining rooms, a business center, a tea house, a fitness center, and so on.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theatre - they're back! With the exception of Betty White, TV's original "Golden Girls" are now playing on the celestial stage. But for lucky New Orleanians, "The Golden Girls" will be on the Mid City Theatre stage as Ricky Graham, the clown prince of New Orleans comedy; Varla Jean Merman, the reported illegitimate offspring of Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman; award-winning actor Brooklyn Shaffer and New Orleans' own darlin' herself, Becky Allen (filling in for Sean Patterson) take on three scripts from the popular TV series of the 1980s until the end of the month.
This is a series that continues where it left off last year when three previous "Golden Girls" TV scripts were re-enacted by these very funny and very talented "ladies."
Interspersed between the scenes are actual TV commercials from the 1980s era that make the show seem even more authentic.
Set in Miami, "The Golden Girls" was a TV show that starred the amazing White as Rose Nylund along with the late Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak; Estelle Getty as her mother Sophia Petrillo and Rue McLanahan as Blanche Devereaux, who owned the house in which they lived. It stayed in the top ten TV series running for six out of its seven-season run.
One cannot say enough good things about these actors. Allen plays the role of Dorothy, while Graham plays her acidic Sicilian mom. Shaffer portrays Rose, while Merman is deliciously over the top as Blanche. Brian Johnston and Jefferson Turner play some of the smaller roles.
The scenes are written for the small screen, so the breaks are a bit more often than for a regular staged presentation. However, the commercials are very funny and oftentimes nostalgic. The scripts are a bit racy, all of them dealing with senior citizens having sex at one point or another.
On several occasions on the Thursday night show - when lines were missed - the mythical "fourth wall" was broken, resulting in the actors talking directly to the audience. While this may seem to detract from the professionalism of the actors' craft, the opposite was true. This relaxed atmosphere and comfort with the audience resulted in many more funny lines being improvised on the spot.
This is a fun night out for comedy with a tinge of nostalgia. It is especially rewarding to see these TV characters come to life as played by these well-known New Orleans performers.
"The Golden Girls Return" is on every Thursday Friday and Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock and next Sunday, April 27, will be the final show at 6:00 p.m. There will be no performance this Sunday night due to the Easter holiday.


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The Avengers and Captain America: The First Avenger gave us a taste of the patriotic superhero of Marvel comics past and his fish-out-of-water story. Captain America: The Winter Soldier takes that story and expands it in a clever new direction. Changing from a rough and tumble story of action to a story of espionage.
After the events of The Avengers film Captain America, played by Chris Evans, is still doing missions for S.H.E.I.L.D. Not happy with the secrets that the government keeps from the solders in field, Captain America finds that Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, and Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, are compartmentalizing missions of S.H.E.I.L.D. and keeping vital information from other members of the team. After a mysterious assailant attacks Nick Fury for a USB drive retrieved during a recent mission, Captain America must uncover a massive conspiracy within the military organization.
The acting is great. Chris Evans is still a believable hero and his chemistry with Scarlett Johansson is really fun to watch. Anthony Mackie as the Falcon is a welcome addition. He seems like a natural extension for the Captain America character. Even Samuel L. Jackson brings his A-game and gives his usual passive character a more heroic face and adds a great deal to the action.
The story is really fascinating. Going into a story of deception, betrayal, espionage, and action. It is a fascinating and dark follow up. With so many twists and turns you won't know which character in the movie to trust. For this reason, seeing the first film is beneficial. However, this new film does a nice job of reminding the audience of important characters from the previous film.
If you are a fan of superhero movies this is certainly a good one to watch. It takes a concept well beyond the origin story and gives audiences a truly fun and original take on government and freedom vs. security. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is certainly worth seeing in theaters. Just remember to stay after the credits, as there are scenes that hint at the Avengers: Age of Ultron.


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With the new guys coming up from NXT, I thought I should take a look at these guys. I'm know for loving to research wrestlers and wrestling, so this is right up my alley. I'm going to look at one of the three over the next three RIBs.
Some might find it strange that I'm going to start with Roman Reigns, but to me he's the most interesting of the group. He's the greenest, and the dark horse. Born Leati Joseph Anoa'i, Joe is a member of THE Samoan wrestling family. He's the son of Sika, of The Wild Samoans, brother of Rosey (Super Hero In Training), cousin to Rikishi, Umaga and Yokozuna. Of course he's also related to the Rock, but looking at the Anoa'i family tree is quite confusing. If you have the time, you should check it out on Wikipedia, it really is very interesting. Like others in his family, Joe went the direction of football before turning to wrestling, but form what I've seen, his wrestling career wasn't anything too impressive – though I give him huge props for sticking with it for the time he did. I hate to say this, but he's an Anoa'i, wrestling is in his blood!
Joe signed his WWE developmental contract and went to FCW in July of 2010. He's spent his time with FCW and NXT. In that time he won the Florida Tag Team Championship with Mike Dalton, and was also ranked #371 of the Top 500 Wrestlers by PWI in 2011. Not a bad feat after only being in the industry for a year, and only working FCW/NXT for a year. I'm quite impressed. So he's had little experience, and I've heard virtually nothing about him before he appeared at Survivor Series, but since then I've been hearing things that pique my interest. That he's a dark horse, but has charisma that will bowl us over. That he has the 'it factor' that could take him to the top. Being that he's from the Anoa'i family, I think he's someone important to watch. I, for one, am hoping he pans out to be as big as I am hoping.
When I was telling these things to my daughter Ellie last night, she asked me if I thought the WWE had the ability to make more stars like Rocky, or SCSA. She doesn't watch regularly, so I explained about the ebb and flow with the wrestling stars. That after Hogan and Savage, the WWE struggled to rebuild some big stars. Those starts being Rock, SCSA, Trip, etc. They really carried the WWE for a while, but that the WWE is back to rebuilding big stars again. Yes, Cena is big, but there's the need for big stars to be built again. I truly believe that the WWE could make big stars like SCSA and Rocky again, they just need that particular star quality to come along. Whether that big star is someone who's being overlooked on the roster now, someone coming up from developmental, or even someone who isn't even on the radar, the WWE can do it again, and really needs to do it to survive in this day and age.
One last thing I have to say before I jump into the show. If you haven't seen the WWE episode of The Soup, you really should watch it. I'm not a big fan of The Soup. Not saying I dislike the show, just that it's not something I watch on a regular basis because it doesn't fall into my normal TV viewing schedule. I had Stacy make sure the DVR picked up that episode, and I'm so glad I did. I was falling over laughing. Rey, Funkasaurus, and a few others were decent, but Bryan had me laughing aloud. And then there was King and Cole. The two of them on announce, for no apparent reason, were hysterical! At one point King got Cole laughing, and he completely crumbled. It was a blast to see the real chemistry between them, absolutely worth the time.
Show Starts
Video > C+
Okay, I'm still not thrilled with the narrator of these videos, but I'm getting over it. It was a decent way to start RAW, and I hoped things would get better from here. Surprisingly, they did!
Ryback vs O'Neil > B
I can't say this was the best wrestled match, but it was entertaining. Between O'Neil looking strong, and Ryback's little statements throughout the match, they sold it well. I can't believe I'm standing up for O'Neil, but his time on announce last week showed me that he's more than just a big guy who's really rough in the ring, he might actually have something. I think O'Neil just needs to be in the ring with bigger guys for a while. Putting him in the ring with Rey looks dangerous, but putting him in the ring with Ryback looked massive.
Winner – Ryback (3:17)
In Ring Segment > B+
Some might say that Ryback is robotic on mic, but I think it works with his character, and he sells well. Telling Vickie to shut up, and exactly what he wants for a match was just great. Few people have been able to do things like that recently. It helped push Ryback as being a tough guy, something he needed after being beaten down so much last week.
Video > D-
I thought Rosa getting 'Swoggled' on Smackdown was rather lame, and not the best way to continue pushing Rosa and ADR together, but we keep hearing about how burnt out the writers are. I think this is proof, but at least Horns and Khali got TV time.
ADR vs Khali > F+
I don't think it's at all believable that ADR defeated Khali in such a way. Ellie was actually shaking her head at the hilarity of it all, and I agreed. ADR putting his finishing submission hold on Khali was just pathetic looking. It's one thing for ADR to make that move look good on someone of semi-average size, but on Khali it looked like ADR was trying to break a small tree. While we all know it's scripted, Khali tapping out was above and beyond ridiculous!
Winner – ADR (3:34)
Backstage Segment > D+
I thought this segment between Vickie and Heyman was just a mess. There was nothing really interesting that went down, nothing new said, and none of them really shone in a great way. This was a throw away segment that I had completely forgotten about until I started reading though my RAW Results from last night. Right back to creative burnout!
Announce Segment > F
This felt like a daft move. All this would do is drive a wedge between Team Hell No, and not really mean anything to Punk. This to me felt like a very stupid move for the WWE. If they wanted the fans to vote on something, this was not it. I have no idea what they were thinking, but it makes no sense to me.
Interview > A-
I found Cole's interview with the Shield was quite interesting. We got to learn a bit about each member of the group, their name, and the reason behind what they're doing. To me Ambrose came off as kind of a duffer, maybe a bit of a goober, not as serious as the other two, but well spoken and stated his mind with some personality. Rollins seemed the most focused and concise of the group. He really stepped up and said the most, and looked good doing it, but didn't put forth much personality. It was Reigns who I found most interesting. Quiet, didn't say much, but really put forth a lot of power and personality in those few words. No clear leader of the group was presented – of there is one – but I'm almost wondering if it might be Reigns because of how he ended the interview. I'm quite interested in seeing where this group goes, and I see big things for them, hopefully they will prove themselves to be as great as we expect and hope them to be.
Fox vs Tamina > D-
Okay, I know people have been wondering about my title. Stacy Ellie and I spent a lot of time tossing around ideas and discussing that title, and it's all because of Tamina's ring gear. As soon as she walked out I was mortified by what she was wearing. I know she was wearing similar, or the same at Survivor Series, but she was moving so fast that I didn't get the full impact of the horror. But when she came out for this match I saw the travesty of her ring gear. There's been times that we've seen Divas or wrestlers in really bad ring gear – Cena's jorts, Booker's white trunks with the big red splat on the bum, Ryder's one legged mess – but this was above and beyond all of that! Ellie just kept saying what a beautiful girl Tamina is, and what a great body she has, but it was covered up by all that bacon! Actually, the first thing that hit me was that the outfit had no form, and she literally looked like she had no waist, was basically straight up and down. It was Stacy and Ellie who were ranting about how her outfit looked like she was covered in strips of bacon, and was an entire strip of bacon standing there on stage. I really hope someone says something to Tamina about her ring gear and she changes it up quick, because otherwise she's going to become a walking joke.
I have to say that I'm glad this match was short, because it was nothing impressive. It's obvious that Tamina has spent some time working on her skills, and will be a force to be reckoned with, but Fox's ring skills haven't improved, so this match wasn't really worth the short time it took. It's about time to push the Divas as the beautiful, strong and talented women they are, because there's enough Divas with ring skills. What's the sense of keeping them around at the joke they've become? I just don't get it.
Winner – Tamina (2:09)
Videos > A+
I'm always thrilled to see the Superstars going overseas to visit with the troops. It looked as though they had a great trip, and put smiles on a lot of faces. It's a wonderful thing they do.
In Ring Segment > B+
I'm really wondering if I'm the only one who liked this segment. I will admit that I was rolling my eyes at Cena early on, but Vickie brought the intensity level up in a big way. People love to hate Vickie, and she does such a great job of making the fans hate her more and more each week. That Ziggler has glommed onto that and is also attacking AJ is helping his heel cred in a big way. AJ brought a lightness and fun to the segment, and I think Cena sold well when AJ was getting all hands on with him. The grabbing of his bum was great, and he reacted well. Of course Ziggler's timing, cutting the fans off from more of AJ's forceful molestation of Cena was perfect. Even better was how he handled himself on mic. Ziggler is continuing to prove that he's a Superstars who belongs at the top. He's not only working well against Cena tussling out back, but on mic I think Ziggler is coming out on top in a big way. So while the writers might be burnt out, they are hitting the jackpot here and there, and it doesn't hurt to have some of the best Superstars taking those stories and running with them.
Tensai vs Kofi > D+
When RAW came back from commercial and I saw Barrett on announce, I was interested, but when I saw Tensai in the ring, I groaned. I am more than over him. It's time for the WWE to poo or get off the porcelain. I'm not saying to release Tensai, just take him back and repackage him. They need to do something because this Tensai character isn't working at all. Honestly, the only good things I will give this segment are that Tensai actually took some of Kofi's moves, not making Kofi look like a wuss when Tensai didn't react to a clothesline, and the way Barrett walked though the ring and handed Kofi's belt off to him. Other than that, this was a waste of time. Sorry I can't say how much time as I cleared out my stopwatch before I posted the time. I don't know what I was thinking.
Winner – Kofi
Backstage Segment > B+
As if we didn't already know which direction the McMahon's politics lean, they sure made it obvious with the 'red rules' comment from Kane. Actually, I thought the whole map thing was a very creative of doing things. This was another of those great little segments for Team Hell No. Did it make up for the BS poll that made no sense? No, I don't think so. They could have saved this idea for something much better, but I'm happy to have seen it, either way.
Bryan vs Rey > B
I really enjoyed this match. Bryan is just wonderful in the ring, something we all know, and Rey is just awesome, put them together and you're bound to get a beautiful match. They both worked pretty hard, not as hard as Rey could work ten plus years ago, but still hard. Just thinking about a match between Bryan and Rey ten years ago – drool!
Anyway, they put together a solid match that was quite entertaining, but I'd expect nothing less from them. I can't say I like the way it ended, but I think they're trying to make Bryan look a little weaker for a possible breakup of THN that could be looming before too long. Either way, losing to Rey will be a shot to Bryan's ego and could cause issues between Bryan and Kane at some point. One thing I will say about Bryan, whenever the fans quieted down, Bryan did everything he could to get the fans back into it by screaming "NO!" to get a "YES!" chant going. It didn't always work, but he sure gets points for trying.
Winner – Rey (12:20)
Backstage Segment > C+
This little segment between ADR and Rosa worked a lot better than the earlier one. Between them speaking in Spanish, and the way she was sizing him up with sex in her eyes, she sold it. Hopefully putting her together with ADR will help his stock in the WWE, and with the WWE 'Universe'. He's really proven to be a one hit wonder, and if he doesn't branch out and get interesting soon, I think the WWE 'Universe' will wash their hands of him. The problem is that he added absolutely nothing to this segment, she did all the selling.
Backstage Segment > B+
Ziggler, on the other hand, looked like a star in the way he was getting ready for his match, and what he said about Cena and AJ. This man is really taking this feud with Cena and working it to his benefit.
Video > C
Basic recap video. That they're not showing us the same videos a dozen time in each three hour RAW is saving the shows in a big way. I will give the WWE props for backing off on the videos. Or is it because they don't have recent Trip and Brock videos that we're not getting bogged down?
Ziggler vs Cena > B+
As soon as this match started, I asked Stacy how long it would take for AJ to come out and cost Cena the match? From there we agreed that Ziggler needed this win more than the loss would hurt Cena. I was rather disappointed in how the ending went down, but since it wasn't perfectly clean, Vickie will raise all sorts of havoc on RAW next week, and we'll see them facing off again. Hopefully they will have a match scheduled for TLC, and I'm hoping for a Tables Match between them. I have to say I'm very impressed in the work Ziggler brings out in Cena. I won't say we saw a lot of different moves from Cena, but Ziggler broke up those moves in such fascinating ways, and countered Cena beautifully. If they continue in this vein, they could drop jaws at TLC. Oh yeah, the kiss wasn't bad either, though I have to admit that walking up the ramp with a sweaty Cena wrapped around her had to be a bit icky, though she sold it with the stars in her eyes.
Winner – Cena (11:46)
Video > C+
The Soup recap. I have to say it was smart of them to replay the episode after RAW.
Sheamus vs Cesaro > A
I might be overstretching my grading by giving these two guys an A, but I don't think so. I plan on going back to watch this match again because I was so impressed with how hard hitting these two big guys worked. I know they're not huge like Big Show and Mark Henry, but they're not cruiserweights either. Honestly, since Cesaro came to the WWE, I haven't been overly impressed. Yes, he's had a couple of decent matches, and has hit a few sick moves, like his finisher on guys like Clay, but he hasn't been the standout I, and so many others, have expected him to be. This match turned that around for me.
Right now I'm chomping at the bit for Sheamus and Big Show to have their go home match so they can put Sheamus into a feud with Cesaro. It might be a step back for Sheamus, but there's only so much fighting for the WHC he can fail at before he has to find something else to do. I think a great thing for him to do would be to help elevate Cesaro, because until this match, he'd been struggling in a big way. I have to admit that I've been enjoying these weekly matches Sheamus has been having. Between him and Barrett, I think they've had the best matches we've been seeing on RAW – and some of the best on Smackdown – this past month.
Winner – Sheamus (12:52)
Stage Segment > D
I have to say that Big Show's beating up of that chair was pretty much an epic fail. What a mess! The only thing saving it from getting a failing grade, was how much we laughed at the segment.
Sandow vs Ryder > B-
I really enjoy Sandow, and he's quite creative, but I though this match kind of stunk. While Ryder is a great opponent for Sandow on a character standpoint, I think the match was a step down for Sandow overall. Don't get me wrong, I love Ryder, but Sandow needs to be working his way up, not falling back. That he's facing Cena on Main Event this week makes his match with Ryder that much lamer. So while this was a decent match, and Sandow was creative, I found listening to King poke fun at Cole and all of Sandow's Latin more interesting.
Winner – Sandow (4:51)
Backstage Segment > B+
I just went through and read the comments to the RAW Results and no one commented on what Heyman possibly said into the belt after he drove Josh off. I'm still trying to figure that out. It would make sense to go re-watch the segment, but as I'm running so late, I want to get this written and out to the amazing WNW readers. But really, I thought Heyman redeemed himself with this segment. He really worked over Josh, but then went back to being a little loony. Makes me wonder what's up with Heyman now.
Video > B
I thought they were just going to recap Cole's interview with The Shield, but it turned out the replayed the whole interview. Normally I'd be annoyed by this, but as I was not paying attention to certain things through the first playing – as I was writing it all down – I caught so much that I missed the second time through. Even without my writing handicap, I think it was very smart of them to replay the entire interview, and expect them to do it again on Smackdown, and possibly once more on RAW next week. Hopefully they won't beat us over the head with it after that, but only time will tell. I can't give it the grade it got the first time through, but I thought it was smart to replay it, so I won't give it the same low grade I give the chopped up recap videos that are not all about introducing new Superstars in a big way. Honestly, these three have been handed the ball, it's time for them to run with it, and I think they all did a pretty good job of doing that in this interview. Though I have to admit I'm not sure how I feel about their name. The Shield. What does everyone else think?
Kane vs Punk > B
What was up with Punk wearing the WWE Title belt to the ring, rather than Heyman carrying it the way he usually does? I thought that was kind of strange to suddenly change the way they're doing things. Or maybe it has something to do with all of Heyman's talking to himself – or the belt – backstage. I thought a lot of this match was solid, but the end felt very weak. They were fighting hard, seemed to be continuing on, then there was a GTS and Kane was done-for. It just felt very off after such a solid match. And I knew it would be a solid match because neither Punk nor Kane have given us anything but solid in a very long time.
I know a lot of people are not Punk fans, and don't think that Punk's that good – in ring, or on mic. Personally, I'm a huge Punk fan, and have been for quite a long time. I think the man has a lot going for him, and he's done well carrying the WWE Title for as long as he has. I think it's good for the WWE Title to be carried for long reigns, and Punk is a great guy to do it. Some might say things have become a bit boring, and I have to disagree, and have to remind people that it's a heck of a lot better than having Cena carry it for that long. I can't imagine the griping that would occur if that had happened this year! There's no way to defend certain wrestlers to certain people, and I have to admit that when someone is that sold, or unhappy with a wrestler, there's nothing going to change their mind. I'm open to hearing arguments, but a couple people I have spoken to will not hear it, no matter what anyone has to say about the matter – and you know who you are. So sometimes arguing about a Superstars' worth is only going to be an argument. Some of those same people will be complaining about Rock if (when) he wins the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. It seems to be the in thing to complain about the WWE, and no matter what happens, good or bad, will that change until something big changes in the WWE.
Winner – Punk (10:20)
In Ring Segment > B
Punk again sold his fear of The Shield. The way he flew over that barrier into the crowd was just wonderful. The way he hit that, and the look on Punk's face had Stacy and I both laughing. Something simple like that, but Punk made it memorable.
After The Shield trashed Team Hell No and destroyed Ryback, I have a feeling we'll be seeing them tagging against the three of them very soon. Not sure if it will be happening on RAW next week, but I'm willing to bet it won't be long, and that could be quite the match. If it wasn't for Ryback facing Punk at TLC, I'd think that would be the time, but no. I'm very interested in seeing where they're going to take Team Hell No's involvement with The Shield. I think putting Bryan and Kane in the ring with these guys will only help push them forward, because we already know how good Bryan and Kane work the ring.
Post Show
I came across a comment on WNW that jumped out at me. Ken is an avid reader of WNW, and comments quite a bit, but this one piqued my interest.
"I wonder if someone could sit down and work out a 'weighted' comparison for all these title reigns? After all the business is a lot different today than it was, say, when Bruno Sammartino was the champ. There are far more TV shows/PPVs today than there were back in Bruno's day, and hence more opportunities for a title change today. From that perspective a 'day' in 2012 is worth a lot more than a 'day' in the Seventies or Eighties.
Just a thought (and one I'm FAR too lazy to follow any further)."
Is this something you'd be interested in reading? I'm always looking for fun and interesting things to write about, and I love researching. Besides, NaNoWriMo is over the end of this month, and I'm going to need a break from novel writing for a few weeks.


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I'm sure this is really a dumb question that's been answered a bunch of times before, but I can't seem to figure out how to search for it, since zero and blank appear in so many posts...
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College Hockey:Mavericks Dominate Gophers
Five Second Period Goals Fuel Upset of No. 5 Minnesota
MANKATO, Minn. — What started out as another classic Minnesota State vs. Minnesota matchup after one period, soon turned into a game with two disqualifications, one game misconduct and 94 total penalty minutes.
And in between all of it the Mavericks scored five second period goals — two by Kael Mouillierat, including the game winner — in dominating the Gophers 6-2 in a WCHA matchup in front of a record-breaking 5,201 fans at the Alltel Center.
"We know they need points in league play right now and they played like men out there, said Gophers defenseman R.J. Anderson. We played like babies or little boys out there.
Both teams capitalized on their only power-play chance of the first period. The first came from the Mavericks when Mick Berge netted his sixth goal of the season on what was a five minute power play after a boarding penalty by Jake Hansen.
Hansen made up for his penalty at 14:56, when his shot from near the goal line slid through Mike Zacharias pads to make it 1-1, but as the second period started, everything seemed to go downhill for the Gophers.
Mouillierat netted the first two goals of the period on two breakaway goals, the first after a Sam Lofquist turnover at 7:37 and the second at 12:41 when he exited the penalty box and took a pass from Geoff Irwin to find himself alone skating toward Alex Kangas.
We left our goalie hung out to dry and you cant do that, said Gophers coach Don Lucia. Minnesota State played well and capitalized on those chances.
Before the period was over, Rylan Galiardi, Mike Louwerse and Jerad Stewart all added goals. Stewarts goal was a short-handed tally on yet another breakaway chance for the Mavericks with just 17 seconds left in the period.
It looked like a couple breakdowns [in the second period], said Zacharias, who made nine saves in the period. I felt bad for Kangas. I think it was three breakaways and two backdoor one-timers. Those are always tough.
I thought after the first period, 1-1, well get better, Lucia said. But unfortunately we got worse.
As the Mavericks added to their lead, so did the hostility between the in-state rivals. MSUs Trevor Bruess was disqualified after an elbow to Tony Lucia in the second, and Minnesotas Brian Schack was disqualified during the third in another scuffle between the teams. Channing Boe also took a game misconduct in the third during the same altercation and was carted off the ice. Neither Lucia or Boe returned, but Boes injury seems to be more long term.
Theres two proud hockey teams out there, Jutting said. Both teams played pretty physical tonight. For the most part I thought it was a very good college hockey game.
Lucia, however, was less than pleased with the game and the way it was played.
It didnt look like college hockey to me at times, he said.
The Gophers scored the only goal of the third period, a power-play goal by Aaron Ness at 3:08. Zacharias made 28 saves in the game, Kangas made 19. Kent Patterson, who relieved Kangas at the beginning of the third period made five saves. Both teams finished with 30 shots.
The Mavericks (12-13-3, 8-11-2 WCHA) and Gophers (12-6-5, 9-5-3) finish the series at 6:07 p.m. CST Saturday at Mariucci Arena.
The good thing about getting your butt kicked on Friday is you get to come back and try to salvage something on the weekend on Saturday, Anderson said.
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Anita Stapleton of Pueblo has scheduled a presentation at the Woodruff Memorial Library on July 30 dealing with the state-adopted common core curriculum and its drawbacks. She writes:
This school year 2013/14 there will be significant changes in our education system. Colorado agreed to adopt Common Core Standards with full implementation by 2015. Many people do not know what Common Core is ... even educators and school administrators at the local level. The Colorado Department of Education and Governor Hickenlooper agreed to adopt CCS in exchange for Race To The Top Stimulus money. However, what most people do not know is what is involved with the Common Core Standards — national assessment mandates, data-mining of student/family private information, ACT/SAT changes, curriculum changes, and the actual cost to implement Common Core. We the people need to educate ourselves on Common Core and then decide what is appropriate for our education system. The 10th amendment calls for education WITH representation.
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Arizona's matchup with Washington State:
"Anytime you're struggling, there are some similarities. I think the similarities are turnovers, imbalance in turnovers, pass protection, quarterback judgement problems and defensive problems."
"Both teams have given up way too many big plays. I hate to say our problems are the same because we have problems of our own. We're not winning the turnover battle, we're not winning the kicking game, and we're not winning critical situations on offense or defense. We're not playing well in the fourth quarter, and we are making too many mistakes mentally."
"This is a huge game for us this week because both teams need a win. We have great respect for the job coach (Mike) Price has done. They're struggling, and we are too. Both teams have their backs against the wall, so I think it will be a tough, physical game."
Arizona's quarterbacks:
"They know what they need to do to be winning quarterbacks. Winning quarterbacks are not the ones with all the statistics. They are the ones who give their team a chance to win. They've been that in the past, so they know what they need to do. There's no reason to believe they can't do it again."
"I am hopeful that Keith (Smith) can get to the point where he is at full speed because part of his ability is his capability to run."
Arizona's leadership:
"Leaders develop through competition, and they develop through performance. It's all about making plays, and leaders make good, smart plays. The guy who has made the most plays for us is Dennis Northcutt, but it is hard to be a leader at wide receiver. He's done everything to provide the best leadership, but it has to be several guys making plays."
Arizona's defense:
"We just need to play better defense, Arizona defense. I like to play good defense, and we're going to play better defense. I promise you that."
"We're not getting home on defense. You have no chance in the secondary if you can't get someone in the quarterback's face and make him hurry."
Tomey's outlook:
"We want to be respected for our guts, our determination and our hitting. We just need to do a few things better. We're not far off, but we are certainly not where we want to be. It's a time for some soul searching for a lot of people to see what we have to do be more effective."
"There are a lot of things that we're doing that aren't what you want, like turnovers. I still think we have the right guys playing, and I believe they will get it turned around."
"We need to put this behind us and keep moving ahead and keep getting better. We have a lot of season left, but we've got to change the way we play in terms of the result."
"I thought we could have a rough start, and I was certainly not oblivious to the fact that we could be overrated. I'm surprised we're not farther along, and I'm surprised by the way we've lost, but I have no delusions of grandeur."
"I think teams are a mirror of their head coach, and I don't like what I see. We need to make this seem like a bad dream."


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He has always been a Jerseyguy. Grew up on the Jersey shore, went to school at Rutgers, knows every every alternate route to Monmouth Park and has worked at only one place since he graduated from college–the Newark Star Ledger.
Tom Luicci has been around the Rutgers program in football and basketball for 39 years. He not only knows where the skeletons are buried, in some cases he may have precipitated the burial.
When Rutgers lost its chance to win the Big East title and the accompanying BCS bid which came with it last week with its loss to Louisville, Luicci, always looking a step ahead at divisional play in the Big East next season and a move to the Big Ten a year later, left the press box with this statement: "Rutgers will never win a football championship in my lifetime."
Coaches, players, administrators have come and gone to Rutgers for the past 4 decades and there has been one constant: Tom Luicci, who is this week's Jersey Guy of the Week.
It somehow seems fitting that Luicci earned the award following a close loss, which is eerily similar to Luicci's experiences in the world of parimutuel betting.
Few people have had more winning horses. with less success than Luicci, who has a file full of stories about having live Pick 3's, (winning three races in succession) with 6 of the 7 horses in the last race covered only to have the 7th horse win.
One time, following a tough betting weekend at the Preakness Stakes in Maryland, Luicci drove home and when he reached the Jersey border he had to come back through Pennsylvania to avoid the New Jersey Turnpike since he didn't have enough money to pay the tolls.
But few people do a better job of reporting the news and taking facts and nailing his critics with their own words.
People at Rutgers are still shaking their head about a Luicci story a few years ago when Rutgers was unbeaten going into a game against Cincinnati. Then Rutgers coach Greg Schiano had made the blue-collar nature of his team a theme for the season, saying how they were like men who chopped down trees in workmanlike fashion and that Rutgers simply chopped away at its opponents.
When Rutgers lost–costing the Scarlet Knights another chance to get a BCS bid–Rutgers lead was simple. "Tim-ber"
One time Luicci was jousting in the paper at the job that then Rutgers athletic director Fred Gruninger was doing. Gruninger called the paper to ask for a correction, saying that he was the Director of Athletics, not the Athletic Director.
Luicci acknowledged the mistakes and proceeded to write, Fred Gruninger, D.O.A. in the next several stories.
There are Jersey guys and then there is THE Jersey guy who displays the true toughness, fairness and competitiveness of a Jerseyguy and no one does that better than Tom Luicci.
© 2012, Mark. All rights reserved.


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And then there were two.
After going into Week 6 with three undefeated teams, the NFL is down to two 6-0 teams and they happen to both reside in the AFC West. Division rivals Denver and Kansas City are the remaining unbeaten teams after the New Orleans Saints lost to the New England Patriots and Tom Brady in the final seconds of their showdown Sunday.
Right now, the Broncos and Peyton Manning look like the class of the league with the Chiefs being the best turnaround story of the first six weeks. The issue of which of the two is really the best won't be resolved for another month when they meet on the football field Nov. 17.
But in the meantime, a couple of the teams that had been disappointed in recent weeks made a surge back into the top portion of the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune NFL Power Rankings. A week after the New England Patriots fell out of the top five, they jumped back in following a thrilling victory in which Tom Brady rode a bunch of no-name receivers to the win over the Saints.
Seattle, which at one point had been the top team in the rankings, moved back into the top three following a dip to No.5. Russell Wilson and the offense clearly have to clean up some inconsistency but in the meantime the Seahawks' defense is getting the job done.
In the meantime, the Saints fell back to the No.5 spot from No. 2 after showing considerable fight in rallying on the road in Foxborough, before finally succumbing in the waning seconds to the Patriots.
One of the more surprising aspects of the season has been the hit the NFC South, not long ago considered one of the toughest divisions, continues to take. While the Saints are a Top 5 team, the rest of division is stuck in the bottom half of the rankings and it may not get better as the injuries mount for the Atlanta Falcons, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers seem in complete disarray. The 2-3 Carolina Panthers may be the second-best team in the division right now.
Here is a look at the complete Power Rankings for Week 7.
Rankings, (last week), team, record
1. (1) Denver Broncos 6-0 Maybe the pass rush will hold up its end with return of Von Miller from six-game suspension.
2. (4) Kansas City Chiefs 6-0 Their 10 sacks against Oakland are the second-most since the NFL started keeping the stat in 1982.
3.(5) Seattle Seahawks 5-1 Russell Wilson 11.1 yards per attempt after play-action fake.
4. (9) New England Patriots 5-1 Bill Belichick shows why he is the best game-planning coach in the NFL.
5. (2) New Orleans Saints 5-1 They drop a game but the Saints may still be best in NFC.
6. (7) San Francisco 49ers 4-2 Vernon Davis is still 49ers' most lethal offensive weapon.
7. (6) Cincinnati Bengals 4-2 Andy Dalton silences critics with 337 yards and three passing touchdowns.
8. (8) Green Bay Packers 3-2 They win one but lose two receivers in the process.
10. (10) Detroit Lions 4-2 Matthew Stafford & Co. show resilience in the fourth quarter.
11. (12) Chicago Bears 3-2 When in need of a turnaround, it's not bad having the New York Giants on the schedule.
12. (17) Dallas Cowboys 3-3 The defense saves the day for Tony Romo and the Cowboys.
13. (13) Tennessee Titans 3-3 Ryan Fitzpatrick struggled but defense nearly pulled out upset in Seattle.
14. (14) Miami Dolphins 3-2 Offensive line hopefully used bye week to improve protection of Ryan Tannehill.
15. (11) Baltimore Ravens 3-2 Somehow Ray Rice and ground attack must get out of neutral.
16. (14) San Diego Chargers 3-3 Solid play gives Chargers another quality win.
17. (22) Philadelphia Eagles 3-3 It's not about the starting quarterback as much as it is a need to improve defensively.
19. (19) Arizona Cardinals 3-2 The defense was no match for Vernon Davis and Frank Gore.
20.(15) New York Jets 3-3 Geno Smith takes two steps forward and one back like most rookies.
21. (27) St. Louis Rams 3-3 Don't look now but Sam Bradford and Rams on two-game winning streak.
22. (28) Carolina Panthers 2-3 It's amazing what Cam Newton can do when he has protection.
23.(20) Atlanta Falcons 1-4 With Julio Jones out and Roddy White still injured, Matt Ryan almost out of options.
24. (18) Houston Texans 2-4 Saying there are quarterback issues is over simplifying the problem.
25. (29) Pittsburgh Steelers 1-4 As odd as it might seem, the Steelers can still climb back into playoff race.
26. (26) Minnesota Vikings 1-4 Would imagine the Josh Freeman debut isn't far away.
27. (24) Washington Redskins 1-4 This season could take an unexpected ugly turn for Mike Shanahan.
28. (25) Oakland Raiders 2-4 Terrell Pryor is almost certainly having nightmares after being sacked 10 times by Kansas City.
29. (23) Buffalo Bills 2-4 Someone suggested the Bills take a look at suddenly available Matt Flynn.
30. (30) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0-5 Greg Schiano has to know his days are officially numbered.
31. (28) New York Giants 0-6 Eli Manning trying to do too much when less may be more.


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Both parts of the adrenal glands - the adrenal cortex and the adrenal medulla - perform very separate functions.
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