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We're making our lists, checking them twice, and finding out who's been naughty and nice this past year in the world of culture and entertainment. In this edition of our Naughty & Nice series, we look at television.
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 straight days over 500 channels, the noise was deafening. Even with the clear reception at the North Pole, it was hard for Santa to keep up. Every so often, though, something broke through the clutter.
Here's a quick list, then, of who's been bad and good this year in the medium that never stops talking.
• Charlie! (Sheen, that is): What a difference a few weeks makes. In February, the story was that, while Sheen continued to wrestle with personal problems, he was showing up to work and doing his job well. In March, the story changed to: Goodbye, Charlie. Sheen was officially let go from TV's most-watched sitcom, prompting late-night comedian Bill Maher — he wasn't alone — to (sarcastically) quip that, if there wasn't a ninth season of Two and a Half Men, "art will die." Today, of course, we know how this story ends, or continues, at any rate. Ashton Kutcher has replaced Sheen on Two and a Half Men, and fans continue to watch in droves. Meanwhile, Sheen is prepping a new sitcom, Anger Management, freely adapted from the Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler movie and due to arrive next summer on the cable channel FX, home of Louie, Justified, Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story.
• The Killing: Murder, they wrote. In June, the detectives on AMC's frustrating, eerie, rain-soaked, filmed-in-Vancouver serialized mystery thought they had landed their quarry, only to have their case go sideways at the last second — literally. Frustrated fans learned that The Killing would end without ending. Oh, the outrage! Not since The Sopranos ended with 45 seconds of black silence did you hear caterwauling like this. In a bizarre case of life perhaps taking art a little too seriously, parent network AMC rushed out a public apology days later, assuring fans that the central murder case will be wrapped up during the upcoming season. "You will find out who killed Rosie Larsen in Season 2, definitely," AMC programming boss Joel Stillerman told reporters in July. "We are incredibly proud of the show as a whole," he continued. "But we definitely did not manage expectations as we should have." Fans — drama queens — unite!
• Game of Thrones' killing: They did what? It's a TV rule of thumb, and one of the reasons TV is so often typed for being trite and stale: You don't kill off your lead character halfway through the story, and you don't drop your highest-paid, most prominent star unless his name is Sheen and you're making a witless sitcom instead of a sprawling $60-million costume epic in Northern Ireland and Malta. Just nine episodes into Game of Thrones' epic retelling of the George R.R. Martin series of novels, Sean Bean's noble, war-weary knight in shining armour, Lord Eddard Stark, was beheaded in front of his terrified children, betrayed by a boy king and accused of crimes he did not commit. On second thought, Game of Thrones' moment of infamy may not have been naughty at all. The epic's makers pulled off a nifty feat, by startling the hell out of the show's fans (at least those who hadn't read the book) and gambling that they would return the following week, knowing their hero had fallen by the wayside with a brutality and finality that not even TV scriptwriters can find a way around.
• The Kennedys scandal: The scandal wasn't that the Canadian-made miniseries divided the critics. It's that it almost didn't see the light of day in the U.S., once it was made. When some people hate a TV show, they really, really hate it. The Parents Television Council's crusade against Skins paled in comparison to the furor over The Kennedys, which the U.S. History Channel dropped, despite sinking $25 million into its production. (Critics accused it of taking too much creative licence.)
The eight-hour drama, directed by Ottawa's Jon Cassar (director-producer of 24) and starring Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes and Tom Wilkinson, among others, eventually aired on the obscure Reelz Channel. (It aired on History Television and Global TV in Canada, as intended all along.)
The Kennedys' makers had the last laugh: Its four Emmys earlier this year, including a high-profile win for Barry Pepper, native of Campbell River, B.C., for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie. Pepper played Bobby Kennedy, and now he has an Emmy to prove it.
• Ricky! (Gervais, that is): He opened the Golden Globes with a gasp-inducing quip about the overlooked rom-com, I Love You Phillip Morris — "Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay, so, the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then" — and ended with an equally gasp-inducing quip that had Golden Globes organizers scrambling to drown him out with orchestra music: "Thank you for watching at home and thank you to God, for making me an atheist." Shrieked Jon Stewart the following night on The Daily Show: "I was offended! I was offended that a comedian could be that funny and host an award show!"
Gervais followed that up with a raucous, unapologetic appearance on Piers Morgan Tonight, in which he told Morgan, among other things, that he was annoyed to be ranked so low on Time magazine's 2010 list of the world's 100 most influential people. "I complained," Gervais said, with a straight face. "I said, 'Why is Nelson Mandela above me? He didn't do anything for 25 years.'"
Gervais will be back at the Golden Globes podium in January. On second thought, perhaps he belongs on the "nice" list.
• Jane Lynch: The Glee actress and Emmy host comported herself with class, dignity, poise and a keen wit, even when it seemed everyone around her might be losing their minds. There was her crisp one-liner at the Emmys: "A lot of people are very curious why I'm a lesbian; ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage." And then there was her opting for the high road when filmmaker Brett Ratner resigned as producer of the Oscars over a gay slur. "I feel bad for him," Lynch told E! at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center's 40th anniversary gala. She wasn't offended, though, she added, telling E!, "I think humour is such a personal thing. You put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody."
• The Royal Wedding: For an audience jaded by so much "reality" nonsense, like the Kardashian wedding — Rob Kardashian survived on Dancing with the Stars longer than Kim Kardashian stayed married to Kris Humphries — the April 29 nuptials of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine "Kate" Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge, made for an eye-filling ritual of pomp and circumstance. Despite the burden of history, and still-fresh memories of Charles and Diana 30 years ago, it was possible to believe, even if only for 24 hours, that fairy tales can come true. Even in Britain. As ABC "guest analyst" Tina Brown put it, even small details, the maid of honour's dress, for example, "had Twitter going crazy."
• Charice, Damian McGinty, Samuel Larsen, Lindsay Pearce, Alex Newell and anyone else with a song in their hearts: Glee's Charice poured her heart into the role of Sunshine Corazon, the pint-sized belter with big pipes, to become Glee's latest breakout star. Unknowns McGinty, Larsen, Pearce and Newell rode the fortunes of a reality show — The Glee Project — to land multi-episode roles in TV's most life-affirming, music-minded drama. Glee had an uneven year, to hear some critics tell it, but in the real world, it took on a life of its own. It became an emblem for school arts programs, even as many of them faced deep funding cuts, and a walking, talking billboard for a fully rounded life.
American Idol, The X Factor, The Voice and others constantly tell us there can only be one winner. Glee constantly reminds us that anyone can win, given a little talent, a lot of hard work, and the drive and determination to succeed.
• Friday Night Lights' farewell: There are few moments when a fondly realized series' farewell occasions feelings of sorrow and reflection. Friday Night Lights ended with a hush, but also with an unrestrained joy and hope for a better future. Think of all the series finales you've seen that disappointed you. Then look back on Friday Night Lights' farewell, with Connie Britton and Emmy winner Kyle Chandler's Tami and Eric Taylor facing new jobs, new careers and new lives in the big city, after saying their goodbyes and making peace with their small-town rural roots. Friday Night Lights, winner of the 2007 Peabody Award and 2009 and 2011 Humanitas Prize, was always going to be one of television's most elegant, distinctive family dramas. That it ended on such a dignified, restrained note is only fitting. Fare thee well.
• Tim Hetherington: You probably don't recognize the name, but in a medium often criticized for pandering to the lowest common denominator, Hetherington represented television's highest ideal. In a year when real news (the Arab spring, NATO intervention in Libya, demonstrations and bloodshed from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Al-Marjeh in Damascus) kept the Kardashians out of the spotlight, if only for a moment, Hetherington was determined to tell stories of war many don't want told. His National Geographic documentary Restrepo, which he co-directed with author-adventurer Sebastian Junger, pulled back the curtain on the war in Afghanistan, and won innumerable accolades, including last summer's Television Critics Association award. In April, Hetherington was killed in Misrata, Libya, by a rocket-propelled grenade.
He died alongside photojournalist Chris Hondros, but their work endures. The list of war correspondents who put themselves in harm's way to show us that something really happened, and is happening, is a long one. This past year, Hetherington walked up to the mountain.
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Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday cut its revenue forecast for the third quarter, saying a challenging economy hit demand for all its products.
The chip maker now expects revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 29 to be down about 10 percent from the second quarter. In a previous forecast, AMD said revenue would decline by no more than 4 percent, and might even increase slightly.
AMD said it was also affected by lower selling prices for its chips and poor utilization of its manufacturing facilities. It will take a US$100 million inventory charge for unsold products.
The write-off could be tied to its "Llano" Fusion chips, which started appearing in PCs in the middle of last year, said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64.
AMD had supply and manufacturing issues with Llano and demand for the chip was poor. The company is doing better with a successor to Llano code-named Trinity, which became available in laptops and PCs in May.
AMD designs PC, server and graphics processors that are then manufactured by contract firms such as GlobalFoundries. Demand for PCs has been slumping, with IDC and Gartner reporting PC shipments in the third quarter dropping by 8.5 percent from a year earlier.
"The whole PC sector is under pressure. AMD is closely tied to PCs," Brookwood said.
AMD could benefit from Microsoft's launch of Windows 8, which will ship in PCs starting the end of this month, Brookwood said. Analysts think buyers have been holding off on PC purchases until the new OS arrives.
Agam Shah covers PCs, tablets, servers, chips and semiconductors for IDG News Service. Follow Agam on Twitter at @agamsh. Agam's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com

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Bank of Japan: cupboard is bare but corporate prospects undimmed
The economic view from Keith Wade, Chief Economist & Strategist
It is good to see a central bank acting independently, but today's decision by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to leave monetary policy broadly unchanged came as a major surprise.
The BoJ left interest rates and government bond purchases unchanged, at -0.1% and ¥80 trillion respectively. Expectations had been for an interest rate cut of at least 10 basis points (bps) and an increase in quantitative easing (QE) to ¥100 trillion.
The BoJ did increase its purchases of exchange traded funds (ETFs) to ¥6 trillion from ¥3.2 trillion, and has boosted the dollar lending support programme to $24 billion from $12 billion. The BoJ also announced a review of the effectiveness of monetary policy for its meeting scheduled for 20 and 21 September. However, these were minor details compared to expectations before the meeting.
Government preparing stimulus
One factor which helps explain the bank's reluctance to act would be the large stimulus package being prepared by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government. Earlier this week the government announced that this would total ¥28 trillion (over 5% GDP).
Today's statement mentioned the synergies that would be produced by loose monetary policy alongside such a package, but it was not clear whether this meant the BoJ would be doing more or believed that its current policy stance is sufficient.
It is possible that the BoJ is simply waiting to see how much of the ¥28 trillion is "real money"; i.e. that it forms an increase in stimulus, before acting. Estimates range from ¥5 to ¥12 trillion, which at more than 2% of GDP would be substantial.
BoJ running out of options
However, as we have argued before, the BoJ cupboard is bare: QE is already running at full tilt and negative interest rates do not help the banking system in Japan. There is a reason why the government has turned to fiscal policy.
Of course the BoJ cannot admit this and Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda will emphasise his willingness to act at his press conference, but the foreign exchange markets are on the case and the Japanese yen has rallied significantly since the meeting.
The market view from Shogo Maeda, Head of Japanese Equities
Today, as was widely expected, the BoJ took action. Recently, Prime Minister Abe had indicated that a larger-than-expected ¥28 trillion economic package would be implemented in the coming years. Given such developments in both fiscal and monetary policy, we believe it is timely to revisit the investment opportunities that Japanese stocks offer.
More changes ahead
Firstly, the BoJ has announced additional easing including the doubling of both ETF purchases (to ¥6 trillion annually) and the US dollar lending program for overseas business expansion (to $24 billion). Notably there has been no further widening of the negative interest rate, which has disappointed some in the foreign exchange and Japanese government bond markets. At the same time, the BoJ appears to be sending a signal to investors that its next meeting may see changes in their measures.
While details will follow soon in terms of Abe's economic package, both the government and the central bank are delivering pretty much what has been expected by the market. This should be modestly positive for the market as well as for the economy.
The BoJ's decision to not widen the negative interest rate, which is positive for banks, insurance companies and for the market as a whole in our view, probably reflects the market's concern over the negative impact the policy has had on pension fund liabilities and the financial sector.
Furthermore, both the BoJ and the government are succeeding, to some extent, in giving the impression that they are actively coordinating their efforts to improve the economy.
Corporate earnings could surprise positively
Meanwhile, in the Japanese stockmarket, which finished the month of June with a +6% return (TOPIX total return in yen terms), we see corporate earnings progressing reasonably well. Earnings for the first quarter (April to June) of fiscal year 2016 are coming out and, on the whole, they are exceeding market expectations. Excluding the currency impact, corporate earnings remain firm and we can expect positive surprises to consensus going forward.
Many Japanese companies are keeping a relatively tight control on costs and we believe dividends can be maintained even if earnings growth is revised down.
Changing attitudes
Looking ahead, we also expect greater investor engagement with companies, while changing attitudes among management will continue to encourage higher dividend pay-outs and share buy-backs. This can only have a positive impact and will further reinforce the focus on return-on-equity.
Indeed, we believe the Japanese market has largely discounted the potential negative impact of the stronger yen on earnings but sentiment remains highly sensitive to the yen/dollar exchange rate. Therefore, we think there is room for expansion of the current price-earnings* (P/E) multiple of around 13 times the current fiscal year earnings.
*A ratio used to value a company's shares. It is calculated by dividing the current market price by the earnings per share.
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In Red Sox rotation, the squeeze is on
In alphabetical order: John Lackey, Andrew Miller, and Tim Wakefield.
Which one of these doesn't belong?
Me? I'd go with Wakefield and Miller in this scenario, but let's try to be as fair as possible about this. After all, we all have our biases. (Ahem.) On some level, Lackey, Miller, and Wakefield all deserve the right to remain in the starting rotation when Buchholz returns, leaving manager Terry Francona with a difficult decision when Buchholz returns.
One way or another, someone is either going to feel slighted, albeit for different reasons.
Here are the cases for and against each pitcher.
Season: 5-6, 7.36 ERA.
Team record in 11 starts: 5-6.
Last start: 3.1 IP, 4H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4K, 1 HR, 2 HBP.
Last four starts: 3-1, 6.26 ERA.
The case for: Lackey is in the second year of a five-year, $82.5 million contract and sending him to the bullpen could destroy any chance of salvaging his season. Before arriving in Boston for the start of last season, Lackey was 102-71 in his career and averaged 13 wins a season for the Los Angeles Angels. He won 14 last year. For as poorly as Lackey has performed this season, he is a far better pitcher than what he has demonstrated.
The point? If the Red Sox are going to get anything out of this guy, it will have to be as a starter. Lackey has made just one relief appearance in his career – that coming with the Angels in 2004. He is a proud man who was the staff ace with the Angels. Fans in Boston have no emotional attachment to Lackey for a lot of reasons, but try to take that out of it. If you move him to the pen, you may lose him.
The case against: Based purely on performance, Lackey has been the club's worst starter all year. Minus a three-game stretch in late April – all against three of the worst offensive teams in the league – the A's, Angels, and Mariners – Lackey has a 10.20 ERA in eight starts. He's been better since coming off the disabled list, but he still hasn't been good.
At this point, the simple fact of the matter is that Miller and Wakefield have pitched better than Lackey has. If manager Terry Francona keeps Lackey in the rotation despite that, what kind of message does that send in an organization that generally puts the emphasis on winning?
Season: 1-0, 3.09 ERA.
Team record in two starts: 2-0.
Last start: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 0 HR, 1 HBP.
The case for: Retained by the Red Sox during the offseason, Miller is a former first-round pick (No. 6 overall) who has had control problems for much of his career. Now, however, Miller seems to be around the strike zone far more consistently, particularly with his off-speed pitches, and he has the stuff that scouts dream about in a left-handed pitcher, beginning with a fastball in the mid 90s.
Albeit in starts against San Diego and Pittsburgh – two of the worst offensive teams in baseball – Miller has handled himself quite well in his two outings. Lackey, for instance, made his last start against San Diego and was utterly inept, suggesting that nothing should be taken for granted. Miller has done nothing to warrant a demotion to the bullpen. He is scheduled to start again over the weekend in Houston.
The case against: Is this fool's gold? Miller turned 26 last month and he's not a kid anymore. If he can throw strikes consistently – and there is still some doubt about that – he can also help the Sox out of the bullpen, something Lackey and Wakefield are less positioned to do. In fact, putting Miller in the pen might be the best utilization of resources.
Regardless of Lackey's performance against San Diego, Miller hasn't faced a real lineup yet; whether Houston qualifies is debatable. Even since he joined the Red Sox, Miller has walked five in 11.2 innings, a rate that translates into almost four walks per nine innings. That is still on the high side. As intriguing as Miller is, he is also the low-man on the totem pole in terms of service time and would likely handle the demotion better than Lackey or Wakefield.
Season: 4-3, 4.54 ERA.
Team record in nine starts: 5-4.
Last start: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP.
Last three starts: 1-2 3.86 ERA.
The case for: When are we going to learn our lesson with this guy? As a knuckleballer, Wakefield has the most value when consistently utilized as a starter. Since the Red Sox began giving him a regular turn in the rotation, he is 4-3 with a 4.11 ERA. That performance is completely consistently with what Wakefield has given the Sox over the majority of his career, making him a perfect fit for the end of the rotation.
Before his last outing at Pittsburgh, Wakefield allowed four earned runs in 15 innings – a 2.40 ERA. He has made a major contribution since the Sox lost Daisuke Matsuzaka for the season and has pitched into the sixth inning or better in all seven starts since being moved to the rotation. Based on performance, Wakefield deserves to remain a starter.
The case against: Miller has better raw stuff and Lackey counts for roughly six times as much against the payroll. Meanwhile, the knuckleball remains as fickle as ever. Baseball people like certainties – namely, velocity – and Wakefield's "fastball" is clocked in the low 70s. Knuckleballers are generally .500 pitchers, leaving Lackey and Miller with better upside.
At Wakefield's age – he'll be 45 in August -- durability is seemingly a question. He has pitched 69.1 innings this year and has not exceeded 140 innings since 2008. Moving him to the bullpen would help lessen the workload and allow him to continue serving as a de facto sixth starter, giving the Red Sox an emergency alternative at any moment's notice.
So, is Wakefield the odd man out?
And if he is not, who is?
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Workers, Unions and Global Capitalism: Lessons from India
Rohini Hensman
June 2011
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While it is easy to blame globalization for shrinking job opportunities, dangerous declines in labour standards and a host of related discontents, the 'flattening' of the world has also created unprecedented opportunities for worker organization. By expanding employment in developing countries, especially for women, globalization has formed a basis for stronger workers' rights, even in remote sites of production.Using India's labour movement as a model, Rohini Hensman charts the successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses, of the struggle for workers' rights and organization in a rich and varied nation. As Indian products gain wider acceptance in global markets, the disparities in employment conditions and union rights between such regions as the European Union and India's vast informal sector are exposed, raising the issue of globalization's implications for labour.
Hensman's study examines the unique pattern of 'employees' unionism', which emerged in Bombay in the 1950s, before considering union responses to recent developments, especially the drive to form a national federation of independent unions. A key issue is how far unions can resist protectionist impulses and press for stronger global standards, along with the mechanisms to enforce them. After thoroughly unpacking this example, Hensman zooms out to trace the parameters of a global labour agenda, calling for a revival of trade unionism, the elimination of informal labour, and reductions in military spending to favour funding for comprehensive welfare and social security systems.
Rohini Hensman is a writer and independent scholar based in Bombay. She has published extensively on issues of worker's rights, women's rights and the rights of minorities, and is the coauthor of Beyond Multinationalism: Management Policy and Bargaining Relationships in International Companies.
Rohini Hensman's wide-ranging and provocative argument should be read by all those seeking to understand the lived experience of workers in a globalizing world and the most prominent and promising responses by way of ideas and actions.
— Sanjay Reddy, New School for Social Research
Workers, Unions and Global Capitalism addresses what are unquestionably important topics, with appropriately nuanced arguments. Rohini Hensman is careful to avoid the kind of blanket condemnation of globalization that appears in so much critical literature, and part of her originality is showing very clearly that the problems of the labour movement in India are not the result of globalization, but have a much longer history.
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(Sports Network) - Kris Medlen tries to win his fourth consecutive start Sunday when the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves play the rubber match of a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
Medlen tossed six innings Tuesday against Miami. The right-hander has given up more than three earned runs in a start just two times this season. He's 1-1 with a 5.02 ERA in 14 games (3 starts) when facing the Phillies. That includes a loss to Cliff Lee on April 4.
Phils youngster Jonathan Pettibone, who faces the Braves for the first time, is unbeaten in his last three starts at 1-0 and gets the call in this series finale. The righty gave up just three hits and a run in 5 2/3 innings of a win at Pittsburgh Tuesday.
On Saturday, Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer and Dan Uggla added a two-run shot and three RBI to lead the Braves to a 13-4 rout.
Andrelton Simmons went 3-for-5 with a solo homer and two RBI and Brian McCann went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored for the Braves, who had dropped three straight entering the contest.
Tim Hudson (5-7) ended the longest winless drought of his career after spinning seven innings of one-run ball. He scattered five hits and struck out four without issuing a walk to earn his first win since May 5.
"Hudson really pitched great. He gave us seven innings of good baseball," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "It was a tough night to pitch with the humidity. We swung the bats and gave him a nice little lead. It was a good night."
Michael Young hit a two-run homer and Jimmy Rollins and Kevin Frandsen added one RBI apiece for the Phillies, who lost for just the second time in five games.
Kyle Kendrick (7-6) was tagged for six runs on 12 hits and two walks over five innings to absorb the loss.
Earlier on Saturday, the Phillies placed first baseman Ryan Howard on the 15- day disabled with left knee inflammation.
"We had said before if it got to the point where his knee got so debilitated and he couldn't perform, go ahead and shut him down," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said.
Amaro also noted Howard will have an MRI exam of his knee either Sunday or Monday. It is unclear if the injury will require surgery.
Atlanta won two of three in an early April set with the Phillies and is 15-8 in the past 23 matchups between the NL East foes.


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Riesling Report: Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling 'Gobelsburger', 2010
July is riesling month! We're drinking it all month long...and maybe longer. Got a favorite riesling? Recommend it in the comments!
We've tasted Austrian wines that were cool as mountain pools—sleek and precise, sometimes sparse. This isn't one of those. It's elegant but welcoming, calling you quite literally to table. This is a wine for a roast chicken dinner, everyone gathered together—it's worthy of careful attention, but you might find yourself slurping it up out of sheer deliciousness.
The scent bursts forward—a huge bunch of dewy wildflowers, jasmine—and the wine is rich, full of green tea with honey, bay leaf, lanolin, tendrils of pine or fern, fragrant fruit (lychee?) dribbling down your chin. Where sometimes acidity is a squeeze of lemon or lime, here it seems like just light—an open window with the curtains drawn back.
The wine is dry, designated Trocken, but not skeletal or austere, and with food, that ripeness makes all the difference, keying up with nutty smoked gouda in a creamy mac-and-cheese, latching seamlessly into a plate of sauteed fennel and mushrooms with thyme. We'll be putting this wine on our grocery list again.
Around $18, sample provided for review.
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Who knew tofu was so versatile?? I've only known tofu used in savory dishes… soups, stews, baked, grilled, fried, stir-fried, and sauteed. But I've never heard of its use in desserts. Until recently, that is. As I peruse through different recipes, mainly vegan and low-calorie recipes, I am amazed how it is the perfect substitute for all things dairy and such. I'm all for substituting anything that calls for some sort of cream, shortening, butter, and eggs as I work on getting my health back in order. Of course, the real thing is ALWAYS better, but these dessert recipes calling for silken tofu is a pretty darn good alternative.
I was a little skeptical at first when I came across this recipe. I mean, how can chocolate mousse taste good with silken tofu? Well, I certainly ate my words today. I was afraid I was going to be able to taste the tofu, like I did when I made vegan cheesecake. But I didn't. In fact, if someone had me try this without telling me it was made with tofu, I would have thought it was the real thing. The chocolate and port really do a great job at masking the flavors of the tofu.
Decadent Chocolate Mousse (adapted from Veggiewala)
1 package (12.3 ounce) of silken tofu, drained
2.5 bars (1.65 ounces each) high quality dark chocolate (72% cacao)
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon almond milk
2 tablespoons port
½ cup sugar
1 banana, sliced (optional)
Puree the silken tofu in a food processor until extremely smooth. It should be the consistency of yogurt.
In double boiler or a bowl set over simmering water, add in the chocolate bar, the cocoa powder, almond milk, water, and port. Stir together until just melted and smooth. Remove from heat and slowly add in the sugar, stirring until smooth. (The mixture will not look creamy and smooth until the sugar is added).
Fold the tofu into the chocolate mixture, and mix together until completely blended. Pour into a serving bowl or individual ramekins and refrigerate at least one hour. The chocolate-tofu mixture will thicken up once refrigerated. Serve with sliced bananas.
Makes 4 servings.
Calories per serving: 340.


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AC Milan v Inter Milan, Celtic v Rangers, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Brighton v Crystal Palace. These are all well established rivalries that everybody knows about and can talk about until the cows come home. Up until a fortnight ago, I didn't know of another great footballing rivalry in the Northwestern United States.
My article on the Seattle Sounders a few weeks back sparked a bit of banter between the good people of Seattle and Portland. Their rivalry is one of the few true derbies that is present in American football/soccer. We've heard all about the Sounders, so in the interests of fairness, it's now time for the Portland Timbers right of reply.
I interviewed Allison Andrews from the influential Soccer City USA website for her take, not only on the rivalry but all things Timbers related in the City of Roses:
Which division to Portland Timbers play in?
The Timbers play in the United Soccer Leagues First Division, which is one league below Major League Soccer, though the leagues have no connection to one another, and there is no promotion or relegation.
How will that all change in 2011?
At the end of 2010, the Timbers will fold or transfer their franchise to another city, as will the Vancouver Whitecaps, who play in the same league as the Timbers, and will also have a Major League Franchise in 2011. This will be similar to what happened to the Seattle Sounders after the 2008 season, when their franchise was transferred to Bremerton, Washington, just west of Seattle, and re-branded themselves as the Kitsap Pumas, and play in the USL's Premier Development League, which is a mostly amateur league two leagues below the First Division. The new team will carry on the name, and possibly some of the current players will come over to the new team, but technically it will be a new franchise, the fourth incarnation of the Portland Timbers.
How does soccer compete with other sports teams in Portland like the Trail Blazers (basketball), Winterhawks (ice hockey) and Beavers (baseball) in terms of crowds and exposure!?
The Trailblazers, who are the National Basketball League team, are obviously the top team in town, and pretty much determine how the local sports scene works. But the Trailblazers (as well as the Winterhawks, who are a popular junior ice hockey team) both play in the winter, so the Timbers only directly compete against the Beavers. They are a AAA baseball team (one league down from Major League Baseball, as the Timbers are from MLS) and are owned by the same owner as the Timbers are, but their attendance has not grown in recent years in the same way as the Timbers have. But the current owner is determined to find them a new home when PGE Park (which the teams share) is renovated to be more appropriate for soccer.
Do you get much coverage in the Oregonian Newspaper?
This has been one of the most difficult parts of trying to grow the attendance for the Timbers. The simple fact is that the local media gives us very little attention. The local TV stations will sometimes give scores of the matches, sometimes show highlights (for home matches only), but sometimes ignore us completely. The local newspaper (we have only one daily paper) is also inconsistent, and on one occasion, for an important rivalry game at PGE Park against Seattle a few years ago, completely ignored the game altogether, only posting a copy of the team press release the day after. We have a weekly paper that gives us better coverage than the daily paper most of the time, but for the most part, the coverage in the local media is inconsistent and disappointing. I think that's one reason the Timbers fans have built such a large web presence, in an attempt to fill in the gap where we feel the local media have failed us.
How much does it cost to watch the Timbers?
Season tickets start at $150 for a season ticket (15 home games) for general admission, which is where the Timbers Army support group is located. For reserve seats along the sideline, they can go as high as $330 for a season, which includes waiter service to your seat. For many of the games, the general admission section behind the north goal has many more people than the reserved seats do.
What's been the greatest moment in Timbers history?
This is the third incarnation of the Timbers, going back to their North American Soccer League days of the mid-70's, but for the current team, who started play in 2001, the greatest moment is probably when forward Fadi Afash back-heeled in a goal late in the last match of the 2004 season which was the game winner over the Milwaukee Wave United and secured the Timbers the top of the table for the 2004 season. Unfortunately in the USL First Division, the league champion is not the regular season champion, but the winner of the playoffs, which we did not win, but the goal is famously known as the "Sunshine goal" (which is a long story, related to the singing of a song and Timber Jim ) and is probably considered the single greatest moment in modern Timbers history.
But if you consider the greatest game, that would probably be what is known to Timbers fans as the "Chainsaw Massacre" which was earlier in 2004 against the same Milwaukee team, when the Timbers were brought back from a late 2-0 deficit by rookie Alan Gordon (who now plays with the Los Angeles Galaxy along with David Beckham) who scored a hat trick to earn a 3-2 win. Gordon then famously sawed off a slice of the Timbers log himself after the match. See my later answer about Timber Joey for a further explanation of the Timbers log and it's significance.
What is PGE Park like and do you share it with other teams?
PGE Park was built in 1926, underwent a significant upgrade in 2001, and is a partial horseshoe shape that has accommodated just about every sport that can fit into it over the last 83 years. It is the only stadium in the world to ever host events in two consecutive World Cups (either men's or women's) when it hosted matches in both the 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cup. It also hosted Pele's last professional match, which was the Soccer Bowl '77 North American Soccer League Championship match. It seats just under 20,000 in its current configuration, though the restrooms and concessions limitations mean they will cap the attendance at about 16,000. It's expected to hold somewhere around 23,000 once the MLS renovation is complete.
Half of the stadium sits below street level so it can be a very loud stadium, but I think Timbers fans love the stadium (especially since the renovation) and when there were rumours years ago of possible plans to have a new MLS team in a new stadium instead of PGE Park, the idea was met with almost 100% resistance from Timbers supporters. We love our stadium, and look forward to the renovations for MLS for 2011, which mostly involve completing a grandstand along the east side which will make a complete horseshoe shape from along the west sideline, around the north goal and all the way down the east sideline, which is currently open to accommodate the baseball configuration.
Is it one of those out of town stadiums?
PGE Park sits on the west side of downtown Portland and is directly on the city's light rail system, and since there is very little parking around the stadium because it is right in a neighborhood, a very high percentage of the fans for a game reach PGE Park this way. There are very few stadiums left in the United States which could survive with this type of arrangement but it works fine here.
Tell us about the Timbers Army
The Timbers Army had their foundation before the most recent Timbers even played a match, when local fan Steven Lenhart was passing out cards at local bars, trying to get together fans first to watch US National Team games, then to support the new Timbers team that we knew was coming in 2001 (the new team was announced in 1999). In the first few years, they were known as the "Cascade Rangers", which is not a reference to the Glasgow club, but to the local Cascade Range of mountains. Sometime in the second season (none of us remember exactly when), the name evolved to the Timbers Army, and the supporters group has grown from less than a dozen early in the first season, to several thousand for most of the matches nowadays. They do not have membership, or a leader, or any type of fees, and most projects (like scarves, bus trips, banners, etc) are organized by individual members, and funded through the sale of Timbers Army merchandise they create themselves, our out of their own pockets.
The Timbers Army have been criticized at times for the language of a few of their chants, but the relationship with the Timbers front office has improved greatly over the past few years, to the point that this season, the Timbers Army were allowed to create their own official logo, which the team then featured on the sleeve of the kits for the Timbers new U23 team, which played this season in the Premier Development League (mentioned earlier).
Do you get much singing/chanting at games?
The Timbers Army chant and sing almost constantly when the match is in play, and often for many minutes before the start and after the conclusion. A few years ago, on our message board, a survey was taken of the number of unique chants the Timbers Army have used, and at the time, the count was well over 150, though they have some favorites that are chanted multiple times a game. Most of their chants are derivatives of chants other teams use of course, but they have some original ones as well, and have lately been fond of using popular pop song's from the 80's and changing their words to become a chant. A recent example is "We're Not Going To Take It (Anymore)", a popular 80's song by Twisted Sister, changed to "We're The Timbers Army (Who are you?)".
Apart from the Seattle Sounders do you have any other rivals?
The Vancouver Whitecaps have also been a rival since all three teams were in the NASL back in the 70's, but the rivalry has never been as intense as it was with Seattle, probably because Seattle is only 3 hours drive away, while Vancouver is a 6 hour drive from Portland. To get an idea of the isolation of the three teams in the northwest, the driving disctance to the next-closest USL First Division rival is in Minnesota, which is 1,732 miles from Portland.
Let's hear it then, there appears to be some rivalry going on with the Seattle Sounders. What's your take on things!?
Of course it's a rivalry that goes back to earlier incarnations of both teams that played in the NASL back in the 70's, and when the Timbers returned in 2001 (the Sounders having been reincarnated in 1994), the rivalry returned, and for the first few years, it was a pretty friendly rivalry. The interesting thing that happened is that the two teams went in different directions, and the supporters had different reasons to be proud of their team. For the Timbers, it has been the growth of the fan base and the supporters section, which in recent years, has been growing at a very healthy rate, with total attendance growing at over 22% per year over the past two years, to 8,500 per game, which is second largest in the league.
For Seattle, they have had great success on the field, with two league titles during the time both teams were in the USL First Division, and knocking the Timbers out the playoffs twice, but their attendance was always near the bottom of the league, barely getting above 3,000 per game, even when they moved to the cavernous brand new Qwest Field. I think for Portland fans, the fact that Seattle could never build their fan base even with multiple championships was a constant source of amusement, while for Seattle fans, the futility of the Timbers on the field (who have never won a title of any kind, other than the 2004 Regular Season Championship) gives them great pleasure.
Now in 2009, suddenly a new incarnation of the Sounders begins in MLS, and their attendance jumps by 10 fold. Whether it's the appeal of MLS over the USL, or some amazing marketing by the Seattle front office, I don't think that anybody knows. But it's also been a great aid to the Timbers MLS campaign that going to MLS can significantly boost attendance, and a similar situation happened in Toronto to a lesser extent a few years ago, though in that case, the previous team played under a different name at a different stadium.
My take is that what has happened in Seattle is impressive, and you can't argue with the numbers, but I also think that the Seattle model is one that we don't want to follow in Portland. The nature of support in Portland has largely been a fan-based initiative, and its best example is the fact that most of the scarves that you will see at Timbers matches (well over 95% I would guess) are fan-created scarves, including 5,000 green and white Timbers Army scarves, while scarves sold from the Timbers store are relatively uncommon. In Seattle, the front office gave out the "rave green" scarves with the season tickets, which is something you would never see happen here, but it's impressive when 30,000 fans all hold them up at the same time, there's no doubt about that.
But I think that the success in Seattle, and I would expect both Portland and Vancouver will also have packed stadiums starting in 2011, has changed the face of how support of soccer is viewed in the United States (and Canada), no matter which approach the teams and their fans take to achieve it.
As to why the rivalry seems to be taken on such a personal level by the supporters, maybe it's because both sets of supporters seem to enjoy telling each other how they are jealous of what each team has, which I think is ridiculous, but I do believe that once both teams are in MLS in 2011, it will be a rivalry unlike any that MLS has ever seen.
Will we have to wait until both teams are in the MLS in 2011 before we see the two sides play each other?
They have already played each other, on July 1 this year in Portland, in the US Open Cup which is roughly the US equivalent of the FA Cup. Seattle scored very early, then added a second goal before the Timbers pulled one back in what was a pretty even match overall, but the Sounders ended up winning 2-1. It was the first sellout at PGE Park (at a slightly reduced capacity until we get our MLS upgrade) and was our largest-ever crowd at 16,382. It was great to see a large presence of Sounders fans as back in their USL days, they had never brought more than about 50 fans, and they had easily 10x that or more who made the 3 hour trip down.
It's possible the teams could meet in the US Open Cup next year as well, since pairing of the teams is done regionally to reduce travel costs.
Is there a general rivalry between the people of Portland and Seattle or is it just a soccer thing?
They are very different cities, with Seattle being slightly larger, but both are geographically isolated from the rest of the major cities in the United States so I think a rivalry is natural. On the sports front though, the USL and soon-to-be MLS rivalry is greatly enhanced by the fact that in the four major sports in the US: NFL (football), MLB (baseball), NHL (hockey), NBA (basketball), there are no rivalries between the cities since as none of those leagues have teams in both cities since Seattle lost their NBA team recently.
Tell me about Timber Joey (the club mascot), does he really wield a chainsaw around the field?
Timber Joey is a real lumberjack who does cut off a slice of the log every time the Timbers score and gives them to the player after the match (as he does for the keeper if he records a shutout), and uses his chainsaw to excite the crowd. His name is Joey Webber and he actually took over the role from the legendary Timber Jim (Serrill), who started his association with the Timbers back in the 70's, and when the Timbers returned in 2001, so did Timber Jim. He tried to retire a few times but we wouldn't let him leave, but finally at the season opener in 2008, he finally retired and by mid-season, Timber Joey had taken over the role. Timber Jim is now a regular in the supporters section, and occasionally will move down in front of the supporters section to lead them in a cheer. Timber Jim is a legend to the Timbers fans and has always been considered the heart of the franchise, but Timber Joey has been embraced by the fans as well. The fact that both Jim and Joey are real in that they do this for their career is something that is pretty unique as well. That's why we don't really consider them to be "mascots", since they are not just a representation of what "Timbers" means to our city and our region. They are the real thing!
What music do the Portland Timbers enter the field of play to?
Players are introduced as they come out of the tunnel, but there is no music played while they are doing so.
Do you play music in the stadium after a goal is scored?
No music is played during the match at all. Unfortunately, many stadiums in the US play music not only after the goals, but while play is underway, which effectively mutes out any noise coming from the supporters. So this is something that will never happen in Portland because our owner understands that it just won't work here. I think the fact that music has never been played in Portland during our matches has greatly contributed to why our supporters group has grown the way that it has. There are still several teams in our league who have to deal with loud music played over the loudspeakers during the match in an attempt to "pump up the crowd", when it fact the effect is exactly the opposite.
What is the club anthem?
We don't have one officially, but our own version of "Blue is the colour" called "Green is the colo(u)r" was recorded back in the 70's and is still played occasionally while the fans are filing into the stadium.
Do you have any celebrity fans?
None that come to mind, though the rich history of soccer in Portland, plus the presence of the University of Portland, which is a top college soccer program, especially their women's program, brings many national team players and coaches to the games now and then. It's not unusual to see them seated in the corner suites during the matches, or sometimes even among the supporters.
What is the biggest selling item in the Pro Shop?
No single item stands out as far as I can tell, but the Timbers have featured a distinctive third kit in each of the past three years, and this year's black hit has proved to be very popular. As mentioned before, the fact that so many scarves, t-shirts, flags, and similar items are produced by the fans undoubtedly affects the amount of items sold at the team store.
And the most tacky item they sell in there?
As far as I'm concerned, anything that says "soccer" instead of "football" is tacky, but that's just me (and me as well - Ed). But I guess sometimes you have to go with the flow, as my use of "soccer" instead of "football" for most of my answers will indicate.
Also, I think most Timbers fans think vuvuzellas should be banned, as they are sold in our store as well, and as we all know from recent history, they can ruin a stadium's atmosphere if enough of them are present.
Presumably with the distances involved you don't receive or take many away fans to matches?
Timbers fans have always been the best traveling fans in the league by far, and just about every road game, even in Puerto Rico, will draw a few Timbers fans to it. We used to take several hundred up to Seattle when they were in our league, sometimes 50 or more to Vancouver, and often more than a dozen will travel to places like San Jose for a pre-season game with the MLS Earthquakes earlier this season, or to places like Charleston on the east coast, a good 3,000 miles away.
We like a beer with our football here in Europe, is it true that Portland has 28 (twenty eight!) breweries?
Portland is famous for being the home of microbreweries, though I don't know the exact numbers. Many pubs have their own breweries, so many beers can only be found at one location (where do we sign? - Ed).
What is the beer of choice for the locals?
The large number of microbreweries means the taste is quite varied, and a few pubs even feature beers created just for Timbers fans, including Timber Jim Lager.
Do you have a view on David Beckham?
I think like most American soccer fans, it was exciting to see him commit to helping promote the sport in the US when he joined the LA Galaxy, but disappointed that he has seemed to back off on that commitment. Of course to Timbers fans, he wouldn't' have any success at all in LA if he didn't have two excellent former Timbers to serve his passes up to, as both goals scored off Beckham assists against AC Milan last week were by former Timbers Alan Gordon (see "Chainsaw Massacre" above) and Bryan Jordan.
Have you ever been over to Europe for a football match?
In 2006, 31 Timbers Army members traveled to the UK and saw two matches as a group: Sunderland at Manchester United and then when Newcastle United came to the Stadium of Light a few days later. The Timbers fans formed a great relationship with the Sunderland fans after the Black Cats visited us for an exhibition in 2005 (which was a 0-0 draw) and Sunderland supporter Gary Lamb organized the trip for us to visit in April, 2006. We were amazed at the silence of the Man U supporters (maybe not surprising, they were being held to a 0-0 draw by Sunderland at home) and equally amazed at the passion at the Sunderland/Newcastle derby match. The Timbers fans were featured on BBC North, welcomed by the mayors of Seaham (where they were staying), Sunderland, and by Sunderland legend Gary Rowell.
So there you have it. Where would football be without rivalries eh!? It's a very healthy thing as far as I'm concerned as long as it doesn't spill over into physical or personal abuse. Passion, banter and vociferous support is what's football is all about. Both the Seattle Sounders and the Portland Timbers appear to have this in abundence which is why they've come to our attention.
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- Mini-briefings throughout the day on track riding techniques and body positioning
During the day, you'll typically receive seven* 20-minute sessions on circuit amongst other riders of a similar level of experience and ability to yourself. Novice cars will also be on these events (in a different group!) Additional classroom briefings on track riding techniques, body position on the bike and the circuit itself will mean that your trackday is not only great fun but informative as well.
Please note: This event is for Novice Only riders. If you are an intermediate or experienced circuit rider please do not book into this event as you will not be permitted to take part and will not be offered a refund on your booking. As with all our bike track days riders must have a fully unrestricted bike licence, be wearing either one piece leathers or two piece that zip 'all' the way round (less than a 5" gap remaining). Proper bike boots and leather gloves.
Novice cars will be in attendance (in a different session) *Winter sometimes six due to earlier failed light
Click the + symbol next to the 'book' button for the event schedule.
Please call 0843 453 3000* if you require further clarification.
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cb necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 137 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Nine Turnings Tea Company was inspired by a recent trip to China. The company is founded on bringing the experience and benefits of Chinese teas and the tea tradition to the United States. The name is derived from the Bridge of Nine Turnings in Shanghai's Yu Yuan Garden's where the Huxin Ting Tea House has been serving tea for hundreds of years. The legend has it that evil spirits can't turn corners, so the bridge accross the pond in the gardens was made with nine turns.
Nine Turnings Tea Company
We' like a logo designed to reflect the history and tradition of Chinese tea culture. However, we are also a young, fun and urban group. So we'd also like the logo to have modern, urban styling cues as well. Almost like a yin and yang with both old and new traditions expressed.
- simple clean lines
- timeless quality to the logo
- prefer no more than two to three colors
- can be red, white yellow; or
- blue, gray, yellow
- chinese symbols or fonts may be incorporated
- images or drawings of thebridge of nine turnings may be used as well
- the logo may use the number "9" or word "nine" ie nineturnings or 9turnings
- the logo may indicate the url http://www.nineturnings.com
- something that would appeal to individuals who are concerned with overall health and wellness
- can say, . "The Nine Turnings Tea Company" or just "Nine Turnings Tea Company"
- no dragons or snakeskin
- nothing complicated or busy
- nothing cliche
- no yinyang symbol
- no martial arts
- no suns
- no rainbows
- no moons
- no cups
- no leaves
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