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It's been much longer than I intended to review the third cookbook from Thomas Nelson Publishers. It's amazing how house projects, summer visitors, the garden and work have all conspired to keep me too busy to try out new recipes. Fortunately I found some time this week to cook a couple of recipes from Second Helpings with Johnnie Gabriel.
These are true Southern recipes and also modern ones, making good use of things like packaged shredded cabbage for Coleslaw the Easy Way and packaged stuffing mix for things like the Squash Casserole and Chicken Salad Casserole. Biscuit mix and Ritz crackers and Morton's Nature's Season also find their uses, along with canned corn, peas and carrots, jarred pimento and lots of cream cheese, sour cream and whipping cream. Many of the recipes, like Sauteed Talpia with Lemon-Peppercorn Sauce would make a lovely entree for a dinner party.
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The salad was indeed wonderful. Since this is fresh corn season I replaced the canned white shoepeg corn with 4 ears of freshly husked sweet white corn which I cut, uncooked, from the cobs.
I didn't have any water chestnuts, so I substituted 1/2 cup each thinly sliced English cucumber and uncooked fresh thin green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces. Both came directly from my garden and added a nice crisp crunch to the salad. Otherwise I followed the recipe and found it very enjoyable. Sweetie had second helpings, just like the book's title promised.
The cookies had a somewhat lackluster description in the book: "Chocolate and coffee team up in another taste treat fro Susan Johnson's collection." I wasn't expecting them to be more than 'nice'.
Imagine my surprise when I found them to be some of the best chocolate cookies I've ever made. We liked them better without the frosting, but if you like very sweet desserts, go for the frosting, too. Not only did these merit a second helping, it was difficult to resist a third or fourth helping! We gave some of them away to friends to avoid the temptation of eating them all up at once.
There are lots more recipes to try...for example Lemon Ice Cream Pie with crushed pretzels in the crust and frozen lemonade in the filling, or maybe Sweet Potato Fries that get tossed in a brown sugar and butter coating after being fried in deep fat. There's an intriguing recipe for Sweet Potato Biscuits and one for Smoky Chipotle Grilled Baby Back Ribs with both a rub and a barbecue sauce.
This isn't the best book to choose if you are cutting calories but if you are planning a party or want to make something more complicated and flavorful than tater tots you'll love this book. Many of the recipes are fairly easy and make use of convenience foods, so complicated doesn't mean difficult.
As always I want to stress that, other than use of the book, I am not receiving anything from the publisher or author of the book and am free to say just what I think about it. Although I won't often have reason to make some of the more full fat recipes with liberal use of whipping cream, I do like the book and look forward to making more recipes from it.
If you would like to win a copy of this book, just leave a comment. There will be a random drawing and the publisher will send three copies to the three lucky winners, as long as those winners either leave an e-mail address with the comment or are linked to a place where an e-mail address can be found or where I can ask for one if you are a winner.
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Wild Rice and Corn Salad - A really easy salad
1 cup wild rice, cooked according to package directions (Not a wild rice mix).
2 (11-oz) cans white shoepeg corn, rinsed and drained, or 4 ears fresh white corn, husked and kernels cut from the cob.
1/2 cup mayonnaise (I would use 1/3 cup next time)
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 (8-oz) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped, or 1/2 cup each uncooked fresh thin green beans cut into 1-inch pieces AND thinly sliced (and diced if large) fresh cucumber, seeds removed and discarded
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
In a medium bowl mix the cooked wild rice, uncooked corn, mayonnaise, green onions, water chestnuts (or beans and cucumbers), salt, and pepper.
Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. Keeps well in the refrigerator 2-3 days. Serves 8 - 10.
Mocha-Frosted Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Special Dark cocoa which makes the cookies a nice deep dark chocolate color)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter, softened
2/3 cup firmly packed golden brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg at room temperature
2 teaspoons water
1 teaspoon instant coffee powder or granules
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips (Yes, TWO cups!)
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (I used walnuts)
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Make the cookies: In a medium bowl combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
In a large bowl beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until well blended. Add the egg, eater, instant coffee, vanilla, chocolate chips, and nuts and blend well, but do not beat. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Drop dough by tablespoons 2 inches apart onto the lined cookie sheet. Bake for 13 minutes until firm. (The recipe says 'and no longer shiny' but mine were still a bit shiny...we like them soft). Cool on the sheets for 10 minutes, then move to a rack or tray to frost them.
Make the frosting: In a medium microwavable bowl, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave in 1-minute intervals (I use 1/2 power), stirring after each minute until the chocolate is soft and melted.
In a small bowl mix together the whipping cream and instant coffee and add to the chocolate mixture. Using an electric mixer add the butter, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar. Frost the cookies.
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2009 Surprises: Pleasant and Otherwise
Good: The Reds bullpen has been extraordinary. As a group, they rank 6th in all of baseball with a 3.42 ERA and 9th in WHIP with a 1.35 mark. From an individual standpoint, the only regular relievers with an ERA over 3.00 are Jared Burton (5.27) and Mike Lincoln (8.22). The rest are in the 1s or 2s.
Bad: It's tough to look past the performance of Willy Taveras. I wasn't a fan of the signing, but I'm hoping that his level of performance will be closer to his early season production than his recent production. Given that his game is centered around his legs, it's possible that his injury problem is still hindering his play. Regardless, there is little excuse for Willy T to be starting over Chris Dickerson, especially in light of his 0-for-32 slump and 8 game stretch where he failed to reach base even one time, which was the longest stretch in 56 years for the Reds!!!
Good: Josh Roenicke. Roenicke has been utterly dominant for Louisville and only the unbelievable performance of almost the MLB relief corps has kept him down on the farm. On the season, Roenicke has a 3.00 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 1.56 GB/FB, and a stellar 26/3 K/BB ratio. In addition, he has yet to give up a single homerun in his 24.0 innings. As good as his numbers have been, his WHIP and ERA really aren't indicative of his dominance. His component stats are so good that they should be lower. When you give up 3 walks, no homeruns, and strike out more than a batter per inning, then you have been unlucky when you have given up more hits than innings pitched. His WHIP and ERA are artificially high because of poor hit luck, shabby defense, or both. Roenicke should be pitching high leverage innings at the MLB level in the near future.
Bad: Danny Dorn. Dorn is seemingly a perpetual slow starter, so I'm not worried, especially in light of his substantial success at double-A. The jump to triple-A typically isn't that challenging, so, barring an undisclosed injury, I fully expect Dorn to get back on the ball in the near future.
Good: Chris Heisey. Heisey has been so good that I had to add another "Good" for double-A Carolina. Heisey has been unbelievable up to this point. On the season, he is hitting a Ruthian .362/.441/.621/1.062. Before the season, I had Heisey pegged as a career 4th outfielder type, but he is obviously taking it to another level. In addition, his plus defense allows him some slack on the offensive side, not that he needs right now. He's obviously due for a promotion and it'll be interesting to see if this is just an epic hot streak or actually breaking into a new level of production.
Good: Zach Stewart. Stewart has had a massive season at two different levels. He has taken a huge step forward and laid claim to a job as a starting pitcher. At this point, he's the best starting pitching prospect in the organization. His 56/15 K/BB ratio in 71.1 innings is strong, but it plays up a notch because of his ability to keep the balls he does allow into play on the ground, as evidenced by his stellar 2.34 GB/FB ratio. Hopefully, Stewart continues his dominant pitching, as the Reds need all the prospect pitching depth they can get.
Good: Travis Wood. Travis Wood has been so good that I had to add yet another "Good" for double-A Carolina. Wood has been white hot for Carolina, but his component stats probably don't quite support it. He currently has a 1.11 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP, but his K/BB (which has improved over the last month, including a 26/2 K/BB ratio over his last three starts) is only 69/31 and his GB/FB is 0.93. Wood's season has been an unqualified success, but a bit of regression is to be expected. Even so, his performance has been so good that any regression would still leave him at a very high level of performance. In the last prospect write up, I talked about this season being a big data point on his career trend line, as it would reveal whether his 2008 struggles at double-A were simply the result of a young pitcher getting his feet wet or rather indicative of a pitcher who lacked the tools to succeed against advanced competition. Fortunately, Wood has proven it to be the former, not the latter.
Good: Jeremy Horst. Horst is following up his stellar 2008 season with a very solid 2009. He has a 3.14 ERA, 1.29 GB/FB ratio, and a 53/22 K/BB ratio in 71.2 innings. If he continues his solid play, he'll help fill the southpaw void that exists in the organization.
Bad: Neftali Soto. Soto hasn't followed up his breakout 2008 season very well. In 2009, he has a line of .253/.286/.352. His poor walk rate is still of concern, but on the plus side he makes consistent contact which should limit his strikeouts and allow him to post strong batting averages. Soto's age is still on his side, but he hasn't been all that good this year.
Good: Matt Fairel. The southpaw selected in the 35th round out of Florida State University has made a tremendous professional debut. For Dayton, Fairel has pitched 66.0 innings and logged a 2.86 ERA and a 66/24 K/BB ratio. His performance has been impressive and eye opening, but he is a college leftysquaring off against younger competition. Even so, if he continues to pitch at such a high level, he'll emerge as a legitimate prospect.
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I'm curious to what you think Homer's value is now. He's been brought up, done nothing but still has a decent game in AAA. Is he trade bait at best now. He never strikes anyone out. To me he's part of a package at best.ReplyDelete
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I think Homer's trade value is nil. That's the main reason why I was so against promoting him for his most recent start. Prior to that start, he had been rebuilding some measure of trade value with some solid triple-A production. If they had left him down there to continue to build his confidence, I think it would also have built his trade value. The decision to call him up destroyed any trade value he had built up. Right now, I'd be very surprised if the Reds could get anything for him. I agree with you, for now I think he's only "trade-able" as a throw-in on a larger deal.
As of now, I don't want to see Bailey until September and I want the Reds to force him to EARN a promotion. The one thing that gives me an ounce of hope is that Homer is now reported to be throwing a split-fingered fastball. He has gone away from the ineffective curveball and the changeup that fooled no one.
As you mentioned, he desperately needs a swing-and-miss pitch. In his last MLB start, Homer threw 95 pitches and got a grand total of 3 swing-and-misses. That's an unbelievable inability to miss bats for a reputed power pitcher. Someone with plus stuff should miss more bats than that. However, there is some positive news, as the split-fingered fastball seems to be working.
In his last three triple-A starts, Homer has tossed 23.1 innings giving up 1 earned run and striking out 23 hitters. Maybe, just maybe, Homer is turning corner and doing a better job avoiding contact.
I remain very skeptical about Homer and will wait until he proves me wrong. But, I suppose I still have to mention the possibility that he is turning the corner.
Thanks for the comment!
thanks for answering my duran and yorman comment i found out that they will both be in the GCL league for the redsReplyDelete
i just read that the reds signed billy hamilton, don joseph, and mark serrano.ReplyDelete
Do you think that the reds will be able to sign stephen perez, deven marrero, chase fowler, or tucker barnhart especially the SS because of the billy hamilton signing
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Thanks for the clarification on the GCL. I figured that was the logical spot for them to land. It's tough to do much else with such young prospects, as they simply aren't ready to be thrown into the mix against mature competition.
Duran has grown so much, so quickly, that he seems more likely to struggle than Yorman. Duran just doesn't seem all that comfortable in his new body, but Yorman seems more polished at this point. Even so, both are good prospects with big upside. It'll be fun to see what happens when they hit the GCL.
It'll be interesting to see who the Reds get signed.
In the fourth round, the Reds selected UNC catcher Mark Fleury, who was one of the best college backstops in country. It was a bit of a watered down class, but still he's a solid prospect. If they sign Fleury, then it seems less likely that they'll sign both Tucker Barnhart and Chase Fowler.
I haven't heard of any outrageous contract demands for either, but Barnhart was the more highly regarded catching prospect. Baseball America had Fleury rated #11 and Barnhart rated 16th of all the draft eligible catchers. For what it's worth, Fowler didn't rate among the top 25 catchers.
I would imagine that if they sign Fleury, then they will probably sign one of the Barnhart/Fowler duo. That's more of a gut feel than anything else, but with Mesoraco already at the lower levels, I'm not sure they'd sign 3 catchers from this draft class.
As for the shortstops, I could see both of them signing. At least, that's my hope. Obviously, shortstops have more positional flexibility than catchers, so they could find room for both Perez and Marrero.
The Reds did sign Hamilton, but while he is a very good athlete, he's pretty raw. I'm not convinced he'll hit enough at the professional level or be able to stick at shortstop.
Perez seems to be the opposite of Hamilton. He's a bit short on tools, but his makeup and instincts are big pluses and help his tools play up a tick. Baseball America had him rated as the 11th best shortstop in the draft class.
As for Marrero, he's another intriguing talent and played at American Heritage High School, the same school that produced uber-prospect Eric Hosmer. Marrero has the skills to have been drafted higher, so he could have been more of a 5th/6th round pick. Baseball America rated him as the 12th best shortstop prospect. My gut tells me he might be the toughest sign, but again I don't have any evidence to back that up.
In short, I don't think the Hamilton signing necessarily precludes the signing of both Marrero and Perez, but a Fleury signing might preclude the signing of both Barnhart and Fowler.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how the Reds deal with their draftees. They may have to go a bit over slot to sign a couple of these guys, but the long-term payoff could make it well worth it.
Anyway, that's what I'm currently thinking. Thanks for the comment!
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Please drop me an e-mail so I can provide you with more information about Bleacher Report Featured Columnists and the additional exposure we can provide for your blog.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
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debunker wrote:Hello,
I find it truly amusing when religious Christians condemn the secular ways every chance they got but then attribute all the advantages of secularism to Christianity whenever it suits them. They completely forget how extremely savage the Christians were until Europe finally rebelled against the power of the Church and curtailed it to within the confines of an evil sacred book known as the Bible.
debunker wrote:Like I said, when I have time my next post will be about how supposedly religious Christians use the Bible to justify their crimes. But I was mainly thinking about the crimes against the others... but thanks to you Chief, you alerted me to add crimes of Christians against other Christians. This'll take me a while.
debunker wrote:By the way, Winston. I have raised many points in my posts. The divinity of Jesus and Salvation were only two of them... It wasn't me who insisted on discussing these two points only.... anyway, suit yourself.
This is quite true debunker but two things you need to note:
1) The theocratic power of the Christian Church WAS dismantled (a long time ago now). Why? Does it have anything to do with the fact that Christians acted hypocritcally against Jesus' teachings and thus had no real mandate for their tyranny?
2) This has NOT happened with the Islamic faith. Why? Are it's commands inherently violent and hateful in a prescriptive and persisting way meaning no reform is possible. Perhaps 'those who slay and are slain in making all worship for Allah alone' have a powerful justification within the Islamic texts to constantly wage war against and subjugate unbelievers? Forgive me for posting this point in this thread but it would be very disjointed to break the two up.
If they are supposedly religious ie hypocrites then why waste you time ranting about them? Do you like defending true Christians? Maybe you're secretly an Evangelical like me? Note: That was a joke and not a declaration of faith.
Your style of discussion is very 'Evangelical' on these issues:
debunker wrote:
Actually Christians did act hypocritically against Jesus teachings but that is NOT the reason why the power of the Church was dismantled. The people rebelled against the Bible without even bothering about the true teachings of Jesus. This reform was purely secular. If indeed it was a religious reform, then we wouldn't have seen Europe endorsing its loose moral values (as per Biblical teachings). The whole Bible was simply put aside.
debunker wrote:First, posting this point in this thread about Muslims is very relevant to the subject at hand because you wanted to make a point by way of comparison which is valid (at least to me). Now, allow me to make another comparison of my own. The Hebrew Bible (perhpas the most violent scripture ever written) didn't prevent the Jews from completely adopting secularism. The Hebrew Bible cannot take credit for secularism in any way, shape or form. Why am I making this comparison? To point out the fact that non of the scriptures (OT, NT or Quran) allow for secularism. Secularism requires the will of the people to revolt against their scriptures. This comparison serves to assert my point that religious Christians cannot take credit for secularism. It was not an option for them as it was not an option for religious Jews and it will not be an option for religious Muslims. Secularism imposes itself on all religions.
If the Christian texts encourage pasifism and a personal relationship with God, whilst 'giving Ceaser his due' then how is this incompatible with Secularism? There is no Christian law which is to applied to non-Christians. Wasn't America founded on those principles by both religious and non-religious people who fled the hypocritical theocracy of the European Churches?
The reason why the OT didn't prevent the Jews from completely adopting secularism is because the violent passages are descriptive only.
There was a period of conquest of the land of Canaan a very long time ago and that was essentially the end of it.
debunker wrote:Ok, you make almost perfect assertions. You neglected, however, to emphasize that Christianity orders its true followers to not resist secularism or any non-Christian authority. That much is very true. The key thing here is: Don't resist secularism. So again, I reassert my point that if true Christians could peacefully make people adopt true Christian moral conduct (no fornication, etc) then they would have done it. But secularism doesn't care what Christianity thinks about the boyfriend/girlfriend system for example... This to me is a proof that Christianity cannot take credit for secularism. Secularsism was enforced on Christians and true Christians abided by Jesus' teachings and gave Ceasar his due. Please forgive me for repeating myself but my objection was to how Christians take credit for secularism when they only "tolerate" it because Jesus told them to give Ceasar his due.
debunker wrote:Winston wrote:The reason why the OT didn't prevent the Jews from completely adopting secularism is because the violent passages are descriptive only.
There was a period of conquest of the land of Canaan a very long time ago and that was essentially the end of it.
Actually I can list some verses for the truly horrific Jewish version of Islamic conquest outside the Promised Land but I know you won't care for them. Anyway, let's ignore the Jewish conquest (of cities outside the Promised Land) and concentrate on the Jewish Law! Do you think it was descriptive too? Is that why the Jews don't stone people for going to work on Saturday these days? Or is it because they completely ignored their scripture?
debunker wrote:OFF TOPIC:
Actually right now, dear Winston, the only conquest going on is American conquest... and that's why countries in "Old Europe" (France and Germany) objected to this.
Let me predict the future for you dear Winston. The whole world will make the Middle East its battle ground not because of the "Islamic danger" but because of the "Islamic oil fields".
So please stop playing the role of the victim when the leader of the civilized world is very much in the act of ravaging the Middle East (starting with Iraq). 65 % of the world's oil reserves is in the Persian Gulf! No wonder the Americans were so concerned about the Freedom of Iraqis!
Truly is really amazing I never knew all of those names about the Islamis terrorist movements. I do believe there are so many groups linked to one group or another. Thanks for your infowinston wrote: Now you are sounding a bit more like a typical Muslim. Shifting responsibilities for the actions of Islamic jihadists and blaming America for everything may be comforting but it's not going to change the motivations of...
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Army of Muhammad
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Baader-Meinhof Group
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Black Widows
Chechen Rebels
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Eritrean Liberation Front
Free Aceh Movement
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Harkat ul-Ansar
Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami
Harkat-ul Mujahideen
Handschar Muslim Waffen SS
Hashshashin Assassins
Hezb-ul Mujahideen
Islami Chhatra Shibir
Islamic Great East Raiders' Front
Islamic Group
Islamic Intl. Peacekeeping Brigade
Islamic Jihad
Islamic Liberation Organization
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic Salvation Front
Islamic Shashantantra Andolon
Jemaah Islamiyah
Kosovo Liberation Army
Kurdish Workers Party
Lord's Resistance Army
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Mufti Mujahideen
Mujahideen Division Khandaq
Muslim Brotherhood
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Palestinian Popular Struggle Front
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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Students Islamic Movement of India
Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council
Supreme Muslim Council
Tawhid and Jihad
Turkey's Special Organization
Ummah Liberation Army
United Tajik Opposition
Uygur Holy War Organization
Different countries, different races, different languages but SAME religion and SAME goal, conquest and subjugation...Where did they get their ideas from?
debunker wrote:Oh you missed my point I'm not shifting responsibilities... I'm only telling you don't worry. It is Muslims who are being conquered.
I'm not blaming their terrorism on the West. I'm just saying that their terrorism is NOT "why" the West is interested in the Middle East.
PS. Most of these groups, while Middle Eastern, are not Islamic but rather political movements.
You could be right about the Wests true interests in the Middle East. If you are, then we in the West are bigger fools than those who think the world will be at peace when Islam dominates it.
debunker wrote:You could be right about the Wests true interests in the Middle East. If you are, then we in the West are bigger fools than those who think the world will be at peace when Islam dominates it.
Winston, you are WONDERFUL!
BTW, I know you are agnostic, but you seem to care about the Bible. Therefore, for you only, I'll stop criticizing the Bible. I will never criticize it ever again.
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AhmedBahgat wrote:debunker wrote:deleted for blasphemy.
hahaha, , so funny you low piece of traitor trash
Infidel wrote:AhmedBahgat wrote:debunker wrote:deleted for blasphemy.
hahaha, , so funny you low piece of traitor trash
Obvious troll is obvious !
AhmedBahgat wrote:
Was it me you confused infidel, or debonked who deleted all his crap in his own thread?
hahahahah, what a bunch of fools bound to hell
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Well, based on the records, this could be an ugly series as the Cubs come in at 6-14 with the Marlins sporting a 5-16 record, that's a lot of losses. As one could imagine, it hasn't gone well of late for either team as the Cubs are 2-8 ion their last ten games, of course at least half of those losses could be wins, and the Marlins are 3-7 in their last ten. The Marlins struggles are similar to the that of the Cubs, they can't score runs. The Marlins have the worst team batting average in all of baseball (.221), the Cubs aren't much better at .229 (26th in MLB). The Marlins are also dead last in runs scored with 54, eleven fewer than the Cubs on the season. The Cubs also hold the edge in the pitching department as they sport a 3.44 team ERA which is 9th best in all of baseball, think about that for a second, the Cubs have the 9th best ERA yet sit eight games under .500 this year. The Marlins team ERA is a full run worse than that of the Cubs, they sit 26th in the Majors at 4.50. All signs point to a successful weekend in Miami for the Cubs, but they still have to go out there and perform.
Last Series:
The Cubs left Cincinnati wanting more, they lost two of three and could have easily won two of three.
The Marlins split a rain shortened series in Minnesota.
Game Times and Broadcast Information:
- Thursday, April 24, 2013 – 6:10 PM CST on WCIU
- Friday, April 25, 2013 – 6:10 PM CST on WGN TV
- Saturday, April 26, 2013 – 6:10 PM CST on CSN+ (Channel Finder)
- Sunday, April 27, 2013 – 12:10 PM CST on CSN Chicago
Starting Pitchers Scheduled:
Game One – Edwin Jackson (0-3, 4.84)
– Career vs. Marlins (8 appearances, 7 GS) (1-6, 6.69)
Game Two – Scott Feldman (0-3, 4.50)
– Career vs. Marlins (First appearance)
Game Three – Travis Wood (1-1, 2.08)
– Career vs. Marlins (2 GS) (0-2, 16.88)
Game Four – Carlos Villanueva (1-0, 1.53)
– Career vs. Marlins (10 appearances, 2 GS) (1-1, 5.79)
Game One – Kevin Slowey (0-2, 1.90)
– Career vs. Cubs (1 GS) (1-0, 4.50)
Game Two – Wade LeBlanc (0-3, 6.27)
– Career vs. Cubs (2 appearances, 1 GS) (1-0, 2.08)
Game Three – Alex Sanabia (2-2, 5.09)
– Career vs. Cubs (1 GS) (0-1, 3.18)
Game Three – Ricky Nolasco (1-2, 3.81)
– Career vs. Cubs (8 appearances, 7 GS) (4-2, 2.85)
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The Cubs have struggled all season long with runners in scoring position, even more troubling is their inability to get runners in from third base and less than two outs. That is a situation where contact needs to be made and the run needs to score. So far this season the Cubs have had twenty-three at bats with a runner at third with less than two outs, they only have two hits, that's a .077 average. They have only scored eleven times in those twenty-three chances, for one, they need more chances, and two they need to capitalize starting yesterday. Anthony Rizzo is having better at bats as of late unfortunately that is not yielding better results. Over his last six games Rizzo is hitting .185 (5-for-27), he does have three home runs and five RBI's during that stretch. Darwin Barney has struggled mightily at the plate since returning from the DL, he is hitting .174 (4-for-23) in his last six games, but does have a game winning homer. David DeJesus has been lighting it up of late, he is hitting .368 (7-for-19) over the last six games with a double, a triple, two home runs, three RBI's, and four walks. On the mound, Carlos Villanueva has been outstanding in his last two starts going 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA only giving up seven hits in 15.1 innings.
The Marlins glaring issues are scoring runs, and then preventing them once the bullpen comes into the game, sounds familiar, eh? I mentioned the Marlins offensive woes above, but their bullpen ERA is just as bad. The Marlins sit 28th in the Majors in bullpen ERA with a 4.98 ERA, which is worse than the Cubs if you can believe that. Get ready for a lot of names that you probably don't know, starting now. Not much has gone right at the plate for the Marlins, but Rob Brantly has been a bright spot lately. Over the last five games Brantly is hitting .313 (5-for16) with three doubles, four RBI's, and two walks. Justin Ruggiano on the other hand has been awful in the last seven games hitting .207 (6-for-29), of those six hits two have left the park. Ryan Webb has been one of the few bright spots out of the Marlins pen of late as he has tossed six innings over the last seven days giving up only one run. Jon Rauch has been stupid bad in his last two appearances, giving up five runs on four hits in 1.2 innings.
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These close games are bound to start going in the favor of the Cubs, and I think that starts now. The way the Cubs staff has been throwing the ball I like their chances against a weak Marlins line up. I also think the Cubs will start getting some timely hits and take three out of four this weekend….please??
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Vic Koenning's Illini defense overcame a string of injuries in the preseason during a surprisingly strong start. But a string of poor defense in the second half of the season played a big role in three losses in the last four games.
He leaned against the wall and let out a big sigh. Illinois defensive coordinator Vic Koenning didn't reach his goal.
His defense overcame a string of injuries in the preseason during a surprisingly strong start, provided time for the offense to mature and became the most improved defense in the Big Ten.
But a string of poor defense in the second half of the season played a big role in three losses in the last four games.
It left Koenning scratching his head.
"You'd like to feel like you've achieved some stuff, but it's how you finish,'' Koenning said. "This is the first time I can remember a defense not getting better and better toward the end of the year. We wanted to get a little better every week.
"We ran into that thing at Michigan, lost our stinger, and we haven't been able to recover.''
While Illinois (6-6) prepared to meet Baylor (7-5) in the Texas Bowl in Houston Wednesday (5 p.m., ESPN), Koenning juggled the process of rebuilding his unit's confidence, pushing for improvement during bowl practices and resting a fatigued defense limited with slim-to-none depth. Before completely turning the focus to the Bears this week, Koennning worked on his own troops.
"I'll admit we've been doing more things to help our guys instead of completely worrying about Baylor,'' Koenning said. "We needed to work on their confidence. The ultimate goal is to win. You have no chance if you don't build up their confidence.''
The slide by the defense disappointed coach Ron Zook, a former defensive coordinator who has been meeting with Koenning about the defense following the regular season.
"He obviously hasn't been happy with the way we have played, and I'm not either,'' Koenning said. "And as I told him, I still don't know what we do best. He asked me, 'What do we do that we can hang our hat on?' And I don't know that answer. As soon as I get a feel for it, it changes."
Koenning coached top 25 defenses in each of his four seasons at Clemson before turning around Kansas State last season. The Illini allowed 16.7 points through the first eight games, then surrendered 39.2 per game over the last four.
"I've tried to limit what we've been doing because we started to struggle with assignment issues in the Michigan game, and we probably became predictable because we weren't doing as many things as we were doing earlier,'' Koenning said.
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After wins over Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois, the Illini kept conservative Ohio State within reach.
The Illini dominated at Penn State, limited Michigan State to three points in the first half, shut down Purdue and rookie quarterback Sean Robinson and created their own big plays vs. Indiana. It made Koenning look like a Nobel prize winner.
Then came the 67-65 loss to Michigan in triple overtime. The Illinois defense hasn't been the same, falling from 12th in the nation in scoring defense to 53rd, 15th in total defense to 37th and 19th in pass defense to 54th.
While building confidence, Koenning also wanted to keep his defense rested for the bowl game. Some of his defensive backs already logged 800-some snaps, he said.
"Tavon Wilson doesn't need any more reps, and Trulon Henry doesn't need any more reps, even though their fundamentals aren't where they need to be,'' Koenning said.
The Illini needed some rest beforevthe bowl game. Safety Tavon Wilson could feel his body run out of gas by the Michigan game, he said, because a lack of depth forced him to play nearly every snap in the first eight games.
"This break really did help,'' linebacker Nate Bussey said. "It gave our bodies time to rest. It gave us momentum to get back on track and finish the sesaon the way we started it.
"We were worn down. It took a toll on our bodies. We're going to prepare with our bodies regenerated and ready to go.''
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LONDON (Reuters) – Companies that specialize in testing food ingredients stand to gain from increased scrutiny of meat products in the wake of the horsemeat scandal that has spread across Europe since the beginning of the year.French-listed Eurofins <EUFI.PA>, the largest food testing specialist in Europe, and British firm Intertek <ITRK.L> both said they had already seen a pick-up in demand.
Customers that routinely send samples to check on the type of meat in products don't seem to be affected, said Bert Popping, director of scientific development at Eurofins. "But we're seeing more samples coming now from companies that have not previously tested those parameters."
Eurofins did the tests which helped to confirm the presence of horse in Irish-produced burgers that sparked the scandal.
The discovery of horsemeat in imported beef products in Britain, blamed by government ministers on "an international criminal conspiracy," has prompted investigations into products and suppliers and calls for tighter regulation.
British and European Union officials will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to decide how to deal with the situation involving several countries in a complex supply chain across the continent.
British Environment Secretary Owen Paterson held meetings on Tuesday with the British Institute of Grocery Distributors to discuss standards for the regular testing of meat products by retailers and what will happen in future.
Any new regulation or tougher enforcement of existing European rules would be a boon to the highly-specialised food testing sector.
"Within the support services group as a whole, regulation is what they thrive on … it's what drives the whole industry," Robin Speakman, an analyst from Shore Capital, said.
British retailers have already been told by regulators to conduct more authenticity tests on beef products, such as beefburgers, meatballs and lasagne, by Friday. As a result, Intertek <ITRK.L> has seen more business at its food laboratory in Stoke-on-Trent.
"The current demand we are seeing is focused around identification of the cause and scale of the current issue," Chetan Parmar, Intertek vice president of food services, said.
"The medium and longer-term effect on our business, as with all quality scares, depends on the sustained response by the industry and regulators," he added.
Food testing currently accounts for less than 5 per cent of business services group Intertek's global revenue. In 2011, the company spent 7.3 million pounds on two food testing businesses in the UK and Chile, and opened a new laboratory in Turkey.
Will Kirkness, an analyst from Jefferies, said that the scandal could lead to a single-digit upgrade in earnings per share for Eurofins, which focuses exclusively on food testing and has an extensive network of labs and offers the greatest range of tests.
Kirkness said it would probably not move the dial for the three largest European firms SGS <SGSN.VX>, Bureau Veritas <BVI.PA> and Intertek, which offer food testing along with other services. But he said it was positive for industry sentiment.
Shares in each of the four companies have risen by more than 5 per cent since January 15 when British retailer Tesco <TSCO.L> withdrew the first batch of beef burgers from its stores.
Eurofins' Popping said that although he believed current food labelling regulation was adequate, better enforcement and increased awareness on the part of the companies that source products would drive new business for the company.
Speakman from Shore Capital said that although there could be changes in the UK, the biggest opportunities lay in the countries where the meat originates.
"Those specialists that have capability at the source of production are going to have the greatest opportunity, because they will be best placed to control, monitor and ensure compliance within the food chain," he said.
But the business services sector's biggest competitors can often be its customers which can decide to do their own testing.
"If it becomes a necessary part of compliance for the food retailers themselves, there's a fair chance that they will want to take control themselves and perhaps have it in house," Speakman said.
(Reporting By Christine Murray. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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After a morning of punching through the sea ice we arrived at a fascinating iceberg for a few hours of zodiac cruising. These Adélie penguins were very welcoming for the hundreds of photos that were taken of them.
There's one in every group... (Adélie Penguins - the clowns of the penguin world)
The male southern royal albatross woos his partner after days apart.
Southern Royal Albatross Couple.
Arctic Terns.
Auckland Island.
A light mist keeps the lind on the mystery of Auckland Island.
A short hike to the top, greets us with amazing views, and hundreds of Albatross nesting and flying around.
The Auckland Island Shag hurries about collecting bits and pieces to build a nest.
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Common Diving Petrel.
This Southern Elephant Seal pup tries for a while to get some milk out of the emergency pack.
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Despite its name, the Crabeater Seal mainly eats Krill. Crabs make up a small part of their diet.
Exploring the edges of Auckland Island via zodiac has a few advantages.
A storm brews behind the closer icebergs.
Female Hooker Sea Lion.
Southern Elephant Seal will fights with words or with blood.
Emperor Penguins move faster laying down than standing up and walking.
A couple of Emperor Penguins chilling out on an ice floe.
Male Hooker Sea Lions are the masters of this beach, cross with care.
Enderby Island.
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This New Zealand (Hooker's) Sea Lion stands guard over his beach.
Curious and playful, the Southern Elephant seal pups love to say hello.
Gentoo Penguin standing guard from the nearby Skua's
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Amazing colours resonate from the larger icebergs whilst we explore in the sun.
Cruising around the ice floes in a zodiac. This iceberg was full of interesting little caves, and was massive. to the left of the photo you can see one of the other zodiacs having a closer look.
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text: The inconsistencies of love, do they stem from man or woman? This is the question underlying Marivaux's La Dispute, one of his most disconcerting and incisive plays, which constitutes the core of the libretto of Benoît Mernier's second opera. To finally resolve this burning philosophical issue, a diabolical experiment brings together four youngsters raised in isolation from the world and, before our eyes, discover love and their first betrayals. For this work, the Belgian composer collaborated closely with the librettists Ursel Herrmann and Joël Lauwers. This gives him the opportunity to again grapple with the awakening of desire following on from his Frühlings Erwachen in 2007. Conducted by Patrick Davin, this Dispute is directed by the Herrmanns, taking on a contemporary work for the first time.


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Not really. Did you know it's Spider-Man's 50th anniversary! For years, I've heard people mention that if Spider-Man does whatever a Spider can, then he would shoot web out his butt. I recently noticed that if you switch the places of Spider-Man and the Thug on AF #15 (his first appearance) you essentially have the poses you need to make this concept work...
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Rejected Spider-Man Origin Cover
Posted by Kerry Callen at 8:03 PM
Labels: Callen art, Callen Parody, comic books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, tacky
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- Mike D. said...
That is very funny Kerry. You really got the Ditko look down there too.
- August 26, 2012 at 10:59 AM
The Ventures Bros. have examined this issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12YySfp25A
- August 26, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Kerry Callen said...
HA! I'm not surprised. Thanks for the link. I don't know why I don't watch the Venture Bros. more often....
- August 26, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Michael said...
Also, with the added bonus of Spider-Man not shooting the webbing straight out of his butt.
- August 27, 2012 at 9:09 AM
thanks for posting.
- September 14, 2012 at 3:49 AM
- Anthony Vukojevich said...
I laughed out loud
- October 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- Doc Savage said...
Except that cover is by Jack Kirby, not Steve Ditko.
- February 8, 2014 at 8:13 PM
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I bring you greetings from the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. We are the only current Confederate heritage organization founded by actual Confederate Veterans. In 1938 in Columbia, South Carolina, former Confederate Officers formed the Military Order of the Stars and Bars to honor the Confederate Officer Corps and the government officials of the Confederacy. Present at that meeting were fifteen former Confederate Officers as well as sons and grandsons of other Confederate Officers. Our members are all lineal or collateral descendants from these two groups. A large number of our members have also served in the armed forces of the United States. We are loyal Americans whose mission is to honor our ancestors and our Southern heritage.
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We are mindful of the hundreds of thousands of individuals who died in this conflict as well as those who survived it. Our mission is to honor our ancestors who went to War and fought bravely for our cause. We are proud of our heritage and will continue our efforts to preserve it. We also strive to work side by side with other Confederate heritage organizations including the Sons of Confederate Veterans to preserve our rich Confederate heritage and history. Deo Vindice!
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ACF's team will provide rice, sugar, oil and vegetables to more than 40,000 people who have lost their harvests and reserves after the heavy rains. ACF had already distributed food items after the region experienced its strongest seasonal rainfall in 11 years last July. This represents an urgent measure to assist the thousands of affected who, six months after the floods, are still dependent on external help in order to survive.
"The population did not have time to recover from the last flood before the second season of even more intense rains arrived," explains Alejandro Zurita, ACF's Country Director in Colombia. It has been six months without rest for the inhabitants of Córdoba and La Mojana. The rains have left entire villages flooded, crops submerged and basic infrastructure destroyed. The overflowing of the Cauca river, one of the most plentiful in the country, has further aggravated the situation.
"The intensity of the rains has provoked an emergency situation in which it is essential to work rapidly. ACF is intervening in a close partnership with the United Nations and the National Authority for the Prevention and Attention of Disasters," adds Jorge Salamanca, Action Against Hunger's desk officer for Latin America.
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Against a backdrop of improving economic conditions in the U.S. and the stock market reaching an all-time high, insurers continue to reposition and reinvent their products, strategies and services. These changes enable insurers to offer advisors and investors a broad range of products despite the challenges of the continuing low interest rate environment. For advisors, staying up-to-date with the changes in the market and the characteristics of the products currently available is critical to ensuring that you can serve the needs of your clients.
In recent months we have seen John Hancock exit the annuity business altogether, while other companies have limited the amount of annuity business they accept to help actively manage their risk. Some companies have even offered to buy out the guarantees in exchange for adding a lump-sum to the client's account value. On the other hand, a few companies have made the strategic decision to add variable annuities (VAs), fixed indexed annuities or fixed annuities to their platform. These companies hope to take advantage of the unmet marketplace need for higher rates of return and guaranteed income.
At Ernst & Young, we continuously monitor the product and solution landscape to help organizations and advisors keep abreast of the ever-changing market. We have identified five trends that will influence the annuity marketplace in 2013.
1. The reshaping of the VA market: Opportunities remain for advisors who can navigate the new landscape. Record low interest rates and the costly price of hedging are causing insurers to continually evaluate whether they want to remain in the variable annuity business. Several companies will continue to curtail sales of variable annuities by lowering the benefits, while others will manage sales volumes by no longer accepting 1035 exchanges. Additionally, insurers will continue to drop aggressive investment options on their variable annuities and move customers into funds that are less volatile. It remains to be seen if additional buyout offers to contract owners will be made or expanded to other GMXB benefits.
2. Hybrid products – good for clients, good for advisors? Companies have started to file and introduce products that are hybrids of variable annuities and fixed products. These products have an upside for both the company and the client due to the lower capital requirements for the company and the downside protection offered to the contract owner. As with any new offering, it is yet to be seen how these products will be received and how product designs will evolve. However, the initial designs appear to provide an attractive option for customers. Potential regulatory headwinds exist.
3. Can new entrants fill the gap? Even though several companies have exited the annuity business, other carriers are adding annuities to their platform. In some cases, when exiting a line of business or market, the books of business, operations and distribution are often available for sale. This availability enables aggressive entrants to quickly build operational scale and capacity, and ultimately market share. Acceptance by channel and product will likely vary, with fixed annuities by independent marketing organizations (IMO), broker-dealer and bank platforms leading the way.
4. Top products for an advisor platform. Over the last two years, many companies have introduced variable annuity products targeted to Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) with features that offer guaranteed lifetime income. However, the growth in the RIA variable annuity marketplace has been slower than anticipated and significant obstacles exist that will limit future growth in this space. Given that many RIAs have a preference for other methods of generating retirement income, it is likely that placement rates may remain low for some time. New products and features will attempt to reverse this perception.
5. Meeting suitability and other sales practice requirements. We are now starting to see some effects of FINRA's new suitability and know-your-customer (KYC) rules that took effect in July 2012. In response to the new regulations, many firms have established procedures for gathering client information, record-keeping and product training to ensure that advisors understand their new KYC and suitability obligations. Challenges include capturing the right data, asking for more information, if necessary, and proper documentation. Firms are trying to anticipate regulators' inquiries and challenges and are setting up internal governance structures. Many firms are setting up structures to regularly monitor third-party distributors.
Annuities offer clients predictability and security in any market so we will continue to see the insurance industry focus on them. Manufacturers will look to diversify their product lines, products and features so that they are not over-concentrated in any one area. The industry will seek to achieve the optimal balance of what is best for the client, advisor and shareholder. Over the coming weeks, we will explore each of these trends in more detail so that you can continue to keep your competitive edge in 2013.
The opinions expressed in this article reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of Ernst & Young LLP.
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I agree. There have been times in my life where things seemed too good or too bad to be deemed coincidence but when I really thought about them, they fit better under the category of probability when all things were considered. When you have a truly open mind it is not hard to figure these things out.
I agree with you 100%. Destiny suggests that your life is pre-written and that would make free-will a myth. But I know I have free will because I am making my own decisions. I don't believe that there's an imaginary book somewhere that says what's going to happen, and changes it to punish or reward me for those actions when they stray from that book. What if destiny and karma were both real and I am supposed to murder a chicken? Would it be pre-written that I should have to pay the consequences of taking that chicken's life? It doesn't make any sense. I believe that we "write" (live) our own "books" (lives).
Are you sure you're making your own decisions? Who is "you"? Your soul? If not a soul, it's your brain, but your brain is just matter obeying physical laws, like anything else. We wouldn't say a star is making its own decision to collapse in on itself and go supernova -- it's just a ball of matter obeying physical laws. I know this is a big, difficult topic, but Sam Harris and many others think that free will is a nonstarter. It makes you think.
" I believe things just happen, its coincidence, chance & probability at work."
Exactly! I cringe when I hear people talk about their got's plan for them, their loved ones etc. Don't they ever look around and realize that if IT was there IT has better things to do than help Elroy get a job or aunt Dot's medical checkup is ok?
IT being the non-gender specific, non-denominational descriptor of their non-sense delusion.
Another brand of bullshit.
things do happen for a reason, and that reason is always....physics.
You do not stand alone, but do not confuse atheism with skepticism. Some people claim to be atheists, "because they hate god," or because, "they don't feel it," not because they apply skepticism to all ideas/beliefs equally.
I think this is similar to the point I was trying to make with my post about Plato's reason vs. appetite. Those who completely subscribe to European cultural thought (and refuse to acknowledge others as valid or even more valid) feel they need to put reason and emotion (skepticism) in opposition, but I disagree, they can coexist for the "reason" you mentioned. They are appositional. JMO
Point of clarification: If I understand correctly, you identify as an atheist because you do not believe that a higher, immeasurable power, which besides god includes karma. This is a consistent skeptical position (with which I personally agree). My point was that not everyone came to self-identify as an atheist for the same reasons. I made no claim about whether this was right or wrong, and I certainly did not try to make the argument that outspoken atheists such as Hitchens were not skeptics. Beyond those who don't meet a more objective criteria for atheism despite claiming the label (e.g. people who say they are atheists because they hate god, which is a difficult thing to do if you don't think such a thing exists), there are atheists who apply skepticism to the question of god or no god and not other questions or areas of life. In psychology, they call this compartmentalizing, and we as humans are excellent at it. I'm not saying this is a good thing, just that it exists and it is a likely explanation for why you meet some people who say they are an atheist but also talk about a belief in karma.


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Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram broke in hysterical tears during her recent concert in Irbil Iraq, after the audience forced themselves on stage and surrounded her from all sides. The singer became very scared during the concert, which did not go according to plans.
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Apparently Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were supposed to fly out to London on the same flight. When an airline employee noticed that they were both booked in first class, she alerted Aniston's people and Aniston ended up rescheduling.
Stupid, stupid airline employee.
Great gossip was thwarted by a stupid airline employee.
Why go to Aniston first?
I guess the assumption is that she'd be more flexible. But if you were Aniston (and if this was actually true), would you blink? Or would you stand your ground? Would you be like, "why should I get off this f-cking plane?"
For what it's worth, Jen's rep says she was never booked on Angelina's flight and this is all about nothing. Yeah but would he really admit that she ducked out?


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