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It was Reid Lance Rosenthal's tweet about being the only male writer at a romance writers' convention that caught my attention. I checked out his website, liked what I saw, and dared to ask him if he would be willing to write a guest post for Romantic Shorts' authors. Inspired by his enthusiasm and smooth cowboy style, I was thrilled to have him agree to help out.
I expected a little something that would encourage, teach, maybe give a little insight into the male perspective on romance. What I got was probably one of the most romantic pieces of writing I've ever read. I think Reid thought he was writing about writing. But I was reading about romance. So much so, that I decided to share this with our readers, as well as our writers. What follows below isn't fiction.
It's what every woman wants to hear…
A #1 Best Seller, Eight National Awards,
A Cowboy Hat, and He Writes…Romance?
My two most favorite tasks in a novel are writing descriptions of scenes, and romantic interaction between the characters. I was hard at work in late winter 2010, pacing back and forth, dictating some sizzling passages of Threads West from the POV of one of the characters, Inga—a tall, sexy blonde from Norway with a sweet soul and a dark secret. I was so engrossed in Inga's pounding heart, hot rush of passionate fever, and trembling thighs evoked by the knowing fingers of her lover, that I failed to hear three neighbors walk in. I paused in the dictation—which they had evidently overheard—and looked up into startled faces, wondering stares, and eyes that embarrassedly averted mine.
There was a long, pregnant (no pun) pause. One of them, John, finally stuttered, "Came over to talk about spring pasture, ah….uh….."
Another quickly jumped in to assist John, "Ah…yeah—you gonna to be putting out your own critters over there?" He gestured feebly behind him towards the mountain across the road, his voice trailed off, and he looked down at the toes of his galosh covered cowboy boots.
The third, Kyle, fidgeted uneasily but was not so bashful. "You ok? What the hell are you doing?"
I realized that they had heard Inga moaning, consumed by sexual heat, absorbing the deep repeated thrusts of her lover. I grinned, "I am writing a novel."
Three sets of bushy eyebrows cocked quizzically in unison. There was total silence. Kyle finally closed his mouth, reached into his pocket and studiously took out a chew. "A novel?", there was doubt and concern in his voice. "What kind of novel?"
"A Historical Western Romance" I replied, almost beginning to enjoy their discomfort.
"Yep, Romance," I laughed. "You boys will like it." I told them just a tad about the story. When I was done they stared wide eyed at me, cast furtive looks at one another, nodded their heads and began to back out the door.
They have all read Threads West, mostly out of curiosity to begin with, I suspect. When I see them now, there is little talk about the weather or cows. Their first words are always, "Where is that damn second book?"
However, there are still plenty of folks, including some who have interviewed me on radio or TV who think—even if they do not voice—A man writing romance? I have had the same reaction along the way from some of the more well-known gals writing in that genre.
I don't blame them for raising a suspicious eyebrow. There are very few male romance writers, fewer still, if any, male western romance writers, and I'm not sure there's any cowboy writing historical or any other type of sizzling love story. Those who meet me under the conditions of discussing my being a western romance writer generally cast a glance from my well-worn cowboy boots to my cowboy hat, observe my tanned calloused paws, sniff in what I've been told is a high testosterone macho image and-though not often said- I'm certain think, no way could this guy write romance. However, I am a romantic guy!
Every human being on the face of the planet has experienced romantic tingles and the current which flows through us all from the land. As Americans, we all feel that unique essence known as the American spirit. Those universal energies are the saddle we all share on this horse called earth, and they tickle that same core area in our soul and libidos. For me, the combination of the three gives flow, direction and purpose to my writing and makes it a joy. I take particular delight in writing emotion, sensory pleasure, and torrid longings from the female perspective. Some who know me well might say that's from experience. In fact, I have been blessed. I have known great, real loves, and have been fortunate to enjoy overwhelming passions. Women are truly wonderful. However, when those types of queries become more probing, my simple, discretion laden reply is, "I have read library books." There's no sense getting shot before I finish the Threads West series.
Life is half-art, half science. Emotions mix with knowledge. The energy input and output of the spirit blends with the progression of the mind. Novels are about life. That's why the influences on my writing all flow from the land and personal interaction with real people and personalities I've known — you might call that the science portion of my words. The art of creating a mind image with phrases which stimulate emotion and physiological reaction is also an equally important influence. The weave of Western relationships is always the land. The intertwined twist of pioneers, ranch and romance are the loom of the fascinating life threads of the driven men and feisty women of the Old West. The foundation of my stories are those realities.
Combine these primal basic forces of land and love (or lust), mix in detailed historical fact, the West, the American spirit, and the interplay of strong, conflicted male and female personalities with authentic flaws and steamy passions, and "wa-la," we have a Historical Western Romance! It is not an oft written genre, and I am the only rancher/cowboy writing heated tales of the multi-cultural West.
The key, though—this newbie author believes—is to be able to write equally compelling versions of the same act from both the male and female POV! How do I insert myself in the skin of a woman and write from her vantage? No, I do not squeeze into my fringed tutu, or a set of pink chaps! A great female editor helps immensely, but most important is the accurate tap of direct and indirect empirical experience. Fiction is but the shadow of real life.
In general, women are more in touch with their senses, emotions and perception than most men. But I know (those library books say so) that when a woman gives her heart and body to a man, his scent will be in the memory of her smell, his smile part of her vision, and the texture of his skin, or the traces of his fingertips along her curves ingrained in her tactile data bank. The timbre of his voice will be the sound she most often recalls. When a woman is in love, or lust, her man is an integral part of all of her senses, foremost in her mind, soul and body.
There are exceptions to all rules, but typically a woman is drawn to masculinity, strength, relative stability, brains and a man secure enough with himself to accept her and all her female facets – beauty, intelligence, sex appeal, femininity, and individuality including the occasional Mars versus Venus moments. My job as an author is to show—not tell—those gripping interconnecting facets of male and female personalities and apply them to dialogue, action and reaction in the arc of the story. If I do a good job, the memory of the reader—male or female– will connect to and experience the soft caress, meld of warm seeking lips, electricity of searching fingertips—and on a much deeper level recall the emotions and thoughts of their own similar life experience.
Though some incredibly disagree, the basic universal truth is that a woman is a woman and a man is a man. They are two very different creatures. In a novel, as in life, the personalities of both sexes project a certain individual aura and mystique. Mystique is projection through dress, looks, speech, activities, interplay with the opposite sex, and lifestyle. Aura is something deeper. It is the power of presence, inner energy of the soul, the core pulse of primal current and the promise of base passion and torrid romance. We all know people of either gender whose simple entry into a room changes the atmosphere. One can almost palpably feel their life energy, enthusiasm, emotion, innate strength and sexual halo. All my characters, male and female, possess those qualities. Some have a dark energy—others light. But all are both strong yet vulnerable, each in his or her own unique, gender driven way.
A woman feels like she is a woman through a man's chivalry, acknowledgement of her femininity, appreciation of her intellect, and consideration of her views. Subject to the caveat of historical mores, she feels "all woman" when a man's physical need and irresistible primal attraction to her sexual being is spoken and demonstrated often via tone, whisper, touch, romantic gesture, or lovemaking. Penning these complexities of the man-woman tango from the authentic viewpoint of either sex is, in my humble opinion, well written romance. When the heads of readers bob in empathy, and their own life experiences mold seamlessly into the deliciously torrid blends, emotions and actions of the characters, I have struck the chord. Most women demand and deserve respect for their independence, accomplishments, and contribution. My goal is to write convincingly of the inner power a woman feels not only within her own persona, but also in her certainty that her man appreciates her not just for those fine attributes, but equally craves the curve of her hips, how her touch takes his breath away, and how she is the focus of his deepest desire.
If female romance readers were polled as to their favorite male characters in this book or that and why, it would be clear that different women gravitate toward different "fictional" personalities just as in real life women find certain men alluring and others not. Based on reader comments received on Threads West, some gals gravitate toward the roguish courage and nonchalant good natured deviltry of Johannes. Others are drawn to the thoughtful, careful, but brave mixture of physicality and mental aptitude that Reuben displays. Still others are pulled by the quiet lone wolf nature, perseverance, wilderness smarts, and life experience which embodies Zeb. The opposite is equally true. Rebecca's haughty beauty, aloof, quick and cunning mind—Inga's tall, sensual stature, and smart but guilt-ridden personality—and Sarah's curious mixture of attractive naivety and deep inner strength are magnets to some, but not all, of the male characters. I have tried to impart both aura and mystique to these personalities. I step through the portal of my scene description, which usually begins each chapter, share their stage and—literally—join with them in some mystical, physical and mental way. Then I find I can write as if I am them. I can see through their eyes, hear through their ears and feel from their hearts. The characters in any novel must be authentic and true, but particularly in a romantic tale because every reader has had his or her own romantic encounters.
Men and women have mental and emotional defenses or walls. Well written complex characters in romance novels do, too. In Threads West, Johannes struggles with the inner realization that he has nothing to show for life, Inga hides her dark secret and mistrust of men, Rebecca uses her stunning goods looks as a means to an end, employing snotty aggression in defense to male advances, and Zeb just doesn't like women. As in real life, these barriers to "all man-all woman" relationships are the result of past empirical experiences, the nay saying or warnings of society, religious or family instruction, and social caste. Many women tend to run from their sexuality, that "all woman" center of their being, fearful of letting it show, losing control, getting hurt, relinquishing independence.
Some of both sexes think expression of physical want is perhaps a sign of weakness. If we return to the time proven blend of romance novel and real life, and the sexual recipe of a man is a man and a woman is a woman, we know with certainty that the overwhelming majority of men and women each have a deep, inner primal core. Why ignore or hide it in either life or between the covers (of a book or otherwise)? Embrace it both in person, and with a pen! This is one million years of evolution at work, there's nothing improper with attraction, there's certainly nothing wrong with acting on mutual animal magnetism in a primal way, and there is surely no bad in writing the wonder of it all with sensuous accuracy from either gender's perspective.
It is the little things, flowing both ways, that creates real romance and the foundation for hot sizzle in real life! A hand resting lightly on a forearm, the flicker of an eyelash, a tongue run slowly across an upper lip, a wide eyed, soft but steady gaze of the eyes – coquettish, inviting, penetrating, and adoring, all send a message. The upward spiral to hot skin against hot skin will then proceed. So too, with the characters in my novels. One must make the life and love of the story the interchangeable paintbrush applied by either sex to the palette of their lover's mind.
But, that returns us full circle to the basics of male-female synergy. To write convincingly from each gender's perspective sexual tension, desire, and physical interchange, one must realize that equally as important as the words "I love you," are the words "I want you."
The blank stares, dubious flickers of the eyes, and slight, "yeah-sure" smiles continue when I talk to folks about being a Western Romance author. To those who still mutter "pssshaw" at the concept of a man's man cowpoke penning tales from the equal vantage of male and female which twine the West with romantic adventure, white hot connections, and love lost and gained, I say, with twinkling eye and a cowboy grin, "Betcha can't read just one!"
About the Series:
The Adventure and Romance of the West wrapped in a silver bolo of the American spirit. This is our story.
One saga spanning one hundred seventy years of our history, brim full of adventure, sensuality and history. Eight sizzling reads. This American epic begins with Threads West, winner of seven National Awards including Best Western, 2010, Best Romance 2011, and Best Historical Fiction, 2011. This multiple #1 best-selling, first of eight historical western romance novels is being compared to Lonesome Dove, Gone with the Wind and Centennial by reviewers, authors and readers alike. Then brace yourself as the final novel continues the tale in the real time of the tempestuous contemporary West, replete with current social, financial, resource, and political nuances. Set in authentic locations on three continents and in the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains, the life threads of four generations of characters—whose personalities are forged by the land, it's evolution and the promise of America—live, love, struggle, die, fail and succeed. In the beginning they have neither country nor culture in common—but the threads of the textured and conflicted lives of these strong women and driven men become part of the fabric of the undulating landscape of the West, and are woven into the rich and passionate tapestry of an emerging nation.
Throughout the series the energy, magnetism and evolution of the land shapes personalities and destinies with promise, freedom, self-determination, economic opportunity, power and greed. The universal energies of romance and torrid passions shape relationships and enmities, creating a real and engrossing pattern of intrigue, treachery and deep love.
Through the characters' eyes and senses we experience carefully interwoven historical fact and little-known highly nuanced true tales. The saga spans 170 years, four generations and more than 38 primary characters ending powerfully with the final book, Summits, set in the real-time of the contemporary West. In the conclusion, the West, as in modern reality, serves as the anchor for America, her spirit, and principles of years past now under assault by conflicting interests, economic adversity, a global ideological war, and a sharp divergence in opinions and aspirations of the nation's burgeoning and increasingly restless population.
Threads West, An American Saga is the adventure and romance of the West wrapped in the silver bolo of the American spirit. It is our story. It is the ongoing tale of us.
About Book One, Threads West:
Threads West is the namesake and first book of a eight-novel series, Threads West, An American Saga. This epic begins in 1855 with the first of four richly textured complex generations of unforgettable characters. The separate lives of these driven men and independent women are drawn to a common destiny that beckons seductively in the wild remote flanks of the American West. They are swept into the dangerous currents of the far distant frontier by the mysterious rivers of fate, the power of the land, and the American spirit. Threads West is of the adventure and romance of the West wrapped in a silver bolo the American spirit. It is a tale with a message. The adventure, romance, duplicity, ambition, failure and success is our story.
About Book Two, Maps of Fate:
The multiple #1 Best-Selling Threads West An American Saga series, winner of seven national awards, continues with the second Novel, Maps of Fate, being released by Wyoming based Rockin SR Publishing, in affiliation with Narrow Gate Books, of Texas, and Midpoint Trade Books of New York, New York.
Maps of Fate builds suspense of this epic series. The dark history and elusive promise of the Threads West parchment maps plays out. The characters you've come to know and care for in Book One are propelled from one adventure, danger, romantic twist, and encounter to the next as they hurtle towards their destinies through the late 1850's and 1860's: Lethal surprises overtake some of the Threads West personalities as they are forced to defend their lands, their loved ones and their honor. New characters, both good and evil, catapult into the tapestry of the tale.
A surprising convergence of events sets in motion the thrilling, yet heartrending conclusion of Maps of Fate, setting the stage for continuation of the saga in Book Three, North to Wyoming.
Enter Reid's Valentine's Day Contest to win one of a dozen Threads West prizes.
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It will be one near-miss for man. But a new breed of space entrepreneurs hope it will presage one giant leap for mankind.
When Asteroid 2012-DA14 hurtles past Earth February 15 in what counts as the closest of cosmic calls, U.S. government scientists will be closely tracking its path from NASA's observatory in the Californian desert.
Not least thanks to the attention of Hollywood, the world's interest in asteroid fly-bys has until now been focused on the danger of a cataclysmic collision.
The 130,000-ton lump of debris measuring 45 metres across will pass at 29,000 km/h within 27,000 km — the largest asteroid to fly so close since we've been tracking them. It will be closer than many of the satellites circling the planet, though it's unlikely to collide with them, according to NASA.
For aspiring asteroid miners, the fly-by symbolizes a new commercial opening on the final frontier.
It may sound more like science fiction than imminent reality, but two U.S. companies have been outlining plans to harvest asteroids for mineral wealth in what they hope will be a 21st century equivalent of gold and oil rushes.
They intend to deploy small satellites to prospect asteroids, then effectively lasso them, transporting them into Earth's orbit to harvest precious metals and liquids.
The newest entrant to the fast-developing asteroid mining world is Deep Space Industries, which has just unveiled ambitious plans to send prospecting spacecraft in two years' time and begin extraction by 2020.
"It is exciting to be present at the beginning of the second space age, led by commercial businesses," David Gump, Deep Space's chief executive, told The Sunday Telegraph.
"The biggest challenge for humanity expanding into space is the cost of launching material from the ground. If you can get the materials in space, that is a huge step towards expanding human civilisation beyond Earth."
His company is now a competitor to Planetary Resources, which launched last year with a roster of investors that includes Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, and James Cameron, the film director and deep-sea explorer.
Led by Eric Anderson, co-founder of Space Adventures, which took seven wealthy individuals to the International Space Station, Planetary Resources plans to use miniature spacecraft-telescopes to survey asteroids. It will launch them in partnership with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism business.
Deep Space intends to rent space on larger satellites to launch three 55lb mini-satellites called Fireflies in 2015 on six-month missions to take photographs for the first close-up views of asteroids.
A year later, it would dispatch 70lb Dragonflies on return expeditions lasting two to four years to collect samples of material, identifying viable asteroids and bring them into Earth's orbit to start mining by 2020 using a third generation of spacecraft, the Harvester.
Either or both companies could fall quickly, but success is a long-term proposition
The technology is in the early days for this most challenging stage, Mr Gump said. Deep Space expects to use a large satellite to drag an asteroid out of its orbit around the sun, and into the Earth's orbit. The target asteroids would be small, maybe just 5-7 metres across, but if correctly identified should contain hundreds of tons of material. Extraction would focus initially on liquids that can be turned into fuel to extend the life of commercial satellites.
The companies are cagey about costs, but Deep Space is courting investors for the Fireflies phase, which it estimates will require $20-million.
Some sceptics, however, view their proposals as out-of-this-world in all respects, given current space capabilities.
"Either or both companies could fall quickly, but success is a long-term proposition," Jeff Foust, editor of Space Review, noted. "Turning asteroid mining from science fiction into reality is something that will take years to develop. The bubble could pop quickly, but the boom will take place in slow motion."

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Washington (CNN) - A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of CNN Washington's brand new state-of-the-art studio using time-lapse photography.
The 2,200 square foot state-of-the-art studio contains 109 monitors, including three large video walls and two "Magic Walls." It will also be used for CNN's "State of the Union" and "Reliable Sources," and as the CNN Election Center.
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(CNN) -- Thousands of e-mails released Wednesday by the university once attended by the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect reveal James Holmes may have once had a romantic relationship with a fellow graduate student and possibly had two badges for the campus at the time of the attack.
The University of Colorado at Denver, in response to media requests for Holmes' records, released more than 3,800 e-mails that were sent or received by Holmes or mentioned his name in the text.
Holmes is accused of going on a shooting spree during a midnight screening of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" July 20 at an Aurora cinema, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
One e-mail sent about 11 hours after the shooting said Holmes may have been involved for a short time with a student in a professor's program.
"She, fortunately, it turns out is in India right now," an e-mail from the professor says. "She knows, and is pretty freaked out."
Also Wednesday, CNN affiliate KMGH reported sources said Holmes began to fantasize about killing "a lot of people" in early June, nearly six weeks before the shootings.
The sources, who were not identified by the station but who were described as being familiar with the investigation, told KMGH that a doctor treating Holmes was asked in June if she wanted to order him held for 72 hours to be evaluated by mental health professionals. But the station's sources said the doctor decided against it because Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the school.
But an e-mail sent in July on the day of the shootings within the school's information technology department acknowledged that Holmes still had an active computer account at the time, and two badges for the campus.
One official in the IT department answered the original message by saying that the department should only act on the legal department's advice and not deactivate Holmes' computer access.
Hundreds of the e-mails released were redacted by the school, citing privacy laws.
Many of the ones that weren't were sent between university officials in the aftermath of the killings, including one sent about seven hours later with the subject line "Horrible News."
The professor who wrote the e-mail wonders if the suspect is the James Holmes she knows and asks others if they think it would be wise to meet with the students who may have had class with him.
Other e-mails among those released were purportedly from Holmes, usually signed with "Cheers, James Holmes."
The movie theater complex where the shootings occurred will reopen to the public on Jan. 18, the Aurora mayor's office said Wednesday.
Victims and their families will be invited to visit the theater on January 15 and 16, the mayor's office said. The next night the theater will host an event for other invited guests then will show free movies for the first three days it is open to everyone.
Holmes, who faces 152 charges, including murder and weapons offenses, is next due in court Dec. 10.
CNN's Jim Spellman in Denver and John Fricke in Atlanta contributed to this report
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Watch: After Being Named Oscars Host, Kevin Hart Comes Under Fire for Homophobic 'Jokes'
It was announced this week that Kevin Hart will be hosting the 91st Academy Awards in February but the comedian is now facing a backlash after the Internet called out anti-gay "jokes" he's made in the past.
IndieWire is reporting that Erik Anderson, the founder of the awards season website Awards Watch, took to social media not long after Hart confirmed he will be the host for the 2019 Oscars. Anderson called out the comedian's past comments about potentially having a gay son.
"Considering how many of the Oscars' biggest fans are women and gay men it's quite something for the Academy to hire a guy who beat one wife, cheated on another when she was eight months pregnant and said one of his biggest fears is his son growing up and being gay," Anderson wrote.
Last year, Hart admitted to cheating on his wife Eniko Parrish while she was pregnant earlier that year. In his 2017 memoir, Hart also admitted that there were times where his relationship with his first wife, Torrie Hart, became violent.
Nevertheless, it's Hart's comments about the possibility of having a gay son that seem to be drawing the most ire. The Guardian's Benjamin Lee took aim at Hart's 2010 comedy special "Seriously Funny" in a piece published this week. In Hart's standup, he explains how he'd react to his son growing up to be gay.
"One of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay," Hart says in the special. "That's a fear. Keep in mind, I'm not homophobic.... Be happy. Do what you want to do. But me, as a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will."
In the same special, Hart carries out a skit in which he reflects on the times his son gave him "homosexual tendencies." Hart joked that he'd tell his son, "Stop, that's gay!"
"And the Oscar for most homophobic host ever goes to...," Lee tweeted.
In a 2015 Rolling Stones interview, however, Hart said he would not tell that joke again and that his bit had to do with his own insecurities and not the LGBTQ community.
Hart sparked controversy again in 2015 with "Get Hard," a comedy he stars in alongside Will Farrell. That film was criticized for "spending much of its run-time obsessing over gay panic, and the character's disgust at anal sex," Ben Arnold for Yahoo Movies UK writes. Arnold also notes Hart reportedly turned down a role in the 2008 comedy "Tropic Thunder" because his character was gay and the behavior was "real flagrant."
IndieWire notes that the 2019 Oscars could feature a number of LGBTQ related nominations, including films for "Boy Erased," "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" as well as an acting nomination for Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," as well as one for LGBTQ advocate Lady Gaga for her turn in "A Star is Born."
Though this is the first time the "Ride Along" star has hosted the Oscars, Hart has had similar gigs, hosting the BET Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Movie and TV Awards.
Hart has not commented on the backlash, but said he will "be sure to make this year's Oscars a special one."
"I appreciate The Academy for the opportunity... now it's time to rise to the occasion," he said in a statement.
The 91st Academy Awards are held on Feb. 24, 2019.
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Forget about all those milllions that California has kicked into the Obama campaign cofferes this year. It's now all about the swing states — and this proves it.
President Barack Obama told Jay Leno last night that he was leaning toward rooting for the Detriot Tigers over the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.
Here's how the Detroit News puts it:
Obama said on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Wednesday he may support the Tigers, even though they defeated his favorite team — the Chicago White Sox — in the American League Central division.
"I will say, I've spent a lot of time in Detroit lately, and I didn't want to let Detroit go bankrupt. So in this particular World Series, I might be a little partial," Obama said in comments taped before the Tigers lost the opening game of the series, 8-3, to the San Francisco Giants.
While the president has spent a lot of time talking about Detroit, he hasn't visited Detroit since September 2011, when he spoke at a Labor Day rally, and last visited Michigan on April 18, when he held fundraisers in Dearborn and Bingham Farms. The president has visited Michigan 11 times since taking office, but only visited the Motor City twice since becoming president.
We can tell you the President has visited California 17 times, mostly for money. And more money.
And look what it gets us.
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Lamb Meatballs with a Broken Yogurt Saffron Sauce
At 2am I got out of bed and went to the kitchen to write down a recipe idea for a lamb, blood orange, feta and mint tapas. Yes, 2am, if I have an idea and I don't write it down it is apt to disappear. I will stop anything I am doing to write down a recipe Crystal. I went back to sleep and on Sunday I started working on my new idea. Made it, loved it and its many layers of flavor. I photographed it and went about my day. The recipe makes 16 meatballs so there were leftovers and now it was dinner time. This was a spur of the moment creation that happened at the stove and it, at least to us who ate it, is amazing. The blood orange zest, mint and feta all stand out and hit the palate in different places and at different times. This uses whole milk yogurt and I usually don't care if people substitute but this is probably one time I would think twice and not use lowfat yogurt. Normally I would have sauteed the meatballs in the same pan as I was going to make the sauce but in this case I think by precooking them it keeps all the flavors from becoming muddled. I served it with a simple cous cous and some braised kale with pine nuts and raisins.
Serves 4
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1/3 cup bread crumbs
3 tablespoons whole milk
2 teaspoons orange zest or blood orange when in season,, finely grated, about 1 orange
1 teaspoon whole cumin, crushed in a mortar and pestal
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon minced shallot
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 pound ground lamb
1 egg
1/3 cup Manchego cheese, grated
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. To make the panada, in a large mixing bowl combine the milk, bread crumbs, zest and cumin and set aside. In a small saute pan, set over medium heat, add the olive oil and sweat the shallot and garlic until translucent. Season with salt and pepper remove it from the heat and let it cool a little and then add it to the bread mixture California Fitness
. Add salt and pepper, about a 1/2 teaspoon of Kosher salt and then combine the panada with the lamb, egg and Manchego. Using your hands mix it until the mixture becomes sticky and has absorbed all the egg.
Place parchment paper onto, or lightly oil, a sheet tray. I used a number 40 scoop to make the meatballs but a walnut sized piece would be about the same size. Roll the meatballs in your hands until they are smooth and round. Place all the meatballs onto the sheet tray and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. This can be done in advance and the meatballs can be stored, covered, in the fridge.
For the broken yogurt sauce:
1 1/2 teaspoons each of ground cardamom, coriander, fenugreek, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, cayanne, black pepper and seasalt
1 tablespoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon tumeric
1 onion, sliced thin, approx 1 cup
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pinch saffron, a healthy pinch, crumbled
2 teaspoons Double concentrated tomato paste, the stuff in the tube
1 cup whole milk yogurt
1/2 cup heavy cream
Kosher salt and white pepper
1/2 cup sheeps milk feta, crumbled finely
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh mint, minced
To make the Ethiopian spice mix combine all the spices, paprika and turmeric in a mixing bowl and mix to combine. This makes more than enough spice and it is a great addition to lentils and many other dishes. Remove 1 tablespoon of the mix and place the remainder in a jar with a lid and store.
Place a 10 inch saute pan over medium high heat. Add add the olive oil and onions and saute until the onions just start to brown California Fitness. Add the garlic and once you start to smell the aroma of the garlic add 1 tablespoon of the Ethiopian spice mix then the saffron and tomato paste. Stir to combine the ingredients and then add the yogurt and cream. Let itcome to a boil, this should break the yogurt into tiny globules, and then add the meatballs. Stir to coat the meatballs and reduce the heat to a simmer stirring occasionally to keep the sauce from scorching on the bottom of the pan. Simmer until the meatballs are warmed all the way through. Place the meatballs onto a warmed platter and top them with the sauce and then sprinkle with crumbled feta and mint. Serve.
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Health officials are encouraging doctors who support the health law to help save it. By telling patients about how the Affordable Care Act will benefit them and the entire system, physicians can help garner support for the ACA, said Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services.
"The notion that [you] are going to share factual information and have people share that information with friends and neighbors and patients on websites, in blogs, and church groups, and at [parent/teacher organization meetings], that's really what makes a huge impact," Ms. Sebelius said while addressing primary care and specialist physicians at the annual conference of Doctors for America. She added that doctors should not only spread the news, but become a part of the process as well.
"Your comment, certainly, about what is happening in rulemaking is helpful … but more than that is participating in some of the new models of care," Ms. Sebelius said.
Many physicians are skeptical about the ACA according to some surveys. However, Doctors for America is among those who support of the law. It remains to be seen whether there's enough agreement among doctors to make a difference.
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After nearly two years of lobbying, the Chinese government finally learned this week that its currency would be part of the International Monetary Fund's special group of world currencies. Its currency, the renminbi, will now join a short list of the world's top currencies in the International Monetary Fund's basket of top currencies that also include the U.S. dollar, the Euro, the British pound, and the Japanese Yen.
The decision represents a huge moral victory for China, though the actual effect of the decision has a much less significant practical impact. The decision adds China's currency to those of other countries whose currencies make up the "Special Drawing Right." The typical use of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) in a practical sense allows the IMF and other lenders to draw up accounts using these currencies as their standard. However, from a symbolic standpoint, the currencies in the SDR have traditionally represented the most powerful currencies in global financial markets.
Thus, while gaining little practical benefit, China's inclusion ranks as a significant boost to national pride. Though others engaging in international borrowing will not necessarily be required to hold the Renminbi, inclusion on this list represents just how powerful China's economy has become.
Though currencies on this list have traditionally been "freely usable," critics point out that China's Renminbi has long been anything but that. However, the decision demonstrates just how far China has come in liberalizing its economy and currency. This allows the IMF to concede to Chinese pressure on this measure without significant danger and without losing face.
In order to achieve this honor, China has enacted a number of reforms over the last year, including loosening the central bank's management of the exchange rate, allowing foreign central banks the opportunity for unlimited investment in the domestic bond market, and establishing a market for three-month government bills (a technical IMF requirement).
According to Fortune, the vote to include the Renminbi in the SDR has generated some political prestige for the otherwise embattled Xi Jinping administration, which has struggled with a recession and failure to meet GDP growth targets. However, in a more practical sense, inclusion in the SDR may lure in foreign investors.
Chen Long of Gavekal Dragonomics in Beijing said of the decision: "Granting the renminbi the status of a 'global reserve currency' could indeed encourage more central banks and other asset managers to take a look at China's financial markets, especially the onshore bond market. But it would be wrong to think that central banks will be forced to buy substantial amounts of renminbi assets just because the currency is included in the SDR basket."


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The specter of abandoned mills is fading away as the Twin Cities rebuild from the ground up.
LEWISTON – Beside bars, pawn shops and porn stores on lower Lisbon Street sit the new brick facades and painted steel of a $20 million development.
A quarter-mile away, a new fountain springs in front of a dilapidated mill building. Across the street, the shell of another mill is hidden behind a sign advertising condos with "million dollar views."
Building by building and block by block, Lewiston-Auburn is undergoing an extreme makeover.
It's the proof – the plain-as-a-bank-statement evidence – that the city's reputation as a blighted mill town is changing.
At least for businesses.
"With these guys, everything is by the numbers," said Roland Miller, Auburn's economic development director. "It's all about sales volume per square foot.' Everybody has to make money. If they can't, they don't come."
Right now, they're coming.
In Lewiston alone, more than $300 million has been invested in new businesses and city improvements since 2000. More than $100 million has been spent in Auburn over the same period.
New, large-scale retail and housing developments are planned for both cities. Long-sought-after stores such as Best Buy and Kohl's are coming. New restaurants are opening.
Even small, out-of-town businesspeople such as Andrew Dumond of Augusta are watching.
The candy store owner listens to the TV ads and reads the newspaper. And most importantly, he drives through the cities.
The effect is something Lewiston City Administrator Jim Bennett describes as the "Windshield wow' factor." The biggest impact always comes from seeing the changes firsthand.
Dumond rattled off some of the changes that he's seen: improvements to the riverfront, the new brew pub in a once-forlorn Auburn building and the rehabbed city arena, once a muddy embarrassment.
"It's the up-and-coming place in Maine," Dumond said.
They are words to warm Bennett and Miller's hearts.
Dumond plans to back up his words with money.
Inside of two years, he plans to open a Kennebec Chocolates shop here in Maine's "It" spot.
Happening here'
It's an image that Lewiston-Auburn has sought for decades, as the community fought to shake its down-and-out image.
"The image of the old mill town is gone," said Gerard Dennison, an analyst with the Maine Department of Labor who has been studying the region's economy for more than a decade.
"It's Happening Here' is not just a slogan," said Dennison, who also serves on the board of the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, which came up with the marketing slogan in 2002. The group began putting up banners and circulating bumper stickers in 2003. A year later, it began airing TV commercials with local celebrities including former Major League shortstop Mike Bordick, comedian Bob Marley and former Gov. Angus King.
The growth council plans to test the campaign's effectiveness this summer with a telephone survey of hundreds of Mainers. After all, nobody really knows how much the image of the cities has changed since the effort began.
"It's pretty undeniable that the public perception has changed," said Paul Badeau, the council's marketing director. "We just need to get a measure."
The results could predict Lewiston-Auburn's future.
Doyle Hyett, a Virginia-based consultant to cities and towns across the country, believes a city's reputation is its most valuable asset.
"It's the catalyst for everything else that happens," Hyett said. Entrepreneurs don't put their money into a place that no one likes. Homeowners don't move to ugly or scary places.
He uses two sayings to make his point:
"The first is, Nobody wants to live in a town that has a dump for a downtown.' The other is, If you keep a rat's nest, what do you attract?'"
Marketing campaigns such as "It's Happening Here" can help, he said.
They can't lie, though.
"You'd better fulfill the promise," he said. "It takes more than a new civic auditorium. It'd better be happening there."
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Dennison believes it is.
The state labor analyst, who still lives in the Auburn house where he grew up, has prepared a computer slide show that charts new investment and employment levels for more than a decade.
In 1991, as the country was experiencing a recession with unemployment reaching nearly 7 percent, Maine's rate was 7.5 percent. And Lewiston-Auburn, reeling from the loss of traditional manufacturing jobs, was 9. 5 percent.
By 2000, unemployment in Lewiston-Auburn had fallen to 3.4 percent, better than the national average of just above 5 percent and mirroring the Maine rate.
Though the local rate has climbed again to 5 percent, roughly the national average, Dennison said jobs are being added to the workforce. The Lewiston-Auburn area has 300 more than it did a year ago.
He predicted that new or growing businesses would add 800 more jobs in the next year.
The new $60 million Wal-Mart distribution center is scheduled to add 250 jobs. Restaurants Ruby Tuesday and the LongHorn Steakhouse should account for 90 more. The Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn is scheduled to begin an expansion in the coming weeks.
Auburn is set to begin work on a new industrial park and, in Lewiston, developers are about to announce the tenants of a new retail development near Exit 80 of the Maine Turnpike.
"We are backing up the claims of It's Happening Here' with real development," Dennison said.
Miller credited Wal-Mart with much of the change in retail development.
Until the late 1990s, national chains often ignored Lewiston-Auburn altogether. To them, it wasn't even a market.
"You had Portland, and you had Augusta," Miller said. Standardized market analyses created circles over the cities that overlapped in Lewiston-Auburn.
The companies decided that people here would leave town to go shopping, Miller said.
But when Wal-Mart opened a store in Auburn in 2000, it became one of the company's most profitable stores on the East Coast.
Other retailers – who believed the market was too small or the demographics showed too little money – began to rethink their analyses, Miller said.
"This market has been underserved for a long, long time," he said.
Long-term fix'
As new development adds jobs, Dennison hopes salaries will also climb.
According to the 2000 census, the average Maine household makes an income of about $37,240. In Lewiston, the average household made $29,191 – 21 percent less than the state average.
In a practical sense, bigger salaries mean more spending at new stores and restaurants. Dennison has larger hopes, though.
Professional and managerial jobs would improve the cities far beyond any cosmetic changes, he said.
Improvements such as the construction and expansion of Andover College on Lisbon Street will raise the city higher than a new home electronics store or another restaurant.
Image is important. So is quality of life.
In the nine-year period between 2003 and 2012, Dennison predicts that Lewiston-area wages will climb by 10. 3 percent overall.
According to his projections, someone without at least an associate's degree would see a hike of 8.5 percent. Someone with a two-year degree would see wages rise by 21 percent
"Education is the long-term fix," he said. "It's what will keep us growing."
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Rolen back with the Jays
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Scott Rolen was in uniform and in the clubhouse on Thursday afternoon, but he hasn't been activated from the 15-day disabled list just yet. That step will come after the game, when manager John Gibbons will likely tell either Joe Inglett or Robinzon Diaz that it's been real, clearing room on the roster.
Rolen went 0-for-9 with an error at third base in his three rehab stints with Class A Dunedin and joked that if the Dunedin Jays are hoping to contend for that Florida State League title, the team's probably happy to get rid of him. Rolen said "it's time to play," meaning, tenderness in his right middle finger or not, he's coming off the DL now, and he'll be on the team's charter to Kansas City and able to play tomorrow.
"We asked him to tell us when he felt ready," Gibbons said. "We trust what he tells us."
Alex Rios and Lyle Overbay are back in the lineup after missing last night's game with the flu and a bum ankle, respectively. Rios looked and felt much better today. Adam Lind, who will probably be up with the club sooner than later, wasn't at the ball yard. The Mighty Lind watch continues.
Also, to anyone criticizing Gibbons for leaving Halladay in for three complete games in a row — like the fellas on Baseball Tonight were doing last night — there's no argument to be made there. Doc is second in the Majors with 13.07 pitchers per inning and he's averaged just over 111 pitches over his last three starts — nothing out of the ordinary.
"He hasn't been abused," Gibbons said.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (10-12) at TAMPA BAY (10-11)
at 7:10 p.m. ET at Disney's Wide World of Sports
David Eckstein, SS
Aaron Hill, 2B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Matt Stairs, DH
Shannon Stewart, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
Marco Scutaro, 3B
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan
Akinori Iwamura, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
B.J. Upton, CF
Carlos Pena, 1B
Evan Longoria, 3B
Eric Hinske, DH
Gabe Gross, RF
Dioner Navarro, C
Jason Bartlett, SS
PITCHING: RHP Andy Sonnanstine
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Given that Lind and Rolen aren't on the team yet, I think Stairs should be batting clean up right now. It's not a huge problem but that's just something I would do for tonight.
I didn't have a problem at all with Roy pitching 3 complete games in a row. He's as efficeint as it gets and heading into the 6th was only at 53 pitches I believe. No one here, or on Mike's blog seemed to have a problem with it either. Jordan, do you happen to know where that 13.07 ranks right now in the american league, obviously that's darn good but is it the best ?
It'll likely take Rolen a while for him to start playing like he's capabable of but I am really excited to see him in a Blue Jay uniform, it's too bad I already have plans tomorrow because I'd like to see his debut.
I don't think we have to worry about the Doc after all he is the best and if the idiots start to hit he will win 20 or more games.
I don't understand why Lind is not up here now it makes no sense his bat is hot now and we need him JP why don't you use the common sense the good lord gave you and call him up or did he say you dress like a pimp like Hudson did we all know why you traded him I hope lind doesn't go the same way.
Halladay is the least of the Blue Jays problems. He is a bulldog and he likes to be his own closer. I am sure some of the older pitchers out there must really like him. They see him in some of themselves. I am sure sportswriters love Halladay. Deadlines will be made when he takes the mound.
Jays get some great news with Rolen coming back. He'll bring a nice veteran presence to the team. Also he'll bring his great glove and his rocket for an arm as well. Rolen is a huge upgrade at 3b over Glaus. Only question with Rolen is he has played in the N.L. his entire career. It will be a bit of an adjustment coming to the A.L. Some players never miss a beat and some struggle at first.
I agree Lind should be up and playing. I get the feeling somethings brewing. When Rolen is activated, someone needs to come off the roster. The candidates are either Diaz or Inglett and I think it'd be Inglett. When Lind is called up, then either Diaz is sent back down, OR they trade/release Barajas and keep Diaz here, which is what I hope they do.
One way or the other, I'd expect the moves to happen after tonights game.
I just hope Rolen is healthy and not being a stud and come back too soon. He does tend to do that.
gee sounds like Adam Lind is the next coming. Have you guys not seen him play the last couple of years. He is definately a decent player but the kind of guy that makes little to no difference if he's on the team or in the minors. Adam Lind will do very little to improve this team and has a little chance of ever catching on a a regular MLB starter. He could be a decent backup at best. Sorry to say guys but Robinson Diaz is absolutely brutal and much less of a prospect than Quiroz was. The guy has spent 7 years in the minors…gimme a break! Besides that Black catchers simply don't cut it in major league baseball…Believe me the list is very short, even shorter than Q.B.s in the NFL ( sans Warren Moon who was a great player/ One of the best).
If you really want to improve this team quickly
Good ridance to Reed Johnson as well. I'm sure it was such a big mistake to dump him. Nobody will be taking about him in a month thank god when he's the second time around and hitting .260 as usual. I just wish the door would bang Greg Zahn's *** as he was run out of town. Sickening to watch Zahn behind the plate and his ground outs to 1st and 2nd.
Who would you have play for Toronto remember you have 90mil to work with show me how smart you are and I am not being ignorant,I would just like to know.
McGowan looks unhittable tonight. Alot of swings and misses by the Rays so far. McGowan is bringing the heat tonight.
Heads up play by Zaun, home plate wide open and he took it. Navarro was asleep there. Never ever leave home plate uncovered, a cardinal sin. Second time in the series he has done that. Navarro could be one of the worst catchers in the game. If your McGowan throw strikes to Navarro, he can't hit a lick. Those leadoff walks will always get you.
It is the 21st century. It doesn't matter what color you are. I'm not sure if you know that. Don't be so ignorant!!!!
Every tme we take the lead our pitchers give it right back.
What's the Blue Jays record for strike outs in a game ? McGowan might pass it tonight. He is throwing gas tonight. The Rays are swinging when it is in Zaun's mit.
Fair Question garry guy. By the way the Jays payroll is actually closer to 97 million and I believe we have the wealthiest owner in MLB. Ted's worth is closing in on 8 Billion fast. So first of all I would do a better job than J.P. at selling the old man to spend a little more cash 20 to 30 mill more hopefully. That being said ,as it sits I have no issue with bringing in Shannon Stewart the guy is a good baseball player who possesses a lifetime .300 average. Reed Johnson couln't tie Shannon's cleats and at 34 that is NOT old nor is he finished. Look around the league Robbie Cano is hitting a buck 50, Ortiz maybe .180, Placido Palonco something like .120 and on the bench. Come September all of these guys will sport great numbers and be pivotal in the stretch. I like the Rolen trade almost as much as I would have preferred S. Figgens ( hey what do you know shannon just doubles) and grabbing Eckstein was absolutely brilliant. You see david Eckstein becomes a very valuable asset if your team is contending. I would also run Lyle Overbay out of town like today. Again another nice guy but possesses ZERO intensity. Just watch him when he reaches first base its all a big joke to him. Worst baserunner in MLB. Beyond that the core is good, actually very good with Vernon , Rios, Hill, Snider may be good and of course all the pitching.
The real fix and a great quick fix is to sign Bonds. Don't believe all of this nonsense about a cancer in the clubhouse crap. These guys are all millionaires and couldnt care less what's happening in the next stall. Beyond that he's only played for 2 teams his entire career so just because he has no time for reporters making 30 grand a year doesn't mean he can't get along with team mates. Trust me that is bull****
Jays won't win even if all their starters throw complete games. Their offensive has been horrible. Downright horrible.
Jays are like an NL team.
Well, we now know two things about you. One you're an idiot and two a racist bigot. Robinson Diaz isn't a black man dumbo, he's Latin and from the Dominican Republic. I would ask you to refrain from such bigoted posts in the future; we get young kids on here and they don't need to see posts from someone who is racially warped like you. The last time I checked there were a few high quality Latin players in the catchers position-do the names Ivan Rodriquez, Rod Barajas and Guillermo Quiroz strike a familiar note? By the way your favorite son Quiroz has played for 4 teams in the last 5 years and played a grand total of 45 games. His career average is a miniscule .224, so he wasn't as good of a prospect as you think he was. I guess that's why he keeps getting bounced down to AA and AAA.
Robinson Diaz was in the minors so long BECAUSE the Blue Jays turned him into a catcher about 4 years ago. Next time check your facts before you trash someone.
You should also check your facts about Lind, he's in the top 2 to 5 in each and every batting stat in AAA-he's burning it up. Second, he was one of the hitting leaders with the Jays last year with RISP at .333. He fixed the problem with his swing which is why he's playing like he is.
On the other hand, you're not totaly dumb, firing Abner is a good decision.
Are you Barry Bonds agent or something? lol
I gave McGowan props and he fizzled out tonight against the Rays. He ran out of gas, didn't pace himself I guess. Sorry guys, I jinxed him.
Longoria plays as if he has been around for 5 years. Why did he ever start the year in A.A.A. is beyond me. Longoria will be around for years and years.
Rios getting tossed is going to haunt the Jays later in the game. He was very frustrated for some reason, it was very early in the game. I could see if it was in the 7th and beyond.
Hinske is swing the bat well. He doesn't hit lefties at all.
Poor throw by Hill, that should have been a double play to end the inning. You have to do the little things to succeed. The Jays should be out of the inning. Tallet with some bad luck behind him.
If the Jays get swept by the Rays. How much longer will J.P. wait? I think Gibbons could get canned very soon. This team's payroll is almost 98 million, the owner wants too see results. I'm thinking Gibbons' time is coming to a close, real soon. Your thoughts ?
gsumner I don't think rshobie meant what he said to be a racist remark he just used the wrong word but I don't think he is a racist I know it sounds bad but I don't think he meant any harm.
Thank you garry guy, I certainly am NOT a rascist.
The problem is gsumner knows everything. I didn't say Quiroz was a great prospect I simply said diaz was not as good a prospect as Quiroz once was. The fact is they both are no good. If gsumner knew as much as he thought he does he might realize there is a big difference between black Latin people and Hispanic Latin people. None of the Catchers you listed are Black but rather Hispanic. Robinson Diaz is a Black man with Roots from Africa NOT Spain, Portugal, or other parts of central/south america. Pardon me Quiroz I'm not so sure where his roots are…hard to tell..He still is crap anyway.
In regards to rmatty's last comment on a couple of posts back…..
considering him as an option and asking for his availability and money is different from signing him….
I am on board for just poking around and seeing what bond wants…if its a real low price then pick him up
anything above a certain amount (i don't know….i guess 5-6mill+) means we don't need to sign him, NOTHING MORE THAN A YEAR if we do sign him…
but i don't think he is the way to go to improve this organization…
lol..are you bonds agent or something….
LIND WILL DEFINATELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN HE IS ON THIS BALLCLUB…combine him with rios, wells, hill and snider we def have a good hitting team to build ourselves around. (assuming lind can reach his potential of .300 20+ 80+ 80+)
hary isn't it past your bed time LOL.
I stand by my post. There's no room here for racist bigoted posts. Period. We can disagree on all kinds of points and debate them, that's what this forum is about. You have no clue as to what Diaz's "roots" are and whatever his roots, color, religion or nationality is has no bearing as to what kind of prospect or quality of player he is.
And for the record, Guillermo Quiroz's career minor league stats are a .241ba and a .310OBP. Robinson Diaz's career minor league stats are .305ba and a .343OBP. Robinson Diaz won the following awards:
07/11/2007 EAS Mid-Season All-Star
07/08/2007 Futures Game Selection
08/28/2006 FSL Post-Season All-Star
06/17/2006 FSL Mid-Season All-Star
09/05/2005 FSL Post-Season All-Star
06/18/2005 FSL Mid-Season All-Star
09/01/2004 SAL Post-Season All-Star
Quiroz won no awards at all or if he did I can't find them, so your statement that Quiroz was a better prospect than Diaz is another insult to Diaz and isn't true.
Of course he meant what he said. All you have to do is read his second post.
gsumner I'm going to stay out of it I belive all people are the same no matter what race or color if a person was green I wouldn't care.
I think Roy should become less efficient. I think he should start trying to get more strikeouts with less contact. He isn't getting hit too hard but hit enough that he is losing games. Strikeouts are perfect… No one advances and there is no chance of an error being commited by your defence. We don't need him to go nine everytime we need him to leave the game with the win! I have also noticed that he seems to much more effective from the windup vs. Stretch so trying to get more strikeouts makes sense.
I agree to some extent that Bonds isn't the savior for this team but he would be one heck of pickup for 5-6 mill you called for. I do think he would make us more competitive on a nightly basis being as consistent and effective he has been over his career. I don't think he is at all finished either, he is not a timing guy like Thomas with a long swing with god awful hitches all over the place, he is as smooth and short as it gets.
I hope that JP has atleast asked the question of how much Bonds would want. If JP isn't allowed to even make the call then I say this team isn't fully commited to winning.
Great comments. Couldn't agree with you more.
It really wouldn't take much to right this ship and pack the ballpark based on the pieces that are already in place here. Getting back a healthy Rolen, signing Bonds, replacing the manager and competing at the top of the division would cause people to flock to the dome and create an electric atmosphere once again. J.P. could come out of this smelling like roses at the same time securing long term employment . Litsch must go quickly rather than keep him here to lose 4 out of the next 5 games he starts before his demotion. And I do agree with gsumner's outlook of Purcey.
The guy actually has the stuff to get out batters at the major league level and should be here based on his ability rather than promotion due to Litsch's inevitable demise. Litsch simply is a minor league pitcher once good hitters have seen his junk.
This is getting tough to watch.
There are still some positives in all of this. Hill, Rios, Wells and Stairs are all doing their job in the middle of the lineup, its the players around them that are not getting it done.
Eckstein has not come as advertized, It just bothers me to see him hitting with 2 strikes all the time. I know thats is style but still you have pick your spots to be aggresive as well. McDonald can hit .250, but brings the defensive game. I dont understand why Gibbons doesn't play him untill Eckstein proves he can contribute more. Rolen will definatly help at 3rd, Scutaro is a good replacement player, but thats all he will be. Same with Inglett these guys are not going to win you Championships. Overbay needs to get it going. First and third basemen are there for power and RBI's and right now we dont have either. Good thing the Jay's are not the only team struggling in the AL, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Seattle; all the teams probably compteting for a wild card at the end of the year are having a tough start. If the Jays can turn it around quick they are definatly still in it.
Tough to watch is right!!!! Inglett in right is even harder too watch… He now has two errors (or should have, not sure what the scoring was) playing right field in only a couple games. He is not going to get it done… Bring Lind up now so we can atleast see what his "fixed" swing looks like. If his "fixed" swing doesn't chase high fastballs i'm all for it.
Rolen will be a welcome sight over at third. I think we have taken this small ball thing to literally… Half our players are little runts who offer zero threat offensively.
This team can't hit and I don't know why we have the great Denbo [NOT] as our hitting coach, What we need is a guy like Paul Molitor now this guy could hit.
When is JP going to wake up and smell the coffee if he gets rid of Abner and brings in Cito Gaston he will not only save his job but may get another 3 year deal.
If the Jays don't take at least 2 out of 3 in Kansas I will not watch them anymore.
Jordan you see JP a lot tell him to read your blog maybe he will get the idea that the fans are not happy and make some changes.
Yea it definetely looks as if Denbo isn't as good as we thought he was. But just because Paul Moliter was a great hitter, doesn't mean that he is a great teacher. At this point I don't really care what kind of change or firings take place, as long as something gets this team to start winning some games.
Jordan last year you opend up your blog while a game was being played and held a Q&A which I thought was great and you stated that you would do that once in a while but you never did it again is there a reason why you were unable to do it again,and if there was no reason other than you forgot or were to busy can you do it again I'm sure all of us would love it thank you.
Maybe now that Rolen is here the team will pick up he has great range at 3rd and that will give Eckstein less ground to cover and less mistakes to make Eckstein has a good bat and if he has less ground to cover he will be a better shortstop.
I dont exspect Scott to start hitting right away but his defence should be good.
What do you guys think about shaking up the lineup?
Looks like we're facing a tough right hander tonight. How abut putting Overbay in the lead off spot instead of Eckstein. Overbay is .309BA/.457OBP against RH's and Eckstein is .254/.338. Put Eckstein 8th and Stewart 9th.
I looked up that stat tidbit that Jordan gave us, 13.07 is tops in the league with Cook in second at 13.18. The next best Jay ? Shaun Marcum at 36th with a 15.11 P/IP.
Sumner, I like Overybay leading off right now because he isn't hitting for pop yet. I do disagree with most of the rest of your lineup though. I'd go with
If Lind is up i'd put him between Eck and Rolen.
Enigma that was my lineup that you don't like not gsumners. My idea was to run LH against the RH pitcher and if Zaun winds up leading of an inn all the better.
gsumner Go to the star and read Griffins mail bag it's pretty good.
New thread up
My mistake on confusing gsumner with garry, this new blog format takes a while to get use to on the eyes. Sorry about that.


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The 1980s were a magical time for cinema. It was the time of awesome storytelling and some of the most stunning filmmaking ever.
After all, who can forget such gems as "Earth Girls Are Easy" or "Bachelor Party"?
And for all the awesome movies, some even included gadgets that became the standout stars. Some of those devices have become icons of the films in which they appeared, and even the '80s itself.
It would be easy to just rattle off some of the tools from James Bond movies (like the Casio video watch in 1983's "Octopussy"), but those are in a category all their own. These are the gadgets from the mainstream movies that as soon as they showed up on the screen, we wanted them.
And don't deny it -- you know you wanted them, too.
No. 5: DeLorean time machine - "Back to the Future" (1985)
Time machines are cool -- no doubt about it. That one from 1960's "The Time Machine" was certainly a sight to behold, but it had nothing on Doc Brown's modified DeLorean from "Back to the Future." And once it hit 88 mph, you saw some serious ... well, you know.
Why is a time machine cool? Why isn't it cool? Who hasn't wanted to go back in time and tell an earlier version of yourself which horse to bet on, or that the particular girl you're thinking of asking out is best avoided?
The core of the stylish, stainless steel time machine's functionality was the Flux Capacitor, and Doc later pimped it out with a Mr. Fusion (no longer needing plutonium fuel) and a hover package.
If you wanted to go faster than 88 miles per hour, you'd find something cool in a galaxy far, far away ...
No. 4: Speeder Bike - "Return of the Jedi" (1983)
Used by Imperial patrols on the Forest Moon of Endor, these bikes were cool to zip around, terrorizing the little indigenous teddy bears. They also came equipped with a blaster and a comms jammer.
The only problem was if some wise guy with a lightsaber cut the steering vane off your speeder, you were likely to spin wildly out of control and crash into a tree.
The bikes were great in the Star Wars universe, but would you want one here on Earth? You better believe it. You could zip in and out of rush hour traffic like you were the only one on the road. It wouldn't be practical for going to the grocery store (your groceries would fly off the back), but it would be an awesome ride.
Some of the best gadgets had minds of their own, and even managed to be spunky little things ...
No. 3: Johnny 5 - "Short Circuit" (1986)
Sure, when we think of movie robots our minds naturally conjure images of R2-D2, C-3PO, and the T-101 Terminator.
But in the '80s, one robot took the automaton to a new, fun level -- of course that robot was none other than Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit". Johnny's given name is SAINT 5 (Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport) and Johnny 5 was the fifth (hence the "5") in a line of sentient combat robots made by the Nova Corporation.
He took on the name "Johnny" after hearing the delightful DeBarge song "Who's Johnny?" Johnny decides war isn't his thing, so he runs away and pals up with Ally Sheedy and Steve Gutenberg (remember them?) and wacky hijinx ensue.
A lot of the gadgets we loved are, basically, some sort of tool. Johnny was a tool for one function -- war. But there was even a more famous electronic tool in 1980s cinema ...
No. 2: Proton Pack - "Ghostbusters" (1984)
The Proton Pack is a man-portable particle accelerator that creates a charged particle beam and is used to weaken ghosts until they can be trapped and taken back to Ghostbusters HQ.
Why did we want it? Well, the proton pack is great for not only apprehending rogue ghosts, but also shooting up swanky hotels. And, in the event there's a super-phantasm bent on destroying the world -- and you happen to be with a buddy who also has a proton pack -- all you need to do is cross the streams.
Plus, when you switched it on, it was the coolest sounding gadget ever.
We've taken the term "gadget" to mean electronic devices. But sometimes, the best "gadgets" were the product of our electronics ...
No. 1: Lisa - "Weird Science" (1985)
For teenagers Gary and Wyatt, all it took to conjure the perfect woman were magazine cutouts, a Barbie doll and a hacked defense department computer system.
Of course, the perfect woman -- Lisa -- turned out to be Kelly LeBrock, and we can't really argue with that. The guys also programmed her with the intelligence of Einstein and the fashion sense of David Lee Roth (remember, it was 1985).
While the little maniacs Wyatt and Gary didn't use her for any of the things you'd expect from hormonally charged teenagers -- save for showering with her while still partially dressed -- she did teach them important life lessons (i.e., how to stand up to a gang of angry, scary, mutant bikers; and get the girls of their dreams).
And really, isn't that better than any time machine, killer robot, nuclear backpack or speeder bike?


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(Pocket-lint) - Denon has announced its first ever network audio player - the Denon DNP-720AE.
The DNP-720AE is designed to breathe some new life into your old stereo setup, by bringing all the modern wireless-free goodies that you'd expect from a modern network player to the party.
For a starters, there's Apple AirPlay on board, out of the box, meaning instant streaming of your iTunes collection from PC, Mac or your iPhone or iPad. There's also a couple of Denon apps in the App Store should you not like Apple's native players.
Android users can make use of the DLNA 1.5 streaming, as can any other DLNA connected devices and NAS drives.
There's internet radio, Last.fm and Napster on board too and Windows 7 "Play to" is also supported. There's only Spotify missing from the party really, but with AirPlay you'll still be able to beam your playlists across using the iOS apps.
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Recently, National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast areport on the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant meltdowns. The report whitewashed failures of the utility and government by ignoring essential facts of the disaster and its impact on health.
Sunday was the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. For months, utility and government officials held back the truth, but finally admitted that three meltdowns had occurred. Those truths—potentially poisonous to industry plans to build more nuclear plants, — may not enjoy the sunlight for long. Propagandistic op-eds and reports in U.S. news media are attempting to sweep Fukushima's history under the rug and, sadly, NPR is one of those wielding a broom.
The following claims were presented in NPR's March 9 report by science reporter Richard Harris.
(1) Health risks are "too small to measure"
[H]ealth effects from radiation turn out to be minor compared with the other issues the people of Fukushima prefecture now face. {snip} We all watched frightening TV images, and clouds of radioactive steam and gas did erupt from the plant. That material did sometimes move over the countryside and into populated areas, so it looked like a horrible disaster. But, in the case of radiation, the dose matters. It's true, there is no bright line that separates a safe dose of radiation from a dangerous dose, but at some point, a dose is so small that any potential health risk is simply too small to measure.
(Richard Harris, NPR, March 9)
Harris does not identify the source of that conclusion, but it's a long-time favorite of the industry that promoted the fantasy of "too cheap to meter." (The bill for Fukushima is estimated at $77 billion and counting.) Listeners are kept blissfully ignorant of dissenting views, including those of the National Academies of Science. However, it's well known that cancers due to radiation exposure may take decades to develop. Equating a low rate of illness in the first year with a negligible health risk is decidedly premature.
(2) "Quick actions" were taken by Japanese officials"
Harris quotes John Boice, "a cancer epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University," in assessing the Japanese government's actions to protect the public from radiation, including measures like evacuation.
One big cloud did blow inland, up toward the northwest. But most of the 170,000 residents in the area were quickly evacuated. Boice says that helped limit dangerous doses. So did other quick actions by the Japanese government.
A "quick" evacuation is one where authorities get the public out of the area as soon as a situation arises that might result in a radioactive release. Japanese authorities instead delayed evacuation until May 15 for residents of the area around Itate, where the cumulative radiation (the estimated first year dose) was 20 millisieverts (2000 millirem) or higher. Japanese officials also failed miserably in implementing another protection action, the distribution of potassium iodide pills.
(3) "Release of "any" food with excessive radiation was "prohibited"
They prohibited the release of any food that had had increased levels of radiation in them," [Boice] says.
In fact, the Japanese government failed to keep radiation-contaminated food out of the marketplace. Bloomberg Business News reported that officials failed to ban cattle shipments from Fukushima until July 19–after some beef from the area had been shipped to shipped to supermarkets. At that time, the government reported finding beef with "as much 2,300 becquerels of cesium a kilogram," well over the government's limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram.
Rice contaminated with cesium also made it into the marketplace, and inspectors in Singapore detected radiation "nine times the limit in cabbages imported from Japan" (Reuters). "Spinach, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, tea, milk, plums and fish have been found contaminated with cesium and iodine as far as 360 kilometers from Dai-Ichi" (Bloomberg). Those, surely, were just the tip of the iceberg because Japan had no central system for checking food for radioactive contamination. It left that task to farmers and local officials–on a voluntary basis.
(4) Smoking is "a far bigger risk to their health"
According to the NPR report, "If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day for a year, you're getting an internal radiation dose of about 30 millisieverts.
That's more than half the dose they got through occupational exposure. But cigarette smoke is also filled with cancer-causing chemicals, so smoking is a far bigger risk to their health."
A graphic in the report shows that the radiation dose from cigarettes exceeds the expected dose from some CT (computed tomography) scans. Thus, the occupational exposure at Fukushima (which likely was greater due to poor dosimetry) also exceeded the dose from CT scans. This is noteworthy because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been urging caution in ordering CT scans due to the associated cancer risk.
The effective doses from diagnostic CT procedures are typically estimated to be in the range of 1 to 10 mSv (millisieverts). This range is not much less than the lowest doses of 5 to 20 mSv received by some of the Japanese survivors of the atomic bombs. These survivors, who are estimated to have experienced doses only slightly larger than those encountered in CT, have demonstrated a small but increased radiation-related excess relative risk for cancer mortality."
Harris reference to cigarettes is a bit of a red herring but appears to be tied to his earlier claim that the health risk is too small to measure. That resembles a claim, popular with the nuclear industry, that FDA addressed in its discussion of CT scans.
There are some that question whether there is adequate evidence for a risk of cancer induction at low doses. However, this position has not been adopted by most authoritative bodies in the radiation protection and medical arenas.
(5) "Trauma, not radiation" is the key concern
Harris correctly acknowledges the importance of recognizing and treating stress and mental health impacts that may accompany a disaster. But, it is equally important to recognize why radiation is stress inducing.
Radiation is invisible. The average person has no means to detect it and lacks the training to understand the results. He/she must rely on a profit-minded utility and government agencies—typically captured by industry–to reveal facts that could be lethal to the corporate bottom line. As one would expect in such circumstances, deception is common.
Arguably, the most primary public health concern is not, as Harris suggests, the trauma of radiation. It is the abuse of public trust that undermines every effort to properly assess, communicate and mitigate health risks. From that point of view, NPR's deceptive report is a public health menace as well as a disappointment to listeners seeking the "highest standards of public service in journalism." A reminder from listeners of NPR's mission statement is in order.
Internet site reference: http://enformable.com/2012/03/fukushima-whitewash-betrayed-trust-of-npr-listeners
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Female sexual dysfunction is a term for any general disturbance or disorder that frequently or always prevents a woman from engaging in satisfactory sexual intercourse. It includes lack of libido (sex drive), problems with having sexual intercourse and lack of orgasms.A woman's sexuality is an important component of her physical, intellectual, psychological and social well-being. Her sexuality provides her with a way to express her feelings, demonstrate caring, and communicate and develop intimacy with another person. As such, sexual expression becomes a source of pleasure and fulfillment, and for couples this becomes a powerful form of communication. This central role of sexuality in the life of a woman can be affected by health or illness and by many psychological factors.Concerns about sexual matters and sexual dysfunctions affect women of all ages. Therefore it is necessary that women in general nowadays should have a basic understanding of human sexuality and sexual dysfunctions. According to the results of a national survey published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, 43% of all women 18 to 59 years old, suffer from some type of female sexual dysfunction.Current nomenclature when it relates to the diagnosis of sexual dysfunction either in women or men includes hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual aversion disorder, sexual arousal disorder, dyspareunia, vaginismus, premature ejaculation, erectile disorder, and male and female orgasmic disorders. In addition, each diagnosis is sub-typed into acquired or lifelong and global or situational.However, it is very difficult to know what constitutes "normal" sexual function for women, which makes defining sexual dysfunction very difficult. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sexual health as "the state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction and infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive, respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected and fulfilled."Therefore it is important that in order to be categorized as a disorder, any of the components of a sexual dysfunction needs to cause personal distress to the individual woman. For example, some women report having no sexual fantasies but their life circumstances are such that they are not agitated by it; under this circumstance, the low libido cannot be regarded as a disorder.Issues including childhood events, cultural and religious messages, relationship issues, previous sexual experiences, life stressors, and physical health are factors that can take a toll on a woman's sexuality. Some physical conditions which could result in female sexual dysfunctions include estrogen insufficiency, diabetes; thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary disorders.Female Sexual dysfunctions can also be as a side effect of psychoactive drugs, especially with long term use, which can involve decreased or lost sexual desire, inability to get aroused, and delayed or blocked orgasm. This equally includes the use of certain medication such as Oral contraceptives and chemotherapy, blood pressure treatment (diuretics, beta-blockers, etc) which can cause reduced libido and difficulty in reaching orgasm. Also cancer therapy can cause vaginal dryness, reduced libido, and difficulty reaching orgasm.There are many ways a woman's body can fail to function sexually indicating various types of sexual dysfunction. A woman may experience lost of interest in sex or hate sex; feel her sex drive is excessive or compulsive; or she may find it difficult to lubricate or stay focused on her sexual feelings.She might also be unable to orgasm or can orgasm only in specific situations, like when she is alone or drinking. She may have pain before, during, or after sex and may have non-genital pain, such as cramps, headaches, or back pain that occurs during or after sex.In general, most of these female sexual dysfunctions are rooted in one or more of four categorised sexual disorders specific to women and these include:
Hypoactive Sexual Desire DisorderThis is a situation where a woman is not interested in having sex or has less desire for sex than she used to. This is also referred to as a woman's low Libido, that is, lack of interest in or desire to experience sexual relations.
Sexual Arousal DisorderIt is a condition where a woman has difficulty in becoming excited and achieving vaginal lubrication during sexual activity. She generally lacks a feeling of sexual response in her body and cannot stay sexually aroused.
Orgasmic DisorderA woman experiencing this disorder cannot have an orgasm or have pains during orgasm.
Sexual Pain DisordersThis condition causes a woman to have pain during or after sex.Another female sexual dysfunction is Vaginismus, a condition where making penile penetration is difficult and painful, but this condition is much rarer than the other four dysfunctions.If any of these female sexual dysfunctions is affecting you, there may be the need for you to get help before they damage your relationship. There are plenty of self-help books around, but it is best to seek professional psychosexual assistance along with your partner.
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Word around campus is that the uncomfortably attractive Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the front runner to battle the big lizard in the upcoming "Godzilla" reboot. No decision will be made until the final script is complete but if come on. Have you seen him? Mother of god he's got the yes of a angel. I've said too much haven't I.
Ellen Page, the annoying gal from "Juno", has signed on to play the lead in the big screen adaptation of "Into the Forest". Based on Jean Hegland's novel the film focuses on two sisters trying to survive as the world is falling apart. Come on you remember her. "Oh my blog". I know, makes you want to punch a baby seal doesn't it.
Wanna know something? There's a "A Nightmare on Elm Street" Blu-Ray collection coming out. It's going to be the first time that 4 through 7 have been available on Blu-Ray. They're going to be chock full of all kinds of interviews and extras. In related news I will not be purchasing any of them.
For no other reason than to be a prick and keep people talking about it "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer has not ruled out the possibility of a sequel. Sure he says there's no script for it, there's no cast for it and no there aren't even plans for it. Hell it doesn't even sound like he wants to do it. But ya know never say never or some other bullshit. Prick.


text: Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers (ATCC® BAA-460™) Click here to learn about our Enhanced Authentication Initiative Strain Designations: RIMD 0509952 [Sakai] / Type Strain: no / Biosafety Level: 2 General Information Characteristics Culture Method History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Verified By Whole-genome Sequencing Classification Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia Strain Designations RIMD 0509952 [Sakai] Application Enteric Research Isolation Human feces, 1996, Sakai City Institute of Public Health, Japan Biosafety Level 2 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Antigenic Properties Serotype O157:H7 Product Format freeze-dried Storage Conditions Frozen: -80°C or colderFreeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°CLive Culture: See Propagation Section Preceptrol® no Genome Sequenced Strain Escherichia coli O157:H7, complete genome. Type Strain no Antigenic Properties Serotype O157:H7 Comments Genome sequenced strain Medium ATCC® Medium 18: Trypticase Soy Agar/Broth Growth Conditions Temperature: 37°CAtmosphere: Aerobic Name of Depositor M Yoh, T Honda Special Collection NCRR Contract Chain of Custody ATCC <-- M Yoh, T Honda <-- Sakai City Institute of Public Health, Japan Isolation Human feces, 1996, Sakai City Institute of Public Health, Japan Year of Origin 1996 References Hayashi T, et al. Complete genome sequence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and genomic comparison with a laboratory strain K-12. DNA Res. 8: 11-22, 2001. PubMed: 11258796 Cross References Nucleotide (GenBank) : NC_002695 Escherichia coli O157:H7, complete genome. Nucleotide (GenBank) : BA000007 Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai DNA, complete genome Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: This item is listed on the Commerce Control List of the U.S. Department of Commerce and is distributed only within the 50 United States. Distribution requires completion of a Customer Acceptance of Responsibility (CAR) for Commerce Control List (CCL) Biologicals form. Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS FAQs Accessing genome sequencing dataDate Updated: 9/30/2019 Criteria for reference quality genomesDate Updated: 9/30/2019