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On the night of Nov. 29, a dozen Syrian opposition figures gathered at a student eatery in Moscow called Picasso, a cheap dive on the campus of the University of People's Friendship whose walls are decorated with a mashup of images from the artist's blue period. It may sound odd that enemies of Bashar Assad were gathering in a country that still had the dictator's back. But these men and their organization may be Russia's only hope of influence in a post-Assad Syria.
As young men, several of the Syrians at Picasso had studied at the university, which hosted the exchange programs that formed the early bonds between Moscow and Damascus in the 1960s. Indeed, the gathering could have been mistaken for a class reunion, as toasts were made and stories told around a table laden with snacks and bottles of midshelf vodka.
(MORE: Syria's Agony: The Photographs That Moved Them the Most)
Wearing a black leather jacket and a week's worth of stubble, Riad Darar, a former imam and one of the leading members of the group known as the National Coordination Committee (NCC), sat at the table sipping juice and nibbling on a quesadilla. In Syria, his group is viewed among the rest of the opposition as Assad collaborators. The Free Syrian Army denounced it in September as "the other face" of the regime, and unlike other opposition groups, the NCC has not called for the entire ruling government to be chased out of power.
That is one of the reasons the NCC gets along so well with Russia, which has been seeking forces inside Syria who are willing to negotiate with Assad. In this regard, the NCC may have been Russia's last hope of shielding its ally. Earlier on Nov. 29, Darar and the other members of the group had met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose position, they felt, had clearly changed. "We have always tried to explain to the Russians that they shouldn't be on the side of the regime but on the side of the people," Darar says. (One of his comrades at the table translated for me from Arabic to Russian.) "In this most recent meeting, we felt that they now understand."
If so, it still took the Russian government an additional two weeks to admit that Assad — Russia's last true ally in the Arab world — is losing the civil war. On Dec. 13, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov — the ministry's Middle East point man and a fluent Arabic speaker — became the first senior government official to publicly state that Assad's downfall looks imminent. "We have to face the facts," he told a session of the Public Chamber, an advisory body to the Russian government. "The trend is going in such a direction that the regime is losing ever more control over ever more parts of the country's territory," said Bogdanov, whose remarks were carried by two of Russia's leading news agencies, state-owned Itar-Tass and the more independent Interfax. The next day, the ministry denied that Bogdanov had made any "statements or special interviews for journalists" and held firm to its position that "there is no alternative to a political resolution" to the conflict. But even if Bogdanov's remarks were not meant for public consumption, they signaled a turning point. "Of course we cannot rule out the opposition's victory," he said, according to both news wires.
(MORE: Is Russia Running a Secret Supply Route to Arm Syria's Assad?)
Faced with that prospect, it was only logical that Russia would start looking for willing partners within the opposition. The West had started this process long ago. After months of vetting rebel groups for possible links to al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, the U.S., the E.U. and several Arab states bestowed their stamp of approval on a broad assembly of rebel groups called the Syrian National Coalition, which was formed in Qatar on Nov. 11. On Dec. 11, the U.S. recognized it as the only legitimate Syrian government, and about 100 other countries followed. Russia stayed away, calling the new group illegitimate, while continuing to look for its own rebel allies.
The NCC seemed the obvious choice. It is the only opposition group that is still prepared to negotiate with Assad, and it's the only one to agree with Russia that supplying arms to all rebels must stop. At the restaurant, Haytham Manna, the NCC's foreign-affairs official, even parroted Russia's criticism of the West for double dealing, saying it was wrong for the U.S. and Europe to call for a peace deal while also supporting the rebels. "That's [like having] one hand in my house and one hand in the house of my neighbor," he said, playing with a string of ivory-colored prayer beads. "It's not really a good option."
But for Russia, there are no good options left. The NCC is made up mostly of academics and dissidents with no military wing, and it has little hope of turning the situation in Russia's favor if Assad is overthrown. "They have zero influence in Syria," says Hassan Al-Huri, a Syrian businessman in Moscow who owns the Picasso restaurant and hosted his countrymen there. "If anything, the Syrian people now hate them for associating with the Russians," he told me after the dinner was over.
That means Moscow has no choice but to accept the loss of its last real foothold in the Middle East, says Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs. Says he: "Maybe they have no more illusions."
MORE: Is Syria's Civil War Entering Its Final Act or Poised for a New Phase?


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Fans of the Hipster PDA have been cropping up around the Interweb, so I thought I'd share my favorite hack for organizing your cards on the go. Like the Hipster PDA itself, it's a lo-fi no-brainer, but I've found it a useful and durable way to keep things straight. If you've gotten in the habit of carrying a stack of cards around, you may notice it can be confusing to quickly see which cards are "fresh" and which ones are "used." This can lead to hilarity like handing one potential client a card with a note about another on the unexamined back of the card. Mostly, though, it's just annoying to have to juggle a bunch of loose cards plus your space pen while rushing to jot something down. Start by adding two non-white cards—in the color of your choosing—to the bottom of a pile of fresh cards; we'll call the bottom one the "end card" and the next one up, the "divider card." Next, write "END" or "BACK" in big, bold letters on the out-facing side of the bottom card (so you can quickly see which side is down by both color and text). Each time you've finished writing a note for yourself on the blank top card, remove it, and place it in front of the colored end card; if this is your first card you've added, you'll now have one white card between the end and divider cards. See where this is going? Continue doing this for each subsequent note you make to yourself, adding that freshly-written-on card directly in front of your end card. (Apologies to Tom for ganking his lovely handwriting.) This method ensures that your "fresh stack" is clearly delineated from the stored, to-process cards. Also, as you notice your divider card creeping closer to the top of the stack, you have a ready visual cue that it's time to replenish your supply of fresh cards. Just as importantly, though, it's a good reminder that it's time to process your pile. Whenever you get back home or to the office, remove and process the oldies, and add a stack of fresh ones. Got a good hack for using, organizing, or processing your Hipster PDA? POSTED IN:
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Just to clarify, Gisele Bundschen is not having Tom Brady's baby, as previously reported/speculated. Presumably, now he can concentrate on his one bastard baby. And WE can concentrate on the return to the Tournament tonight...
"Sweet 16 – Day 1" Edition:
(4) Southern
Not to be too me-first, but this is the game that will make or break my pool status. Everyone basically has the same Final Four teams, and
After watching
And so I'm worried about my bracket. Very worried. If SIU wins, I am going to make some noise. If SIU loses, my chances are seriously damaged. I'd like to think that SIU presents a challenge defensively that
My gut says: Eh...
(That's not supposed to be a hedge. I'm beholden to my bracket. So.
There's a reason I picked 1-seed
My gut says:
Well, the best storyline of the night is that former Pitt coach Ben Howland has to play against his old team, his old players and his old protege. If any team knows how to play against a Howland-coached team, it's a Howland-coached team. That makes this the opposite of whatever a traditional "contrast in styles" game is.
My gut says: UCLA
Given (a) the trouble that Xavier caused the Buckeyes, (b) the Vols' "small-ball" style of play and (c) the way Tennessee negated Florida's size when they thumped the Gators a few weeks ago, I think that Tennessee could very well beat Ohio State.
At the very least, I think their style of play will force Thad Matta to play Greg Oden many fewer minutes than he would normally want to.
(Of course, given how much better Ohio State played AFTER Oden fouled out against Xavier, they might be better off if he DOESN'T play that much. That's a funny thing to say about the consensus No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, isn't it?)
My bracket says:
My gut says:
(Again, that's not a hedge. I'm behind my bracket.
College Hoops Coaching Carousel:
CBB Hilarity: This Ron Guenther story is pretty funny: The Illinois AD made the mistake of demonstrably and publicly yelling at his coach from the stands. You know what? It makes me like him more.
I appreciate that you want a minimum of decorum from your school's AD, but I love the fact that he cares enough to let his emotions take over during a game -- just like a fan. The school said he won't be punished.
Do you know "NOTY?" While I was talking up "Enlightened Bracketologist" yesterday, I should have used that as a segue to point you to the excellent blog Name of the Year. Only one week left to get your 2007 ballot/bracket voted on and sent it. (I used to pick Page 2's NCAA Tournament All-Name Teams, so this site is close to my heart.)
NIT: Clemson and Air Force round out that other men's Final Four. When I was on the AFA bandwagon back in November and December, I *knew* I should have been saying, "They're a Final Four darkhorse – an NIT Final Four darkhorse!"
NFL: Falcons trade QB Matt Schaub to Texans. (But they won't admit it yet.) Longtime Quickie readers know that I've been touting Schaub as the best backup QB in the NFL (and a better fit for the Falcons' West Coast offense than Mike Vick... not a better QB than Vick necessarily, but better in the offense that Mora chose to run). Now he'll get his chance as a starter in
More NFL: The new discipline policy could go into effect as early as next week. Even more than PED-testing, I think this will have a profound effect on the game – if the league exercises it. But what happens when so many players get in trouble it guts the game?
In a related note, apparently Levi Jones tossed Joey Porter around like a rag-doll when they went at it. OT vs. LB? I'd say that makes sense.
More NFL: Big Ben rips ex-coach Ken Whisenhunt, who had criticized Ben as rushing back last season. Ben disagreed, noting that he disagreed with Whisenhunt a lot. Whoops.
MLB: Tony LaRussa arrested for DUI. Chalk it up to a defending champ's curse. Perhaps "Three Nights in August" is more appropriately summed up as a future stay in the drunk tank.
More: Yankees say they won't offer A-Rod a contract extension. I think it's yet another signal that he takes the option to leave the team after the season.
Matsuzaka Watch: 5.2 solid IP, his best spring outing yet. Am I still going to pick him for AL Cy Young? The MLB Season Preview post is coming soon...
Extra Innings Update: Cable operators made their pitch, but MLB didn't swing – the net result is that you still can't buy Extra Innings on your cable system.
NBA: Did Celtics coach Doc Rivers throw the game versus the Bobcats? He can protest he didn't, but he left the second-string in while
Finals preview? Mavs beat Cavs. I love how some people tabbed this as a potential Finals match-up. The Mavs would sweep. The Cavs are not ready.
The Southeast race is kind of interesting. The Wizards hold a slim lead over the Heat after an Arenas buzzer-beater took
Chris Bosh vs. Dwight Howard: Without Bargnani (appendectomy) as a sidekick, Bosh was dominant (34 points, 16 rebounds) and outplayed Howard (17/12) in a Raptors win. Between Bosh, Howard and Amare, is Bosh the best young big man in the game?
More NBA: The reason I believe Kobe Bryant that he wasn't doing some side-recruiting for Nike of Kevin Durant is because it's so obvious that Durant will be a Jordan Brand player.
Speaking of Durant, he became the first freshman to ever win the Player of the Year award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (which should lead you to wonder what the NABC was smoking when they opted not to select Carmelo Anthony as POY when he was a freshman).
LPGA to ban, test for steroids: What, you didn't think that PEDs were as rampant among the ladies as they are in the guys' sports?


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A Portland, Ore., resident was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The FBI alleges that Reaz Qadir Khan, 48, gave money and advice to a man involved in a deadly 2009 suicide bomb attack on the headquarters of Pakistan's intelligence service in Lahore.
The attack resulted in an estimated 30 deaths and 300 injuries. Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is found guilty. FBI agents arrested him at his home Tuesday morning.
Here's how Oregon Public Broadcasting's Kristian Foden-Vencil explains the FBI's case:
"They're saying he allegedly conspired with a man named Ali Jaleel and others. Jaleel died while participating in the Pakistan suicide attack."
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The indictment accuses Khan of using an intermediary in Los Angeles as a fast way to transmit funds to Jaleel.
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The office of Portland's mayor has confirmed to OPB that Khan is "a city employee who works for the Environmental Services Bureau."
The Oregonian reports that Kahn's co-workers were surprised to hear of his arrest, saying that he seemed "like a good guy" who quietly went about his job at the wastewater plant.
Khan will appear at a detention hearing Wednesday afternoon.
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Flavor: Chocolate
Decoration: Chocolate dipped strawberry, ganache swirl and chocolate shavings over buttercream.
"Check, check, and check!"
Inscription: Leave blank
- Related Wreckage: OR...
When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.
I prefer to read the cake and the comment together. "Leave Blank Check!"
I would love a blank check.
Wow. Really? Just . . . wow.
Maybe they thought it was an inside joke?
Nope, still OW.OW.OW.
WV emotol- A drug given to those addicted to emoticons, to help them ease off them. (see nicotine gum)
ooooh, that looks delicious.
I would say "common sense" but a reply to that once was "what's common sense to you may not be common sense to someone else." Ummmmm....yeah.....that's why it's call COMMON sense.
"Unripe strawberry? Check."
Oh, I was so hoping for 'The Princess Bride' cakes.... Poo. Still really funny- the cake it pretty without the lettering, though!
The strawberry 'aint ripe neither.
I am hungry and that looks delicious. I'll bet I could get a hell of a deal on it too since someone wrecked it up.
that is one sickly looking strawberry.
I read the title and was SO excited for a whole bunch of "The Princess Bride" references. Sadly that was not the case. Oh well, it's not as sad as if I had ordered that cake...
Perhaps a husband or wife frequently referred to as "Blank" is being kicked out. Seems like a reasonable way to ask...
No, Jen... I think that cake is just a metaphor for the blank slate which has become society's moral compass and..
Nah. Nevermind. It's a genuine Cake Wreck.
ONE strawberry, and they couldn't manage to find a ripe one! the strawberry is as white as the white chocolate it is dipped in!
As for the inscription? I'm with Melonie- "wow"
"this will be a GREAT way to get rid of all those unripe strawberries...!"
Ohhh how sad! It's such a beautiful cake otherwise, too!
I love how these decorators never question the inscriptions! Wouldn't you want to double check the ones that seem a little odd?
Wreckerator: Hey, boss!
Bakery Owner: Nice day off?
Wreckerator: Yeah, how was business?
Bakery Owner: Um, you remember that chocolate cake you made the other day?
Wreckerator: Yeah, it looked swell, didn't it?
Bakery Owner: Uh-huh. I had to knock fifty percent off the price just to get the customer to stop screaming and take the cake. With that…inscription.
Wreckerator: What was wrong with it?
Bakery Owner: You're kidding.
Wreckerator: Nope, I don't get it.
Bakery Owner: Figures. Why are you still here, anyway?
Wreckerator: What do you mean?
Bakery Owner: Didn't you see that note I put on your time card?
Wreckerator: Yeah, but I wasn't going to try that "don't let the doorknob hit you in the butt" thing until I went home tonight.
Bakery Owner: *Sigh…*
WV: scorping. That wreckerator will be scorping the want ads for a new job!
my fave wrecks are the literal lols! Too funny!
Nice PB reference! That strawberry is also SEVERELY under-ripened... ewwwwww! It looks putrid.
It's almost as good as "under neat that"
That strawberry looks pretty pathetic, too. Some people, lol.
Strawberry? My first thought was it was a daikon radish or a turnip.
Lol..verification word is mysigh
Did anyone notice that the cake box is about 8 sizes bigger than the cake? It would have been beat to all heck by the time they got it home. Maybe that would have taken care of the dumb inscription.
And now you have the cover for your next book.
Word verification: Really?
WV: flergod.... Flergod's sake; did you drop your brain in the buttercream before starting that cake?
honestly. really?
what is up with people?!
makes me miss the phallic butterfly.
I just Facebook-linked it- hilarious! The permalink is still "As you wish."
I think they should've been a tad more specific (who knew it was possible?) and specified RIPE chocolate covered strawberry.
Actually I think it's an instruction for people's faces when they see the cake.
There's a Sunday sweets idea waiting, Princess Bride cakes. You know there have to be some out there!
Wow. Too use the ever popular fashion phrase...That is a hot mess!
God, a cake inscription that is actually ironic.
It's Zen, in a way. I feel myself slipping into a trance of calmness just reading it.
Seriously? Are there really people out there that are THAT stupid??
oooh, the white on the strawberry and the rest of the cake don't even match for starters...
Do you ever wonder if some bakeries just have a really strict policy for writing the inscription verbatim? they must see really weird stuff, so maybe they have just been trained really well to write whatever is listed, no matter how odd.
alternatively...maybe they are foreign, so they don't always know the difference between inscription instructions and actual inscriptions.
nevertheless. Who checks these things???
That is the ugliest chocolate covered strawberry I've ever seen.
There should be a box on employment applications for you to check if you have common sense... that would solve so many problems
(as others have already stated)
"Farewell, Blank! Hope they don't run you out of the next place..."
Bravo!! Great use of instructions there.
~Amy B
Yeah, I think a Princess Bride-quote-infused CW post would be awesome. I love using those quotes anyway I can.
What the crap? Do they turn their brains off when they arrive at work?
I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed. I saw the title was "As You Wish" and though maybe there were some Princess Bride-themed wrecks!!! Doh! Bummer.
Hilarious, though! I'm glad they caught it before the customer came! You know, unless the customer reads Cake Wrecks. Which they probably do.
i can't read that title without hearing it as westley said it while falling down the huge hill...aaaas yoooou wiiiish...!!! hahahahaha i'm so glad you love all the same movies i love, it makes for much funnier posts:)
all I can say is...lol, lol, lol!
This cake looks like it was directed by Tim Burton.
I can see a rectangular outline around "Leave Blank". I believe this photo was photoshopped.
Are these types of wreckerators facetious or just really stupid? I can't figure which.
With this title I thought for sure you were going with a Princess Bride theme!
Seriously are they that busy that there isn't time to read what it is says AND use their brain to *think* before they start the frosting attack?
That poor albino strawberry looks like it's been lashed to the cake.
--Blue Jean
That atrawberry looks more like a turnip to me.
Anonymous @ 11:49,
Are we really going to start this? Really?
The photo was submitted by the bakery manager who took the picture at his bakery. The cake was done by one of his employees. I don't know how much more proof you need.
Wow, that's sad xD
Looks like Bunnicula got to that strawberry.
well, for the record, if my last name was Blank, I think I would name my kid Leave. Just for this kind of confusion.
Oh, please tell me that somebody, somewhere, has video of the customer picking this up!
This makes me want to order three cakes from three of our bakeries in town and on each one write "Leave the inscription blank please, thank you" and see what each of the cakes look like... maybe I'll have to budget for that project...
In defense of Anonymous @ 11:49 - it looks like the words are written on a piece of square plastic which is set on top of the cake.
I dunno.. looks a lil suspect to me! The 'leave blank' looks like it was iced on a clear piece of plastic and just laid on the cake.
Methinks that you have been cakewreck snookered.
And I was horribly afraid that this would happen to me for my baby shower cake. I aaaaalmost wrote "no text" on the order, then had flashes in my head of a gorgeous baby shower cake with "NO TEXT" in curly pink icing.
I'm so glad this wasn't my cake.
Dont the decorators ever get cake for themselves? You would think someone would stop and say hmmm this just cant be right!
Well if you want something else to look at, no I don't believe the cake was photoshopped. Instead, look carefully at the shape of the rectangle. How it fits with the pattern of the cake, there's a little bit that comes off the edge. And look at how it fades some of the chocolate and leaves some of it blotchy.
Yeah, it was faked. They laid down a sheet of plastic or clear wax paper before piping on top of it.
So I have to ask: how WOULD they have had to write the instructions so this particular cake-decorator would refrain from writing anything on the cake? Because I keep envisioning a row of cakes with "NONE" and "This space intentionally left blank" on them.
While I don't think it's been photoshopped, it does look like the words were written on a big piece of clear tape that was placed onto the cake. Is that a standard decorating method? Is the "tape" edible?
We once ordered a cake for a birthday party where we asked for it to say "Happy Birthday Bill" and we told them to use black.
Yep, we picked it up for it to read "Happy Birthday Bill in Black."
We didn't take a picture (we should have!!) and they fixed it, but seriously, when stuff like this happens I just have to laugh!!
Even when you spelling things out for them they still mess it up!
Bad for the customer, good for CW. :D
Attention, doubters!
Some bakeries routinely use clear plastic to write inscriptions on, particularly for fruit or ganache-topped cakes. So yes, the inscription was piped on acetate, but no, it was not an intentional mistake. We're told the lady who did it is not a native English speaker.
SO...Can we move on now? Please? You guys are getting poor John's blood pressure up. ;)
that is so funny!
That's very funny!
Oh, I can see the employee's writeup:
DISCIPLINARY ACTION - submitted offending work to Cakewrecks.com
*snort* That's just fabulous. Between the vampire strawberry and the literal following of paperwork it's perfectly wrecktastic!
Well....at least the writing is pretty.
I love that not only did the inscription get added, but that it was done in red! It makes it a flamboyant mistake!
This should totally be on Failblog. XD
Erin said...
"Do you ever wonder if some bakeries just have a really strict policy for writing the inscription verbatim...maybe they have just been trained really well to write whatever is listed... maybe they are foreign..."
Etc., etc., AND etc.
Stop being nice.
There IS no excuse.
And as for your last question:
"Who checks these things???"
I am tossing out this Wild and Crazy idea:
NOBODY checks anything.
About that "strawberry"...how the hell small is that CAKE, anyway? (Looks like a chocolate-dipped postcard, for corn's sake.) Either that's one whopper of a mutant berry, or it's really just a big old turnip in drag.
This is the same person who replys, "say cheese" when a photographer takes a picture.
@"Jen", 2:35pm...
Who do you think you are, telling everyone it's real? Why would you assume the artist is "not a native speaker"? You arrogant, pompous American elitist!
Of course it's a fake. Everyone knows that the highest honor an anonymous bakery can achieve is to trick the makers of Cake Wrecks into featuring their intentional wreck on this blog. They're obviously trying to collaspe the foundation of realism this blog is based upon.
That wreckerator has pretty nice handwriting...
in some language other than English, that uses a similar alphabet.
wv: diferses - a compound word, encompassing the subtly diferses meanings of "different" and "diverse"
These bakeries are very conscientious when it comes to hiring people from diferses countries.
Oh that is funny....
The title of this post keeps changing every time I sign in to my dashboard. Very strange. . .
Haha! Yikes. However, that is a really nice-looking cake. Yum.
I think that this is my new favorite cake on this blog.
I give props to the bakery manager for catching it before the customer arrived.
I want to know what happened to the employee who did this!
The cake actually looks pretty good, but I just can't believe that some people can be so literal! http://blog.sweetservices.com/sweetscandyblog/
Okay, these pics are definitely hilarious. But what really makes them are your HILARIOUS captions. OMG. Classic. Love it.
Amy in Small Town Texas :)
I'd be happy with this cake. Then again I've been cake-deprived for a while so take that as you will.
WV troperi- I spent all day on the TV Troperi Wiki.
I order blank cakes a lot so I can decorate them myself, and I keep expecting to get a cake like this.
Also, what's with the yellow strawberry? That looks quite unappetizing.
I've saved the image and enlarged it and there IS a piece of plastic that the words are written on. One corner hangs off the bottom.
chocolate? wow .. looks tasty ..
how to make it?? I really want to try .....
That's hilarious!
Great site, by the way. This was my first visit. :)
i like it. i wanna try..
It could be from one girlfriend to another, subtly asking her to finally LEAVE that rotten, no good...Ugh, I just say his name out loud...BLANK!
I thought that chocolate dipped strawberry was a turnip....
(..and no, I am not on drugs!)
So funny that I stumbled upon this. I worked at this bakery. This happened at Ralph's Del Mar and I even still have the picture on my phone. The lady who wrote the inscription is a Russian woman who has been working in the US for 12 years yet can still barely speak two words of correct English. Nothing happened; thankfully the customer participated in the laugh and bought the cake at normal price!
That strawberry looks pretty pathetic, Some people, lol. ;) xx
Dude looks at the strawberry top...gross a white berry.
Yes, I know this was posted over a year ago.
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Wake Up Call To Grocery Stores: Young People Shop Around
Supermarkets have spent decades catering to the needs and wants of baby boomers, and now the millennial generation is disappointed with what they're finding at traditional grocery stores, and are shopping elsewhere in greater numbers.
In fact, a new market research report called Trouble in Aisle 5 reports that millennials buy only 41 percent of their food at traditional grocery stores, compared to the boomers' 50 percent.
Instead of buying the same brands from the same store every week like their baby boomer parents or grandparents, millennials, or those born between 1982 and 2001, value convenience and freshness over brand or store loyalty, the report says.
The study, a survey of 2,000 adult grocery shoppers in the U.S., was conducted by Jefferies, a global investment bank, and AlixPartners, a business advisory firm.
Differences may stem from the millennial generation's inclination to multitask, even at the supermarket, the report suggests. These results mean that the new generation expects food to be very convenient, but they also don't want to compromise freshness or value.
"Millennials, generally speaking, are not a one issue generation. Natural and organic, flavor, and convenience mean a lot," says Scott Mushkin, Managing Director of Food and Drug Retailing at Jefferies.
And above all, convenience is key. Grocery delivery services, convenience stores, and online retailers are becoming increasingly important food sources for the latest generation of shoppers.
This need for instant access seems to be very characteristic of millennials. "They treat their multi-tasking hand-held gadgets almost like a body part," says a study of the generation published by Pew Research Center, and covered by NPR in 2010. "More than eight-in-ten say they sleep with a cell phone glowing by the bed, poised to disgorge texts, phone calls, emails, songs, news, games, and wake-up jingles," the Pew study reports.
"Millennials are channel surfers, jumping from one retail channel to another because that's what suits them," says David Garfield, Managing Director at AlixPartners. "Boomers are more consistent in where they shop and what they shop for. How many channels you communicate in, in your life, dictates how you act in the shopping world," he says.
As boomers age, the financial uncertainty of retirement keeps many buying just the basics, which can be bad news for grocery stores. "On some levels, boomers are not becoming great customers because of where they are in life," Mushkin says. "Millennials, on the other hand, are good customers. They seem to want to pay more for attributes that they value."
However some trending items, such as fresh and organic foods, seem to be important to both generations. "Millennials seem obsessed with what they put in their bodies and boomers are obsessed with making their bodies last as long as possible," Mushkin tells The Salt.
And this next generation of shoppers is a growing force in the marketplace. Millennials will make up approximately 19 percent of Americans in 2020, while at the same time, the population of baby boomers in the United States sinks below 20 percent, the study notes.
Some big grocery store chains, like Safeway, are incorporating the needs of millennials into their future business plan by offering store-brand organic products, grocery delivery, and smartphone apps. Even staple brands like Campbell's are now trying to embrace organic trends. But a lot of these changes don't seem to be translating into dollars at the checkout.
"There seems to be this trend that they [millennials] will go to Amazon or Target or Wal-Mart for Cheerios or Diet Coke, but they'll go to Trader Joe's or Whole Foods for their fresh and organic needs," Mushkin says.
Mushkin says that the study provides good news for natural foods stores, as well as mass merchants who deal in groceries and more, like Target and Wal-Mart. "Mass merchants are becoming the cross section; everyone goes there for different reasons. But it's a really tough study for the traditional grocery business."


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I love 99 percent of the comments made on the blog. I can't get enough. They're clever and insightful and usually take anything I've written to a much more interesting level. However, I'm pretty close to changing the "Comments" system to "registered users only." 90 percent of the comments made are already by registered users, and even though SOME "anonymous" comments are very good, others are just a distraction. "Registered" comments won't necessarily end the dumb comments, but they will clear out at least some of the junk without making it too difficult for most of you to keep delivering your awesome adds to the discussion. Thoughts?
Looking for today's Quickie-ish wrap? Check out the next item below.Update (1:53 p.m.): Thanks to everyone who chimed in using the Comments area. I'm going to make commenting a "registered only" thing... at least for now. We'll see how it goes. From my understanding, you don't have to actually set up a blog to become registered. You can simply get a registration name and away you go. I appreciate everyone's understanding on this, and hopefully it'll lead to more enjoyment for everyone.


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Every week, we feature customized desktops and home screens submitted by readers that show off great customization tools and UI tweaks. 2012 was a great year to customize your desktop or home screen, and we saw more great-looking and highly-functional setups than ever before. Here's a look back at the most popular customizations of the past year.
The Ice Cream Sandwich Desktop
Flickr user David Molina wanted to bring the beauty of Android Ice Cream Sandwich to his desktop, and with a little tweaking and the right tools, we would have to say he definitely succeeded. More »
The Happy Sky Desktop
A glowing night city and a rare astronomical event lay the groundwork for Flickr user Tasha Ward's desktop, on top of which she's built an informative, intelligent, and useful HUD thanks to a little Rainmeter wizardry. More »
The Soothing and Serene Desktop
Flickr user rajdroid says that this desktop makes him feel calm, and has a soothing effect, and we couldn't agree more. More »
The Translucent Desktop
If you're going to have widgets and status boxes and rss feeds on your desktop, most people would agree they should at least be unobtrusive and not a distraction from the wallpaper or the overall theme. More »
The Original Desktop
When we say this is "the original desktop," it's not because it's the first one, or because it's totally unique, but because Flickr user Bassam Rajput has an inspiring wallpaper that encourages us to be original. More »
The Avengers Desktop
Flickr user l1nfr4nk7 loved The Avengers as much as we did, so he decided to transform his Ubuntu desktop into a reminder of how awesome the movie was. More »
The Twilight Desktop
Flickr user (and Arch Linux forum member) Paanini loves Arch Linux, and loves customizing his desktop. We love Arch too, and when we saw this beautiful twilight wallpaper, customized with some sharp-looking Conky scripts and a dash of Todo.txt, our favorite plain-text to-do list manager, we had to highlight it. More »
The Clear Blue Desktop
It's been a while since we saw some really great GeekTool desktops in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Pool, so when Flickr user Hang Lu submitted this gorgeous one above, we took notice. More »
The Pining for the Fjords Desktop
Flickr user zulfaqar wanted a desktop that was elegant, informative, but also relaxing and serene for those long days in front of the computer doing work for the office or writing papers for school. More »
The Heavenly Desktop
Flickr user d_carr wanted a workspace that was minimal, but sprung to life when it was time to get some work done, and didn't want to sacrifice looks to do it. More »
The Pure Google Home Screen
Reader crstemple designed his new home screen around Ice Cream Sandwich and Google's new, great-looking product icons. Here's how he put it together. More »
The Evil Android Home Screen
Reader Ammar Githam took our evil weeks to heart and made this great looking, informative home screen. More »
The Tiny Tree Home Screen
Reader Mike E shares his very simple, elegant home screen that even non-rooters can put together. More »
The Right Angle Home Screen
Reader Eric Shen goes the text-only route with his home screen, though with an interesting twist-a set of folders going up the right side of the screen, to mirror those on the bottom launcher. More »
The Tabbed Home Screen
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The Google Now Home Screen
Reader dp0 liked the look of Google Now, Android's new real-time info app, so he put together a home screen based on its colorful style. Here's how to recreate it. More »
The Avengers Assemble Home Screen
Custom icons, handy widgets, and superherodom come together in this week's home screen from reader Kin-Ho Ma.
This particular screen is dead simple to put together. More »
The 8-Bit Avengers Home Screen
Reader Rob created this home screen with an old school look and some timeless super heroes.
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The Four By Four Home Screen
Reader brandedman organized his home screen around 16 shortcuts, four per screen, along with a clean and unified look to tie it all together.
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The Aged Paper Home Screen
Reader Ammar Githam took a slightly different approach to home screen creation, placing all of his icons on the wallpaper itself for more freedom to create this handwriting-on-paper look. More »
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And also for making Number1 laugh for like five minutes straight.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Wayward Pupil
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
And also for making Number1 laugh for like five minutes straight.
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- Morgan said...
At first I thought she was missing the eye all together ... but it was even creepier after I found it. Ewwww ...
Thanks for the giggle! :) - July 12, 2011 at 9:33 AM
It's rude and heartless to mock the disfigured.
The poor girl has no nose-No ability to smell delicious cakes.I'm sure she is happy to have the gift of sight, even with her snail-like eye. - July 12, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Sharyn said...
Maybe she's part flounder?
- July 12, 2011 at 9:36 AM
I spy with my bulging eye.......!
- July 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
It's not that bad and Alice and the cat each have two eyes. What am I missing here?
- July 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I think the cat ate it. o_O
wv: mentingl: Any more of those 'adult' cakes? They make mentingl. - July 12, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- July 12, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Haiku Joy said...
Squid Alice unsure
of Chessie's "hey there" brows.
Ah, young nose-free love! - July 12, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I also thought there was just an empty eyesocket and felt bad for poor Alice and her missing eye...but then..to see the eye clear up there all googly and bulging...*shudder*
Might be creepier than the creepy baby cakes. Maybe.
Becky - July 12, 2011 at 9:59 AM
At first I thought the candle was piercing the wayward eye but after enlarging the photo I can see Alice was just trying to get a better look.
- July 12, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Oh, meye...
- July 12, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people.
Cheshire Cat: Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here.
[laughs maniacally; starts to disappear]
Cheshire Cat: You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself. - July 12, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Pam Elmore said...
Pablo Picasso is alive and well and working at a bakery.
- July 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- zoomom said...
It's eye-loose in Wanderland!
- July 12, 2011 at 10:22 AM
At first, I was like, "Hmm?"
But then, I was like, "BLEAGH! WHAT THE CRAP!?"
True story.
WV: kersove - I bet this guy does some really impressive kersove. - July 12, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I wasn't going to comment, but my word verification is just too appropriate.
mesic - it makes mesic to think of how Alice's classmates probably teased her - July 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I choked on my waffles.
- July 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- BKWQRM said...
Wow...go, go, Gadget eyeball! Did anyone else notice that the Cheshire Cat is missing his nose? (Totally understandable if you didn't see it at first, given that Alice is having some...issues.)
- July 12, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Christina said...
if you hold your thumb over just that one part, the rest of the cake is rather nice... not spectacular like Sunday Sweet's... but not too bad...
Then there's the wandering left eye on Alice (her left, not ours) ;)
I guess the decorator got a call that his house was on fire and just blobbed it on to leave quickly..... that's my story and I'm sticking to it :)
wv: ectsyce
My mom's "Death By Chocolate" cake is pure ectsyce!! - July 12, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Maureen said...
It took me about 20 seconds to find Alice's eye. Because, you know, I was looking where it was supposed to be. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! They should have moved that candle over a bit and put it right through that wandering, deformed, almost-cyclops socket and ball so that poor birthday girl didn't get freaked.
- July 12, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Unknown said...
Eet's not a toomahh!
- July 12, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Oh no! I totally missed the second eye until I read the comments! Now all I can hear is "Ruth...Ruth....Baby Ruuuuuuuuth!"
Lots of love - Ruth
wv: clibrin - Doctors now use a new technique to clibrin the eye back to orbit. - July 12, 2011 at 11:07 AM
What the... D:
- July 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Haiku Joy-
That maybe my favorite cakewrecks haiku EVER. Thank you. - July 12, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Stephanie said...
Aww, that's Wonderland for you. First it's a grin without a cat, now wandering eyes and a lack of noses. But no nose is good nose, as they say.
- July 12, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Stacy D...best comment of the day!
- July 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Am I strange for seeing the left eye right away and thinking little of it, aside from the candle poking it?
- July 12, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Donna said...
I didn't know Alice was Marty Feldman's love child.
- July 12, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Holy crap.
- July 12, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- bassgirl said...
- July 12, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Yeah, Alice's profile is a little "jacked up" too funny! Now that's what I call "roaming eyes"
WV: Peleesa tell me where the eye is supposed to go... - July 12, 2011 at 1:10 PM
To quote Heywood Banks,
"She's the one eye, one eye, one eye,
She's the one eye, one eye love..." - July 12, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Katie Girl said...
That eye!! Augh!
- July 12, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Alex said...
LMAO! I didn't see it until I read the caption. Longest laugh I have had in a while. Glad I am not in public.
- July 12, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- Crazy Raven Productions said...
Reminds me of this song. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Wandering+Eye/
- July 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Funny, but I have to say it:
Don't you know what happens this week? WHERE ARE THE HARRY POTTER CAKES?!?!? - July 12, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Oh my dear lord, I didn't even see that there. I take my comment back. The cat ate it and spit it back out. Wowsers.
wv: intiou: He's just not that intiou. - July 12, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Kimberly Chapman - My family LOVES that line from Kindergarten Cop!!
Donna - Marty Felman's love child - HILARIOUS! - July 12, 2011 at 2:10 PM
Being a major Alice In Wonderland fan, this cake makes me sad. And it makes me laugh. Mood swing inducing cake! I would have been a almost cute cake if Alice wasn't a mutant.
- July 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM
Haha. I didn't see it till I read the caption "underneat." WAYWARD PUPIL! Priceless. If the profile had been done properly, there wouldn't have needed to be a left eye.
wv: subcly
The cake was subcly and expertcly done by a professional baker. - July 12, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Micalah said...
Almost didn't see it!
- July 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- John Hill said...
I see your weird eye, and raise you one tendril like cat dong beneath the branch Cheshire is perched on. His tail is above him.
- July 12, 2011 at 3:15 PM
My favorite Disney movie: "Eyeless in Wonderland"!
- July 12, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Bets said...
"Would I?"
"Hare lip! Hare lip!"
(Did anyone else think of this joke? It's even more appropriate given the whole "hare" and "white rabbit" connection.)
p.s. HAHAHAHAHA Jay's wv is hilarious (intiou). - July 12, 2011 at 4:05 PM
HAHAHAHHA @Kimberly Chapman!!
AND I agree with Helga!! Where are the Pottah cakes?!?!?!?!?!???!?!??? - July 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- SaraCVT said...
That looks like it hurts.
wv: gronet. That cake makes me gronet has no sense of proportion. - July 12, 2011 at 5:29 PM
Sharyn- that is awesome. ha!
- July 12, 2011 at 5:43 PM
If this were a picture in the Wonderland newspaper, here's what the caption might be:
Alice suffered horrific burns when she spilled boiling tea all over herself. She had to undergo surgery, leaving her with a slightly modified face. Ever the optimist, she said afterwards, "Well, even if I'll never smell anything again, at least now I literally have eyes on the side of my head!" - July 12, 2011 at 6:08 PM
Jen, I have to say that all the wrecks out there make me want to start ordering decorated cakes for all family birthdays. I normally make them myself, but the chance of wreckie gold makes me willing to shell out the extra cash. Maybe start with my birthdays.
- July 12, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- kate said...
I admit, I missed it at first. I was looking for something "adult" in nature. You know, a lot of one-eyed snake references, etc. LOL
- July 12, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Cameron said...
The only jarring part is that left eye of hers, and like others, I didn't notice it at first. In fact it would have been better left out, since it would give it a "left eye in shadow" effect even with her right eye.
It's a perfectly nice-looking job otherwise. - July 12, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Ah Bets! One of my dad's favorite jokes! Thanks for the happy memory. :)
- July 12, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Reminds me a little of one, Mr. Brian Peppers (sorry to bring this back, but I had to):
http://ohinternet.com/Brian_Peppers - July 12, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Poor poor Alice. Looks like one eye just doesn't want to stay put. Glasses couldn't even fix that lol. At least they managed to spell birthday correctly so that's something, right?
- July 13, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- American Momma said...
I had to scroll back up and look at the eye and after my pure terror finally went away, I realized that Alice is related to Voldemort - the lifestyles of the young and the noseless.
- July 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM
OMG it's a wall-eyed Alice! Every time I look at it I commence to giggling.
wv bulnor - Neither bulnor cow would want to be left alone with The Queen.
Andrea - July 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM
I've been trying to suppress laughter for several minutes now. First it was the picture, then there were the comments, and then I discovered the joy of Haiku Joy! Still struggling with laughter though. Goodbye, spleen.
- July 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM
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In Piazza della Vittoria, visit the Tower and the Palazzo delle Poste. In Piazza Paolo VI is the Old Cathedral, called the Rotunda due to its circular shape. Do not leave Brescia without seeing the Tosio Martinengo Art Gallery, located in a seventeenth-century palace, with collections of paintings by masters of the Brescia Renaissance.
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A New Jersey highway crash that severely injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian is drawing attention to the dangers of tired truckers just as the industry and its allies in Congress are poised to roll back safety rules on drivers' work schedules.
A proposed change to federal regulations backed by the trucking industry and opposed by safety advocates and the Obama administration would effectively let drivers put in as many as 82 hours a week behind the wheel. The current limit is either 60 hours or 70 hours a week, depending on the kind of company employing the driver.
The change was added to a transportation spending bill by a Senate committee last week.
Nearly 4,000 people die in large truck crashes each year, and driver fatigue is a leading factor, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety administration. The rate of fatal crashes involving large trucks rose from 1.03 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2009 to 1.29 in 2012.
The trucking industry has been sparring with safety advocates and unions over driver hours for two decades, including several trips to federal court. Safety advocates, while extending their sympathies to Morgan and the family of comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair, who was killed in the crash, said they hope that because a celebrity was involved in the accident it will boost their cause.
"This is a major moment really to stop the trucking industry," Joan Claybrook, a former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, told reporters in a conference call. "It seems no matter what we do in terms of pushing to get safer trucks on highways, the trucking industry uses its clout to either undo those improvements that we do get or stops any that we're trying to push."
Noting that truck safety was suddenly "at the forefront of the national conversation," Bill Graves, president of the American Trucking Associations, cautioned that "no rule can address what a driver does in his or her off-duty time. "
The industry "strongly believes that drivers must take advantage of their off-duty periods for rest, and that drivers should not drive if they are fatigued," he said in a statement.
Wal-Mart truck driver Kevin Roper had had no sleep for more than 24 hours before he plowed into the back of Morgan's limo bus about 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to local authorities. Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, apparently failed to slow for traffic ahead on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury Township and swerved at the last minute to avoid a crash. Instead, his big rig smashed into the back of Morgan's chauffeured Mercedes limo bus, authorities said.
McNair was killed and Morgan, 45, a former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" cast member, and two other companions were hospitalized in critical condition. Roper has been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto.
Scientists say sleep deprivation affects behavior much like alcohol, eroding judgment and slowing reflexes. In several accidents investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, commercial drivers suffering from lack of sleep have driven straight into vehicles clearly visible to them without applying brakes or applying them too late because they failed to grasp what they were seeing.
Accidents involving tired truckers also tend to have larger numbers of deaths and severe injuries because of the damaged inflicted by trucks weighing tens of thousands of pounds, according to investigators.
The provision added to the transportation spending bill by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and supported by the trucking industry, rolls back regulations governing driver hours that were put in place last summer by the motor carrier administration.
Before the regulations were put in place, long-haul truck drivers could start each work week after 34 hours off duty. After the regulations were put in place, drivers could still start a new work week after 34 hours off, but they can no longer do that every week.
The rules essentially force them to take a longer weekend every other week. The regulations also added a requirement that any 34-hour rest period include two nights during which drivers have the opportunity to sleep between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., the hours when people most crave sleep because of their bodies' circadian rhythms cause them to naturally slow down while it is dark outside. Those same rhythms often make it difficult for people to sleep during the day, or to get restful sleep if they do doze off.
Under Collins' provision, truckers could go back to taking 34 hours off between every work week with no requirement for two nighttime periods during their time off. The senator and trucking industry officials said it is safer for truckers to drive at night when there is less traffic and that the current regulations increase truck traffic on roads during morning rush hours. Safety advocates and administration officials said there is no evidence that's the case.
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Today's Names to Know: Colorado Rockies, Peyton Manning, Tony LaRussa, Joe Girardi, George Mitchell, Greg Ryan, Ronnie Brown, Jeff Jagodzinski and More!
World Series: Rox vs. Sox. What's at stake? The
(Longtime Quickie readers know I think that 2 titles in 4 years qualifies a team as a demi-dynasty, and 2 titles in a decade when everyone else has one qualifies a team as the Team of the Decade.)
Make no mistake: It is better for baseball and for fans everywhere if the Rockies win; the success of the Rockies gives other teams' fans hope -- all another Red Sox title does is re-affirm that he who spends the most usually wins.
Rockies ticket snafu: I was one of the 8.5 million unique users to slam the
Monday Night Football: Colts thump Jags 29-7. Somehow, I don't think that the loser of a Colts-Jags blowout will go on to win the Super Bowl, as the Colts did last year. The question now is: How far apart are the Pats and Colts, by far the two best teams in the NFL. (The answer is still: Very.)
Tony LaRussa returning to the Cardinals for another two years: Now this was a bit of a surprise, given that his buddy, GM Walt Jocketty, left the team. Guess LaRussa not only liked his situation with the Cardinals (he did, after all, win a World Series with them last year), but he probably didn't like the other options out there as much. Can't blame him. Managing in
Yankees Manager Watch: Girardi has his interview. Given that Don Mattingly isn't ready and Tony Pena has no history with the team, I think Girardi is the right fit for this moment of Yankee history. He has the respect of the vets, but the experience managing youngsters that complements the Yankees' youth movement.
MLB PED Scandal: George Mitchell says he didn't leak the info about Paul Byrd. Do you believe him? I do, but his conflict of interest as a director of the Red Sox puts him in precisely the awkward position that we could have predicted when his investigatory role began.
Greg Ryan booted as US Women's Soccer Coach: Considering he made the managerial gaffe of the year in sports -- pulling hot goalie Hope Solo for rusty Briana Scurry -- this was an easy one to spot.
Ronnie Brown's season is over: The bad news is that, yes, the Dolphins can actually get worse. The good news for Dolphins fans is that if they keep losing, they should be in a phenomenal position to draft
NFL in
Pro Bowl moving timing, location? Is the Pro Bowl moving to the Sunday before the Super Bowl – and away from
Oh, and I was bummed to find out the league probably won't move the first round of the Draft to Friday night, but they will reduce the first round to 10 minutes per pick. (Last two items via PFT re: Mort)
CFB: From the "NOW They Tell Me" Files: The Big East acknowledged that that refs screwed up the "fair catch TD" that cost
Fantasy Football: Remember the Yahoo "celebrity" bloggers' fantasy league I was invited to play in? My team ("Worst. Name. Ever.") is getting absolutely destroyed.
Along with MJD of AOL Fanhouse, I am tied for 10th place out of 12 teams, and I am tied for 9th place in points scored. I have lost three straight games.
This past week, I had the lowest point total in the league and I was more than doubled up by the division leader, Unsilent Majority of Kissing Suzy Kolber.
Sunday, I was the subject of an email sent around to the rest of the league from With Leather's Matt Ufford: "Worst. Name. Ever. = Worst. Team. Ever." He's right:
My starting QB is a choice between Matt Schaub and Vince Young. My starting WRs are Torry Holt (a 2nd-round pick!), during the worst year in Rams history, and Ted Ginn. (Yes, Ted Ginn is my STARTER.) I had Dante Stallworth on the bench this week. And started Ted Ginn.
Worst of all, I have LaDainian Freaking Tomlinson. In previous years, LT alone would be good for playoff contention. This year, between the careful-what-you-wish-for of the No. 1 overall pick (which screws you the rest of the draft) and my pathetic personnel management, I am the dregs. It'll make my comeback that much sweeter.
(Meanwhile, I'm in the top half of the DS.com Readers League. So there's that.)
Coach of the Year Blog: It has been fun to blog about the surprising sideline successes this year in college football (I'm obviously paid by the alliterative attempts.)
But now it's time to take the gloves off: In the latest post of my CoachoftheYear.com guest-blog (in partnership with Liberty Mutual), I challenge the fans of worthy coaches who have so far done a horrendous job of supporting their coach.
Missing from the Top 25 voting standings: Jeff Jagodzinski of
Show some pride folks. Show some spirit. Show some support. Get to CoachOfTheYear.com now and vote for the coach you think is most worthy of the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award this year.
(Full disclosure: As should be plainly evident, I am in a business relationship with Liberty Mutual and their production company to produce the CoachOfTheYear.com blog.)
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Red Sox - 020 000 001 00 - 3 8 2LOB-otomy: the Red Sox left the bases loaded in both the sixth and seventh innings. Kevin Youkilis was HBP to start the 10th, but did not move past first base. Boston had a runner on second with one out in the 11th, but Marco Scutaro and Dustin Pedroia could not get him home (or even to third).
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Lackey (7-7-2-3-2, 124) did not have a clean inning all afternoon, but his only real rough patch came in the second. He gave up a two-out single in the third, a one-out single in the fourth (followed by a GIDP), a two-out walk in the fifth, and a one-out single in the sixth. Nothing very serious.
An infield error put Baltimore's leadoff batter in the seventh on first and he was quickly bunted to second. Lackey got a pop-up and, after a six-pitch walk (which included, to my eyes, five strikes), a force play to end the threat.
Hideki Okajima began his second inning of work in the 11th. Cesar Izturis walked and was bunted to second. Miguel Tejada was walked intentionally. Nick Markakis singled to left center and Mike Cameron's throw, cut off and relayed to the plate by Pedroia, was too late.
Victor Martinez hit a two-run dong in the second. Pedroia's sac fly scored Cameron in the ninth.
The Rays beat the Rangers 9-5 and the Blue Jays blew another late-inning lead and lost to the Yankees 4-3. Tampa Bay is 2 GA of New York and 4.5 GA of Boston and Toronto.John Lackey / Brian Matusz
Lackey and Matusz faced each other on April 24. Jonathan Papelbon had a very rocky ninth inning, but Boston won 7-6. Lackey also started against the Orioles on April 30. He has allowed three runs in seven innings both times.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
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Beltre, 3B
Hall, LF
Cameron, CF
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Baltimore (15-41) has lost 10 games in a row, and are on pace to finish the year with only 43 wins.
In this morning's Globe, Nick Cafardo reveals that he now understands being 8.5 games out with 117 games left to play does not equal mathematical elimination. There is, of course, no guarantee that he will retain that knowledge in 2011 or any other future season.
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Hiroki Kuroda makes his first start of the spring for the Dodgers on Tuesday in a home game against Colorado. Fifth starter candidate Charlie Haeger also will pitch, and the Dodgers will take the wraps off three of their best relievers -- closer Jonathan Broxton, setup man George Sherrill and Hong-Chih Kuo. Kuroda ended last season with a herniated disk in his neck. Sherrill opened the spring with sore knees and was further slowed by taking a line drive off his right ankle last week.


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That was before my encounter with English television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis' "Strawberry & Rhubarb Crumble" recipe in the May issue of my Bon Appétit magazine. Then, I knew that I was ready to give cooked/baked strawberries a try. When mixed with rhubarb, cooked strawberries lose their cloying aspect, so there was no way they were going to be a problem for me. Rhubarb is the best partner for strawberries. Both complement each other perfectly.
At the moment we are getting the most perfumed strawberries from Italy, so I have been eating that lovely fruit almost on a daily basis. (strawberry fever, baby!). Not to forget that it is also the high season for Swiss rhubarb which has to be one of my favorite veggies (yes it is a vegetable!) ever. How could one resist eating both of them together? Nobody, I'm pretty sure.
And to tell you the truth, I now am addicted to cooked/baked strawberries in desserts! That crumble converted me totally and made me change my mind (well, I am still not a big fan of strawberry jam though, but I might reconsider my position later...). As a matter of fact, I have made different variations of that "Strawberry & Rhubarb Crumble" three times in a row/week!
The recipe I am going to share with you today was created for the meal (starter: green asparagus with a pistachio & fresh garlic vinaigrette, main course: gnudi di spinaci e ricotta) I had prepared with much care for my friend Corinne and is highly inspired by Tamasin Day-Lewis' crumble recipe (the original recipe has been turned around and newly adapted by myself).
Well, Corinne who loves rhubarb cleaned her dessert plate in no time and without effort! This crumble is just irresistibly heavenly. The topping is mouthwateringly crispy, delightfully buttery and pleasantly oaty, the middle is decadently gooey and incredibly puddingy and the bottom is marvelously juicy, wonderfully fruity as well as exhaliratingly fragrant. Totally awesome and to die for!
200g (1 1/2 Cups + 1 Tbs) All purpose flour
100g (1/2 Cup) + 140g (2/3 Cup) Castor sugar
1/2 Tsp Sea salt
100g (1/2 Cup) Unsalted butter, cold & cut into 1.5cm (1/2-inch) cubes
2-3 Tbs Old-fashioned oats
2 Tsp Natural vanilla paste
1 Tsp Ground cinnamon
4 Cups (1 pound) Strawberries, hulled, halved (or cut in 4 if very big)
12 oz (360g) Red rhubarb, ends trimmed, stalks cut crosswise into 1.5cm (1/2-inch) -thick pieces
1. Combine the flour, 100g sugar and salt in medium bowl. Whisk to blend.
2. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture ressemble corse sand/pebbles.
3. Add the oats and mix well.
4. Preheat the oven to 190° C (375° F).
5. Butter a 28x18x5cm (11x7x2-inch) baking dish.
6. Place the fruits in a big bowl, add the vanilla, cinnamon and 140g sugar in large bowl.
7. Toss delicately to coat well.
8. Scrape the fruit filling into the prepared baking dish.
9. Sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the filling.
10. Bake the crumble until the filling bubbles thickly and the topping is crisp as well as golden brown, about 45 minutes.
11. Let cool 15 minutes on a wire rack.
12. Spoon the warm crumble into dessert dishes.
Store the cooled crumble in an airtight container in fridge. It can be kept in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Serving suggestions:
Serve with some ice cream (vanilla, goat's milk, yoghurt, lemon...) or some thick yoghurt (Greek) mixed with a little powder sugar.
This crumble is also delicious when eaten cold (at room temperature) the next day.
200g de Farine blanche
100g +140g de Sucre cristallisé
1/2 CC de Sel de mer
100g de Beurre non-salé, très froid et coupé en petits morceaux de 1.5cm
2-3 CS d'Avoine
2 CC de Pâte de vanille naturelle
1 CC de Cannelle en poudre
500g de Fraises, équeutées et coupées en deux (ou en quatre si elles sont grosses)
360g de Rhubarbe (préférablement rose), coupée en morceaux de 1.5cm
2. Ajouter le beurre et l'incorporer avec les doigts afin d'obtenir un mélange sablé grossier.
3. Ajouter l'avoine et bien mélanger.
4. Préchauffer le four à 190° C.
5. Beurrer un plat à gratin de 28x18x5cm.
6. Mettre les fruits dans un grand bol, ajouter la vanille, la cannelle et les 140g de sucre.
7. Mélanger délicatement afin que le sucre et les épices soient bien répartis.
8. Mettre le mélange de fruits dans le plats.
9. Saupoudrer de manière homogène avec le crumble.
10. Cuire le crumble pendant 45 minutes, jusqu'à ce que le mélange aux fruits fasse des bulles et que le dessus soit bien croquant et doré.
11. Laisser refroidir pendant 15 minutes.
12. Servir le crumble dans des assiettes à dessert.
Vous pouvez conserver le crumble au frigo (1 ou deux jours).
Idées de présentation:
Servir ce crumble avec de la glace (vanille, lait de chèvre, yaourt, citron,...) ou avec du yaourt épais (grec) auquel vous ajouterez un peu de sucre en poudre.
Ce crumble est aussi délicieux quand consommé froid (à température ambiante) le jour d'après.