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Published on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 2:25pm
The Mystery Book Club got a big surprise when Maggie Sefton dropped by the September meeting. In addition to the Knitting Mystery series set in Colorado and featuring Kelly Flynn, she has published Deadly Politics, featuring Molly Malone, the first in a projected series of political thrillers set in Washington, D.C. She was a dynamic conversationalist on several writing topics, especially about how characters impose themselves on authors, as well as on her Washington, D.C., background. Read more about the author and the series on her website.
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When I order textbooks from Amazon, I expect exactly what is in the picture and description. "Like New" translates in my mind to saving some $800 on this one used book, though from the appearance whomever last possessed the book clearly had no interest in Fundamental Foundations of Functional Financial Accounting, or whatever text my absurd ex-major requires. Thus, teasing me with "like new" and then sending me "acceptable" is simply unacceptable.
Dating sites should work the same way. If I so choose to pay a hefty portion of writer's salary to ensure I am only dating non-hefty hotties, I want to be ensured I am getting what I paid for and will not have to go through the awkward "return process" or excruciating first date.
So thank you, Mr. Robert Hintze, for not "letting fatties roam [your] site," BeautifulPeople.com. The website axed over 5000 members for recent holiday weight gain.
Anyone who dares slack on their eating disorders over this crucial time before the pinnacle of romance itself (Valentine's Day) deserves to be unceremoniously tossed on their muffin-stuffed asses to forage through the world of excruciatingly average people populating the mainstream dating sites.
Those of us who proudly continue to allow our militaristic workout routines consume our livelihoods shouldn't be burdened with those who cave at the first site of grandma's homemade cooking or nephew's earnestly presented 900-calorie gingerbread man.
If you are going to advertise yourselves as the "sexiest website in the world today" and guarantee "dates that will always be beautiful," you can't beat around the bush (god forbid) on fatties. Welcome to capitalism kids; false advertising is not accepted, and fat only correlates to beautiful for those obviously less motivated or less occupied with physical appearance.
Want people to look past the surface? Value your intelligence or wit? Join a dating site that tailors to those banalities or believes in such things as the subjectivity of beauty.
Thankfully Hintze has a clear-cut, non-refutable answer to such pompous, post-modernist perceptions of beauty and implements his innovative take on sex-appeal right on the site through a sliding scale of user ratings. Each person has a myriad of pictures to browse through so that the validity of their beauty can be clearly determined without the deception of camera tricks and light angles.
Once you have properly sorted through a portion of the individual's representational narcissism, you then scientifically calculate viameasurement of your blood pressure and personal envy exacting how beautiful on a zero-to-10 scale each person is. As more people view each person's page, the number is actualized and solidified – as there is undoubtedly consensus. Even more importantly, as each person adds recent pictures to their page, their attractiveness can be tracked through the development of their work out routine and "eating" habits.
Therefore, when some undeserving fatty manages to finagle their unruly thighs into the site, they are quickly exposed for the fleshy miscreants they are.
Way to go, BeautifulPeople! One more step toward sterilizing the whole overweight population entirely.
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Everyone has been faced with the dilemma of whether to choose convenience over health. Luckily, consumers don't have to choose anymore, especially when it comes to healthy snacking on-the-go. Companies are recognizing the need for healthy, portable snacks and creating new formulations and packaging to make life easier for us all.
The next time you catch a client looking longingly at your chocolate selection, remind them that good things come to those who indulge wisely. Many of our industry's most succulent delicacies not only treat our mouths, but they also boost our spirits and give our bodies nutrition.
Ever notice how important historical movements sound even more impressive when given a great name? The Age of Enlightenment. The Napoleonic Era. The Middle Ages. The Low-Carb Era.
Today's consumer is not one who will willingly take the good with the bad if there is a better option. This holds true in all aspects of retail. For instance, who wants a CD player when you can have an iPod that holds all of your music, takes pictures and doubles as a phone?
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You are what you eat... especially if it's the first thing you eat. Breakfast has been and always will be the most important meal of the day. Eating a frosted doughnut over granola and yogurt may be the factor that decides the amount of stress that will accompany your daily activities.
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Pentax ( Ricoh ) is still introducing new products that were likely in the pipeline before their takeover from Hoya. They have the ability to create a niche product by introducing a better and more directed line of lenses. WR and A* are really the only way to go if you have a K 7 or newer body as they create a complete system, especially now that the series II flashes have been created.
For K 5 and K 3 photographers, there also should be a 10 mm or 10-20 mm WR lens, preferably with a 2.8 or 3.5 fixed f to fill a void in their lens lineup.
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The Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 6-4 today thanks in large part to two large home runs from third baseman Miguel Cabrera.
Cabrera's first home run on the day came right after the Tigers took the lead in the first inning. After the White Sox scored one run in the top of the first off Tigers starter Jacob Turner, Quintin Berry hit a two-run home run in the bottom half of the inning off White Sox starter Philip Humber to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. Cabrera immediately followed that with a solo home run to put Detroit up 3-1.
In his next at-bat in the the third inning, Cabrera made it 4-1 with a 457-foot home run to straight away centerfield. The home run was the 300th of his career, making Cabrera the 11th youngest player ever to reach that mark in Major League Baseball. Later in the inning, Brennan Boesch got into the long ball act with a two-run shot to right-center. It was his 11th of the season and made it 6-1 Detroit.
Jacob Turner went 5 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits. He struck out three and walked none and got his first win of his Major League career.
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15 Black Friday myths busted
Black Friday has the best prices of the year? Nope. Not true.
This guest post comes from Dealnews.
At Dealnews, our job is to help you get the best possible price for what you want to buy and to keep you from getting hoodwinked while you're shopping. It's with that in mind that we go into the holiday shopping season with some trepidation, because along with great Black Friday deals come a lot of hype and misinformation.
We can't tell you how to score a better parking space at your local mall, but we might just be able to brighten your day by dispelling these common Black Friday shopping myths:
- Myth: Black Friday sales begin on, well, Black Friday. Actually, most major retail chains will start debuting Black Friday sales online on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. (Amazon even announced that its Black Friday offerings this year will begin several days before that.) In years past, we've even seen some deals sell out before Friday, which means you can use this shopping fact as an excuse to step away from any too-intense family time on Turkey Day.
- Myth: Doorbusters are free. Whaaa? Believe it or not, many people believe that Black Friday is the day to score freebies. This myth may be what lures people to sleep outside a store overnight, but most doorbusters are just low-priced items meant to create frenzy. If you find a free HDTV on Black Friday, please send us a photo of it alongside your pet unicorn.
- Myth: Black Friday deals are so good, they're worth sleeping overnight on a curb for. These days, more and more Black Friday deals are available online as well as in-store. In fact, last year, Target offered several of their doorbusters online, where a stacking 10%-off coupon also applied. That means that select items were actually cheaper if you just stayed home and shopped online. It may not be worth camping out for Black Friday sales, where you'll likely just get shoved around as the 500 people behind you rush in at your tail.
- Myth: Nobody will beat Black Friday prices. Nope, not true. In a few weeks, we'll put out our list of stores that offer price matching on Black Friday. (See last year's list.) Major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot and Meijer offered various policies regarding price matching last year, and in some cases, they not only matched, but offered a better price. Post continues after video.
- Myth: Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers (.pdf file), the Saturday before Dec. 25 is actually the busiest shopping day of the year, with only an estimated 35% of respondents planning to do any holiday shopping on the day after Thanksgiving.
- Myth: Prices on Black Friday are the lowest of the year. Although many Black Friday deals offer the lowest prices of the year so far, we will eventually see many sales matched or beaten later on. It just depends on whether you're willing to wait. Also keep in mind that retailers will often sprinkle in mediocre discounts with their doorbuster deals, in the hopes that shoppers will bite on high-profit items.
- Myth: Black Friday is the best time to do all of your holiday shopping. While it's true that several types of items will be available at rock-bottom prices, select categories will actually be cheaper if you wait. For example, you should probably hold off on toys, winter apparel, and brand-name TVs. Be sure to consult our upcoming November Buying Guide for more information about the best and worst things to buy in November.
- Myth: If you have buyer's remorse, you can always just return your purchases. Not so fast! Stores tighten their return policies considerably during the holidays, making it harder to return items. Some retailers will only give you store credit even if you have a receipt. A handful of stores are now also keeping track of serial returners and banning them. If you don't remember to ask for a gift receipt for each item you purchase, your recipients might be doubly unhappy: They'll likely be offered store credit for only a limited portion of the return. Bah humbug!
- Myth: Signing up for a store credit card for an extra discount is a no-brainer. If it's really that good for you, do you think stores would try to upsell you so hard? There's a reason why most people decline these offers, not the least of which is the fact that retailers dangle these kinds of offers to get consumers to overspend. Also, as we noted a few weeks ago, opening new lines of credit can affect your credit score, so you have to consider how long you'll keep a store's card, whether you will pay the card off each month, and if it will harm your credit the next time you need a mortgage, car loan, etc.
- Myth: All of the good deals are printed in Black Friday ads. On Thanksgiving Day, retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy have historically advertised additional Black Friday deals that weren't in their circulars. These "secret" deals are only found online, so the trick is to uncover them on the Web on Thursday so you'll know about them when you arrive at the store on Friday. Keep an eye on our Black Friday ads section for new listings.
- Myth: Leaked Black Friday ads are accurate. In fact, they are often inaccurate or misleading. Last year, we jeered several retailers for advertising discounts that we just couldn't find.
- Myth: You have to go to an Apple Store in person for its Black Friday sale. In reality, all of Apple's Black Friday sale prices will be available online with free shipping sitewide. However, in our Black Friday predictions piece, we actually advised against shopping the Apple sale, as most resellers -- like Amazon, MacConnection, and MacMail -- will offer discounts that will be twice as good. Plus, in some cases, they may also offer a sales tax advantage.
- Myth: Black Friday is the best day to buy a new TV. Yes and no. While we'll see the lowest prices of the year for several HDTV sizes, they will largely be attached to off-brand models. If you're looking for the best deal on major brands like Samsung, you'll likely see those discounts in December or later when these manufacturers release their new models for 2012.
- Myth: Big-ticket electronics need extended warranties. Not necessarily. This time of year retailers lower their prices, and then need consumers to purchase add-ons to maintain a profit margin. Don't be talked into buying a long, pricey warranty if you know a one- or two-year plan will do the trick. It's cheaper to buy a techie friend dinner in exchange for help than paying for in-home setup.
- Myth: Cyber Monday offers the same caliber deals online as Black Friday in-store sales. For those of you who'd rather fully digest your Thanksgiving meal and not stand in line starting at 3 a.m. on Black Friday, we understand. Shopping for the best deals can be exhausting, but if you wait until Cyber Monday you will be missing out on some of the highest markdowns of the holiday season. Coming out of your tryptophan daze on Monday, you'll definitely see retailers' sales, but these bargains are essentially the leftovers from the Black Friday feast. Plus, as we mentioned earlier, many Friday offerings will be available online, so you really have no excuse for a late start.
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After working at Bestbuy for 4 black fridays, I have to agree with the article. The only good "deals" were just crappy branded items or closeout items that weren't really saving you anything. Best Buy usually brings in low budget items only for the purpose of selling cheap stuff on black friday. Then you don't see those items for the rest of the year because.. well.. they are crap. So you do get a cheap tv.. but certainly not a good one.. even if it is a Samsung or Sony. Keep in mind that no store in their right mind is going to sell something under cost and lose money on an item, and most tv's aren't marked up high unless you go into really high end stuff.
Also, stores leak fake ads on purpose because they don't want other retailers finding out what deals they will have. BB leaked fake ads on purpose(not to consumers). So definitely don't but too much into those leaked ads.
Expect to get little to no help, not have a parking spot, super long lines and to walk out spending more than you should have or would have if you had just gone on a different day. Worst day of the year by far for shopping and for retail employees.
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DK DPS is perhaps good, I wouldn't know - 2 years of WoW and before that other MMOs and I've never played DPS - but the tanks were having issues.
Specifically too 'spikey' - when their cooldowns were cool they were very strong on mitigation, but when they were down they were too weak on mitigation.
The changes, moving a large portion of DK mitigation into a stance and out of cooldowns, will make them play a lot more like other tanks - decent baseline mitigation with a cooldown-based mitigation buff. Before it was the other way around - the core of their mitigation was in a cooldown-based ability, and the minor buff was in a stance.


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This should be a year of transition for the U.S. economy and for Federal Reserve policy, Atlanta Fed President and CEO Dennis Lockhart said during a recent speech.
Last year's momentum sustained in 2014, so far
"Some of the strength in the second half resulted from a buildup of inventory (which, of course, can't go on indefinitely), but we also saw strength in consumer spending, business spending on equipment, and exports," he said. "The pickup in consumer activity and business investment hints at rising confidence about future prospects for the economy."
Forecasting remains an imprecise science
"Still, I think the fundamentals have improved, and the economy is likely to continue to perform in a higher gear over the full-year 2014," Lockhart said. "So, I will argue that 2014 may also turn out to be a transitional year in terms of economic performance."
If the economy indeed stays on track, this year could also bring an end to the Federal Open Market Committee's large-scale asset purchases, the Atlanta Fed president stated. The Committee has reduced the pace of those purchases at each of its two most recent meetings. "Absent a marked adverse change in the outlook for the economy," Lockhart remarked, "I think it is reasonable to expect a progression of similar moves, with the asset purchase program completely wound down by the fourth quarter of the year."
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Inside Randy Edsall's large, contemporary home hangs a framed newspaper bearing a photo of the coach with his arms raised and his jubilant Connecticut players dancing around him on the sideline.
The accompanying story chronicles one of Edsall's big, early wins at UConn, a program he helped transition — painfully at times — from the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as 1-AA) to the Football Bowl Subdivision.
"Arrival Time," the headline screams in bold, oversized lettering.
As Edsall enters his third Maryland season, Terps fans are waiting to see if his latest program — fashioned increasingly in his image — has arrived.
During his first two seasons — in which the Terps lost 18 of 24 games — Edsall said improvement was part of a building process. "It doesn't happen overnight," he said after his first year.
The hope and belief around College Park is that this year's team — which has just four senior starters and is largely built around Edsall's own recruits — has reached critical mass.
"We're closer to where I want to be than we were a year ago. We're gaining on it every day," Edsall said Thursday. "We're still not where we need to be with the kind of depth I want to have."
Edsall's program seems to have emerged from the difficult period after he replaced Ralph Friedgen, a former Terps player who had been coach for 10 years. About a dozen players with eligibility left Maryland after Edsall's first year, and his initial offensive and defensive coordinators lasted one season. Edsall was criticized by local columnists for his record and team rules. The coach, who can display a temper, remained upbeat in public, refusing to show the strain.
"He got into a mess," said Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett, who has coached against Edsall and, like the Maryland coach, has been in the business for more than 30 years. "It's hard to hire the right people. Randy is starting to get the people around him that he's comfortable with. He was in a very precarious situation. He had a group of guys that had been with him [at Connecticut] and knew him and he couldn't bring all of them."
Bennett said fans aren't known for being patient. "This is an instant gratification society. But you look at the coaches that have stuck. Look at [Virginia Tech coach] Frank Beamer. Look at his first four or five years," Bennett said.
Beamer was 22-32-1 in his first five Virginia Tech seasons and is 258-127-4 now.
A roster breakdown shows the degree to which Maryland has become Edsall-ized. The team is heavy on underclassmen too new to have played for Friedgen.
Of the players on Maryland's current travel squad, 19 are true freshmen or redshirt freshmen. There are 21 sophomores and 18 juniors.
Just eight of the 66 travel squad members are seniors.
"For anyone in life — not just our football team — change is difficult," said cornerback Jeremiah Johnson, a redshirt junior whose first year on the team was Friedgen's last. "I think some of the older guys may have had a harder time than some of us younger guys. We weren't really under the old regime for that long, so it wasn't that much of an adjustment. You've definitely seen over the past few years that the trust has built and people are buying into what [Edsall] wants to do here."
This season, coaches have introduced new measures to try to promote unity.
Maryland ends practices with a shout of "Hold the Rope," the team's unofficial motto.
The meaning? Imagine you're dangling from a cliff and relying on a teammate to reel you in.
The slogan appears on the cover of every playbook — as well as on bright red wrist bands sported by starting quarterback C.J. Brown, among others.
"Drew Wilson, our strength coach, came to the team with the idea and said, 'This is going to be our motto for the offseason,'" Brown said.


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P4G Famitsu: Rise's Evolved Persona, Insect Catching
This is Famitu's article on Rise's Evolved Persona, added support skills as well as the new element of insect catching. (I refuse to use the word bug, because PROGRAMMERS HATE BUGS. Ya, bug reminds me more of coding than six-legged creatures.)
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when Souji is hurt and crouched down, a naked pink version of Rise appears to bend over his helpless body and touch him fondly to help him "Rise Up".


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One minute after the 6:45 p.m. listed starting time for "The Hangover Part III" at the AMC Loews Boston Common, a half-full theater darkened and fell silent except for the crunching of popcorn. The ads came first. Then that familiar green light bathed rows of upturned faces.
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1) Souper Jenny
You say, "Souper Jenny is homemade, fresh, and very good. Why anyone would want anything else is beyond me."
2) The 57th Fighter Group Restaurant
3) MetroFresh
4) Stone Soup Kitchen
5) Steamhouse Lounge
1) L'Thai Organic Cuisine
Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, "L'Thai's tom-kha is a silken bowl of sweet-yet-sour soup layered with the flavors of broth and coconut milk and peppered with bright cilantro, all highlighted by unimaginably fresh tofu. One sip, and you won't need Calgon to take you away."
2) 4th & Swift
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5) Souper Jenny
November 20th, 2009
2:26 pm
Broad Street Cafe has fabulous soups! The chicken tortilla is my personal favorite but the mushroom/brie and roasted red peppre are killer too.
November 20th, 2009
3:03 pm
Beer cheese soup at the 57th Fighter Group is awesome!!!!
November 20th, 2009
3:04 pm
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November 20th, 2009
3:34 pm
I love the Wild Rice and Mushroom soup at Houston's.
November 20th, 2009
4:05 pm
Jalapeno chicken and cheese at Central City Tavern. Incredible!
November 20th, 2009
4:53 pm
Lobster Bisque at Steamhouse lounge and Chicken Soup at Taxco on Roswell Rd, my fav's for the 16 years I've lived in Atlanta.
November 20th, 2009
4:54 pm
I vote for anything from Souper Jenny and Brunswick Stew from Harold's.
November 20th, 2009
4:58 pm
Noon Midtown's Smoky Tomato Soup is excellent. Helps get me through the day.
November 20th, 2009
5:54 pm
All the soups at Sweet Tomatoes rock!!
November 21st, 2009
3:46 pm
I love the soup on Roswell Road in Buckhead at The Gallery Cafe. They have several kinds to choose from and I like them all. It's been hard for me to pick my favorite. While I'm enjoying my soup I also enjoy looking at the art work by some of Atlanta's talented artists. I even bought one as a Christmas gift for a friend of mine.
November 21st, 2009
3:52 pm
The Gallery Cafe's Acorn Squash soup is surreal, every slurp is a treasured moment!
November 21st, 2009
4:54 pm
From chicken vegetable to tomato basil from butternut squash to jerusalem artichokes………and celeriac chestnuts… I can't remenber them all but it's the gallery cafe's soups are deffinetly the best… EVER!
November 21st, 2009
7:20 pm
I ABSOLUTELY love the butter nut squash at the gallery cafe in buckhead
November 21st, 2009
7:22 pm
Gallery cafe has the best soups by far. No one can beat them!
November 21st, 2009
9:04 pm
I love Gallery Cafe's soups- butternut squash, chicken vegetable, tomato basil, gazpacho, to name a few. They're all good.
November 22nd, 2009
10:09 am
Most definitely the chicken tortilla soup at Cafe Flavor in Sandy Springs.
November 22nd, 2009
10:30 am
Park's Edge has delicious soups for brunch! Yummy!
November 22nd, 2009
10:49 am
I am a true beleiver in goodness and freshness and I am always satisfied to stop at the Gallery Cafe, my favorite is the beef barley, full of beautiful veggies, the Tuscan white beans this week
I tried a new soup called Caldo Verde, I loved it and also the Mexican Tortilla, the Miami Black Bean IRRESISTABLE …..
November 22nd, 2009
10:54 am
The Sweet and Sour soup at the Mandarin House on Roswell Road– unbelievable
November 22nd, 2009
10:55 am
The tomato soup at BB's on McFarland Rd. near 400 is DELICIOUS!!!!!!
November 22nd, 2009
11:28 am
The carrot ginger soup at the gallery cafe in Buckhead is my favorite
November 22nd, 2009
11:40 am
Souper Jenny is the best. I used to eat there. I wish they would deliver.
November 22nd, 2009
12:15 pm
Stoney River's Lobster Bisque with the sherry drizzled on top….delectable!
November 22nd, 2009
12:37 pm
Shecrab Soup at Nordstrom on Tuesdays! Yummmm!
November 22nd, 2009
1:05 pm
if you love soup, all types of soup, it is Souper Jenny for a selection of great soups every day
November 22nd, 2009
1:29 pm
Yesterday's soup of the day at Muss & Turners. Soups always better the next day.
November 22nd, 2009
1:37 pm
I just had a really hearty black bean soup at El Azteca on Ponce. We also had there chicken and rice soup with lots of white meat chicken and fresh sliced avocado slices and topped off with pico de gallo… Not bad…
November 22nd, 2009
2:14 pm
Any soup at A Royal Affair in Sandy Springs.
November 22nd, 2009
3:16 pm
Since I'd discoverd The Gallery Cafe on Roswell and Piedmond every day is my easy stop by to grab a lunch and a soup togo. I love the carrot ginger
I told the owner to put an orange flag when they have it!
November 22nd, 2009
3:26 pm
I discovered this place not long ago and I was passing by every day without notice it
The Gallery Cafe in the Tuxedo festival mall is the best secret place not so secret because it's crowded and the soups are amazing. Just try recently the gumbo soup That's gonna be my Thanksgiving!
November 22nd, 2009
3:48 pm
2 Willies' in Lawrenceville. Their chili is off the chain. Flavor in every spoonful. Just the right amount of everything. I average 2-3 bowls a week.
November 22nd, 2009
4:09 pm
Stone Soup Kitchen on Woodward Avenue in Grant Park….
Jason McDonald and Sarah Rick, Owners.
November 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
I have sampled most of The Gallery Cafe's soups and can honestly say that they are among the best i have had in all my travels.
Thanks, Dave
November 22nd, 2009
7:49 pm
The sausage gumbo at Southern Sweets Bakery in Decatur is the BOMB!!!
November 22nd, 2009
8:13 pm
Lts of good choices in Atlanta for soup.
Chicken and Wild Rice from the Oak Grove Market on LaVista
Shrimp Corn Chowder from Taqeria del Sol
Carrot Ginger at Star Provisions
Tomato Basil from La Madaleine
Mexica CHicken Soup from Zapata in Norcross
Mushroom Barley from Goldbergs
White Bean from the late, great Brassire le Coze (RIP)
Turkey Chili and White Bean from Souper Jenny
November 22nd, 2009
8:14 pm
Points off for my typing/spelling. Geeze!
November 22nd, 2009
9:21 pm
Zuppa Toscana @ Olive Garden is always consistent in my book.
November 22nd, 2009
9:35 pm
The Gallery Cafe in buckhead has the best soup in town!
November 22nd, 2009
10:29 pm
The chicken tortilla soup at McAlister's deli is so good!
November 22nd, 2009
11:36 pm
Figo's soups….any of theirs are the best in the city
November 23rd, 2009
2:38 am
The chili at the Wendys on memorial—best in town!
November 23rd, 2009
8:34 am
The best soup is the butternut squash at the Gallery Cafe. The owners make you welcome and the soups are all yummy.
November 23rd, 2009
9:30 am
Creamy onion soup at FAB!
November 23rd, 2009
10:51 am
ALL of the soups at Gallery Cafe in Buckhead. Made from scratch and delicious. Michelle will be happy to choose for you if you just can't decide which one to have! I crave their soups.


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These Young Farmers Embrace
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By Tommy Horton
What might that tradition be? Working as a farmer and following in a father's footsteps. In today's fast-paced world, we see too many instances where the sons and daughters of farmers leave home to pursue a different career. They simply either didn't have the desire to pursue such a lifestyle, or maybe they didn't think there were economic opportunities in the small town where they grew up.
Whatever the situation, we had better be thankful that there are plenty of young people who did decide to stay home, raise families and continue their dreams of being the next generation of farmers. You would be hard pressed to find a better example of this kind of commitment than what you'll read about on pages 22, 23 and 24. Gem Mitchell and Andy Shelton of Bolivar, Tenn., are two farmers who grew up emulating their fathers and with only one objective – becoming a farmer someday.
They have succeeded in their quest, and their story is remarkable by any standard. They grew up together, attended the same elementary, junior high and high school. Their parents were best friends, and everybody attended the same church. Today, the friendship continues. The two families farm acreage close to each other. Gem and Andy's children are best of friends. The wives are best friends, and both families take vacations together. If you didn't know any better, you'd say this is too good to be true.
Take it from me, the future of farming is in good hands if the next generation looks like Gem and Andy. It isn't easy being a farmer in West Tennessee, because this is dryland country. The terrain doesn't lend itself to any kind of irrigation. Last year, a scorching heat wave and drought made it doubly difficult.
Somehow these two farmers, ages 38 and 41, found a way to deal with the conditions, moved some of their cotton acreage into corn, soybeans and wheat – and more than survived. They have what you might call a "can-do" spirit. After spending the entire day with these families, it was easy to be impressed by their enthusiasm for farming. They are meticulous in their farming practices and thankful for the careers they have chosen.
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The governing organization of the city quickly outgrew the first City Hall on Bridge Square. Construction of the new City Hall, to be known as the Municipal Building, started in late 1888 and continued in fits and starts until its official completion in 1909, at a cost of $3.5 million.
Built in Richardsonian style, of Ortonville granite, the building served as the Court House of Hennepin County and the City Hall of Minneapolis, and today continues to house city government and some county offices, being jointly owned by the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. With its clock tower rising to a height of 345 feet, the building was the tallest structure in Minneapolis until the 1920s. The clock itself was said to be the largest in the world when it was installed. Its faces measure four inches larger than those of London's Big Ben. The spacious rotunda houses the statue of the "Father of Waters," a colossal work of sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Mead, who carved the statue while residing in Florence, Italy. In 1974, the Municipal Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1981, a general plan was created for the building that attempts to restore some of the original detail. Most recently, the City Council chambers have been remodeled to resemble the 1923 design by John S. Bradstreet.
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A Jackson County judge on Monday said that under Missouri law, potential jurors must do their civic duty even if they are breast feeding.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Marco Roldan refused to discuss his specific citation against Laura Trickle for contempt of court. Trickle was cited in September after she failed to make other childcare arrangements for her son who she is breast feeding. She brought her 7-month-old son, Axel, to the courthouse and didn't bring anyone along with her to watch him.
Trickle will face Roldan on Thursday, and could get up to a $500 fine. The citation has enraged many mothers, and some groups are vowing to raise the money needed to cover any fine imposed.
"It's not right. It's not fair for us. We're just trying to do what's best for our children and we shouldn't be penalized and fined for it," Trickle told KCTV5.
Kansas law provides an exemption for breast-feeding mothers, but Missouri does not.
Roldan said the court system does everything it can to help citizens with hardships. Missouri law does allow potential jurors to get a one-time postponement.
Court records show that Trickle received several postponements.
Roldan said court employees will work with county residents to get a new date to serve but then they are expected to be in court "ready to serve on that date." He said the court does an excellent job of working with residents and explaining to them what is expected of them.
If the Missouri General Assembly adds a breast-feeding exemption like Kansas and some other states have, Roldan would support that.
"If the Legislature tells me to, I'm going to exclude breast-feeding moms as I know how valuable it is. I would comply with the law," he said.
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Blog: Spot-fixing in IPL-6
9:33 pm: Statement from Mr Raghu Iyer, CEO, Rajasthan Royals
All of the Rajasthan Royal owners, management, captain, coach and players and staff are shocked and disappointed at the entire situation which has caused immense distress to us all.
Rajasthan Royals wishes to clarify a number of matters, especially in relation to comments made in the media about the RR players currently under investigation:
- RR has launched a comprehensive internal investigation, and will make all information available to the authorities to assist with any on-going inquiries
- RR is closely coordinating with the BCCI and the IPL Governing Council to take whatever steps may be necessary in the current situation
- RR has noted statements which have been made today, including by Ajit Chandila's lawyer, Mr. Rakesh Kumar, suggesting that it was made aware of such matters: these are completely unfounded and are totally refuted. RR will take legal action in the event that such defamatory statements continue to be made by any person
- RR has also noted statements which suggest that there have been other related instances in the past. RR absolutely confirms that it has never had any knowledge of any such matters. RR works closely with the ACSU, and has always fully complied with all of its related obligations, as a participant in the IPL
- All RR players are fully aware of the zero-tolerance approach of the franchise with regard to corruption and have obligations in that regard through their player contracts with IPL and the franchise
Rajasthan Royals has suffered enormously as a result of the alleged actions of these players, and will fully support the BCCI and other authorities in rooting out this evil from the game of cricket.
8.10 pm: Police have denied media reports that Rajasthan Royals' owners Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra or captain Rahul Dravid would be investigated---IANS
7.48 pm: 'Been a couple of tough days for us and for anyone who loves this game of cricket. For anyone who has anything to do with cricket, it has not been a happy couple of days. Unfortunately we have been at the epicenter of all that but the team is determined to change it around. We've played good cricket through the tournament and we'll try to have a crack at the top 2 spots. We've had a couple of close games away from home but we haven't been able to cross the line. We recognize that the play-offs are not in Rajasthan so we hope to play better. We would have batted first as well, obviously. The off-field issues has got us closer as a team. We want to play for the team and for the fans. Trivedi and Sachin Baby come in.'
7.15 pm: Raging controversy over spot-fixing charges against three Rajasthan Royals players has sullied the beauty of the game and affected a lot of players, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming said Friday.
"The beauty of the game has been sullied by spot-fixing charges. They are not only a distraction, but also affected a lot of players," Fleming told reporters ahead of CSK's last league tie with hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) late Saturday in the IPL-6 here.
7 pm: Indian Premier League Chairman Rajeev Shukla on Friday warned of "strongest possible action" against those players found guilty of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league.
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My Last Nights and Day at the PromsPosted by Rodney Lister in Uncategorized
I've been back in Boston for a little over a week, so this is sort of old news by now.
On the Monday, the 28th of August (Bank Holiday), the Proms Chamber Music concert at Cadogan Hall included the first performance of two pieces by Colin Matthews. Commissioned by the BBC, these were added to two already existing ones. They were played by Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips. Although they had very evocative titles which imply lots of character (Luminoso, Oscuro, Scorrevole, Calmo), they in fact seemed rather bland and neutral. It's a little hard to be completely sure that that perception is quite accurate, though, since, those two performers were joined by the other member of the Leopold String Trio (whose violist is Power) and Benjamin Nabarro for a performance of the Schumann Piano Quintet, which also seemed rather bland, neutral, and lacking in character. So who knows….
Later that afternoon (it's being a holiday and all) there was a special matinee Prom in the Albert Hall, persented by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Charles Hazlewood. It was a sort of pops concert, which was supposed to feature pieces influenced by jazz, but what the Ibert Divertissement had to do with that was a mystery, even though it was explained by Hazlewood, who did lots of talking through the concert. The rest of the program included Weill Songs, Rhapsody in Blue (in what was apparently Grofe's second of three goes at orchestrating it–this one was the, as it were, Mama Bear one, not a small as the original one for a jazz band with a solo violin and a banjo–my favorite, nor as large as the deluxe humongous symphony orchestra version one often hears at orchestra concerts, but a mid-sized version for 'theatre orchestra'–the pianist was Kevin Cole), and Bernstein's Fancy Free (which is a really pretty spiffy piece–maybe even with bits of orginality–, although a little long all by itself without dancing). It also included the first performance of a Proms commission, Crushing Twister by Dai Fujikara. Crushing Twister was inspired by a class for DJs that Fujikara listened to once at a school where he teaches, and is meant to make use of their scatching technique. The piece has a rather complicated set up, with a small ensemble, which plays the source material for piece, accompanied and mediated by two larger orchestras. Fujikara writes that he intended to treat the ensemble as a big turntable. Although he evoked the idea of the DJs' techniques, the music Fujikara wrote is not in anything like the hip-hop style that one might expect. It is basically your more or less standard new music; Fujikara says that there are two contrasting materials, one lyric the other very fast and rhythmic, but it was hard for this listener to perceive or remember the difference. Every piece, though, should have the benefit of the committment of the performers, and/or of the enthusiasm and advocacy of Hazlewood's verbal introduction.
Hans Werner Henze's 80th birthday was celebrated, or commemorated, anyway, by the first UK performance of excerpts from his opera, L'Upupa oder de Triumph der Shonesliebe (The Hoopoe or the Triumph of Filial Love), arraged as a five movement suite and called Five Messages for the Queen of Sheba, for some rather obscure reason. The work was played by the Orchestre National de Fance, conducted by Kurt Masure. Henza is an extremely accomplished composer, with all sorts of chops. I am just about always impressed by the skill with which he deploys the means of his pieces; but I am sometime also struck by the lack of profile of it. (I was once sitting at a concert of music by a famous composer, celebrating his 60th (I think) birthday; the person who I was sitting with turned around in the middle of one of the pieces and said, "You know, this has all the appearances of first class music." My feelings exactly in this case.) I think the performance really was first class. The Henze was followed by a performance of Shostkoich's Leningrad Symphony. I'm not sure I'd ever heard it live before; it's a really long piece, but also pretty engaging and entertaining. The first two movements, in fact, have real substance.
The Pittsburgh Symphony and Leonard Slatkin played on August 30. They played the Ives Second Symphony (the real New World Symphony, I think)(surprisingly, it was the first Proms performance). The piece is really wonderful (I suppose it is univerally admired–if it isn't it certainly should be), and the performance was beautiful and moving. I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that an American orchestra and an American conductor would have just about complete understanding of one of the most American of pieces, and would provide an eloquent and compelling performance of it, but I hadn't expected it to be thrilling. It was.
The last concert I heard on this summer's Proms was a late night Prom by the BBC Singers and the Nash Ensemble with soprano Amy Festong and violist Paul Silverthorne.
The concert started with Songs of Despair and Sorrow by Kurtag. Sometimes Kurtag's music seems to be just right and convinces with its intense and dramatic brevity. At other times it seems to me to be annoyingly self-conscious and precious. This was one of those times. Oh, it is also was long (21 minutes). (This was not the case, for me, anyway, earlier on when a Proms Chamber Music concert I heard had on it Kurtag's Hommage to RSch.) After four pieces for double chorus by Schumann, they played Rothko Chapel by Morton Feldman. So the last music of the season for me was the Feldman, which was also thrilling, particularly at the end, when the music in octaves has a sort of halo around it.
All told, over the time I was in London I heard about 15 concerts–I lost count. Some things were really striking and memorable; some of the newer pieces, which was what I was there for, were not so much so. But it's…I think the word may be awesome, that an organization like this would have the committment that the Proms has to new music. You certainly wouldn't have got that much on the BSO concerts at Tanglewood–and maybe not at all of the concerts that were done at Tanglewood. It's worth considering that the Albert Hall is enormous (what, 3,000-4,000?) and none of these concerts were exactly underpopulated. That music didn't exactly seem to be box office poison by any means.
Anyway, now back to what I guess might be called real life….