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Underipe fruit/veggie in grocery stores
So this isn't a rant exactly, though I am quite frustrated.
How do you all deal with going to the grocery store to find that everything in the produce section is underripe/not ready for consumption? Tomatoes, avocados, peaches? I am going absolutely nuts.
Yesterday I bought peaches - today I hoped that they might be OK to eat and I tried to take a bite out of one... hard as a rock. I don't know how many days it will take them to ripen... and by the time they do I might have forgotten about them and they will over ripen and need to be thrown out.
Seriously, what do you all do? Say you want to make a specific dish - when do you shop? After all some days the foods are ready to eat almost overripe and other days you will buy that peach and it won't be ready for a week!
Suggestions please! And yes, I already understand that flexibility is key but please give me some credit!
I refuse to buy produce in the grocery stores anymore for that very reason. I do the farmers markets when available and try and freeze as much as I can to eat over the winter months. Most of what we can find at the store we can find fresh at an orchard, farmers market, etc. It is def worth the trip and much more affordable too. Nothing beats fresh produce!
I suppose that I should be more specific.... there are times that going to a farmers market really cannot happen. How can you combat the unripe food items in the grocery store?
It is frustrating but it is sort of a catch-22. Take peaces and avocadoes, both soft. If the suppliers ship them perfectly ripe, they invariably get all bruised up in transit. Also allows a smaller window of time for the retailer to sell the produce. OTOH, green fruit is undesirable to customers who want to use it TONIGHT.
One approach is to go to your favorite stores and buy what is good and ripe today for immediate consumption and a few things that need a few days for later in the week. If you forget you have peaches ripening on the counter until it is too late, then I guess you just need to pay more attention to your peaches! Most things shouldn't take much more than 3 days at warmish room temp to ripen.
Considering the amount of travel time (and miles) that most produce goes through, there's really no way to guarantee the ripeness once something gets to the store. But I get that you know that already. (BTW I'm with Smileelisa on this one, as much as possible.)
So, I'd recommend something I've heard many a TV chef suggest. Go to the market, see what's ripe/cheap/in season/yummy NOW, and then plan your menu.
re: bakinggirl
Unfortunately that's not always possible, if you're planning a special dinner party or something. At least for me, if I'm hosting a big event, I start cooking a couple of days ahead and I need to know my menu is going to go together.
I tend to choose recipes that are a little bit flexible -- fruit based desserts where I can pick whatever fruit is ripe, for example. Or where I'll be cooking the fruit so it doesn't matter quite so much.
Otherwise, if I need fruit I know I can eat today, ethnic grocers tend to carry produce that's a little more of the moment than the major supermarket chains.
With avocados, I find that they are almost always better if you buy them green and ripen them yourself in any event. Unless you have a very consciencious produce person at your local market, the "ripe" avocados are often ones that have been refrigerated to hold their condition, which ruins their flavor in my opinion.
As for other fruits, I would suggest you be more flexible (yes, I know you already said you try to be, but you may save yourself some frustration if you try to go more with the flow on a given day ;-) on what you want to eat immediately. If the peaches aren't ripe, maybe the melon is. Or go with a fruit like grapes or bananas, which typically are more forgiving when it comes to ripeness. With tomatoes, I rarely if ever buy tomatoes other than cherry or plum varieties in the grocery store, as it has been years since I had a good full-sized grocery store tomato. I've rarely had a problem finding ready-to-eat cherry tomatoes in the market.
Otherwise, you are just going to have to plan ahead. I bought some green avocados this past weekend, knowing I was going to have a taco party next weekend and will want them for guacamole. Rather than leave it up to last minute chance, I bought them ahead (since I prefer to ripen them myself anyhow).
You also might try a different market. I find that grocery stores can vary widely in how their produce managers handle the produce. Whole Foods almost always has ripe fruit on hand, including avocados. Of course, that is part of the reason it is more expensive. If you have a produce manager that takes care to see that there is ripe fruit on hand, you are going to have higher waste, thus higher prices.
I guess I should have been specific about the reason I ranted a bit. This morning I had to stop at a grocery store that I don't care for much this morning before work. I shop and Whole foods most often because at least there I have luck. Yesterday and then again today I kid you not there wasn't a single ripe thing that wasn't a berry or an apple. Nothing that is in season such as peaches, nectarines, plums etc. It was all hard as a rock. All the bananas were to green to eat - I don't know about you but crunchy green bananas do make me sick. I really looked around too to find something.
That was the reason for my post today. I already understand how far the things travel in trucks to reach the stores. I understand the process entirely hense my own love of farmers markets etc. This was crazy though! As I walked by the stands all the tomatoes were pink as well. And it happens all the time.
The thing that is difficult though is try as you like you cannot predict when soemthing is going to be ready on your counter. It just is, when it is. That's why I want to understand how everyone else seems to do it.
And for the record I am very flexible and I substitute things all the time or change menus entirely. Sometimes though it gets a little difficult.
I also have a husband that is gone about 3/4 year for business - it is rather difficult on me when i grab a (small) pile of things to ripen at home and then they don't ripen before he leaves again, leaving me to A. have to scramble around for other things to eat and B. for me to have to figure out ways to eat food amounts for two on one stomach.
And say you knwo you want guacamole for superbowl - how in the orld can you figure out when to buy the avacados? This is just an example.
re: Allice98
I sympathize, I do :-)
For a rule of thumb on avocados, if it's a Haas avocado, and it is all green and rock hard, it will ripen in 5-7 days, closer to 7. If it's green with a tinge of black, but still quite hard, it will ripen in 3-5 days, closer to 4 or 5. If it's mostly black, but still on the firmer side, it will ripen in 2-3 days. If its all black and just a little firm, you can usually count on 1-2 days. You can hasten avocado ripening by storing them in a brown bag with an apple or a banana (I just keep mine on the counter next to the bananas to help with ripening). If I needed them for the superbowl, I'd by them 1 week ahead, green and hard.
I also tend to buy in small quantities, because I live alone and won't eat a full bunch of bananas. Do not hesitate to buy one or two and break them off the bunch.
Rock hard peaches from the supermarket rarely ripen well, if they ripen at all. I just don't bother to buy them after many disappointments with peaches that went mealy before they ever ripened or developed flavor. Same with nectarines and to a lesser extent, plums. With peaches, look for the variety called saturn or donut peaches, as those seem to be semi-reliable in terms of flavor and ripening, although even those are less tasty than they were 5 or so years ago when they were a new variety.
For tomatoes, as I noted above, I only buy cherry or grape tomatoes, and occasionally plum tomatoes depending on the time of year, from the supermarket. I don't bother with full-sized tomatoes from the supermarket, because I haven't had a good one in many many many years, with exception to high-end markets which carry heirloom varieties in the summertime.
So, that's my shopping strategy! Hope it helps!
re: DanaB
I find nectarines are more reliable than peaches. They have more flavour even when relatively hard and they seem to ripen better. Not always as delicious as they SHOULD be but more likely to be edible than peaches.
My personal pet peeve is "tree ripened" fruit that is rock hard! Who, exactly, do they think they are fooling?
Oh, and the fact that berries (in particular raspberries) are so often overripe: crushed and moldy. Driscolls even changed the colour of the liner on the bottom of the package to pink so that it's harder to tell if they are crushed on the bottom. But I'm not fooled, oh no ;)
I've just about given up on the big grocery stores for fruit, I am lucky enough to have some local produce stores with great prices, lots of local stuff in season, and seemingly faster turnover (no warehousing I suppose).
re: julesrules
am i just weird? i like my nectarines, plums, basicaly all stone fruit to be hard when i eat them. I want them to crunch... and i hate when they're juicy and oversweet.
re: kubasd
I am just the opposite- I want them juicy and sweet, the kind where you almost have to either wear a bib, or eat them over the sink!
re: Allice98
I feel the same way. There was a thread about prepackaged guacamole and what a sham it was. But, if you're traveling to a vacation house for a weekend and want guacamole with your chips, I think it's a good option, especially some of the ones that are only ingredients you'd use. Yeah, I could go w/out but chips and salsa and guacamole sometimes just hit the spot after a day of skiing for me.
And, ideally we could all plan our lives a week in advance and sometimes that doesn't happen. If you find good fresh fish and want a salsa and avocado, you really can't. Sorry no solutions but I commiserate with you.
I feel your pain! Nothing worse than wanting a delicious peach, and having it either maely or rock hard. As a matter of fact, I have stopped buying peaches, unless they are from a local farm. I live in the NE, and every year we vacation in NC- the praches there are delicious- so the day before we come home, I buy a few dozen and get my peach fix for the year. As far as other produce, i found a place not too far from my house where they have local produce, as well as reliable produce from other parts. That has become my go place for my fruites and vegatables. I make a trip about every other week, and am always happy with the produce. I try to tie in the trip to the Farm Stan with stops at Trader Joes. It is an additional shopping trip, but worth it for me. I found that it really only takes about an hour or so of my Saturday morning.
re: bakinggirl
Now is a bad time for a flat - I am in the middle of kitchen redo so I can't even get things to preserve right now. that was the main reason for my attempting to buy fruit in the grocery store. That way i could get a few pieces. Seeems like farmerts markets only let you buy boxes, baskets etc of things, not by the piece for most items like fruit.
re: Allice98
That varies from market to market. My local FM does some boxes and some "by the pound". That said, I perfectly understand your distress! A couple of weeks ago I wanted to end my staycation by baking a lovely peach tart. Hadn't baked one in several years, so I was looking forward to making (and eating) it! But the peaches at the farmer's market were MIA--none to be found (I probably got there too late). So I went to the supermarket--fortunately they were "starting" to get soft and after a day in a paper bag they were usable (and the taste was okay--not great, but not gawdawful either). But I was figuratively holding my breath and crossing my fingers on the way there!
re: bakinggirl
Thanks- you know, it just may be worth the drive! I absolutely love peaches, and have been spoiled by the one we get in NC.We go in early July, so we hit the peach season, and I am able to come home with a fe dozen, but later in the summer I get the craving, and a ride to CT may just be the thing!
I think many people only shop about once a week, so differing levels of ripeness throughout the store aren't necessarily a huge bother. I don't think the average supermarket is designed with the idea that people are going to be shopping daily. They'd probably end up with a lot of waste if they only put out fruit that is good today and tomorrow. I think if you go in with the shopping for the week mentality, you'll pick out a few things that are good now and a few that are going to be ready later in the week.
Allice98, have you tried talking to the green grocer manager personally while shopping? I tried this tactic recently at the grocery store. He went in the back and hand picked the perfect fruit I needed for a party the following morning. The fruit was perfect. I can't say this personal attention can be offered w/every trip but if you want to have the ideal produce for a time-constraint, ask for personal service.
btw-it was ordering thru Peapod that I learned about this technique. All of the produce I ordered was outstanding thru this delivery service. I just gave it a try at store level.
Good luck!
re: HillJ
That's a nice story, HillJ.
This would never happen in my local grocery stores. I am consistently told "everything we have is out" - I have to shop at 2 or 3 different places to get edible fruit and veg- it's terrible.
Sam's club has a 200% guarantee on their produce- I've not taken them up on it but I have been so tempted... it's usually the bananas.
re: Boccone Dolce
Unless you freeze bananas (which I always have to do), you can never make banana bread impulsively!
re: Boccone Dolce
Boccone D, I know what you mean. Not every grocery store/market would be so accommodating by me either. Nothing like buying a melon and once home discover it's tasteless. Or, tell me why I can purchase a melon for .89 at Aldi's ripe to perfection but would wind up spending nearly 3.00 for an under ripe melon at Stop & Shop? Frustrating!
I wonder if Costco offers the same guarantee at Sam's?
As stated in most of the replies, just have to resign to shopping seasonally at farmers market for certain fruits and vegetables. Besides our distribution system and that most markets treating produce as a commodity, in our self-service era, there is a tendency for us as shoppers to pick through and squeeze every fruit in the bind. Ripe fruits cannot be handled this way. In a short time, all the fruits will have brown bruises all over. In farmer's market, they can pick the fruits much more ripe because handling is kept ot a minimal. In most parts of Europe, the seller picks the produce for the buyer; no buyer handling.
I feel your pain. Due to our work schedules, we do our grocery shopping after 8pm. There is nowhere to go but the standard grocery stores at that hour. And our farmer's market is only active Saturday morning - when I work. Luckily a coworker brings me extra tomatoes from her garden. Otherwise we have unripe grocery store fruit upon which we wait. If something gets overripe I freeze it and use it for smoothies throughout the year.
Here in L.A., Mexican markets and Asian markets, which in my experience at least don't seem to have that endemic not-ripe-but-not-obviously-from-appearance-not-ripe issue. I kind of prefer that to farmer's markets, but if I happen to be by one at a convenient time, there is good too.


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How do the "big boys" fit with Craft Beer and the Craft Beer Business?
I've been thinking about the Big Beer companies, the big and the getting-bigger companies.
The story starts a few weeks ago. I had been watching a thread on a forum where a homebrewer started off by saying something like "I can't drink macro lager anymore. I can't believe anyone who like craft beer can stand to drink that other stuff." There were a lot of comments like "I can't drink that swill," or "there's no substitute for flavor." There were some comments to the tune of "yeah, but at the ball park or the beach on a hot day," or "I still have a macro beer at a party now and then."
So here's my thinking: Whether you like their product or not, you have to give credit to the breweries that are turning out light american lager on a global scale. Any homebrewer that has tried to do it can tell you that Light American Lager is a *very* difficult style to brew and brew well. Yet, here are the massive companies turning out millions of gallons of the stuff all over the world and achieving flavor and production consistency that most small commercial brewers can only hope to emulate. Clearly, these macro breweries know their business and have the brewing down to a science. Folks like AB-InBev, MolsonCoors/SABMiller have developed, used, re-invented, and forgotten more beer science than most people will ever know. They have their process control tight and their Quality Control tighter. They know how to brew beer.
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It's likely difficult to put the craft back into craft brewing when their business model relies on annihilating inconstancies, fostering mass appeal, and extending shelf life. Concepts of broad appeal and using any chemical means necessary to create a heat and light stable beer are incompatible with craft beer. Craft beer is all about local, fresh ingredients, appealing to small number of people and creating once a year magic. Hops and barley are supposed to be different year to year. Like a hand crafted cigar that has subtle notes of acidic soil the tobacco is grown in; craft beer feels special, not plebeian.
Also, consider the history of american brewing. The big boys survived prohibition by creating 0% alcohol beer and entering the pharmaceutical production field. They learned how to produce consistently on a massive scale. I think these companies cant shake the ideas of homogenizing and control in order to brew craft beer.
The big breweries have created flavor science and brewing science but they've used it to their own ends; making cheap, drinkable, low alcohol, and largely forgettable lagers. That science was needed to make beer last longer, taste the same in every bar across america and withstand abuse it was never expected to endure before.
That said, they have made some headway. Mostly with heavy, citrus extract infused wheat beers. These are some of the easiest beers to brew on a huge scale consistently. Lemon and orange were probably originally added to american wheat ales to cover up infected or poorly brewed beer. citrus notoriously covers up most problems in beer. Wheat adds sugar and texture and also covers up any problems with particulate in bottle. When brewing 800-1000 bbl of craft beer the risk of infection and minor change batch to batch is huge. This is not sterilized rice and isomerized hop extract. Craft ingredients are inconstant and vary year to year if not batch to batch. Choosing easy styles helps breweries manage that risk.
They may have the money, desire and science to get into craft beer but it wont be on their terms entirely. Craft beer is less about bottom line mentality and more about individuality, humor, frankness, and quality ingredients. Frankly, they just wouldn't get it.
Big companies will likely continue to buy up craft brands and run them on a small- medium scale to keep as much of the original flavor as necessary to hold onto loyal customers and brand identity. They're not dumb, they can sense change coming and will diversify to survive the slow death of american lagers. So they buy or create small brands and keep them regional. They will have to have many small breweries contributing to their distribution flow. Eventually these separate breweries will develop tiny differences and new recipes, techniques and brands will emerge as the number of professional brewers increases and they eventually leave to start their own breweries.
Cross pollination of large brewery technology will improve craft beer as personnel will migrate away from big labs and into craft beer. Quality will go up in craft beer. Women, minorities and smaller segments will become important consumers. Moronic and sexist advertising will fade into bemused embarrassment as we look upon a new golden age of american small business and the revival of beer culture in America.


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Why: Super Ghouls N' Ghosts is an affront to humanity. Generally accepted as one of the hardest games ever made, it gives you the luxury of playing out the fever-dream of a madman, where realistic jump physics, no save points, a haplessly waddling protagonist, and two-hits-til-you're-dead seem wholly appropriate. You play as King Arthur, of legend, who somehow has developed a beef with Satan, and then you strap in and learn the important lesson that life's just not fair. It ground me up and spit me out as child, but this time things will go differently.
How long HAS it been: ~19-20 years
What was it like then: When I was young, my parents would let me rent a game for the SNES every weekend, in exchange for mowing the lawn and whatever yardwork was required. Around 1991 and 1992, Nintendo was shoveling out crapware, and it was difficult to determine what games were actually games, and what were just cruel jokes where the consumer was the punchline. As an 8 year old, I had no way of recognizing that the game with the knight fighting zombies was just such a joke. Hell, as an adult I think I'd still gravitate towards the box art that suggested I kill zombies.
I'll never forget popping that cartridge into my Super Nintendo, and having my spirits shattered like an eggshell prophylactic. (Did that simile work? I feel like it worked. Yeaaaaaah, simile.) I played for hours the first day, and never got past the first half of the first level. I played for hours the second day, and still couldn't even fathom beating the first level. Only by the end of the weekend had I even glimpsed the beginning of the second level. I'd mowed the lawn AND weed-wacked for this?! All I had gotten out of it was an OCD-like drive to memorize every detail of everything ever, an addiction to Shasta, and a burning hatred for ghouls and/or ghosts.
What is it like now? I took the time to track down the original cartridge. I spent a week steeling myself, training and meditating for the unrelenting challenge to come. I enlisted the help of a cohort, a young woman with the reflexes and instinct to slay whatever forces are thrown our way. With home-popped popping corn and a determination unparalleled by most SNES gamers, we were ready. Read more »
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This month we're taking a slight deviation from the tasks of blasting into undiscovered frontiers. This month, let's explore who we once were.
I once read a book, I've forgotten what it was long ago, that detailed the shock of growing up. A girl lamented that she thought she'd hit an age where she announced, "I'm an adult now!" and just put her toys away and started doing adult things. But to her dismay, it didn't work that way. Instead, she just gradually lost interest and, worse, forgot about her whimsical passions. There was no memorable end, no moment of fond rememberence as the past departed. She, like many of us, just… forgot her youth as it gradually slipped away.
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Barack Obama VP vetter Jim Johnson tied to more than Countrywide (CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission) - 06/10/08
... vice presidential vetter for Barack Obama, is a stalwart of the Washington establishment... In the mid-1990s, he headed up a power trifecta: mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Brookings Institution... Yet despite Johnsona
Barack Obama, John McCain to speak at National Council of La Raza convention (+Villaraigosa) - 06/10/08
... the not-so-surprising word that Barack Obama will also make an appearance (link).
Another shocking Barack Obama blogger spotted: me - 06/09/08
Anyone can get a blog at Barack Obama's site, and you the reader might even want to get one (or more).
Barack Obama: Narcissistic Personality Disorder? (McCain denies his accomplishments) - 06/03/08
Barack Obama's speech announcing that he's the Democratic Party's nominee is here. Admidst all the puffery and empty promises - probably written by someone else - this stands out: I honor [John McCain's] service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. Ohhhkay. While being the first black presidential candidate is certainly an accomplishment, I'm having trouble...
Jim Hoagland/Washington Post: Obama should create North American Union - 06/03/08
... informing us that Fidel Castro thinks Barack Obama is "the most progressive candidate for the U.S. presidency,", Hoagland says: Here's one example of new thinking [Obama] should pursue: The United States should apply to relations with hemispheric neighbors many of the lessons of the European Union and its half-century of economic and political integration. A functioning American Union that pools...
Barack Obama clinches nomination; hello, President John McCain! (predictions!) - 06/03/08
... "President John McCain", because Barack Obama has supposedly clinched the Democratic nomination. Assuming a matchup between McCain and Obama, I predict that BHO has a 0.1% chance of being elected our next president. Further, I predict that McCain will win by at least 10 points.
Scott Aust/Rapid City Journal helps Obama hide behind kid to support illegal immigration - 06/01/08
... seventh-grader Steven Cady who asked Barack Obama about immigration in Rapid City, South Dakota yesterday. That article has the heartwarming backstory, with everyone thinking everything was just great.
Chris Bowers/Open Left promotes John McCain "Googlebomb" - 05/29/08
Chris Bowers of Open Left has started a project called "Searching for John McCain" in which he wants bloggers and others to create a "Googlebomb" designed to get MSM articles that have negative information on John McCain to the top of that search engine's results: openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6044 The approach is supposedly more sophisticated than his similar effort of a couple years ago, in...
Barack Obama lies, falsely accuses Dobbs, Limbaugh of inciting hate crimes - 05/23/08
... Florida fundraiser yesterday, Barack Obama said this: "A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year... If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen." Those statements are beyond reprehensible, and come close to accusing Dobbs and...
Dana Milbank/WaPo misleads about Barack Obama links - 05/23/08
... questions about the various links Barack Obama has as believers in UFOs. He discusses a meeting yesterday conducted by Cliff Kincaid and attempts to claim that all the points raised were "implausible accusations", such as this: The smoking gun? Obama's "mentor" during his teens, according to Kincaid, was "a key member of a Soviet-controlled network that was sponsored by Moscow and active in...
Media Matters for America on immigration "myths" ("Fear and Loathing in Prime Time") - 05/21/08
... also might want to check with Barack Obama. More later, but please leave other issues with the report in comments. UPDATE: From this: Three Democratic lawmakers who spoke at a briefing Wednesday about alleged anti-immigrant media coverage were not aware of a recent State Department travel alert warning Americans about military-like "combat" along the southern U.S. border in Mexico and...
Obama Oregon rally was preceded by free concert from Portland band The Decemberists - 05/20/08
... (matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/jim_geraghtys_revenge_song.php): By now you've heard all about Barack Obama's radical pastor and secret Allah-worship, but Jim Geraghty's got the scoop about Obama's secret association with Portland-based indie rock bands. Yes, that's right, the Decemberists played Obama's 75,000 person rally. Quoth Geraghty, "I'm sure Obama would draw a big...
Karl Rove has video of Michelle Obama railing against "whitey" at Rev. Wright's church? - 05/19/08
... that there's a video tape of Barack Obama's wife Michelle Obama railing against "whitey" at Reverend Wright's church. At post time the video - if it even exists - has not been released. Our new buddy Larry Johnson says that Karl Rove has a copy and is using it to fund an independent group that might offer it as an October surprise.
Jeff Bercovici, ThinkProgress spread anti-Rush Limbaugh smear (Antonio Villaraigosa) - 05/06/08
... Montana shoeshiner wanted to give Barack Obama a shoeshine and was told to back off by Secret Service agents. The meeting above occured months before the April incident, but both had already occured when Rush made the statement above. For ThinkProgress, getting things wrong in this way is the normal course of affairs. One might think that someone working for Conde Nast Portfolio might not be...
Nutroots hero makes Dems look bad with sleazy John McCain question; questionable Secret Service reaction - 05/02/08
... Joe Biden campaign worker and Barack Obama supporter Marty Parrish, at a townhall meeting in Iowa, asked John McCain about a sleazy charge in a recent book that he called his wife a "c--t". The charge appears in a book by Cliff Schecter, associated with Brave New Films, the Huffington Post, and FireDogLake, and the only proof provided is that three anonymous reporters supposedly told Schechter...
Barack Obama statement supports illegal immigration marches - 05/01/08
Barack Obama has released a statement supporting the May Day illegal immigration marches [1]. He misleads by failing to note that the marches are designed to benefit those who are here illegally rather than legal immigrants. He's also apparently proud of having spoken at the May 1, 2006 event in Chicago; the main organizers of that event have links to the Mexican government with one even being an...
El Paso BP chief Victor Manjarrez promotes immigration "reform", busboys-style (Alicia Caldwell) - 04/30/08
Alicia Caldwell of the Associated Press offers "El Paso border chief urges immigration reform" (link). The person in question is Victor M. Manjarrez Jr., chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's El Paso Sector.
Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack takes illegal immigration side in Swift raid; Peter Schey link - 04/29/08
From this: Allegations that federal officials illegally rounded up and arrested almost 1,300 Swift factory workers during raids in Marshalltown and across the country are being highlighted today at a public hearing that includes testimony from former Gov. Tom Vilsack...
Chris Wallace doesn't ask Barack Obama about immigration, one of his most vulnerable policies - 04/27/08
... Sunday finally got to interview Barack Obama, and the transcript is here. There is one mention of "immigration" in the entire transcript, and it's only an aside: Over the years, John McCain has broken with his party and risked his career on a number of issues, campaign finance, immigration reform, banning torture.
Barack Obama "worked" for Bill Ayers for eight years? - 04/27/08
From this: In 1995, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge was created to raise funds to help reform the Chicago public schools. One of the architects of the Challenge was none other than Professor Bill Ayers. Ayers co-wrote the initial grant proposal and proudly lists himself on his own website as the co-founder of the Challenge. And who did William Ayers, co-creator of the Challenge, help select...
Barack Obama cancels North Carolina debate; is he afraid of Katie Couric? - 04/21/08
Barack Obama has refused to appear at a North Carolina debate which was to be held on April 27. The moderator of the debate? None other than the lovely and talented Democratic cheerleader Katie Couric. There's certainly no reason for him to have attended the event since he's got the nomination sewed up (and, by extension, John McCain will be our next president).
SPP North American Leaders Summit April 21, 22 in New Orleans - 04/20/08
... contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama... The two have promised to kill or rewrite the pact if elected president as they compete for the support of voters, many of whom blame NAFTA for job losses, especially in the manufacturing sector. Well, not exactly. Obama recently spoke in code, indicating his support for the SPP process, and of course there's GoolsbeeGate to consider. Her paper was...
FingerGate: Did Obama flip the bird to Hillary Clinton? And, is this a previous example of him giving the finger? - 04/18/08
... Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday, Barack Obama flipped off (aka gave the bird to, gave the finger to) Hillary Clinton. The campaign's video is here, it gets MSM attention here, CBS has video from another angle here, liberals agree with the assessment here, and a roundup is here. The latter explains the various references his gestures were meant to convey. A video still here shows that there...
ABC News Democratic debate April 16, 2008 (Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulous) - 04/16/08
... appearances by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was apparently fairly bad to very bad, depending on one's partisan inclination (transcript link). It was very bad to Obama supporters, who were dismayed by the debate focusing on "trivialities" such as Bittergate, Tuzla, Reverend Wright, and William Ayers. The HuffPost whines here and here. It also featured an apparently bad performance by Barack...
Barack Obama was at Million Man March (Louis Farrakhan) - 04/14/08
A 1995 profile of Barack Obama had this news which was apparently a minor stir a couple weeks ago: Obama took time off from attending campaign coffees to attend October's Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Needless to say, that event was organized by and featured a keynote speech from Reverend Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam (profiled here).
CNN, The Best Political Team on TV. Part 1, Campbell Brown - 04/14/08
Very short video with just one more data point illustrating what's wrong with CNN and the MSM in general.
Barack Obama misleads, smears Middle America - 04/11/08
... less; pictures of his tour here), Barack Obama smeared Pennsylvanians and others by saying: "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that...
John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama advisors and bundlers include registered foreign agents - 04/11/08
... Taiwan's office in the U.S." Barack Obama: * "fundraiser William T. Lake and adviser Stanford Ross were registered as a foreign lobbyists in the 1990s, according to Justice Department records." The article describes some of the interesting work they did and lists a few others, such as McCain bundler and current or former registered foreign agent Rob Allyn. His FARA registration number is 5725.
James Parks/AFL-CIO, Jennifer Ludden/NPR promote bad, inhumane public policy, illegal immigration - 04/08/08
Jennifer Ludden of National Public Radio (NPR) offers a two-part series about those deported from the U.S. to El Salvador in "Deportee Back Home After Near-Death Trip to U.S." (npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89383189) and "Deportee a Stranger in His Homeland" (npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89431942). To a certain extent they're both cautionary tales illustrating why people...
John McCain running for America's Diversity Director (Web Ad: Tolerance) - 04/06/08
... to imagine it coming from even Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. In fact, it's more appropriate for candidates in foreign countries such as England or Canada.
Barack Obama: no evidence of North American Union, confirms NAFTA Superhighway (?), says not CFR member - 04/02/08
... 3/31/08, an audience member asked Barack Obama whether he's a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and asks about the North American Union. He denied being a member of the CFR, and said he didn't see any evidence of the NAU. However, in his discussion of the NAU he described something sounding an awful lot like the NAFTA Superhighway. If you go to one of his appearances, read back his...
Poll: only 34% of McCain voters know he supports amnesty - 04/01/08
A Center for Immigration Studies poll concerning voter knowledge of and support for their candidates' positions is here. Unlike most other polls, they asked about attrition: Only 34 percent of McCain voters, 42 percent of Clinton voters, and 52 percent of Obama voters correctly identified their candidate as favoring eventual citizenship for illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements...
Bush admin to build 361 more miles of border fence by end of year - 04/01/08
From this: The Bush administration plans to use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S.
Barack Obama wants national holiday for Cesar Chavez - 03/31/08
... obvious attempt at pandering, Barack Obama wants to make Cesar Chavez' birthday a national holiday (barackobama.com/2008/03/31/obama_calls_for_national_holid.php): ...As farmworkers and laborers across America continue to struggle for fair treatment and fair wages, we find strength in what Cesar Chavez accomplished so many years ago... Just one problem: unlike Barack Obama, Chavez opposed...
SPLC's "The Year in Hate" misled about FBI hate crime statistics - 03/31/08
... Richardson, in his endorsement of Barack Obama ("I have been troubled by the demonization of immigrants--specifically Hispanics-- by too many in this country. Hate crimes against Hispanics are rising as a direct result...", link) * The Associated Press' David Crary ("Hate Crimes Linked to Immigration Debate", 3/9, link) * Casey Woods of the Miami Herald ("Anti-illegal immigration groups grow in...
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) endorses Barack Obama; a flashback - 03/28/08
... from Pennsylvania, has endorsed Barack Obama and will go on tour with him. Per an Obama flack: "There are few stronger advocates for working families in Pennsylvania than Sen. Casey." Yes indeed, and it doesn't matter whether they're U.S. citizens or citizens of foreign countries who are here illegally, Senator Casey is on their side.
Eric Hananoki/Media Matters tries pretending that McCain differs from Hillary and Obama on immigration - 03/26/08
... reported that Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain "essentially agree on the need for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration law that would combine increased border enforcement with a new guest-worker program and measures to permit the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already in the country to eventually apply for citizenship." In fact, McCain has said he "would not" support his...
Barack Obama and Reverend James Meeks (so far not another Jeremiah Wright) - 03/19/08
... another radical preacher linked to Barack Obama. This time it's Reverend James Meeks of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, whose day job is as an Illinois state senator. However, this time around the links are a bit more tenuous than in the case of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Here's Rev. Meeks: He's also "the executive vice president of Jesse Jackson Sr.'s National Rainbow-Push Coalition" (link). That...
Barack Obama speaking out of both sides of his mouth on welfare? - 03/19/08
The Mickster deconstructs Obama's Sermon on Racism here, listing several problems with it. Commenter "fhdpjosc" offers this followup: [Obama's] rhetoric is very carefully crafted to appeal to two different audiences: black and white.
McCain afraid to debate illegal immigration? (Lou Barletta invitation) - 03/19/08
... running for Congress - invited Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain to his city to have a debate of some kind, saying in part: If you are interested in addressing the issue of illegal immigration, then you must come to our city to hear our stories and learn how cooperation and effective leadership can work to correct the problem and how outside forces -- primarily in Washingt
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Last Monday we finally got out and went for a hike. Because of family obligations, and planning for my wedding, it had been a long time since we got out in the woods. Mt. Si is about 45 minutes from Seattle in the Cascade Mountains. Views from the tip include Puget Sound, Cascade Mountains, Seattle and the Snoqualmie River Valley. Wikipedia says about 80,000 to 100,000 people visit the Mt. … [Read more...]
BlogPaws or Bust Was Anything But
Whew! We made it back home from BlogPaws in one piece. It was an amazing trip. We met up with our local friends from It's a Weinerful Life and road tripped it down to Salt Lake City - making the entire 15-hour trip down in one day! The trip down was a lot of fun. We played the alphabet game (find each letter of the alphabet on signs or license plates), chatted and sang along to songs a … [Read more...]
Mush! Weiner Sled Dogs
We decided to start the New Year off right by going snowshoeing on New Year's Day. Our friends and their young daughter came with us. We planned to go back up to Source Lake but didn't really have an agenda. We weren't sure how long our friend's daughter would last – or how long they would last if they were carrying her – so we thought we would just go as far as we could and then turn … [Read more...]
Close But Not Quite
Usually when we go somewhere we have a plan. We know where we are going, how far we are hiking, what kind of weather to expect, what gear to bring, etc. We decided to take a hike on Thanksgiving but both S and I were feeling non-committal. Chester and Gretel didn't have any suggestions either :) We decided we would head to the mountains not really knowing where we were going or what we were … [Read more...]
Dog (un)Friendly Astoria, Oregon
We visited Astoria a few weeks ago on our Oregon Bike Tour. Astoria is where we were going to leave our car and launch or trip from. Before we left, I did a search of dog-friendly stuff in town. I didn't really find anything except hotels and restaurants on websites like DogGoes and BringFido when I searched "stuff to do with your dog in Astoria, OR". Upon further research, I found that the … [Read more...]
Adventureweiner Bike Tour Part II – Seaside to Cannon Beach to Astoria, Oregon
We took a bike trip from Astoria to Cannon Beach, OR and pulled Chester and Gretel along with us in doggie trailers. We told you about Part I of the trip yesterday which found us in Seaside. Our plan was to continue on to Cannon Beach, spend a couple of days there and then ride back to Astoria – a total of about 60 miles. Unlike the fairly flat ride from Astoria to Seaside, this stretch of … [Read more...]
Adventureweiner Bike Tour Part I – Astoria to Seaside, Oregon
I know a lot of you were anxiously waiting to hear about the cycling trip we took. I want to thank you for being patient. We had a lot to do when we got back and I had a lot to write about. For those of you who don't know, a couple of weeks ago we took the dogs on a cycling tour of the North Oregon Coast. It was only the second time they had ridden in their doggie trailers and thefirst trip was … [Read more...]
Gearing Up for a Backpacking Trip with the Dogs
We are with our pal Roxy the Traveling Dog this week – forgoing fun in lieu of packing for our extra fun upcoming adventures. Besides meeting with some of our Doxie friends at the Edmonds off-leash dog park (our favorite) and visiting with family, we spent the weekend preparing for our vacation next week. We plan to start off the week with an overnight backpacking trip with the dogs and then we … [Read more...]
Bike Touring Mukilteo to Langley with Two Wieners in a Doggie Trailer
Last Friday S brought home a used doggie trailer. By Saturday afternoon I had decided that we were going to use it Sunday for the first time and ride almost 15 miles from Mukilteo to the dog-friendly, seaside village of Langley, WA. Sunday, after slapping some duct tape on the trailer (fixes anything right?), throwing some gear together and airing up the bike tires we were off. Most people … [Read more...]
Zuke's Dog Treats are the Sh*t
We would like to tell you about our most favorite treats. I will start out by saying that I bought these products myself (and have been regularly buying them for years) and the manufacturer doesn't have any idea I am doing this review. Now that we have that out of the way you can really take to heart what I have to say about them. Our favorite treats are made by Zuke's Performance Pet Nutrition … [Read more...]
Gretel's First Camping Trip
We just had a week vacation. We are saving money for our wedding so we decided to forgo the long travel for a Staycation instead. S had never been to Deception Pass, and it had been about 15 years since I had been to the area (and I had never actually camped there) so we packed up the car and headed over to camp for a couple of days at Deception Pass State Park. I had to make the reservations a … [Read more...]


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Rasheed Marshall threw a touchdown pass and ran for another and safety Angel Estrada scored on a 43-yard interception return as the Mountaineers (4-2, 1-0 Big East) handed Rutgers (1-5, 0-2) its 17th straight conference loss.
Cobourne, who came into the game leading the nation with a 152.2 yard average, scored on a 5-yard run in the second quarter and the Mountaineers took a 16-0 halftime lead.
Todd James added a 37-yard field goal and backup quarterback Danny Embick threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Thomas as West Virginia beat Rutgers for the eighth straight time.
The Mountaineers didn't get on the scoreboard until defensive end Tim Love tackled Ted Trump in the end zone after the Rutgers quarterback mishandled a low snap from his 8-yard line.
After forcing Rutgers to punt from its own end zone, West Virginia stretched the lead to 9-0 early in the second quarter when Marshall threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Phil Braxton.
The first of two interceptions by Jermaine Thaxton gave the Mountaineers the ball at the Rutgers 18 three plays later. Cobourne carried three straight times, scoring from the 5-yard line on the third carry.
Marshall capped a 13-play, 80-yard drive to start the second half with a 6-yard run and West Virginia coasted the rest of the way.
Estrada and Thomas scored in the fourth quarter against a tired Rutgers defense, which only gave up 332 yards despite being on the field for 37:55.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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West Virginia....... 2 14 10 14 - 40
Rutgers............. 0 0 0 0 - 0
Linebacker Gary Brackett, safety Shawn Seabrooks and tight end L.J. Smith
have been elected captains of the 2002 Rutgers football team.
Senior defensive lineman Greg Pyszczymuka, hampered during the pre-season by
a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the first five games, made his 2002
debut with 9:30 left in the first quarter. Greg's brother, Marty, has
started every game for the Scarlet Knights this season on the offensive line
at center.
Greg Schiano Quotes
(about running game) It was nonexistent. We need to find a way to run the ball effectively. We didn't do that tonight. All we can do is go back to work and find a way to do that.
These are the same kids who have had good offensive performances. This offensive performance wasn't good enough to be competitive, let alone good enough to win.
As a football team, I think it's a step back. I still have a lot of faith in this group of kids, and in these coaches. Today, we did not come out and play well enough. We had a couple of kids in there that this was their first real action, and they didn't understand the urgency you have to play at to be successful at this level. It's my job to get them to understand that. We'll get that done.
We had a lot of dropped passes -- tipping balls up in the air. We looked out of sync.
There is not that big a difference from having a successful play and having an unsuccessful play. It's a fine line, and we need to get our guys on the other side of that fine line.
We've been doing better (in recent weeks) on third-down defense, and we were 50 percent. You can't win if you are 50 percent. It's so hard. There were several plays tonight. You get off the field. Nobody has to see the seven minutes of plays we were forced to watch if we stop them on third down. Until you do that, you can't be a good football team.
There are some kids who had some tremendous, tremendous efforts on defense. Some kids made some tremendous plays, and played their guts out. That's the hard part – to no avail. It's my job to keep them doing that until the rest of the squad catches up to them. You have to build around your base, and build around your core. Then you add players to that. Coaching isn't just talking…this is real. It's just like little kids, they have to learn by touching the pan. It's hot. We'll get it fixed.
Opponent Player Quotes
David Upchurch, DT, Sr.
"I think we prepared well. It's a confidence boost to let us know when we
want to we can play well. Discipline and tackling are the keys to a good
defense and we showed it off this afternoon. We went out and did what we
were supposed to do. Even before this week we showed signs, but we just put
it all together. We came out, we hit hard, caused some turnovers and we can
be proud of the effort we gave today."
Tim Love, DE, Sr.
"Our defense last year was ridiculed for giving up big plays; last week we
were ridiculed for giving up big plays. So I think today, coming out and
dominating like we did, is huge for our defense."
Rasheed Marshall, QB, So.
"Being out there on Saturday is better than practice because you get a
better look with game speed. There are little things wrong, but they can be
corrected easier on Saturday, so I'll have to wait until next week to really
see the improvement."
"Our defense did a good job and I give them a lot of credit, they made
plays that helped them out a lot. Today it was there but still not to the
point where everything was clicking."
"Their [Rutgers] defense was a lot better than last year, they played
and they didn't give up. They kept at it so I give them credit for that."
Rutgers Player Quotes
I felt ready to play today. My arm felt good. My body felt good, but we just
didn't get in a rhythm. The weather isn't to blame. West Virginia was able
to execute, but we just had a tough time getting into a flow.
Turnovers hurt us today. We can't have those and expect to do well. We
have a lot of tough breaks in this game. I still feel we are on the right
track though. We had a great game against Army and we played very well
versus Tennessee. Even today we felt we had a good chance to get back in the
game. We were positive we could rally from a 16 point deficit at halftime.
We're a bunch of tough guys with a tough-minded coach and this team can
bounce back.
Our defense was playing good and there are some positives we can take from
today's game. I know this was a tough game, after we played so well our last
two games. We tried our best today, but we have to do better in the future.
We have a better defense than last year. All of us give their best effort.
We try to help the young guys out week after week and we'll be able to
handle this loss.
We thought we could play better today, because this squad believes it can
turn the corner, especially after our performances the last two games. We're
just going to keep playing hard and keep everyone's head up.
So. RB Clarence Pittman
"We have to put this behind us and practice harder for next week. West
Virginia is a great team; they did a great job tonight. We are still
building as a team. Tonight was a learning experience. We need to execute
better next week."
Sr. WR Aaron Martin
"We just couldn't establish a rhythm tonight. West Virginia did a great job
on us defensively. We didn't match the intensity level of West Virginia;
they out-executed us. It is a tough loss, but I know we can bounce back."
Sr. DE Raheem Orr
"They were a tough running team. We have to keep playing hard. We have to
stay together as a team. I know we can do it … this team is really close.
The loss hurts, but we have to focus on next week."


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Dima_S: Different cultures tend to have different customs. In my country, we shake hands to say hello or when we meet someone.
Julia: Well, here the tradition is to kiss people twice on the cheeks when you meet them. We rarely shake hands.
Dima_S: I love cultural diversity and melting pots. Please tell me about the traditional gastronomy in your culture.
Julia: The typical cuisine is very healthy; olive oil is an integral part of all dishes.
Dima_S: What about folk music, is it popular?
Julia: Music is very diverse. Multiculturalism is what makes our artistic and musical heritage so unique.


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I guess it's springtime in Ithaca finally! Talk about lovely. Or gorges. Or whatever Ithaca is.
These are a few bits of happiness within the last two-ish weeks. People, places, things, and all.
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1. Wildflowers to brighten a ground-level apartment. I picked them two Mondays ago on a run that led me to a huge open field. I went back again this past Monday to get more. I'll probably go back tomorrow too!
2. Le copain! + pictures of him from 4 consecutive Christmases. After the other couple-y amis shared baby pics and after le copain saw some of mine over Easter, I insisted that he send me some of his when he was home over the summer. Except that didn't happen, so his mother mailed them! (*And he was a really good sport for this picture…or at least after he got a few silly ones out of the way).
3. Studying on the benches outside the majestic Bailey Hall on a perfectly blue-skyed day. I'm pretty sure this was the last day before the leaves starting turning colors. And I did enjoy it. Fall is coming. Be prepared for a fall photo-set soon. 4. Moosewood Restaurant vegetarian deliciousness with my parents!They came through town (although on the unfortunate circumstances of a great uncle passing away), but it was super nice to see them after not having seen them for over a month! Dearest mother and I both got some sort of warm vegetable thing served in a baby bear pumpkin which came with quinoa and garlicky broccoli rabe. Dearest father got tostadas served with some Mexican spiced Israeli couscous, chips, and guacamole. (*On a side note… Tumblr is trying to correct quinoa to Joaquin and tostadas to asbestos…LOL)
I know this is my last summer at Stone Barns after working there for the past six summers, but I can't imagine spending my summers anywhere else—everything is always just so picture perfect*! *These were taken after it rained on Wednesday (a CRAZY 100 degrees/humid day.)
Cornell Tulips outside The Statler
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I'm not quite sure whether the weather has decided what it wants to do yet, but despite cold winds today, the tulips are in bloom! Additionally,
But for now while I wait, I'll sit back after a long week, and enjoy the flowers :D.
It's spring. Some flowers have been out since before Valentine's Day, but now that it's been 60+ degrees out everyday, so much is in bloom! Dark purple and white crocuses seemed to follow me my entire run, there are bright yellow daffodils strategically placed by bus stations, and these little flowers whose name I do not know were right by the stairs of Sibley Hall trying to get attention in their periwinkle and white colors… they sure caught my attention and were absolutely lovely even if they could never fit in a vase of any sort.
More writing! We went to the Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell's Art Museum) for my Creative Writing class this past week and got to explore it in order to find a piece of art that inspires us so we could write an ekphrastic poem (a poem based on a work of art). I don't know what drew me to this painting. Actually I wasn't all that drawn to it in the first place. However, it was the first one I remembered when writing my poem,so I guess I somehow was drawn to it the most. I mean I am an environmental science major after all….
In Lieu (Inspired by Tomory Dodge's Stacks)
Aluminum towering, and life in Its shadows cowering toan urbana—industrialized and f l o w e r i n gwith buildings—prim rows of them, but the streets belowlittered,are old carriage roads that have evolved intodirty car nationswith traffic jams that only can ruin the day's ease.But it's not so bad,when you look up,above pavement, brick, and scaffolding,where the sky'seye rises. You can see the black eyed girlon her balcony during the morning rush hour.Wave and she'll nod,even though she hates commuters,but she'd never stay inside and miss the red sky,and thinks it would be nicer to view it from a boat on the harborbut she doesn't sail away, and still, she will lie lack-lusterly there as everything slowly grows around her,so she reaches down to pick a silvery bud,puts it to nose, to lips,but it's another hollow one,so she crushes it, and tosses it over the railing.
Wildflowers. My favorite!
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Crime Stoppers and the Shreveport Police are seeking the identity of a suspect who took lottery tickets from the vehicle of an employee of the Louisiana Lottery on July 22, 2013.
Police say the employee left their vehicle for servicing at Town and Country Dodge on Bert Kouns and after a couple days had passed, the employee went to retrieve the tickets from the vehicle and discovered numerous tickets were missing. Police say surveillance video revealed a black male going into a Circle K at 130 Bert Kouns, and tried to cash the stolen tickets in for money. The manager refused to cash them and the suspect left the store. Crime Stoppers is offering a $300.00 reward for information on the ID and arrest of this suspect. Contact Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or www.lockemup.org
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Gwyneth Paltrow Wants More Kids
We're excited to post a portion of this story from People.com on Pop!
Apple and Moses, make room in the house: Your mother, Gwyneth Paltrow, wants to add to the family.
"I would love to have another child at some point. I feel very, very lucky that I have two healthy, nice ones," the Shakespeare in Love Oscar winner and Iron Man 2 star tells Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Thursday. To read the rest of the story, check it out on People.com!
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Lol well that was fun! Thanks for the ask dershanesuyu I had a lot of fun with this! I can so imagine Jack's morning hair and voice.
So even though this isn't a full spoon, I just wanted to do something like it, so sorry if it isn't what you expected.
You should have asked this during RS WEEK! ;)


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The Brooklyn Waldorf School Moves to Bed-Stuy
Bed-Stuy welcomed a new independent school this September, the Brooklyn Waldorf School, as part of a wave of new independent school openings along the Clinton Hill border.
The Brooklyn Waldorf School is moving into an integral part of Bed-Stuy history, an unused building dubbed by the school the "Claver Castle" across the street from the St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church. St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church when it was founded in 1921 was the first African American Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Brooklyn.
In 1931, ten years after the Church was founded, the visionary leader of the St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church, Reverend Bernard Quinn, created a school and community center. The school building that Quinn built was split into three parts: Nuns quarters, classrooms and a Gym with a track for community recreation. "In essence, his building was like a YMCA before the YMCA existed in the neighborhood." Says Val Mello director of the Brooklyn Waldorf School. Reverend Quinn was dedicated to integrating the community center into the lives of the neighborhood.
Twenty-three years after the Claver school was closed in 1988, it is being reborn as the new location for the Brooklyn Waldorf School. The school has been searching for a new space since they had outgrown their space located directly behind BAM in Ft. Greene. "We were so cramped in the old space, now everyone is happy, this building is a dream come true", says Katie Roth assistant to the director.
There are a series of clips on You Tube under the tag Claver Castle that show exactly how much work went into making this dream come true. Over 4.5 million dollars of work, funded by a combination of loans and parent donations/fundraising efforts, remade Reverend Quinn's three part building into a unified space. Teachers met with the architects and designed the new layout according to the flow of traffic during the day, needs of the children and the curriculum.
The results are stunning with the school taking full advantage of period details such as curved windows, terraces between classrooms, a large Gym and a solarium on the top floor accessible from the classrooms.
Hewing closely to Reverend Quinn's legacy, The Brooklyn Waldorf School has a diversity and community involvement mission. Val Mello, the director, says of the new location, "it is a wonderful place to reach all neighborhoods in Brooklyn and we want the Brooklyn Waldorf School to truly reflect the population in Brooklyn with all groups and cultures present."
Although a independent school that must seek tuition to cover its costs, the Brooklyn Waldorf School has a three tiered tuition schedule based on income and has done fundraising to allow five children who are below tier to attend the school and the school hopes to raise more funds for more below tier children.
Wednesday morning is the weekly parent coffee, where parents can gather in the Waldorf room for bagels and conversation. Many of the parents were signing up for the doll-making workshop, where they will learn crafting skills and make items to sell at their winter festival fundraiser.
Passing through the hall a group of children are getting ready for a trip to the playground. "Every class goes outside at least once a day if not twice a day", says director Val Mello.
Peeking into a kindergarten classroom, we saw a child-sized table set with ceramic cups where the children had just eaten a freshly cooked snack of organically grown food. The Brooklyn Waldorf School tries to use as many natural materials and organic products as possible. Once the solarium and outdoor garden is finished the children will be growing their own vegetables.
The Waldorf motto is "head, heart and hands" where every part of the curriculum is taught from different angles emphasizing movement, experience and artistic expression.
Another important aspect to the Waldorf experience is the fostering of community. Whenever a big decision about the school is made, everyone gathers from the Board, the teachers, administration and parents to weigh in. "It's done collectively, everyone participates" says Val Mello. Community also comes in the unique holiday celebrations such as Michaelmas- a festival of courage using inspiration from St. George, the Spiral of Lights- a cross-cultural winter candle lighting festival, and a Springtime Planting Festival- like a maypole celebration.
Don't be surprised to see a group of parents and children walking along Fulton St. at dusk with beautiful handmade lanterns- that will be the Brooklyn Waldorf School celebrating the time change and the beginning of the winter months.
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PHOENIX, AZ (LEARFIELD-WSAU) A split squad from the Oakland A's beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-to-4 yesterday in an exhibition contest in Phoenix. Luke Montz belted a two-run walk-off homer off Johnny Hellweg.
Wily Peralta tossed three scoreless innings in his first start of the spring. The only hit he gave up was a double to Michael Taylor. Peralta struck out three.
Brewers' veteran Rickie Weeks is off to a solid spring, as he tries to take back the second-base job from Scooter Gennett. Weeks missed the final two months of last season after hamstring surgery.
So far this spring, Weeks is hitting .444 with a homer, an R-B-I, and two runs scored in 13 plate appearances. He walked twice in yesterday's game. Weeks said he made some slight adjustments in the way he holds the bat, to try and get a smoother swing -- and he's feeling better than he has in a long time.
The Brewers will play the A's again this afternoon.


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In Strip Club, Kim Price‒Glynn takes us behind the scenes at a rundown club where women strip out of economic need, a place where strippers' stories are not glamorous or liberating, but emotionally demanding and physically exhausting. Strip Club reveals the intimate working lives of not just the women up on stage, but also the patrons and other workers who make the place run: the owner‒manager, bartenders, dejays, doormen, bouncers, housemoms, and cocktail waitresses.
Price‒Glynn spent fourteen months at The Lion's Den working as a cocktail waitress, and her uncommonly deep access reveals a conflict‒ridden workplace, similar to any other workplace, one where gender inequalities are reproduced through the everyday interactions of customers and workers. Taking a novel approach to this controversial and often misunderstood industry, Price‒Glynn draws a fascinating portrait of life and work inside the strip club.
Kim Price-Glynn is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban and Community Studies at the University of Connecticut.
"Reads like a novel with a detailed cast of characters! With stripper poles an increasingly ubiquitous fixture in the media, there remains surprisingly little scholarship written about the day-to-day lives of people working in strip bars. Price‒Glynn reveals the grit beneath the pop‒video clichè in Strip Club, offering the reader an insider's gaze on the employees of the Lion's Den. Strip Club exposes a taken for granted sexism we need to be reminded of in our Girls Gone Wild culture."
"The second I entered The Lion's Den, passing the doorman through darkened hallways toward a parquet dancing stage, Price‒Glynn's rich description brought me into the dilapidated and ironically profitable (for some) world of the strip club. Her deeply affecting observations make us keenly aware of the social practices that perpetuate gross inequalities. Her ethnography is both brutally honest, and sociologically sophisticated in its examination of both the fragility and tenacity of social rankings based on gender, sex, and social class."


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Debra Ann Grainger, 58, of Dracut died on May 22 at Lowell General Hospital. She leaves family in Falmouth.
Ms. Grainger was born in Somerville. She worked at the Merrimack Education Center for more than 20 years.
She leaves her mother, Niki (Carreiro) Grainger of East Falmouth; her fiancee, Tony Gray of Dracut; her sister, Donna Casey of Hull; and her brother, Robert Grainger of Hull. She also leaves several nieces and nephews.
Ms. Grainger was predeceased by her father, Robert J. Grainger, and her sister, Jean Grainger.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, June 14, at 11 AM at St. Anthony's Church, 167 East Falmouth Highway.
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Adam Levine: Sexiest Man Alive 2013!by Free Britney at . Updated at . Comments
Handsome, funny, honest and approachable despite being oh-so-talented, rocker Adam Levine has been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
The 34-year-old Maroon 5 frontman and The Voice coach was bestowed the sexy honor on - you guessed it - The Voice results show Tuesday night.
Also, three of his proteges made the top eight. So it was a great evening!
"As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on the table," the star tells People. "I was just amazed."
"It almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool."
Levine, who reveals that he cries during movies and loves to be naked, got engaged to Behati Prinsloo this year after long being wary of tying the knot.
"I didn't think marriage was for me for a long time," he tells the magazine. "I was ready when I was ready. That's about as simple as it could possibly be."
As for that incredible body of his, Levine says he credits yoga and spinning for keeping his stamina up, especially as his success continues to skyrocket.
Through it all, he remains fairly grounded - or at least he strives to be.
"This is just a really interesting time where everything seems to be heading in a certain direction," he adds. "And I'm not taking any of it for granted."
The singer takes over the crown from 2012's winner Channing Tatum.
Adam Levine as 2013 Sexiest Man Alive: Good choice?
Whatt!!! I think they got so damm right adam is sooooo freeking sexy mmmmmmmmmm.
Whatt!!! I think they got so damm right adam is sooooo freeking sexy mmmmmmmmmm.
Judging from the survey, albeit unscientific, Levine apparently does have his fans. I find him scrawny, too scribbled upon, nasally and meh. But good for those who find him sexy.
Perfect description of Adam.
he looks like a freaking homo.....
Love him. Adams's perfect!!!
And what, exactly, does "a freaking homo" look like? Idiot!
That was meant for vinton.
Agreed.Big time Idiot.
Wow must have been a slow year for People. It's not bad enough that he is not that sexy, but his politics are even worse. Big time lib.
So at least he is smart then,
This guy wouldn't be a good fit for most women- especially white. You see a prerequisite for sexy to those would be a criminal record and unless he has his "Fruit of the Looms" 18" above his pants - well........ That's a necessity for the picked over trash in today's world. Maybe LiL Wayne or C Brown- yeah- this guy is way to polished for the liking of most MUD SHARKS out there. Ohhh.... I almost forgot- he can't play the race card because white women love to "FLIP IT" out there as well as their boo! Or should I say - JIGGA BOO!
You know, I'm always shocked by the amount of racist trash that come on these sites to comment. You say black people play the race card, but I find that it's mainly idiots like you who actually carry it around in your back pocket to use against people of other races. Adam being unsexy has NOTHING to do with him being black, white, asian or any other race for that matter. If you were educated, you'd know that some people think he's ugly or just okay. Not because he's white, there are too many fine white men out there! But because, out of all the Hollywood celebrity males, he is NOT THE SEXIEST. Take your racist bull**it somewhere else, this should not have been the venue for that. Nowhere should be the venue for it!
That makes zero sense.
Thats because your ass is overtaken by your head. The Mudsharks understand perfectly.
Then you should go to a Mud
Shark's site where they are hip
to your Mudspeak.
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sad for the girls this guy is a cock-sucker.
Don't know about that but he is just an average looking guy who
has a weak,whiny singing voice.