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In four weeks, voters in the 10-county metro region go to the polls to decide on increasing the sales tax by one penny to fund $8.5 billion in regional and local transportation improvements. One sticking point for critics has been the Atlanta Beltline, expected to get more than $600 million if the tax is approved. Today, we hear from three mayors in north Fulton County who have wrestled with the idea of the intown Beltline as a "regional" project. We also hear from the Beltline's board chairman, AGL Resources CEO John Somerhalder.
Tom Sabulis is today's moderator. Commenting is open following John Somerhalder's column.
By Tom Sabulis
Last year, mayors in some north Fulton County cities publicly protested the inclusion of the Atlanta Beltline on the project list for the transportation special purpose local option sales tax. They said Atlanta's streetcar circulator and trail — which will receive $601.9 million in tax revenue if the referendum is approved — was a nice economic tool for Atlanta but did little to relieve metro traffic congestion. It wasn't regional enough. In turn, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed called them "uninformed."
With four weeks left until the July 31 vote, those mayors are no longer openly criticizing the Beltline in regards to the T-SPLOST — if they're saying anything at all about it.
Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, who wrote a column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution criticizing the Beltline decision, would not be interviewed last week. She issued a statement about the T-SPLOST but didn't mention the 22-mile loop around Atlanta.
"I am leaving it in the hands of voters to decide the fate of T-SPLOST without the influence of at least one politician," Galambos wrote. "The voters ultimately carry the burden for the funding of these projects. I encourage all to carefully look at the proposed projects, do the due diligence and vote from an educated stance."
Roswell Mayor Jere Wood said the Beltline was "not a big issue" for him. "The big issue is that people have not seen a vision of how [T-SPLOST] is going to substantially change their lives. There are a lot of good projects for Roswell, so I'm going to vote for it. But I'm not enthusiastic about it. It's not something I'm going to put a lot of political capital into. I cannot support all the projects, but I think it'll help Roswell."
Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker served as a liaison for north Fulton to the regional roundtable of 21 elected officials who devised the project list. Last year, he was opposed to the Beltline receiving funds.
"I was an opponent of putting $600 million into the Beltline at that time," Bodker said. "My debate back then was: Is that worthy of the first $600 million versus something else that could have been done with the same money? It was about prioritization. It wasn't about whether I thought the project was worthy."
Once the Beltline made the project list, Bodker said he came around. "As imperfect as the list is, as imperfect as the funding mechanism is, we can all agree that we must do something about this problem. If you take the long view, you have to recognize that, if we do not feed the economic engine that is metro Atlanta and the rest of the state, we will never generate funding for anything we want in this state."
Bodker refrains from openly campaigning for the T-SPLOST.
"The voter doesn't need my viewpoint as much as they need to come up with their own decision. If they ask me [how I'm voting,] I tell them. I've spent most of my time trying to be as objective as I can be because that creates the opportunity to have the most dialogue with the citizens about the referendum."
Voters, he said, need to learn about details such as the 15 percent of the funds that local governments can use as they wish. In Johns Creek, that's about $14 million over the 10-year life of the tax.
"We have about a $38 million deficit just in road resurfacing that we inherited since the high-growth days before we were a city," Bodker said. "I'm only using this as an example, but I can tell you that if you guaranteed folks that their neighborhood would get resurfaced in Johns Creek [through the T-SPLOST] you'd get pretty darn close to 100 percent approval rating."
He feels people are not paying enough attention to the T-SPLOST. "Are people engaged? It's the summer — no. Am I fearful that most people will cast uninformed votes? Yes. It's a complex issue and it's not the easiest to understand. And I think the default answer for most people when asked the question, do you want to give the government [something]? The answer is no. Especially in this climate."
By John Somerhalder
Transit investment in Atlanta is not only relevant to the region, it's also absolutely essential to continuing our success and maintaining our competitive edge. Each day, tens of thousands of employees travel from around the region to Fortune 500 companies such as Georgia Pacific, Turner Broadcasting and AGL Resources.
Hundreds of thousands more employees, students and visitors travel to the region's major universities, including Georgia Tech, Georgia State and the Atlanta University Center schools. Each year, millions of visitors travel from around the region to cultural attractions such as the Woodruff Arts Center, Piedmont Park, the Georgia Aquarium and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.
The segments of the Atlanta Beltline and streetcar on the transportation referendum project list, including new streetcar connections into downtown and Midtown, are a good start to changing transportation patterns in our region — and moving our economy forward. Our ability to grow and thrive depends on attracting new businesses and employees, and our ability to efficiently move people to their jobs and the places they want to go within and around Atlanta.
According to an Atlanta Regional Commission analysis of Georgia Department of Labor data, more than 140,000 employees work within a half-mile of the Atlanta Beltline and streetcar routes on the referendum project list. This number exceeds the total employment of six out of 10 of the counties in the region. Census data show that 70 percent of these workers travel from outside of Fulton County to get to these jobs.
These projects will connect major centers of employment, education and recreation by extending the reach of our existing MARTA system and expanding the regional transit network — including the Clifton Corridor, I-20 East and Cobb County transit lines.
The projects on the regional transportation referendum can help keep the region moving because of investments in new transit connections in the city of Atlanta. New transportation options linking surrounding counties to Atlanta will work best if riders can reach more destinations within the city. For example, the success of new proposed transit from Cobb or DeKalb counties depends on the ability to connect people to a transit system in the city that gets them where they need to go.
Each part of the region has weighed in, with more than 200,000 people providing input into the development of the project list. The region has much to gain from the city of Atlanta's contribution as part of the project list. When we build the proposed transit infrastructure in Atlanta, including the Atlanta Beltline and streetcar segments that provide direct connections to downtown and Midtown, the return on investment will be even greater for surrounding areas. Since 2005, public investment in the Atlanta Beltline has totaled more than $300 million. That has, in turn, attracted more than $1 billion in private sector investment to the region. This is a remarkable return on investment in any market — particularly such a challenging one.
Great regions have great cores and invest in great transit connections to and within their job centers. As recently released census data show, growth in cities is outpacing growth in suburbs in 27 out of 51 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, including the Atlanta region. A balance of new road building and transit investment is vital to maintaining our economic competitiveness and our quality of life. Our residents and our leaders must step up to the challenge of the moment to make sure we can be as competitive as we should be in the future. We can't afford to let Atlanta fall behind.
John Somerhalder is chairman, president and chief executive officer of AGL Resources and chairman of Atlanta Beltline Inc.
July 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
The I-3 interstate section from Augusta to Savannah is a long overdue project and should begin immediately. The northern leg is much more problematic and really has less practical use for the average person.
July 4th, 2012
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Cafeterias and health classes across the country are still reeling from the bombshell dropped by Michelle Obama yesterday: The famed food pyramid is no more.
Originally introduced in 1992, the first food pyramid aimed to educate our youth in healthy eating habits by breaking down the food groups into a supposedly easy to understand graphic that outlined the suggested number of servings per day. What better way to prevent obesity and heart disease than a solid diet built on a foundation of 6-11 daily servings of carbs, huh?
Well, it seems that having multiple words, numbers, and perplexing punctuation such as commas was too much for us to understand. Behold the USDAs newest solution: MyPlate.
The new graphic strips away all of the reading and breaks everything down to a per-meal suggestion. Rather than force us to think about how many servings of dairy we had at breakfast while considering cheese on our burger for lunch, MyPlate gives a clear visual of what the proportions of each food group on your plate should look like.
Fruits and veggies lead the way, taking up 50% of the plate, followed by grains and protein. And I think that dairy serving is supposed to be a glass of milk, but since I don't drink milk, I'm going with a cup of strawberry yogurt. Or, like most 3rd graders will inevitably jump to first, chocolate ice cream.
Granted, the new stripped down graphic leaves out many important factors – how much salt is on that pork chop, fat in the broccoli casserole, or if your eat your meals with a serving fork and your plate is the size of a hubcap – but you can't expect all of that info to make the cut. Simplicity is the idea, and I can see the merit in that. Considering that 75% of men and women between the ages of 17-24 are so out of shape that they can't qualify for military service, some dumbing down may be in order.
While I appreciate the idea behind the change, made all the more necessary by the 2005 revision of the pyramid to include a stair climbing stick-figure and the special effects from Xanadu, this could be an exercise in futility if no one actually pays attention. It doesn't mean that they shouldn't try though.
What do you think? Will MyPlate have an impact on the swelling youth of America? Or could the USDAs efforts be better spent elsewhere?
- By Jon Watson, Food & More blog
June 3rd, 2011
8:23 am
Nobody should be "reeling" since this change was expected for weeks. Only quibble I have with it is, I wish the portion sizes on the plate were a tad more exaggerated to make the serving sizes more understandable. The pyramid did that, for me anyway.
June 3rd, 2011
9:57 am
Looks like the old "four food groups" scenario to me. And since when is dairy not protein?
June 3rd, 2011
9:59 am
I got your 4 basic food groups. Beans, bacon, whiskey and lard.
June 3rd, 2011
11:51 am
Milk has lactose, a simple sugar, and therefore carbs, plus fat and protein in varying ratios from whole to non-fat. Cheese has different ratios, depending on the type, of course. Dairy as a 'special case' makes a lot of sense to me, and you see it treated that way by most diet plans.
June 3rd, 2011
12:31 pm
these are our children that are learning about the different food groups and healthy eating habits. Not a board meeting of adults. I think the details of the original pyramid were necessary. I remember learning the pyramid in class with the teacher not only teaching us the different categories. But also what particular foods are in those categories and the break down of those foods. It made us actually think about what we eat. Afterwards we were able to look at food and place it in its category.
The plate is too simple. We want our kids to think more not less. The plate just isnt realistic
If Ms. Obama wants to change something. Change something that needs changing
June 3rd, 2011
2:32 pm
You eat off of plates, not pyramids right? We are just glad the rest of the country is catching up to what The Portion Plate has been doing for years. http://www.theportionplate.com
June 3rd, 2011
4:11 pm
Where does the BEER or WINE or mixed drink go?
June 3rd, 2011
6:15 pm
Beer probably goes in the Grain section and wine in the Fruits section. I suppose for mixed drinks it's a toss-up depending on if you use corn based liquor or maybe if you had a pina colada it'd definitely be Fruits, while a martini with an olive would be Vegetables. It's really great that the Fruit and Vegetable sections are the largest:-)
June 4th, 2011
8:37 am
I watched a part of Jamie Oliver's Revolution last night. A group of HS seniors in an LA public school. The kids thought butter came from corn, and a number of different seemingly basic nutrition information. Perhaps it is a reflection of public education system, but this 'dumbing down' of nutrition is not going to transform people's eating. Perhaps next, we'll have a Grananimals-type food pyramid program.
I wonder how much time and money was spent creating it? It could have been churned out by a 3rd grader's science project. I would love to see the ones that didn't get selected.
This, in combination with the government's 'Get moving' program with 'Be a playa' are sending great messages.
Healthy eating isn't as simple as the pie chart. Then again, considering we are dealing with 17 year olds who think butter comes from corn, I am not surprised.
June 4th, 2011
9:36 am
Uhhmmm, the FIRST food pyramid was introduced long before 1992. Not sure what year, but I know I learned about it in school.
June 4th, 2011
9:40 am
We were taught about the pyramid in the late 70's and through the 80's. I see it was developed in Denmark in '78. I suppose we just went along but it wasn't official until '92.
I don't think we are "dumbing down" in this case. I'm all for simplicity because most Americans don't know how to choose healthful foods. Here it is: shop the perimeter of your grocery store. Stay away from the inside aisles as much as possible. FRESH IS BEST. Organic is even better. Genetically Modified should scare you and always choose LOCAL when possible.
June 4th, 2011
9:54 am
The visuals are all well and good, but childhood obesity will not be ameliorated until parents start supervising what their children eat. It has been my observation that fat kids always have fat parents. I have never seen s slim soccer mom with a chubby kid. The fat parents won't limit what their kids eat because they don't limit what they eat. Order a double pepperoni with large coke and the whole family chows down.
June 4th, 2011
10:22 am
"dumbing down"…proof that the education is taking its toll on the population. instead of bringing people to the level of understanding, we lower the bar of expectation. good move
June 4th, 2011
10:27 am
The MyPlate concept is not new. The American Institute for Cancer Research introduced the New American Plate (2/3 (or more) vegetables, fruits, whole grains or beans and 1/3 (or less) animal protein) in 1999 to help people eat better to prevent cancer. It is heavy in fruits and vegetables and lighter in protein. Most Americans get more protein than needed in their diet (an adult only needs the equivalent of 6 ounces of meat or poulty a day-ordering a small steak from a restuarant gives you that in one sitting). Our portion sizes are outrageous. The AICR's plate emphasizes more reasonable portions with an increase in daily activity. No, the MyPlate concept is not new.
June 4th, 2011
10:44 am
It really is quite simple to eat right. If it tastes good it's fattening. If you stick to foods that don't taste too good you will lose weight. If it tastes great you won't. Simple.
June 4th, 2011
11:07 am
Should we really be eating quite that many carbohydrates?
June 4th, 2011
11:10 am
"jenni kraig" –
Perhaps you should be studying basic grammar and spelling in order to make your message more effective.
June 4th, 2011
11:27 am
We focus too much on food and not enough on exercise.
June 4th, 2011
1:14 pm
I like the concept of MyPlate – the simplicity can be both understood and lead to detailed discussions. However, the portions are not consistent with the pyramid – like to see less protein, same grains and more veggies. As Leslie shared, we only need a small amount of protein. And the Dairy needs to go completely. Dairy is not needed in the human body except for a newborn/toddler. Calcium can come more easily & be absorbed from plant sources. Typical dairy (particularly cow's milk, and dairy as used in our society) promotes candida, asthma, parasites, and other illnesses. So, put Water in that cup!! Hydration does need to be promoted.
June 4th, 2011
2:06 pm
I am on board with { 1164mgc }. I was seriously concerned about chocolate until 1164mgc clearly placed mixed drinks on the plate. Chocolate milk – dairy, chocolate mouse – dairy or protein, chocolate pie, cake, or candy would checker the plate like an expensive dessert servered with eye appeal.
June 4th, 2011
2:51 pm
Ga Dawg has it right. Get rid of the processed crap and eat what you can grow, gather, or hunt and walah – you wont be fat! Plate or pyramid won't make a difference. If what you're eating comes all packaged up and was made in a warehouse somewhere – it's not real food and is not what your body wants.
June 4th, 2011
3:50 pm
To clarify something: The food plate was not created by Michelle Obama. She merely presented the idea to the public, along with the Surgeon General and Sec of Agriculture. It is the U.S. Dept of Agriculture that has changed to the food plate from the food pyramid.
What we eat is very important when it comes to health and body weight. Exercise is important too of course. What I have found is that if I exercise too much, I just eat more calories and my overall weight does not change. To stay healthy, one must eat right AND exercise. Both are important, and if we exercise we cannot think, oh, it is now ok for me to eat anything I want. Check this out:
June 4th, 2011
7:11 pm
The Food Pyramid or MyPlate will make no difference
Obesity is not the fault of the overweight person or animal In fact, it is almost impossible to lose weight in the USA due to Food Chemicals.
The food has been legally poisoned with chemicals and this is proven by a European filmmaker
A filmmaker has shown how to reverse weight gain with a diabetes diet for NON diabetics in 10 countries and the DRUG MAKERS HID THE STORY
The diet reverses the damage from Food chemicals and causes weight loss
If you cannot lose weight it is not your fault
June 4th, 2011
10:51 pm
Stop eating cereal crap, especially processed cereal crap, and stick to meat and vegetables. The human body needs protein, minerals, vitamins, a little fat for organ and neural development, and a minimum of crap that metabolizes straight to sugar–grass seed and potatoes.
Athletes have known this for decades, but the USDA has one goal: To sell the grain produced by subsidized farmers.
Diabetes is caused or aggravated by sugar. Sugar comes from metabolizing carbs.
Do yourself a favor and eat a steak and some broccoli. Feed the bread to the birds.
June 5th, 2011
6:03 am
Seriously, do you really think this change is promote a healthier lifestyle? I feel my IQ dropping just looking at it. Now a days when 90% of the kids have never even seen a pig, cow, or chicken; do you really think this little picture pie graph is going to help them choose better food to eat? If you want to change something, start with the parents, they are the one letting their kids run the show when they should be. It is easier to let a kid eat what he/she wants and sit in front of a computer playing on facebook, or a videogame. Hell, parents are getting more on facebook as well ignoring their family and their eating habbits as well. This idea is just a waste of time and more importantly money that could have gone elsewhere. This country is led by idiots.
June 5th, 2011
1:37 pm
The USDA does not now, nor has it ever in the past, determined what most parents put on a child's plate, or picked up at the drive-thru window. It does not matter what graphic is used so long as convenience and cost primarily determine grocery and eating habits. Most college-aged young adults could not creat a balanced meal from non-packaged ingredients if you paid them. What are 'their' kids going to be eating?
June 5th, 2011
8:43 pm
We live in a world surrounded by visual media, the amount increasing more and more each year. Wouldn't it be logical, therefore, to use graphics to relay something of this sort?
Nutrition isn't a complicated thing: depending on your activity level, you may need more or less of certain nutrients. Some people enjoy a 50-25-25 meal plan (50% calories from carbohydrates, 25 % from protein, and 25% from fat), or a 40-30-20 meal plan (40 % calories from carbohydrates, 30 % from protein, and 20 % from fat). A person needs a 3,500 calorie deficit to burn a pound of fat, and should incorporate both strength and cardiovascular training to promote good body composition.
That said, using a plate to relate the basic proportions of a meal is best described by one word: practical. Infinite amounts of information is available pertaining to nutrition and health nowadays, and imposing a simple image of a carefully divided plate can be very helpful. And besides, who ever said the food plate was going to be the only piece of nutritional education we'll be providing children in school?
Going back to the different meal plan options listed above, these would help determine the type of grain chosen (there is no magical, single volume that provides an equal amount of carbohydrates from all grains), or the type of fruit/vegetable chosen. For example, a cup of strawberries is 10 g carbohydrates, while a cup of mango is about 25 g carbohydrates. I'm sure these points will be elaborated in class, which would inspire a much more intuitive and thorough appreciation of nutrition. As a research assistant in a nutrition study, who has also lived without a crucial organ (responsible for digestion of a certain nutrient) for 92.5 % of my life, I can assure you that the education given in school years ago with the food pyramid is, well… pathetic. Considering the ineptitude of the people taught with the food pyramid, not to mention the insufficient amount of information learned by the students, is proof of its inadequacy. Clearly, in a society with altered communication modes/media, a change of format needs to be made here as well.
Catch up with the times people!
June 5th, 2011
9:00 pm
PS: I apologize for the grammatical errors made above… my passion for the subject affected my writing more than alcohol ever could lol.
PPS: carbohydrates don't cause diabetes. Also, please be specific of diabetes type (there are several different types… the 2 main types are type 1 and 2… type 1 is autoimmune… you're thinking type 2, and even still… you clearly don't have a good grasp on the disease at all). Furthermore, having too few of carbohydrates causes too much stress on your body, and glucose levels increase. Oh, and too high of protein quantities cause glucose levels to also elevate. How do I know? The organ I lost function of by the age of 21 months was my pancreas…. like young children with heart problems, mine wasn't caused by poor health.
And very lastly… again, I'm rambling, so excuse the poor grammar…
I blame the obesity epidemic on laziness, denial… and not being able to read nutrition labels!
Here's what you need to keep in mind when reading them:
- calories
- fat (and type… saturated/trans)
- carbohydrates + fiber (subtract fiber from carbohydrates to learn the total amount of digestible g's of carbs)
- protein
To apply the 50-25-25 or 50-30-20 meal plans, determine the number of calories coming from each nutrient… there are 9 calories in 1 g fat… and 4 calories in 1 g protein and 1 g carbohydrate. You'll notice that in order to calculate the correct number of calories, you need to subtract the fiber first… otherwise, your math won't add up to the label's math.
Lastly, when reading labels, simplicity is always best. A simple rule of thumb: the more you can pronounce, the better it generally is. Oh, and "no sugar added" doesn't mean it's "sugar" free. Your body can't tell the difference between "sugar" from fruit, etc… the difference is, the sugar in fruit also comes with vitamins and minerals, etc. Look for carbohydrates before sugar content… no sugar can help you find lower carbohydrate and/or more nutrient rich foods/beverages.
Oh, oh, oh… and before I finish lol… look at portion sizes… and follow them!
PPPS: I also agree with the "shop the outside of your grocery store as much as possible" rule… and the try to buy as locally as possible one as well…
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The plate's portions seem to be too similar to me. At first glance it almost looks like an evenly divided plate so that you would eat the same portion of everything. It would be a little better if it was a little more exaggerated or if the colors were more distinct to show differences.
I never had an issue with the food pyramid's info. For those who didn't know where food went (like the people who think eggs are dairy for some reason), it was a good visual of what was what.
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hmmmm… Millions of dollars in research and the result is striking! I mean really, you could have at least asked to share the UK governments Eatwell plate!
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Now it requires even less thought 'cause it's a fact, courtesy of temnpo-free stats.
And for that, we have the Big Ten Geeks to thank.
They spent the summer looking at the statistical profiles of every BCS player was who was a freshman between 2000 and 2005 (with some filters) and found that players show the greatest improvement between freshman and sophomore year.
Let that sink in.
Forget the sophomore slump. On average, players show the most improvement after their freshman season. There are exceptions – as they note – and it's not a hard and fast rule. But it's a pretty telling fact about most college players. Blake Griffin is a prime example.
And it also shouldn't discount that some freshmen will have a big impact (read: John Wall), though not all of them will live up to the media hype.
(Their link also includes five aerial grafs showing how their tempo-free stats are represented on average from freshman to senior years.)
So what's this mean?
Teams that relied heavily on freshmen last year and have those players back this season could have a pretty nice jump. Among our Top 25, that includes Kansas, Michigan State, West Virginia, Washington, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio State, Louisville.
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- Calories: 141
- Calories from fat: 19%
- Fat: 2.9g
- Saturated fat: 1.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.6g
- Protein: 26.3g
- Carbohydrate: 0.9g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 96mg
- Iron: 4.1mg
- Sodium: 362mg
- Calcium: 19mg
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An F-1 student in a cap-gap situation would, in most cases, have to leave the United States and return at the time his or her H-1B status becomes effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year. Depending on when the student's status expires, such circumstances could require the student to remain outside the United States for several months. . . . For No Good Reason!
Under this new rule F-1 academic students on post-completion Optical Practical Training (OPT) maintain valid F-1 status until the expiration of their OPT. Once that OPT has ended, they are authorized to remain in the United States for up to 60 days to prepare for departure. However, under the new rule the F-1 student's status is automatically extended when the student is the beneficiary of an H-1B petition for the next fiscal year (with an October 1 employment start date) filed on his or her behalf during the period in which H-1B petitions are accepted for that fiscal year. If the H-1B petition filed on behalf of the student is selected, the student may remain in the United States and, if on post-completion OPT, continue working until the October 1 start date indicated on the approved H-1B petition.
One of the major benefits of this new rule is to give U.S. employers to two chances to recruit these highly desirable graduates through the H-1B process, as the extension is long enough to allow for H-1B petitions to be filed in two successive fiscal years.
But what student's are eligible?
Under a new rule, F-1 students who receive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees may be eligible for OPT to receive a 17-month extension of post-completion OPT.
OPT is defined as temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student's major area of study. Under the old rule an F-1 student could be authorized to receive up to a total of 12 months of practical training either before (pre-) and/or after (post-) completion of studies.
To be eligible for the 17-month OPT extension, a student must have received a degree included in the STEM Designated Degree Program List. This list includes the following courses of study:
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O'Day, Ruppert, White Inducted as Hall of Fame Class of 2013 on Sunday in Cooperstown
Returning Hall of Famers Help Honor Gehrig, Hornsby and Class of 1945 as They Are Formally Inducted
July 28, 2013
(COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.) – The members of the Class of 2013 waited for more than a century before earning their place in Cooperstown. So an extra 53 minutes – thanks to a summer shower rain delay – proved no problem for the family members of Hank O'Day, Jacob Ruppert and Deacon White on Sunday at the annual National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Baseball's most exclusive club welcomed its newest members, with the biggest names the game has ever known right there to see it. Almost three dozen Hall of Famers returned to the Clark Sports Center stage in Cooperstown on Sunday to welcome this year's inductees, in front of a cheering crowd and a nation of supporters watching from home on MLB Network.
The Class of 2013 featured three pioneers from baseball's earliest days: Umpire Hank O'Day, who called the first World Series in 1903 and was the ruling arbiter in the 1908 game between the Giants and Cubs where Fred Merkle's base running mistake cost the Giants a walk-off win; former Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who purchased the contract of Babe Ruth from the Red Sox and built Yankee Stadium; and Deacon White, a brilliant bare-handed catcher from the 19th century.
"Recognition will come," said Dennis McNamara, Hank O'Day's grandnephew who spoke on his behalf on Sunday. "You may not know when, but it will come."
The family members who delivered the speeches for the Class of 2013 – Anne Vernon, the great grandniece of Jacob Ruppert; and Jerry Watkins, the great grandson of Deacon White; and McNamara; fought back cracking voices and tears as they honored the memory of their famous family.
"This was an incredible experience that I will never forget," Anne Vernon said. "It was a privilege to be here to help my family – and the Hall of Fame – honor Jacob Ruppert."
For Jerry Watkins, Sunday's induction meant the realization of a family dream.
"My father kept Deacon White's memory alive in our family, and he always thought he should be a Hall of Famer," Watkins said. "He also was a huge Cubs fan and wanted to see a World Series winner. Well, Dad, we got one of them."
Sunday's Induction Ceremony also included the official induction of Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby and the entire Class of 1945, none of whom experienced an Induction Ceremony due to wartime travel restrictions and – in the case of Gehrig – illness. Returning Hall of Famers honored the wartime electees by reading their Hall of Fame plaques:
- Roger Bresnahan, whose plaque text will be read by Carlton Fisk
- Dan Brouthers, with plaque text read by Orlando Cepeda
- Fred Clarke, with plaque text read by Bert Blyleven
- Jimmy Collins, with plaque text read by Wade Boggs
- Ed Delahanty, with plaque text read by Billy Williams
- Hugh Duffy, with plaque text read by Jim Rice
- Hughie Jennings, with plaque text read by Ozzie Smith
- Mike "King" Kelly, with plaque text read by Andre Dawson
- Jim O'Rourke, with plaque text read by Barry Larkin
- Wilbert Robinson, with plaque text read by Tommy Lasorda
- Rogers Hornsby, with plaque text read by Joe Morgan
- Lou Gehrig, with plaque text read by Cal Ripken Jr.
Other highlights from Sunday included:
**The 2013 Award Winners were honored on the Induction Ceremony stage, as J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner Paul Hagen (honored for writing) acknowledged the crowd along with Shirley Cheek, wife of the late Tom Cheek – the Ford C. Frick Award winner (honored for broadcasting). The award winners accepted their honors and delivered their speeches on Saturday during the third annual Hall of Fame Awards Presentation at Doubleday Field. Dr. Frank Jobe, pioneer of the procedure known as "Tommy John Surgery", and Legendary Entertainment CEO Thomas Tull, who produced the Jackie Robinson biopic "42", were also honored at Saturday's Awards Presentation and received a warm ovation from the fans at Sunday's Induction Ceremony.
**The 2,500 fans in attendance rose as one to sing along with a video of Hall of Famer Stan Musial recorded in 1997 playing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on his harmonica midway through the Induction Ceremony.
**Haley Swindal, the granddaughter of former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, performed a powerful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
**During the introduction of returning Hall of Famers, thunderous standing ovations came for several Hall of Famers, including Henry Aaron and Cal Ripken Jr. Thirty-two Hall of Famers returned to Cooperstown to participate in the Induction Ceremony.
Transcripts of the Induction Ceremony speeches of Dennis McNamara, Anne Vernon and Jerry Watkins will be available Sunday evening online at www.baseballhall.org.
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Any writer who claims to be completely unbiased is lying either to you or to himself; we are humans, we have opinions and prejudices, we hold certain assumptions about life. The absolute best we can do -- and it is usually enough -- is to make an honest effort to prevent those opinions, prejudices and assumptions from hijacking our words. As it happens, I went into this story with an overwhelming empathy for the parents whose inattention led to the deaths of their children. I believed it could happen to anyone, and I believe that because it almost happened to me. Twenty-five years ago, I almost killed my daughter.posted by Jaltcoh at 12:29 PM on July 21, 2010 [3 favorites]
In the early 1980s I was living in Miami, working as an editor for the Miami Herald. I got to work by car, driving down Biscayne Boulevard, then hanging a left at the Herald building. This routine seldom varied; when it did, it was when I had morning daughter duty, meaning that instead of turning left, I turned right, got on a highway, and drove a few more miles to the daycare center.
One day I turned left, made another left, as customary, and pulled into the Miami Herald parking lot. As I searched for a space, from the back seat, Molly said something. She was almost three. Until that moment, I'd had no memory at all that she was in that car.
I can't recall if, like many of the parents in my article, I was particularly stressed that morning, or mentally lost in some problem from work. I know there was no distracting cellphone conversation, because cellphones hadn't been invented. What I retain of that moment is the indelible memory of staring slack-jawed at the little girl in the backseat, and feeling a powerful rush of physical nausea. This was Miami in the summer. Molly would not have survived fifteen minutes in that car.
I sat there breathing heavily, fighting for self-control. I probably forced a smile and said something cheerful and dad-like. And then, as though nothing at all had happened, I left the parking lot and headed for the highway. No harm done! Just the start of an ordinary day!
You may have a question. I'll answer it simply. No, something like this does not go away. It haunts. Six years after that day, I wrote a play. It was about a man who had who had accidentally caused grievous injury to someone else; there was a backstory, about a baby left to die in a car.
When the news broke last summer about the death of Chase Harrison, I knew I had to write this story, whether I really wanted to or not. Like actors, writers know that genuine emotion is a valuable asset to draw on, not one that you lightly discard. If this article seemed to be presented with more restraint than some of my other magazine cover stories, it is probably because this was the end result of a writer fighting for a sense of control.
One more thing, before we get to some of your questions. I did not tell my wife about that moment in the parking lot, not for years, not until half a year ago when I began working on this story and needed to explain why it was keeping me awake nights. And I didn't tell Molly about it until just a couple of months ago; oddly, I found that 25 years after the day no harm was done, I couldn't look her in the eye.
Another day it occurred to me that time as we know it doesn't exist in the lawn, since grass never dies or is allowed to flower and set seed. Lawns are nature purged of sex or death. No wonder Americans like them so much.posted by grrarrgh00 at 6:17 PM on July 21, 2010


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October 19, 2012, Washington, DC – Citing survey data showing former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has in fact achieved the narrow criteria required for inclusion in the Monday debate, earning more than 40 percent of the vote in "head-to-head" polls against President Barack Obama, the Libertarian Party nominee's campaign today filed a complaint in Federal Court in the District of Columbia maintaining that Johnson has, in fact, met the Commission on Presidential Debates' criteria for inclusion. The complaint asks the Court to compel the CPD to include Johnson.
Why not let him and Jill Stein debate? God forbid we hear more than two people.
Bob Beckel screams "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about!" at a panelist while live on Hannity, and becomes my hero for the day. His reaction to not realizing they're on-air, and Hannity's squirming, is absolutely hilarious. The rest of the conversation is disgusting, complete with Tea Partier Neal Boortz calling poverty "a mental disease."
I'd say the same thing too, Bob.
Well, Beckel wasn't fired. On tonight's edition of The Five, he pulled out a massive swear jar and began emptying his pockets into it.
New bucket list item: Scream 'FUCK' in any context on Hannity's show.
This literally made me sick.
The right to… not be grossed out by gay people? What right was stripped away? Seriously, somebody explain to me how a law that allows people to get married "strips away" rights from others.
Oh, hello there Rick Santorum. Did you read the decision? You might be interested:
Proposition 8 worked a singular and limited change to the California Constitution: it stripped same-sex couples of the right to have their committed relationships recognized by the State with the designation of 'marriage,' which the state constitution had previously guaranteed them, while leaving in place all of their other rights and responsibilities as partners—rights and responsibilities that are identical to those of married spouses and form an integral part of the marriage relationship…
By using their initiative power to target a minority group and withdraw a right that it possessed, without a legitimate reason for doing so, the People of California violated the Equal Protection Clause. We hold Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional on this ground. We do not doubt the importance of the more general questions presented to us concerning the rights of same-sex couples to marry, nor do we doubt that these questions will likely be resolved in other states, and for the nation as a whole, by other courts. For now, it suffices to conclude that the People of California may not, consistent with the Federal Constitution, add to their state constitution a provision that has no more practical effect than to strip gays and lesbians of their right to use the official designation that the State and society give to committed relationships, thereby adversely affecting the status and dignity of the members of a disfavored class. The judgment of the district court is
Sounds like some people got their rights stripped, and it wasn't the people who voted for Prop(H)8. But I can see how you'd get confused, Rick. With your head so far up your own ass, I bet your view of the world around you is rather limited.
(Source: taylorareyouokay, via stfuconservatives)
Our blacks are so much better than their blacks. You have fought against probably your family, probably your neighbors… that's why we have very impressive blacks… Obama is not a descendant of the blacks that suffered these Jim Crow laws, he's not the son of American blacks that went through the American experience, [but] the son of a Kenyan.
Ann Coulter, defending Herman Cain, and claiming "their blacks" - meaning black American conservatives - are better than blacks who are liberal. First, who's being divisive again? Second, is anyone else quite disturbed by her saying "our blacks" like it's some kind of ownership?
It's a little awkward to see professional race-baiters, who are white, using the phrase "our blacks" and questioning the authenticity of President Obama's experience as a biracial man in America.
This reminds me of a conversation I overheard on campus. A member of the Campus Republicans said he supported Cain winning the nomination simply because "he's blacker than Obama," and if he were to win, "the Democrat party gets its race card cut up, and the GOP can't be told they're racist." I asked him if he thought Herman Cain was essentially their cause célèbre. And he called me a racist.
No. Claiming Cain as "your black" is racist. Period. End of story. Fin. Here's the video:
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I'm posting this in full, because I am literally stunned this was posted on Fox News. Emphasis mine:
Critics of the growing Occupy Street movement complain that the protesters don't have a policy agenda and, therefore, don't stand for anything. They're wrong. The key isn't what protesters are for but rather what they're against — the gaping inequality that has poisoned our economy, our politics and our nation.
In America today, 400 people have more wealth than the bottom 150 million combined. That's not because 150 million Americans are pathetically lazy or even unlucky. In fact, Americans have been working harder than ever - productivity has risen in the last several decades. Big business profits and CEO bonuses have also gone up. Worker salaries, however, have declined.Most of the Occupy Wall Street protesters aren't opposed to free market capitalism. In fact, what they want is an end to the crony capitalist system now in place, that makes it easier for the rich and powerful to get even more rich and powerful while making it increasingly hard for the rest of us to get by.
The protesters are not anti-American radicals. They are the defenders of the American Dream, the decision from the birth of our nation that success should be determined by hard work, not royal bloodlines.
Sure, bank executives may work a lot harder than you and me or a mother of three doing checkout at a grocery store. Maybe the bankers work ten times harder. Maybe even a hundred times harder. But they're compensated a thousand times more.
The question is not how Occupy Wall Street protesters can find that gross discrepancy immoral. The question is why every one of us isn't protesting with them.
According to polls, most Americans support the 99% movement, even if they're not taking to the streets. In fact, support for the Occupy Wall Street protests is not only higher than for either political party in Washington but greater than support for the Tea Party. And unlike the Tea Party which was fueled by national conservative donors and institutions, the Occupy Wall Street Movement is spreading organically from Idaho to Indiana. Institutions on the left, including unions, have been relatively late to the game.
Ironically, the original Boston Tea Party activists would likely support Occupy Wall Street more as well. Note that the original Tea Party didn't protest taxes, merely the idea of taxation without representation - and they were actually protesting the crown-backed monopoly of the East India Company, the main big business of the day.
Americans today also support taxes. In fact, two-thirds of voters - including a majority of Republicans - support increasing taxes on the rich, something the Occupy Wall Street protests implicitly support. That's not just anarchist lefty kids. Soccer moms and construction workers and, yes, even some bankers want to see our economy work for the 99%, not just the 1%, and are flocking to Occupy protests in droves.
I've even met a number of Libertarians and Tea Party conservatives at these protests. So the critics are right, the Occupy Wall Street movement isn't the Tea Party. Occupy Wall Street is much, much broader.
Maybe it's hard to see your best interests reflected in a sometimes rag-tag, inarticulate, imperfect group of protesters. But make no mistake about it: While horrendous inequality is not an American tradition, protest is. And if you're part of the 99% of underpaid or unemployed Americans crushed in the current economy, the Occupy Wall Street protests are your best chance at fixing the broken economy that is breaking your back.
This is one of the most articulate defenses of Occupy Wall Street I've seen, and let me repeat - this is on Fox News. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pick my jaw up off the floor.
Taken just a few moments ago at 8:10 PM (MST). That would be 68% of the vote in favor of "Yes. These folks are right about corporate greed and what's happening to the little guy."
I know this poll was on Tumblr and progressive twitter feeds last night, but folks, this can't be all us on Fox News… can it? Regardless, keep voting!
After a video of [Elizabeth] Warren talking about the deficit and the social contract went viral last week (see above), Rush Limbaugh, the Fiscal Times and Rich Lowrey all spent time attacking her. Now, Lowrey has decided to spend another column going after her, and places like the Daily Caller and Reason have piled on. There is also this gem from right-wing blog Wizbang:
Picture text: When I hear the word "contract" I
reach for my revolverthink of two unique definitions — formally, a legally binding mutual agreement made between two or more parties, or idiomatically, an attempt to hire an assassin to kill one or more of your enemies.
I have been half-joking on my radio show for months that, with the way political discourse has degenerated, Mission of Burma's song "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" will one day be the Tea Party anthem. Here's Moby's version:
Check out the lyrics here. This shit isn't funny. We just had Andrew Breitbart, sweaty and pacing, fire up a Tea Party crowd by fantasizing about killing liberals. Breitbart said, "They can only win a rhetorical and propaganda war. They cannot win. We outnumber them in this country, and we have the guns. I'm not kidding." Read the rest of Michael Laprarie's entry here.
And now, Elizabeth Warren dares to run for U.S. Senate and challenges Scott Brown (someone they don't even like) and the Wall Street status quo. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that liberal are always civil and conservatives uncivil. Can we simply stop with the veiled (and not-so-veiled) references to killing people? It's getting really old.
Here's my guess for the definition of failor: A sailor sets off on a sailboat, so a failor sets off on the failboat.
I'll use it in a sentence: "This failor set forth on the failboat as soon as he picked up a marker."
Am I close?
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Is it even vaguely possible that some New Age Republican whore-beast of a false president could actually make Richard Nixon look like a liberal?
Hunter S. Thompson
(There's quite a few legislating all across the country…)
Both sides are, in fact, not "just as bad," when it comes to institutionally sanctioned violent and eliminationist rhetoric.
An anonymous commenter at Daily Kos and the last Republican vice presidential nominee are not equivalent, no matter how many ridiculously irresponsible members of the media would have us believe otherwise.
There is, demonstrably, no leftist equivalent to Sarah Palin, former veep candidate and presumed future presidential candidate, who uses gun imagery (rifle sights) and language ("Don't Retreat, RELOAD") to exhort her followers to action.
There is no leftist equivalent to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a group which was created from the mailing list of the old white supremacist White Citizens Councils and has been noted as becoming increasingly "radical and racist" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which classifies the CCC as a hate group—and is nonetheless considered an acceptable association by prominent members of the Republican Party, including a a former senator and the last Republican presidential nominee.
I believe both sides are guilty, but there's one faction of one side that's a little more guilty than the other…
The Colbert Report - Jesus Is A Liberal Democrat: Jesus was always flapping his gums about the poor, but not once did he call for tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of Romans
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"I will pick up that label and wear it as a Badge of Honor."
~ [Jimmy Smits as] Matt Santos, The West Wing
I am proud to be a liberal!!!
Funfact: Progressive was the vernacular in the early 1900s as "liberal"
I miss this show. So brilliant.
A Liberal Definition by John F. Kennedy:
September 14, 1960
"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" - John F. Kennedy
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Ah yes. How to speak Republican….


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Ideas for Creative, Zesty Dishes for an Italian Christmas Dinner?
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Q: My Puerto Rican mother has been cooking Christmas Eve dinner for my Italian father's family since the '90s. The problem: they only eat pasta or plainly-seasoned meat, which creates some creative roadblocks for my mother. Any ideas for dishes to serve to a large, picky Italian crowd?!
Sent by Dana
Editor: There's a great wide world of Italian foods out there, much of it zesty, spicy, and tantalizing! I'd suggest keeping a good number of familiar family favorites and then playing with one or two side dishes. Maybe even think about combining a traditional Italian dish like porchetta or stuffed pasta with some Puerto Rican flavors? Here are a few more posts to inspire:
• Pizza and Beyond: 15 Italian Recipes Everyone Should Know
• An Italian Wine Dinner Menu
• Weeknight Suppers from Italy: 20 Recipes Inspired by Italy
Readers, what favorite Italian dishes woud you suggest?
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Gnocchi in alfredo sauce, baked ravioli in tomato sauce, rosemary pork chops, cheese topped garlic bread, melon with proscuitto, a nice cheese plate, veggie lasagne, chicken manicotti....
Dinner of the 7 fishes, or festa dei sette pesci, is traditional and delicious. There are some great menus around the web, including a few on epicurious.
Fish, perhaps in addition to the pasta. Both cuisines have wonderful fish dishes and if milder flavors are preferred, there must be a couple of recipes that are not highly seasoned.
Feliz Navidad e Buon Natale!
My family does Italian food for Christmas. There's a big pot of sauce with meatballs, of course, but also chicken cutlets for people who are super picky, they can be made into chicken parmesan otherwise. The big thing for me is antipasto, laid out before the meal. Lots and lots of variety for people who'd rather have a lot of different tastes to choose from. I like to have different seasoned olive oils, a few types of olives, cheese, bread, bread sticks, pickled peppers, prociutto, and some nice red wine to wash it down.
How about an Italian Wedding Soup with lots of crusty bread and a spaghetti dish with a fresh tomato and basil sauce or a lemon and cream sauce or just an olive oil, garlic and capers sauce? Dessert could be any traditional dessert like almond pudding with chocolate biscotti or apple/apricot bread pudding or a fruit strudel or a few different kinds of biscotti and some flavored coffees. Get creative with the appetizers.
A book you might find inspirational is "Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy" by Lidia Bastianich. My husband and I have really enjoyed cooking from this book. Good luck!
When I think of zesty Italian food, I automatically think of a pasta with hot Italian sausage and peppers, or how about a pasta with puttanesca sauce? If you are simply looking for flavorful food, you can't go wrong with Italian food - basically everything they make is full of flavor.
Hi Everyone, Dana here--
Thanks so much for the advice, my mom and I truly appreciate it. I guess I'd like to clarify that our real concern other than pleasing some very picky and plain palates is our small, weak oven (and lest I forget that we have to feed ~60 people). Our oven cannot handle big casseroles such as lasagna, baked ziti, or other baked pastas, so we feel like it's a challenge to come up with something on the stove big enough to feed a large crowd. While the seven fishes are out of our culinary skill range, I love the ideas of rosemary pork chops, a big pot of meatballs, some Lidia's Kitchen recipes, and the puttanesca. I am taking everyone's suggestions into consideration and I can't wait to tell my relatives that I got help on theKitchn!
If I were mami, I would make at least one large pot of arroz con pollo. Do it simply, with store-bought sofrito and some sazón to not interfere with all of the other things that she has to do. It is not spicy, there's nothing offensive in it, it's cheap, and it goes with everything. If you have an outdoor grill, put on several whole, butterflied chickens seasoned with salt, olive oil, and rosemary. They will feed quite a few people, do not require an oven, are certainly Italian, and are easy to prepare. Serve with lemon wedges. You can also grill the vegetables and potatoes and season them simply. (P.S. Don't let the cold weather keep you away from the grill! I guarantee there is someone who would rather be bundled up outside with some coquito than in the kitchen ;) If you prepare a nice tomato sauce like puttanesca, you can double up with it and serve it with toast and cheese as an appetizer. I also love the idea of pork chops.
A couple more easy suggestions- red wine spaghetti with broccoli rabe or orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage would be great vegetarian and non-veggie options that are easy and festive and can be made in large quantities. I also love a big pot of bolognese over your pasta of choice, and it's less labor intensive for a large group than meatballs. My family will be having a pork tenderloin with grapes most likely, although I may switch up the spice rub. Tenderloins are great for a large crowd because they cook quickly.
I second the orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage...that's my favourite! What about a simple mushroom risotto or risotto with prawns, saffron and asparagus? I might have a few recipes that'll interest you on my blog www.bitesforbabies.com
How about trying Sicilian meatballs? http://7th-taste.com/2010/12/06/sicilian-meatballs-nero-davola-italian-red-wine/
Dana, you could always consider renting or borrowing one of those big roaster/cookers.
I would look up Rachael Ray's super scampi recipe. Its basically shrimp scampi amped up. Its pretty easy because its Rachael and its one of my favorites for our "Italian" christmas eve (we are not actually Italian but my dad loves Italian culture...so we do 7 fishes and panettone and other Italian traditions lol). It's made on the stove top so no worries about the oven.
Hi Dana, (and Lisa, cousin Mary here!)
You've got a lot of great ideas already.. and the food at the Christmas party is always delicious! Stick with the antipasto and stromboli appetizers, that alone enough for some people. I have also been learning a few things being from that italian side of the family and cooking for an Indian. Some of our favorites are: bolognese sauce, a zesty garlic shrimp sauce/curry, and sauteed peppers/onions/potatoes.
The bolognese sauce can include any meats you have or love. We've done it with italian sausages and buffalo meat or with bacon, pork, and ground beef. Just saute the meat first with some rosemary and fennel to get that italian sausage flavor and then add your favorite red sauce recipe and let it cook all day. I always add a bit of cayenne and paprika to spice up the sauce as well.
We often make an asian/italian shrimp and white bean curry with a tomato base; this is one that you can add chilis, cayenne, garlic etc for your desired zesty-ness. It can be eaten by itself or over pasta or bread.
And a side dish of sauteed or roasted sausage and vegetables can be a great filler to add to any of the pastas or sauces.
Try cacio e pepe - pasta with cheese and pepper. You can google an easy recipe online.


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What about IUD's? Still have the possibility of side effects, but the hormones are localized and low dosage compared to the pill which floods your whole body. The copper ones don't even use hormones, somehow the copper interrupts everything. Nobody knows why exactly. Yeah, my acupuncturist (ugh, doesn't that sound so prissy) lately said that overwhelming-all-the-time fatigue I was having was due to IUD, and that birth control was unnatural. So totally not giving it up, just gonna switch kinds.
I am SO with you on this! Condoms and diaphragms make me break out in a rash down there. Birth control worked fine for years until suddenly one day I started having the same exact issue – it just wouldn't stay down. Went through four different formulas and the weaker ones stayed down but didn't control my insanely painful periods, and the stronger ones came back up every time. The Patch and the Depo Shot both put in hormonal depression. I have a crazy-sensitive uterus, so the IUD isn't an option… Thankfully one doc suggested the Nuvaring, which actually works.
I wish that my husband could take a pill to stop his sperm production. But that sort of thing will never be created properly, because society tells us that a man without healthy sperm isn't really a man. >_<
Have you tried VCFs or VCGs (Vaginal Contraceptive Films/Gels)?
I don't like the stigma attached to bcp, especially in the south. I take the pills therefore I MUST be having sex. I even got that reaction from my parents…what if I want the other benefits?
I fought my HMO to get my tubes tied when I was 25. I'm 35 now and have no regrets. Considering my family is quite fertile, I probably prevented an abortion or two.
I had an IUD for a few months while I was waiting for the surgery. I hated it. It hurt a lot when it was put in, my periods lasted a week, and I had to go on the Pill for a few weeks to stop the bleeding when I got it taken out.
Wild yam extract capsules can work for women to prevent pregnancy but probably are best for women already closer to 40-I used them from my mid 30′s until about age 45, and had no problems. It was a standardized potency product from Solary, the active ingredient is diosgenin.
Yeah, you ever see those commercials about how the pill (patch, Nuvaring, etc.) can cause blood clotting? That's me. Forget it working for a year or two, I can't take it for a month. And the reason that they cause blood clotting is apparently that they mimic pregnancy, so that's not a happy answer even if I weren't still extremely unsure if I'll ever want to breed. So yeah, something better than condoms that my boyfriend could use would be SO much better than just trying to make us want to have sex.
Never never never NEVER take Yaz or anything even vaguely similar. My 23 year old girlfriend got to be a record setting youngest patient in the hospital's vascular wing while she waited for surgery to clean out all the blood clots caused directly by Yaz. She's still on blood thinners and her left leg (where most of the clots were) still aches horribly when she exerts herself.
They make non-latex condoms now; Durex's Avanti Bare and Lifestyles Skyn. They are a tiny bit more expensive than the regular sort, I believe, but they work and they feel the same.
So, and I just found out about these the other day, have you heard of non-hormonal IUDs? My body reacts badly to hormonal imbalances of any kind, and condoms seem such a hassle… Well I know your next comic said you got an IUD, but I definitely suggest looking at the "Copper T" IUDs if the hormonal one makes you uncomfortable. It's inserted into your uterus by a medical professional and is wound with copper wires that kill off sperm and discourage cell development. Works for ten years, easy removal, no hormones?
Ha, and no, I'm not a spam bot. That sounded really salesperson-ish :/
Love your comics Lucy, they are ridiculously good. The thought processes are fantastic.
I haven't found a form of birth control that doesn't make me sick or injure me (or in the IUD's case, injure me AND my partner). I've tried everything except the shot and patch which are just too scary. Birth control just officially sucks. But it's either that, abstinence and painful periods, or a never-ending string of babies I suppose : /
Regarding IUDs, first you need to buy one and last I checked, they ranged about 120-400$, with the non-hormonal being the most expensive. It's okay if it's gonna last you years, but you might very well reject it within the month, and it's not like they can rinse it and put it back in. It also really hurts when they insert or remove it, enough that I passed out despite being given pain-killers. My IUD cost me 160$ and I had to have it taken out after 2 months of constant pain ranging from mild-and-annoying to unbearable (even though the thing was still perfectly in place — I nearly strangled them when they said "But it looks fine! Are you SURE?"). I can't imagine how painful it must be to actually reject it.
Not to mention that sex with it was painful and became downright scary, both for me and my partner, who would get stabbed by the gross metal strings they leave out, which they assure you you're not going to feel! I dunno about you, but I'd rather keep searching for pills that make me only moderately nauseous (-_-)
I can't help but feel that, given men's less chemically complex situation regarding reproductive processes, that there has to be some societal reason why there are so few options for a "male pill". Why is there not a pharmacuetical spermicide? Is this a hold over from puritanical belief that men should be powerful and in charge, thus must remain potent even when it is clearly not to their advantage? I don't believe a vastectomy is the only option that can possibly exist.
I hear you on how interesting it is that the drugs that are most successful help people with sex, however I took a different read on your final two panels. It's not that the puritanical medical establishment is punishing you for wanting safe sex, it's that humans have literally been bred for 1000s of years to have as much progeny as possible. It's really hard to get safe sex right, when biology has spent so much time trying to get as many people pregnant as possible.
Coincidentally I read this comic the same day I read your guest comic on OhJoySexToy about the implant birth control you found that works for you, so in case it helps others I am linking it here: http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/implant/


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TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
First Pitch: Monday 7:10, Tuesday 7:10, Wednesday 7:10, Thursday 7:10
Arms: Monday: Dylan Axelrod, RHP (1-2, 6.16 ERA) vs. Aaron Cook, RHP (2-2, 4.37 ERA)
Tuesday: Philip Humber, RHP (3-4, 6.01 ERA) vs. Jon Lester, LHP (5-6, 4.49 ERA)
Wednesday: Jose Quintana, LHP (4-1, 2.60 ERA) vs. Felix Doubront, LHP (9-4, 4.41 ERA)
Thursday: Jake Peavy, RHP (7-6, 3.12 ERA) vs. Franklin Morales, LHP (2-2, 3.16 ERA)
At home: 22-24
Streak: Won 1
Streak: Won 1
Leaders at the plate
Leaders at the plate
Average: Danks (.364)
Average: Ortiz (.315)
Homers: Dunn (28)
Homers: Ortiz (23)
RBI: Dunn (65)
RBI: Ortiz (58)
Leaders on the mound
Leaders on the mound Wins: Sale (11)
Wins: Doubront (9)
ERA: Sale (2.11) | Septimo (1.93)
ERA: Morales (3.16) | Tazawa (0.00)
K's: Peavy (113)
K's: Doubront (97)
Last time
The Red Sox dominated the other Sox in late April in Chicago. The Red Sox got off to a hot start winning the first two games by identical scores, 10-3. Youk homered for the good guys in the first game accompanied by a pair homers from Salty. David Ortiz and former Sox' outfielder Darnell McDonald homered in the second 10-3 win. Jon Lester won the pitchers duel opposed by Jake Peavy in game 3 with a 1-0 shutout. A Gonzalez RBI single was the only difference in that game. Chicago salvaged the final game with a 4-1 win. Adam Dunn's 2-run homer was all Chicago needed to redeem themselves.This time
Laser Show: David Ortiz & Adrian Gonzalez
Pitch Around: Adam Dunn, A.J. Pierzynski, Paul Konerko, & Kevin Youkilis
Adam Dunn is a huge home run threat, but he strikes out A LOT! Don't let him work 3-ball counts, because you can count on the ball landing in or over the bullpens.
Konerko and Pierzynski are just great overall hitters., hitting for average and power. Konerko has the advantage in the average column. Add in a rejuvenated Kevin Youkilis who will likely have overwhelming success against the Sox because that's just how things work, resulting in a great potential for big numbers for the bleached Sox.
Don't Fall Behind: Jose Quintana & Jake Peavy
Jose Quintana is a young pitcher in his first year in the majors that not many people know much about. Same goes for opposing hitters. Quintana has started his major league career hot and the Red Sox better do their homework before another young pitcher gets the best of them. Here is a quick scouting report. Quintana is a 23-year-old lefty who throws high 80's - low 90's fastballs. He is not a big strikeout pitcher, averaging 4 K's per outing. Mostly reliant on the fastball, Quintana gets near equal amounts of fly-ball and ground-ball outs. What does this mean? If the Sox are on point, they will drive him from the game early.
The Red Sox beat Peavy in their last meeting, but he was still great. He IS a big strikeout pitcher and the Sox could be in for a repeat performance.
As for Phil Humber, I don't think the Sox have to worry about him. It's not like he has done anything impressive this season that should be noted.How we see it goin' down
The White Sox are much better than the last time these two team met and the Red Sox have not changed at all. This series has disappointment written all over it, as did the Rays series, and they proved us wrong. Boston's offense will be close to complete with the return of Crawford tonight, and they have to jump on every mistake made by Chicago. Pitching has to be in top form as well. I have a lot of confidence in this team and I should go with a series split, but I feel a 3-1 series win for the Red Sox.
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Will Middlebrooks Among Red Sox Players Who Used All-Star Break to Relax, Unwind, Travel
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Mike Aviles' Track Record Shows He's On the Verge of Starting Offensive Streak
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Red Sox Must Keep Day-to-Day Approach, Focus on Short Term May Be Pivotal in Second Half
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Youk's Love Note to Red Sox Nation
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Published on May 26th, 2013 | by Christian Cawley
Awesome 8-bit Style Doctor Who Tee – Just $10!
Today is the day that your 8-bit dreams come true, Doctor Who fans, as RIPT Apparel gives you the chance to own this awesome t-shirt featuring Daleks, Sontarans and Cybermen for just $10!
Accompanied by Weeping Angels, the Silence, Snowmen, the Master, Davros, Vashta Nerada, Clockwork Men and Adipose, this is one of the better Doctor Who-themed t-shirts available – but don't hold back on ordering as it is available at this low price of $10 (for any size, man, woman or child) only for today.
For ordering details head now to RIPT Apparel!