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Quote of the Day
"I know Ronald Reagan's public statements concerning the Panama Canal contained gross factual errors. ... He has clearly represented himself in an irresponsible manner on an issue which could affect the nation's security."
-- Sen. Barry Goldwater, stumping for Pres. Gerald Ford during thre 1976 Nebraska GOP primary. Reagan won the state anyway while Goldwater eceived profanity-laden hate mail from right-wing conservatives. I know: Goldwater. As recounted in "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan."
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How badly is Derek Jeter doing in the second half of this, his final, interminable, farewell season? I'm almost beginning to root for him.
Here are his numbers pre- and post-All-Star game:
|Pre-All Star
|Post-All Star
But even that doesn't get at how poorly he's done lately.
On August 28, New York Post columnist Ken Davidoff asked Yankees manager Joe Girardi about the efficacy of batting Jeter No. 2 for a team that, then, still had an outside shot of making the postseason.
"Yeah," Girardi said. "But it's not like we have a bunch of guys hitting .300."
Which: 1) couldn't have made the "bunch of guys" very happy; and 2) there's bad and there's bad. At that point, Jeter had the worst OPS among regular Yankees, but it wasn't a stark difference. Basically Girardi was saying, "He's not doing so poorly, nor is the rest of the team doing so well, to move someone like him down in the order." And he was kind of right.
But those were the good old days.
Since then, Jeter's gone 7 for 61, a .114 batting average. He's got one extra-base hit (a double on Sept. 4), three walks, no stolen bases. He's scored two runs.
He's gone from having the worst OPS among qualifying Yankees to the third-worst OPS (.596) among the 150 qualifying players in Major League Baseball. Thank god for Houston's Matt Dominguez (.593) and Cincinnati's Zack Cozart (.570). Although at least Cozart is an apparent Mozart with the glove: his defensive WAR is 2.7, making his overall WAR 2.3 Jeter's is -0.2. You could make the argument that Derek Jeter is the worst regular player in all of Major League Baseball right now.
Is this how he goes, toothless and hitless, a burdensome lightweight at the top of the Yankees lineup? He makes the rounds, accepts the gifts in opposing ballparks, smiles for the crowds. He plays gags with reporters' phone. He gets written about again and again. Meanwhile, his team is dying on the vine. Jeter was always considered the ultimate team player but from a distance he's never seemed like the ultimate team player to me. It was A-Rod, after all, who agreed to switch positions. Jeter, at 40, is still out there at short. I get the feeling he'll show up next year, too, to everyone's embarrassment. He'll be the Bartleby the Scrivener of shortstops. Leave? "I prefer not to."
As a longtime Jeter hater, I assume his hitlessness won't last. I assume, shortly, Jeter will get hot again, or at least lukewarm, because he always does. As I said, I'm almost rooting for it.
Derek Jeter posing with the best team in baseball.
Tags: Derek Jeter, Yankees Suck
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Hey Kids, Help Mariners Manager Lloyd McClendon! What's YOUR 2014 Mariners Lineup Look Like?
Yesterday I tweet-riffed (tweefed?) when I saw that Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon had Kyle Seager, the second-best hitter on the team, batting sixth, behind such stalwarts as Chris Denorfia (.209), Kendrys Morales (.221) and Corey Hart (.197).
I wasn't the only one. From David Schoenfeld, a Seattle native, in his post, "Ten Questions for the Stretch Run":
Look, Lloyd McClendon doesn't have a lot of great options once he gets past Cano and Kyle Seager, especially with the somewhat hot Dustin Ackley out with a sprained ankle. But why was he hitting Seager sixth Sunday? OK, Jon Lester, lefty-lefty matchup, I see that. Seager is still one of his better hitters against left-handers (not that he's great with a .255/.306/.385 line). Plus, Lester is actually a reverse platoon, so batting Chris Denorfia (.203 with the Mariners) and Corey Hart (.201 on the season) in the second and fifth spots and moving Seager down is one of worst decisions I've seen all season. There is zero logic behind it. None. ...
M's lost 4-0. They're now a game back in the Wild Card hunt.
Schoenfeld's right: McClendon doesn't have a lot of great options, but he does have better ones. Example: I know he hasn't played long—35 games, 99 at-bats—but Chris Taylor may have the best batting eye on the team. At least, within this small sample size, he's leading the team in walks/at-bats ratio. Yep, better than Robinson Cano. When he plays, he's usually batting eighth or ninth. But why not second? Sure, righty/righty, lefty/lefty if you go Jackson, Taylor, Cano, Seager. But do you have to mix it up that much when you have so few options?
Go something like this maybe?
- Jackson, CF (R)
- Taylor, SS (R)
- Cano, 2B (L)
- Seager, 3B (L)
- Zunino, C (R)
- Saunders, RF (L)
- Ackley, LF (L)
Then pick your poison for DH and 1B—two positions, by the way, that should be batting much higher in the order. If we just had anyone good in them.
I don't know. What's your Sept. 2014 Mariners lineup look like?
Tags: Seattle Mariners, David Schoenfield
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Movie Review: When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Winning is fun but relentless winning is hardly dramatic. There's nothing to overcome. There's no story there.
Neil Hayes' book, "When the Game Stands Tall," about the record-shattering 151-game win streak by De La Salle, a private Catholic high school football team in Concord, Cal., is mostly about its 2002 season; but Hayes includes an epilogue about the 2004 team that finally lost a game. (To Bellevue, by the way, at Qwest Field. Represent.)
So that's what this movie focuses on: losing, and how you recover from it.
There are some natural contradictions to mine here. Winning, for Coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), is a byproduct of playing the game right (humility, teamwork, etc.); but glory, humility's opposite, is a byproduct of winning all the time.So how do you keep egos in check when you never lose? When does the byproduct of playing the game right cause you to play the game wrong?
Sadly, the movie dramatizes all of this with reductive situations and stock characters: the me-first, team-last dude who is cured like that by a trip to a VA hospital; the glory-seeking father in the stands (Clancy Brown, the prison guard in "The Shawshank Redemption," doomed to play such roles). Neither rabid fans nor the probing media help. And aren't we, the movie audience, part of the problem, too? We want them to win as much as anyone.
First-half subplots—Ladouceur's heart attack, a senseless murder—are more-or-less forgotten in the second. Caviezel's Ladouceur is sourly inscrutable, his talks with his wife (Laura Dern) are dull business, and the grace moment at the end is hardly graceful.
The movie raises religious and philosophical questions (via Luke 6:38 and Matthew 23:12) about whether what we put out in the world is returned to us, but it sticks with the ultimate American answer: There is no problem so great that winning a football game won't solve it.
-- This review originally appeared, in slightly different form, in The Seattle Times.
Tags: Movie Reviews, Jim Caviezel, Movies About Sports, Football,
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Quote of the Day
"We are in real danger of being out-organized by a small number of highly motivated right wing nuts."
-- from a Pres. Ford campaign memo written about the Reagan camp shortly after Gov. Ronald Reagan's landslide victory (66% to 33%) in the 1976 Texas primary—the greatest defeat ever for a sitting president according to author Rick Perlstein in his book, "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan."
Some of the groups who were funding Reagan at this juncture, and in the future, included the following:
- George Wallace's old American Independence Party
- The National Conservative Political Action Committee
- The National Right to Work Committee
- The American Medical Association's PAC
- The NRA
- The American Conservative Union
- The Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress
- The Heritage Foundation.
"Many of the members of these groups are not loyal Republicans or Democrats," the memo also noted. "They are alienated from both parties because neither takes a sympathetic view toward their issues. Particularly those groups controlled by Vigurie [sic] hold a 'rule or ruin' attitude toward the GOP." Perlstein then lambasts the Republican establishment, who didn't even know enough in 1976 to spell Richard Viguerie's name correctly.
Read the book.
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Texas
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Box Office: It's Idris; 'Guardians' Passes $300 Million; and Breitbart Predictions Continue to Be Wrong
Remember this prediction from Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" last March?
Like a lot of analyses on the right-wing site, this turned out to be not exactly ... right.
"A Million Ways to Die in the West" opened Memorial Day weekend and promptly finished third at the box office: $16.8 million. It wound up with a domestic total of $42.7 million—one of the biggest box-office bombs in a summer of box-office bombs.
So 0-1 for Breitbart.
This weekend, "Dolphin Tale 2" opened. I reviewed it for The Seattle Times. And?
And it finished second, $16.5 million, or about $3 million less than the original took in three years ago.
So 0-2 for Breitbart.
I'm not sure if this is good news for "Big Hero 6" or not. I mean, how many movies can Breitbart get wrong?
Despite lousy reviews (12% on Rotten Tomatoes), Idris Elba's "No Good Deed" came in first with $24 million.
The bigger news, I suppose, is that "Guardians of the Galaxy" became the first movie this year to pass the $300 million mark. It fell only 22%, grossed another $8 million (good for third place), and has now grossed $305.9 domestically and another $305 overseas.
I thought the events in Ferguson would kill the comedy "Let's Be Cops" at the box office, but it keeps schlepping along. It finished in a near-tie with "Ninja Turtles" (around $4 million) for fourth place, and has now grossed $72 million, which is more than ... well, I guess a lot of bad movies. Including "A Million Ways to Die in the West."
"Boyhood" took in another $1 million (14th place). It's at $22 million domestic. See it.
Tags: Guardians of the Galaxy, Breitbart Site, Dolphin Tale
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Quote of the Day
I read this last Sunday, eating lunch outside at Cafe Presse on 12th, as has been my habit this long summer; then I reread it to Patricia when she arrived (that's also my habit). It's from Rick Perlstein's book "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan." We're in 1975/76, post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, and a Senate committee run by Sen. Frank Church (D-ID, back when Ds could be from ID) is investigating what exactly the CIA had been doing with our tax dollars in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Some of the stuff—assassinations of foreign leaders, opening mail of U.S. citizens—isn't particularly palatable, but you get the feeling Americans were more upset by the latter than the former.
This is the part I reread to Patricia:
It never became any kind of campaign issue; in public opinion polls slightly more citizens disapproved than approved of the Pike and Church committees, and a majority feared they'd harmed national security.
That's why Jason Bourne is the perfect American hero. He's a CIA supersoldier who does the dirty work, then develops amnesia. He's keeps us both safe and innocent.
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Quote of the Day
"How could anyone hate the Royals? It's like hating Charlie Brown."
-- Joe Posnanski, in his post, "Yo Joe! Unanimity, Stadium Names and Field Goals," responding to a Cleveland reader who says over and over how much he hates the Royals.
Why couldn't Brett have hit just one more triple?!?
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Movie Review: Red State (2011)
For an hour I was impressed. Unfortunately, this thing lasts an hour and a half.
I didn't pay much attention to "Red State" and its surrounding controversy when it arrived in 2011. Maybe because the controversy arrived and the movie didn't. After so-so reviews at Sundance, writer-director Kevin Smith created his own company, SModcast Pictures, to distribute it. Kinda sorta. "Red State," according to Box Office Mojo, played in five theaters in March, one in August, and one at the end of September. Then it went to VOD. Then it disappeared. Blip.
Part of the problem is the one Philip Roth identified in 1961—the difficulty of making the absurdity of American life credible—but at least in one area Smith doesn't do poorly. He gives us a version of the virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, but with guns guns guns. He puts us in their church. He forces us to hear their sermon. Then he gets trigger-happy. He dramatizes not only a version of Westboro but a version of Waco. Equal time, I suppose. Doesn't work. Falls flat. Feels false.
Plus, for a movie that makes a homophobic group the enemy, it feels a little homophobic.
A vengeful God
Three teenage boys are hanging out, bored and horny, in a small Southern town. One, Travis (Michael Angarano), late for school, sees a protest by the Five Points Trinity Church and its leader, Rev. Abin Cooper (a stellar Michael Parks), at the funeral of a homosexual kid who was recently murdered. It's Westboro's "God Hates Fags" package with one exception: Five Points Church actually murdered this kid. We find that out later.
One of Travis' friends, Jarod (Kyle Gallner), has found an older woman on the Internet (Melissa Leo) willing to put out. Since boys will be boys, they visit her at her trailer—sidewiping a car en route. There, they drink beer, get undressed, pass out. Drugged. A trap. When Jarod awakes, he's in a covered cage, inside the Five Points Trinity Church, where Abin Cooper begins his sermon.
Cooper talks about the horrors of modern American society and its homosexual agenda. He preaches on Noah and the Flood: how God killed everyone but one family. He mocks softer churches that talk of a loving God. Does the Noah story sound like a loving God, he asks? God, he says, demands fear. Then he and the members of his church, nice, middle-aged folks, reveal a homosexual kid shrinkwrapped to the cross, whom they kill. Then they push him through a trap door and into the basement, where Travis and the third friend, Billy-Ray (Nicholas Braun), are tied up. Then they begin to shrinkwrap Jarod to the cross.
These are intense scenes—the best part of the movie—and Parks completely sells them. He's awful and charismatic and in some sense logical. If you believe in the Flood, why would you believe in a loving God? Jesus' corrective notwithstanding.
The kind of preaching Cooper does is actually in Kevin Smith's wheelhouse. I don't think I've seen a Kevin Smith movie as interesting as Kevin Smith talking. YouTube has tons of these videos. He's a racounteur. So it makes sense he's at his best when he lets one of his characters speechify.
But then we get into the Waco portion of the story. From wacko to Waco.
A vengeful government
Remember the sideswiped car? Turns out the local Sheriff (Stephen Root) was inside, where he was giving head to another guy. Back at the office, cowardly, shaking, he tells his deputy, Pete (Matt Jones, Badger from "Breaking Bad"), to track down the other car. Pete, it turns out, is pretty good at his job. He does it. It's at the Five Points Church, where Pete is in the process of being mollified by Abin Cooper until a gunfight breaks out between one of the parishioners and an escaped Billy-Ray, both of whom buy it. Pete buys it, too, but not before calling in the gunfight to the cowardly gay Sheriff. At which point the cowardly gay Sheriff calls in ATF Agent Joseph Keenan (John Goodman).
Keenan first has to convince his superior to get involved; then he has to convince him to get involved in a measured way. Apparently, the superior, whom, like God, we never see, wants to kill everyone inside—women and children included. It's the story of Noah all over again. But this is about the time my attention began to waver. I didn't buy it. Seemed like bullshit. And why does Keenan have to convince another agent to follow these orders when he doesn't?
It's all scattershot and the body count mounts up. There goes Travis, who gets it in the head—ironically, from the cowardly gay Sheriff. There goes Agent Brooks (Kevin Pollack), who's barely in this thing. He says a couple of witty lines and is gone. Shame. There goes the cowardly gay Sheriff.
We've got one guy left: Can Caleb survive? Do we care? There's an odd scene, or several scenes, between Caleb and Cheyenne (Kerry Bishé), the cute, blonde Five Pointser, who is trying to bargain for the lives of the babies in contradiction to the "blaze of glory" end demanded by Cooper. Both she and Caleb wind up getting killed in cold blood by ATF agents. As always happens. Then the trumpet sounds, announcing the return of God to the world. Or so Cooper believes. It's actually pot growers next door, playing a joke on him with a huge horn, a huge amplifier, and an iPod. (Not a bad bit, but couldn't they hear the automatic weapons fire?) Keenan explains all of this at an inquiry that really isn't an inquiry, where he's both suspended and promoted. It's supposed to be a cynical end but the cynicism is immature. There's nothing subtle about it.
That's always been Smith's problem: a lack of maturity and subtlety. I get it with "Clerks"; Smith was only 24 then. Now he's into his 40s. Time to grow up a bit.
Tags: Movie Reviews, Kevin Smith, Red State, Homosexuality in Cinema
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Washington State Supreme Court Cites Washington State Legislature for Contempt
The big story in Washington state today:
The Washington state Supreme Court is holding the Legislature in contempt for not making enough progress toward fully funding public education but, for now, is holding off on sanctions.
Here's some background on the contempt charge. Article IX, Section 1 of the Washington State Constitution reads: "It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex." The paramount duty. Washington's is one of only two state constitutions to use the word "paramount" in this regard, and the other, Florida, declares it "a paramount duty," not the paramount duty.
However, the Washington Legislature is still not making it its paramount duty to fund education despite supreme court decisions in 1978 and 2012 to do just that. Two years ago, I interviewed Thomas Ahearne, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the more recent case, McCleary v. State of Washington, who has an amused side when it comes to himself and a combative side when it comes to almost everything else. This case is part of his combative side.
The new today made me read over the piece. I'd forgotten how colorful he is. He has great stories.
More, I seemed to remember a prediction he made about whether or not the Legislature would live up to its paramount duty. This is how the piece ends:
"Our Supreme Court has ordered our Legislature to do something that's hard, very hard, with their public schools, and we'll see if they do it promptly or if they drag their feet and stall," Ahearne says. He smiles but his eyes remain combative. "I have a good guess as to what they're going to do."
He sounds more optimistic in the Seattle Times' link above.
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wedding lunch (ceremony + reception) - possible restaurant ideas required
hi there,
we're looking at have a restaurant wedding luncheon on a sunday in 2008 (maybe spring, maybe fall). patio/outdoor area is not necessary. something classy yet laid-back (we definitely do not want anything stuffy). we will have approximately 85 - 100 guests and we would like a 3-course meal plus open bar (and we would like to bring in our own cake). i've read through many of the threads on this board and many people have recommended various restaurants for similar receptions ... however, we'd like to have our ceremony (quick, civil) ON-SITE.
we have already considered:
jump (nice open space - can we do it for $10k?)
biffs (rooms are a bit choppy - not a fan of the set up)
auberge (love love love - but again, not sure the room set up is for us)
canoe (great menu but i'm worried that the decor is a bit heavy - also - budget concerns?)
la maquette (didn't get very good service from the coordinator)
cru (great menu and good space - but just unsure if it's 'suitable' for a ceremony)
vibo (tight space if we're over 85 people)
acqua (unsure of the layout/setup for us)
ideally, we'd like to keep our costs at/below $10k. 50% of our guests will be family and older (i.e. over 50) with very conservative tastes (asian and east african backgrounds) so we have to be careful with the menu. we are very adventurous with food but i don't think that's a good idea for this event. some of our guests will require a bathroom on the same floor as the restaurant (i.e. no basement bathrooms) - they are either in walkers or in wheelchairs. downtown toronto or west end (i.e. etobicoke) are preferable. subway accessible would also be great for friends who don't have cars. and free/validated/included parking is also one of our criteria (i.e. we will cover our guests parking fees if any ... we would prefer them NOT having to trudge through a green p lot).
and finally...a good friend of ours owns a flower shop and will be taking care of all of the flowers/decor for us. hence, whatever venue we choose must allow us to bring this kind of stuff in (i.e. i heard old mill does not allow external florists to supply flowers/decor).
would totally appreciate if anyone has any other venues to include to the list above and/or any comments re: private events @ the above venues (especially those that had their ceremony + reception at one place).
I went to a lovely lovely wedding at the Old Mill Inn. Ceremony and reception all there. Lovely gardens outside for weddings. This was many years ago, so can't vouch for it recently, but I've heard positive experiences from others.
Old Mill
21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, ON M8X 1G5, CA
re: JamieK
thanks for the suggestion. i've just amended my original post to include a comment about flowers/decor. i have heard that the old mill has a florist that will do all the decorations and therefore doesn't allow external suppliers. otherwise, the old mill would be great! esp. with the location since we live in that area.
Globe Bistro seems to fit most of your criteria. Big, bright space, great menu (and flexible for a private event, I'm sure), main-floor washrooms, easy subway access. Parking? Well, very few downtown places will have their own parking lot, or undeground parking with elevator access to the restaurant. There's a Green P lot directly behind Globe, and another public parking lot around the corner, next to Loblaws.
I don't know about cost but i went to a nice wedding/reception at Liberty Grand. I don't know if they are open for afternoons though. Sorry
I was at a wedding at The Great Hall 2 years ago, was great indeed, they have 6 or so caterers you can sample and choose 1, the florist was a friend of the bride so, no problem with that, but as the best man I was dealing with many facets of the operation, everyone was nice and did a good job, food was average, whattaya expect...my venue of choice might be The Carlu, I love the long wide deco corridor...
I was just at a wedding at Auberge du Pommier and it was fantastic... and from what I understand it was around your budget/person. I'm pretty sure that they are doing renovations now, but I would call to see.
What about The Grill at Hart House? You could rent the Music Room or some other space for the ceremony, have champagne & hors d'oeuvres in the bar, then sit down for lunch in the restaurant overlooking the Great Hall and the HH quad. I know they're OK with the cake – a friend who had her reception there brought one in. Can't imagine they'd kick about the flowers...
I would keep an eye on the new restaurant from the Mildred Pierce folks. If the new space is anything like the old space, it will be beautiful and have wonderful food. And it will closer to the west end. Not sure when they will open, but if you check the website www.mildredpierce.com, you'll stay up to date on the opening date and location.
This thread won't give you venue suggestions, but it will provide lots of other ideas.
Good luck!
At one point I was considering getting married at Canoe--ceremony and dinner. I'm not sure what your concerns about the space where, but they were certainly very willing to work with me to make the space any way we wanted it. And they do have a private room off to the side where you can arrange the ceremony.
They were really helpful and I suggest at least speaking to them to see if they can accommodate your budget. I think the view alone makes the room.
Good luck!
re: mindyt
I would try The Corner House Restaurant....they have several private rooms, you can also rent the whole Restaurant...it is very charming in an old European style...starched table linens, good servive, no surprises in the 'foods' offered,,,the owners are on site (a good sign for sure!) and I am sure they would work to your specifications/need....The only thing I am not sure about are the washrooms accessibility...you could easily call the Restaurant to find out. Parking is on the street and usually not a problem. Good Luck & Congratulations!
Look it up on Toronto.com
re: pearlD
You should try the McLean House at Sunnybrook Estates on Bayview. Not a restaurant, but have in house caterers. Did my wedding there for your price range and was very happy with it. We brought our own cake and were married in the garden. Check out their website for menus, wine lists and vendors. Their food can be anything from tuna tartare to shrimp skewers, so when we got married I had fun stuff for us foodies and conservative things for the aunts and uncles. You can bring in as many flowers as you like and their staff will help set up. Huge parking lot and very easy to get to. It is also wheel chair accessible. Congratulations!
I had my reception at Auberge two years ago and LOVED it. We were so happy we went with them. The room was lovely, the food was incredible (the crowd was full of foodies and many said it was the best meal they'd ever had), and the service was extraordinary. I made my own wedding cakes (insane, I know) and did my own flowers with a friend, and they accommodated us no problem. We had about 70 people but there was lots of room left. We did worry if the room would be a bit weird given the layout but there was no problem at all. We had people give their speeches standing in the doorway between the main room of the restaurant and the smaller area by the patio, and everyone could see and hear just fine. We put the head table in the middle of the room, so we could see everyone around us - it was great. We had our ceremony elsewhere (Cedar Ridge Cultural Centre in Scarborough - also recommended http://www.toronto.ca/culture/cedar_r...) but I think a ceremony there would be quite nice. It really has a lovely, intimate feeling to it. In terms of cost, we went nuts on the menu, with oysters, several main course options etc, and paid around $10K including drinks. We actually got a $2000 refund because our guests drank way less than the wedding coordinator estimated. The waiters did not constantly refill everyone's wine glasses all night like they do at some places, or remove drinks before they were finished, and it being Sunday night the guests just didn't drink that much. One of my inlaws is disabled and she was fine there - there are three steps down into the main dining room, but otherwise it's accessible. And the parking is free.
I honestly can't recommend them highly enough!
re: etoileduberger
I am in the process of planning my wedding and I fired off an email to them to inquire for october of next year. This has been such a trying process. I would love a venue like that. How did your night unfold? What did you do for entertainment?
Canoe is fantastic to work with but also check out George it's on Queen at Church. Such a romantic space, they have private rooms and the full restaurant available...though not your meat and 2 veg-type place...the food is a real treat!
i was married at toula on top of the habourcastle westin. it was an amazing wedding. the ceremony was performed at the restaurant over looking harbour front. great staff, service, food, everything. we had just over a hundred twenty people and it was quite comfortable and laid back. i would do it all over again. It is doable for close to $10 k for just under a hundred people.
re: wesarge
I know this is an old post but I'm scouring the boards for wedding ceremony/reception locations with a view for 40 ppl, that is service-oriented and price is reasonable... food has to be well-prepared but not crazy-unique, and service needs to be great. We have been from
- toronto sky-high
... Canoe and Panorama - result being that the food is too 'out there' for older conservative guests....
...Sutton Place - too large for 40 (is the food good here?)
...Park Hyatt - too large for 40
Niagara Falls with a view at the Marriot Hotel - we loved the all-in packages there (officiant, accommodation, ceremony, flowers, photography, cake, etc, etc , plus dinner for 20 ) but when we upped the number of attendees from 30 to 40, we got a $20 K quote which was approx $250 per head more than the quote they gave us for 30... crazy! )
How did you get your reception for $10K? Am I just being had? I can't find anything like that.
re: alichow
We just had our wedding at Panorama and I'd be surprised if they couldn't accommodate a request for un-out-there food. We did a small-plates/wandering dinner, rather than a formal sit-down, but one of our items was beef tenderloin with garlic mashed and another was cedar-planked salmon with salad (we also had some slightly more "out there" pasta and seafood options). Both were very nice and, though they weren't boring/bland, they certainly would have appealed to a more conservative palette. We were also very pleased with the service we had.
The difficulty with Panorama might be that to close the restaurant down on a weekend, you need to spend a guaranteed minimum amount, and I'm not sure you'd hit it with only 40 people.
re: torontofoodiegirl
thanks for the post! we started to check out Panorama in '07 - it was my first choice at the time - and I noticed they have a high minimum now that I have seen other venue minimums. Although we never managed to coordinate schedules with their event planner to see the place, I always wondered about it - food quality and price were my concerns. I read your post and your good review got me thinking about the space enough to resurrect the meal packages I got from them. Your event sounded wonderful. thanks for the feedback. We have had a LOT of hiccups getting to our wedding day so we can't wait to find the right place.
re: alichow
does it have to be a high-up view? Or can it be ground-level but with a great view of the lake, say, or of a scenic landscape.
re: JamieK
The view is key - initially we wanted high-in-the-sky but we're not as focused on that any more... hence why Niagara was appealing. Beautiful, unique, or breath-catching is now the theme, perhaps even if the venue architecture is stunning. I have a strong wish to stay in Toronto and make it a special meal... with a venue that allows for good flow. We're even thinking of dropping the number to 20 if that makes it easier to find a good room in a restaurant with great food and wine with good service. Again... not a menu that makes the brows furrow on the older guests' faces.... just well-prepared, properly done, hot food. thanks for your help!
re: alichow
I can't speak to the quality of food or pricing, but the Arts & Letters Club is interesting from an architectural perspective -
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re: JamieK
Thanks everyone for the input on the venue - I have some work to do and if I come across some astounding new discovery that didn't get mentioned here first, I'll be glad to create a new post and mark it as my first ever CH find!
We have definitely backed off Niagara all-in-one package and are focusing on fantastic food and service for 20 - 40 in Toronto...
I hate to ask... but what do you think about 40 ppl at Thuet bistro bakery in their main restaurant space (not the icky storage room/ private function room in the basement). We like the fact bathrooms are on main floor, there's a bit of ambience, and the staff was very courteous when we dropped by out of the blue on Sunday to check it out. Need to see if they'll give up the space in January '09 on a Sat night. Would love input.
I read the top 50 restaurants thread, and many others but to find something in short order, I just need to make a decision... would I go wrong with that choice? I like the fact there is a hotel stumbling distance from the restaurant... the Travelodge Hotel.
Thanks again!
re: alichow
They actually have a new chef and their menu package has changed considerably since '07, so it's definitely worth checking out.
We were really pleased with the way the wedding turned out, and got a lot of positive feedback from our guests as well.
Good luck!!
re: alichow
I used la Maquette.
Wedding ceremony was on patio alongside Toronto Sculpture Garden, with reception/meal inside the restaurant. We had 40 people. Cost depends on meal chosen.
re: alichow
Fuzion restaurant near Wellesley and Jarvis is beautiful and does weddings (both reception and ceremony). It is in a renovated house, and the grounds are beautifully kept. The decor is taste and elegant. It would be fabulous for a wedding. I don't now about the state of the food now that Patrick Wiese left, but I think it's worth checking out.
I briefly considered Crush Wine Bar until I decided to go to Montreal for my wedding. They have a courtyard next to the restaurant for the ceremony, and looks like you can seat around 100 without a dancefloor.
Not sure about the brunch menu, but I found the dinner to be good several years ago. I highly recommend going with a restaurant for the reception, as it makes it so much easier than a place like the Liberty Grand etc... However, the Great Hall did look cool.
Also check out the renovated Gladstone Hotel and/or The Drake Hotel. Both would be cool and have caterers on site.
Don't want to rain on your lovely wedding plans, but 10k for around 100 people (food and drink) can barely cut it in TO nowadays.
Auberge, Jump, Canoe are all likely way out of price range. To give you a very basic indication, Old Mill, which is pretty meh for wedding cuisine was around $115 per person.
I had my ceremony and reception in one place in a hotel in Toronto. I won't give the name because I wouldn't recommend them, but it came to about $130 a head.
re: Suburban Gourmand
I did my wedding at canoe with about 90 people and it was just under $20k. That was 10 years ago. Mine was at dinner, but I can't imagine lunch would be half the price in today's dollars.
More affordable lunchtime weddings can be had at Enoch Turner, UofT, Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, Pastis (maybe), Rosewater Supper Club (they have a private upstairs venue), Steamwhistle, Bar Wellington (or whatever it is called now), the Toronto Botanical Gardens, Grano, Bob Rumball Manor and the Glenerin Inn in Mississauga.
re: goodmom8
hi everyone,
wow, i totally forgot about this post! thanks for bringing it back up to the top!
we got married in september 08 and had our wedding at jump ... which was our original choice from the start.
i have only amazing things to say about the entire experience ... from the planning to the actual execution. everything was AWESOME ... food, service, venue, etc.
our best man overheard MANY guests commenting on how they were so impressed with the service. the staff were just wonderful.
we were able to do it for well under $10k ... but our guest list dropped to under 90 (we originally invited 110) and it was a sunday afternoon (so heavy boozing was somewhat limited ... although, in general, we didn't expect anything crazy from our guest list). we did not pay for 'extras' - we were very lucky as a friend of ours is a florist, another friend is a photographer, and another friend is an audio/video specialist. they all 'pitched in' in lieu of gifts. we hooked up our ipod with various playlists to the system that our friend set up for us. we did the ceremony on the patio facing out towards the fountain @ commerce court. we had passed hors d'oeurves (so many that there were leftovers) and a full meal (we actually selected items off the regular dinner menu so it was a very filling lunch). we brought in wedding cupcakes and the sweet table from the dessert lady (in yorkville ... which i would also highly recommend).
jump was already one of our favourite restaurants -- good food, great service, FUN/modern venue -- so i'm glad we stuck to it!
alichow - for 40 people i think jump might be too big ... although, if you want a dance floor, then it could work. we had 87 guests and the space was perfect (no dance floor). plus, there is some sort of minimum that you would need in order to secure a full restaurant buy-out. however, in working with the oliver and bonacini folks, i learned that there are some private 'rooms' that might be able to accommodate your event ... i was dining at auberge once and there was a wedding there with about 50-60 guests. that might work for you.


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There are various ways we as humans express ourselves, and depending on the person, the chosen form could be simple or a bit more complicated. Poetry is one form of expression that many people consider personal. Whatever they write in verse, whether they intend to share it with others or not, can be a touchy subject to them. Poems help individuals express how or what they are feeling without having to verbally explain or write a story.
Poems can be as clear as day or confusing as a 34,000-piece puzzle. Some poems are intended to be understood by the poet alone, while others are to give a better understanding to the reading or listening audience. Either way, poems are artistic expressions of individuals who choose this form of self-expression. There is no right or wrong way to write poetry, although, there are several known types and styles.
Adoption can be a very touchy subject to certain people, especially with regards to the circumstances surrounding them. One adoptee may have had a wonderful adoptive family but always felt something was missing, while a birth mother who placed her child at the age of fifteen may still be hurting from her loss. An adoptive parent could be grieving as a result of a failed adoption. These individuals may not know how to express the pain they feel inside, and rather than write their story or speak to someone, the only way they can ease themselves is by putting their thoughts on paper any way the thoughts come to them.
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AboutCordlife Sciences India Pvt. Limited is a member of the Cordlife Group Limited family of companies. Cordlife Group Limited owns and operates five cord blood laboratories in Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Labs and Locations(Office) 43, Asutosh Choudhury Avenue, Sunny Towers, Kolkata 700 019, India
(Laboratory) P.L. Deuty Road, off Diamond Harbour Road Bishnupur, 24 Parganas (S) West Bengal 743503, India
Business ExperienceCordlife Group Limited is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and together with its subsidiaries, may be called "The Group". Cordlife Group Limited owns five cord blood banks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and India, and has a direct investment in China Cord Blood Corporation, one of the top banks in China. Cordlife also currently owns over 30% of Stemlife Malaysia. At present the laboratories in Singapore, Hong Kong, and India are accredited by AABB (formerly known as American Association of Blood Banks), meeting the gold standard of private cord blood banking. The Group now comprises of:
Cordlife Group Limited - Singapore
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Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Limited - Kolkata, India
PT Cordlife Persada - Jakarta, Indonesia
Cordlife Medical Philippines, Inc. - Manila, Philippines
Cordlife Group Limited was established in Singapore in 2001 to provide a full suite of cord blood and (subsequently) tissue banking services which include the collection, processing and cryopreservation of cord blood stem cells and umbilical cord tissue. Cordlife has grown rapidly from a fledging start-up company into a multi-national corporation. In 2005, Cordlife established its first overseas cord blood processing and storage facility in Hong Kong. The ISO certified facility, with a storage capacity for 50,000 cord blood and umbilical cord units, is Hong Kong's largest and most advanced stem cell facility. In 2011, Cordlife introduced the patented technology, CellOptima™, which is exclusively available at Cordlife in Hong Kong, to isolate two types of stem cells from umbilical cord – Epithelial stem cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC).
Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Limited announced in April 2013 that they are the only bank in India that not only separates stem cells from cord blood and cord tissue, but also cultures them in the lab to grow an "expanded" cell count for therapeutic options.
Collection KitThe kit contains a closed system blood bag (brand Terumo Penpol) that is pre-loaded with the anti-coagulant CPDA-1. The kit also provides the disinfectant Isopropyl alcohol swab.
Transportation ContainerThe collection kit contains gel packs which should be cooled before shipping. The kit is validated to maintain room temperature under test conditions.
Shipping Info:Once we are informed of cord blood collection, our courier service team will pick up the kit for shipping at room temperature to the laboratory for processing and storage.
Processing MethodCordlife India is the first bank in India to process cord blood with the fully automated and sterile Sepax processing system from Biosafe.
Components StoredParents are provided with a report describing test results for the buffy coat holding white cells and stem cells including total nucleated cells (TNC), post processing sterility, viable CD34+ counts, as well as maternal blood infectious disease results.
Storage MethodFinal cord blood storage is in 25 ml blood (cryo) bag encased in an overwrap. Blood samples are kept in a quarantine freezer, then moved to long term freezer after they pass testing. Stem cells are stored in the vapour phase of cryogenic nitrogen.
Licensing & AccreditationCertified by Drugs Controller General of India, Accredited by AABB and ISO 9001:2000.
Clinical ExperienceCordlife Group Limited has released 11 client cords for therapy (6 autologous, 5 allogeneic)
InsuranceCordlife client is covered by a guarantee that the cord blood stem cells will engraft during transplant, else the client will be provided with a matched replacement cord blood unit. Client is covered for the cost of additional tests (HLA typing and CFU assays) in the event of a transplant.
Client is covered against future payments if death or total permanent disability occurs to either parent throughout duration of storage.
Community ServiceFree banking (terms and conditions apply) is given to families when a sibling has a diagnosis for which transplantation is standard therapy.
Discounts are given to for medical doctors and nurses.
PricesCordlife India pricing available upon enquiry.
Additional ServicesCordlife has a patent on the service of storing stem cells from the lining of the umbilical cord. This cord lining contains both Epithelial Stem Cells (EpSC) and Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC). Parents who are banking cord blood can choose the enhanced services CordPlus (EpSCs + MSCs) or CordBasic plan (MSCs).
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If baby is preterm do we base milestones off actual birth age or when they should have been?
I had my baby 3 weeks early. I feel like she isn't tracking objects and looking past me. I was told her eyes are actually only 4 weeks old, not 7 so I need to be patient. Do I base her development off the actual gestational age or how many weeks she actually is?
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you should also make sure her doctor checks her eyes really well. my baby was delayed on vision and it was because he was born with cataracts! he was full term, so it might just be because she was preemie, but make sure that the doc checks her eyes well to make sure she has nothing blocking her vision.posted 08/25/2008 by alexandra12985
My son was 3 1/2 weeks early and at first he seemed slow at hitting milestone. Now he is 7 months and seem to be ahead of schedule. I think every child is different and will hit these milestones in their own time. If you are nervous mention it to your doctor and as long as he/she is not concerned, try not to worry too much. Your daughter will start hitting all these milestones in the blink of an eye.posted 05/19/2008 by Sai1278
My son was 5 weeks early, some things he is developing right on time and some things he is behind on, it just depends on the baby, you cant be too anxious for baby to do things the same time as others the same age, otherwise you will be disappointed. Just enjoy your baby now while you can, they grow so fast.posted 01/23/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
My daughter was born 6 weeks early and I always kept her adjusted age in mind when she was meeting mile stones. I found that she would be doing things at a normal rate but some things she was behind on and when I would put her adjusted age into consideration she was fine. She walked at 10 months old and it made me feel really good because her adjusted age would have put her at around 8 1/2 months. Don't feel bad if your little one seems a bit behind because before you know it s/he will be right up there with everyone else. Kids are very good at catching on.posted 10/28/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
BASE IT ON THE AGE SHE IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BASE SOMETHING ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT TRUE.YOUR BABY IS HER AGE NOT HER GESTATION AGE.THINK ABOUT IT.posted 03/21/2010 by MRS.CORDER
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my son was also born at 37 weeks. i just based him on how old he was. if you do it the other way you are just looking for failure. anywaysmy son had no delays from being early. he walked earl talked early and now is actually above average. dont worry about what he is not doing or the timing just concentrate on the things he is doing. everything will be fine. don't start to get worried abut his development unless there are big signs like not holding up his head and saying only 1 or 2 words by 14 months. my son did everything early but my sisters baby is 12 months and just says 2 words. but don't get worried about little things they will happen on the babies time.posted 04/02/2008 by aiden.ezequiel
Eacvh baby is different, besides you did ha ve a full term baby not a premie, due to the birth 3 weeks before.Your child will reach the milestone with no problems, I have seen babies, which have been born on the date and others 1 week later and also have this situation,as i said before it all depends on the baby. If your baby were a premie, than yes, you have to guide yourself on the due date not gestational age, due to developm ent in the womb was not sufficient, if after the two year mark she still is off her track way too much than consider talking to a specialist, but she will be fine each person is different. Good luck and God bless you and your babyposted 11/06/2007 by Nicolemendieta
At 7 weeks I don't think you need to be extremely concerned about them not tracking objects. All babies develope differently and keep in mind that it's perfectly safe to deliver at 36 weeks, pretty much all they do in the whom after that is get fatter, but yes, your baby will be a couple weeks on average behind other babies. Don't worry though, most preemies catch up developmentally by age 1 I think it was, so long as they weren't severely premature. I used to babysit a baby that was about 10 weeks premature, and by the time she was a year old she was crawling all over the place.posted 10/27/2007 by Lavsbunbinky
Babies born at 37 weeks are NOT premature. If you are concerned about her development though, you should talk to your doctor. At seven weeks it's probably a little early to be worrying about delays. Your baby will probably be gazing at you in no time.posted 11/16/2007 by moon36
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: First published in Unique Cars #284, March 2008
Officially they're gone. Every last one of them. All 400 sedans and 100 utes. Just like the first XC Falcon Cobras back in the late-1970s, limited supply has meant that Ford Performance Vehicles' striking new special edition has once again caused a rush of Myer stocktake sale proportions.But why? That Ford was going to do another Falcon Cobra was never in doubt. The whisper campaign started years ago, accelerated by website rumours and media speculation. Then there was the magazine 'scoop', the Bathurst teaser and the car's long awaited official unveiling at the Sydney Motor Show last October.While a drip-feed of limited editions was inevitable in the run up to the new 'Orion' Falcon, it's clear now that it was the bold white-and-blue beauty that Ford fans were really hanging out for.Within hours of the 'blink and you'll miss it' lap before Sunday's Bathurst crowd, all the cars were snapped up by FPV dealers, some of which had been holding deposits from anxious enthusiasts for several months.With demand pent up, the first public sign of hysteria was the astounding $92,000 fetched for a brand-new Cobra at Shannon's Brisbane auction in February – $27,000 above its recommended retail and $6000 more than a 1978 Falcon Cobra went for at another Shannons auction in 2007. A quick search of CarPoint.com.au revealed 11 premium-priced new Cobras for sale – one for as much as $109,000! There were stories of owners with more than one, keen to offload spare Cobras onto the market for a tidy profit. One Sydney Ford dealer bumped the price up to $80,000, while a Perth enthusiast offered matching-pair XC and BF Cobras; yours for a princely $200,000!Meanwhile, the Falcon Cobra Club of Australia (Vic) had accepted with open arms a number of new Cobras into the club, while Unique Cars counted at least five spanking new Cobras blending in with the classic car crowd at the Picnic at Hanging Rock display in February.So what's happening here? Has unprecedented demand for top-shelf classic Aussie muscle filtered down into the new car market? Or are cashed-up, Ford-lovin' baby boomers simply starved for exciting new product while waiting for the next GTHO to appear? Or has Ford simply hit all the right buttons with its striking cosmetic makeover, suspension tweaks and special Boss '302' V8 that revives memories for some of those hallowed muscle car days of the '60s and '70s?Intrigued and a little perplexed, Unique Cars went looking for answers…
THE INSPIRATIONRead the press release, and the FPV GT Cobra was introduced to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the XC Hardtops' "now famous 1-2 victory formation at the 1977 Bathurst 1000 race, which led to the release of the limited edition Cobra XC Hardtop the following year".Truth be known, Ford Oz would have been itching for any excuse to re-release the Cobra, one of the most recognisable and admired of all homegrown Ford products. At almost every opportunity in recent memory the Broadmeadows' boys had rolled out some old Cobras for a promotional stunt. Remember the gathering of 50 Cobras at Ford's head office in 2003 for the model's 25th anniversary? What about Allan Moffat and Colin Bond squeezing back into their '77 winning steeds for some parade laps over the 2002 Bathurst weekend? Ironically, it was an American that we have to thank for the first Cobra: then Ford Oz assistant Managing Director Edsel Ford II. Looking to offload a final batch of Falcon Hardtops, Edsel wisely ignored a proposal for a Playboy special and turned instead for inspiration to the famous Shelby Mustang and Cobra road racers of the 1960s. Fitted with 4.9 or 5.8-litre V8s, to set them apart visually the two-door Cobras got front-to-back blue and white livery, snake decals, front and rear spoilers, blue striped seats and a set of five-spoke Globe 15-inch alloys. The 2007 version, to be expected, followed the formula pretty closely although with stick-on rather than painted blue stripes, 19inch five-spokers with white accents, and snake graphics. The new car's leather seats feature an additional Cobra emblem, but both versions have all-important build number badges inside the cabin.The new car also gets a specially revised and more powerful 302kW version of the Boss 5.4-litre engine, and R-Spec suspension package for improved handling, both of which are only available in limited numbers.Ford has taken further liberties by also offering a muscular ute version, but this doesn't seem to have deterred buyers, many who have been watching closely the recent escalation in values of 30-year old-plus muscle cars.Riding on the coattails of the mighty Phase III GTHOs, the old Cobras have hit the collector market big-time with 4.9-litre Cobras closing in on six figures while 'big tank' Bathurst versions could fetch as much as $200K.THE INSTIGATOR
Rod Barrett was just over two months in the top job at FPV when the new Cobra was sighted for the first time on Bathurst race morning, October 7. "By Wednesday lunchtime all 500 cars had been wholesaled to dealers," Barrett recalled. "Some of the dealers were getting phone calls before the cars had finished their televised lap of Bathurst that morning. That's how passionate some people were."A confirmed revhead, with a strong racing background including a stint at Ford Performance Racing, Barrett believes the new car was always going to be a winner. "I think the Cobra hit the nail on the head, right at the right time too."Barrett, 48, grew up during the heady days of touring car racing in the 1970s, and knew first hand what that golden era of motorsport meant to others of that generation. "I just knew the passion that was out there for the Cobra to be done. So it didn't surprise me at all. I think it surprised a few people at Ford, but it didn't surprise anyone in that muscle car market."What surprised us was the price some people were getting for them, and what they were prepared to pay for them," he said. Barrett said a host of nostalgic factors contributed to the car's success."I think (many buyers) are guys who either couldn't afford them (at the time) or were too young but it invoked that passion, and now they can afford them."I also think there's this whole retro image that is occurring in the motor industry globally with the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mini, and the Fiat 500 we're going to see at the Grand Prix."Barrett, however, was keen to hose down any criticism of the timing of the new Cobra's release."I know some people have been extremely critical of us celebrating the 1-2 finish of the '77 cars that bore no resemblance to the Cobra that was released in '78. They missed the point. The (BF Cobra) is about celebrating a moment in Ford's history not necessarily reflecting the moment of the Cobra's arrival."But while the Cobra's success "confirms that there is a market out there for retro fast Fords", Barrett said that a modern version of the legendary GTHO is "still a few years away yet".
Unique Cars' Joe Kenwright has driven thousands of kilometres in most recent FPV and HSV models, so he's in a good position to rate the latest Cobra against its performance car contemporaries."It is the best high performance local Ford ever, this side of a GTHO Phase III," he told CarPoint readers in late-November. "If public reaction is any indication, it also might be the most standout local muscle car since the Walkinshaw VL Group A arrived in 1988."While Kenwright was quick to point out that the Cobra is overshadowed by current HSVs on most aspects by which modern performance machinery is judged, he said it fights back strongly in other important areas."From its dated cabin to its thunderclap looks, the Cobra carries a sense of occasion missing from a current HSV," he said. "The Boss 302 upgrade and R-Spec suspension then add a mongrel side not often seen in today's car."The firmer R-Spec suspension makes sure that the bonnet is constantly quivering and shaking over anything other than the smoothest roads – almost as much as the 'shaker' poking through the bonnet of an XY Falcon GT once did. In anything else, it would be dismissed as a fault but here it's a sign of life."He said the Boss 302 provided extra urgency off the line, and upon reaching 4000rpm, "all hell breaks loose"."HSV's seamless power delivery might be superior against the stopwatch but it's the Boss 302 that invites the driver to participate in getting the best out of it."The only letdown was that FPV didn't go far enough with the 'sticker' kit. Nevertheless, Kenwright concluded: "That the Cobra Boss 302 is the best of all FPV GTs, is beyond doubt."
In what sounds like the automotive equivalent of insider trading, Murray Brown acted promptly upon hearing news from sources close to Ford of the Cobra's imminent arrival."I went straight down to the local Ford dealer and put a deposit down (in mid-2007)," he admitted. "They knew nothing about (the Cobra); they wouldn't admit to anything, but they took my money and gave me a receipt!"To get (build) number 8 I must have been very lucky. I know the first one went to the Ford motor company, and number 400 they've kept too."Brown said his FPV Cobra provided "an opportunity to buy a new one with modern technology, and have the muscle car history; they'll never do it again, this will be a one-off thing".Brown previously owned an XR6 Turbo. "While it was a great car, it just didn't have the thoroughbred background of a muscle car. It didn't have any race history that goes with it."Unlike the Cobra he said regular Falcon GTs, or even the 40th anniversary model, had left him cold. "Once you've had an older one, the later ones honestly just don't give you the same fat in the pants," he explained. "They're just not the same car; they don't do the things that an early muscle car does."Brown has fond memories of the earlier coupes, servicing some of the big Fords while completing his mechanics apprenticeship in the late-1970s. "At the time they were completely and utterly out of my price range," he said.With blue blood in his veins, he's owned a string of Fords ever since his first car, a 1967 ZA Fairlane. He currently owns three classic Fords including a John Goss XB Coupe. While he views the new car as a collectable, he still allows his wife to use it for transport. "But if they go up in price I'd be silly not to put it back in the shed."Brown hasn't wasted any time adding some personal touches including additional 'Cobra' stickers and a 'COBR-08" rego plate. Just like other enthusiast car owners, he's been busy collecting associated memorabilia including Cobra press kits, posters and magazine articles."It's the 30th anniversary of the Cobra, it's the race history, the stripes, the look about it," he explained. "It hits you in the face when you see it coming down the road. You can even be a Holden freak and you love them."
As an auction sales advisor with Shannons as well as the president of the Falcon Cobra Club of Aust (Vic), Rod Hansen has witnessed the new Cobra phenomenon from both sides of the fence. He said Shannons had the opportunity to auction at least five new Cobras at the Brisbane auction, before deciding to go with just one."I know one gentleman had one that he was keeping for himself," Hansen said. "It was the same build number as his original Cobra, and his 40th anniversary GT also had the same number. He bought an extra Cobra sedan and a ute, just to sell and make some money on."Hansen, who owns XC Cobra #392, said the new cars had increased interest in the old ones, including within the club with four new Cobras accepted recently. "Every time I drive my car it's just phenomenal," he said. "Ever since the new BFs have been out people have been tooting their horns and waving and giving me the thumbs up. It's just ridiculous." Hansen's Cobra is a 4.9-litre auto, fully-optioned with air-con, power steering and electric windows. The unrestored car is his second Cobra, and it's also fitted with a long-range fuel tank. The Globe-lookalike wheels fitted are wider 15x8.5 alloys, built specially for Jim Richards in the early-'80s when the Bathurst champ owned a Cobra. Another neat touch is the 'Official Track Car' stickers Hansen added as a tribute to the officials' cars used at the 1978 Bathurst."I've driven Cobras for the last eight years and we're getting more notoriety now than we've ever had before and I put it down to the BF Cobras coming out and sparking a whole new interest in everyone."THE VERDICT
There's no doubt the FPV Cobra has given Ford fans a reason to get excited. While easily criticised as another opportunistic marketing exercise, the latest Blue Oval beast has caused a flurry of activity normally associated with older muscle cars with genuine race car heritage. Interestingly, as sales of big Aussie sedans flounder, demand for hot-shoe Commodores and Falcons like the FPV Cobra is particularly strong. We'll leave the final words to Joe Kenwright who, while giving the new car a big wrap, doubts it will ever match the 1978 model in long-term appeal. "(The original) Cobra was the last Falcon Hardtop Ford is ever likely to build and most of its special features were not stick-ons."Time will tell...
1978 Ford Falcon XC Cobra/2007FPV BF GT CobraBody: two-door coupe/four-door sedan, two-door ute Production: 400/ 400 (sedans), 100 (utes)Weight: 1563kg/1855kg (sedan)Engine: 4.9, 5.8-litre V8/ 5.4-litre V8Transmission: four-speed manual, three-speed auto/six-speed manual, six-speed autoPower/torque: 151kW/364Nm (4.9), 162kW/429Nm (5.8)/302kW/540NmPerformance: 0-100km/h – 8.9secs (XC Bathurst model)/5.9secs (est) Top speed: 175km/h (est)/250km/h (limited)Wheels: 15x7 alloy; 19x8 alloyValue: $30-200,000 (est)/$65,110 RRP (sedan), $61,200 (ute)
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Blogger Stephanie Wise of Girl versus Dough shares a recipe for zucchini fries. These crunchy baked zucchini fries are a healthy, delicious way to use up those leftover zucchini from the garden.
For extra flavor, mix 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese with the bread crumbs.
Serve zucchini fries with your favorite marinara sauce or cool ranch dressing dip.


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