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Tre Scalini: "Tre Scalini in Piazza Navona" Tre Scalini Tip by mccalpin
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A romantic time in Rome itself...hmmmmn...I would make it part of an evening.
One afternoon, after your siesta, when you're done window shopping and all, wander over to the Pantheon and admire it inside and out. Then as darkness falls, go over to Piazza Navona. Make the circle around the whole piazza arm in arm, like other couples. You may see kiosks set up to sell stuff, you may see artists selling caricatures, you will definitely see lots of other people seeing and being seen - it's a car free zone (except for the lone police car that wanders slowly through).
When you've done a circuit or two admiring the fountain of four rivers and the buildings around the Piazza, sit in the bar next to Tre Scalini (it may be Tre Scalini's bar, I don't remember). Tre Scalini is a long time restaurant that all Romans know (even if they don't go) on the west side of the piazza.
Tell the waiter that you would like a drink, and that you would like to have dinner inside afterwards. If you can, sit outside with your drink and your better half, and admire all the people walking by. This evening promenade is quintissentially Mediterranean.
When you're ready (or the waiter comes to tell your that the best table - in the window - is ready), go into the restaurant and have dinner. It will not be cheap, but, frankly, it's more expensive at trendier places. For dessert, be sure to have tartuffo al cioccolato (sp?), a homemade chocolate bomb that was home-made by this restaurant.
After dinner, make another circuit of the piazza (to aid digestion), then have an after dinner drink at the bar across the piazza (perhaps a shot of Amaretto or Tuaca - Italian servings are not as large as American) or a digestivo - Italians are big into herbed drinks to aid digestion.
Then stagger home. ;-)
Favorite Dish: Tartuffo cioccolato...'nuff said...
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Mike Russell captured the images that tell the story of Reign FC's 5-2 victory over the Orlando Pride on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
Prior to Saturday night's match against the Orlando Pride, Reign FC recognized Amy Griffin as a Seattle Reign FC Legend, celebrating a lifetime of work growing the women's game in the United States.
In front of a season-high crowd of 5,103 fans, Seattle Reign FC earned their first-ever win against the Orlando Pride, in a 5–2 victory at Memorial Stadium. Five goals is the highest goal total in a single match for Seattle this season.
"I'm quite fiery. I understand that, and my teammates understand that. I love this club. I love these girls. I want us to achieve and I will protect them too."
For the first time in club history, Seattle Reign FC will host the Orlando Pride at Memorial Stadium. Reign FC head into the match with just one loss in their past seven games. The match will be presented by C89.5.
The first Seattle Reign FC Pro Experience Camp of 2016 kicked off this week at Memorial Stadium. The camp was led by Seattle Reign FC's coaching staff, including head coach Laura Harvey, giving youth players the opportunity to be trained by and to train with the professionals.


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I found this in a magazine several years ago and it is now an all time favorite requested for any special event. It is awesome for summertime barbecues, etc.
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- 1 (12 ounce) can lemonade
- 1 (16 ounce) package frozen raspberries
- 2 liters ginger ale
- Defrost raspberries saving their juice and discarding the berries.
- Mix all ingredients and pour back into pop bottle to keep carbonation.
- We like to freeze it into a slush.
- Prep time does not include defrost time.
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Refreshing. A great base for cocktails! I used frozen blueberries and rsapberries that I blended with 12 ounce of lemonade. I just couldn`t discard the berries. I added 1 1/2 liters of ginger ale. was surprised at how very good it is. Who would have thought to use soda in place of water!
We made this today for a picnick and froze it to take with us. Excellent!!! Not sure what happened with the first reviewer but everyone especially the kids thought it was great. We will be making it often. One idea would be to make sure you serve it really cold or even partly frozen.


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Just 24 months ago, the financial world was in deep crisis brought to the brink by "casino banking". Two Wall Street broker-dealing houses which survived the Great Depression vanished.
Bear Stearns was bought by JP Morgan for a song and Lehman Brothers collapsed and was bought out of receivership by Barclays Capital.
Switzerland's UBS was badly holed and the Royal Bank of Scotland - with a large investment banking arm - ended up 84 per cent owned by the British government.
The recovery of the sector in 2009 looked to have been remarkable.
By the standards of much of the retail sector, the changing of the guard at Tesco has been a relatively low key affair.
There were the inevitable tributes to Sir Terry Leahy who will retire next year and short profiles of the chosen successor Phil Clarke who, like Leahy, started at the very bottom.
But there has been none of the fuss and football-style transfer fees which, for instance, accompanied the arrival of Marc Bolland as chief executive of Marks & Spencer.
At a time when great British companies have become easy prey for buyers from all over the world, the sale of BP is no longer outside the bounds of possibility.
The immediate crisis in the Gulf of Mexico may have passed but a shrunken BP, plagued by the possibility of years of litigation, could still be vulnerable.
Successful stock market flotations are difficult at the best of times.
But the reception for internet grocer Ocado - which came to the market late last month- was peculiarly frosty. And this despite the fact that the company was brought to the market by some of the most respected investment banking names in the City.
The initial public offering (IPO) has been a salutary experience for the group's chief executive Tim Steiner.
The untroubled scene is the open air breakfast restaurant at a luxury new resort hotel on Greece's bay of Navarone, developed - after three decades of planning - by a shipowner. Just in case the guests are too lazy to walk to the main swimming baths or down to the beach many of the rooms have their own infinity pools.
It is 15 years since the investment bank SG Warburg, a pioneer of finance in Britain, lost its independence. But fascination with the firm founded by emigré Siegmund George Warburg - scion of the prominent German-Jewish banking family - remains as strong today as ever.
A new biography of Siegmund by the historian Niall Ferguson (High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg, Allen Lane, £30) contrasts the caution of SG Warburg's founders Warburg and Henry Grunfeld with the casino bankers who wrecked the global economy during the 'Great Panic'.
Behind every budget there is a hidden hand.
In the case of Labour's last Chancellor Alistair Darling it was Gordon Brown who would keep officials up into the early hours of budget day fiddling with the numbers.
In new Chancellor George Osborne's very first budget - an action-packed affair in which almost all major taxes were adjusted - the hidden force was not at the Treasury at all.
Much of the thinking, if not the detail, which influenced Osborne's key decisions to tackle budget deficits and borrowing head on, was formulated on Threadneedle Street rather than Downing Street.
Every so often the business pages publish a picture of a kindly, balding man in a golf buggy who is variously described as a reclusive exile, a Bahamas based billionaire or a currency trader. This spring, one imagines, Joe Lewis - who began his career working in London's hotel industry - has a smile on his face.
What is the job of a quoted company chairman? Before the days of corporate governance, the jobs of the chairman and chief executive were often wrapped up in one - they still are in the United States. But a series of UK corporate scandals - including those in the late tycoon Robert Maxwell's empire - discredited the model of supreme boardroom power.
One suspects that inside the Treasury the calamitous problems currently facing euroland are being watched more calmly than might be expected.
First, it demonstrated that the failure of Britain to pass Gordon Brown's five tests to join the euro back in 2003 was just as well given the battering that deficit nations inside the single currency area are taking.


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Pro Gamblers Profit by Amateurs Wagering on Super Bowl Overtime
Professional gamblers looking for value will be betting that the National Football League title game doesn't go to overtime for the 48th straight year.
While odds at Nevada sports books indicate a 13 percent chance of the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks needing extra time to decide tomorrow's matchup at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, history shows the likelihood of an overtime game is far less. Experienced bettors will be trying to exploit that difference, said RJ Bell, founder of Las Vegas-based handicapping information website Pregame.com.
This season, 16 of 266 NFL regular-season and postseason games -- or 6 percent -- have gone to overtime. In 2012, it was about 8.5 percent and the previous season it was 5.5 percent.
"The books are trying to deflate these numbers," Bell said. "The flip side is the professional bettors and multiple grinders I know here in Vegas will shop for the best price and bet no overtime or no safety."
A bettor would have to wager $900 on there not being an overtime to win $100 at the Las Vegas Hotel's SuperBook.
A winning $100 wager on there being overtime would return a $600 profit, though the fairer odds should be around 13-1, Bell said. That hasn't stopped many bettors from thinking a Super Bowl overtime is due after an 0-for-47 run.
"The average novice bettor loves to bet a little bit to win a lot," Bell said in a telephone interview. "He likes a big payoff, he wants to win more than he risks. So what happens is the books really build a premium into that player bias. There's such a mis-pricing due to that player bias."
Record Looms
This Super Bowl probably will set a record for wagering, surpassing the record handle of $98.9 million set last year at Nevada sportsbooks, said Jimmy Vaccaro of the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. Legal wagering on the game in Nevada accounts for less than 1 percent of the total handle, according to Bell, who estimates than more than $10 billion will be bet on the Super Bowl worldwide.
Helping drive interest is the appeal of the Broncos, who last month surpassed the Dallas Cowboys as the most popular NFL team, according to Public Policy Polling, and quarterback Peyton Manning, who is the most likable active U.S. athlete, said Repucom's SponsorLink, which examines domestic trends and developments across the sports industry.
Wagers on overtime or a safety at the Super Bowl are among the most popular of the hundreds of proposition bets, according to Jeff Sherman of the Las Vegas Hotel's SuperBook. While the overtime wager has yet to pay off for those who predict "yes," there have been safeties in the past two Super Bowls, resulting in heavy losses for Nevada sports books.
Overtime Chance
Considering how closely the Broncos and Seahawks are matched, the chance for overtime this year might be slightly better than in past Super Bowls, said former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker, now a host for Sirius XM NFL Radio. Denver is favored by 2 1/2 points over Seattle, according to most of the major Las Vegas sportsbooks, just the fifth time the Super Bowl point spread has been less than a field goal.
"It's going to be very close and competitive," said Tucker, a former Princeton University lineman who spent time with five NFL franchises. "You've got the best teams in each conference and the two best teams over the course of the year. I also think an overtime game would create a lot of confusion because how many casual fans wouldn't know the rules."
The NFL in 2012 instituted a modified sudden-death rule in which both teams would get a possession in overtime unless the team with the ball first scored a touchdown or gave up a defensive score.
Narrow Spread
The last Super Bowl with such a narrow point spread was two years ago, when the New England Patriots were favored by the same amount over the New York Giants. The Giants trailed by three points before pulling out a 21-17 victory on Ahmad Bradshaw's touchdown run with 57 seconds remaining.
The only other Super Bowl with a 2 1/2-point spread was after the 1970 season, when the Baltimore Colts were favored over the Dallas Cowboys and won 16-13 on rookie kicker Jim O'Brien's field goal with five seconds left.
"I know there's been some close ones," Broncos linebacker Danny Trevathan said. "It is surprising there hasn't been an overtime Super Bowl yet. Maybe we're due. We expect it to be a close game."
On the field, the game matches the Broncos' offense -- the highest-scoring unit in NFL history -- against a Seahawks defense that allowed the fewest points and yards in the league. It might also be the coldest Super Bowl on record, with a predicted high temperature of about 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7.2 Celsius) and a low of 27 degrees tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service, though snow isn't in the forecast.
Although the Broncos and Manning scored a record 606 points during the regular season and the weather forecast is relatively favorable, the majority of wagers are on Denver and Seattle totaling 47 points or fewer. The over/under betting line for scoring in the game is 47.5.
"It surprises me," said Kevin Bradley, manager at online sports book Bovada.lv. "Even with the weather looking to be warmer and less chance of snow, 70 percent of the bets are still on the under."


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In Seattle on Thursday, police scrambled to tamp down rumors that they were re-examining the death of nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.
Social media erupted with speculation that there was new information in the singer's death. The tweets started to fly after Seattle news station published a story about re-examining the investigation.
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man that hoe got some nice ramen noodles
by BMoNeYpwnzALLslutz September 25, 2010
Poor people's food.
Hey Kenny, pass the Ramen.
by Jigga Boo July 09, 2003
Good ass noodles that mostly black people eat when theres nothing else in the house to eat.
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The instant noodles that have become a culinary buzzword in America. Overzealous college students throw around terms like "ramen noodles" and "quad" to show how they have adapted to campus life and made it their own. The noodles themselves are actually not very tasty, but college students across America eat them on a daily basis in order to feel more accepted, ala drugs, alcohol, and communism.
College Student 1: Hey, you up for some hacky sack?
College Student 2: Sure, let me finish up my ramen noodles first though.
College Student 2: Sure, let me finish up my ramen noodles first though.
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A term indicating a retardedly cheap yet cool thing
Dude that shirt from Good Will is so the Ramen Noodles!
by Pseudophun November 04, 2005
little thin strips of cardboard
Ramen noodles submerged in hot water for three minutes taste good!
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It is pronounced ray-men not rah-men as every body else pronouces it
i would like to eat some raymen noodles tonight
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Thirty teams, 30 burning fantasy questions. Throughout the preseason, we put one of these questions to an ESPN.com analyst for an in-depth look at the most interesting, perplexing or dumbfounding fantasy facet of each major league team.
How will the Angels find playing time for all their outfielders?
The Angels' signing of Torii Hunter left the team with quite a crowd in the outfield. Hunter is set to man center field every day; that we know. But the Angels have five other players to slot into two corner-outfield spots and the DH spot. Four of those players -- Vladimir Guerrero, Garret Anderson, Gary Matthews Jr. and Reggie Willits -- received more than 400 at-bats last season. Juan Rivera, meanwhile, missed nearly all of last season because of a broken leg but hit .310 with 23 home runs in 448 at-bats in 2006. How will this all play out?
Vladimir Guerrero: Naturally, Guerrero will play every day when healthy. Although he has indicated that he's not enthusiastic about spending time at designated hitter, Angels management might see it differently since Guerrero is still suffering from a sore elbow that limited him to DH duty in the 2007 postseason. The 32-year-old slugger hit only 27 home runs last year, a career low for a 400-plus at-bat campaign. He did post an outstanding .324/.403/.527 line overall, though, and a career-high 45 doubles means that his power isn't eroding just yet.
Gary Matthews: Matthews, who will slide from center to left field to make room for Hunter, is also recovering from a 2007 injury. He's taking it easy this spring as he rests a balky knee that cost him time late last year. Matthews improved his home run and stolen base output last season, but his batting average and slugging percentage plunged outside of Rangers Ballpark.
Garret Anderson: Anderson comes into spring training without any current injury concerns. However, the longtime Angel is now 35 and sports an expanding résumé of recent ailments. He'll see plenty of time at DH as the club attempts to keep him fresh. Anderson was plagued by hip problems for much of last year, but once he got healthy, his bat came alive. A big second half that yielded 13 home runs and a .313/.369/.528 line made his overall 2007 numbers respectable.
Juan Rivera: Sidelined in the offseason because of a broken leg he suffered playing winter ball, Rivera got only 43 at-bats last year, all in September. At age 29, Rivera is in his physical prime, and his power potential is certainly intriguing. He'll need to hit more fly balls and fewer grounders to capitalize, however. The Angels have publicly placed Rivera on the trading block, but the team insists it won't give away talent cheaply just because the outfield is crowded.
Reggie Willits: Unlike Rivera, Willits is said to be unavailable in trade talks. The 26-year-old was a pleasant surprise last year, batting .293 and swiping 27 bases. However, much of his performance was fueled by a fortuitous hit percentage. Willits is a legitimate speedster, and he did hit for average in the minors (albeit exclusively in hitters' parks) while displaying respectable plate discipline. However, he offers no power whatsoever and possesses only mediocre contact skills and defensive abilities.
As it currently stands, Guerrero and Matthews will start at the corner-outfield positions, with Anderson occupying the designated-hitter spot. Rivera is penciled in as the fourth outfielder, with Willits in the fifth-outfielder role. What makes the Angels' situation so interesting is the fact that both backups have some history of success as everyday players. Rivera's 2006 performance is more sustainable than Willits' 2007, yet Rivera is the player being dangled in trade discussions. Given the age and injury history of Anderson and Guerrero, the club would be wise to keep Rivera around. Matthews is no ubertalent, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Rivera overtake him as a starter at some point. Rivera also is working out at first base this spring in an effort to increase his versatility. If that experiment is successful defensively, the team could slip his bat into the lineup as a backup to Casey Kotchman. That could mean that Robb Quinlan would be expendable; otherwise he will see a smattering of DH at-bats if he remains on the roster.
None of these players is a reliable pick right now. Guerrero is the only one currently boasting an unimpeachable skill set, and his lingering elbow woes are certainly cause for concern. Expect him to play as often as Hunter, logging about a third of his time at DH (despite his objections). Anderson will see some time in the outfield, but he'll be the primary DH and should produce respectable numbers as long as he can stay healthy. Both his knee and his mediocre skills suggest that Matthews is primed to disappoint again, and he could eventually wind up as the odd man out despite his incumbent status. Willits will likewise find it difficult to repeat his past performance. He's still an endgame speed target at the right price, but he simply doesn't have the bat of a major league regular, and his 2007 numbers are likely to inflate his draft price past the point of potential profit. Rivera is the most interesting speculative pick. He could conceivably produce a season similar to 2006 but will need some ill to befall Guerrero, Anderson or Matthews in order to get a real opportunity. He's the only one of the group whose upside exceeds his downside, and his backup status could make him a draft-day bargain in many leagues.
Will Harris is a fantasy baseball and college football analyst for ESPN.com.


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GEOSS Workshop XLIV: Sensor Web and Rural Communicaitons
Houston, Texas
info [at] opengeospatial.org
Houston, Texas
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101 United States
The Eye on Earth Summit will enable global leaders, innovators and decision-makers to focus on an issue critical to the wise decision-making upon which our planet's future depends: how to ensure effective access to the world's expanding pool of environmental and societal data by all of those who need it.
Facilitated by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) and hosted by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Eye on Earth Summit will strengthen existing efforts and inspire a search for unified, global solutions to the issues that preclude access to data.
Sensors are becoming a fundamental technology for "Smart City" management. Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards will be an important foundation driving the development of future urban applications based on sesnsor technology by making sensors and sensor data discoverable, accessible, useable and shareable. Standards make it possible to protect investments, reduce likelihood of dead-end technologies and ensure scalability. All these aspects have to be taken into account in SmartCity design and implementation.
The purpose of this hands-on workshop is to review the SWE standards, presenting results and experience on real implementataions, and to practice with the most advanced software to acquire new skills in this field.
This workshop is in the framework of the SmartCity Expo - World Congress 2012, Barcelona, November 12-13, 2012.
LINZ, through the New Zealand Geospatial Office, is taking a lead role in helping government realise productivity gains from geospatial (or location-based) information and technology. Reviews have established that open standards for location-based information, and related innovation, can contribute significant returns for the investment.
The New Zealand Geospatial Office invites you to a focus session with Mr Mark Reichardt, President and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This focus session will look at the international issue of emergency/disaster response, drawing on OGC's involvement in the response to disasters, from Hurricane Katrina to the earthquake in Haiti.
During the past decade, the OGC has earned an international reputation for innovating access to, and the sharing of, geospatial information. The Consortium comprises more than 400 companies, government agencies, research organisations, and universities across the world participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial specifications. OGC Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo- enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. These specifications empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useable with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.
Standards for geospatial information are continually evolving and New Zealand is in an ideal position to influence the next wave of changes as a result of our experience in responding to the Darfield earthquake.
This is a rare opportunity to discuss and compare New Zealand's experiences following the September 2010 Darfield earthquake and look at how standards for geospatial information can play a vital role in such situations. We would like to share our collective experiences from Darfield (what worked, what didn't) and take the opportunity to start conversations about where New Zealand can be involved in OGC standards.
Following this seminar, Mark Reichardt will also be giving a more general presentation on geospatial standards evolution to a wider audience and we would like to also invite you to stay for this presentation, together with a spatial community workshop on geospatial standards later in the day. (See the programme for further information.)
Please also advise in your RSVP if you intend to also attend the rest of the day's programme. Due to limited space, we are restricted as to the number of attendees and if needed, will run a waiting list if all places are filled.
For updates on this event visit www.geospatial.govt.nz/events.
For more information about the OGC, see www.opengeospatial.org.
I hope you can join us.
Kevin Sweeney Geospatial Custodian | New Zealand Geospatial Office
8:30am Arrival
9am Presentation: Standards evolution (interoperability) in the face of disaster
Guest Speaker, Mr Mark Reichardt, President and CE of the OGC
This is a presentation for emergency/disaster response (and related) organisations to hear Mark Reichardt speak about OGC involvement in responding to disasters, from Katrina to Haiti.
10:30am Morning tea
11am to 2pm Presentation: Standards evolution – where the greatest innovation is happening Guest Speaker, Mr Mark Reichardt Mark will provide an overview of OGC's current work and the breadth of standards
12:30pm Light working lunch
Open forum: Remaining questions for the guest speaker, Mr Mark Reichardt
Discussion session with a wide audience
2 to 5pm (Two parallel workshops)
Workshop: Standards conversations that matter
Led by the New Zealand Geospatial Office
An open, participative workshop to dicuss ambitions, opportunities, priorities
To register for the NZGO workshop, email lleeming [at] linz.govt.nz
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August 21, 2015
By Marcus Hayes, Daily News Columnist
IT WAS the eve of Independence Day and the Phillies were in Atlanta, but the season was already over. Nobody told Chase Utley. The manager, Ryne Sandberg, had quit on the team. Cole Hamels was pitching like a man resigned to another summer in purgatory. Ut? He was in the hallway between the visitors' clubhouse and the tunnel to the dugout, sitting at a table filled with video monitors. Alone, he watched himself hit, clip after clip after clip, an hour before the Phillies took batting practice.
More than just a bat
May 18, 2008
By Jim Salisbury, Inquirer Staff Writer
Two weeks ago today, Chase Utley stood in front of his locker at Citizens Bank Park and packed for a West Coast trip. Utley tossed his fielder's glove, batting gloves, spikes, sneakers and sunglasses into a red equipment bag. He then reached into his locker, pulled out five brand-new ebony bats - gamers - and stuffed them into his bat bag. Before zipping the bat bag closed, Utley reached for the one piece of equipment he hadn't left home without...
Figuring the Chase Utley factor
August 2, 2013
BY DAVID MURPHY, Daily News Staff Writer firstname.lastname@example.com
IN THE BOTTOM of the first inning, Chase Utley stepped to the plate and hit a home run. It was the 14th time he had done so this season, good enough for fourth among major league second basemen. If anybody needed a reminder that the 34-year-old veteran was still one of baseball's best players at his position, here it was. Still, as he trotted around the bases to the hearty approval of the Citizens Bank Park crowd, you couldn't shake the feeling it was the beginning of another egregious miscalculation by a Phillies organization struggling to find the path toward a better tomorrow.
Fans would dine with Chase Utley
May 4, 2010
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So here's the deal: You get to invite any of the top stars in Philadelphia sports over to the house for dinner. We're talking hypothetically, of course, but just say you have that opportunity. Who would you invite? Ryan Howard? DeSean Jackson? Mike Richards? And what would you serve them? Would you go Italian? Send out for Chinese? Or perhaps you have a favorite dish that has been passed down through the generations? We asked you whom would you like to have over in the survey we conducted with the Sport Industry Research Center at Temple University and you chose to chow down with Chase Utley.
Phillies' Chase Utley returns to the lineup
August 9, 2015
By Jake Kaplan, Inquirer Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - When Pete Mackanin drew out his lineup before Friday night's series opener against the Padres, he didn't treat his newly activated second baseman as if he entered with a dismal .179 batting average. Mackanin looked at it as if he pushed the reset button on Utley's season, which resumed Friday after 37 games missed because of a right ankle injury. The six-time all-star reentered the Phillies' lineup as their second baseman and leadoff hitter, the first time in 11 seasons he batted out of the top spot.
Phillies' Chase Utley hitless in last week
June 12, 2015
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CINCINNATI - Physically, Chase Utley, who has battled an assortment of injuries throughout his career, including chronic knee pain, said he's OK. "Yeah, I feel fine," Utley said following the Phillies' 5-2 loss to the Reds yesterday. But after an 0-for-3 afternoon, his 28th hitless performance in 51 starts, you surely had to wonder if the veteran All-Star's woes are beginning to wear on his mind. With an opportunity to get the Phillies back in yesterday's game - two on, two out, down two runs in the seventh inning - Utley produced a lazy, inning-ending fly ball to leftfield in his final at-bat.
Chase Utley returning to his old self
April 12, 2013
By David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
WE ENTERED the season knowing that the Phillies needed a lot of things to go right in order for them to return to the postseason, and the last couple of nights have offered a tantalizing glimpse at the kind of team they can become if those things break in the proper direction. Of course, two nights make for a small sample size. The last time the Phillies had faced Jeremy Hefner, all seven of the batters they sent to the plate against him ended up scoring runs. But a lineup can only hit against the pitchers whom the other team sends to the mound, and in rattling off their first back-to-back victories of the season, Charlie Manuel's team did just that.
Chase Utley: Life's still good with Phillies
July 16, 2014
By Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
MINNEAPOLIS - A chair reserved for Chase Utley was positioned under a sign with his name on it, but the Phillies second baseman stood. He stared at the seat. Major League Baseball mandated that Utley - the lone Phillies all-star - spend 45 minutes Monday with reporters. He overcame career-threatening knee injuries to start Tuesday night for the National League, but circumstances overshadowed that accomplishment. "Are they trying to trade him?" Hunter Pence, a former teammate, wondered from across the room.
Phillies hint Chase Utley era is over
July 9, 2015
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LOS ANGELES - In the two weeks since Chase Utley was placed on the disabled list, the updates on his health haven't been minimal - they've been nonexistent. Yesterday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said he "hadn't heard a word" on Utley, who has been dealing with a right ankle injury since January but played through it for the season's first 2 1/2 months. But then Mackanin did the math, and figured it wasn't going to an issue he'd have to deal with any time soon, since Utley - who hasn't begun to hit yet - is probably at least a month away from returning.
Good signs from Phillies' Chase Utley
April 1, 2013
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THE BALL came toward his head and baserunner Chase Utley did the natural thing. He ducked. After avoiding contact with Domonic Brown's heat-seeking missile of a base hit, Utley regained his footing and took off from first to second base. He didn't stop until he slid safely into third base. Utley then bounced back on his feet and prepared for the next step. It was March and he was playing baseball, so any next step he took was going to be a heck of a lot farther than any he made in the last two springs.
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Herrera, Bourjos go deep as Phillies beat Tigers
May 27, 2016
By Matt Breen, STAFF WRITER
DETROIT - The baseball rocketed toward the right-field stands and Odubel Herrera launched his bat into the air. Two days after being benched for not running out a grounder, Herrera added a touch of style Wednesday afternoon to his three-run homer in the fourth inning of an 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. Herrera paused to watch his 427-foot blast, tossed his bat emphatically into the air, and took two hops before running to first at Comerica Park. It was Herrera's fifth home run of the season and it added some needed insurance for Aaron Nola.
Goeddel wants Phillies outfield job
February 26, 2016
By Matt Gelb, Staff Writer
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Soon after Tyler Goeddel was picked first in the Rule 5 draft in December, he took a vacation to Mexico with his brother, Mets righthander Erik Goeddel. While in Cabo, the brothers happened to see Chase Utley, who invited them to a round of golf. Utley, after 18 holes, fired a text to Cody Asche and Cameron Rupp. "He just told them to take care of me," Tyler Goeddel said. "It was a nice thing for Chase to do, for sure. I appreciated it. " The Rule 5 draft is a tool designed to prevent teams from hoarding players in the minors who would otherwise have a shot if on a different team, and that is how Goeddel became Phillies property.
Brooky: Strange new world in Phillies clubhouse
February 19, 2016
By Bob Brookover, Inquirer Columnist
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Phillies opened the doors to their spring training clubhouse Wednesday, and the immediate surveillance of the expansive room created a peculiar feeling. Look across and to the left at the lockers where the aces used to reside, and the new nameplates read Hernandez, Rupp, Mariot, Oberholzer, and Bailey . No empty lockers for extra space that is typically provided for established stars such as Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels. Too many players overall - 65 in total - and too many of the nondescript variety for that kind of luxury.
A First-Pick Drought
February 5, 2016
With Jesse Biddle traded to Pittsburgh, the Phillies will have just 47 games played by their first draft picks from 2003 to 2011 after an unparalleled run of success from the 1998 to 2002 drafts. Not all the players below were taken in the first round, but they were the Phillies' first picks in those drafts. Year Player Pick No. Games with Phils 1998 Pat Burrell 1st 1,306 1999 Brett Myers 12th 240 2000 Chase Utley 15th 1,585 2001 Gavin Floyd 4th 24 2002 Cole Hamels 17th 295 2003 Tim Moss 85th 0 2004 Greg Golson 21st 6 2005 Mike Costanzo 65th 0 2006 Kyle Drabek 18th 0 2007 Joe Savery 19th 41 2008 Anthony Hewitt 24th 0 2009 Kelly Dugan 75th 0 2010 Jesse Biddle 27th 0 2011 Larry Greene 39th 0 2012 Shane Watson 40th 0* 2013 J.P.
99-loss Phillies don't get to 100
October 6, 2015
BY RYAN LAWRENCE, Daily News Staff Writer firstname.lastname@example.com
IN THE BOTTOM of the fourth yesterday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies were in the midst of putting a pair of baserunners on in the same inning for the first time all game when play was halted. Players stopped moving. Umpires looked on quizzically. Down the third-base line, well beyond the bag but also well out of the reach of the ballgirl, a dead bird laid on the grass in foul territory. Apparently the usher closest to the inaction drew the short straw, as he calmly strolled toward the animal and removed it from the premises.
Phillies should embrace a full youth movement in 2016
October 5, 2015
Ed Rendell, For the Daily News
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I was listening to the radio and a song came on by Timbuk 3 titled, "The Future's So Bright. " Truth be told, the song is fairly crappy, but it has one great lyric, "the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades. " As is often the case when I listen to music, I thought about the relevance of that phrase to life, and particularly, sports. I thought about which Philadelphia professional team it would apply to. Probably not to the somewhat disappointing (at this point)
Herrera's season a rare feat among Rule 5 rookies
September 30, 2015
By Jake Kaplan, Inquirer Staff Writer
The signature moment of one of the best Rule 5 rookie seasons in baseball history came on a windy July afternoon at Wrigley Field in the form of a catch replayed countless times in the hours that followed. Odubel Herrera overran a Kris Bryant fly ball, slipped as he turned back and mystifyingly still recovered to haul in the final out of Cole Hamels' no-hitter. After he picked himself off the warning track at Wrigley Field that day, Herrera flashed the same smile he seemingly always wears, whether walking around the Phillies' clubhouse or strolling into second base for one of his 27 doubles.
Galvis gets look at second base in Phillies loss to Braves
September 21, 2015
By Jake Kaplan, Inquirer Staff Writer
ATLANTA - It is too early to tell exactly when J.P. Crawford, a highly touted shortstop and the Phillies' top prospect, will reach the major leagues. But it is not premature to begin to gauge whether Freddy Galvis, the Phillies' shortstop all season, could factor into the team's equation at second base in the future. Galvis started at second base for the first time this season in the Phillies' 2-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night at Turner Field. Although interim manager Pete Mackanin insisted there was "no ulterior motive" to the temporary position change, it makes sense for the Phillies' front office to see Galvis play on the right side of the infield before season's end. Galvis "might play two or three games" at second base over the final two weeks of the season, Mackanin said.
Phillies outlast Cubs; Hernandez dislocates thumb
September 15, 2015
By Jake Kaplan, Inquirer Staff Writer
A game-tying fielding error became secondary when Cesar Hernandez collided with the Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo and tumbled to the ground. Hernandez, the Phillies' 25-year-old second baseman, winced in pain as a trainer ran out to first base to tend to him. A dislocated left thumb forced Hernandez from the Phillies' 7-4 win on Sunday afternoon against the playoff-bound Cubs at Citizens Bank Park. With only 18 games remaining on the Phillies' schedule, it's likely the injury to his catching hand will spell the end of the season for Hernandez.
Jeff Francoeur now a veteran presence in young Phillies clubhouse
September 14, 2015
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A DAY AFTER the Phillies removed Ruben Amaro Jr. as general manager, Jeff Francoeur was up to his usual antics in the team's clubhouse before a doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs, joking with his teammates, old and young, and making them practically fall out of their seats with laughter. Francoeur was all smiles, but he took no pleasure from the exit of Amaro, who gave the 31-year-old outfielder another shot in the big leagues when his career seemed to be fading around this time last year.
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special regulations for procurement (purchase, rental and lease) by institutions and similar entities. You can check the full set of regulations here. It's worth mentioning that the document identifies 300 megaflops as the threshold, but that's because it was initially drawn in 1990. The limit has been raised several times since, up to 1.5 teraflops in 2005.Guess what's another machine that goes well over the 1.5 teraflops threshold? The PS4, with its GPU capable of providing 1.84 teraflops. On the other
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Beginning of the end kids...get used to a narrow range for a long while. The best part of TNK was that you could play the spot rates which drive the div...now they locked it in at 3cps/qtr.
It's still adjustable, they just want to give themselves flxibiliity. If the tanker market ever recovers they will increase it. Remember - the only reason TNK exists is to be a vehicle to provide divdends to its parent TK.
I think his point was it is no longer a trading vehicle and should settle into a tight range 4.5% yield Im guessing. I wasn't looking for any div so maybe they are seeing a little better CU later in the year. Their new video on the website indicates that but recent rates look pretty hideous
Agree it is flexible, but they will not move it much because it will impact their credibility.
12 cps/qtr is what I read... 48 cps/qtr...19.2% yield at 2.50... sounds pretty good to me...
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An alligator spies on my family as we stand on a midden heap on a muddy bank of the South Altamaha River. Our flip-flops crunch on the jagged oyster shells and pottery shards cast off by Native Americans a couple of centuries ago. Our guide points out their importance to the history of coastal Georgia, but I can't pay proper attention. I've brought my family to Darien in search of a monster.
Squinting in the midday sun, I can see the alligator's eyes and snout protruding from the water about 50 yards away. Our guide, Danny Grissette, says it's 8 to 9 feet long, making it no match for my potential prey, an aquatic beast alleged to be at least 20 feet in length. Wait, could that be the creature's famed ridged hump? No, it's just a stump sticking out of the brown river water. What about that mysterious turbulence about 25 yards away? It could be the wake of an unseen ship or a school of fish. But can we prove that it's not the tell-tale sign of the legendary entity known as the Altamaha-ha?
The Altamaha-ha, known more casually as "Altie," defies scientific explanation. Even before European settlement, the Tama tribes people told stories of a giant, snake-like river animal that hissed and bellowed. Over the past century, fishermen, lumberjacks and boy scouts have reported sightings of a creature in the tributaries and marshes of the Altamaha River, which feeds one of the largest river basins on the Atlantic Coast. The eyewitness consensus holds that the Altamaha-ha has a dark, smooth hide, apart from the tire-tread-like ridges on its back, as well as a narrow neck, prominent snout and flat, porpoise-like tail.
Could it be a sturgeon on steroids? A throwback to marine reptiles like the toothy plesiosaur? Maybe the Loch Ness Monster's cousin from across the pond? I'm skeptical about cryptids, the kind of famous beings like Bigfoot unrecognized by the scientific establishment, but the Altamaha-ha called me with a siren song, despite the likelihood of a search turning into a snipe hunt. But even if the Altamaha-ha isn't real, it could still have significance.
I grew up in Georgia and totally dug on Leonard Nimoy's "In Search of...," The Legend of Boggy Creek, and Sasquatch's guest appearances on "The Six Million Dollar Man." Somehow, I missed the Weekly World News story from 1981, "Monster Serpent Lurks in Murky American River." I never dreamed that a monster reportedly lived in our backyard — or at least a five-hour drive from our backyard.
I first heard of the Altamaha-ha earlier this year, when my daughter checked out the library book Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist. There, alongside the likes of Bigfoot, Mothman and the Chupacabra, was Altamaha-ha. The "Reality Index" declares the native creature as "Leaning Toward Real," as opposed to being real, like the rediscovered prehistoric fish the coelacanth, or a hoax, like P.T. Barnum's Fiji Mermaid, which turned out to be a monkey's torso attached to a fish carcass.
Founded in 1736, Darien, population 1,719, turns out to be a nexus of Altamaha-ha hot spots. The relaxed little town, 30 miles north of Brunswick on the South Georgia coast, boasts considerable history as the state's second-oldest planned city and the location of Fort King George. During a visit in early May, I also found Altie's flippered likeness all over it. A dinosaur-like creature paddles gracefully across a billboard that reads, "Welcome to Darien & McIntosh County: A Certified Work Ready Community." In the business district, several large murals feature the familiar twisty sea monster unobtrusively among historical tableau and images of local flora and fauna.
Most prominently, the Darien welcome center boasts a model of the "life-sized" creature, alongside a sign that reads, "Photo opportunity. No rides." The 20-foot-long statue sports a Mona Lisa smile and friendly demeanor, possibly because a local leviathan with kraken-like hostility would be bad for tourism.
"Altie" loses a little of its mystique when you learn that a market research company contributed to its recent presence. Wally Orrel, president of the Darien Chamber of Commerce, says, "About two-and-a-half years ago, we moved the welcome center to the outlet mall and picked up some extra space. We hired a marketing company to research McIntosh County. I'd never heard of the Altamaha-ha, but they discovered sightings going back 250 years — and some of those people had not been drinking!"
Two years ago, the Darien Chamber hired Rick Spears, illustrator of Tales of the Cryptids, to build the life-size Altie model. Spears, an exhibit designer at the Fernbank Science Center, built a smaller, "immature" Altamaha-ha for the Eagle Rock 4-H Center in 2001, using eyewitness accounts as his source material.
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Aries 2014 Main Astrological Trends
The first seven months of 2014 will not be easy to anyone, but especially Arians, Librans, Cancerians and Capricornians or those with important marks in these zodiac signs (the Ascendent, the ruler of the Ascendant, the Moon) will have the hardest shares to pull.
At the root of the difficulties will be the cardinal cross made by Uranus (located in Aries), Jupiter (in Cancer), Mars (in Libra) and Pluto (in Capricorn).
Arians will experience problems particularly with the Mars-Uranus opposition. This is because Mars is Aries' ruler, and Uranus will be in Aries. The two planets are dynamic and turbulent, so they will bring visible events, with strong impact.
Putting the violent component aside, this configuration can prove to be very stimulating. Arians love fight, have courage, can cope with stress, and they manage critical moments admirably.
The squares that Mars and Uranus will form with the ambitious Pluto, located in Aries' house of career, can generate new social-professional enthusiasm, the more so as Pluto is supported by Saturn (strategy) and by Neptune (inspiration).
The squares that Mars and Uranus will make with Jupiter could channel some initiatives related to home, family, and properties. On the other hand, relationships of any nature could be affected.
To Arians who have certain configurations in their natal chart, the Mars-Jupiter and Uranus-Jupiter squares can generate potentially risky situations for health or for physical integrity.
The most serious turbulence could manifest in March, April, May. Anyway, prudence until July 2014! Afterwards, you can manifest freely.
Aries 2014 Love and Relationships Horoscope
In the first part of 2014, Aries' house of couple will be dwelled by Mars, the planet of passion, but also of conflicts.
Mars usually spends six or seven weeks in a house. However, it'll now be in the cycle of retrograde movement and it'll stay for almost eight months (December 7th 2013 - July 26th 2014). If it was in good relations with the rest of the planets, Mars could show its passionate, conquering, enterprising side and could bring you some burning, passionate, crazy love.
Unfortunately, in 2014 Mars will be in conflicting relations with Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto, that highlight its quarellsome, tough, aggressive side. Therefore, there will be a risk of tension, conflicts, even aggression or separation.
In the first months of 2014 Venus, the ruler of Aries' house of couple, will also be in the cycle of retrograde movement and, in addition to that, in a difficult position.
Be very careful in the intervals December 22nd 2013 - January 31st 2014 (effectively retrograde Venus) and March 1st - May 20th 2014 (effectively retrograde Mars).
With a Moon eclipse in Aries' house of relationships, to which other opposite planetary aspects add up, April 2014 will be the most difficult month of the year. You'll need a lot of patience, prudence and diplomacy in order to maintain your relationship within peaceful parameters. Or your partner might undergo a stressful period.
Fortunately, in July 2014 things will clear up. Mars will leave Aries' house of couple, and in Aries' house of love and sexuality will enter Jupiter, the Greater Benefic, full of energy, enthusiasm and luck.
The second part of the year 2014 will bring Arians lust for life, fun and adventure, as well as sentimental opportunities and bright perspectives for love and eroticism.
Aries 2014 Career and Finances Horoscope
A full, active and very demanding year.
In its first part (until July 2014), you'll probably find yourself in situations in which you'll have to fight, defend yourself, make choices, take decisions.
With Pluto in Aries' house of career and with Uranus precisely in Aries, for several years already your ambitions have been higher, the desire to control greater, and the need to change/renew some things in your life and implicitely in the professional sphere will be felt more and more acutely.
Jupiter's arrival in Cancer, in opposition with Pluto and in square with Uranus, will give you an extra impulse in this direction, will create broader perspectives for you, but it can also worsen the tendency to exaggerate or not take into account the risks.
By far, however, the most active and the most challenging domain for Arians will be the one of relationships. Starting December 2013 until the end of July 2014, Mars will be in your house of relationships, and your attention and energy will be held by subjects that concern association, collaboration, competitions, litigations.
One way or another, you'll always confront the others, you'll interact with them energetically, use your time and effort to the benefit of the others or to the purpose of some shared actions.
You might come into contact with strong opponents, agressive people, attack or be attacked.
The first part of 2014 will have good growing potential, though. You'll focus exceptionally, you'll follow your goals tenaciously and you'll have good professional intuition.
There will be an interesting mark related to investments, to the possibility of extending in the real estate area (accommodation, premises, land, etc.) or of coming into the possession of some patrimony goods.
In July 2014 a visible change of tone will take place. Tension will dispel, a favorable wind will start blowing and it will keep blowing throughout the rest of the year.
Astrologer: Mihaela Dicu, AAR
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Who Needs an External God To Manage This Universe
Theists have often suggested existence of an external God to explain its origin and order and this is ruled out. There can only be an embedded or encrypted God to explain cosmic phenomena.
However, if there existed an omnipotent God capable of doing anything and everything, then why should it be constrained in creation by time, place, natural laws, material resources etc. Why there are only 2 million known species of plants and animals on earth and why not all the biodiversity that human mind can imagine can actually be seen. Why an omnipotent external God needs to be bound by its own creations i.e. natural laws, order of natural origins/creations and properties of various components of nature and universe. Why should this external God opt for natural hierarchy and be dependent upon history in order to express its creativity. Why should that external God create its own rival i.e. man. Why does an external omnipotent God need to establish natural order. An omnipotent external God could have easily managed its ends without trappings of an order. Why and how an unconstrained, omnipotent, external God need to and establish universality of communication, co-operation and interaction among its creations. For example for viruses to cause various illnesses, they should be able to interact with genome of their host. How an external God would be able to manage its affairs at all times and at all places. How would one explain relationships, particularly biological relationships such as symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism etc. in a universe created by an external God.
Perception of a natural order induce one to think of an omnipotent external God as the source of the perceived order. But existence of a natural order in itself is antithetical to existence of an omnipotent external God, since there is no reason that such an external God would admit any constraints to its own activities imposed by natural order. So to explain natural order in terms of an external God is self contradictory and absurd.
The universe created by an external God would be quite unlike the universe we see today. It would be more like a universe created by a software engineer devoid of universality of communication and interaction, plagued by compatibility issues and can't be self evolving and self-healing. For each and every difficulty one would have to rush to the software engineer for effective resolution.
A universe created by an external God can't be self-evolving, self-organizing, self-managing and self-sustaining. Relationships would be meaningless in such a universe.
Therefore, there can only be an embedded God that expresses itself through its material creations as some of the properties of its creations, is omnipresent but is not omnipotent since it has to provide room to its creations for their self expression. Therefore this embedded God is constrained by natural laws and natural order, yet exercises influences that prevail over the rest. Only an embedded God can explain universality of communication, interaction, co-operation, relationships. Such an embedded God is bound by its own rules/natural laws, so does not derogate its laws but supersedes them by acquisition of higher functions materially expressing as higher formations and this is how evolution proceeds. Only an embedded God contained within its own creations can explain this self-evolving, self-organizing, self-managing and self-sustaining universe.
This God, internal to nature need not have any physical form but its presence can be felt in pursuit of the first cause. This embedded God need not be and is not omnipotent, is rather constrained in its creativity in various ways which includes determination of realizable potentialities and selection thereof.
Therefore, to understand cosmic phenomena, we do not need an external omnipotent God. Rather we need an embedded God that is constrained ab initio and that must have preceded creation of nature and universe, is valid across the natural hierarchy and is as effective today as in the past.
Author: Dr Mahesh C. Jain is a practicing medical doctor has written the book "Encounter of Science with Philosophy – A synthetic view". The book begins with first chapter devoted to scientifically valid concept of God and then explains cosmic phenomena right from origin of nature and universe up to origin of life and evolution of man. The book includes several chapters devoted to auxiliary concepts and social sciences as corollaries to the concept of God.
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