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Joined: 23 Nov 2011
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 3:45 pm
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The only meat shop where I've seen "blade tenderized" meat is Costco. All their beef, with the exception of ground and tenderloin are treated this way, so ground and tenderloin are the only beef cuts I'll buy there. At least they are required to label such treated meat now. Last year, when there was a major e-coli issue at Costco's main Canadian supplier, several folks got sick from eating their steaks. I argue with DH constantly about this - he is prepared to risk eating Costco steaks med-rare, saying the hygiene problem at the supplier has been fixed and could never happen again. Yeah....right....
We're currently trying out local small butchers.
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:38 pm
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>>We're currently trying out local small butchers.
that's the best bet imho. mechanically tenderizing a cut only indicates - to me - it's not really a top quality cut. like seriously, if it was a quality cut to begin with - what's the point?
USDA Choice or Prime grades should not require artificial "tenderizing" - Canada has a different grading 'system' - but that is of zero meaning - either the cut is of a decent quality in terms of marbling / fat or it's a cheap substitute for 'the real thing'
to the best of my knowledge, there is no option in USA to take a "Utility" grade cut of meat, subject it to mechanical tenderizing, then label it "Choice / Prime" etc. the "labeled grade" on a chunk of meat must stem from a USDA inspection/grading process - which is not "free" for suppliers. the "USDA inspection" is free, the "USDA grading" is not free. falsifying the "grade" in USA based on mechanical treatment is an actionable offense.
Canada may be different, no clue.
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 7:23 pm
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Dilbert wrote:
....Canada has a different grading 'system' - but that is of zero meaning - either the cut is of a decent quality in terms of marbling / fat or it's a cheap substitute for 'the real thing'....
Exactly! In Canada, the grades are A, AA, and AAA, with the quality/tenderness improving with the number of As on the label. AAA is supposed to be the primo grade, although I've seen a few high end restaurants describing their meat as AAAA. Supermarket beef is usually AA, and the cheapo butchers, like where my "value conscious" brother shops sell A. As in the USA, grading is done just after slaughter, never at the retail level.
Costco's beef is all AAA, and I just don't see why they need to adulterate it. BTW, I've heard that "blade tenderizing" is more common in the USA than here. I had never heard of the process before the afore mentioned e-coli situation, which triggered the requirement for all meat so treated to be labeled.
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:45 pm
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according to this:
Canada grades A, AA, AAA, Prime - (for youthful cattle, old cows have more grades....)
one could suspect quad-A (AAAA) is an alternate description for Prime, but who knows.
in the US it is not technical impossible to grade 'at the retail level' but it is highly impractical / expensive. under Federal US law, _only_ USDA Inspectors can assign a grading. there is no such thing as 'supplier grading' - slaughter houses must _pay_ for the services of a USDA Inspector to grade their meat / cuts / primals.
then - in USA,,, there's a whole raft of "label laws" - which very explicitly detail what words / phrases can be used on (in this case) meat labels.
I really doubt that Canadian law permits a meat vendor to take an A graded meat, punch it full of holes to make it more tender, and then label it AA or AAA or Prime/AAAA.
I've not seen that jaccarded product around here - but my bet: it is not illegal to shred a roast and put it on the shelf for sale with a "super tender" label, omitting any mention of an actual USDA grade.
showing the USDA grade is actually _not_ required in USA. what is not legal is labeling / selling meat as a _higher / better_ grade than it is known to be. markets could put USDA Prime on the shelf as "Roast comma beef" and that's not a problem. however, put a chunk/slice/portion of a primal that (a) has not been graded or graded less than "Choice / Prime" in a package labelled Choice / Prime will land somebody in jail. well, if we could get the bureaucrats off their donkey.....
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:32 am
Post subject: slow cooked rib roast (and yorkies)
Great site!
My best way to SLOW cook a rib roast is thus:
I use a 2 or 1 rib. Scale up by splitting a 7 rib into twos and a one, unless you wish to experiment. Feel free but it may work out costly!
25 hours before you want to eat (for the 2-rib; the single rib does better in about 18 hours)
Put the oven on 55-60 Deg C ; 140 Deg F, best done in an oven with NO FAN.
Put the joint in a roasting tin, I prefer to stand it up if it's a 2, a single you would have to lay down.
Roast for 24 hours. If you want it for lunch the next day put it on just before you go to bed as it will stand an hour easily without losing heat, if you only carve it when you want to serve.
If it has a good layer of fat, and is a good quality cut, you should get good tasty umami-packed jelly stock in the bottom of the pan too.
When it's finished, whack the oven up to it's max - 250 C for me,
and put some dripping into the tins - I use muffin trays and beef dripping and put the tin in the oven to heat up with the oven. You want that dripping to be smoking!
Whisk four eggs into three large serving spoons (this is my tablespoon, it was my grandmother's and is most definitely more than 25 ml but I do know that one heaped of flour is one ounce, and one rounded of sugar is one ounce and never need to follow recipes) of plain all purpose flour, with no raising agents in. Beat half to death and then add milk still beating until it is like double cream.
This is a batter mix to make the yorkshire puds.
When the oven is up to temp, take out the tray carefully, it's very hot, and pour the batter into the tin. The amount above will make 12. Use a jug is best.
Put the tray back in the oven, and cook for 10 minutes at high temp THEN OPEN THE DOOR (this lets out excess steam) and drop the temp to 200 C, 400 F, and cook for another 20 mins. It works if you don't open the door but not as well, and if you don't turn it down they will burn.
Meanwhile, you have the veg cooking, I hope. And you add a tablespoon of that flour again to the juices left in the pan, and stir, then add veg water or stock to this and cook gently to make fab gravy.
Time to carve.
50-60 Deg C, 140F sets the protein in the meat. Overcooked beef (or lamb, or liver) is a sin of the highest order. 50 Deg will leave the beef in a 2 rib certainly rare, and leaves option to recook what's left.
I tried a fan oven once and it cooked in shorter time but wasn't as good and there were no juices left to make gravy.
There are folk out there who say you should let the batter for Yorkshire pud stand - I say there is no need.
Traditionally, the Yorkshire pud was cooked below the roast, to gather the drips, and was eaten before the meat to fill you up a bit so you didn't mind less meat. This would have been truly stodgy, very filling, and delicious if you do it under chicken. VERY calorie rich but hey, this is food!
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:38 pm
Post subject: rib roast ?
I want to prepare a standing rib roast for Christmas and have a recipe, slightly different from all I have read on here. It calls for 450F for 15 minutes, reducing to 325F until roast reaches 130Ffor rare or 145 for medium. (cooking time on a 6-8 lb roast). Any suggestions or comments?
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:02 pm
Post subject: Re: rib roast ?
brighteyes5423 wrote:
I want to prepare a standing rib roast for Christmas and have a recipe, slightly different from all I have read on here. It calls for 450F for 15 minutes, reducing to 325F until roast reaches 130Ffor rare or 145 for medium. (cooking time on a 6-8 lb roast). Any suggestions or comments?
It won't come out as good, but it should suffice if you prefer to follow that recipe.
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:25 am
Post subject: Costco
So I just bought a Costco vacuum-packed USDA Choice rib roast (21 lbs.) There was no mention of the word "tenderized" or "bladed" anywhere on the package and it only had the standard, generic food safety label.
In any case, this will be my 3rd year of following this recipe. Previous years have been a bit too rare so I will take it out when the temp is about 5 deg higher this time.
Three questions:
1. Does Costco still tenderize the meat, and if so, must it be labeled as such? FYI, I am in California in case the rules are different from state to state.
2. Is there any general consensus as to when the roast should be seared; at the beginning or at the end of the cooking time?
3. I have a convection oven. Should convection be on or off...or does it just not matter much?
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:51 pm
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USDA regs require labeling for "injected" stuff - not sure about plain old mechanical-no-injection. one wonders why Costco would blade a choice cut - lesser grades I can understand.
as of June 2013 it appears "just" mechanically tenderized need not be labeled
I do mine convection off.
as to searing for crust before / after, that's always a large debate.
I prefer to do it at the end based on the WYSIWYG principle. done at the start it can change during cooking.
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:12 pm
Post subject: long end 11 pound choice standing rib roast
I am cooking 11 lb. rib roast on Christmas eve. We leave house at 315 for church and will be back at aprox. 530 and will eat at 600. Is there a method of cooking this roast that will allow me to turn oven off for 2 hours when I leave house without overcooking? I am dry aging for aprox. 3 1/2, so weight will be less after trimming.
Thank you,
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:55 pm
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if you insist on turning the oven off while you're out . . . .
there are methods where the roast goes in a hot preheated oven for x minutes, turn the oven off and allow to stand for y hours.
some variations turn the oven back on toward the end.
never done it that way so no can provide any clues - but they're all labeled as "fool proof"
regardless, home at 5:30 and sit down at 6:00 could be a bit ambitious for the roast and all the rest of the fixings, unless it all being served cold.
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Canuk Bill
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:44 am
Post subject: Costco (Canada)
The bulk vac packed roasts in Costco Canada are not tenderized. Tenderizing is usually done when the beef is cut down into retail portions and repacked before sale.
Most Canadian retailers are still blade tenderizing their beef roasts and steaks according to a follow-up episode of CBC Marketplace and very few are following Health-Canada's guideline that they label their products as such. Costco Canada is one of those few retailers complying with the guideline although they have changed from a separate red printed label to an inconspicuous note on the price tag advising to cook to medium/well.
Because retailers in general are not complying with the voluntary requirements, Health Canada is expected to make labeling mandatory in 2014.
US consumers may want to ask their butcher if they tenderize although if the meat is processed and packed before hitting the store, the staff would not necessarily know this.
Because of this problem I have switched to a local family butcher who does not tenderize roasts and will supply non-tenderized steaks on request. I much prefer to pay a small premium to be guaranteed that cooking to medium rare will not risk food poisoning.
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Jim Cooley
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:58 pm
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Thanks, Canuck.
I shop at Costco #1 right here in Seattle and will inquire next time I go down.
Today is not such a good day -- Chrstmas Eve, lol.
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:31 am
Post subject: Another BBQ data point
I cooked an exquisite 12.5lb standing rib roast yesterday, cooked to perfection using some oh the helpful tips on this page/thread; thanks everyone! But my approach differed a bit and I thought I would share to help others who want to use a BBQ and get the additional flavor that smoking will provide. I used a standard kettle style BBQ, nothing special except for some snap in charcoal holders to keep the coals at the sides of the kettle. I used about 5lbs of Jack Daniels whiskey barrel charcoal, and smoking chips for flavor, but any slow burning charcoal/chip combo will work. Don't use Kingsford it is too fast/hot.
I started by searing the roast while the coals were hot. Placed it over the charcoal one one side of the kettle, covered for 5 mins then rolled it over to the opposite side foe another 5 mins. Heavy duty rubber gloves are essential for moving the roast around. The grill was a tad too hot, the strings holding the rib rack to the roast burned through. I moved the roast to the center of the BBQ, got a pan and put new strings across it then pulled the roast off the grill, placed it in the pan and re-tied it. While I was doing this I closed the vents on the grill so the charcoal would slow down. After about 10 minutes I put the roast back on the grill in the center between the charcoal so it would be indirectly heated. I inserted the dual temperature digital thermometer probe, added wet wood chips and the wood blocks that come with the charcoal and covered with the vents 1/2 open. The thermometer registered 55F on the meat and went up to about 345F inside the grill. I closed the vents further and the temp lowered to 325.
After about two hours the thermometer was reading in the low 90's. This was about an hour earlier than I planned; the roast would be finished too early. So after another 1/2 hour the thermometer read 110F so I removed it from the grill so we could finish making the dinner. I covered it loosely with foil and let it sit on the kitchen counter with the temp probe still in. In the 45 minutes it rested, the temp went up from 110F to 133F !! At that point we were ready to eat so I sliced it up and the meat was perfectly medium rare, and only about 1/4" of browned meat at the surface. But that outer section was so very flavorful it easily makes up for the little bit of overcooking.
In Summary:
Use about 5 lbs of charcoal in a kettle style BBQ. Separate the coals into two piles on the sides so the meat is indirectly heated.
Sear the meat either in the oven at 500f for 15 mins or on the grill, but slow the coals down first or the string will burn.
Add wet wood chips after searing.
Roast at a grill temp of 325F for two hours, checking regularly and adjusting the vents to keep the temperature correct. Use a dual temp thermometer to measure grill temp and meat temp.
When temp reaches 110F, remove and cover with foil. Let rest until it reaches the desired temp then slice and enjoy! It will take about 45 mins for it to reach the 130's.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:59 pm
Post subject: Large Rib Roasts
Thanks for posting this wonderful cooking method. I used this for a 9 lb Delmonico roast this past year for Christmas Dinner.
I seared the roast on a skillet before placing in the oven
Oven was set at 200 degrees F
I checked the roast at 4 hours, and it had already sailed past medium rare (it was at 128 degrees), so I took it out immediately.
I was cooking at someone elses's house, using their instant read thermometer, so I was nervous - I poked at the roast to see how loose it felt, and it felt RARE. Even more nervous, but I had to go with common sense and my equipment, so I just let it rest. When I sliced into it, that decision proved sound. The roast was in fact between medium rare and medium, and while it was a little further cooked than I wanted it, it was fabulously tender and cooked EVENLY from center to edge.
So, a couple of observations:
[ul]The linear approach to extending cooking times for larger roasts may not be completely valid - start checking your roast at 3-3 1/2 hours.
[ul]The roast will feel a LOT looser than it actually is.
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- Mel Miller: Suppose I tell you exactly what's gonna happen to you. You're gonna be back in television. Only it won't be quite the same as it was before. There'll be a reasonable cooling-off period and then somebody will say: "Why don't we try him again in a inexpensive format. People's memories aren't too long." And you know, in a way, he'll be right. Some of the people will forget, and some of them won't. Oh, you'll have a show. Maybe not the best hour or, you know, top 10. Maybe not even in the top 35. But you'll have a show. It just won't be quite the same as it was before. Then a couple of new fellas will come along. And pretty soon, a lot of your fans will be flocking around them. And then one day, somebody'll ask: "Whatever happened to, a, whatshisname? You know, the one who was so big. The number-one fella a couple of years ago. He was famous. How can we forget a name like that? Oh by the way, have you seen, a, Barry Mills? I think he's the greatest thing since Will Rogers."
- Andy Griffith - Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes
- Patricia Neal - Marcia Jeffries
- Anthony Franciosa - Joey DePalma
- Walter Matthau - Mel Miller
- Lee Remick - Betty Lou Fleckum
- Paul McGrath - Macey
- Rod Brasfield - Beanie
- Marshall Neilan - Senator Worthington Fuller
- Alexander Kirkland - Jim Collier
- Howard Smith - J.B. Jeffries
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Earhart team says possible plane debris sighted
Researchers trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the 1937 disappearance of US aviator Amelia Earhart in the Pacific have said they spotted debris under water that may have come from her plane.
High-definition video taken by a Project Earhart team and analyzed in a laboratory show "man-made objects" scattered west of Kiribati's Nikumaroro Island, said The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR).
The expedition -- the 10th in 23 years -- in July filmed the seabed near the island, where they think Earhart may have made an emergency landing and lived for a short time during a bid to circumnavigate the globe along the equator.
"We see elements in the underwater photos that are consistent with pieces of landing gear," TIGHAR director Richard Gillespie told AFP, noting his team spotted something that could have been a tire.
"This is a promising development," Gillespie said.
"We need to do much more analysis... We haven't claimed to solve the mystery with this. It's the next step in the investigation."
The location of the debris is promising, Gillespie said, as it is consistent with previous findings.
"It's in the right place. Whether it's the right stuff, the right material, we don't yet know," he said, adding: "If it's airplane debris, it's almost certainly related to Amelia. There is no other aircraft missing out there."
On July 2, 1937, Earhart, 39, accompanied by navigator Fred Noonan, embarked on the final stretch of her world tour in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra, heading for California from Papua New Guinea.
Earhart planned to land on Howland Island to refuel, but a few hours after takeoff, she announced in a final radio message that she could not locate the island, and that her fuel was dwindling.
Despite numerous searches, no trace of her aircraft has been found to date.
A new Earhart expedition may take place in the next two years, if further analysis is promising, Gillespie said.
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SOCHI, Russia — Russian skating star Evgeni Plushenko's illustrious Olympic career came to a stunning end Thursday night at the Iceberg Sports Palace when he withdrew from the men's short program moments before competing.
A half-hour later, it appeared U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott's Olympics also might end abruptly as he lay sprawled on the ice holding his right hip after a horrific fall.
But Abbott, 28, crawled upright using the sideboard and finished the routine with gusto on a dramatic night at the rink.
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu became the first skater to break 100 points in a short program to seize the lead over three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada, creating the possibility of a rousing finish Friday in the free skate.
The plot lines leaped across borders as can only happen in the sequined world of figure skating.
It started in the second session when Plushenko, 31, appeared hurt while attempting two warm-up jumps.
Then came the announcement, and the four-time medalist took a final bow on the Olympic stage. Plushenko later said he suffered a back injury Wednesday after falling in training while attempting a quadruple toe jump.
He couldn't jump in the morning but still wanted to try Thursday night.
"I told myself, 'Evgeni, you must skate, you must skate,' " Plushenko said.
But when the 2006 Olympic champion tried a triple lutz in warm-ups, he felt a knife stab to the back.
"I think it is God saying, 'Evgeni, enough,' " he said.
Plushenko, the oldest skater in the field, made the Russian team after a private audition. He had been defeated in the Russian championships, yet was given the lone spot for the first Winter Olympics in Russia.
It seemed Russian officials made the right decision after Plushenko won the short and free programs in the team competition. His performances helped the host country run away with the team gold medal.
Many skating experts questioned whether Plushenko could skate two more programs at the Sochi Games. Spain's Javier Fernandez wasn't the least surprised when he didn't.
"He was complaining about his back after the team event," said Fernandez, who is in third place. "If I was Plushenko I would have given my place to another person if I wasn't 100 percent. But Plushenko is Plushenko, and he can decide what he can and can't do."
Abbott fell last week in the team competition, saying at the time that he got his Olympic disaster out of the system.
Not quite.
This time, he landed hard after hesitating for a second before a quadruple jump. The skater's left leg slammed in the board, then his right leg. He lay on the ice for at least 10 seconds before turning to his side.
Abbott was in pain and shock and not sure what to do. He wondered if he should keep going or take a deduction and restart the program.
Then he heard the crowd as he slowly stood up. Screams.
"I was like, 'Forget it all, I am finishing this program,' " said Abbott, holding a bag of ice on his hip. "I don't care what happens from start to finish, I am not going to give up this moment."
The two-time U.S. champion completed a triple jump combination and then a difficult triple axel. He somehow stayed within the 2-minute, 50-second time limit. Abbott also skated in sync with the music to place 15th in the short program.
Jason Brown of Highland Park, Ill., is sixth.
"As much of a disappointment this is, I am not ashamed," said Abbott, who trains in the same Canton, Mich., rink as Chan.
Now the drama builds as the world's best four skaters head into the free skate — Daisuke Takahashi of Japan is fourth.
The Japanese and Chan will be trying to win an Olympic men's figure skating championship for the first time for their respective countries.
Chan trails Hanyu's score of 101.45 by about four points.
"I like the chase," said Chan, who had 97.52 points. "I can enjoy the Olympics during the free skate, while Hanyu has a target on his back. At the Olympics, that target is bigger."
But Hanyu is 19 and appeared relaxed after his superb effort.
"We'll see how he handles it," Chan said.
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Sporting KC beats Philly, wins Eastern Conference
C.J. Sapong goal puts KC up for good
C.J. Sapong scored the go-ahead goal off an assist from Kei Kamara, and Sporting Kansas City beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on Wednesday night to win its second straight Eastern Conference regular-season title.
Antoine Hoppenot scored an equalizer early in the second half for the Union (10-17-6), but Sapong answered when Kamara found him open on the wing in the 82nd minute. Sapong's shot past Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath found the back of the net for his ninth goal of the year.
Jacob Peterson had the other goal after entering the game as a first-half injury substitute for Sporting KC (18-7-9), which needed only a draw to secure the conference title.
The victory pushed Sporting KC's franchise-record point total to 63, six clear of second-place D.C. United, which has one game remaining in the regular season this weekend.
Sporting KC will carry a 12-match unbeaten streak into the two-leg conference semifinals, which start on the road Nov. 3 or 4 against an opponent yet to be determined. The return match is scheduled for Nov. 7 at Livestrong Sporting Park.
Peterson came on as a substitute when Paulo Nagamura had to limp off with a sprained left ankle in the 33rd minute. He got his chance to make an impact in the 40th, when Sapong swung a pass to Kamara on the wing, and he pushed the ball ahead to Peterson the breakaway.
Peterson out-ran the Union's Carlos Valdes to reach it first, and then ripped a shot just past the outstretched hands of MacMath to give Sporting KC a 1-0 lead.
It was Peterson's career-high fourth goal of the year.
Sporting KC had a chance to add to its lead in the final minute of first-half stoppage time when Sapong set up Graham Zusi in front of the net. The U.S. national team member sent a shot at MacMath that he saved in self-defense, and then another on the rebound that he also saved.
The Union attacked early in the second half, and Matt Besler was called for a foul on Danny Cruz in the penalty area. Michael Farfan took the shot and Jimmy Nielsen made a sprawling save to his left before Hoppenot - a second-half substitute - drove home the rebound for the tying goal.
Hoppenot's fourth of the year was only the 27th that Sporting KC allowed in 34 games this season, but it proved to be a costly one for Nielsen. The goalkeeper was less than a half away from matching Tony Meola's MLS and club record with 16 shutouts set during the 2000 season.
That was the year Sporting KC won its only MLS Cup championship.
The club will begin pursuit of another title in a couple weeks, grateful it won't have to worry about pesky Philadelphia. The Union pounded Sporting KC 4-0 on June 23, the only time outside an exhibition game against Montpellier-Herault SC that an opponent scored two or more goals.
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With Christmas only days away, holiday cheer was in no short supply at the Chicago Theatre as it welcomed country superstar Martina McBride for a special concert. Chicago was the last stop for McBride's The Joy of Christmas Tour, playing to a sold out crowd of die-hard country fans and Christmas carol lovers alike.
The Grammy and CMA winning performer brought the magic of Christmas to all in attendance. Set to a festive backdrop Martina and her band kicked off the show with holiday favorites including Silver Bells, White Christmas, Let It Snow, I'll Be Home For Christmas and The Christmas Song. The crowd smiled and sang along recognizing McBride's renditions from her 1998 Platinum selling Christmas album, White Christmas.
Amid the music, she created a warm and festive atmosphere by sharing Christmas stories and memories with the audience. Connecting further with her adoring fans, she even ventured into the audience mid-show to ask them what they wanted for Christmas. As she gave hugs and posed for photos, it was clear that thanks to meeting her, she was already making some holiday wishes come true.
Soon after, Martina took to the stage again, only this time she would be putting the holiday tunes on hold. The audience roared and rose to their feet to dance as she began singing some of her acclaimed greatest hits including Blessed, This One's For the Girls and In My Daughter's Eyes.
The audience was provided with yet another surprise as special guest Brian Urlacher stopped in to lead a reading of the Dr. Suess classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The Chicago Bears linebacker recited the story as Martina stood by his side to accompany, singing, You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.
Capping off an exciting and upbeat evening of holiday music, McBride closed with her most loved track off her holiday album an acoustic performance of O' Holy Night. With equal parts passion and power, she belted the number to a standing ovation and uproarious applause from her fans.
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SAN DIEGO – Sep. 28, 2012 – Spillman Technologies is hosting demonstrations of its decision-based policing software, along with more than 40 other software modules and dozens of interface options next week at the International Association of Chiefs of Police's 119th Annual Conference and Expo in San Diego.
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[A] as gay men and lesbians grapple with their sexuality and an evangelical upbringing they cherish, some have come to accept both. And like other Christians who are trying to broaden the definition of evangelical to include other, though less charged, concerns like the environment and AIDS, gay evangelicals are trying to expand the understanding of evangelical to include them, too.Meanwhile, over on Firedoglake, TRex has this:
"A lot of people are freaked out because their only exposure to evangelicalism was a bad one, and a lot ask, 'Why would you want to be part of a group that doesn't like you very much?' " [Justin] Lee said. "But it's not about membership in groups. It's about what I believe. Just because some people who believe the same things I do aren't very loving doesn't mean I stop believing what I do."....
But even when they accept themselves, gay evangelicals often have difficulty finding a community. They are too Christian for many gay people, with the evangelical rock they listen to and their talk of loving God. [Justin] Lee plans to remain sexually abstinent until he is in a long-term, religiously blessed relationship, which would make him a curiosity in straight and gay circles alike.
Gay evangelicals seldom find churches that fit. Congregations and denominations that are open to gay people are often too liberal theologically for evangelicals. Yet those congregations whose preaching is familiar do not welcome gay members, those evangelicals said.
You know, I have been spending my time since the election attempting to hone my knowledge of the Radical Gay Agenda in hopes of infiltrating the Christianist chuch [sic] and bringing it down from within. But it looks like the sad, sick, repressed faggots that run the place are saving me the trouble.He notes the two evangelical leaders who have recently stepped down after allegations that they had engaged in homosexual behavior. In contrast to the sympathy the NYT showed for gay men who need to find a way to understand themselves in the context of their religious beliefs, TRex has nothing but contempt:
[N]ow we're supposed to sit still without giggling while they unspool their angst and beg us to forgive them.That is sort of funny... if you can tolerate the mockery of religion. As for the "cognitive dissonance" between religion and sex, you don't have to be gay to experience it. There are many ways to struggle with sex and religion, and to turn your back on religion entirely is not necessarily to take the most difficult path. It may be the best choice though, and it certainly is an independent wrong for a man who knows he's gay to marry a woman (unless she's completely informed and means to do it). TRex focuses on the evangelical leaders, caught in their ludicrous hypocrisy, and it is easy to lampoon those guys, but what about the sincere young men in the NYT article, who really are trying to find a way within their own religious tradition? They've chosen a more difficult path. Are they just fools?"I have struggled with homosexuality since I was a 5-year-old boy,"Funny, you know? So have I. Except I didn't feel the need to lie and lie and lie about it. I didn't marry some poor overweight alto from the church choir and then proceed to run around behind her back with other men. I didn't present myself as any kind of moral arbiter to a bunch of weak-minded, easily duped Christianist Sheeple, either.
In a way, I guess I can sort of understand where these guys are coming from, though. Jesus Christ is the Elemental Boyfriend. Sensitive Jewish guy, big brown eyes, rich dad, and he loves you no matter what you do. He would die for you. And there he is, hanging (*cough*) out naked at the front of the church every week. You are encouraged to fasten your eyes upon his lithe, nude body and think about luuurrrrrve. Big lurrrrve. A lurrrrrrve that transcends time and even the bonds of death itself. It's got to send some pretty confusing messages to those poor men's limbic brains.
I know it caused me no end of cognitive dissonance to sit there in church each Sunday and gaze in rapture at the Holy Hipbones and Inner Thighs of Jesus Christ, My Personal Lord and Savior™. But then, you know, I turned 14, kissed my first boy, and never looked back.
ADDED: In a second NYT article, Jason Lee, one of the gay men discussed in the first article, is asked about the resignations of Paul Barnes the Ted Haggard.
Justin Lee, a self-described gay evangelical, said many men had written messages to his Web site, gaychristian.net, telling of anguish similar to what Mr. Barnes described.(Hey, the NYT is providing hyperlinks now!)
"The church has created a double standard that all of us are sinful and have temptations and need to be open about that — unless you're gay," Mr. Lee said.
MORE: For an alternate description of finding a depiction of Jesus sexually attractive, listen to track 11 on disc 2 of the CD version of "God Said Ha!" Julia Sweeney describes her mother's enthusiasm about the "new Jesus" she picked out for her church. (The old one was "so depressing.") I don't think this part is in the movie version (which is also good). [ADDED: A commenter says it is in the movie. There are things on the CD that aren't in the movie. I should say I have both versions and have listened to/watched them many times, so I've lost track.]


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This comic began as a marketing tool for Steve's mail order coffee company. It was envisioned as a monthly insert to go with the orders, to be called "Suburban Sourdough"
The coffee company didn't get off the ground but the comic began developing a life of it's own. We renamed it "Buck & Edna" after the main characters and tried to sell it as a weekly strip in the Sunday magazine We Alaskans of the Anchorage Daily News. We met with the editor who told us he wasn't interested because we didn't show enough of the sleazy side of Alaska.
We decided after that to go for a daily schedule and try the other daily paper, The Anchorage Times. When we had a big stack of well-organized material we sent a letter to the editor asking for a meeting. The Times changed editors while our letter was enroute so it was one of the first things the new editor got to consider. A meeting was set up and we impressed him with our product and organization. Buck & Edna debuted in the Anchorage Times on Sunday, November 4th, 1990.
Our last cartoon ran on Wednesday, June 3rd, 1992 after which the Anchorage Times stopped it's presses for good. It had been bought by the syndicate which owned the Daily News to end the circulation war.
Steve and I decided to move on to other projects and Buck & Edna was set aside.
By December of 2004 I had been laid up for a year with a back injury and was looking for something to help me pass the time.(and keep track of the days; painkillers can make the days run together)
I had begun reading some webcomics and decided to color the daily Buck & Ednas and try to figure out the world of webcomics. I changed the name of the strip to Camp Alaska to evoke the mystique of the Last Frontier.


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The size and importance of Ireland's pharmaceutical industry over the past decade has been well documented. As this industry tackles the challenges of expiring patents and increasing cost pressures, new opportunities and business models are emerging in biotechnology and the convergence with related industries. However, bioprocessing facilities, processes and employee competence differ significantly to those of the traditional pharmaceutical industry.
This one-day CPD course will provide an insight into the biopharma production process, the equipment used in biopharma plants, the operation of key utilities servicing biopharma plants as well as the process measurement, control and digital communication commonly used in state-of-the-art biopharma plants. Delegates will gain a comprehensive understanding of the distinct differences between traditional pharma plants and biopharma plants.
This session has been designed to give a high level overview of the main areas in a modern biopharma production process. Trainees will gain an understanding of the upstream, downstream and fill finish processes of the biopharmaceutical production train.
This theory session will cover the following topics:
This session is designed to give a high-level overview of the critical utilities in a biopharma plant. Trainees will gain an understanding of the theory and operation of the following key systems:
This session begins with a presentation on the process at NIBRT and takes the trainee through each piece of equipment used in the production process. This will follow on with a tour through the NIBRT facility which has been purpose built to replicate a modern bioprocessing plant with state of the art equipment. This session allows the trainees insight into the production process and the requirements for successful production, including the instrumentation requirements involved. The second component of the facilities tour will comprise a tour of the NIBRT "clean utilities" plant room, during which trainees will be guided through the critical utilities systems serving the NIBRT plant.
This theory session will cover contamination control and culture and its importance in the Biopharma industry. The following topics will be covered:
The final session gives trainees an overview of Process Measurement, Control and Digital Communication using our fully equipped and state of the art training rig. This rig can simulate a biopharma upstream cell culturing process and a Clean in Place (CIP) process. The processes are monitored by a wide range of instrumentation, including pressure, temperature, flow, level, NIR, foam monitoring, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. The instruments communicate to the automation system through wired and wireless digital communications protocols.
The course will be beneficial to any engineer or technician looking to work in the biopharma industry or looking to provide engineering services to biopharma organisations.
NIBRT is a global centre of excellence for training and research in bioprocessing located in a world class facility. This Biopharma for Engineers training course is a one day course designed to deliver a detailed introduction to the bioprocessing industry and the operations involved focussing on key areas of engineering. The course involves theoretical sessions to introduce the trainee to the key areas involved in the bioprocessing industry followed by a walk-down of the equipment involved. The course will then focus on the utilities involved in the biopharmaceutical production process.
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text: New York Red Bulls Announce Youth Partnership with Rockville Centre Soccer Club Tweet Rockville Centre Soccer Club © Red Bulls Training Programs to provide Professional Youth Programming HARRISON, N.J. – The New York Red Bulls have agreed to a youth development partnership with the Rockville Centre Soccer Club, the club announced today. As a result of the partnership, the Red Bulls will provide Rockville Centre Soccer Club with a complete club development program. Benefits will include onsite Red Bulls coaching staff, curriculum and blueprint access, player clinics, team training, coach education workshops, and a preseason training camp. "We are looking forward to our partnership with Rockville Centre Soccer Club and the opportunity to develop players in their local community," said Dave Jervis, Red Bulls Senior Director of Training Programs. "As a leader in youth soccer, it is important that we play an active role in the development of future soccer generations." "We are excited and proud to be able to partner with such a tremendous organization," said Jim Belling, Rockville Centre Soccer Club Board member and Travel Director. "This partnership will allow us to provide a comprehensive training program for our youth travel team participants with one of the top U.S. soccer clubs." The grassroots partnership provides Rockville Centre Soccer Club a unique opportunity to partner with a leading Major League Soccer team and benefit from an extensive range of youth soccer expertise. The initiative will also help connect young players to the professional game. As part of the curriculum, players are actively encouraged to watch soccer games and, through a special offer, are provided with the opportunity to attend a live professional match at Red Bull Arena, a state of the art soccer stadium, located in Harrison, N.J. About the New York Red Bulls Player Development System The New York Red Bulls maintain one of the premier youth development programs in the United States, committed to identifying and developing talent in the tri-state area. The Red Bulls player development system is a multi-layered program that provides professional support at all levels of the game. Each level of the player development pyramid has been structured to provide the best development opportunities to players, coaches and youth soccer organizations. Within the local community, programs are offered for players of all ages and abilities. For players with outstanding ability, there is an opportunity to progress from the grassroots training programs to the Regional Development School, then on to the academy teams and, ultimately, to the Red Bulls professional team. Red Bulls academy teams are consistently ranked among the top programs in the nation. Red Bulls players make regular appearances in U.S. Soccer Youth National Teams and NCAA Division I programs. For more information about Red Bulls academy and training programs, visit RedBullsAcademy.com. Back to news


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Nintendo is offering 3DS owners the chance to get the 39th President's cat, an offer made all the more macabre because our 39th President, Jimmy Carter, once killed a cat.
True story. He shot his sister-in-law's cat when it was near a bird feeder, writing in a letter to her:
"It may ease your grief somewhat to know that the cat was buried properly with a prayer & that I'll be glad to get you another of your choice."
Carter wrote that his intention wasn't actually to kill the cat, but "just to sting it". Hello animal cruelty!
When President Carter's not killing cats, he's apparently turning them into croissants.
This weekend, Nintendo offered 3DS owners the chance to snag "our 39th President's cat" simply by visiting the Journal in Nintendogs + Cats and using SpotPass. (I tried this on my Japanese copy of Nintendogs + Cats and wasn't able to snag the feline, so it might be U.S. only.)
Considering how Jimmy Carter has actually killed a cat, Nintendo's choice is peculiar, if not odd. Sure, his daughter Amy Carter had cats, but when you think Jimmy Carter, you think of peanuts, or his drunk brother. Other presidential cats would be a better choice, like Socks (above), the cat of our 42nd President and a White House mascot. Because when you think Bill Clinton, you immediately think pussy.
Our 39th President [Twitter]
(Top photo: Marcy Nighswander | AP)
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Video games promise to take us to new worlds, but few have lived up to that idea as well as "Assassin's Creed III" (Ubisoft, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99). Its new world is, well, The New World, and its recreation of colonial America feels entirely fresh.
The streets of Boston are crammed with scoundrels and freedom fighters chafing under British rule. The frontier is populated by hardworking immigrants struggling to make a new life and natives fighting to preserve theirs. The protagonist, a half-British, half-Mohawk warrior who calls himself Connor, falls somewhere in between.
More important, he's part of a long line of Assassins who have been fighting a centuries-old battle against the Templars. The Assassins want freedom, the Templars want control. It seems obvious which side Connor will take in the brewing Revolution - but his Mohawk blood may make things more complicated.
The result is a freewheeling romp through 18th-century America, from Boston to New York with stops in Lexington, Concord and points unknown. The sprawling cast includes Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. And Connor is present at seminal events like the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's ride. The historical scenarios dovetail with Connor's overall mission, which is to bring down seven Templars.
Branching off from the main plot are dozens of side missions. You can take on violent assassination contracts or more benign courier jobs. You can help liberate the cities and towns by eliminating some of the nastier Redcoats. You can build your reputation as a frontiersman by hunting rabbits, foxes and deer.
Two of the games-within-a-game are particularly rewarding. Homestead missions allow you to build your own community away from the bustling cities. As you help your neighbors, they become more adept at farming, woodworking, mining and other skills.
Then you can take their products to market and use the profits to improve a rickety ship called the Aquila. It's initially outfitted with a few cannons that help you fight off the scalawags roaming the Atlantic, but you can build it into a juggernaut capable of sinking England's mightiest warships.
The homestead and naval missions help build the illusion of a living world, but they aren't essential to completing the core game. Indeed, there are so many distractions in "ACIII" that it's easy to forget you're fighting a war. The level of excitement varies wildly - one mission may ask you to kill a man-eating bear while the next has you picking wildflowers.
That lack of focus slows down the momentum, which is further undermined by some poorly conceived story missions. In one major battle, for example, your job consists of issuing "fire" orders to cavalrymen - which would be fine is this was a war sim, but doesn't exactly make use of Connor's finely honed assassin skills.
Still, the lackluster parts are outweighed by thrilling sequences where you're stalking your quarry across the rooftops of Boston and then leaping in for the kill. There were moments when "Assassin's Creed III" tried my patience, but its irreverent take on the adventures of our Founding Fathers is utterly delightful. Three stars out of four.


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Summer - that time of the year when days become longer and warmer. It's also the cue for big budget, CGI-bloated Hollywood blockbuster movies to start flooding the cinemas. Getting into this spirit is a revitalized HP, fresh from its recent triumphs in the marketplace, with its latest, and biggest ever blockbuster of a notebook, a 20.1-inch wide creation with an appropriately Hollywood nickname - the Dragon. The actual name however is a more mundane and longwinded one, HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC and apparently, it's so new that HP has not yet christened it with a proper model name/number.
Following in the footsteps of rivals like Dell and Acer, which already have such unconventionally large 'notebooks' models available - we have previously reviewed the Dell XPS M2010 - HP is merely capitalizing on the trend of increasingly powerful, consumer desktop replacement notebooks that are larger than ever. Consumers are taking to 17-inch notebooks for their performance, widescreen displays and multimedia capabilities and manufacturers are convinced that taking a notch further to 20-inches and above is feasible for a certain select desktop replacement (DTR) user group.
But with a bulk and weight that would have been unimaginable for a notebook a few years ago - the HP Pavilion HDX weighs around 7kg alone, excluding the substantial mass of its power adapter - would these machines fit the typical definition of a 'notebook' which has always been associated with portable computing machines? We'll find out with this preview of an engineering prototype of the HP Pavilion HDX. Since this is only a prototype, we were warned that some features and functions might not work properly. The specifications of this machine (the version for the Asia Pacific region) have also not been finalized at the moment so we will list the technical specifications relevant for this preview below. More likely than not, these specifications will be changed for the actual retail unit when it is available sometime in July.
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: has any blind user got an iriver working yet?
Re: has any blind user got an iriver working yet?
From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: 2005-10-28
Right arm!
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Thank you very much. Worked like a charm.
recent bookmarks saves your last ten stops. So once you get to ten the 11th disappears.
the beauty of the IRiver is that the voice UI works well in the WPS (while playing screen) So to answer your other question:
Yes. If you want to bookmark a spot manually do the following:
1) press and hold the joy stick while your MP3 is playing. The box should start talking.
I want to remind you that this firmware is still buggy. Especially with the voice UI. Your unit could crash and probably will at some point. Remember to have a safety pin handy to perform a soft reset.
What does stop recent only bookmarking do? Is there a way to place a book mark where ever you would like or only when you stop playing a file?
CAt 06:44 PM 10/26/2005 -0600, you wrote:
The bookmarking feature appears to be working. I have mine to bookmark on stop (recent only) which has really come in handy for back tracking on audio books...rocker
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I am using Rockbox with a IHP-120 and it works great. The only thing I have yet to figure out is the bookmarks. I am not sure if they are supported yet but everything else works great. The voiced menus rock and also the script to create .MP3 clips for your directories and files is a blessing. I have had the unit for almost a week and I totally love it.
As the subject line says. Let me know how you've got on, as I'm about to try it. Anyone know when the release for the 3X series units will be available?
No virus found in this incoming message.
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