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Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookseller
3311 Tittabawassee Rd.
Saginaw , MI 48603
phone 989.790.9214
Who should comeJoin us if you love poetry or are curious as to what poetry is all about. Join us if you'd like to talk to people whose hearts and minds are more open than closed. Join us if you can agree or disagree with someone's opinion respectfully. Bring a book if you can. It's OK if it's from your library. Note: W.D. Snodgrass will not be joining our group.
Find out what poems sound like out loud. Listen in on the group and then find a place where you can jump in and read something yourself. Great fun for the whole family. If you have specialized knowledge regarding our poet, do not hesitate to regale us with your story. Don't expect to leave our event with a definitive understanding of the poet or the poems but please do seek to experience and communicate the joys of poetry with others. Join us as we talk about the craftsmanship of poems, the effect(s) of the poems and how those effects are achieved. Better readers make better writers. Visit with our group as we read poems we know and love and poems we are just discovering. Everyone's poetry is valued if not appreciated. If you have a smile to share be sure to bring it; otherwise be prepared to leave with one on your face and in your heart. If you're too far away to join us, create your own Birthdays of Poets Reader's Workshop. Speak up now and forever share your peace. Tell (bring!) a friend.
How to find the organizer(s)We are in the Poetry section, near the window that affords a view of Tittabawassee Road. The staff at Barnes & Noble will put up a sign that says 'This space reserved for The River Junction Poets at 7 p.m.' We'll be getting a few folding chairs to add around the coffee table there.
DetailsThe Mouse by W.D. Snodgrass
Playing outdoors, we found a mouse,
A dusty little gray one, lying
By the side steps. Afraid he might be dead,
We carried him all around the house
On a piece of tinfoil, Crying.
Ridiculous children; we could bawl
Our eyes out about nothing. Still,
How much violence had we seen?
They teach you – quick – you have to be well-bred
In all events. We can't all win.
Don't whine to get your will.
We live with some things, after all,
Bitterer than dying, cold as hate:
The old insatiable loves,
That vague desire that keeps watch overhead,
Polite, wakeful as a cat,
To tease us with our lives;
That pats at you, wants to see you crawl
Some, then picks you back alive;
That needs you just a little hurt.
The mind goes blank, then the eyes. Weak with dread,
In shock, the breath comes short;
We go about our lives.
And then the little animal
Plays out; the dulled heart year by year
Turns from its own needs, forgets its grief.
Asthmatic, timid, twenty-five, unwed –
The day we left you by your grave,
I wouldn't spare one tear.
This poem is from Selected Poems 1957-1987
In the poem The Mouse, Snodgrass uses imagery to relate a death of a loved one to a dead mouse he found as a child. He also uses free verse (the form of writing he went to after losing his daughter in a divorce). The first stanza he begins telling the reader about the mouse laying there by the steps. He describes the mouse as a "dusty little gray one." Snodgrass uses the word dusty to put the image of death in the reader's mind. They knew the mouse was dead but Snodgrass says "Afraid he might be dead.." talking about denial that we go through as one of the steps of accepting death. At the end of this stanza he explains to the reader how they put the mouse on a piece of tinfoil and walked around the house with it. This clearly relates how we have a funeral with carrying the body to the cemetery. In the second stanza he discusses how when we are children we cry about everything. We cry when we don't get our own way and when we are hurting. He tells the reader not to whine to get your own way. In the third and fourth stanzas he tells us how we get through the bad times and go about our lives as normal. The world doesn't stop for death or broken hearts. In the last stanza he tells us how after time goes by we tend to forget our pain and not cry about it as much.
From http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/page4.htm accessed 12/30/08
William De Witt Snodgrass was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1926. He attended Geneva College and then served in the United States Navy until 1946. He then attended the State University of Iowa, where he earned his M.F.A. in 1953. His early work was compared to the work of Robert Lowell and Randall Jarrell, both of which were his teachers.
His first collection of poetry, Heart's Needle, was published in 1959 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. Since then, he has published numerous books of poetry, including Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, 2006); The Führer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (1995); Each in His Season (1993); Selected Poems, 1957-1987; The Führer Bunker: A Cycle of Poems in Progress (1977), which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and produced by Wynn Handman for The American Place Theatre; and After Experience (1968).
Excerpted from http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/15 accessed 12/30/08.
Confessional poetry is the poetry of the personal or "I." This style of writing emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s and is associated with poets such as Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and W.D. Snodgrass. Lowell's book Life Studies was a highly personal account of his life and familial ties, and had a significant impact on American poetry. Plath and Sexton were both students of Lowell and noted that his work influenced their own writing.
The confessional poetry of the mid-twentieth century dealt with subject matter that previously had not been openly discussed in American poetry. Private experiences with and feelings about death, trauma, depression and relationships were addressed in this type of poetry, often in an autobiographical manner. Sexton in particular was interested in the psychological aspect of poetry, having started writing at the suggestion of her therapist.
The confessional poets were not merely recording their emotions on paper; craft and construction were extremely important to their work. While their treatment of the poetic self may have been groundbreaking and shocking to some readers, these poets maintained a high level of craftsmanship through their careful attention to and use of prosody.
Excerpted from http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5650 accessed 12/30/08.
Elena Ceauçescu's Bed by W.D. Snodgrass, 2006 Not for Specialists: New & Selected PoemsMaking ourselves at home in that broad bed
Elena left, we slept snug as the mouse
That, burrowing in guest room blankets, fed
Her brood last winter in our summer house.
What bed, through all our lives long, had we known
If not the tyrant's? How many had been driven
Homeless and hungering while I had my own
Bed, my own room? How many have been given
Lives at hard labor while our markets rose
And we had all we asked for in the lands
Of milk and honey? Where could you find those
Who hunted, once, that hill where my house stands?
There'll be just one bed, too soon, for us all.
What empire's hacked out by the meek, the kind?
The lioness kills; the lion feasts; the small
Bury their noses in what's left behind.
From http://www.cstone.net/~poems/twoposno.htm accessed 12/30/08
The combination of the traditional and the confessional in Snodgrass's writing prompts Thomas Lask of the New York Times to write, "In Heart's Needle, . . . Snodgrass spoke in a distinctive voice. It was one that was jaunty and assertive on the surface but somber and hurt beneath. . . . It is one of the few books that successfully bridged the directness of contemporary free verse with the demands of the academy." Peter Porter echoes this opinion when he writes in London Magazine: "Snodgrass is a virtuoso, not just of versification but of his feelings. He sends them round the loops of self analysis with the same skill he uses to corset them into his poetry." The impact of Snodgrass's self-analytical approach is clearly felt in Stanley Moss's statement in the New Republic that the poet "has found a place for emotions felt, but previously left without words and out of consciousness. He has identified himself with exquisite suffering and guilt and with all those who barely manage to exist on the edge of life."
Excerpted from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6402 accessed 12/30/08.
The following is an excerpt from Magda Goebbels (30 April 1945) by W. D. Snodgrass
This is the Doctor who has brought
This diversity is apparent in Snodgrass's third volume of original poetry, The Fuehrer Bunker, which uses dramatic monologues to recreate what was said by the men and women who shared Hitler's bunker from April 1 to May 1, 1945. "In these poems," writes Gertrude M. White in Odyssey: A Journal of the Humanities, "we are overhearing people talking to themselves, each character speaking in a verse form expressive of his or her personality, revealing who and what they are with a dramatic power that carries conviction almost against our will." Robert Peters, writing in the American Book Review, believes that the volume is "a rare example of ambitious, on-going verse sculpture. . . . It will be around for a long time to inspire writers who've come to realize the sad limitations of the locked-in, private, first lesson, obsessional poem."
However, the subject matter of the poems troubles critic Laurence Goldstein, who fears that the writer's choice of subject overwhelms the artistry of the writing. Goldstein, writing for the Southern Review, believes that writing about Nazism in the way that Snodgrass does in The Fuehrer Bunker violates the poetic aesthetic. "When a poet as skilled in sweet rhetoric as Snodgrass," Goldstein declares, "who can charm and disarm his audience at will, presents twenty-two dramatic monologues spoken by the most despised Nazis, nothing less than ultimate questions about the enterprise of contemporary poetry loom before us." "Is there a shameless sensationalism involved in trying to change belief on that dreadful subject?" the critic asks. "Shouldn't the poet pass by the Medusa head of that modern horror lest he petrify, or worse entertain, himself and his readers by staring at vipers?" The Fuehrer Bunker, which was first published as a work in progress in 1977, was finally released as a completed cycle of poems in 1995. Critics who reviewed the revised edition recognized its power, but their conclusions differed from Goldstein's fears. Frank Allen writes in Library Journal that "to hear these voices imaginatively re-created is purgative," while Booklist contributor Elizabeth Gunderson calls it "an astonishing work that lets us see with clarity the fall of the Third Reich—and wonder."
Excerpted from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6402 accessed 12/30/08.
The Poet Ridiculed by Hysterical Academics by W. D. Snodgrass
The following is excerpted from Pacemaker by W. D. Snodgrass:
Parting Thoughts
Research indicates that better readers make better writers. Maybe this is why, in the Poet's Market, editors of literary magazines often recommend poets read more poetry. Are you not aware? You are a cultural event, and so is everyone else.


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I had to kill you!
Everyday with the growing suffocation I felt like sinking in a deep, dark sea. I had to escape from there. Survival, you see, the toughest thing and I knew I only had one option to choose from.
The day I first got to know about you, I felt a certain tremor inside. I felt the pain in my heart that soon I have to decide. I thought if I try I could love you, but you know all those things they write in books and magazines are fake and no matter I hard I tried I couldn't like you a bit.
Everyday I felt you inside me and everyday my hatred grown bit by bit.
You reminded me of a lot of things that I wanted to forget.
Your existence was painful for me, my dreams and my wings.
Yes, your existence was like chopping off my wings and I could never accept that.
I wish I could control my anger and frustration towards you. Really?, No, actually I wish for no such things. I never wanted you to be a part of my life and I did not want you to have such a "love-less" life to start with.
I know you might call me selfish, may be I am. But it is my life, and you would never be able to get the love you need from me. I wanted to free you from that lifelong pain.
You know, I had nobody to reason with, and may be, may be you would understand my reasons...or may be my words sound like meaningless justification to you or may be I am a selfish person looking for some closure with you to get rid of my guilt....may be, may be....
May be some memories are better left locked and thrown away---my unborn child.


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Simon, I've been following this string with interest, I also just got the FS100 and am having WB issues as well.
I was just at the Galapagos and didn't have much luck with MWB, it seemed to add to much red. The water wasn't the nice blue that you get at Socorro but more green to brownish at the thermocline.
I see all of your test pics. and am wondering what you were using for your WB card? White? Gray? The Sun? The Amphibico slate if so which side? Sand?
It made a big difference with my old Z1.
Hi Monte
Are you getting the saturated green colour issues like others have posted in this thread? The water at San Benedicto was certainly a little green, but I didn't get those issues unless I was using the preset K temperature settings.
I mainly used the palm of my hand to WB, but I did occasionally use the sun/water surface and sand when there was some around as I found that I sometimes needed to try different methods to get the best result.
In general I found that it wasn't good to push the WB too much. By that I mean if I had a good WB on WB-A at say 15m there was no point loosing that by trying to WB at 25m. Instead I'd try to WB at 25m on WB-B and if it didn't work I'd just revert back to WB-A. I found getting good results on WB below 15m to be problematic. There is a certain knack to looking at a viewfinder/lcd screen/monitor underwater and knowing if the WB is working or not. What I found with the FS100 was that if it looked too red underwater then it would almost certainly look bad once I reviewed the footage.
I also should add that the flatter the Picture Profile the better. I ended up shooting with the PP OFF, but I tried out most of them. PP1 and PP2 worked ok, but by the time you get up to PP5 (which I normally use topside) and PP6 it wasn't looking great at all. I also tried G-LOG and it worked ok, but not enough of a difference maybe to warrant the extra colour correction in post especially as there could be issues working with the footage.
I guess I'd sumarise this camera as good at the surface and good for using with lights. I think there is a strong chance that for the ambient available light shooting that I normally prefer that I'll never be fully satisfied with the results.
Cheers, Simon
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Hard Twisted tells of Clint Palmer and his 13-year-old companion, Lottie Garrett, who, in 1934, made their way to San Juan County from the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma.
The couple stayed briefly in Monticello and Blanding before accepting a job to watch over the sheep belonging to Harry Goulding in Johns Canyon.
There, they ran into retired San Juan County Sheriff William Oliver and his grandson, Norris Shumway. When it was over, Oliver and Shumway had been brutally murdered.
The murders were announced in a front-page story in the San Juan Record on March 7, 1935. After a massive manhunt, Palmer and Garrett were arrested in Texas.
Despite the arrests, a trial was never held for the San Juan County murders. And, for the most part, many of the details of the story have been lost to history... until now.
In C. Joseph Greaves' book, the story is told through the eyes of Garrett, a young woman who came of age in most remarkable and horrific circumstances.
The author writes in a compelling style that accurately depicts the beauty of the Desert Southwest and the grim realities of life during the Depression.
Hard Twisted is Greaves' third novel. At the 2010 SouthWest Writers awards banquet, Hard Twisted was awarded Best Historical Novel and Greaves earned the Grand Prize Storyteller award.
Hard Twisted is the culmination of 18 years of work by the author. In 1994, Greaves found two human skulls while he was hiking in Johns Canyon.
Greaves became obsessed with tracking down the events that occurred in the canyon. His search for information led him to historical archives, legal records, and even old copies of the San Juan Record and other newspapers.
Greaves' research leads him to posit that there may have been three additional murders in the canyon, including two Navajo sheepherders working for Goulding.
Greaves also suspects that the disappearance of Everett Reuss could be tied to Palmer's activities in Johns Canyon. Reuss, a young artist who disappeared in southern Utah at the same time, may have been in the Johns Canyon area.
The book tackles a gritty subject matter and may not be suitable for young readers. Hard Twisted is published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It is available at the San Juan Record bookstore, at 49 South Main Street in Monticello.


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Archive for May 2008
Flipping the bird
I don't have much to write about. I got a haircut Friday morning. I had a dream about Youppi on the beach that night.
Yesterday, the wife sent me a link to this BBC article.
Which punch line do you like best?
- That's why Antarctic scientists don't wear tuxedoes.
- Not surprising, and explains why whole chickens are banned in Antarctic research stations.
- Obviously, the seal couldn't find a vacuum cleaner.
- Thank God we have thumbs.
I like this bit from the article:
Chinstrap penguins occasionally indulge in homosexual behaviour, and adelie penguins sometimes "prostitute" themselves to get stones for nest-building; while one in seven emperor penguins will change partners from one year to the next.
But generally, king penguins lead straightforward sex lives: males and females pair up for years on end.
Like Elvi observed, it's not as if the penguin had any say in the matter.


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Topic: Anyone know where this is from?
Hello there!
Forgive me if this isn't in the right board, but considering it's probably a fan comic, hopefully I stuck it in the right place.
Anyway, I was browsing around tumblr when I saw a scan of this:
Now, I'm a pretty big collector of Boba Fett comics (probably have more of a majority than not.), but haven't seen anything like this before. I'm guessing it's a doujinshi (Japanese fan comic by the sound effects).
I've seen a fair few of general SW doujinshi/official japanese comics (the Ep I one comes in mind), but didn't know this existed.
Anyone have any idea what it is / where to find it?
Thanks a ton! (Love these forums, by the way. <3 )


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The Cathedral and The Millennium Bridge
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Entrance to Qalawun Complex in Cairo Egypt.
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Alleged Bail Bondsman Receives Money Transfer
McConnellsburg resident Carol Moats informed state police she wired $2,850 to an alleged Canadian bail bondsman who claimed to have her son in custody and needed the money to make bail. Moats later determined, state police reported, her son had never been arrested. Anyone having additional information regarding this case of theft by deception that occurred on Monday, May 4, is urged to call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771 or Trooper Wadsworth at 717-485-3131.
Two Cited For Harassment
Harassment charges are scheduled to be filed against two McConnellsburg residents in connection with a verbal argument that occurred at 21095 Great Cove Road, Todd Township. Charges against William Clevenger and Beth Rezzetano will be filed through Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.
Clevenger and Rezzetano argued on Monday, May 4, at 1:45 p.m. State police added the argument escalated when Clevenger reportedly rose from his chair in a threatening manner. Rezzetano then allegedly struck Clevenger in the chest.
Police Release Crime, Patrol Statistics
State police, McConnellsburg, recently released a criminal and patrol report detailing activity occurring in Fulton County during the month of April. A total of 65 criminal offenses were reported to criminal investigators, who cleared 36 of the incidents and made 46 criminal arrests. In addition, the patrol unit responded to 30 accidents, five hit-and-run collisions and one fatal crash. One person died as a result of injuries sustained, and 15 people sustained injuries. State police also issued 460 traffic citations, 510 written warnings, seven seat-belt citations, two child-seat citations and two drunk-driving citations.
One Cited Following Altercation
Eighteen-year-old Joseph E. Martz of Hustontown faces charges of harassment through Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne as a result of a physical altercation at 1817 Iron Bridge Road in Taylor Township. On Tuesday, May 5, Joseph Martz allegedly struck Cassaundra K. Martz, 19, and threw a 14-yearold male into a wall at 4:30 p.m.
ATM Card Used Fraudulently
An ATM card was fraudulently used to withdraw $70 from the bank account of Kursty Lynn Campbell, 19, of McConnellsburg on March 13 at 5:53 a.m. Anyone having additional information regarding this incident of access-device fraud should call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771 or Trooper Sprague at 717-485-3131.
DUI Charges Pending
Charges of driving under the influence are pending the results of a blood alcohol content testing that was conducted following a traffic stop at the intersection of First Street and Lincoln Way West in McConnellsburg Borough. Thirty-one-year-old Mc- Connellsburg resident David Wayne Wood Jr. was initially stopped on Wednesday, May 6, for a traffic violation and was reportedly determined to be under the influence of alcohol.
Altercation Results In Charges
Needmore resident Ryan Waid Smith, 35, has been charged with harassment after he allegedly struck Bobbi-Jo Chilcote, 32, also of Needmore, in the mouth. The incident occurred during a verbal argument on Saturday, May 2, at 10:22 a.m. at 8053 Great Cove Road in Belfast Township.
Man Cited With Retail Theft
Nicholas Adam Sheffield, 19, of Hustontown was cited with retail theft in connection with an incident at True Value Hardware in Ayr Township. According to state police, Sheffield allegedly stole a Kwikset entry lock from the store on Friday, May 1, at 12:35 p.m. Cited in Theft From Family Dollar
A man and woman from Saxton, Pa., were cited for retail theft last Thursday after they allegedly attempted to steal various items valued at $45.25 from the Family Dollar Store. Charges against Richard Lee Cain Jr. and Krista Ann Zdrosky were filed through Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.
Cain and Zdrosky, according to state police, allegedly tried to steal a a blue Bugle Boy shirt, a girl's baby outfit, four sets of hair bands, two packs of cough and cold medicine, two scented oil air freshners, three candles, an air freshner, a Dora The Explorer watch and shampoo on May 7 at 1:17 p.m.
Man Threatens Woman With Pipe
Twenty-three-year-old Mc- Connellsburg resident Nathan Ray Clark was charged with harassment after he allegedly retrieved a metal pipe from his parked vehicle and threatened to harm a 47-year-old Mc- Connellsburg woman. The woman was stopped at the intersection of Lincoln Way East and Third Street on Saturday, May 9, at 8:19 p.m. when Clark reportedly shouted obscenities and threatened her. Clark was charged through Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.
Two Charged In Domestic Dispute
An 18-year-old male and female have both been charged in connection with a domestic dispute that occurred at 7026 Cito Road, Apt. 4, on Saturday, May 9. The two McConnellsburg residents were arguing at 6:40 p.m. when the man allegedly pushed the female. State police said the female reportedly bit the male, who in turn slapped her in the face. Charges against the duo were filed through Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.
Road Sign Hit With Paint Balls
A road sign along Plum Hollow Road in Dublin Township was struck with paint balls on Monday, May 11, at 6:07 p.m. Anyone having additional information related to this case of criminal mischief should call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717- 485-5771 or Trooper Horton at 717-485-3131.
Two Drivers Escape Injury
Two Needmore area women escaped injury during an incident along Route 655 in Thompson Township Monday morning. State police reported Carolyn Adams, 60, attempted to pull onto Route 655 from a private driveway and crossed the path of an oncoming, southbound 2001 Mitsubishi operated by Natasha McFadden. McFadden swerved to avoid the collision causing her vehicle to travel into a field. Both Adams and McFadden were wearing seat belts during the 7:23 a.m. crash on May 11. Theft Is Crime Of The Week
Fulton County Crime Solvers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of thieves responsible for an incident along Big Cove Tannery Road between May 1 and 2. Pennsylvania State Police, Mc- Connellsburg barracks, reported thieves stole several PennDOT signs, including a stop sign ahead sign. The signs are valued at $50 each.
Anyone having additional information regarding this case should call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771. Anyone providing information leading to the arrest of a suspect is eligible to receive a reward of up to $1,000 but will not have to give their name or appear in court. Crime Solvers will also pay for information leading to arrests in connection with any other crimes committed in Fulton County.


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06 July 2009
Benito vs. the MRE
A recent reflection on this theory coincided with the availability of some vintage MREs (circa 1999, civilian packaging without the heater, same supplier as military MREs) that were being cycled out of an emergency kit. I asked my brother to bring me one without telling me what it was, and I'd try it with a dry rosé to see how it worked. Note there is a long history of durable, portable military rations. I remember eating panforte in Siena. It's a sort of indestructible fruitcake that was carried by the Crusaders.
I've never been in the military, but I've eaten MREs in the past and have a lot of experience with dehydrated rations from my backpacking days. MREs are generally better than freeze-dried stuff, but there are funny things in common between the two. For instance, in this MRE I got a packet of grape jelly, which I had no desire to eat with lunch. But out of habit I put it in my pocket, knowing that someone would want to trade me for it. No matter how revolting some individual item is, there is a person you'll meet that stays up at night craving that item. For me it was freeze-dried green beans--sweet, crunchy, and satisfying the inevitable desire for fruits and vegetables you get away from civilization. On the trail the items I couldn't stand were the various meat spreads (tuna, chicken, or ham salad). Eating warm canned meat premixed with warm mayo when it's 100°F in the shade can try even the emptiest stomach.
My MRE surprise contained the following:
Accessories: Salt, pepper, coffee, creamer, sugar, moist towelette, spoon, napkin.
Grape Jelly: Still untried, waiting until I meet someone who wants it.
Crackers: Awesome. These need to be sold in stores. Much better than saltines and somehow have the flavor of good French bread. Plus, they'd stayed intact for years without breakage.
Beef Ravioli in Meat Sauce: Think Chef Boyardee mini ravioli, but with less flavor (it has been ten years, after all). Kind of disappointing, but I know there were times when I would have wolfed this down and licked the plate.
Fig Bar: A generic version of the Fig Newton. Pretty good, actually, even if some of the sugar had crystallized over time. This, combined with the fig seeds, provided a pleasing crunch.
For I wine I grabbed the nearest chilled rosé: the 2006 Red Guitar Old Vine Rosé from the Navarra region of Spain near the French border. Pure Grenache (Garnacha), $12, 13.5% abv.Light sweetness, rich and slightly smoky aroma. Wild strawberry flavors and firm acidity. Full-bodied with that slight orange tint you see in Spanish rosés.
How did it pair up with the food? It went great with the crackers and fig bar, but with the ravioli it helped immensely by providing enough acidity and flavor to balance out the bland main course. Also note that I'm serving the wine out of a Riedel glass, which might be the first time that an MRE and Riedel have shared space on a dinner table.
I considered trying to doll this up to look more "gourmet" for the photo but there's just not a lot to work with. The sad part was that I'd just returned from the Downtown Farmers Market and had a pile of fresh vegetables and bread staring at me. But I slogged through it for science and for the amusement of you, the readers, who seem to delight in some of my more bizarre culinary adventures. This is also proof that such a pairing is possible, should you find yourself in the unique position of having access to wine and having to eat emergency rations.
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- Allen said...
Thanks for review and pairing. Having eaten MRE's in various parts of the world, never with a good wine, many times with a cold Heineken. Always carry Tabasco when dining on MRE's, it helps.
- 05 July, 2009 16:01
- Benito said...
There was no tiny bottle of Tabasco in this pack, but I agree that it will improve just about anything. Plus the vinegar base allows it to double as a disinfectant for your eating utensils.
- 05 July, 2009 16:13
- Samantha Dugan said...
Dude, talk about taking one for the team! I might eat 2 day old chicken for my few readers....but 2006 Spanish Rose....no way. Sounds if the wine had held up okay though, very good news.
- 05 July, 2009 16:21
- Benito said...
You might be the only one who finds the age of the rosé to be the most objectionable part of this post. :) It was perfectly fine, and I did taste it on its own before the MRE.
- 05 July, 2009 16:37
- Allen said...
Tabasco comes in handy for a lot of reasons. Had one of those on a flight from Urumqi, China to Chengdu, China when everyone in Business class borrowed my Tabasco for light touch on the omelets.
- 05 July, 2009 17:09
- fredric koeppel said...
Great Post, Benito, you're a madman and that's why we love your blog.
Benito's Dad: I was flying from Xi'an to Beijing, over mountains through a thunderstorm, with Brahm's Lullaby sung by high little Chinese voices on the sound system, and the flight attendants, who all looked like movie stars, passed out packages of some kind of dried meat with a picture of Micky Mouse printed on the cellophane. Mouse jerky? I hope not.
- 06 July, 2009 04:34
- Benito said...
There's the infamous Chinese baby mouse wine, so you never know...
- 06 July, 2009 05:44
- Michelle said...
Funny post. It seems as though you were the victor in this battle. I have also had an MRE and know the quality you were working with - both from the wine pairing standpoint and the photography. Now, get to cooking those MFM veggies!
- 06 July, 2009 07:23
- Benito said...
The whole "Benito vs..." concept is from way back, and is a nod to Iron Chef. Originally I would buy an ingredient from the store that I'd never cooked before, or had never even eaten. Then I'd learn about it, cook with it, and post my results.
It's remained as a good shorthand for personal food challenges of all sorts. Oh, and I had a big mess of fresh veggies for dinner. :)
- 06 July, 2009 10:44
In my day, there woulda been a four-pack of unfiltered Pall Malls included at no extra cost.
- 08 July, 2009 21:55


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Square Enix with the help of Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong translated Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 into Chinese. What makes the Asia version interesting is these have Japanese voiceovers and English subtitles.
It's such a F'n joke that Square took this out of the US PS3 release because the 360 is limited by DVD.
I've found that I'm putting the japanese voice options on games a lot more so this is a really good option for players :)


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ALTAMAHAW � Dean Fogleman broke through in a big way Friday night and won the 60-lap Late Models feature at Ace Speedway.
It marked the second career victory in the track�s premier classification for the veteran driver from Burlington, and his first since 2008.
Fogleman led the final 41 laps and held off hard-charging Dustin Rumley during the final 10 laps.
McLeansville�s Rumley, the fastest qualifier, started fifth and settled for a runner-up finish. Burlington�s R.D. Smith placed third. He led the opening 19 laps.
Pelham�s Barry Beggarly and Kernersville�s Brad Kurth rounded out the top five finishers among the 14-car field.
-- In the 40-lap Limited Late Models race, Liberty teenager Boo Boo Dalton picked up his second victory in as many events this season. He muscled past Randy Sampson to lead the final 23 laps.
Brown Summitt�s Sampson placed second and Burlington�s Ziggy Zimmerman finished third among the nine-car field.
-- In the 30-lap Modifieds race, Gibsonville�s Brian King made it 3-for-3, collecting his third victory in the division�s third race of the season.
Devin Steele of Stuart, Va., came in second and Pfafftown�s Randy Butner took third among the 10-car field.
-- Friday night�s other winner at Ace was Chris Lamb, who swept the 30-lap USAC Midget races.
Friday night�s results from Ace Speedway
Late Models (60 laps): Dean Fogleman, Dustin Rumley, R.D. Smith, Barry Beggarly, Brad Kurth, John Moore, Robert Turner, Kyle Dudley, Bobby Griffin, Kevin Parker, Jonathan Smith, Coy Hedrick, Trey Hutchins, Wesley Thomason.
Limited Late Models (40 laps): Boo Boo Dalton, Randy Sampson, Ziggy Zimmerman, Jason Payne, Steve Hatley, Calvin Meadows, David Sell, Bethany Stovall, Richie Placer.
Modifieds (30 laps): Brian King, Devin Steele, Randy Butner, Jerry Scott, Roy Cook, Ronnie Austin, Larry Cook, John Barilka, Speedy Faucette, Phil Bryant.
First USAC Midgets race (30 laps): Chris Lamb, Scott Gordon, Nick Davidson, Blayne Leydig, Billy Gaule, Wil Raber, Calvin Carroll, Justin Whittle, Nikki Carroll, Mike Ward, Tyler Corriher.
Second USAC Midgets race (30 laps): Chris Lamb, Blayne Leydig, Mike Ward, Billy Gaule, Wil Raber, Scott Gordon, Justin Whittle, Calvin Carroll, Nikki Carroll, Nick Davidson.
Late Models qualifying: Dustin Rumley 15.699, Brad Kurth 15.849, Barry Beggarly 15.899, Dean Fogleman 15.972, R.D. Smith 15.975, Robert Turner 16.044, Trey Hutchins 16.068, Bobby Griffin 16.095, John Moore 16.155, Jonathan Smith 16.279, Kyle Dudley 16.326, Kevin Parker 16.406, Coy Hedrick 16.429, Wesley Thomason 17.786.
Limited Late Models qualifying: Jason Payne 16.146, Boo Boo Dalton 16.185, Steve Hatley 16.236, Ziggy Zimmerman 16.344, Randy Sampson 16.459, Calvin Meadows 16.621, Bethany Stovall 16.684, David Sell 16.762, Richie Placer 18.009.
Modifieds qualifying: Brian King 15.532, Devin Steele 15.747, Jerry Scott 15.779, Speedy Faucette 15.871, Randy Butner 15.953, John Barilka 16.082, Roy Cook 16.121, Phil Bryant 16.272, Ronnie Austin 16.347, Larry Cook 16.981.
USAC Midgets qualifying:Nick Davidson 15.765, Tyler Corriher 15.946, Chris Lamb 15.990, Scott Gordon 16.020, Adam Leydig 16.057, Calvin Correll 16.384, Wil Raber 16.459, Justin Whittle 16.513, Billy Gaule 16.566, Nikki Carroll 16.847.


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There was always an uneasy feeling about yesterday, beginning in the first inning when Andres Torres was picked off, costing the Mets a run.
The Mets were poised to complete a four-game sweep of the Dodgers, but there was never that growing sense of anticipation. Three errors, an offensive shutdown and the bullpen combined to throw away what could have been a watershed moment in this season.
Nope: Dodgers, 8-3 over the Mets.
Believe me, I thought it. The Mets sweep, then roll the reeling Phillies as they head into the break at least ten games over .500.
The onus is on the defense, but remember it is up to Dillon Gee and the relievers to put adversity behind them.


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Posted on July 8, 2013
A couple of people left charming notes for me in books this past week. I have had notes before, some of which I sent upstairs to the collection, some of which I deposited in the bank, and some of which I set aside to snicker over in a blog one day. But both of these notes were notes from the author.
Now, notes from the author of a book are not all that rare, either. A lot of inscribed books will include a note that can get chattier than what is scribbled on the front free endpaper. "Best wishes" may be on the first page above the author's name, but in the note she is free to write, "Thanks for having me over last Tuesday; I shall never forget the eels." This is the sort of thing that can occasionally get sent upstairs to sit in the Newberry's Modern Manuscripts section, so that one day a researcher can get to the bottom of the eel story.
But these notes are not like those. These were addressed to me, or, rather, to anybody who picked up the book. A colorful book of Walter Smith's travel experiences, Glimpses of Spain, includes as a loose page an abbreviated account of how difficult it was to get the book into print, and apologizing to (really pleading for sympathy from) any passing reader.
He wrote the book in five days in 1953, and expected it would be easy enough to see it through to publication. And he decided he would like to have the book printed in Spain, by what he describes as an "excellent printing establishment". The problem was that no one involved in setting up the book spoke a word of English. Setting up type in a language you don't know can throw you off, of course, but he describes quite soulfully the difficulties of trying to explain English spelling while speaking Spanish. When the corrections were made, of course, the typesetter made a series of entirely new errors.
He also notes the "miraculously" good illustrations. The thing is that the illustrator also could not read English, which can make the illustration of a text difficult. It should have been impossible, Mr. Smith notes, because the artist, being entirely deaf, couldn't even listen to Mr. Smith explaining the text to him. They had to pass notes. (The illustrator, Lorenzo Goni, is regarded in Spain as a major cartoonist, illustrator, and engraver; he was deaf from childhood. One wonders if he gave up American commissions after Mr. Smith.)
Mr. Smith hopes the reader will find the book interesting enough to justify his five months' war with a "ruggedly individualistic typesetter". I'm not planning to read it, myself. It can't possibly be as much fun as the note.
The other book is a drabber item, in a sort of Penguin paperback green. It is "50 Years of Service" by O.G. Goring, the second owner/manager of the Goring Hotel in London. The Goring Hotel is one of those hotels you see on television. Kate Middleton's family stayed there during the most recent royal wedding. In 1953, for the Coronation of Elizabeth II, it was annexed to Buckingham Palace to deal with all the guests. Its history reaches back into Edwardian days, when O.G. Goring's father established it as the first hotel in the world with an equal number of bathrooms and bedrooms. (Each guest thus had a private bath. Mr. Goring also insisted on central heating.)
O.G. Goring took over the business from his father, and continued the tradition for fine food and wine, and with an attention to detail which probably meant I wouldn't have lasted on staff there for more than twenty minutes. It is one of THOSE hotels, and Mr. Goring looks back from 1960 at the first half of the Hotel's history.
And he has included a little slip of paper in the front of the book to summarize the contents. This is his summary, in full: "Some interesting facts and anecdotes about hotel life. All true. I hope the contents may induce peaceful sleep."
I may just read that one.


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against cross-border prescription drug trade: shortages, safety
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NYPD seeks answers 22 years after Baby Hope died
NEW YORK – It was more than 20 years ago when a highway worker smelled something rotting inside a picnic cooler discarded near the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City. He flipped it over and out tumbled the bound, decomposing body of a little girl and a few full cans of Coke.
Despite the efforts of New York Police Department detectives who worked the case for years, she remains anonymous even today, known only as Baby Hope, age 3 to 5. On July 23, the 22nd anniversary of the discovery, cold-case detectives canvassed the Manhattan neighborhood near where the blue cooler was tossed, plastered notices on signposts and announced a $12,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction in the unsolved crime.
"My main goal is to ID this girl," said Det. Robert Dewhurst of the Cold Case Apprehension Squad. "Somebody's gotta know this kid. This girl had somewhat of a life with people who should know who she is ... friends, family, somebody."
Dewhurst says if they could just figure out her name, they can finally identify her killer.
Baby Hope is one of 650 unidentified children ages 1 to 21 in a database at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to Bob Lowery, the executive director of the missing children's division. But there are probably thousands of unidentified kids nationwide, he said. A newer, government-run national database known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has details on more than 10,000 people of all ages.
Workers at the center try to match the unidentified in their database with their vast lists of missing children, but the painstaking process doesn't often yield results.
"Even though they are tragedies, some good may come. It's very helpful for law enforcement to have the name so they can investigate," Lowery said. "And for parents and loved ones who can get the answers they've been looking for."
But that's not likely the case for Baby Hope, detectives say. Her body was found naked and malnourished and showed signs of possible sex abuse. Retired Det. Jerry Giorgio, who worked the case from the beginning, said their theory was she was dumped there by the people who were supposed to be caring for her. They abused her and eventually suffocated her.
Detectives believe she was dead six to eight days before the cooler was found, on an incline, dumped on the grass like garbage.
Giorgio, now 79, who retired in June after more than a half century in law enforcement, said he pursued hundreds of leads but none panned out. He had the case from 1991, when she was found, until he retired from the force. Later, as an investigator for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, he kept up with it. His name and contact information are still on a website dedicated to the girl.
"It was so frustrating," he said recently. "We initially thought we'll get her identified and go from there and probably solve the case. It didn't happen."
As the frustration mounted, so did the detectives' affection for the victim. They began calling her "our baby." Eventually it became "Baby Hope" -- because they hoped and prayed they'd solve the case, Giorgio said. He was instrumental in organizing a burial in a Bronx cemetery for the girl in 1993. Hundreds attended the funeral. The girl was dressed in a white frock and buried in a white coffin.
"If calls came in, if inquiries came in, even years later, a lot of people would call me and ask me about it," he said. "I would always go back and see if we could use the information to help solve the case. It just never clicked. We never got the right information."
Her body was exhumed in 2007 by the medical examiner's office for DNA testing, but none could be extracted because of the body's poor condition. A second attempt was made in 2011 with better technology, but the medical examiner's office couldn't get a complete sample.
This week, detectives circulated fliers with several images. The first photo is a current age-progression sketch of the victim. The second is the sketch from 1991, and the third photo is the cooler.
Dewhurst hopes that the fliers will jog the memory of someone -- anyone -- an adult who remembers a childhood friend who just disappeared one day, a former neighbor who lived near a dark-haired girl and then suddenly did not.
"I believe the people of New York want to know who this little girl is," he said.
Giorgio is haunted by Baby Hope. He has visited her grave every year on the anniversary of her discovery, except for this year because he was ill.
"This case can be solved," he said. "It can be solved by someone that knew these people and gained some knowledge about the case, and when the bad guys pass away, maybe someone will step up, finally."


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New Fall Titles: Ace of the Diamond and Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the GodsPost Reply
Whats up guys,
Continuing on from earlier today, let's fire off another new simulcast: Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods!!!
Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods is set to broadcast every Sunday starting on October 6, 2013 at 10:05 am Pacific Time for its premium members all around the world except for Asia.
Free members will be able to watch Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods one week later if you live in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Central and South America, and Portugal.
Based on the manga written and illustrated by Sayori Ochiai, Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods follows the everyday life of Makoto Saeki, who is the 15th successor to her family's shrine. As a result, Makoto is able to see Gintaro, a messenger of the gods who is the spirit of a sacred silver fox and has lived at the shrine for over 350 years. As a messenger of the gods, Gintaro has the ability to see into the future, and uses it to help Makoto only when she is truly in need. This is the story of friendship between a delicate teenager and a shy and stubborn messenger of the gods.
From this morning's earlier announcement:
After announcing those three huge titles of Kill la Kill, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, and Valvrave the Liberator Season 2, we 're back to make MANY more announcements, starting with the streaming of Ace of the Diamond!!!!
Ace of the Diamond is set to broadcast every Saturday starting on October 5 at 5:30 pm Pacific Time for its premium members with free users will be able to view this series one week later.
Speaking of which, Ace of the Diamond will be available to premium users all around the world except for Asia. Free members in the following territories will be able to view it under ad-supported streaming: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Central & South America, Spain, Brazil, and Portugal.
(The above regions have been updated)
Ace of the Diamond – penned by Yuji Terajima – has become a critically acclaimed success after winning the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards(2008)under the shonen category and two years later it won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for best shonen manga.
"I want to pitch to that mitt again..."
A meeting with catcher Kazuya Miyuki changed the 15-year-old Eijun Sawamura's life.
He said goodbye to all his friends and knocked upon the door of Seidou, a prestigious baseball school, intent on testing his own strength. There, he met many proud baseball players who were betting everything on the sport!
A classic tale, yet new and fresh. All the emotion and excitement of the popular baseball manga is at last coming to television in the form of an anime!"
Stay tuned in for more hot announcements coming soon!
9/16 - Diabolik Lovers
9/18 - Kill la Kill
9/18 - Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
9/18 - Valvrave the Liberator Season 2
9/25 - Ace of the Diamond
9/25 - Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods
9/26 - ???
Thanks for worldwide.
Zarobiony jestem
I been waiting for a season where it's going to be SPORTS ANIME FEVER!
The sports genre has finally got up and kick some ass
Yes Been waiting for this announcement! thank you CR Definitely need a Baseball anime in my life right now lol.
Set The world on fire. Just to watch it burn!
8 years as a premium member, but no more
Yes! Ace of the Diamond!
I've said it before and I'll say it again - AotD is a must read/watch for anyone, including those who typically aren't into sports shonen. It's similar to Kuroko no Baskue in this sense, but also totally different since there aren't any unrealistic "powers" amongst the players. A great read, and surely a great anime.
Plus, Madhouse and Production I.G are involved. Pretty much guaranteed a winner right there.
I should be doing something else.
YAY . I really love baseball anime.
I accept random friend requests
Let the announcements COMMEENNCCEEE
Oh awesome, was afraid we wouldnt get more SPORTs!
SoTaku is love
Sweet! Ace of Diamond, I kind of wanted to check that out.
Hoping for a Meganebu announcement!
omg it doesn't cater to me that makes it bad!! boo fucking hoo
Award for best shonen manga?
Looking forward to it.
Thanks! This looks good
thank you I love sports anime!!
Sweet! This was one that I was looking forward to. My first baseball anime (I've only seen Basketball, soccer, and American Football). Can't wait.
Yaaaaaay! keep it up, guys. I am with you
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
Other than Kill La Kill im excited to watch Copellion ive been waiting to long to watch it but the story line seems good i still need to read the Manga.


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Western Tradition "The Feudal Order" Society divides itself into three parts: those who pray, those who fight, and those who work.G
3:00 pm
Discovering Psychology "Sex and Gender" Analyzes the similarities and differences between males and females, and how sex roles reflect social values and psychological knowledge.G
3:30 pm
Discovering Psychology "Maturing and Aging" Explains what really happens, physically and psychologically, as we age, and how society reacts to the last stages of life.G
4:00 pm
Curiosity Quest "Horseback Riding" Join Joel as he hits the wild wild west trails on a horseback adventure. Watch as Joel's nerves hit the peak, as his vibrant horse, Domino, takes him for a gallop. D
4:30 pm
Biz Kid$ "Your First Big Purchase" You'll want to understand the important steps to take before your first big purchase, whether you're buying the latest computer, a new smart phone, or a car. You will learn about budgeting, researching, negotiating, and more. Find out how a teen photographer upgraded his camera and a 15-year-old aviator purchased an old airplane!. D
5:00 pm
Wishbone "Homer Sweet Homer" This live-action program follows the exploits of Wishbone the dog and his human friends, Joe, David and Samantha through their adventures in their hometown of Oakdale. Wishbone's everyday experiences trigger his imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. In this episode, the kids refuse to give up when developers come to destroy Jackson Park and their favorite tree. D
5:30 pm
Cyberchase "Trash Creep" Perfectamundo isn't so perfect anymore - the trash is out of control! A giant garbage heap threatens to break through the cybersite's dome, and the CyberSquad must become garbologists in order to reduce the rubbish. Hacker, meanwhile, is digging through the very same heap for some mistakenly discarded seeds that will allow him to grow an army of monster plants to take over Cyberspace. Will he find the seeds before the Perfectamundians solve their trash problem? Or is the dome doomed?. D
6:00 pm
Quilting Arts "Mixed Bag" Quilting has many variations, themes and ideas - it's hard to define it just one way. First, Barbara Schneider has a lesson on digital cloth printing. Begin with a photograph and software and end up with custom cloth. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Trademark of Spring, Part 1" (15 x 30 Canvas; Acrylic Medium) In this episode, Jerry shows how to compose this beautiful Blue Bonnet painting using a rough charcoal sketch. Then he paints sky and under-paints all of the main features of the landscape, I.e., distant hills, distant trees, meadows, and the road. D
7:00 pm
Chef's Life "The World Is Your Oyster" Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters in the Southeast. She and Ben share plans of opening an oyster bar across the street from Chef & the Farmer in hopes it will be a place that adds character and variety to the tiny town's "dining scene." Vivian and her dad orchestrate their family's first-ever oyster roast and are blown away by how much everyone enjoys it. D
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Kevin Dundon's Modern Irish Food "Simple Delights" Kevin prepares a caramelized Dunmore East scallop tart served with a simple rocket salad; warm roasted garlic cottage pie; quick orzo pasta risotto; and sourdough bread. Finally, a heather-infused buttermilk pannacotta with honey. D
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This Old House "Arlington Italianate Project 2014/Water Water Everywhere" Local historian Richard Duffy offers a look at Arlington's Spy Pond. Richard installs a new water line to the house. Tom installs the new pre-finished Brazilian chestnut flooring. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "The Alps of Austria and Italy" Tirolean Innsbruck offers a towering Olympic ski jump and a dirndl- clad world of alpine thrills. Follow the Brenner Pass to Italy's rugged Dolomites for Alps with pasta.G
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Travelscope "Taiwan - Forgotten People" Only 2% of the Taiwan population belongs to an ethnic minority group. Of the 14 aboriginal groups that exist on Taiwan the Tao people live on Orchid Island while the Ami people were the original inhabitants of Green Island. Joseph travels to Green Island to enjoy its natural pleasures such as one of the world's only ocean hot baths and rides on a moped through the island's dramatic volcanic landscape. D
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Lidia's Kitchen "Crostini to Parmigiana" NULL
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Breakfast Breads" NULL
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Simply Ming "Vancover - Tojo" In this episode of Simply Ming, while on the Road in Vancouver, Ming shops for fresh seafood with one of Vancouver's most famous chefs, Hidekazu Tojo, the inventor of the California Roll. Tojo takes Ming to his favorite fish store in Vancouver's Chinatown, then on to buy some fresh Vancouver crab fresh off the boat near the famous Fisherman's Wharf. Together they cook up a seafood feast!. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Food Memories" Joanne remembers her trips to Italy and with her student Di shows us a classic pizza strata and a dessert inspired by limoncello. Recipes: Green Salad with Garlic croutons and Balsamic Red Wine Dressing, Pizza Strata, and Lemon Sorbet and Vanilla Ice Cream with Limoncello. Student: Di Harris, Retired Nanny. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "The Alps of Austria and Italy" Tirolean Innsbruck offers a towering Olympic ski jump and a dirndl- clad world of alpine thrills. Follow the Brenner Pass to Italy's rugged Dolomites for Alps with pasta.G


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We opening up this week on "Orphan Black" by checking in on Krystal. The events of last season, attempted kidnapping by Castor, the unaware clone has been busy. While the sisters she doesn't know have been dealing with implants and
Billy Lynn's powerful story is being told on the big screen and the trailer was released earlier today. Based on the Ben Fountain, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" centers on a solider named Billy Lynn. The film recounts the events that occurred
The first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel's latest superhero is upon us, with the first photos from "Doctor Strange" released via EW. "These gestures are ways of creating the magic. It's a beautiful thing, it's balletic, it's very dynamic," the actor
Freeform is getting into the superhero game! The network has recently ordered Marvel series "Cloak and Dagger." The drama centers on two very different teens, Tyrone and Tandy, who meet while living on the streets. After the two get experimented


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Vladimir (Владимир) is the capital and the largest city of Vladimir Oblast. The city is one of the most visited destinations within the popular Golden Ring circuit, as it preserves several of the finest monuments of white-stone medieval architecture in Russia, along with a number of later buildings from the 16th–20th centuries.
Vladimir is in the central part of the Eastern-European plain, on a steep hill beside the Klyazma River. The land to the north from the city is known as Vladimir Fields (Владимирское Ополье), while the land to the south is mainly covered by forests.
Vladimir is somewhat elongated along the river that forms its southern boundary. From the north, the city is bounded by a "semi-circle" road, formerly a part of the M7 highway. Inside the city, small rivers flow into the Klyazma and form deep valleys that were originally used as fortifications.
The inner layout of Vladimir is fairly simple. The main street runs roughly from west to east close to the Klyazma River and passes through the historical center. Different parts of this street have different names: Московское шоссе (entry from Moscow) – проспект Ленина – улица Студёная гора – Дворянская улица – Большая Московская улица – Большая Нижегородская улица – Добросельская улица (entry from Nizhny Novgorod). Several major streets branch off to the north, cross the "semi-circle" road and turn into the roads towards Suzdal and Ivanovo (Суздальское шоссе) or Yuryev-Polsky (улица Горького). A single street (Муромское шоссе) also runs to the south, crosses the river and continues towards Sudogda, Murom, and Gus-Khrustalnyi.
The main sights, along with a number of hotels and restaurants, are found in the historical center, close to Bolshaya Moskovskaya Ulitsa (Большая Московская улица). If you arrive to Vladimir from Moscow, you enter this part of the city at the Golden Gate. Moving further to the east, one leaves the historical center after passing the Nativity Monastery and the Hotel Vladimir. The Cathedral Square (Соборная площадь) is in the middle of this way. The train and bus stations are found to the east from the historical center, at the bottom of the hill.
Vladimir was founded in 1108 by Vladimir Monomakh. There is an alternative version that ascribes the foundation of the city to Vladimir the Red Sun in 990. Yet the exact year does not seem to be very important for the average traveler, since the oldest existing monuments date back to the middle of 12th century only. At that period, the city was rapidly developing due to the activity of Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky who established the capital of North-Eastern Russia in Vladimir. The city's period of greatest importance was probably in the late 12th and early 13th century, up to the Mongol invasion. Several of Russia's greatest architectural monuments were built in Vladimir during that time, including Assumption Cathedral and the Golden Gates, both of which are World Heritage Sites.
In 1238, Vladimir was besieged and taken by the Mongol hordes under Batu Khan. The city never recovered fully. Though it remained the pricipality's capital for a century, Vladimir gradually lost its political and cultural significance to Moscow. Untill the middle of 15th century, Vladimir was the official capital of North-Eastern Russia, but the actual government worked in Moscow. The transfer of the capital was completed in 15th century: the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, modeled after one of the oldest cathedrals in Vladimir, became the state church. The holy icon of Our Lady of Vladimir was also moved to Moscow.
Vladimir continued to be a provincial capital. It gradually grew in size due to its advantageous loocation in the middle of Central Russia. The development of the city was enhanced by the construction of the Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod railroad in the late 19th century. Presently, Vladimir is a partially industrialized city, although the historical center remains almost untouched since the beginning of 20th century. In 1992, Vladimir was included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Get in
Vladimir is conveniently located halfway between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, so you will be able to get in from both cities. It is also possible to visit Vladimir during a trip over the Golden Ring.
By plane
Vladimir Semyazino airport does not have regular passenger communication. Nearest airports are located in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, both receive international flights. From there, you can easily reach Vladimir by train, by bus, or by car.
By train
All the trains arrive to Vladimir main station located next to the central bus station and close to the historical center. Basically, there are two options for getting in by train:
You can also consider trains while planning a trip from towns located along the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod railway (e.g., Pokrov, Kovrov, Vyazniki, Gorokhovets) to Vladimir. Otherwise, it is advisable to use buses, since local railway lines are slow and rather indirect.
By bus
Vladimir has two bus stations:
Basic options of travelling to Vladimir by bus are as follows:
By car
Vladimir is easibly reachable from Moscow (180 km along the M7 road), Nizhny Novgorod (240 km along the M7 road), Ivanovo (115 km along the A113 road), and Ryazan (230 km along the R123 and R73 roads, via Tuma and Gus-Khrustalny). In the city, you will find a lot of space for free parking on side streets and several parking areas on the main street (Bolshaya Moscovskaya) as well.
Get around
The historical center is easily and conveniently explored by foot, so the regular traveller is unlikely to use the public transport in Vladimir. Still, there is an extensive network of trolleybuses, buses, and minibuses (marshrutki), serving the whole city. The most useful option is the trolleybus #5 that connects the train station to the historical center and runs along Bolshaya Moscovksaya Ulitsa. Normally, you have to pay to the driver or to a special lady who sits in the bus and collects the money.
Must-see list
These monuments are recognized by UNESCO and included in the World Heritage List. They are essential tourist destinations in Vladimir.
Other churches
There are lots of churches in Vladimir, and one is unlikely to visit all of them. The following list includes several representative examples from various styles.
Secular buildings
Since 18th century, Vladimir is a provincial city, so its secular buildings are rather small and modest. Do not expect to see any masterpieces. Still, it is possible to find a number of nice buildings from different periods and styles.
The two important museums of Vladimir are the Cathedral of the Assumption and the Cathedral of St. Demetrius that exhibit ancient frescos (see the "Must-see list" above). You can also visit other museums:
Further sights
Concert halls
Traditional Russian souvenirs can be found right on the street next to the Golden Gate. It is also possible to find icons and other authentic gifts in the nearby St. Demetrius' Cathedral. Don't miss the shop of local crystalware in the church of St. Trinity.
Vladimir has several shopping centers and lots of smaller shops that offer a great variety of food, drinks, clothes, etc.
Beer is probably the only local speciality in Vladimir. Formerly, Vladimir brewery was known for a variety of beer sorts. At present, the diversity is substantially reduced, because the brewery joined the brand of "live beer" Fifth Ocean (Пятый океан) – a wheat-free unfiltered beer with a special storage technology that allows to keep fresh unfiltered beer for rather long time. This beer is produced in several breweries and distributed all round the country. In Vladimir, it can be found in SPAR supermarkets. Additionally, there are few sorts of filtered lager beer produced under the general brand Vladimirskoe (Владимирское). The latter is not very special, but it is local and may be thus expected to be fresh.
Night clubs
Out of the city
Post office
The below list includes a number of post offices located in the city center. The full list of the offices can be found here: [32]
Internet access
Get out
Further destinations
From Vladimir, you can easily reach any place in Vladimir Oblast, and the trip should not take more that 3-3.5 hours. Below, the nearest destinations are listed:


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The White Sox's perseverance paid off Thursday, but their depth could be put to the test this weekend.
Thanks to newcomers Geoff Blum and Bobby Jenks, the Sox pulled out a zany 2-1 victory over American League Central rival Minnesota in 10 innings.
But they could lose third baseman Joe Crede for an indefinite period, pending Friday's results of X-rays on his right middle finger.
Crede, who has been exceptional in the field while struggling at the plate, suffered the injury while attempting a sacrifice bunt in the 10th inning.
Manager Ozzie Guillen immediately called general manager Ken Williams after the game to discuss options in the event Crede is placed on the 15-day disabled list.
"It's numb right nowI can't feel it," Crede said after the game as he soaked his swollen finger in a cup of ice water.
In the meantime, the Sox will opt for Blum and Pablo Ozuna, each of whom contributed after the Sox blew a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth on a bizarre sequence of defensive mishaps by first baseman Paul Konerko.
Blum led off the 10th with a double. After Crede fouled a pitch off his hand and had to come out of the game, Ozuna replaced him and laid down a two-strike bunt toward the mound.
Reliever Jesse Crain threw to third in plenty of time, but Blum delayed his slide long enough to elude third baseman Luis Rodriguez's swipe tag and reach third safely.
"I just hesitated and snuck behind him," Blum said.
Timo Perez then came through with a single to score Blum with the winning run.
"We had a big-time chip on our shoulder in that inning," said Konerko, who drove in his 80th run in the third. "Blum made it happen."
Jenks, 24, was greeted with a postgame beer shower from his teammates after earning his first major-league save in impressive style. Jenks battled Jason Bartlett on an 11-pitch at-bat in which Bartlett fouled off five consecutive pitches before striking out on an 86-m.p.h. breaking pitch.
Jenks, whose fastball has been clocked at 101 m.p.h., fooled Lew Ford on another 86-m.p.h. breaking pitch to end the game and give the Sox a 2-1 edge in the series after the Twins swept them in Chicago last week.
"I wasn't nervous at all," Jenks insisted. "I just threw like it was the fourth or fifth inning."
Jenks, recalled from Double-A Birmingham on July 5, was called upon after Dustin Hermanson was charged with a blown save on a strange sequence with two outs in the ninth.
With Rodriguez on first, Konerko made a diving attempt to grab a liner off the bat of Michael Ryan near the first-base bag, but the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Sox's bullpen.
First-base umpire Marty Foster immediately signaled that the ball was fair, to Konerko's astonishment.
The Sox had plenty of time to nail Rodriguez, who was trying to score all the way from first, but Konerko dropped Blum's relay throw, allowing Rodriguez to get home with the tying run. The Sox argued that Konerko touched Ryan's drive in foul territory.
"I thought [Rodriguez] was a lot closer to home when Blum threw it," Konerko said. "When it came to me, I tried to hurry as quickly as I could."
The run cost Jon Garland his 17th victory; Garland left after working 72/3 scoreless innings. Sox starting pitchers have put up a 1.81 ERA over their last six games.
"I'm not complaining about any type of win," Konerko said. "No one in this clubhouse should complain with any win we get or how we get it. That's it."


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I always have this wonderful intention of interviewing each of my children on their perspective birthdays and recording it. We have copies of a few interviews my husband's mother gave to him as a child, and they are so fun to watch! It's absolutely incredible to see the growth, both physically and emotionally, from one interview to the next. Favorites, mottos, goals, and perspectives change so much as these children grow! I love it!
Unfortunately, I have not remembered to do this regularly (it's a major goal I have this go-around of birthdays). It is absolutely mind-boggling to see and hear my children's responses to questions and to see their individual personalities throughout the interview! It's one of those things that makes me smile clear to my toes and then thank God once again for these children of mine! Here is an example of what I'm talking about.
My dear, sweet, on-the-ball mother-in-law decided to interview each of her 20 grandchildren (ok, so a few are babies and cannot speak for themselves, but you get the point:) and record their answers. I'm honestly not sure how this woman makes so many wonderful things happen in her family, but I think it probably has something to do with her desire to raise a righteous posterity who knows she loves them, and I sure appreciate that in her. Anyway, she recently interviewed my children (not Berkley yet, but the oldest four). Here are a few of my favorite responses:
HALLEE: (ok, I must mention that Hallee is this amazing girl who DOES NOT like attention. She is happy to stand in the background and let others have the spotlight. Also, she is very goal-driven and works hard in school and volleyball. I do not have to tell her to do these things--she is self-motivated. You will see these traits come out in this interview--and I just have to smile).
Q: What would you do if you knew you could not fail and you could do anything you want?
A: Play college volleyball at Utah State University, go on a mission--not foreign.
Q: Regarding your responsibilities at home, what are you favorite and least favorite?
A: Prefer vacuuming, do not like cleaning bathrooms (What???? I have her clean bathrooms all the time, poor girl! Ha!)
Q: What is the most fun thing you have ever done?
A: Disney Cruise (She was 7 at the time--was the most fun she's ever had really 9 years ago? We've got to have some more fun around here!:)
Q: What took courage on your part? What made you stretch?
A: Talking in church--2 times! (This is where I wonder if this child is really mine. It was so incredibly hard for her to give a 4 minute talk in Sacrament Meeting, and yet I speak in front of hundreds all the time. Isn't it wonderful to notice traits your children did not get from you?)
Q: What do you look for in a guy?
A: How they treat their family (Love this! Let me note that she treats our family so sweetly almost always)
Q: What worries you the most?
A: Speaking in front of people (Ha! Again, she mentions this!)
Q: What is the best advice you've ever had?
A: Dead last is greater than "Did not Finish," which trumps "Did not start." (I'd like to say she got that golden nugget of inspiration from her mother, but I think she found it on the internet. Ha! At least it's comforting to know the internet really can provide positive info!)
NATE: (Ok, so now I must add a small explanation of personalities for all of my children:). Nate has a fabulous sense of humor. He also loves sports and works hard at being good at them. School work is not high on his list of priorities, although he gets good grades).
Q: What would you do if you knew you could not fail and could do anything you want?
A: Play sports in college, develop my own job in business or coaching, have a family
Q: What is your favorite subject in school?
A: History. But I hate school.
Q: Who is your best friend/s?
A: Dallen Burningham, Landon Brandt, My sister Hallee (Yep! I cried when I read this one, mostly because it is true and I love seeing my kids love each other!)
Q: What is the most fun thing you have ever done?
A: Disney Cruise (Ok, seriously, the kid was 5 years old! I'm getting the strong impression we need to go on another Disney Cruise!:)
Q: What are you looking forward to?
A: The end of the school year. I hate school. (Apparently, Nate hates school.:)
Q: What do you look for in a girl?
A: A girl who loves God more than me, is nice, attends church, wants 3 children.
Follow Up Question: What if she wants more children? Answer: We'll do rock, paper, scissors.
(I love it! I cried when he mentioned a girl who loves God more than him and I laughed out loud when he suggests rock, paper, scissors as a way to make important family decisions!)
Q: How old would you be if you could be any age?
A: 18--I could go on a mission--I'd like to go state-side, I'd be done with high school. (What is it with my kids that none of them want to go out of the country? )
Q: What inspires you?
A: My dad because he's a good example (Yep, tears again)
Q: What is the best advice you've ever had?
A: Never give up.
Q: What is your greatest joy in life?
A: Watching coaches work for something out of teams. In football, it's like 1-Don't stop until you've met the goal line, and 2- Life isn't easy--there is opposition.
REGYN: (This girl is so fun-loving! She loves the spotlight and loves to talk incessantly. She is sweet and kind and is still trying to figure out what she really wants to do, although she does love to act and sing)
Q: What would you choose to do in your free time (if you were alone)?
A: Make up a dance
Q: What is the best advice you've ever gotten?
A: Oh my! For acting I was told, "Do it in a dorky way so you won't be nervous." Also I'm told, "Don't police." (Ok, I love this! She is so honest!)
Q: What makes you happy?
A: When my mom says things like, "You are the best kid ever because you are always willing to help me." (A full range of emotions shot up when I read this, and it makes me realize all over again how important positive feedback is for kids)
Q: What are you goals for this year?
A: Stop policing. (Isn't this wonderful? It makes me smile clear to my toes. She was told she had a policing problem, so her goal is to stop it. Love it!) Also, have a better attitude, stop whining, learn my 12 times tables, say my prayers every morning, and close my eyes during the prayer. (Wow! This tells so much about this sweet girl's desire to be good)
Q: What is your worst job?
A: Cleaning bathrooms (What? None of my girls like to clean bathrooms apparently. I'm going to have to come up with a way to spice up this undesirable chore, I guess)
Q: What is your biggest worry?
A" My dad will lose his job (This shocked me. I had no idea. It makes me realize our children have concerns we absolutely don't know about)
Q: What makes you happy?
A: Having my mom tuck me in each night. I feel save when she is there, and also, going to church. (Feeling safe is so important for kids)
Q: Do you think you have felt the Spirit of the Holy Ghost? If so, when?
A: When Berkley was sealed to us in the temple. (That was such a special day! It's amazing to me how sensitive to the spirit our children really are. I love that she remembers feeling the Holy Ghost that day--she was only 7 years old).
BOSTON: (This kid constantly surprises me. I wonder sometimes if he is really "getting it" but then he will show remarkable maturity at times and I am humbled.)
Q: What super power would you want?
A: To fly--no, to see Jesus (What can I say? That answer is simply amazing to me)
Q: What is your favorite job?
A: That's hard--I don't like any. Probably dust. (This is so funny to me. Nate said he liked to dust best too and when I asked him why, he told me it's because he never really does it and I never seem to notice. Ha!)
Q: Who is your best friend?
A: Jesus (Again with the tears. I am so grateful for what Boston is teaching me)
Q: What is the most fun thing you've ever done?
A: Family reunion at Bear Lake (Keep in mind, he didn't go on the Disney Cruise:), but I think it is so telling that every child mentioned their funnest memory was something we've done as a family--not with friends).
Q: Do you want to go on a mission?
A: Yes--to Utah (Ha! I laughed out loud at this answer! My kids need to get out and see the world! I don't dare break it to Boston that he probably won't get called to serve in Utah since we live here)
Q: If you could do anything, what would it be?
A: Anything except die. (Ha! Who thinks of that? I love it!)
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: A ninja (What???!! I have no idea where this comes from, but it definitely seems like an answer an 8-year-old boy would give)
So, I'm sure these little interviews didn't mean as much to you as they did to me, but I'm telling you, my children's answers made me laugh and they made me cry, and most of all, they made me love my children even more deeply, which I didn't even think was possible. I just love how different each one of them is, and I love their honesty, and I love their perspectives! Sometimes I long to go back to a time in my life when I saw the world through the eyes and heart and mind of a child. I'm truly grateful I can still do that in a small way when I try to see things from my children's perspectives. I love these darn kids with all my heart!
And I can't wait for the next interviews!


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Frank Darabont, whose last stab at television brought forth AMC's "The Walking Dead," from which he later departed under still-murky circumstances, has created a new series, "Mob City," for TNT. It is also, in its way, about the living dead, reviving as it does some long-departed characters and setting them loose to make trouble.
Based loosely on John Buntin's 2009 "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City," it covers some of the same territory as did this year's big-screen "Gangster Squad," which also related the adventures of gangster Mickey Cohen in post-World War II L.A. (A pool previously splashed in by "L.A. Confidential," "Bugsy" and "The Two Jakes.")
Its six episodes will air over three weeks, two by two, making this look either like a Television Event, or as if the show is being hustled quickly out of the way. But it's a sensible approach: It keeps the whole series within the year, tightly packed and out of the way of the holidays.
PHOTOS: Hollywood Backlot on the set of 'Mob City'
Somewhat to my surprise, I like it. I'm no particular fan of "The Walking Dead" or Darabont's films of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile," and as a proud native Angeleno, I warily approach any attempt to capture and plumb its historical soul. Yet with reservations, and a little bit of squinting while the odd anomaly goes by — and having seen only the first two episodes, written and directed by Darabont himself — I would recommend it.
For all its historical referents, it's a fanciful work, based not in the world but in motion pictures. Did a real person ever say, "I always said you had brains, kid" who wasn't quoting something he'd heard in a movie? David Tattersall (who photographed the pilot for "The Walking Dead") borrows the shadowy look of old film noir and adds color.
Composer-trumpeter Mark Isham washes the soundtrack with period atmosphere. There is cigarette smoke; there is neon. There are backlot city streets, made wet for reflective effect, like countless backlot streets before them.
"White hats and black hats, they do exist," says central character Det. Joe Teague (Jon Bernthal), remembering the movies he grew up on. "They try to shape the world in their image. Guys like me have to make do somewhere in the middle. I live in a world of gray hats."
The black hats here are the oddly comical Cohen (Jeremy Luke, better cast than Sean Penn, who played him in "Gangster Squad"), his good-looking boss, Benjamin Bugsy Siegel (Edward Burns) and their invented sociopathic associate Sid Rothmen (Robert Knepper). The white is William H. Parker (Neal McDonough), called "Bill the Boy Scout," a few years away from becoming the chief of police but, dramatically speaking, the chief already. He has a yen to clean up the town and a crooked police force in the bargain.
Darabont doesn't overly romanticize his gangsters — that he has made the series in the first place, of course, is a romantic gesture in itself, but he makes them more businesslike than demonic. A "nosh" here and a "mazel tov" there provide ethnic context.
The show manages to stay on the right side of cornball, thanks to good actors and Darabont's liking for long scenes that give them room to relax, to create relationships that define character and go on long enough for the period lingo to sound, if not natural, at least natural to the stylized surroundings. After a needless and improbable prelude set in Prohibition New York, which seems to have been added merely to fire off some machine guns, the story does much of its business by way of conversation.
Physiognomy speaks here. Bernthal has the right, worked-over look for the role of an honest cop whose code is nevertheless his own. He is not as pretty, certainly, as Milo Ventimiglia, who plays his opposite number, a newly minted lawyer in the service of Mickey and Bugsy. As Parker, McDonough plays straight, even as his pale blond hair, bright blue eyes and soft features add a patina of otherworldliness.
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Also profitably around: Pihla Viitala as Anya, who tends bar at the Central Avenue club where off-the-books business takes place, and who seems to have listened to recordings of Lena Horne and Peggy Lee in creating her character's voice. (Bizarrely, the bar is called Bunny's Jungle Club, which avoids a racist epithet only by the order of its words.) Darabont regular Jeffrey DeMunn brings offhand gravitas as the chief of the LAPD's mob squad.
And there is The Woman, absurdly named Jasmine Fontaine and played, perhaps not by accident, with the contained impudence of a young Lauren Bacall by Alexa Davalos. Because there is always a Woman.
It is left to guest star Simon Pegg, as a third-tier comic enlisting Teague in a risky proposition and looking down from a hill misplaced some miles to the east, to pronounce the customary civic malediction: "This city," he says. "So damn beautiful. It's like a sky full of stars, but only from a distance. Up close, it's all gutter."
'Mob City'
Where: TNT
When: 9 p.m. Wednesday
Rating: TV-MA (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 17)
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We're watching the BCS championship game together Monday night in Lane Kiffin's USC office -- you know, the game the Trojans were going to be playing in Miami.
It sounds silly, if not ridiculous, after the kind of season the Trojans have just experienced, but five months ago Kiffin and others were voting USC the No. 1 team in the country.
Right now Miami feels millions rather than a couple of thousand miles away, a brooding Nick Saban on the TV screen, a winner of two of the previous three title games. Soon to make it four titles overall.
Saban is 61. By way of comparison, Kiffin is a 37-year-old kid still in need of training wheels, a kid who also idolizes Saban.