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Leominster's Diego Fagundez leads Revolution
Diego Fagundez of Leominster scored and Houston added an own goal in the New England Revolution's 2-0 victory over the Dynamo on Saturday night.
New England (3-4-4), unbeaten in four of its last five games, took a 1-0 lead in the 51st minute on Fagundez's goal. Off a give-and-go from Clyde Simms at the top of the box, Fagundez weaved through Houston's defenders and sent a shot inside the far post from the penalty area.
The lead was extended to 2-0 in the 84th on an own goal. After Chris Tierney's shot was deflected by Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall, Adam Moffat headed it up, but Juan Agudelo gained possession outside the left goalkeeper's box. Agudelo's shot deflected off Ricardo Clark and got over the end line before Moffat could clear it again.
The Revs nearly made it 2-0 themselves in the 71st minute but Lee Nguyen's shot from above the half circle ricocheted off the near post and was cleared.
Brian Ching missed a chance to tie the game 1-all in the 81st as his header from outside the goalkeeper's box was stopped by New England goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth.
The Dynamo (6-4-2), who have lost consecutive games at home for the first time since 2010, had an opportunity to take the lead in the 24th, but Oscar Boniek Garcia had his shot from outside the left box go off the hands of Shuttleworth and out of bounds. Off the ensuing corner kick, Giles Barnes' header went wide.
Houston and New England played the final 50 minutes both down a man after Houston's Bobby Boswell and New England's Dimitry Imbongo were given straight red cards in the 38th and 40th minutes, respectively.
Off a free kick, Boswell appeared to head butt Imbongo, and Imbongo followed by pulling Boswell to the ground. A small scuffle followed in front of the Dynamo net, but no punches were thrown. Boswell was given the red card when he got up, and Imbongo was given the red card after he got off the turf. Video replays of the incident did not appear to show Boswell making contact with Imbongo.
Houston lost defender and Jamaican national team member Jermaine Taylor early after he went down to the turf with a left shoulder injury following a collision with Imbongo after going up for a 50/50 ball. Eric Brunner replaced Taylor in the 10th minute.


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Vortec Big-Block in a 1996 Chevy Truck - Head Games, Part 1
Opening Up the Vortec Big-Block
What happened to the big power numbers of the 454? The last generation big-block by GM (Vortec 454) leaves much to be desired when it comes to output. The Vortec big-block was gifted with a sequential port fuel-injection system that provided more power than its predecessor (throttle-body injection), but it still wasn't even close to the numbers found in the late-'60s and early '70s engines.
In fact, the LS6 (optional motor) that was available in 1971 was one of the highest-output 454 engines in production for its configuration. The fire-breathing Rat blew brimstone at the rate of 425 hp. Not bad for a powerplant straight off the showroom floor. The LS5 of the same year pumped out 365 hp. In 1972, all that power was lost. The LS6 was no longer available, and the LS5 only put out 270 hp.
Manufacturers are given a specified number of smog credits per year. The lineup of vehicles and quantity of vehicles manufactured consumes these credits quickly. So, you can see how making vehicles run lean and choking down the bigger engines would directly affect the company's profitability. But, that doesn't stop motorheads from seeking out ways to unleash the potential locked in the stock powerplants.
As part of the motorhead family, we at Sport Truck decided to see if we could revive some of the numbers locked away in the mystery of the Vortec big-block. We started by strapping our '96 Chevy dualie to the dyno to see how much power our Vortec engine had. After a couple pulls, the best run the Bow Tie could muster was 215 hp, and 329 lb-ft of torque.
We then pulled off the top of the engine to look inside. We found what GM had done to keep the Rat at bay: If you can't breath, you can't run. The Vortec intake pockets have a ramp that is suppose to swirl the air/fuel charge to increase velocity and provide more torque. The problem is that the ramps were rough-cast and needed some work to allow the air to move over a smooth surface instead of tumble over it. The intake runners are fairly respectable and are definitely an improvement from the "Peanut" heads found on the throttle body-injected Rat GM used before the Vortec. The runners were "as cast," of course, leaving a rough surface with mold seams in the runners, reducing airflow efficiency even further. In the exhaust runner, a large bulge that shrouds the exhaust valve stem consumes about one third of the exhaust runner, making the port restrictive. We also found that the intake valve in the Vortec head is 2.060 inches in diameter, and the exhaust is 1.72 inches, which is small for a 454ci engine.
We took the heads to Superior Automotive in Anaheim, California, to have the heads flowed and ported to improve the airflow problems. Owner and founder of Superior Automotive Joe Jill and his techs tore into the heads and told us what we needed to do to make a good strong combination. The cams in these trucks are retarded by the factory about 6 degrees. So, we got Competition Cams to remedy the problem with its Ultimately Adjustable Timing Set to dial in the cam. While we had the top pulled off the engine, we opted to convert the hydraulic flat-tappet cam to a hydraulic roller and gain a few more horses. We also ordered a mildly upgraded cam with no more duration and the same centerline, but with a little more lift to take advantage of better airflow through the heads.
Superior also opened up the airflow in our Vortec heads by installing a lager set of valves. The new Manley stainless swirl valves provide more valve surface area, which enables a larger volume of air to pass through the valve openings. The head was cut to hold a 2.190 intake valve and a 1.800 exhaust valve. Superior bolted the heads to its SuperFlow SF600 flow bench to test the stock combination. The enhanced cam we got from Comp has 0.510 lift, which is about 0.060 over the stock cam. We also got a 1.8:1 rocker to enhance the cam lift. With the 1.8 rockers, the new cam lift will actually be 0.540. This meant we needed to pay attention to the flow numbers up to 0.550 lift. The stock intake flowed 246 cfm at 0.550 lift, and the exhaust flowed 162 cfm at 0.450 lift. We flowed the exhaust at 0.550, but the air in the runner started to tumble and the flow numbers started to fall off.
After the head work was done, the flow number came up across the board. At 0.550 inch of lift, the intake flows 271 cfm and the exhaust 0.204 cfm at the same lift. With the head work done, all we needed to do was assemble and break in the engine before we strapped it down to the dyno. Check in next month to see how the big Bow Tie does on the dyno after all the mods.
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Make a new dish for every night of Hanukkah
Hanukkah without latkes is like Thanksgiving without turkey — just about everyone who celebrates the eight-day holiday will eat the fried potato-based patty at least once.
But latkes and sufganiyot — jelly-filled doughnuts that are the second most traditional Hanukkah food — don't make a single meal, let alone eight ones. For Hanukkah parties and family dinners, Jews often serve favorite foods that connect them with their Eastern European and Russian ancestry. The most common main dish is brisket, but other traditional foods include noodle kugel, stuffed cabbage and tzimmes.
Perhaps because latkes and sufganiyot are symbolic foods, most people eat them only at Hanukkah. Cooked in oil, they represent the miracle of Hanukkah, when a one-day supply of oil lit the temple ritual lamp for eight days. That miracle has come to symbolize the victory of light over darkness and endurance over destruction when the Jews won a battle to reclaim their temple in Jerusalem.
On the Hanukkah menu at The Fireside Restaurant in Brookline, Mass., owner Jim Solomon will offer two versions of latkes — made from white and sweet potatoes — and doughnuts stuffed with homemade strawberry rhubarb preserves.
Instead of the traditional brisket he grew up eating, Solomon will feature braised short ribs, prepared similar to brisket but a different cut of meat.
"Braised meats are real comfort food," Solomon said. "You throw some basic ingredients together and transform a peasant cut of meat into a plateful of deliciousness. It doesn't take a lot of preparation so people can spend time with their family.
But some traditional dishes can be time consuming to prepare, which is one reason many people buy stuffed cabbage and tzimmes rather than make it. Steve Robbins, owner of Maxie's Deli in Stoughton, Mass., uses recipes from his grandparents for his stuffed cabbage and tzimmes, a sweet stew of carrots, potatoes and fruit.
"Both these dishes are sweet, so they're wonderful for the holidays," he said.
Jody Feinberg may be reached at email@example.com.
Locke's Brisket
1 brisket
5 Yukon gold potatoes
6 large carrots
2 large onions
Dry rub
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 T ground mustard powder
Wet mix
1 large bottle ketchup
1/2 jar apricot preserves
1 1/2 cups water
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse brisket and pat dry. Rub dry mixture on both sides. Slice onions and spread on bottom of a heavy pot. Place brisket on onions. Spread carrots and potatoes around brisket. Pour wet mixture around brisket. Seal with a lid or heavy aluminum foil. Cook 4-5 hours.
– Recipe from the 2010 Brisket Bake-off at Temple Sinai of Sharon
Hanukkah Sufganiyot (Jelly Doughnuts) with Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
2 T active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water (100 degrees to 110 degrees)
1/4 cup plus 1 t sugar, plus more for rolling
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 large eggs
2 T unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 t freshly grated nutmeg
2 t salt
3 cups vegetable oil, plus more for bowl
1 cup strawberry rhubarb jam
In a small bowl, combine yeast, warm water, and 1 teaspoon sugar. Set aside until foamy, about 10 minutes.
Place flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the center; add eggs, yeast mixture, 1/4 cup sugar, butter, nutmeg, and salt. Using a wooden spoon, stir until a sticky dough forms. On a well-floured work surface, knead until dough is smooth, soft, and bounces back when poked with a finger, about 8 minutes (add more flour if necessary). Place in an oiled bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Set in a warm place to rise until doubled, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a 2 1/2-inch-round cutter or drinking glass, cut 20 rounds. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise 15 minutes.
In medium saucepan over medium heat, heat oil until a deep-frying thermometer registers 370 degrees. Using a slotted spoon, carefully slip 4 rounds into oil. Fry until golden, about 40 seconds. Turn doughnuts over; fry until golden on other side, another 40 seconds. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a paper-towel-lined baking sheet. Roll in sugar while warm. Fry all dough, and roll in sugar.
Fill a pastry bag fitted with a #4 tip with jam. Using a wooden skewer or toothpick, make a hole in the side of each doughnut. Fit the pastry tip into a hole, pipe about 2 teaspoons jam into doughnut. Repeat with remaining doughnuts.
– Recipe from The Fireplace Restaurant
Sweet Potato Latkes
3 scallions, white and light-green parts only, thinly sliced
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t coarse salt
1/2 t ground ginger
1/4 t ground cardamom
1/4 t freshly ground pepper
1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes (about 3 large), peeled and grated on the large holes of a box grater
1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (about 3 medium), peeled and grated on the large holes of a box grater
Olive oil, for frying
In a large bowl, combine scallions and eggs. Add flour, salt, ginger, cardamom, and pepper, and stir until incorporated. Add both kinds of potatoes, and toss until combined and evenly coated.
Fill a large skillet with about 1/2 inch oil. Place over medium heat until oil is almost smoking. (To test, drop a small bit of batter into the skillet; it should sizzle upon contact.)
Working in batches so as not to crowd skillet, carefully spoon about 2 tablespoons batter into oil for each latke. Lightly tamp down to flatten. Cook, turning once, until golden on each side, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a slotted spatula, transfer to a paper-towel-lined wire rack to drain. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve immediately with sour cream and applesauce.
Makes about 2 dozen.
– Recipe from the Fireplace Restaurant
Potato Pancakes (Latkes)
1-1/2 pounds russet potatoes peeled
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 T matzo meal (or more)
1 1/2 t salt and freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil for frying
On a box grater grate the potatoes. Line a sieve with cheesecloth and transfer potatoes to the sieve. Set sieve over a bowl, twist cheesecloth into a pouch, squeezing out some moisture. Let mixture drain for 2 hours. After 15 minutes, pour off liquid from the bowl but leave the white potato starch that settles in the bottom of the bowl.
To that starch add shallots, eggs, flour, 1-1/2 teaspoons of salt and freshly ground pepper. Return drained potatoes to this mixture and toss to combine.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a baking pan with paper towels. When you are ready to eat, in a large skillet, heat 1/4 inch of oil over medium high heat until hot. Drop heaping tablespoonful's of potato mixture and cook for 3 to 4 minutes a side; latkes should be golden and crisp on both sides. Eat right away or keep warm in oven.
Makes 4 servings.
– Recipe from the Fireplace Restaurant
Braised Beef Short Ribs
5 pounds beef short ribs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large onions halved and sliced 1/2 inch thick
3 large carrots cut into 1/4 inch round slices
3 ribs celery cut into 1/4 inch round slices
8 cloves garlic crushed
3 sprigs fresh thyme (roughly chopped)
3 sprigs of fresh rosemary (roughly chopped)
3 bay leaves
2 cups crushed canned tomatoes
1 T tomato paste
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
6 cups veal stock (preferable) or beef stock or low sodium chicken stock
3 cups red wine
Pat ribs dry with paper towel. Liberally sprinkle salt and pepper on one side of the ribs to evenly cover.
Heat a cast iron skillet or Dutch oven (preferably) on high heat (otherwise a stainless steel pan is alright). Add oil and allow to heat for a minute or until the oil gets hot and just begins to smoke. Sear each side of the meat long enough to brown (approximately 10 minutes).
Remove ribs and set aside (refrigerate). Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees for later.
Reduce flame to medium and in the remaining oil add the onions, carrots and celery. Slow cook stirring occasionally until the vegetables are well caramelized (darker than golden brown).
Add garlic, and herbs and continue cooking, occasionally stirring until garlic becomes soft.
Add tomatoes and tomato paste and cook for approximately fifteen more minutes or until the tomatoes become well caramelized (brownish).
Add brown sugar, balsamic vinegar and red wine and reduce until the liquid is mostly absorbed by the vegetables.
Add the stock and bring to a slow boil. Then shut the flame off.
Return ribs to the pot or baking pan (fat side up).
Cover the pot with a top or tin foil. Place in the preheated oven and cook for approximately two and a half hours.
Remove from the oven and check for doneness.
Note: Some like to stop the cooking when the meat is still slightly firm to allow for a beautifully presented piece of meat which clings to the bone.
I prefer to cook for approximately another half hour. Less concerned about handsome ribs, I enjoy the more reduced and thus candied effect on the short rib even though the meat falls apart more easily.
If serving on the same day then remove meat from the sauce and allow the ribs to cool for one hour.
Skim any excess fat from the sauce and discard. Reheat the sauce in a saucepan. Serve sauce beside in a gravy boat or poured over ribs.
If serving the following day then refrigerate meat. When the sauce is removed from the refrigerator the fat will have turned to a solid. It can then be easily scraped off and discarded. Heat the defatted sauce. Add the ribs to the sauce and cover. Place in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes.
Fennel Salad with celery, cucumber, lemon and pomegranate
This crunchy, bright salad is the perfect accompaniment to rich winter dishes, such as the brisket or the brandade latkes below. Since it doesn't contain any lettuce, or any other delicate ingredients, it also would work well for a holiday potluck. Just bring the fennel fronds in a separate container and sprinkle on before serving.
1 large fennel bulb, fronds intact
2 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cucumber, sliced into rounds
1/4 cup diced red onion
Juice of 1 lemon
4 T extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
2 T pomegranate seeds
Cut the fennel bulb in quarters, then lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Snip 2 tablespoons of the fronds and set aside. Toss the fennel, 1 tablespoon of the fronds, the celery, the cucumber and the onion together in a medium-sized salad bowl.
Squeeze the lemon over the vegetables and drizzle on the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste and toss to coat. Serve sprinkled with the remaining tablespoon of fennel fronds and the pomegranate seeds.
Serves 6.
– Recipe from "Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France" by Joan Nathan (Knopf, $39.95)
3 large cans sliced carrots, drained
1 large can sweet potato
2 cans crushed pineapple
1 pound brown sugar
3/4 pound melted oleo
1 1/2 cups flour
Make roux with oleo and flour. Add juice from sweet potatoes and pineapple. Pour over carrots and sweet potatoes. Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours.
– Recipe from Maxie's Deli in Stoughton
Lemon and Dried Blueberry Blintzes
Start to finish: 2 hours (1 hour 10 minutes active)
Servings: 8 (16 blintzes)
For the crepes
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 t powdered sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/4 cup low-fat milk
3/4 cup water
6 T butter, melted, plus more for brushing
For the filling
2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
3 T sour cream, plus extra for serving
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 t lemon zest
3/4 cup dried blueberries
To make the crepes, in a blender combine the flour, powdered sugar, eggs, milk, water and melted butter. Blend until smooth. Let the batter rest, refrigerated, for 20 minutes (or up to 1 day).
Heat a 10-inch, nonstick skillet or crepe pan over medium. Brush the pan with melted butter (you may only need to do this for every other crepe). Pour 1/4 cup of the batter into the center of the pan, then immediately tilt and rotate the pan to spread the batter evenly over the bottom. Cook the crepe until the edges are lightly browned and beginning to curl up, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Carefully loosen the edges of the crepe with a spatula and flip the crepe over in the pan. Cook until the second side is slightly browned, about another 20 seconds. Slide the crepe onto a plate.
Prepare the remaining crepes in the same manner. There should be enough batter for 16 crepes.
Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
To make the filling, in a medium bowl stir together the ricotta, sour cream, sugar, egg, egg yolk, lemon zest and dried blueberries.
To assemble the blintzes, one at a time place a crepe on a clean work surface with the paler side facing up. Place 2 tablespoons of the ricotta filling at the center of the crepe. Fold the opposite sides of the crepe over the center until they barely touch. Fold in the other 2 sides to make an envelope that completely encloses the filling. Place each folded crepe seem down in the prepared baking dish.
Brush the tops of the blintzes with melted butter and bake until they are golden and begin to puff up, about 20 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with sour cream (if desired) and blood orange-lime compote.
– Recipe from the Associated Press


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Thinking back on all the New Year's resolutions I have made over the years, I can't think of a single one that wasn't a good idea. From eating smarter to getting better organized, each resolution, whether it was a success or is still a work in progress, made sense for my life and overall well-being. Some were even what could be considered fun! A fresh workout routine leaves the mind and body feeling great, and a closet cleared of clothes that I hadn't worn in years was less stressful to tackle in the morning, and reminded me that I had donated those clothes to people that might really need them. But each of these resolutions, no matter how big in effect, was small in focus. Cleaning a closet, eating more vegetables, calling friends more often, and so forth; all rather concrete in their approach. So this year I am trying something new, and I'd love if you tried it with me! This year my resolution will be the pursuit of happiness, wherever that journey make take me.
If you imagine this journey will include many typical resolutions within it, you're right. I want to eat healthier, I want to clean out that closet once again, I want to get my oil changes on time every time. But I won't be thinking the same way about these things – they will not be singular focuses. The focus will be on living a happier, healthier, more enriched and enriching life. So much about the end result of things is found in the focus, and I'm excited to see how differently things feel when that focus is so bold and broad. There are things I can't change, like the fact that there will always be more work to be done than hours in the day. But I'm not interested in the things I can't change, but the things I can. What I can change is how I feel about that hard work; what it means to me, my life, and the lives of those around me – including you!
As I sit here at my computer with good music turned up high and thoughts of a new year on my mind, I have some vague ideas about how I'll achieve greater happiness, but am very aware that if it comes it will come in so many ways I can't imagine. But that doesn't mean I'm going to sit by and just wait for it. I am going to actively pursue it, and accept that I won't always be able to control it or attain it.
I am going to live with greater intention and consciousness. I am going to recycle more. I am going to eat more candy, more slowly, more appreciatively, more often, with more people. I am going to finish uploading my CDs to my computer. I am going to stop buying things simply because they are on sale. I am going to think about why I'm doing something before I do it. I am going to pay closer attention to the emotions and actions of those I care about. I am going to appreciate my dog and my dog's endless supply of love without judgment. I am going to try to be more like my dog. I am going to consider whether I want to do something because it's something people do that I feel like I should do too, or because I really want to do it and the effect will be a positive in my life. I am going to read more inspirational quotes, even if they are kind of cheesy, because sometimes they light a little fire that might only burn for a moment, but it burns so bright it's magnificent. I am going to take everything I know and apply it to learning more about the countless things I don't know. I am going to work toward being the most complete, authentic 'me' I can be, even if that task takes forever. And it will. I'm OK with that. In fact, I like it.
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." – Herman Cain
We love what we are doing at BlairCandy.com, and we thank you for helping us in another successful year. We wish you nothing but the best in the New Year ahead, and look forward to bringing you not only the sweetest candy around, but service with a smile. Even if you can't actually see that smile, it's there. 🙂


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Kauffman Stadium opened in 1973 in the middle of nowhere – as opposed to downtown – Kansas City. Royals Stadium, as it was known at the time, was different from its contemporaries because it was for baseball only, as God intended stadiums to be. Other pro sports cities were drafting their own one-way tickets to hell by building multi-sport facilities. Not Kansas City.
It has changed a bit for this season, though!The 'New K' is still Kauffman Stadium – still has the fountains, still has the friendliness, still has Slugerrrr roaming around, still has a crown-shaped scoreboard in center field. Oh, except the new scoreboard is actually a hundred foot tall HD screen, with glorious video replays on the top and bountiful stats on the bottom.
As you can see in the first photo of this post, the old Kauffman Stadium had no seats beyond the outfield walls – just grassy hills and interstate traffic. Now there are seats and a few Standing Room Only areas all around the outfield, as well as a few bars and team stores.
These are some of the seats beyond left field, but there are also seats beyond right field, and some SRO areas around the legendary fountain displays. I intend to go back to The K in July, because the fountain water – which team officials assure us is cleaned and filtered constantly – is nice and cool.
Here you can see some of the "guts" of the fountain, as well as some of the improvements behind the plate. For you rich folk out there, the seats behind the plate are part of the Diamond Club experience, which I think includes access to concessions that regular people don't get. I'm bitter because that section was built where my regular seats used to be, and I miss my seats.
Around the press boxes, you can see the new ribbon scoreboards. They're lovely, although my seats were up the first base line so it was easier to just look at Crown Vision and the scoreboard on the left field fence.
This trip was taken on a whim, so I kept the budget really tight. That meant I didn't get to sample some of the newer foods (I hear the burnt ends are to die for, though) or drinks. Well, that and I'm not 21 yet, so I'm confined to soda and lemonade anyway.
My budget for parking+food was $20, and I was only off by $.25. That may sound shockingly low to people from bigger baseball markets, but it's totally doable! Parking is only $9, and that hasn't changed in a very long time. I have to give props to owner David Glass for not raising those prices, because he totally could since the stadium is in the middle of nowhere and the stadium lots are the only option. And the people who collect your parking fees are all very friendly, as are most of the staffers (and fans!!) around the stadium.
With my remaining $11, I was able to get a regular Dr Pepper and a large plate of nachos with tons of fixins – chicken, salsa, cheese, sour cream, etc. So there are inexpensive but fulfilling food options for those of you visiting KC on a budget!
I loved The K before, but I adore the changes made to it now. Having fans out in the outfield made a huge difference in the atmosphere, because the chants and cheers from the crowd weren't just floating off into the night – they were being echoed from the other fans. That made celebrating a dramatic 9th-inning comeback that much more amazing, and I can't wait to get back to The K and do it again!


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Sunrise-through-flowers-2763, originally uploaded by Paradise in Portugal.
I had to pop up to town a week or so ago, and, to beat the heat of the day as much as the traffic, left the Quinta at 5.30 for a ride up there on the bike.
I thought it'd be interesting to make a note of what I saw in the first hour's drive, passing through 6 villages and covering 60 miles of the ride, (about 100 kms), so here it is …
Regarding the Natural World there was
1 Barn Owl
1 Buzzard
1 Hare
1 Rabbit
4 Storks
5 Cattle Egrets
5 Red Legged Partridges
3 Jays
10 Blackbirds
and many LBJs, mostly Crested, Thekla and Wood Larks, Goldfinches, Linnets, Cirl Buntings, Stonechats etc.
Nothing spectacular there one might think, but what always stuns me on these early morning rides is the amount of human presence noticeable in this area, and that morning was no exception.
In that first hour's ride there was
1 lorry carrying bricks
1 lorry carrying wood
1 small van
1 pick-up
1 moped,
3 men, (two together and 1 individually)
and 1 dog ….
I wonder how many other places in Europe would have this kind of list! What a joy to be able to live here!


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The strategy RPG sub-genre has remained more or less the same since the early SNES days; aside from the Disgaea series, few games have really mixed up the core mechanics of the SRPG genre. That's why Valkyria Chronicles, Sega's new PS3-exclusive SRPG, is so exciting: it finally mixes things up for the better. While it may still pay tribute to the genre's roots, Valkyria is one of the most exciting SPRGs in quite some time, just because it's so drastically different than the norm.
The definitive feature of the title is the BLiTZ battle system. Rather than managing and moving your individual units on the familiar square grid, Valkyria turns the on-foot gameplay into a third-person shooter. You're free to move about the map, take cover, lie down in grass, flank enemies using the environment... it can feel like a normal shooter. A number of restrictions—including how far a given unit can move and how many units you can order around during a single turn—are put in place to keep the game strategical, but Valkyria feels undoubtedly more exciting than the average SPRG.
For SPRG fans who think they've seen it all, this is a welcome innovation. The newfound degree of mobility and environmental interaction adds a previously unseen dynamic to a well-worn genre. In fact, at times the game feels more like an action game than an SRPG—to the point where shooter fans could wind up getting sucked in. Pushing your characters up behind a tank to use it as mobile cover while assaulting a front, creating ambushes in narrow alleys, hiding snipers in tall grass—all of this is possible and much more. Few SRPGs feel as fluid and dynamic as Valkyria.
That said, the staple RPG fixings play a key role in the overall experience. You'll be able to create your own squad of units drawing from a pool of different classes, and you'll be able to research and upgrade equipment as well as customize your forward-command tank through various upgrade trees that allow specialization and individualization of units.
New characters can also be recruited to aid in battle if others die as characters that die in battle are gone forever. Each character in Valkyria is made unique by a few different and important factors. Each character has an affinity to other characters, which changes the way a character performs relative to surrounding units, and a number of personality traits and quirks and special moves. A "Chatty Cathy," for example, will have a natural decrease in accuracy while positioned near friends while an "City Kid" will gain attack bonuses when in a city setting. These quirks greatly imbue the game with additional meta-strategy which makes properly creating and managing your squad before you hit the battlefield an important element of gameplay.
Valkyria does mix up successfully the standards in these RPG elements, too. For example, instead of leveling up individual units, you'll level up the entire roster of a single class. After battle, experience points are pooled and can then be used like currency to buy unit training. Spending a certain amount on scouts, for example, will level up all the scouts in your army, whether the individual soldiers of that class participated in battle or not. This is a welcome change from the norm as it completely eliminates leveling discrepancies. There is no need to worry about replaying weak battles over and over just so that your weaker characters or new recruits can catch up to the stronger ones.
Amidst all the innovations and slight changes, though, you can also expect the staple lengthy narrative with plenty of cut-scenes. Though the story is, for the most part, full of the normal melodrama and anime-like vibe befitting of a Japanese-born RPG, the interface is a welcome change of pace. The chaptered storybook interface that the game uses separates the cutscenes and battle sequences as "episodes" is a welcome change, as it makes it easy to jump into and out of the game as, at any time, you can turn back the pages and re-watch the story sequences, view optional sub-episodes, replay old levels, manage your team, or play off-shoot skirmishes for experience and money.
The story itself centers around small-town folk thrust into a war of worldly proportions. In an alternate view of World War I playing out in a fictitious though familiar setting, the game's two main characters, Welkin and Alicia, are quickly thrust into battle as a brooding empire invades their once-peaceful homeland. There are even parallels to the oil crisis as the central point of war is a substance called "ragnite" which is key to civilization. The transformation from hometown life to warfare, and from ignorant bliss to rude awakening, is well-represented.
Unlike most "world war" games, though, Valkyria is decidedly lighter. As the art style suggests, this isn't a disparaging, dark and depressing depiction of war but rather one designed to focus more on the people and the effect war has on character than on the reality of war; it's very anime-like. To that end, the cel-shading graphics makes sense: the presentation isn't there for any frivolous reason or just solely because it looks pretty, though it most certainly does. It's there to alleviate the focus on bloodshed and the grim reality of war to concentrate more on the people than the war itself.
Sega has returned in fine form with Valkyria Chronicles. Not only is the game's story wholly enjoyable and the presentation is gorgeous, but the game itself is well-made, innovative, and entirely fun to play. Sure, the controls can be clumsy at times and many of the missions are excruciatingly unforgiving, but these issues don't detract greatly from the refreshing experience. This is the sleeper hit for 2008; don't let it pass you by.
Verdict: Buy
Developer and Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Price: $59.99
Rating: Teen
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May means Mother's Day, and the way to this mother's heart is through chocolate! As much as I love chocolate, though, I'm not a huge fan of chocolate cake. But give me some vanilla cupcakes with chocolate accents, and now we're talking! I found this Chocolate Chip Cupcake tasty treat that can easily be adapted in all kinds of fun ways to make moms' mouths' water.
Instead of chocolate chips, substitute Snocaps! (non-pareils) You'll still get that bittersweet bite, but with an added sweet surge from the white candy micro-beads as well.
Or, how about some sweet Sixlets, in any color of the rainbow? Take it one step further and add a splash of your mom's favorite color with food coloring to your batter and/or icing. Imagine pale pink cupcakes with pink Sixlets in the cupcake as well as in [or on top of] the frosting.
You will need: (for an easy alternative, see below *)
> 3 1/4 cup sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
> 1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
> 1/4 teaspoon salt
> 7 ounce (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
> 1 3/4 cup sugar
> 1 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
> 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
> 5 large egg whites, room temperature
> 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (Or, use nonpareils or Sixlets)
> Chocolate Chip Icing (Or, use basic vanilla or buttercream icing, and mix in Sixlets or crushed non-pareils in place of chocolate chips)
> Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
> Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. In a separate bowl, mix milk and vanilla together. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in three additions, alternating with milk mixture, and ending with dry ingredients.
> Beat egg whites to stiff peaks, and fold into batter. Fold in chocolate chips, Sixlets, or crushed non-pareils. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
> Bake cupcakes 22 minutes or until toothpick test comes out clean. After cooling, frost with icing. For best results, keep cupcakes in refrigerator until a few minutes before serving.
* If you are in a hurry, hate to bake, and/or are working with children on the project, use a simple white cake boxed cake mix, but add in the non-pareils or Sixlets (and the food coloring, if you choose), and follow the baking directions on the box for cupcakes.


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Weeks ago, we took a look at the IMDB worst-rated sci-fi films. Hours later, the writer/director of one of them offered to send a DVD. Here's a look at the low budget sci-fi horror film Terrarium.
On the list of IMDB worst-rated films, I singled out Terrarium because it was comfortably in the bottom ten for sci-fi films, and because it received the lowest number of votes. It suffered from a mix of hatred and indifference, despite what I think is an awesome title for a sci-fi horror film.
Turns out the title was one of the reasons it drew so many complaints. It was re-titled War of the Planets and came out just before a certain mega-budget, mega-star, mega-cgi movie. The comparison didn't work well for it.
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When I got to the end of Terrarium, I was surprised that it was rated so poorly. The concept is good. A group of people, picked for their various skills and loaded with seeds and supplies, are sent out to be the first colonists on a planet light years from earth. They are put into hibernation chambers during the voyage. When they wake up, they find the ship damaged and many systems offline, including the ones which let them out of their cells. In their weakened state, they try to break free. Soon they find that something big is coming in periodically to break them free and drag them off to be eaten.
Let's start with the good. As I said, it's a good concept. The idea of being physically free but practically helpless as a timer ticks down to your gruesome death is a frightening one. The most affecting scenes in the movie are the ones in which the group tries to figure out strategies to deal with the creature. There's one shot in particular, a woman trying to plug her ears so she doesn't have to listen to a fellow crew member get eaten alive, that's genuinely horrifying.
Terrarium has one important thing in common with the gold-standard of sci-fi horror films: Alien. It has surprises. The Alien, or Predator, sequels never had the same impact as the originals. In the sequels, the audience is waiting for the characters to catch up. They need to learn about the heat vision, the acid blood, the 'rules' of that particular monster. In the original movies, the audience is just barely learning the rules themselves. Problems evolve and change over time. Mysteries are solved, only to bring up new mysteries. Terrarium has that. A basic horror film would have the crew trying to escape the creature. In this movie, once the creature is dealt with, new problems emerge. That's a rare quality in a film.
Terrarium has some important weaknesses, too. Many people commented on the low-budget special effects, but there's only so much you can knock a film for being low budget.
The bigger problem, though, is that if I were to watch only the beginning and ending, I would not surprised that Terrarium was rated so low. Although sci-fi embraces mystery, some questions do have to be answered. You don't have to explain where something comes from, or why it acts aggressive, but you do have to explain why it acts aggressive in that one way, and not another. The ending is weak.
It's the first ten minutes of Terrarium which are the most damaging. The film opens with a voice-over by the ex-wife of one of the characters. She's later seen disavowing her relationship with the character when she and some strangers see him and the other would-be colonists giving a press conference. The scene changes, and we don't see her again.
Meanwhile we follow the scene change to the press conference in which each character is introduced, along with their personal trait; the man of god, the sarcastic nerd, the sweet girl, the intellectual, and so on. The result is a long scene with too much information, none of which is relevant to the story. Characters should be well rounded, but not if it draws attention away from the main plot. Supposedly fights between characters in stressful situations make the scene more tense. In reality, they do the opposite. If the characters were really frightened, they wouldn't care about small personality conflicts.
Overall, Terrarium is a decent popcorn flick. It doesn't need more money. What it needs is less time. Start it ten minutes in, after we've seen the last of the earth, and it makes for a good ride.
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You can also view part I of this article which describes the setting up of this application with Visual Studio 2008 and IIS 7, running on Vista. SQL Server 2005 was used as the database. I had originally blogged on this using VS 2005 but feedback indicated that quite a few people are now using VS 2008, so I upgraded it to VS 2008, which I am currently running on VMWare Workstation... the best $190 I ever spent. This is part II and the full code will be available for download in part III, real soon!
Speaking of feedback, I have been having problems with the comments system on this blog for some time now. So, pretty soon I am upgrading the blog engine and switching to a database version. The plan is to eventually make it a real "Community" site. Watch this space...
The Guest Book application is written in C# and is pretty straightforward. Here I will walk through the creation of the back-end which will allow the site administrator to moderate the comments posted to the guest book by site visitors.
First, we need to set up our membership system. The membership system is where most people seem to get stuck. There are several ways of achieving the same thing and I think that this is what causes much of the confusion. Typically, in an application such as this you would use a CAPTCHA control to combat the spammers, so we are not going to force users to register in order to sign the guest book. We will need an administration area for our admin forms, so we will create an "admin" role. The way I go about this is to create a new folder and call it Admin. Add a config file to this new folder and set up the authorization rules as shown below.
Now, we're going to cheat a little. I'm going to do the TV chef and slip in a little something I pre-prepared earlier in the kitchen (actually gleaned from several of Scott Guthrie's blog postings). I always keep a sample Web.config file handy that I know is set up correctly for a basic membership system. I start this way rather than jumping in right off with the WSAT wizard because I want to have one single database for both my application and membership data. Tidier. So, I manually set up the database connection in the project Web.config file, along with entries for the membership and authentication sections. See the snippets below, and don't forget to include the roleManager tag!
Now that the membership database connection is configured the way we want it, we can run the aspnet_regsql tool from the command line. This will create the actual membership database objects for us as part of our Guests database. Just navigate from the start menu to SQL Server Management Studio and locate the command line tool under the Configuration Tools folder. Simply enter aspnet_regsql at the prompt and you will be presented with the SQL Server Setup Wizard. Here are some screenshots showing the correct selections to make:
If you go to SSMS and refresh the database, you should now be able to expand the tables icon, and you will see that the wizard had created everything we need for our membership system. At this stage, you are ready to run the WSAT tool and start setting up the admin role and adding the admin user. I will outline this process in the final installment, as well as the creation of our administration forms. Stay tuned!
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There once was a house
on top of a hill
Where a very bad monster
used to live
Now it is empty
Oh yes, I am sure
So lead the way
To the top of the hill
And we will go in
Close our eyes
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It might eat you
It won't get me
You see my friend
This is your end
You shouldn't have
trusted me
I would never count
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Our team in Israel is looking for people with a passion to see new churches planted among the least-reached, churches that are making disciples who are in turn making other disciples. Experience in this area is valued, but not necessary to join. Training can be provided by those on the team with experience in this area. We are working among both Jewish and Arab communities, especially in the Galilee.
ISRAEL: What comes to mind? Beautiful mountains? Mediterranean beaches? Deserts? Biblical sites? War? Terrorists? Bombings? We want you to share the hope of Christ to the hopeless.
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Every four generations, Monarch butterflies create a "super generation" that lives long enough to migrate to Mexico. In this video from National Geographic, we see how the butterflies engineer their children for such astonishing longevity.
This is part of a special called Great Migrations that National Geographic is airing this Sunday, Nov. 7.
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"Unwrapping the unlucky but delicious trout feels something like Christmas."
My grandmother is my own Edith Piaf.
Mémé has a voice that trembles on the air, buoyed up by soprano aspirations. It is a beautiful but homemade voice--like a quilt. There is no better kind of voice for lullabies.
She is the kind of lady who sings "La Vie en Rose" to herself in the swimming pool, cartooning the twisting belle époque ironworks of Métropolitain signs and Parisian street lamps about her in thin air amid the cruel, deep, empty blues of a Florida pool and a Florida sky. It is "La Vie en Rose" now, but when I was very young, she would spin a roulette wheel of dainty little French lullabies in her head, and wherever the ball landed, she would begin with her dancing-ballerina-in-a-jewel-box voice.
One that was our favorite had two simple verses. "Les petits poissons qui nagent dans l'eau. Nagent, nagent, nagent. Et les grands aussis. Nagent, nagent, nagent aussi." In other words: The little fish who swim in the water. Swim, swim, swim. And the big ones, too. Swim, swim, swim, too."
Verse two was no great surprise: "Les petits ouiseaux qui volent dans l'air. Volent, volent, volent. Et les grands aussi. Volent, volent, volent aussi"--birds flying instead of fish swimming. A simple little tale of truth that lullaby was, but I loved it because I adored animals, and I would always croak along.
Whoever wrote this lullaby hadn't met Rusty. But neither had Mémé nor I.
Gone Fishing: How I Met Rusty
When I was a junior in college, I decided that though I had a cat and a dog down in Florida, I needed a pet of my own, right here, right now, to be happy. I got in my old VW and drove to the nearest PetSmart. The week before I had noticed a large and beautiful goldfish, and I had plans to buy him. But when I got there, he was gone. Instead was a tank of these darling little fan-finned white and gold and black pinto goldfish called Shubunkins. And at the front of the tank lingered one with a black patch over his eye. He shimmered at me, and I was hooked.
I took him back to my dorm and called him Rusty. For the first few days he cowered in the farthest corner of water, and I would hum to him "Les Petits Poissons." Soon he came to the surface when I crumbled in his fish flakes. After a while, he would recognize me, swim to the front of his tank, and do a little dance.
I was shocked when he was still alive at the end of the year. My boyfriend at the time had, after all, threatened to have fraternity pledges break, enter, and turn poor Rusty into fish fry. But there he was, dancing expectantly at the front of the tank, watching me pack, blowing water bubbles that seemed to ask the question, "Where are we going?"
"So, I got back in the VW and drove to PetSmart to buy Rusty what came to be known infamously on the Princeton campus as "the travel tank."
So, I got back in the VW and drove to PetSmart to buy Rusty what came to be known infamously on the Princeton campus as "the travel tank." I put Rusty in, and parked him in the front seat, pulling the seatbelt across to keep him secure. I piled the rest of our worldly possessions in the brimming backseat, and off we went on the two-day, 22-hour drive from where we went to college to my mother's house.
We did this drive together many times. Sometimes we would take the train from Washington to Northern Florida, but more often, we just went it alone. Alone, at night, in random hotels in South Carolina, I found great comfort and companionship in his chipper little copper demeanor. One time, I decided to veer off the course and visit Savannah because I'd never seen it. The trolley operator nearly jumped out of his skin as he exclaimed, "Why! Is that a little shubunkin I see there?" Rusty got a free trolley tour of Savannah, Georgia, and was happily greeted by many locals. And when we had to leave early one summer before Hurricane Wilma, we hit the road back north with thousands of other Florida license plates.
Flying Fish: Travels With My Pet Fish
Rusty gained great notoriety as the traveling fish. After college, when the two of us moved into our first New York apartment together, we began to fly back to Maman's house in Florida. He would sit happily unaffected in his little travel tank. All the men at the airport knew Rusty. They would affably conduct painless tests to be sure he wasn't a bomb, try to shake his fins through the plastic, and then admonish me for not having fed him orange slices yet. Apparently, those are a terrific snack for goldfish.
"Sometimes little fish fly through the air, instead of just swimming in the water, with all the other fish."
But it was up in the air, with Rusty on my airplane tray table, that I realized Mémé's lullaby was inadequate. Sometimes little fish fly through the air, instead of just swimming in the water, with all the other fish.
When we arrived at Maman's house, Rusty would stay sometimes in my room, and sometimes in the kitchen, both of which overlook the ocean. I used to wonder if Rusty ever dreamed of swimming with all the other little fish and big fish from the lullaby, but I think he knew he was special. That he could fly. He didn't even seem too upset by the fact that our kitchen is most often used to cook filets of fish. I would often try to throw a kitchen towel over his tank to preserve his innocence.
Rusty was with me for four long goldfish years. Friends from college would call me and inquire as to his health. It never failed. And one day, just before I moved to Europe, when I had enlisted my mother to take care of him as he looked out onto that vast blue sea, fretting over how I could ever fly without him, the little brave spirit behind his dancing fins and fighter-pilot persona was stilled. I buried him in a flower pot, beneath a blooming tree that I planted for him on the roof of our shared New York apartment. And though he is now forever firmly in the earth, I still like to remember him as my little flying fish. And I remind myself what Rusty taught me--that sometimes, les petits poissons volent dans l'air.
Cooking Trout En Papillotte
This week's dish is a personal favorite that unfortunately my poor Rusty had to witness many times. It is a whole trout (not a flying fish!) perfumed with the woody herbs of Provence, situated on a bed of fennel, and roasted en papillotte. It is so easy, so quick, and so elegant for a weeknight dinner or a dinner party because unwrapping the unlucky but delicious trout feels something like Christmas.
Recipe Facts
2 butterflied whole trout
1 teaspoon olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons butter
6 sprigs thyme
6 sprigs rosemary
4 slices lemon, plus extra lemon juice for drizzling
A handful of watercress or pea shoots
Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Rub the trout outside and in with olive oil to coat. The more thoroughly you do this, the less likely the fish will be to stick to the parchment. Season them each inside and out with salt and pepper.
Open the trout up like a book, and stick 3 thyme and 3 rosemary bookmarks in the center. Add in 1 teaspoon of butter for good measure. Close the book--your place is saved for later. Place two slices of lemon on top of each trout.
Prepare the packages by tossing the fennel with 1 teaspoon of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Divide in half, and place a small mound in the middle of each sheet of parchment. Lay a trout on top of each fennel mountain. Then seal the package. Bring the edges of parchment parallel to the length of the fish up, and fold and fold and fold again until the fold rests sealed against the fish. Then folds the ends up like a Christmas gift, and fold under. All the folds will seal in the steam and the flavor.
Bake the trout for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, toss the watercress or pea shoots with a touch of olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. When the packages come out of the oven, cut them open at the table, and top with a bit of greenery.
Special Equipment
Two large rectangles of parchment paper
|Nutrition Facts (per serving)
|Nutrition Facts
|Servings: 2
|Amount per serving
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat 22g
|Saturated Fat 5g
|Cholesterol 99mg
|Sodium 728mg
|Total Carbohydrate 41g
|Dietary Fiber 12g
|Total Sugars 14g
|Protein 37g
|Vitamin C 209mg
|Calcium 209mg
|Iron 5mg
|Potassium 1347mg
|*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.


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MARION, Iowa (AP) — Officials say it's back to business as usual after extra police were called to Linn-Mar High School in Marion after a threat was received.
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