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Evolution Hoax
Anti-Semitism is impossible in our age, at a time when we have the internet and television and when people can easily access information of all kinds. It is a system that applied during the Middle Ages, when cruel and ruthless ideas predominated. But we are now a society of love. The world is heading in the direction of love. Of union, unity and brotherhood. We are in the age of the Messiah, the King Messiah, the Mahdi. There is no room for such primitive and oppressive ideas as anti-Semitism in such an age, and we will never permit it. Islam is a religion of love and peace. All the religions demand love, peace and brotherhood. It is the same in Judaism and Christianity and Islam. The name 'Islam' means 'peace', as befits it. It's origin comes from the Arabic root word meaning peace, and it can thus be best understood from this as well. Allah wants us to be forgiving, affectionate, compassionate, loving and sincere. And the Qur'an tells us to learn about science and research. It wants art, beauty and goodness to reign over the world. And that is the age we have now entered. There will be no more oppressive systems from now on.
Mr. Adnan Oktar's live talk with Prof. Charles Asher Small, Director of Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy on A9 TV
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The Canadian Cycling Association will once again be able to host the Burnaby New Year Challenge as the result of the Government of Canada's financial contribution, confirmed today by the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport).
The Burnaby New Year Challenge, an event sanctioned by the Union Cycliste International (UCI), will be held from December 27th to 30th. The competition will feature some of the top track racers in the world, including riders from the United States, New Zealand, and Europe. In addition to races featuring some of the top male and female cyclists from around the world, there will be categories for junior men and a host of supporting category races. (Note: Canadian Cyclist will be on-site providing coverage)
"The Government of Canada is pleased to support this international competition that showcases some of Canada's best male and female cyclists. After a two-year absence, elite-level international track racing returns to the Burnaby Velodrome," said Minister of State Lunn. "Our athletes dedicate so much as they pursue their dreams, represent Canada, and strive for excellence. I am confident we will see many of these cyclists in London in 2012."
"The Burnaby Challenge is an outstanding event for both developing and national team cyclists to compete in Canada against the top riders in the Americas," said Greg Mathieu, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Cycling Association. "We are looking forward to a great competition over the holiday season and thank the Government of Canada for their continued support."
The Government of Canada believes that participation in sport is part of a healthy lifestyle and contributes to a healthy society. Hosting international sport events gives Canada the opportunity to showcase our country to athletes and spectators from all over the world and brings significant sport, economic, and social benefits to Canadians and their communities.
The Government of Canada is the single largest contributor to sport in Canada and supports participation and excellence from the playground to the podium. A contribution of $50,000 was provided to the Canadian Cycling Association through Sport Canada's Hosting Program.
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AD AND SUBTRACT?: Could Louis Vuitton have found someone new to head up its communications department? According to market sources, Frédéric Winckler is to join the leather goods powerhouse in March. Last month, Winckler resigned as chief executive officer at Paris-based advertising agency JWT, whose clients include Rolex.
Antoine Arnault, who was communications director at Vuitton, exited that role in early 2011 to take the management helm of luxury footwear specialist Berluti; while Pietro Beccari, who was Vuitton's executive vice president, marketing and communications, has been ceo at Fendi since February.
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10 Stunning And Frightening Carved Pumpkins By Ray Villafane
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5 Most Googled 2011 Halloween Costumes For Women
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According to Google, there are five pop culture Halloween costumes for women that will be hot this All Hallows' Eve weekend. These outfits are inspired by the year's most popular movies, TV shows, and musicians, but some take a cue from the past. So if you end up donning the same trendy costume as six other ladies at a Halloween party this weekend, don't say we didn't warn you! Find out the top five most-searched women's costumes now!
Playboy Bunny
Even though The Playboy Club didn't last very long, thanks to the show's good and bad publicity, Hef's Playboy bunnies and clubs have been been news fodder of late. Whether women go as the '60s bunnies or the modern ones won't really matter, since not much has changed!
If you've moved on from that other outrageously dressed singer Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj may be your best option. She, too, dons colorful wigs, face-covering accessories, and underwear as clothes.
Thanks to The Smurfs movie with Katy Perry as the voice of Smurfette, this blue cartoon character is a costume trend for both girls and women this year.
Pan Am
Another new retro show is inspiring women this Halloween: Pan Am. This drama harkens back to the days of glamorous flight attendants, who were sexy without the fishnets and push-up bras.
Black Swan
Natalie Portman's award-winning psychological thriller has influenced all kinds of things this past year, from a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit to a Black Swan-inspired wedding. And with the flick's dramatic makeup and ballet costumes it's no surprise it's the top female costume and No. 2 overall most-searched Halloween costume this year (after Angry Birds).
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Stormtrooper: The Fatherhood Life
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You don't have to be a Star Wars geek to love Stormtroopers. We all do! But in case you were still on the fence, thinking they are evil and mean, these freakin' brilliantphotos by Stockholm based Kristina Alexanderson might make you reconsider and appreciate them for who the cool, caring and 'real' they are. After all, it's just a job… Check out this great collection of photos after the jump!
Kristina Alexanderson is a Stockholm based Teacher, Project Manager and Star Wars Fan. She's been photographing Stormtroopers for quite some time already, and her amazing concept and work has been featured on numerous sites and newspapers like The Daily Mail.
Kristina Alexanderson is a Stockholm based Teacher, Project Manager and Star Wars Fan. She's been photographing Stormtroopers for quite some time already, and her amazing concept and work has been featured on numerous sites and newspapers like The Daily Mail.
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This is embarrassing.
A Corporate public relations nightmare.
Incompetence at a very high degree.
I suppose it makes it more incredible and shocking that GlaxoSmithKline was caught in a lie about the ingredients of its product by two 14 year old girls in high school chemistry class.
Ribena caught out by schoolgirls
How does a product get approved, manufactured, marketed and sold without someone asking if it really is what it is?
Where are the controls and communication between the production, the executive office and the marketing people?
What responsibility does marketing have to verify information and take responsibility for misleading the consumer?
This is fraud and unethical behaviour at an enormous level or incompetence at ridiculous proportions.
Adding insult to injury is the fine of USD $ 156,000.00 and an apology by GSK as the remedy.
Seems like a very small slap on the wrist for fraudulent advertising, incompetence and deceiving the public.
Perhaps that small risk and penalty is what drove them to take the decision to lie in the first place?
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day 224. parisian thoughts on art-and-you.com, startups and coworking
whoa! if there were two cities that i would call a couple, it would be paris and new york. it absolutely astonishes me to look up and see a crystal clear blue sky, with a subway rubbling the ground beneath my feet and amazingly the most polite people on earth... well except for one short little man who must have separated ways with his identical twin brother... and while one terrorizes the politeness of new york, the other fines his vain in paris.
it's my last full day in paris. it's a monday. the sky is blue and the air a bit crisp. my friend lucia and her roommate are somewhere between barcelona and paris and i have two appointments and one unscheduled stop.
first i run to art-and-you.com to interview mary-noelle - beyond the crazy story that she and i share a mutual friend in nyc and discover that we share a mutual friend of a friend in geneva. mary-noelle and i talk (ie she talks and i record) about how art-and-you.com has yet to "officially" launch but is already becoming a well heeled video staple in the Parisian art community. using the fine video skills of friends, art-and-you offers a unpretentious view of art, the galleries, the styles and all the jazz one would normally spend four or five years studying. too boot, they have an online space for artists to upload images of their work to be critiqued from the global community of nobodies like you and me BUT also notable curators, artists, and people who are blessed with societies' knowledge of art.
now here's the best part and why it ties into the whole coworking tiff. art-and-you just doesn't work online, but they have the necessity for their OWN ART gallery. yeah that's right, they need a physical space for work to be displayed, events to be held, and a location to lasso their community... in my mind, it's not too far from the average plight of a normal startup or independent worker.
btw, they also have a partnership where parisian bars and pubs select from art-and-you's catalogue to add ambiance. if you like what you see online, well just run down the street and see if it suits your fancy. it's amazing that this is this a whole network to educated people in art, where to find art, and also how to collect art! currently, if you go to art-and-you's gallery, you'll find a young collector's pieces and a workshop on how to become an art collector. RAD? yah, i think so. btw, next year they're bringing this program to brooklyn!!
around 12h45, i met with mary-noelle's husband, ludoovic dardenay. sidenote, ludo's business partner in World Zhulu Corporation is in china and with my drupal buddies jacob redding and robert scales, the three will talk about drupal in china at drupalcon 08 in boston... but back to ludo's problem, first here's an excellent example of a modern technogenious. the man is bucking the french trend and working hard to start businesses. yes, that plural. apparently (i only use this word because i no longer have access to the economist report on france's markets and how they prevent startups) france has a major problem in startups. most of this has to do with labor law and taxes and the fact that people are guaranteed employment, healthcare, pensions, etc... you know, all the good things that americans so despearatly want but corperations and governments use the french example to thwart.
so ludo's got three business in the oven - the geek consultancy (aka a drupal development shop), a film production company and a restaurant - oh and he's working on a vineyard (yeah, did i mention he's french?) so ludo's problem is multifold (and i'm not talking about the two cell phones that he carries). ludo needs an insprational center where he can be connected with a community of communities and find other young startups or independents that need complementary services... the reason why he needs this "concierge" service is convoluted and maybe as an american i can just say that it is a french way of doing things. needless to say, the nature of an individual who's as a awesome as ludo no longer needs to toy with some henchmen nor a social networking shite. ludo now has a location in central paris where he can go and suss out problems or clients. the solution - la cantine - it is parisian for coworking.
after our conversation, i ran back to the subway and ran into mary-noelle (she was on her way to a meeting at ludo's office; i'm telling you this couple is mad busy. i was happy to have the few hours i had with them :* ). as my last day in paris, i had to track down the latest development of paris ideal of coworking. two weeks ago, i got a little email reminder that la cantine is open for business.
heading back to the same general direction i came from, i found myself at the same metro stop i exited to meet mary-noelle. nussled down the street from the grand boulevards metro stop, i discovered one of the thousand little side alleys of commerce. wrapped in the dusklating sunlight, i entered under a scaffolding to the ideal of many independent / freelance workers.
behind the store front glass stood none other than christophe. he appeared to be an introductory meeting of some sorts. now christophe is another one of those crazy french guys. it had been seven months since christophe and i last met. then it was a hot summer day and i was running into town and he was running to mediate some labor dispute. over multiple shots of coffee we discussed the future of coworking and his ideals of a location in paris. (see the video)
as i stood in front of the door, i hesitated to enter. i knew once i entered this threshold, i would spend a minimum of a few hours talking to people, asking questions and figuring out what does coworking mean to them. for a second, i thought i could just come back in a few mins... but my heart was racing, beads of sweat were growing. if i didn't know better, i would think this was love at first sight.
it could have been a small mirror that bounced off an upper floor window and onto a plate glass which illuminated the inside... but to me it seemed as if god sneezed light. as i walked through the front door, the cafe erupted in color. orange, green, white and black... (btw, in france black is a god given color.) while my photos provide no justice... the place is a palace
wrapped in projectors, outlets, wifi, and ample desk-space. the 11 day old facility has become a hive of parisian geek culture. according to marie noeline (i kid you not, it's another NOEL!) the space is used every night by geeks wanting to come by, hang out and hive. from drupal to wordpress, from php to ruby, from barcamp mashup to impromptu troubleshooting sessions. la cantine is the place to see and be seen.
as the training wheels are adjusted, cost of the space is variable. since the palace is managed by silicon sentier, a concierge for parisian startups, and there are partnerships with the likes of upgrade, dorkbot, orange labs, fing, city of paris, cap digital - so they are looking to cast their net far and wide. if you have a chance, drop by.
and casting the net far and wide is just what two users of the space are working on... karen and vincent are working on a traveling book series. this is not just about travelers and their stories, but the travels their stories take. if you hop on over to http://traverses-lelivre.com you'll be able to track down copies of a book that feature their own serial number and feature a series of french stories from around the world... sometime this summer, karen and vincent are going to purchase two mules and walk from portugal to the netherlands. too boot, over the summer karen is going to release a series of books she's written and a DVD of her trip where she walked from paris to istanbul and then rode a bike to Jerusalem. awesome, i think so!
with the day waning on, marie noeline found a few more mins for me and we started making lists of what she needs and what resources i knew. we talked about the coworking email list - "work at jelly" - collaborative art conferences - conflux - unconferences and the like... in the end, she kept on saying "what do you want this place to be?" if you're in paris don't pass up this opportunity, you have a free space filled with all the resources the city has to offer.
by the time the sun was below the horizon, my friend lucia came to pick me up. seriously, i felt like a kid at playschool not wanting to leave my new friends... and as lu and i were walking the front door out a group of artists were setting up an interactive floor display. this floor is installed every night for development while the artists hammer on the software... seriously, i almost did turn to my friend and said, "can we stay longer?" but alas, i just made another resolve to find a mechanic to fix my motorboat so i can come back and forth as i please.
Good narration skills. Also, I seen the video and also liked it. Really coworking should be followed.
Great post. I have read the page like a novel.
I love your descriptions of your day I felt like I was there with you
With all of your interests and personal commitment to so many causes, you must have the energy of a dynamo--or run on solar power. The cost of the various projects must be astronomical, even with volunteerism, and I applaud the huge efforts made by so many individuals with such an unselfish vision. n.kateus


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Having beenthe Northwest Epidemic Prevention Bureau, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd ("the company") was established in 1934. The Company nowis one of the major subsidiary biological hi-tech enterprises under China National Biotech Group Company Limited (CNBG),which is the member enterprise of SINOPHARM managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council in China. In 2013, SINOPHARM became the first and only Chinese pharmaceutical corporation which listed in the Fortune Global 500.
The company covers a total land area of 430,000 square meters and has total assets of more than three billion yuan (RMB). It is mainly engaged in development andmanufacturing of biological products (vaccines, toxins, antitoxins, blood products and human in vitro diagnostic reagents, etc.), being a key enterprise in the field of biological products in the country. It is the only large high-tech biological company in the northwestern region of the country; an important national scientific research organization in the fields of medical microbiology, immunology and molecular biology; a state-certified technical center of enterprise, a national technology innovation model companyand vaccine engineering research center of Gansu Province; a high-tech industrialized model unit of Gansu Province; a post-doctor working station under the Ministry of Personnel authorized by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council to confer Master's degree; an appointed supplier of rehabilitation drugs for the "Tomorrow Plan" Project by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, undertaking the responsibility of central reserve of biological products against emergencies, disasters and epidemics. Moreover, the company is also a training base for the National Institute of Food and Drug Control, CFDA.
Since its establishment, the company has beenalways aspromoting the health level of people for the purposeanddedicated to the research and development of biological products. It has made positive contributions to the health and epidemic prevention of Chinese peopleandyielded good economic and socialbenefits. Since thereform and opening-up from 1978 in China,the total assets of the companyincreased from 18.61 milliontomore than 3 billionRMB, which increased by 161 times; the total profit increased from 1.35 million to 420 millionRMB, which increased by 311 times. Theproductsowned by the company increased from8old varieties in the earlydays of liberation(around 1950s) to now about100 ofvarieties.The company established a perfect quality assurance system.All of the products and workshops conform to GMP standard by CFDA's inspection. The annual output ofall kinds of products is nearly 100 million doses, and these products have covered all provinces, municipal and autonomous regions in Chinaexcept Taiwan.
Since the reform and opening-up from 1978,the company has gained fruitful achievements in scientific research and 100 provincial-level orabovescientific and technological awards.Theindustrialization of scientific research achievementshas not only yielded good economic benefits, but also effectively improved the level of the biotechnology industry of China.
The company has been selected as one of top50among 100 Gansu Excellent Industry Enterprisesfor consecutive years since 2002, and also one of top 30among Top 100 Taxpayers of Gansu Provincefor consecutive years since 2007.


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12-Year-Old boy Caesar Muloki was killed yesterday by a New Jersey Transit train at 3:15pm. According to the train's engineer, Muloki was listening to his iPod and had his back to the train as he crossed the tracks.
The engineer tried to warn him with the train's horn as he pulled the emergency brake, but the kid either couldn't hear it or ignored the warning. Witnesses say that he was running along the tracks while he suddenly decided to cross them.
Whatever the circumstances, remember that playing music at full volume while going around the city or near a road may not be the best idea. And for the love of everything that is good and furry, don't cross train tracks with or without iPod:
That's never a good idea, no matter what. [WPIX—Thanks Gitemstevedave!]


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It seems pretty clear now that she based her statements on information the CIA provided at the time. That information proved erroneous, and why the CIA was giving faulty information to senior administration officials remains unclear. I haven't seen persuasive evidence to support the theory that Rice's statements were part of a coverup to hide a terrorist attack. The fact that Rice was working from information provided by the CIA would seem to undercut such a theory.
In any case, the big questions concerning the Benghazi attack are not about what administration officials said or didn't say in the first few days that followed. Any further investigations ought to focus on why the attack came as such a surprise, why our personnel weren't better protected and, most important, what we need to do to ensure that our diplomats in the field can continue doing their vital work in reasonable safety. There is also a larger question: whether the administration's "light footprint" in Libya after the fall of Moammar Gaddafi was too light. These are issues that ought to concern the secretaries of state and defense, the CIA director and others responsible for our diplomats' security as well as our broader foreign policy doctrine.
But none of this was under the purview of the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.


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Men Who Smoke at Lower Risk of Joint Replacement: Study
Extra pounds, vigorous exercise linked to severe knee, hip problems, research also indicates
FRIDAY, July 8, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- It is well-known that smoking is unhealthy, yet men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement, according to a new study.
The researchers also found that being overweight or doing vigorous physical activity increased the likelihood of joint replacement.
In the study, Australian researchers analyzed the medical records of 11,388 men who were followed from 1996-1999 to March 2007. During that time, 857 of the men had either total knee replacement (59 percent) or total hip replacement (41 percent).
The investigators found that being overweight independently increased the risk of total joint replacement, while smoking lowered the risk. This reduced risk was most evident after 23 years of smoking, and men who smoked 48 years or more were up to 51 percent less likely to undergo joint replacement than men who never smoked, the study showed.
The University of Adelaide researchers also found that vigorous exercise increased the risk of joint replacement in men aged 70 to 74, according to the study published in the July 8 online edition of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.
"Our study is the first to demonstrate a strong inverse correlation between smoking duration and risk of total joint replacement. The independent inverse associations of smoking with risk of total joint replacement were evident also after adjusting for major confounders and after accounting for the competing mortality risk in this elderly [group] of men," study author George Mnatzaganian, a Ph.D. student, said in a journal news release. "Further investigation is needed to determine how smoking impacts the development of osteoarthritis."
According to the 2007 National Hospital Discharge Survey, about 230,000 Americans had hip replacements and 543,000 had knee replacements that year. Severe osteoarthritis was the most common reason for the procedures.
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more about joint replacement.


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Sam Tabuchi
Professor, Toyo University PPP Graduate School
Director, Asia PPP Institute
Professor Tabuchi teaches PPP – Public Private Partnership at the graduate school of Economics Department of Toyo University, started in 2006. Like many of the advanced nations, Japan experiences the shortage in public funds to build and rebuild the needed public facilities and provide public services especially at local and prefecture levels.
Toyo University has also established the Asia PPP Institute (A3P) in 2011 with co-honorary chairs of Chancellor Shiokawa (former finance minister in Koizumi Administration) of the university and Dr. Mahathir, former prime minister of Malaysia to meet the challenges in Asian growth. According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), over $8 trillion needed for the infrastructure and economic growth in the region but only $500 billion maybe available by United Nations, World Bank, ADB and Asian nations. The purpose of A3P is to support the development of Asian countries by providing knowledge, education and capacity building in PPP for Asia in working with many academic institutions, public and private sectors in Asia.
Tabuchi also serves the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – UN ECE PPP Initiatives as its executive board member and a vice chair of the board to support the UN effort for the development of PPP, knowledge and capacity building around the world. In that capacity, Tabuchi is responsible the conceptual study of the rehabilitation of the UN Geneva complex ($630 million) by PPP, which will be presented to the UN Office of Geneva (European Headquarters) in the spring of 2013 and the Office of Secretary General in New York.
Tabuchi has worked with the State of Florida, US Trade Development Office on loan and has experience in developing PPP projects from public and private industries during his over 30 year stay in US. Tabuchi was the president of Maglev Transit, Inc., which received the state certificate from the state of Florida and received $100 million from the 1991 ISTEA legislation for the maglev demonstration project in Florida in 1990's. He was also involved for the Florida High Speed Rail project and served International High Speed Rail/Maglev Association as a board member. He has worked with ULI – Urban Land Institute of US for its advance to Japan.
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Bye, Hanley. Bye, Marlins. Bye, Rays.
The Miami Marlins have dumped all of Hanley Ramirez's contract ("an original Eovaldi – how lovely"). They have traded Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez for a Detroit Tigers' can't-miss pitching prospect (how well did that work out when they offloaded Miguel Cabrera for Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin?). They threw Randy Choate overboard and might flip Carlos Lee. They are begging somebody to take Heath Bell off their hands. They might still deal Josh Johnson (update: there's now even a rumor-let today about trading Jose Reyes).
But unlike when Wayne Huizenga did it in 1998 and 2004, owner Jeffrey Loria claims with a straight face that this is not a fire sale.
"It's no secret I love [Ramirez]," Loria told Fox Sports and MLB Network reporter Ken Rosenthal. "He needs to have a fresh beginning, a new beginning … This is a very painful moment for me. But we had to do something."
Uh-huh. The people who are having the "very painful moment" and who "need the fresh beginning" are Florida baseball fans. If any.
In the new stadium, the Marlins have averaged 28,397 fans per game, which is 12th in MLB in terms of percentage of capacity (that's about three-quarters full). But a) it's not as big as it seems (the Brewers have averaged 83% of capacity) and the raw numbers are below need, not growing, and disturbingly static during the most marketable moments. Since June 3rd, Miami has hosted 10 marquee games against divisional rivals Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington, and three more against the Red Sox. They've only drawn even 30,000 fans on four of those dates.
Check, please.
The Marlins' billion-dollar bet – that people would go to an area with no parking and little public transportation to go see a sparkly new ballpark and an all-star team – was failing even before the team began to stumble on the field. The sadness here is that I don't know what you do with a great new ballpark that can't draw enough customers to permit you to make money off it. Crate it and ship it to San Jose for the A's? Airlift it to Montreal and try that again?
Of course the Marlins' failure will kill the Tampa Bay Rays, too. Only a miracle would've given the state of Florida or the local governments the kind of political cover necessary to even chip in to a new baseball stadium (well, a baseball stadium) in St. Pete or Tampa. The Rays have excited an initially ambivalent fan base with a superior job of planning and growth and innovation. And their new loyal fans can't figure out the equation. They're a little hurt that the team expects them to pay to get into the park.
So Florida baseball, 20 years old, isn't going to get much older – at least not as we know it now. The Marlins are stuck there, doomed to live forever in a mansion with no furniture. The Rays aren't. They're almost certainly going to have to move. It's a shame, too, because in those two decades the two clubs have produced three World Series trips, which is exactly one less than the five California franchises have produced in the same span.
The other shame here is, it's not as if some of us didn't see this coming. This is the blog entry from last November 15th (and that was before they'd actually signed Reyes or Bell, and before Guillen's Castro gaffe):
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They have gone out and spent the money on what looks like a fabulous and distinctive new ballpark.
They have gone out and spent the money on what is an often fabulous and alwaysdistinctive new manager.
They are evidently willing to go out and spend the money ("in the range of five years, $18-$20 million a year," per Buster Olney on ESPN) on Jose Reyes and might be able to snare Albert Pujols as well.
They even went out and spent the money on rebranding themselves as a city, not a state, and on some decent looking new uniforms (although the basic premise of the attire struck me as an adaptation of the original 1977 Toronto Blue Jays' unis, with orange substituted for powder blue).
And I think it will all end in disaster.
As the 20th season of Marlins baseball looms, there is still almost no evidence that South Florida is a major league baseball community, or that it wants or needs big league ball. The entire dynamic could be changed by the new roofed stadium, but the certitude about that – and the willingness to wager literally hundreds of millions of dollars on that certitude – is, to me, unjustified. With the caveat that I know from sopping-wet experience that Joe Robbie/ProPlayer/Whatever Stadium was a miserable place to watch a ballgame, I still think that it's mortifying that the Fish averaged 37,838 fans per game in their inaugural season of 1993, and 33,695 in 1994 – and never came close to that figure again.
I mean, not close. The World Champions of 1997 played before an average house of 29,190. Otherwise they have had just five seasons of more than 19,007 paid admissions per game, and four that were below 15,766 a year.
Team president David Samson thinks some improvement on the squad and the ballpark will convert a city that has for two decades been saying 'you fill me with inertia' will suddenly convert into producing "30 to 35,000 every single game."
This was a city that could not support AAA baseball in the '50s, and never again tried higher than A-ball. And I don't buy the idea that a high-priced indoor facility in Miami proper rather than it a remarkably hard-to-get-to corner of Fort Lauderdale is now going to entice 37,000 fans away from everything else the city offers, especially at night. Pujols and Reyes would be hard to resist. Then again the Marlins fans of nine seasons ago resisted the 2003 World Champions (except for 16,290 of them each game). I'm not even sure how a $95,000,000 investment in Reyes and lord knows how much in Pujols would translate into profitability or even break-even status.
Reyes alone will not do it – ask the Mets.
As if these doubts were not enough, late last night the impeccable Clark Spencer of The Miami Herald tweeted something to make Miami fans shiver:
Source: H. Ramirez is not at all pleased at prospect of changing positions if
#Marlins sign Reyes; the two aren't the friends many portray.
When the Reyes rumors first started, Spencer had quoted Hanley Ramirez with words that bring honor to the role of wet blanket: "I'm the shortstop right now and I consider myself a shortstop."
One can easily see where all this will go if a) Ramirez and Reyes squabble; b) Reyes gets hurts again; c) the Marlins don't sign enough new talent to compete in a daunting division; d) the fans don't show up; or e) all of the above, in any order you choose. When the '97 Marlin World Champs did not yield a new stadium, 17 of the 25 men on the World Series roster were gone by mid-season 1998 and three more by mid-season 1999.
Imagine Jose Reyes being traded in a fire sale in the middle of 2013. Or Albert Pujols.
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Loria has always been a clown. I don't know why MLB awards a perennially bad owner with a better franchise, and then takes ownership of his mess which was the Expos. Please Loria, sell to an owner who cares a little bit about winning.
He served his purposes for Bud Selig's master plan to dominate the industry. As did John Henry.
California's produced 3 Series trips in that span, right? Giants and Angels in 2002, Giants in 2010.
Last I checked San Diego is in California.
This appears, to me, to be a failure of management (what again?) to understand the logistics and necessities of building a baseball team. The owners were going after personnel to build a good team player-wise, spending like a drunken sailor on talent. Maybe they thought if you've got the stars the rest will follow. But they did not take into account the delivery. Not of the ball club per se, but the fans to the stadium.
This is not a classic example of "If you build it, they will come". This isn't Iowa. This is Miami. Demographics aside, there are not too many people that appear to be interested in baseball in that part of the state. Location aside, I noticed that one has to have extended discretionary income to go to a ball game in any state. Pretty soon we'll be required to mortgage something for the price of admission. Forget the food court all together.
Owners are going to have to take note, that if they want a fan base they better start investigating into more realistic access and pricing terms. Otherwise only the 1% will be going to games and that's not a very large number when up against the 99% they base their attendance records on. Thank you, Keith, for your astute observations.
I don't see why you're picking on the Marlins, Keith. Without Kemp, Ethier and Vin Scully in the booth the Marlins are more fun to watch than the Dodgers even with out Hanley– or especially without Hanley. Hanley is a headcase. The fans didn't like him. Not exactly a fire sale. And this is how the Marlins do business anyway– get some of the best years out of a player, trade him for prospects or young players then go on another run with them. They always seem to find talent– just don't get attached to a player. As for attendance, Citi Field looks kind of empty these days too. Losing stinks, whether it's in Miami or NYC.
I meant to say– other than Kemp, Ethier and Scully's announcing the Dodgers are boring. In other words, the Marlins are more fun to watch than the Dodgers even when the Marlins are losing or cutting payroll– again. Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton are a blast.
As a Chicagoan living most of the year now, in suburban Miami, I've echoed many of Olberwhores sentiments. But, while Keith did a good job with this essay, like his un-nuanced political views, he misses a few factors.
The Marlins are typically in the top ten among MLB teams in local television ratings. Hence, South Florida isn't agnostic about the existence of the Marlins-they're just not game-goers. The reasons for such apparent apathy are several. For one, and this goes for the Rays, Braves, Reds and even Astros: Wages in the South don't approach those in the Northeast, SoCal, Chicago or even, suburban Detroit. It isn't just baseball that suffers. The newly fabled Heat are a "soft" sell-out as are the 'Fins, likewise for the TB Bucs. Also, and this is a reason why the Padres aren't the wealthiest franchise either, while the Cardinals draw from all over the Midwest, the Rockies get fans from as far as Nebraska, and the BoSox are "New England's team", Miami isn't close to ANYTHING. And if a guy in Orlando wants to see baseball-and apparently that isn't often-he can make the shorter drive to St. Pete. Lastly, and this is key, the unique, elongated, geographical layout of South Florida makes it so that wherever the Marlins had moved, they'd still be 40 miles away from one important part of their fan base or another. (essentially SoFla is 100 miles long but only 10-15 miles wide) Miami was the only local government interested in playing ball but the Little Havana location basically knocked out regular Palm Beach County fans who aren't willing to fight l-95 traffic for 2 hours. So the team is essentially limited to Dade and Broward and lets face it, when Colorado, Rep. Tom Tancredo called Miami, "third world", he wasn't far off.
That said, Miami is recovering from the housing melt-down, those "ghost buildings" on Biscayne Bay are now at full occupancy (to the point where new projects are in the pipeline) and the city has added more new residents in the past half decade than almost any major city in America. I can remember back in the late 60's-early 70's when the Angels were one of baseballs worst drawing teams. But as Orange County doubled in population, baseball benefited. With Florida's great climate (business "climate" too) I'd be hesitant to bet against the long-term viability of the Marlins.
I don't believe he would want you as a fan. You can't spell worth a darn.
Considering the amount of baseball talent this state produces, it's sad to see the state of the franchises and where it might end.
Mr. Olbermann,
My name is Ish Goldstein. I worked for Wayne Barrett and now write for TV after freelancing for the Village Voice and the New York TImes. Wayne is trying to reach you. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Any Canadian baseball fan who watched the Expos demise under Loria — and believe me, he literally destroyed the franchise to leave it with zero hope, from letting the stadium deal they had on the books die to cancelling all TV and radio contracts in both English and French — all of us, Jays and Expos fans and just fans of the game, are sitting here laughing. Because we all saw this coming. We all knew what these people are. Loria and Samson are crooks who destroyed baseball in Montreal and they are doing the same thing in Miami. And just wait until that stadium deal really gets investigated. If Loria doesn't get jail time I'll be shocked.
"But unlike when Wayne Huizenga did it in 1998 and 2004"
Loria owned the team in 2004. Loria owned the team when they won in 2003.
Hey I just got charged $2.99 on Dec. 1st to renew my MLB at Bat app. You got to be kidding me, what baseball am I watching now? This is a perfect example of a poorly run sport trying to rip off their true fans. It isn't exactly easy to contact them either (view the at bat site, no contact link). Some suit decided that they could get away with xx amount of dollars before the tax year end. MLB is screwing their fans, screw you MLB.
For the love of god, if you are Keith Olbermann, PLEASE. look up facebook's "Keith Olbermann fan page" They represent themselves as you, with a big fan base, even though there is a disclaimer initially saying it is not you. The comments made and represented as you are NOT COMPLIMENTARY to you.
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Gregg Stark, who is traveling with his wife and two young children, told CNN: "There's human waste all over the floor in some of the bathrooms and they're overflowing -- and in the state rooms. The elevators have not been working. They've been turning them on and off, on and off."
An announcement over the ship's public address system said the crew was trying to fix the problem and was working on the generators, according to Stark. A few hours later, another announcement was made, saying the problem was worse than originally believed.
"We are not allowed off of the boat despite the fact that we have no way to use the restrooms onboard," Jonathan Evans of Reidsville, North Carolina, said in an e-mail early Thursday. "The cruise director is giving passengers very limited information and tons of empty promises. What was supposed to take an hour has turned into 7-plus hours."
But Thursday afternoon, Carnival told CNN that based on conversations with the ship's management team, a look at service logs "and extensive physical monitoring of all public areas, including restrooms, throughout the night, we can confirm that only one public restroom was taken offline for cleaning based on toilet overflow and there was a total of one request for cleaning of a guest cabin bathroom.
"Aside from that there have no reports of issues on board with overflowing toilets or sewage. The toilet system had periodic interruptions yesterday evening and was fully restored at approximately 12:30 a.m. this morning."
The Coast Guard was notified by Carnival that the Dream was experiencing generator issues. Carnival has not requested assistance from the Coast Guard, which has no jurisdiction in the ship's current location, Coast Guard Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios told CNN.
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss said Carnival's original decision to keep passengers onboard was "for accountability purposes. The last thing we want to do is have someone get left behind in St. Maarten by accident."
The Dream, based in Port Canaveral, Florida, was on a seven-day cruise. The ship, which is 1,000 feet long -- about the length of three football fields -- sailed from Port Canaveral on Saturday.
It was scheduled to leave St. Maarten around 5 p.m. ET Wednesday.
Lessons from the Triumph
Last month, an engine room fire left the Carnival Triumph crippled and adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 4,200 people aboard.
That scheduled four-day cruise stretched into eight days as tugs pulled the vessel into port in Alabama. Food was scarce, and passengers sweltered in the heat with no air conditioning. People aboard also reported overflowing toilets and human waste running down the walls in some parts of the ship.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Carnival Corporation in the aftermath.
The Triumph is still undergoing repair at a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, Carnival spokeswoman Joyce Oliva told CNN Thursday.
"We are now focused on the lessons we can learn from the incident and also what additional operational redundancies might be available," Cahill said at the cruise industry conference this week.
Another ship, the Carnival Splendor, had a fire in 2010 due to "a catastrophic failure of a diesel generator," Cahill noted.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Micky Arison, the chief executive officer of Carnival Corporation.
"The Coast Guard has responded to a string of 90 marine casualty incidents with passengers onboard Carnival ships in the last five years," the West Virginia Democrat wrote. "It seems that Carnival has failed to take any meaningful course of corrective action after these continual incidents. This needs to change."
Rockefeller said the cost to the taxpayers for the Carnival Triumph incident was almost $780,000.
Cahill said last week that the comprehensive review of the fleet "is our highest priority."
He also emphasized that the vast majority of the time, cruises experience no such problems.
Anderson said when he booked the cruise tickets for his family, some friends ribbed him about choosing Carnival, given what had happened with the Triumph. "I said, 'What are the odds of it happening to two ships in such a short period of time?'" he told CNN Thursday. "Look what happened now."


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Woods backs NRL's plan to use sin bin for foul play
CANTERBURY prop Aaron Woods says the NRL's mid-season decision allowing referees to use the sin bin for late tackles will protect playmakers from injury.
"It's not a bad rule, to be honest ... I've seen the ones (late tackles) on Johnathan Thurston as of late and they're pretty late," Woods told Big Sports Breakfast on Wednesday.
"You don't want to see that sort of thing. I think it's really good to protect our playmakers."
NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg announced on Tuesday that referees could use the sin bin for foul play, but had also been instructed to ease up on "nitpicking" penalties.
Immortal Andrew Johns and North Queensland skipper Thurston have vocally campaigned for bigger penalties for anyone who targets a playmaker after they have passed or kicked the ball.
Canberra's Charlie Gubb was handed a grade-two dangerous contact charge for his late dive straight into Nathan Cleary's legs midway through the Panthers' 23-22 win on Friday.
Woods said the tackle was "pretty dangerous" and playmakers should be protected so they wouldn't "be out for the whole season from a little incident that could be avoided".
The prop said it was hard to get the timing right when tackling a kicker, after Cleary spent seven weeks recovering from an injury when he was felled in a tackle by Woods following a bomb.
"I did one on Nathan Cleary earlier in the year, sort of tackled him as he kicked it, but he still hurt himself. There was no intent to hurt him," Woods said.
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Seeing Scotland
Sep. 5, 2013
ST. LOUIS, September 5, 2013 – A two-week trip far away from family, friends and modern
technology may not sound like something that a lot of students would enjoy but the
students who signed up for the Fall 2013 Travel Journalism class in the School of
Communications enjoyed the time to unplug and experience a new culture.
This is the third year for the three-credit hour course taught by Linda Williams. Williams takes the students to a country that has personal significance for her.
"My mother and my grandparents on both sides were born in Scotland," said Williams. "My mother grew up on a small island that I feel is one of the most beautiful places in the world, the Isle of Arran, off the western coast of Scotland. I've been very fortunate to share my mother's island with Webster students for the past three years."
This year, seven students are in the class and traveled to Scotland for the first two weeks of August. The remote location forces students to step away from their phones and computers and experience Scotland's culture.
"The first year we stayed at youth hostels the entire two weeks," said Williams "The last two years we've rented a farmhouse overlooking the shore in the Isle of Arran. Students have to blog while we are over there and finding Internet is a major problem but being disconnected from the world is also a plus."
Being disconnected from their lives back home gave the seven students in the class the opportunity to immerse themselves into the culture.
James Dundon, one of the students on the trip, wrote in the class blog, "While it's important to go sightseeing, it can't be the central focus of the trip. You have to mingle with the locals. You have to go off the beaten path and out of your comfort zone, and to accomplish this; you must approach the trip with an open mind. You have to live as a local and not a tourist."
Throughout the two weeks the class traveled to the Isle of Arran, Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival and a trip to Edinburgh Castle and also to Glasgow.
The trip to Scotland is the first part of this course. Students will continue to meet for class throughout the fall semester putting together three major stories for print, broadcast or the web.
Williams said that the short length of the travel portion is a big draw for students.
"One of Webster's greatest strengths is offering students an international experience,"
said Williams. "However, many students, especially transfer students, can not do a
semester abroad because of money or time constraints. A short-term study abroad class
gives them that opportunity. It may only be two weeks but that's enough time to change
someone's life. Two weeks can create memories for a lifetime."
Jacob Trost, a student in the class, agrees that the two-week course was perfect for someone who wants an international experience but can't go away for an entire semester.
"I think some people can tend to get a bit homesick if they haven't been far from home like that," said Trost. "Two weeks is a good taste of being in a foreign land."
Kelsey Deters, a public relations major, was also attracted to the two-week travel time for the trip and considered it an introduction to the study abroad experience.
"I was really glad for this opportunity because it was a great way to wet my feet in studying abroad," said Deters. "I now feel much more confidant about studying abroad for an entire semester. My plan is to study for a semester at the London campus but I am also very open to the idea of another short-term class like the Scotland trip.
Now that the students are back in St. Louis, they are piecing together their memories from the trip and putting together their larger projects. While the course is designed to teach the basics of travel journalism, the lessons of the trip go beyond writing.
James Dundon shared his thoughts on the class blog writing, "I hope I've developed a deeper understanding of the real value of traveling. It's not about what you do while you're traveling; it's about what you experience. It's about the lessons you can take away from other people and places. But most importantly, it's about how you apply what you've learned to your daily life when you get home."
To read more of the blog entries, visit this website.
To learn more about the travel journalism class, visit the class website.
All photos above are courtesy of Jacob Trost.


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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein are moving ahead with the "Children First" initiative, their ambitious and still unfolding plan to restructure, streamline, and improve instruction in the city schools. Meanwhile, their scheme faces a court challenge contending that the plan pushes changes beyond what the law allows. Launched by the principals union, New York State Assembly Education Committee Chair Steven Sanders, and other elected and school officials, the suit claims that Children First's de facto elimination of the community school districts is not in the best interest of city families and requires approval from the state legislature.
Though district lines remain intact officially under Children First, each of ten new instructional divisions subsumes up to four of the existing community school districts, as well as the high schools located within the geographic boundaries of the divisions. These ten divisions that will now administer the city's elementary, intermediate, and high schools have started to take shape. In contrast with the community school district bureaucracies they are replacing, all instructional divisions are to have a standard set of job titles and the same chain of command. The Department of Education has been busy reshuffling district personnel to fill new administrative and school-level positions.
The recently appointed regional superintendents, veteran city educators who will oversee the new divisions, have made their choices for the next tier of school system administrators. Each of these "local instructional supervisors" will supervise the principals of up to 12 schools. Under the new plan, school principals are set to receive leadership training and greater control over their own budgets.
In the restructured system, there is very little left of community school districts. Community school district superintendents', and high school superintendents', jobs no longer exist. District offices are getting ready to close by the end of the school year. The Department of Education recently announced that it would, however, retain an administrative presence in each of the old community school districts. In an agreement reached with State Senator Frank Padavan of Queens, another vocal critic of the restructuring, one local instructional supervisor will serve as district administrator to handle parent concerns and problems, monitor the performance of schools, and work with the new district councils, the parent and community bodies that are likely to replace the outgoing community school boards.
Steve Sanders says this is not enough. "State law requires a superintendent for each school district, a superintendent whose jurisdiction is solely that one school district," he says. "If the mayor wants school districts abolished, or their lines changed, then he must ask the legislature for such changes."
Assuming the suit doesn't force them back to the drawing board, Klein and company will soon turn their attention to hiring and training new school-level personnel. Under Children First, each school is to have both a math and a reading "coach" to work with teachers to improve instruction. Each school will also employ a parent coordinator to promote involvement by parents in the children's education. In addition, Klein and his colleagues have the daunting job of preparing teachers and administrators in 80 percent of the city's schools to work with the new required math and reading curricula before students return to school in September. To this end, they have added several staff development days to the beginning of next year's calendar, pushing the first day of school for students from September 4 to September 8.
Additional details of the restructuring plan emerge each week. Perhaps because the new system is being invented and implemented simultaneously, many specifics vital to public-school families are still undecided or under wraps. As a result, parents and students are in the dark and anxious about the future of policies that were previously set at the district level. They wonder, for example, how to register for pre-kindergarten, which gifted and talented and other programs students will be eligible for and how to apply, by what process students will now move from elementary to middle school, and whether successful district-level programs and practices will be preserved in the midst so much change.
State's Highest Court Hears Oral Arguments in School-Funding Case
On May 8, ten years since their school-funding lawsuit began, attorneys for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (where I work) presented their final arguments in their case in Albany before the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. The lawsuit, Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) v. the State of New York, seeks reforms in the way the state funds public education. It charges that the state's education finance system has, for years, shortchanged the New York City schools, and, as a result, has denied students in New York City their constitutional right to the opportunity for a "sound basic education."
City Council Member Robert Jackson, a founder of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, arrived in time to hear the arguments, having walked the entire 150 miles between the Appellate Division courthouse in Manhattan and the Court of Appeals in Albany. Jackson's "Walk a Mile for Your Child" march started on May 1, with a rousing send-off in Manhattan from Chancellor Joel Klein and a number of elected officials, along with scores of parents, teachers, advocates, and schoolchildren. Numerous supporters joined Jackson along the route, including Maria Behncke, a Rochester parent and Alliance for Quality Education regional director, who also walked the entire way. Jackson told the cheering crowd that greeted him as he reached the courthouse that he had "walked the walk" and now it was time for the lawyers to "talk the talk"
In their arguments before the six sitting judges, attorneys for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity called for the court to overturn the last year's ruling by an intermediate appellate court. The Appellate Division ruling held that providing only an eighth grade level of skills fulfills the state's obligation to its students. The campaign attorneys argued instead that the state constitution's guarantee of the opportunity for a sound basic education should ensure students access to a meaningful high school education, a 12th grade level of skills. The justices spent a nearly unprecedented 2 ½ hours listening to oral arguments from attorneys for both sides. They asked numerous questions of both sides, many of which centered on how to craft a remedy that would produce real reform and avoid the lengthy legal entanglements that have plagued some other states. A decision in the case is expected this summer.
Jessica Wolff is a public school parent and Director of Policy Development at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a not-for-profit coalition working to reform New York State's education finance system to ensure adequate resources and the opportunity for a sound basic education for all students in New York City. The views expressed are her own.


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Written by: Keith Shetterly
We talked for years in automotive retail about "The Road to the Sale," and I'm clearly one of the many supporters of that path to sales success. However, too many of us are still on "The Road Less Profited." Why? Because we are not getting more sales (and profits!) from "The Road to Retention"!
Retention sales link the positives of variable and fixed operations together, and their teaming allows each part of the dealership to amplify the other.…
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If you haven't already done so, it's that time to review your 2012 performance in detail. In what areas did you fall short of your goals and why? Where could you have generated greater gains and how? Don't allow January to slip by without these facts in writing and a discussion of how you can best move forward in 2013.
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Sioux Emperians Barbershop Chorus Wraps Up Mondays at McKennan
Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation will be wrapping up the Mondays at McKennan series for the summer with the Sioux Emperians Barbershop Chorus.
For nearly 50 years, the Sioux Emperians have brought together enthusiasts of barbershop harmony from around the Sioux Falls area to experience the joys and challenges of a cappella mass chorus and quartet singing.
Bring your lawn chair and friends and see the Sioux Emperians Barbershop Chorus perform at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 19, 2013, at the McKennan Park band shell, located at East 26th Street and South Second Avenue.
For more information regarding Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation programs, refer to the Activities Guide, visit siouxfalls.org/parks, or call 605-367-8222.
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Deep Fried Chicago: Cheesie's Pub & Grub
As should be immediately apparent by the name, everything at Cheesie's Pub & Grub revolves around cheese, specifically the melty variety. No complaints on my end: few of my food cravings resonate as deeply as that one (I'd subsist on mac and cheese exclusively except for that nagging goal of mine to avoid heavy breathed waddling). Further, when Cheesie's isn't griddling the majority of its menu, it's dropping the rest in hot oil. Melted cheese, a hot griddle, and fried food? Now I'm blushing.
Long, long, ago, before being battered and fried, the Cheese Curds ($5.00) may have been actual curds. Or they could've been chunks of string cheese or cubes of cheddar. Thing is, it's hard to tell either way under the thick, impenetrable breading, which stifles even the slightest squeak.
Based on appearances alone, the Fried Pickles ($5.00) are glorious. The panko breading is crisp yet understated, allowing plenty of green to peak through the edges. Unfortunately, the pickles themselves drop the ball. They taste as though they were blotted before being fried, leaving them void of juicy dill flavor.
The Fried Mac & Cheese Bites ($5.00), though, are where it's at. Slightly misshapen in that homemade sort of way, the breading created a hard shell that gave crackly way to a creamy, chewy center. Any lack of salt in the mac and cheese itself is easily blotted away in the included ranch dipping sauce.
Would you believe a cheddar, mozzarella, bacon, fried chicken tenders, hot sauce, and BBQ sauce grilled cheese could be balanced? The Tenderizer ($8.50) is. The thick and chewy bread deftly holds the ingredients in place (with a lot of help from the melty cheese, of course), while the tenders themselves retain plenty of crunch—no small feat, to be sure. This sandwich has alcohol soaking potential in spades.
Cheesie's has a sandwich of the month, and the Gladys ($8.95) features fried chicken, bacon, provolone, smoked gouda, and honey dijon, all pressed between a Belgian Waffle. Though it reads like a dare, this sandwich remains balanced as well, and if you're judicious with the dipping side of maple syrup, hypoglycemia will be kept well at bay.
When I ordered, the guy at the counter described the involved cooking process behind the grilled cheeses: cheese and filling topped bread is broiled quickly under a salamander before being closed, buttered on both sides, and griddled crisp. That's a fair amount of work for a Lakeview based grilled cheese shop. More than anything, I think what I like about this place is the noticeable amount of effort being put into each dish. You can see and taste it. Various appetizer missteps aside, flattery will get you everywhere, Cheesie's.
Cheesie's Pub & Grub
958 W Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 (map)
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ST. LOUIS – Excel Bottling Company has created and bottled soda in the small Illinois town of Breese for more than 75 years. This year, the still family-owned and —operated company added brewing beer to its expertise. The newly finished brewery began brewing on Sept. 26 the first of three labels to be introduced in 2012 marking the beginning of a new era at the third-generation local business. The company will produce two additional labels next spring and summer.
"This is a proud moment for our family," said William Meier, General Manager at Excel Bottling Company and third generation operating the family business. "This became more of a reality about a year ago when Illinois changed its distribution law to allow for self-distribution. The reason this project was undertaken was not to significantly grow our company, but to ensure that we remain viable and continue to serve our already loyal customers."
The first label, Shoal Creek Wheat is a German-style Hefeweizen. Hazy-gold in color, this beer gives off a crisp balance of sweet malt. Shoal Creek Wheat is made following the German Purity Law of 1516. The law states that beer can only be made with water, barley and hops. The second, Excel Golden Brew, is a light blonde ale made from very simple ingredients to produce a light hoppy taste. The simplicity of the golden beer allows the richness of the malted barley to come through. The final product to be released this winter is Shoal Creek Winter Ale, created as a heavier beer with hints of anise, nutmeg and vanilla. Next spring, Excel Bottling Company expects to produce and bottle Excel Citra, a light beer with hints of lemon and orange, just like its already manufactured "Ski" soda. Next summer the brewing company plans to introduce Carlyle Lake Lager a light, clean, summer beer.
Call 618-526-7159 or visit www.excelbottling.com for more information about where to purchase any of the Excel Bottling products. Stay informed with new Excel Brewery news on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ExcelBrewery.
About Excel Bottling Company
Excel Bottling Company was founded in 1936 by the Meier Family. The company bottles more than 10 flavors of old-fashioned sodas including "Ski" soda. Each soda flavor is manufactured using pure cane sugar and most often packaged in eco-friendly, returnable glass bottles. In 2012, Excel Bottling Company embarked on a new bottling venture in the craft beer business serving Illinois and Missouri. Excel Bottling Company is headquartered in Breese, Ill. Visit www.excelbottling.com for more information.