News 8.27.2010
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DES KELLY: Why Mascherano is top of the strops
Mascherano, N’Zogbia and Begovic didn’t go on strike. They went ‘on sulk’, or elected to take ‘strop’ action. But the new Barca boy tops the lot.
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Why Mascherano is top of the strops
It’s time to find some new terminology for the ridiculous moment when a player stamps his foot and declares he is not prepared to play for the club that pays his wages.
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The Hindu Business Line : North-west likely to see rains relent
International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University has signalled that the heavy rains over Northwest India may lift over the six-day period ending Thursday.
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Genetic documentation battling livestock extinction
With the country’s rich pool of livestock resources facing threat from extinction due to loss of habitat and shortage of green fodder, a unique initiative to retain and register genetic characteristics through documentation has helped in reviving many breed.
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Cool Hamilton wins chaotic Belgian GP
DELIGHTED:McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Cancellara heads up Swiss worlds team
GB completes line-up with support riders
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More Joyous cements Cox Plate berth
The Cox Plate dream is alive for connections of glamour mare More Joyous who defied a wide barrier and big weight to score a brilliant first-up win at Rosehill.
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Sally Johnston on target for Games
It was boredom that motivated Wellington’s Sally Johnston to take up shooting. Now that’s the last thing on her mind as she concentrates on winning gold in New Delhi, writes Toby Robson.
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Cancellara joins bid for world road title
Beijing Olympic and three-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara will spearhead the Swiss team at next month’s UCI Road World Championships in Australia, organisers said on Friday.
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sunset blur – Agra to Delhi


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I wish we could’ve stopped to take this photo, but we were trying to get back to Delhi from Agra before it got too late. I like the blurry image that resulted. It looks like an abstract.

Neglect of ecology can have serious consequences
There is growing realisation in India that any growth at the cost of damaging the ecology may become a loosing proposition in days to come instead of being a blessing. It is true that there is urgent need for creating more jobs and setting up of new industries.
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In spotlight: Haryana’s land acquisition policy
From Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, everyone is talking about it. Haryana’s land acquisition policy is suddenly in the spotlight over three years after it was notified for the benefit of farmers whose lands were being acquired by the government for development.
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Soccer Capsules: Toluca beats Queretaro 2-0 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mario Mendez and Chilean Hector Mancilla scored either side of halftime as reigning champion Toluca defeated Queretaro 2-0 for its second consecutive win Sunday in the sixth round of the Mexican Apertura football championship.
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PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen Breaks Away To Cabo
Charlie Sheen and several of his pals are in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a relaxing getaway, RadarOnline.com has learned.
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Hola, Me Llamo Charlie Sheen!
Filed under: Charlie Sheen , Paparazzi Photo Charlie Sheen isn’t in jail or rehab — instead he’s relaxing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After being nominated four straight years, Charlie was snubbed from this year’s Emmy race. Doesn’t look like it’s fazing him too much. Read more
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Mike Ragogna: Dukes of September, McCartney’s Guitarist & An Australian’s Tourabout: Conversations with Michael …
A Conversation with Michael McDonald Mike Ragogna: I have followed your career from early on and I admire your recent Motown revisits. Michael McDonald:…
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How a snake launched a literary career
Meet C. James Matuschka, the author of two books and a resident of Valdosta.
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Italy suffers football coaching drain
ROME (AFP) – Italy’s Serie A was once the European superpower in football, the richest league in the world that attracted the best and highest paid players on the planet.
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Transport minister wants fines for speeding to be pegged to personal wealth
The country’s transport minister, Vít Bárta, has set off new debate over how to clamp down on dangerous drivers: the idea – floated at the weekend – is that speeding fines in the Czech Republic could be pegged to motorists’ personal wealth, similar to systems in currently in place in Finland or Switzerland. The threat of high fines would theoretically lead owners of powerful luxury cars – who …
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Poll: Two thirds of Czech firms say crisis not over
Prague, Aug 29 (CTK) – Nearly two thirds of Czech companies say that, from their point of view, the economic crisis is not yet over, 27 percent are of the opinion that it is subsiding and less than 10 percent believe it is over, according to a poll the Economic Chamber made in June.
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Czech press survey – August 30
Prague – Prime Minister Petr Necas poses the biggest problem of the coalition government, Bohumil Dolezal writes in Lidove noviny, summing up the situation three months after the elections to the Chamber of Deputies that catapulted to power a three-party center-right coalition.
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Weather Forecast for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico


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Looks pretty good to me. ::so excited::

New Orleans – CBD: Mother’s Restaurant – Famous Ferdi Special


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Mother’s Restaurant opened its doors, on Restaurant Row at 401 Poydras Street, in 1938 by Simon and Mary (Mother) Landry and his large family. During and after World War II, Mother’s became a local hangout for the Marine Corps, earning the nickname TUN Tavern of New Orleans. Five of the six Landry children joined the Corp–Francis Landry became the first woman in Louisiana to be accepted. In 1986, the Jerry and John Amato bought Mother’s from the Landry’s sons Jacques and Eddie, and promptly doubled the menu adding traditional dishes like jambalaya and gumbo next to the po’boys that made Mother’s famous, like the Ferdi Special.

The Famous Ferdi Special Po-Boy consists of Mother’s Best Ham, roast beef, debris and gravy. Debris is the roast beef that falls into the gravy while baking in the oven. The sandwich is named after Mr. Ferdi, a local merchant and regular Mother’s patron, who supposedly did nothing more than ask for ham to be added to his roast beef po’boy. The Ralph special, named after Ferdi’s nephew, adds cheese.

The Po’ boy, or Po-Boy , also known as Oyster Loaves, is the generic name for the standard New Orleans sandwich. The key ingredient that differentiates po’boys from other subs is the Louisiana French bread, which differs from a traditional baguette in that it has a flaky crust with a soft, airy center. This is generally attributed to the high ambient humidity causing the yeast to be more active. Traditional versions are served hot and include seafood, roast beef, sausage or ham, but can include nearly any meat filling. A "dressed" po’ boy has lettuce, tomato and pickles; mayonnaise and onion are optional. Non-seafood po’ boys will also usually have mustard–either "hot" or "regular", with the former being a coarse grained Creole mustard and the latter being American yellow mustard.

There are many competing stories as to the origin of the po’ boy. The most widely accepted holds that that it was invented in a New Orleans restaurant owned by Clovis and Benjamin Martin, brothers and former streetcar drivers who opened a restaurant on St. Claude Avenue in the 1920s. When streetcar drivers went on strike in 1929, the brothers took up their cause and created an inexpensive sandwich of gravy and spare bits of roast beef they would serve the unemployed workers out of the rear of their restaurant. When a worker came to get one, the cry would go up in the kitchen that "here comes another poor boy!," and the name was transferred to the sandwich, eventually shortened in Louisiana dialect to "po" boy.

In his book The Art of the Sandwich, Jay Harlow suggests that the namecomes from the French pour boire or "peace offering," which stems from when men would come home after a night on the town, bringing an oyster loaf as a peace offering. Harlow’s account conlates two other stories. The French word pourboire literally means "for drink" and translates as the tip one leaves a serving person or a delivery boy. These tips could be used to buy a small sandwich, which became known as poor boys. A variation on this story is that the tips were "for the boy" rendered in a Franglais mixture as "pour le boy." The Peacemaker (La Mediatrice), an early predecessor of the po’boy, was the name for an oyster loaf–a whole loaf of French Bread, split, hollowed out, and buttered, loaded with fried oysters and garnished with lemon juice and sliced pickles. The name derives from 19th-century husbands who would come in late from a carouse with the sandwich to cushion a possible rough reception from the lady of the house.

One resturaunt in Bay St. Louis, Missippi, Trapani’s, insists that the name "po’ boy" came from a sandwich shop in New Orleans. If one was new to a bar and bought a nickel beer, then he got a free sandwich thrown in. This was sometimes called a "poor boy’s lunch."

Mother’s was featured on the Travel Channel show, Man Vs. Food (Episode 9)

Travel › Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo to debut 2 new restaurants in September
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo will debut two new restaurants – Azure 45 and Towers Grill — on Sept 4. Replacing the all-day dining outlet Forty Five,…
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New York restaurants turn eyes to D.C.
A growing number of New York City-based restaurants are scouting locations or setting up shop in the District of Columbia, hedging against some weakness in their hometown market.
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Animals at restaurants rule changed
The state’s rule on the presence of animals at restaurants and other food service establishments has been revised to allow owners to permit cats and dogs in outdoor dining areas as long as conditions to protect public health are met, officials…
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UNK trio headed to China
The North Platte Telegraph On Aug. 19, Amanda Lunzman, Alison Davis and Vanessa Martinez of North Platte will board a plane in Omaha, destination Shijazhauang, China. The young women are students at the University of Nebraska-Kearney and are participating in the UNK exchange program, Semester Abroad. During their four months at Hebei Normal University, they will earn up to 15 credit hours and …
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Vuelta 2010: A La Bar!
Every four years the Summer Olympics rolls around again and the mainstream media is suddenly all excited about sports that it has studiously ignored for 48 months.
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Peterson back in the swim, wins second Pan Pacific title
J.J. SMITH LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Astute race tactics gave Pine Knoll Shores’ Chip Peterson a victory Sunday in the 10K open water races at the Pan Pacific Championships in Long Beach, Calif.
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