The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Robert Yates returns to the streets of Liverpool, where he grew up, to report on a story of deprivation and hope I n a parade of shops on County Road in Walton, north Liverpool, a couple of signs compete for attention. "Slip! Trip!" offers the first, in the window of Walton Accident Claims – the jaunty exclamation marks explained perhaps by the possibility that there's some money at...
SFist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
In looking for good autumnal cocktails to feature, we came across this delicious ginger concoction from DOSA on Fillmore , which has been doing great stuff with pairing cocktails to their food. The Ginger Ante cocktail, created by bartender Usman Chaudhary, would be perfect as an opener for Thanksgiving dinner, particularly with some roasted pumpkin seeds to nibble on, or this stuffed snow pea appetizer...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Many are writing about the MSM's irrational obsession with tearing down Sarah Palin. Irrational ... obsession. Are they afraid of a self-confident, strong woman who gets things done? Donald Douglas at American Power blogs about Gov. Palin's background as described in her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life": With Palin we have our modern-day political scribe of the frontier existence, the...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
This past weekend marked a broadcast first for hockey in Washington: the execution of virtual real-time audio swaps between Federal News Radio 1500, the local radio carrier of the Caps, and John Walton’s calls of the Hershey Bears, which Washington hockey fans can hear on SportsJuice.com. On Friday night, while the Bears were beating Norfolk [...]
SFist (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
We made mention earlier this week of the imminent opening of brand new Hayes Valley Tiki bar, Smuggler's Cove . Assuming you absolutely can not wait to try some of the rummy, tropical deliciousness that will be served up there beside the indoor water features, we went straight to the source, bar manager/owner Martin Cate, for a recipe. Here's what he gave us: This is the Fogcutter as it will be served...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
[JURIST] A Tajikistan native held at Guantanamo Bay has challenged a federal judge's decision to suspend his habeas corpus proceedings after he was cleared for transfer to Tajikistan. Umar Hamzayevich Abdulayev alleges that Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia abused his discretion in staying indefinitely his petition for habeas corpus after the Joint Task Force...
Phi Beta Cons (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
That’s what Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford propose in Insider Higher Ed today, in order “(1) to identify the causes and cumulative consequences of racial gaps in academic achievement and (2) to develop concrete steps that can be taken by parents, schools, neighborhoods, and the public sector all working together to close these gaps on a nationwide scale.” Being...
Shaken Baby and unsafe convictions (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Can't happen, accoRding to the who is who of the shaken baby crew. Remember all sorts of conditions cause blood to thin, like anaemia, just as EDS causes fragile blood vessels! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222658/Father-dies-heart-attack-brain-haemorrhage-single-heavy-sneeze.html I too had a brain haemorrhage after a sneeze which was discovered at Liverpool walton neuro which confirmed...
SFist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As we noted last week in the New School Cocktail Glossary , the bar program over at Camino in Oakland, just like the food, is focused entirely on local, seasonal, sustainable, organic ingredients and spirits -- so that means if there's a point in time when there are no local limes available, all the drinks will be made without limes, and all the drinks are made with local liquors. Camino was opened...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. In southern Texas, Estela Garza is donating her home to a paralyzed man who has been living in a storage shed, reports Jordan Williams of KRGV . She considered sell the house, she explained, which was her father's, but said she had the realization that "maybe God doesn't want...
Travel (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
By Monica Walton Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Following is a list of a few movies that you can get using a movie download site. Underworld: Evolution: The war between the Werewolves and the Vampires rage on. Now we look back to the...
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Imation has just let loose a couple of pocket-sized camcorders that bear the Memorex brand. Known as MyVideo and MyVideo HD, the devices come in black or pearlized white, have a 2-inch LCD screen and feature one-touch recording, USB connectivity, editing software, and easy uploading and sharing to websites like Facebook and YouTube. "MyVideo camcorders offer families an easy way to record, view...
Another Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot | Mail Online By Jaya Narain A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat. Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months. But things looked brighter when he made a peace offering of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Hit F5 or tick the autorefresh button for all the latest updates, and email simon.burnton@guardian.co.uk with your Arsène Wenger anniversary wishes Theirry Henry's here. That's how important and wonderful and amazing this game is going to be. He appears to be holding a teddy bear. Uncanny but totally irrelevant historical omen alert: Wenger's first ever game at Arsenal was against Blackburn...
SFist (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
A new local fave for it's hip-casual vibe, tasty drinks and lively crowd, Pisco Latin Lounge was founded by James Schenk, chef-owner of next-door "nuevo Latino" restaurant Destino . It won recognition as a new nightlife destination in Zagat, and this week Pisco celebrates it's one-year anniversary with drink and appetizer specials. Bar manager Isaac Vazquez brings us this week's Friday drink...
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