| Viewers turned off by Hollywood writers strike 'may never switch TV on ...
I watch football occasionally and sometimes the nightly news. Period. And I'm tempted to give up on the news because of all the "medical" commercials -- sleep aids, mucus products, and, of course, the ever-present expensive anti-cholesterol drugs. Besides, the network "news" talks about things covered on the Internet 2 days earlier! Use your computer. Read your current events. And let the unionized "entertainment" industry follow the lead of the Titanic... .
New cookbook celebrates old Brass Tavern Inn
In 1845 when the Brass Tavern and Inn first opened its doors on the corner of Old Pike and Old Highway in what is now Munster, the journey from this section of Northwest Indiana into Chicago took about a day.Because the journey was hard (travelers could be mired in mud when the dirt roads were wet or cloaked in dust in dry weather), the tavern offered a place to rest and to dine. What made stopping there even better is that Julia Watkins Brass, who owned the Brass Tavern with her husband (and ran it while he was looking for riches in California during the Gold Rush), kept a crock jar full of sugar cookies, and her menus were described by contemporaries as "attractive and delectable." Time moves on.Now the trip from Ridge Road (Old Pike) and Columbia Avenue (Old Highway) in Munster takes less than an hour instead of a day.And the tavern, which in 1864 became the Stallbohm Inn, closed its doors in the 1890s as railroads and paved roads made traveling much easier and eliminated the need for a stagecoach stop.The building burned in 1909; all that is left to mark the site is a bronze historical plaque donated in 1927 by the Julia Watkins Brass Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.But the Brass Tavern and those days still live on, in the memories of those who have heard stories of the inn and in the old recipes handed down by generations of local residents.Now these recipes and more have been collected by the Munster Historical Society and presented, along with photos and stories of early area settlers, in a delightful book titled "The Brass Tavern Cookbook: A Collection of Nostalgic Recipes Commemorating the Establishment in 1845 of The Brass Tavern & Inn, the First Permanent Settlement in Munster, Indiana," compiled by JoAnne Shafer. "The oldest recipes for a baked ham glaze and apple crisp both date back to 1855," says Shafer who, with other members of the society, worked on this project for 12 years.Besides providing a history of the region, the cookbook also tells a story of how the foods we eat have changed (partridge wrapped in vine leaves having been dropped from most menus today) -- and stayed the same.
Real truths at heart of the Creation stories
Can something dead as a rock work its way up to the life cycle of the butterfly? Nasa and evols generally say, just add water and rocks sprout legs and then wings. Immense time allows them to. You can't disprove the theory of wet rocks can live and even fly, would you support their research if they came your door to collect their $20 Billion a year? Rocks are content doing rock things forever, as I see it. DNA is real language. Language, symbols standing in for reality, are the product of conscious minds, always. Evols can't del with that, so censorship is their only way to keep their funding and avoid honest work. Thou shalt not lie. .
Jamie Winstone gets some Phoo Action
Jaime Winstone is living it large. She has beaten up a giant purple gorilla, fallen in love with a gay Buddhist kung fu monk, and pulled out a hefty tranquilliser gun from a pair of magic hot pants. And that's just the beginning. For, as Whitey Action, the high-kicking teen protagonist of the celebrity-bashing satire Phoo Action, the 22-year-old firebrand actress has found in her angry wild-child character a kindred spirit of sorts. "In the real world you can't go round pulling tranquilliser guns out of your pants, though I wish I could," she says, her brown eyes bright with enthusiasm, her slight, pixie-like frame leaning forward on a large armchair in the corner of a swish Central London agency. "But Whitey is an anarchist in a modern day world who's fighting the pressures of bullshit celebrityism, so in a way I can relate to that." Whitey, she explains, was initially conceived by the Brit-comic guru Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl, Gorillaz) as a punk sidekick to the martial arts monk Terry Phoo in a mid-1990s comic strip called Get The Freebies.
eBay chief executive set to retire
Ten percent fewer customers visited eBay.com last month than in December 2006, the tracking company Nielsen Online said. Though eBay has tried to get its most loyal customers to buy more, the overall decline in traffic has depressed business. Gross merchandise volume -- the total amount of all goods and services sold on eBay.com -- has been growing at a slower pace over the last few years than e-commerce in general, which means that eBay is losing market share, particularly to Amazon. The expected change of chief executives was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Whitman's plans have not been disclosed, but she has been a contributor and fund-raiser for Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential contender. Like Whitman, Romney is a Bain alumnus. Wall Street analysts and eBay observers have been preparing for Whitman's departure for some time, particularly as eBay's stock price has sagged.
Greece: Women protest in monk sanctuary
THESSALONIKI, Greece—A group of female protesters locked in a land dispute with the Greek Orthodox Church defied a 1,000-year-old ban and entered the all-male Mount Athos monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, a police official said Wednesday. A police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity that the small group of nearby villagers, including at least six women, climbed over a fence Tuesday and briefly entered the self-governing peninsula, where women are strictly forbidden. Parliament member Litsa Amanatidou Paschalidou was among the women who entered the sanctuary. She called it a "purely symbolic act," which was meant to send a message to the church to "pursue policies which serve the public and not its financial interest." The protesters, who say the monks are making illegal claims on their property, broke away from a rally of more than 400 people and evaded a police cordon, entering Athos grounds.
Steak n Shake Shareholders: Reasons To Vote Only the GOLD Proxy Card
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is from The Lion Fund, L.P. and Western Sizzlin Corp. NASDAQ: WEST: Note: All share prices used to calculate Total Shareholder Returns are as of February 22, 2008. Source: Research Data Group -- In contrast, our involvement in two other restaurant companies, Western -- Our interests are aligned with yours. As one of the largest shareholders of the firm, we seek to make money with you, not off you. -- We urge you to vote the GOLD card and NOT to sign any white proxy card
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In theaters now
Definitely, Maybe (PG-13, 122 min.) A romantic comedy in flashback, as dad Ryan Reynolds tells daughter Abigail Breslin how he met her mother. Peabody Place 22, Forest Hill 8, Stage Cinema 12, Collierville Towne 16, DeSoto Cinema 16, Cordova Cinema, Paradiso, CinePlanet 16. Enchanted (PG, 107 min.) A naive Disney princess named Giselle (Amy Adams) is ejected from her fairy-tale cartoon world into the flesh-and-blood chaos of Manhattan in this charming, clever and upbeat family film, directed by Kevin Lima and scripted by Bill Kelly. Never insulting as it moves toward its inevitable happily-ever-after ending, the movie maintains a delicate balance between wish-fulfillment fantasy and a recognition that the real world inhabited by its audience is filled with disappointment as well as with joy.
Baseball Plays Waiting Game With Uniform Start Date
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -It was sunny and 78 in South Florida on Friday. The Miami baseball players were doing the same thing as their brethren at Nebraska, where it was in the 20s with patches of snow in the outfield of Lincoln's Haymarket Park. Practice is all they can do. No one is allowed to play games until next Friday. The new NCAA uniform starting date for Division I baseball was established with the intent to create competitive balance among northern and southern teams. Miami coach Jim Morris says the rule might be seen as an equalizer, but it unfairly punishes teams in the South. "We're taking the level of baseball down nationally," Morris said. "We're not bringing it up." In past years the Hurricanes would have played a half dozen games at this point in February.
Who'll make the cut for Shark's second round?
SYDNEY'S jet-set are keeping a close eye on the letterbox, with invitations expected any day now for what promises to be the wedding of 2008 when golfing legend Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert tie the knot. Names expected on the guest list include Norman's pals Lleyton and Bec Hewitt, James and Erica Packer and Russell Crowe and his wife, Danielle Spencer. Other "good mates" shaping up as likely contenders for the nuptials include former US presidents George Bush snr and Bill Clinton (they feature among the photos decorating the walls of Norman's Florida office), the News Corporation boss, Rupert Murdoch, and former corporate heavyweights and Norman's business "mentors" Ted Kunkel (ex-Foster's boss) and Jack Welch (the former boss of General Electric).
DN squads compete in tourneys
It was a mixed bag in tournament play for the Del Norte High boys and girls basketball teams this past weekend. After starting the year 8-0, the Warrior boys lost its first two games at the Jamie Angley Hornet Classic in Redding. On Saturday, Del Norte came back from an eight-point deficit at the end of the first half to defeat Kennedy High of Fremont 74-72 to improve to 9-2 for the year. At a tournament in Hidden Valley, Ore., the girls squad downed South Eugene, Ore., 41-38 on Friday. On Saturday, Del Norte was soundly defeated by host Hidden Valley 46-16 to drop to 6-7 for the year. Boys The Del Norte boys basketball team began play in Redding on Thursday having just returned from playing all the way in Florida at the KSA Pre-Holiday Basketball tournament in the Orlando, Fla.
RegTel drafts new rules for premium services
A reduction in the maximum spending limits for premium rate phone services is among the proposals contained in RegTel's new draft code of practice. Under the premium rate regulator's new code, published Tuesday, the maximum spend on 'chat and dating' calls would be reduced from EUR60 to EUR40, while the maximum for 'live' services would go from EUR90 to EUR60. Operators of such services would also have to warn customers when they reach spending thresholds of EUR20 and EUR30 respectively. Tom Higgins, CEO of Irish Psychics live, was quoted in the Irish Independent on Tuesday as saying: "We've been very unhappy with the code of practice for some time. Our price warning is given at 12 minutes (when EUR28.80 has been spent) and at 24 minutes (EUR57.60)." Callers to psychic, tarot card and horoscope lines would also have to be informed that such services are for entertainment purposes only.
PBS Announces Line-Up of Science and Environmental Programming for ...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PBS will celebrate Earth Day 2008 with a slate of new programs about global warming, environmental change and green technology, airing in late March and April. Highlights are a new two-part episode of JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES that explores the Amazon River and the rapidly disappearing rainforest that surrounds it and a FRONTLINE documentary that takes a look at what big business is doing to solve the world's climate problem. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061106/DCM029LOGO-c ) Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, travels the Amazon River basin with his children Fabien and Celine in JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES "Return to the Amazon." His discoveries are both inspiring and shocking.
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