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Ohio (which holds primaries for both parties on 3/4 awarding 88 GOP and 161 Democratic delegates).-- Rasmussen Reports shows the Democrat race at Clinton 51%, Obama 37%. -- Quinnipac Poll shows the spread at Clinton 55%, Obama 34%.-- Survey USA puts the race at Clinton 56%, Obama 39%. Among Republicans McCain 50%, Huckabee 36%.Texas (which holds primaries for both parities on 3/4 awarding 140 GOP and 228 Democratic delegates).-- American Research Group shows Democrat race at Obama 48%, Clinton 42%.Wisconsin (which holds primaries for both parties on 2/19 awarding 40 GOP and 92 Democratic delegates).-- Rasmussen Reports shows the Democrat race at Obama 47%, Clinton 43%.-- American Research Group shows the race at Clinton 49%, Obama 43%.NOTABLE QUOTES, VIEWS & HAPPENINGS...-- More examples of political correctness on campus.-- The NYT notes the gap between rich and poor is less in spending.-- For political junkies, a new bio-pic on Lee Atwater:-- Reforming the Electoral College gets some attention.-- Research shows Republicans are happier than Democrats.-- News Busted mocks the Clinton fundraising:THOSE CANDIDATES & THEIR CAMPAIGNS...Hillary ClintonMichael Barone does the best-case scenario math for Clinton.
Hot properties in vineland
Alberta is a natural fit because there's almost as many Maritimers there as here, and they take their taste with them!" Jost says. All tours begin and end in the well-appointed showroom with its free tasting bar, souvenirs and snacks. It was a major boost to the industry when, in 1986, the Nova Scotia government allowed wineries to sell on site. In 2001, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp, which controls all retail outlets, similarly transformed from a bureaucratic inhibitor into an enthusiastic promoter of the fledgling $8-million industry, partly due to its impact on tourism. "Wine is one of the strongest signals that times are good," says Jost. It's ironic that Nova Scotia's production is projected to double in the next half-dozen years, when grape-growers in the European Union, including the Jost homeland, are being urged to rip out some 200,000 hectares of vines because of oversupply.
Cookbooks make great gifts - for yourself, too
Even if you don't find that perfect gift for the cook who has everything, you'll likely come away with something for yourself. Cookbooks deliver the promise of delicious home-cooked meals made with a minimum of effort on your part. They tempt with pictures, provide a good read, and offer the chance to at least imagine what the dinner hour would be like in your house if you had the time to cook every night. Here's a guide to some of the year's personal faves. Now if only there was a way to give that one last present: time to cook! Mary Ann Esposito's "Ciao Italia Slow and Easy" (St. Martin's Press. $27.95) is a quintessential winter cookbook, laden with recipes for hearty stews, pasta casseroles, braises and sturdy puddings. The author, host of the PBS series "Ciao Italia," outlines such fare as beef short ribs with rigatoni, veal shanks with porcini mushrooms, and chicken marengo.
Soufflés and snogging in Val d'Isère
It is Saturday, the busiest day of the week, when one group of guests leaves and the next arrives. Ali and Luke are hard at it, and put me straight to work.
They want mini raspberry soufflés. Well, why not? Like Luke, I did a cooking course at the start of my gap year. Unlike Luke's, my gap year was more than a decade ago. But the boys talk me through it: whip up cream and sugar, squash some raspberries and fold it together. Easy. Next, I set the table for dinner, and then have a nose around the chalet - six stylish rooms, and a large open-plan kitchen/dining room (no swearing in the kitchen, thank you very much). The guests are surprised to see me, a new addition to the chalet team. "Is this a girlfriend?" the husband booms, winking at the boys. Actually, no.
IPL auction: how much is too much?
In setting the floor price for spending on a team at $3.3 million, and capping it at $5 million, the IPL has tried to ensure that teams are evenly matched and the big spenders don't walk away with all the goodies. At one end of the spectrum, people are contemplating whether the $500,000 mark will be breached for an individual player and at the other, it's hard to see just how such numbers are justifiable. In auction situations, traditionally, an object's value is determined by how badly someone wants it, rather than what it is intrinsically worth. For example, if Vijay Mallya (Bangalore) and Mukesh Ambani (Mumbai) both decide that they simply must have Shane Warne, there's no saying what his price tag could be. But, and there is already chatter that representatives of different teams are in informal talks about certain players to ensure that the auction doesn't overheat, if companies decide to come together, and stick to what they say, there is no reason why anyone should spend more than the floor price of $3.3 million.
Misadventures in Atlanta
Where you'll find me on a Friday night: cooking and playing cards with friends, dining at a new restaurant or hanging with the girls... Who is Wise Diva? A 34 year-old transplant to metro Atlanta who has found her dating experience here quite entertaining... What's on this page → The entry titled "She's in the zone," and any of the comments about it. Access all your favorite blogs from myajc! Learn More Have a discussion idea? Send your ideas, comments, questions and suggestions to Bella. Categories About Bella About Laney About Mia About Wise Diva Atlanta Breakups Current Events Dating Family He Said/She Said Holidays How We Met Marriage Matters of the Heart Mix & Mingle Pop Culture Relationships Sports .
Weathering the Long Holiday Break
Dave Sowers is the former editor of the Midnight Sun Sports Section, Robert E. Peary High School Class of 1981. He intended on going into communications in college but instead stayed in town and married his high school sweetheart (Joanne Plunkett) in 1983. he is the father of three wonderful children. Al, 22 years old, is a senior point guard at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Jackie is 19 and a sophomore at Frostburg State College in the western mountains of Maryland. Kevin, Mom's baby, is a high school sophomore, who plays football and basketball like his older brother. Dad is trying to encourage him to follow Al at the CGA.
Dave has been very involved in the local youth sports association in his home town near Frederick, Md.. He has taken a leave of absence as a middle school basketball coach so that he can attend all the CGA games this season, which he will chronicle in this blog.
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Book review: Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet
"T hen I fell in love. I say it suddenly, and there was certainly an element of radical intrusion and transformation to it, but the sense I have is of color slowly aching into things, the world coming brilliantly, abradingly alive." So Christian Wiman writes in "Love Bade Me Welcome," the essay that concludes Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet, providing it with what few such gatherings can boast of: an unexpected ending that hits you like a hard and fast blow to the center of your chest, and that I will not say anything further about. There is nothing flashy about Wiman's style, but the more you become familiar with it — his easy tone, his way with a phrase — the more you become fond of it, and of Wiman himself. One is reminded of Whitman: "Camerado, this is no book, / Who touches this touches a man.
New Year's inspirational eve
A couple in Rohnert Park and their friends celebrate the year's beginning in each time zone in the United States, with appropriate libations and costumes.
Jill and Ken Zschach and their guests start off wearing Statue of Liberty hats and drinking Cosmopolitans at 9 p.m. when it's midnight in New York. From there they move to Louisiana time with Mardi Gras masks and beads and Hurricanes in their hand.
Then it's to the Wild West with cowboy hats, sombreros and margaritas. And for those still awake at California midnight, there are party hats and champagne.
"Most people only drink a toast of the hourly drink so they're fine," said Jill Zschach, adding most guests also live within walking distance.
A group of friends in Glen Ellen who call themselves the SOGS (Slow Old Guys) start out around 9 a.m.
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