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27 May 03:10
JRR Tolkien Explains Lord Of The Rings In Legendary Recording
by Rob Bricken
In 1958, J.R.R. Tolkien attended a "Hobbit Dinner" in the Netherlands, an event set up by Tolkien's Dutch publisher, where 200 fans could hear their favorite author speak. And speak he did, explaining the meaning of his most famous work, reciting a poem in Elvish, and more. And for the first time, you'll be able to hear him too.
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26 May 07:54
A Japanese rice vinegar company is now the world’s undisputed king of pasta sauce
by Max Nisen
The Mizkan Group has its origins in the early 1800s, when the son of a family of sake makers figured out a cheap way to make rice vinegar from the liquor’s leftovers. Though it’s since expanded in the centuries since into seasonings and other condiments, Mizkan just made its boldest expansion to date: its $2.15 billion purchase of Unilever’s Ragú and Bertolli brands, making it the new global leader in a very different category—pasta sauce.
Buying Ragú alone would have done the job. The world’s leading pasta sauce brand, Ragú sells more than any other individual company’s portfolio post-deal, with $669.5 million in retail sales last year. The runner-up is a group of brands owned by Heinz that has a combined $656.9 million retail sales value and 7.8% of the global market. Here’s the breakdown of individual brands by global market share (“Mizkan group (combined)” refers to the combined shares of Ragú and Bertolli):
The company will be even more dominant in the US’s $2.4-billion pasta sauce market: Ragú is already more than $100 million in retail sales ahead of Campbell Soup’s Prego, the biggest rival. With Bertolli ranked fourth, that gives Mizkan’s pasta sauce brands more than a third of US sales:
And although the company will now be a big fish in the pasta segment, in the overall sauces and condiments category—which include hot sauces, bouillon and stock cubes, powder mixes, among other things—Mizkan will still be but a minnow. The overall leaders is Knorr, which sells a dizzying array of just about every product mentioned in the category, all under a single brand. Japanese companies have an outsize influence, but not due to Mizkan. Instead, it’s House and S&B, both famous for curry sauces and powders, that reach the top. Here’s the roundup of retail sales market share by brand:
26 May 05:56
Does Planned Parenthood offer Hormone Replacement Therapy for transgender people?
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Does Planned Parenthood offer Hormone Replacement Therapy for transgender people?:
Someone asked us:
Can Planned Parenthood provide hormones to transgender people? And if so, what are the costs?
Why yes, yes we do. There are an increasing number of Planned Parenthood health centers that offer hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for trans clients. (Cost will vary…
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25 May 21:29
fucking fat pig that ignores males. you can be a huge rights activist when you want but fail to even speak to your make supporters. mediocre writer too. leave my favorite characters alone. why can't you have kids?
Grandma? Is that you?
25 May 15:19
Facebook Without The Newsfeed
Facebook is an important communication tool to me. Most of my fellow students don’t use iMessage or Twitter DMs, so we talk on Facebook. However, I seem not to be able to just check my messages on Facebook.
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25 May 08:54
Adorable interspecies friendship — Kangaroo pets and plays with a Rottweiler pup
by Abraham
Blue the Roo and Trooper the Rottweiler enjoy each other’s company in Perth, Western Australia…
(via Tastefully Offensive)
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25 May 08:50
rknjl: rknjl: How many liberals does it take to change a light bulb? Look, I know we promised...
25 May 04:54
Forum For Sexually Frustrated Men Reacts To News That UCSB Shooter May Be One Of Their Own
Someone with the username EliotRodger was a regular poster on an online message board called PUAhate, on which men who have been unlucky with women commiserate, criticize one another, excoriate the opposite sex, and denounce PUA's, or pick-up artists — dating gurus whom they accuse of preying on desperate men like themselves for financial gain.
25 May 04:02
moriarty: strongly regretting the type of people im befriending...
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25 May 03:51
Rob Ryan continues to enjoy New Orleans
by Zach Woosley
firehosethis fuckin' guy
First he bought people drinks, then he partied on St. Patrick's Day, now he's dancing at a Greek Festival. Rob Ryan. Hero of New Orleans.
What? You wanted to know what Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was up too during the offseason? Well, we're glad to you asked!
Photo: @Saints def coord #RobRyan dances up a storm at the Greek Festival. #whodat @LarryHolder #whodatnation pic.twitter.com/EeS34fU7ux
— Michael DeMocker (@MichaelDeMocker) May 24, 2014
It's tough to tell from a photo, but based on the lock on Ryan's face, It appears he's not that enthusiastic about the dancing. His orange shorts are pretty cool though.
Whether or not he's having fun, at least we know that Ryan is continuing to build his folk hero status in New Orleans. Like when he bought people drinks, or partying on St. Patrick's Day.
You be you coach. We wouldn't want it any other way.
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25 May 03:49
Photo
firehosevia Toaster Strudel
"I walked on your face!"
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25 May 03:49
fuckyesfeminist: Average size mannequin with average size...
by wagatwe
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25 May 03:33
Darpa Is Weaponizing Oculus Rift For Cyberwar
firehosenatch
For the last two years, Darpa has been working to make waging cyberwar as easy as playing a video game. Now, like so many other games, it’s about to get a lot more in-your-face.
25 May 03:10
Hedgehog thinks pine cones are his friends - Video
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25 May 03:05
The current state of affairs
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25 May 03:04
Alcademics and Camper English in Top 10 Finalists for Tales of the Cocktail 2014 Spirited Awards
by Camper English
firehosetl;dr: Boston's best bars moved to a new category so they stop winning all the good awards; good New Orleans representation but inexplicable and obnoxious Houston representation; Portland gets most of the usual nods, and Multnomah Whisk({[---e---]})y Library makes a surprising splash; apparently nothing is happening with cocktails in Tokyo anymore???
American Bartender of the Year:
Jeff Bell (New York)
Erick Castro (San Diego)
Marcovaldo Dionysos (San Francisco)
Bobby Heugel (Houston)
Sean Kenyon (Denver)
John Lermayer (Miami)
Ryan Maybee (Kansas City)
Ivy Mix (New York)
Jeffrey Morgenthaler (Portland)
Pamela Wiznitzer (New York)
someone from Houston but no Bostonians, fuck the world
Best American Brand Ambassador
Brooke Arthur (House Spirits)
Colin Asare-Appiah (Bacardi)
Elayne Duff (Diageo Reserve)
Jamie Evans (Oxley gin)
Bernie Lubbers (Heaven Hill Distilleries)
Freddy May (Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky)
Chris Patino (Pernod Ricard USA Portfolio)
Nick van Tiel (Plymouth Gin / Beefeater)
Neyah White (Suntory Japanese Whiskies)
Angus Winchester (Tanqueray Gin)
no Misty, fuck the world
Best American Cocktail Bar
Anvil Bar & Refuge (Houston)
The Aviary (Chicago)
canon: whiskey and bitters emporium (Seattle)
Cure (New Orleans)
The Dead Rabbit (New York)
Noble Experiment (San Diego)
Prizefighter (Emeryville)
Smuggler’s Cove (San Francisco)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)
Williams & Graham (Denver)
a Houston bar but none in Boston or Portland, fuck the world
Best American Restaurant Bar
320 Main (Orange County)
Bestia (Los Angeles)
Clyde Common (Portland)
Gramercy Tavern (New York)
No. 9 Park (Boston)
The NoMad (New York)
nopa (San Francisco)
OAK at fourteenth (Boulder)
The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange (Kansas City)
The Silver Dollar (Louisville)
Best American Hotel Bar
Bellocq (New Orleans)
Bemelmans Bar (New York)
The Broken Shaker (Miami)
Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans)
Clyde Common (Portland)
The Hawthorne (Boston)
The Regent Cocktail Club (Miami)
Sable Kitchen & Bar (Chicago)
The Spare Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles)
Vesper Bar (Las Vegas)
Best New American Cocktail Bar
Attaboy (New York)
Cane & Table (New Orleans)
Celeste (Chicago)
Golden Cadillac (New York)
Half Step (Austin)
Kimball House (Atlanta)
Mockingbird Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library (Portland)
Three Dots and a Dash (Chicago)
ZZ’s Clam Bar (New York)
the whiskey library is a cocktail bar? huh
Best American Bar Team – New Category
Attaboy (New York)
Clyde Common (Portland)
The Dead Rabbit (New York)
Drink (Boston)
Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks (Boston)
Employees Only (New York)
The NoMad (New York)
The Regent Cocktail Club (Miami)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)
Williams & Graham (Denver)
OH THIS IS THE NEW CATEGORY WHERE THEY STUCK ALL THE BOSTON PEOPLE AND MORGENTHALER SO THEY WOULDN'T WIN ALL THE MARQUEE AWARDS HMM HMM HMMMMMMM
dudekicker once again snubbed so everything is invalid anyway
Best New Cocktail/Bartending Book (Top 9)
The Art of the Shim by Dinah Sanders
Apothecary Cocktails: Restorative Drinks from Yesterday and Today by Warren Bobrow
Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean by Jeff Berry
Cocktail for a Crowd by Kara Newman
The Curious Bartender by Tristan Stephenson
The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Home Bar Basics (and Not-So-Basics) Cocktail Guidebook, 2nd Edition by Dave Stolte
Wine Cocktails (Planet of the Grapes) by Jason Wilson
Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch and Irish Whiskey by Fred Minnick
Best Bar Mentor
Erik Adkins
Bridget Albert
Jacob Briars
Jackson Cannon
Wayne Collins
Doug Frost
Francesco LaFranconi
Jim Meehan
Andy Seymour
Dushan Zaric
Best New Product
Ancho Reyes
Beefeater Burrough’s Reserve gin
Crawley’s Imperial Shaker Machine
Del Maguey Ibérico mezcal
iSpoon by Monkey Shoulder
Martini Gran Lusso Vermouth
Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky
Plantation Original Dark Rum
Sipsmith VJOP Gin
Small Hand Foods Tonic Syrup
World’s Best Cocktail Menu
69 Colebrooke Row (London)
The Aviary (Chicago)
canon: whiskey and bitters emporium (Seattle)
Eau De Vie (Sydney)
The Nightjar (London)
The NoMad (New York)
Polite Provisions (San Diego)
Pouring Ribbons (New York)
Three Dots and a Dash (Chicago)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)
World’s Best Drinks Selection
Baba Au Rum (Athens)
Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)
The Dead Rabbit (New York)
Eau De Vie Melbourne (Melbourne)
Hard Water (San Francisco)
Liberty Bar (Seattle)
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library (Portland)
Old Crow (Zurich)
Scopa Italian Roots (Los Angeles)
Tommy’s (San Francisco)
Tales of the Cocktail announced the top 10 finalists in all categories for the 2014 Spirited Awards. Both this website and Camper English have made the list.
[Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]
[Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]
25 May 02:47
Eberhard Kieser, Icones Mortis Sexaginta Imaginibus, 1648
firehosebangin' party check your guns at the door
Eberhard Kieser, Icones Mortis Sexaginta Imaginibus, 1648
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25 May 02:46
3D printing patent war
by adafruit
firehoseblog post is unsigned, but adafruit is def. falling in the "fuck this shit and these shitty excuses" camp
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Do you know what we think is a horrible business to be in now? Making and selling 3D printers, it’s going to be a patent war just like Apple, Samsung & Google for phones.
We’ve stocked the MakerBot and we have open-source and “open printers” – we’re watching this just like all of you are. Please check out the fully open source LulzBot TAZ 4 – Open source 3D Printer & PrintrBots if you want to vote with your wallets and check out an interview with Bre regarding patents on MAKE.
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