Day: September 28, 2013

Taste of The NFL at Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, CA, Sunday

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The press release below announces Taste of The NFL at Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, CA, Sunday. Sip, Taste and Tailgate Like a Pro An of afternoon of football and food & wine tastings on September 29th 2013 at 12:30PM WHO: 350 Bay Area high-income sports and food enthusiasts, with older-scaling demographic 30+ in age WHAT: … Read more

Subway Restaurant In Downtown Oakland Store Has Bulletproof Glass Divider

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This Subway Restaurant in Downtown Oakland has something I’ve never seen before: bulletproof glass. It’s a relatively new addition, given that I’ve visited the retail restaurant on Broadway near 14th Street before, earlier this year. It’s also a shocking, and impersonal, addition. The sandwich clerk said to me that “nothing’s happened, yet,” when I asked … Read more

Are the Ravens Ready to Face the Read-Option?

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The 2-1 Baltimore Ravens head to Buffalo to face the 1-2 Bills on Sunday. This is an interesting match-up since the Bills use the read-option offense; it presents a new set of challenges for the Ravens. The Ravens faced the read-option twice last season; first they lost to the Washington Redskins and then beat the … Read more

Will Anne Gust Brown Gets Shaq’s Lift To Oakland Mayor’s Office?

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Anne Gust Brown made news lately: for being lifted by SHAQ over his head while the most famous center in LA Lakers History was paying a visit to Sacramento. This kind of photo can either make or break a political career, but one thing’s for sure: to date, Anne Gust Brown has not spoken out … Read more

MARVEL’s Agents Of SHIELD Episode 1 Review

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MARVEL’s Agents Of SHIELD Episode 1 took the ideals that were expressed in an interview I heard with Joss Whedon where he said that it was about how we deal with the everyman who’s impacted by the extraordinary events and people around him. MARVEL’s Agents Of SHIELD has great special effects, and better ones than … Read more

Mariano Rivera Retires, At Yankees Stadium For Last Time

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Mariano Rivera’s last week with the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball was this week. After 19 seasons, 652 saves and 952 career finishes, perhaps the greatest closer – the Sandman – exits the game he loved for so long, and it loved him back. Think about it. For 19 seasons and 20 years, … Read more

Chevron Ecuador: Chevron Closer To Legal Win Over Steven Donziger

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In the latest chapter of the Chevron Ecuador lawsuit, the American oil company is moving closer to legal victory, particularly over its main attacker, Steven Donziger. Donziger has long claimed that Chevron was responsible for oil pollution in Ecuador’s Amazon region, even though the state-run Petroeucador was the principal owner of the consortium that produced … Read more