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Zans Deli owner Anthony Ruggiero dies at 67

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12-13-09 – Legend Lerman Lassos National Latke Eating Title to become the first Jewish Prince of Latkes

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         Anthony Pasquale Ruggiero lived a life committed to full bellies, whether it was customers at his Lake Grove deli, seniors in his meals program, or volunteers battling wildfires in Suffolk County, his family said Sunday.
“He loves to feed people. That’s his thing,” his daughter, Denise, ofNorthport, said. “He worked really hard all his life, woke up every morning and worked 15 hours a day.”
Ruggiero, of Head of the Harbor, died at home Saturday after a struggle with diabetes. He was 67.
He underwent two kidney transplants, was legally blind and used a wheelchair, but he still worked full days at Zan’s Kosher Delicatessen in Lake Grove, which he owned for nearly 30 years with his brother, Pat.
The brothers fed about 800 seniors a day through meal distribution programs with the towns of Smithtown and Islip and through the deli’s Supper Club 60, which invited seniors to the establishment for discounted meals. They also aided the Red Cross in feeding first responders during crises, such as wildfires.
Sunday was Pat Ruggiero’s first day at the deli without Anthony.
“It was very difficult,” the Port Jefferson resident said. “When you spend day after day with a person for so many years, it becomes a part of your life and you wonder if maybe they’re just out sick and might be back tomorrow.”
Anthony Ruggiero was born in Brooklyn, graduated from Midwood High School in the early 1960s and served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1967, based in Frankfurt, Germany, his family said.
He worked as a meat courier before opening the deli.
His business wasn’t without challenges. He clashed with Smithtown officials in 2000 after pulling out of a contract to run the town’s beach concession stands.
Nevertheless, he inspired many with his dedication to the deli, despite his medical condition. “He had a lot of physical ailments, and he did it on sheer will,” his son, Anthony, of Franklin Lakes, N.J., said. “He had a gruff exterior, but behind it, he was a real softy with pure heart and pure drive.”
Ruggiero met his wife, Nilvia, in the third grade at St. Rose of Lima in Brooklyn, she said. “He threw a rock at me, that dirty rat, but we’ve been laughing ever since,” she said of their 46 years of marriage.
The couple spent Anthony’s last night baby-sitting their grandchildren, whose mischievous ways had him chuckling. “At least he died laughing and dreaming about his grandchildren,” Nilvia Ruggiero said.
In addition to his wife, daughter and son, Anthony Ruggiero is survived by three grandchildren.
His wake will be held at Moloney’s Hauppauge Funeral Home Tuesday and Wednesday, and his funeral will be held at Sts. Philip & James Church in St. James on Thursday. He is to be buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

OLD CANTONESE STYLE CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN N.Y… WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THEM?

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    Whenever WHAT EVER HAPPENED  TO THE OLD STYLE Cantonese Chinese Restaurants IN N.Y.?  YEARS AGO IN NEW YORK IN WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WENT TO  THE FOOD RECIPES WERE IDENTICAL FROM  BENSONHUST TO CANARSIE TO FLATBUSH FLUSHING AND SO ON WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS SIMILAR RECIPES BUT EVERY RESTAURANT IS A CRAP SHOOT , WHAT  YOU HAVE IN ONE PLACE LETS SAY KUNG PO DING
( SPICY CHICKEN WITH PEANUTS)MAY AND  WILL TASTE DIFFERENT FROM  PLACE TO PLACE.
  MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT THE CHINESE FOOD YOU GET IN TAKE OUTS AND SIT  IN RESTAURANTS  IS NOT AUTHENTIC CHINESE ETHIC FOOD , BUT THE WORK AND CREATION OF THE GREAT CHINESE AMERICAN CHEFS FORM OLD TIME CULINARY SCHOOLS, TODAY THERE IS NO  LONGER A CENTRAL CULINARY SCHOOL AS  IN THE PAST.
 THE OLD TAKE OUTS IN THE 50′S HAD SEATING WITH BOOTHS AND YOU COULDN’T  SEE THE KITCHEN TODAY THEY HAVE AN OPEN PERFORMANCE  KITCHEN AND THESE NEW TAKE OUTS WHERE STARTED BY IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG THE FOOD THERE ALWAYS TASTED DIFFERENT IT WAS NEVER AS GOOD  AS THE OLD CANTONESE PLACES , WHICH GAVE YOU WHITE GLOVE SERVICE CHAMPAGNE AT A BEER POCKET BUDGET.THE CHOW MEIN THE MOO GOO GAI PAN  THE Char SHOO DING IS ALL A  THING OF THING OF THE PAST , HOW SAD PERHAPS SOME CHINESE RESTAURANT OPERATORS MAY READ THIS BY LINE AND BRING BACK THE TASTE OF OLD.
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No SSI or Welfare, Unemployment Insurance Or Workman’s Comp For Non Citizens

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 The Federal Government should not give any Federal Welfare SSI  Food Stamps  or Medicaid to Immigrant  Non Citizens.They should relay strictly on sponsors upon entering this great country.If they didn’t put into the system they shouldn’t takeout of the system period .Let it be up to Private Institutions  and Houses of Worship to support all of the Elderly Immigrants arriving here..Let all  of the Young and Healthy Immigrants get off their rear ends and work for a living.
Those who refuse to work should  be deported ..
Many American citizens have no medical insurance and it come s a time when they have be hospitalized and their out of luck up shits creek without a paddle…  but newly arrived  Immigrants will  get everthing  on a silver platter for free .Whether the New Imigrants is in need of a Nursing Home or Child Care Services ..Rehab Center or whatever Uncle Sam picks up the tab by supplying non citizens aliens with Medicade & can stay in Hospitals and receive medical benefits forever in perpetuity. This is the injustice in the system. One person can take millions out of the system.Money that can remain in the governmental  coffers and go for defense or infrastructural rebuilding or Veterans and Active Duty Serviceman  plus a thousand other things .end
   

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A Few Things That Bug Me

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1. The Salvation Army Collecting at stores in July and at the stores that people go primarily to save money such as Wal-Mart & K Mart’ 
why don’t they set up shop in front of stores such as Norstrom & Bloomingdales were people can afford it?
2. Prices at the   Gas pumps Always end in9/10 such as $3.70 9/10 Why the deception? why not say $3.80?  Maybe they they don’t want you to do the math  as to the actual tally at the pump at each sale this, this pricing gimmick must end.
3.Also gas stations have a  pump designed for quick in and out , that is swiping your credit card  and then make you go inside to pay a lower price for cash and by doing so holding up the bay for another  motorist.
4.Retail stores that buy their stock  for cash . then charge sales tax and don’t turn it  all in t o the sales tax dept.
5. Restaurants that have a coupon for x amount off your  check  but demand you present it before ordering. I always believe when you do your getting  bargain or smaller  portion and not the actual  portion that is on the menu.
6. Have you ever been driving your car and you want to get to a red light to read something, you make all the lights. however if your in a hurry you hit every red light

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FCC Should Require All Airlines To Serve Food On All Flights Over 2 Hours Long

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 The FCC Should  Require All Airlines To Serve  Food On All Flights Over 2 Hours Long. This present policy by the Airlines of no serving of food on flights is unacceptable  on long flights over 2 hours , a lot of time your on the tarmac for a lengthily stay and the time allotted for the security check in , the Airlines are giving you less an less for your money these days ,and God forbid you call the flight attendant stewardess you can forget about any service . The FFC should step in  right now and demand that meals once again be served ,and  all what were talking about is a T. V. frozen diner .

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World’s Largest Breasts: Woman With 102ZZZ Cup Size On TLC’s ‘Strange Sex’

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  • Worlds Largest Breasts–

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 Woman with the world’s largest breasts featured on TLC’s “Strange Sex”
TLC’s “Strange Sex” (returns with Season 3 on Sunday, July 15 at 10 p.m. ET) is featuring the woman with the world’s largest breasts.
Meet Arlington, Virginia’s Annie, who has size 102ZZZ breasts.
Annie’s breasts weigh nearly 85 pounds. She has suffered from gigantomastia, which is slow progresssive growth of breast tissue and fat tissue, for nearly her entire life — she started wearing a bra in third grade.
Despite the stares and shoulder and back discomfort, Annie says she’s never considered breast reduction. “I’ve never thought about bringing a knife to myself,” she says in the video below. “Why fix something that’s not broken?”
Annie has used her breasts to make money, doing about 250 softcore pornographic films under the name Norma Stitz. She says her porn alter ego is world renowned. “I do have security because people chase me,” Annie says.
“Strange Sex” returns to TLC with Season 3 on Sunday, July 15 at 10 p.m. ET and Annie’s episode airs following the premiere at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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Pauline Potter Weight Loss: World’s Heaviest Woman Loses 98 Pounds With Marathon Sex

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Pauline Potter became the world’s heaviest living woman last year, weighing in at a whopping 643 pounds. Now, Potter has her sights set on losing weight, and she’s turned to marathon sex sessions to help shed the pounds.
In an interview with the UK’s Closermagazine, Potter described how her reignited sex life with ex-husband Alex has helped her lose 98 pounds.
“I can’t move much in bed, but I burn 500 calories a session –- it’s great exercise just jiggling around,” Potter told Closer. Potter, who had been consuming 10,000 calories a day, hopes to reach her goal weight of 532 pounds with the help of Alex. The two have sex up to seven times each day.
She makes sure to have some fun, too.
“We love foreplay and massages and, as well as full sex, I pleasure Alex, too,” she told the magazine. “My bed is strengthened and, although I can’t buy sexy lingerie, I drape a nice sheet over me.”
After meeting online in 2002, the couple married in 2005 and, when Potter failed to bond with Alex’s son, the two split up three years later. The break-up triggered Potter’s weight gain. She began consuming copious amounts of high-calorie foods and packed on the pounds.
With all the extra weight on her, Potter became depressed. She contacted the Guinness Book of World Records in hopes that winning the title of “World’s Heaviest Woman” would shame her into losing weight.
When Alex got wind of the publicity surrounding Potter, he decided to visit her and the flame was quickly rekindled.
“Within the first day of being back together we had sex six times in 24 hours,” Alex told the Sun last November. “Even though one of Pauline’s legs weighs more than I do, we’re able to position her body to make sex enjoyable for both of us.”
Alex, who weighs just 140 pounds, does most of the work in the bedroom.
“It’s really dangerous for us to have sex because at any moment the bed could collapse and one or both of us could be seriously injured or even killed from the impact,” he told the Sun.
But using sex for weight loss is not an unheard of activity.
“Shagging can make you slimmer, if you do enough of it,” Dr. Yvonne Kristin Fulbright, a sex educator, relationship expert, columnist and founder of Sexuality Source Inc., wrote for Fox News in 2008. “It can also help the two of you fall for each other all over again. Requiring no monthly fee — dress code optional – you can ‘sexercise’ yourself into shape. This is one gym membership you’ll never want to drop.”
Dr. Fulbright, who has contributed to The Huffington Post and who earned her Ph.D. in International Community Health Studies at New York University, also writes that a good “sexercise” routine can not only lead to weight loss, but also to improved blood flow, strengthening of the heart, better cholesterol, better sleep, more energy, improved muscle tone and decreased stressed.
While Potter’s sex life is speeding at full-throttle, she’s also reined in her eating habits. She no longer eats 10,000 calories per day, though she still enjoys the occasional Big Mac

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Testicle-Eating Fish Species Pacu Caught In Lake Lou Yaeger In Illinois

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Men may we be the first to suggest that when swimming  in Lake Lou Yaeger In Illinois you should  wearing a  jock strap with a steel  cup

When biologists say the pacu eats nuts, they may be correct in more ways than one.
The pacu, a toothy fish that can weigh up to 55 pounds, has been spotted in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, KSDK reports.
Responding to a report that a fisherman had reeled in a piranha on June 7, lake superintendent Jim Caldwell brought the fish to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, where it was identified as a pacu. Some reports say another pacu was seen a couple of weeks later.
Caldwell said he is still swimming in the lake nearly every day. Pacus primarily eat nuts, aquatic vegetation and snails, he told KDSK, and pose no real threat to humans.
Residents of Papua New Guinea may beg to differ. There, according to British fisherman Jeremy Wade, the pacu is known as the “ball cutter.” In 2011, Wade said locals informed him that two fisherman had died from blood loss after something in the water had bitten off their testicles, according to the Metro.
“The locals told me that this thing was like a human in the water, biting at the testicles of fishermen,” Wade said.
Wade determined that the perpetrator was the pacu, which is known for having human-like teeth. The angler did note that such attacks are uncommon.

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‘Instant Heart Attack’ Sandwich OK’d By Judge: NYC’s 2nd Avenue Deli Wins Ruling Over Heart Attack Grill

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NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) – In the battle of the “latke” versus the cheeseburger, a federal judge has let it be known that the two cannot be confused.
A famed New York City kosher deli    beat back a challenge from the Heart Attack Grill of Las Vegas over its naming of cardiac-themed concoctions.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Thursday that the 2nd Avenue Deli may keep selling its “Instant Heart Attack” sandwich and launch a “Triple Bypass” version, noting clear differences between the deli and the Heart Attack Grill.
The 2nd Avenue Deli’s potato pancake- and meat-based sandwiches pose little risk of customer confusion with the Heart Attack Grill, which sells giant cheeseburgers and fries cooked in lard, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer said.
The decision is a victory for the 2nd Avenue Deli, which under the threat of litigation in May 2011 had sought a ruling that it did not infringe any Heart Attack Grill trademarks.
Engelmayer said “it is safe to say” even unsophisticated customers could readily differentiate between a Manhattan kosher deli selling latke-based sandwiches and a medically-themed Las Vegas restaurant selling “gluttonous” cheeseburgers.
The judge also noted that the 2nd Avenue Deli, being kosher, cannot serve sandwiches that include both meat and cheese, such as the Triple Bypass burger.
The 2nd Avenue Deli’s $24.95 sandwich consists of two potato pancakes, known as latkes, stuffed with corned beef, pastrami, salami or turkey.
“I’m really happy that we were vindicated,” said Joshua Lebewohl, co-owner of the 2nd Avenue Deli. “This is a fight that was not of our choosing, and our customers are the true victors.”
Following the court decision, he said the Triple Bypass, including three latkes, was to go on sale on Friday for $34.95.
The Heart Attack Grill had conceded during the litigation that the New York deli could be entitled to “limited” use of the disputed names. Engelmayer limited the 2nd Avenue Deli’s use of the disputed names to restaurants in Manhattan.
In a statement, the Heart Attack Grill said the decision confirms that it can retain “unbridled use of its trademarks throughout the entire United States.”
Lebewohl said his late uncle Abe, who established the 2nd Avenue Deli in 1954 and whose 1996 murder remains unsolved, came up with the idea for the Instant Heart Attack.
*The case is Lebewohl et al v. Heart Attack Grill LLC et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-03153. (Reporting By Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Martha Graybow and Leslie Adler)
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18 Expressions That I Learned To Loath

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18. put on your big boy pants
17. Spot On
16 .Sweet
15   Back in the day
14.at the end of the day
13.I’ll rip you a new one
12 Its All Good
11.I got your back
10.his (her) way or the hi -way
9.he got the skills 
8.he got the tools
7 Throw him under the bus
6.kick him to the curb
5 24/7
3. your done 
2.I get it
1 And the top expression that irks me is : IT IS WHAT IT IS