{"id":2222,"date":"2012-03-30T10:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2012-03-30T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:29:21","slug":"first-post-friday-march-30-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2012\/03\/30\/first-post-friday-march-30-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, March 30, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 85px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Front Page Podcast, R.I.P.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2011\/05\/20\/multimedia\/front-page\/front-page-thumbStandard.jpg?resize=75%2C75\" title=\"Front Page Podcast, R.I.P.\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front Page Podcast, R.I.P.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Say what you want about the lamestream media, Sarah Heath, but it does serve its purpose: to wit, providing some semblance of reportage and facts and not just 100-decibel opinions and histrionic commentary. We learn important and (mostly) true things from it, like that there was a war in Korea in the 1950s that led to the formation of two states, North and South.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We woke up daily to the New York Times Front Page podcast for more than five years here, and it was just as natural and ritualistic as the morning constitutional or the first cup of coffee. It was a good way to find out what was in the paper before the eyes and brain were fully engaged, such as a top story or two, an oddball or human-interest item, the obituary of a bit-player on the scene. It was appointment listening, and after today it is consigned to memory. <em>Vale<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 4, 6, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> 4, 5, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 1, 5, 8<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pimlico<\/strong> 5, 8, 9, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 4, 5, 7, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 4, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> 4, 6, 7, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> 1, 5, 12<\/p>\n<p>A record 10 wild opportunities at New Orleans this morning and evening. Now that&rsquo;s some lagniappe, <em>cher<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Speed<\/em><br \/>\nAqueduct 6f<br \/>\nGulf 5f (T)<br \/>\nMountain 5f<br \/>\nSanta Anita 6f<br \/>\nTampa 6f<br \/>\nTurfway 6f<br \/>\nTurf Paradise 6f<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\nFair Grounds 1m70y<br \/>\nSanta Anita 1m (T)<br \/>\nTampa 1m (T)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Night off. Boo! Boo!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say what you want about the lamestream media, Sarah Heath, but it does serve its purpose: to wit, providing some semblance of reportage and facts and not just 100-decibel opinions and histrionic commentary. 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