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The North Park Community Plan Update Advisory Committee (CPUAC) held a meeting at Garfield Elementary School auditorium on May 19.
The meeting became quite animated when staff tried to explain the City's concept of "park equivalencies" making up for the 150+ acres that North Park "should have" but cannot be provided. A number of tiny plots of land were identified as potential sites for additional "open space," but together they were a drop in the bucket when compared to the deficit required by current code.
Because Balboa Park is near North Park, several options of using some of NP's $2,000,000 of "park" money (received from permit fees over the years) to enhance Balboa Park were mentioned, but many saw this as a City money grab instead.
A mapping exercise was held to ID current and future "opportunities" for locations to provide park and/or open space in North Park. Some of the ideas proposed were: conversion of alleys into "linear art-walking trails," getting access to local schoolyards after school hours, and providing community garden plots.
In North Park's case the solution is to start acquiring land ASAP to build future parking structures, ideally designed so that their top floor can also be used as URBAN parks!
This concept would provide solutions to 3 BIG NP Problems:
More Business parking, IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Less Parking Blight due to Business parking on local streets.
A reduction in the 150+ acre deficit of NP's Park/Open Space!
North Park's Parking Structure is inexpensive to use and it is safe, yet it continues to be poorly utilized. Nope, I don't want to pave paradise to put up a parking lot (or structure). I want parks and gardens that are viewable by pedestrians and used by residents.
In the 1960's, the City Planners decided to "unbalance" North Park by dumping all the density north of University Avenue, to Adams Avenue (predominantly east of Texas). When the City "Planners" made this unwise, unfair and most ignorant decision, they bifurcated North Park in ways besides its urban form and appearance.
Parts of the dense apartment blocks have been repeated targets for certain social service programs. Prostitution on El Cajon Boulevard. could be almost eliminated if only the political will existed. Because this iconic commercial core is neighbored by apartments, the prostitution is not prioritized.
While the apartment neighborhoods generate the majority of tax base in North Park, they receive far less capital improvements or amenities. Due to the predominance of renters, deep apathy exists. This is where residents rely upon their government to provide the leadership to mitigate some the decades of neglect.
Creation of small, low maintenance pocket parks that will serve to relieve the concrete jungle could transform the the physical and social context of the vast apartment blocks. Kenmore Terrace pocket park just east of 805, north of Adams Avenue is the archetype of this concept.
The money exists to accomplish this and the real estate market is perfectly suited to acquire foreclosed properties. The only thing missing is the leadership.
It's the socially responsible thing to do.
With more Restaurants and Restaurant/Bars seeking to get liquor licenses in North Park, our parking and Policing problems are only going to get worse! You don't fund and or build a parking Garage in a year, even if we started yesterday it would be probably Summer 2012 before another structure comes on line. What are all the folks that live in the Residential Improvement District (NP-RID) which live within walking distance to all these existing and proposed late night venues supposed to do until then, beside wear ear plugs & pickup after them?
Private enforcement is a great idea if we can get all the NPMS business owners that support these "morphing" Restaurants/Club's to pay for them; I really doubt they will, since most of them will not even validate their own patrons and or employees much less use the garage themselves... To be fair some of them are "Neighborhood Friendly" and practice the Golden Rule of treating others like they would like to be treated but too many of them are just out for the Gold...
Planning is all about preparing for the future and unless we PLAN NOW for NP's FUTURE PARKING NEEDS, there will be no new parking structures only far more late night "NorthParkers" Blighting our Residential neighborhoods and that is unacceptable...
Here is one Good example of Redevelopment money well spent!
It's in NP, where we built a 377 space parking structure near 30th & University Ave. built only because we used NP-PAC money to build it! Even though it is very cheap to park there, the reason that it not always full (it is now only about 70% utilized) is because of all the "free" on street parking in our nearby Neighborhoods.
The powers to be in NP have repeatedly "passed" when those of us that live in the Residential Improvement District (RID) or the area within walking distance to the BID (in NP it's called NP MainStreet) have asked them to provide a Neighborhood Parking District to remove the Business Parking Blight from our Residential streets!
This issue directly confronts the concept that Business Owners, their employees and their Patrons should all have "free" access to "our" neighborhood streets instead of providing their "own" parking. Many Business's in NP even now refuse to validate for their patrons and even question why the Residents don't think that is the just the way it "is"...
This problem has really come to light now that first one, now more large late night bar/clubs are staying open to 2 AM at which time large numbers of these "NorthParkers" continue to Party as they make their way back to their cars... Neighbors getting woken up at 2:30 and or having to clean up after these Partying NorthParker's is unacceptable and is the result of poor planning i.e. the lack of Business provided customer parking, that is NOT located in the Residential neighborhoods nearby!
Most BID's are focused on improving their "own" district but refuse to accept the responsibility of providing their own Patron parking. This denial of the "Golden Rule" has resulted in increasing friction at local Community Meeting between the Business Owners/BID (+NIMBY supporters) and all the directly affected residents.
In North Park's case the solution is to start acquiring additional land ASAP for future parking structures, ideally designed so that the top floor can used as URBAN parks! This would provide not only much needed parking but also help reduce the 150+ acres of Park/Open Space North Park desperately needs!
Are parking structures really the answer? I just moved hear from Seattle- they solve this problem by metering all street parking then providing residential parking permits for different zones. The permits can be purchased for around $50 a year with proof of residency in a particular zone and allow folks who live in the neighborhood to park without time limitations and not have to pay the meter.
Without a permit, you pay the meter or utilize exisiting pay lots, bypassing the residential streets to park and staying near the main drag.
With all the development that's happened in NP over the past 6-7 years, I am still shocked there are no meters.
May even encourage folks to use public transpo, walk, or bike instead of driving their vehicles. Maybe I'm crazy.
Also, if parking is a problem, perhaps businesses that are closed at night but have parking lots should start renting their spaces out for overnight parking (I'm thinking the SDDB structure and the Bank of America lot).
As for parks, you can never have too many. I wish I knew this meeting was going on... I can name a couple of empty/vacant lots off the top of my head they could be used for community gardens or small open spaces. We have so many larger parks focused on sports, it would be great to have several smaller open-spaces designed more for relaxing, enjoying the outdoors, or gathering small groups.
youcantfindme I hope you will come to the next open mic and or all the other meetings about planning "our" future! Please contact Marlon and get on the contact list:
Marlon I. Pangilinan Senior Planner City Planning & Community Investment email: [email protected]


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Disney is pushing ahead with yet another live-action version of one of its classic films. The movie giant's latest live-action remake will be for The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The movie is said to be based on the 1831 Victor Hugo book and Disney's 1996 animated film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new movie is being written by playwright David Henry Hwang, while the music is coming from Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. They picked up Oscar nominations for the music they wrote for the 1996 film.
Actor Josh Gad is producing the new Hunchback movie. According to THR, the Hunchback film is "not currently a priority" for Disney, but it's unclear why that is. It might be that Disney's live-action slate is already quite stuffed. In 2019, Disney will release live-action versions of Aladdin, The Lion King, and Dumbo. After that, the company will put out live-action takes on Mulan and Lady and the Tramp.
In other Disney live-action movie news, the Pinocchio movie recently suffered a setback with director Paul King dropping out.
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June 2011 - December 2011
Charity information: Oxfordshire Association for the Blind (OAB)
Right now, our face-to-face services are based in a small portakabin on-site. Cramped and often cold, it is unsuitable for our service users' needs and ambitions.
A lack of space prevents us from setting up a number of other services that would benefit local visually impaired people, while rental costs of roughly £6,000 a year represent an inefficient use of our funders' money.
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Improve our core equipment demonstration service.
Activities» By having more space available. The layout of the resource centre would also help people with mobility issues to roam around more freely.
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Success will be...more visually impaired people in Oxfordshire living their lives more independently.
Aim 2
To provide new courses in computing, cooking, and kitchen skills for visually impaired people.
Activities» By having the ground floor of the resource centre partitioned into two separate areas: an IT hub, and a kitchen and home skills area.
What success will look like
Success will be...more visually impaired people in Oxfordshire living their lives confidently.
Aim 3
To provide a new counselling and emotional support service for local visually impaired people.
Activities» By having a room which we would keep free for counselling.
What success will look like
Success will be...more visually impaired people in Oxfordshire coming to terms with their sight impairment.
Aim 4
To reduce running costs of the charity and to use our funders' money more efficiently.
Activities» We will not have to pay rent (currently £6,000 for the portakabin) on the resource centre; energy efficiency will also be improved.
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The way we demonstrate success will depend on the outcome we are striving towards: "quantifying change" will be different for our courses in IT to our face-to-face counselling and emotional support service, for example.
In summary, we will use a mixture of questionnaires, consultation groups (such as the Oxfordshire Low Vision Committee) and focus groups to gauge our successes and failures. We will then communicate this through various means, the most accessible of which will be our website.
The biggest risk we face is that the quality of our services will drop during the time in which we are building the Centre.
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Amount Heading Description £530,000 Building design, building, and equipment £70,000 New services running costs of new counselling service, etc
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Source Amount OAB supporters £96,550 Guaranteed Trusts and foundations £236,050 Guaranteed OAB trustees and staff £25,750 Guaranteed
The building will be based at Gordon Woodward Way, South Oxford, OX1 4XL.
Future Vision will be available to every visually impaired person in Oxfordshire, as well as their carers.
More than 4,000 people are registered as blind or partially sighted in Oxfordshire. The number of visually impaired people in the county who could be registered is estimated to be over 10,000.
Most of the people we will help are older (nine out of ten visually impaired people in the UK are at least 60 years old).
Why Us?
Why Us?
OAB is an ambitious and hard working group of staff and volunteers.
We work in close partnership with many other local and national charities and businesses, including Oxfordshire Social and Community Services, the RNIB Action for Blind People partnership, and the local eye doctor teams, for example. Our aim is to supplement their existing services - meaning we can help the most people in the best way for the lowest possible running cost.
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OAB Staff
We have ten paid staff. Our professional experience ranges from social services to the Royal Air Force. Two of the team are visually impaired.
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It's been two weeks since you passed away! Life has an unfair way of driving us back to our daily routine. Wake up, give Hana breakfast/prepare her lunch box, send her off to pre-school, pick her up for lunch, then head home to mmom's for lunch, only this time you aren't there. Stay till 4:30 and leave. Play with Hana till bed time around 8:00, and then call it a day. REPEAT!
I haven't written for quite a while now, and I wish that I had, every time I wrote a new post you'd call me the next day to talk about it or discuss – which really makes me feel like I should've written more, I would've loved to hear your opinion.
Losing a parent is a morbid feeling that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy! I've seen friends and family lose a parent, and I've seen how life one way or another has managed to move on, but to experience this first hand is something else.
It's only been two weeks, and I feel the minutes that have put us apart like yesterday. Your pulse had weakened, your hands felt cool, and then there was no pulse, and it took a few seconds for it to register, but when it did, I just kissed your forehead, told you that I loved you and that I missed you already. I was told that after a person passed, they are clinically dead for 6 minutes before they are biologically dead. I don't even know how much I can think into this, but I would love to believe that you heard me utter the words because it's true.
I've been holding strong for a while now, I don't think because it's you passed with old age and because I merely have to deal with it, I just really would rather suffer than see you suffer. You've had a beautiful 86 years, you were loving, giving, compassionate, and full of wisdom, to see you suffer from multiple organ failure broke my heart every day when I visited you at the hospital, I was praying hard for a miracle to stop your pain, and while my prayers haven't been answered in terms of a cure, I believe they have been answered by giving you an eternal resting place.
Regardless of my level of strength, I know I am strong because of you, because you wouldn't have it any other way, because you had told me how proud you are of having a daughter like me, and that gives me peace of mind, it hasn't given me closure yet, but it makes me content. As the days go by, I am learning that it's not as easy as people make it seem to be, and regardless of how great your life way, regardless of how old you were when you passed away, losing a parent is difficult.
I speak about you so lovingly, every single day. I always have a story to tell, an incident to share, or a memory that would brighten my day. I share those stories with everyone, because they make me smile, they make me remember the father I've known, and they take away the anger of losing you one story at a time.
I am proud to have been your daughter, you were a great man! You were a great husband to mom, a wonderful grandpa to Baby Hana, and an awesome dad to me! You were my confidant at all times, a friend regardless of the age gap who just knew what to say every single time. Thank You Baba for being part of my life for the past 30 years, I can't imagine having another person as my BABA! You're that special, and you will be missed.
I hope I am not letting you down by not visiting your grave site, I am just not ready for that part yet, but I promise the moment I am, I'll come over, with a bar of Cadbury Milk Chocolate and your backgammon that I brought home today. I'll tell you stories and beat you at your own game at backgammon, because after all, I was taught by the best teacher in the world!
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Whitenack fell victim to an error and his own wildness in the third inning, both of which led to Clearwaters only run. Troy Hanzawa reached on a Junior Lake error, taking second before moving to third on a subsequent grounder to Lake. Whitenack then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Hanzawa to score.
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The Day After John Howard
Australian opinion polls are unanimous that Prime Minister John Howard's long-standing conservative government will lose office on Saturday in a landslide election win to the Australia Labor Party, led by Queenslander Kevin Rudd.
If the Howard Liberal-National Party coalition Government happens to be re-elected on Saturday, it will be the biggest polling embarrassment in any developed country since Truman beat Dewey in 1948.
It may be safely assumed that the White House is praying for just such a boilover.
President Bush, who famously dubbed Howard the 'man of steel', has since 9/11 learnt to rely on Howard's support in international forums, and in building up the wider Anglosphere commitment to the fight against Islamic terror.
His support for US policies has been stalwart and whole-hearted. And it has been important.
Among the world's conservative leaders, Howard has become something of a senior statesman. With him out of the picture, the atmospherics and even the substance of some of the world's Anglosphere gatherings and other 'coalitions of the willing' wouldn't be the same.
The Australian contribution is currently most prominently represented, symbolically and operationally, by military forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan. (It is widely known that one of General Petraeus's senior advisers has been an Australian counter-insurgency specialist.) If Howard wins on Saturday, those commitments continue.
Of course, if the Democrats take the White House next year, the dynamics of the Australian connection will change in any event. It seems to fair to assume that Labor's Kevin Rudd would get on better with, say, Hillary Clinton, than Howard would. (Whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing is of course another matter.)
Another point to keep mind: if Howard is re-elected Prime Minister, he is pledged to resign the Prime Ministership toward the end of the coming term - say, late in 2009. It is assumed that Peter Costello, the current Treasurer, would then take over. Costello would bring broadly the same principles to bear as Howard on Australian foreign policy, but in a somewhat more relaxed 'boomer' style. (Another long shot possibility is that Howard's government is returned on Saturday but Howard loses his own parliamentary seat. Costello would then be Prime Minister sooner than most people imagined.) It is also worth bearing in mind that Costello, a philosophical republican, is much less the Anglophile than Howard.
What of a Rudd Labor Government?
Yes, if he's elected Rudd will keep Australian forces in Afghanistan. But US requests for new deployments or changed deployments, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, will not be so readily agreed to as in the past. Most importantly, Rudd will withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq. If he wavers on that (and just conceivably, he may) there'll be no shortage of old-style Labour lefties sitting next to him and behind him on the government benches to stiffen his resolve.
Some conservative commentators point out that Rudd has left himself some wriggle room on this. Labor policy is for withdrawal to be managed 'in consultation' with the US. And it's noted that the Australia 'combat troops' to be withdrawn from Iraq doesn't mean 'all troops' will be withdrawn. But all this careful parsing may reflect the wishful thinking of the commentators. Rudd often sounds just like an Australian Harry Reid: "On anyone's measure, the Iraq war has failed... Four years after the invasion... fighting still rages across the country, weapons of mass destruction remain elusive and terrorism has only escalated..." All that's on his web page.
'Kevin07' as he is known - the leader of the Labor Party for less than 12 months -- is in truth no lefty. He does genuinely support the US alliance - but that won't mean the same thing that it did under Howard. He fancies himself a bit of an intellectual - and is not altogether unjustified in that assessment. He is a polished and professional political performer who knows how to think on his feet; a one-time career diplomat in the Australian foreign service who learned fluent Mandarin during a long posting in China.
On the downside, China policy may just turn out to be a significant weakness of Rudd's. The fact that he knows a lot about the place, and is proud of it, suggests he may harbour a yearning to leave his 'mark' on China policy. This could take unpredictable forms in international arenas.
Another policy area to watch will be climate change. The Rudd people are big on Kyoto. What this will mean in practice is not so clear. But it looks like the days when Australia stood with the US against Kyoto are gone. Now it will be the US standing more or less alone.
In his 11 years as Prime Minister, Howard has presided over the longest economic expansion in Australian history and achieved the lowest unemployment rate in some 30 years. True, he is now 68 and is starting to show it. Steadily rising interest rates are hurting mortgagees. Attempts to deregulate the labour market have also been clumsily handled and have left many workers feeling vulnerable. But such explanations hardly account for the sheer size of the expected cataclysm that the pollsters have coming his way Saturday. Life can be cruel.
Peter Day is a Sydney writer and former US correspondent for The Australian newspaper.


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The largest percentage of bakers have jobs in craft and specialty bakeries or grocery stores.
Banquet Captain Job Description
Banquet captains work in hotels and independent banquet halls to ensure the perfect execution of large dinners, receptions and events that require food and beverages. Banquet captains are the front of house for these events, making sure that the tables are decorated correctly, the food is presented well, and service goes off without a hitch.
Banquet Server Job Description
Banquet servers, informally known as cater waiters, are wait staff that work for big catering events and banquets. Working with the catering staff, who prepare each course at the same time, banquet servers must make sure each course is delivered as quickly as possible. Banquet servers keep glasses filled, remove each round of plates and answer any questions from guests.
The average hourly pay for all baristas is about $8.50 per hour including tips, but will vary by experience and location. Experienced baristas who work in high volume coffee shops can earn up to $12 per hour (that includes tips).
Almost all bartenders are extroverts who don't mind being the center of attention - but you've got to have a long fuse, especially with people who have had a bit too much to drink.
If you can keep a cool head in stressful situations and help maintain order at big social events, you may be ready for a job as a bouncer. Bouncers are security guards that work at clubs, bars and music venues to help keep order, and make sure everyone is safe and has a good time.
Bussers, also referred to as dining room attendants or bartender helpers, help out the wait staff and bartenders at restaurants and other places that serve food.
Almost all butchers start their careers in training programs, where they learn how to use the machinery and the job skills required to be successful.
Cake Decorator Job Description
Cake decorators work in large and small bakeries to apply icing, chocolate and other confectionary delights to cakes. There are many different tools that cake decorators can use depending on the size, shape and type of cake, such as dipping vats, airbrushes, carving tools and more.
Caterers are cooks and food preps who make large amounts of food for parties, galas and events. Instead of working in a restaurant and making food to order, caterers prepare all dishes at once, course by course, so that everyone is served at the same time by banquet servers.
It's not the easiest job in the world, but it certainly can take you places. If you're a hard worker with a flair for creating food, you could be promoted from line cook to sous chef to head chef within a matter of years.
Order up! Today's special is a great job! Chefs, also known as head cooks, are in charge of kitchens, overseeing the preparation and cooking of food at restaurants, diners, and other operations where somebody can get a bite to eat.
Do you like your job well done? Cooks are the backbone of every kitchen and place where food is prepared in the country.
Counter Attendant Job Description
Counter attendant is a term used to describe the job of those who stand behind a counter and take your order (usually food). These jobs are most commonly found at movie theaters, specialty food stores (like ice cream shops) or cafeterias.
Responsible for overall operation of the deli, deli managers hire staff, purchase food and stock, and make sure everyone is trained on proper food preparation, kitchen safety techniques and health standards. Deli managers set daily and weekly cleaning schedules for the kitchen, hire, train and discipline employees and set work schedules.
Delivery Driver Job Description
As a food delivery driver, you'll deliver food to people's homes, take money and make change. Part of your paycheck will come from tips, so you'll want to be fast and friendly.
Dishwashers are almost always the last person to leave at night so be prepared for some late nights (especially on the weekends). Even after the last table's been served, the kitchen needs to be cleaned and the trash has to be emptied.
Food expeditors communicate orders and information between the front of house and back of house, making sure that food is cooked in the right order, quickly, and presented to the customer as beautifully as possible.
If you're looking for a job in which you don't need experience and you get to give people something they love every day (except fryophobes), consider becoming a fast food cashier.
Food and Beverage Manager Job Description
Responsible for overall operation for the restaurant, food and beverage managers hire staff, purchase food and stock, and make sure everyone is trained on proper food preparation, proper and legal alcoholic beverage service kitchen safety techniques and understand health standards.
Food server is the broad term that describes anyone who works at a place that serves food. This could be a busser, counter attendant at a fast food restaurant, host or server at a sit-down restaurant, even someone serving food at a sports event or arena.
Food Service Manager Job Description
Responsible for overall operation for the restaurant, food service managers hire staff, purchase food and stock, and make sure everyone is trained on proper food preparation, kitchen safety techniques and understand health standards.
Host and Hostess Job Description
On average, hosts and hostesses make $8.42 an hour, but depending on the type of restaurant where you work, you could make upwards of $12 an hour.
Kitchen Manager Job Description
A kitchen manager is responsible for the overall operations for the back of house and kitchen area of a restaurant. Kitchen managers hire staff, purchase food and stock, and make sure everyone is trained on proper food preparation and kitchen safety techniques.
For someone looking to get into the restaurant business, especially the "back of the house," a line cook job is a great stepping stone.
Meat clerks work in the meat department of grocery stores and butcher shops and are responsible for weighing, wrapping and pricing meat for customers. Depending on the store and responsibilities, meat clerks might be asked to slice deli meat or cut down larger pieces of meat for display at the meat counter.
Everything is better with bacon, including a job! Meat cutters, also known as butchers, use knives and other carving tools to cut, trim and prepare meat for sale to customers. They may work at grocery stores, for large scale butchers, or at smaller specialty shops.
If you enjoy making fancy cakes, breads and other treats, your income may rise like bread dough as a pastry chef. Pastry chefs are in charge of the baking aspect of kitchens and restaurants, delivering cakes, breads, and any bread based components to meals.
Pizza Delivery Driver Job Description
Pizza delivery drivers work for pizza restaurants and use cars, bikes helicopter to deliver pizza to homes, businesses or other locations. Pizza delivery drivers also take payment, either via credit card, cash or check. Pizza delivery drivers often get tips, so fast, friendly service is helpful in making money at this job.
If you're interested in getting into the culinary world, but aren't ready for a chef position, consider becoming a prep cook. Prep cooks are the building blocks of a well-oiled kitchen, doing the routine and day-to-day tasks that are needed to allow the cooks and chefs to turn out perfect meals.
Restaurant Assistant Manager Job Description
Restaurant assistant managers make sure employees perform a variety of tasks, from preparing the food, stocking supplies, serving, charging people for their food, handling cash, credit cards, and a cash register, cleaning tables and counters, resetting tables, greeting customers and answering questions.
Restaurant Manager Job Description
The average salary for all restaurant managers is about $49,420 per year. Experienced restaurant managers at higher end restaurants can earn up to $76,940 per year.
Do you like working with people, making them happy, and being surrounded by delicious food? Then you might be ready for a server job.
Shift leaders direct other employees through their daily routines and interact with customers to make sure that they have a satisfactory experience. Shift leaders act as quality control, ensuring customer satisfaction through training employees properly and adhering to company policy.
Short Order Cook Job Description
Short order cooks work in restaurants and diners that prepare fast, simple food: sandwiches, eggs, fries, burgers and other similar food. They usually work on many orders at once, getting them all out as fast as possible for their hungry customers.
Sous chefs are second-in-command in kitchens, reporting to the head chef, overseeing the preparation and cooking of food at restaurants, diners, and other operations where somebody can get a bite to eat.
Waiter/Waitress Job Description
Most waiters and waitresses, also called servers, work in full-service restaurants. They greet customers, take food orders, bring food and drinks to the tables and take payment and make change.


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Kitchener Rangers general manager and head coach Steve Spott had to ante up for his outburst with an OHL on-site supervisor earlier this month.
Spott confronted the supervisor during intermission after the second period of the team's 4-1 loss to Saginaw Feb. 5 at the Aud. The team was hit with a $5,000 fine for his actions.
The game saw officials review three goals and wave off one.
After the game, the Rangers' skipper criticized the officiating. He was particularly upset with referee Jason Goldenberg who signaled a goal and then waved it off seconds later during the second period.
"I had a referee wave a goal, he then waves it off and second guesses himself," Spott said at the time. "It's unacceptable."


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Hopkins Vineyard's Cider is made from locally grown apples using a traditional English cider yeast. It's a good example of a traditional cider - strong notes of apple both in the nose and the taste, and that slightly bitter after-taste that comes with...
Vidal Blanc has proven to be amongst the versatile varietals in North American viticulture. In Canadian vineyards, th...
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it's now the third most planted variety -- and...
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March 2012
A couple of news items I was pondering today.First, Robert Parker came out with his ratings for the 2009 Bordeaux vintage. Ever the masochist, I decided to go look at some prices in the marketplace after the ratings were released. Some samplings:2009 Chatau Latour 100 points $21,500 a case2009 Chateau Marg... Read More
February 2012
Pale yellow color. Somewhat floral with some tropical fruit. Very stark in the mouth, although, passion fruit flavor does seem to emerge on the third taste or so. Very light bodied. This one may have a problem with the pasta dish we have planned for tonight--perciatelli with fresh tomatoes and pancetta. Read More
January 2012
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I'm not much of a wine drinker.This wine was just what I wanted. I wouldn't call it sweet-it was tart and I could taste the grape flavor. It wasn't bitter the way drier wines are.I was pleased to see it was made in CT. Read More
December 2010
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November 2010
This is an interesting Chardonnay. It is buttery but not heavy and citrusy but still a bit oaky with hints of vanilla and green apple. Read More
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Here is a list of miscellaneous teaching resources that the graduate students at the University of Minnesota have compiled. We hope it's helpful!
SOCNET: Sociology Courses and Curricular Resources Online – This website has links to all kinds of sociology courses, activities, syllabi, and other curricula online.
ASA Online Bookstore – Includes resources on teaching techniques, ASA Syllabi Sets, research briefs and volumes, social policy volumes, reference materials, national department information and management resources, and special journal issues and indexes (all for sale as hardcopies).
Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education, by Richard Felder – This is an article about learning styles and how to teach students with different ways of understanding information.
Good Teaching: The Top Ten Requirements, Richard Leblanc – An article with tips for effective teaching.
Good Teaching Practices, Barbara Gross Davis – A compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practices of all college instructors, including beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members. The book describes 49 teaching tools that cover both traditional practical tasks–writing a course syllabus, delivering an effective lecture–as well as newer, broader concerns such as responding to diversity on campus and coping with budget constraints.
Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon – The Teaching Effectiveness Program provides a wide range and variety of valuable resources for instructors. Among the materials included in this section are general classroom resources, information focusing on diversity, articles about featured University of Oregon teachers, library listings, and web links.
Good Teaching Ideas from the University of Oregon – This site is from the University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program. It has links and ideas for group learning, teaching large classes, service learning, and creating a teaching portfolio.
Teaching through Distance Education: An article from Cause/Effect teaching journal – This article, "An Emerging Set of Guiding Principles and Practices for the Design and Development of Distance Education Combining Good Teaching with Good Technology", is an excellent resource for faculty and instructors considering this option and/or using WebCT.
The Nine and a Half Commandments of Good Teaching – In addition to the nine and a half commandments of good teaching, this site has articles and advice on lectures, teaching methods, and classroom management.
Working Conceptualization of 'Good Teaching' Introduction – This article is an attempt to define good teaching. It focuses on beliefs and dispositions, the importance of professional and political knowledge, and good teaching practices and skills.
Inside the Mystery of Good Teaching – This article also focuses on good teaching and closing the performance gap, and the resources available to teachers in their path to good teaching.
WebCT Tools and the Good Teaching Principles They Support – This site outlines the tools available through WebCT and the learning and interaction goals they help students and instructors meet.
Teaching Tips Index – This useful index includes information and articles about learning styles, motivating students, course design, dealing with difficult students and behavior, the first day of class, assessment techniques, lesson plans, syllabus design, and much more.


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May 1, 2018
Web personalization can be a trigger word for some marketers that can surface a general sense of unease and uncertainty. Why is this a trigger? Because most folks think a detailed mapping of personas, segments, communication channels and user journeys is required to activate personalized, contextual communications for any audience.
So the bad news first, you do need the above to launch a mature, multi-channel personalization strategy. The good news is that should be a long-term goal and in the short-term, there are simple gateway personalization approaches you can enact to gain quick wins while you formulate the broader strategy.
In my experience, the best way to approach personalization is to ask a simple question: "If I know [X] about a visitor, would I change my message or offer to them?" If the answer is yes, than we have an opportunity to test a personalization rule in a high traffic area of your website or where you are experiencing high bounce rates.
Let us look at gateway examples where [X] will be returning visitor and location.
Returning Visitor
Knowing how many interactions a user has with you brand is easy to track and can be very valuable in contextualizing your messages. A perfect real world example return interactions is my favorite lunchtime sandwich spot.
The first time I went in, the owner welcomed me as a new face and explained the menu structure. Now that I am a regular, he welcomes me by name and asks me if I want my regular order (best turkey club in Boston!). The acknowledgement that I am returning customer builds our relationship and speeds up my interactions.
The same scenario can be replicated in a website interaction. If a user is identified as a returning visitor, you can:
· Present welcome back messaging,
· Replace brand overview and value proposition statements with more granular calls to action knowing that the user has already engaged with that content, and
· Surface call-to-action follows on social media or sign up for email updates.
Using a user's location to contextualize your message is also a great way to begin your personalization strategy.
Keeping with the sandwich shop analogy, let us assume my favorite lunchtime spot is a national chain. Due to my busy schedule, I like to order online and pick up in store. Since they have hundreds of locations across the country, searching for the store near me could be time consuming. To expedite my interaction, the shop's website uses my location from a GEO IP look-up to surface the locations that are nearest to me.
Most personalization platforms support a wide range of GEO IP rules that can be as broad as country or as granular as postal code, allowing location to be used to personalize the following:
· Surface relevant events in their area
· Change visuals and messaging to align to cities and demonstrate a local presence
· Highlight stores or office locations that are most convenient
You can build on the gateway approach by adding more variables to your simple question once you get comfortable. If you know X, Y and Z about a user, you have additional insight into how to tailor your messages to them based on more granular insight into their user journey.
By building up your personalization equity with simple scenarios, you can start to gain confidence in deploying contextual communications as you build up detailed strategies in parallel.
Brendon Buckley is senior digital strategist focusing on digital enablement and cross channel personalization at Genuine. Have a question? Reach him at email@example.com.


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Lazy Sunday. Need I say more?
Went to church with Sergio to the Colonial 1st ward and tried to stay awake. Good thing my sister called to ask a very important question... "should i buy the 8GB iPod Nano or the 16GB?"
I told her to buy the 16GB model.
So here is what we did after choych.
Walked across a river to hit up this Salvadorian restaurant for some pupusas.
Took some photos of a building
Took a photo of the sky and clouds and a light post
Sergio telling Scotty how to order in Spanish... Scott still mixed in some italian... and if you were wondering... yes, those are silver tab jeans scott is wearing.
they can't spell very well here... but they make some good pupusas... so it all evens out in the end.
Sergio and Scott "eye-ing" my foosh... if you didn't know already... the plastics utensils double as tools for eating and shanks and daggers... guess which one i used?
Went back to homebase to relax... such a beautiful day all around.


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When you spend five weeks hiking nearly 500 miles through Spain, your gear becomes an important part of who you are. Throw in eight weeks of sightseeing all over Europe in addition to the Camino, and you have the perfect testing ground for what works and what doesn't in your selection of gear. In an ongoing gear series, I will be talking about some of the items that became indispensable both during our European trip as well as on our current North American road trip.
The first bit of kit I want to talk about is our choice of backpacks. Not only did these packs have to carry our load during the Camino, but they filled in as our suitcases for our entire 13-week journey.
We wanted to keep the costs for this trip as low as possible, and so the first decision we had to make was whether or not to buy new backpacks. We both owned large-capacity (60-70L) backpacks and had to put some serious thought into whether or not they'd suffice for our trip. Cheri had an ArcTeryx Bora 60, and I had a Gregory Baltora 70. Both are quality backpacks, but the downside is that they are heavy (each one weighed in at over 5.5 pounds). I knew some tremendous advances had been made in reducing pack weight, so after spending a lot of time looking at the current crop of lightweight backpacks available, I decided we should try Gossamer Gear's Mariposa 60 because it is significantly lighter–with Cheri's coming in at less than 2 lbs and mine at less than 1.5 lbs, we were saving over 3.5 lbs for each pack. Spoiler alert: We loved these packs! Here's why:
Comfort features
From the first time we put them on, the backpacks were comfortable, an important factor and something we've both had trouble with in the past. Even with a full load, Mariposa 60 stayed comfortable throughout the day. Keep in mind that these are ultra-lightweight packs, which means that they are not meant to haul 50-60 lbs, with the manufacturer recommending no more than 35 lbs. With water, Cheri probably topped hers out at 16-18 lbs, and I stayed within 20-25 lbs while carrying water, food, and the laptop. The lighter loads definitely made the bags more comfortable.
Cheri used the hip belt and felt that it added significantly to her comfort. Since not everyone in the ultra-light community uses a hip belt or wants the added weight (6 oz. for the Mariposa 60), the belt is removable. I've never been a fan of hip belts and haven't used them with other packs either, so I left it off, which is why my pack ended up weighing less than Cheri's, and I still found it comfortable to carry the pack all day without the belt.
Another comfort feature of the Mariposa 60 is the foam pad Gossamer Gear uses to give the bag structure. Instead of using a frame sheet, they use a removable foam sit pad, which makes the pack very comfortable against the back and provides a comfy place to sit when you stop for a break. Gossamer Gear also sells another pad that is a bit longer, about torso length, that you can also use as a sleeping pad. This option is popular with ultra light hikers, but I think I would prefer a full-length pad.
During our weeks of traveling from place to place, we came to realize that we were both carrying too much stuff, and so the day before we started the Camino, we sent two boxes back to the US, mostly clothing and shoes. When we started hiking, we quickly figured out that we should have sent more! But this was a learning experience, and we both realized that we can get by, and even thrive, on less, and packing lighter will be easier in the future.
Even with our overpacking, we both found the bag's 60-liter volume to be enough for our needs. The only time my pack really got close to being overstuffed was on those days when that we had just restocked our food supply and the weather was too warm to wear any of my outer layers. That meant the bag was crammed with food and clothing. Otherwise, I had adequate room for all my supplies.
The main compartment has a capacity of 36L, or a bit more with some creative packing. The rest of the capacity comes from the excellent pockets. A long pocket runs the length of the torso on one side of the bag. We both used this pocket for our rain jackets, and I kept my toiletries in there as well and still had room to toss a couple of loose items on top.
On the other side of the bag, there are two pockets, one upper and one lower. We both used the lower pocket for water bottles, and it easily held two or more liters of water. This is my preferred method for carrying water, but there is a provision for carrying a water bladder as well. In the upper pocket, we carried items such as hats, beanies, gloves, buffs, and a few snacks. A shallow pocket in the top of the pack lid was great for smaller, relatively flat items. This is where I carried our just-in-case Sawyer water filter (never needed it) and some other miscellaneous items. On the back panel of the bag, there is a large mesh pocket. We used these for wet items, food, and our outer layers if we were taking them on and off frequently. I'm confident that we could find room for a lightweight tent and carry more water if required (at least after we ditched the unnecessary items).
Use and durability
These bags saw over four months of continuous use–five weeks on the Camino as well as two months in Europe and a month spent in the northeastern US before we returned to Texas–and they held up wonderfully! The seams show no sign of wear, and the bags still look great.
Within the first few weeks of our trip, a fork I had packed in the top pocket of the bag rubbed a small hole in the fabric. Since it wasn't an issue, I left it alone, curious how it would hold up. Over the following three months, the hole did not expand at all! Granted, it might not have formed at all with a heavier fabric, but then the bag would have weighed a lot more as well, so that's a trade-off I'm willing to accept. A light-weight bag is more important than the chance of sustaining minor damage (and bags will eventually get torn if they're being used, no matter how durable). What you don't want is a hole that expands over time, and Gossamer Gear's choice of material, 100 and 200 denier Robic nylon, prevented this from happening. Overall, I was extremely happy with the durability of the bag.
Some reviewers did complain about the chest strap coming off or getting twisted. The chest straps are removable, since some folks don't use them, but their removability creates the possibility that the mounting hardware will get twisted or come undone. We each experienced both of these issues, but it wasn't a big deal. The trick was to monitor the straps and catch them when they first started to come undone. On the Camino, when we were wearing our packs all day, we simply checked the straps once a day or so. Note that I have had other packs with removable straps, and I saw these same issues, so it's not isolated to Gossamer Gear bags.
The bags also come with hardware to mount an ice axe and trekking poles on the outside of the pack, but we did not use either.
Other Gossamer Gear backpacks
We both loved our backpacks and look forward to getting many more trips out of them. As a matter of fact, I loved mine so much that I purchased two more Gossamer Gear packs–the 40L Gorilla pack and the 26L Summit pack. I am now confident that I could have carried everything needed for the Camino in the smaller Gorilla backpack.
We brought our Gossamer Gear bags with us on our current road trip, and we're currently using the smaller bags as day packs, whereas our larger bags will be used for longer excursions. As far as the Summit pack goes, I can throw it into a larger bag for when I might need a daypack. On our trip, we found that we frequently wished we had brought a daypack, but we didn't want the extra weight on the Camino. At just under a pound, the Summit would be convenient to have without adding much weight to our load.
Everyone needs to find what gear works best for them, and there are lots of choices out there. I recommend going to a hiking/backpacking store and trying on lots of bags. There is one problem with that idea though–many of the ultralight manufacturers do not sell their products in retail stores and are only available direct from the manufacturer. This is true of Texas-based Gossamer Gear, as well some of the other players in the ultralight world, such as ULA and Zpacks. But these companies are producing some of the lightest, most innovative products out there, so definitely consider their products before going with a more traditional brand. Gossamer Gear, ULA, and Zpacks all allow you to return the product if you are not satisfied with them, usually within 30 days. For us though, we are extremely happy with our Gossamer Gear bags and would recommend that folks try them out!
*We have no relationship with, nor were we compensated in any way from Gossamer Gear. We purchased these items with our own money and really liked them so we thought we'd share!


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YUI Weekly for November 30th, 2012
It's been another busy week at YUI as we roll up our sleeves before the holidays kick in. Wherever you live, I hope you are having better weather than we are. Apparently, it's been raining cats and dogs in Sunnyvale for the last few days. I've been in Toronto, and it's been snowing here. Good weather to stay in and code, I suppose! Anyway, let's see what's been happening in YUI this week:
YUIConf 2012 videos are rolling out on a regular basis. We had a number of videos out this week: "The Future of YUI CSS" by Jeff Conniff and Tilo Mitra, "Attribute Walkthrough" by Luke Smith, and "When not to use YUI" by Ryan Grove.
Jeff's Skinner demo and Tilo's initial version of the Responsive Grid Builder are both available online.
Iliyan Peychev, one of our popular community members wrote a great post about YUIConf from a YUI contributor's perspective.
The YUI Team hosted it's first Open Hours roundtable discussion this Thursday (November 29th). Anyone can join in and participate in these discussions, and they will take place every Thursday at 2pm PST. We use Google Hangouts for these sessions, so make sure to add YUI Library to your circles. The Github Wikilists ongoing roundtable topics.
One of the topics mentioned in the roundtable was the Contributor Model and the Contribution Standards Guidelines. If you're interested in contributing to YUI, you should read over these. We're still looking for feedback so get your voice heard!
Sebastian Gurin wrote an in-depth article about using YUI with Google Web Toolkit (GWT). It sounds interesting and is worth a read!
Jeff Pihach (@fromanegg, @hatch on IRC) wrote an article on how to add pop-up functionality to YUI widgets.


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NSA Surveillance of French Data
Excerpt from a press briefing by Government spokesperson Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Paris, October 30, 2013
The head of the NSA said that the data collection wasn't carried out by the U.S. but by its NATO partners. What can you tell us about that? Is it true?
I saw the NSA director's remarks. As the President reiterated this morning, more must be done to clarify the practices of U.S. secret services. That's why, at last week's European Council, he stressed the importance of undertaking this initiative with Germany in particular—an initiative that was launched as a result of the gravity of the actions, which appear to have been thoroughly substantiated. From this standpoint, the NSA director's denials do not seem very plausible. So what was decided, with respect to the French-German initiative, was that the appropriate services on our side would work with U.S services to institute a code of good conduct. I think we must establish clarity and shed light on past practices, but also ensure that in the future, things will unfold as they should, with the understanding, as the President noted this morning, that there's obviously a security challenge—the secret services are there to fight terrorism—but at the same time, we can't allow our partnerships to be undermined by doubt. In fact, this doesn't concern only political structures but also the economic sector and the industrial sector. Also at stake is the protection of citizens' personal data, which is very important. That's why, at the last European Council, France stressed that European regulations addressing personal data protection must be adopted by early 2015, and that should be the case.
Statements made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
Paris, October 30, 2013
The interception of communications in France may have been carried out by the French secret services who then shared the information with the NSA. What's your response?
Our concern centers on the nature and scale of American wiretapping in our territory.
It's with regard to this matter that the French authorities requested an explanation from their American counterparts, and that France proposed establishing a common framework for clarification with the United States.
With respect to the surveillance activities carried out by our intelligence services, these are strictly regulated by law.
Press Conference given by M. François Hollande, President of the Republic (excerpts)
Brussels, October 25, 2013
Three issues stood out at this European Council.
The first issue concerned the question raised in the wake of the revelations about the surveillance, the interception which the "Snowden affair" brought to light. The second issue discussed was the digital economy, i.e. the very focus of this European Council – at any rate for this first day. The third issue was banking union, on which an important conclusion was adopted.
I'll come back to each of these points. The first point is that there are behaviour and practices which can't be accepted. When, at a certain level and on this scale, surveillance is carried out – in this case by the American [intelligence] services – which might affect all citizens, including a number of European leaders, things must be halted and we must demand clarifications.
This is what the Europeans did this evening, unanimously, by taking the view that a number of answers had to be obtained from our American allies. This evening, there was a Franco-German initiative to prompt this necessary debate first of all, and also to further, in several ways, the cause of freedom.
Indeed, nobody is keener than me for the secret services or security forces mechanisms to be fully mobilized to fight terrorism. But I'm also convinced, along with the [other] Europeans, of the need to protect individual freedoms and fundamental rights.
On that basis, we first need a code of good conduct among Europeans. We ourselves must get things straight and not practise what we criticize others for. So a code of good conduct must be established among Europeans, among the services concerned.
Next, France and Germany will take the initiative of initiating a discussion with the Americans to establish, by the end of the year, a common framework for cooperation and clarification. Those Europeans who want to join us will be welcome. So to be more precise, we're going to ensure not only that the past can be clarified between the services but also that rules can be established for the future. That's what I call the common framework of cooperation.
France and Germany are united in this approach. It's not exclusive: it seeks to involve other European countries that would like, with us, to secure this common framework.
A European working group was set up as soon as the Snowden affair was revealed – at the same time, incidentally, as the trade negotiation with the Americans. It was reiterated this evening – by all the Europeans, and it will also be a conclusion of the European Council – that this working group must further speed up these initiatives with the American allies, in such a way that it focuses on the past and that all the elements can be known.
It's a subject that will continue to be a cause for concern, because we know there will be other revelations. Each day brings its share. Rather than wait for what the press is preparing on the basis of the Snowden documents, we should initiate proceedings straight away.
At Franco-German level, this will be done. And at European level, the group that was set up immediately after the scandal was revealed will be reactivated. There's a requirement for results, because trust is essential between allies. If we want to work in harmony, with the same concern to fight terrorism and enable our citizens to be safe, we must have rules. This applies to each of the countries, it applies to Europe and it applies to the United States.
Finally, the Snowden revelations may be useful in that they will enable us both to make the services' action more effective and better protect citizens' freedoms.
That was the first point discussed at this Council, and it had to be.
Statements made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
Paris, October 25, 2013
What is the situation with respect to the spying affair?
President Hollande is attending the European Council in Brussels. Yesterday evening, he reaffirmed France's position: these practices are unacceptable. The minister of foreign affairs discussed this issue on Tuesday morning with John Kerry. He has spoken about it on several occasions this week.
With respect to this issue, we want to work with the United States, both bilaterally and within a European framework. President Hollande indicated that a code of good conduct should be established between the Europeans and the Americans. He added that France and Germany would take the initiative to open up a discussion with the Americans in order to establish a common framework for cooperation and clarification by the end of the year, and that the Europeans who would like to join us would be welcome to do so.
Press Conference given by M. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs
London, October 22, 2013
As I know you are curious by nature, I imagine you're also going to ask me questions about what I did at 7.00 a.m. this morning when I had a meeting with the US Secretary of State. We talked about Syria, Iran and US spying in France.
I repeated to John Kerry what François Hollande said yesterday to Barack Obama, that this kind of spying conducted on a huge scale by the Americans on their allies is unacceptable. I asked him promptly both to provide me with the facts and put a stop to these practices – that's the least he could do.
John Kerry answered, as in fact President Obama had done, that this system was inherited from previous administrations and that they were in the process of reviewing it in order to find a balance between the security imperatives and protection of individual freedoms. This may well be so. But we want a stop put to these practices and to be fully informed about them, because there's no way we're going to accept finding out about such matters through a newspaper article or statement, or information gathered after the Snowden affair. That's where we are at the moment.
Concurrently, as you very probably know, President Hollande is going to be talking about protecting personal data this week, since there's going to be a European summit with the digital economy on its agenda. We can't contemplate developing the digital economy if at the same time there's no protection of personal data. This issue is also on the table because we're working on the possibility of a transatlantic partnership between the United States and Europe; obviously this is a matter not just for France, but for other countries too. Two meetings of relevant working groups have taken place on this, but so far they haven't come up with positive results.
We're counting on the Americans giving us information on this subject in the next few weeks, without delay. The information published this afternoon in Le Monde repeats things already said in June. We've already taken some initial measures, particularly at the Quai d'Orsay, since we decided to protect the security of a number of communications and also launched an audit of our installations in the United States since these seemed to have been spied on, which is obviously wholly unacceptable. That's the second point I wanted to talk about.
Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Romain Nadal, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesman
Paris, October 22, 2013
Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met this morning with his American counterpart, Mr. John Kerry. He reiterated to him our request for an explanation regarding the unacceptable spying practices between partners which must stop.
The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the situation in Syria ahead of the meeting of the Friends of Syria "Core Group" taking place today in London, in which both ministers will participate. The goal of this meeting is to discuss in more detail the parameters of a genuine transition process for Syria, in which Bashar al-Assad should have no role to play. Indeed, France supports the swift organization of the Geneva II conference, the goal of which is the establishment of a transitional government exercising full executive powers, including those of the presidency. It is in this spirit that we hope that the members of the "Core Group" will reaffirm and strengthen their support for the Syrian National Coalition.
Telephone conversation between the President of the Republic and Mr Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
Paris, October 21, 2013
On Monday evening, the President spoke on the telephone to President Obama in the wake of revelations published by the Le Monde newspaper about recordings of telephone data in France by the American intelligence services.
The Head of State expressed his profound disapproval of these practices, which are unacceptable between allies and friends, since they violate the privacy of French citizens. He has asked for full explanations to be given, and for all information former NSA consultant Edward Snowden might have.
The two heads of state agreed to work together to establish the facts and the precise scope of the surveillance activities revealed by Le Monde.
They stressed that intelligence-gathering operations had to be regulated, inter alia in a bilateral framework, in order effectively to further the only legitimate battle, i.e. the battle against terrorism.
The two presidents agreed that the French and American intelligence services would cooperate together in this respect./.
Statements made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
Paris, October 21, 2013
The American ambassador was summoned to the Quai d'Orsay this morning because of the NSA's massive interception of communications in France last December and January. Who received him and what can you tell us about that meeting?
Will Mr. Fabius raise this issue with his American counterpart during their meeting on Tuesday morning?
The American ambassador was received by the Quai d'Orsay's chief of staff this morning. As the foreign minister indicated, we reminded him that such practices between partners are totally unacceptable and that he must assure us that they are no longer going on. We asked for a prompt and tangible response to our concerns.
As soon as the first revelations emerged, we proposed to our EU partners that our negotiations with the United States include a data-protection track. At our request, a US-EU working group was therefore established in July. It has already met twice. The European Council of October 24 and 25, which will largely be devoted to digital challenges, will deal with this issue at the highest level, among heads of state and government. The digital economy cannot function properly without an effective guarantee of personal data.
As for your second question, the meeting between Mr. Fabius and his American counterpart tomorrow will deal mainly with Syria and regional issues, but this topic will also be raised.


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