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12:43 PM Author: Beyonceitis
Whose BDay?
flop-day was may,5 th.
Poor Ciara...I mean, 'that girl'.
Janet Jackson's Birthday,
Lets remember our legends yo'all.
One day the kids will forget September 4
Thanks for paying respect Beyonceitis
oh I see, so Janet is...ummm 184?
So Happy Bday!
but the girl cant sing
Jedh said...
oh I see, so Janet is...ummm 184?
You play too much...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
Happy Birthday Miss Jackson and many many more!
Damn, so it's janet jackson B'day huh! wow! well happy b'day miss jackson, I'm not sure just how many you got more to live but just make sure to make the most out of the time you have left bc it's not much...
janet is 184, really? that was so disrespectful-i'm clearly too old for blogs now...anywho i love how Janet incorporated the whop into her dance number!
Oh, wow. I had no idea.
Well...happy birthday to Ms. Jackson. (I'm not nasty but I respect my elders.)
P.S.: Why is Mr. Beyonce going to tour with C-Error?
I think its funny how she has been pregnant (according to the media) for like 4 years now..lol
I think it might be a little too late for that now for her anyways.
Happy ?th Birthday Janet...
btw- My birthday is next wednesday...my aunt bought me Beyonce tickets for the staples center. (Shes one of those haters/undercover fans). She will call Beyonce a bitch and ho in a heartbeat, and when Beyonce wasn't at the '08 BET awards she laughed and said to me "your girl has fallen off", & recently she told me she saw cadillac records 6 times, and bought 4 tickets to the I am tour...
I don't understand negros sometimes..?
..But in her defense shes one of those angry, hostile black women that calls everyone she sees a "bitch" and a "ho"
I don't understand negros sometimes..?
..But in her defense shes one of those angry, hostile black women that calls everyone she sees a "bitch" and a "ho"
We gotta do better...LOL
Happy (upcoming) Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
It'sJustTheInternetSilly said...
P.S.: Why is Mr. Beyonce going to tour with C-Error?
Maybe Beyonce should tour with Dame Dash and Jim Jones.
DEAD DEAD and rick ross
You defend/
-Lovelockedown with his Domestic Violence problems
-Miss Harris and her Beautiful liar's asses
-MRS CReahead James with her big Ego problems
-and Even "sKeri Movie 4"
But no words for miss Assie Ventura (nobody cares about her,so sad)....oups,"I mean My neck,My Back Fenty" ?
Beyonceitis said...
Maybe Beyonce should tour with Dame Dash and Jim Jones.
That...would...kind of be hilarious. But we all know Bey doesn't like to slum it so Jim Jones is going to have to flip out on hotel managers on his own this summer.
And how about that Chrisette Michele album hitting number one! I didn't even know she HAD a new album until the Friday after it came out. It is phenomenal! hence, I wrote about it (http://iamnotablogger.tumblr.com). Ciara came in at number three though...behind Smiley Cyrus.
But no words for miss Assie Ventura (nobody cares about her,so sad)....oups,"I mean My neck,My Back Fenty" ?
I was thinking about it...
I think its funny how she has been pregnant (according to the media) for like 4 years now..lol
I think it might be a little too late for that now for her anyways.
Happy ?th Birthday Janet...
Janet is 47 years old she aint dat young. My mother been teling me dat for the longest time. Janet always been one year older than her mother. And I remember reading a magazine cover that read Janet is 42 years old 5 years ago. Janet been 42 for 5 years. Lets see if finally ages. this time
MY NECK, MY BACK FENTY? It's times like this, where I wish I never came here. Ever.
Happy Bey-lated b'day, Ms. Jackson (I am for real...)
That Girl, no matter how many people she goes on tour with, just pray for her.
omg I just got attacked via youtube because someone commented that brandy yes I said brandy was "the hottest chick in r&b right now" I simply said "im sorry I didnt know she was relavent in 09" yall got to see this convo..I didnt even wanna say beyonce's name cuz i knew it would of caused a recession.
you're clearly not a Brandy die hard fan so stop hating as that can kill you. It's like me saying Beyonce can't sing!!! Brandy has been since the age of 14yrs and still have some crazy die hard fans out there like me that will go out of their way to see her live or buy her album. A little piece of advise, get a life and stay positive.!!!!!!!!!
clearrrrly I respect brandy but someone said she the best in r&b out right now and i thought that was crazy and still do..Im not disrespecting brandy..just stating the facts. chrisette michelle has more of a buzz around her than brandy
By the way who the hell is Chrisette Michelle??????????? Clearlly you respect Brandy my asssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Using the word 'Not Relevant in Music' for an artist that has been in the music Industry for over a decade is very Disrespectful and Malicious.
Coming back to my girl Brandy! She started at the tender age of 14years Old. With a box office movie hit under her belt, she has also done one of the most successful tv shows/movies of all time( Moesha, Cinderilla, Double Platinum) not to mention an Exective music and tv producer in her own right. Hence don't you dare compare her to a random one hit wonder who just pop up in the music scene.
How long has Mariah, Whitney and Micheal Jackson being in the music industry?? I can safely say long enough to be when I was in my nappies and I'm not a huge fan of them but I'll never post any silly as well as nasty comments about them. Betterstill if I don't like their music doesn't mean everyone else as well.
A little piece of advise, next time you decided to pick on someone, take a good look at yourself and THINK about whatever you gonna say as there are some Crazy Die Hard Fans out here that have got enough time on their hands.
Get a life and stay positive as hating on others could kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WARNING! this is the part where I stopped working and decided to show my ass!
Hey baby I guess you met your match...since you wanna pretend to be ignorant to who Chrisette Michelle is.. Its the lady who's album is number one on the r&b billborard charts. Im not her biggest fan but I just wanted to give u an example of a relavent artist on this good ole day of may 18, 2009! Im reading your wikipedia excerpt about brandys accomplishments and it seems to me that your proving my point further. All her accomplishments are a decade old hence her not being relavent in 2009. If it makes you feel better I think her and Janet Jackson are in the same boat. Her music can still touch YOUR heart and many others but the point is shes not selling out any shows, shes not headlining any tours, shes not in any blockbusters, shes not burning down no A-list red carpets..shes done, finished and her last 2 "albums" were flops...so you do your self a favor (CRAZY DIE HARD FAN)..you upload your ipod and playlists with brandy songs and turn up the volume real loud and sit real close to the computer screen watching her videos because that is the only place you will be seeing miss brandy unless she brings some heat I know shes capable of...well I take that back you might see her on TV if she gets another count of manslaugter on the california freeways..that was the most publicity she got since aaliyah was alive! dam I had to go thru all this by saying "shes not relavent" Im enjoying this thought your making this 8 hour work day go by much faster..and DONE!
I blacked out did I go to hard?
Smitty i am so proud of you, i ofte do the same on janet jackson fan boards, mocking and taunting the useless fans of irrelevant artists gives me such a buzz especially when i youtube link their asses of an iconic Sasha Fierce moment (Sasha singing for Obama, Sasha singing the national anthem, Sasha setting Ashanti's dressing room on fire after discovering it was Ashanti and not Jennifer Hudson who ate the last honey glazed, maple syrup chocolate dipped chicken strip backstage at the BET AWARD show 2006 buffet)
Beyonceitis baby- can we please have a discussion on how cute it is that Ciara is staging photo ops with Kim Kardashian in a vague attempt to try and seem like an A-lister, i'll let you play with my ass if you do.
lol @ anonymous! your right ciara or shall I say "snoop dogg" I call her now with those horrendous corn rolls is so desperate for attention she is tippin around with a reality tv star? I feel bad for cici I think I have more followers on twitter than her lol
I guess she thought she was gonna hire rihanna's stylist..get poppin on the blogs like keri hilson bald headed triflin snatched up ass did and then release that table coaster she calls an album...Im out I cant take
table coaster..LOL ..Ive never heard that one
I don't understand negros sometimes..?
..But in her defense shes one of those angry, hostile black women that calls everyone she sees a "bitch" and a "ho"
We gotta do better...LOL
Happy (upcoming) Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol yea my auntie is the "ghetto black woman" who can't go to a resturant without finding something/anything to complain about...her favorite thing to say is "OH HELL NO.. I'm not paying for this sh*t"
You can't choose your family...lol
anyways... thank you Beyonceitis! I'm turning 18!
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i'll let you play with my ass if you do.
that is so out of line...
i'll let you play with my ass if you do.
Ooooh, drop the soap I'll get it!
The occasion was the appearance of Keyshia Cole and her A Different Me Tour. Time will confirm or dismiss this view, but my thought is that Keyshia Cole is the most important female urban artist to arrive on the scene since Beyoncé Knowles. It's been just four years since Cole's debut album, but the evidence is starting to accrue.
since WHO ????
SAY MY NAME SAY MY NAME ...sing it yo !?! -Beyoncé " Beyoncé experience Live"
that Keyshia Cole is the most important female urban artist to arrive on the scene since Beyoncé
I agree...
Due to recent events on the music scene could we please have a revised version of the hater chart.could we change that girls status from yellow to red on a never ever hate on B tip
(in jay-z's voice) 'you know what i mean'
please add Keri hilson to the list and maybe upgrade Keyshia Cole to Green ,She is nearly on that 3 plainum album status and is about one of the few newer artists that steers clear of Miss Sasha Fierce ,For that she is one smart Bitch
@people above
nobody knows who she is worldwide and Ciara was 3*platinum on her prime too.NEXT
The point is Beyoncé is the last reference in urban music .PERIOD
I demand that C-ERROR and SKERI be put on blast on the "right to hate" Bey chart as well!
Jay Z irks the HELL out of me! Running around promoting the Rihtard (who says Bey is her competition not her enemy)
Giving that boy C-Error modeling contracts and letting him bring that TIRED matrix act on tour.
What's next? Jay is gonna do a movie with Skeri Hilson?
A workout DVD with JFug? Gimme a BreaK Jay!
I remember Brit Brit stans had a divorcekevin website. We need one for Bey to leave the camel as soon as the prenup allows! :)
Hahahaha My Neck My back Rihtaded Pon de Forehead ho. She needs to take that cuckodoodle doo behind back to barbados - STAT!
HOW COME EVERYONE IS ALWAYS BASHING CIARA FOR FLOPPING BUT NO ONE BOTHERS TO MENTION HOW SOLANGE SOLD 46,000 her first week. and has yet to have one of her wack ass singles chart on any significant billboard????? LMAO!!
SO ...moron,Beyoncé is ....SASHA FIERCE !!!
Beyoncé is NOT....SOLANGE,KELLY OR MICHELLE.she is BEYONCE.
i AGREE?OR AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE USHER AND BEY ON TOUR(my god,fantasy),IDRIS AND BEY HAVING A REAL SEX SCENE IN THE MOVIE.I hate animals,I hate desert's Animals
Dear RhiRhi
In the words of your own mentor
@ Dont let them hype you to go against your Idol' (i forget which song that line is from but its a jay-z song non the less)
When you first came out you called B your Idol now you think you are equals.I didnt mind you at first because I felt hey she down with B then she is OK.
Truth be told half the people that bought your album did so coz they thought you were family.
lets see how you do now that you call yourself 'competition'
former fierce forehead supporter
to the person who mentioned Solange flopping- yes everyone is aware Solange flopped but if we started to dog on Solange, shed be too afraid to say the things Beyonce' is too polite to say, for example.
News Story 1: Keri Hilson disses Beyonce' by telling her to go have some babies and that she fading.
Beyonce's response: (smiles)
Solange's response: Perhaps Keri would like for me to make it impossible for HER to have any babies, bitch looks like a cross breed between Crusty the Clown and Bon Qui Qui- oh hell no- as soon as i get a babysitter for Juelz me and TyTy are gonna drive by Burger Shack and shoot that bitch down whilst she serves us some fucking diddy doughnuts.
News Story 2: Ciara bites various concepts and tries to pass them off as her own.
Beyonce's reaction: (smile)
Solange: So the tranny wants to get brave now? Perhaps she would like for me to peform a spell my Aunt Bertha May taught me which would help me bring aaliyah back from the dead to remind people of who the ORIGINAL whispering dancer is- oh wait thats Janet- but it doesnt fucking matter- that Ciara bitch needs to be taught a lesson, Jonte' pass my razor, Tyty get the car keys, Jorell get the shot gun- someone gon die today!
posting a positive comment about Keisha Cole and then replying to yourself by saying I agree is not going to convince anybody that Keisha is more relevant than the likes of Ciara and Ashanti (who may i add is looking a little more irrelevant than usual of late.)
So I was reading Billboard.com today 05/20/2009
..."and Ciara's "Fantasy Ride" (LaFace) rounds out the top 10, at No. 10 (26,000; down 68%), after its No. 3 opening last week."
That ain't right!!!! Hahahahahaha!
Here I was thinking C-error
'trying' to copy Sasha and get a pop culture moment with Justin on SNL would work wonders for his flopped CD.
Houston we have a problem!
Beyonceitis can add Keysha cole if it makes you feel better but I was trying to point the fact that there's no ARTIST IN URBAN MUSIC LIKE BEE *cough ciara*rihanna*skeri....
youguys need to stop calling Ciara c-error and commenting on how badly "he" flopped.
she deserves it for copying beyonce(the album book..the "super c" the glove...the moves...all those cant be a coincidence) and then basically saying "it is what it is...beyonce copies me too"
But what he doesnt know is its okay to copy a concept if you actually have talent and have the ability to seem original. he just looks low-budget & ghetto all the time.
todays my 18th birthday=]
happy B'Day Jaz!!
damn @ all the comments, Beyonceitis is right, Beyonce stans are some evil bitches!!
Oh my gosh you people need help, counseling or something. To be brainwashed and defend someone you don't know using foul language and being disrespectful is trifling. To be proud of it is even more reason to seek help. Who gives a rats ass who sells more albums, sells out more shows and the like. All of these women are rich as hell. Whether Ashanti, Brandy, Janet, Ciara or any one else you bash sells like Beyonce or sings like her is irrelevant. They're all still rich. More importantly they are all african-american. No one, I mean no other race tears each other down like us.(african-americans). Should we be proud of Beyonce'? Hell yeah we should, she's amazing as God meant her to be. But at some point so were those other ladies. Everyone and everything has a season. Janet is now 43 or 44 years old. She reigned for a decade. She was fierce. Now she doesn't ever have to work another day in her life if she don't want to. She was smart and stacked that paper majorly. Brandy is another one who is sitting on major paper. Hopefully the rest of those ladies are smart and invested in other things now that their singing careers are halting. Nevertheless, they are all rich by our standards or any standards for that matter. I love Beyonce' and seeing her live is a great joy just as I used to enjoy watching Janet. However I would never verbally beat up on another black woman to prove I love her. It's idiotic.
From stanning to moderating .....LMAO
What happens today?
Michelle on the cover of TIME Magazine.
Rihanna receive an 12 times platinum album without one words she wrote or co-wrote.
Ego video on Beyonceonline.Haters and Stans fight again on blog.
i give other artists a chance. they just dont do it for me. to the ones that actually DO have talent...good for them.
but laughing about people is more fun.
Tryyy JESSSssSUsS!
00oO0oo He's alrighttttttt....I done tried Him and He's alright.
bitches, im outnumbered, i need y'all to help me defend the creole against some pretty persistent and ignorant janet fans, click on the link and read whats been said and leave comments, Ive been succesful in converting a few of janet fans to the almighty Sasha,
AND TO THE MOFO who tried to get Dr.Phil on our asses, fuck you and fuck your one legged mother, yes we Beyonce fans are mean and evil but we talk like that cos we can back it up.
@ 11:33
I would have done that but I'm too buzy learning the dance routine of Ego...
@ 11:35 you are truly ignorant.
@9:21 that was uncalled for! That person is allowed to stan as hard as they wanna for BEY! If you read blogs you would know that she really needs our ardent support against those haters and evil-wishers!
If you read blogs you would know that she really needs our ardent support against those haters and evil-wishers!
If I tried to argue with every hate-filled comment about Beyonce I came across on the internet I would be sitting on the computer 24/7- year round. And getting premature grey hairs because of it. Thats Matthew's job.
heres my thing- if you hate this site so much, why are you here, just leave if you hate being around Beyonce' disciples so much, just leave. nobody asked you to be here, you didn't get an invite, you weren't alerted on facebook to log on so just fuck off.
in other news: i have succesfully convinced my grandmother to sell all the Aretha Franklin cds she owns, that'll teach the bitch for trying to talk dirty about our First Lady of Creole Greatness.
heres my thing- if you hate this site so much, why are you here, just leave if you hate being around Beyonce' disciples so much, just leave. nobody asked you to be here, you didn't get an invite, you weren't alerted on facebook to log on so just fuck off.
in other news: i have succesfully convinced my grandmother to sell all the Aretha Franklin cds she owns, that'll teach the bitch for trying to talk dirty about our First Lady of Creole Greatness.
Love your conversational skills. Truly superb.
Janet Jackson made history with her Pleasure Principle video. She also has sold more albums world wide than Beyonce, who does not rank on the same chart as Janet. I'm not saying Janet is better, because I do not agree with that. But numbers are numbers, and Janet has better numbers than Beyonce. As does Mariah Carey, one of THE most prevalent r&b singers of the 90's, if not the most. Whitney Houston also outranks Beyonce in sales
Ok and those times back then are way different than theses times and I don't care about album sales! Nor do I care about Janet sells when Mariah who wasn't even know came and out sold her so number of album sales are nothing to me so your point of bringing up album sales in my book you FAIL'D!~
I mean this is ridicoulsy irrelevant.....U cant compare 2000 millinium sales, to 80's sales. There was no limewire back then, simple ass that. However Beyonce is one of the biggest selling artist of this generation despite the limewire defenciency that affect sales tremendously. Beyonce can sing better than Janet....She looks better than Mariah....And she can keep a man unlike whitney. I love all of them....but Beyonce is extraodinary.....isn't she?
Numbers are what determine these things. Historically, album sales and chart rankings are what last. Beyonce has done incredibly this decade, and I applaud her. But when she can boast better numbers than her predecessors is when I will truly agree that she is legendary.
Ur welcome.....But you know what sales aint shit....and im being serious. Its like when Bush was president....he was president because whites are the majority of America, but was he worthy to be a president.....NO!!! However, today people claim Britney is better than Beyonce....can Britney sing, dance, perform better than Beyonce....NO!!! but she's white so she will always have that better advantage than Beyonce. I mean sales how popularity....But it doesn't demonstrate talent.....True of false?
SHUT YO GAY ASS UP BRITNEY CAN SING better than Beyonce but not rihanna come on stupid
kanye was just announced to perform at the bet awards.
Live Ego remix next month w/Beyonce & Kanye...
Live Ego remix next month w/Beyonce & Kanye...
Didn't we learn last year NOT to start rumors...
Kanye could be performing with Keri Hilson...
He could premiering his next album
He could be challenging Ne-Yo to a vogue battle.
It didn't say ANYwhere that he was performing with Sasha Fierce.
Jay- Z's real opinion about the talents of Ciara, "Ri-hawn-na"(as oprah says), etc compared to his wifes...
He never talks about Beyonce he usually just gives interviewers an evil look when they ask
Beyonceitis can you tell me what Beyonce was on during this interview? She acts like a Ghetto *ss B*tch through the entire interview...I can't get over this..
wow thanks for the links!! I never seen that!
I think Bey was on drugs then.
Beyonceitis can you tell me what Beyonce was on during this interview? She acts like a Ghetto *ss B*tch through the entire interview...I can't get over this..
She was on the shit you get on when you're a teenager who has worked your ass off for 10 years giving up your childhood, boyfriends, proms, social life, and school your dream only to acheive your dream an lose 2 of your oldest friends.
She was on the shit you get on when you get into the industry and realize how brutal it is and then you realize that it only gets worse.
She was on the shit you get on when you start to question whether or not it's worth it. You start wonder how you are going to market your talent and personality to millions of insecure, self-righteous assholes who still dwell on interviews and gossip 9 years after the fact.
And finally she was on that shit you get on when you realize that to be a female in the industry you are not a human being who may be having a bad day, or a shy girl who would rather sing than talk about herself. When you are a female in the industry you are only allowed to be one of 2 things:
a stuck-up bitch or spineless puppet. And if you try to be anything else then you are being fake.
4:03- dang calm down with the essay, it was just a joke! I actually love that interview...
I love how unpolished and messy she was in it
4.14, lemme lay it on the line for you:
1. your mother is a hooker.
2. your father is now living under the name Fierce Xtravaganza.
3. Your vagina (even if you are a man) is infected with aids.
sometimes i can not thank you enough for reminding us that beyonce is human if not more inrelligent than half these chicks in the game.
I truly believe that all she wants to do is sing to hell with interviews
4:34 that was uncalled for. get off my nuts. this is a comedic/satirical blog, calm down.
obviously i dont really think she was on drugs! it was just a harmless (and unfunny)joke. i agree with you that she is human and probably doesn't care for interviews like wig said.
no need to call my mother a hooker and say i have aids for it.
Ahhh..you got ur wig snatched and now you mad..LOL LOL LOL. You Aint No DIIIVVVAAA!!!!
Usually, Beyonce pop culture references brighten my day... but this made me frown for 2 reasons.
One - is a song/vid by dj webstar (the chicken noodle soup guy) relevant enough to be considered "pop culture"?
And two - I'm not a fan of Jim Jones, not since he that fuckery filled definition of a drug dealer
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Amsterdam! I can't get it out of my mind, nor do I want to. A brain freshly stuffed with memories of Amsterdam is an exceedingly pleasant thing to have knocking around in one's head, so if you'll pardon the indulgence, I'm going to stick with Amsterdam for today. I have so much to tell you about this lovely, lovely city. And to show you. It was all so pretty. Then, I promise: Berlin.
Amsterdam greeted us with dark clouds, the first fat drops of an impending deluge, and a humble yet heart-stopping display of canals and winding streets as far as the eye could see. Every second or third building looked as if it had been squeezed with some effort into the row; the rooftops and shuttered windows tilted this way and that, jostling for space along the water. Right off the bat, Eli said, "This is what Venice is supposed to be." I knew just what he meant.
It had been hours since our last pelmeni, and we were hungry, perhaps deliriously so. I don't know how else I can explain our decision to drop our bags at the hotel and, map-less and umbrella-less (unless you consider the broken tangle of a thing we borrowed from the front desk an umbrella; I do not), venture out into the now-pouring rain in search of food. Within seconds, our pant legs were drenched and dragging, and soon my longing to be free of those pants and dry beneath the covers trumped any desire to sit down for a proper meal. There were gummy candies in our hotel room, I remembered. Gummy candies! And green apples at reception! Suddenly, that sounded like dinner to me. We ducked under an orange and white striped awning, as much to keep from drowning as it was to peek inside a small café. I saw soup. That settled it. We were going in. We did our best to make ourselves presentable, Eli wrangling our umbrella into submission while I, blue-lipped and shivering, peeled back the stray, wet curls plastered against my cheek. We shuffled over to our table with as much grace as we could muster which, with our shoes and socks squishing and squelching every step of the way, could not have been very much grace at all.
Our server clearly had some experience with scraggly, sopping wet patrons, because he knew just what to do. Before I said a word, he offered hot water with fresh mint, and soon I was cupping my hands around a tapered glass tumbler, and leaning into wisps of mint-scented steam. The mouth of the glass was wide enough for me to have slipped in a few frozen toes, but I resisted. I am so civilized. With the mint tea – or tisane, I should say – came honey, served in a shot glass, which you can see up there in the photo, in front of the bread basket and butter crock. Honey in a shot glass! Isn't that great? In my wind and rain-addled condition, that was all it took to coax a minor swoon out of me. Then again, here I am on my sofa, quite dry, and in a fairly calm and rational state of mind, and I'm still thinking that honey in a shot glass is one of the nicest things I've seen on a table in a long while. That honey wore its shot glass well. Amsterdam, you're civilized, too.
I was spreading a hunk of soft, brown bread with even softer herbed butter when my soup arrived. It was a vegetable soup, as simple and clean as vegetable soups come, and exactly what I wanted on that very wet night. It was exactly what I wanted the next, not-so-wet night, too, and so we went back.
Soup and fresh mint and shot glasses aside, I have another important reason for telling you about this place: It was there that I first spotted Dutch Appeltaart. We have much to discuss about this critical topic, and it's going to be fun. Because, on our second night there (spoiler alert!), I got the recipe. I'll tell you all about it once I have time to test it, tweak it, and get it just right for you.
The name of the café, by the way, is Villa Zeezicht. Write that down. And while you're at it, write this down, too: Gebroeders Niemeijer. Now, circle it. Star it. Underline it three times. And with gusto! This place warrants gusto, and lots of it. I don't know how many times you need to visit a bakery before it becomes "your" bakery, but after less than a handful of breakfasts at Gebroeders Niemeijer, I'm thinking of laying claim to it.
The bakery is set up like several of the cafés and restaurants that we visited in Amsterdam, with the counter and a few tables on the ground floor and, in the back, a larger loft-style eating area half a floor up, above the open basement kitchen. We always sat up top, near the back wall where, despite our distance from the counter and the hum of the morning crowd, we would hear the crackle of knives against crusts, crisp yet delicate, from down below. The sound reminded me of autumn leaves crunching underfoot, an analogy that makes me roll my eyes and snort a little now that I've put it in writing, but that felt just right when I said it out loud to Eli during our first breakfast there.
We went to "our" bakery for breakfast every morning, or at least we tried. It is worth noting that Gebroeders Niemeijer is closed on Mondays, mostly so that if you're planning a trip to Amsterdam that will last under a week, you can arrange to be there from Tuesday through Sunday. (You think I'm kidding, but I'm not.) I'd rather not relive the moment when we showed up for breakfast, only to find a darkened storefront lined with empty bread baskets. The disappointment of arriving at a closed bakery when you fully expect it to be open is a special kind of disappointment, the kind that no one should have to endure so early in the day, let alone on a Monday. The following morning, we told our server, the same sunny young woman who had been bringing us our breakfast all week, about our abortive attempt to return the day before. Her face clouded with genuine sympathy. "Shit," she said in English (which, with her adorably short, barely-there "i" sounded more like "sht"). She totally understood.
On the first morning, I ordered a cup of tangy yogurt with fruit and – uncomfortable as I am speaking in superlatives about such things – the best pain au chocolat that I have ever eaten. Now, before all of you Francophiles out there tie me up and cram your favorite Parisian specimens down my throat (actually, that doesn't sound so bad; carry on), I should admit that when I visited Paris, I was so distracted by the banana and Nutella® crêpes on every street corner that I never got around to the pains au chocolat. However. I have eaten in many a Parisian-style (or so they say) bakery in a handful or two of first-rate cities, and I've never encountered anything like what I tasted that morning in Amsterdam. I think it's the texture of the chocolate that often troubles me. The chocolate baton is sometimes too, well, baton-y. It snaps between the teeth in a way that, to me, feels off against the fragile puff pastry. Or, just as often, the chocolate's too soft. It settles in glops on the tongue, and I end up scraping what's left of it out from the belly of the pastry and into the garbage, all the while cursing myself for having strayed from my usual plain butter croissant with jam. The chocolate's too sweet, or too grainy, or too oozy and, consequently, too burn-y on the outside of the dough. I don't know if I've seen it all, but a while back, I decided that I had seen enough to give up on the pain au chocolat entirely. I hadn't ordered one in years, and I'm not sure what possessed me to go for it. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I did.
I leaned over my plate and bit into the crackly outer layer, which immediately shattered, and gave way to supple inner folds that began dissolving in my mouth before I had a moment to chew. And then there was the chocolate, dark and smooth. The consistency was perfect, like a stick of butter left out on the counter to soften. For his part, Eli would order some version of the "petit déjeuner," which consisted of three crusty rolls, a croissant or brioche – yes, bread with a side of bread – butter, jam, fruit, and sometimes, cheese. There was nothing "petit" about it.
As I was swiping the crumbs from my lap one day, I looked up at Eli and said, "I think it would be impossible to have a bad day after a breakfast like that."
We spent most of our time in Amsterdam wandering the streets, falling hard for Dutch design, Dutch bicycles, Dutch art, and Dutch people, and secretly wishing that we could be a little bit Dutch, too. Sometimes, we'd take a break along the canals. Or, more accurately, Eli would take a break, while I circled the block with my cameras.
It's getting late, so I'm going to fast forward over Rembrandt, Van Gogh, pancakes, and cheese, wonderful as they all were, and skip right to our last dinner in Amsterdam.
It was in a candlelit greenhouse.
It's hard to know what to say after that since, I mean, a candlelit greenhouse. In the middle of Frankendael Park. Which, to make matters worse (and by worse, of course, I mean better) is actually a 17th-century country estate. When we arrived, raindrops were plinking on the glass rooftop and trailing down the glass walls like so many cellophane streamers. The light through the clouds was gauzy and cool. It was magnificent.
The name of the restaurant is, fittingly, De Kas (which means "the greenhouse" in English). To get there, you walk over a footbridge, down a short path, and through the surrounding herb gardens up to the glass front doors. You step inside, and then, if you ask nicely, your husband will hold your bag for you while you crouch to photograph the basil – twenty-five different kinds, our server told us! – that grows in the greenhouse right there beside the dining room.
The tables are preset with crusty boules and shallow white dishes of olive oil, thick with fresh basil. Everything glows, and your eyes do the only thing they can do in such a setting, which is to look, and look, and look some more. Once you're seated, someone will bring you two more of those shallow white bowls, one filled with olives, and the other with zucchini, grown on the premises, sliced, and pickled with mustard seeds.
The meal itself was as special as the setting. There's one fixed menu available each day: an appetizer of three small plates, a main course, and a dessert. (The chef is happy to accommodate vegetarians and those with dietary restrictions.) Vegetables are the stars of this kitchen and, like the salad greens and celery hearts that we ate that night, they're pretty much left alone to do their thing. Everything on our plates was simply and, it seemed to me, gently prepared. If you're looking for further proof that the best food is food that tastes like itself, De Kas is it.
I could easily go on for another thousand words, at least, but I don't want to bore you, so I'm going to rip my fingers from the keyboard and stop here. For the odd insatiable reader (and because, let's face it, I can't help myself), I'll cram a few more recommendations into the list of addresses, which you'll find below, after the recipe.
Wait, did I just say recipe?
Yes, recipe! After chewing your ear off about shots of honey, and perfect pastries, and greenhouse dinners, the least I can do is offer you a taste. (Of Amsterdam; not the ear). So. I'm going to tell you just one more thing. Then, for the love of your sock drawer that, no doubt, needs organizing, I'll stop there.
One night in Amsterdam, Eli and I went to a restaurant called Spelt. The chef, as you might suspect, features spelt in many of his dishes, including a startlingly magenta spelt and beet risotto that had me scraping my plate. The pacing of the meal was unusually slow, but I had a very nice forehead to keep me company between courses, so I can't complain.
My favorite bite of the evening – two bites, really – was an unassuming little cookie that came with my hot water and mint. (If it seems as if I drank hot water and mint everywhere we went in Amsterdam, it's because I did.) The cookie, a sturdy thing that snapped like a cracker, was made of spelt flour, of course, and chopped sunflower seeds. What's remarkable to me about this seemingly unremarkable cookie is how the flavors hang together in a way that makes it tricky to tease them apart. For such a plain-looking, approachable cookie, it's surprisingly complex. There's cinnamon, ginger, lemon zest, and vanilla in there, but at first, all I knew was that I was tasting something familiar, something kind of like a Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux® cookie (remember those?), something rich with butter, something hinting of caramel, or maybe toffee, something delicious. By the time I jumped up to photograph our table in the fading light, that cookie was long gone. Maybe you can imagine it there on the saucer, leaning against the steaming mug. I hope so.
If you're having trouble imagining, a batch of these cookies from your very own oven should do the trick. Thanks to the generosity of the chef, I have the recipe for you. At the end of our meal, he disappeared into the kitchen with my black pocket notebook, deposited the recipe, and returned to our table to talk me through it. So kind! I tucked my notebook back into my bag, and thought, "That's my kind of souvenir." I hope you'll like these cookies as much as I do.
Oh, Amsterdam! I never would have chosen you – you were Eli's pick, not mine – but now I'd choose you every time.
Spelt Cookies
Adapted from the restaurant, Spelt
I'm afraid that some of you might be scared off by the mention of spelt flour, an ingredient that sounds like something out of the hippie handbook. But please, hold your clicks! I wish you could have seen the chef that night enthusing about spelt flour. You'd be instantly reassured. That man is crazy about spelt, and I'm beginning to understand why. If you've ever baked with oat flour, I think you'll find spelt flour to be somewhat similar in flavor. There's a sweetness and a nuttiness to it, so when you're after a sweet and nutty cookie, it's the perfect choice. In case you're wondering, I buy the Arrowhead Mills brand.
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 stick + 5 Tbsps. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups + 2 Tbsps. spelt flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. lemon zest
¼ cup plus 1 heaping Tbsp. salted sunflower seeds, coarsely chopped (If you use unsalted seeds, add a couple of generous pinches of salt to the dry ingredients.)
Mix the flour, cinnamon, ginger, zest, and chopped sunflower seeds in a large bowl, and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and the sugar. Mix in the vanilla, scrape down the sides of the bowl and, with the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients. The dough will start off looking crumbly, but will smooth out once the flour and spices are fully incorporated into the fat. You're good to go when the caramel-colored dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and hugs the spinning paddle.
Scrape the dough into a lump in the center of the bowl, and divide it into two more or less equal mini-lumps. Roll each lump into a sausage about one and a half inches in diameter. Wrap each sausage in wax paper, and twirl the overhanging paper at each of the ends so that the dough won't dry out. Chill the dough for at least an hour. (You can keep the dough in the fridge overnight, if you want, and bake the cookies the next day.)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap one package of dough and slice it into cookies about a quarter of an inch thick. Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 16-18 minutes, until the cookies are a toasty, golden brown. Transfer immediately to a rack and cool to room temperature. The cookies will be soft when you first remove them from the oven, but they'll harden up as they cool.
Yield: 80-90 cookies, which sounds like a lot, but they're small, and best enjoyed in multiples of three.
Recipe updated 9/6/2010.
Gebroeders Niemeijer
Nieuwendijk 35
Phone: 06 51087148
De Kas
Kamerlingh Onneslaan 3
Phone: 020 4624562
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 5A
Phone: 020 4207022
Villa Zeezicht
Singel 161
Phone: 020 6267433
Not mentioned above, but recommended:
Buffet van Odette (Salads, soups, sandwiches)
Herengracht 309
Phone: 020 4236034
De Kaaskamer (Wonderful raw milk cheeses)
Runstraat 7
Phone: 020 6233483
Pancakes! Amsterdam (Pancakes, obviously.)
Berenstraat 38
Phone: 020 5289797
Winkel (More sandwiches, more soups, more sandwiches!)
Noordermarkt 43
Phone: 020 6230223
For (much, much) more on what to eat in Amsterdam, and where, click over to Vicky Hampton's lovely site, Amsterdam Foodie.
32 comments:
- megan said...
Wow, I thought I might have crossed Amsterdam off of my list after two good trips there...and now I see I've missed so many wonderful things. The first trip, I had a moment where I was sure my brain had gone soggy, after my pants and shirt and sweater and jacket - there is really nothing quite like that particular cold and wet Amsterdam feeling. So glad you found the tea - rather, that the tea found you!
- September 5, 2010 at 12:55 AM
- Rogue Unicorn said...
Amsterdam too!? You've been holding out on us :)
Earlier this summer I got stuck in a rainstorm in Pisa. At first, having not seen rain in 5 months, I was delighted. By the time I got back to our hotel with my jeans literally wetly-fused to my leg and small puddles in my shoes, I was less than delighted. And there was no hot-minted water to greet me. Maybe I should have gone to Amsterdam. (On second thought-nope, I'm keeping Italy, rain and all)
In other news, I'm having serious Rosh Hashanah food ennui. Help?
- September 5, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
Just read about Spelt in Food & Wine's September issue. What better way to eat some whole grain than shoved into a cookie. This recipe sounds like a jewel. Thanks for your investigative work!
- September 5, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Jess said...
And I'd love to see your Amsterdam, Megan. Maybe you can show me one day?
Rogue Unicorn - That wet pants thing always totally grosses me out. It makes me want to unzip myself from my skin! Though, as you say, if you must suffer the discomfort of pant legs cemented to your body, I suppose Italy's a pretty nice place to be!
About food for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year): I'm pulling together my recipes today, and I'll let you know what I come up with. The holiday falls so early this year, and I'm excited about getting to incorporate summer produce into our meals (tomatoes!). We're hosting my family for almost all of the meals(!), and my plan is to keep things simple. And delicious, of course. Stay tuned.
A Plum By Any Other Name - I haven't seen that issue yet. Thanks for mentioning it! I'll check it out. Yes, I think this recipe is a keeper. I love these cookies.
- September 5, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Rosiecat said...
Wow, what a love letter to Amsterdam! I think it's wonderful that you had such a nice time in a city you visited to keep Eli company :-) I totally want to steal the honey-in-shot-glass serving idea--brilliant! And mint tea is one of my favorites.
As for the cookies, um, yes please! I bet the dough freezes well, like a good refrigerator cookie. Have you tried that? Also, I haven't baked with spelt flour, but I did (on a rebellious whim) sub graham flour for spelt in a different recipe, and the results were great. I am SUCH a renegade baker ;-)
- September 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Shannalee said...
I love these travel-style posts, Jess. Next best thing to being there! Also - spelt flour! hurrah! Adding these to my to-make list because, hello?, spelt flour is fantastic. Easier to digest than wheat and tastes great, too.
- September 5, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Jess said...
You're right Rosiecat, that's exactly what this is: a love letter to Amsterdam! Obviously, I'm smitten. I haven't tried freezing the dough, but I think you're right that it would work. If you try it, let me know how it turns out (you renegade baker, you).
Thanks, Shannalee. Spelt flour is fantastic! This is the first time that I've used it for something sweet, and now I think I'm hooked. I read that spelt is a low-gluten (but not gluten-free) flour. I'm guessing that that's what makes it easier for some people to digest, right?
- September 5, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- linda said...
i am putting amsterdam on my priority list after reading your glowing & passionate post.
i recently purchased spelt flour…just because & now i have a "cause."
look forward to your appeltaart recipe & your take on rosh hashanah... as i too am hosting.
thanks for this great read jess!
- September 5, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- cdelphine said...
I never really cared about Amsterdam much but now I desperately want to go.
Somehow this post feels like fall to me. Maybe its the sudden cool air in Maryland or the fact that its Labor Day weekend but I think its also all the mint tea and the cozy fleece blanket of your writing. Fall is my favorite season and while reading this post still snuggled up in my bed this morning, I longed to step outside to a brisk day with warm light, changing leaves and a slight breeze. The perfect post to help me fantasize that temperatures are not going to shoot back up tomorrow.
btw I know exactly what you mean when you compare bread to autumn leaves.
- September 6, 2010 at 2:08 AM
- irene said...
thanks for these great post with so many restaurant and bakery finds. i'll surely come back to amsterdam soon, so i have to take a few notes :)
- September 6, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- olga said...
That is my kind of souvenir too!! I'll be sure to try these! They look amazing! Hope you're having a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I'm roasting eggplant in the kitchen. For some delicious eggplant things later. And there's going to be some noodle kugel this morning. :)
- September 6, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Jess said...
Linda, Rogue Unicorn, and anyone else who's gearing up for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year):
For these multi-day holidays, I like to keep things simple and not too heavy (relative to Jewish holiday standards, anyway). I'm excited about Rosh Hashanah falling so early this year so that I can feature things like tomatoes, corn, and peaches.
One lunchtime holiday menu that I'm considering is this roasted carrot and fennel soup, followed by thickly sliced heirloom tomatoes served on a bed of spicy salad greens, flecked with sea salt, and drizzled with olive oil. With that, I'll probably also serve a couple of cheeses, a bowl of olives, and some crusty bread. A batch of muhammara or this herbed goat cheese spread would also work well with the meal, I think.
For one of the dinners, Eli will roast us a chicken. I think I once mentioned Eli's bird roasting skills in the early days of this site, but I've never written about the recipe (must remedy that!). We use Ina Garten's. If you'd like the recipe, shoot me an email and I'll send it to you. It's super simple, and absolutely delicious.
Instead of a traditional brisket, we're going to make Deb's southwestern pulled brisket. It's one of the only things that we make in our slow cooker, and it's worth having that slow cooker for this recipe alone. As Deb suggests, we'll serve it with Bobby Flay's green onion slaw (so named because of the green onions in the dressing; the slaw itself is made of red cabbage). And roasted corn, too.
I'll also be making a wonderful (vegetarian) tomato main course, which I'll be unveiling here on the site later today (I hope, I hope! Tomorrow at the latest).
Now, onto dessert!
If you follow the Jewish dietary laws, and you're looking for non-dairy desserts to go with your meat meals, here are some treats from the archives:
Almond Macaroons (I'll serve them with David Lebovitz's insanely rich chocolate sorbet; it's a beautiful thing.)
Cherry Almond Chocolate Chunkies
Olive Oil Citrus Cake
Pluot Cake, which I made last week with peaches, instead of pluots, and it was excellent.
I'd like to get that Dutch Appeltaart up and running before the holiday, but if I can't squeeze it in, I'll make this lovely Tarte aux pommes to go with my dairy meal.
How's that for a start?
Hi, cdelphine. I know what you mean about the change in the air. I feel it, too. Thank you for your kind words, and for painting such a beautiful image of the coming season. Fall is also my favorite. I think it has something to do with that contrast you mention between the cool and the warm. There's a certain smell to it, too, and I wait for it all year.
My pleasure, Irene. I wish I had plans to return to Amsterdam soon. Enjoy!
Hi, Olga! Can't wait to see what you do with that eggplant. A nice, fat one turned up this week in my farm share, and I haven't eaten it yet. I'll stay tuned for inspiration!
- September 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- linda said...
thank you soooo much jess! fabulous menus for the holiday…
your tart aux pommes is a delicious thing!
have a sweet new year & all the best to you, eli & families!
- September 6, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Char said...
such wonderful adventures - everyone i that that has gone there has loved it.
- September 6, 2010 at 8:46 PM
- molly said...
I have suffered some mighty disappointments in my time, and I'd have to agree, hands-down: there is nothing (NOTHING!) worse than arriving at "your" bakery, only to find it closed. My own downfall is Cafe Besalu, in Seattle, which has the very best (or, I might argue, a contender with your Amsterdam specimen) croissants + pain au chocolats anywhere. And I say that after eating my way through hundreds in Paris.
I also contend bread with a side of bread is about as good as it gets. Possibly good enough to make up for aforementioned disappointment.
I'm suddenly feeling devilishly clever for having a bag of freshly-milled, local Ohio spelt flour in my freezer. Heh heh heh...
- September 6, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Megan said...
Oh, I loved this post! Aside from my joy at hearing that there are other people as obsessed with Spelt as I am, the imagery of croissant-bearing hoards and "civilised" cities made me laugh out loud. Brilliantly written. :)
- September 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- linda said...
thank you for the plethora of rosh h recipes…just tremendous!!
sweet & happy new year!
- September 7, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Jess said...
Hi, all. I'm sorry that it has taken me almost a week to respond here! I've been quite busy with the holiday and visiting family. It's been wonderful. And I need a nap.
Linda, you're very welcome, of course!
Hi, Char. It really is a special city. I hope I'll be able to visit again, soon.
Ah, Molly, you understand! Thanks for mentioning Cafe Besalu. I have a running list of places I somehow missed when I was living in Seattle a few years back. I'll be sure to stop in at your bakery for a pain au chocolat the next time I'm in town. Also, where did you find that Ohio spelt flour? I have family in Columbus, and I have a feeling that they would want to know!
Thank you so much, Megan! It sounds like you and that chef would have a lot to talk about.
Wishing you the same for you and yours, Linda!
- September 12, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Denise said...
Guess where I live...?!
You're right: Niemeijer is one of the best bakeries in the city:)
- September 20, 2010 at 3:54 AM
- Jess said...
Denise! I'm trying not to let envy turn me entirely green this morning, since I do have breakfast to attend to. Please, have a pain au chocolat for me. Actually, have one of everything for me, if you could.
- September 20, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- Denise said...
I Promise:)
- September 20, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Lucy said...
This post was beautiful, hunger-inducing and charming :) Must visit Amsterdam (and all of these places) NOW!
- September 24, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Stephanie said...
Ah, Jess! That's why I need to move back to the states. Spelt flour. Plus ten million other reasons.
This was a wonderful read and thank you for that recipe. I love that you are such a sharer.
- September 25, 2010 at 4:58 AM
- V said...
My absolute favorite restaurants in Amsterdam are De Kantijl on Spuistraat, for Indonesian Food, and Greetje on Peperstraat off Prins Hendrikkade, for an updated (and amazing) version of traditional Dutch food.
- September 25, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- rousse said...
Amsterdam is a great place with a lot of soul, and a fantastic walking city. Actually I wish I'd had a bike when we were there, because the pleasure of having my own paths to ride on - where I had the right of way over cars - would have been immense. Along with the cookies and the waffles, make sure you try a rijstafel restaurant while you visit - the Dutch East Indies trade had some long-lasting benefits, bringing spicy Indonesian food back to the land of tulips and staircase roofs. Also, if you get too soaked and don't feel like walking, let me recommend the canal boat tour, which lets you stay dry while exploring the city from a wonderfully picturesque perspective.
- September 25, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Jess said...
Thank you, Lucy!
Yes, Stephanie, ten million other reasons. Number one being, in my humble option, that we have ovens in our kitchens here.
V and rousse - Thank you, thank you for your Amsterdam recommendations! I really appreciate your taking the time to write. We're already plotting our return to Amsterdam, and we'll certainly put your suggestions on our list. What a city.
- September 26, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Luisa said...
Did you use whole grain spelt flour or white spelt flour for these? I ask because I have both in my pantry and am desperate for recipes to use them up and these cookies sound delicious. Thanks!
- September 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Jess said...
Hi, Luisa. I used organic whole grain spelt flour from Arrowhead Mills. And in what, pray tell, did you use the first bit of your spelt flour? I'd love to try something new with what I've got left.
- September 26, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- anya said...
Hi Jess!
This story inspired me to write my own. Not about Amsterdam, though. About the bakery and my place there. Hope you'd have a moment to look at it! :)
- October 14, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- Jess said...
I'm heading right over to read it, Anya! Thanks so much for the link.
- October 16, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you so much for the Spelt Cookie recipe. Once I had made these delicious aromatic cookies, I realised that this is a recipe I have been seeking for ages.So thanks again and happy to have made the acquaintance with your blog. Shalom from Israel. S.
- June 1, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Jess said...
You're very welcome, S! I love the feeling of finding that just right thing, and I'm so glad that these cookies were "it" for you.
- June 1, 2011 at 6:04 PM


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Excelsior JET is a Java VM enhanced with an Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compiler and deployment toolkit. It is certified Java Compatible on Windows and Linux on Intel x86 hardware. The 64-bit version is in the works. Excelsior JET Optimizer transforms your classes and JARs into high-performance binary executables. Excelsior JET Runtime includes a licensed Sun implementation of the Java API and Excelsior's proprietary JVM, which is responsible for Java memory management, threading, synchronization, security, and JIT compilation of classes that could not be precompiled. The Excelsior JET Installation Toolkit makes it possible to prepare your optimized application for deployment to end-user systems.
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A strike brewing for Boeing. Turmoil in Olympia. A high-profile, death-penalty trial for an inmate accused of killing a corrections officer.
Major news is on the horizon for 2013.
Just as Boeing begins to settle its problems with building the 787, the biggest employer in Snohomish County faces a new challenge: a potential strike from its engineers and technical workers.
In the capital, new Gov. Jay Inslee will face in January the prospect of a divided government — a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats are seizing control of the Senate while the House remains firmly in Democratic control. He'll need to work with both chambers to come up with billions needed to fund education.
Closer to home, hundreds of jurors are expected to be called in the trial of Byron Scherf, accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl in 2011 at her post in the prison's chapel.
And there's more. Questions still need to be answered about Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, who is being investigated by the state Public Disclosure Commission for using county staff and offices for political campaigning.
A controversial school administration building for the Everett School District is expected to open. A resolution could emerge in the long-standing fight over whether airlines will use Paine Field for regular commercial service.
And the state might become the largest legal producer and retailer of marijuana in the world.
Here are seven big news events expected to make headlines this coming year:
1. A Boeing strike looms
The county's aerospace industry, which has been on overdrive the past few years, could come to a screeching halt if the union representing 23,000 Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers goes on strike.
Members of Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace overwhelmingly rejected the company's contract offer in October. Negotiations between the union and Boeing have been in a downward spiral since then. In early December, a federal mediator suggested the two take a month-long break from negotiations to cool down.
But SPEEA leaders are gearing up for a strike by training picket captains, ordering supplies and preparing members for a potential work stoppage. The last time the engineers and technical workers went on strike, in 2000, Boeing delivered 50 fewer jets that year. A lengthy strike could affect other aerospace suppliers in the county as well local businesses such as restaurants, bars and retailers.
SPEEA and Boeing are scheduled to resume contract talks Jan. 9.
2. New governor, divided government
When state lawmakers arrive in Olympia for the 2013 session they'll find a new governor, a new alliance in the state Senate and an old problem with the budget.
They'll also face pressure to come up with more resources for public schools and new money for fixing roads.
Democrat Jay Inslee, a former congressman, is moving into the governor's mansion. His inaugural speech Jan. 16 will be an opportunity to lay out his goals for the upcoming 105-day legislative session and paint a vision for his administration's first term.
When Inslee takes office, he'll be dealing with a Democratic majority in the House and a coalition in the Senate comprised of all 23 Republicans and two Democrats led by Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina.
Leaders of this alliance vow to focus on two goals championed by Inslee on the campaign trail — reforming the way state government runs and writing a balanced budget without new taxes,
Inslee and the Senate coalition will be severely tested to keep their respective no-new-taxes pledges because right now there is a predicted shortfall of $900 million in the next two-year budget.
As they work to plug the gap, the governor and lawmakers are under order of the state Supreme Court to amply fund public schools. Complying will require billions of additional dollars to pay the full freight of all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes, school bus service and the materials and supplies needed in classrooms.
3. Trial in the Jayme Biendl slaying
The trial of a prison inmate accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl in 2011 is scheduled to begin at the end of March.
Hundreds of people could be called as potential jurors in the death penalty case against Byron Scherf.
Dozens of witnesses are expected to testify, including the detectives who obtained a confession from Scherf during a series of interviews after he was moved from the prison to the Snohomish County Jail.
Scherf, a rapist who is serving a life sentence without the chance of release, is accused of killing Biendl inside the prison chapel at the Washington State Reformatory. Biendl, 34, worked alone at her post inside the chapel.
Scherf told investigators that Biendl said something disrespectful about his wife. He allegedly ambushed the Granite Falls woman after all the other inmates had left the chapel. Biendl fought off the much-larger inmate until he allegedly was able to wrap an amplifier cord around her neck.
Other corrections officers found Biendl's body two hours after Scherf was discovered sitting outside the chapel.
Meanwhile, the second annual Jayme Biendl Memorial Run is planned for Jan. 27 at Sky River Park in Monroe. Proceeds benefit the Behind the Badge Foundation. To register or for more information, go to the city of Monroe's website at www.monroewa.gov.
4. Reardon faces fresh questions
Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon's political career remains in freefall, with 2013 promising continued scrutiny of his campaign practices in the form of a state investigation and a potential recall effort.
Reardon in June avoided criminal charges after a Washington State Patrol probe into allegations that the married county executive improperly spent taxpayer money on a mistress who accompanied him on county business trips.
As an outgrowth of the State Patrol investigation, the state Public Disclosure Commission is looking into evidence that Reardon used county staff and offices for political fundraising and other campaign activity, something forbidden under state election law.
The investigation by election watchdogs benefits from nearly 14,000 pages of reports and supporting documents gathered by patrol detectives. Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks forwarded that information to the PDC. He did so after deciding there was insufficient information to pursue a criminal case against Reardon for his extramarital travel, much of which occurred years earlier. Banks made a point of saying he didn't condone Reardon's conduct.
Documents show the PDC is investigating Reardon's interactions with a campaign fundraising consultant. State regulators also have sought records regarding a low-level executive's office staffer who spent considerable time in 2011 digging up information later used in Reardon campaign hit pieces.
Meanwhile, a Gold Bar attorney who runs a political blog has been attempting to start a recall effort against Reardon. A judge in early December decided to put that process on hold until the PDC reaches a decision about Reardon.
Beyond the executive's office, 2013 promises to reveal big political changes on the Snohomish County Council. Two of the five council members are term-limited in 2013, meaning their seats are up for grabs by year's end. A third council colleague is up for re-election.
Democrat Dave Gossett of Mountlake Terrace and Republican John Koster of Arlington will have completed their third four-year term, the maximum allowed. Democrat Dave Somers, of Monroe, is in his second consecutive term and is eligible to run for a third.
5. Controversial Everett school's administration building to open
The Everett School District's new administration building is expected to open, in phases, beginning in October and continuing through November.
The 66,365-square-foot building is on the corner of Broadway and 41st Street SE, adjacent to the Everett AquaSox baseball field.
The basic construction is expected to cost $16.96 million. The total amount will be higher; sales tax, inspections, furniture and equipment, design fees and change orders are expected to increase the price to $23.8 million.
The issue of whether to approve a new administration building had been discussed and debated on and off for more than two decades. A 4-1 majority of the Everett School Board approved the construction in summer 2011.
While some supported replacing the two older administration buildings, others at the time objected to building administrative offices at a time of budget cuts and while other needs at schools around the district were unmet.
6. Fight continues over Paine Field
The long-running battle over whether passenger jets should fly regularly from Paine Field could reach some resolution in 2013.
Two airlines, Allegiant Air of Las Vegas and Horizon Air of Seattle, early in December received the blessing of the federal government to provide service from the Snohomish County-owned airport. Both airlines expressed interest in 2008 in flying from Paine Field.
After a three-year study, the Federal Aviation Administration concluded that 23 flights per day between the two airlines by 2018 would not significantly add to noise, auto traffic or pollution in neighboring communities.
The city of Mukilteo, however, plans to fight that determination in federal court. The city and other opponents contend that the study did not consider the potential effect of more flights in the future, and have called for a more thorough environmental review.
Snohomish County now must address the task of building a small terminal for the flights. A study of issues related to a terminal is expected to be done about mid-year.
While some elected officials at the county have opposed passenger service, the county can't refuse the flights without risking millions of federal dollars it receives for airport maintenance and improvement projects.
7. Washington gets into the pot business — possibly
New rules for anyone who would like to legally grow marijuana are expected to be completed by the Washington State Liquor Control Board by mid-year.
This is the first step in setting up a statewide marijuana production system that will regulate and tax growers, processers and retailers. Stores selling marijuana could open in Washington in early 2014.
Public hearings will be scheduled in both Western and Eastern Washington on the rules for growers, followed by a similar process for regulating processors and retailers.
Voters approved an initiative in November allowing anyone 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of recreational marijuana, a move that ends long-standing state laws that make possession of marijuana a crime.


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|Jana Veselá will return to Ros Casares for a fifth straight season
Ros Casares and UMMC Ekaterinburg have been two giants in the EuroLeague Women for several years now and there is no doubt that both will be forces in 2012-13.
One of the most important players in the Spanish club's title run this season, Jana Vesela, has signed on for another season with Ros.
The Czech international, who moved to Valencia before the 2008-09 campaign, made the announcement about her new deal at a national team press conference.
Vesela underlined her value to the team on numerous occasions this season but her finest hour was undoubtedly at the EuroLeague Women Final Eight when Ros Casares were struggling in their second game against Sparta&K Moscow Region.
The 1.94m forward had eight points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal in the 77-66 Ros Casares victory.
UMMC Ekaterinburg, meanwhile, will have a star-studded line-up again and that includes a pair of former FIBA Europe Women Player of the Year winners who will be coming off serious knee injuries.
Latvia's Anete Jekabsone tore her left ACL on 25 January during a game with Ros Casares and was lost for the season.
Ekaterinburg then suffered another terrible blow when Maria Stepanova tore her ACL at the EuroLeague Women Final Eight.
Both have signed extensions with the team.
"The club trusts me and values me," Jekabsone, a shooting guard, said.
"And that`s why I want to come back and I want to do everything I can to help."
Ekaterinburg had their share of injuries because they also lost Sue Bird, the starting point guard, for their most important game of the season.
Shortly before the start of the EuroLeague Women Final Eight, in the warm-up before their first game against Ros Casares, Bird broke her nose.
She missed the entire contest, but did return for the rest of the Final Eight and played with a face-mask.
Bird will also be in the UMMC squad for next season.


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The Graphical Models Toolkit (GMTK) is a toolkit for rapidly prototyping statistical models using dynamic graphical models (DGMs) and dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs). It can be used for speech and language processing, bioinformatics, activity recognition, and any time series application. It features exact and approximate inference, many built-in factors including dense, sparse, and deterministic conditional probability tables, native support for ARPA backoff-based factors and factored language models, parameter sharing, gamma and beta distributions, dense and sparse Gaussian factors, heterogeneous mixtures, deep neural network factors, and time-inhomogeneous trellis factors, arbitrary order embedded Markov chains, a GUI graph viewer, and much more.
HEALPix is a set of scientific tools implementing the Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelation of the sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelation produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which every single pixel covers the same surface area. HEALPix provides various programs and libraries in C, C++, Fortran, GDL/IDL, Java, and Python which facilitate discretization, simulation, processing, analysis, and visualization of data on the sphere up to very high resolution. It is the state-of-the-art program used in astronomy and cosmology to deal with massive full-sky data sets.
Libfbm is a C++ library for fast and accurate bulk-simulation of multi-dimensional (1D, 2D, 3D, .., 8D) Gaussian stationary processes, fractional Brownian motion, and fields with power-law power spectrum. It makes use of the circulant matrix embedding and FFT. Random number generation is provided by SFMT (SIMD-optimized Mersenne Twister) with a ziggurat based algorithm for normal distribution. For FFT functions, it depends on the FFTW library.
MLPACK is a C++ machine learning library with an emphasis on scalability, speed, and ease-of-use. Its aim is to make machine learning possible for novice users by means of a simple, consistent API, while simultaneously exploiting C++ language features to provide maximum performance and maximum flexibility for expert users. It contains algorithms such as k-means, Gaussian mixture models, hidden Markov models, density estimation trees, kernel PCA, locality-sensitive hashing, sparse coding, linear regression and least-angle regression.
PHP Clarke and Wright Algorithm is a class that can solve a truck routing problem with the Clarke and Wright algorithm. It attempts to solve the problem of determining the routes by which a given number of trucks with different weight and volume capacity will be dispatching deliveries to a certain number of clients distributed geographically within certain time windows. The class takes as parameters the nodes of positions of each client, the demands of each client, a matrix of distance between nodes, and the capacity of each truck. It computes the route for each truck, as well the time and distance to drive to each customer and the volume and weight to transport.
LibBi is used for state-space modelling and Bayesian inference on high-performance computer hardware, including multi-core CPUs, many-core GPUs (graphics processing units), and distributed-memory clusters. The staple methods of LibBi are based on sequential Monte Carlo (SMC), also known as particle filtering. These methods include particle Markov chain Monte Carlo (PMCMC) and SMC2. Other methods include the extended Kalman filter and some parameter optimization routines. LibBi consists of a C++ template library and a parser and compiler, written in Perl, for its own modelling language.


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McGill University has been my academic home for two decades. I have taught thousands of students, always encouraging them to ask, challenge, learn and think independently. I frequently echo a friend of mine who would grandly welcome me into his home saying, "He who is shy does not eat" by saying, "He – or she – who is shy does not learn." I love the classroom's openness, the luxury we students and professors have to explore intellectually together. I relish every class I have taught as a learning journey, trying to break down the artificial barriers we all erect that stop us from thinking, stretching and growing.
Given that love of the learning process, I was surprised last month when I appeared at the McGill bookstore for a lunchtime lecture to launch my new book. For the first time in my McGill career – despite having taken controversial positions over those years – I was picketed. My crime, of course, was being a Zionist and writing a book about Zionism –Moynihan's Moment: America's Fight Against Zionism as Racism. As I and others who came to the lecture ascended the third-floor staircase, two or three protesters presented us with an anti-Zionist handout, emphasizing that they were Jewish and anti-Zionist.
Most people attending the lecture ignored the protesters, who hold weekly anti-Zionist vigils. It's important to emphasize that there were 15 to 20 times more attendees than protesters. One student, Yonah Diamond, who was a Shalom Hartman Institute summer intern with me last summer, spoke to the protesters, respectfully. A Jewish studies and political science major from Toronto, Diamond challenged an "End Zionism" sign they had brandished a week earlier. He asked: "Don't you see the hypocrisy in advocating on behalf of one people's rights [the Palestinians'] while simultaneously denying that self-determination to another people?"
Diamond quickly realized "they were completely OK with this hypocrisy, because they simply accepted stereotypical accusations, which they claimed to be historically accurate," taking refuge in the usual anti-Zionist buzzwords: "colonialist, ethnic cleansing, racist, apartheid." Their discussion about a two-state solution was particularly appalling. "They thought the idea of partition or two states was racist," he reports, which suggested to him that "they're not living in reality… they truly believe the lies and stereotypes."
During the question period following my lecture, one protester, wearing anti-Zionist slogans on his ski jacket, took something I said out of context to accuse me of being "racist." He lacked the discipline or the integrity to ask a question. He had not come to learn, only to posture. Although I had told the bookstore officials I did not object to the students leafleting inside the warm store rather than outside in the frigid cold – because I believe in academic freedom – his approach, which reflected no interest in learning, offended me – and I told him so. He walked away angrily.
Another protester asked a reasonable question. After comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa – a premise I refuted by noting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a national not racial conflict – he asked what criticisms I had of Israel. This question gave me an opportunity to celebrate Israeli democracy, and demonstrate that I, like others, have many concerns regarding the peace process, the growing gap between rich and poor and the role of the ultra-Orthodox. But, I pointed out, whatever criticisms I have, I don't reject the state. I don't demonize a country because, like all countries, it's imperfect.
In truth, the other questions I fielded were better, fuller, richer, more illuminating about my talk – and more to the point. They were asked by people who came to learn, not to score points, and they pushed me to refine some ideas while inviting me to emphasize others.
Diamond believes, that, ironically, the protesters, "proved the importance of [my] message. The way they unthinkingly accused Israel of all these modern evils emptied these terms of any meaning. This ignorance filled the halls of the UN General Assembly in 1975 and continues to poison the minds of my fellow students. [Former American UN ambassador] Daniel Patrick Moynihan taught us that words and ideas have far-reaching consequences, and this couldn't have become clearer to me that day."
Students such as Yonah – some of whom, like him, become friends – make teaching at McGill a privilege. Not because he agrees with me, but because he comes to learn, and therefore does.


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Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the retina (the innermost layer of the eye, located at the back of the eye, that receives light and images necessary for vision). About 300 children will be diagnosed with retinoblastoma this year. It accounts for 3 percent of childhood cancers. Nearly all children with retinoblastoma can be cured of the disease if it has been diagnosed early enough, and 90 percent will have normal vision in at least one eye after treatment.
Retinoblastoma occurs due to mutations in a tumor suppressor gene (called RB1) located on chromosome #13. Two mutations (or gene changes) are necessary to "knock-out" this gene, and cause uncontrolled cell growth. In inherited retinoblastoma (40 percent of the cases), the first mutation is inherited from a parent, while the second occurs during the development of the retina. In sporadic retinoblastoma (60 percent of the cases), both mutations occur during development of the retina. Sporadic means occurs by chance. Alterations in the RB1 gene have also been found in other tumors, including osteosarcoma and breast cancer.
Most children with inherited retinoblastoma have tumors involving both eyes. Consider the following statistics:
Any individual with a positive family history of retinoblastoma may want to seek genetic counseling to identify the specific risks of passing the gene or disease to their children.
The following are the most common symptoms of retinoblastoma. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Often the symptoms may not appear if the disease is diagnosed early. The symptoms of retinoblastoma may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for retinoblastoma may include:
A diagnosis may be made before symptoms are present. If a family history is positive for retinoblastoma, frequent eye examinations may be necessary at many stages of the child's development to determine the presence of any tumor. When retinoblastoma is diagnosed, tests will be performed to determine the size,of the tumors, and if the tumors have spread to the other parts of the body. This is called staging and is an important step toward planning a treatment program.
There are various staging systems that can be used for retinoblastoma. Always consult your child's doctor for more information on staging.
The newest staging method is called The International Classification for Intraocular Retinoblastoma, which groups tumors into five categories--groups A through E--based on the likelihood of saving the eye.
The more traditional method of staging is the Reese-Ellsworth stages of retinoblastoma (this staging system is only for tumors that have not spread beyond the eye):
*The "equator" is an imaginary line that divides the eye into two equal parts: a front half and a back half.
Specific treatment for retinoblastoma will be determined by your child's doctor based on:
The primary goal of treatment is to remove the tumor and prevent metastasis (spreading) of the cancer to other parts of the body.
Treatment may include one or more of the following:
Prognosis greatly depends on the following:
As with any cancer, prognosis and long-term survival can vary greatly from child to child. Every child is unique and treatment and prognosis is structured around the child's needs. Prompt medical attention and aggressive therapy are important for the best prognosis.
Continuous follow-up care is essential for a child diagnosed with retinoblastoma. In hereditary retinoblastoma, new tumors may form in either eye until the child is 3 to 4 years old. Children will need very close follow-up by an ophthalmologist. Children with hereditary retinoblastoma and those treated with some chemotherapies, radiation therapies, and some other therapies are at higher risk for new cancers later in life and should have regular medical and eye exams.
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What does IDC mean in File Extensions?
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- IDC is David McCarthy, a DJ/recording artist from London, UK. A major interview feature in leading international dance music publication DJ Mag recently declared "Electro iconoclast IDC isn't your typical DJ/producer - he's more like a multi-instrumentalist mix between Brian Wilson and DFA's James Murphy" IDC's releases have consistently received 5 star press reviews, starting with his debut single 'Scratch', through to the release of his debut album 'Overthrow The Boss Class' in 2008 and continuing to 2013 with subsequent album and single releases. Second album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' saw the world's biggest selling dance magazine Mixmag write "IDC is back with a rich and diverse album made across five studios over 18 months" and make lead single "Eins Deux Tres" 'Tune Of The Month', describing it as "a beautifully compelling collage of Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies and electronic voices." An extensive programme of DJ dates at major music Festivals and 'Top 100' club venues have established IDC as a headline act throughout Europe and SE Asia. The third album from IDC is due for release in summer 2014.
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