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How long have you been drinking tea?
since I was a kid, but it's one year since i'm a tea addict
What was your first Tea?
apart from black teas, pu-erh shu
What is your favorite Tea currently?
TGY and pu-erh
What is your next purchase?
i'd like to try gyokuro
Where is your favorite spot to brew up?
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100 Days: UN Calls for Signatures for Action on Climate Change
Nairobi, 28 August 2009 - The United Nations is calling for millions of online signatures for a climate petition and is launching the first-ever Global Climate Week as part of its Seal the Deal! campaign, 100 days ahead of a crucial UN climate change summit in Copenhagen (COP 15) in December.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading the call for communities around the world to take advantage of Global Climate Week from September 21-25 to encourage leaders to seal a fair, balanced and effective agreement on climate change.
"Time is running out. Scientists warn that climate impacts are accelerating. Now more than ever, we need political leadership at the highest level to ensure we protect people and the planet, and to catalyze the green growth that can power the 21st century economy," the UN Secretary-General stressed.
"With just 15 negotiating days remaining before the start of COP15, now is the time for people in every corner of the world to urge their governments to seal a fair, effective and ambitious deal in Copenhagen," he added.
On 1 September, Mr. Ban will visit a Norwegian island deep inside the Arctic Circle near the North Pole to witness the problem of glacial melt and other climate change impacts.
Global Climate Week will coincide with the Secretary-General's Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters in New York on September 22, one day ahead of the annual General Assembly meeting.
Among the events planned for more than 120 countries are youth assemblies, tree planting drives, a climate neutral day and a 'Go Green Day'. New York and other cities around the world have set up a full programme for the week.
"A scientifically-credible deal in Copenhagen can catalyze a transition to a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy which is so essential on a planet of six billion people, rising to over nine billion by 2050. As such, it will represent perhaps the biggest and most far reaching stimulus package of 2009 and beyond," added Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Communities, businesses and individuals are encouraged to add their voices to the Seal the Deal! campaign during Global Climate Week by signing the Climate Petition at www.sealthedeal2009.org to coalesce millions of signatures.
The Climate Petition is a consolidation of appeals supported by the UN Seal the Deal! campaign. The petition will be presented by civil society to the governments of the world in Copenhagen.
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the President of Ethiopia, Dr. Girma Woldegiorgis and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Han Seung-soo and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai are amongst those who have lent their support to campaign.
The campaign has also attracted the support of Austrian pop group My Excellence with a song called "Come On (Seal the Deal)" which was performed for the first time live on August 28 in a ceremony at the United Nations Office at Vienna attended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
"Efforts made today to combat climate change are one of the smartest possible investments we can make in our future. We need to show our support for green stimulus packages and a fair deal in Copenhagen which will determine the path of the global economy and the well-being of hundreds of millions of people throughout the 21st century," said Mr. Ban.
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peeker643 wrote: I think that's a great characteristic to have in a coach, especially after watching the Browns try and cram the square peg in a round hole and expend valuable resources trying to find a guy that woud fit their system as opposed to being versatile enough to adapt to some of the talent they have/had.
Pretty much in line with your take. As to your concern quoted above, check out these remarks from Chud. Might be lip service vs action, but at least he's saying the right things now.
"The thing is adjusting to who you have and what you do," he said. "The personnel groups you use may be a little bit different from year to year. And those adjustments I believe are the key to being successful on a year-to-year basis and finding roles for players that you have is critical."
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When MB Met Fred
November 9, 2010. Posted by Andrew Meyer.Add new comment | Filed under: Brooklyn Museum, Fred Tomaselli, Jazz Alive, michael bourne, News, WBGO Journal
The Brooklyn Museum is showing a retrospective of artist Fred Tomaselli now through January 2nd. Tomaselli's work involves a collage of mixed media: painting, photographs, and a variety of images that have become Tomaselli signatures. Birds. Bugs. Leaves. Beads. Even actual pills that he sticks onto the pieces. One of his most amusing works shows a colossal baby trampling a cityscape like Godzilla. It's Tomaselli's son, and as you look closer you see that the cityscape is actually a jumble of toys. One of his most spectacular pieces shows Adam and Eve driven out from a burst of eyes and teeth and creatures, a Big Bang of life's miscellany. He's also done works that look like intimate close-ups of chemical elements or human cells. Microcosms. Macrocosms. And sometimes both all at once. I talked with Fred Tomaselli at his Brooklyn studio for the 11/12/10 WBGO Journal. You can hear the entire interview as a web extra, and you can see here a slideshow of Tomaselli's works in the show at the Brooklyn Museum.
-Michael Bourne
Broadway By The Year
February 18, 2010. Posted by Andrew Meyer.Add new comment | Filed under: broadway, concerts, Interviews, Jazz Alive, michael bourne, News
Scott Siegel is the producer and host of an extraordinary series of concerts at The Town Hall in New York. "Broadway by the Year" celebrates musical theatre year by year with some of Broadway's best singers and dancers. This season is Siegel's 10th anniversary and begins February 22nd with the musicals of 1927, including the first great dramatic musical, "Show Boat." March 22nd spotlights musicals of 1948, including the first Tony-winning Best Musical, "Kiss Me, Kate." May 10th features musicals of 1966, including "Cabaret," "Mame," and "Sweet Charity." Siegel's season finale on June 14th will be that much more special, presenting one song from one musical each of the last 20 years, plus Scott's choice of a song from the Broadway season happening now.
We talked about "Broadway by the Year" for the February 19th WBGO Journal, but this blog special includes our continuing conversation about our favorite shows, plus songs from four of Scott's previous "years" at The Town Hall.
-- Michael Bourne
Michael Bourne Interviews Bill Daugherty
March 6, 2009. Posted by Michael Bourne.Add new comment | Filed under: bill daugherty, Brother Can You Spare a Dime, interview, Interviews, michael bourne, wbgo
Bill Daugherty is the creator and star of the off-Broadway revue "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" It's all songs of the 1930's, songs that tell the story of America's first Depression. It's playing weekends at the Triad cabaret theatre on West 72nd. We also talked about other shows he's done, and I've included songs. Listen to the interview:
Set list:"Humpty Dumpty Heart" from show When The Lights Go On AgainBill singing "I'm All Smiles" from album Look to the RainbowBill singing "Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat" from show Broadway Unplugged 4Nancy Anderson singing "True Blue Lou" from album Ten Cents a DanceBill singing "Look to the Rainbow" from album Look to the Rainbow-- MBourne
An Interview With Odetta
December 3, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: champion, civil rights, folk blues, folk singer, Interviews, leadbelly, michael bourne, odetta, tribute record, wbgo
A voice of the Civil Rights Era has been hushed.
Odetta, a champion of the real folk blues, died. She was 77.
In 2001, WBGO's Michael Bourne spoke with Odetta during the Blues Hour. She had recently released a tribute record to folk singer Leadbelly.
Click here to listen to some of that interview.
FIJM Interview: McCoy Tyner
July 3, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: afternoon jazz, FIJM, good time, international jazz festival, Interviews, Masters, mccoy tyner, michael bourne, montreal international jazz festival
Any time McCoy Tyner drops by is a good time. He visited Afternoon Jazz today, as we broadcast live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival.


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Yesterday night The Cleaner surprised us with a sudden action room clearout.
He found a lot of stuff that looks like personal belongings/unclassified clutter (e.g. clothing, pillows, etc).
If you fear some of that may be yours, please look through the pile on the table next to the door asap and save it from the next Free Shop day (Sun 25th July)!


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I'm figuring I'll wake up soon, and none of this will have really happened.
OK - for the life of me, I cannot understand why everyone has their undies in a bunch over how we make dough...but I will attempt to clarify and then vanish from this board before I blow my brains out:Rob is correct...
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I cannot understand why everyone has their undies in a bunch over how we make dough..Rob is correct...I misspoke earlier. The CURRENT Workflow is , The workflow has changed dramatically from when we first opened so we don't have to dip into same day as much...it's pretty rare. we MAY make a batch that will proof at room temp all day and all night to be used for lunch the next day - if we have time and space. We're trying to figure out the logistics to be able to consistently do this every day ,.between Dino, Rob and me...we constantly tweak the workflow of how/when we make dough to come up with a pizza that we all like. I may have said that after 8 hours or so the dough is ready...technically it is, but it is better with the other 2 ways.Peace out (drops mic).
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Ron Gilmour wrote:My technique to minimize caffeine consumption in the evening is to use teas that will take a lot of steeps and then make tea from the half-spent leaves in the evening.
gingko wrote: Since black tea already contains much less caffeine than green tea
omegapd wrote:gingko wrote: Since black tea already contains much less caffeine than green tea
I think this has to do with certain types of teas. If you buy a box of Lipton at the grocery store, their boxes show the caffeine content of their herbal teas (0%), green tea (30mg or so), black tea (60mg) and then coffee which they list at 100mg. In their world at least, black teas are higher than anything else they sell.
Intuit wrote:Hat tip to the first post in this thread, with a bit of clarification.
Wash your tea leaves for no longer than 20 s with very hot, but not quite boiling water. That will remove most of the caffeine, but leaves behind the theanine in the leaves.
Now, you shouldn't waste money on expensive 'decaffeinated teas', because the
Swiss Hot Water' technique is essentially the same as our tea leaves wash. Some companies employ CO2-extraction, but that removes our theanine, so its not a wise choice. Certainly one should avoid organic solvent extracted teas because of their mildly toxic solvent contaminants in treated tea leaves. A little is no problem, but constant consumption isn't a good idea, as its counterintuitive (the antioxidant benefits of tea being negated by the solvent residuals).
The aroma is sweet and slightly fruity. This is a bolder tasting tea, and brewing produces a deep amber color.


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Patients with aortic disease and patients who are preparing for surgery have a lot of information to absorb. The following links provide useful information for new and existing patients:
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NYPA Puts Solar Power and
Energy Efficiency to Work in Malone Central School District
Connie M. Cullen
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MALONE— Senator Elizabeth Little today joined Allen
Schriver, regional manager, Northern New York, New York Power Authority
(NYPA) and Stephen T. Shafer, superintendent of schools, Malone Central
School District, in announcing the operation of a solar-power project at
the Franklin Academy High School—one of several initiatives NYPA is
currently undertaking in the district for clean electricity and energy
The solar photovoltaic (PV) installation, which is
providing electricity for Franklin Academy is the first such project
that NYPA has installed in Northern New York. To date, NYPA has placed
in service 22 solar arrays in various parts of the state including this
installation at the Franklin Academy.
"The solar panels installed by NYPA are a direct
result of Governor Pataki's commitment to reduce New York's reliance on
foreign oil. This type of demonstration project can also inspire student
interest in the clean energy technologies we will need in the future. I
applaud the Power Authority's selection of Franklin Academy as a solar
power site," said Senator
"Solar power fits perfectly with Governor Pataki's
goals of cleaning the air and attracting new industries to the state.
This is also an opportunity for Malone's students to see, first- hand,
a clean energy technology that will play a part in our energy future,"
said NYPA's Schriver, who represented Eugene W. Zeltmann, the Power
Authority's president and chief executive officer, at Friday's event.
The Governor approved a $75,000 grant from the
state's Petroleum Overcharge Restitution Fund (POCR), for the PV unit at
Franklin Academy. A special connection to the school's computer network
will allow students to monitor the solar panels' real-time production of
"The Malone Central School District takes pride in
its high-quality educational programming. The photovoltaic system will
enhance the learning opportunities for our students and inspire their
creativity in formulating solutions to the energy supply challenges
facing our state," said Superintendent Shafer.
PV cells are crystal silicon wafers which, when
exposed to sunlight, generate direct current. The 6-kilowatt array atop
Franklin Academy has a footprint of about 650 square feet, consisting of
40 panels, each mounted to a ballast pan designed to withstand high wind
speeds without the need to be attached to the roof. At peak solar
conditions the panels will generate approximately 8,000 kilowatt
hours—annually—enough to power approximately three average-sized homes.
Direct current from the array flows to a power
inverter in an electrical panel located elsewhere in the school
building, where it is converted into alternating current, to meet
roughly two to three percent of the school's electricity demand.
The Franklin Academy along with the district's
Davis Elementary School will also soon benefit from another NYPA energy
services project. New digital boiler controls are being installed at
both schools to improve efficiency and reduce maintenance. At Davis, an
existing energy management system is being expanded. The upgrades at
both schools were financed through another POCR grant, for nearly
$102,000, secured by Senator Little. The work will result in annual
savings to the school district of nearly $15,000.
POCR is a fund established to provide restitution
to consumers for overcharges by major petroleum companies in the past.
In New York State, the fund is administered by NYPA.
The Power Authority's goal, under Governor Pataki's
leadership, is to invest up to $100 million a year in clean energy
projects and energy efficiency, including public and private schools
across the state.
About NYPA:
■The New York Power Authority is the nation's
largest state-owned electric utility, with 17 generating plants in
various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of
transmission lines. ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It
finances its operations through the sale of bonds and earns revenue from
proceeds of its operations, which stems largely from the sale of
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European Commission, UN Environment step up cooperation to protect the world's oceans 20/12/2016 00:00:00
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The world's marine ecosystems provide essential food, shelter and livelihoods to millions of people
The report, Green Economy in a Blue World, argues that the ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems, which are currently in decline around the globe, can be boosted by shifting to a more sustainable economic paradigm that taps their natural potential - from generating renewable energy and promoting eco-tourism, to sustainable fisheries and transport.
The report was produced by UNEP, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), WorldFish Center and GRID-Arendal.
It highlights how the sustainable management of fertilizers would help reduce the cost of marine pollution caused by nitrogen and other nutrients used in agriculture, which is estimated at US$100 billion (EUR 80 billion) per year in the European Union alone.
With five months to go before world governments meet at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil, Green Economy in a Blue World presents a case to stimulate countries to unlock the vast potential of the marine-based economy in a green economy transition that would significantly reduce degradation to our oceans, while alleviating poverty and improving livelihoods.
The synthesis report also examines how Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as those in the Asia-Pacific and Caribbean regions, can take advantage of green economy opportunities to reduce their vulnerability to climate change and promote sustainable growth.
With as much as 40 per cent of the global population living within 100 kilometres of the coast, the world's marine ecosystems (termed the 'Blue World' in the report) provide essential food, shelter and livelihoods to millions of people. But human impacts are increasingly taking their toll the health and productivity of the world's oceans.
Today, some 20 per cent of mangroves have been destroyed, and more than 60 per cent of tropical coral reefs are under immediate, direct threat.
"Oceans are a key pillar for many countries in their development and fight to tackle poverty, but the wide range of ecosystem services, including food security and climate regulation, provided by marine and coastal environments are today under unprecedented pressure", said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner. "Stepping up green investments in marine and coastal resources and enhancing international co-operation in managing these trans-boundary ecosystems are essential if a transition to low-carbon, resource efficient Green Economy is to be realized."
"In the run-up to Rio+20, this report shows that a shift to a Green Economy can if comprehensively implemented unlock the potential of marine ecosystems to fuel economic growth - particularly in small island developing states - but in ways that ensure that future generations derive an equitable share of marine resources and services, added Mr Steiner."
Dr. Linwood Pendleton, one of the contributors to the report, and Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, said: "This report provides concrete examples of how emerging ocean industries-including ocean energy and aquaculture industries-can become more profitable, more sustainable, and meet the needs of a growing population without sacrificing the health of our fragile ocean ecosystems."
Green Economy in a Blue World lays out a series of recommendations across six marine-based economic sectors.
Fisheries and aquaculture
Approximately 30 per cent of the world's fish stocks are overexploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion and 50 per cent are fully exploited. According to FAO and World Bank estimates, the world economy can gain up to USD 50 billion annually by restoring fish stocks and reducing fishing capacity to an optimal level.
Marine transport
International shipping transports around 90 per cent of world commerce and is the safest, most secure, most efficient and most environmentally sound means of bulk transportation. The sector already benefits from a global regulatory framework and agreements such as the MARPOL Convention, which regulate emissions of air pollutants and energy efficiency measures.
Further greening of the sector could be achieved, argues the report, by supporting countries to implement and enforce standards, switching ships to environmentally sound fuel sources and preventing the transfer of invasive aquatic species transported via ships' ballast water or hulls (the effects of which are estimated to cost US$100 billion a year), and addressing the technical, operational and environmental aspects of the increasing size of ships.
Marine-based renewable energy
Marine-based renewable energy (wind, wave and tidal) potential is high, yet in 2008 these energy technologies represented just one per cent of all renewable energy production.
Installed capacity is unlikely to become significant until after 2020, because, with the exception of offshore wind energy, most marine-based renewable energy technologies are in the conceptual or demonstration phase. Technical costs also remain a barrier.
Marine-based renewable energy also carries significant potential for green job creation. The type and scale of opportunity will vary according to national context and energy source.
To harness the potential of marine-based renewable energy to drive a green economy, the report recommends:
Ocean nutrient pollution
Fertilizers such as nitrogen and phosphorous are essential to global food security and have played a key role in increasing crop yields. But inefficient use of nutrients is contributing to the degradation of marine ecosystems and groundwater, including the formation of oxygen-poor 'dead' zones.
The amount of nitrogen reaching oceans and coasts has increased three-fold from pre-industrial levels - primarily due to agricultural run-off and untreated sewage. This could expand by up to 2.7 times by 2050 under a 'business as usual' scenario.
The report says nutrient pollution and can be reduced - and innovation, public-private partnerships and job creation enhanced - through:
Coastal tourism
The tourism economy represents 5 percent of global GDP and contributes 6 to 7 per cent of total employment. Estimates are that more than one-third of travellers favour environmentally friendly tourism.
There is considerable potential for creating more green jobs in the tourism sector, given that one job in the core industry is shown to create one and a half jobs in tourism-related sectors. Sourcing local products (from sustainable farming and fishing) and safeguarding local culture are examples of where green investments could be targeted.
Key steps outlined in the report include:
Deep-sea minerals
Deep-sea minerals are a possible new revenue stream that could support national development goals. However, the deep-sea environment is one of the least understood regions of the planet and there is still only a rudimentary understanding of the ecosystems services that these environments support. Management of these resources must be informed by sound science and best environmental practices applied.
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Lets be honest, I am not gonna be eating shellfish when I get back home and if I wasn't here in Lecce I would not be eating all these 'shit' eaters at all. Well…that is what they are! And, as you know, while I AM here, I say… f-it! But I gotta admit, it's been a wee bit challenging for me. But, I'm doing the best I can with embracing the all the many crustacean meals we are making. And we do seem to be making a lot of them. I mean, we are along the Adriatic Sea and all, where the water is clear and blue and beautiful. It surely looks clean but as we all know, looks can be deceiving so while I am here, it's better not ta ask or investigate if the Sea is, in fact, clean so….F-it!
Today was an easy peassy fish soup that surprisingly didn't taste too fishy or was too stinky. Which is kinda surprising cause it's clams, shrimp, mussels, scampi and cod fish in a pot with white wine, tomatoes, garlic, sea salt, red pepper flakes, fresh chopped parsley, basil and mint. It's very quick to make. The soup takes, at most, about 8 minutes from start to finish. Thank god for the bread today cause I basically dipped it in the soupy part, avoiding the 'shit' eaters as much as I could…


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So now the portly (6′3″ 275 lbs) closer [Bobby Jenks] is on the DL with a calf strain and the team will get to audition their possible replacement in Matt Thornton. What can we expect, and does Thornton have the stuff to be the closer in 2010?
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The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation has been officially designated as a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site for cross-country skiing, as announced today by the United States Olympic Committee and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. Wood River Ability Program, a Paralympic Sport Club, is the Paralympic sport provider for the official training site.
Established in Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1966, SVSEF provides year-round training and competition opportunities for youth athletes in the Wood River Valley. As a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, SVSEF will offer resources, services and facilities to U.S. National Governing Bodies and their athletes, while creating an elite training environment that positively impacts performance.
"The Wood River Valley has shown a strong commitment to assisting America's finest athletes pursue excellence," said Alicia McConnell, USOC director of training sites and community partnerships. "We applaud their efforts and look forward to a valuable partnership with both the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and USSA."
SVSEF is the 15th designated training site across the U.S. In addition to field of play training, the sites also offer comprehensive athlete services, including sports science and medicine, top-level coaching, media exposure, local funding opportunities, and the shared idea and spirit to help athletes achieve their Olympic and Paralympic goals.
"This site designation will provide focus to Sun Valley's effort to continue to enhance their training venues and athlete support programs," said Luke Bodensteiner, USSA executive vice president of athletics. "Sun Valley has been a strong part of the Olympic development pipeline, and this partnership will open up additional opportunities for athletes looking to train there."
The Wood River Valley – which consists of the cities of Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley – boasts 100-150 inches of snow annually, while offering more than 125 miles of groomed trails. In recent years, the area has served as a training ground for local athletes who have gone on to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including Morgan Arritola, Simi Hamilton and Andy Soule, who was the first American to win an Olympic or Paralympic medal in the sport of biathlon.
"Sun Valley already had a strong reputation for its world-class training facilities," said Don Wiseman, SVSEF executive director. "This designation confirmed our region's commitment to affording American athletes the ability to take advantage of the area's natural resources, as well as the community spirit, excitement and passion for cross-country skiing."


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I saw this post and I actually worked at Michaelangelos Pizza as a teenager. It was a bit of a wait because it took a good 1/2 hour to cook but that was not the reason it closed. The business was actually thriving and I think could still be in business today. Unfortunately, St. John's hospital owned the buildings in that strip mall and would not renew the leases. Once all leases expired they leveled all the buildings and eventually built a new complex that is there today.


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If you're trying to figure out if it's feasible to offer counter service, rather than table service, in a wood-fired or coal-fired place, I'm all for it. I hate table service. It complicates things that should be simple, and it usually keeps me from getting my water refilled when I need my water refilled. I tend to avoid places that offer table service.If I ever own a pizzeria, there will be no wait staff. To me table service is much more of a hassle than a service (both from a customer's perspective and from an owner's perspective). I see table service as merely a tool for operators to charge higher prices while paying lower labor costs (mainly by passing the unnecessary labor costs on to customers). Maybe table service is appropriate if a place is the best of the best, and if the quality of the service mirrors the quality of the product. But unless a place meets those criteria, just let me order at the counter, get my own drink, and fetch my own pizza when you call my number. (Or go ahead and bring it out to me, but without trying to make me feel like I'm obligated to choose to pay more for such a minor convenience.)
Many of the best Texas BBQ places have no wait staff.
Many of the best Texas BBQ places have no wait staff. The same I have seen in small pizzerias with only a few tables. You order and when it is ready, pick it up, take it home or eat at a table. People clean up after themselves to a point. I think that might be your only hurdle to overcome without staff on the floor. You say this new place will be high volume. I imagine you will need someone(s) to go around wiping down tables and straighten up things to stay good with the BOH? Good luck! Walter
Pitfire Pizza here in Cali, it's a order at the counter, take a number, and someone will bring it to ya. Pizza Today gave them 2nd place as far as Top 100 Independent Pizzerias of 2013.
If I'm not mistaken I think Pupatella is like that.
Antico in Atlanta.
Where is that located?
Simply put.....if you are planning to open ONE location....it is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS better to offer waiter service with a 100+ seating. If you are offering self serve, you MUST be planning to open SEVERAL locations. Now, there are ALWAYS exceptions, but the rule remains the same.Self serve will ONLY profit you more......IF you have an expansion plan in the making. People, in general LIKE to be served and are willing to pay the service charge for it. ANd pizza, not counting SLICE SERVICE, is a HORRIBLE lunch item.......and lunch item is the section of restaurant service that is the most open for self serve.
Again, sorry for the caps.....its how it write....
Is "up-scale server-less dining" an oxymoron?
(LoL) Probably right, intention was to distinguish from everybody's "local pizzeria" which is almost always counter-service based but importantly only operates a small dining room. Honestly, the product could stink I'm not being snooty. What I'm really looking for is a place that has a large dining area, and a cooking method similar to mine(WFO) without foh servers.
but think of all the up-scale fast food restaurants: Panera bread, Newks...
I won't comment on your writing style further other than to say that it's not as much of an aid to information delivery as intended. Anyway, there is actually a list of pros to not having FOH(only threw in the drama thing for levity). The shear quantity of server staff required to operate is a much larger issue(especially with health-care reform looming); by eliminating them it would free up a lot of room on payroll to pay my more skilled staff a better wage and add to our profit margin. It is a controversial decision but one if done correctly could be highly beneficial. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to change things if it's not feasible. I'm merely investigating the possibility by searching out a concept that pulls it off successfully.
Have things changed since I was a waiter? As I recall, I didn't even make minimum wage, and I certainly didn't get any benefits... It was all about the tips.John K


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BDFD wrote:I'm bummed about JD's performance. Did he even try? He is by far my favorite golfer (Elk being #2) and that was rather disappointing.Yes, how about The Shark and Double D. It's great to see both those guys up there after day 2. Wouldn't it be something if one of them actually pulled it off? I used to hate on Duval when he was good (pre-Tiger) but now all I do is root for the guy.
The inaccessibility has deep roots. Considering the blows that Duval absorbed growing up, it shouldn't come as a surprise that he assumes a peekaboo stance when dealing with the outside world. When Duval was nine, bone marrow was extracted from his hips in an unsuccessful attempt to save the life of his 12-year-old brother, Brent, who had been stricken with aplastic anemia, a blood disorder. The trauma of losing their first child ravaged the marriage of Bob and Diane Duval, and David spent his adolescence in a dysfunctional family. The devastating effect that separation and a 1996 divorce had on his mother unsettled Duval. His father's subsequent remarriage compounded the pain. In the face of so much turmoil, Duval withdrew into himself. Rock is also an island.David doesn't remember very much about Brent. "Just little scenes, like flying a kite together or him sticking up for me in a group, or playing pool with him in the hospital," he says. "I think about him more in October, when his birthday comes up." David doesn't remember undergoing the operation that extracted the marrow. Within two weeks of the procedure, Brent suffered a graft-versus-host reaction that proved fatal."David had a lot of problems right after that," says his father. "He was just a kid, he loved Brent, and he really believed that it was his fault that it didn't work. He became more of a loner. He never lets people see his emotions, happy or sad. We have never really talked about Brent's death. It's always been tough for him to open up, and especially tough for him to trust."Told of his father's recollection that he suffered from guilt, David says, "It's hard to look back and say either way." Asked whether the experience had made it difficult for him to trust, he says, "I can't really answer that. It would be less than honest." His face impassive but his discomfort obvious, Duval closes the conversation. "I really don't remember what it's like to have a brother," he says. "It's like I've had two separate lives."
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FUDU wrote:First, I hate the fact they refer to this as "The Open", the U.S. Open is the real open.
by FUDU » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:13 am
Mitch wrote:FUDU wrote:First, I hate the fact they refer to this as "The Open", the U.S. Open is the real open.Sorry...this is where golf was invented, and they started this tournament in 1860.The U.S. Open started in 1895.The Brits win on that one.
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Mitch wrote:That five wood Padraig hit on 17 into that wind with that much pressure was one of the best non-Tiger shots I've seen in a long time.Bummer Norman couldn't hang on, it was a great story...but this wasn't a 1996 Masters choke job.Someone just needed four straight days of knowing how to play in those kind of conditions, plus the ability to hit those low punch shots, AND be able to putt in 35 mph cross winds.Damn...that would have been a lot of fun to see Tiger and Paddy go at it in the last group under these conditions.
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Mitch wrote:Just when I thought Jim Rome could not be more irrelevant, he sticks his foot in his mouth last night.At the end of his show, he advocates removing the Open from the rotation of the Majors, saying that it should be The Players Championship or (are you freaking kidding?) The Wachovia.That might have been the worst showing of stupidity from anyone at E$PN not named Skip Bayless.
by Stu » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:44 am
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CTownPride wrote:Not that this implies no one likes the Open, but it's pretty surprising that it won't be on any major network.
by swerb » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:55 am
Mitch wrote:For the Open;2009 - Turnberry2010 - St. Andrews2011 - Sandwich2012 - Royal Lytham & St. AnnesUS Open:2009 - Bethpage Black2010 - Pebble Beach2011 - Congressional CC (MD)2012 - Olympic Club (SF)2013 - Merion (Admore, PA)2014 - Pinehurst #22015 - Chambers Bay (Univerisity Place, WA - new venue)PGA Championship:2009 - Hazeltine (MN)2010 - Whistling Straits (WI)2011 - Atlanta Athletic Club2012 - Kiawah Island Golf Course (SC)2013 - Oak Hill (NY)I might seriously have to start planning for 2010 at St. Andrews
by peeker643 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:00 am
Stu wrote:While replacing the Open with any other tournament would be a joke, I agree with Rome that the British Open does suck. I dont want to turn my TV at 7am in July to watch a bunch of wankers wearing thermals playing golf in 50 degree weather with 40 mph winds. I don't care if golf started there, thats not interesting to me.Give me 6" rough and greens as fast as car hoods over that crap any day.The PGA is lame too because its run by an association of professional golfers and won't let amateurs play.The Masters is solid, because of the exclusivity of the course, the fact that its run by a private organization, the history, and the television broadcast featuring limited commercials. The focus is on golf.The US Open of course is the best, because its open. They don't care if you're a driving range pro who's entry check is signed by a stripper, if you qualify, you're in.
by Guest » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:34 am
Peeker643 wrote: Welcome to Augusta where the year is always 1940.The majors are the majors. Different tests, different styles, different courses, different tastes.
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by Stu » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:36 am
Peeker643 wrote:Dude- Don't fuckin' get up at 7am and watch it then. Turn on the Greater Milwaukee Open. You can find it. Leave the Open to people who appreciate it and don't think it sucks.
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Stu wrote:i wonder what kind of impact norman had on the ratings. would they have been 20% down instead of only 14% had a story like norman not been involved?
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Mitch wrote:Stu wrote:i wonder what kind of impact norman had on the ratings. would they have been 20% down instead of only 14% had a story like norman not been involved?Guess we'll know for certain when it comes to the ratings for the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup.
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I got this idea from the Hoops Hockey Hijinx. Not sure if its ever been done before, but I've been rolling it around all morning and wondering if anyone would be interested.
10 guys in the league. Hold a draft around beginning of 2010. Everybody drafts 3 MLB teams, 3 NBA teams, and 3 NFL teams (2 NFL teams go undrafted - I assume Browns and Raiders). Beginning with MLB Opening Day 2010 and running through the end of the 10-11 NBA season. Every MLB win counts as 1 point, NBA wins as 2 points, and NFL as 10 points. Playoff wins count too.
It can also work with 15 guys drafting 2 teams from each sport, or 16 guys drafting a total of 5 teams from the 3 sports, or any of a bunch of other combinations. I just thought of this 20 minutes ago, so it can obviously use some tweaking.
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Naoya, Shiga
Naoya, Shiga 1883-1971
Japanese short story writer, novelist, critic, and essayist.
Shiga was one of the most influential Japanese fiction writers of the TaishŌ period (1912-26). Despite his comparatively modest output of one novel, three novellas, and a few dozen short stories, he has had a significant impact on subsequent generations of writers and remains one of Japan's most revered literary figures of the twentieth century. Shiga was associated with the Shirakaba (White Birch) school, a group of writers united by their opposition to naturalism, a pessimistic and deterministic literary philosophy prevalent in Japan in the early part of the century. Shiga and the other Shirakaba members were humanistic in their outlook and tended to base their fiction on autobiographical material. These authors, known as I-novelists, became the narrator-protagonists of novels which focused on the hero's emotional development. Shiga's An'ya Kōro (A Dark Night's Passing) is considered a major I-novel, and many of his most-admired short stories are fictionalized accounts of events in his life. Paradoxically, by focusing narrowly on his own personal experiences, often to the exclusion of events from the larger world, Shiga was able to create stories that capture something of a larger, quintessentially Japanese, view of life; and he himself, isolative and introspective, was hailed as a "god of fiction."
Biographical Information
Shiga was born in Ishimaki, in the northern part of Honshū, Japan's largest island. His family belonged to the samurai class, but his father, a strongly independent man, embarked on a successful business career. He was employed as a banker in Ishimaki but took a position with a business firm in Tokyo and moved his family there when Shiga was three years old. They moved into their clan's residence, and from this point on Shiga was raised by his grandparents. Shiga deeply loved his grandparents—his grandmother doted on him, and, as he later attested, his grandfather was one of the most influential people in his life. When Shiga was thirteen his mother died. He later recounted her death and his father's subsequent remarriage in "Haha no hi to atarashii haha" ("My Mother's Death and the Coming of My New Mother"). Shiga and his stepmother were fortunate in having a mutually affectionate and respectful relationship. In contrast, Shiga's relationship with his father was increasingly discordant. In 1900 Shiga became a follower of the Christian evangelist Uchimura Kanzo and as a result began to espouse social causes. The following year he planned to join a protest against the Ashio Copper Mine, which was polluting a local river and poisoning the nearby residents; but his father, who had business dealings with the mining company, forbid his son to participate. Although Shiga eventually complied with his father's demands, this incident marked the beginning of an estrangement between the two. Another clash centered around Shiga's love affair with one of the family's servants and his declared intention to marry the girl. His father, proud of the family's distinguished ancestry, vehemently opposed such a match. He separated the two by removing the maid from the household, and Shiga's infatuation eventually cooled. Tensions were exacerbated by what Shiga's father considered his son's idle and aimless lifestyle. Shiga had consistently been a mediocre student, first at Gakushuin Elementary School and later at Tokyo Imperial University. While in college Shiga became interested in writing—an activity his father thought useless—and he and his friends founded the literary magazine Shirakaba, which gave rise to the group of writers of the same name. Shiga dropped out of college in 1908, much to his family's dismay, and entered what was to be the most productive period of his writing career. In 1912 he published the novella Ōtsu junkichi, based on his love affair with the family servant. The publication of the novella occasioned another dispute between father and son which resulted in Shiga's moving out of the family residence.
In addition to ōtsu junkichi, Shiga produced several of his most famous short stories in the 1910s, including "Claudius's Journal," "Sebei's Gourds," "An Incident," and "Han's Crime." He also began work on A Dark Night's Passing, though the novel would not be completed until 1937. His marriage in 1914 to a widow who had a child precipitated a complete break from his family, and Shiga renounced his inheritance. However, after the birth of his second daughter in 1917 (the first had died shortly after birth the previous year), Shiga reconciled with his father, recording the reunion in his novella Wakai (Reconciliation). By the middle of the 1920s Shiga's productivity had markedly declined. He continued to work on A Dark Night's Passing throughout the decade, but after the novel's publication he produced little for the remainder of his life.
Major Works of Short Fiction
Many of Shiga's stories are autobiographical in origin, but the lines between fiction and reportage are frequently blurred in his works. Shiga has explained his technique of blending fact and fiction in his comments on the hero of A Dark Night's Passing. Shiga observed: "Kensaku the hero is by and large myself. I would say his actions approximate the things I would do, or would wish to do, or actually did, under the given circumstances." Thus, he may begin with an actual person (often himself) or event as his subject, but he then builds a fictional world around it. "An Incident," for example, is based on an actual accident that Shiga witnessed in which a young boy was run over by a streetcar. Around this account, he constructs a story told by a fictive narrator who focuses on the imaginary thoughts and impressions of the passengers on the streetcar. Also characteristic of much of Shiga's fiction is its psychologically probing quality. Whether he himself is clearly the narrator, as in Reconciliation, or the central figure is fabricated, as in "Han's Crime," he continually analyzes the psychological complexities of the protagonist. Shiga's stories are also noted for their careful structure, their precise detail, and evocative, poetic language.
Critical Reception
Shiga occupies a dominant position in modern Japanese fiction. As Donald Keene has noted, "No modern writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. A half-dozen writers were recognized as his disciples, and innumerable others were so greatly influenced by his writings as to recall Shiga on every page." Such prominent writers as Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Tanizaki Junichiro, and Kawabata Yasunari have admired his work. Although some post-World War II critics have questioned the value and significance of his work, they concede that he remains an important figure, not only for his contribution to the development of the I-novel, but for his flawless style. Precise, compressed, and carefully controlled, Shiga's writing has been extolled for its ability to convey complex psychological states through suggestion, implication, and allusion.
Principal Works
Short Fiction
ōtsu junkichi (novella) 1912
Wakai [Reconciliation] (novella) 1917
Yoru no hikari (short stories) 1918
Aru otoko, sono ane no shi [A Certain Man and the Death of His Sister] (novella) 1920
Haiiro no tsuki, Manreki akae (short stories) 1968
Shiga Naoya shü (short stories) 1969
The Paper Door and Other Stories (short stories) 1987
Other Major Works
An' ya Kōro [A Dark Night's Passing] (novel) 1937
Kamakura zakki (essays and poems) 1948
Yamabato (essays) 1951
Pōtorēto (essays) 1954
Shiga Naoya zenshū. 17 vols. (collected works) 1955-56
Francis Mathy (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: "A Golden Ten" and "The Achievement of Shiga Naoya," in Shiga Naoya, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1974, pp. 105-36; 165-75.
[In the following excepts from his book-length study of Shiga, Mathy analyzes eight of the author's most famous short stories and summarizes how his work differs from Western standards of great literature.]
Shiga was hampered by a literary theory that inhibited the writing of fiction, but he could, when he wished, turn out a well-made story with an exemplary unity of structure. The unifying principle might be plot or character or even atmosphere or mood, but every element, every separate part of the story, was tailored to create this unity. In...
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Makoto Ueda (essay date 1976)
SOURCE: "Shiga Naoya," in Modern Japanese Writers and the Nature of Literature, Stanford University Press, 1976, pp. 85-110.
[In the excerpt below, Makoto examines Shiga's literary aesthetic through a survey of his fictional and autobiographical writings. ]
More than most other contemporary Japanese novelists of importance, Shiga Naoya (1883-1971) seems to have been fond of writing about his own works. When the first collection of his prose was published in 1928, he wrote a postscript explaining the motive and intent of each work included in it. He did the same for the nine-volume Collected Works of Shiga Naoya (1937-38), and for the five-volume Library of...
(The entire section is 5499 words.)
William F. Sibley (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Introduction to The Shiga Hero, University of Chicago Press, 1979, pp. 1-34.
[In the following excerpt, Sibley argues that the narrator of Shiga's stories is a distinct persona that, while often serving as the author's alter-ego, is separate from him. He names this figure the "Shiga hero. "]
Shiga Naoya (1883-1971) wrote a fairly large number of short stories, many pieces that are still shorter and essentially nonfiction, a few narratives of intermediate length (so-called chūhen shōsetsu), and only a single full-length novel, entitled An'ya kōro, which has been translated by Edwin McClellan as A Dark Night's Passing. In spite of the...
(The entire section is 2463 words.)
Hiroaki Sato (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "The Knife Thrower's Bad Aim," in The New York Times Book Review, April 5, 1987, p. 16.
[In the following review, Sato offers a favorable assessment of Shiga's collection The Paper Door and Other Stories.]
Naoya Shiga (1883-1971) was once described as "a god of fiction." Such an accolade might be a little excessive, even if the characterization were confined to his country, Japan. But he did write a number of short stories that are nearly perfect in their simplicity, directness and mastery of subject matter.
Take "The Razor." It begins: "Yoshisaburo, of the Tatsudoko in Azabu-Roppongi, a man almost never ill, took to his bed with a very bad...
(The entire section is 973 words.)
Edward Fowler (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "Shiga Naoya: The Hero as Sage," in The Rhetoric of Confession: Shishōsetsu in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction, University of California Press, 1988, pp. 187-247.
[In the following excerpt, Fowler surveys Shiga's novellas, particularly Wakai. He then goes on to contend that Shiga "depopulates " his fiction, showing his main characters in relative isolation in order to better explore the nature of personal experience.]
Both the power and the limitations of Shiga's confessional rhetoric are revealed perhaps most plainly in the "Wakai trilogy" (Wakai sanbusaku): Ōtsu Junkichi (Ōtsu Junkichi, 1912), Wakai...
(The entire section is 7692 words.)
Marilyn Jeanne Miller (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: A review of The Paper Door and Other Stories, in World Literature Today, Vol. 63, No. 1, Winter, 1989, p. 166.
[In the review below, Miller admires the "truthfulness" of the pieces in this collection of Shiga's stories.]
Shiga, a member of the White Birch Movement (Shirakabaha), which was the most articulate group of writers advocating realism in fiction, absorbed the tenets of Western realism and married it to traditional Japanese esthetics and subjects. Like Natsume Sōseki, Shiga was interested in the subtleties of human psychology and human relationships. His realism never degenerated into the excesses of the watakushi-shōsetsu or...
(The entire section is 427 words.)
Shigekazu Ando (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: "The Destiny of Hamlet in Modern Japan: Concerning The Diary of Claudius by Shiga Naoya," in Comparative Literature Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1993, pp. 351-60.
[In the essay below, Shigekazu suggests that Shiga's revision of Shakespeare's Hamlet in "The Diary of Claudius" illustrates significant differences between Japanese and Western literary modernism.]
D. H. Lawrence writes on Hamlet in his brilliant essay Twilight in Italy (1916):
I had always felt an aversion from Hamlet: a creeping, unclean thing he seems, on the stage, whether he is Forbes Robertson or anyone else. His nasty porking and...
(The entire section is 3558 words.)
Further Reading
Hisaaki Yamanouchi. 'The Rivals: Shiga Naoya and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke." In The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature, pp. 82-106. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Includes an assessment of the autobiographical elements of Ōtsu Junkichi and "The Diary of Claudius."
Keene, Donald. "Shiga Naoya (1883-1971)." In Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era, Volume I: Fiction, pp. 458-70. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
Biographical and critical introduction to the author and his major works.
Kohl, Stephen W. "Shiga Naoya and the Literature of...
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def create_account_test
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fill_out_form do |f|
f.type "SomeUsername", :label=>"Username"
f.type "email@example.com", :label=>"E-mail Address"
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fill_out_form do |f|
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