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A new documentary from Germany reveals that 35% of Muslims have multiple wives and nearly all of them live comfortably on welfare funded by German taxpayers.
Liveleak reported:
The average German family struggles financially with large tax burdens and as a result have only 1.3 children per family due to high financial costs. One of the lowest rates in Europe Meanwhile Muslim immigrants have as many as 3-4 wives, perhaps 6-7 children from each wife, and all of this is funded by welfare as none of these wives work. 35 % of Muslims living in Germany have multiple wives, nearly all of them live comfortably on welfare funded by German taxpayers. This is not only in Germany too, nearly all of Europe has the same situation, including the U.K, where Muslim men take overseas trips to pick up multiple wives, marry them and bring them back to the U.K as legal citizens who then go on permanent tax payer funded welfare for themselves and their future children.
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Using the ancient wisdom of vrikshyurveda (meaning "ayurveda for the trees") derived from a Sanskrit text describing the science of ancient agricultural practices, Wild Mahseer actively promotes organic cultivation and is a flourishing biodiversity hub.
We encourage our guests to venture outside their impeccably kept compounds and explore every inch of our property. Meander along pathways bordered by tall grasses, orchids and other multi-hued wild flowers; wander in the sunlight filtering through sub tropical forest and weave amongst the towering trees; catch hints of warm misty aromas emanating from herbal and medicinal plants; discover where our fruit trees and organic vegetable gardens grow; visit our lake, home to ducks and geese, and meet our own small herd of dairy cows that provides us with a constant supply of milk from which we also make our own yogurt.
A stroll around our property is nothing less than a sensory delight.
However, to enjoy the ultimate ecological experience and find out more about what we do, join a free tour of the Experimental Organic Cultivation Station and Naturenomics™ Sustainability Park established by our NGO partner Balipara Tract & Frontier Foundation, both of which are located on our 22 acre property.
Working closely with our partner organisation we have planted over 3,000 trees across a multitude of varieties, including 30 indigenous varieties; 21 varieties of medicinal and aromatic trees and plants including neem, mustard and fenugreek; a wide range of cane, bamboo, broom, reeds, creepers and orchids; ornamental flower species like bougainvillea, azaleas, dahlias, petunias, snapdragons and roses; local varieties of fruit trees like pomegranate, pomelo, papaya and starfruit; seasonal vegetables including radish, spinach, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, naga chillies, local varieties of chillies, carrots, capsicum and in winter brinjal and french beans; rice; and honey. All are organically grown on our property and are a source of great pride.
Our lake is also stocked with 300 fishes of different local species that include rohu, mirgal, katla and grass carp.
During the tour guests visit our mini-agricultural museum where a selection of locally handmade farming and fishing equipment is displayed; view our seedling nursery; see first hand how organic pesticides and vermicompost are produced; and learn how we are introducing the natural approach to wastewater management and production of bio gas fuel to a group of local famers from which they are already reaping the benefits.
The following components of organic cultivation will be explained:
- Organic and vrikshyurveda agricultural practices
- Organic bio pesticide formulations and usage
- Vermicomposting and mud/open composting
- Wastewater management
- Solar power lighting and cooking
- Bio gas as an alternative fuel source
- Apiary management
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Eat for Eight Bucks: Hot Mushroom Sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
Dinner recipes that will keep your stomach and wallet happy from Cara and Phoebe of Big Girls, Small Kitchen
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2 portobello mushrooms: $3.74 2 English muffins (pro-rated): $1.40 Parsley (pro-rated): $0.75 1 pound sweet potatoes: $1.69
Pantry items: Garlic, butter, mustard, olive oil, salt
Total cost (for 2 portions): $7.58
As a child I refused to eat mushrooms--slimy!--until I was somehow talked into trying a portobello mushroom "burger." It was fantastic, and I never looked back.
Now I'm of the faction that believes burgers are burgers and mushroom sandwiches are mushroom sandwiches (and veggie patties are best ignored or forgotten). This fine hot mushroom sandwich is proud to be its succulent and flavorful self.
You don't have to call it a burger to eat it with fries. Baked sweet potato fries make this meal stick to your ribs, but if you're in the mood for something lighter you should be able to buy a pound of broccoli or a head of lettuce for salad without breaking your $8 budget.
- Yield:2
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced flat-leaf parsley
- 2 portobello mushroom caps, cleaned
- 2 English muffins, split
- Dijon mustard
- Salt
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mash together the butter, garlic, and parsley.
When the oven is hot, put the mushrooms gills-up in a baking dish and smear their exposed undersides thickly with garlic butter. Bake for about 20 minutes, until the mushrooms are juicy and black.
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Londoners Eva Gray and Ryan Church were among the delighted fans of 'Team GB' at the Olympic Stadium in London, Sunday.
Updated at 5:01 p.m. ET: LONDON - Olympic host nation Britain was in euphoric mood Sunday, celebrating an "extraordinary" haul of gold medals that sent the UK media went wild with Games fever.
Two gold medals on Sunday - including Andy Murray's defeat of Roger Federer at Wimbledon - took Britain's collection to 16 at the London Games, putting it third in the overall table behind the United States (28 gold medals) and China (30).
Saturday was Britain's successful Olympic day since 1908, with six golds in the space of one hour: Two in rowing and one at the cycling velodrome quickly followed by a hat-trick of victories in athletics from Jessica Ennis (heptathlon), Greg Rutherford (long jump) and Mo Farah (10,000m).
Phelps, Rupp, Pistorius: Emotional moments
"Their extraordinary efforts have brought rapture to streets, parks and living rooms in London and all over the country if not the planet," London mayor Boris Johnson said in a characteristically hyperbolic statement.
London's funny zip-lining mayor taken seriously
"It has been a remarkable first week and my hearty congratulations go to every single athlete that has taken part," Johnson added.
"They have entertained billions of people around the world and I for one cannot wait to see what they serve up for week two."
London mayor Boris Johnson attempts to make a dramatic entrance at an Olympic party—but gets stranded on a zip wire instead. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
London Games chief Sebastian Coe, a double Olympic 1,500 champion, said: "I think we've witnessed something sensational. I've never known a night in UK athletics like that, it was unbelievable."
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Flying the flag: 'Team GB' supporters (L-R) Chris Elliott and his brothers Patrick, Dan and Nick at the Olympic Stadium in London, Sunday.
It was also a cathartic moment for London, coming almost exactly a year since rioting brought the city's safe hosting of the games into doubt.
"Today, London rose from the ashes," wrote blogger Ronnie Joice on Twitter.
At the Olympic Stadium on Sunday evening, the Union flag and 'Team GB' sports shirts were much in evidence. Eva Gray and Ryan Church, both from London, were sporting imitation gold medals in honor of Saturday night's successes.
Patrick Elliott, who was at the stadium with his three brothers, said: "The roar of the home support must have a lot to do with Britain's success. The noise that was being made when Jessica Ennis was running was incredible."
Carrie Ruddock, a South African living in London, said: "South Africa has also done better than expected - but it's great that Britain has done so well."
Britain's euphoria was reflected in Sunday morning's press coverage. "Britain awakes to an unfamiliar sensation: winning," wrote Jill Lawless of the Associated Press, noting that "a country accustomed to sporting disappointment could scarcely contain its disbelief."
British newspapers continued the theme, the front page of the Sunday Times describing it as "Our Finest Olympic Hour" alongside a spectacular picture of Rutherford flying through the air in mid-jump.
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South Africans Cheryl McGregor (L) and Carrie Ruddock at the Olympic Stadium, Sunday.
The Sunday Telegraph had one word for it - "Sensational". The headline ran above photos of all six British gold-medal victors from the second Saturday of the Games.
"That Was Pure Gold" was the Independent's reaction with a sub-heading that read: "One by one we counted them in on another astonishing day of British Olympic success."
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The Sunday Telegraph marks Saturday's British medal haul
"Britain's Greatest Day" said the Observer above a picture of a smiling Ennis with a Union Jack draped over her shoulders.
More world stories from NBC News:
- Tropical Storm Florence joins Ernesto in Atlantic
- Swedish minister: Put annual Raoul Wallenberg day on calendar
- Jury: Florida man guilty in killing of ex-wife's British husband
- UN General Assembly condemns Syrian regime; Russia and China balk
- Cholera threatens displaced Congolese
- Belarus, Sweden kick out ambassadors as teddy bear war heats up
- Reuters confirms hackers posted fake Syria news story on its service
- Olympic hosts: Londoners open their homes to the world


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If you're doing webcasts, planning a big speech for a big auditorium, practicing your delivery, rehearsing for a stint as a broadcast anchor or recording a video, TeleKast is a new open-source (read: free) tool you can use to put a professional quality teleprompter right on your computer, for use with Windows or Linux operating systems. The software lets you create a script, break it into scenes or segments, add cues for the camera or the speaker and more. It's in its alpha release, which means you may find some bugs in the software, which the makers would welcome hearing about so they can be fixed for future releases. Here's a video that walks you through the possibilities:
When you're working with a teleprompter, you don't look at the camera--just at the script, which scrolls up so you can keep reading smoothly. It's ideal for reading with a natural tone and while a teleprompter doesn't guarantee a no-stumble reading, it can help your delivery and take away the need to remember all your phrasings.
Get some more tips in this previous post about former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro on her initial struggles with a teleprompter and this one about why teleprompters are used at political conventions and other large gatherings -- you'll get some more tips to put to use with this new tool. And please report back on your experiences with TeleKast. (A hat tip to Lifehacker for leading me to this post.)
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Video: Squirrel Monkeys Eating Jell-O
These squirrel monkeys from the Bronx Zoo received "a jiggly concoction that immediately stimulates their foraging instincts"—that is, Jell-O with blueberries inside. They don't really eat the Jell-O as much as paw or nibble at it to get to the blueberries. Watch the video after the jump.
Squirrel Monkeys Eating Jell-O
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Iggy Pop Covers the Black Keys' 'Lonely Boy'
The Black Keys have accomplished a lot in their decade as a band. From sold out arena tours to getting their own documentary to performing live with Johnny Depp, the Akron, Ohio duo have done well for themselves. Now they can add one more impressive stat to their resume: getting covered by Iggy Pop.
The Black Keys are getting their own tribute album next month, which is rare for a band who hasn't been around longer than 11 years. 'Black on Blues: A Tribute to the Black Keys' will be released on July 17 via Cleopatra Records. It mostly features blues veterans covering a number of Black Keys songs. Iggy Pop teams up with Cream/Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker to give their own faithful interpretation of the Keys' 2011 hit 'Lonely Boy,' which you can listen to below.
Their version of 'Lonely Boy' sounds a little more stripped down, but that's about it. The only other radical departure is hearing the Stooges frontman sing the song instead of the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. As Consequence of Sound reports, other covers include those by Devon Allman, Dave Davies, Papa Mali, Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville and more.
Listen to Iggy Pop and Ginger Baker Cover the Black Keys' 'Lonely Boy'


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Next Internet is seeking an Engineering Manager for one of our fast growing companies in San Francisco, who is experienced in Internet marketing and advertising network startups with a keen interest in building out the world's best transaction platform. You will be responsible for building and developing the DNA within the company. The individual will be a key member of the engineering management team and will have substantial financial and career development upside.
The successful candidate must be a self-starter and possess competitive technical and communication skills to carry out his/her job assignments. The successful candidate is expected to have minimum of 4 years of solid working experience with Internet advertising application architect/developer and will have be extremely hands-on and be willing to get "dirty" to help the business grow.
We are currently developing a pre and post transaction platform for our client's customers all over the world. These range from order abandonment notifications, order shipment notifications, to promotional offers, to highly personalized recommendations. The Technology Platform team is responsible for all systems related to generation to our customers world-wide.
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This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus program, stock options, and other comprehensive benefits.If you want to work at a company where numbers continue to grow exponentially in every positive aspect, the environment/culture is awesome, the people are friendly and are constantly smiling, laughing, and actually look forward to going into work every day, this is the place to be!
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Temperature for March 1952
In March 1952 the average high temperature in Blythe, CA was 0.0°F, and this was 79.5°F cooler than the average of 79.5°F. The hottest day in March 1952 was 0 March when the temperature reached 0.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in March is 51.0°F and in 1952 the average overnight temperature was 51.0°F cooler at 0.0°F.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Living expenses Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Living expenses Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Romania View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message PushokJoined: 27 Jan 2003Posts: 49 Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:54 pm Post subject: Living expenses I'm in the final stages of applying for job in Romania which offers around $40,000 per year, flights, flat and utilities paid. Am I right to assume that this is a very comfortable amount for Romania? Also, I spent 5 years in Russia. Does anyone know how the lifestyles between Moscow/St.Petersburg and Bucharest compare? All replies are most welcome/ Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:20 pm Post subject: Romania and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ That is a huge income for Romania, and I wonder who is paying money like that. You say though "in the final stages of APPLYING for a job". there is many a slip between cup and lip. Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:43 am Post subject: Oh my goodness. THat's a lot of money. Typically, people making about $200 USD or so a month. Where in the world did you find this job? Back to top PushokJoined: 27 Jan 2003Posts: 49 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:07 pm Post subject: I've expressed interest in the post, but will probably be applying in September. The job is part of the British Council's Peacekeeping English Project. I asked about the salary, because I thought it was a huge amount and thought that Romania might be uncharacteristically expensive for Eastern Europe. Anyway, thanks for all the info. and cross your fingers for me in the future. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Romania All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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CONE BROTHERS is a 1950s-inspired ice cream shop in the heart of Richfield's Penn Central district, serving more than 20 flavors of premium-quality ice cream, all-fruit smoothies and refreshing vintage sodas.
Vintage Sodas
Pick one up to quench your thirst, or get them by the box to keep at home. Our vintage soda sampler 12-packs are great for entertaining, and they also make a great gift for friends and loved ones.
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We serve many varieties of Dr. Smoothie. These fruit smoothie purees made with 100% real fruit … no fillers.
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We offer Chocolate Shoppe super-premium ice cream, made from family creamery farms in Southwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Iowa.
Click on the menu to view all the delicious flavors to satisfy your cravings. We offer 20 flavors including seasonal offering to mix things up.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul area hot dog lovers don't have to leave the Twin Cities to enjoy an authentic, Chicago-style hot dog. At Cone Brothers, we serve them every day. We start with premium-quality, Vienna-brand, all beef sausage; nestled in a steamed, poppy-seed bun. Then we add two fresh tomato wedges, fresh chopped onions, a crisp pickle wedge, two zingy sport peppers (optional), some yellow mustard, and a dash of celery salt.


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Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. is where two generations of my Poole line are buried. I made a trip in May 2001, and my photos didn't come out, so my cousin David, of Maryland, went in December 2001 and took these pictures. Thank you David, my 3rd cousin, once removed.
Charles Henry Poole
Born: February 05, 1825, Danvers (now Peabody), Essex Co., Massachusetts
Died: January 25, 1880, Washington, D. C.
His wife was Mary Abby Daniels
Born: February 15, 1824, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Died: March 04, 1907, Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois
They were my 2nd great-grandparents.
Son of Charles and Mary Poole was Charles Clarence Poole
Charles Clarence Poole
Born: November 27, 1856, Benicia, Solano Co., California
Died: December 03, 1914, Winnetka, Cook Co., Illinois
His wife was Annie Poole (2nd cousin)
Born: September 22, 1857, Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
Died: October 30, 1930, Winnetka, Cook Co., Illinois
They were my great-grandparents.
Records from the Cemetery were quite thorough. I ordered four different records, they were expensive and it took a very long time, over six weeks to receive them.


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This user-friendly device combines the functions of a flash memory disk, a charger and for data transmission. It can be used to charge your phone or digital products anytime, anywhere. This unique product is a great accessory for work and school, and with unique design of double side USB port. Two different design available, Smart Link 1 is for Apple product.
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Push Privacy Camera Blocker. This camera blocker is perfect for protecting your digital life from hackers spying on you and avoiding scratches on the camera. Simply align to your webcam, attach and press firmly for a few seconds for a strong seal. Slide over to block/unblock camera. Does not prevent laptops from closing perfectly. Compatible with most electronic devices with camera. Plastic.
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As a disembodied voice said over the firework display by the Thames, "London 2012: we did it right". Wonder if we can keep that up in 2013?
1. Feel free to enjoy the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna. Whatever those self-righteous moaners say about the Vienna Philharmonic, I love it and New Year's Day would feel all wrong without it...
UPDATE, 11.55am: woops. This year's, conducted by Franz Welser-Most, really is "frankly worse than most" and I have SWITCHED IT OFF for the first time in living memory. There's no point grumbling about the number of women in the orchestra if there is an elephant on the podium.
Solution? Make Your Own New Year's Day Concert. Here's Willi Boskowsky, leading a Csardas with violin, smile and real pizzazz in 1967. This, dear friends, is more like it...
2. Make some fun resolutions. Yesterday the Royal Opera House asked us on Twitter for our best operatic ones. Mine include recognising that gold rings are overrated, especially when sourced in the Rhine - stick to platinum in future. And do not write unsolicited love-letters to handsome visitors, even if they can sing in Russian.
3. Then there are non-operatic resolutions, such as practising the piano, going back to ballet class, finishing the new novel, and other things that are probably doomed if you have to make a resolution about doing them.
4. Invest in some good carpet shampoo. Handy for cleaning up others' mess. (I think Solti must have overindulged at the cat party last night.)
5. Ring out the old, ring in the new. What's past is past.
6. Speaking of the Ring, this year there will be so much Verdi, Wagner and Britten around that it's tempting to board up the windows and say GONE SOMEWHERE SUNNY, SEE YOU IN 2014. Which of the three birthday boys will you still want to hear in 366 days' time?
7. While V, W and B are carpet-bombing us (or should that be BWV? is it all a plot by Bach?), please don't forget Lutoslawski. Luckily the Philharmonia is celebrating his centenary. Krystian Zimerman is performing the Piano Concerto that Lutoslawski wrote for him - RFH, 30 January.
8. I have a new concert-of-the-novel in the works, this time based on Alicia's Gift, with the lovely pianist Viv McLean. The story of a child prodigy trying to grow up, it includes piano music by Chopin, Ravel, Granados and others. I read, Viv plays and we'll launch it in the autumn. Ideal as a coffee-concert with a difference. Book us!
9. The Hungarian Dances concert and A Walk through the End of Time are expecting more airings - watch this space. I'm also looking forward to some seriously exciting interviews and various things that are currently queuing up in the ether, waiting to be written and performed.
10. It's tough out there. We'll all have to be positive and ingenious to navigate through '13. But if we have music, love and laughter in our hearts, we can do that. We need to invent, communicate, inspire and do good things. And you know something? We intend to. Please join us.


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May 28, 2013
A year ago, you couldn't buy liquor at grocery stores in Washington. Now you can, but you probably pay more for it.
June 1 will mark the one-year anniversary of the state's departure from the liquor business, when it turned sales over to private retailers such as Costco Wholesale and Safeway. The conversion happened at the behest of voters, who approved a Costco-written initiative in the fall of 2011.
Back then, only 329 stores — all state-run or contracted with the state — sold liquor in Washington.
Now more than 1,400 retailers sell slightly more liquor than the state used to — an average of 2.7 million liters a month since privatization, compared with 2.5 million before.
Prices spiked sharply last summer, but the rate of increase has steadily declined. In March, prices were 7 percent higher year-over-year, according to the Washington State Department of Revenue.
Additional repercussions from Washington's conversion include hundreds of former Liquor Control Board workers still collecting unemployment benefits, shoplifting concerns among law-enforcement authorities and possibly more liberal attitudes about alcohol among youth.
A key concern in privatization efforts, particularly in an earlier attempt turned down in 2010, was the amount of revenue the government would collect after the change. And so far it's been a pretty good deal for the state.
The state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council projects that spirits taxes and fees will generate $425 million in revenue for fiscal 2013, which ends June 30. About $392 million has been collected already, more than the $309 million the liquor business generated for the state and local governments in fiscal 2011.
Legal challenges have dogged implementation, as they do many voter initiatives.
One change resulting from the litigation involved the Liquor Board's interpretation of a provision that allowed retailers to sell only 24 liters of liquor and wine in a "single sale" to bars and restaurants. The Liquor Board decided that meant 24 liters a day, but retailers fought and won the right to buy 24 liters per transaction, with no time limit.
That puts many locally owned grocery chains at an even greater disadvantage, said Jan Gee, president of the Washington Food Industry Association, which represents most grocers, except national chains.
Prices higher
High prices are probably the most divisive issue in the new liquor system.
Large retailers, who wrote and financially backed the voter initiative, blame distributors, who fought the measure and lost.
"Distributors are taking a huge margin in the middle," Joe Gilliam, president of the Northwest Grocery Association, said, citing what he estimates as a 30 percent markup.
"Over time there will be competition, and distillers will complain," said Gilliam, whose organization counts Costco, Safeway and other big grocers among its members.
The distributors disagree.
"My understanding is that (distributors') margins in Washington are as low as anywhere in the country, and suppliers are not very happy about it," said John Guadnola, executive director of the Washington Spirits & Wine Distributors Association.
And distillers do not appear willing to step in.
"You started off with the highest level of taxation in the country and to that added two new fees," said David Osgo, chief economist for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.
The voter initiatives included those new fees — assessed on retailers and distributors — to ensure the state nets as much money as it used to from the liquor business.
The retailer fee is 17 percent. The distributors pay 10 percent for the first two years they do business in Washington, then the amount drops to 5 percent. For most, fees will drop in the spring of 2014.
On top of that, the voter measure required distributors to have collectively paid at least $150 million in fees by March 2013. They were expected to miss that target all along, and the Liquor Board recently sent letters telling them how much they owe.
Southern Wine & Spirits, which sold 57 percent of the liquor in Washington in 2012, owes $59.5 million, while Young's Market, which sold 36 percent, owes $37.7 million. (The next largest distributor is Click Wholesale Distributing, with 2 percent.) All payments are due May 31.
No one is sure what will happen after distributors pay off the shortfall and see their fee drop to 5 percent next year.
David Trone, president of the Total Wine & More chain, says prices on a lot of popular items are lower, particularly at discounters such as his company and Costco.
He has a list of 50 popular products, most in the 1.75-liter category, that Total Wine's analysis shows are $5.72 cheaper on average than state store prices.
For example, a 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut vodka at Total Wine in early April cost $40.33, including taxes, compared with $47.95 at state stores just before they closed last year, the chain says.
A comprehensive comparison of pricing is not available because the state, with its exit from the liquor business, no longer tracks individual brands.
Net job gain
Trone also touts job creation, saying his four stores alone have hired 200 people.
Southern Wine and Young's Market have added more than 1,000 jobs to handle the new business, some at Southern's new 350,000-square-foot distribution facility in Puyallup.
That would offset the 902 Liquor Control Board jobs lost because of privatization. The layoffs included people who worked at the state's liquor-distribution center in Seattle, which is being bought by Panattoni Development Co. for $23.4 million in a sale expected to close in July.
Many of the laid-off employees are still out of work. In April, 458 claimed at least one week of unemployment benefits, according to the Washington Employment Security Department.
One worker who did find a job is Pat McLaughlin, the Liquor Board's former head of business enterprise, who also oversaw the sale of the state's liquor stores before losing his own job.
"I consider myself blessed that my transition was surely easier than most," said McLaughlin, who now runs the solid-waste division of King County's Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
He still lives in Olympia and takes the Sounder from Lakewood to Seattle for work.
Concerns about crime
A concern among opponents of liquor privatization was the notion that it would make access to booze easier for minors.
The Liquor Board monitors that with store-by-store stings to see if retailers are selling to minors, and the numbers have not changed much.
Typically, 5 to 6 percent of stores under the state-run system were found to have sold to minors. Under private retailers, the range since last June is 5 to 10 percent.
It may be that youth-alcohol consumption hasn't changed much, but a survey last fall showed changing attitudes among Washington state youth.
"Significantly fewer students in eighth, 10th and 12th grades believe their peers think it's 'very wrong' for someone their age to drink alcohol," said Julia Dilley, an epidemiologist who also teaches at the University of Washington.
That attitude change is an early warning signal, said Dilley, who received a grant from a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study how privatization changes consumption patterns.
She also plans to study whether changes in consumption are associated with more alcohol-related consequences, such as hospitalizations, crime and traffic accidents.
Already, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission has found that the number of fatal crashes involving a drunken driver in the second half of 2012 — 53 — was lower than the same six months in the previous five years.
One crime that seems to have risen is shoplifting, possibly because retailers are not as careful about security as the state was.
"Some (police) chiefs and sheriffs have noted an increase in shoplifting related to spirits," said Mitch Barker, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs. "There's no question organized crime is involved. Groups are taking large amounts and selling it on the black market."
Evidence so far is anecdotal, but state Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw, has asked retailers to share information about which stores are experiencing liquor losses and how much.
He expects to consider those data soon as part of a working group of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee, which he chairs and which has jurisdiction over liquor.
Hurst is responding to Washington cities, which reported they do not have the resources to litigate all the spirits-shoplifting cases they are getting.
"It's a lot bigger problem than people expected," Hurst said.
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In the Microsoft User Experience Interaction Guidelines for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
they suggest the use of Menu Buttons on page 58.
I made a screen from the Microsoft document . . .
Is this a standard control I can use in WPF? I don't see it in my toolbox - does it go by some other name? It looks like it could be useful!
Thanks in advance!!


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Jay-Z has an idea of who may be the next Michael Jackson, and he told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush about it backstage at Sunday night's Grammys.
When asked what was his favorite moment of the night, Jay-Z hinted it could be one of the performers that took part in the tribute to the late King of Pop.
"I thought the Michael Jackson tribute was fantastic and I thought Usher was doing a magnificent job," Jay-Z told Billy. "I think he's… He's one of the guys that's in line to, you know, fill those huge shoes."
But while he thinks Usher has the talent, Jay-Z told Billy he didn't want to put any undue stress on his pal.
"I don't wanna put that pressure on him, but I think he's one of the guy's that's in line to do that," Jay-Z added.
When asked about his own wife's stunning performance at the Grammys – a performance that saw Beyonce singing a little Alanis Morisette ("You Oughta Know") and her own song ("If I Were A Boy"), Jay-Z said she is so impressive all the time, a person could get used to it.
"Oh fantastic, but she… It's almost to a point where you just, you know, you're almost numb to it because she's so magnificent every single time out," he said.
"They had a nice shot of you right after she performed and you were just proud," Billy said.
"I'm a fan, you know, I'm a fan. I'm here as a fan as well," Jay-Z added.
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Mauritanian journalist Riyadh Ahmed, who decided yesterday to blow the whistle on 27 of his colleagues and managers of print, electronic and audio-visual media (here or see image below) but declined to publish the documents and audio he claims he has as evidence of them accepting payments, seemed to have been scooped by an anonymous blog. In response, Riyadh Ahmed claims (or see image below) that the list on the blog is fake, and exhorts us to ignore it. What a fine mess.
We could ask: what evidence exists to show that the vast majority of Mauritanian media is independent or above corruption to begin with? Documents, tapes, etc could be mere confirmation of common knowledge, no more startling than Edward Snowden's serialised revelations about state surveillance methods and programs that have been known of for years. My dear friends: distraction, not discovery, is the name of the game.
UPDATE 27 December 2013: On 24 December, Riyadh posted an apology (see image below) and retracted his intention to publish the list, citing the pleading of three associates, who had managed to persuade him that to continue would bring too much harm to their shared profession. The statement attracted a mixed reaction, including demands to publish regardless. A couple of days have passed now without further comment, so it seems that this distraction is over for now.
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In her first televised interview since completing a three-month stint at a rehab facility in Illinois, Demi Lovato opened up to ABC's Robin Roberts about leaving her hit Disney Channel show, "Sonny with a Chance," to focus on her burgeoning music career – a move she deems important for maintaining her hard-earned health.
"For starters, I'm about to start working on my third album," the young star told Robin of her post-rehab plans, in an interview on Wednesday's "Good Morning America," that will air in its entirety on ABC's "20/20" on Friday. "And I get to express myself through music, which is what I love to do the most."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Disney Darling Demi Lovato
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Demi, 18, has spoken openly about being bullied as a child, but said that until now, she's never felt "comfortable" admitting to the lasting effects the taunting had on her young life.
"I literally didn't know why they were being so mean to me. And when I would ask them why, they would say, 'Well, you're fat.' I was bullied because I was fat," she told the host. "And then a few months later I developed an eating disorder and that's kind of what I've been dealing with ever since.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Young Hollywood Starlets!
"I was compulsively overeating when I was 8 years old," she added. "So, I guess for the past 10 years I've had a really unhealthy relationship with food."
Bulimia quickly took its toll on the teen queen's body – both mentally and physically – until the damage was too obvious to ignore.
"I was performing concerts on an empty stomach. I was losing my voice from purging," she revealed to Robin. "I was self-medicating. I was not taking medication for depression, and I literally was so emotionally whacked out that I took it out on someone that meant a lot to me."
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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Demi seemingly hit rock-bottom in the fall of 2010, when she admittedly punched one of her backup dancers on her tour with The Jonas Brothers, Alex Welch – something she told Robin she feels "horrible" about — prompting her friends and family to stage an intervention.
"They sat me down and said, 'You can't live like this. And the only way that you're going to get the help that you need is to go in-patient to a treatment center,'" she said. "And that's exactly what I did."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Adorable Disney Darling Selena Gomez
The former "Camp Rock" star also revealed rehab was incredibly challenging, but that her younger sister, Madison, who plays Juanita Solis (the daughter of Eva Longoria's character) on "Desperate Housewives," inspired her to stay committed to her treatment.
"A picture of my little sister, on my little bulletin board, was one of the main things that kept me going," she said. "I just kept thinking, 'OK, set this example for your little sister.'"
See the entire interview with Demi on "20/20" on Friday at 10 PM on ABC.
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French higher education employs the "LMD system"—licence, master, doctorate—now used throughout the European Union. The system is designed to facilitate student mobility within Europe and around the world.
Using this common architecture, degrees are awarded on the basis of the number of semesters the student has completed since entering higher education and the corresponding number of ECTS credits earned.
Licence: 6 semesters (3 years) completed and 180 ECTS credits earned
Master: 4 more semesters completed and 120 additional ECTS credits, for a total of 5 years of study and 300 ECTS credits earned
Doctorate: Usually obtained after 16 semesters (8 years)
ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
Within the European Union, the international validation of degrees rests on on a common system of academic credits called ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System). ECTS credits are cumulative and transferable. So when you transfer from one European institution to another, you'll always get credit for the work you've done.
The "national diplomas" (diplômes nationaux) awarded in most French institutions of higher education are regulated by the government.
- The national diplomas conferred by France's universities and other public educational institutions (such as national schools of art or architecture) demand adherence to national standards of quality that must be met by any institution that wishes to award the degree. National diplomas therefore have the same value regardless of the institution that awards them.
- The diplôme d'ingénieur is a national diploma. The schools that award it are accredited by the CTI, the French national commission on engineering degrees.
- An analogous system of accreditation exists for government-recognized schools of business and management. The degrees awarded by such schools are recognized by the French Ministry of National Education. Some schools of management have also obtained one or another form of international recognition (such as Equis, AMBA, or AACSB).
- Schools of art and specialized schools are also subject to national certification.
No predetermined set of equivalences between French and foreign degrees is officially recognized in France.
Each institution is free to set its own admission criteria and make its own admission decisions based on each applicant's background and the demands of the program to which the applicant seeks admission. That freedom allows French institutions to compose well-qualified and well-balanced student cohorts, while also protecting the integrity and the reputation of the education offered.


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Annual to shrubs, generally glandular, some green root-parasites
Stem generally round
Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Annual to perennial herb, generally glabrous
Stem ascending to erect, simple or branched at base
Leaves generally opposite or whorled (or upper alternate), sessile, simple, linear to ovate, generally wider on non-flower shoots, entire to dentate, pinnately veined
Inflorescence: spike or raceme, terminal; bracts reduced, alternate
Flower: calyx lobes 5, deep, ± equal; corolla 5-lobed, 2-lipped, lower side of tube spurred at base, lower side of throat swollen, ± hairy, ± closing corolla below lips; stamens 4, in 2 pairs, included; stigma small, head-like or lobes 2, flat
Fruit ± spheric, opening by slits into chambers near tip
Seeds many, flat and winged or pyramid-like and ± ridged
Species in genus: ± 100 species: especially Eurasia; many cultivated
Etymology: (Latin: flax, from flax-like leaves of some)
Corolla length includes spur.
Stem 3070 cm
Leaf 2050 mm, linear
Flower: calyx ± 2.5 mm; corolla 1518 mm, lavender-purple, throat swelling darker
Fruit ± 3 mm
Seed ± 1 mm, ± pyramid-like, ridged
Ecology: Disturbed places
Elevation: generally < 500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Central Western California, Southwestern California
Distribution outside California: native to Mediterranean
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Rimmers Music has seven physical stores and a very successful online website linked to a huge head office with a warehouse for online distribution and educational sales. We sell Musical Instruments to the whole of the UK via our website, physical stores, dedicated Education Sales Department and via contracted Music Services and Schools. Seven of our stores and head office warehouse are in the North West of the UK with the additional eighth store in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.
We offer our price beat promise on all our products both in our high street stores and through our online store which serves the whole of the UK. Rimmers Music offers quality musical instrument tuition through each of our Rimmers Music Schools located within our store locations, as well as offering 30 Free Online video music lessons with every piano, keyboard, guitar or drum purchase made. In addition to this, we also have a special education department serving schools, nurseries and colleges nationwide. Regardless of where our customers come to us, we offer the same renowned after-sales service through each of our physical and online locations.
Rimmers Music Group has been established since 1978 and comprises six large shops in the North West of England, a warehouse with integrated online sales department and an additional store in Edinburgh, Scotland.


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Winners, Winners, Winners,
First, I want to say thank you so much to everyone for playing and posting. Because I had so many posts, I decided to give away two prizes for the humorous sayings. And two for just commenting.
MSHELLION,VIRGINIA, REFHATER, and JOYE please contact me, via my website address at christie @ christie- craig. com (no spaces)
You guys have won, a book, either Divorced, Desperate and Delicious or Weddings Can Be Murder. (If you have both of those, I'm giving away one of my friends/writing buddies books, either Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett, or Like a Charm by Candace Havens. From come, first serve on those two books.) A pack of my very own "pet" note cards and "silly" pen to help remind you the importance of smiling. So contact me and give me your snail mail address and selection.
Thanks again everyone. You guys made my day.
Okay…this ain't no secret. Most of you have probably figured it out by reading my posts, or better yet, by reading my books. In two weeks from today, Divorced, Desperate and Dating hits the stands, and you can bet your boots, that you'd be able to figure it out by reading that tall tale.
For those of you who have met me personally, you didn't have to read squat. You pretty much figured it out when I opened my mouth. And since I seldom keep the trap closed, it's a no-brainer conclusion to make.
What am I'm talking about? Hold your horses, I'm fixin' to tell ya'.
I'm talking about talk, southern talk. I'm talking about being southern. The language of the south, the twangs, the drawls, the word choices, clichés, and . . . the mannerisms. And then there's the manners. Honey, in these here stomping grounds we were raised to mind our manners. I mean, even if we're telling people how the cow ate the cabbage, we do it in such slow, soft-spoken words, that it's sweater than a glass of Aunt Bertha's tea. Southerners are known to be polite and friendly. Why, here in Texas we have road signs that say, "Drive friendly." My Californian step-dad asked me if that meant he had to wave at everyone as he drove past.
If a southerner says something that's less than kind, we back it up with those famous words, "Bless his/her heart." For example, "He couldn't pour spit out of a boot if the instructions were written on his heel. Bless his heart." Now we just called some poor fella dumber than dirt, but the blessing more than makes up it.
I remember moving to Los Angeles back in the early eighties. I'd no more open my mouth when I'd get the question: "Where are you from?" Now, I'll have to confess, it annoyed the crappers out of me. I simply didn't cotton to the fact that everyone knew right off the bat that I wasn't from hereabouts. What I had to say wasn't important, those folks just wanted to listen to me yarn some words together. Not that I didn't like to talk, mind you, but this southern gal talked to be heard not to entertain.
Sometimes people didn't even understand what I was saying. Once having a conversation with a neighbor, she told me her husband had said she needed to get breast implants.
I quickly told her that her husband obviously didn't know diddley. Her response was, "Neither do I. What's Diddley's last name?"
I'll admit, I even tried to learn to talk like the women on the six o'clock news. In case you're wondering, it didn't work out too well. The ya'lls, ain'ts, and pretty pleases, just kept slipping out. As a matter of fact, one of my best jobs in the big city was granted to me because of my southern drawl. I got paid a purty penny to get the big wigs of companies on the phone to answer a few market research questions. Oh, they liked hearing me talk.
Yup, I've learned to embrace my southerness both in my spoken words and in my written tales. You might be surprised at how many people have defined my writing voice as: southern sass and southern humor. And I guess, when I think about it, it's true. My characters are mostly southern, they talk southern, and so far all my stories have taken place in the south. And I guess you could call my heroines a bit sassy since they have a special way of dealing with men who chap their hides or people who set out to put a burr under their saddles. As for the humor, well, we do like to laugh in the south.
Yup, I have a hankering for good southern phrases. Most of them I get from just listening to people around me.
My dad, an Alabamian as the day is long, is always giving me great verbal jewels for my books. One that my heroine Sue uses in the book, Divorced, Desperate and Dating is, "Fine as frog's hair." Now, I'll be honest with you. I'm not all together certain that frogs have hair. Or if it's fine or coarse. But in the south, we never let logic get in the way of a good saying. For example, take the words I heard my mama use all her life. "If you don't behave, I'm gonna pinch cha' head off."
Now, while that creates a rather disturbing visual, let me tell you, that she also used those same words in a positive affirmation, too. "I love you so much that I could pinch cha' head off."
So you see, pinching your head off could be a good or a bad thing. Who knew?
Another one I've heard, "You're so sweet, I could serve you up with biscuits and peach preserves." Not sure I ever wanted to be served up for breakfast, but it was a good thing.
So, here's what I want from you today. Give some verbal jewels. I don't even care if they're southern. I want some quirky or unique phrases. Think back on what your grandparents used to say. I'm gonna be giving away two prizes today. One for the best saying, and one of just a random drawing from a poster from today's posts and last Saturday and Sundays. So post away and win some free loot.
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A feature-length showdown between Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis seems long overdue, but the drought ends this summer with "The Campaign," a political satire about the fight over one of North Carlina's seats in Congress. The first trailer--in the form of two campaign ads--has arrived, and it's kinda flat.
Ferrell stars as the incumbent, Cam Brady, sort of a cross between John Edwards and Ferrell's classic George Busch impersonation, while Galifianakis is Marty Huggins, an upstart challenger from the tourism board. Here's the official synopsis:
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from "Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach that takes today's political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there's room to dig a whole lot deeper.
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When you consider the epic levels of jackassery that politicians from both sides of the aisle have subjected the American public to, there should be no shortage of material. But watching the "campaign" ads, we were largely unmoved--many of the funnier jokes felt awfully familiar.
The film was directed by Jay Roach, who's previous forays into politics have included the HBO films "Game Change," about the McCain-Palin campaign, and "Recount," a look back at Bush v. Gore. The script is from "Eastbound and Down" alum Shawn Harwell and Chris Henchy, who wrote two other Ferrell vehicles, "The Other Guys" and "Land of the Lost."
"The Campaign," co-starring Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Brian Cox, John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd, opens Aug. 10.


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Angeli Caffe, the Melrose Italian restaurant, has been around for years but I never made it there. With high powered Italian spots like Mozza and Angelini Osteria within a short drive, it's impressive that Angeli has held on for so long, so I figured I would finally check it out.
The atmosphere of the restaurant reminds me of Manhattan. It's a tiny cube of a room with small tables pressed up tightly against each other. It's a bit cramped.
The hot loaf of bread delivered to your table is delicious, tasting a bit like a good, pizza dough (and they do serve pizza, so that makes sense). We next headed for the antipasti which was just fantastic. The marinated veggies which dominated the antipasti plate (ours was the special, but they have several), were wonderfully done. Carrots had a nice tang and zucchini a sweet zing, along with a nice goat cheese wrapped in marinated eggplant. The small sprinkling of olives and mozzarella balls on the plate were sort of throwaways that didn't seem to match the great veggies.
For entrees, after hearing much lauding of the gnocchi of the day, we went with the ricotta gnocchi and a chicken piccata special. Both of these were very nice as well. The gnocchi were light and fluffy in a luxurious butter sauce, and the piccata was very nice, creamy and not too sour.
And one of the best things about this place was the price. There aren't many more formal LA dining spots where you can eat and enjoy a few drinks in the $70 range and finding one, was indeed gratifying.
I'm glad I finally made the trip after all these years, and I will be back, for pasta, pizza and more.
Angeli Caffe
7274 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 936-9086
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Angeli Caffe - Affordable and Fun!
3 comments:
Angeli is great. Just wish it were a tad more spacious.
- February 10, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Diana said...
Angeli is one of the first restaurants I fell in love with in LA. Love their bread, their vegetarian lasagna, and those amazing gnocchi. It really is a neighborhood gem.
- February 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM
saw this: http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2011/02/15-pizza-pasta-at-angeli-good-foods-happy-meal/ and thought of your post today... Angeli is LA's Zuni, except cheaper.
- February 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM
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Copyright Monkey Business
Given enough time, a monkey sitting at a typewriter will type out the complete works of William Shakespeare. Believe it or not, it's called the infinite monkey theorem. A thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters would cut the time in half … or something.
But would the monkey hold the copyright?
We may soon find out. Or at least we'll be entertained by the tiff between TechDirt's Mike Masnick and a person claiming to represent the owner of a photograph taken by, yes, a monkey.
The short answers are: 1) A photograph taken by a monkey probably isn't copyrighted, and 2) if it were, displaying the photo in a discussion of its copyright status is probably fair use. The lesson is: many, many people don't understand what the copyright laws are, or why they are.
Mike participated in our "Copyright Controversies" conference some years ago. Should there be a sequel, we'll invite the monkey.


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Raikkonen wins Abu Dhabi GP
Published: 04th November 2012 08:42 PM | Last Updated: 04th November 2012 09:55 PM | A+A A-
Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday for his first victory since returning to Formula One this year in a result that throws open the drivers' championship with two races remaining.
Raikkonen, the 2007 champion who drives for Lotus, overtook Red Bull's Mark Webber at the start to move into second. He took the lead on the 20th lap when McLaren's Lewis Hamilton retired because of an electrical problem.
Raikkonen held off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who finished second. Two-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel clawed back from last to finish third, his lead over Alonso cut to 10 points.
Vettel was penalized for fuel irregularities after qualifying and forced him to start from the pits.
He tops the drivers' championship with 255 points, followed by Alonso at 245 and Raikkonen at 198.
"I'm very happy for the team and myself but mainly for the team," said Raikkonen, who last won a race in 2009 with Ferrari at the Belgian GP. "It's been a hard season for the team. Hopefully, this gives us more belief, not just for those are doing the work but those who run the team."
Alonso, who struggled for pace across the weekend, said he is thrilled to have repeated his second place from the Indian GP after also starting down the grid in that race.
"I'm very happy. We were not so competitive this weekend and we started sixth with Sebastian's penalty," Alonso said. "We had to fight from the first lap, some good overtaking. Then, we had a very good strategy that gave us the ability to fight until the end of for the victory. In the last couple of laps, Kimi was little slow and we attacked. Second was the maximum. We will keep fighting until the end."
Vettel said he always believed he would end up on the podium.
"I said to myself either we go full attack or nothing," Vettel said. "That is what we did. We had a fantastic race. It was nice fight with Jenson (Button). He was difficult to pass. With him, I was really struggling. I just squeezed my way past. It was thrilling grand prix up and down all the time."
The race featured at least a half-dozen crashes — the most dramatic when Nico Rosberg ran into HRT's Narain Karthikeyan, flew over his car and crashed into a wall — and resulted in two safety cars being sent out on the track.
Starting from back of the field, Vettel was in the middle of many of the mishaps early in the race.
Moving quickly through the pack, he clipped Williams' Bruno Senna and needed to visit the pits to get a new front wing. He then went off the track to pass Romain Grosjean and collided with Felipe Massa, causing the Ferrari driver's car to spin. Despite all that, he moved up to fourth and then overtook Button with three laps remaining.
Hamilton's earlier departure ends his bid for a second title as it did for Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, who pitted at one point to allow the German to move ahead of him into fourth. The Australian's race ended in the 39th lap when he collided with Grosjean, who had stalled after crashing into Sauber's Sergio Perez.
Through it all, the unflappable Raikkonen appeared to remain about the fray. In fact, he repeatedly chided team officials on the radio when they offered him advice. At one point, he responded "leave me alone" when told of how far he was ahead.


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LOS ANGELES — So what's it like driving the Chevrolet Volt?
Nice, actually. There are still some bugs to work out before production begins late next year, but at this point the Volt promises to be a sweet ride.
General Motors turned us loose in a pre-production model to do some laps around Dodger Stadium. We spent about 45 minutes with the range-extended electric vehicle and added 8 miles to the odometer. That's hardly enough time to offer a definitive assessment but enough to say the Volt is attractive, practical and fun to drive.
In other words, it's a real car.
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You can't spend 10 minutes talking to anyone from GM without hearing the Chevrolet Volt called "a game-changer." Hyperbole aside, the car is a leap forward. It runs exclusively on electricity. There's also a 1.4-liter engine under the hood, but it isn't connected to the wheels. Its only job is driving a 53-kilowatt generator that keeps the juice flowing when the battery runs down.
We drove a battery-only prototype in June, so we already knew the Volt is silent, smooth and somewhat swift under electric power. It was no different in the pre-production model. Acceleration is brisk, if not exhilarating. With 273 pound feet of instant torque on tap, the tires will chirp if you stomp on it.
"Burn rubber, not petroleum," joked Tony Posawatz, vehicle line director for the Volt, before we tried lighting up the low-rolling-resistance tires Goodyear developed specifically for the car. The tires are wrapped around 17-inch aluminum wheels.
GM says the lithium-ion battery is good for 40 miles. Once it winds down, the gasoline engine kicks in. That's called charge-sustaining mode in hybrid parlance, but the GM marketing department calls it "extended-range mode."
Whatever you call it, the transition is so smooth and silent it was easy to miss — until we hit the accelerator hard. The engine roared as if we'd missed a downshift. For a second we thought we'd broken one of only 88 pre-production Volts in the world. Posawatz explained that the generator was revving up to meet the demand for electrons.
"The software still isn't exactly where we want it," Posawatz said.
His crew has 11 months to get it nailed, because GM is hellbent on seeing the Volt start rolling off the line at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant next November.
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A "sport mode" button on the dash boosts output from 90 kilowatts (120 horsepower) to 111 kilowatts (148). Push it and you'll lose some efficiency, but the car accelerates with more authority. Our feel behind the wheel is the car's claimed zero-to-60 time of around 8 second is in the ballpark.
The Volt is about the same size as the Toyota Prius and weighs a little more than the Chevrolet Cruze. The car's final weight hasn't been determined because GM hasn't decided how big a gas tank to give it and there are other details to be worked out, but figure it'll come in around 3,500 pounds.
It handles like any other small sedan. GM describes it as sporty. We'd describe it as nearly nimble. The ride is comfortable but not too soft, the steering is responsive, and the chassis is tight. The Volt isn't a sports car, but it is reasonably fun to drive.
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Plug the cord into a conventional 110-volt, 12-amp socket and you'll charge the Volt's battery in 6 or 8 hours. Stick it into a 220-volt, 15-amp outlet like your dryer uses and Posawatz said you can do it in less than 3.
Although the Volt has a 16-kilowatt-hour battery, it only uses half that. GM overbuilt the pack to ensure it's good for at least 10 years or 150,000 miles. The General is backing it with a warranty that long.
"We're very confident that we have a battery pack that delivers the range, durability and performance consumers have a right to expect," said Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman and the guy cracking the whip to get the Volt built. If the battery shoots craps before the car does, Lutz said replacing it shouldn't cost more than an engine overhaul.
"I don't see why it would cost any more than that," he said.
That's optimistic at this point. Automakers, least of all GM, don't discuss how much lithium-ion batteries cost. That's one reason Nissan says it will lease the pack in the Leaf EV. Most experts say they run $500 to $1,000 per kilowatt-hour. GM — which is building its own batteries at a factory in Detroit — is confident costs will come down as hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs become more common.
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Things are a bit tight inside — the Volt is a compact car — but comfortable. There's only room for four people, because the car's 400-pound T-shaped battery runs down the middle and under the back seats. That keeps the mass centralized, the center of gravity low and the pack safe.
"We protect the battery as well as the second-row passengers," Posawatz said.
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GM went for a decidedly high-tech look with the interior, drawing cues from consumer electronics. That big green button starts the car and turns it off. "It powers up and shuts down much like a computer," said Brent Dewar, GM president for Chevrolet.
The controls are no less sophisticated than the drivetrain. The accelerator and brakes are fly-by-wire, and the steering uses an electric pump. Software controls it all, dictating, say, how the brake pedal feels.
The gearshift on the center console is essentially a big switch. There's no gearbox, just a reduction gear. "Shifting" from drive to low almost triples the amount of regenerative braking when easing up on the accelerator. Take your foot off the pedal, and the car slows more quickly and returns more energy to the battery. The effect isn't as dramatic as in the Mini E or Tesla Roadster electric cars, and n00bs will quickly get the hang of it.
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In addition to the usual info like how fast you're going and which "gear" you're in, the 7-inch screen above the steering wheel tells you how much juice you've got, how much gas you've used and how much energy you're sending back to the battery through regenerative braking.
Although the interior design is nearly finalized, GM is still working on the details of the display.
"We still have some work to do with our graphic designers," Posawatz said.
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These decorations on the door panels were the only thing about the sharp interior we didn't like, but Posawatz said others will be offered. The fit and finish were top-notch. It oughta be — the car we drove is the last stop before full-scale production. With 11 months to go, time is running out.
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General Motors took some heat over the Volt's styling, which is smoother and more rounded than the aggressive concept car it unveiled at the Detroit auto show in 2007. The do-over was needed to maximize aerodynamic efficiency — and therefore range. The concept was such a brick, Lutz once joked it would have done better in the wind tunnel if they'd rolled it in backward.
GM is keeping mum about the Volt's drag coefficient but says it is "very competitive against its competitors" — a veiled reference to the 2010 Toyota Prius.
"The Volt is nearly as slippery in the wind tunnel as the EV1 — the most aerodynamic car GM has ever built," said Mike Simcoe, executive director of design for Chevrolet.
The General invited the public to name the Volt's signature blue-green color. More than 13,000 people submitted ideas. GM culled the list to three and put them to a vote online. "Viridian Joule" took the prize.
"I didn't realize I had to explain viridian to so many people," said David Sanford, the 40-year-old Florida man who came up with the name. "It's Latin for green."
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That's where you plug in the car. The socket accepts a universal plug — known in the EV biz as SAE J1772 — so you'll be able to use public charging stations if and when they arrive on a large scale.
General Motors knows people will need someplace to plug in when they aren't at home, so it will send 100 Volts to the Electric Power Research Institute and three California utilities under a two-year partnership to begin developing the public infrastructure we'll need to keep electric vehicles going.
"If we don't get that done, it will limit the use of pure EVs," Lutz said. "People will need a place to charge them."
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The first Volt is slated to roll into showrooms by the end of 2010, and Lutz says GM plans to build between 8,000 and 10,000 in the first year. No word yet on the price, but GM is widely believed to be trying to keep the cost below $40,000. Add in the $7,500 federal tax credit for EVs and figure on a sticker price around $32,500. The Volt will appear in EV-lovin' California first because, Lutz says, "California is a technological and environmental leader." It's also because the Volt will help GM meet California's Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate dictating how many eco-friendlier cars the major automakers must offer.
Those of you beyond the Golden State needn't worry. General Motors says it will announce other "lead markets" soon. The goal is to ramp up production to at least 50,000 cars a year and eventually sell the Volt worldwide while introducing its technology in other models.
"Movie titles aside," Lutz said, referring to the film Who Killed the Electric Car?, "the electric vehicle is very much alive at General Motors. GM is moving from a company that was for 100 years focused on the mechanical propulsion of the automobile to the electrical propulsion of the automobile. This is a very big deal."
Yes, it is. And at this point, it's a very cool car.
UPDATED 11:30 a.m. to include pricing info.
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Are iPads and iPhones ideal for government settings?
American culture is inundated with i-Things. Apple products, the iPhone and iPad in particular, have permeated American culture to a degree that rivals Coca-Cola and McDonald's.
The public sector certainly hasn't been immune to this phenomenon. In fact, Apple-in-government sightings — once rare — are becoming more and more common. In late February, an iPad 2 was spotted on President Barack Obama's desk as he signed an executive order, perhaps the same device that Steve Jobs, Apple's late founder and CEO, reportedly gave him last fall.
The president isn't the only public employee who wants a tablet. One recent report estimated that by 2013, there will be demand in the federal government for more than 500,000 tablet PCs — a market that's dominated by Apple's iPad. Government Technology's own research shows that iPads are by far the most popular tablet used by state and local agencies.
And now many government workers carry two phones: the one that's required and their personal iPhone. A recent Government Technology survey of state and local IT professionals found that roughly half use their personal smartphone at work, and most of them say their primary device is Apple's iPhone.
It's increasingly clear that governments love Apple devices. What's uncertain, however, is how much Apple loves government. "They are a consumer pure play," says technology pundit Rob Enderle, explaining that Apple has focused on the consumer market "like a laser" since the mid-1990s, when Jobs collapsed all of its business units.
Still, there's big demand for tablets and smartphones in government, and it seems Apple is starting to take notice.
The consumer focus has been great for the company's bottom line, but it's causing some growing pains as more Apple devices make their way into state and local agencies. Some CIOs complain that they don't have an easy way to procure the devices on a large scale (and perhaps that the company isn't as willing as traditional government vendors to jump through all of the hoops associated with the public procurement process). Other institutional buyers have grumbled about the lack of dedicated support for business users.
But probably the biggest knock against Apple's hot-selling mobile devices is the lack of built-in, enterprise-level security and device management capabilities — a deficiency that's shared by the fast-rising Android platform. Neither of these newcomers compare with the gold standard for secure corporate mobility: RIM's rapidly fading BlackBerry.
There are signs of change: Apple's government app store, custom app store, and systems integrator program certainly signal interest in public-sector business. Once wary of catering to anyone but the almighty consumer, it appears that Apple's new leadership may lead the company toward the enterprise.
Apple declined requests for comment, but according to Michael Rose, lead editor for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the company is changing its ways.
"The idea that Apple doesn't care about enterprise or the government as a market is one of those myths that has a kernel of truth to it," Rose said. "That has been far less true in the past eight to 10 years."
Historically, Rose said, one of the biggest problems Apple has had is being able to show a product road map that managers could use to plan for the future. When faced with those kinds of questions about its products, Apple reps could do nothing but shrug. But Apple is starting to cater to government and that can be seen, Rose said, whether it's iPads in classrooms or iPhones in boardrooms.
Enderle agreed, saying business and government buyers will be hard for the company to resist. Jobs may have been able to use his legendary "reality distortion field" to ignore the enterprise market, he said, but his successor is likely to succumb. "[CEO] Tim Cook is human and he will undoubtedly find the same attraction [to enterprise] all of his peers have found," Enderle said.
The U.S. government spent $90.2 million on RIM products in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, according to Bloomberg Government data. So it's natural for other technology companies to start thinking about getting a slice of that pie.
But Enderle contends that such a move could be risky for Apple. "That enterprise focus really takes the edge off catering to consumers. It's hard to do both well," he said. "Selling to enterprise is a low-margin business and Apple is a high-margin company. I think it's a trap."
Apple is popular, but not yet a mainstay in government. Many agencies hold on to the BlackBerry, despite the device's waning popularity. A market overview of mobile security published in October by Forrester said RIM's BlackBerry continues to be "in a class of its own" when it comes to mobile security. It's not that workers particularly want to use the BlackBerry; there just isn't an equally secure, well understood alternative yet.
That hasn't stopped public-sector workers across the nation from clamoring for the new devices. And the trend has been a challenge for IT and security professionals charged with ensuring the safety and privacy of government systems and information.
"It's part of the consumerization of IT," said Mike Russo, Florida's chief information security officer. "I think people move toward the iPhone platform because it's new and cutting edge, and people want to surf the Web. From a business perspective, we've got to find a way to make it work securely."
Things like firewalls and anti-malware software need to come standard on smartphones, Russo said. The lack of security features like remote data wiping, permissions setting and encryption also make Apple and Android devices unsuitable for out-of-the-box government use. It's possible to get different combinations of security features on a given phone with third-party software, but for an agency already configured for RIM, a transition can appear daunting.
Rose, the Apple blogger, was circumspect, saying some enterprise security concerns may be overblown. A transition from yellow legal pad to iPad, for example, doesn't mean a security issue needs to be invented. Paper doesn't have password protection, so why worry about iPad passwords?
"You're asking for things because they're on a checklist. You need a new checklist," Rose said. "It's like asking for a firewall for your toaster."
He contended that there are workarounds for most of the issues and that security managers should be able to perform a clean swap to Apple if they wish. "It depends on the system, but the solutions are there," he said.
Rather than focusing on security, managers should be looking at device management, Rose said. Apple does need improvement when it comes to managing a large fleet of devices, he acknowledged, but added, "The good news for Apple is the hooks are there for mobile device management at a very high level."
To fill the void, third-party vendors are piecing together security features for iOS and Android platforms in an attempt to provide complete enterprise solutions for smartphones. Some government agencies are content with third-party solutions and have made Apple and Android platforms an option for their employees. But Russo and others want better first-party support before switching.
Whether Apple decides to take that big shot at enterprise is yet to be seen, but in the meantime, third-party vendors for secure enterprise smartphone integration have reaped the benefits of Apple's disinterest.
One such company, Good Technology,saw a big spike in business since launching support for iOS and Android in 2009, said John Herrema, senior vice president of corporate strategy for the California-based firm. "The explosive growth we've seen since then has been due to those platforms."
Herrema said he's not worried about Apple taking away the company's business by supporting the enterprise. "There's a certain amount of tension between consumer-oriented platforms and the requirements of something like a financial institution," he said, adding that Apple and Android won't keep up with the specialized security and fleet management features offered by companies like Good Technology.
Virginia didn't want to wait for Apple any longer and in September became a customer of Good Technology's mobile solutions, said state CIO Sam Nixon. "It's very similar to how the BlackBerry BES server works. It fits very nicely with what we were already doing," he said. "The technology clearly gives us a very secure method of connecting, especially to email."
Nixon said he's content with using Good Technology as a third-party solution, and the price is comparable to exclusive BlackBerry usage because employees who want to use other smartphones are required to pay for the phone and service.
There are others, like Delaware Chief Security Officer Elayne Starkey, who says the state gets all the functionality it needs from Microsoft ActiveSync software.
There are about 500 BlackBerrys and about 200 smartphones being used in Delaware state government, Starkey said. The state's BlackBerry server will be retired in 2013, she said.
Starkey said security for smartphones with ActiveSync is not as good as it is on BlackBerry, but the state has been able to achieve a similar level of protection. "It was really not difficult to set up," she said, adding that the state's security controls include inactivity time-outs, encrypted data, remote device wipe, strong password requirements and password history. Starting in May, Delaware began using the McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management solution.
Another crucial security measure, Starkey said, was to kick off anyone on the network who didn't have a "sustainable business need" for being there. This was prompted after a security breach in which an employee was found using a personal smartphone to connect to the network before smartphones were allowed.
Operating without strong first-party support and without the help of a vendor like Good Technology, Starkey said Delaware's system works well.
So it appears that governments are finding plenty of ways to use Apple's iPads and iPhones — along with other consumer-oriented smartphones and tablets — regardless of direct vendor support. But if Apple watchers are on the money, government could soon be feeling more love from one of the world's hottest technology companies.
Editor's Note: The online version of this article was updated to include new information from Delaware Chief Security Officer Elayne Starkey.


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A day after it was revealed that Bush administration strategist Karl Rove had played a greater role than previously acknowledged in the political purges of U.S. Attorneys, the Obama administration announced that it is nominating one of those Bush-era casualties back to his post.
On Friday, the White House announced the nomination of four U.S. Attorneys, including Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada. Bogden's bio, as submitted by the White House, glossed over the controversial episode in which he lost his job several years ago. He was listed as "a partner in the Nevada law firm of McDonald Carano Wilson" who had "previously served as United States Attorney for the District of Nevada from 2001 to 2007."
But for those who followed the dismissal of U.S. attorneys in late 2006, Bogden's name is quite familiar. He was one of seven or eight U.S. attorneys who was dismissed by the Bush White House for what is widely believed to be political motivations, such as the unwillingness to investigate weak charges of voter fraud or political corruption.
Bogden, like his other fired colleagues, had initially been appointed by President Bush, which suggests that he is a Republican (there are no records of Bogden making political donations). That he would be reinstated by a Democratic administration to the position he lost is undoubtedly meant to be a message from the Obama White House that they are elevating law above politics, or at least removing partisanship from the Department of Justice.
Good on Obama and Reid. Bogden was unfairly fired by Bush for simply doing his job. He clearly deserves his job back. A US Attorney should be concerned about defending our Constitution, not allowing politicians to destroy it.


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