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One of the most controversial documentaries of our time has been available for digital download for several months now, yet many in the mainstream are still unacquainted with the ideas, concepts, opportunities and challenges presented by the coming Technological Singularity.
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The June Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart... er... pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800's in England.
Like many regional dishes there's no one way to make a Bakewell Tart, but most of today's versions fall within one of two types. The first is the pudding where a layer of jam is covered by an almond pastry cream and baked in puff pastry. The second is the tart where a rich shortcrust pastry holds jam and an almond sponge cake-like filling. The version we were dared to make is a combination of the two: a sweet almond-flavoured shortcrust pastry, frangipane and jam.
I was excited about this month's challenge. I love shortcrust pastry, tarts, pudding and almonds. And this combined all of those things. The requirements for the challenge were for the pastry dough and frangipane. We were able to decide if we wanted to make homemade jam or use store bought. I decided that lemon curd would be the perfect flavor pairing for this tart and it is delicious!
This recipe is very simple and absolutely delicious. This would be great with chocolate, maybe nutella and possibly using hazelnut flour. Individual portions in small tart pans would be great as well. There are quite a few possibilites for this wonderful tart.
Bakewell Tart
Makes one 23cm (9" tart)
Prep time: less than 10 minutes (plus time for the individual elements)
Resting time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes
Equipment needed: 23cm (9") tart pan or pie tin (preferably with ridged edges), rolling pin
One quantity sweet shortcrust pastry (recipe follows)
250ml (1cup (8 US fl. oz)) lemon curd, or jam
One quantity frangipane (recipe follows)
Assembling the tart
Place the chilled dough disc on a lightly floured surface. If it's overly cold, you will need to let it become acclimatised for about 15 minutes before you roll it out. Flour the rolling pin and roll the pastry to 5mm (1/4") thickness, by rolling in one direction only (start from the centre and roll away from you), and turning the disc a quarter turn after each roll. When the pastry is to the desired size and thickness, transfer it to the tart pan, press in and trim the excess dough. Patch any holes, fissures or tears with trimmed bits. Chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
Remove shell from freezer, spread as even a layer as you can of jam onto the pastry base. Top with frangipane, spreading to cover the entire surface of the tart. Smooth the top and pop into the oven for 30 minutes.
The finished tart will have a golden crust and the frangipane will be tanned, poofy and a bit spongy-looking. Remove from the oven and cool on the counter. Serve warm, with crème fraîche, whipped cream or ice cream.
When you slice into the tart, the almond paste will be firm, but slightly squidgy and the crust should be crisp but not tough.
Sweet shortcrust pastry
Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Resting time: 30 minutes (minimum)
Equipment needed: bowls, box grater, cling film
225g (8oz) all purpose flour
30g (1oz) sugar
2.5ml (½ tsp) salt
110g (4oz) unsalted butter, cold (frozen is better)
2 (2) egg yolks
2.5ml (½ tsp) vanilla extract
15-30ml (1-2 Tbsp) cold water
Sift together flour, sugar and salt. Grate butter into the flour mixture, using the large hole-side of a box grater. Using your finger tips only, and working very quickly, rub the fat into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Set aside.
Lightly beat the egg yolks with the vanilla extract and quickly mix into the flour mixture. Keep mixing while dribbling in the water, only adding enough to form a cohesive and slightly sticky dough.
Form the dough into a disc, wrap in cling and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Equipment needed: bowls, hand mixer, rubber spatula
125g (4.5oz) unsalted butter, softened
125g (4.5oz) icing sugar
3 (3) eggs
2.5ml (½ tsp) almond extract
125g (4.5oz) ground almonds
30g (1oz) all purpose flour
Cream butter and sugar together for about a minute or until the mixture is primrose in colour and very fluffy. Scrape down the side of the bowl and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. The batter may appear to curdle but It'll be fine. After all three are in, pour in the almond extract and mix for about another 30 seconds and scrape down the sides again. With the beaters on, spoon in the ground nuts and the flour. Mix well. The mixture will be soft, keep its slightly curdled look (mostly from the almonds) and retain its pallid yellow colour.


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Cloud Computing
information technology services
About Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a term used to describe any of a number of Internet-based services accessed over a network. The past several years have seen an increase in the use of cloud services for a variety of purposes, notably file storage, file sharing, and collaboration. ITS is often asked about the use of various consumer-oriented cloud services as alternatives to other, BC-approved, services.
Guidelines for using Cloud Computing
Outsourced cloud services are appealing, providing low cost, state-of-the-art productivity tools from known providers like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. However, they present unique and unknown risks that must be carefully considered. Any cloud-based service agreement should consider all elements of the business relationship, including terms and conditions, security, reliability and viability of the provider, treatment of intellectual property, etc. Our goal is to ensure that actions taken relative to cloud services by students, faculty, and staff do not unintentionally create risk for the University. The security of Boston College data must always be paramount in our shared approach.
If you are considering cloud services for your department, please contact the Office of the CIO for a consultation.
In an effort to guide the community's use of cloud computing resources, ITS has developed some guidelines and considerations around some commonly-used services:
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Before using any technology tool to send, store or share institutional information, review the Regulated University Data Chart.
Additional Resources
- 7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing from EDUCAUSE
- Nine security controls to look for in cloud contracts from Network World
- The Basics of Cloud Computing from US-CERT


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LITTLE ROCK — Two workers who tested positive for marijuana after being injured in an explosion when they tried to open a 55-gallon drum with a blow torch should receive workers' compensation, the state Supreme Court heard Thursday.
LITTLE ROCK — Two workers who tested positive for marijuana after being injured in an explosion when they tried to open a 55-gallon drum with a blow torch should receive workers' compensation, the state Supreme Court heard Thursday.
Attorney Rick Spencer of Mountain Home asked the high court to reverse a state Court of Appeals decision that denied the benefits to Matthew Edmisten and Greg Prock, who were severely burned in a November 2007 accident at Bull Shoals Landing on Bull Shoals Lake in north Arkansas.
The high court did not immediately rule in the case.
The men, who had been ordered by their supervisor to open the drum and had used the blow torch on several others successfully, suffered burns over half their bodies.
Spencer said there was no evidence that the accident occurred because of the marijuana use and there was no witness testimony suggesting the two were intoxicated because of marijuana on the day of the accident. He also argued a section of the state Workers' Compensation is flawed because the three-member panel are appointed, which causes partisanship.
The governor appoints the commissioners. One must be an attorney and he or she serves as chairman and is considered independent. One of the commissioners must represent labor and the other business.
An administrative law judge awarded Prock benefits, but the Workers Compensation Commission overturned that decision. Another administrative law judge denied Edmisten's claim for benefits.
Spencer said the commission discounted the law judge's determination of the reliability of the witnesses testimony, as well as that of both Edmisten and Prock.
"The credibility of the witnesses, the demeanor of the witnesses, how they come across, whether they are sincere or insincere … that is so important," he said.
Jarrod Parrish, attorney for Bull Shoals Landing, told the commission that the men's actions led to the accident.
"I think it's clear these gentlemen were not in the right state of mind," he said, adding they were "tearing into a barrel with an acetylene torch and no safety equipment on, they don't read the label, they don't open the barrel. I think it borders on reckless behavior."
Parrish told the justices that testimony during a hearing before an administrative law judge had indicated the two men had been told to consider using an air-powered chisel to pry open the barrels. He later admitted there was no policy and neither had been ordered to use the chisel.
Justice Paul Danielson and Chief Justice Jim Hannah both asked Parrish for any evidence suggesting the men's previous marijuana use directly caused the accident.
"We're talking about whether or not the accident was caused by the use of the drugs," Hannah said. "You still explained the causal connection … they had done 15 or 20 barrels before the same way. How can you make a leap saying the marijuana use caused him to take that torch to this particular barrel?"
Parrish said the two could have removed a plug on the lid of the barrel to determine whether it contained gasoline, and that there were indications that the gasoline could be heard sloshing around in the metal barrel before the men used the blow torch.
"They were opening a barrel that contained gasoline without checking the barrel," Parrish said.
"But their employer told them to do that," Danielson said, noting the men were under orders to open the barrels and never told not to use the blow torches.
Parrish said blood tests indicated the two men had used marijuana and state workers' compensation law requires the employee to prove their drug use didn't cause the accident.
"In the abstract, if you looked at their behavior you could say, yes, it could be due to someone being not intelligent or not having common sense, but within the context of evaluating whether they have rebutted a presumption their activities (were not caused) by the drugs within their system … we have the presumption in our favor," he said. "They have the burden to rebut that presumption."
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Long time watcher, first time poster. My group found MFZ:RA last year, and we have been enjoying gaming ever since. Only recently we decided to move into IO, and I wanted to post my creations this time, since this sub seems fairly active! I went for a theme of Space Pirates/Looters for the ships. I've yet to name any of my ships, so I apologize for less then creative names, but I hope you enjoy my designs!
The Mothership:
Interceptor (1):
Interceptor (2):
All three together:
The, "Kraken," ship, built specifically for ramming:
Kraken, Interceptors, and the MF Squads:
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Aug. 23, 1978: In a swap of running backs, the Baltimore Colts send holdout Lydell Mitchell, their career rushing leader, to the San Diego Chargers for oft-injured Joe Washington. In his three seasons here, Washington will gain nearly 4,000 combined rushing and receiving yards, lead the NFL with 82 receptions in 1979 and make the Pro Bowl.
Aug. 24, 1969: Australia's Rod "The Rocket" Laver defeats Pancho Gonzalez, 41, in five sets to win the men's title in the Baltimore Country Club Grass Court Pro Tennis Tournament. The women's title goes to Rosemary Casals, 20, who breezes in straight sets past Billie Jean King. All four would be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Aug. 23, 1958: The Orioles acquire pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, 35, off waivers from the Cleveland Indians for $20,000. In 41/2 years with Baltimore, the knuckleballing Wilhelm goes 43-39 with a 2.42 ERA and makes the All-Star team three times. In 1958, the Hall of Fame-bound right-hander no-hits the New York Yankees and, a year later, leads the American League with a 2.19 ERA.
Aug. 20, 1953: The International League Orioles lose an 8-2 exhibition to the St. Louis Browns before an announced 10,681 in Baltimore, one of seven cities courting the American League's worst team. Don Larsen pitches a five-hitter and Billy Hunter homers for the winners.
Aug. 22, 1951: Jack Perkins, the largest player on Navy's football team, receives a pardon from a Utah jail to return to the academy. Convicted of assaulting a man who complained of his obscene language, the 217-pound Perkins blames his misbehavior on drinking beer and vodka. He becomes an All-East tackle for the Midshipmen.
Aug. 22, 1936: Second baseman Max Bishop walks six times, tying an IL record in the Orioles' 18-9 victory over the Albany Senators.
Aug. 24, 1923: Future Hall of Fame pitchers start and finish the Orioles' 19-14 IL win over the Buffalo Bisons. Lefty Grove begins the game, and Charles Albert "Chief" Bender closes it.
Aug. 21, 1901: Outraged by his calls against the home team, Orioles fans attack AL umpire Tom Connolly in the fourth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers. Forty policemen surround Connolly, hustle him off to the dressing room and — one hour later — to a waiting carriage, where mounted police on either side of the vehicle shield him from the angry crowd outside the ballpark.
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FRISCO, Texas – Chris Wondolowski scored a first-half brace and the San Jose Earthquakes held the lead, spoiling the debut of FC Dallas' Fabián Castillo en route to a 2-0 victory at Pizza Hut Park on Saturday night.
After failing to score in their season-opener against Real Salt Lake, San Jose finally found the back of the net in 2011 and beat FC Dallas for the first time since rejoining the league in 2008.
WATCH: Schellas Hyndman talks about FCD's loss to San Jose
In the fifth minute, Wondolowski chested down a Chris Leitch pass just inside the Dallas 18-yard box, turned to his left foot and side-winded a volley past a diving Kevin Hartman.
After FC Dallas managed their first real scoring threat on a Marvin Chavez cross that skated in front of the San Jose goalmouth, Wondolowski struck again.
Leitch's initial pass found the feet of Joey Gjertsen just inside the FC Dallas 18-yard box. Gjertsen then floated another cross to the 2010 Golden Boot winner, who had no trouble heading the ball past Hartman.
With Wondolowski's brace, each of San Jose's last 12 regular-season goals has come from the American forward, an MLS record.
For FC Dallas, it was the first time since Sept. 12, 2009, that they conceded two goals in the first half, spanning 38 games and parts of the last three seasons. They gave up three goals in the first half of a 6-3 win over the LA Galaxy.
While maintaining possession in the first half, FCD did not register a shot on goal and didn't get their first crack at San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch until the 55th minute. That came from a toe poke by Milton Rodriguez, forcing Busch to make a diving save.
Castillo made his much-awaited debut for Dallas in the 59th minute when he came in for Ricardo Villar. The prized 18-year-old Colombian striker made his presence felt almost immediately with a pretty cross to the far post, but Rodríguez's header went several feet over Busch's crossbar.
WATCH: Rodriguez heads Castillo's cross high
FC Dallas nearly pulled one back close to full time on a Ruben Luna header, but Busch was there waiting again.
San Jose return home to host Seattle on April 3. MLS Cup runners-up FC Dallas, meanwhile, head to Columbus on April 1 still seeking their first win of the 2011 season.
Scoring Summary:
SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 1 (Chris Leitch 1) 5
SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 2 (Joey Gjertsen 1, Chris Leitch 2) 23
Misconduct Summary:
San Jose Earthquakes -- Jon Busch, Chris Leitch, Jason Hernandez, Brandon McDonald, Ramiro Corrales (Brad Ring 89), Joey Gjertsen (Ellis McLoughlin
73), Sam Cronin, Simon Dawkins (Ike Opara 83), Bobby Convey, Chris Wondolowski, Ryan Johnson.
Substitutes Not Used: Anthony Ampaipitakwong, Bobby Burling, Matt Luzunaris, Andrew Weber.
FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, George John, Jackson
(Ruben Luna 74), Jair Benitez, Marvin
Chavez, Eric Alexander (Eric Avila 62), Daniel Hernandez,
Ricardo Villar (Fabian Castillo 57), Milton Rodriguez, David Ferreira.
Substitutes Not Used: Ugo Ihemelu, Andrew Jacobson, Bobby Warshaw, Chris Seitz.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski; Mike Kampmeinert
4th Official: Armando Villarreal
Attendance: 11,022
Time of Game: 1:50
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I have 20 sites in the same domain, different niches and I want to interlink them for USER EXPERIENCE. I want to know from someone who tested this:
Will using a nofollow attribute for the links keep the sites safe from google link scheme penalties?
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I have 20 sites in the same domain, different niches and I want to interlink them for USER EXPERIENCE. I want to know from someone who tested this:
Will using a nofollow attribute for the links keep the sites safe from google link scheme penalties?
I wouldn't bother and you don't need to look any further then this page to see why. Look at the links to the other StackExchange sites in the footer of this page. It's on every page of every site in the network. If something like this was a problem you can be sure StackExchange, who has direct contact with Google about SEO issues, wouldn't do it.
Nofollow SHOULD help from a pure outbound/inbound link perspective, but I haven't tested this personally. If Google isn't seeing site B sending site A links, you should be good.
But I think there's more to it than just blindly saying if StackExchange is doing it, there isn't a problem if you do link them all to each other. I think you have to weigh multiple factors, three of which are the type (of content) of sites in your network, their subject matter, and the number of links created. Is all the content created by you? Is it an aggregator site? Is it a Blogger site with copy and pastes from other sites, with nothing but Adsense on it? If the content is original, you're better off, but I don't think completely safe from penalties. As Aurelio De Rosa mentioned above, linking sites with similar subject matter will be more beneficial than just linking all 20 very different sites together. And if we're only talking about a small percentage of your overall inbound links, it probably won't hurt.
I'm facing a similar issue with my network of sites (all related to one industry) that you're trying to avoid. It's made up of 6 sites, of which 4 are included in the footer of every page on those 4 sites. After Googles April/May algorithm update, we saw a dramatic decrease in keyword rankings and actually dropped off the first 10 pages completely for a couple of them (after being on the first page). We received warnings from Google that our page exhibited "unnatural inbound links", of which 2 of the 4 sites I mentioned numbered 350K+ inbound links. One of those sites is a news aggregator, all others are UGC and original content. After making changes and submitting a couple reconsideration requests, we're still seeing the warnings. Our next test is the nofollow approach you suggested. We'll start by reducing those 350k links by some percentage and hope for something positive from Google.


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Fredro Starr Tells A Story Where Suge Knight Wanted To Sign Him To Death Row & Brandy Might Have Saved His Life By Backing Away From The Deal! "6 Months Later 2pac Died. I could Of Been In That Car"
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WHAT IS IT? A chest protector from Fox Racing that goes with the Leatt neck brace like peas go with carrots. The Proframe LC is not to be confused with Fox's Raceframe, Airframe or R3 chest protectors.
WHAT'S IT COST? $99.95 (black, white or black/green); $129.95 (Vortex).
CONTACT? www.foxhead.com or (888) 369-7223.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with the Fox Racing Proframe LC chest protector.
(1) Options. The biggest selling point of the Proframe LC is that it's compatible with the Leatt and Omega neck braces. Instead of using a hacksaw to cut space around the front and rear portion of a chest protector (like you have to do with many standard chest protectors), you simply adjust the Velcro straps on the Proframe LC. In less than a minute, testers were able to comfortably fit the Fox chest protector with a Leatt brace. Follow these steps to properly mate the two: (a) Peel the Velcro tabs on the front of the Proframe LC and lengthen the area between the front plate and the shoulder straps. (b) With one section of the Leatt neck brace open, place it around your head and slide the rear portion of the Leatt underneath the chest protector's back plate. (c) Close the tab on the neck brace. (d) Slide the front of the Leatt underneath the front chest protector plate. (e) Lift up on the left shoulder strap and tuck the left wing of the Leatt underneath. (f) Do the same for the right side. The Proframe LC is not compatible with the Alpinestars Bionic Neck Support.
(2) Comfort. The best compliment a chest protector can receive is when a rider states that he doesn't notice it while riding. This is the case with the Proframe LC. The reason for this is the pre-curved front plate, which molds to many different body shapes. The LC feels tailor-made to all body types, from chubby buddies to bean poles. The soft Bio Foam liner is plush, yet dense enough to stop roost from peppering flesh.
(3) Sizing. The Proframe LC comes in two adult sizes: small/medium and large/extra large. Riders 5-feet 8-inches and taller felt that a large/extra large Fox chest protector fit best. The Proframe LC has an adjustable back plate that can be extended simply by removing three bolts. As for the side straps, they are simple, effective and adjustable with one hand. The buckles click into the front plate with ease, and nothing short of a grenade can loosen them.
(4) Protection. We were happy to discover that the Proframe LC came with a free, optional, clear, strapless, back system. It gave nostalgic test riders visions of Mike LaRocco during his glory days. While looking cool, it doesn't offer the maximum amount of protection. Still, for those interested in roost prevention at the cost of back protection, look no further than the Proframe LC's strapless system. Simply remove the back plate with three bolts and install the clear strap. It should be noted that the chest protector doesn't come with plastic shoulder or arm guards. As for air dispersion, there are several ventilation holes on the front of the Proframe LC. We cut out the triangular foam area behind the front plate for improved ventilation. If you're really worried about the heat, buy the white version.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? Ultra-safety-conscious riders might be turned off by the lack of plastic shoulder and arm guards on the Proframe LC.
If you wear a Leatt neck brace and a chest protector, the Proframe LC is a five-star product. It is comfortable, easy to adjust, protective and lightweight. Even for those riders who don't wear a neck brace, it's a quality chest protector.


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Long before "Sex and The City's" Carrie Bradshaw was busy writing weekly newspaper columns and bestsellers – the young scribe was hard at work in her diary.
On Tuesday, HarperCollins released the first image of the cover to Candace Bushnell's first of two new books in "The Carrie Diaries," which is set during Carrie Bradshaw's teen years.
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According to the publisher, "The Carrie Diaries" will focus on Carrie's first love and the book cover art is related to an incident with Carrie's mother. The books will also explore how the beloved character decides to embark on a path of writing.
In September, HarperCollins released a statement saying Carrie was a style and social maven – even during her formative years.
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"Carrie in high school did not follow the crowd – she led it," the publisher said. "It was there that she began observing and commenting on the social scene."
The first book in "The Carrie Diaries" is slated to hit shelves in 2010 and "Sex and The City 2" hits the big screen on May 28, 2010.
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I was going through old photos the other day and came across the photos of Charleys first outing as a newborn, when she was a teeny, tiny (crying) baby! She looks so tiny in her new cardigan that she is yet to grow into. It was 6 days after her birth that we managed our first trip out. I remember asking the midwife if it was ok to take her out, that there was no amount of time she had to stay indoors for. I think she thought I was a bit mad. I can't remember where we walked to but it probably wasn't far as she fed constantly when she a newborn. I know I was very glad to get out and have some fresh air. 6 days couped up, not sure how I'd cope doing that now!
I couldn't leave out Bodhi's first outing. This was a trip to The Devils Punch Bowl and it looks like he didn't even have the comfort of being in a pram. How things change for the second baby! This time it was day 4, a bit quicker than with Charley. With little sleep on the Friday night after Bodhi was born I was wondering how we'd cope with a newborn and a demanding toddler over the weekend. But by Tuesday I was ready to have our first trip out as a family of four. I can't say it was very comfortable walking! but it was much needed again. So different from out first venture out with Charley when we were anxious about how she was in the pram – too hot, too cold, comfortable etc.
He looks so tiny as a baby as well, even though he was a fair size when born. I love how cheeky Charley looks in this!
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While cleaning out the Heffernan freezer, Carrie comes across the top tier of her and Doug's wedding cake, and reflects back to the time when they got married. As she takes a trip down memory lane, Carrie remembers her uneasiness prior to their weddi... (more)ng day and her desperation in needing a sign from God to be sure about the marriage. The priest calms Carrie's insecurity by informing her that she and Doug actually met years before when they were kids. Carrie feels that that's a "sign" from above, but Doug later learns that it was Danny, his cousin, whom she met, not him, and is afraid to tell her the truth. Also, Arthur convinces Doug's parents to cover the cost of the wedding, and then proceeds to spend all their money to make the day extra special.
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From Roberto Paris with Love: Il Buco Alimentari's New General Manager Turns Restaurants Into Families
GalleryFrom Roberto Paris with Love: Il Buco Alimentari's New General Manager Turns Restaurants Into Families
Editor's note: You may have seen Daniel Meyer's writing on Diner's Journal for the New York Times, where he's eloquently written about everything from home cooking to the unsung heroes of the food industry. He's dropping in today with one of those stories, this one about the new general manager of Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria—both his journey through food and his new work at the restaurant. Take it away, Daniel!
By many accounts, Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria has exceptional food, some of the best bread and gelato in the city, and is in the running for the finest salumi in the country. But come late September, the young trattoria-salumeria on Great Jones Street is going to get a serious infusion of soul.
It will come in the form of general manager Roberto Paris, a soft-spoken, cerebral, 58-year-old Umbrian who for eleven years (1997 to 2009) was the wine director and general manager at Il Buco, Alimentari's older sister around the corner. He's been gone for three years, restoratively far, far away from what he calls the "merciless" business of restaurants in New York City. But he's on his way back, and Alimentari stands to gain quite a lot upon his return.
So, why does a restaurant that's been larded with critical and popular praise, and is neck-deep in blue-ribbon products need some older gentleman from Italy who most of us have never heard of? The answer to that question unfurled over nearly four hours of languid conversation (some on the phone and the rest in Alimentari's cozy back booth), and one more of shadowing Roberto through the opening act of a Saturday night dinner service.
The first clue was that for a man who has devoted much of his life to working in restaurants, he talks shockingly little about food. He'd scarcely mentioned it all until we tucked into a few bites from the kitchen. The most important part of a restaurant, he insisted more than once, is not the food, the wine, the ambiance, or the décor. Not even close. It's "the human factor," the feeling of community and family that is all-too-often neglected in such a cutthroat business. That's what he'll be bringing back to New York, and that's ultimately why he'll matter.
Roberto comes from Montefalco, a wine-producing region in Umbria (he takes particular pride in having introduced the wines of his home town to New York City during his time at Il Buco). He suspended his university studies at 23 to work in a bar of the Italian variety, the kind that's open from sunup to nightcap. He was restless and adventurous and too passionate about wine to peddle little more than the de facto cappuccinos and Proseccos of the typical Italian bar. So he started serving esoteric wines by the glass, specialty beers, and cocktails, all things that by his account nobody else was doing at the time.
At 29 he took to traveling, resuming his studies (history, philosophy, classics) in Germany, living in France, darting frequently across to the U.S., and dropping in on as many wine producers as he could. At 40 he moved to the States, where his New York restaurant career began by reading a notice in New York Magazine about a new restaurant space being opened on Bond Street by Alberto Avalle and his partner Donna Lennard. Roberto and Avalle went to high school together; this was the first that any of Avalle's old friends had heard of him since graduation. After two years of reconnecting, Avalle and Lennard asked Roberto to join Il Buco and help out with the wines.
He did more than help. With an intimate and ever-expanding knowledge of Italian producers (especially those in his home region), Roberto turned Il Buco into a destination for little-known Italian wines. He progressed from sommelier, to general manager, to general manager/wine director, all the while solidifying himself as Donna's confidant and right-hand man (his old friend Alberto had already moved back to Italy).
Roberto only meant to stay for a little while. "New York," he resigned, "is not a place for a man growing older. But Il Buco was my oasis." Without it he would have left New York much sooner. He ended up staying eleven years.
When he finally did leave Il Buco it was because he had lost the pure pleasure of interacting with his customers (he hates that word, by the way, and prefers to think of them as his community). All he wanted to do when people came into the restaurant was hide and read a book. That's when he realized it was time to take a break. Roberto talks about his parting with Il Buco as if it were the end of a romance. "It's like when you are in a long relationship," he contemplated. "When you break up you are discombobulated, but it's also a time to discover different aspects of yourself."
His self-discovery and much-needed rejuvenation has taken place over the past three years as he has flitted back and forth between sailing, hiking, and cooking in Southeast Asia (he always carries five liters of olive oil in his bag), and working summers on the private Italian estate of a major (but unspecified) Hollywood director.
In February of this year, Lennard came to visit Roberto in Thailand, where she convinced him to come back to New York for good. He has been at Alimentari on and off for the last few months (he is still committed to working the busy swings at the estate in Italy through the end of the summer), but come fall he'll be here permanently.
I asked Roberto what his title and day-to-day responsibilities might be once he starts working at Alimentari full time. He doesn't quite know, and doesn't particularly care; the job he's been recruited to do is not so tangible. To be sure, he will be intimately involved in training the staff, helping customers navigate the wines, and running the floor, but the most valuable contribution he stands to make can't really be measured in traditional restaurant currencies like covers or margins. His value to the restaurant is in his vision and his ideals.
And what exactly are those ideals? That "Alimentari is a new baby that needs some fostering and nurturing." That a restaurant must do way more than just leave people with a fuller stomach and a lighter wallet. "Knowledge alone is almost useless information. But if I know and discover something and can transfer it to somebody else who's having dinner, then my knowledge grows exponentially."
Roberto believes that the comfort he gets from belonging to the community of history is the same sense of belonging he seeks to foster for the staff and patrons of his restaurant. One of his methods to break down the wall between customer and staff: "Being a server is really easy if you think that the person in front of you is actually yourself."
You can see these maxims at work when dinner service begins and Roberto starts roaming the floor. He jumps at the chance to engage with diners and help create for them the experience that he would want for himself, to "add," as he says, "a little stone to that mosaic."
When he's not pouring wine, checking on reservations, or doing any odd task that needs to get done, you'll almost certainly find him chatting, sometimes earnestly, sometimes playfully, usually one-on-one, with a member of the staff, the chef, the host, a server, a runner, whoever. You can tell he cherishes those moments with patrons and employees alike, the fleeting chances in a busy night to make his mark, to ensure that under his watch the community is always growing from within its own walls.
As Roberto and I talked over coffee at the back booth, Donna Lennard slid in along the banquette and planted a big kiss on his lips (the kind that close relatives might give each other). I asked her why she brought Roberto back. "How could I live without him?" she said without skipping a beat. "You have to have your family always around. You can't keep them away for too long."
Then I asked her what he brings to Alimentari. "He brings the je ne sais quoi. He knows what it is and he tries to capture it. You can be as professional as you want, but if the place doesn't have any soul, people don't come back. People come back because they feel something. People come back to Il Buco for 18 years because there's something inside that's visceral. Roberto provides that visceral element."
Call it soul, call it the visceral element, or just call it je ne sais quoi: either way it's nice to know that the man who has it will soon be back in town to stay.
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Bolstering a long-term strategy to address fuel reduction and overall forest health, USDA Under Secretary Harris Sherman today announced two Forest Service 10-year stewardship contracts totaling $13.4 million.
The two contracts identify projects that will treat a minimum of 20,000 acres in two national forests.
"Today's announcement supports our commitment to accelerate restoration of our national forests and to generate and sustain jobs in rural America," said Sherman. "Not only will these contracts help us alleviate the impacts of the mountain pine beetle infestation and reduce the threats of catastrophic wildfire, but they also will offer a supply of woody biomass that will be used to produce low-cost heat and a clean, renewable source of electricity."
The stewardship contracts are focused on improving the health of subalpine and mountain forests affected by mountain pine beetle on portions of the Medicine Bow-Routt and the White River national forests in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado. The stewardship contracts announced today add to the $100 million the Forest Service directed toward addressing bark beetle infestations in the Rocky Mountain Region since 2010.
The Medicine Bow-Routt Long Term Stewardship Contract was awarded to Confluence Energy of Kremmling, Colo. Confluence Energy's bid of $4.75 million was awarded based on price and on the company's technical ability to accomplish forest health projects. Confluence Energy will remove beetle-killed trees and pile or scatter the residual debris that has no commercial value. In areas where the trees have commercial value for wood products such as dimension lumber, wood pellets and other biomass products, Confluence Energy will pay for that material to offset the cost to the government of the other forest health treatments in the contract area.
"The Confluence Energy team is excited and looks forward to working with the Forest Service to manage the Medicine Bow-Routt project," said Betty Straub of Confluence Energy. "We are confident in our ability to utilize the unwanted material for clean energy and high value purposes."
"We are pleased to add Confluence Energy to the diverse mix of forest product partners who will continue to help in our forest restoration efforts," said Medicine Bow-Routt Forest Supervisor Phil Cruz.
West Range Reclamation of Hotchkiss, Colo., submitted a winning bid for the White River Long Term Stewardship Contract. West Range Reclamation's bid of $8.66 million was accepted by the Forest Service based on the company's ability to meet technical requirements and per-acre price. The contract focuses on the removal of tree species susceptible to insect and disease infestations, including lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, Douglas-fir, Engelmann spruce, aspen and ponderosa pine.
West Range has partnered with Eagle Valley Clean Energy to develop an environmentally sound use for the dead and small-diameter trees – known as woody biomass – that will be removed during fuels reduction and forest health treatments. Eagle Valley Clean Energy is currently planning an 11.5 megawatt woody biomass-fueled power plant in Gypsum, Colo. The electricity generated from the plant will be supplied to Holy Cross Energy, servicing 8,000 to 10,000 homes in Colorado from Parachute to Vail and Glenwood Springs to Aspen. Heat from the plant will also support an adjacent wallboard manufacturing facility. In October, USDA's Rural Utilities Service announced a $40 million loan guarantee to help finance the plant.
"The continued stability of the 10-year project will allow West Range to provide well-paying, steady, year-round work for our current employees and the ability to hire more skilled operators," said Pam Motley of West Range Reclamation. "We also intend to do our part to help strengthen local economies by purchasing products and services such as fuel, food, housing, tools, parts, supplies, rentals and repair services from local businesses."
Eagle Valley Clean Energy estimates that the woody biomass electricity plant will further support 41 permanent jobs and 107 construction jobs for the region.
"This contract realizes an opportunity for us to achieve critical landscape restoration on the White River National Forest," said White River Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams. "It also continues our legacy of sustainable use of wood products from saw logs to biomass for renewable energy."
The Rocky Mountain Region of the Forest Service developed a strategy to address the increasing threats to health and safety from the millions of acres with dead trees due to the mountain pine beetle epidemic and the emerging spruce beetle epidemic. The strategy focuses on prioritizing hazardous tree removal, working with partners to reduce risks to infrastructure such as power lines, residences and ski areas and providing up-to-date public information as those activities move forward.
Since the mountain pine beetle epidemic began in the late 1990s, more than 1.7 million acres of lodgepole pine and ponderosa pine forests on the Medicine Bow-Routt and White River National Forests have been affected. Estimates are that on average approximately 70 to 80 percent of the mature trees have been killed to date. As the dead trees fall, experts predict an increase in wildfire severity which would result in a degradation of our watersheds and in turn negatively affect municipal water quality and other national forest resources.
For the stewardship contracts announced today, the Forest Service issued a request for proposal in Federal Business Opportunities on May 20, 2012, then held field visits for potential bidders to show the types of areas identified in the request for proposals and to explain the work required. The Forest Service evaluated proposals using "Best Value" criteria which assess price and technical ability to accomplish forest health work.
Stewardship contracting allows the Forest Service to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed from national forests as an offset against the cost of non-income generating treatments such as thinning or hazardous fuel removal. Learn more about stewardship contracting at the Forest Service restoration website.


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"I have my own way on seeing things through my eyes, my lens. And this is me." K.T.
Kenny Tsang has been an eminent photographer for more than 20 years. KT was first known by his inspiring style as a fashion photographer. He then spent years on exploring a wide range of contemporary, artistic and classical portraits; paying his full attention on how to bring up the full potential of beauty from Male or Female figures.
KT has also devoted on training the younger wave of talented photographers. He also contributed by being the adjudicator of a few significant contest in Hong Kong e.g. Annual Awards of 2010.
Progressing from a fashion photographer, KT has recently been one of the hottest wedding photographer. Being famous of cultivating emotional framework and capturing touching moments, KT has always been referred as "the most fascinating memories capturer" by his clients.
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Google is expanding its overnight delivery service Google Shopping Express from Fresno, Calif. to the Oregon border, according to reports.
Previously the service was being used in key parts of San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, but now the service is moving into less metropolitan areas, according to the Wall Street Journal. It will now be expanding its overnight delivery from the Oregon border to Fresno, Calif. -- about the northern half of the large state.
However, Google's small fleet of vans can't keep up with the new 400 miles of territory, so it's working with other shipping companies for the deliveries. As long as the customer types in an order by 7 p.m., the product will be there the next day. Google's partners in the service include Target, Walgreens, Whole Foods and Toys R Us.
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"In less dense areas, a partnership with other carriers makes more sense," Tom Fallows, product management director for Google Shopping Express told the WSJ. "We are very committed to making this an everyday affordable price point," he said.
Fallows declined to name the carriers, but customers will find out in the next few months. Google's blue and white vans will still be delivering in cities, but Google declined to give and statistics on the service.
The move to compete with Amazon is likely to be a costly one for Google, but one that's a necessity if it hopes to take on the e-commerce giant.


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Come up with an original yoga catch-phrase or what you consider a new style of yoga? Thinking you might copyright or trademark your very own yoga-ism? The Indian government might have something to say about it. In fact, India's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, a government agency, has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect what they call "knowledge that should be available to everyone."
A team of yogis from nine different schools and 200 scientists chosen by the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library are feverishly working to scan and translate texts including Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and document over 900 of the most popular yoga postures.
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Why (you might be wondering) would the Indian government want to do this?
The Washington Post reported that several US companies asked permission to copyright or patent their own versions of yoga. In response, The Indian government is sending a clear and strong message that this is not an option. "We wanted to ensure that, in the future nobody will be able to claim that he has created a yoga posture which was actually already created in 2500 BC, India," said VK Gupta, head of the digital library.
As yoga continues to move into the mainstream, a growing number of Americans (approximately 30 million to date) participate in some sort of yoga practice. The yoga industry generates around $6 billion in the United States annually. Compare this to the 2009 statistics for the video game industry just released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) that made up a mere $4.9 billion.
The industry of Yoga is creating more American dollars than the Video Game Industry. If that's not moving into mainstream America, I don't know what is.
It's obvious that yoga continues to grow in an economy where more traditional forms of US industry seem to be on the decline. And it's obvious, too, that as Americans, we want our piece of the ancient Indian yoga pie.
Calcutta born, Bikram Chodhury, (Beverly Hills, CA resident yoga mogul) was the first to copyright 26 poses adapted from 84 classical yoga postures creating Bikram Yoga. Chodhury created a heated controversy in 2004 when he began notifying yoga instructors saying that they were required to attain a license from him to teach and to use the term 'Bikram yoga.' This has long rankled many in the global yoga community who maintain that yoga can't be owned by anyone. Chodhury has amassed a fortune and controls an empire of over 500 yoga studios and 6000 yoga teachers.
It seems that it is exactly this type of thing the Indian government is hoping to avoid in the future.
The Digital Library plans to release the entire catalogue in September and US yoga studios will have access via the US Patent Offices. The information will be available in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese, according to the Washington Post.


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All women love the dress, but what kind of dress do you love? This year, the sheer dress is the winner, whatever tops, skirts and dresses, sheer is the chic and gorgeous element. In 2018 resort show, Givenchy's pure white sheer dress with the sheer cape is really amazing and beautiful. Another white sheer dress in Ellery also is wonderful. I believe anyone will look like a fairy in it.
There is no one can rival the cover-ups in this world, I guess. Flowing, soft and cool is the biggest features. Whatever you slim, fat, tall or short, the cover-ups must is your favorite piece. They make the young girls looks younger and cooler and make the mature women more elegant and gentler. This Chanel soft long cover-up is so voguish.
Do you notice one thing in this summer? Tassels are quite literally hanging almost everywhere we look, from bags and shoes, to clothes. On the 2018 derek-lam resort runway, the long tassel dress attracts all people's eyes, looks unique, elegant and confident. That maybe will be the hottest trend in the 2018.


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FBI executes search warrant at The Scooter Store
SAN ANTONIO — Executing a search warrant, federal agents Wednesday swarmed the New Braunfels headquarters of The Scooter Store, one of the nation's largest suppliers of power wheelchairs and scooters.
Authorities wouldn't comment on the reason for the raid, but a source familiar with the investigation said officials were looking for details of how The Scooter Store bills for its equipment.
The Scooter Store recently has drawn scrutiny for receiving millions in Medicare overpayments from 2009 to 2011.
Earlier this month, the company underwent another round of layoffs. That came after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that reimbursements for power chairs, scooters and other equipment will be sharply lower starting July 1.
Company officials were mum about the raid. Neither Michael Clark, chief administrative officer, nor spokesman Tim Zipp responded to phone calls.
The Justice Department last week obtained search warrants for at least three Scooter Store locations in New Braunfels, according to people familiar with the matter.
A search warrant also was executed at a San Antonio information management services company that stores Scooter Store records.
The search warrants were filed under seal.
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About 150 law enforcement officials — including from the FBI, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas attorney general's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit — combed The Scooter Store's offices Wednesday.
Most Scooter Store employees were directed to leave, but first had to show identification to agents, according to an employee who asked to remain anonymous because the person didn't have authority to speak.
A group of employees — presumably executives whose names were on a list — remained behind to be interviewed.
"The employees went out in an orderly fashion," Timothy J. Menke, a senior adviser for investigations with OIG, said outside the company's headquarters. "We're executing the search warrant on the entire site."
The Scooter Store employs about 1,200 people at its New Braunfels headquarters and about 1,800 overall, Zipp told the San Antonio Express-News earlier this month. The company laid off 150 people this month and 220 people in September.
For now, uncertainty swirls around The Scooter Store. It's not clear when employees will be able to return to work. They've been advised to call a phone number starting Thursday morning for instructions on when to report.
FBI Special Agent Erik Vasys said the agency was "conducting a regular and usual investigative activity, the details of which I can't discuss further."
A search warrant was executed in The Scooter Store building that houses IT servers and billing information before the search warrant for the company's main offices was carried out, a second employee said.
The raid came as company executives were set to depart for off-site training that was scheduled to last until Friday afternoon, the first employee said.
The Scooter Store's business has experienced a lot of tumult lately.
Power-mobility devices are a target in the crackdown on Medicare fraud. Government officials have raised concerns that scooters and power chairs are being prescribed to people who don't need them.
CMS is conducting a three-year demonstration program that requires durable medical equipment providers to get "prior authorization" from Medicare before patients living in any of seven states can receive a scooter or power chair.
Texas is one of the seven states, which were chosen for their "high populations of fraud- and error-prone providers," according to CMS.
In January, CMS announced that Medicare will pay on average 36 percent less for scooters and power wheelchairs starting July 1.
As a result, The Scooter Store announced plans to expand its offerings of products and services, though it didn't provide any details.
Last year, an independent auditor found The Scooter Store received anywhere from $46.8 million to $87.7 million in Medicare overpayments from 2009 to 2011.
The company, however, only has to repay $19.5 million. That led two U.S. senators to ask CMS why it agreed to accept an amount "significantly less" than what it overpaid The Scooter Store.
In a Jan. 22 reply, CMS said it accepted the amount based on The Scooter Store's analysis of the auditor's report.
The company was given five years to repay CMS, though the agency said the agreement doesn't absolve The Scooter Store from further liability related to the billed claims.
Back in 2005, the Justice Department alleged in a civil lawsuit that The Scooter Store defrauded Medicare and Medicaid.
The company disputed the allegations but agreed to settle by paying the federal government $4 million and forgoing $13 million in Medicare payments.
As part of the settlement, The Scooter Store in 2007 entered into a five-year "corporate integrity agreement." Under the terms of that agreement, The Scooter Store had to report and repay any overpayments within 30 days of identification.
But The Scooter Store agreed to repay the $19.5 million only after the OIG last February threatened to exclude the company from federal health care programs.
It's not clear if Wednesday's events are related to issues surrounding the 2007 agreement with the Justice Department.
The agreement expired on May 11. The OIG still is evaluating The Scooter Store's compliance for the last year of the agreement, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, The Scooter Store retail location along Interstate 35 remained open Wednesday, though a store representative said the computer and phones weren't working.
Word of the raid spread quickly through New Braunfels.
"I feel sorry for the employees who may lose their jobs," said Dianna Cotten, 67, a New Braunfels resident and Scooter Store customer since the 1980s.
Staff Writers Zeke MacCormack and Guillermo Contreras contributed to this report.


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I have just recently discovered and fallen in love with the Cavalier. At about the same time, I ran across the Coton de Tulear and have found one person who crosses these 2 breeds. Presumably, you'd get a really cute, lovable, somewhat quiet dog (the Cavalier) who doesn't shed or need a bath (the Coton.) Does anyone know of people in the Houston Texas area that does this cross and what is the general opinion of what the outcome would be?


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Linden Lab has four games releasing within the next month
Second Life developer Linden Lab has announced four games will be released within the next month.
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Rock Band next week: Dio, The Smiths, Silverchair
Harmonix and MTV announced next week's DLC for Rock Band today, and the line-up features singles from Dio, Juliana Hatfield, Morrissey, Silverchair, The Smiths and Underoath.
Dio cut from Brütal Legend credits
Ronnie James Dio, of heavy metal band Dio fame, has apparently been cut from Brütal Legend's voice actor list.The singer's management has reportedly confirmed the news, not citing any specific reasons. It noted that actor Tim Curry will be filling the position.Dio and Ozzy Osbourne, who's appearing in the Schafer title, have a "feud" going […]


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When I was in high school, Mike Nichols directed a celebrated version of Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot." It featured Steve Martin, Robin Williams, F. Murray Abraham and Bill Irwin. It ran for a short time at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater and tickets were not sold to the public. A lottery was held for Lincoln Center subscribers and my former French teacher scored a pair. I applied the full-court press and she took me on the condition that read the original version of the play (Beckett was Irish but wrote Godot in French first).
I didn't read it, and it wasn't until a few years later, when I took a class on Beckett at Hunter college, that the play's meaning made sense to me. Literally translated from French, the title is "While Waiting for Godot," and to me that is what the play is all about–what we do while we wait.
This week, we haven't talked much about food, movies, music or life in the city. We'll be back at it come Monday. In the meantime, while we wait on Clifton Lee, here are a few links for your face:
Marky Mark's new boxing movie could be worth the price of admission.
This Led Zep book sounds like fun, too.
Peep Savuer's banquet of cook books.
Dig this blog about George Steinbrenner as a young man.
And how about this dude who just sold his first book, a baseball novel, for $650,000? Man, I'm sure looking forward to reading it.
(Yeah, and that's Elia Kazan in Odet's original version of "Waiting for Lefty" in the photograph above.)


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Venezuela puts off Chavez inauguration
Caracas, January 9, 2013
Venezuela will postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez for a new term due to health problems, the government said on Tuesday, another sign the socialist leader's cancer may be bringing an end to his 14 years in power.
The 58-year-old former soldier who has dominated the South American Opec nation since 1999 has not been heard from since surgery on December 11 in Cuba - his fourth operation since he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in June 2011.
The announcement outraged opposition leaders who insist that Chavez must be sworn in before the National Assembly on January 10 as laid out in the constitution, or temporarily step aside and leave an ally in power.
"The commander president wants us to inform that, based on his medical team's recommendations, the post-operative recovery should extend past January 10," said Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's chosen successor, in a letter read to the legislature.
"As a result, he will not be able to be present at the National Assembly on that date."
The letter said authorities would seek another date for the inauguration ceremony but did not say when it would take place or give a time frame for Chavez's return from Havana.
Rather than being sworn in by the legislature, he would take his oath at a later date before the Supreme Court, the letter said, as allowed by the constitution.
Government leaders insist Chavez is completely fulfilling his duties as head of state, even though official medical bulletins say he has a severe pulmonary infection and has had trouble breathing.
The government has called for a massive rally outside the presidential palace on Thursday, and allied presidents including Uruguay's Jose Mujica and Bolivia's Evo Morales have confirmed they will visit Venezuela this week despite Chavez's absence.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has announced plans to visit Chavez in Havana on Friday.
But the unprecedented silence by the president - famous for regularly speaking for hours in meandering broadcasts - has left many convinced he could be in his last days.
His resignation or death would upend politics in the oil-rich nation, where he enjoys a deity-like status among poor supporters thankful for his social largesse.
His critics call him a fledgling dictator who has squandered billions of dollars from crude sales while dashing the independence of state institutions.
The constitution does not specify what happens if the president does not take office on January 10.
The Supreme Court, controlled by Chavez allies, called a news conference for Wednesday. It is widely expected to announce an interpretation of the constitution that will give Chavez leeway to take office when he is fit to do so.
If he dies or steps aside, new elections would be called within 30 days. Before leaving for Havana in December, the president instructed his supporters to back Maduro in that vote if he were unable to continue.
Opposition leaders argue that Congress chief and Chavez ally Diosdado Cabello should take over, as mandated by the constitution if the president's absence is formally declared.
Cabello has ruled that out, saying the president continues to be in charge.
"Who could have believed the opposition would be screaming for Diosdado Cabello to be given the presidency of the republic?" he said during a rambunctious session of Congress. "That's crazy, the opposition is losing it."
Meanwhile opposition deputies accused the Socialist Party of failing to follow Chavez's instructions - a scene that would have been unimaginable before Chavez's prolonged absence.
"President Chavez is the only one among you who has spoken clearly," said opposition leader Julio Borges.
He was drowned out by pro-Chavez deputies clapping and chanting the socialist leader's name and rebuffed by Cabello, who had long been considered a potential successor to Chavez until he was passed over for Maduro.
"It's not my fault you weren't chosen, don't take your frustration out on me," Borges quipped.
Another opposition deputy complained that during the debate a copy of the constitution was thrown across the chamber from the direction of the Socialist Party's deputies.
Chavez's supporters have held near-daily vigils for his recovery, while opposition activists accuse the president's allies of a Cuban-inspired manipulation of the situation.
Maduro has taken over the day-to-day running of the government and looks set to continue in the role past Thursday.
The mustachioed former bus driver lacks Chavez's charisma, but he has sought to imitate the president's style with vituperative attacks on the opposition and televised ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
With the micro-managing Chavez away, major policy decisions in Venezuela, such as a widely expected devaluation of the bolivar currency, appear to be on hold.
Venezuelan bond prices, which had soared in recent weeks on Chavez's health woes, dipped on Monday and Tuesday as investors' expectations of a quick government change apparently dimmed.
"The 'regime change' euphoria seems excessive taking into account the unclear legal transition and perhaps, more importantly, the risk that regime change does not allow for policy change," New York-based Jefferies' managing director Siobhan Morden said in a note on the bonds. – Reuters


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Cousin Alvine, also known as "Sister", played the organ at church every Sunday. I can't remember a single Sunday from my childhood that she wasn't there, sitting behind the pulpit and to the left of the choir loft in the alcove under a copy of The Last Supper. She had a serious look about her when she played. She would tilt her head back and to the side and her lips would part slightly as if she were faintly mouthing the words of the tune she was playing.
She had a thin frame that made her look tall in my memory. She wore glasses and her hair was pulled purposefully to the back of her head in a bun. The style did not vary that I ever noticed though her hair grew streaked with silver over the years. Aside from those silver streaks she never seemed to age. She looked the same to me and my brother the last time we saw her as she had looked when we were children and my brother walked down the lane to take piano lessons from her some forty years before.
From a distance, with her glasses, her bun and her quiet inclination, Alvine had the look of an earnest librarian. Up close, however, when you talked to her, that illusion melted away. In conversation she lit up and at the slightest encouragement the warmth of her spirit transformed her demeanor from shy and bookish to eager and friendly. She always had a smile and a kind or complimentary word for us children when we greeted her. If we asked her a question her eyes would sparkle.
Sharing the Past
When asked about growing up next door to my Dad's family her eyes would even harbor a hint of delight. Once she told me:
I remember your grandparents. We kids loved to go back there. Uncle George would play with us out in the yard. Aunt Kate would let Bet and me help her set the big table and do little clean up jobs. She was always laughing and telling us stories.
Your Daddy and his family had to be up early in the morning. They had to put on some old clothes and shoes to feed the cows and milk them, before they could get ready and go to school. I can see them now: hurrying to undress and pitching their old shoes in a closet near the kitchen. Then we had fun walking to school.
The year I left the neighborhood where my grandparents and Alvine had lived the women in the little church I grew up in prepared a wonderful gift for the church family. At Christmas time they put together a simple little book with a line drawing on the front cover and thirty typed and photocopied pages roughly stapled together at the binding. It was titled "Family Memories Cookbook" and included a recipe and a few descriptive paragraphs about a favorite memory for each contributor from the congregation.
Since I had moved away from home earlier that year I didn't get a copy of this simple cookbook when it was distributed. It was years later, when I was going through the books at my aunt's house, after she became too sick to go back home for them, that I found this small collection of recipes among her stacks and stacks of cookbooks. Something about it caught my eye and I put it with the books I saved to look through later.
Every time I look through it I am touched by the sweet memories of these dear ladies I grew up seeing every week and yet scarcely knowing. They were familiar faces, friends of my family. Many, I learned later, are even related to me in one way or another. Their pages look fondly on the past, recalling hard times but sweet memories, times spent surrounded by family and tradition and recipes passed from one generation to the next.
In this little book I treasure is a recipe from my cousin, Alvine. She wrote of her mother, my great aunt Lene:
One of my treasured memories is of coming home from school and finding Mother cooking something good for our supper. She knew how hungry we children were and she was happy when she was preparing a good meal for us. This dessert is one I especially remember.I took the liberty of making a few adjustments to her quantities and wording to make the recipe work out in my kitchen. I also chose to add chocolate chips instead of currant jelly between the pudding and meringue. The result was nothing short of wonderful.
Bread Pudding
A recipe remembered by my cousin, Alvine
2 cups milk
¾ cup sugar
4 egg yolks, beaten
¼ t salt
1 t vanilla
4 cups bread crumbs, (I used pieces of Uncle Hal's Biscuits)
½ cup chocolate chips
4 egg whites, at room temperature
¼ cup sugar
Scald milk. Stir in sugar, egg yolks, salt and vanilla. Fold in bread crumbs (Alvine preferred biscuits broken into small pieces).
Melt butter in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish.
Pour the bread mixture over the butter in the prepared casserole dish. Place this dish in a pan of hot water. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, or until firm.
Remove from oven. Scatter ½ cup chocolate chips across the top of the hot pudding.
In a medium mixing bowl beat the egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar, a Tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form.
Spread meringue across the bread pudding until it completely covers the top and touches the sides of the pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for another 12 minutes or until browned on the top.
Remove from oven to a wire rack.
Serve warm or cold.


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Sandra Ingerman and Hank Wesselman are well-known shamanic practitioners and this collaborative book is a primer for anyone wanting to know more about modern shamanism and how it works. The book includes a CD with drumming and flute sequences that allow you to practice taking a shamanic journey by entraining your attention to the beat. There are a number of suggested exercises to give you the experience of travel to one of the three spirit worlds–the Lower World, the Middle World and the Upper World—in search of revelation.
Instructions guide the reader to discover a power animal, experiment with intentional and lucid dreaming and interpret dreams. There are applications of shamanic practices to affect weather and heal the environment, create ceremony and ritual, enter a visionary state of consciousness through making art, evaluate the resonance of sounds and words, work with light, color and crystals and redefine a relationship with death.
The work in this book is all about healing and understanding at a deeper level of consciousness. It isn't at all airy and insubstantial, the exercises are practical and many of the underlying beliefs are accepted precepts of widespread spiritual practices. The text is sprinkled with the observations and anecdotes of four additional contemporary shamans—a Celtic shaman from the Hudson River valley, a Native American shaman university professor, a psychotherapist who studied shamanism with Huichol elders and Incan and Peruvian Amazon shamans, and a medical anthropologist who practices Andean shamanism and energy medicine.
Ingerman, a licensed therapist and shamanic practitioner who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a respected workshop leader who has written a number of popular books about shamanism. Hank Wesselman is a paleoanthropologist and shamanic teacher with his own library shelf of books about the practice. He spent years studying the indigenous shamans in Africa and today lives and teaches in Hawaii.
I found this book fascinating—it's written in a very down-to-earth style and addresses many key issues of our times. All of them need serious healing, from environmental degradation to medical diseases to pandemic violence to spiritual confusion and mental illnesses. The narrative of the shamanic journey is a close match to the narrative in a good story. Awakening to the Spirit World teaches the rudiments of a simple, accessible practice that doesn't involve a lot of Hollywood theatrics and props. Rather it cuts to the heart of the human relationship to the planet and all of nature, the realization that we are first spirit and then the personas we cloak ourselves in, and the power each person has to tell their own story and shape a healed and whole life. Worth reading, contemplating and trying out—on my list to acquire for my own library and further exploration.
Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation Sandra Ingerman & Hank Wesselman | Sounds True 2010


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Reject dialysis center rezoning
Editor's note: The following letter was sent to members of City Council. The zoning bill was the subject of a Local story on Nov. 25 ("A City Council bill would make dialysis center legal"). The City Council Rules Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on this bill on Wed., Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. If the Rules committee approves the bill, it will be sent to full council for a future hearing.
On Wednesday Dec. 8, your rules committee will consider bill 100753 to rezone property about ½ a block from our home. We urge you to reject this zoning change because:
The zoning of this site is currently before the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas under appeal by us (Burke and Burke vs. ZBA) because the ZBA's reversal decision was reached behind closed doors at the instigation and, we believe, unreasonable influence of the parties represented by lawyer Carl Primavera.
These same parties have pushed this bill through Donna Reed Miller's office in order to avoid facing us in the proper legal setting – this is an injustice to us. In early 2010, the parties sought a ZBA variance and now before the issue is decided in court they come to City Council to bail them out and get what they want through political influence.
To the best of my knowledge, neither Donna Reed Miller nor her office has sought input from neighbors. In fact, one of her aids has been quoted in the press as saying it "should be beneficial to neighbors" – a condescending comment that shows no consideration of our concerns or the reality of the residential and small business activity in our neighborhood.
In addition, we ask that you reject the notion of "councilmanic courtesy" (an unwritten tenet that council people defer to the district councilperson on matters of zoning in his or her district) because the only side of this issue being considered is the one presented by the parties represented by Carl Primavera. If a concept of councilmanic courtesy is applicable at any time, it should be only for a non-controversial issue and/or when there has been an unbiased effort to discuss and consider all sides of an issue rather than consider only one side as is happening in this instance.
Please support the residents of this neighborhood by voting no to this special interest legislation.
Peter and Susan Burke
Chestnut Hill
Dismayed by lack of process, politics
To my fellow Chestnut Hill neighbors (from the top of the Hill to the bottom).
I was at the CHRA meeting last Monday evening (Nov. 28) and am less than supportive now of what I thought was going to be a good thing for our community. I am speaking of the dialysis center that is going to move into our rather quiet neighborhood. I live at the top of the street where this facility is planned to be established and I don't like what I am hearing on many counts.
First, the zoning law being changed by a bill in front of the City Council by Donna Reed Miller is an affront to the process that we should be seeing through. The zoning of that building is the subject of a scheduled March hearing before an appeals court. That appeal was filed by neighbors to overturn a Zoning Board decision to its initial ruling to honor a community request to limit hours. That reversal occurred without notice or community input, a fact that is disturbing.
Second, the official CHCA letter supporting the center and the behavior of the CHCA members towards visiting members of the community opposing the facility is shameful. Imagine a group of community members not listening to the community?
Third, the most challenging part of this is Donna Reed Miller's support of the big business in this instance and not the Good Food Market, a locally-owned business that tried to do good for the community before it was forced to close. I feel like this is the political favors game at its worst, and I will stand behind the community to fight this center every step of the way.
Please write to your local councilperson and call the Philadelphia Inquirer. Appeal the submission of bill # 100753 to rezone the property. Reject this bill!
I'd much rather wait to find the right tenant than suffer the losses that may come from this. Hoping for the best – bracing for the worst.
Josh Haims
Chestnut Hill
Uphold original ZBA decision
Editor's note: This letter, too, was sent to members of city council.
I write regarding the proposed Fresenius Dialysis Center in Chestnut Hill. As I am sure you are aware when this issue was brought before the Zoning Board, the board came to a wise conclusion in which a good compromise was reached, with both the neighbors and Fresenius being satisfied. This decision was then changed. Why?
That this decision was overturned is disturbing. It raises serious questions about motivations. How that change occurred is disturbing. That the decision was overturned without a hearing is outrageous.
I am a physician and am aware of the importance of medical facilities. The neighbors recognized this. However, a balance must be kept so that quality of living can be preserved for as many as possible, not just for those needing dialysis or for those standing to benefit economically. Cities flourish primarily because they are welcome places in which to live, where laws and rights are respected.
I am a past president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA). I recently was on the board of the CHCA, a potentially wonderful organization designed and developed to improve community life in Chestnut Hill by democratic means .
Philadelphia's City Council importantly serves to make sure city government operates democratically, fairly and according to proper procedure. I am sure that is what you want also. I urge you to consider carefully which is the primary constituency you represent. Is it not the residents of this city?
The original decision of the Zoning Board should be upheld.
George L Spaeth
Chestnut Hill
Holiday HouseTour: Inspired by the effort
Inspiration was everywhere this past Saturday when the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Holiday House Tour opened the doors to five wonderful homes here in Chestnut Hill.
We would like to thank the generous event sponsors, Chestnut Hill Hospital and Bowman Properties, and the gracious homeowners — Jane and Steve Piotrowski, Joanne Aponiewicz and Lee Foulkrod, Joni and Christian Thomas, Sherry Jordan, and Cathy and Gary Glazer – who allowed us in to create the magic and holiday inspiration that was presented to the 670 tour guests. Special thanks also go out to the 22 designers, florists and garden clubs who shared their holiday vision in all of these great spaces.
Every year the attendance grows, but not without a tremendous amount of work by the Holiday House Tour Committee members and the many other volunteers who worked on the day of the event. Special thanks go out to CHCA Community Manager Philip LeCalsey and Administrative Coordinator Noreen Spota for their incredible hard work to make this event so successful.
Bob Rossman
Vice President for Operations
Thanks and a clarification on the Arts Garage
We'd like to thank the Local for all the coverage you have given the Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG) as we mark our first anniversary! We have, in the past year, continued to build on our foundations as a nonprofit art center. Our member base is growing (artists and art lovers alike), we have a new space at 11 West Mt. Airy Ave. where we are partnering in a design charette with Philadelphia University in our dream to build out a no carbon footprint space. And, we continue to inspire and create new dreams as we move forward in Phase 1.
We saw your Nov. 25 article that mentioned our doors would be open Dec. 1. Alas, that won't be the case. We have our architect and others on board, but MAAG will more probably open in early Spring. In the meantime, you can support artists of MAAG and "Party for a Cause!" this Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 pm at the Venetian Club at 8030 Germantown Ave. Artists will include Meei Ling Ng, Arleen Olshan, Doris Grey, and others. Proceeds will benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia's Children's Services.
Hope to see you there. And don't forget to visit and join us at www.mtairyartgarage.org.
Linda Slodki
President and Cofounder
Mt. Airy Art Garage


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Hey Guys
I'm gona buy 600 Rivershrimp from a store online and they've said I need to keep them in cold water and the salinity should be 1.008 - 1.012 Brackish water made with RO water and marine salt.
They say I need a filter, can I use some of the media from my current mature FW external filter?
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"Ahlan wa-Sahlan," Welcome!
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is known for its warmth and hospitality as it welcomes visitors and pilgrims to the Holy Land from around the world.
Though Palestinian Christians have been here since the first Pentecost, the roots of the ELCJHL are in the mid-19th century when German and English missionaries came to teach and minister to the local people. Today, we have five congregations in Jerusalem, Ramallah and the Bethlehem area and one in Amman, Jordan. The churches in Amman and Ramallah are comprised largely of families of refugees who fled their homes at the time of the tragic wars that followed the formation of Israel. We also operate four schools and four education programs.


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Family Seining at the GTM Research Reserve
Join GTM Research Reserve staff and/or volunteers on the 2nd Saturday of every month for a family seining activity. Visitors will get the chance to pull a seine net through Guana Lake, collecting species of fish, crabs and more, and then learn about the animals and their roles in the habitat. All necessary gear including waders and boots will be provided.
Please meet the guides at Guana Dam Recreational Area. They will be located at either the north or south boat launch, depending on the tide.
Space is limited! Reserve a spot online by clicking on the event website link. You can also call 904-823-4500. There is a $3 per vehicle parking fee; the event is free.


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Ashton Kutcher might be a big-shot "Two and a Half Men" star these days, but he's not abandoning his roots.
Kutcher will join his fellow former "That '70s Show" costars Mila Kunis, Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama for a cast reunion on "Fox's 25th Anniversary Special," airing Sunday, April 22 at 8 p.m.
Also read: "That '70s Show" Arrest: Lisa Robin Kelly Charged With Injuring Spouse
The cast members of the show — which ran from 1998 to 2006 on Fox — will "remember their earliest break into stardom and growing up on set," according to Fox.
Also read: "In Living Color" Returning to Fox
Also getting back together for the anniversary spectacular: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans
and Shawn Wayans, from Fox's early '90s sketch comedy "In Living Color." The comedically inclined Wayans brothers will "come together to share stories about their funniest sketches on 'In Living Color,'" Fox said.
In addition to the reunion, Fox is reviving "In Living Color" in the form of two half-hour specials.
Also read: "Married With Children," "X-Files," "90210" Stars Reunite for Fox's 25th Birthday
As previously reported, cast members from former Fox series "Married With Children," "The X-Files" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" are also reuniting for the two-hour special.


text: Since launching her shoe brand in 2012, Fashionista Chiara Ferragni has never looked back. Famous for mixing unique motifs, prints, glitter and patches, the Italian influencer has made a name for herself and has also incorporated clothes, bags and accessories to her collections. Crafted in Italy, this black zipped up jacket from Chiara Ferragni features a foldover neck, a front zip fastening, long sleeves and a Blinking Eye strap to the side.


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Republicans portray Planned Parenthood as primarily focused on performing abortions and - intentionally or not - using American taxpayer dollars to do it.
Not so, say Democrats who counter that the group's 800-plus health centers nationwide provide an array of services, from screenings for cancer to testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Abortion is just one of many procedures, and the law bars Planned Parenthood from using tax money for it.
In the budget maelstrom that threatened to partially shut the federal government Friday stood Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a 90-year-old organization now part of a decades-long congressional battle over abortion.
Republicans want any legislation keeping the government operating to bar federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of abortions. They want to distribute the money to the states.
"The country is broke and the vast majority of Americans don't want tax dollars to take the life of unborn children," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., chairman of Republican Study Committee, told reporters in a conference call.
Democrats say they see a radical agenda against women's health, especially poor and low-income women, and won't allow it, even if that means shutting down the government.
"It is appalling that Republicans would hold our economic recovery hostage for a ransom of denying millions of women Pap tests, breast exams, and birth control," said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. "It shows their top priority is not keeping our economic recovery on track - it is reviving divisive social issues."
Republican leaders say that's just not so. The question of a shutdown, they said Friday, is about a need for greater cuts in federal spending, not social issues including abortion.
Abortion nearly scuttled President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the final hours of debate last March. A year later, the stakes are still high, the political rhetoric fierce and the claims in need of clarification.
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., wrote last month that the legislative fight is "Big Abortion vs. American taxpayers."
Giving its version, Planned Parenthood said it performed about 330,000 abortions last year, 3 percent of its total health care services. The organization also said its doctors and nurses annually conduct 1 million screenings for cervical cancer, 830,000 breast exams and some 4 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases.
"It's an outrage to shut down the government over an extreme proposal that would deny millions of women Pap tests, breast cancer screenings and birth control," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, said in a statement. "Attacking Planned Parenthood's preventive health care hurts women, does not cut the deficit or fix the economy, and must be stopped."
Nine of the Senate's Democratic women stood together at a midday Capitol Hill news conference vowing to stop the House GOP effort.
"This is an opportunity for the right wing in the House to really sock it to women," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
Said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.: "These women are a mighty line of defense against cutting Planned Parenthood."
The organization said it receives $363 million in federal funds, getting its money from both the Title X program and Medicaid. Title X provides grants for family planning and related health services under a law signed by Republican President Richard M. Nixon in December 1970.
Of the Title X money, Planned Parenthood gets about $70 million, some 25 percent of the $317 million in Title X spending. The organization's annual budget is $1.1 billion and includes individual donations.
Federal law bars Planned Parenthood from using tax dollars for abortion. In 1976, three years after the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment which bars the use of taxpayer funds for abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
It annually is attached to the congressional spending bills.
But Republicans argue that often all the money ends up in the same account for the organizations.
"Come on," Jordan said, "Money is fungible. ... It's just common sense. We think that taxpayers understand this, particularly at a point in history when the country is broke."
No matter what the outcome, the fight over federal money for Planned Parenthood will continue. Once Congress resolves the budget for the current fiscal year, it must decide on spending for the next budget.
"We have a long history of pro-life protection being part of an appropriation debate," Jordan said.
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Hi there
I'm having trouble with the question, "What's wrong with grazing livestock on land unsuitable for tillage?" and the questioner often includes the fact that, without this use of such land, "farmers in remote locations would be out of a job" or some such.
Now, my responses are usually, "Why do humans feel the need to exploit every last inch of land? What's wrong with land just being there?" and "The need to exploit marginal land ignores the larger issue of all good arable land being exploited for livestock and the subsequent problems with soil erosion, nutrient depletion, forest clearance" etc etc - you get the picture.
It's still a hard argument to counter, especially over here where 'bad land' is used for sheep grazing or cattle during summer and the livestock farmer feels embattled already without me taking a shot!
What's your take on it?