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Gov. Rick Scott spoke by phone with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker today (if it was really Gov. Walker, of course.) but according to the Palm Beach Post, Scott didn't reveal much about the call:
Scott earlier in the day also spoke briefly by phone with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose pension overhaul and bid to end collective bargaining for public employees has spawned days of protests and a walkout by Senate Democrats.
"I talked to him about how he's doing, I'm sure it's tough," said Scott, who plans to leave Thursday this weekend's Republican Governors Association meeting.
"He's not going to be able to come," Scott said of his Badger State bro.
Yeah, it's tough for poor Gov. Walker. Imagine, taking all that money and handing it over as corporate tax cuts while teachers and other public workers won't sit back and allow their collective bargaining rights be taken away along with their pay cuts in return. The nerve! Human rights? Pshaw. Think how tough that's been….for Gov. Walker.
No mention of Gov. Walker's earlier conversation with fake David Koch yesterday, specifically this part:
"I talk to Kasich every day. John's going to stand firm in Ohio. I think we do the same thing with Rick Scott in Florida. I think (Rick) Snyder, if he got a little support, could do the same thing in Michigan. I think if you go down the list, a lot of us new governors got elected to something big. "
Something big. Like say, destroying the middle class big? If so then, yes, we've noticed that. It seems to be a pattern. Too bad it isn't working out the way they'd planned. People are funny when you strip away their livelihood and their rights. Who knew it would turn out this way?
The other thing in that phone call that was revealed was the mention of the upcoming long weekend at the Republican Governor's Association meeting. Too bad poor Gov. Walker won't be able to make it, as Gov. Scott lamented. After all, he'll miss the next part of the plot when the Governors double down on their next plan of attack. Although, it's not like the old days. We have technology now that will allow Gov. Walker to be there without really being there. Perhaps they can do a conference call or something. Think Gov. Walker will be up for that? OK, maybe if they use a secret password? Let me think.
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Logan Everett, a gray-eyed, brown-haired boy who plays the drums, is an 18-inch doll being released Thursday with Tenney, a female singer-songwriter.
They are part of American Girl's plans to launch dolls with diverse backgrounds, experiences and personalities in 2017, according to a press release.
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I hate marketing. Not so much the adverts and shiny sparkling things that make me buy things that I don't need and generally shouldn't be able to find a way to afford (and then leaves me scrabbling around my car for small change by the end of the month so that I can buy petrol). sparkly things are my kryptonite, right up there with blue things, yellow things, things that make a noise with you poke them (this includes people), hats and anything cute (including things so ugly that they are adorable).
No, I HATE special offers.
Exhibit A:
So I stopped on my way out the other night to buy petrol and a bottle of water. I can't drive without sipping water at every robot along the way, but lately with the warm weather I keep leaving the current bottle in my car and coming back to find it inflated to roughly the shape of a rugby ball and then I start having BPA-induced paranoia. I bet BPAs are more marketing tools to get me to buy more water. anyway, not the story I was planning on telling.
Ahem. Anyway… they have a special promotion where every time you spend over a certain amount (like R15 or something) they give you sticker. Once you have 40 stickers you get to pay a ridiculous sum of money for a kind of ugly stuffed-toy of a dog. BUT if you get 75 of the stickers they give you one for free.
Despite all my weaknesses, I'm really not into stuffed toys. I have the sheep I got in Ireland, Elvis the travelling penguin, the teddy my dad gave me when I was born and the Jersey cow my mother got in Jersey (it's kind of disturbing, with a MASSIVE hand the size of its head giving the thumbs up, and a normal hand on the other arm. Do cows even have hands? criticism aside I appreciate that on the last overseas trip she got me frog earrings and that documentary so she is learning and the effort much be appreciated and encouraging by proudly keeping the cow in my cupboard and hoping I don't find it during one of my sleepwalks because I could go all Carrie on the world from shock). I used to work at a place that had one of those claw-machines and we played it enough for me to have a sizeable heap of them, which I have been giving away to random charities and stuff ever since (except for Elvis, he stays).
So I decided that it couldn't hurt, I'd keep the sticker-book thingy in my car and if I happened to go to one of those outlets I'd get the sticker and one day if I ever get to 75 I'll get the toy and give it to a charity or use it to distract a scary kid or something.
Which made sense until I drove about 5km out of my way to go to a garage that would have stickers yesterday. WTF?
Exhibit 2:
I bought airtime for my phone a while ago and got an sms to tell me that I got however many free minutes between midnight and 5am. Great. Thanks. Way to encourage drunk dialling? So is that why I organised to drive myself around on Saturday night, while keeping in constant phone-contact with a friend who could give the police details if anything happened? (and for you sticklers for safety, I had the phone in my lap, on speaker-phone).
I'm beginning to think that my weakness for 'free' stuff is getting out of hand. I bought an sms bundle today as I seem to be flying trough my phone credit far too quickly, and now I'm sitting and twitching, wondering who I can send messages to…
So if anyone wants to get me to go to an event? Make sure there's free stuff. it doesn't seem to matter if I like it or not, I'd probably go to a polka-revival event for a free decapitated barbie doll.
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Since 1924, Halloween has held special magic for the people of Anaheim. A nighttime pageant of ghosts, goblins, jack-o'-lanterns, and witches stretching a mile and a half through the darkened streets of downtown, the annual Anaheim Halloween Parade has become a Southern California family favorite.
October 30th 1924
Baseball superstars Babe Ruth
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The Parade was first held on October 30th, 1924 as part of the larger Anaheim Hallowe'en Festival that was begun the year before. An estimated 20,000 residents and neighbors from nearby towns crowded onto the sidewalks on both sides of Center Street to watch the 45-minute procession led by baseball superstars Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson.
Televised live each year on KTLA
Televised live each year on KTLA
Begun as a device for discouraging Anaheim youngsters from mischievous Halloween pranks such as soaping windows, uprooting fences and damaging property, the Festival and Parade were instantly successful and continued to grow in size and scope with each passing year. In the mid-1950s, the Los Angeles Times heralded it as the "biggest Halloween party in the nation," with nearly 150,000 spectators lining the parade route during the height of its popularity. By the late 1960s, the parade was being televised live each year throughout Los Angeles and Orange County on KTLA.
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However, as the city of Anaheim began to experience unprecedented urban growth, the small-town feeling began to wane, and, by the 1980s the parade seemed to be in danger of becoming a nostalgic relic of the past.
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"The Girl from Ipanema" has won a gold medal in music streaming following the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.
Spotify says the song was streamed more than 40,000 times a day after the Olympics kicked off Friday night in Rio de Janeiro. It is 1,200 percent rise for the track, which was typically streamed about 3,000 times a day before the Olympics, the streaming service said.
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen walked onstage during the opening ceremony while "The Girl from Ipanema" played. The Grammy-winning song was released in 1964.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote the song as a tribute to a girl he fell in love with as she left Ipanema Beach, one of Rio's iconic beaches. It is arguably Brazil's most recognizable song internationally.
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Facebook has been taking a lot of heat lately for their privacy controls, or lack there of. With each new feature that they come up with, there is always a concern for lack of privacy. Well the people at Facebook are stepping up and are updating the privacy features for their site, and giving the users even more control over what is/is not public on Facebook. What exactly are these changes? Keep reading to find out.
On Tuesday, Facebook revealed a huge overhaul of privacy settings for the websites. It is definitely one of the largest updates they have ever done, with over a dozen new settings to the users profile, status updates, locations, and tags. Apparently, this overhaul is so specific and will more than likely confuse users that Facebook will make all 750 million plus of its users take a tutorial. There are 5 main things that are going to be affected by this.
1. Personalized Profile Page- Profile visibility controls will now appear next to anything and everything that you put on your profile. If you make a certain post you don't want everyone to see, you can edit it to show that only your close friends or a certain group can see that post. Symbols will be used to help specify how you want to publish that post. A globe means everyone, while a few heads means just friends, and a gear will specify that you want to customize who sees that post. Also, there is now a "View Profile As" option, where you can view your profile as the way one of your friends would.
2. Tags- One of the major privacy issues is tagging. Now, users will have the control of approving tags before they are actually tagged. If they are tagged in a photo, status update, or location, the user will have to approve it before the tag is allowed. If they do not want to be tagged, they can deny the request.
3. Locations- There is no longer a restriction on tagging locations. A person may login and tag themselves in an update, photo album, etc. when they return home. This also tags back into the tagging updates, a person will not be tagged at a location unless they approve it or tag themselves.
These are just a few updates that the site is doing, for more information plus screen shots to help make these changes visible and easier to read, click here. Be watching for the tutorial and these changes to appear any day now. We figured we would give you a little warning so that when you logged into Facebook you weren't utterly and completely confused. Let's hope these privacy settings do some good and don't make things even more complicated.


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12/26/2016, Phoenix (AZ) - Senior Care Authority Phoenix Metro launched its new corporate website to advise and provide solutions to support senior care needs, and helping seniors live the highest quality of life with safe and reliable living options in Phoenix Metropolitan Area and Northern Arizona
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"Our main goal is to ensure personal service while doing the little things that make each step of the decision a great experience," said Steve Gilbert, the owner of Senior Care Authority North Riverside County. "We combined our over 45 years of combined social work, hospital administration and financial services to provide professional guidance across all of the decision senior face when selecting the right place to live and receive the care they need to thrive."
The choice to join Senior Care Authority was a natural one for Mr. Gilbert, he said. "Senior Care Authority gave us the tools to ensure we exceed our customers expectations. For this purpose we consult and partner across the healthcare industry and case management teams, drive innovative processes and reduce readmission rates, as well as increase patient satisfaction scores," also noticed Mr. Gilbert.
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2013. There are 342 days left in the year.
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2013. There are 342 days left in the year.
Today�s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formally signed four days later in Paris.
On this date:
In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called �Lame Duck Amendment,� was ratified as Missouri approved it.
In 1937, 17 people went on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin�s �Great Purge.� (All were convicted of conspiracy; all but four were executed.)
In 1943, critic Alexander Woollcott suffered a fatal heart attack during a live broadcast of the CBS radio program �People�s Platform.�
In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In 1960, the U.S. Navy-operated bathyscaphe (BATH�-ih-skahf) Trieste carried two men to the deepest known point in the Pacific Ocean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet.
In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
In 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
In 1977, the TV mini-series �Roots,� based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
In 1985, debate in Britain�s House of Lords was carried on live television for the first time.
Ten years ago: The government of Kuwait said a Kuwaiti had confessed to the shootings of two U.S. defense workers that left one dead. (The assailant, Sami al-Mutairi, was convicted and sentenced to death, but an appeals court commuted the sentence to life in prison.) Actress Nell Carter died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 54.
Five years ago: Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from Gaza after Palestinian militants used land mines to breach a barrier dividing the border town of Rafah. French Open winner Michael Chang was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and IMG creator Mark McCormack and Tennis Week magazine founder Eugene Scott were selected posthumously.
One year ago: Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms in a crackling campaign debate in Tampa, Fla. In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first getting a judge�s approval.
Today�s Birthdays: Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., is 89. Actress Jeanne Moreau is 85. Actress Chita Rivera is 80. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 79. Actor Gil Gerard is 70. Actor Rutger Hauer is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 69. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is 66. Singer Anita Pointer is 65. Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 63. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 63. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 60. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (vee-yah-ry-GOH�-sah) is 60. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 56. Singer Anita Baker is 55. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40) is 54. Actress Gail O�Grady is 50. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 42. Actress Tiffani Thiessen is 39. Rock musician Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) is 38. Christian rock musician Nick DePartee (Kutless) is 28. Singer-actress Rachel Crow is 15.
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Varèse, Xenakis, Carter
Edgard Varèse
Varèse: A Looking-Glass Diary Volume I: 1883-1928
Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition
Flawed Words and Stubborn Sounds: A Conversation with Elliott Carter
Edgard Varèse, born 1883, was on his Burgundian side, the mother's, robust in fellowship and deeply loyal toward any object, place, person, or experience that had once touched him. Thus his grandfather Cortot with whom he spent his first ten years in a village near Mâcon remained throughout his life a memory idolized. But Varèse could also move with violence. And he could be ever so demanding, early in life for serious musical instruction, later for recognition of his music by all those whom it might concern.
From his half-Italian father, a prosperous engineer whom at ten he went to live with in Turin and whom he came to hate, he probably learned those wild and sudden angers that all his life he never could control. His mother had warned him at fourteen on her deathbed that his father was "an assassin." At sixteen he ran away, to be brought back by the director of the Turin Conservatoire, who thereupon with the help of the local bishop negotiated a treaty whereby the boy was to drop out of technical high school, be given remunerative office work, and allowed music lessons. At twenty, on seeing his father raise a hand to his stepmother, he gave "the bastard" a thrashing and left home again, this time for Paris, and for good.
There for five years he led the poverty life, taking music training (the best) at the Conservatoire and the Schola Cantorum, knowing everybody far-out from young Picasso to Lenin, and acquiring the valued friendship of Debussy. The latter's influence was definitive, for it was from him, at twenty-five, that Varèse took over and kept for life the view that harmony is a free element, as free as orchestration and rhythm. Imaginative advance in all three of these domains had been for a century, and indeed still is, the hallmark of romanticism in music.
In 1908 he went to Berlin and stayed seven years. There again he knew everybody. He also conducted choirs and orchestras, collaborated on theatrical productions with Max Reinhardt, had an orchestral work (called Bourgogne) played by a major orchestra, became famous as a musical enfant terrible, started an opera on a classical subject (Oedipus and the Sphinx), and for six years was close to Ferruccio Busoni, his second major influence.
The services of this friendship, which included introductions to all the leading professionals, were as much literary and philosophical as directly musical. For Busoni was full of speculations about acoustics, about tunings and pitch relations, and most important of all, about mobilizing the scientists for discovering new sources of sound that might be used in composition, especially for producing (possibly by electricity) micro-intervals more precise than anything tuned by hand.
No such instruments were available then, though Busoni was pleading with the manufacturers to make him a pianoforte for playing sixths of tones. But these speculations did reawaken in…
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Hires general manager, doubles staff, unveils expanded headquarters for North America and opens Canadian office to support its rapid growth
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, today announced Anton Niculescu as general manager of Tagetik North America, to lead business and operations across the region. Mr. Niculescu will drive Tagetik's expansion in the region, continuing the company's previously announced international growth initiatives, and its sustained momentum of 13 straight years of double-digit revenue growth.
Tagetik also announced the opening of its new North American headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. The location more than doubles the size of Tagetik's former headquarters to accommodate significant growth in the number of employees last year and the anticipated doubling of staff in 2015. At the same time, the company announced the opening of its first Canadian office in Toronto and plans to open additional regional offices before year's end.
With the addition of Mr. Niculescu, Tagetik brings on board an experienced leader and expert in corporate performance management (CPM) with a strong track record of building world-class teams that deliver unparalleled customer success in a high growth business. Most recently, Mr. Niculescu served for more than three years as director of the highly regarded IBM Software Lab in Bucharest, Romania as the European performance management leader and centre of excellence executive at IBM Business Analytics. Prior to that role, he was senior vice president of global professional services at Clarity Systems (acquired by IBM). During his tenure at Clarity, Mr. Niculescu grew the global professional services team to more than 280 professionals and presided over more than 400 successful software implementations across a breadth of finance processes including budgeting, planning, reporting, consolidation and disclosure management.
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HTML::String::Overload - Use constant overloading with HTML::String
use HTML::String::Overload;
my $html = '
'; # marked as HTML
no HTML::String::Overload;
my $text = '
'; # not touched
my $html = do {
use HTML::String::Overload;
'
'; # marked as HTML
my $text = '
'; # not touched
This module installs a constant overload for strings - see "Overloading constants" in overload in overload.pm's docs for how that works.
On import, we both set up the overload, and use B::Hooks::EndOfScope to register a callback that will remove it again at the end of the block; you can remove it earlier by unimporting the module using
Due to a perl bug (https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49594), you can't use backslash escapes in a string to be marked as HTML, so
use HTML::String::Overload;
my $html = "
\n
foo
\n
";
will not be marked as HTML - instead you need to write
my $html = '
'."\n".'
foo
'."\n".'
';
which is annoying, so consider just using HTML::String and doing
my $html = html("
\n
foo
\n
");
in that case.
The import method we provide does actually take extra options for constructing your HTML::String::Value objects but I'm not yet convinced that's a correct public API, so use that feature at your own risk (the only example of this is in HTML::String::TT::Directive, which is definitely not user serviceable).
See HTML::String for authors.
See HTML::String for the copyright and license.


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Nicki Minaj has made a habit of outshining fellow rappers since releasing her first mixtape, 'Playtime Is Over,' in 2007. Her impressive prowess on the mic forms the basis for her new Grammy promo with hip-hop legend LL Cool J, who's hosting the ceremony — but can't quite keep up with Nicki's formidable flow, much to her chagrin.
The clip finds Nicki and LL on a white sound stage in front of a giant Grammy, just like the still they released a couple of weeks ago. But this time around, LL lays down a beat for Nicki, who starts rapping — only to discover that LL's going too slow for her.
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In France, it is tradition to offer Muguet, or Lily of the Valley, on the first of May. I had seen a lot of these pots of flowers in the markets, but didn't know the significance until yesterday when Alain's mom gave us a small pot of flowers and explained that it is tradition and that it is supposed to bring happiness.
from http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/1_1lil.htm
Lily of the valley, May lily, Convallaria majalis
This is one of the most beautiful flowers that appear in wet forests in Europe, Asia, and North America from April till June.Every part of the plant is poisonous because it contains about 20 poisonous glycosides such as convalatoxin, convalarin, and convalamarin, as well as saponins. They cause poisoning characterized by strong headache, nausea and vomiting, slow pulse and excessive urination. The victims are often domesticated animals because the may lily is a widely distributed cultivated plant.
From Wikipedia
The flower is also known as Our Lady's tears since, according to legend, the tears Mary shed at the cross turned to Lilies of the Valley. According to another legend, Lilies of the Valley also sprang from the blood of St. Leonard during his battle with the dragon. Other names include May Lily, May Bells, Lily Constancy, Ladder-to-Heaven, Male Lily and Muguet.
From http://www.placier-muguet.com/uk/histoire.htm
It was not used as a garden plant until the sixteenth century.
Lily-of-the-valley has been associated with French May Day celebrations and regarded as bringing good luck since the renaissance.
But its use specifically as the May Day flower was confirmed at the beginning of the 20th century by two events.
On May Day 1895, Mayol, the cabaret singer, was greeted by his girlfriend Jenny Cook with some lily-of-the-valley and that evening he wore lily-of-the-valley in his buttonhole instead of the more usual Camellia.
At the turn of the century, the great fashion houses gave sprigs of lily-of-the-valley to their customers and apprentices on May Day.
By 1976, lily-of-the-valley was completely associated with May Day and every year tens of millions of sprigs of both wild and cultivated lily-of-the-valley are sold on this day.
The gathering of wild lily-of-the-valley depends on the weather and varies considerably from one year to another.
Alain's parents said that it used to be just kids, poor people, and elderly would gather Muguet and sell them on the streets before May Day, but now this has been almost completely replaced by cultivated Muguet.
Another blog on May Day and muguet.
Here is a pop quiz for all (any?) loyal readers. What are these for? You can find these on a lot of older buildings here in Marseille. I didn't know until one of my French teachers told us. The first person to leave a comment that is correct, gets, well, nothing.
every night guests turn out their lights
but no one will be resting tonight
in michie tavern
people say the party ended centuries ago
just cause they were never asked to go
people paid to stay in michie tavern
long before the floors creaked
not knowing that they
would never leave
every night guests turn out their lights
but no one will be sleeping tonight
in michie tavern
every night
the guests meet in the ballroom
i've seen those lights
from the highway
a french boy and an american
are dancing too close tonight
everyone's watching
and everyone's whispering
they hate it so much that they'll do it
every night
every day the tourists eat
at the slave house next door
complain of how they've
had a hard day in their cars
and the waitresses
the white waitresses complain
about the every day
but a french boy and an american
are dancing real close tonight
everyone's watching
and everyone's whispering
they hate it so much that they'll do it
every night
guests turn out their lights
but no one will be resting tonight
in michie tavern
-"Michie Tavern" by Julie Loyd
I love this song, I guess for obvious reasons. Julie Loyd is a Charlottesville native. I first heard her playing at Soulful Sundown and immediately bought all three of her CDs.
I asked her about this song, and she said she was reading about ghost stories of Charlottesville, and came across this one about Michie Tavern. She said that supposedly a young French cavalier came over and danced the first waltz with the governer's daughter, which was very shocking at the time because their bodies were TOUCHING! And that ghosts still haunt Michie Tavern and have balls in the upper room.
There was a chocolate Easter Duck on the table for Manon, so I asked if in France they have Easter Duck that brings the eggs. He said no. Easter Bunny? No. Easter Frog? Nope. I couldn't guess, so he explained that it is the bells. Bells? I just can't picture bells hip hopping down the bunny trail to deliver Easter candy. A Rabbit or Duck at least makes some sense.
Lucie explained to me that she told Manon that the bells were so happy that Jesus was resurrected that the bells rang so much and chocolate came flying out.
from http://www.easterbunnys.net/frencheaster.htm
Easter in France
In France, Shrove Tuesday is referred to as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.
In France, church bells ring joyfully during the year. But the bells stop ringing on the Thursday before Good Friday. They are silent for a few days while people remember the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday morning, the bells ring out, telling people that Jesus is alive again. When people hear the bells, they kiss and hug one another.
Many children wake up on Easter Sunday and find eggs scattered about their rooms. They look in the nests they have placed in their yards or gardens and find Easter eggs in them. The eggs are said to have been bought from Rome where the bell ringing had gone to see the Pope and when the bells returned they bought with them the eggs.
In some parts of France, children look for four white horses pulling a chariot full of eggs.
In France the children throw eggs up in the air. The first one to drop it loses.
An old French custom was a contest of rolling raw eggs down a gentle slope--the surviving egg was the victory egg and symbolized the stone being rolled away from the tomb.
In France an egg game played is that in which the eggs were thrown up in the air and caught. The boy who dropped his egg had to pay a forfeit.
In France the children are told that it is the church bells that have been to Rome to fetch them their eggs.
Cloche volant or Flying Bells are another important part of the French Easter tradition. French Catholics have a tradition that on Good Friday all the church bells in France miraculously fly to the Vatican in Rome. They carry with them all the misery and grief of those who mourn Jesus' crucifixion on that day. These flying French bells then return on Easter morning in time for the celebration of Jesus' resurrection. They of course bring with them lots of chocolate and eggs which are left in yards for the children to collect in their baskets when they wake up in the morning. In keeping with the tradition, French church bells do not ring from Good Friday to Easter morning.
I personally did not notice the bells not ringing.
Anyway, Alain and Nicolas very obviously hid some chocolate eggs, bunny, and a book in the yard and Manon walked around and found them, with a lot of prompting of "oh! What is this I see in the bush?" It was very cute. She then later stole all the chocolate on the table and put them in her basket.
Chocolate seemed to be the theme of the day. We each had a small Lindt chocolate bunny at our plate, his parents brought a large Jeff de Bruges egg (very good chocolate store that has had lines out in the street to get into the store for the past week) that when split open has other small Easter Ducks, Bells, and Eggs inside.
I did not see any egg coloring kits, I guess it is not as popular here.
So we sat down for lunch/dinner.
Here is what we had.
Small appetizers- chips, chocolate
Started off with Salmon with tapenade
followed by a small prune wrapped in bacon
caviar (well, Alain tells me it is some sort of other type of fish eggs) and tapenade on bread
salad of coeur de palmier, lettuce, tomato, and egg
rice and kebobs of some meat cooked in a curry and a sauce
Cake 1: cream and fruit cake with chocolate
Cake 2: clafouti aux fraise (a sort of baked pudding)
chocolate course
chocolate cake/brownie-ish dessert
You most likely are thinking- what did they drink?
Started off with water until they realized, Oh we forget the wine! So then we had a red Bordeaux followed by a type of bubbly Champagne drink.
Luckily, I was prepared for this and knew what to expect. Take as little as possible of each course until you are sure the end is in site. Of course, it is always possible that a surprise dish will be slipped in there somewhere, such as the brownies catching me unaware. I was actually expecting another main dish.
I got home and had a stomache ache from so much chocolate. Yes, ME!!!!
Today is a holiday.
about a french woman who sold her house this way.
Jeanne Louise Calment was born in Arles, France, in 1875. She once met Vincent
Van Gogh. Those facts would probably not be of much interest to anyone were it
not for one other fact. Jeanne died on February 21, 1997. She was 122 years old.
Jeanne outlived a husband, a child, and her only grandson, who died in 1963. She
rode a bike at the age of 100. A notary public named Andre-Francois Raffray once
bought her apartment, paying $500 a month for a promise that he would move into
the apartment upon her death. All told, he paid twice the apartment's market
value before he died in December 1995."In life, one sometimes makes bad deals,"
Jeanne reflected.Jeanne was, in fact, a very quotable woman. Her most immortal
line was, "I've only got one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it." (You can say things
like that when you're the oldest person in the world...)
I am sure it is all carefully calculated with respect to the value of the property, life expectancy, etc. Additionally, if it is a husband and wife living in the house, you have to wait until they both die.
Another article from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2005/12/03/pviager03.xml states
Trust the French to come up with something complicated (and slightly ghoulish) to get their hands on someone else's property. Buying en viager - a legal and time-honoured, but not very common, means of acquisition - involves making a monthly payment to the seller, until he or she dies. It is also known as a "life lease", and certainly it often gives the seller a new lease of life.Although generally considered rather distasteful, the viager, like any other financial transaction, offers advantages for both sides. Take, for example, the people who retire to the South of France only to find that the cost of living there is beyond their means. If they don't have family or other heirs, they can sell their property on the viager basis, collecting a lump sum and a monthly income to add butter and jam to the daily baguette. Looked at from this side of the equation, the viager sounds a little less heartless, although the buyer isn't necessarily a good Samaritan. In this unusual futures market, his side of the transaction is closer to speculation than anything else.
I don't necessarily agree that it is greedy or ghoulish, though it would be strange to visit a prospective house to buy and be secretly sizing up the health and future prospects of the owners, hoping that someday soon they will die or else need to be put in a home.
Besides, it takes advantage of two basic facts of life: 1) everyone needs a place to live and 2) everyone is going to die someday.
Alain's father informed me that "When French don't want to die, they don't die." So I guess the way to ensure that you will live a good long time is to sell your house in Viager!
There is a move called Le Viager based on this theme.
X-Mas 1930 : a 59 year-old man called Martinet goes to Doctor Galipeau for a complete check-up. The doc is sure that his patient will die in some months maybe a year, so he proposes to the old man and his own brother to begin a annuity contract : every year, the Galipeau's will give to the old-timer a sum of money (based on aluminum rates), and when Martinet will die, his house of Provence (in a small unknown town called St-Tropez) will be theirs... But after nine years, the whole family began to think that enough is enough, and they tried to end the existence of Martinet...Simple but excellent plot : Michel Serrault ( only 44 at this time) gets 25 years older...and more, and he is absolutely perfect as the good naive old man, the family Galipeau is perfectly despicable, mainly the doctor, a great Michel Galabru.
I haven't seen it yet, but I guess the family starts to try to knock off the old man, and every year they become fewer and fewer while the viager lives on.
On http://money.msn.fr/immobilier/immobilier/annonces/viager/default.asp
you can search for properties in Viager. It is rather bizarre as often the listings state the age of the person(s) living there. The initial price goes up with the age as well. If you could find a place non-occupied, that would be ideal because then you could at least not be paying rent for two places. Alas, those are rare to find.
The park was quite nice. At the entrance to the parc there is a large area with a Fountain de l'Espérance and the first and last names of many many Marseillais who wrote in to be included. I looked and there were actually some with my last name! Long lost family I'll bet. It is 10 hectacres in size, and was inaugurated in June 2001. They planted 6500 shrubs and 1500 trees, of which 26 are sequoias (one for each century).
My promenade is along the Vieux Port (Old Port) - of the bustling southern French city. France's second largest metropolis may be called Marseilles now, but it has been known to Greeks as Massalia since its founding 2,600 years ago by Greeks from the Ionian Coast of Asia Minor, near the presentday town of Izmir.
Marseilles fascinates me. The French constantly honour its early Greek origins when they refer to their city as "la ville Phoceenne". Whenever I pass through, I try to visit the Municipal Museum of History located in the basement of the large shopping mall near the Bourse, which is also on the periphery of the Old Port where wayfaring Phoceans first landed. There, proudly displayed in a variety of imaginative displays and an extensive sculpture garden, lies the proof behind the mythical foundation of Marseilles.
It is said that the first Greeks to arrive decided to explore the area because it reminded them of their homeland. Then, an extraordinary chance encounter led to
their decision to stay. It seems that sometime about 600BC a small fleet of powerful Phocean ships, commanded by Photis, landed on the lee shore of a small hill because it was secluded and protected from the fierce winds that sweep across the Mediterranean Sea from Africa. Once ashore, they met a local tribe, the Segobriges, led by a chief called Nann. The natives were preparing a feast to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Nann's daughter Gyptis. The Greeks were invited to join the festivities. Gyptis appeared only at the end of the feast and, as was the custom, she carried a full goblet that was destined to be drunk only by her preferred choice for husband. To the surprise of all, she stopped in front of Photis and offered it to him. Nann took this totally unexpected gesture as a sign from the gods, accepted his daughter's choice of Photis and then, as a wedding present, gave the couple the land around the gulf where the Greeks had landed.
Greeks were attracted to this area 2,600 years ago because it reminded them of their homeland. Massalia, during the troubled times experienced by its mother-city, became wealthy and prospered. In its turn, it sent out colonists founding presentday Antibes and Nice to the east and Agde to the west. One of Greek Marseilles' most noted sons is Pytheas who is reputed to be the first Mediterranean to have voyaged to Greenland. Even though its population rarely exceeded 60,000 inhabitants, Massalia maintained its stature and independence well into Roman times. The ages-old Phocean ability to befriend foreigners came to its aid in its relations with Rome until it ran foul of internal Roman political intrigues. Massalia resisted but was conquered by Julius Caesar in 49BC. The city was sacked, and its Greek population largely eliminated.
Massalia became Massilia and, like its mother city, fell into a centuries-long trough. But the legend of its Greek foundation remained.
There are four thematic gardens that supposedly have something to do with the founding of Marseille- Asiatic, Oriental, African, and Provençal. Still not sure about those first three. For some unknown reason there were a lot of chickens wandering around. We had our picnic by the Lac.
Resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Gate of Aix marks the entrance of Marseille. It was modeled on the ancient Arc d'Orange, erected by Penchaud in 1823, finished in 1825 to commemorate the victories of the French Revolution and the First Empire, and as a tribute to "the glory of the Republic, the Consulate, and the Empire". Eight military statues used to dominate the monument, but have now been destroyed. With its inscriptions and bas-reliefs, and sculpture by David d'Angers and Ramey, the arch marks the old entrance to the city. This place is particularly important for the city : it was the only way to connect Marseille with Aix-en-Provence and Paris, with a prestigious north-south perspective.
The inscription on the front reads: "to the thankful Republic". It is close to the train station Gare St. Charles, and the Vieux Port. Below: some random old wall right near the Arc. I would provide more info, but couldn't find any plaques.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 marks the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and with that comes the opportunity for new Oscar moments. And we know you probably won't have the time to re-watch the previous 81 years, Access Hollywood has gathered our own list of the most memorable Oscar moments of all time. From legendary milestones, to people just plain going crazy, read on to find out which moment topped our list!
10. Cuba Gooding, Jr. Goes Crazy On Stage (1997)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. channeled his inner Rod Tidwell at the 69th Annual Academy Awards when the Academy 'showed him the Oscar.' Audiences will never forget the outrageous and unexpected moment when the ecstatic "Jerry Maguire" star repeatedly screamed, "I love you!" to everyone in Hollywood when the orchestra started playing halfway into his Best Supporting Actor speech. Gooding proceeded to then jump around the stage and wave his Oscar in the air before one last, "everyone involved, I love you!" And his love for the world kicks off our list.
9. Martin Scorsese Finally Wins (2007)
The world let out a huge sigh of relief the night of the 79th Annual Academy Awards when director Martin Scorsese finally won a Best Director Oscar for "The Departed." He had previously been nominated and shut out five times; Martin himself could hardly believe it. "Could you check the envelope please?!" he said as he accepted the Oscar. When his fellow directors and friends Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola took the stage to present the award, Oscar watchers knew that Scorsese had just won.
8. Roberto Benigni Climbs Over The Audience (1999)
There are the criers, the speechless, the in-denials, and the just-in-case-I-win I-will-write-an-acceptance-speech-ers. At the 71st Annual Academy awards, Roberto Benigni created a category of his own when he snagged the Best Foreign Film award for his emotional drama "Life is Beautiful" — the crazies. Upon hearing his name, Benigni kicked up his feet and climbed up on to the chair of the person sitting in front of him, raising his arms in excitement. After jumping down, he proceeded to hop to the stage to receive his award in front of a standing ovation.
7. Jack Palance Does Push Ups (1992)
Jack Palance proved that his rough n' tough cowboy performance as Curly in "City Slickers" was not just a heavy dose of movie magic at the 65th Annual Academy Awards. During his acceptance speech for his Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category, he showed the world that he was just as fit as the younger actors. After poking a little bit of fun at co-star Billy Crystal, Jack walked to the side of the podium, dropped to the floor and proceeded to do one-handed pushups. As the crowd laughed and cheered, he returned to the podium to quip, "That was nothing really, as far as the two handed ones are concerned, you can do that all night!"
6. A Streaker Crashes The Oscars (1974)
On a night when Hollywood's best talent shows off their stunning designer gowns and tuxedos, one man opted for a more 'natural' look. Robert Opal, infamously known as 'The Oscar Streaker,' bared it all for the cameras at the 46th Annual Academy Awards when he ran across the stage during co-host David Niven's introduction of Elizabeth Taylor. In the midst of the shrieks and the laughter spreading through the room, Niven barely stayed composed as he chuckled the only response he could think of: "Probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings."
5. Halle Berry Makes History (2002)
Halle Berry joined the list of legendary African-American actresses to be nominated for an Oscar the night of the 74th Annual Academy Awards when she later that night became the first African American woman to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category for her role in "Monster's Ball." In a tribute to all who had come before her, she could hardly mask her uncontrollable tears. Halle ended up delivering one of the most moving speeches in Oscar history. "This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me - Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened."
4. Marlon Brando Says 'No Thanks' To Oscar (1973)
Marlon Brando has given us classics like "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront," and "The Godfather." His biggest moment, however, came at the 45th Annual Academy Awards when Brando became the second actor to ever say, 'No thank you' to Oscar. Marlon, who was absent from the awards ceremony, declined his Best Actor Oscar for his role in "The Godfather" as part of a political protest. Instead, Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on his behalf, opting to shed light on the ill treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. This large-scale stunt did not prove to be successful, as Littlefeather endured more boos than applause. Though his peers criticized him after the incident, one thing remains true: Brando's protest remains a timeless Oscar moment.
3. Sidney Poitier Breaks Stereotypes (1964)
No Oscar list is complete without the monumental win of legendary actor Sidney Poitier. In 1964, Poitier won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Lillies of the Field," marking the first Best Actor Oscar awarded to an African-American. His win proved to be even more significant as he became the first African-American Hollywood superstar, breaking down racial stereotypes in the process.
2. Sally Field's Emotional 'You Like Me' Speech (1985)
Sally Field's Best Actress acceptance speech will go down in history as the most quoted – and possibly misquoted – of all time. After snagging her second Oscar in five years for her role in "Places in the Heart," Sally Field gushed those famous words of utter fulfillment and satisfaction: "I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The phrase has since often been quoted and parodied with the word 'really' inserted at the end, but hey… if that's how most folks remember it!
1. Charlie Chaplin's Return (1972)
Who can forget the emotional return of Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin at the 44th Annual Academy Awards? In 1972, after a 20-year self-imposed exile from the U.S. because of suspected "un-American activities," the legendary actor, comedian, and director returned to the spotlight to accept an honorary Academy Award. When Chaplin stepped onto the stage to accept his award, Hollywood emotionally rose to its feet for a full five minutes, marking the longest standing ovation received at the Oscars and this list's all time best Oscar moment.
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Quentin Tarantino Spits At A Reporter (1997)
Though most of the Oscar moments happen during the show, director Quentin Tarantino proved that the red carpet can be just as unpredictable. At the 69th Annual Academy Awards, Quentin spit at reporter Chris Connelly because of something that had been said about Quentin's biological father. Completely enraged, Quentin mistakenly thought Chris had edited a piece in Premiere magazine about his estranged dad and held nothing back while walking down the red carpet with Mira Sorvino.
South Park Writers/"Blame Canada" (2000)
"South Park" sparked controversy all-around at the 72nd Annual Academy Awards with both Marc Shaiman's questionable song lyrics of Best Original Song nominee "Blame Canada," and writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone's wardrobe choices. The song contained provocative language that the Academy feared would offend audiences while not adhering to FCC regulations. Ultimately, Robin Williams, who performed the song, gasped when the main word in question was supposed to have been sung. As for Trey and Matt, they contentedly made a bold fashion statement arriving in their own versions of Jennifer Lopez's infamous 2000 green Grammys dress (Trey) and Gwyneth Paltrow's 1999 baby pink gown (Matt). Marc accompanied them in a blue pimp suit.
Adrien Brody Kisses Halle Berry (2003)
They say lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. But don't tell Adrien Brody that because he shocked the world twice the night of the 75th Annual Academy Awards. Not only had he become the youngest man ever to win an Oscar in the Best Actor category (for his role in "The Pianist"), but he also celebrated his award by planting a big one on his presenter, Halle Berry. His passionate make-out session left the auditorium speechless. Women around the world were all hot and bothered, and Adrien was catapulted into sex symbol status.
David Letterman's Famous Flub (1995)
Who can forget David Letterman's hosting disaster with his memorable, "Uma… Oprah" joke that completely bombed at the 67th Annual Academy Awards? During a joke about Hollywood's unusual names, he introduced Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey, and then introduced both of them to Keanu Reeves exclaiming, "Uma… Oprah! Oprah… Uma! Oprah, Uma… Keanu!" Though the Academy Awards have yet to ask him back to host, Dave certainly gave us a moment to remember forever!
Heath Ledger's Posthumous Win (2009)
It was nothing short of an intensely emotional moment for Oscar watchers when Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his psychotic role as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." Heath's posthumous win was only the second in Oscar history, following Peter Finch in 1977. Heath's parents and sister accepted the award on behalf of his daughter Matilda and urged audiences to be happy and celebrate his achievements.
Cher's Crazy Black 'Dress' (1986)
Cher is known for her crazy behavior and interesting wardrobe choices, but at the 58th Annual Academy Awards, she truly outdid herself. Cher, not nominated for her role in "Mask," decided to make a statement another way. She showed up to the awards scantily clad in a black two-piece Bob Mackie dress with a feathered headpiece to match. While presenting onstage, she snapped, "I did receive my Academy booklet on how to dress like a serious actress."
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The job market continues to be stuck in a rut, but at least two local analysts believe that a positive turn could be right around the corner.
"What we hope to see, what we plan to see is that 2012 is strong enough that you begin to see the jobs getting created in anticipation," said John Blank, Deputy Chief Economist with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation's Kyser Center for Economic Research.
Blank believes that the anticipation of economic growth will allow businesses to invest more in labor than during the recession.
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Really? By dangerous ideological opinions you are not referring to posts titled "Is White Nationalism necessarily bad?"Roel wrote:I get the suspicion from this post that you have certain dangerous ideological opinions. I would definitely not try to violently attack racists, as the effect might be the opposite of what you want to accomplish and even make it worse. A real racist which regards blacks as chimps is intellectually not capable to be educated. If you want to make them useful maybe get them in the army and send them out to a dangerous country until they get killed for something which they want to fight for like countering orthodox islam...Burning ghost wrote:I watch porn but I don't get any porn ads
Should I watch more porn more often in order to get some x-rated ads? Advice please? Haha!
Is it okay to be prejudice towards racists? Should we make racists fearful or educate them? Or introduce them to mulitracial porn?
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Jets fans weren't the only ones who noticed. Muhammad Wilkerson did too.
The 23-year-old defensive lineman was left off the list of 2012 Pro Bowl selections -- a noticeable snub in his eyes.
"I'm just going to use that as motivation and make sure I get to Hawaii this year," Wilkerson said.
For Wilkerson, there's much work to be done -- not just himself, but also his team.
The Jets followed up their offseason salary cap purge by trading away their best player, cornerback Darrelle Revis. Despite the roster upheaval, Wilkerson believes the "sky's the limit" for the rebuilding Jets.
"Everybody's putting in great effort in the weight room and everybody's busting their behind on the field, running, doing their conditioning," he said Thursday at a Citi Field appearance. "The sky's the limit and I think we have the talent right now and we're only going to get better."
The Jets will look to improve through the NFL draft, which begins Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall. And with two first-round picks (No. 9 and 13) at their disposal, the Jets can go a variety of ways. Wilkerson, a former first-rounder in 2011, is just as excited as fans are to see who new general manager John Idzik takes.
"It's good to watch the draft and see who's going to be part of your team and congratulate them," he said, adding that he'll be at the team's facility Thursday night for the draft party the Jets are hosting. "I'm just watching like everybody else. Whoever we pick, I'm pretty sure [it'll] definitely be a good pick . . . I'm all for whoever the team picks."
Thursday represented a renewed sense of commitment and hope for the future -- not just for the 200-plus kids at the Citi Field Kids program event who listened to Wilkerson tell his story of accomplishment despite adversity. But also for the young defensive lineman, who, despite his age, will look to lead a rebuilding franchise.
"I'm not a rah-rah guy but speaking to [defensive line] coach [Karl] Dunbar, I feel like I can lead by example," said Wilkerson, who had 69 tackles and five sacks last season. "We have guys on the team that are older than me -- [Antonio] Cro [Cromartie] is a great leader, David Harris as well. We have multiple leaders on the team. It's not just one."
But Wilkerson "definitely" has his sights set on taking his game to the next level.
"I challenge myself to get better each year and I feel like I've just got to move on from last year and work hard and do better than I did," he said.
Rex Ryan vowed Sunday that his defense would play "great," even in the absence of Revis. And Wilkerson, who's down "a couple pounds" to 295, is eager to make good on his coach's promise.
"Rex is the man who calls the shots and if he said it I'm going to back him up," Wilkerson said. "Definitely, just as a defense we feel like we didn't pursue some things last year, at the beginning of the season. A lot of teams were rushing multiple yards on us. We knew we weren't ourselves and we looked at that on film and we're just going to make sure that doesn't happen to us this year.
"It's not just the defensive line, it's the whole team. Everybody has to step up and do their part. Last year wasn't a season we wanted it to be and we just got to move on from that, look at the bad things we did and also the good. And work harder on the bad things we did and hopefully those things won't happen this year."
Of course, they'll have to show improvement without several veteran players from last year's team including Sione Po'uha, Mike DeVito, Yeremiah Bell, LaRon Landry, Bart Scott and Eric Smith.
And, of course, Revis.
"I wish Darrelle the best down in Tampa," Wilkerson said, noting that it will be weird without the star cornerback in New York. "He was a great player while he was here, a great teammate on and off the field. But we've just got to move on and look forward to the 2013 season."
Asked about the loss of so many veterans on defense, Wilkerson said: "There's a lot of older guys that left but I learned a lot from those guys. Like I said, that's something I can't control . . . That's something the business people upstairs had to handle. And I guess they felt they handled it the best way they felt. So there's nothing I can say, I wish those guys the best."


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Chocolate & hazelnut biscotti
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- sugars6g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.09g
- 2 medium eggs
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- 100g caster sugar
- 250g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
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Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a large baking sheet with baking paper. Whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, then add the orange zest, hazelnuts and chocolate chips. Fold into the egg mix to make a soft dough. Tip onto a lightly floured surface, shape into a 25cm sausage shape with lightly floured hands, then transfer to baking sheet. Flatten to a 3cm thickness, then bake for 30 mins until lightly browned on top.
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Grow Like a Weed Jacket
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Thanks to a great collection of test knitters – Andrea, Danielle, Erin, Jennie, Mai, Svenja – the Grow Like a Weed Jacket pattern I previewed last fall is now ready!
I hope this heavy sweater will last two winters. It will be a little long the first winter, with sleeves cuffed. The next winter, it should fit as a sweater might, with the sleeves left uncuffed. Both the cabled and the twisted 1×1 ribs have incredible stretch to them and will expand to fit a growing child's arms and belly.
The garment is knit from the bottom up in the round and then steeked open. The sleeves are knit first and then joined to the body. I largely followed Elizabeth Zimmermann's saddle shoulder construction for the armhole and shoulder shaping. The text is wordy but it should be clear once you begin the decreases. The neck opening is a bit wider than average and the back neck is shaped by short rows, with the cabled and twisted ribs extending up to form a collar. Rolled edges are knitted on to provide a place for the sewn in zipper.
Those unfamiliar with crochet steeks are encouraged to read Eunny Jang's definitive steeking tutorial before proceeding. Only feltable wools with plenty of grip should be used for steeking purposes. Neither superwash wools nor plant or synthetic fibers will hold. Although it would be easy to modify the pattern to work back and forth without steeking, the instructions are written for construction in the round.
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Difficulty: Advanced
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21 stitches and 26 rows = 4" in cabled (body) pattern when stretched
24 stitches and 26 rows = 4" in 1×1 rib (sleeve) pattern when stretched
16 stitches and 24 rows = 4" in stockinette
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Dealerships are getting better at responding to online customers, and the reason seems clear to Fran O'Hagen.
"Dealers who handle Internet leads effectively sell a lot more vehicles than dealers who do not," says the president of consultancy Pied Piper Management. "That is why manufacturers and individual dealers are so interested in this."
Dealer behavior can change slowly in some respects, he says. "It is like changing the direction of a ship at sea." Not so with the rapid improvements dealerships have shown in fielding online customer queries.
"Doing well in that area pays off in incremental sales," O'Hagen tells WardsAuto. "The entire industry has improved because of that."
But some brands outdo others, as evidenced by Pied Piper's annual Prospect Satisfaction Index. The firm mystery shops to measure dealership Internet effectiveness in areas such as reply time and quality of response content.
Porsche, Nissan and Audi dealerships rank highest in this year's satisfaction index. Lowest scorers are Mini, Mitsubishi and Scion in the cellar.
Industrywide performance continues to improve, with 30 of 33 brands scoring above the industry average from two years ago and 24 of 33 brands scoring above last year's average.
The latest study shows salespeople respond to customer Internet inquiries within 30 minutes nearly half the time (48%). Two years ago it took an hour to reach the same response percentage.
O'Hagen sees room for improvement, though. Nearly 25% of today's customer online inquiries remain unanswered after 24 hours, unchanged from last year.
Audi, Porsche and Hyundai dealerships garner most-improved laurels compared with how they did in 2012.
Domestic-brand dealers representing Ford, General Motors and Chrysler stand out for making great strides in the past three years after some decidedly poor showings.
"There have been dramatic shifts in behavior at domestic-brand dealerships," O'Hagen says. "You could argue that since they had done so badly before, they marshaled a lot of resources and energy to fix the problem."
Toyota and Honda have dropped below the industry average after doing well in past rankings. O'Hagen attributes that less to backsliding, and more to other brands raising the bar.
"Toyota and Honda were in the top five in 2011," he says. "They had an acceptable process in place. It wasn't exceptional, but the whole industry performed so poorly, it put Toyota and Honda towards the top of the list. That's changed."
Audi's big gains in the 2013 index largely stem from the brand's dealers responding better to Internet customers. Its non-response rate went from 15% in 2012 to 5% this year.
Conversely, Mercedes-Benz ranks near the bottom of the latest Pied Piper index because of a high level of non-responsiveness.
"Mercedes dealers do very well in some specific behaviors, such as following up with a telephone call," O'Hagen says. "But their poor showing this year is because they were twice as likely as the industry average to not respond to an Internet inquiry in any way. The industry average is 7%. Mercedes' is 13%.
"That means no auto-response saying someone will be in touch, no salesperson-template response, which is the equivalent of a form letter. Nothing."
Although Mercedes dealers do well in many categories, "slow or no-response hurts them at the same time that many other brands have substantially improved their performance," he says.
That may change as a result of the German luxury auto maker acknowledging some shortcomings and launching a nationwide training effort to boost customer-satisfaction scores for its 350 U.S. dealerships.
"The goal is to make the Mercedes-Benz customer experience as legendary as our engineering," Mercedes-Benz USA President Steve Cannon tells an American International Automobile Dealers Assn. gathering in Orlando, FL. "You can't be happy in the middle of the pack of customer satisfaction and be Mercedes."
Internet-lead bobbles can occur if a dealership is understaffed, making it hard to get back to online prospects in a timely manner.
But failure to do so is like snubbing customers at a dealership, O'Hagen says. "If salespeople are eating a donut and ignoring customers on the floor, a dealer will immediately address that."
He adds, "Internet customers are as important as the ones walking through the door, but staffing is a challenge."
O'Hagen recommends that if busy salespeople can't personally respond to each online query, the store at least should use customer-relationship management software to make contact.
"Use a rich auto response as a first response, something that sells the dealership and says someone will be in touch soon," he says. "Follow that up with a personal response."
So that the Internet satisfaction index is not based strictly on automatic-response rates, Pied Piper mystery shoppers ask specific questions "that a human being would need to answer," O'Hagen says.
"If we look at the percentage of the time that our question was actually answered, in 2011it was 19%; in 2012, 27%; and in 2013 it's 44%," he says. "So the behaviors we are seeing are getting much better."
Mystery shoppers give their phone number, ask a question about a vehicle rather than just express an interest in it, "and then we wait to see what happens," he says. "We don't stop the clock when we get the first auto-response. We only stop the clock if they answer our question or send a second response. If they send two responses, it tells us they're trying to get in touch with us."
Some brands are studies in contradictions. For instance, Mini had a terribly high 15% non-response rate, but scored well for answering specific questions: 63% compared with an industry average of 44%.
O'Hagen wouldn't be surprised to see many of today's poor and so-so performers become stars in future ratings as they realize the financial benefits of properly handling Internet customers. "The dumb kids in class can suddenly get a lot smarter," he says.