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"Is this interesting to Google?" That's what Andy Rubin was asking Larry Page. It was a spring day in 2005, and the two were in a conference room just off the main lobby at Google's headquarters. A simple yes and Rubin would have walked away happy.
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They had met three years before, when Rubin was about to launch a smartphone he'd invented called the Sidekick. At the time, Google was just an up-and-comer, trailing AOL and even Lycos in traffic. But Rubin, a well-known Silicon Valley player, chose Google as the Sidekick's default search engine. Page was flattered by the unexpected endorsement. So when Rubin called out of the blue and requested this meeting, well, Page couldn't say no.
The Google cofounder arrived late, as usual. Rubin walked to the whiteboard and began his pitch. There were nearly 700 million cell phones sold each year compared with fewer than 200 million PCs — and the gap was widening. Increasingly, he said, phones were the way people wanted to connect with each other and with everything else. Yet the mobile industry was stuck in the dark ages. Unlike the Web, where open standards had fostered a multitude of cool companies and applications, mobile was a tyrannical, closed system, repelling all innovators and disrupters who tried to gain entrance.
Rubin said his startup, called Android, had the solution: a free, open source mobile platform that any coder could write for and any handset maker could install. He would make his money by selling support for the system — security services, say, or email management. Android would have the spirit of Linux and the reach of Windows. It would be a global, open operating system for the wireless future.
Rubin didn't want money from Page. He already had funding. What he wanted was Google's imprimatur — even an email from Page would do. Rubin figured he could attract more VC funds with the search giant on board, possibly with a hint that Google might be interested in developing its own branded phone. He pulled out a prototype.
Page picked up the device. He had been personally frustrated yet fascinated by the mobile market for years. He already knew the numbers — he didn't need Rubin to tell him how many PCs and mobile phones were out there. He also knew that it added up to a massive problem for Google.
The desktop metaphor was fading. Phones were going to replace PCs as the main gateway to the Internet, and they were going to do it soon. Why would consumers tether themselves to a PC when phones were growing more and more powerful — and were cheaper, too?
But because cell phones ran on different software, had less memory, and operated under the constraints of pay-per-byte wireless networks, the mobile Web was a stripped-down, mimeographed version of the real thing. Reading and surfing and — more to the point — viewing Google ads was a slow, stultifying chore. Even worse, a second-class Web could derail Google's grand strategy. The company was trying to worm its way deeper into users' lives by hosting applications and personal files on Google servers, then dishing them out to the always-connected consumer whenever and wherever needed. That was easy on PCs, but phones didn't play nice with the cloud. Google dominated the Web today, but tomorrow might be a different story.
Working the problem had been a nightmare. Google engineers had a closet overflowing with mobile phones to test the company's wireless applications — mobile Google, Blogger, search over SMS. There were dozens of operating systems to navigate, a mobile Tower of Babel completely at odds with the easy access and universal language of the Web.
What worried Page most was that the only firm from the PC world that seemed to be successfully navigating the mobile labyrinth was Microsoft, one of Google's biggest rivals. The Windows Mobile platform had less than 10 percent of the US smartphone market, but it was growing fast. Microsoft's system, however, was the ugly stepsister of what Rubin was proposing: Redmond executives cared less about opening up the Net to mobile users than about tying the mobile operating system into its desktop dominance. A decade ago, Microsoft had underestimated the growth of the Web and then lost control of it to Google. Now it looked like it was Google's turn to be caught flat-footed.
If Google had it bad, users had it worse. Every year since 2002, the wireless sector managed to place at or near the top of the Better Business Bureau's tally of the most complained-about industries. Americans would rather do business with a used-car salesman or a collection agent than with a customer service rep for, say, T-Mobile or Motorola. And who could blame them? The plans were expensive, pricing was complex and capricious, and the phones never lived up to expectations. Constant innovation, the first principle of Page and Rubin's world, was anathema to phone companies. There had to be pent-up demand out there for something better.
So was Rubin's pitch interesting to Page? Absolutely. But he didn't want to stick his logo on Rubin's phone. Or write a supportive email. He had a better idea: Google would buy Android.
Rubin was floored. He had come in looking for an encouraging word and left with the biggest payday in his life. (The eventual purchase price was estimated at as much as $50 million.) Now all he had to do was live up to his own hype.
"Google's model is to build a killer app, then monetize it later," Rubin says. We're sitting in another conference room across the street from where he and Page struck their deal three years ago. The building, which houses Google's mobile division, is Rubin's domain now. There's a self-piloting model helicopter bearing an Android logo parked in the hall — Rubin builds them in his spare time. Beyond are floors of people who think of nothing but the cellular future of their employer. In the lobby, a flatscreen TV shows a spinning globe with animated flares erupting wherever people are using Google to search from their mobile phones. This fall, when the first Android phones hit the market, those flares will presumably flame even higher.
Rubin is tall and skinny and a casual dresser even by Google standards. He's 45 but seems younger. Sitting with one leg tucked beneath him, he explains the mission of the Googlefied Android to me, but I barely follow the words. I'm staring at his phone. It's clearly a demo — black, scuffed, covered with fingerprints; most of the face is taken up by the screen. Rubin absentmindedly slides it around the big wooden table, then picks it up and shifts it from hand to hand. It's maddening. All I want to do is get a closer look at his killer app.
After Google bought Android in July 2005, Silicon Valley pulsed with gossip and speculation about what the search giant was planning. Everyone figured Apple had a phone in the works and assumed Google must be developing one too. Rubin and his cofounders, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White, weren't talking. "Trying to guess Google's next move recently replaced digging through Steve Jobs' garbage … at the top of our weekend activities list," wrote tech blog Engadget. When Apple unveiled the iPhone last summer, expectations for a gPhone — could it be called anything else? — grew even more feverish.
But when Google finally broke its silence in early November, there was nothing about a gPhone. Instead, there was a press release. Thirty-four companies — firms like Texas Instruments, Intel, T-Mobile, and Sprint Nextel — were joining Google to build a wireless interface based on open source Linux software. The group dubbed itself the Open Handset Alliance. Competitors sighed in relief. This was how Google planned to shake up the nearly trillion-dollar global wireless market? A consortium?
"Their efforts are just some words on paper," remarked Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, at a conference in Japan. "Another Linux platform," shrugged the CEO of Symbian, the dominant smartphone operating system outside the US.
A week later, Google upped the ante. The company put a free Android software developer's kit on its Web site and announced the Developer Challenge, with $10 million in prize money to be parceled out to the creators of the best applications for the new system — a great social networking tool, say, or a handwriting recognition program. The Challenge was an open call; anyone was invited to take a shot.
Those hoping for a new gadget to rival the iPhone finally understood that Google had something radically different in mind. Apple's device was an end in itself — a self-contained, jewel-like masterpiece locked in a sleek protective shell. Android was a means, a seed intended to grow an entire new wireless family tree. Google was never in the hardware business. There would be no gPhone — instead, there would be hundreds of gPhones.
Nearly any new phone will be able to run Android (HTC, LG, and Motorola have dedicated models on the way). But the OS is just the start; the phone evolves as users add apps from indie developers to take advantage of the seamless Web access.
|Cooking Capsules Displays cooking videos and ingredient lists, then uses the phone's location awareness to find the nearest grocery store. Now you're cooking with GPS.
|Android Scan When users snap a shot of a bar code, the app pulls up reviews and price comparisons from across the Web. If you're shopping for music, it'll find online samples.
|Commandro A GPS-enhanced social networking app that lets you map and track your friends in real time while using the IM function to plan impromptu meet-ups on the go.
|Tunewiki A karaoke-style music app that syncs lyrics from its server to your tunes. Users crowdsource the process by tapping the screen to "teach" the program where each line goes.
HTC, Motorola, and LG all announced plans to market new Android phones in a multitude of shapes and sizes, each with different software options. Android was a fully customizable system. Any application could be removed or swapped out for another. Even the few programs that Google was creating from scratch — an email app, a contacts manager — could be replaced with third-party software that did the same thing. Google didn't care how any individual model was pimped out as long as the hidden Android DNA was there underneath, keeping everything tied to the Internet and running smoothly.
The company's theory was that if you make browsing by phone easy and fun, people will use it just like a desktop browser, with Google search as the main port of entry. Christmas Day 2007 offered Google proof that the strategy could work. That morning, people unwrapped their iPhones, powered them up, clicked on the easy-to-use Safari browser — and pointed to Google. In 24 hours, the iPhone, which accounted for fewer than 5 percent of all smartphones worldwide, drove more traffic to Google than any other mobile device. If Apple could generate that much business for Google, surely Google could do even better for itself. CEO Eric Schmidt, a BlackBerry man at heart, was initially skeptical about teaming up with Rubin. But once he embraced the idea of Android, he did it with a convert's zeal. "That is the re-creation of the Internet. That is the re-creation of the PC story," Schmidt told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos a month after Christmas. "And it will happen in the next year."
Rubin finally turns on the battered phone and launches Google Maps. "So, here we are," he says, moving the satellite image of San Francisco by dragging one finger along the screen. "This is the Embarcadero. I can manipulate it. I can zoom." He taps to focus in on a street view of a truck's license plate, then clicks to a new application. "Let's see, let's go to a music player. I can go to Artist here and get my list of — oops, it says the SD card is missing."
He squints into the tiny card slot. "Hmm, it's there. Looks like I have a little bit of a bug." He shrugs, taps on an icon to go to the browser, and checks out CNN.com. It looks good — a small but fully functional version of the Web site. Back when he and Page were first talking, this would have been amazing. But now, with the iPhone and other enhanced smartphones out there? No big deal. A minute later the battery dies.
He pockets the phone and finishes up. I can't help feeling a little disappointed. This is the phone Page is making his big bet on? In Google's regular line of business, the strategy has always been to unveil innovative, occasionally flawed products — like Google Docs — then keep them in beta for months or years. But people don't want to buy a phone in beta. Android products have to work right from the start. Is this really the phone that's going to change everything?
It was Dan Morrill's first time out of the country, and that made him a little nervous. But as he gathered his bags in the Munich airport on a surprisingly warm January morning earlier this year, after the last leg of a long, exhausting flight from San Francisco, he looked up to see a Paul Bunyan-sized BMW grill fixed to the wall. If you're looking for engineers, he thought, there are worse places to go than a city that welcomes you with an oversize Beemer.
Rise Of The Smartphone
Morrill is a software engineer turned "developer advocate." He's a roving evangelist to the coder world. But that's just his cover. Morrill's real mission is to make sure Android triggers a full-on network effect — that mystical melding of passion and self-interest that fueled the growth of behemoths like eBay and Facebook. Google wants developers to build cool programs that can draw huge numbers of users, creating an expanding market that attracts more developers to build more cool programs to attract more users. If the $10 million prize is the spark, Morrill's job is to make sure there's ignition. Google had dispatched him to Germany to meet with a small group of local mobile programmers.
The morning of his talk, Morrill dresses in his usual uniform, an untucked button-down over a silk-screened T-shirt, this one with the image of a friendly green robot, the Android icon. He walks into the conference room of the Innside Hotel and stops. There are almost 200 people, more than twice what he expected. A dozen developers are sitting on the floor in the back of the room, computers propped on their knees. There are hobbyists, chief technical officers, indie programmers, and students.
Morrill runs through his prepared remarks then starts taking questions. They want to know about Android programming, of course, but they also ask why Google is doing this, what the company's expectations are, and what the criteria will be for awarding the prize money. At one point, hotel management shows up to warn Morrill that the size of the gathering violates the fire code.
The virus was spreading. At an event the next day in Israel, the local Google office had to switch locations to handle the overflow crowd. In London, registration for the developer's conference filled up in two hours. Fanboys were putting up sites for the platform: AndroidGuys, Phandroid, Planet Android. In Thailand, the government carved out an entire floor of Software Park — a federally funded business incubator housed in a skyscraper north of Bangkok — for Android development work. In Japan, quickie books on Android programming were appearing in major bookstores. In Chennai, India, attendees at a Nokia developer conference compared notes on Android's coding kit during the presentations.
As soon as programmers started playing with the emulator, they saw how big Google's ambitions were. The company was trying to make programming for a cell phone analogous to programming for a PC or the Web. Coders were told that their applications would have constant access to the Net, not the usual mobile hurry-up-and-wait feel. Working with the cloud — enabling programs to push or pull info to or from the Web — was a must. All Android phones would know where they were at all times, either by tapping into onboard GPS or by cross-referencing cell towers using a proprietary database owned by Google. And applications would be allowed to share information, which at the simplest level meant the kind of copy-and-paste functionality across all programs that cell phones currently lack.
Even better, at least in a developer's eyes, the Android team had violated an essential tenet of the wireless industry: that users are too dumb and dangerous to be trusted with downloadable software. Engineers who write for just about any mobile operating system today have to spend time and cash obtaining security keys and code-signing certificates. Android would allow any application to be installed and run, no questions asked.
By the April 14 deadline for the first round of the Developer Challenge, Google had received nearly 1,800 submissions. Entrants ranged from huge corporations to single-person shops and came from all over the world. Only a third were from the US.
Rise Of The Smartphone
Among the contact management systems and shopping tools, there were applications that truly fulfilled Android's promise, particularly in their use of location awareness, social networking, and cloud computing. One developer offered up Jamdroid, a program that you turn on in your car to feed real-time traffic data to a central server; the info is then compiled and beamed to other Jamdroid users, crowdsourcing road conditions. LifeAware tracks friends or family, plotting them on a map and alerting the user when, say, a kid leaves a preset area. E-ventr mashes up evites and Google Maps to organize parties on the fly. BreadCrumbz lets you share photo-enhanced driving and walking routes with the world. Already, Android has half as many outside applications as RIM's BlackBerry platform and about 10 percent the number offered for Windows Mobile at Handango, a leading application download site — and that's still months before it launches.
No wonder Rubin seemed so unconcerned with the faulty prototype he showed me back in Mountain View: It was just a framework waiting to be filled out by others. Google will supply the basic starter apps, but Android's secret weapon is really the network effect.
Among developers there is a giddy sense that Android is ushering in Web 2.0 to the barely 0.5 world of mobile. But it won't take much to stop the movement. If manufacturers like Motorola and HTC put out lousy phones, Android suffers. If carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless block the gates to their networks, Android fails.
"Working with partners is not easy, and the operating system is just a part of it," says Scott Rockfeld, group product manager for Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business. "It seems like Google's strategy is 'Just get something out there so we can put our services on top.' Well, very quickly they're going to see that mobile operators don't want to be dumb pipes and that manufacturers want to differentiate their phones."
Windows Mobile is now installed on 140 devices, hosted by 160 carriers around the world. Key to its success was Microsoft's ability to use its desktop domination as a battering ram. Businesses wanted seamless integration between their office-based email and mobile phones, and by offering that, Microsoft was able to challenge the BlackBerry. "Google is just trying to copy our model," adds Rockfeld. (Not that Microsoft isn't a bit unnerved. Earlier this year, it bought Rubin's old company, Danger, for $500 million. Steve Ballmer now owns the Sidekick, just in case.)
Google says it has learned the rules of the game — sometimes the hard way. Not long ago, the company enhanced its mobile version of Picasa, a photo-editing, storage, and slide-show service, so users could instantly upload images from their camera phone. Google took it to a phone company for placement but couldn't get the necessary sign-off. The service, which was free, would have competed with a similar proprietary offering the carrier was rolling out — and charging $10 a month for. The idea of instant mobile uploading to Picasa was quietly shelved.
This time Google is going out of its way to assuage the fears of potential partners and pay the necessary fealties. The cockiness that marked its relationships in the past has been replaced by at least the appearance of empathy and cooperation. When one chipmaker got cold feet at the idea of having some of its code open-sourced, Rubin immediately called senior executives to talk over the benefits. Then he had his top engineer, Brian Swetland, sit down with the chipmaker's attorneys and engineers to work out solutions. "You have to very carefully figure out how to help them help you do the right thing," Swetland says.
Rubin has a well-rehearsed spiel for the handset makers, too. They fear losing their individual identities. Rubin counters that Android will liberate them from having to spend valuable resources managing and maintaining vast amounts of code. Instead, they can concentrate on phone design and proprietary apps (which Google's open source license allows).
You can imagine heads nodding in boardrooms as Rubin finishes his talk — he gets us! — and in fact it has worked pretty well. HTC, an upstart Taiwanese handset maker that is closely tied to Windows Mobile, has built a 200-person engineering team to focus on Android. Motorola has gone a step further. The company's handset business, slated to be spun off, is on life-support, and it's counting on Android for a comeback. It has assigned its top designers — the people who crafted the Razr — to create new must-have models. Engineers from Good Technology, the BlackBerry competitor Motorola purchased in 2006, are now writing applications for Android. For Motorola, Android has to work.
"The handset makers are on a treadmill, trying to turn out hardware every six months that's innovative and thinner, with bigger displays and lower costs, while having to do the systems integration," Rubin says. "The net result is no innovation. They don't have time. You know what? We make really good software. We can take on all that work."
Convincing the big carriers — that's been the tougher task. For them, Rubin is offering Android's unbeatable price: free. Software normally makes up about 20 percent of the cost of a phone. The service providers will be able to pocket the savings or use lower-priced handsets to get more consumers hooked on smartphones, increasing the number of lucrative wireless-data plans. Plus, Rubin insists that the Android software will take the limits of the carriers' networks into consideration. "We have to be conscious of the cost they incurred to purchase the air," he says. "So we don't want to use too much data. We have to constantly think about how we can give users a great experience without wasting the spectrum."
So far, Android has been able to persuade only T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel to join the Open Handset Alliance. Neither is a surprise: T-Mobile partnered with Rubin on the Sidekick, and as one of the smaller carriers it's more willing to take risks. Sprint, suffering from massive consumer churn and almost junk-rated debt, seems game for anything that might help. But the two biggest players, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, have passed. "There wasn't anything viable we were willing to entertain," says Verizon Wireless spokesperson Jeffrey Nelson. This spring, the carrier even backed an Android competitor, an open source consortium called the LiMo Foundation.
And why would a network operator join Android's cause? Android — like the iPhone — will hasten the day when phone companies become nothing more than dumb pipes to deliver data. If it manages to turn the cell phone into a perfect tool for surfing and cloud computing, with voice as just another cool app, then the only things left to differentiate one carrier from another are which has the most towers and which the cheapest unlimited data plans. Android's decision to let anyone make add-ons and applications is also a threat. Today, developers who want to have their application on an AT&T phone have to fork over a chunk of their revenue while meeting stringent security requirements. (Apple has copied this model: Jobs & Co. will skim 30 percent off all sales of iPhone apps, which will be available only through Apple.) Under Android rules, everyone's their own boss.
No big carrier is going to hand over its network to Google for nothing. And if Google doesn't show up on the two biggest networks, which together control 54 percent of the US wireless market, it might as well not show up at all.
There is, however, one incentive that Google can still offer that might bring the carriers around: access to its advertising mother lode, expected this year to top $16 billion. The chance for a taste of Google gold has lured competitors like AOL, Ask .com, and potentially even Yahoo into partnership deals. Mobile advertising is expected to grow from more than $1.7 billion in 2007 to $12.8 billion in 2011. If Google can translate its Web dominance into the mobile arena, who wouldn't want to partner with it? (Google says it can't comment on future ad-sharing deals.)
"You have a significant challenge in mobile, in that the screens are much smaller, so you can't display nearly as much advertising or take as much space," Google cofounder Sergey Brin told Wall Street analysts on a recent conference call. "On the other hand, you have much more relevant and timely information, like what location the person might be in, so on balance that leaves me quite optimistic."
Telecom consultant Chetan Sharma says that Android's success depends on Google's willingness to share the wealth. "What's the relationship going to be between Google and the carriers in terms of advertising dollars?" he asks. "That needs to be nailed down before we know how big Android can be."
And if the carrot doesn't work, Google also wields a pretty hefty stick: more than $12 billion in cash that it can use either to force the carriers to open their gates or to launch a competitive wireless network of its own. In early 2008, the company bid $4.7 billion to buy up prime 700-MHz spectrum in an FCC auction. Google lost to Verizon Wireless but drove the price high enough to trigger a rule requiring the spectrum's new owners to allow access to nearly any device. (Google is now furiously lobbying the FCC to make a reluctant Verizon Wireless live up to the rules.)
In May, Google committed $500 million to bankroll Clearwire, a national WiMax system with partners that include Intel, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable. Any device, including Android phones, will be able to use the high-speed wireless network, cutting the carriers out of the picture. "You need something more substantial than a coalition of the willing to cut the ice with Verizon and AT&T," says Jeffrey Lindsay, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein in New York. "They are formidable competitors." Google would rather partner, but it appears ready to fight.
Larry Page doesn't seem worried about the details. He's got people who will hammer out the business deals necessary to make Android work. We're just around the corner from his office, in yet another Google conference room. "That phone you're carrying around," he says, "we think of it as a phone, but it's really a computer, right?" Page is dressed in a blue blazer over a white T-shirt. He leans forward in his chair. "We've learned from computers that it's really nice to have complete connectivity, to be able to connect anything in a kind of open way. We've also learned that it's really nice to be able to run any application you want to run, also in an open way. For a lot of people and a lot of the time during your life, the phone is your main computing platform. We look at those technologies and say, wow, we could do a whole lot more."
Page rarely shows much emotion, but I detect a flicker of genuine excitement when he's talking about Android. This isn't just another of the mini apps, like Google Checkout or Google Desktop, that the company's engineers seem to air-drop onto the Web every week — each of which has the potential to become a massive challenge to an entrenched competitor or remain forever in development. This is a much bigger gamble. It's designed to change an industry and Google along with it. "People can debate how long it will take us, but I have 100 percent confidence that eventually we'll get there," Page says.
And if they don't? Not much downside. If the only thing Android achieves — as Page knew before Rubin walked into Google three years ago — is getting more people to spend more time online, then Google still profits. More users mean more people viewing pages with Google ads. If they're doing that from an Android phone, great. If not, but they're on a phone made more Web-friendly thanks to competitive pressure from Google, that's also fine. "I hope it's Android," Page says. But either way, Google wins.
Daniel Roth (firstname.lastname@example.com) is Wired's senior writer.


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Israel's birthday party
Israel turned two last week and we had some family over to celebrate. I also made mini pizzas for everyone with basil, tomatoes and feta. I think I'll make some again, they were really good!
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That is the sweetest little birthday party set up I've ever seen! Such a great mother!ReplyDelete
I've seen that towel online before but not sure how to buy it. Can I ask where you bought it?
- AnonymousOctober 07, 2011
Aaaaaannnd as usual you still go above and beyond. Oh jennifer...its darling! jmaeReplyDelete
@erin jane it's Kauniste and I bought it here http://www.cubemarketplace.com/search.php?search_query=tea+towel&x=0&y=0ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! <3ReplyDelete
so cute!! happy birthday precious israel!ReplyDelete
this is so much fun! you did an amazing job :)ReplyDelete
It's so hard to believe how fast time goes by!! Happy Birthday to such a sweetie pie!!ReplyDelete
Aw, so adorable! Happy birthday to Israel.ReplyDelete
Such a cute birthday! I love the spots everywhere, very on-trend. Have a wonderful weekend.ReplyDelete
XO Hilary
- AnonymousOctober 07, 2011
So very very fun! I was curious to see where all that confetti would go!ReplyDelete
Jennifer- So beautiful, so well done, what a lovely party and lovely images. Happy Birthday wee one, Jo xxReplyDelete
LOVE the pictures!!! What is in the raspberries? And what are the delicious looking green things with the sprinkle topping? A Happy Belated to Israel!ReplyDelete
would you mind doing my next birthday party too. beautiful! and the sweet section; cildhood dreams coming back to life!ReplyDelete
that looks amazing! especially the cake!ReplyDelete
so cute! happy birthday israel! our little boys are growing up too fast...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 09, 2011
Wonderful! I love candy.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful party!!! Design is always in the details. If you get the chance I'd love to see pictures and hear about the full recipe on the pizza. It sounds delicious.ReplyDelete
How lovely!!ReplyDelete
i love what you did with all those dots! how did you adhere the ones on the water bottle? such a fun idea! xoReplyDelete
- StephOctober 11, 2011
love it! The colors are amazing! Happy Birthday to your little guy.ReplyDelete
- elsaOctober 13, 2011
Magnifique ! Bon anniversaire d'une fan française !ReplyDelete
"Hank and Lucy" sent me here...love, love, love the decorations and color choice.ReplyDelete
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It looks as though the Cactus Pit is going to become a CAU restaurant. (Planning application was here, but won't load for me currently). They specialise in Argentinian beef according to their restaurant website, which mentions other branches in Cambridge and Guildford.
So thirty seconds walk from a lovely Argentinian beef restaurant, Blackheath residents are going to have a second one. I really hope it doesn't damage Buenos Aires, as its probably the nicest restaurant in the village (even for vegetarians).
(Thanks to the anonymous bugler who spotted the application). Image above shows the CAU restaurant in Guildford.


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A pair of clubs coming off fireworks displays in victories meet on Independence Day weekend as FC Dallas play host to the Columbus Crew. FC Dallas scored the most goals by the club in two seasons in a 4-0 victory against the Portland Timbers last weekend. The Crew also exploded for a four-goal performance in their last match, a victory against the Colorado Rapids at Crew Stadium.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Bill Dittmar; JAR (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Mark Declouet
MLS Career: 61 games; FC/gm: 24.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 18; pens: 17
INJURY REPORT: FC DALLAS – OUT: DF Edson Edward (R knee ACL tear); MF David Ferreira (R ankle); FW Maykel Galindo (R hamstring strain) …
COLUMBUS CREW – OUT: DF Josh Williams (R hip labral tear); MF Dilly Duka (R ankle sprain); DF Shaun Francis (L hamstring strain); MF Leandre Griffit (abdominal strain); FW Emilio Renteria (L quad strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Danny O'Rourke (L knee surgery); QUESTIONABLE: DF Julius James (R adductor strain); PROBABLE: GK William Hesmer (neck spasms)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DAL: Fabian Castillo (Colombia U-20)
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CLB: Emmanuel Ekpo
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: George John, Andrew Jacobson, Brek Shea, Zach Loyd … CLB: Kevin Burns, Tommy Heinemann, Julius James
ALL-TIME (39 meetings): Crew 16 wins (1 shootout), 54 goals … FC Dallas 15 wins (1 shootout), 53 goals … Ties 8
AT DALLAS (18 meetings): FC Dallas 11 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals… Crew 5 wins (1 shootout), 20 goals… Ties 2
• Second-half goals from Mendoza and Eddie Gaven gave the Crew a 2-0 victory in the first meeting between the teams, April 1 in Columbus.
• The Crew haven't won at Pizza Hut Park since a 2-1 victory, Aug. 30, 2008.
• FC Dallas last won at Crew Stadium on Oct. 6, 2007, the Crew winning the next two meetings before last year's tie.
• Coaches record: Schellas Hyndman v CLB: P7 W1 L4 D2 … Robert Warzycha vs. DAL: P7 W3 L2 D2
4/1: CLB 2, DAL 0 (Mendoza 54; Gaven 91+)
• The game turned for the visitors shortly after the opening half-hour, when Jackson was sent off in the 33rd minute for a pair of cautions a minute apart.
• The Crew then took the lead in the 54th minute. Following a nice buildup, Emmanuel Ekpo was sprung on the right flank and found Andres Mendoza in the area. He then put the ball under the left arm of diving goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
• Columbus finished off the match in the first minute of added time when Eddie Gaven coolly cut back onto his left foot and stroked home a shot from just outside the area.
• COLUMBUS CREW (4-2-3-1): William Hesmer – Sebastian Miranda, Chad Marshall, Julius James, Rich Balchan – Kevin Burns, Dejan Rusmir (Emilio Renteria 46) – Eddie Gaven, Emmanuel Ekpo (Dilly Duka 85), Robbie Rogers - Andres Mendoza (Jeff Cunningham 60)
• FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Kevin Hartman – Ugo Ihemelu, George John, Brek Shea, Jair Benitez - Daniel Hernandez, Jackson Goncalves (sent off 33) – Marvin Chavez (Zach Loyd 78), David Ferreira, Fabian Castillo (Milton Rodriguez 78) – Ruben Luna.
FC Dallas won for a second match on the trot, rolling to a 4-0 victory against the Portland Timbers on Saturday evening at Pizza Hut Park. FCD has 31 points from 15 games on the season, in a tie for second place in the Western Conference.
• FC Dallas had a two-goal lead before halftime. In the 33rd minute, Zach Loyd headed home his first career goal off a Daniel Hernandez corner kick. Center back George John followed suit five minutes later — also with a header from a Hernandez corner.
• FCD made it 3-0 in the 58th minute. Right back Jackson laced a through-ball to Eric Alexander, who fired at Timbers goalkeeper Troy Perkins. The ball rolled away from Perkins' dive and hit the far post, leaving Shea with an open goal to tap home.
• Five minutes before full time, Jackson provided the knockout punch. Perkins parried his long-range blast into the air, but the ball looped high then fell into the goal, adjudged to have crossed the line just before Ruben Luna finished it off with a header to the back of the net.
• FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman made one change to the team that got a late goal for a 2-1 win against Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center. Jackson came into the team for Fabian Castillo.
• FC DALLAS (4-4-2): Kevin Hartman - Zach Loyd, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Jair Benitez - Eric Alexander (Eric Avila 76), Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Jacobson (Bobby Warshaw 68), Jackson Goncalves - Marvin Chavez (Ruben Luna 78), Brek Shea.
• FC Dallas scored more than three goals in a game for the first time since Sept. 12, 2009, a 6-3 win against the LA Galaxy.
• "I think all of our players really stepped up tonight," said FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman. "I think everybody had a good game, and I think we need those type of performances to continue to get those three points."
• With striker Fabian Castillo training with Colombia's under-20 national team in advance of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Hyndman was again forced to reconfigure his attack.
• "We went with one striker, Chavez who worked hard and made those runs. I thought Jackson and Brek had good performances on the flanks," Hyndman said. "In the second half, Eric Alexander came to light with some nice runs and penetrating passes. Our defense had a shutout. [It was] just a very, very good team performance."
• In addition, Jackson moved into a midfield role, his first start since May 28. He had played primarily as a fullback in each of his previous appearances this season.
• "He was a player that when we brought him from Brazil, he was a midfielder," said Hyndman. "Probably his best position is flank midfield and tonight he really showed it."
• Including Jackson's late strike, three of the FC Dallas goals were scored by players listed as defenders.
• "We seem to do really well when our defenders score a goal. I think there is a lot of determination. The guys rally around it," Hyndman said. "Our defense showed great determination. When you look at the night Kenny (Cooper) had tonight was really not effective. Everywhere he went there was someone determined to stop him from getting a shot off."
• FC Dallas also scored two goals from corner kicks, giving them five on the season from corners, second-most in MLS (along with Chivas USA) behind Seattle Sounders FC (7).
• "We made a change with Daniel Hernandez on services. Those two goals were great. I didn't think we were getting the best out of services and we wanted to put someone there who could knock a dangerous ball in," Hyndman said.
• On Tuesday, a late Milton Rodriguez goal gave FC Dallas a 3-2 win against USL PRO Orlando City Blues in the round-of-16 of the U.S. Open Cup. Goals from Jackson (39) and Ricardo Villar (50) answered a Max Griffin goal for Orlando, then a stoppage-time goal from Yordany Alvarez tied the game before Rodriguez's heroics minutes later.
• Here's the FCD team: Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd (Bruno Guarda 68), Ugo Ihemelu, Andrew Wiedeman, Jair Benitez, Bobby Warshaw, Andrew Jacobson (Eric Alexander 46), Ricardo Villar, Jackson, Brek Shea, Ruben Luna (Milton Rodriguez 52).
The Columbus Crew won their consecutive match in impressive fashion, easing to a 4-1 victory against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday evening at Crew Stadium. The Crew have 24 points from 16 games on the season, in a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference.
• The Rapids took the lead after just five minutes, when Conor Casey executed a perfect snap header from Jamie Smith's corner kick.
• But the Crew were in the lead not long after. Eddie Gaven took the ball from Scott Palguta at midfield and went solo to the penalty area before cutting right and sliding a shot inside the far netting in the 12th minute. Then Andres Mendoza took advantage of an errant back pass in the 18th minute and rocketed an 18-yarder off the crossbar and into the net.
• The match turned for good in the 29th minute when Casey was sent off by referee Andrew Chapin after lunging for a 50-50 ball with William Hesmer as the Crew goalkeeper went to the ground.
• The Crew broke the game open after the break. Defender Chad Marshall's clearance from in front of goal bounced over Rapids defender Kosuke Kimura near midfield, and Mendoza raced in alone, ripping a snap shot from 18 yards (47).
• Then nine minutes later, a Gaven cross from the right side deflected off Tyrone Marshall and fell kindly to Tommy Heinemann. His one-time shot bounced once, but goalkeeper Matt Pickens could only get a piece of the shot before it trickled in over the line.
• Crew head coach Robert Warzycha made one change to the team that knocked off the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at Robertson Stadium. Andy Iro came into central defense for Julius James.
• COLUMBUS CREW (4-1-3-2): William Hesmer - Sebastian Miranda, Chad Marshall, Andy Iro, Josh Gardner - Rich Balchan - Eddie Gaven, Emmanuel Ekpo (Eric Gehrig 85), Bernardo Anor - Tommy Heinemann (Jeff Cunningham 68), Andres Mendoza (Justin Meram 67).
• The Crew scored four goals in a game for the first time since a 4-0 win against New England on Sept. 6, 2008. They also played with a man advantage for the seventh time this season after an opponent's red card.
• "We had a good performance in Houston. We scored two goals and didn't give up any," Crew head coach Robert Warzycha said. "We had a good performance tonight against the current MLS champions, and to be able to score four goals and dominate the game is very encouraging going into July."
• The Crew once again allowed a goal in the opening 10 minutes of a game. They've allowed five in the opening quarter-hour, third-most in MLS, behind Toronto FC (8) and Portland Timbers (6).
• "You don't want to give up early goals it is not something we practice but it happens," Warzycha said. "It's happened to us quite often but it showed the real character of this team how we are able to fight back. I think the goal was a wakeup call because we started a bit slow and after that we picked up the tempo and scored another two goals."
• Andres Mendoza has now scored six goals in the last seven games, his seven goals now one behind the league lead held by Charlie Davies (DC), Landon Donovan (LA) and Thierry Henry (NY).
• "The important thing is that we scored and got the three points. I scored two but Eddie and Tommy scored too. I always start thinking about one then the second came." Mendoza said.
• Tommy Heinemann scored his first MLS goal, making a fifth start in the last seven games.
• "We drafted them to put them on the field. Obviously they are doing well enough to be on the field. It's a new group that is fresh, very athletic and you see they blend very well into the team," said Warzycha. "They are very responsible and leave everything on the field. With the veterans that we have, they make a good mix."
• Andy Iro made his first start of the season at center back, as Julius James was unavailable after suffering an adductor injury.
• On Tuesday, the Crew were the only MLS team to go down to defeat in the round-of-16 of the U.S. Open Cup, falling 2-1 to USL PRO side Richmond Kickers. After Nozomi Hiroyama gave the Kickers a 20th-minute lead, Cole Grossman equalized for Columbus 15 minutes later, but Matthew Delicate hit for the match-winner five minutes from the end.
• Here's the Crew team: Andy Gruenebaum, Korey Veeder (Andy Iro 88), Eric Gehrig, Kevin Burns, Danny O'Rourke, Santiago Prim (Tommy Heinemann 59), Cole Grossman, Dejan Rusmir, Robbie Rogers (Bernardo Anor 87), Justin Meram, Jeff Cunningham.


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It's up to the historians to decide whether the abbey in Neuzelle is a "Baroque wonder". In any case, the Church of St. Mary is impressive in its opulent Baroque glory. In a way, Neuzelle is a wonder, as the complex is one of the few of its kind to be fully preserved in Germany and Europe.
The site is a mixture of South German and Bohemian Baroque – visitors to the abbey can see Baroque architecture in all its unbelievable glory. Just like the Church of St. Mary, since the dissolution of the abbey in 1817, it has been a Catholic parish church, as well as becoming a pilgrimage church in 1946. No less impressive is its Evangelical equivalent: the Holy Cross Church, which also shines in all its glory with opulent Baroque furnishings and unique frescos. The fresco on the dome alone is around 125 m² in size, and is one of the most famous church murals in Lower Lusatia. The late Gothic cloister in the enclosure is a gem in terms of medieval monastic architecture and is the perfect place for inner reflection.
Heavenly theatre in the truest sense of the phrase awaits visitors to Neuzelle Abbey's Himmlisches Theater museum with its Neuzelle depictions of the Passion – monumental Baroque theatre in 15 scenes and five stage sets depicting the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Their scale, size and artistic quality make them one-of-a-kind in Europe. The abbey garden – the only Baroque garden in Brandenburg and one of the most important garden complexes in Germany – teaches the art of slowness. In summer, the 120 small orange trees on the terraces and in front of the orangery provide plenty of southern flair.
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Love is in the air…haven't you noticed? All it takes is a simple browse through blog world and you'll see heart shaped this, pink colored that… everything is taking on a beautiful romantic hue!
Speaking of that special four letter word, I am assuming one reason you are here is because you kind of love food. Am I right? Well, if you love food, there is a special new site I want to tell you about! Foodily. Foodily stands for Food I Love you and it is the hottest thing to hit the food world in awhile. If you love recipes, love sharing great things with your friends on Facebook and love beautiful photos, Foodily is for you. It's like Facebook but for food. Foodily is integrated with Facebook, so you can easily share the recipes you find great with your friends, and vice versa.
In my kind of language, Foodily is a unique recipe search engine that features recipes from a broad spectrum of chefs and bloggers (like me!) from across the internet and then gives those searching the recipes the opportunity to share what they find and love with others. Go ahead and try it out for yourself! In fact, since we are in the mood for love, why don't you take a minute and share your Valentine's Day menu and you could have a chance to be featured on the Foodily site!
Here's what you need to do:
- Go to Foodily.com and login with Facebook Connect (or create a login).
- Play around with recipes and find your favorites to create a perfectly delish Valentine's Day meal!
- Once you've selected a recipe save it to a menu. From the recipe, select the "save" button, save it as an appetizer, main, etc., and then it'll ask you to name your menu. Create your special Valentine's menu title. Continue adding recipes and saving to that menu
- View your menu (either from tab at top or from your profile) and grab the URL (you can also share your menu on Facebook and grab the URL there). Note: the URL will look similar to this: http://foodily.com/m/1234
- Tweet the following and be sure to include the #foodilyvdaymenu hashtag at the end: Check out my @foodily Valentine's Day menu! Create one of your own! http//(your menu URL here) #foodilyvdaymenu
- Foodily will be watching and selecting menu winners daily to be featured on the Foodily site!
- Note: You can also enter by sharing your menu on Foodily's Facebook wall.
For example, my ideal valentine's day menu would look something like this…
A Queen of Hearts Cocktail followed by this Herbed Garden Salad with Goat Cheese. We'd have a nice Peppered Fillet with a Grainy Mustard Cream Sauce, Roasted Garlic Fingerling Potatoes in Thyme and Butter and Orange Scented Green Beans. For dessert, it is all about the chocolate and nothing says love more to me than a Chocolate Lava Cake. I kind of doubt that my Valentine's Dinner will realistically look anything like this, but a girl can dream, right?
Take a few minutes to check out the Foodily site. It takes some getting used to, but once you figure out the ins and outs, I'm pretty sure you'll be shouting from the rooftops… Food I Love You! Have fun and happy exploring.
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President Obama and Mitt Romney met tonight for their third and final debate, the last chance for them to make their case to win the 2012 general election before a large audience.
The incumbent Democrat and his Republican challenger sat down - literally - for 90 minutes at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., in a debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderated the session, which featured a roundtable discussion between the three focused on foreign affairs.
The debate was shown live on cable and network television, as well as C-Span. Boston.com, BostonGlobe.com, and "Political Intelligence" offered a live blog below to chronicle the pre-debate proceedings and debate itself.
Lines in quotes may be direct quotation but are contemporaneous transcriptions.
All three also offered contemporaneous fact-checking and analysis from Globe reporters expert in various fields, as in the two prior debates, repeating a unique "second-screen" experience for viewers seeking additional context for what they are seeing on TV.
The blog also served as a window into the debate to those not near a TV.
Obama and Romney met first on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver and last Tuesday at Hofstra University.
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan had their lone debate on Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Ky.
Click here to refresh the page for the latest updates.
10:34 p.m. - "I'd like to be the next president of the United States," says Romney.
And with that, the debate concludes, and with it, the debate series.
Romney and Obama have extended handshake at end, and even share a laugh.
This will be the last time they see each other before Election Day.
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10:33 p.m. - "America's going to come back, and for that we need a president who knows how to work across the aisle," as he did in Massachusetts, says Romney.
10:32 p.m. - After Obama pledges to fight for families.
Romney thanks Schieffer, Obama, and Lynn University.
Says he is excited for future.
"We have the opportunity to have real leadership," he says. Under Obama, country will be "heading toward Greece," while he will restore economy.
10:29 p. m- Schiffer moves to closings.
Obama says clearly, "Now you've got a choice," between policies that created wars and started worst recession since Great Depression.
"I've got a different vision for America," he says, deliberately trying to paint vision critics said was lacking from him during first two debates.
10:28 p.m. - Romneys says he wants to go forward, but not with policies of past four years.
He then ticks through economic indexes that have gotten worse during administration.
"It's just a tragedy that in in a nation so prosperous as ours that the last four years have been so hard," says Romney.
10:26 p.m. - Romney accuses Obama of investing in companies, not basic academic research.
"Governor Romney, you keep trying to airbrush history here," says Obama.
"You're wrong, Mr. President," says Romney. "No, I am not wrong," is the reply.
They agree fact-checkers will sort it out.
10:24 p.m. - Romney retorts again, "Attacking me is not an agenda," and then also rebuts that he would not hurt US auto industry.
Recites that he called for a "managed bankruptcy" and that he would not hurt the industry.
"I have never said I would liquidate the industry," says Romney.
Obama replies, "The people of Detroit don't forget."
10:21 p.m. - Obama hits back, "You are familiar with shipping jobs overseas, because you invested in companies shipping jobs overseas."
Also says if US took his auto industry advice, "we'd be buying cars from China."
Obama says US exports to China have doubled since he took office.
10:20 p.m. - Schieffer says to Romney, If you declare them a currency manipulator on Day One, won't that start trade war?
Romney says there already is a trade imbalance, and it is in China's interest to have the US market open to it.
10:17 p.m. - Romney focuses on China, saying government doesn't help businesses grow.
Then he makes clear that greatest threat to US is a nuclear Iran.
Then, returning to China, says, "We can be a partner with China ... if they're willing to be responsible."
Says US is compromised with US deficit to China, and cuts to US military.
10:15 p.m. - Schieffer asks Obama: What is greatest future threat?
President says terrorism, followed by China, which can be great economic partner, but it has to be a world partner, too.
10:14 p.m. - Obama says drones aren't only part of US policy, that State Department has engaged on a variety of levels.
"Across the board," US is supporting them, he said.
10:12 p.m. - Schieffer asks Romney, "What is your position on the use of drones?"
Says it is widely reported they are in heavy use, and he supports that.
But he also calls for "a far more effective and comprehensive strategy" to move world away from radical extremism.
10:10 p.m. - Schieffer asks Romney about Pakistan: It has arrested doctor who led US to bin Laden. "Is it time for us to divorce Pakistan?"
Romney says no, since it has 100 nuclear weapons.
"It's not a nation that's like others," since it has military control.
"If it becomes a failed state, there are nuclear weapons there. ... This is an important part of the world for us," says Romney.
10:08 p.m. - Obama has pulled into a two-minute lead in speaking time: 31 minutes vs. 28:04 for Romney.
10:07 p.m. - Schieffer asks what happens if Afghans aren't ready to assume control of country in 2014.
Romney says they will be ready.
Obama says that US "is now in a position where we have met many of the objectives."
10:04 p.m. - In a biting aside, Obama notes that Vice President Joe Biden had doubts about going into Pakistan to get bin Laden, but the president went ahead anyway.
That is called throwing someone under the bus. Biden always says president had "spine of steel" and was "ramrod straight" on that occasion.
10:03 p.m. - The president is just ripping Romney over his 2008 statement that he would not go into Pakistan to get Osama bin Laden or "move heaven and Earth" to get them.
Obama says "we moved heaven and Earth" and got him.
10:02 p.m. - Obama has been unleashing broadsides.
Says on an array of issues, "You have been all over the map."
Then notes that, in many cases, Romney now agrees with administration approach to specific issues.
10 p.m. - Schieffer asks, "What if prime minister of Israel called and said, 'Our bombers are on the way?'"
Romney says he doesn't want to discuss hypotheticals, but that wouldn't happen because of his close personal relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
He said US influence is receding.
9:59 p.m - Obama says foreign nations have to determine, "who's going to be credible."
9:57 p.m. - Romney notes that Obama went to Egypt, Turkey, other nations, but not Israel.
Obama retorts that when he went to Israel, "I didn't take donors," as Romney did this summer.
9:56 p.m. - "We're four years closer to a nuclear Iran," says Romney.
9:55 p.m. - President says: "Let me just respond: Nothing Governor Romney just said is true." Calls "apology" suggestion the biggest "whopper" of the campaign.
9:54 p.m. - "It's essential for a president to show strength - from the very beginning," says Romney.
9:53 p.m. - Romney says Iran has seen weakness in US because Obama said he would meet with foreign leaders.
"And then the president began what I have called 'an apology tour,'" adds the former governor.
9:51 p.m. - Schieffer asks about reports of negotiating directly with Iran.
President says report in weekend New York Times "is not true."
He adds, "I'm glad that Governor Romney agrees with the steps that we are taking."
His implied message: Romney has no clear policy differences, and that his policy has been focused on consensus building - unlike President Bush, apparently, who was accused of a go-it-alone policy.
9:50 p.m. - Romney also calls for indicting Iranian president for genocide.
"Of course, a military action is a last resort," he concludes.
9:47 p.m. - Obama suggests when it comes to Iran, Romney seems to have suggested "premature" military action.
Romney says, "If Israel is attacked, we have their back."
And on Iran, "there is no question that a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable."
9:46 p.m. - Again, exactly on time, Schieffer moves to new topic: Would you treat attack on Israel as one on the US.
"I will stand with Israel if they are attacked," says Obama.
9:44 p.m. - Obama gets tart in reply, saying Romney's military vision is dated, that country no longer needs as many bayonnets as it once did.
He is bordering on being lecturing to Romney.
9:42 p.m. - "Bob, I'm pleased that I've balanced budget," says Romney.
"The president hasn't balanced a budget yet," he adds.
Romney then says Navy needs more ships, Air Force needs newer and more planes, and country can no longer fight two conflicts at once.
"I will not cut our military by $1 trillion," he says.
9:40 p.m. - Obama interjects: Romney has called for $5 trillion in tax cuts, paid by closing deducations, and $2 trillion more in military spending that military doesn't want.
President says spending has gone up annually during his term, "but what you can't do is spend $2 trillion more ... $5 trillion on tax cuts."
9:38 p.m. - Schieffer asks Romney, if you want bigger military, "where are you going to get the money?"
Romney says he will cut 5 percent of discretionary spending, including Obamacare.
"There are a number of things that sound good, but, frankly, we can't afford them," he says.
He also says that by shifting programs to states, federal government can save money
9:37 p.m. - "Let me get back to foreign policy," says Schieffer.
Before he can, though, Romney insists on recounting the strong education record Massachusetts acquired under his tenure.
9:36 p.m. - "I'll get us on track to a balanced budget," and away from country "from becoming another Greece," says Romney.
President retorts that when he was governor of Massachusetts, job creation in state was 47th in country.
Then Obama continues to use this foreign policy debate to talk about domestic policy, highlighting his support for teacher hiring and class-size reduction.
9:34 p.m. - Romney pivots from "wrong and reckless" allegation to complete recitation of his five-point economic plan.
9:31 p.m. - Obama replies, "America remains the one indispensible nation," and country "is stronger now than when I came into office."
He says ending war in Iraq has saved country money and allowed country to refocus on alliances that had been neglected or frayed.
"What we also have been able to do is reposition so we can start rebuilding America," says president, as he shifts to touting his domestic economic agenda.
Complains that Romney economic agenda will not reduce the deficit.
"Both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies," says president.
9:29 p.m. - Schieffer segues to third segment: What is America's role in the world?
Romney says US "has the responsibilty and the privilege" to protect and promote freedom.
We are exactly half-hour through debate and both candidates have had exactly the same amount of speaking time, even though it has seemed that the president has spoken more than Romney.
9:26 p.m. - Romney says he would have supported Obama's approach to ouster of Mubarak in Egypt, but again, he argues at margin for a change in approach to whole region beforehand.
"Once it exploded, I felt the same as the president did," says Romney.
He then steps back to broader foreign vision: "For us to be able to promote those principles of peace requires us to be strong."
He transitions to pitch for strong military and low national debt to have a vibrant economy.
9:24 p.m. - Obama retorts, "The governor doesn't have different ideas because we're doing exactly what we're supposed to be doing."
This debate shows the president - who took office, remember, with almost no foreign policy experience - in a new comfort zone.
There is no way a former businessman can have this same familiarity at this stage in his candidacy because he isn't inundated with it like the president.
9:22 p.m. - Returning to success in Libya, Obama uses it as primer for his style of diplomacy and contrast with Romney's foreign policy vision.
Schieffer asks if Romney would go further than Obama, say, with no-fly zones.
Romney says no, no US military engagement. Rather, he favors helping insurgents.
"With our partners in the region, we have sufficient resources," says Romney.
9:20 p.m. - "This is a critical opportunity for America," he says, and US risks squandering it by taking a back seat to the United Nations and Russia.
President retorts: "We are playing a leadership role."
9:19 p.m. - Romney, staying calm as he discusses an area not of great familiarity to him, shows that he has been studying issues by moving through answer with delberation.
Agrees that US arms can't end up in wrong hands, "but the Saudis, Qatari, and the Turks are all concerned about this."
9:18 p.m. - Obama says scene in Syria "heartbreaking," but to get more entangled militarily "is a serious step" and we don't want to arm possible enemies.
"I am confident that Assad's days are numbered," says president.
9:16 p.m. - Schieffer moves discussion to Syria, noting war there seems to be spilling over to Lebanon.
Moderator asks president: "Should we reassess our policy and see if we can find a better way to influence events there?" Schieffer notes 30,000 have died since Obama said Assad had to go.
9:14 p.m. - Romney comes back to Obama, saying he agrees that Russia is not a threat, but adds that he also would not tell Russian Prime Minister Putin that he would have more flexibility after the election.
Romney says he would see more "backbone."
The candidates are now disagreeing over their positions on continued troop presence in Iraq.
9:13 p.m. - Romney, more reserved this time, says he doesn't agree with that recounting of his record.
"Attacking me is not an agenda," says Romney.
9:12 p.m. - Obama says that Romney recently said Russia was the country's biggest geopolitical foe.
"The 1980s are calling asking for their foreign policy back," and says, "Every time you've been asked to render a foreign policy view, you've been wrong."
9:11 p.m. - Romney says: "It's wonderful that Libya seems to be making some progress, ... but next door we have Egypt."
He adds: "This is a region in tumult."
9:09 p.m. - Obama ends by accusing Romney of having a strategy "all over the map."
Romney says he wants to kill "bad guys," but has to go after "jihadists"and leaders of anti-US sentiment.
9:07 p.m. - Obama says his first responsibility is to keep country safe, implying that there hasn't been a terrorist attack on his watch, and that he has "decimated" al Qaeda leadership.
Then says he went after the attackers of the Benghazi attackers.
Also reminds that for the cost of less than two weeks in Iraq, his administration created a regime change in Libya without the cost of a single American life.
9:05 p.m - Romney opens with joke about how they were last together last week at a roast in New York. Says debate is an occasion to be funny without intention.
Then he turns serious, says the attack in Libya is deadly serious, and part of unrest through region.
"What we're seeing is a pretty dramatic reversal of hopes we had for that region," says Romney, before adding that while Obama got bin Laden, "We can't kill our way out of this."
Says US must reject radical Islam.
9:03 p.m. - Schieffer notes debate coincides with 50th anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis.
Says it is "sobering reminder" of how foreign affairs concerns can pop up at any time.
First question to Romney: You labeled it part of an "unraveling foreign policy." How?
9:02 p.m. - Schieffer invites the candidates on stage, and they shake hands at center stage.
"Good to see you again," Romney says to president.
He will be seated at Stage Right, the president at Stage Left.
9:01 p.m. - Schieffer has begun his opening, bringing the conversation to the debate hall itself.
9 p.m. - The debate hour has arrived. The networks are now in their broadcast openings before the candidates take the stage.
Mitt Romney will get final closing, or, the last word.
8:55 p.m. - Schieffer - who wears lavender socks, totes a lavender binder in homage to the colors of his homestate TCU.
8:53 p.m. - Schieffer has taken the debate stage.
8:49 p.m. - The challenge for both candidates - but Romney in particular - is shifting answers in a debate supposedly focused on foreign policy to the topic of the economy.
Look for some deft segues.
8:48 p.m. - We also have a Monday Night Football game on TV tonight, too.
Chance for fractured audience on issue - foreign policy - that doesn't rate as high as economy in polls on voter concerns.
8:46 p.m. - Both Ann Romney and Michelle Obama have entered the debate hall and taken their respective seats.
8:44 p.m. - Interesting dynamic, as St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants play Game 7 of the National League Championship Series at same time as debate.
8:38 p.m. - This will be a close-quarters debate, with the candidates sitting next to each other and across the table from moderator Bob Schieffer.
8:28 p.m. - Obama has arrived at the debate hall, per the White House pool report.
8:12p.m. - Senator John Kerry, who played Romney for the president's debate preparation sessions, appeared in the media filing center again tonight and slammed Romney's foreign policy knowledge.
Have to think it's like trying to ice the kicker: get in his head before the big play.
7:55 p.m. - Mitt Romney has arrived at Lynn University for his third and final debate with President Obama.
Each of his five sons tagged along in two vans dubbed "Family 1" and "Family 2."
From the crowd I've seen in some Christmas card photos, surprised they didn't need "Family 3," "Family 4," and "Family 5."
Glen Johnson can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @globeglen.


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|Apr 3rd, 2010 12:48 AM
|Scooter Atreides
The idea of an "It" campaign with Ronald as Pennywise made me laugh more than anything has in years. Many, many thanks, Proto.
P.S. I honestly think the Batman tie-in commercial could really have worked, minus the "burger enema" line. But then, I'm not quite right in the head.
|Mar 14th, 2010 10:29 PM
|Hmm... Maybe I should write that people on, "Humanity Is Stupid" after all...
|Aug 8th, 2008 01:51 PM
|Colonel Flagg
|Aug 8th, 2008 09:02 AM
|i mean seriously, unless you're a character, you gotta be the most easily gulled person i've ever seen on the internet (AND THAT IS SAYING A FUCK OF A LOT)
|Aug 8th, 2008 09:01 AM
NEWSFLASH: all of these ads are complete fabrications, light-bright
and the correct phrase is "appealing to the lowest common denominator", not "playing towards the most juvenile of customers"
|Aug 8th, 2008 05:15 AM
Executioneer, do you know anyone who has English as a second language, that is familiar with words like "juvenile"?
That's the best response you can come up with towards what I said? Aren't you just proving my point? That you're the type of person McDonald's targeted their anal lube ad towards, obnoxious teenagers or people behaving like obnoxious teenagers?
|Aug 6th, 2008 08:17 PM
|VY is english your second language
|Aug 6th, 2008 03:29 PM
|Aug 5th, 2008 09:15 PM
|so that's a no, then
|Aug 5th, 2008 07:52 PM
Can someone help me find the We All Float Down Here ad on the web. I've been searching, and I wanna see it.
BTW executioneer, do you get what "Playing towards the most juvenile of customers" means?
|Jul 27th, 2008 12:42 PM
|He had to be kidding right? It seems like he was serious, but there is no way. Right?
|Jul 27th, 2008 11:53 AM
|Jul 27th, 2008 07:18 AM
|violet yoshi do you get jokes
|Jul 26th, 2008 07:37 PM
I can't believe they thought that ad based off of IT was a good idea. Especially after the incident with Gacy where they tried to convince people clowns aren't bad, but failed at that. I mean seriously, did they really think the idea of Ronald kidnapping kids into a sewer was cool?
I seriously would not have believed that Make Every Time a Good Time ad was for real. It looks like a parody, I mean what the hell was someone thinking? Anal lube with food uh, has someone in their advertising company spending too much time on the chan image boards?
It doesn't surprise me that the Japanese ad actually drew in business. In Japan, as with other countries outside of the US, they don't hide away from the darker issues in life. Also Japan has quite a reputation for making some of the most contraversial and disturbing horror films in the world. So actually an ad with a female Ronald caniballizing it's competition, might seem like light fare to them. Oh and also, the Japanese Ronald looks really cute, but then I'm one of those people who's a bit of a Japanophile.
|May 22nd, 2008 04:51 PM
|That's our Ronald McTerror! ROTFL! Not a very good AD campaign history there :P
|May 3rd, 2008 01:40 AM
|If you actually read It, Pennywise was described as a cross between Ronald McDonald and... some other clown. So, yeah, that kinda made sense. One thing you forgot to preface the article with, Protoclown: Clowns are generals in Satan's army. Mimes are naught but privates!
|Apr 26th, 2008 07:49 AM
|im a little late to the larty but hell this makes me have mac attack.
|Mar 3rd, 2008 08:24 PM
|Ronald McDonald is a pedophile...
|Jan 22nd, 2008 01:39 PM
|I can't stand the newer commercials. Like the one, where at the end, Ronald lands on the picnic table and jets some poor kid into a tree. Ronald looks up and LAUGHS at him. Stupid.
|Jan 21st, 2008 11:45 PM
|Jan 21st, 2008 09:19 PM
|Years ago McDonald's did an ad campaign with a guy that had a HUGE moon head playing a piano and singing "Mac Tonight" to the tune of "Mac the Knife". They got sued by Bobby Darin's estate and had to pull all the broadcast and print ads...sometimes the real story is funnier than fiction.
|Jan 21st, 2008 02:20 PM
|I always knew Pennywise and Ronald were one and the same.
|Jan 18th, 2008 12:02 AM
|Autrach Sejanoz
|I bet more people would eat at McDonald's if they actually did give away Anal Lube with their meals. Brings new meaning to the phrase 'Happy Meal'.
|Jan 17th, 2008 10:16 PM
|What made me laugh was thinking about Protoclown google-imaging Anal Lube for his photoshopped pic :P
|Jan 17th, 2008 06:09 PM
|The last one sounds like something I would see in Fist of the North Star. Great article.
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By booking your 21st Birthday party with us we'll treat you like a true VIP, you'll be taken straight to your table and drinks provided upon your arrival so your party can start the moment you walk through the doors.
With all the biggest brand premium spirits and bubbly plus plenty of tasty cocktails and shots to choose from and some of the best DJs and PAs around, there's simply no better venue to spend your 21st birthday party at than ours.
Click below for more information and to find out what we can do to make your 21st birthday party in Cambridge one to remember.