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23 Years Old. BBL Strax or Jade Same Difference - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dr. made me feel confident. I didn't have any bad feelings about him yet. The staff so far so good. I hope they stay like that after I pay them. I'm scheduled for surgery September the 26th. I am so unorganized that I haven't bought my stuff. Going today with my list of goods.
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A talented professional Doctor .He has given me careful attention that has resulted in very good results.After one month I get complements on how well I look but not realizing that anything has been done.I would recommend Dr. Pane to anyone looking for a cosmetic procedure.
5 out of 5 stars Breast Augmentation
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I see him quickly becoming one of the top plastic surgeons due to his patient care and amazing results. He has gone above and beyond and listened to my wants and needs every step of the way. We were on the same page from start to finish and I couldn't be more impressed. I never felt rushed when speaking with him pre AND post op. Not once did I feel like he talked down to me or tried to sell me into his idea of what I needed. He listened and did exactly what I asked and I can't wait to see my final results after healing and I will keep posting progress photos.
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Very thorough, knowledgeable and has great bedside manner! I felt very comfortable with him from the initial consultation. He always answers all of my questions and continues to provide excellent care as I follow up with him. Thanks Dr. Pane!
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Dr Pane is outstanding a does know his stuff. He does it right! He is methodical and makes one feel so very comfortable before, during, and after surgery.
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I Love Dr. Pane and the Straxx Rejuvenation Staff! - Fort Lauderdale, FL
I have been searching for the best surgeon and when I first met Dr. Pane everything felt right. Dr. Pane took the time with my questions and was extremely thorough when it came to marking my chart and understanding immediately what I was looking for. Dr. Pane is an awesome surgeon with a lot of expertise and skill under the knife. Thank you Dr. Pane!!!


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It's the first big game of the high school football season since the Bismarck Community Bowl started renovations.
And while the Bowl isn't compete, its already seen major improvements.
The track, score board, locker rooms, and storage building are complete.
Just the spectator facility remains.
The improved bowl has already hosted soccer games and sub varsity football games but they're excited to welcome huge amounts of fans for the kickoff tonight.
"Oh I think they're going to be really surprised if they haven't been here yet. I mean the place is just, you know just developing. It's becoming more beautiful all the time," says Mel Fischer, Facility Manager, Bismarck Community Bowl.
The bowl is scheduled to be complete in early November.
And coming up later in Sports Tia Streeter will join us live at the Community Bowl with a preview of tonight's matchups.
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Arizona Cardinals
Warner on Lindley: 'I've liked what I've seen'
The Arizona Cardinals have been desperately trying to find consistency at quarterback all season.
After starting the season with John Skelton under center, injuries and a general lack of productivity at the position leaves the Cardinals still searching for answers in Week 13.
The latest gunslinger getting an opportunity is rookie Ryan Lindley.
In his first start last week against the St. Louis Rams, Lindley impressed former Cardinals quarterback and current NFL analyst Kurt Warner.
"I've liked what I've seen," Warner said. "I think he has done some really good things. I saw him make some really nice reads and throws down the field."
Warner especially liked what he saw out of the rookie early in Sunday's 31-17 loss.
"I saw some upside," Warner said. "Early on, the drives he put together, the accuracy, the decisions, I thought were really good."
Lindley threw for 312 and completed 59.6 percent of his pass, but he also threw four interceptions.
"I think you saw some rookie things come up as the game got away from the Cardinals a little bit," Warner said. "He started pressing a little bit and made some mistakes in the game."
Despite some rookie mistakes, Warner is confident in the former San Diego State Aztec's potential.
"I have been happy with what I have seen early on knowing that it is just the early part of his career," Warner said. "I think he is going to get better. You see good potential in different aspects of his game."
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- Mark Schlereth, ESPN NFL Analyst - Friday September 26ESPN NFL analyst Mark Schlereth gives his thoughts on the Cardinals' 3-0 start.
- John Clayton, ESPN NFL insider - Friday September 26John Clayton provides insider insight into NFL headlines.
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Dior Backstage Full Coverage Fluid Foundation Brush Review.
I still remember the first time I purchased a foundation brush and I didn't know the importance of good quality brushes. I thought that spending anywhere over $13 for a makeup brush was insane and this is because I was naive and nobody had ever explained to me why I needed a good one. When it comes to foundation brushes, or just brushes in general you can never have too many of them, who ever knew I would end up with 12 of them? So like most other brushes the first thing I thought upon seeing this brush was "it'll be just another foundation brush"… But I was wrong.
Unlike the traditional typical flat, rounded foundation brush which I'm sure majority of us are familiar with; this foundation brush is an angled brush, probably the equivalent of a flat top kabuki/buffing brush but with an angled edge to it. The shape of this brush is something that I really do like. Due to the angle of which the bristles are cut it allows you to reach every nook and cranny of your face.
This brush is very dense, there certainly isn't a shortness of bristles here, in fact if they could squeeze anymore in I'd be quite shocked. The denseness of this brush isn't a bad thing. I might even say I love it. The denseness of the bristles works a treat at providing full coverage, no matter which foundation you're using. It spreads product very easily and blends foundation into your skin so that it actually looks like your own skin and it doesn't give you that unnecessary cakey and patchy look that so many foundations and foundation brushes can give you. Instead it's a seamless, airbrush style, natural looking finish.
The bristles of this brush are very high quality using this brush on your face almost feels like a kimono well close to it anyway. Like majority of foundation brushes it's synthetic bristled so it's generally best used with cream products, I don't think trying to use a powder with this would end up with a happy ending. There is very minimal shedding with this brush, even when I first cleaned it and first used it no shedding occurred however occasionally I do end up with the odd bristle on my face every now and then. The bristles of this brush also hold shape very well, they don't bend out of shape no matter how abruptly you use them or how often you clean them which to me is a good trait for a brush to posses - to many times I've purchased a brush and after several uses it starts to look a touch lopsided.
Versatility is something I am a fan of. I love a product which can be used in more ways then one and it doesn't just stop at makeup, I love a brush which is multi-tasking too. Due to the synthetic bristles of this brush I'm able to use it for more then just a liquid or cream foundation. I love to use this brush as well for applying a cream blush to my cheeks, a gel bronzer to my temples or a cream or liquid illuminator onto my cheekbones or down the sides of my nose and the thing which I love to use it for the most is to contour underneath my cheekbones with a cream product a few shades darker then my skin tone the angled cut of this brush really fits well underneath them. (Just be sure to clean it between steps!
I did have to spend a little more time cleaning this brush then I probably would of liked. With this particular brush it's quite difficult to clean it quickly. Due to the densely packed bristles product can really end up working it's way further and further up the bristles, almost into the ferrule which is a bit unfortunate. The drying time of this foundation brush is also a little longer then other brushes I have used in the past which I again think is due to the denseness of the bristles so if you're planning on giving it a quick clean an hour or two before you get ready to apply your makeup you may want to think twice.
As someone who suffers dry skin a common issue that I tend to encounter with foundation brushes is that they micro-exfoliate my skin which can leave it looking flaky, uneven and unnatural. However this foundation brush successfully helped me with foundation application without making the drier areas of my skin more prominent.
One downfall with this product which I would generally expect when it comes to this particular brand is that this brush is quite expensive at $75 in Australia or $45 in the United States.
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The Dior Backstage Full Coverage Fluid Foundation will cost you $75 at Myer and David Jones in AUS and $45 at Dior Counters in the US.
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TimesCast: For F.B.I. agents, competing pressures in dealing with David H. Petraeus's affair. | Animosity toward American military in Afghanistan. | Mining in Mozambique leaves the rural poor behind.
The Burdens of Progress
As Mozambique receives huge international investments in mining and natural gas, some find jobs and new opportunities while others find displacement and despair.
In Mozambique, a New Prosperity for Some
New gas and coal deals rarely create large numbers of jobs or foster local entrepreneurship.
Bugging Out
Judgmental insects in Mozambique.
AIDS Outpaces Treatment
For each sub-Saharan African who was placed on anti-AIDS drugs last year, five more were infected.
Beguiling Mozambique
After years of civil war, Mozambique, home to 1,500 miles of pristine Indian Ocean beachfront, is one of Africa's rising stars.
Articles, photos and video about Mozambique from The New York Times, with reader advice on where and when to go.
In Search of the 'Real Africa' in Mozambique
Friendly prices — and people — greeted the Frugal Traveler on a visit to the country's chaotic but manageable coastal capital.
On the Beach, on the Cheap, in Mozambique
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Mozambique: Africa's Rising Star
After years of civil wars, Mozambique, home to 1,500 miles of pristine Indian Ocean beachfront, is emerging as one of Africa's most beguiling destinations.
Where the High Life Comes Naturally
Here are some of the newest high-end resorts around the globe that say they are striving to walk lightly on the land.


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In any discussion about the best quarterbacks in the NFL, the usual names always come up.
First mentioned are the Patriots' Tom Brady, the Broncos' Peyton Manning, the Packers' Aaron Rodgers, the Saints' Drew Brees, then followed perhaps by the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, the Giants' Eli Manning and the Ravens' Joe Flacco.
Top young guns like the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick, the Colts' Andrew Luck, the Redskins' Robert Griffin III and the Seahawks' Russell Wilson soon could be part of the conversation.
But no one would put Alex Smith, the former 49ers quarterback now with the Kansas City Chiefs, in their top 10 except his new boss.
"Ultimately, every team has to have a quarterback," Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson told The Kansas City Star this week. "I think we have the best in the league."
We know part of Pederson's job is to praise his players, but calling Smith the best quarterback in the NFL is ludicrous.
Yes, Smith led the 49ers to the NFC Championship Game in the 2011 season and was 6-2-1 with a league-leading 70.2 percent completion rate when he suffered a concussion in the ninth game last season.
Despite that impressive performance, Smith wasn't even the best quarterback on his team last season, failing to regain the starter's job from Kaepernick when he was healthy again.
We know it's just a preseason game, but we're looking forward to Aug. 16, when the 49ers play the Chiefs in Kansas City.
What to watch
Baseball, Round Rock at the River Cats, 7:05 p.m., Raley Field: Check out River Cats starter Sonny Gray, who might soon be recalled by the A's.
Weekend poll
Which quarterback will finish with a better rating in 2013?
Colin Kaepernick
Alex Smith
Vote above or leave your comments in the comments field; or go to www.sacbee.com/sports
Friday's results
Assuming the SEC is the top college football conference, which is No. 2?
Pacific-12: 67%
Big 10: 17%
Big 12: 11%
Other: 1%
Total votes: 126
Call The Bee's Tom Couzens, (916) 321-1097. Follow him on Twitter @tomcouzens.
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The Fresh Express aims to bring locally grown produce to urban areas where access to fresh foods are not readily available and where consumers rely on food assistance programs.
AutistEd seeks to integrate a two-year program into universities to educate and train autistic young adults for direct employment into engineering companies in the local area.
Over 20 undergraduate and graduate MU student teams competed in the annual Social Innovation Design Contest on Tuesday December 3rd, 2013,12:30 - 4pm, Raynor Lower Level.
Pictures of the contest can be found here.
The winning team received help in attending the 2014 AshokaU Exchange at Brown University (registration fees for up to 3 - over $1K value) and automatic entry in the Midwest Social Innovation Start-Up Challenge ($25K prize package)!
The contest was open to all Marquette University students.
For ideas:
Click here Dell Challenge winners (note: Dell Social Innovation Challenge has matured and evolved into a new social enterprise, Verb.)
Click here for a video of last year's Dell Challenge finalists.
Marquette hosted the Social Innovation Design Contest on
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 4:30-6:30 pm, Emory Clark, room 111. The winning team received funds to attend the 2013 AshokaU Exchange in San Diego, CA.
Contest details HERE.
See their powerpoint presentation HERE.
Four Saturday meetings, 10-11:30 am, were scheduled for all participants to better understand how Social Innovation Design leads to positive social change! Download the contest information.
Social Innovation/Social Entrepreneurship (used interchangeably – see www.ashoka.org):
What is a Social Entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change. Rather than leaving societal needs to the government or business sectors, social entrepreneurs find what is not working and solve the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution, and persuading entire societies to take new leaps.
Why "Social" Entrepreneur?
Just as entrepreneurs change the face of business, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss and improving systems, inventing approaches, and creating solutions to change society for the better. Most do NOT have a business background.
Helpful Resources:
SID Contest is presented by Changemakers@MU; the Social Innovation Initiative is presented by the Office of the Provost


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I work as a professional builder and remodeler in a community about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. Recently, after years spent working almost entirely on other people's homes, my wife and I decided that it was time to get a new place for ourselves. We bought a fixer-upper on a nearby lake. The 50-year-old ranch was in need of some major repair and updating, but the price, location, and good interest rates convinced us it was a worthwhile investment.
Given the lot's natural slope and the great view of the lake, we figured a walkout basement would be a big improvement. Part of the downstairs space was finished, including a fireplace and a three-quarter bath, but there was no door to the outside and the tiny windows didn't offer much light or ventilation. So, we decided to add a patio door with windows on both sides.
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Supporting the home's brick veneer while cutting through the concrete foundation required careful planning and good temporary support.
Although there was plenty of room for expansion in the basement area of this ranch, the small windows let in scant natural light and there was no means of egress.
By adding the patio door and windows, the author made the interior space more livable and provided convenient access to the backyard and the lake beyond.
After sawing part of the way through a mortar joint, the author slid in this 18-foot-long 4x6 steel lintel to support the veneer. He clamped it to the band joist using threaded rod and lengths of angle iron so that it wouldn't slip out of place.
Cutting the beam pocket before excavating the walkout made setting the beam much easier. A steel rail bolted to the foundation guides the horizontal cut
The vertical end cuts were made by stitch-drilling with a coring bit
The job was a little more complicated than simply digging a hole and cutting an opening in the concrete foundation. Given the 42-inch frost depth here in northern Illinois, I knew that excavating down to the level of the basement slab would make that section of foundation susceptible to frost damage.
To keep foundation modifications to a minimum, I decided to flank the entry door with two 4-foot-deep concrete planters. The planters would keep most of the existing footing below the frost line, yet still provide enough room for windows above them. They also would act as buttresses for the new retaining walls on either side of the door. I would still have to deepen the foundation below the planned 6-foot door, but this would be easier than underpinning the entire 16-foot-wide opening.
The other problem was how to temporarily support the home's brick veneer while cutting through the basement wall. I asked several other experienced builders and got various responses as to whether the masonry would stay in place on its own. Then I talked to a structural engineer: He advised me to use a temporary lintel to support the brickwork while cutting and preparing the new opening.
The first step in supporting the brick veneer was to cut through the mortar one course of brick above where I planned to install the new steel header. This would give me some working room to slip in the header and remove the temporary lintel when I was finished.
My original plan was to cut the joint as deep as I could with a masonry blade in a 7 1/4-inch circular saw, perforate the remaining mortar with a hammer drill, and then drive the 4-by-6-inch L-shaped steel lintel into the cut with a sledgehammer, breaking through the remaining mortar. But soon after I started pounding on the steel, it became apparent that I wasn't going to break through. I thought about cutting all the way through the mortar with some other tool, but was concerned the brickwork might collapse while I finished the cut. After considering it for a while, I decided the temporary lintel was in far enough to support the brick — about halfway — and went about securing it to the band joist.
I inserted a 2x4 to take up the remaining space between the brick and the lintel, drilled pairs of holes in four locations through the masonry and band joist, then used threaded rod and pieces of angle iron to clamp the lintel to the band so it wouldn't slide out. With everything secure, I removed the course of brick below the lintel. Nothing budged.
I planned to use a steel I-beam to span the opening and support the wall and floor system above. My steel fabricator welded a 1/2-inch-thick overhanging plate to the top of the beam as a supporting ledge for the brick veneer.
A steel angle under the brick veneer and a temporary stud wall under the floor framing provided support while the concrete foundation was cut open. Removing the course of brick under the lintel made room for slipping in the I-beam. Once the beam was in place, the missing course of brick was reinstalled, with enough mortar on the back half to support the veneer above while the temporary lintel was removed.
Instead of fighting to get the steel beam in place while working 7 or 8 feet in the air, I decided to install it at grade level before excavating the basement access. This was key, because I knew I would be placing the beam by hand. So, at this point, we built a temporary wall inside the basement to support the floor framing while we installed the beam.
Cutting the pocket. I hired a concrete cutting and coring company to make the pocket for the steel beam and the door opening. In preparation, I had to dig out about 10 inches of dirt from the existing grade so the cutting sub could mount the guide rail for the saw. The beam slot was to be 7 inches high and 17 feet long, which left some space for shimming the beam and mortaring above it, and 6 inches of bearing on both ends.
After making the horizontal cuts with the saw, the concrete cutter made the vertical end cuts by stitch-drilling with a core bit. This method avoided the vertical overcuts that the concrete saw would have made in the brick veneer above.
Cutting the beam pocket took about two hours.
Placing the steel. When the steel beam was delivered, I had it craned over the house as far as possible, then we dragged it the remaining 20 feet or so. It took four of us to place it in the slot, but I was pleased with how smoothly everything went when we were working at grade level. We slid the beam into position across some 2x6s and shimmed it level on the existing sill plate without much trouble.
With the header in place, I went about replacing the course of brick above the beam. I needed to do this in such a way that I could get enough support to safely remove the temporary lintel. Since the lintel supported only the front half of the brick, I was able to fill the rest of the space left at the back of the joint with mortar as I slid in bricks from below.
I let the mortar set up for a week while I took a vacation, and then I removed the lintel and tuck-pointed the joint when I returned. Again, nothing budged.
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After slipping the I-beam into its slightly oversized pocket, the author shimmed it tight to the floor framing above.
Before removing the temporary lintel, the missing course of brick was relaid.
A day of excavating and grading left a flat, accessible site for the concrete-cutting subs.
Once the opening was cut, the crew broke the concrete slabs into manageable pieces.
The footing below the patio door was dropped almost 4 feet to reach below the frost line; a one-sided form was used to pour that section of the foundation.
Access was limited, so the crew used a bucket on a skid-steer loader to place the concrete for the footings; the walls were pumped.
The next step was to excavate the walkout to a depth a few inches below the existing footing. Providing a flat, accessible surface for the wall-cutting crew took a full day of my excavator's time. When the cutting subs showed up the next day, they were pleased: Besides providing them with a level work area, I had marked out all the cuts. They assured me that the prep work would make the sawing go much faster — good news, since they were charging me by the hour. Everything went smoothly, and they finished more quickly than expected.
Footings and Retaining Walls
The next morning, after clearing the cut-out chunks of concrete with a skid-steer loader, we used a compact excavator to dig down about 4 feet below the door opening to deepen the section of foundation left vulnerable by the walkout. At the bottom of the hole, we dug a 24-inch-wide by 12-inch-deep trench for the footing. The following day we poured all the footings, using a bucket attachment on the skid-steer loader to move the concrete.
Over the weekend the footings set up, and on Monday my concrete contractor set the forms for the retaining walls and the foundation under the door. I had already installed rebar dowels every 8 inches where the retaining walls and planters butted against the foundation. We used a concrete pumper to fill the forms. Installing drains to daylight at the base of the retaining walls and laying a base of crushed limestone for the patio completed this phase of the job.
I installed steel columns between the new door and windows to reduce the header span, and then framed out the door and window openings. I covered the sheathing with 30-pound felt, and I plan to stucco the wall and planters later in the spring.
Even though the brickwork on this house doesn't have a weep system and there don't appear to be any problems to date, I drilled some weep holes in the mortar joints directly above the new opening.
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Watch South Florida native Kris Wessel searing this while plating that, a lone figure cranking out an Old-Florida-meets-Big-Easy cuisine in the tiny open kitchen of his laid-back Red Light restaurant on the banks of Miami's Little River.
He stands six-foot-five, with a wingspan and stamina that are NBA-worthy but put to much higher service when he's hustling at the stove, simultaneously finishing a bowl of his signature barbecue shrimp — in a dark, rich sauce made from shrimp stock, lemon, rosemary, parsley and Worcestershire — while tending to Florida grouper braising in Key lime and getting out another plate of hand-rubbed ribs, smoked down by the river where heron and manatee insist on luxuriating, in denial of their sketchy surroundings.
Now Wessel is taking that down-and-dirty homeboy cooking he does in his "man cave" (yes, the AC is finally fixed and blowing cold enough at Red Light after a couple of years of sweltering summer dining; the restaurant reopens Wednesday after a summer hiatus) and reimagining it for a luxury oceanfront setting. Opening this week with Wessel at the helm is Florida Cookery at the James Royal Palm Hotel, Collins Avenue and 15th Street. The hotel, built in 1939, is back on line after extensive renovations that honor the property's Art Deco past while reinventing the place as a hip beach resort.
But what exactly is Florida cookery?
"If you're doing a Florida statement you can't ignore Latin America, the Caribbean, the American South and influences from New York City. And I won't," says the soft-spoken but always high-energy Wessel, 41, whose paternal grandparents settled in Miami Beach in 1926. His grandfather owned a construction company that helped build the Raleigh and Delano hotels, St. Patrick Catholic Church and other Miami Beach landmarks.
Wessel, a self-professed "Florida cracker," grew up between South Florida and Louisiana, where his mother's people are from. Later he cooked at several New Orleans restaurants. But he's taking inspiration for his new place from his Italian grandmother's Miami Beach kitchen and the old cookbooks she relied on to figure out what to do with the strange tropicals that grew in the yard of the crammed working-class home where she raised 10 kids.
One of the books, a paperbound, well-used number from the 1940s titled Florida Cookery, delivered the name of the new eatery, which offers indoor and outdoor seating with views of the Atlantic and a décor that references Eames-era cool while paying homage to an organic beachy palette.
"By the 1940s and 1950s, as more people were moving to Miami, you started to see a lot of Junior League-style cookbooks that helped housewives figure out what to do with the local stuff that they had never seen before," Wessel says right before opening day, sitting in the main room of his posh new digs and dipping crispy breadfruit tostones into a bowl of soup featuring lemon-poached chicken, roasted calabaza and chayote.
"Not all of the recipes in those old cookbooks were great. There's one for a creamed kingfish and spinach mold. Can you imagine? But there are also amazing recipes, like the one for crawfish potato pie. In the old days, whenever they said 'crayfish,' they were talking about Florida lobster. There have been so many influences to Florida cuisine over the years. But I guarantee that if you ask 10 South Beach concierges where you should go for Florida food, they can't suggest anywhere but Joe's Stone Crab.''
And of course Florida Cookery, which opened for business Thursday, will hook you up with stone crabs and Key lime pie. But it stretches far beyond with dishes such as veal vaca frita; guanabana-glazed ribs served with green papaya slaw; empanadas stuffed with oxtail, alligator or oysters; cast iron-seared frog legs in lime; Suwannee River wild boar chops with savory sapodilla jam; West Indian rotis filled with curried chicken, shrimp or goat.
Wessel may feel most at home at the gritty Red Light (after all, his father and uncles can tell stories about splashing around in the once-pristine Little River, right behind the restaurant, where a coveted rope swing used to hang,) but he's hardly new to the trappings of fine dining. Or the concept of elevating Florida ingredients.
At 21, he landed a job working in the kitchen of the celebrated Mark's Place. Executive chef Mark Militello — a member of the original Mango Gang, which, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, helped put South Florida on the culinary map with its creative use of mango, papaya, plantains and other locals — quickly saw Wessel's potential. By the time he was 23, he was promoted to chef de cuisine. Working alongside him were Hedy Goldsmith and Michelle Bernstein, also just kids who eventually became stars in their own right and, to one degree or another, continue carrying the Mango Gang's torch.
"Mark and Norman [Van Aken] and those guys were using Florida products in fresh but integral ways. But then soon after, South Beach exploded and every hotel restaurant started bastardizing the Mango Gang concept," says Wessel, who after Mark's Place opened a popular sandwich joint on Lincoln Road called Paninoteca and later the white-tablecloth Liaison on Espanola Way.
"There was some version of mango sesame tuna on every menu. It was fusion without much thought. And in my opinion, it hurt the evolution of the serious attention that these chefs had started paying to Florida product."
Wessel is committed to finding honorable new ways of incorporating jackfruit, guanabana, guava, calabaza and the rest in his cooking. And he's been combing the Sunshine State for the highest quality farms to supply his kitchen. But some old ideas he wouldn't dare mess with.
"Throughout the '40s, '50s and '60s, every seafood shack in South Florida had a condiment on the table called old sour. All it was was Key lime juice and salt in a bottle, corked and aged for a few weeks. The longer it sits the sweeter and more intense it gets. Imagine all these old fishermen, these Florida crackers, putting that on their cracked conch and turtle steaks and everything else. I found a Miami Herald story from the 1980s that still talked about old sour. But where did it go? It disappeared from Florida tables at some point."
Now the stuff is making a comeback at Florida Cookery.
"We'll have it on every table soon," Wessel says. "As soon as we find the right bottle to match the décor of the restaurant. Me, I'd use any old bottles. But what I get away with at Red Light is not always going to work in a place like this."


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Blogger Interviews-Vinography
We recently had the opportunity to ask one of favorite bloggers a few questions via email. For those new to reading about wine online, Vinography is certainly an essential resource and is a blog which we read almost daily here at Uncorked Ventures. Alder (the writer, founder, editor etc) has been extremely forthcoming with us during our limited discussions which we both appreciate and respect. He's a no non-sense editor and we think his blog should be used as an example and as a best practice for anyone just starting to write about wine.
Why do we read his blog? To start, we enjoy his writing style, but more importantly the content he covers is probably more suited to our business than any other blog out there. Aside from his extensive tasting event coverage (during which you might see him walking around Ipad and wine glass in hand, typing notes for the blog) we also enjoy his coverage of wine regions and current happenings in wine. Unfortunately, some blogs fall into the problem of only reviewing sample wines which readers can't possibly access, that doesn't happen with Vinography. While Vinography will cover the higher end of the market more often than some other blogs out there, there is plenty of information there for anyone interested in wine no matter if you're a fellow blogger, in the business yourself as a third party, consumer or even a winery. Lastly, if you are a winery looking for a landing spot for your advertising dollars, he has the nicest looking set of demographics in the industry.
Lastly, we'd be remiss without taking a moment to thank Alder for his time. We realize how often these type of requests must come in and appreciate the time and effort clearly evident in the responses which appear below.
-When did you start drinking wine?
In some small way, I grew up in wine country. I would spend summers with my dad in Sonoma County, and when my grandparents came out for visits, we would invariably go wine tasting with them. For the most part I have fond memories of cavorting on the lawns outside of these big "castles" but on occasion I'd hang out with the adults and listen to them chat. I got my first sip of wine that I actually liked on one of these days, which I believe was a late harvest Sauvignon Blanc. I didn't know that wine could be sweet before then, and that sip convinced me that all wine wasn't disgusting.
My real love of wine began while I was studying for a time in England. The food served in the colleges at Oxford University in the early Nineties was awful, and so I found myself cooking for myself more and more. Thinking that the civilized thing to do would be to drink wine with a home cooked dinner, I would go down to a local bottle shop and buy a wine. Too intimidated to talk with anyone at the shop, I'd simply look on the lower shelves that I could afford and pick a label that looked interesting.
I really enjoyed this exploration, which opened up a whole world of flavors and grapes and places to me, and so when I returned home to the US and completed my degree, I continued to buy wine and cook a lot, both with increasing passion.
-Vinography started in 2003, how has the wine blogosphere changed in the 8 years since?
Back then there wasn't a wine blogosphere to speak of. Now there are thousands, maybe tens of thousands of wine blogs around the world. It's a bit crazy, really. Now there are blogs that are taken quite seriously as legitimate outlets for the kind of wine writing that used to be exclusive to a few top magazines and newspapers. We're seeing something of a democratization of writing about wine. There's a lot of crap out there, of course, but a lot of new voices on wine, mine being but one, have emerged, and the consumer is much the better for it.
-Do you mind sharing one great wine experience with us?
Well, since it's top of mind, and I can still almost taste it, I'll talk about my experience last night. I was at the World of Pinot Noir conference in Shell Beach, and the last evening of the conference, they have a dinner where everyone brings along at least one bottle of wine to share with friends. The evening was winding down, and I had tasted a lot of really amazing, and really expensive wines, when I wandered around the corner and bumped into a winemaker friend of mine who had just extracted the cork from a dusty bottle. It was a 1959 Chambolle-Musigny Premiere Cru Burgundy from a producer that doesn't even exist anymore, and it was utterly sublime. It literally stopped about eight of us in our tracks for half an hour. We just stood there sipping this wine, transported. The gal next to me kept saying "Oh my god. Oh my god" over and over again. I felt the same way. This wasn't one of the top wines of Burgundy, it was a humble mid-range wine, stored well, probably bought for under $10 on release from the winery, and it was rocking our world. It represented everything good about wine, and what is so magical about Burgundy.
-If you only could drink wine from one winery, or one winemaker for the rest of your life…..which winery, or which winemaker would you choose?
This is such an impossible question. One of the things I like about wine is the sheer variety of it. Any wine, no matter how great, would get boring if it was the ONLY thing you had to drink.
-Any advice for those interested in pursuing either a career in wine or simply wanting to gain more attention for their wine blog?
Career in wine, huh? Isn't that an oxymoron? Anyone who thinks they're going to make a decent living in the wine industry likely has a rude wakeup call coming. Anyone who thinks they're going to make a decent living writing about wine is either unbelievably naive, or simply insane. If wine is your passion, you should definitely find a way to exercise it, but everyone should think twice about whether the best way to do that is to make it your job. If writing about wine is your passion, then you simply just need to do it. Every day. Start a blog and just crank out the content. If you have a blog, then force yourself to write something every day. The way to get more attention for your wine blog is to have great content and lots of it. Period.
Thanks again Alder. We can certainly appreciate the sentiment on the difficulty making a living in the wine industry. We're reminded of the old saying, it takes a large fortune to make a small one in Napa Valley….we've heard a few wineries joke that the paradigm should be changed given the global wine market. Having been open ourselves now for around 14 months, it's certainly a difficult and competitive industry, but we couldn't imagine going back to doing anything else. We've also found not only wineries, but sometimes direct distributor competitors can be among the most supportive and understanding people we've met anywhere. There is a camaraderie among the wine industry which neither Matt nor I have see in any other industry we've been a part of. It's that camaraderie and yes, the product which makes this whole venture worthwhile.
Balsamic Vinegar
People in the wine business, including Matt and I at Uncorked Ventures, like to joke about wine being cellared for too long…..when that happens you have vinegar.
Those jokes made me think about some of the different vinegar choices on the market currently, especially as we see wineries in Napa Valley starting to produce not only olive oil but vinegar as well.
Of course, a winery is going to produce balsamic vinegar.
Much like Champagne though, no winery outside one specific region should be using the name, although the practice is common. Balsamic vinegar is made only in Emilia-Romaga which is just north of Tuscany in Italy.
How do you tell which balsamic vinegars are of the highest quality? Unfortunately, the easiest way to tell is the price. A 3 ounce bottle can often be priced at close to $20, or much, much more.
The process of making the vinegar is both time consuming and labor intensive. It goes something like this. Unfermented grape must is boiled down into a syrup. This syrup is then allowed to ferment and turns to vinegar. The vinegar is then aged at least a decade in a series of progressively smaller barrels of different wood types. Oak, chestnut, cherry, linden, mulberry, juniper and ash are the most common choices although locally grown wood is often used at some point in the process as well. As evaportation occurs the resulting syrup becomes sweeter and sweeter, while flavors become more dense.
So, how should you serve a balsamic vinegar if you happen to find a great example at your local fine food retailer?
Our suggestion, sprinkle a bit (don't pour!) on Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and enjoy what many Italians consider the perfect appetizer.
Last week we talked a bit about the Atlas Peak AVA and some of the exciting things happening there, since our wine club customers have already received their February shipment we're now comfortable taking some time to talk about the wine and winery which we featured from Atlas Peak.
Vinroc is located high on Atlas Peak and we were interested in tasting their wine as soon as we saw their marketing slogan which said there were "More Coyotes than Tourists" on the mountain. That sounds like hard to find wine.
When we arrived, we were immediately greeted by owner/winemaker Michael G. Parmenter who gave us a quick visual tour of the property. Michael and his wife "Kik" Lee are in the process of building their dream on Atlas Peak. They started by building the wine cave which is cut back into the mountainside and have now moved on to building their home and tasting room. It's a well designed space which seems to be a year or so away from completion, until then you'll be tasting in the same space which we did, the cave itself.
The vineyard sits directly below the site of their new home and the soon to be finished tasting room, which must have one of the best views of any vineyard on Atlas Peak. We were immediately struck by the size of the vineyard, at just under five acres it was easy to see the hands on effort which goes into this wine. Michael talked about being able to harvest literally berry by berry or vine by vine if need be. With an operation consisting of Michael, his wife and two vineyard hands it's pretty clear that these are wines which are truly hand made.
Ok, about the wine itself. Let's start with a couple impartial reviews from names you'll probably recognize:
From Wine Spectator: "92 Points. Well-crafted, dark, rich, intense, concentrated and well-structured, with a mix of loamy earth, mineral, graphite and dried currant flavors that echo red and black licorice. Full-bodied, with a hint of new leather. Drink now through 2019. 325 cases made. —J.L."
From Robert Parker: "An impressive 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Atlas Peak area of Napa Valley, this dense ruby/purple wine has sweet tannin and a very floral nose intermixed with cassis and plum. Round, generous, seductive and opulent, this is a classic 2007-delicious, forward, and ideal for drinking over the next 10-15 years". Rating: 90."
One of the things that struck Matt and I while we tasted were the tannins of this wine. Parker nails it insider his review (as usual) when he says they are slightly sweet. That was our experience as well, not in a residual sugar kind of way, definitely not like a Port, but to me it was more reminiscent of a berry being left on the vine until the absolute peak of ripeness. We were also impressed at how approachable the wine is, especially considering it comes from mountain fruit. We discussed it in our Atlas Peak AVA article last week, but the cool breeze coming up Atlas Peak from Carneros allows the fruit to regain lost acidity at night and gives the fruit a longer growing season.
To us, that drink ability factor helped set this wine apart from other mountain fruit. It wasn't as bitty or condensed as we were accustomed to from Howell Mountain or Mt. Veeder.
That drink ability is a really good thing for consumers though for any number of reasons, but we think it also kept scores down a few points simply because it's slightly unexpected from mountain fruit. The bottom for us at Uncorked Ventures, we feel like Vinroc is one of those wineries which is going to deliver ever increasing scores as time goes by, even though the quality of wine is largely already there.
Wine Blog Wednesday-Wine Harlots
One tough aspect about being based online, it's sometimes difficult to meet some of the people that you speak with regularly through email, Facebook or Twitter. We've been lucky to spend some time with one half of the Wine Harlots at a couple of tasting events in and around San Diego and have always enjoyed the interactions.
Wine Harlots is one wine blog which we enjoy reading at Uncorked Ventures for a variety of reasons, but the biggest being that the Wine Harlots seem to really understand that consumers have different expectations based on prices that they pay for wine. It makes sense, but sometimes people in the business and some wine blogs seem to forget that your expectation for a $2 Chuck from Trader Joe's is dramatically different than a $200 cult producer Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
We especially like the somewhat off beat and interesting reviews, such as their review of X winery from Napa Valley: "This is a wine fit for extraordinary divas and thirsty Wine Harlots. A seriously sophisticated quaff. The aroma of black fruit segues to the flavors of blackberry, black cherries, raspberry and spice on the palate with a lingering earthy toastiness on the finish. This is a rich and delicious wine. To complement the X Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, the perfect pairing is Donna Hay's Warm Chili Beef Salad with Coriander Pesto."
The bottom line: An interesting wine blog which is one of the very few to offers reviews at every price point you can imagine. They also include links to relevant recipes as well which is a nice touch if you're looking for a complete meal.
Lastly, we couldn't talk about the Wine Harlots without mentioning their social media success. Easily, one of the most influential bloggers on Twitter with over 18,000 followers they also filled up the 5,000 friend allotment on their Facebook account which led to the creation of their new fan page.
Premiere Napa Valley
Premiere Napa Valley
Every year the Napa Valley Vintners Association holds Premiere Napa Valley, a live auction event where various lots of wine are sold with the proceeds going to charity. This is hardly your high school's gala though, as $2.4 million was raised this year in what amounts to the highest ever take for the event.
Many people consider the day of barrel sampling and then bidding to be the best barometer of fine wine sales during the upcoming year. Many of the wines on display are already sold out, meaning for a retailer to find an allocation there is no other choice than to bid at the auction.
While we don't necessarily agree that this is a great barometer for fine wine sales as a 5 case offering from Scarecrow wine netted a $125,000 donation from a Tokyo based wine distributor (over 2k per bottle) we are comfortable in saying, increasing prices at auction is a healthy sign for an industry which has had difficult times during the past two years.
Taking a little something from the official press release, we do think it's informative to see which wines are garnering the highest bids: "Rounding out the top ten highest earning lots of the day include Schrader Cellars, Ovid, first-time Premiere-participating winery, Levy and McClellan, Shafer Vineyards, Robert Mondavi Winery, Reynolds Family Winery, Duckhorn Vineyards, Silver Oak Cellars and Beringer Vineyards"
I think you can agree that the list of highest earning wineries shows an industry both in touch with its past (Mondavi and Beringer) as well as with upcoming names in Reynolds Family and Ovid.
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Actually, it will be a few weeks before the state Justice Department can issue the first permits that will be required.
State Senate Democrat Bob Jauch of Poplar, who rallied against concealed carry for years, admits that the culture is now changed. He says 48 other states have similar laws, and they've seen no big misuse of firearms.
But Eau Claire City Council President Kerry Kincaid says her meetings are tense – and she fears that an angry permit holder will cross the line. She says the January shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona is fresh in her mind.
Eau Claire has banned weapons in all city buildings. And places that serve alcohol must put up signs telling customers that those carrying concealed weapons won't be served drinks.
The new Wisconsin law bans concealed weapons in places like schools, courthouses, and airport security lines. But state and local governments have the option of banning concealed carry in their buildings, as do businesses. And many, but not all, expect to do so.
The Walker administration is allowing hidden weapons in most state buildings, but the Senate is banning them from their chamber while Assembly approved them.
Not all companies will ban hidden heat, because they'd have to put up signs prohibiting it – and that might not be good for business. Tom Diehl of the Tommy Bartlett Water Show at Wisconsin Dells says the signs will be a turn off to travelers, and heighten people's fear factor.
UW campuses will ban guns from buildings but not campus grounds. UW sports stadiums will ban them -- and so will Lambeau Field, Miller Park, and the Bradley Center.


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Diabetic Retinopathy (cont.)
Surgical treatment for diabetic retinopathy is removal of the vitreous gel (vitrectomy). Vitrectomy does not cure the disease, but it may improve vision in people who have developed bleeding into the vitreous gel (vitreous hemorrhage), retinal detachment, or severe scar tissue formation.
Unfortunately, by the time some people are diagnosed with retinopathy (especially late-stage retinopathy), it is often too late for vitrectomy to provide much benefit. Even with treatment, vision may continue to decline.
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Beverly Hills, CA (April 27, 2010) — "At the Death House Door" and "They Killed Sister Dorothy" will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed and produced by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, "At the Death House Door" recounts the story of Reverend Carroll Pickett, who served as chaplain to the inmates of the infamous "Walls" prison for more than 15 years, and an inmate, Carlos De Luna, whose execution continues to haunt him.
In 2005 Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old Catholic nun from Ohio, was shot six times and left to die on a muddy road in the Amazon. "They Killed Sister Dorothy," directed by Daniel Junge and produced by Henry Ansbacher and Nigel Noble, follows the real-life courtroom drama that unfolds at the trials of her killers, and explores her life's work in the Brazilian rainforest.
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The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue). For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.
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Everything started out normal.
"I had fixed his lunch and I laid back down," said the victim's girlfriend.
But seconds after leaving for work, everything changed.
"I just heard him tussling and I heard him scream for help in Spanish," she said.
It happened just after 6 a.m. outside of the City Walk Apartments on 5th Street West in Bradenton.
"From this point, he was hit in the back in the head, he turns around and sees the suspect pointing a black handgun in his face," said Lt.James Racky.
Adrenaline and instinct took over and as the victim fought for the gun. A pair of handcuffs fell out the female suspect's pocket, and by this time, his girlfriend had joined the fight.
"I said, 'you know what, you're going down,' and I pushed her down and I put my foot on the handcuffs and my hand in her hair," she said.
The handcuffs came in handy, and so did a nearby light pole.
"It is not something you see every day, but it's something that does not surprise me," said Lt. Racky.
The Bradenton Police department showed up to find Duste Bryant cuffed to the pole and dressed for a sneak attack.
"She was dressed in all black she actually had two sets of gloves on plastic gloves and she had blue gloves on over the plastic she had a hood on with the eyes cut out and the mouth cut out so you couldn't see her neck. Her face was painted black," said Lt. Racky.
The victim was so shaken by the attack, he didn't want to be shown on TV. He is not sure why he was targeted.
But Bradenton police said it may be a case of mistaken identity.
"Her story is that she was here to buy drugs, but we've got no history of narcotics, nothing criminal at all with the victim's past," said Lt. Racky.
Officers said Bryant has been arrested more than 30 times. She is being charged with aggravated battery and assault with a weapon, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
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Major Facebook redesign, smoothed-off Zuckerberg unveiled
Facebook has redesigned its user profile page, pushing more personal info and photos to the top in an effort to make it "even easier for you to tell your story and learn about your friends." The new-look page was unveiled on Sunday evening, just before Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on the venerable TV news …
oh lordy.
It's not web2.0 anymore, now it's called "telling your story". Everyone has a story don't they? Today I had some tea, tomorrow I'll have the same kind of tea again. Highly riveting shit isn't it?
"There's also a new section on the left-hand side of the page that lets you list the most important people in your life."
So like what Myspace had shortly before everyone left en masse?
"ever-so-briefly forcing a smile."
Don't put yourself out mate.
"The twins claim that Zuckerberg 'pre-meditatively sandbagged' them."
A bunch of college boys up to no good? Are you sure you're not thinking about a different kind of bag?
Details, man!
What kind of tea was it?!? You can't leave me hanging like this!!!!
"only human"
Not really, you are a corporation and as such are not human. You have the capacity of a legion of humans and the morality of none. You should be held to a far higher degree of conduct than an individual since it takes many people to make decisions and implementations and if your corporation is so riddled with failure that nobody puts their hand up and stops a mistake before it comes out then you deserve punishment.
rant much?
FB is a tool and really, the biggest problem seems to be the stuff that users willingly upload without thinking of the ramifications.
you are always free not to use FB.
Or you avoid putting anything remotely usable for identity theft or embarrassing, which is what I do. I don't trust them much, but I don't go hysterical either.
The diaspora project apparently has security firmly on the back burner, simmering very low, if at all, from what's been reported here.
Big fan of Chomsky's? That explains things then.
Facebook PR speak
The Facebook PR waffle seems to be evolving into an entirely new branch of the English language, one which finally achieves the great PR Nirvana in which entire sentences can be constructed that contain absolutely no usable information or meaning that can be thrown back in the face of the speaker. A lot less content than candy floss, say.
As an experience, its a bit like that soporific not-quite-a-hum background noise you get in lifts, that imparts nothing useful, yet vaguely reassures you that the lift is actually working and not about to deliver some unpleasant surprise.
Just sit back, relax, post all your innermost secrets and let us take control and turn your private life into our private profit...
The nest Facebook page is one with a bold ...
404 - as seen in China and VietNam and a few other enlightened countries.
@The nest Facebook
Did you mean to say: The Best Facebook page is the one with a bold?
(I agree)
Probably the 'best'...
..."but the keyboard is too small for my fingers and I hit send without 'looking up'."
Not true
Everyone in Vietnam is on Facebook...
and it's not like the really neeeed the money now is it.
I mean, they've already taken a nice share of someone elses lottery win. Suck it up bitch!
Owning the whole Internet
Also in the 60 Minutes interview, under the "owning the whole Internet" (or controlling it), the "social" aspect of asking friends for their thoughts on a product, say a Prius, had better standing than searching on Google (Facebook vs. Google) (Facebook recruiting from Google, including the chef)— should put manufacturers and advertisers on notice. You make a lousy product, all the PR and all the media blitz you produce will mean nothing.
I think we will buy with, agree with, and possibly vote with our Facebook "friends"—a critical mass to contend with.
Oh, and you should have counted all those Macbooks those Nerds were using!
"[Facebook friends'] thoughts on a product, say a Prius"
"had better standing than searching [for reviews] on Google "
Not many people would buy a car without talking to anyone about it first. It seems fairly unremarkable that people would ask their Facebook friends for opinions.
But what about the other 90% of the crap people buy? Are people constantly seeking their mates' approval of every purchasing decision?
I suppose it's always worth putting out a brief "have you tried product x? give me a yay or nay". But if that turns up a blank then you're pretty much stuffed as far as Facebook is concerned.
And what if you'd rather not have your entire "social network" be able to keep precise tabs on your spending habits? Let alone Zuckerberg and his greasy friends.
What is wrong with this guy?
Everything he said that is now on the public listing can be used to either stalk you or rob your identity more easily.
Never mind advertisers scraping facebook for information on you, scammer and criminals will be doing the same now.
yeah but
Only if you put the info there to be copied.
Running with minimal or false persnal info is common with Facebook. The way people go on about 'privacy' you'd think it was obligatory to also supply a verified DNA sample, a full family tree that goes back 200 years and your credit card number and PIN.
woe is me the world is faling in etc. etc.
It's a bit like reasing that they've changed the wallpaper in the Vic
...I'm aware that there are people who watch Eastenders I just don't know any. Mind you at least with Eastenders I've got a vague idea why someone might turn it on but Facebook.......... OK, if you're a 13 year old girl but otherwise?
"OK, if you're a 13 year old girl"
Or a 48-year old bloke, pretending to be a 13-year old girl, hoping to meet 13-year old girls.
I tried watching Eastenders but if found the lead characters' charm and relentless cheerfulness as they pranced nimbly around their carefree, Disney-fied fantasy land, just too cloying and sentimental.
A 13 year old girl....
...or someone with a social life beyond the few 'friends' you have on IRC where you spend your evenings spouting tired internet memes? See, two can play at generalising.
There seems to be a lot of unfounded bitterness here directed towards Facebook so lets get some things straight. First off, not using Facebook does not make you superior in any way, it just doesn't. Sure, Facebook isn't for everyone and if you don't like it or don't have a need for it there's nothing wrong with staying away. However, if you're sitting there right now with a smug sense of satisfaction because you're not a member of the 'ignorant masses' who use the service, then I really suggest you take a deeper look at your self because you've got some nasty issues going on.
Second, everyone here is well aware that Zuckerburg et al want to harvest as much of your info as possible and sell it on. What baffles me is that a lot of you seem to be under the impression that the vast majority of other services on the net aren't also trying to do this. You wouldn't post under your real name on a forum, you wouldn't post your address or national insurance number in a public chat room, yet you assume you have to enter all of your personal info into Facebook to use the service. An email address and a user name are all you need, I wonder if you were quite so up-in-arms when El Reg required such details to sign up for an account? I'm aware that there are a lot of Facebook users who will post all their details, nude pictures of themselves and their current location but then there are also a lot of people who respond to phishing emails with their bank account details and you don't blame Gmail or Hotmail for that...
Oh dear.
So Zuckerberg wears socks with sandals?
Is projecting the image of being the world's saddest little git something he works at, or does it just come naturally?
Surname: Zuckerberg.
Footwear combo of choice: Socks with sandals.
He couldn't be more German if his first name were Hans.
Now...where did I put my beach towel?...
RE: Germerican
You forgot ignorent, aggressive, over inflated sense of importance...
I like Germans, but it is true!
His name means "Sugar Mountain" though, how sweet :)
Christ on a bike
I'd wear sandals made from unicorn hide with if I had his sort of cash.
One of the advantages of having more money than Croesus is that you can wear whatever the hell you like, and when people laugh, you can sneak a peek at your bank balance then laugh your tits off, in the simple knowledge you CAN wear whatever the hell you like, and the people laughing at your certainly cannot.
identity theft
This is great for identity theft. since when do you want your complete birthday posted on a screen that's the first thing a person reads.
Oh, and apparently all your previous locations are there, where you work, so stalking is even easier. I don't give out all that information in a bar, and I know no one who would. He's a little detached from the world
Thanks for the heads up
Just a thought: changes to our profile page --> meaning all the settings will be set to "Everybody" and "Public" again. Wanna bet?
Time to pay a visit?
I haven't logged into Facebook since I created an account and Facebook page to advertise my business.
Personal information? I disclosed my real name and my business web address whilst being aware that a who is lookup on my business domain name will reveal my real address. I am running a honest business, in that respect I have nothing to hide.
No I don't meet strangers in bars and tell them my life history or what I had for breakfast.
I suggest taking advantage of whatever is out there and using it for your own benefit. Playing and being played are not the same thing.
One of these days
I'll get around to setting up a facebook account.
I am sure it must be great..
'nuff said...
Non Sequitur
On privacy: "Do we get it right all the time? No," he said. "But it's something that we take really seriously, and every day, we come to work and try to do a great job on this..."
But didn't Mr Zuckerberk also say:
"The age of privacy is over"
So which is it, Mark?
Socks with sandals?
I knew it.
I wonder if this will go as smoothly as the other "upgrades" they've done in the past before throwing a spaz?
here's a radical idea
There are 2 billion web sites in the world. If you don't like wasting your time on this one, why not try another one?
a cursory investigation will reveal that over half of them contain pornography which by definition makes them more interesting than facebook
better privacy
Whilst I don't like the changes, I take issue with the statement that they will encourage people to share more personal info.
If anything, it's the other way around. The info that is being displayed was always visible to anyone who cared to click the persons 'info' link.
Now, if people are uncomfortable seeing their info visible, they can take steps to remove it.
Nowt wrong ...
... wi socks and sandals.
According to the latest Wikileaks...
Zuckerberg admitted to a US diplomat that he didn't actually have a FB account of his own - the company have an account in his name looked after by a part-time builder called Steve from Stoke-on-Trent.
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