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Brunch will be served on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 AM to 2:30PM.
Frittata Verde
Italian "egg cake" with spinach, mozzarella and tomato.
- $12.00
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Prosciutto cotto, goat cheese and tomato.
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Eggs Benedict
Poached Egg, Canadian bacon, Hollandaise Sauce, served on an English Muffin.
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Poached egg ,sautéed spinach, hollandaise sauce on an English muffin.
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Fluffy eggs folded around ham, zucchini, and grated parmesan cheese.
All above served with salad and fries
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Blueberry Pancakes
Buttermilk batter and fresh blueberries
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Italian sweet bread soaked in our special batter with fresh fruit and our chef's light cannoli cream.
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French Onion
Carmelized onions in beef broth with melted swiss
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Classic Caesar
Fresh romaine lettuce and croutons topped with shaved parmesan cheese
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DeStefano Salad
Roasted pears, baby arugula, pancetta, shaved ricotta salata cheese with our own fig vinaigrette dressing
- $13.00
Marinated Italian Tuna with toasted bread crumbs, onions and tomatoes
- $12.00
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Sautéed classic with our unique blend of tangy spices served on a bed of mixed greens with lemon vinaigrette
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100% Angus Beef Burger with sautéed peppers, onions and mozzarella.
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DeStefano Hamburger - With DeStefano Steak Fries
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Brunch Burger - With French Fries
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DeStefano Steak Sandwich
Sliced Ribeye with caramelized fennel on fresh baked Italian bread.
- $16.00
Brooklyn Cheese Steak
Shaved Ribeye topped with mozzarella, sautéed peppers and onions on Focaccia bread.
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Coffee, Tea, Soda, Juice
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Brooklyn Lager, Blue Moon, Coors Light, Corona
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Bklyn Lager, Peroni Draught
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House Wine, Sangria, Prosecco, Mimosa, or Bloody Mary
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I hope everyone is having a nice, safe winter and nobody has been too put out by the snow and ice. I've finally got my groove back in the kitchen and have been whipping up a nice variety of treats that I hope you're enjoying. This week we saw some cookies, some salty snacks, and sweet desserts. Keep an eye out for the next two weeks – leading up to the Super Bowl will be tons of my favorite appetizers, dips, and easy desserts. My three favorite food groups!
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Recipes from other blogs that I thought looked especially delicious and that I thought you would like too:
Chocolate Banana Cream Pie (Love and Olive Oil)
Gorgeous combination of chocolate and banana – a perfect combination!
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My favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor! I can't wait to try these brownies.
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Oh the chocolate. These are ginormous and so chocolatey. Yum!
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The story of four affluent South African women who are "making it" in post-apartheid Johannesburg, Society is actually a miniseries that has been re-cut into a feature film, and is currently playing at film festivals in the U.S.
Ten years out of high school and less than two decades after the end of apartheid, four twenty-something women are chasing the new African dream. Though it's positioned as an "African Sex in the City," the film cuts a fair bit deeper than HBO's beloved series. Its roots in TV are apparent — much more time is devoted to exploring the complex relationships among its characters, and the drama develops over a slow burn.
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Akua (Zandile Msutwana) is a banker and a real jet setter, while Lois (Sam Tyelbooi) is married and pregnant. She's forced to turn down life as a doctor in order to accept being a wife and mother, a fact that she's not terribly happy about.
Along with their friend Dineo (Vuyi Matomame), the ladies had formed a group called the ABCs (Angry Black Chicks) back in school, where they were best friends. However, they drifted apart in the intervening years, until Dineo actually commits suicide, forcing them to come back together.
It's not an easy, low-key process, as one might imagine, and there's a great deal of drama and unfinished business among them.
Though each character is a lead, we spend the most time with Beth, who lives with her partner Thuli (Ferry Jele). The film actually opens on them in bed, waking up on the morning of their third anniversary. They're happy and in love, but it soon becomes evident that Beth is still living deep inside the closet (no thanks to the strict cultural norms and the oppressive atmosphere she finds at work), a fact that irks Thuli to no end.
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Thuli is understandably hurt and angered by Beth's treatment, and she constantly calls for Beth to just come out to her friends. As the more experienced person in the relationship, she's been down this road before.


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Good News!!! Now it's OK to harass those you disagree with according to Senator Maxine Waters. Hunt down the President's cabinet members, and their accompanists at the gas pump, department store and even their homes, then draw a crowd and harass them, Waters repeated her charge on the talk shows. Does this apply to both political sides? Does it apply to your spouse? Yelling and screaming… Accusing and demanding… Demeaning and subjugating. Sounds like domestic violence to me. And, here's the best part… Lawmakers will NEVER, NEVER and NEVER pass legislation preventing this harassment practice. They can't because the battered women's movement will NEVER allow it. The idea of hitting someone simply because they are yelling at you, how silly? It's acceptable to refuse business with potential customers because you disagree with their political views according to the Supreme Court's wedding cake decision. So much for the Civil Rights Movement. "I'm not throwing you out of my shop because of your race… It's political indifference's you idiot!" said the racist store owner. Can't wait to see the rewrite of the Civil Rights legislation.
Venezuela, Cuba, Zimbabwe and hundreds of countries around the world have children which are suffering. SUFFERING!!! Did you hear me? SUFFERING!!! Through no fault of there own. What kind of country are we to allow this to occur? We should be sending boats, trains, planes and buses to collect these suffering children and relocate them, AND THEIR FAMILIES to America. How could we NOT do this? These children are suffering!!! Did you hear me… SUFFERING!!! Through no fault of there own. Where in the hell is your compassion. Open your borders, your fences and your own front doors. Why do we focus on the Southern Border? There are suffering children all over the world… Search the world over and sponsor as many of these children as you can, and bring them into your home. There's not enough facilities in the country to house 175 million or more immigrants, so we'll need to place some, if not most of these children, and their families into your personal home. And if they take over too bad, you can simply leave. And Domestically, why are we separating criminal parents from their children? One good thing is, dead beat dad's will straighten themselves out once they find out no matter the crime, (murder and robbery) they will cling to their children knowing they won't be put in jail… Can't separate the children from their parents. WHERE'S YOUR COMPASSION NOW?
What is an enemy combatant anyway? According to the Geneva Conventions Article 3, an enemy combatant is a person who, either lawfully or unlawfully, directly engages in hostilities for an enemy state or non-state actor in an armed conflict. Prior to 2008, the definition was: "Any person in an armed conflict who could be properly detained under the laws and customs of war." If MS-13 fails this definition, then our country can legally be invaded, and we must simply accept the loss of our country… Shut up and obey! Mr. President, the solution is simple; declare MS-13 members and their associates as Enemy Combatants, then take them out. Removing all ambiguity, lets be clear… Set up snipers around all MS-13 facilities and CAPTURE them when they appear. And if they resist capture, treat them as if they were on the battlefield. Local Police know the location of every MS-13 camp, so locate and destroy. What does it take to realize we are being invaded? America's liberal branch would say they have a right to invade us, they certainly fixed the law, (catch and release) to make it easier to invade us. If a foreign army approached our borders Liberals would help, aid and assist calculating their future voters, problem is, if that happens, and they defeat us there won't be elections or votes to count on.
How great has inclusiveness become? Look no further than Starbucks. That's right, one employee, (following store policy) and a biased media has managed to change international policy towards inclusiveness to everyone, even non-customers. If I were their competition, I would send thousands of people to their stores just to hang out. Use all their seating and electrical outlets for nonpaying customers and fill up the store so paying customers will leave. Now the welcome mat is laid out for the homeless and mentally unstable people. Starbucks has altered their initial statement by adding the line there can be no drugs, alcohol or sleeping in the stores. You can actually hold your breath waiting for this upcoming lawsuit. Ergo… How did you know the person was on drugs? Define sleeping as opposed to napping. Or homelessness… Because if the person is in a Starbucks, they're home. The real trick is to make people believe government regulation is an interracial part of capitalism, and when it fails, (due to over regulating) the naysayers will proclaim capitalism doesn't work.
Can you spell capitulate? Kim Jong Un must have seen a ghost, or a picture of himself in the cross-hairs of a Navy Seal Sniper's scope. Maybe? How does the leader of a country, (good, bad or evil) simply and instantly give up his goals and dreams after one meeting with CIA Director Mike Popmeo? Mike's not a tender, loving guy… He's a solder. Top of his West Point class. Head of the CIA! We shouldn't expect anything less from our military.
To heck with the wall… Let the private sector build a high-speed mono-rail along the total length of the border. Want to travel from San Diego to Corpus Christi in a few hours. Hop on the rail, and woosh… You're there. Solar panels along the route supplies electricity that moves the train along it's merry inductionous way, night and day. There are three rails; rail number 1, (the one the government pays for, and is closest to the border) is used exclusively by the Border Patrol; Moving freight from the Gulf to the Pacific? Rail number 2 is designed for non-stop, high-speed freight and container commerce; and the third rail is for commercial passengers, US Mail and limited ground freight. Trump said the government, along with the private sector is healthy. And to those border land owners… If you don't want to relinquish land rights for the mono-rails foot print. No problem, the rail will pass over your property, and there will be a huge gaping border hole where your land adjoins. Maybe the builders can paint huge red arrows on the other side pointing to the gap in front of your property. If Mexico wants to ship their goods from Reynosa to Tijuana, they may purchase cargo space on the second rail, which of course will make Mexico pay for the rail-wall. The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869… With today's technology we could use a 3D printer to build the entire Rail-Wall.
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Want to know why gun control is a bogus argument? Seventeen children are dead! Yup, that's a tragedy that could have been prevented, if only GUNS were outlawed. Ignoring the evil Second Amendment to save the children? If all that is true… Then why haven't cars and trucks been banned? Fifty-Six Thousand men, women and that's right, CHILDREN are killed in automobile accidents every year… EVERY YEAR! Where's the outrage? More people are killed with knifes than guns, more people are killed with hammers than guns, (more people die from heart disease than guns). The emphasis is placed on the weapon and not the person holding said device. The second amendment grants us the right to keep and bear arms, not just for hunting and amusement, but to protect. The second amendment grants possession, it DOES NOT grant the right to murder. We have a law that says thou shall not murder or kill, it's been on the books since the beginning of law making. That law covers all types of weapons… Guns, cars, trucks, hammers, knifes, rocks, choking with hands, beating with the fists and millions of other implements of death. (Bombs, missiles and land minds). We keep blaming the implement. A weapon left alone does nothing. Someone must pick up the device, and put it to use. Some argue that removing all guns will solve the problem… OK. Why do we still have cars, trucks and knifes? They kill more than guns. SOLUTION: Let's take the advise of Law Enforcement. If you see something, say something? Better yet… IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, NEUTRALIZE IT!!! In other words, take responsibility yourself, don't wait for the specified authorities, you become the specified authority! Some might say… Man-Up! (that's an expression that applies to all genders).
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It's so obvious, yet every pundit, news reporter and politician missed it, or did they? Consider the cost of Public Schools… The county has to purchase the land; build a building, (not your regular building either, the type of building that costs 20 times more than a normal building); then maintain the buildings with thousands of maintenance engineers (janitors) and electric bills; fill up the class rooms with teachers, teacher aids, administrators, union leaders and stewards; purchase thousands of buses, bus drivers, insurance, mechanics, tires, gasoline and bus parts; life long pensions and health insurance, sick days and vacations for all. And for those non-believers who complain about missing the social aspects of education, ask the parents who lost a child due to a shooting if they worry about social programs. SOLUTION Take the cost of building and operating public schools, and compare it to the cost of a personal computer with an internet connection in every students home. Home school made easy. Out of work teachers will become personal trainers and tutors. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
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What would be the need to rush off to an emergency room when the person standing next to you is capable of administering care? Only catastrophic events would require a hospital visit. Wouldn't that ease the strain on emergency care centers? Of course it would. The solution: Education is the answer. We've heard that our entire life. If that's the case, why isn't every high school graduate a certified paramedic? Training begins in the 11th grade, extended through the 12th grade. Think of how that program could be extended into diagnostic and other medical care. All this courtesy of the Good Samaritan Act: Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. By contrast, a duty to rescue law requires people to offer assistance, and holds those who fail to do so liable.
The Joys of Multiculturalism
(Editor's note: A 2004 speech on the dangers of multiculturalism in the United Stated titled "I Have a Plan to Destroy America", became famous after being frequently forwarded as an email. With the immigration debate again heating up, it is time to revisit the speech. Reprinted with permission.)
We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Recently there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about his latest book, Mexifornia, explaining how immigration – both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
"First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bi-cultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."
Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high. school."
"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other – that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. E. Pluribus Unum — From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus'. Instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo."
"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century – that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."
In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson's book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America – take note of California and other states – to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book, 1984. In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."
Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that the future of our great nation is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped quickly, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.


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This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 314328.
Urban transport is responsible for about a quarter of CO2 emissions from transport. The gradual phasing out of 'conventionally-fuelled' vehicles from the urban environment is a major contribution to significant reduction of oil dependence, greenhouse gas emissions and local air and noise pollution. Fully Electric Vehicles (FEV), for public and private transport, can contribute significantly to the lowering of the current pollution levels.
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On January 28th, the MOBINCITY project was presented together with the SMARTV2G project at the 5th European advanced automotive & stationary battery conference in Mainz. About 450 experts from companies like Toyota, Siemens, Gildemeister, E.ON, Daimler, Adam Opel, BMW, MAGNA and Volkswagen were discussing the future of battery technologies.
The eCarTec 2014 from 21st to 23rd of October 2014 is one of the most important fairs for electric mobility. With its guiding principle "Connecting Mobility Markets!" the eCarTec 2014 matches perfectly to the MOBINCITY project targets.
At eCarTec 2014 the MOBINCITY consortium is prominently represented at several booths.
MOBINCITY project will be presented by Technomar in Hall B3 at booth 138.
ETREL and Oprema are also participating at the eCarTec 2014 in Hall B3 at the Slovenian booth 600.
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The fair Renexpo Augsburg (Germany) is an international trade fair and conference for renewable energy and energy efficiency from October 9th to 12th. About 14500 professionals visit the exhibition and around 250 experts are presenting and discussing latest news on innovations, trends, technologies and solutions within the conference.
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Winners know it's about delivering a unique value proposition to customers vs. price matching Amazon using such tactics as localized pricing and assortment, private label, and personalization.
(PRWEB) April 22, 2015
Ottawa, Canada: 360pi, the leading provider of price and product intelligence for retailers and brands, today issued a new report analyzing pricing dynamics of categories at various stages of online maturity. The report examines Amazon's ambitions to be the perceived price leader in all categories and looks at three distinct segments as examples of Amazon's competitive strategy. It focuses on electronics as an example of a mature e-commerce category, auto parts as a nascent but growing e-commerce category, and patio and garden goods as a category that falls in-between.
According to 360pi's pricing data:
Retailers in electronics category have clearly claimed their pricing strategies, but do try to "rock the boat" with short-term promotions and dynamic price changes.
- Compared to the garden and patio goods category, 360pi's analysis shows more pricing volatility in the electronics category.
- Some of the retailers dropped their average price by as much as 28% and raised it by as much as 13% in the same time period, with significant changes made every day.
- As well, Amazon's next highest price competitor never came closer than about 2-3% above its price, a sign of more aggressive pricing by Amazon.
The patio and garden goods category has grown into a more price transparent category, compared to auto parts.
- Traditionally known as the domain of brick and mortar mass merchants, this category is becoming more prominent online because the products are easier to compare and there is more assortment overlap between retailers.
- 360pi's analysis shows that since Amazon has been playing in this category for a longer time, they have perfected their price position on a broader category level, compared to auto parts.
- Another key pricing pattern in this category is orderly and flat competitive positioning. While the category is highly price-dynamic, most of the players have established pricing rules designed to maximize margins while maintaining sales. This means the relative competitive position of the sampled retailers remained consistent even through waves of price changes.
The auto parts category lacks significant assortment overlaps, pointing to a relative "traditionalism" still prevalent in the online automotive market.
- In many cases, these retailers still retain exclusive, dedicated relationships with brands and feature mostly unique assortments.
- Additionally, according to 360pi and another sign that this category is just starting to grow online, some retailers price the same products at over 50% higher than Amazon.
- The report also shows that Amazon's price dynamism in this category hovered around 5% of assortment re-priced daily, which is significantly lower than in the other categories.
"It is evident that Amazon's commitment to maintaining their image of the low-price leader will continue to spread into additional categories. What remains less clear is how brick and mortar retailers, speciality online pure plays, and other mass retailers will counter the drive to rock-bottom pricing," said Jenn Markey, vice president of marketing for 360pi. "We continue to see a stratification of retailers into winners and laggards. Winners know it's about delivering a unique value proposition to customers vs. price matching Amazon using such tactics as localized pricing and assortment, private label, and personalization."
360pi took three samples from Amazon's assortment and matched them to a selection of online pure plays and category killers and/or mass merchants in each category. The analysis includes online before-shipping prices on available products only. The sample sizes of each category were:
- Electronics: over 900 SKUs in Amazon's assortment
- Automotive: over 4,000 SKUs in Amazon's assortment
- Patio and Garden Goods: over 600 SKUs in Amazon's assortment
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Let me start by saying that I am tickled by how many people have shared and commented on my letter to guys about the problem with rape jokes. I am humbly grateful for all of the feedback and I wanted to address a major criticism about why my letter was directed to guys, even though women also tell rape jokes, and even though men can also be victims of rape.
James Landrith, like many others, called out my letter and the original Organon letter as sexist because of the choice to focus on men who tell rape jokes. Landrith argued that the letters were based on the assumption that only men promote rape jokes. He also argued that the letters minimized the importance of male survivors compared to female survivors. It's tough to read that because I consider myself a fighter-of-sexism and I actually do agree with Landrith and support everything he is saying.
It IS important to recognize that women also tell rape jokes. It IS important to recognize that men can be victims of rape, and not just prison rape. It IS important to call out woman-on-man rape jokes, like in the movie Horrible Bosses, as despicable. It is so important because so few people recognize it as a serious issue and because we, as a society, have way too many fucked up ideas and misconceptions about masculinity and male sexuality. I hear that and I'm with you. But I still chose to write my letter to guys who don't see the problem with rape jokes.
The goal of the letter was to reach a particular audience. It wasn't written for every male-identified person in the world. It was written for a certain type of guy: the kind of guy who doesn't get why rape jokes are a big deal — the guy who thinks that the only reason people don't want him to tell rape jokes is because they don't have a sense of humor or because they're just prudes who are trying to make everybody "PC." These are guys who actually might want to fight rape (or who are probably against rape, at least) but don't yet recognize or understand the connection between rape and rape culture.
The letter wasn't intended to be a manifesto on rape or a report on rape statistics. It wasn't meant to cover all bases or speak to all the issues or players involved in the perpetration of rape culture. It was a letter, to a certain type of guy. It was designed to try to open his mind by presenting an argument that has nothing to do with political correctness, which he would most likely dismiss as over-sensitivity. I think what's so powerful about the letter is that it reframes the issue by saying it's not about "offending people," it's about unintentionally validating and normalizing the actions of rapists.
It was also written to address a certain aspect of guy culture — the kind of "bro on bro" socialization that's all about demonstrating your masculinity, virility, whatever. It was directed towards men inhabiting the kind of all-male cultural spaces identified by Jessica Bennett and Jacob Bernstein in the Daily Beast that, like the Catholic Church and Penn State football, seem to promote or at least tolerate abuse. It was meant to appeal to the side of masculinity that's protective and heroic, to say: "You guys have the power to shut down rapists, kick them out of your circles and protect the people around you who may be more vulnerable."
That was what my letter was about. But we need more letters.
We need letters to all the different kinds of women who make rape jokes, as well as letters to all of the other kinds of men who make rape jokes. We should ALL be writing letters — personalized letters to our individual friends, brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, teachers, coworkers, classmates, local representatives, and anyone else who doesn't get why rape jokes are a problem.
I just wrote one letter.
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You're in your new car. Your finance has cleared and you're ready to go. All of a sudden the dealer's mechanic makes the "wind your windows down" signal. Prepare yourself, he or she is about to potentially take all the fun out of your first 1000km. As annoying or overcautious as this advice may seem, the mechanic is doing you a huge favour. Poor care during the first thousand or so kilometres can have a real knock on effects for the cars future performance.
The urge to rev your new car is strong. You've just handed over a lot of money for a brand new engine; surely you should be able to rev it within an inch of its life, right? Unfortunately this is wrong. By not exercising restraint you risk causing two of the lesser known vehicle problems.
Unusual wear patterns – Some areas, like the rings on the pistons, will need some time to conform to the parts they operate with. A good break in period will allow this to happen in a uniform way, however a poor break in period can bring mixed wear patterns.
Poor seating of parts – In the first few hours of a new vehicles life a number of engine parts will shift very minute amounts. This is a normal and expected process and a good break in period will allow this to go smoothly.
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Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid acceleration – this is especially important in the first thousand or so kilometres as the parts need to seat and wear together.
Do not change the oil until the scheduled maintenance time - This is especially true where "break-in" agents have been added to the engine.
Avoid hard braking for the 300 km– obviously safety comes first, however hard breaking in the first few hundred kilometres can have an adverse impact on wear patterns.
As a specific note to fleet managers - it's important that you manage the process of breaking in new vehicles. Handing it straight to a sales person or fleet driver may not be a great idea, especially as they have no real financial interest in the car. It may be a good idea to conduct the break-ins yourself. Alternatively you could leave it to someone who has a vested interest in breaking in the car in the most suitable way possible.
Buying a new car is a big decision and a big responsibility. There will be plenty of time to play and have fun with your new car, however it really isn't advisable to bolt from the lights in the initial stages. As tedious and boring as it sounds, the fact is that vehicles vary vastly and reading the manufacturers manual is time well spent. Equally, winding that window and listening to the mechanic and the first service advice can save you a lot of dollars in the long run. At Fleetcare we can manage all your fleet vehicle maintenance. To find out more click here.
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Designing a Solar Car Part 1
Lesson 1 of 7
Objective: SWBAT design and test a solar car in an effort to any the question, "Can solar cars be the transportation of the future?"
Big Idea: The reliance of fossil fuels for transportation has become a global issue. Is solar energy a great hope for the transportation industry? Students design and test the a solar car to determine how the design of the car has an effect on its performance.
This lesson is divided into four different parts. The lessons are divided by the engineering standard and by the strategies I use to teach the standards. For example, I use a Student Led Design strategy to develop an engineering design problem. Students answer the question, "Why is designing a solar car is an important design problem?" Finally students use a Write to Learn strategy to express why this engineering design problem is important.
Design Problem
My strategy is Student Led Design. I have conducted the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Integration Lesson. I have a bulletin board of World Problems. I ask my students, "If you could help solve a world problem, what would you try to solve? Many students want to help solve environmental problems. For this lesson, I had a group of all boys. They wanted to design a solar car. I had never done it before but I found a good model and started planning.
I asked the students to explain in a movie why they wanted to design a solar car.
Design Problem Rationale
I start the lesson with a strategy called Digging Deeper into Science. The resource my students use is their science notebook. I ask, "Why is designing a solar car an important design problem?"
Students explain, "We need to use fewer fossil fuels." I ask, "Why?" They mention non-renewable energy sources or climate change. I ask, "How can a solar car design help?"
I expect my students to keep good notes and I create a need for well-written notes by asking them to refer to prior notes to find important information. My strategy is using former lessons to answer the question, "Why is this an important design problem?" I say, "We need to learn more about why this is an important design problem." My next strategy is called Find a Fact. Students use their notebooks to look for facts, statistics, and references. Students highlight useful information in their notebooks that can be used to answer the the question, "Why is designing a solar car an important design problem?" Students go back into their notebooks to look for lessons that might help answer the question. I know there is a lot of information in their notebooks because I have taught the lesson Measuring Energy in the Atmosphere: Exploring Climate Change.
After students have highlighted the useful information, they begin to create an organizer. For this lesson I use a T-chart strategy. Students rewrite the information in the left hand column and explain which lesson in the notebook they found the lesson in the right hand column. This is important because in the final writing of a summary, they add a citation. They need to know the source for the lesson to find the appropriate citation.
To help student understand how their families use fossil fuels for transportation and the environmental effects, I use the lesson called How Much Gasoline Do You Really Use? After students have examined their use of gasoline, they have a personal connection to their contribution to climate change.
My strategy is for students to use what they have learned and describe why it is important to design a solar car. To do this I use a strategy called Write to Learn. I use the T-Chart students created as a strategy to write the summary. Students pick the strongest information on the T-chart to use in their summary. I ask students to write a 5-7 sentence summary explaining why designing a solar car is an important design problem.
They are required to use any source from previous lessons to explain why this is an important problem to solve. They must use MLA format and include a quote with a bibliography. We use the Google Add-on Easy Bib to make the creation of a bibliography painless.


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This week's update brings the digital version of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, as well as Rocksmith 2014 and some rather pricey DUST 514 DLC that probably no one will ever by unless they're a bit insane.
So, for PS3 there's Assassin's Creed, Battlefield 4 (from Friday) and Rocksmith 2014 at £59.99, or the deluxe edition of Black Flag for £67.99, The Guided Fate Paradox for £39.99, another overpriced port of Angry Birds, Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow – Mirror Of Fate HD and Proteus for £8.99. That's cross-play, so you'll also get the PS Vita version.
In terms of other PS Vita games, there's WRC 4 for £29.99, Furmins for £5.49 and a TuneIn Radio app which is £1.49 or free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
You can buy season passes for Assassin's Creed and Batman: Arkham Origins, but a host of DUST 514 DLC has been added, including the Sparta pack which costs £79.99, and includes almost 3000 dropkits and vehicles.. There's also money packs for the online portion of Batman, which is a bit ridiculous.
There's a lot more in terms of DLC, and you can see everything here.
monkeyspoonMemberSince: Dec 2009
I recommend WRC4 for the vita if you like driving games.Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 14:39.
Tarbun84MemberSince: Feb 2012
WRC3 was pretty good and apparently this one has all the features of the console versionsComment posted on 30/10/2013 at 16:48.
cam the manMemberSince: May 2009
Was thinking of getting the Vita version but wasn't sure what it was like.Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 17:47.
Dan JonesMemberSince: May 2010
Any ideas when Carnivores HD dinosaur hunter thingy is out in the EU?Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 14:47.
DJ JudasEpicSince: Aug 2008
Whatever happened to Guacamelee coming to Plus?Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 15:08.
ninjaarekkuMemberSince: Oct 2013
Looks like it got pushed back. Maybe its for december's plus?
https://twitter.com/DrinkBoxStudios/status/394902624333344768Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 15:20.
DJ JudasEpicSince: Aug 2008
That's a shame, I'd probably have bought it if it weren't for knowing that it's coming to plus.Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 16:14.
TSBonymanMemberSince: Dec 2009
I'll check out the TuneIn Radio app, with 70,000 stations it'll surely include Radio Paradise.
Proteus sounds interesting too but i'll need to watch some video first.Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 15:35.
TSBonymanMemberSince: Dec 2009
TuneIn Radio works a treat, pretty barebones but you can browse or search for stations/artists/tracks etc.
You can set stations as favourites and change the bitrate, though mine worked fine at the highest setting. Laid out like the panels we're used to seeing on the store, it also offers suggestions for other stations based on what you are listening to.
The settings only allow you to adjust the display to fit the screen, and there is also some thingy where you could put your email address, if you're a bit daft, but i'm not sure what that gives you in return.
After around five minutes of being idle, whilst still playing a station, it plays a slideshow of a handful of generic-looking concert photos.
Personally, i'm just happy now that i can enjoy Radio Paradise thru my living room sound system :)Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 22:59.
hazelamMemberSince: Feb 2009
if publishers want this "all digital future" they keep bleating about, they're gonna have to sort their bloody prices out.
a download should not cost more than a disc copy.Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 16:19.
paxpacisMemberSince: Forever
You are right.. but I think both prices are to high..
So people stop paying these prices.. and let them know this has to change..Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 20:37.
fattyukMemberSince: Apr 2010
both prices are too high?
please don't tell me you think a £40 day one retail disk is too high!???Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 22:09.
paxpacisMemberSince: Forever
Ok.. I'll byte..
No I meant the £69-£79 for games..
And I meant the Used Games Protection on AC4 for example.. If they are protecting themselves for this the game for me has less value after playing so making it more expensive to buy in the first place.Comment posted on 31/10/2013 at 10:30.
Tarbun84MemberSince: Feb 2012
Proteus for me. Love me a weird gameComment posted on 30/10/2013 at 16:48.
lambchopMemberSince: Aug 2013
Its not really a game…..Comment posted on 30/10/2013 at 22:00.


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Starting at the top, paint your first stripe down the side of the vase, try going top to bottom in one stroke and then going back and following your lines to fill in the stripe.
Move onto your second color.
I like to slightly overlap the edge of the stripe to kind of swish the colors together on the edge of each stripe.
Repeat the process all the way around the vase.
When you're finished with the stripes let the vase dry.
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|27 Dec 2012
Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Issues
Hey all,
Long time listener, first time caller!
I apologize if this is in the wrong subsection.
I swapped out mice from a Logitech USB optical to a MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 (favorite mouse of all time).
The mouse freezes after the pc has been asleep for a while. Disconnecting then reconnecting the mouse via usb resets it and it works; however its quite frustrating to have to do this every time. My suspicion is a faulty driver, but I've tried to reinstall the drivers to no avail. I've also tried disabling hybrid sleep and usb suspend without success.
The logitech worked without any issues.
Thanks in advance and happy holidays!
Additional info:
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
i5 2500k
asrock extreme 3 gen 3
16 gigs of gskill 1600
just downloaded and installed intellipoint 8.2 to see if that helps at all
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|27 Dec 2012
the drivers i mentioned installing did not solve the issue.
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2012
WIN7 Ultimate 64bit
If I remember right there is a special software tool for removing all logitech stuff (on their website?)
Then run "Auslogics" regcleaner (after rebooting from above removals)
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2012
I've found what seems to be a temporary fix.
Switching the mouse usb to a 3.0 slot has corrected the issue; however this is not a temporary solution as I obviously want to have the 3.0 slots available.
-I'm working on trying to remove the Logitech mouse driver as we speak
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2012
i saw a suggestion while browsing the web that indicated putting the keyboard and mouse on different usb sets i.e. one top row/one bottom row worked. that appears to be working as well.
very strange bug. also, very surprised at the lack of input on this forum given the shear number of users
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2012
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
Do you have the proper mouse and drivers for your 64 byt system.
Software Downloads: IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
|My System Specs
|29 Dec 2012
So far, both of the aforementioned fixes are working. Currently have the keyboard and mouse and different usb rows.
the proper drivers are installed (so i believe anyway) as I uninstalled and reinstalled several times while trying to diagnose the problem.
|My System Specs
|30 Dec 2012
apparently the fixes do not work as the mouse tracker was frozen upon resuming from this sleep.
anybody have any recommendations or solutions?
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The battle between Apple and Samsung may be the most well-know legal war currently taking place in mobile, but it's certainly not the only one that's happening. Nokia has confirmed to AllThingsD that it has filed new suits against HTC in the U.S., including one in California as well as a second complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission. According to FOSSPatents, the California lawsuit includes three RFID patents and targets many HTC devices, including the One, First and DROID DNA. Nokia's ITC complaint includes the HTC One as well, though it focuses on different patents.
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