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Personal finance at the EU level
In this section we provide some useful links that may help consumers in understanding their rights in personal finance and banking issues at the EU level.
Your Europe
This site is designed to help the European citizens with detailed and practical information on their rights and opportunities within the Single Market. It includes specific sections on personal finance related issues, where consumers can find information on:
- Key tips to protect consumers when choosing online or mobile banking services (You can select the EU Country version from the Translations drop-down tab)
- Limits to opening a bank account in another EU country
- Bank transactions between EU countries
- Restrictions on obtaining credit and loans from banks in other EU countries
- Buying insurance products (such as life insurance) from a company based in another EU country.
In case consumers need further assistance, Your Europe Advice provides personalised advice to individual citizens in relation to the rights they enjoy under Single Market rules. It signposts individuals to the appropriate body to deal with their problems.
Within FIN-NET, the schemes cooperate to provide consumers with easy access to out-of-court complaint procedures in cross-border cases. If a consumer in one country has a dispute with a financial services provider from another country, FIN-NET members will put the consumer in touch with the relevant out-of court complaint scheme and provide the necessary information about it.FIN-NET is a financial dispute resolution network of national out-of-court complaint schemes in the European Economic Area countries (the European Union Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) that are responsible for handling disputes between consumers and financial services providers, i.e. banks, insurance companies, investment firms and others. This network was launched by the European Commission in 2001.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty in campaign case
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, February 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces 46 to 57 months in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors
Before entering the plea to the conspiracy charge, Jackson told U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins, "I've never been more clear in my life" in his decision to plead guilty.
Later, when Wilkins asked if Jackson committed the acts outlined in court papers, the former congressman replied, "I did these things." He added later, "Sir, for years I lived in my campaign," and used money from the campaign for personal use.
Jackson dabbed his face with tissues, and at point a court employee brought some tissues to Jackson's lawyer, who gave them to the ex-congressman.
Jackson told the judge he was waiving his right to trial.
"In perfect candor, your honor, I have no interest in wasting the taxpayers' time or money," he said.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 28, and Wilkins is not bound by the plea agreement. Jackson is free until then.
Jackson entered the courtroom holding hands with his wife, Sandra, and looking a bit dazzled as he surveyed the packed room. He kissed his wife and headed to the defense table. She is expected to plead guilty to plead guilty on a charge of filing false joint federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011 that knowingly understated the income the couple received.
Jackson's father, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, sat in the front row. Before the hearing started, he wrote notes on a small piece of paper. When the proceedings started, he sat expressionless and virtually motionless, hands folded.
Jesse Jackson Jr., wearing a blue shirt and blue-patterned tie and gray suit, answered a series of questions from the judge, mostly in a muffled tone. When the judge asked if he had consumed any drugs or alcohol in the previous 24 hours, Jackson said he had a beer Tuesday night.
Jackson, 47, used campaign money to buy items including a $43,350 gold-plated men's Rolex watch and $9,587.64 worth of children's furniture, according to court papers filed in the case. His wife spent $5,150 on fur capes and parkas, the court documents said. Prosecutors said that upon conviction Jackson must forfeit $750,000, plus tens of thousands of dollars' worth of memorabilia items and furs.
As the proceedings wound up, Jackson sat at the defense table and shook his head in what looked like an expression of disbelief. After the hearing was adjourned, he walked over to his wife, grabbed her hand, and then was greeted by his father. Jackson Jr. patted his father on the back a few times.
"Tell everybody back home I'm sorry I let them down, OK?" Jackson told Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet, according to her Tweet from the scene.
The charge against Sandra Jackson carries a maximum of three years in prison. However, one of her lawyers, Tom Kirsch, says the plea agreement "does not contemplate a sentence of that length." Sandra Jackson was a Chicago alderman before she resigned last month during the federal investigation.
As the hearing for Jackson got under way Wednesday, newly filed court papers disclosed that the judge had offered to disqualify himself from handling the cases against Jackson and his wife.
As a Harvard Law School student, Wilkins said he had supported the presidential campaign of Jackson's father, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, and that as an attorney in 1999, Wilkins had been a guest on a show hosted by Jackson's father.
Prosecutors and lawyers for the couple said they were willing to proceed with the cases with Wilkins presiding. Judicial ethics require that a judge disqualify himself if his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.


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Implementing Financial Stability Board (FSB) Key Attributes on resolution matters
A Single Rulebook for the resolution of banks and large investment firms.
A comprehensive and effective resolution regime in the EU ensures the stability of financial and banking services, ends counterproductive incentives for too-big-to-fail institutions, and supports the functioning of the Single Market in financial services and the Banking Union. To this end, several initiatives have been undertaken, both at international and European Union level.
International initiatives for cross-border resolution
In particular, in October 2011, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), published The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (the 'Key Attributes'), which laid out the core elements that a resolution framework should have in order to allow authorities to resolve financial institutions across the EU in an orderly manner. This means maintaining continuity of institutions' vital economic functions to avoid taxpayers from bearing the costs of resolution with public funds.
The EU response to ensure an orderly cross border resolution mechanism
In the European Union, legislators and supervisors have invested considerable efforts in ensuring that EU banks are better capitalised and supervised. Legislative activities in the EU aimed at protecting market discipline through orderly resolution processes. The resulting EU legislative framework ensures that failing banks do not endanger financial stability and losses are borne by shareholders and creditors, instead of reverting to taxpayers' money. This is what is prescribed by the regulatory regime of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), which introduces a harmonised set of rules for managing the resolution of credit institutions and investment firms in a consistent manner across all 28 EU member states. The introduction of the BRRD is also complemented by the review of the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive (DGSD).
In particular, the BRRD broadens the powers of national authorities to intervene and prevent banks from failing, while it requires banks themselves to prepare recovery plans aimed at overcoming situations in which they may fail. If failure cannot be avoided, authorities will be equipped with comprehensive powers and tools to restructure banks, allocating losses to shareholders and creditors, following a clearly defined hierarchy and set of protections for property rights. They will have the powers to implement plans to resolve failed banks in a way that preserves their most critical functions and avoids taxpayers having to bail banks out. Additionally, within the Banking Union, the resolution of significant and cross-border groups will be managed by a Single Resolution Board (SRB).
The role of EBA within the new European resolution regime
The EBA plays a key role in rulemaking by developing Technical Standards and Guidelines to further specify the provisions of the BRRD and DGSD. The EBA will also prepare reports and technical advice to assist the Commission and co-legislators in considering delegated acts under these directives and any need for future changes to the legislative framework.
The EBA's work will also strengthen cooperation, effectiveness and consistency in the resolution of cross-border banks. To this end, the Authority will conduct peer reviews and benchmarking exercises and act as mediator between resolution colleges. This work will facilitate exchanging information, reaching joint decisions on recovery and resolution plans, executing them in a coordinated fashion across borders, and mediating between Competent Authorities. Finally, the EBA will act as a point of contact and coordinator between the EU and third countries with regard to resolution arrangements. These roles will ensure that there is a consistent set of rules and they are consistently applied, both within the Banking Union and in the EU as a whole.


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After all, this IS spelled correctly:
I once participated in a Rock-A-Thon when I was a teenager: a group of us rocked in rocking chairs for eight hours straight to raise money for charity. Now, if I'd had the option to rock a thong, instead?
Um. Yeah, I would've stuck with the rocking chair.
Calling your boss "sexy" is a risky endeavor at the best of times - but it certainly doesn't help when the baker forgets a letter in "sexiest."
And finally, when Steve and Marcus were planning their joint birthday party, they went with a Back to the Future inspired "Enchantment Under the Sea" theme - naturally.
They ordered a cake with "Enchantment Under the Sea" written on it - and when the baker misspelled "enchantment" on the order form, Marcus immediately began hoping for a Cake Wreck.
Well, they did get one, but not in the way he expected. See, apparently the baker mistook "the sea" to mean the cake's deco pack, and...well...
Thanks to Ashli D., Ann Marie P., Erika T., Shea, & Marcus H. for being awl-around grate guise.
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Karamba (shot1, shot2) is a desktop enhancement, similar to Konfabulator and Samurize, that appeared on KDE-Look.org (looky) about one month ago. Since then, Karamba has become the highest rated project on looky with a surprisingly large number of themes and extensions having been contributed, subsequently leading to a dedicated category for Karamba contributions. We had a little chat with author Hans Karlsson about himself, KDE, Karamba, and the hype surrounding it.
1. Please tell us about yourself and how you got involved with KDE.
I'm a 25 year old from southern Sweden. I have just finished my education, Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, at Lund Institute of Technology. I got my first computer (Commodore 64) around 1986 or 1987 and I've been hooked since then. I became a Linux user in 1999 when I installed Red Hat. Around the end of 2001 I found the kde-look site and there were some impressive looking desktops. Before that I liked, be prepared for a shock :), GNOME more than KDE. But none of them could replace my Window Maker desktop. Window Maker was replaced by KDE when I got a new computer a couple of months later.
2. You are known as themesKnugen on looky and you were contributing wallpapers for nearly one and a half years prior to Karamba. What made you want to create software this time?
I've been coding on and off since I got my first computer. But Karamba is the first program that I've released to the public. I began developing Karamba when I couldn't stand being without the Windows program Samurize anymore. When I had a desktop I thought looked good I uploaded a screenshot to kde-look. It was partly a kind of inverted April fools joke. A suspicious looking screenshot that wasn't a fake was uploaded on April 1st. =) People seemed to like what they saw, so I released the source and some documentation.
3. What were your objectives with Karamba, and what features do you think are still missing?
The objective was to bring Samurize-like functionality to my Linux machine, i.e., displaying system information integrated with the desktop in a good looking themeable way. I think that Karamba has the features that I need right now. But that can of course change. By this I don't mean that Karamba is finished, just that it has what I personally need. One possible direction for Karamba is to make it more interactive. SuperKaramba is a initiative to do this by adding Python scripting capabilities. I think the support for non-Linux platforms can be improved.
4. What is the story behind the name "Karamba"?
As Karamba was supposed to be a Samurize clone I thought of finding a name that had some connection to that. But the word Samurize is a clever word play with the English word summarize, that made it even harder to find a good name. So I decided to continue the loved and hated KDE tradition of using a K name. I wanted a word with a leading "C" letter that can be changed to the mighty "K" letter. Caramba came to my mind after a while, and I thought the word had a positive and happy feeling. Karamba! One gets happy just by saying it. =)
5. Your Karamba project lasted for several weeks between March and April. Right after the announcement on looky its rating skyrocketed and remains the highest rated content on looky even today. There have been over one hundred themes and extensions contributed to looky since then which are making use of Karamba, leading to an own category for Karamba themes. Looking at this all it's safe to call Karamba a true shooting star. Are you surprised about the public response to your project?
Yes and no. Samurize is popular and I really like Karamba myself. My desktop just feels so empty if I remove my Karamba themes. But I can't say that I expected it to become the highest rated item on kde-look, but it certainly feels quite good. I wish to thank all Karamba users for your comments and compliments!
6. On looky, you wrote that the project is practically dead for you now. What led to this situation?
I don't have a really good answer to this. But I'll try to explain it. Before the public release of Karamba I coded when I felt for it. So it could take days between the coding "sessions". It was fun to add the new features I wanted. After the release the work on Karamba became very intense. I tried to help people with, e.g., bugs, compilation errors, patches, feature requests, themes, scripts. Then I was away from home for about two weeks during an easter break from school. But when I came back I couldn't manage to get any work done. The inspiration wasn't there. The work with Karamba felt more like a regular job than the fun hobby I wanted it to be. And the situation hasn't changed yet. I don't blame those who contacted me, not at all. They all wanted to help to make a better program. I just wasn't ready for the seriousness of being a maintainer of a project. The conclusion is that I think Karamba deserves a better maintainer than what I am now. And a little clarification: Karamba is not dead for me, more like deep frozen. A subtle but important difference. :)
7. What are your favourite tools under KDE?
There are so many good tools. Konqueror, Konsole and KMail all work great. KDevelop (Gideon) and KMPlayer are nice too. And one must not forget KPatience and Kolf.
8. What are your dreams for the desktop of the future? How far are we from the ideal desktop?
Very difficult questions. I can't say that I have a vision of a perfect desktop. But there are some things that would make me happier: Improved tabs in Konqueror, better support for transparency in X, and a sound system with mixing capabilities that don't skip and that has no delay. I don't know if there is an ideal desktop, and I certainly don't know how far away it is. But I'm sure that Karamba will be part of it. :)
9. What kind of hardware do you have and what OS do you use?
I have an Athlon XP 1800+ with 512 MB RAM. I use Red Hat 8.0 but, e.g., XFree86, glibc, and gcc is from rawhide and my KDE is from CVS HEAD. So I guess it's more like Red Hat 8.5 or something. :)
10. Any final thoughts and comments?
I just want to wish Ralph M. Churchill, Adam Geitgey, and Matt Jibson good luck. They are currently the people behind Karamba's recent move to sourceforge. This will hopefully make Karamba to gain some momentum.
Best wishes for the future and many thanks to Hans Karlsson for
starting the Karamba effort as well as taking
the time to answer our questions! =)
It's good to see karamba/super-karamba/karamba-rss merge into one project.
By the way, are we going to see a graphical editor for new sensors, such as the one in Samurize?
The *Karambas are all a Konfabulator clone (which itself is a clone of Stardock's Object Desktop which exists for years now).
Are there any plans to change the API of *Karamba in a way that will make the "porting" of the already 280+ existant Konfabulator widgets easily portable under KDE?
not to be nitpicky, but actually, Karamba is a clone of samurize, which is the successor to CureInfo..
and CureInfo existed before StarDock or konfabulator ever existed :)
Stardock has been around since the early 90s when it began introducing games on OS/2. They introduced Object Desktop in the mid 90s around the time win95 came out and was actually seen in TV ads for OS/2 3 Warp. Is CureInfo that old? I do recall though that it provided a custom toolbar, sensor widgets and custom window decorations... nothing actually writing on the screen.
Ooops, change StarDock with ObjectBar in my last post, and there you go :)
StarDock's ObjectDesktop for OS/2 and for win32 are not the same, by the way. The only part of the win32 OD that was actually released before 2000 was WindowBlinds. Most of the rest came out in 2000, but didn't really mature until later.
Yeah.. cureinfo's main purpose was to put things in the start menu or taskbar. However, later on, there was a version called CureInfo 2k which let you put transparent information on the desktop with the new GDI extentions present in Windows 2000.
Karamba really is the best thing to hit KDE-LOOK.org, in my opinion it is not just eyecandy, but it can be put to real uses. Of course, Karamba is at the very beginning of its life before it can really stand out from its competition on other platforms, but its already looking very nice. I hope this project really gains momentum and developers.
What I would like to see is a combination between these :
http://www.stardock.com/products.asp (truly the best of the best when it comes to desktop customization for windows, this is soooooo cooool)
I think its sort of a "transition" application. I mean, sure you've got your OS-X dock rip-off called TuxBar and its cool but it's too slow. I have a 750Mhz Athlon with 256MB of RAM and a GeForce MX420 -- granted no where near bleeding edge but it should be decent. However TuxBar runs slow enough that it's annoying. Karamba as a "sensor" output program is probably where it should stay.
In order to really implement TuxBar, it should be a C++ application, not the current Python+Karamba. Maybe karamba ought to have its functionality exposed as a library as well as a Python object. Then someone could implement scripts, along with KDE's new RSS capabilities, as a compiled application which will run a lot faster. Should I start practicing what I preach, yes I probably should. Will I do it, maybe :) That all depends on how much I like deriving equations from ASM charts and FSM graphs.
TuxBar for those who don't know:
Looks terrific.
Actually the python/c++ nature of SKaramba works out very nicely. Most of all the hard work is done in c++ libs, not in python, so in reality the python code stays out of the way (for the most part) and isn't a limiting factor to the speed of the program. The people writing python enabled karamba themes just need to realize that they need to be cognizant of CPU usage in their programs (like the C++ coders already do.)
I released a SKaramba theme called kroller, and it uses much less CPU than the original Tuxbar (for an unknown reason). The version I will be releasing today or tomorrow will use about 1/2 the CPU of the current version, and I have plans to release a version that will hopefully use at least 1/2 of that sometime in the next few weeks.
I think that right now the people writing karamba themes aren't worried about CPU usage, it's all about "ohh! look what I can do!", and not really about making CPU effecient programs. With time these themes (and karamba itself) will mature and I think we'll have an awesome addition to the KDE.
With that said, it would still be very cool to have SKaramba's functionality exposed as a library :)
Try the SuperKaramba bar; don't remember what it's called. I have run it on a k62-350 and have it run reasonably fast; your Athlon should be able to handle it.
Having said that, I agree that this isn't the best way to implement a dock; anyone who has used the "real" Apple dock would scoff at this.
TuxBar runs slow? Great! It will be a terrific emulation of how fast the dock panel runs on my daughter's iMac!
Yeah...ok, why are you posting on this forum? If you don't know, this is for a Linux program...
I think SKaramba does wonders. Yes it has its weaknesses, but those will be fixed. Just be patient. Code maturity will come. Plus, if you have a problem with a program, maybe you should stop complaining and contribute more efficient code. It is open source after all...
Wow. It's been well over 17 months since I posted that, and it's taken this long for someone to reply!
I am fully aware that the discussion is about a Linux program. My comment was a joke. Since Tuxbar was said to "run slow" I was simply pointing out the fact that it would run about as fast as the Mac dock panel runs on my daughter's old iMac.
I wasn't complaining. Just making a joke about older hardware. Sorry if you were offended.
This guy gets more and more involved into KDE, does anyone know who he is? :-)
I think he is related to qwertz. ;-)
Nah, I'm independent. =P
> The work with Karamba felt more like a regular job than the fun hobby I wanted it to be.
Hmmm? It was really fun at first and then... I remember that fun feeling. Imagine how I felt when my partners left the project and I had never previously coded C++. Fun? There was the politics and the nasty emails... Then a few months later I lost my mom. In the process of learning the QT/KDE APIs and our code base I was fortunate to find Andras. Quanta has become very popular. I don't think it gained popularity quite as fast as karamba. At least there were not as many users back then. Currently Andras works on it full time, there are many contributors and it eats huge blocks of my time. Our motivations are different.
Along the way I found something else that felt really good. It was the positive feedback from the community.I started to believe that what we were doing had to be done because it needed to be done, and if not us than who? I'm not knocking the author's position of coding for a fun hobby. I'm just saying that in spite of the challenges there are other rewards. In the end there has to be someone at the helm of an open source project or it dies, despite popular mythology about never losing the source. Source gets outdated fast around here.
BTW I'm using Karamba and I really like it and recommend it. I wrote a Kommander dialog to switch the cities I get the weather for. ;-)
I'm one of the new maintainers for Karamba and creator of the RSS patch. We've been in brief discussions with the maintainer of SuperKaramba and it looks like, at this time, we will NOT be merging the code bases. Mainly, I think, as projets we have different aims. Hopefully in the future a better separation between the Python and C++ portions can be established and the projects can co-exist or intermingle.
With that being said, we're in the early stages of getting the project setup on SourceForge. You can download the last version Hans created, 0.17, from SF right now: http://sourceforge.net/projects/karamba Hopefully, we'll have some more stuff up soon (including a new version with my RSS patch integrated). After that I plan n just working through some of the items on the TODO list, etc.
Also, I think there is interest in maybe enhancing the extensibility of Karamba -- making it easier to add non-core functionality. Maybe through "plugins", etc. Anyway, lots to do! Please feel free to post to the SF forums or drop us a line. Thanks!
This really doesn't make much sense at all. In what ways are the aims of Karamba and SuperKaramba different? Sooner or later, the two projects are going to have to merge, or else one will die off--doesn't it make sense to merge them now and avoid wasting time before the inevitable?
Hhmmm - a thread entitled Karamba vs. SuperKaramba that totally ignores the aim. Not handy. So, is anyone actually going to dare approach the topic of this thread and actually DETAIL the differences?
- HiltonT
I guess not, huh? and here I am, after googling "karamba vs. superkaramba" months later, and void of information because of it!
For shame!
Karamba uses perl for its theme scripts while SuperKaramba (without space gets you more hits when searching) mainly uses python instead.
For those who might be wondering as to why Look is down and/or slow, Karamba is the lead story on Slashdot as of right now.
...and I thought the slashdotters where all gnomesters...
Är det inte dags att få igång en LUG i Lund med omnejd? (Södra Sverige, ej Danmark)
Isnt it about time to get a LUG in Lund and surounding areas? (Suthern Sweeden, not Denmark)
Darn! You cracked the secret code!
Bra, då ses vi på Internetkafèet på Lilla Gråbrödersgatan, lördag 10:e maj kl 16:00.
I like karamba and superkaramba very much from an eyekandy perspective. My main problem with tuxbar style bars is not cpu useage but the fact that they get covered by windows. The rollover effect in kicker is pretty lame compared to that nice svg zoom . So what I was wondering is if there are any plans to improve kicker to give it smoother icon zooming effects? Or any way to prevent windows covering tuxbar when they are maximized? Any, thanks for all the nice cpu chomping eyecandy folks!
SVG zoom? I think that you're dreaming.
Okay, so I really like this app, my only problem is it looks like crap under GNOME are they any plans to run the app, under gtk+ thanks.
You should be able to run it under KDE. Your GNOME apps will still work.
that wasn't the question, now was it?
It's a good answer though, isn't it? Why not go troll on a GNOME site?
It should run just fine, you'll need to have QT and KDElibs installed, though, for some things to look right...you don't need the entire KDE package, just the libraries (which depend on QT)...
Karamba relies on the krootpixmap class in kdelibs/kdecore, which relies on kdesktop. So.. you need to either make it get the bg from elsewhere, or run kdesktop.
This just makes me fall in love with KDE all over again. So simple, so easy, so powerful.
* Creates pseudo-transparent widgets.
* A pseudo-transparent widget is a widget with its background pixmap set to
* that part of the desktop background that it is currently obscuring. This
* gives a transparency effect.
* To create a transparent widget, construct a KRootPixmap and pass it a
* pointer to your widget. That's it! Moving, resizing and background changes
* are handled automatically.
* Instead of using the default behaviour, you can ask KRootPixmap
* to emit a @ref backgroundUpdated(const QPixmap &) signal whenever
* the background needs updating by using @ref setCustomPainting(bool).
* Alternatively by reimplementing @ref updateBackground(KSharedPixmap*)
* you can take complete control of the behaviour.
* @author Geert Jansen
* @version $Id: krootpixmap.h,v 1.14 2002/03/08 18:01:07 rich Exp $
I was not trolling sorry, I was / am not aware of the working of KDE I had no Idea that it was kwin that was causeing the app to show black instead of my background.
I love the application, but am set in using GTK for now.
Thanks for the info guys!
You don't understand, KWin isn't causing anything. You can keep running your GTK apps in KDE.
anon: you don't seem to grasp his question.
vito: it *should* work under gnome, I've seen it work under Waimea, so presumably it should work under gnome, assuming the proper libraries are installed. I'm obviously not knowledgebase on kde, but this karamba is one cool piece of software. Still wouldn't make me switch to kde tho (I use Waimea just so you know anon)
Has same problem as Vito's under Waimea. Using ESetRoot for the background. Otherwise works fine
I also like Karamba, despite some problems I'm having with it (seg faults when using rss output from slashdot), and it requiring KDE. I don't really have anything against KDE, and I use things like KMail fairly often, I just prefer enlightenment as my window manager (without gnome btw), which is where the problem comes in. Since enlightenment uses its own background daemon, and karamba needs kdesktop to render its background, I can't run karamba under E. I wonder how difficult it would be to get Karamba to fetch the desktop background from something other than kdesktop?
It would be easier (and a much better idea) to make enlightenment publish its background in way compatible with KRootPixmap, that way anything in KDE that uses it for transparency would work nicely with enlightenment.
Is there a workaround for using karamba with enlightenment and still get transparency? I like enlightenment and my only interest from kde is superkaramba
Valentino Crosato Jr.
Not unless you use kdesktop.. you can try gdesklets, which doesn't depend on KDE's background mechanism
Ive tried:
1- enlightenment
kdesktop --x-root
# result: still no transparency, black background on superkaramba
# and no enlightenment (left,middle,right) click menus
What is the right way to do it?
Valentino C. Jr.
There is nothing wrong with a look on a windows theme page like customizer.com
wallpapers can be used on every machine.
Ok, I like the idea. It's a really cool idea in many cases. It's like "Hey, I've now got active desktop on crack for linux" yeah sure... whatever. But it has serious flaws. For example, last time I tried it, I had this tight looking little control bar thing with the kmenu and such all on it, it was nice looking, and functional, but, EVERY SINGLE SECOND, it would cut into the cpu usage something like, 40 percent. And that's an underestimate. *YOU* go play quake3 with 40% cpu and some hard drive usage going on every single second... dead yet? Yeah, that's what I thought. Ok, that's fine, it can be fixed with proper idle calls and implementing the common features internally and in python script instead of external apps. Ok, so we know *HOW* to fix it. Nod if you understand... ok, now, for the second, truly very annoying problem. I love the feature in kwin that allows windows to auto-attract to each other, I can't remember what it's called, but, I don't care, they basically snap together, and that's nice, helps me keep things well organized without much effort. But, heh, why in god's name do my windows need to snap to the real border of a karamba item? I cannot possibly be the only person who has noticed this extreme bug... ok fix those two things and I'll be sold.


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"You know why trees smell the way they do?" Murphy asked, looking up from her hammering.
"Sap?" Logan guessed. "Chlorophyll?"
Murphy shook her head. "Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old."
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
Janet Yellen made her first appearance on Capitol Hill today as the new leader of the Federal Reserve. Her message was clear - there will be no sudden changes in Fed policy. As NPR's John Ydstie reports, Yellen said the central bank is likely to keep pulling back its big stimulus program despite concerns about the economy.
JOHN YDSTIE, BYLINE: It was a long day for Janet Yellen. The House Financial Services Committee has 60 members and today, all of them wanted a chance to question the new Fed chair, the first woman ever to lead the Fed. Michigan Republican Bill Huizenga had a welcome and a warning for her.
REP. BILL HUIZENGA: Chair Yellen, congratulations on being confirmed as the first woman chair of the board of governors of Federal Reserve, and I think as you see with this group of cameras ahead of you, buckle up and hang on. This is going to be an interesting ride, I'm sure.
YDSTIE: Of course, interesting is a relative word when it comes to discussions of quantitative easing, forward guidance, capital requirements and accounting rules. Yellen brought her best central banker's game, providing patient and unflappable answers. She was congratulated by Colorado Democrat Ed Perlmutter for being just like her predecessor, Ben Bernanke.
REP. ED PERLMUTTER: You know, I really appreciated three things about him. One, he's very smart, very steady and not very exciting. And I want to say, you're following in his footsteps.
JANET YELLEN: Thank you. Appreciate that.
YDSTIE: And there was no detectable change in policy as Yellen took the helm. She argued the Fed's controversial bond-buying stimulus program, known as quantitative easing, had been a success. Its goal, she said, was to help the economy by producing lower long-term interest rates. She pointed to a stronger housing market and brisk auto sales as evidence of its positive impact.
YELLEN: When spending and employment increase in those sectors, the availability of jobs increases, unemployment tends to come down, growth picks up.
YDSTIE: Yellen added that since the beginning of the program, the unemployment rate has fallen one and a half percent. More progress needs to be made on the jobs front, said Yellen. But she didn't waver from the Fed's current course of dialing back its stimulus. Given the disappointing job growth in December and January, Yellen was asked whether the Fed might consider a pause before further winding down its stimulus. She didn't rule that out but said it's important to be cautious in interpreting the recent jobs data.
YELLEN: There were weather factors. We've had unseasonably cold temperatures that may be affecting economic activity in the job market and elsewhere.
YDSTIE: Yellen said by the Fed's next meeting in March, policymakers will have more data and a clearer idea about whether growth has slowed so much that the Fed should pause. But she said it would take a significant deterioration in the outlook for the economy for the Fed to boost its stimulus once again. Throughout the long day, Yellen defended the Fed's policies but acknowledged the economy remains a work in progress.
YELLEN: There has been substantial job creation, so that I think we have made progress. Certainly, there is a significant way to go.
YDSTIE: The financial market seemed comfortable with Yellen's testimony and the transition at the Fed. The major stock indexes all rose more than one percent. John Ydstie, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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A Rain Forest Begins With Rain, Right? Is This A Trick Question?
Think of a rain forest — rich with trees, covered by clouds, wet all the time.
Then ask yourself, how did this rain forest get started?
I ask, because the answer is so going to surprise you. It's not what you think.
Until I saw the video you're about to see, I just figured that a rain forest starts when a place gets rainier. (Why it gets rainier, I don't know. I don't think about that.) And then — once it starts raining all the time — tropical, rain-loving trees start to grow. They grow everywhere, and make a forest.
So I figure that's the order: rain first, forest second. It's like the name. We don't call these places forest-rains; our name for them describes how they came to be.
Or so I thought.
Now watch this — from the folks at MinuteEarth, with science explainer (and animator) Henry Reich narrating:
This isn't my first "Which came first?" story. I have also tackled the granddaddy of the genre — chicken vs. egg — and I went with the chicken. Here's why.


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Twelve American Honda Models Earn IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK
TORRANCE, Calif. - Twelve American Honda models, including the all-new 2012 CR-V that goes on-sale today, received the highest possible safety rating of TOP SAFETY PICK from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) under its more-stringent testing guidelines implemented last year.
The IIHS award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting vehicle occupants involved in front, side and rear crashes, plus rollover performance based on ratings in the Institute's tests.
Announced by IIHS today, the Honda Fit, CR-Z, Insight, Accord, CR-V, Pilot and Ridgeline along with the Acura TL, TSX and MDX all earned the highest-possible score of GOOD in all four ratings, including the more rigorous roof-strength test. Earlier this year the all-new Civic and redesigned Odyssey earned the TOP SAFETY PICK, giving American Honda twelve 2012 TOP SAFETY PICK winners.
"We're proud to have achieved IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK rating for nine new 2012 Honda models and three 2012 Acura models, making American Honda among the best in the industry with twelve vehicles with top-class IIHS safety ratings under their new, more stringent ratings protocols," said John Mendel, executive vice president of sales, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "In fact, 91% of American Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. are TOP SAFETY PICKS. This accomplishment is part of a concerted effort we have made to reassert the Honda brand as a clear leader in this area."
Standard safety equipment on all Honda and Acura models include Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with traction control; an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS); side curtain airbags (some vehicles equipped with a rollover sensor as well); dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags; a driver's front side airbag; and a front passenger's side airbag with an occupant position detection system. All 2012 Honda and Acura models recognized by the IIHS, with the exception of the Ridgeline, utilize the Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure. ACE is an exclusive body design that enhances occupant protection and crash compatibility in frontal crashes. The ACE design utilizes a network of connected structural elements to distribute crash energy more evenly throughout the front of the vehicle. This enhanced frontal crash energy management helps to reduce the forces transferred to the passenger compartment.
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"In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I'll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you'd like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don't forget to visit the other participants! It's a great way to make new bloggy friends!
Today's question/statement is:
Name on thing that made you smile today."
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After making the cauliflower pizza crust and the zucchini pizza crust the next vegetable up was eggplant! Instead of following in the footsteps of his predecessors I wanted to go another route with the eggplant pizzas keeping things nice ans simple and just using eggplant slices as the crust of the pizzas. These eggplant pizzas are really easy to make, you simply slice the eggplant and roast or grill the slices until the eggplant just starts to turn tender, top it with your favourite pizza toppings and then bake them until the cheese gets all melty and good! In addition to being easy to make they are super tasty and if you are an eggplant lover like me then they are even better than the original, healthier and kid friendly to boot! These eggplant pizzas are bound to become a staple on my meal plan!
With all of the fresh tomatoes around I could not help making my own pizza sauce with them but feel free to use store bought to save some time.
Just look at all of that ooey, gooey melted cheesy goodness!
Eggplant Pizzas
Mini pizzas made on eggplant slices that are tasty, easy to make and kid friendly!
- 1 large eggplant, cut into 1/4 inch slices
- 1 tablespoon coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning or oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella, shredded
- 1 ounce pepperoni
- Sprinkle the eggplant with the coarse salt, let sit on paper towels for 20 minutes and wipe dry.
- Brush the eggplant slices with oil and season with italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Roast the eggplant in a preheated 400F/200C oven until it just starts to turn tender, about 15-20 minutes. (Do not let them become too soft or mushy.)
- Top the eggplant with sauce, cheese and pepperoni and broil until the cheese has melted, about 3-5 minutes.
Note: Eggplant can get bitter with age and salting it helps draw out that bitterness. If you are using younger eggplants you can skip the salting and save some time.
Zucchini Pizza Bites
Zucchini Pizza Crust (with Chipotle BBQ Bacon and Grilled Corn Pizza)
Cauliflower Pizza Crust (BBQ Chicken Pizza)
Grilled Eggplant and Roasted Red Pepper Sandwich with Halloumi
Eggplant Tortino in a Kalamata Olive Marinara Sauce
Eggplant Parmesan (Melanzane alla Parmigiana)
Crispy Baked Eggplant Fries with Marinara Dipping Sauce (aka Eggplant Parmesan Fries!)
Grilled Corn, Roasted Poblano and Bacon Zucchini Crust Pizza
Pizza Poppers
Pepperoni Pizza Cauliflower Casserole
No Crust Pepperoni Pizza
Loaded Baked Potato Broccoli Crust Pizza
Pizza Stuffed Chicken
Crispy Tortilla Skillet Pizza
Sicilian Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza Spaghetti Squash


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Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow
His Holiness Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow (Кирилл), born as Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Владимир Михайлович Гундяев), on November 20, 1946, Leningrad, Soviet Union, is the current Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
Early career
He took monastic vows April 3, 1969, and April 7 of the same year was ordained hierodeacon and June 1 - hieromonk.
In 1970 Kyrill completed a degree from the Leningrad Theological Academy, where he was retained as a professor of dogmatic theology and aid to the Academy's Inspector.
Since August 30, 1970, he was a personal secretary to Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), Metroplitan of Leningrad.
On September 12, 1971, he became archimandrite and was posted as a representative of the ROC to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva.
On December 26, 1974, he was appointed Rector of the Leningrad Academy and Seminary.
In December 1975, he was appointed a member of the WCC Central Committee and Executive Committee.
Episcopal career
In 1976, Kyrill was consecrated Bishop of Vyborg. In 1977, he became Archbishop. Since 1978, he has been the manager of the "Patriarch's parishes in Finland" (the name of the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church in Finland). In 1984, he became Archbishop of Smolensk and Vyazma. The title was changed to Archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad in 1989. In 1991, he became Metropolitan.
In 1974-1984 he was the Rector of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy and Seminary.
In 1971 he was appointed representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches and has been actively involved in the ecumenical activity of the Russian Orthodox Church since then. In 1978, Kyrill was appointed Deputy Chairman, and in November 1989, Chairman of the External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate and permanent member of the Holy Synod. He is known as active and efficient diplomat.
On December 6, 2008, the day after the death of Patriarch Alexei II (1990-2008), the Holy Synod elected him Locum tenens of the Patriarchal throne.
On December 9, 2008, during the funeral service for Patriarch Alexei II in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral, which was broadcast live by Russia's state TV channels, he was seen and reported to have fainted at one point.[1]
On December 29, 2008, when talking to journalists, he said he was "categorically opposed to any reforms" of a liturgical or doctrinal nature in the Church.[2]
Since 1994 Kyrill has hosted a weekly Orthodox TV program on ORT/Channel One. Conservatives in the ROC criticized Kyrill for his ecumenical activities throughout the 1990s. However, in a recent statement Metropolitan Kyrill stated that there could be no doctrinal compromise with the Roman Catholic Church, and that discussions with them did not have the goal of seeking unification.[3]
On January 27, 2009, Kyrill was elected as Patriarch of Moscow, and was enthroned as the sixteenth Patriarch on Sunday February 1, 2009.
Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow
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Preceded by: — |
Archbishop of Vyborg 1976-1984 |
Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: — |
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad 1984-2009 |
Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Philaret (Vakhromeyev) |
5th Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate November 14, 1989 - February 1, 2009 |
Succeeded by: Hilarion (Alfeyev)
Preceded by: Alexei II (Ridiger) |
Patriarch of Moscow 2009-Present |
Succeeded by: — |
Some material from "Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk" at Wikipedia
- ↑ Russians bid farewell to Patriarch at grand funeral, Reuters, December 9, 2008, accessed 2008-12-09
- ↑ Russia's prospective church leader says opposed to reforms, RIA Novosti, December 29, 2008.
- ↑ Russian Church against compromise on belief-preaching with Catholics - Metropolitan Kyrill, Interfax, January 21, 2009.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
We Won a Saveur Magazine's 1st Annual Best Food Blog Award!
A million thanks to everyone who voted and helped spread the word! Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees.
34 comments:
YAY! Well deserved, and Congratulations!
- April 5, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Congratulations!! So well deserved, I love the recipes you feature and being able to watch them makes it that much more special. Hmm...i sense the need for a celebratory dish post!
- April 5, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Brad said...
Excellent, you deserved it.
- April 5, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Congrats Chef!
- April 5, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Chris said...
Congratulations, Chef! When I logged on to vote, I checked the other websites (to make sure you were indeed the best) and found a few new great food sites. (They come in a close second...)
Thanks for turning me on to some new sites and enjoy your reward (do they give you a reward? Plaque? A laurel and hearty handshake...?) - April 5, 2010 at 5:43 PM
I knew you'd win, your blog (in terms of content, set-up and updatability) kicked the other contestants' asses. Congrats!
- April 5, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Unknown said...
Of course you won! you are the best - my husband thinks I'm the best cook in the world now... because of you!! Congrats! Lindy
- April 5, 2010 at 6:24 PM
- Norellys said...
Congratulations Chef John...
Norellys. - April 5, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Did you have your doubts? Of course you won. Congratulations to you and Michele too. I know she is your right hand in this effort.
- April 5, 2010 at 6:58 PM
I have found your site about 2 months ago, watched practically all of the videos so far and often make lunches based on them.
I am really enjoying the site and carry on with superb work! - April 5, 2010 at 7:01 PM
I knew it. I agree with another poster that because of this poll, I found some interesting sites, but it was Chef John all the way! I'm a visual person and you had not only pictures, but great instructions for your recipes (not to mention a quirky sense of humor).
I actually tried to vote a second (and possibly 3rd time) but was unable to.
Sara - April 5, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Unknown said...
Love your blog, I was excited to vote for you!
- April 5, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Unknown said...
I love the way your whole site works. Your video instructions are easy to follow, you tell us why and how things work and have a great sense of humor.
- April 5, 2010 at 8:33 PM
you are the best!
congrats! - April 5, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Oliver James Spicer said...
Congratulations Chef!
You deserve it! :D - April 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Peter Li said...
I'm very happy you won! I too discovered your blog recently, and I have been following every post since. Thank you so much for your dedication to this blog. This is my bible!
Peter - April 5, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Congratulations on your merited and hard-earned acclaim John and Michelle! Your blog is innovative, fun and seriously delicious, in humor and for the palate No surprises here.
And a big thanks to your mom for her Key Lime Pie recipe! I brought it to my boss' house for Easter and it was the first dessert to go. When they asked for the recipe, I gave them the address to your award winning blog. Just giving credit where credit is due.
Much continued success. Here's to your dreams coming true! >clink!< - April 5, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- Joe LaGreca said...
Congrats Chef John. Awesome website!
- April 6, 2010 at 12:53 AM
.... and not the incorrect spelling of the jewish bread, but holla as in holla back girl but without the girl. - April 6, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- SteamyKitchen said...
GUYS!!!! way to go!
Yeah - I get to say...."I knew you when..."!!!!!
It's 2am and I sure have a lot of !!!!! - April 6, 2010 at 1:57 AM
- Chef John said...
A sincere thank you to everyone for the kind words!
- April 6, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Jace Tay said...
You totally deserve it Chef! Love you and your food blog!
- April 6, 2010 at 5:32 AM
Well done Chef!
- April 6, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- Rita said...
we'll be sure to celebrate for you!
PROST! - April 6, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Unknown said...
Congrats Chef John!!! I knew you would win! (that's why I voted for you ;)
- April 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- PhillyBear said...
congratulations chef john! I'm so happy for you. well deserved indeed. today, saveur, tomorrow, the world!
- April 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- tethys said...
Omigosh how exciting!
Good job, Chef John!!! - April 6, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- oldrockmustard said...
Very much deserved. Congratulations!
I am very happy with it!
Enjoy!!! - April 7, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- oldrockmustard said...
Very much deserved. Congratulations!
I am very happy with it!
Enjoy!!! - April 7, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Adriana A. said...
Thats great! Congratulations! You deserve this award and many more for the hard work you invest on this website and your completely delicious recipes and funny jokes! Congrats again! We are all gratefull you share your recipes with us!
- April 7, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Brooke said...
Congratulations on winning the Saveur video award. You are verrrrry innovative. Cheers!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks Brooke! and thanks again to everyone for the amazing support!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- Petra said...
Congratulations for winning! Love your blog.
Here in Germany you alway add celeriac to your broth or sauce and I also like a piece of parsley root with it. - April 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Bonnie said...
Yippee!! Congrats on a very well-deserved award, Chef J!
- April 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM


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Jobless Claims Dip; Orders For Durable Goods Are Soft
The number of first-time claims for jobless benefits dipped slightly last week, to 370,000 from 372,000 the week before, the Employment and Training Administration reports.
The 4-week moving average for claims — which economists say gives a better picture of the trend — was also 370,000, down by 5,500.
Reuters writes that the news suggests "the labor market continues to expand at a moderate pace."
Meanwhile, the Census Bureau says orders for durable goods (equipment and other things designed to last three or more years), rose 0.2 percent in April from March. Though slight, the increase was a rebound after the 3.7 percent drop in March.
But, orders were down 0.6 percent in April if you exclude the transportation sector. And orders for "non-military goods excluding aircraft" fell 1.9 percent, Bloomberg News notes. The news points to "a slowdown in U.S. business investment," Bloomberg adds.


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This comes up naturally, since I'm in the US at the moment, and the first 'new' AmE/BrE difference we taught my linguistically insightful five-year-old niece on this visit was "dessert is called pudding in England". Her immediate question was the same as reader Cathy's:
If any dessert can be called pudding, what is [AmE] pudding called [in BrE]?But before I get to that, let's start with a fine-tuning of the general American understanding of the meaning of pudding in BrE. Yes, it can be used to refer to the sweet course of a meal, served after the main course. But in addition to referring to a course, it can also refer to a particular kind of dish, as it does in AmE. But there's still a translational problem, in that it doesn't refer to the same type of dish in the two dialects. In BrE, the dish-sense of pudding is:
A baked or steamed sponge or suet dish, usually sweet and served as a dessert, but also savoury suet puddings (e.g. steak and kidney). Also milk puddings, made by baking rice, semolina, or sago in milk. (Bender & Bender, A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition, Oxford UP, 1995)Here's a photo of a Christmas pudding, from Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency. It's kind of like a fruit cake, but it's cooked by steaming. I know Anglophiles who buy and eat Christmas puddings in the US, but other such puddings are very rare in the US. My personal favo(u)rite is Sticky Toffee Pudding, and I consider it my duty to sample as wide a variety of STPs as possible in order to try to identify the best. Nominations on a postcard, please! (AmE speakers should usually mentally translate toffee in BrE contexts to caramel.)
In AmE, pudding nowadays refers particularly to creamy, custard-like desserts. Wikipedia treats this better than other dictionaries I've consulted (BrE translations in brackets are mine):
The second and newer type of pudding consists of sugar, milk and a thickening agent such as cornstarch [=BrE corn flour], gelatin, eggs, rice or tapioca to create a sweet, creamy dessert. These puddings are made either by simmering on top of the stove [=BrE on the hob; AmE stove = BrE cooker] in a saucepan or double boiler or by baking in an oven, often in a bain-marie. They are typically served chilled, but a few types, such as zabaglione and rice pudding, may be served warm.As the Wikipedia bit indicates, the steamed, cake-ish kind of pudding is older than the 'milk pudding' sense, but it's not the oldest. Originally pudding referred to more sausage-like things. Hence black pudding, a blood sausage that is far more common in Britain (especially in the north of England--at breakfast time, for godsakes) than in the US.
On the grammatical angle, note that the BrE dish-sense of pudding is often a count noun (e.g. I made enough sticky toffee puddings to feed an army) because the puddings are items with well-defined boundaries, whereas in AmE it's usually a mass noun (e.g. I made enough pudding [not puddings] for everyone) since it refers to a substance. (Throughout English, we have the ability to make count nouns out of mass nouns and vice versa, so in this case I'm talking about the natural state of these words when referring to the food as it is prepared, rather than the senses "a portion of X" or "a smear of X", etc.)
So, what do BrE speakers call the creamy stuff that Americans call pudding? I think the best answer is that they don't call it anything in particular. There is no such thing as Jell-o pudding (the form in which most Americans encounter this substance) in the UK. The closest thing to that, although it's more 'mousse-like' is probably Angel Delight. A baked custard is a kind of pudding-y thing that is found in both countries (though not very popular in either place now, I think, except in the more exotic Spanish/Mexican incarnation, flan--which Kevin in the comments reminds us is usually called crème caramel in BrE. See the comments for more on what flan means). But in the UK custard usually refers to pouring custard, which Americans might occasionally come across under its French name crème anglaise. (This was discussed before, back here.) Both countries have rice pudding and the less creamy bread pudding.
(Incidentally, Better Half and I were grocery-shopping here the other day, and we happened down the Jell-o [US trade name, used generically to mean 'flavo(u)red gelatin', i.e. BrE jelly] aisle. BH was flabbergasted by the range of little boxes to be found there, which included two brands (Jell-o and Royal) and both gelatin/jelly and (AmE) pudding mixes. The Kraft Foods website lists 20 flavo(u)rs of regular Jell-o, 12 of sugar-free Jell-o, 17 of instant regular Jell-o pudding, 9 of instant diet Jell-o pudding, and 9 of the regular and diet cook-and-serve pudding mixes. So that's 67 products before we even start counting the ones that Royal makes. I've lived abroad long enough that instead of celebrating such a range of products, I am exhausted by the thought of it and look forward to getting back to a more sensible shopping experience. But only after I've loaded up my suitcase with A1 sauce, low-calorie microwave popcorn and New York State maple syrup.)
Returning to the course-sense of pudding, the term dessert is heard in BrE. The first sense below from the OED has been around in BrE since the 17th century at least, while the second, more general sense is noted as more American, but increasingly found in BrE:
1. a. A course of fruit, sweetmeats, etc. served after a dinner or supper; 'the last course at an entertainment' (J.).Other BrE terms for this course are the more colloquial afters and sweet, which is often found in lists of 'non-U' terms. Pudding is the least socially marked of these terms.
b. 'In the United States often used to include pies, puddings, and other sweet dishes' (Cent. Dict.). Now also in British usage.
I believe that the pudding/dessert course is the one that diverges most, food-wise, in the two countries. That is to say, there are lots and lots of British puddings that aren't found in the US and American desserts that aren't found in the UK. And, of course, some of these are sources of amusement--particularly the name of the British dish spotted dick.
Finally (and not entirely unrelatedly), pudding is sometimes clipped to pud (rhymes with wood), which disturbs me when I see it in writing since I first learned pud as a slang term for a woman's genitals that rhymes with bud and is derived from pudendum. But BrE also has a genital-slang pud, which means 'penis'. This one rhymes with wood, since it is derived from pudding. (The OED notes that this is chiefly used in the masturbatory phrase pull the/one's pud.)


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Come Winter, I start recollecting the exact way this light fish curry with tomatoes would taste. It is not that I make it only in Winter. No, it is an easy dish and I make it throughout the year whenever I have less time on hand which apparently translates to often.
But never do I think deeply about it as I do, when the mercury drops and I seek out a patch of sunlight sliding through the high windows of my family room.
Years ago winter meant sunshine on your back, a sunshine that warmed you unlike the folly outside my window. It also meant lots of fresh plump red tomatoes, their skin smooth and taut as a baby's bottom and green coriander leaves, dhone pata, with a smell that reminded you of green fields stretched out luxuriously in the winter sun.
Ok, I am not really sure if they reminded anyone of anything but food but that statement sounds pretty nice so that is how it will be written.
It also meant mid-terms or half-yearly as we called them.Coming home early, dusty and tired after half a day of writing about meaning less things on a sheaf of paper, right in time when Ma would be serving lunch. On such days, this light fish curry with the fresh tomatoes was what I most looked forward to. Made with Rui(Rohu) or some fresh Chara Pona, this halka jhol solely relied on the tomatoes and the fish to impart the right taste. With some fluffy white rice, this would be the only bright spot on a day that would be later spent ruthlessly memorizing the details of Panipat War.
Better days of December would soon follow and there would be rich fruit cakes, pastries from Flury's, juicy Darjeeling oranges made into kamola kheer, but this macher jhol would still hold its place and would whisper "home" while we made a pledge to survive on only rum balls the entire life.
Perfect to be described as "kalojiire ar alpo aadar ros, kNachalonkar kuchi diye ekta machher halka refreshing jhol ranna korlam, sathe seddho chaaler jhorjhore bhaat" -- Kuntala
In the US, if you have access to an Asian Market, I would insist you get fresh fish like Striped Bass or Buffalo Carp cut in steak sized pieces from there. They taste awesome in this gravy. Even Pomfret or Butterfish from there will work well. Rohu from your Bangladeshi Fish seller works very well too. If everything fails try with fillet of Tilapia or Rainbow Trout.
Never, ever make this dish with Mahi Mahi like I did this Sunday. It took away all the taste of the dish. Also no Salmon. Sweet water fish works best for this kind of light gravy.
I blogged about exactly this dish in October when I just started blogging way back. Things don't change that much foodwise.
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Tomato diye Macher Patla Jhol
Serves 3 adults. About 6-8 pieces of 2" x 3" fish pieces.
Wash the fish pieces in warm water, pat dry & and smear them with half a teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes
Heat Mustard Oil in a Kadai/Wok till you see smoke just coming out, indicating it's hot enough.
Fry the fish in hot oil till it turns light golden on both sides, kind of deep fry. The only draw back of this is most of the oil goes to waste as you discard most of the oil after frying. You can also save this oil for frying fish again next day as my Ma would do.
If you are using fillet of fish you can shallow fry them in much less oil.
Heat Mustard oil to smoking in Kadai/Wok.
Temper the hot oil with a little less than 1/2 tsp of Kalonji/ Kalo Jeera and 4-5 hot Indian green chillies slit through the center.
Puree or finely chop two medium tomatoes of good quality. I used about 1 cup of fresh tomato puree.
Saute till they become a fine pulp, kind of mushy and you see the oil seeping out on the edges. The raw tomato-ey smell should be totally gone.
Add 1 tbsp of freshly grated ginger and saute for a minute
Now add a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 cup of water. Add salt to taste.
Simmer till the gravy comes to a boil.When the gravy comes to a boil add the fish pieces.
Add a fistful of fresh chopped coriander leaves.
Cook for a few more minutes and you are done. The gravy is light and is best enjoyed with white rice.


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By Alicia Wallace | Daily Camera
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Food trucks might be getting more room to roam in Boulder.
The city of Boulder is considering a summer pilot program that would allow licensed food trucks not only to operate at some city parks but also to offer late-night business in downtown Boulder.
Under the Mobile Food Vehicle Pilot Program for Parks,food trucks would be allowed to operate periodically at six Boulder parks — Tom Watson Park, Foothills Community Park, North Boulder Park, Harlow Platts Community Park, East Boulder Community Park and the city's downtown Municipal Campus — from June 2 through Aug. 25.
The permitted number of food trucks and times of operation vary by location.
Additionally, officials for Boulder's Downtown & University Hill Management Division and Parking Services are hashing out a summertime pilot program for late-night service. Under the proposed program, a couple of mobile food vendors could operate at the Park Central parking lot, near Arapahoe Avenue and Broadway, and serve from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
The city also is conducting an online survey to obtain feedback about the program, which would require a go-ahead from the Boulder City Council. The council is expected to consider the mobile vending pilot programs next month.
"We established some basic food truck policies a couple years ago," said Suzanne Jones, a Boulder City Council member. "Now it's time to take a look at those and tweak them, and also see if we can at least respond to additional desires on the part of the food truck community to see if we can't expand upon what has worked well so far."
If the pilot programs are approved, city officials will evaluate their effects.
The proposed pilot programs come two years after the city expanded its code on mobile vending to respond to a growing number of food trucks.
In an effort to strike a balance between the food trucks and brick-and-mortar operations, city officials established boundaries on operating times and locations. Food trucks are allowed to operate in rights-of-way in industrial zones and also in business, mixed-use and downtown zones with property owner approval, but they cannot operate within 150 feet of restaurants and residential districts.
The regulations have hindered the potential growth of food truck businesses, said Lindsey Mandel, co-owner of the RollinGreens food truck. She estimated the truck's sales could be triple what they are now if it was allowed to move freely in areas such as downtown Boulder.
Mandel said she understands the competitive concerns from brick-and-mortar restaurants, but she believes the two can coexist. She noted a recent trip to Washington, D.C., where she saw "hundreds of trucks lined up and there's lines out the door, but there's also lines out the door for the restaurants as well."
Restaurateur Dave Query — whose Big Red F Restaurant Group holdings in downtown Boulder include Jax Fish House, Centro Latin Grill, The West End Tavern and The Bitter Bar — said he supports broadening the ordinance to have food trucks operate throughout the city.
The food trucks operate a different dining experience than a sit-down establishment, he said.
"(Food trucks) have been pretty handcuffed right up until now," Query said. "It'll make all the restaurants work harder and smarter and try to keep all the people in our seats."
But downtown restaurant operators have expressed many concerns and fears about food trucks rolling up and affecting business, said Sean Maher, executive director for Downtown Boulder Inc., the nonprofit organization that represents the area's businesses.
"We have 100 food outlets downtown; it's probably one of the most concentrated and competitive districts in the country, and they pay huge rents to be down here and huge monthly overhead," he said. "We support food trucks, just not right in the downtown core where they have an incredible competitive advantage over restaurants."
City officials looked to find further middle ground when laying the groundwork for the potential pilot program. The late-night program, for example, is outside the downtown core and conducted after the neighboring Mustard's Last Stand and Alfalfa's have closed.
"We think it's far enough away," said Molly Winter, director of the downtown and parking services division. "We're not recommending any changes to the current regulations to the downtown core."
The proposed parks program builds off an effort last summer to have some food trucks serve parks, said Sarah DeSouza, senior manager of communications, marketing and partnerships for the city's Parks and Recreation department.
The food trucks that took part in that initial effort did not bring in much business, but they believed there might be more strength in numbers, she said.
The latest proposed parks pilot program is meant to respond to food truck operators' requests to set up in block party-like "pods" and serve neighborhoods.
"We're amenable to mobile vendors coming in," she said. "We see that mobile vending is a real community enhancement (at the parks)."
K.C. Slager, co-owner of Verde Food Truck and Cheese Louise Food Truck, said the pilot program could be very beneficial for the food truck industry in Boulder.
"There will be concessions there for the summer activities," he said.
Slager added that he hopes the city might go as far as to open up areas around University Hill and the University of Colorado and also ease restrictions on late-night operations.
"But all in all, the fact that they're backing us and starting to open doors for us, I think is great," he said.


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French Word A Week: Lait
I meant to post this yesterday but time got a bit away from me. All 24 hours of it. It's Spring. Spring in Charleston is something else. Everyone is everywhere, all at once, all together, all the time. Buzz, buzz, buzz! Let's just say that I can't wait to get a fill of colors and good people today at the farmers' market and grab a pain au chocolat for him and a cafe au lait, double milk, for me.
Yes, this week's word is milk. "Lait" (click on link for pronunciation) (and if you were in France in the 1990s, remember this?)
If you ever go or have been to France you will notice that we take our morning cup of coffee with milk rather seriously. We take the entire dairy world just as seriously actually. No kidding. The first picture in this post by David Lebovitz pretty much sums it up. Plain, fruity, creamy, chunky, organic, artisan… you name it – we have it.
And I do have a slight collective penchant for milk bottles of all shapes and sizes.
When I feel my energy level dip or my brain getting more fogged up than usual, I know I need a little boost of milk. A tad more than the few drops I pour in my morning coffee. Which is why I love our farmers market, I can get fresh from the farm raw milk all throughout the summer the way we used to back home.
So…What do you do to get that extra jolt to make it through the week? Please share! Food related or not.
Have a great weekend!
*Vintage enamel cup from ebay
**ceramic milk bottle (gift) from Alyssa Ettinger
***distressed wood handmade by yours truly


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First lady Michelle Obama looks to crack down on junk food in schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms eventually will have to promote good health...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms eventually will have to promote good health.
Moving beyond the lunch line, new rules that will be proposed Tuesday by the White House and the Agriculture Department would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools. They would phase out the advertising of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school day and ensure that other promotions in schools were in line with health standards that already apply to school foods.
That means a scoreboard at a high school football or basketball game eventually wouldn't be allowed to advertise Coca-Cola, for example, but it could advertise Diet Coke or Dasani water, which is also owned by Coca-Cola Co. Same with the front of a vending machine. Cups, posters and menu boards which promote foods that don't meet the standards would also be phased out.
Ninety percent of such marketing in schools is related to beverages, and many soda companies already have started to transition their sales and advertising in schools from sugary sodas and sports drinks to their own healthier products.
The proposed rules are part of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative to combat child obesity, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary this week. Mrs. Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce the new rules at a White House event.
"When parents are working hard at home, they need to rest assured that those efforts aren't being undone when kids are out of their control at school," Sam Kass, White House senior nutrition policy adviser, said ahead of the announcement.
The rules also would allow more children access to free lunches and ensure that schools have wellness policies in place.
The proposed rules come on the heels of USDA regulations that are now requiring foods in the school lunch line to be healthier.
Rules set to go into effect next school year will make other foods around school healthier as well, including in vending machines and separate "a la carte" lines in the lunch room. Calorie, fat, sugar and sodium limits will have to be met on almost every food and beverage sold during the school day at 100,000 schools. Concessions sold at afterschool sports games would be exempt.
The healthier food rules have come under fire from conservatives who think the government shouldn't dictate what kids eat — and from some students who don't like the healthier foods.
Aware of the backlash, the USDA is allowing schools to make some of their own decisions on what constitutes marketing and asking for comments on some options. For example, the proposal asks for comments on initiatives like Pizza Hut's "Book It" program, which coordinates with schools to reward kids with pizza for reading.
Rules for other school fundraisers, like bake sales and marketing for those events, would be left up to schools or states.
Off-campus fundraisers, like an event at a local fast-food outlet that benefits a school, still would be permitted. But posters advertising the fast food may not be allowed in school hallways. An email to parents — with or without the advertising — would have to suffice. The idea is to market to the parents, not the kids.
The rule also makes allowances for major infrastructure costs — that scoreboard advertising Coca-Cola, for example, wouldn't have to be immediately torn down. But the school would have to get one with a healthier message the next time it was replaced.
The beverage industry — led by Coca-Cola Co., Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo — is on board with the move. American Beverage Association President and CEO Susan Neely said in a statement that aligning signage with the healthier drinks that will be offered in schools is the "logical next step."
"Mrs. Obama's efforts to continue to strengthen school wellness make sense for the well-being of our schoolchildren," Neely said.
Although Mrs. Obama lobbied Congress to pass the school nutrition bill in 2010, most of her efforts in recent years have been focused on the private sector, building partnerships with food companies and retailers to sell healthier foods.
The child nutrition law also expanded feeding programs for hungry students. The rules being proposed Tuesday would increase that even further by allowing the highest-poverty schools to serve lunch and breakfast to all students for free. According to the USDA and the White House, that initiative would allow 9 million children in 22,000 schools to receive free lunches.
The USDA has already tested the program, which is designed to increase participation for students and reduce paperwork and applications for schools, in 11 states.
In addition, the Obama administration will announce new guidelines for school wellness policies. Schools have been required to have general wellness policies that set their own general standards for foods, physical activity and other wellness activities since 2004. But the new rules would require parents and others in the school community to be involved in those decisions.
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