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10 Super Bowl ads to watch
NEW YORK » Actress Scarlett Johansson gives SodaStream some sex appeal in a controversial spot, Kia revives actor Laurence Fishburne's "Matrix" character Morpheus in its commercial. And cute puppies and kids abound in ads for Cheerios to Anheuser-Busch.
Advertisers are planning to pull out the tools in their arsenal during Super Bowl time this Sunday, including celebrities, A-list rock bands and cinematic story lines.
Of course, there will still be ad surprises on Sunday with major brands like Chrysler and Coca-Cola staying mum on at least one of their ads. But the ones that are already out use a variety of tactics to draw viewers' attention.
Overall, marketers are doing a better job getting their branding message across — while still entertaining — than previous years when a cheap joke or gag ruled supreme, says Kelly O'Keefe, professor of brand strategy at the Virginia Commonwealth University Brand Center.
"This year there's much more focus on brand personality: the spot has to be both interesting and funny and link back to the core assets of the brand," he said. "I'm predicting a stronger Super Bowl than last year."
Advertisers are in the game to win. The Super Bowl is advertising's biggest showcase, with more than 108 million people expected to tune into the game. And companies are paying an estimated $4 million to have their ads be a part of the action.
Here are 10 ads to watch for on Sunday.
1. Anheuser-Busch: The biggest Super Bowl advertiser's ad in the fourth quarter shows an adorable Golden Labrador becoming enamored with one of the beermaker's iconic Clydesdales to the tune of "Let Her Go" by Passenger.
Online: http://youtu.be/uQB7QRyF4p4
2. General Mill's Cheerios: The cereal maker brings back an interracial family that starred in a prior spot. This one shows a father telling his daughter that they're going to have an addition to the family, a baby boy. Then, the little girl strongly suggests they also get a puppy. The ad airs during the first unscheduled time-out of the game.
Online: http://youtu.be/LKuQrKeGe6g
3. Bank of America: The bank will promote its partnership with AIDS nonprofit (RED) by having music group U2 sing their new single "Invisible." between the first and second quarter. The song will be a free download on iTunes during the game and for the following 24 hours. Bank of America will donate $1 each time it is downloaded to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS.
4. SodaStream: The Israeli at-home soda maker company has stirred up controversy on two fronts. Their ad features "Her" actress Scarlett Johansson touting the health and environmental benefits of the soda maker and will run in the fourth quarter. The ad first made waves when the company said it would delete its last line, "Sorry, Coke and Pepsi," at a request by Fox. Then on Thursday, Johansson resigned her Oxfam ambassadorship. The nonprofit was unhappy she was linked with SodaStream, which operates in Israeli settlements in the West Bank of Palestine. Oxfam is opposed to that.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq4ziu-wrI
5. H&M: The clothing maker's ad in the second quarter features nifty technology that will allow people with some Samsung Smart TVs to order soccer star David Beckham's Bodywear products with their remote control in real time.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHxCELegDz4
6. Nestle's Butterfinger: A suggestive teaser ad showed a couple, "Chocolate" and "Peanut Butter," in '70s-style couple's therapy talking about the need for "change" and "excitement." The actual ad in the third quarter will have a related theme and Butterfinger is expected to introduce its Peanut Butter Cups with some tongue-in-cheek double entendres.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZCl-NkQuU
7. Beats Music: Ellen DeGeneres reimagines the Goldilocks and The Three Bears fairytale in this ad running in the third quarter that introduces Beats Music, a streaming music service.
Online: http://youtu.be/jJR6YV4WAnM
8. Wonderful Pistachios: The snack producer showcases comedian Stephen Colbert running amok in two 15-second ads in the second quarter.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKAG7UJ-NWk
9. Kia: In the carmaker's third-quarter ad to introduce its K900 luxury sedan, Laurence Fishburne reprises his "Matrix" role as Morpheus and displays some surprising operatic skills.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob-wn52Dkmk
10. Chrysler: The automaker is bound to surprise. Always mum ahead of the game, Chrysler has produced some of the best loved and most remembered spots during the big game, from Eminem's "Imported from Detroit" ad in 2011 to last year's "Farmer" ad featuring scenes of American farmland and a voiceover by conservative radio broadcaster Paul Harvey. Look for another surprising spot or two this year.

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10 places to see in 2013
Here, in alphabetical order, are 10 places I'd like to see in 2013. Several are cities, one is a state, three are entire nations, and all have interesting things happening in the weeks and months ahead. Will I get to them all? Probably not.
But if I did, in alphabetical order, come December, I'd be able to swagger into some stylish Seoul watering hole, possibly limping slightly from a sled-dog mishap under the northern lights, but gamely standing rounds and spinning yarns of Ecuadorean trainspotting and what I learned from the reenactors at Gettysburg, Pa. Would you listen?
Didn't think so. It's better if you see for yourself.
Alaska. For reasons having to do with solar wind, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen (need details? https://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast), the aurora borealis is supposed to be especially vivid in northern skies for the next few winters. Unfortunately, the skies are impossible to predict precisely, but Fairbanks is the favored starting point for many a northern lights itinerary. In fact, the Fairbanks tourism people (www.explorefairbanks.com) claim that if you stay three nights, you will have an 80% chance of seeing the northern lights. Winter and early-spring visitors will also find the World Ice Art Championships (Feb. 26-March 31, https://www.icealaska.com) and various sled dog races (through March 17, https://www.sleddog.org). If you wait until summer, forget about the aurora and the ice art. But don't worry. Two hours' drive from Fairbanks looms Mt. McKinley, 20,320-foot-high star of Denali National Park. (The first men to summit McKinley, by the way, were a group climbing in June 1913.)
Amsterdam. The scenic canals, widely available marijuana and legal red-light district get a lot of ink, but the best thing about Amsterdam may be its museums, and this is a great year for those. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl), home to masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer and many others, is to reopen April 13, ending years of renovation. The Stedelijk Museum (https://www.stedelijk.nl), a world-class collection of contemporary art and design, reopened in September after a big upgrade and expansion. The Van Gogh Museum (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl), which has sent much of its collection to the Hermitage Amsterdam through April 25, is to reopen in May. The Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum and the Van Gogh Museum are all in the city's Oud Zuid district, which also includes the upscale shopping street Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat. Meanwhile, the Anne Frank Museum (www.annefrank.org/) continues to tell the singular story of the Frank family's persecution, resilience and death under the Nazis.
Austin, Texas. It's a college town, music town, river town and tech town, in constant renewal. The 296-room Hyatt Place Downtown (www.hyattplaceaustin.com) is due to open in April. In summer, expect the opening of the 123-room Lone Star Court (www.valenciagroup.com/lone-star-court.htm), designed to suggest a '40s roadside motor court, at the Domain mall in northwestern Austin. Meanwhile, the high-end Travaasa (www.travaasa.com/austin) spa and resort, which opened in 2011 about 30 minutes outside town, has 70 guest rooms that overlook the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. Rates start at about $275 a day. The seven-room Heywood Hotel (https://www.heywoodhotel.com), a "nonhosted" boutique property that opened in December 2011 in eastern Austin, is aimed at guests who want stylish design but don't need staffers on-site between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. (Rates typically are $200 to $300 a night, children discouraged.) For dinner, you might try Barley Swine (https://www.barleyswine.com), which opened in late 2010, emphasizes locally sourced ingredients and made GQ's list of best new American restaurants in 2012. For movies, there's Violet Crown Cinema (https://www.violetcrowncinema.com), a four-screen downtown art house (opened 2011) that mixes big movies such as "Zero Dark Thirty" with documentaries, foreign works and independent films; there's also a bar and café. Before you book anything, consider the South by Southwest conferences and festivals (https://www.sxsw.com), almost universally known as SXSW, which run March 8-17 and boost hotel demand in a big way. Oh, and for a rainy day, bear in mind that the LBJ Presidential Library (www.lbjlibrary.org) reopened Dec. 22 after a yearlong renovation. (It's also charging admission, $8 for adults, for the first time in 41 years.) More citywide info: https://www.austintexas.org.
Ecuador. No, you can't take a train to the Galapagos. But for several years now, management at Tren Ecuador (www.trenecuador.com) has been working to restore the country's railroad connection between Quito and Guayaquil to the south. Many segments along the verdant, Andes-adjacent route are already open: You can make an eight-hour round trip between Quito and Machachi, an eight-hour round trip between Quito and Boliche or a 10-hour round trip between Quito and Latacunga that's known as the Avenida de los Volcanes, because trains roll past Cotopaxi National Park (and its active volcano). Some stations have added lodgings, museums and, of course, arts and crafts marketplaces. A complete Quito-Guayaquil passage may be possible by the end of the year. A luxury cruise train is expected to make four-day round trips between the cities, with upscale lodgings, at an introductory price of just less than $1,000 a person (assuming two per room). Sadly, travelers won't have a chance to ride on the roof, a notable feature of Ecuadorean train travel for decades. But this marks a big change since the country's rail system began to deteriorate in the 1970s.
Gettysburg. All year long, this part of Pennsylvania is staging events looking at the Civil War, from provocative art exhibits (Kara Walker, Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College, through March 8) to living-history presentations on the battlefield (April 20-Oct. 27) to a bluegrass festival (May 16-19). The busiest weeks will come in late June and early July, when local and national officials mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. A new Seminary Ridge Museum opens July 1 in a former soldiers hospital. Gettysburg is about two hours' drive outside Washington, D.C. More info: https://www.gettysburg.travel/.
Ireland. OK, it's a big gimmick. But there's something disarming about the Gathering, Ireland's call summoning all travelers with Irish roots (or just Irish aspirations) to visit this year. For one thing, the promoters forthrightly admit that the country has "had its share of doom and gloom the last couple of years" and that this series of events (arts, sports, food, you name it) is a bid to turn the page. Check the venture's website and you realize that many of these events happen every year, but you can't help but be tempted: bike races in County Clare, an a cappella singing contest in County Cork, a chartered accountants' dinner in Dublin — oh, blast, we've already missed that one. Anyway, the promoters estimate that 70 million people worldwide claim Irish ancestry, yet only 6.4 million live there. Clearly, they need company. More info: https://www.thegatheringireland.com.
Nashville. Don't go because you like the ABC series of the same name. Don't go for the new convention center downtown (unless you're a corporate travel planner). But you might want to go for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org), which plans to double its size this year. (Its marquee exhibit this year is on Bucks Owens, Merle Haggard and the Bakersfield Sound.) Meanwhile, there are beloved venues such as the Grand Ole Opry (renovated after major flooding in 2010, https://www.opry.com); the Ryman Auditorium (which dates to 1892, https://www.ryman.com); and the Blue Bird Café, an intimate singer-songwriters' venue, born in the 1980s, where the careers of Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift and many others have been launched (https://www.bluebirdcafe.com). The Hermitage Hotel (https://www.thehermitagehotel.com), a downtown fixture since 1910, gets praise from upscale travelers; the Hutton Hotel (https://www.huttonhotel.com), near Vanderbilt University, is less pricey. Also, the 255-room Downtown Hyatt Place is scheduled to open in December. For a fancy meal, the 32-seat kitchen-centric restaurant the Catbird Seat (https://www.thecatbirdseatrestaurant.com) on Division Street has been getting raves since opening in late 2011. For something more casual, try the Pharmacy Burger Parlor & Beer Garden (https://www.thepharmacynashville.com), which opened in eastern Nashville in late 2011. More info: https://www.visitmusiccity.com.
New York. For the usual reasons, and this anniversarial one: Grand Central Terminal turns 100 this year. Rather than dwell on the specific date, management has slotted special art and performance events throughout the year. Details here: https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/centennial/events.cfm. Meanwhile, several hotels are due to open in the first half of the year, including the 113-room Jade Hotel on West 13th Street in Greenwich Village (https://www.thejadenyc.com), which aims for a 1920s Parisian feel; the Refinery Hotel at West 38th Street and 6th Avenue (https://www.refineryhotelnewyork.com), with 197 rooms for guests who appreciate "decadence and flair"; and the Quin (formerly the Buckingham Hotel) on West 57th Street and 6th Avenue (https://www.thequinhotel.com), with 200 rooms for "the world's most discerning wanderers."
San Luis Obispo. SLO, a college town whose farmers market takes over Higuera Street every Thursday night, is a tempting destination in any year. The beach is a short drive, as are the wineries of Paso Robles and the rustic little town of Templeton. (In downtown SLO, you're about 190 miles north of Los Angeles, about 230 miles south of San Francisco.) The 17-room boutique Granada Hotel (https://www.granadahotelandbistro.com) opened in the fall in a converted '20s building. The popular restaurant Luna Red (https://www.lunaredslo.com), offering "global tapas" and a big wine list, has moved to a larger downtown space with a big patio. The restaurant and bar Sidecar (https://www.sidecarslo.com) has been open since late 2011. And the Madonna Inn (https://www.madonnainn.com), which is to kitsch what the Matterhorn is to mountains, last year added horseback riding, two pink tennis courts, winter ice skating and a bike path to downtown. More info: https://www.visitslo.com.
South Korea. Can 11.1 million tourists, mostly Chinese and Japanese, be wrong? South Korea doesn't think so. That was the country's tourist total in 2012 — a record. Probably the Korean singer Psy's YouTube hit "Gangnam Style" didn't hurt. (Gangnam is a posh, modern shopping area in the capital that one British journalist has called "the Mayfair of Seoul.") American tourists arrive in a trickle, not a torrent, but the country is poised for tourism growth. Many infrastructure improvements were made for the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, about 31/2 hours south of Seoul by high-speed rail. Besides the green mountains that surround Seoul and the hubbub of the city itself, there's a 3.6-mile stream running through town. It's called Cheonggyecheon, and it's part of a linear park with a tranquil walking path that opened in 2005. Elsewhere, visitors can take the Dolsan Bridge to verdant Dolsan Island, explore the Itaewon night-life district or Bukchon Hanok Village (a collection of traditional wooden homes near the Gyeongbok and Changdeok palaces) and browse the big department stores (Shinsegae, Lotte and Hyundai are three). More info: https://english.visitkorea.or.kr.
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Welcome to the online Military Bookshop from India. This Bookshop is continuously upgraded with the latest list of books. Primarily it caters to books on military and international and strategic affairs. Besides, any book that is not listed can be procured and dispatched on receipt of your enquiry by email subject to availability.
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At Bob The Bed we have our own Delivery Vehicles with Trained and Uniformed Teams. Stock Items will generally be delivered within 48 Working Hours unless purchasing from our 'ON-LINE SHOPPING ONLY' service where delivery times are stated on each product. For Special orders and out of stock items you will be given a time frame based on our experience with each individual supplier. FREE DELIVERY: Andratx, Calvia DELIVERY 20 €: Palma, Puigpunyent, Estellencs, Maratxi DELIVERY 30 €: Banyalbufar, Esporles, Valldemossa, Bunyola, Santa Maria, Alaro, Consell, Binissalem, Santa Eugenia, Lloseta, Sencelles, Algaida, Llucmajor DELIVERY 40 €: Deia, Soller, Fornalutx, Escorca, Mancor, Selva, Campanet, Sa Pobla, Buger, Inca, Llubi, Costix, Maria De La Salut, Sineu, Lloret, Ariany, Petra, Sant Joan, Vilafranca, Monturi, Porreres, Campos DELIVERY 50 €: Pollenca, Alcudia, Muro, Santa Margalida, Arta, Capdepera, Son Servera, Sant Llorenc Des Cardassar, Manacor, Felanitx, Santanyi, Ses Salines |
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Jared Loughner, the gunman responsible for the 2011 rampage in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others, acted erratically in the days leading to the shooting but was quiet and otherwise polite with officers after his arrest, according to newly released documents.
Details from the investigation were made clear Wednesday after the Pima County Sheriff's Department released 2,700 pages of documents requested through the Freedom of Information Act.
Loughner's parents, who were interviewed by police shortly after the shooting, told officials that Pima College, where Jared had attended, asked them to take away his shotgun.
Jared's father, Randy Loughner, took the shotgun and kept it in the trunk of a car in the garage, along with "an old antique gun I've had for 30 years," he told deputies.
His mother, Amy Loughner, told authorities that her son never received the mental health evaluation recommended by Pima officials when they expelled him, she said.
"His behavior is not normal," she said, describing Jared "having conversations with himself" and "making all kinds of noises."
Both parents were interviewed by investigators on Jan. 8, 2011, shortly after the shooting.
The documents also reveal that Loughner left a phone message with a friend to thank him the night before the shootings took place: "Hey. It's, this is Jared. Um, I had some very good times. And peace out. Later."
After his arrest, Loughner told authorities he was the lone shooter: "I just want you to know that I'm the only person that knew about this," he told a deputy.
"That was the only thing, pretty much, that he said to me almost all day," the deputy writes.
The Associated Press writes that:
"Giffords intern Daniel Hernandez described how constituents and others were lining up to see Giffords that morning. He helped people sign in and recalled handing the sheet on a clipboard to Loughner.
" 'The next thing I hear is someone yell, "Gun," ' said Hernandez, who rushed to tend to Giffords' gunshot wound to the head.
" 'She couldn't open her eyes. I tried to get any responses from her. Um, it looked like her left side was the only side that was still mobile,' Hernandez told authorities. 'She couldn't speak. It was mumbled. She was squeezing my hand.' "
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Conditions of entry for the '1st anniversary in Kringlan' prize competition on Facebook
1. The competition is being run by NEW YORKER Marketing & Media International GmbH, Hansestraße 48, 38112 Braunschweig, Germany (hereinafter: "the promoter").
2. In order to be eligible to enter, all entrants must be aged at least 16 at the time of entering and need to have fully legal capacity or limited legal capacity. Minors, which are aged at least 16 and persons with limited legal capacity are only allowed to participate in the competition with prior consent of their legal representatives. The promoter reserves the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant. In particular, the promoter may ask the entrants to confirm their age and identity by presenting a valid identity card. If in a participating country exist a deviating legal regulation of legal capacity, the entrant declares with his entering to meet the legal requirements of the legal capacity of the country in which the entrant at the time of entering and submission of his comment is domiciled. Each entrant may enter only once. In the event of anyone applying/entering more than once, only the first entry will be registered. Any and all further entries under the same surname, forename(s), date of birth and place of residence will be disregarded. Legal representatives and employees of the promoter, plus their dependants and any other third parties connected with this promotion are barred from entry.
3. Entry is free. Neither eligibility for entry nor having a chance of winning is dependent on purchasing any product.
4. The competition begins on 13.11.2019 and runs until 20.11.2019. The final date for entries for participation in the draw / competition closing date shall be 20.11.2019 at 11.59pm.
5. Only user with an official Facebook profile can participate.
6. In order to take part in the competition, entrants must accept the conditions of entry.
7. An individual takes part in the competition by answering the question: 'With which person you loved the most to shop with over the past year?' in the comments.
8. One winner will be selected, who will receive three NEW YORKER gift vouchers in the value of 150 Euro/20.00 ISK for himself and two other friends. The winner will be determined randomly among all participants.The winner and the two friends will receive their voucher directly at the Kringlan store. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9.The winners will be notified by the promoter via a message on Facebook not later than two week after the submission deadline 20.11..2019.
10. The winner and their friends must provide us with their full name on the day of notification. The formal acceptance of the prize can be made with a reply to the message on Facebook to NEW YORKER.If the notification of a win cannot be delivered, the potential winner shall lose all rights to the prize and another winner shall be drawn. Any prize that is not formally accepted will not be given out. A precondition for a winner under 18 years of age actually taking up the prize shall be consent to this being given to the promoter by the winner's parents. In order to be able to take up the prize, the winner undertakes to provide the following details and documents: name, address and date of birth of the entrant, plus name and address of the parents and their written declaration of consent, in any case a participant is underage under the applicable jurisdiction.
11. There shall be no cash alternative to the prize. The winner shall have no entitlement to have the prize paid out in material goods or to any swap of the prizes for any substitute. The winners' prize shall not be transferable to any other person.
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Meet My Sugar Daddy…
Well, Lisa and Ivonne are never going to forgive me but it seems like I have an affair with Pierre Herme almost every weekend, at least on sunday afternoons when I finally can sit down and fantasize about him..ok, maybe not "him" but his culinary ventures and creations. Every macaron, gateau, pastry is a poem in itself…so does the man. As I tried to put into words what I felt for and thought if Pierre Heme, I remembered a post I had bookmarked from ubber talented pastry chef Shuna at Eggbeater. Read this and you will understand why we are infatuated!
Instead of my traditional "internet fantasies by P.H", I became completely engrossed in a book my mom gave me for Christmas years ago… I love the book and yet I probably only made a handful of recipes from it, rice pudding, a couple of sorbets, creme brulees, chocolate mousses,etc. I am afraid to touch gold…I am afraid to mess with perfection…Oh what the heck?! I am far from his level so why not…after all, he put his recipes in book, he's got to be thinking about us and (please say so) can't be completely narcissistic….
I always read a cookbook from the end first: the materials and ingredient sources, the index, the ingredients and above all the techniques and tips from which I can always learn.
As I was reading the book, my eyes stopped at this recipe : "pate feuilletee inversee"…or…Inside Out Puff Pastry. Yes, you read right. In regular puff pastry, the layers are created by folding pastry dough over a butter block and folding and turning it several times. Well, leave it Pierre Herme to fold the butter block over the pastry dough, folding and turning. The result is fabulous, layers upon layers of soft, airy buttery goodness. I was really curious to see how that butter block (with a minimum of flour) would behave being on the outside. Things turned out perfectly and if I could have kissed my butter right then I think I would have, but the neighbors were around and I did not want to scare anybody off.
I don't know if Herme created the concept but it would not surprise me a bit given his ability to re-invent classics and techniques.
One particular recipe in the book caught my eyes, a "mille feuilles" also known as "napoleon" with gorgeous red strawberries, rhubarb and vanilla pastry cream. I had the dough, fresh plump raspberries and freshly roasted rhubarb. I favor simple whipped cream with raspberries and I was short on time, trying to put together an impromptu dessert for our weekly friday evening al fresco dinner with the neighbors. In other words, I skipped the pastry cream, and I am glad I did because the finished dessert was light, tart and let the dough shine through instead of taking supporting role.
Raspberry Rhubard Mille Feuilles, adapted from Pierre Herme:
Inside Out Puff Pastry: (enough for 4 napoleons and 1 large tart)
Butter Block:
190 gr soft butter
75 gr flour
175 gr flour
7 gr. salt
60 gr melted butter
70 ml water
For the Butter block: mix together the soft butter and the flour and form into a ball, in between two sheets of plastic or parchment paper, roll into a disk 3/4 inch thick. Refrigerate 1 1/2 hours
For the dough: mix all the ingredients together, adding the water little by little until you get a smooth dough. Pat into a square 3/4 inch thick and refrigerate 1 1/2 hours.
Roll the butter block into a 1/2 inch thick disk, put the dough block on top and enclose it with the butter block (by pulling the extra butter dough over the pastry dough).
Roll into a rectangle 16×9 inch. Fold the top and bottom toward the middle, fold the dough in half. Put the folded edge toward your left, lightly press the dough with your hand and refrigerate for an hour.
Repeat one more time and refrigerate 1 hour.
For the third and final turn, roll out the dough into a rectangle again, visually dive your dough in 3 and fold the bottom and top thirds toward the middle tier. Refrigerate another hour before using in your recipe.
The dough makes more than what you might need for one tart or severl Napoleons, but it is easier to work a large quantity of puff pastry and refrigerate or freeze what you don't use.
Remaining components:
1/2 Inside Out Puff Pastry
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks with 2 Tb sugar
1 pint fresh raspberries.
Roasted Rhubarb:
Heat oven to 375. Cut 2 rhubarb stalks into 1 inch slices. Put them in a medium sized roasting pan, sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar over it and roast until the rhubarb get caramelized, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cool, and slightly mash with a fork.
Roll the dough to a 1/2 inch thick rectangle. Line a baking sheet with parchement paper, lay the puff pastry on it, cover with another sheet of parchment paper, put a baking sheet over it and bake at 375 until golden brown. The top baking sheet adds enough weight for your dough to remain under control and yet allows for the layers to puff up during baking. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
Once cooled, cut the dough into equally sized triangles (decide the size according to your taste. I went for a base of 3 inches).
To assemble:
Put a pastry triangle on a plate, pipe or spoon some whipped cream over it, cover with raspberries. Top with a sheet of pastry, spoon some roasted rhubarb, cover with a final sheet of pastry and dust with powdered sugar.


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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
And I'm David Greene.
At least one person is dead and another wounded in what appears to have been a political assassination attempt in the Canadian province of Quebec early this morning. The shooting came early this morning, a day after the province's separatist party returned to power. The leader of the Parti Quebecois, which is seeking Quebec independence, was giving an election victory speech in Montreal when shots were fired at her in a Montreal theater.
Now, to get the latest on this incident we go to Sue Montgomery, a political reporter with the Montreal Gazette.
Sue, good morning.
SUE MONTGOMERY: Good morning.
GREENE: Can you just take us through the events in this hall early this morning? What exactly happened?
MONTGOMERY: Well, Pauline Marois, who had won minority government, was giving her victory speech, and all of a sudden this man walked into the theater and took shots at her, and in the process, shot two other people. One man is dead and another one is in critical condition.
Now, outside police had grabbed some guy, and as he was being taken to the police car, he said, in French, Anglos - which English people are called here - Anglos wake up. And then in English he said, it's payback time.
GREENE: Wow. OK. So - what do we know about this shooter so far? You said he was yelling something like English wake up.
MONTGOMERY: Yeah. We don't know anything other than the fact he was 50, he's been arrested, he'll be arraigned - that means formally charged. Yeah. So, as the police were leading him to the police car he yelled, in French, you know, Anglophones(ph) wake up, and, it's payback time.
GREENE: We understand that the separatist party ran a pretty divisive campaign, as they won a minority government last night. Is there a lot of anxiety among the English minority in Quebec about this victory? I mean, could this shooting represent some kind of mood in the province?
MONTGOMERY: Well, I'm hoping that it's an isolated incident and this person is mentally ill, which is usually the case when you have a shooting like this. But I would be lying if I said there wasn't anxiety among the community. For sure there is. We've been going through this for many, many years, a fear of separation, fear of referendum. The last referendum we had was in 1995. And we barely came out of that alive.
So, you know, people are worried about the financial situation here. Quebec is one of the most indebted provinces in the country. And I think that this separatist party is just going to add to the insecurity in the province and the financial woes.
And when the led their campaign, they came out with things like they wanted to ban religious symbols in the public service, except for the Roman Catholic crucifix. They wanted to extend the charter of the French language so businesses with very low number of employees would have to operate completely in French. So there were all these rules that were going to be coming in. That created a feeling among the Anglophone community, which is a minority here, that perhaps they would not be welcomed.
GREENE: Sue, you just used the term barely came out of it alive last time that there was a referendum tried. And, I mean, unfortunately we should say there has been street violence in the past when this issue has come up.
MONTGOMERY: Well, in 1995, there was. But, I mean, we haven't really seen violence since the 1970s when there was a crisis. But despite the differences between Anglophones and Francophones here, it has been peaceful. But I have to say, I've been living here for 26 years and I haven't felt this kind of anxiety among the English community since I've lived here, like I did during this election campaign.
But that being said, you know, I don't think anybody is, you know, on the verge of picking up weapons and shooting people. I mean, I think that that is - like this is the work of a madman and has to be separated from what everyone else is feeling.
GREENE: All right, Sue. I'm sure you'll be covering the story as it goes forward. Thank you so much for talking to us.
MONTGOMERY: You're welcome. Thank you.
GREENE: That's Sue Montgomery. She's a political reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and she was speaking to us from Montreal about what appears to have been a political assassination attempt early this morning in Quebec. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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This year my Bollywood Cooking series is focusing on good, tasty and simple home food. While last year I concentrated on showing many of the loved and extravagant dishes often enjoyed in restaurants, this year it is important for me to show you just how different food cooked in Indian homes (mostly focusing on North Indian food) is, in comparison to street or restaurant food. So many people approach me and say they love Indian food, "but it's so hard and time consuming to cook at home." That actually was the whole reason I started this series - to show these people, it's not hard at all.
I admit when I left home I used the same excuses when my mum told me I should cook Indian food at home. I used to try and satisfy my craving by ordering at the local take-out or eating at a good Indian restaurant. However, the fact was I was not satisfy anything. Because the food I got at home, the food I was brought up on, was very different to what I was trying to make myself believe was Indian food. I was just trying to pretend the so called Indian food at these eateries were just as good as I would get at home - and besides beggars can't be choosers right? Finally I decided to stop groaning and jumped right in. I began cooking simple dishes from my mother's instructions, via telephone or emails. Thank you mum!
Indian Home Food depends less on the richness of ghee and cream but more on using simple spices to create a complex blend of flavors. And garam masala, while most certainly is a very Indian spice mixture, does not belong in every Indian dish.
Last week when I read Manisha's recent post Enough I had to sit up and shout "Jai ho!" Because she speaks from my heart and says it bolder than I would dare to. Thank you Manisha!
Having said this, I have to introduce you to a slightly controversial dish between my mum and me. Egg curry - Punjabi style - is a dish that both my brother and I grew up on. We loved it so much that we did not mind having it several times a month. My mum's version is fantastic - simple whole spices, sautéed mushrooms and a tomato-yogurt based gravy simmered down to make it thick served with fluffy, scented rice - pure bliss. When she passed on her recipe I made it so often that we'd go through bucketfuls of eggs in a month. Then I began experimenting, until I landed on my own version of her egg curry. That is where the controversy started - my mum would throw up her hands and say "this is not my Punjabi style - it's very South Indian-like."
OK so it's not her version - but a version we, including my mother, enjoy equally as much. It's different as it uses coconut milk to give it a creamy thickness adding a lovely complementary flavor to the eggs. I've never had egg curry prepared in this way anywhere before, therefore I cannot say if it really is South Indian-like, so taking Manisha's cue I'll call it South Indian inspired. LOL!
Egg Curry in a Creamy Coconut Gravy
[Printable version of recipe here]
1 red chili, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
2 green cardamom
1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
2 bay leaves
1 red onion, very finely chopped
4-5 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
Small piece ginger, very finely chopped
2 tablespoons ghee
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2-3 tomatoes, chopped
250ml unsweetened coconut milk
8 hard boiled eggs, cut in halves
400g small potatoes, cooked
150g frozen or fresh peas
Coriander leaves, chopped
- Place all the whole spices in a skillet and dry toast for 30 seconds to 1 minute on gentle heat, until fragrant.
- Add ghee and swirl the pan around. Add the onions, ginger and garlic and sauté until browned – approx 5-6 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and tomato paste and mix well to form a nice thick paste like consistency. Finally add the coconut milk and simmer the entire mixture for 15 minutes. The gravy should have thickened at the end of this time.
- Finally add the egg halves, cooked potatoes and peas. Gently stir and allow to simmer for 3-5 minutes until everything has warmed through.
- Sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve with rice and/or rotis.
Food Guide tip:
India – The Home of Spice – everything you ever wanted to know about the Indian spice kitchen!
Serve this egg curry with fluffy and delicious ginger lime rice:
Heat some oil or ghee in a large pot. Add a medium sized piece of ginger and some lime peel to a pot, then add the rice. Stir to coat the rice in the oil, then add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder. Finally add water and cook until the rice is ready.
I have very much used my mum's basic recipe as a basis for my own experimentation. My mum is very particular about the mélange of spices she uses and loves using whole spices in her dishes. Freshly toasted and then either ground or simply used whole they add a spectacular and aromatic highlight to any dish she made. She always conveyed this to me when teaching me the basics of Indian cooking So, it is always important to me to make sure that I go by her book when it comes to the spice blend. The rest is free to play with as I choose. And here I did play around with the coconut milk and using potatoes and peas to complement the curry.
The result is a lovely blend of rich tasting coconut gravy coating the eggs and potatoes. Just too delicious. Soeren and Tom think so too and are always asking me to make this on regular intervals. It's easy, it's good and it's inexpensive.
More Bollywood Cooking from WFLH:
Aachari Alu | Spicy Okra with Onions | Dad's Chicken Curry |
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Renovationism (Russian: Обновленчество, Renovated Church or Russian: Обновленческая церковь, unofficially the Living Church, Russian: Живая церковь) was a theoretical, reformed "Orthodox church" set up in the old Soviet Union by the Bolshevik government after it confiscated all property of the Church of Russia. It was disbanded in 1940s when Stalin was desperate to bolster the morale of the Russian people in the Second World War.
This church had almost no following among the people, and a number of clergy who had been in the movement in good faith repented and returned to the Orthodox Church. The few who tried to exist in the state run church of the atheistic government were used by the state against those faithful to Patriarch Tikhon. The government knew the renovation (reformation) would cause division and weakening to government opposition. As the leader of the party said, "I will smite the shepherd and scatter the sheep", Patriarch Tikhon was arrested and isolated from the populace and the Church was given to the wolves. But even by the late twenties, it became of little use to the state.
The legacy of this movement, is that now all change is seen to be renovation of the faith. The Living Church used modern Russian, the revised calendar, and non monastic Bishops.
After the revolution of February 1917, the Russia Orthodox Church saw opportunity for the church reform long hoped for by many churchmen but delayed by the tsarist regime. In the All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918, called together in Moscow, the patriarchate that was abolished by Peter the Great, was restored.
The new patriarch, Tikhon, had an independent approach toward the communist regime that had overthrown the provisional government. Under the official pretext that there was starvation in large sections of the country, the government in 1922 decided to confiscate all church valuables. The patriarch cooperated, but insisted on control of some church property such as the sacred vessels, and other liturgical items. For this, Patriarch Tikhon was placed under house arrest and the offices of the patriarchate were closed.
A group of priests including Alexander Vvedensky and Vladimir Krasnitsky, organized a temporary Supreme Church Administration, which turned into a group aimed at deposing the patriarch and introducing radical church reforms. Some bishops supported the Supreme Church Administration, but mostly the support came from married clergy who were excluded from the episcopacy by canon law, progressive intellectuals, and the government.
The Renovated Church deposed Patriarch Tikhon at "Local council" in May 1923, and reestablished the Holy Synod in August 1923 to rule the church. It introduced controversial reforms to the episcopate and to the liturgy.
The undoubtedly deceitful nature of the Church takeover was evident to the faithful. The Living Church struggled much against the patriarch and his followers. Living Church leaders cooperated with the secret police having hundreds of "Tikhonite" clergy executed as counterrevolutionaries.
In an apparent attempt to relieve the harsh pressures on the Church, Patriarch Tikhon publicly repented his anti-Soviet actions, and assured the regime of his loyalty. On June 25, 1923 he was set free. Worshippers flocked to the churches that had remained faithful to him, and the schism of the Living Church lost much ground. Only by government support did it keep going.
The schism collapsed completely during World War II, when Joseph Stalin changed his religious policies and allowed the election of a successor to Tikhon. Except for Vvedensky, the leaders of the Renovated Church repented, and its churches returned to the Patriarch.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration announced new efforts Wednesday to fight the growing theft of American trade secrets, a broad but relatively restrained response to a rapidly emerging global problem that was brought into sharp focus this week by fresh evidence linking cyberstealing to China's military.
Mentioning China but not specifically targeting that country, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the plan, which includes a new diplomatic push to discourage intellectual property theft abroad along with better coordination at home to help U.S. companies protect themselves.
The administration says indications are that economic espionage is increasing, not only through electronic intrusion over the Internet but also through the recruitment of former employees of U.S. companies with knowledge of inside trade information.
"Particularly in this time of economic recovery, this work is more important than it ever has been before," Holder said at the White House announcement of the administration's strategy.
"As new technologies have torn down traditional barriers to international business and global commerce, they've also made it easier for criminals to steal trade secrets — and to do so from anywhere in the world," Holder said. "A hacker in China can acquire source code from a software company in Virginia without leaving his or her desk. With a few keystrokes, a terminated or simply unhappy employee of a defense contractor can misappropriate designs, processes, and formulas worth billions of dollars."
Earlier this week, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm, Mandiant, accused a secret Chinese military unit in Shanghai of years of cyberattacks against more than 140 companies, a majority of them American. The accusations and supporting evidence increased pressure on the United States to take more action against the Chinese for what experts say has been years of systematic espionage.
The Chinese government denied being involved in cybertheft, with China's defense minister calling the Mandiant report deeply flawed. China's Foreign Ministry said that country has also been a victim of hacking, much of it traced to the United States.
Wednesday's Obama administration report did not target any one violator, but the China problem was evident in the case studies it cited. Those examples did not involve cyberattacks but rather the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in trade secrets by former employees of U.S. corporations including Ford Motor Co., DuPont Co., General Motors Corp., Cargill, Dow Chemical Co., Valspar and Motorola.
The administration report didn't threaten any specific consequences for theft of trade secrets, and no new fines or other trade actions were announced. It included five actions to protect American innovation:
— Applying diplomatic pressure by senior officials to foreign leaders to discourage theft.
— Promoting best practices to help industries protect against theft.
— Enhancing U.S. law enforcement operations to increase investigations and prosecutions.
— Reviewing U.S. laws to determine if they need to be strengthened to protect against theft.
— Beginning a public awareness campaign.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week aimed at helping protect the computer networks of American industries from cyberattacks. It called for the development of voluntary standards to protect the computer systems that run critical sectors of the economy such as the banking, power and transportation industries. It directed U.S. defense and intelligence agencies to share classified threat data with those companies.
He also prodded Congress during his State of the Union address to go further.
"Now, Congress must act as well by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks," Obama said.
The president said America's enemies are "seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions and our air traffic control systems. We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy."


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I have been waiting to see "The NameSake" (author Jhumpa Lahiri)but now they say it released only in select theaters and none of the theaters in my area belong to this elite group. So I have to wait I guess till it's on DVD. I have read the book and liked it immensely. I admit that "The Interpreter of Maladies" was better, the short stories more crisp and succinct but I like this one for a whole different reason. I like it because of the oneness I feel with Ashima. The book narrates the story of a young Bengali immigrant couple (Ashoke & Ashima) who immigrate to Boston for higher studies in the early 70's and then the story deals with their settling down in the US, the kids growing up here and with everything that an South East Asian Immigrant has to deal with emotionally
It's been 3 decades since Ashoke & Ashima made their journey and USA has changed a lot since, for one it's more open to Asian and South Asian people and culture. Specifically the state I am in is almost like the 29th Indian state ripped apart and placed in the wrong continent, ok almost. I don't have to mix Rice Krispies with peanuts, chili and mustard Oil like Ashima, I get Muri/Mamra and I can get a closer cousin to JhalMuri than she could (not like the JhalMuri in the Kolkata Local Train but close). And Yet I feel the oneness the closeness with Ashima, if she was my neighbor we would be best friends maybe.
Like her I am apprehensive to raise my daughter in a country I still don't know much about.
I have a gnawing fear of the day she might stop responding to me in Bangla, and her accent will be difficult for me to follow (Bangla or Bengali is the language we speak at home, no English there).
I am deep down worried that she will look forward to Christmas more than she will ever do to Durga Puja, a festival close to my hearts, a festival we would wait for with fervor as soon as Summers heat mellowed down.
I don't know how I will explain to her how I with my friends, wearing our Ma's yellow saree, would go puja hopping on the morning of Saraswati Pujo from one school to other as she goes around for "Trick or Treat" on Halloween.
I am at a loss thinking what should I tell my daughter when she goes to her first prom, I have nothing, no experience to share with her. There are so many questions I need to get an answer to before I can even explain to my daughter as she grows up here.
I guess I will figure out like Ashima did and she will too like Gogol.
But even though it has been 3 decades there are some things in the book so true about the bengali immigrant community that I can easily identify with it.
A typical lunch menu that Ashima prepares and Lahiri goes on to narrate is "lamb curry with potatoes, luchis, thick channa dal with swollen brown raisins, pineapple chutney, sandesh molded out of saffron-tinted ricotta cheese"
As I was re reading the book, the "Pineapple Chutney" struck me and that what it is going to be for this Sundays Lunch where couple of our friends are coming over I thought. Perfect for AFAM and perfect for a Bengali Lunch
For Maheshwari the gracious hostess of AFAM at Beyond The Usual, I prepared this in a small qauntity yesterday and its extremely easy and quick to prepare. Sweet, a bit spicy and rich yellow in colour this chaatni/chutney is perfect to complement any lunch or dinner menu
What You Need
Serves 4
Crushed Pineapple ~ 1/2 of a 20 oz can . I used Dole Brand Crushed Pineapple
If using fresh pineapples, use 2 cups of pineapple chopped in small pieces
Dry Red Chillies ~ 2
Mustard Seeds ~ 1/2 tsp (not heaped)
Ginger Julienne ~ 1 tsp
Sugar ~ 1/8 cup
For fresh pineapple, more sugar will be needed, at least 1/2 cup
Lime juice -- juice from a quarter of a lime
Salt ~ according to taste
Mustard Oil ~ 1 & ½ tbsp
Bhaja Masla ~ ½ tsp
How I Did It
Heat Oil in Kadhai/Frying Pan
Add mustard seeds and dry red chillies. Cover if you are afraid of mustard seeds dancing around
When the seeds pop add the ginger .
Add the crushed pineapple If using fresh pineapple add them instead of the canned.
Add salt and sprinkle turmeric powder.
Saute the pineapple for 4-5 minutes and then add about 1 cup of warm water.Also add juice of a quarter of a lime.
Cook the pineapple pieces for 5-6 minutes and then add sugar. Cover and cook till pineapple pieces have softened. This will happen very quick for the canned one. For the fresh this will take about 40-45 minutes.
Sprinkle a pinch of bhaja masla to finish
The movie review for The NameSake from SepiaMutiny -- Read the comments too, very interesting
Trivia:The Spanish explorers thought pineapple looked like a pine cone, so they called it "pina." The English added "apple" to associate it with juicy delectable fruits. South American Indians had a name for pineapple meaning "fragrant excellent fruit," which became the basis for its botanical name: ananas.(Source:here)


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Colorado's historic recall of two state legislators who backed new gun restrictions may have national repercussions, as advocates say the effort will make it harder to revive stalled efforts in Congress to tighten firearm laws.
In April, federal legislation expanding background check requirements for gun buyers fell five votes short in the Senate, despite political momentum from last December's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
Gun control backers say they have yet to win a single new Senate supporter, and many worry that the muscle shown by pro-gun groups and voters last week in Colorado will make it even harder to find converts.
"The NRA does its job better than our side does our job," said Jim Kessler, a co-founder of Third Way, which advocates for centrist Democratic policies. "They know how to influence and intimidate elected people."
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who was representing Newtown, where 20 first-graders and six school staffers were gunned down, in the House at the time of the shooting, said "the results of the recall were not good news."
Minutes after the Senate rejected the new background checks on April 17, President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pledged to continue the fight.
Democrats and gun control lobbyists, however, don't expect Reid to bring the bill up again until next year at best, not until he has found enough additional votes to have a strong chance of prevailing.
That means the Dec. 14 anniversary of the school shootings probably will pass without a fresh Senate vote. Some gun curb advocates have hoped to use the widespread public attention that anniversary will receive to schedule a new vote by then.
"My advice to Reid is, if there's any indication of change or movement in a positive direction, we should consider it. But so far I've not seen that," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., his party's chief Senate vote-counter.
Colorado voters last Tuesday removed two Democratic state lawmakers from office — Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron — and replaced them with Republicans who are gun-rights supporters.
The two Democrats had supported expanded background checks and limits on ammunition magazines. Colorado enacted those measures following Newtown and a July 2012 rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that left 12 dead and 70 wounded.
The recall drew national attention and became a proxy fight between gun control and gun rights forces. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an advocate for stricter gun laws with his group Mayor's Against Illegal Guns, contributed around $350,000 to the two Democrats. The NRA spent roughly the same amount opposing them.
Overall, reported contributions to Morse and Giron totaled around $3 million, giving them a 5-1 advantage over recall supporters. Yet foes of the two state senators found enough angry voters to prevail.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam played down his group's role. He noted the overall spending disparity and saying his organization participated only after being asked to by local gun-rights advocates.
"It sends a strong message that grassroots still matters, and voters trump Bloomberg and his money," he said of the vote, echoing a theme the NRA has used before against the wealthy New Yorker.
Mark Glaze, executive director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said the NRA "cherry-picked" two vulnerable legislators to target. He said his group's spending in those races underscored its commitment.
"Legislators who take risks to keep the public safe are going to have every resource they'd ask for to defend themselves," he said.
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, said his state's recall votes meant little for U.S. senators pondering their stance on guns. He said the recall movement tapped into public unease with a broad Democratic agenda "that may have drifted too far to the left," including enactment of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples and in-state tuition for college students in the U.S. illegally.
Murphy and other gun control supporters such as Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, say that with polls showing wide approval of background checks and groups like Bloomberg's spending large sums, the NRA's potency has been weakened.
Even so, Senate talks have proceeded intermittently as supporters of the background check language written by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., seek five more votes.
Background checks, aimed at weeding out criminals and the mentally unstable, are required for buyers obtaining firearms through licensed gun dealers. The defeated legislation would have expanded that to sales at commercial venues like gun shows and the Internet.
Participants say they have explored ways to keep the NRA neutral, including exempting gun show sales or letting buyers conduct their own background checks online. Gun control advocates objected that such concessions go too far. Participants spoke on condition of anonymity after agreeing their names wouldn't be attached to discussions of private conversations.
Asked if such changes would keep the NRA on the sidelines, Arulanandam said, "The NRA remains opposed to expanding a broken system on background checks, period." Four Democrats opposed broadening background checks: Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Others opponents wooded by advocates include GOP Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Arizona's Jeff Flake.
Asked if the Colorado recalls made him less likely to switch, Flake said last week, "I was not prone to do so. I'm comfortable where I am."


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Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to the attention of my colleagues the latest outrage perpetrated by the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenka.
Last week, immediately after leaving the U.S. Embassy in Minsk, the Chairman of the opposition United Civic Party Anatoly Lebedka, was picked up by plainclothes police officers and driven to KGB headquarters for interrogation. Anatoly had been at the Embassy to pick up the invitation for a conference on Belarus to be held this week here in Washington. In a clear effort at intimidation, Lukashenka's KGB thugs accused him of maintaining ties with supposed "intelligence agents" and other foreigners, purportedly for the purpose of undermining Belarus.
Mr. Speaker, this accusation is patently absurd. I know Anatoly Lebedka, having met with him in Washington and at several meetings of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, most recently this past July in Berlin. It is clear to me that Mr. Lebedka is an honorable man committed to his country's development as an independent, democratic nation in which respect for human rights and the rule of law is the norm. There is no doubt in my mind that the real reason for the harassment of Anatoly – and this is not the first time – is his opposition to Lukashenka, to whom democracy and human rights are anathema.
Sadly, this is only the latest in a long list of human rights assaults by Lukashenka. Just within the last few months, we have seen the passage of a repressive law on religion, the bulldozing of a newly built church, the jailings of three leading independent journalists, the continued and persistent harassment of the political opposition, independent media and non-governmental organizations, and the effective expulsion of the OSCE presence there. These tactics are in keeping with the climate of fear which Lukashenka has sought to create.
Moreover, we have seen no progress on the investigation of the missing and presumed dead political opponents – perhaps not surprisingly, as credible evidence links the Lukashenka regime with these murders, and growing evidence also indicates Belarus has been supplying weapons and military training to Iraq. Both in Berlin and in Washington, I have had the honor of meeting with the wives of the disappeared.
Mr. Speaker, the state of human rights and democracy in Belarus is abysmal, and the manifest culprit is Lukashenka and his minions. The longsuffering Belarusian people deserve to live in a country in which human rights are not flouted. Those in Belarus, like Anatoly Lebedka, who struggle for human rights and democracy deserve better. The Belarusian people deserve better.


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LG beats rivals in race to sell new OLED TVs (Update)
LG Electronics Inc. started taking pre-orders on Wednesday for the world's first big TVs that use an advanced display technology promising startlingly clear images on wafer-thin screens.
The South Korean company said the 55-inch TVs, which use a technology called "OLED" and have a price tag of 11 million won ($10,335), will be delivered to buyers in its home market next month. The new TVs will be available in North America, Europe and the rest of Asia before the end of March, LG said in a statement.
While LG becomes the world's first company to bring a big-screen next-generation TV to market, it's far from clear whether the bet will pay off because of the high cost and difficulties of manufacturing, cutthroat competition from rivals and diminishing returns from incremental increases in image quality.
TVs using OLEDs, or organic light-emitting diodes, feature images with enhanced clarity, deeper color saturation and sharper contrast than liquid crystal display TVs.
The advanced, energy-efficient display technology makes it possible to manufacture thinner televisions: LG's model is just 4 millimeters thick.
LG's announcement is the culmination of a race by electronics makers to be the first to deliver the next-generation sets that began in 2007 when Sony Corp. showed off the world's first OLED TV, which had an 11-inch screen. But the Japanese company failed to follow up with a bigger display.
While OLED panels are more widely used in mobile screens, mass producing large panels is still tough because of technological challenges. Jang Moon-ik, director of LG's TV business, said in an interview last year that only two companies in the world have a capacity to make large screen OLED TVs: LG and rival South Korean company Samsung Electronics.
Even though LG and Samsung touted OLEDs as the future of television, both failed to deliver them to the market in the fourth quarter of 2012 as promised due to manufacturing challenges.
Samsung declined to comment on the availability of its OLED TVs, saying making perfect products is more important than the launch schedule.
Grabbing the title of the first OLED TV maker is much more symbolic than practical because initial production numbers will likely be small.
Manufacturing big-screen new TVs requires billions in investments to upgrade factories. South Korean TV makers hope cutting-edge display technology can help offset falling TV prices and differentiate their products from fast-growing Chinese rivals.
Japanese companies, which dominated the global TV market before the ascent of Samsung and LG, are struggling to come up with their own next-generation TV sets to avoid falling further behind but don't have enough cash to invest in new technology. Last year, Sony and Panasonic announced a partnership to jointly produce large OLED panels but have not made any further announcements.
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Notice: This Wiki is now read only and edits are no longer possible. Please see: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/wikis/Wiki-shutdown-plan for the plan.
Ganymede/Final Daze
Most of this content was authored by David Williams for Callisto, and it still applies today for Ganymede, so...
The following is a "blow-by-blow" schedule of the final days leading up to the Ganymede simultaneous release. This is one of the responsibilities of our heterogeneous projects working together towards having a simultaneous release.
Failure to follow these procedures and schedules can have dire consequences, which we all have seen before at one time or another -- if not done in the right way, in the right order, at the right time, mirrors get busy replicating one project, but other projects have difficulty accessing eclipse.org to produce their final builds much less upload them, so a "chain reaction" begins and everyone is much delayed simply due to network and infrastructure bottlenecks -- or, I should say, from someone not following these procedures and schedules! :)
Plus, this schedule and procedure should ensure the mirror system get's fully populated before demand for downloads gets in full swing -- meaning much fewer delays, 403's, and failed downloads for end-users -- which all Eclipse users will appreciate.
From Now to 6/24
Clean up "old" builds and releases
Delete or archive "old" builds or releases that are mirrored. This is important to reduce space used on the mirror servers. Not only is this a "nice" thing to always do, it is essential for this Ganymede release, as it can help avoid those mirror servers from filling up once they get the final release and they themselves having problems mirroring Ganymede, once it is released. And, of course, if they have problems, we all have problems! Everyone should have space at, if not already using, archive.eclipse.org, and if you are not sure how to "archive" a release there, please ask.
Prepare releases offline
That is, prepare your final releases zipped files, update jars, etc., but do not put zipped up builds, update jars, etc., in their final (mirrored) release areas of eclipse.org until instructed to do so. This may require some projects to "turn off" some final step of their build process, depending on how they do it, and how and when its copied to eclipse.org. If you have a special circumstance that does not fit in the following procedure and schedule, please send a note to discuss with our Eclipse Webmaster (Denis Roy) at email@example.com and work out a plan to accommodate your special situation.
Note: this may mean some projects need to "adjust" their final build procedures, so they do not rely on some other projects official, final, mirrored release, but this should not be required as any "pre-req'd" projects should just be making minor changes to doc, or highly local and internal bug fixes (nothing that would be changing constants or API's or even non API signatures!). If you do need some official, final release of a pre-req project, please work with them to find out where to get it from (other than a mirrored location).
For the 20 Modeling Project builds & their release order, see Ganymede/Final Daze/Modeling Project.
All times below are in Eastern Daylight Time (which is UTC-4).
Monday 6/23
by 17:00 EDT, at the latest
- projects have prepared zips downloads and all update site files (again, offline -- just have them ready to go)
- update the Ganymede Signoffs page using status code Done
- to assist your downstream adopters, make sure you list the name/URL of your final release, even if it's not yet available under that name; this will allow people to do their renames in advance
- projects ensure update jars are in their "temporary" locations, as listed in the *.sc files
- Ganymede staging update site will be created to verify all are accurate, and ready to be copied to releases area
- Bjorn, please send e-mail to cross-project informing that the final "staging" is up, so EPP can build their packages
- EPP will start building packages as soon as Ganymede staging update site is ready (releases/ganymede/staging and eclipse/updates/3.4milestones will be the input for the packages); depending on the server load the build takes about 100 minutes
- EPP package maintainers and planning-council mailing list will receive a mail with a link to the final EPP packages
- EPP package maintainers need to test the final packages and must send their 'go' to the epp-dev mailing list
- last opportunity for anyone to declare "emergency, stop ship" (and it had really better be an emergency! A simple build machine crash does not qualify ... better have backups! ... and, maybe, a lab fire might qualify if it is wide spread :)
Tuesday 6/24
EPP package maintainers declared their 'go' on the epp-dev mailing list
- Denis disables replication
- gives the OK to upload on cross-project mailing list
- advises all committers that download.eclipse.org is frozen
9:05 to 16:00
- teams push builds in, projects to advise on cross-project list when upload is complete
This Includes:
- upload/copy/rsync zip files.
- update their own 'released' update sites.
- update the Ganymede Signoffs page, changing status codes to Promoted.
- Ganymede "staging" copied to "released"
- rename EPP packages and copy to "released" <== this is super important, as the new Main Downloads Page and the Packaging Site makes the EPP packages the default!
- [Nathan] Disable the Cron job from updating the Packaging Site Till 9AM Wednesday
- (optional) All projects e-mail email@example.com to confirm build/update copy is done (Eclipse Project is largest, 4 hours is typical, so exact time may vary)
- NEW for Ganymede: we push the 'Friends' angle, because Eclipse Friends can download now while others wait for mirror sync
- [Nathan] Update Homepage / Promotion / Friends of Eclipse Images
- [Denis] Email Friends of Eclipse with details on how to get the downloads from the friends mirror.
Denis sends mail to eclipse-mirrors requesting a manual sync, ask for torrents from ibiblio
- wait overnight, see if mirrors get the files
- projects should prepare final web pages, announcements, press releases, etc.
Wednesday 6/25
- Denis to do a mirror-site sanity check. How many? Are they all done? Assuming all is well,
- (re)enable cluster sync
- All confirmed "go" with note to cross-project, committers lists
- Ganymede Signoffs updated to Released
- Nathan
- Put web pages live, make announcements once Denis rolls over from his desk and stares at me.
- Update Homepage / Promotion / Friends of Eclipse Images to post release.
- Renable Packaging Site Cron Job and Promote Final Release to Front Page.
- watch eclipse.org servers glow red. 'pebbles' and 'gmirror' are our mirrors this year.
Ottawa committers are invited to Marshy's Bar and Grill - 117 Centrepointe Drive location for celebrations with beer and munchies. If you're coming, please let me know - webmaster at eclipse org - so we can plan how much beer and food to get.
- Dunk the IP reviewer! Has a 'kind IP reviewer' made your life complicated throughout the Ganymede cycle? Get revenge!


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Designed specifically to enhance acceleration in a number of popular platforms, the Sprint Booster is an aftermarket electronic module that plugs in between the accelerator pedal and the engine control unit (ECU) in vehicles equipped with an electronic throttle control. Sprint Booster is an application-specific hardware based product designed specifically for your car. This device is engineered to improve acceleration on drive by-wire cars by continuously measuring and converting the digital signal providing the ECM (Electronic Control Module) with a new and altered signal. Many modern vehicles utilize electronic throttle control and more vehicles are going that way, especially performance and sports cars. In conventional throttle systems, the accelerator pedal is connected to the throttle by a cable.
In electronic throttle control systems, the accelerator pedal is connected to a sensor that sends a signal to the ECU that operates the throttle. The ECU increases or decreases throttle effort based on your accelerator pedal input, however this doesnt always translate to instant response. Things like pedal sensitivity, stability control and traction control systems can vary on different vehicles and can also lead to larger lag in throttle response and acceleration when its go-time. Sprint Booster improves response, increases pedal input sensitivity and delivers more impressive off the line performance. This product does not alter fuel or ignition in your vehicle; its a simple plug-n-play mod that delivers instant response throughout the power band, making accelerating and revs matching incredibly more fun.
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Sprint Booster comes with 3 Acceleration modes/presets ( OFF / SPORT / RACE ):
OFF mode Sprint Booster is deactivated. The response of the car has the factory settings.The LED of the Selector switch is OFF.
SPORT mode Sprint Booster provides improved response up to 30%. The LED of the selector switch in Sport mode is Green.
RACE mode Sprint Booster provides improved response up to 60%. The LED of the selector switch in Race mode is Red.
Each mode (SPORT RACE) comes with 9 steps-programs so the driver can choose the one that suits his driving style (18 programs for manual transmission & 18 programs for automatic transmission in total).
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You can select 1-9 in SPORT mode (Green light) and 1-9 in RACE mode (Red light) with 1 being the least aggressive program and 9 the most aggressive one.
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The multitalented Sid Caesar took live and complex comedy skits on the air as a pioneer in 1950s TV. Caesar, who established a new comedic tradition in America before he was 30, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday at 91.
Caesar's biographer and close friend Eddy Friedfeld confirmed the comedian's death, saying he had spoken with Caesar's daughter, Karen. The news of Caesar's death was first reported by Larry King on Twitter.
It was the NBC program Your Show of Shows that put Caesar on the map when it debuted in 1950. Here's how NPR's Susan Stamberg describes it:
"Sid Caesar was 27 when he launched Your Show of Shows — TV's first and greatest live comedy. His writers became comedy royalty: Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, his brother Danny, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, and Mel Brooks."
We'll have a full remembrance of the comedian's career from Susan later today. It includes this quote from Carl Reiner:
"Sid was the flame. Every writer was a moth who wanted to hang around that flame. There wasn't a writer in television who didn't want to be flicking around that flame."
The show remains a cultural touchstone, but its creator, Caesar, later fell out of favor — and into a long struggle with addiction.
"By the age of 32 he was a millionaire," Susan says. "By the time he was 35, Caesar's Hour had been canceled, he was off the air, and drinking too much."
As Variety reports, Caesar sometimes referred to that era as a "20-year blackout" — something he hinted at in the title of his 1982 autobiography, Where Have I Been.
He emerged from that period to act and perform on stage and TV, as well as in films. From Variety:
"He had quite a year in 1997, at age 75: He appeared on Life With Louie and Mad About You on TV, drawing an Emmy [nomination] for the latter, and in the film Vegas Vacation, and he joined fellow TV icons Bob Hope and Milton Berle at the 50th anniversary Primetime Emmy Awards, where the three drew a long standing ovation."
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Proposed Bylaws! Read this over; modify it according to your desires and judgement; fix typos, fill in blanks, and rephrase (with particular attention to the italicized bits).
Let's keep any actual discussion on the discussion page, since we've got one, instead of marking up the text of the proposed Bylaws with comments or questions.
One thing that should be discussed is the scope of the bylaws. There are good arguments to be made that they should be as small as possible, and limit us as little as possible, within what's legal. That's pretty much the direction we've taken in getting this far; if you have arguments for a more comprehensive set of bylaws let's hear them.
2008-05-20: We hacked them up a bit but became dispirited and halted in the middle. Please help! Save the kittens. Edit the bylaws. In particular the Membership bits are duplicated with varying degrees of specificity. I left a line in between the two sections we were attempting to combine.
2008-05-22: I just made significant changes to the membership section. I combined and simplified what we had, and imported a few ideas from the CIRGIS bylaws. In most places where we had contradictory statements I kept the simplest one. --Noahbalmer 15:36, 22 May 2008 (PDT)
2008-06-18: Bylaws edited to reflect option 2, as decided by the meeting that started on the 17th... a report is being added by the newly designated Secretary, David Molnar, or his delegate. Rachel 00:31, 18 June 2008 (PDT)
Some things to consider:
- Amendments to bylaws: I think these should have to be approved by 2/3 of members as well as 2/3 of directors.
- Name - Current discussion over email seems to be favor Noisebridge or Noise Bridge rather than Noisebridge Research, once it's decided, fix everywhere -- Changed to "Noisebridge" 5/22/08
- address may need apartment or mailbox number to be valid mailing address
- article membership section rights of members: I added the bit about rights granted by the board, to avoid limiting the rights of members to those stated, but perhaps there's a better way to ensure this.
- article membership section members: does board or treasurer decide dues? Should we have/require membership applications/waivers?
Suggest exact Dues not be specified in the Bylaws, but instead established by Board resolution. We want flexibility here. I would agree with stating in the Bylaws that dues schedule and dues paid for each members shall be available for inspection by all members. --DavidMolnar
- article membership section quorum: is 1/3 quorum and majority to pass resolution what we want?
- I think funny is ok, as long as we make sure it doesn't cause enforceability problems, i.e. throwing in a rule that prohibits feeding more than one officer to wild yetis on a full moon is fine, because this language would have no relevance to any situation that doesn't involve feeding plural officers to cryptids. On the other hand, a rule requiring human sacrifice to cthulhu in order to nominate a board member would be a problem, since it has bearing any time someone gets nominated.
This makes sense, but I would still prefer to remove the cute bits. With luck no one will ever need to read the Bylaws...but if someone does, it could be a judge, a bank officer, or someone else who may become confused by even logically inoperative rules. For example, current draft says that if Cthulhu rises then meetings are adjourned forever. We all know(?) that this will never(?) happen, but if you've never heard of Cthulhu before it just seems odd. So I favor removing them, even though I put most of them in to begin with. --DavidMolnar
- the CIRGIS bylaws linked below look like a pretty good model to refer to.
A really detailed set of Bylaws
Much simpler:
BylawsOfLysator as comparision of what Swedes do.
nolo samples
I've uploaded the Nolo docs to http://web.hexapodia.org/~adi/tmp/nolo-files/ in both RTF and text.