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Judicial Activism: Part VIhttp://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/judicial_activism_part_vi/
Marbury v. Madison, decided in 1803, established the precedent that the Supreme Court has the power to declare Presidential and Congressional actions unconstitutional. It was the start of judicial activism.
Judicial activism can be arbitrarily divided into three broad periods.
The first of these was the assertion in 1803 by the Supreme Court of the power to declare acts of Congress or of the President unconstitutional.
The second period followed the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the ratification of the 13th Amendment (1865), 14th Amendment (1868), and the 15th Amendment (1870). Between 1865 and 1901, huge interstate corporations came into existence, the nation expanded rapidly westward, and finance capitalism made Wall Street bankers major influences in economic decisions affecting every part of the nation. The Federal government began to regulate interstate businesses and undertook many functions that earlier generations would have thought outside the scope of powers delegated by the Constitution to Congress or to the President.
The Federal courts, on balance, were a restraining force. In the eyes of liberals, the Court of this period was engaged in judicial activism by impeding implementation of social-justice, welfare-state policies.
The third period arrived during the first decade of the 20th century, when today's controversies developed over the Court's subordination of property rights, its discovery of hitherto unknown personal rights, and its sanctioning welfare-state socialism, solely on the basis of what the Justices think the law ought to be.
Phase one of judicial activism consisted of a single action, the famous 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison, in which Chief Justice John Marshall, almost by sleight of hand, enunciated the doctrine that the Supreme Court was to be the final judge of the constitutionality of actions by the other two branches of government. No act of Congress had ever been declared unconstitutional prior to Marbury v. Madison, and no other act of Congress was declared unconstitutional for another 52 years thereafter.
Understanding the import of the decision requires a brief recitation of the specific facts of the case, as well as of the political situation in which the case came before the Court. The latter, by the way, was remarkably similar to today's confrontation between liberals and traditionalists over Senate confirmation of judicial and executive appointments by the President.
From the time the Constitution was ratified, until the election of Thomas Jefferson as President in 1800, the founders' Federalist Party controlled the government. Jefferson's Republican Party (from whom the Democrats claim descent) opposed Alexander Hamilton's policies that promoted manufacturing and a strong central bank to stabilize the currency and facilitate financing the Federal government. They preferred instead an individualistic economy of independent farmers and artisans.
John Marshall had been appointed to the Supreme Court and made Chief Justice by John Adams, a Federalist, just two months before Jefferson took the oath of office. People at the time considered that Adams had made the appointment in order to keep some measure of Federalist policy influence in opposition to the new administration under Jefferson. Remember, in that connection, that judges are appointed for what effectively amounts to life terms, one reason for liberals' die-hard opposition today to judicial nominations by President Bush.
As another measure to retain Federalist influence, even though nearly all Federal judges then were Federalists, the outgoing Adams administration passed a judicial reform bill to increase the number of Federal circuit court judges and other judicial officials. This act became law at the same time as Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court, just two months before Jefferson's inauguration.
A handful of officials were not appointed under the reform bill until the final days of John Adams's term, and commissions for four of these appointments, who became known as the "midnight judges," were not signed by Adams until the final day of his tenure in office. Their commissions of appointment remained undelivered on his desk, and incoming President Jefferson refused to deliver them to the four men.
William Marbury, one of the four appointees who was to have been made a county justice of the peace, found his name appended as plaintiff in one of the most famous cases ever to come before the Supreme Court. Defendant Madison was James Madison, a principal author of the Constitution and President Jefferson's new Secretary of State.
Plaintiffs, represented by Marbury, petitioned the Court to order President Jefferson to deliver their judicial commissions to them and to install them in office. For two years, Jefferson simply ignored the case. Madison never even answered the complaint and never appeared before the Court, since both he and Jefferson regarded the case as simply a political ploy by the defeated Federalists. Most voters sided with Jefferson.
Chief Justice Marshall confronted a thorny problem. If he simply asserted the Federalist political position and issued an order for the President to deliver the judicial commissions, Jefferson would ignore him and make public relations capital of such blatant political interference with the executive branch. There would be nothing that Marshall could do to compel compliance, and the Court, already in low esteem among the voters because of the circumstances of Marshall's appointment to the Court, would be further diminished in stature.
Jefferson and Madison were adamant that the Court had no constitutional authority to issue orders to the executive branch or to the Congress. Conceding that power to the Court would make it, in their assessment, the single supreme power of the land, which clearly was not the intention of the Constitution.
The only relevant part of the Constitution is Article III, Section. 2:
"The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; ? to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; ? to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; ? to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; ? to Controversies between two or more States; ? between a State and Citizens of another State [Modified by Amendment XI]; ? between Citizens of different States; ? between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make."
Chief Justice Marshall dealt with his dilemma ingeniously. Marshall opined, first, that Marbury had been duly appointed and was entitled to his commission and that Jefferson's refusal to honor the appointment was a violation of law; second, however, it is not within the Constitutional powers of the Supreme Court to issue the requested order, because Article III, Section 2 gives the Court only appellate jurisdiction over such matters (see text above); third, the act of Congress establishing the Federal courts in question, under which the Supreme Court is given original jurisdiction to issue such orders, is therefore unconstitutional.
Marshall's judicial opinion effectively enabled him to eat his cake and keep it. On the one hand, he avoided a direct confrontation with the President. On the other, he was able to lecture Jefferson at length on the illegality of his refusal to honor Marbury's appointment and, finally, to claim for the Court an immense power not explicitly granted by the Constitution's language, but arguably implicit within the powers explicitly granted.
Of greatest import in the long run has been the concept of implied powers upon which Marshall relied. His fellow Federalist Hamilton was a firm proponent of this doctrine, because it could be relied upon to support Federalist policies, for instance, to maintain a sound government fiscal policy and a strong currency via measures such as the first Bank of the United States. Such measures, while not expressly mentioned in the Constitution, were, said Hamilton, necessary to carry out express powers of the Constitution "To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof…" appearing under Article I, Section 8.
Implied powers are thus a matter of prudential judgment. How far is far enough? Maintenance of civility in civil government requires that most people agree on fundamental principles and that political arguments be confined to what are appropriate means to implement fundamental principles. The vitriolic skirmishing between Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans was over means more than basic principles.
For 112 years both Congress and successive Presidents were fairly careful not to overreach. But in 1901, when President McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt became President, difficulties started. Teddy was the liberal-socialists' dream President, a man who would simply implement what he and his fellow intellectuals thought appropriate, and the Constitution be damned. Figuratively speaking, when Teddy the Rough-Rider got to the top of San Juan Hill, he never stopped.
This was the beginning of the third phase of both executive and judicial activism noted at the beginning of this article.
Teddy Roosevelt favored liberal social-justice causes and appointed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a man similarly disposed, to the Supreme Court. Thus arrived in the United States the head-on, irreconcilable collision between Western civilization's principles of Judeo-Christian morality and the secular and materialistic religion of socialism.


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Authentic European Dishes
From London to Moscow, Anya Von Bremzen tracks down the most authentic dishes across the continent.
These are challenging times for intrepid gourmands seeking the Authentic. Trek halfway around the globe and what do you find?Nobu No. 1,236, or knockoffs of last year's hits from El Bulli. So where does this leave traditional food—and how are European classics surviving globalization?Hungry for answers, I set off on a grand tour in which culture and scenery would take a back seat to my quest for iconic favorites like bouillabaisse, fish and chips, and Wiener schnitzel. I made it my mission to taste the genuine article in its natural habitat: a working-class chippy in London, a Jugendstil tavern in Vienna. I would not balk at cholesterol counts. What's a few extra fat grams when you can taste fish and chips fried in beef drippings, as they were meant to be?Nor would I hew to the comfort zone of major cities. Who cares if the road is dusty and drab, when it leads to paella's Platonic ideal?Not even a two-and-a-half-hour ferry-plus-bus trip could stand between me and Turkey's most epic kebab. Europe's classic traditions live on; you just have to know where to look.
- Marseilles: a Bouillabaisse Odyssey
- London: Fish & Chips Beckon
- Alicante: a Paella Pilgrimage
- Vienna: the Schnitzel Revelation
- Bursa: a Kebab Quest
Marseilles: a Bouillabaisse Odyssey
Marseilles has one of Europe's most picturesque harbors, a vibrant street life, and a pretty cool soccer team. Its number one tourist attraction, however, is a Provençal fish boil teeming with up to six kinds of poisson, served in two courses and enlivened by the garlicky smack of rouille, a terracotta-hued mayonnaise. I mean, of course: bouillabaisse.
The dish has been Marseilles's edible emblem for a century and a half, ever since the city, flush from its new transatlantic port, became a requisite stop on the romantic travelers' trail. Much like today, visitors inevitably indulged in a bouillabaisse orgy at posh establishments along the corniche or in the Vieux Port. Stendhal, Zola, and Dumas all smacked their lips. Curnonsky, the king of French epicures, called bouillabaisse la soupe d'or. Although myths of its creation involve florid grandiosities—Venus feeding the stuff to Vulcan to distract him from her dalliances with Mars—the dish probably started life humbly, cooked up on a beach in a rustic fishermen's cauldron, using scaly rockfish not suitable for market. Since then it has evolved into a ritualized and expensive affair, properly rendered by only a handful of restaurants.
I first schooled myself in bouillabaisse marseillaise a few years ago. I tried the purist version at the rather unwelcoming Chez Michel. I was charmed by the wondrous bouillon at L'Escale, in the Mistral, where the Mediterranean seethed against the windows. I also spent hours chatting with the venerable Pierre Minguella, former head of the Bouillabaisse Charter, an association of local restaurateurs dedicated to preserving quality and tradition. The bouillabaisse at Monsieur Minguella's timeworn Le Miramar—now under new management—was so copious that after a few slurps I was drowning. "Courage," Minguella had murmured, pushing more conger eel onto my plate. La vraie bouillabaisse, I'd realized, was not for the fainthearted.
It took me months to recover from that first binge. But recently, craving an encore, I boarded the TGV in Paris for a three-hour ride to Marseilles. Following a chorus of recommendations, I booked a table at the Michelin-starred L'Épuisette, half a mile from the center of the city. Situated on a bluff at the mouth of an inlet in the salty fishing port of Vallon des Auffes, L'Épuisette merits a trip for its setting alone. White canvas across its chalet-like ceiling evokes cabanons, those iconic Provençal beach cabins associated with bouillabaisse feasts. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame waves lapping against chalky cliffs and fishing boats bobbing at anchor.
Here, Chef Guillaume Sourrieu prepares a by-the-book bouillabaisse that's oceans away from our gentrified notions of the Provençal seaside. Like Marseilles itself, it's brash, intense, and suffused with the briny tang of the Mediterranean. The ritual begins with the broth, a ruddy high-octane potion powered by small rockfish and rascasse, the ugly scorpion fish whose gelatinous scales and bones lend that requisite oomph. Infused with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, fennel, and saffron, the bouillon is vigorously boiled down—bouillabaisse possibly derives from bouille abaisse, or roughly, boil and reduce—until it tastes more like sea floor than soup. Smear a crouton with rouille, float it in the bouillon, and slurp away, gathering up courage for the giant platter of fish yet to come.
According to the Bouillabaisse Charter, at least four indigenous species must be used for the dish. Sourrieu's regulation catch included the indispensable rascasse, eel-like vive, galinette (red gurnard), monkfish worthy of its "poor man's lobster" moniker, and the lightly flaky and noble St. Pierre (John Dory), all of them perfectly poached. Accompanying the meal were terrifically buttery yellow potatoes that had been boiled in the broth. A better bouillabaisse was hard to imagine.
Curious for a taste of the future, the following day I found myself lunching on a deconstructed rendition at Une Table au Sud. At this modern dining room overlooking the Vieux Port, the gifted young Ducasse protégé Lionel Levy creates fireworks with dishes like salmon tartare laced with lime zest and scattered with sweet praline crumbs. "I wanted to lighten up bouillabaisse, make it more interactive," Levy told me later. His new-wave creation was presented with great drama on a black tray. A cloud of rouille-infused mashed potatoes shared a bowl with a loup de mer filet and seafood gelée that dissolved under a stream of hot fennel broth. More fish—a minimalist chunk of roasted sea bream—came on the side; ethereal Parmesan palmiers stood in for the croutons. It was a cool, clever effort, but I rather missed my courage quotient, the sensation of being plunged breathless into the depths of the sea. The drastic overfishing of the Mediterranean might put bouillabaisse on an endangered-dishes list. So catch the real thing while you can.
London: Fish & Chips Beckon
Dah-ling," my chichi London friend kept saying to me. "Why bother with fish and chips?So déclassé. As Britain's national dish, why not choose...curry?" My response: Bring on the batter!
Trapped in a crisp golden casing that shatters at the touch of the incisors, giving way to moist milky-white haddock or cod, correctly battered fried fish is among the most addictive things on this planet. On the side: those slightly limp chips (fries to you) that come alive with a squirt of malt vinegar. A pickled gherkin (a wally in the chippy vernacular) and peas (mushy, please) complete the picture. Introduced to Britain, it's thought, by Murano Jews, deep-fried battered fish took off as fast food in the mid 1800's. The original side was a hunk of bread, later replaced by a baked potato, a gift from the Irish. Soon, chips (a Belgian invention) entered the picture and Britain never looked back. Winston Churchill dubbed fish and chips "the good companions." By the onset of World War II, the staple was so essential to British life that chippy carts fed starving evacuees during the Blitz. Today, according to the National Federation of Fish Fryers, Britons consume over 300 million fish-and-chip meals per year. Take that, tikka masala.
On the issue of cooking style, Britain stands as a country divided, with frying in beef drippings favored by the North. Beef drippings are what makes fish and potatoes so special at London's Northern-minded Fryer's Delight, a weathered chippy in Holborn, giving the batter its deep, well-rounded flavor and bringing out the natural sweetness in the moist, thickly cut taters. With its Formica-forever décor and a cult following among cabbies and Japanese hipsters, Fryer's Delight is a touch grim—but good grim, a reminder that the chip shop is a child of the industrial age, intended to offer cheap nourishment to workers at factories and cotton mills.
Thanks to flowerpots hung above wooden tables outside, my next stop, Rock & Sole Plaice, wasn't grim in the least—one reason why snobs often dismiss London's oldest chip shop (it's been here under various names since 1871) as a bastion for wimps. Wimps would be pleased with the sign proclaiming that the frying here is done in clean-tasting peanut oil. And they would adore the sweet, delicate lemon sole, in puffy ale-colored batter, with a lively, resilient crunch that remains even after the fish has cooled down. A first-hand degustation of the other fish on offer revealed why Northerners are probably right in insisting that haddock is for heroes and cod is for zeroes (never mind that cod is a best-seller throughout most of the country). And while the chips were ghastly, a piercingly sweet-sour gherkin made up some of the lost ground.
"A true chippy should be a dive with a line out the door that leaves your hair smelling of grease," Charles Campion, the cheap-eats guru at the Evening Standard, pronounced to me over the phone. Then he sent me on my way to the Golden Hind, tucked away on a Marylebone side street. Though not quite the working-class dump I expected, this 1914 institution has virtues aplenty. Gorgeous Art-Deco Bakelite frying equipment is still proudly in use; glowing-fresh fish arrives daily from Grimsby, on the western coast; and Maris Pepper potatoes are twice-fried and yield resolutely unsoggy and habit-forming chips. The key to perfection here is the proportion of batter to fish, explained Anthone Christou, the Cypriot owner—adding that overpuffed batter is a cheap ploy used by unscrupulous chippys to make servings look larger (now you know). Discreet, with a soft springy crunch, his batter concealed a nugget of haddock so fine it would do any Gordon Ramsay establishment proud. No, I didn't wake up the next day with the lingering scent of fried grease in my hair. But that doesn't make me love the Golden Hind any less.
Alicante: a Paella Pilgrimage
Perhaps you've tasted soggy long-grain rice overloaded with chicken, chorizo, and lobster?If you thought this was paella, please, banish that image.
Spain's culinary calling card, paella is a dish as misunderstood and abused as it is exalted. To get the real stuff you need to travel to its source—the rice-growing provinces of Valencia and Alicante along Spain's east coast. Arroz was introduced here by the Romans, but it was the Arabs who later perfected its cultivation with an ingenious network of waterways that continue to irrigate local rice paddies. In this lush agricultural region, rice flourishes as something of an edible life force. Yet among the myriad preparations, paella stands out as a singular and strictly codified dish.
Purists—admittedly a militant bunch—insist that rice be cooked to a dryish consistency in a flat carbon-steel pan called a paella, the name deriving apparently from patella, a Roman ceremonial plate; that the cooking be performed outdoors over sarmiento (vine cuttings) or citrus branches; that those who load up their paellas with shellfish and chicken deserve to be burnt at the stake, because the only permissible ingredients are rabbit (or duck), snails, and a handful of vegetables—plus a simple broth bolstered with tomatoes and saffron. Rice and rice again is the star of the dish, and it had better be a native short-grain variety, such as senia or the squat heirloom bomba.
More than simply a dish, paella is a ritual, associated with countryside outings. Sure, you can find a good one in the cities of Valencia and Alicante, but your chances of encountering greatness increase in proportion to your distance from civilization. One popular paella excursion from Valencia leads to Casa Salvador, in Estany de Cullera, a stately place as famous for its lyrical lagoon setting as for its soupy lobster arroz and a paella studded with wild duck and artichoke hearts. Further still is Casa Paco, a rice citadel out in the sticks, discussed by paella junkies in the same conspiratorial tones that wine geeks reserve for certain vintages of Vega Sicilia Unico. It seemed worth a trek.
After a 35-mile drive from Alicante City though dust-covered hinterlands, my boyfriend Barry and I arrived at the featureless concrete hamlet of Pinoso and entered a featureless concrete restaurant. Inside, craggy wine growers and farmers were all having identical starters of grilled snails, and eggs scrambled with blood sausage. We followed suit. Eager to interview the owner, Paco Gandia—reportedly quite a character—I inquired about him from the cranky waiter. A shrug. But I was welcome to follow him to meet Josefa, Paco's wife and the cook. Upon entering the kitchen, I gasped. Hunched over the stove, a tiny woman tended to three titanic paella pans. Leaping flames stoked by sarmiento encircled her in a scene suggesting a Zoroastrian fire ritual. Not a talkative type, Josefa tersely explained her secret: layering the rice extremely thin in the pan—paella for two is easily the diameter of a bicycle tire—and cooking it over demonic flames. True to the inland tradition, she adds nothing more than rabbit, tomatoes, saffron, and snails, called vaquetes, that feed on wild herbs.
Was her paella good?More like mythical. Fire lent the rice its profoundly smoky inflection; the al dente grains were at once spongy and so lively they seemed to jump in my mouth. Chewing on sizzled nuggets of country rabbit, I understood why a couple next to us had driven all the way from Madrid for a taste. And I still wanted Paco. Another shrug from the waiter. Paco now loomed in my imagination as the Wizard of Oz of paella—or perhaps its fat impresario withdrawn into pompous privacy. Disappointed, we scraped off the last bits of the soccarat—the addictively crusty bottom layer of rice—and headed for the door. Glancing back over my shoulder, I saw the small waiter again. He had a strange grin on his face.
"I am Paco," he informed us nonchalantly, from across the room. Then he waved us adios.
Vienna: the Schnitzel Revelation
Some people come to Vienna to linger over Sacher torte at Belle Époque cafés. More cultured types bustle straight to the Museum Quarter. Me, I came to nurse my addiction to Wiener schnitzel, a fried cutlet so simple, satisfying, and eloquent that it restores your faith in old-world cuisine. A great Wiener schnitzel is to any old breaded fried cutlet what foie gras is to chopped liver. And like any regional masterpiece, this culinary souvenir from Mitteleuropa relies on its own set of rules and techniques. There is little argument as to the preferred meat: thin, pounded discs of veal, cut from the leg, loosely coated in flour, eggs, and white bread crumbs, then gently pan-fried—never deep-fried—in that glorious fat known as butterschmalz, a.k.a. clarified butter. (Alarmingly, chefs these days are switching to healthier oils). According to Viennese schnitzelmeisters, final perfection rests in a crucial trick called soufflieren (from the word soufflé), achieved by splashing hot fat over the meat while it cooks, which causes the breading to puff up in spots like whitecaps on a merry sea.
A compromise between heft and weightlessness, an echtes schnitzel is at once enormous and whisper-light with a color that has been likened by the Viennese violinist-gourmet Joseph Wechsberg to the burnished gold of a Stradivarius. (Wechsberg also insists that the dish should be so greaseless that a man could sit on a schnitzel—oh, those Viennese—without getting grease stains on his pants.) The accoutrements?A wedge of lemon, a salad of potatoes and/or cucumber, and a fried parsley garnish, perhaps.
Armed with this knowledge, Barry and I set off for Vienna to taste-test the best examples in town, and, like all other tourists, quickly found our way to the wooden benches of Figlmüller, a folksy Viennese shrine to the dish. Whoa, their schnitzel was huge, with edges that hung over the plate and a thick, clingy breading that would please the heretical crumbs-over-meat school of schnitzel enthusiasts. I asked Barry to take the Wechsberg trouser test. He sneered. That he valued his Agnès B pants over my research came as a blow. And anyway, why was he so smitten with Figlmüller's kitschy shtick?It must have been the Prälatenwein, an aromatic, compulsively drinkable white plonk served in cheesy green goblets.
The following evening we dined in style at Korso Bei Der Oper, the formal restaurant at the Hotel Bristol. Sautéed in vegetable oil, then brushed with butter, the schnitzel presented by an elderly waiter had the brownest, crispest, most supernaturally brittle breading of all (their secret: a quick stop under a heat lamp before serving). Small boiled potatoes and a refreshing green salad dotted with crunchy radish curls made a welcome addition, and the veal—saddle steak instead of the usual shoulder—was a cut above the rest, with a particularly plush, aristocratic texture. Korso also scored high for the grand old-school service and the long-live-the-Habsburgs opulence of its 1895 dining room, a sumptuous orchestration of dark walnut wood. That, and the inspired renditions of such anachronistic Viennese specialties as beuschel. Who knew that veal lungs stewed in wine could be so transporting?
Ultimately, though, we found our grail at Zum Schwarzen Kameel, a place that would still be my favorite restaurant on the planet even if they served jellied scorpions. We loved the Jugendstil room, with ornate chandeliers suspended on beaded strings and weathered ceramic tiles offset by polished mahogany wainscoting. We adored the maître d's operetta muttonchops and Kaiser Franz Josef outfit. We could have lingered forever in the tiled front bar washing down dainty open-faced ham sandwiches with flirty Gelber Muskateller (yellow muscat). As for the schnitzel, it was a spectacular specimen: succulent veal in a particularly loose, floppy breading that owed its crunch and complex, faintly sour nuttiness to the authentic frying medium. Behold the butterschmalz!
Bursa: a Kebab Quest
It can be said that I owe my career as a food writer to an Iskender kebab, one I devoured in Istanbul nearly two decades ago. The restaurant was Liman, an old place overlooking the port, where the waiters creaked with the floors and a matron sprayed your hands with rosewater as you emerged from the bathroom. My main course arrived—a steel plate holding squares of toasted pide flatbread nestled under thin shingles of meat. Crusty around the edges and subtly infused with a-thousand-and-one unknown seasonings, the meat came smothered in a blanket of lightly warmed yogurt topped with tomato sauce. The waiter anointed it all with melted butter. Gazing out at the Bosporus, I suddenly felt intoxicated with pleasure, besotted with Istanbul, and hopelessly in love with Iskender. Over the last square of yogurt-drenched bread, I contrived to spend the rest of my days eating and wandering.
What exactly is this Iskender kebab, you might be wondering?Well, you've probably had doner or gyro or shwarma—meaning slices of compressed meat shaved from a cylinder cooked on a vertical rotisserie. Authentic Iskender kebab is doner with a difference. Instead of industrial-grade meat, you get slivers of quality lamb and beef pressed into a cone and spit-roasted over live coals. Both the vertical grilling method and the ingenious serving style—with those crucial flatbread croutons, tomato, yogurt, and butter—were invented by a man called Iskender (Alexander) Usta in 1867 in Bursa, a city 155 miles southeast of Istanbul. That Bursa has always ranked at the top of my food pilgrimage sites goes without saying.
When I finally made it to Bursa last fall, I discovered an early Ottoman capital chockablock with enticements, among them historic mausoleums and mosques, thermal baths, plus a silk bazaar stocked with colorful bolts of ethereal fabric. Still, the only thing on my mind was my midday rendezvous with the kebab. I met the dish of my dreams at Uludag Kebapçisi, a ramshackle storefront with three rickety tables outside on a traffic-choked sidewalk. Prepared by a septuagenarian chef, the kebab was daunting in its deliciousness. The yogurt tasted like it was made by an Anatolian shepherd from an ancient starter. A smoke-tinged sauce of grilled chopped tomatoes and eggplants accentuated the meat's deep, lasting savor. The grilled pide squares underneath seemed especially engineered to soak up just the right amounts of sauces and juices. Alternating bites of my deconstructed sandwich with sips of Sira—the slightly fermented raisin drink traditionally served with the meal—I felt the same giddy pleasure that had gripped me in Istanbul 20 years ago. Iskender kebab had become my private madeleine, except Proust's paltry cake never tasted that thrilling.
The next day I repeated the experience at Iskender Efendi Konagi. Less a restaurant than a kebab theme park, this $4 million extravaganza was conjured up in Bursa's botanical gardens by Yavuz Iskenderoglu, the great-grandson of the Iskender Usta who invented the dish. Iskenderoglu greeted me, larger than life and bursting with pride. Immediately, he gave me a tour of the 19th-century kebab paraphernalia and the sepia-toned ancestral photos arranged icon-like on the turquoise-blue walls of the front dining room, a replica of the family's original kebab joint. Lunch awaited in an upstairs chamber that could be mistaken for a grand vizier's reception hall. There, I was once again struck by the perfection of each element: the house-made butter and pide; the grass-fed meat reared on a hilltop farm. As I ate, Yavuz-bey talked at a rapid-fire pace. Onion juice is the only permissible seasoning—spices only serve to cover up inferior meat. The mese (oak) wood that fuels the grill should be left to dry in the afternoon sun. The family did manage to trademark the term "Iskender doner kebab," but every restaurant in the country is shamelessly knocking off the dish anyway. Yavuz-bey, who already owns six other Iskender restaurants, concluded by confiding his grand ambition: to open a branch at Harrods. What was that we were saying about globalization?At least London's an awful lot closer to my home in New York than Bursa.
Anya von Bremzen is a Travel + Leisure contributing editor. Her latest cookbook is The New Spanish Table.
Possibly the most iconic Gallic dish, cassoulet is a rich casserole slow-baked in earthenware that layers tender haricots, various bits of pork, and duck or goose confit. This specialty of southwestern France is claimed by three cities: Carcassonne, Toulouse, and Castelnaudary, each offering its own twist on the theme. Try it at The cozy Le Colombier (14 Rue Bayard; 33-5/61-62-40-05; www.restaurant-le colombier.com; dinner for two $120) in Toulouse, where it's prepared from a 150-year-old recipe.
To taste pizza as it was meant to be—uncorrupted by fancy toppings and centered on a supple, blistered crust flash-baked in an 800-degree wood-burning oven—you must travel to Naples, its birthplace. Local purists normally frown at any pizza that isn't a classic margherita or marinara, but a few arugula leaves or prosciutto petals don't hurt. Try it at Di Matteo (94 Via Tribunale; 39-081/455-262; lunch for two $40), a battered shrine to the pie in the picturesque Spaccanapoli quarter.
Moules Frites
Belgium's signature dish consists of a big iron pot of plump mussels—connoisseurs insist that those from Zeeland's North Sea are best—steamed in a broth traditionally perfumed with onions, celery, black pepper, and wine. On the side, a pile of crisp, slender frites for which the country is famous. Try it at Brussels's Aux Armes de Bruxelles (13 Rue des Bouchers; 32-2/511-5598; www.armebrux.be; lunch for two $80) which is equally well-known for the vintage Art Nouveau interior of its front room.
Fondue (which means "molten" or "blended") is Switzerland's great contribution to the world table. A rich amalgam of cheese, white wine, and a splash of kirsch—plus a small mountain of bread cubes for dunking—it's the ultimate comfort food. Classically either Gruyère or Vacherin can be used for the dish; if you want both, ask for it moitié-moitié (half and half). Try it at Geneva's Les Armures (1 Rue Puits-Saint-Pierre; 41-22/310-3442; www.hotel-les-armures.ch; dinner for two $105), a venerated institution that serves up the smoothest, most flavorful rendition.
These colorful open-faced sandwiches are a centuries-old Danish tradition: herring, tiny shrimp, cold cuts, pâtés, and more, piled on pieces of dense buttered bread and festooned with anything from dill sprigs to lemony mayo to crispy fried onions. Three—or seven—make a great lunch. Try it at The 16th-century classic, Slotskælderen Hos Gitte Kik (4 Fortunstræde; 45-33/111-537; lunch for two $40), across the street from Copenhagen's Christianborg Palace, where the Danish parliament convenes.
Originally concocted by wandering Magyar shepherds and cattlemen, goulash is the quintessential old-world stew that marries hunks of long-simmered meat, carrots, and onions with a generous lacing of paprika. Dumplings are optional, as is a dollop of sour cream, and goulash—which Hungarians tend to call pörkölt or paprikás—can also take the form of a soup. Try it at The homey Borbíróság (5 Csarnok Tér, Budapest; 36-1/ 219-0902; dinner for two $60) near Budapest's Central Market, which also offers one of the city's best selections of Hungarian wines.
Meat on a stick doesn't get better than Greece's signature pork or chicken brochettes marinated in lemon juice and oregano, sizzled on skewers, and folded into a thick bready pita along with crisp veggies and garlicky tzatziki (yogurt dip). Think of this dish as the Hellenic answer to the hamburger. Try it at The perpetually crowded O Thanassis (69 Mitropoleos St.; 30-1/324-4705; lunch for two $10), in Athens's hopping Monastiraki district. To souvlaki junkies, this is the Parthenon of fast food.
Though Spanish regional specialties like gazpacho and paella might seem more familiar, cocido is truly the country's national dish. A multi-meat boil served in two courses (broth followed by carne), it features chicken, beef, vegetables, and charcuterie like chorizo and blood sausage, plus a big fluffy meatball called la pelota. Try it at Madrid's Lhardy (8 Carrera de San Jerónimo; 34/91-521-3385; www.lhardy.com; lunch for two $95) where a textbook-perfect version is ideally matched to the burnished 19th-century ambience.
More than simple delivery systems for caviar, these delicate yeast pancakes are an ancient Slavic treat that goes back to pre-Christian rites. Symbolically, the flour and eggs in the blini represent the fertility of Mother Earth. Great blini should be plate-sized (never mini), simultaneously fluffy and thin, and good enough to hold their own even without osetra or beluga. Try it at The opulent Yar (32-2 Leningradsky Prospekt; Hotel Sovietsky; 7-495/960-2004; dinner for two $175), an 1826 Moscow landmark.
Marseilles, France
L'Épuisette Anse du Vallon des Auffes; 33-4/91-52-17-82; www.l-epuisette.com; dinner for two $160.
Une Table au Sud 2 Quai du Port; 33-4/91-90-63-53; www.unetableausud.com; lunch for two $155.
London, England
Fryer's Delight 19 Theobald's Rd.; 44-20/7405-4114; lunch for two $23.
Rock & Sole Plaice 47 Endell St.; 44-20/7836-3785; lunch for two $35.
Golden Hind 73 Marylebone Lane; 44-20/7486-3644; dinner for two $55.
Alicante, Spain
Casa Salvador L'Estany de Cullera; 34/96-172-0136; lunch for two $70.
Casa Paco 2 San Francisco, Pinoso, Alicante; 34/96-547-8023; lunch for two $55.
Vienna, Austria
Figlmüller 5 Wollzeile; 43-1/512-6177; www.figlmueller.at; lunch for two $50.
Korso bei der Oper Hotel Bristol, 2 Mahlerstrasse; 43-1/5151-6546; dinner for two $190.
Zum Schwarzen Kameel 5 Bognergasse; 43-1/533-8125; www.kameel.at; dinner for two $140.
Bursa, Turkey
Uludag Kebapçisi 12 Garaj Karsisi Sirin Sok; 90-224/254-7264; lunch for two $14.
Iskender Efendi Konagi Soganli Botanik Park; 90-224/211-2690; lunch for two $25.
Yar, Moscow
Lhardy is a grand 19th-century museum piece famous for its burnished interiors and cocido (boiled dinner). To start, a smoky beef consommé, followed by impeccably cooked meats and vegetables (jamón, chorizo, blood sausage, and amazingly creamy garbanzos as weightless as popcorn).
Just a 15-minute walk from the Acropolis, this small, often crowded eatery is home to what many consider the best (and cheapest) souvlaki in the city. Set on the northeast corner of Monastiraki Square, the casual restaurant contains little more than an open charcoal grill, a handful of tables, a takeout window, and an adjacent outdoor patio, which provides great people-watching. The signature souvlaki consists of lamb, chicken, or pork kebabs on warm pita, topped with grilled tomato and onion, and dipped in homemade tzatziki (garlicky cucumber-yogurt sauce). The dish is typically paired with French fries and local Mythos beer.
This popular wine restaurant adjacent to the Central Market Hall is known for traditional Hungarian fare and a super-sized cellar. Spanning across three floors, Borbíróság evokes an industrial feel with its brick-and-wood décor. Nearly 100 indigenous wines are offered — by the glass and by the bottle — along with refined cuisine heavy on Hungarian ingredients. Under the supervision of an in-house sommelier, Borbirosag 's wine cellar and gallery are available for private wine tastings and wine dinners. There is also a daily wine happy hour from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. that includes half-priced wine by the glass.
Slotskælderen Hos Gitte Kik
Smorrebrod (which translates as "bread and butter") is the classic Danish lunch, consisting of a piece of bread with a variety of toppings—essentially, an open-face sandwich. Slotskælderen, housed in an 18th-century building and run by the same family since 1910, serves up what many locals consider the consumate Copenhagen smorrebrod lunch. The decor of the rustic restaurant includes several framed photographs depicting historical figures and city scenes, and the centerpiece is a large wooden table set with pieces if Danish porcelain that contain self-serve toppings such as marinated herring, smoked salmon, and vegetarian options. Along with the meal, servers offer traditional Danish coffee (brewed in a cotton 'sock'). There's no menu or pricing: the bill is tallied and presented after the meal.
Les Armures
Located within the Hotel Les Armures in the city's historic Old Town, this restaurant serves traditional Swiss fare in a two-story space that dates from the 17th century. A full suit of armor marks the entrance to the tavern-like dining room, which also contains wooden ceiling beams, white tablecloths, and stone walls hung with real muskets. Outside, additional seating is available on a cobblestoned terrace, sandwiched between the Old Arsenal and the Maison Tavel. Complemented by Swiss and French wines, the menu includes dishes like air-dried meats, cheese fondue, and chopped veal with cream sauce and rösti (fried grated potatoes).
Aux Armes de Bruxelles
Le Colombier
Iskender Efendi Konagi
Uludag Kebapçisi
Korso bei der Oper
Inside the century-old Hotel Bristol next to the world famous opera house, Korso bei der Oper draws after-opera crowds by night for formal, elaborate dinners—and those in search of a more casual lunch, by day. Crystal chandeliers and rich wood paneling juxtaposed with modern furnishings and an illuminated onyx wall create a seamless blend of traditional and contemporary elements. Chef Christian Krumpholz has been in charge of the kitchen since March 2010 and successfully combines local and international dishes to create an innovative menu. His standouts? Lobster and foie gras with asparagus and herb crusted saddle of lamb.
Dapper in black tie attire for more than 100 years, the famous tuxedo-clad waiters at this legendary Fourth District restaurant have been serving Austrian specialties — in high style — since Johann Figlmüller opened for business in 1905. Of the 12 main courses on an old fashioned chalkboard menu, Wiener Schnitzel is the top draw. Tourists make a beeline to Figlmüller for breaded pork which is pounded thin, fried, and served with one of several popular salads (potato is the traditional favorite). Trademark oversized portions are larger than plates, typically hanging over the edges. There is no beer in sight; instead, wines take the spotlight.
Casa Paco Gandia
In a sleepy hamlet 35 miles west of Alicante, the chef at Paco Gandía layers rice in a pan the size of a bicycle tire, along with rabbit, tomatoes, saffron, and snails that feed on wild herbs. Licked by flames from an open fire, the paella is not just good—it's near-mythical.
Casa Salvador
Golden Hind
When it comes to fish and chips in London, locals and in-the-know tourists agree: the Golden Hind does it best. Set in the quaint neighborhood of Marylebone, this charming, family-owned chippery has a history dating back to 1914 and a menu that reflects years of tradition. Surrounded by rustic wooden tables and twinkling lights, patrons munch on decadent fried feta before diving into the house specialty: huge portions of fresh fish fried in a light, non-greasy batter and paired with chunky chips and delectable mushy peas. Diners can also BYOB and end their feast with heavenly bread and butter pudding.
Rock & Sole Plaice
Set in the bustling Covent Garden district, Rock & Sole Plaice delivers everything one could desire in a traditional chippy: enormous filets of fresh cod fried in a light, crispy batter and thick chips that are crunchy on the outside and bursting with fluffy, buttery potato on the inside. Top that with an ice-cold lager and what many regard as the best tartar in town, and it's little wonder tourists and Londoners alike are vying for a spot in the cozy main dining room or outdoors at the sidewalk picnic tables. Succulent steak pies and perfectly spiced saveloys satisfy non-fish eaters, as well.
Fryer's Delight
Satisfy guilty cravings at this quick, old-school chippy in Bloomsbury where all the fresh fish and thick, slightly tender chips are fried in savory beef drippings. A longtime favorite of local cabbies, Fryer's Delight is an unassuming hole-in-the-wall that houses a few small tables atop a black and white tile floor, although most patrons prefer to take their indulgent treat to go. If you do prefer to dine inside, feel free to start a party in the chippy by bringing your own drinks, and don't overlook the rest of the menu which includes tasty fish cakes and mouthwatering meat pies.
Une Table au Sud
In the fishing port of Vallon des Auffes, the idyllic L'Épuisette serves a proper Provençal bouillabaisse that's oceans away from all others—brash and intense, rich with saffron and garlic and tasting unmistakably of the sea.
Di Matteo
Tuck into pizza-fritta magnificence. A giant golden-fried crescent, oozing ricotta and provola cheese dotted with ciccioli (cracklings), marries pizza-like chewiness with fritter-like fluffiness. A cult of Clinton has reigned here since the ex-prez famously stopped in for a bite in 1994. Other than Bill photos, Di Matteo is a well-lit neorealist dive with a thronged take-out counter and—it goes without saying—mementos of local soccer deity Diego Maradona.


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Yale And Princeton Enter Friday's Match Undefeated In League Play
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - After five straight road wins to start the Ivy League season, the Bulldogs return home to face Princeton and Penn with first place at stake in the conference.
Yale (9-5, 5-0 Ivy) defeated Dartmouth, 3-1, and swept Harvard last weekend.
Hot hitting continues to be a staple of the Bulldogs, who enter this week ranked fourth in the nation in kills per set. Yale leads the Ivy League in kills per set (14.83) and hitting percentage (.236).
Last weekend, the Bulldogs kept up their blistering pace.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs hit .365 for the match and tied a team season-high with 56 kills in a three-set match in a win over Harvard. Yale closed out the match after hitting .512 in the third set with 23 of its 25 points coming on kills.
Freshman Kelly Johnson hit a season-best .722 with 13 kills against the Crimson and earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Tuesday. Johnson added 20 assists and nine digs.
Mollie Rogers had nine kills and 14 digs, while Erica Reetz and Jesse Ebner had eight kills each.
On Friday against Dartmouth, Yale hit .372 in the first set and started the match on a 16-5 run. Team captain Haley Wessels had 13 kills and hit .458 for the match.
Wessels enters the week ranked third in the conference with a .356 hitting percentage.
Rogers added her sixth double-double of the season with 18 kills and a match-high 14 kills. Rogers begins the week among the Ivy League leaders in kills per set (3.00, 4th) and digs (4.25, 5th).
Johnson just missed a triple double with 24 assists, 10 digs and nine kills against the Big Green.
On Friday, Princeton (8-7, 5-0 Ivy) will play the Bulldogs with first place in the Ivy standings on the line. The teams split a pair of matches last season, with each team winning on its home court.
The Tigers feature Lydia Rudnick, the conference leader in kills per set (4.25) and sister of Yale's Maddie Rudnick, who ranks third in the conference in digs per set (4.67).
The nation's top two teams in digs per set average square off on Saturday. Penn (8-8, 3-2 Ivy) comes to New Haven as the nation's leader with a 21.45 average, while the Bulldogs rank second with at 19.73.
The Quakers play at Brown (5-10, 1-4 Ivy) on Friday and begin the weekend alone in second place in the Ivy League behind Yale and Princeton.
Report filed by Ernie Bertothy, Yale Sports Publicity


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ElasticSearch::QueryParser - Check or filter query strings
Passing an illegal query string to ElasticSearch, the request will fail. When using a query string from an external source, eg the keywords field from a web search form, it is important to filter it to avoid these failures.
You may also want to allow or disallow certain query string features, eg the ability to search on a particular field.
The ElasticSearch::QueryParser takes care of this for you.
See http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_0_3/queryparsersyntax.html for more information about the Lucene Query String syntax, and http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.html#Syntax_Extension for custom ElasticSearch extensions to the query string syntax.
use ElasticSearch;
my $es = ElasticSearch->new(servers=>'127.0.0.1:9200');
my $qp = $es->query_parser(%opts);
my $filtered_query_string = $qp->filter($unchecked_query_string)
my $results = $es->search( query=> {
query_string=>{ query => $filtered_query_string }
For example:
my $qs = 'foo NOT AND -bar - baz * foo* secret_field:SIKRIT "quote';
print $qp->filter($qs);
# foo AND -bar baz foo* "quote"
my $qp = ElasticSearch::QueryParser->new(%opts);
my $qp = $es->query_parser(%opts);
Creates a new ElasticSearch::QueryParser object, and sets the passed in options (see "OPTIONS").
$filtered_query_string = $qp->filter($unchecked_query_string, %opts)
Checks a passed in query string and returns a filtered version which is suitable to pass to ElasticSearch.
filter() can still return an empty string, which is not considered a valid query string, so you should still check for that before passing to ElasticSearch.
If any
%opts are passed in to
filter(), these are added to the default
%opts as set by "new()", and apply only for the current run.
"filter()" does not promise to parse the query string in exactly the same way as Lucene, just to clear it up so that it won't throw an error when passed to ElasticSearch.
$filtered_query_string = $qp->check($unchecked_query_string, %opts)
Checks a passed in query string and throws an error if it is not valid. This is useful for debugging your own query strings.
If any
%opts are passed in to
check(), these are added to the default
%opts as set by "new()", and apply only for the current run.
You can set various options to control how your query strings are filtered.
The defaults (if no options are passed in) are:
escape_reserved => 0
fields => 0
boost => 1
allow_bool => 1
allow_boost => 1
allow_fuzzy => 1
allow_slop => 1
allow_ranges => 0
wildcard_prefix => 1
Any options passed in to "new()" are merged with these defaults. These options apply for the life of the QueryParser instance.
Any options passed in to "filter()" or "check()" are merged with the options set in "new()" and apply only for the current run.
For instance:
$qp = ElasticSearch::QueryParser->new(allow_fuzzy => 0);
$qs = "foo~0.5 bar^2 foo:baz";
print $qp->filter($qs, allow_fuzzy => 1, allow_boost => 0);
# foo~0.5 bar baz
print $qp->filter($qs, fields => 1 );
# foo bar^2 foo:baz
Reserved characters must be escaped to be used in the query string. By default, "filter()" will remove these characters. Set
escape_reserved to true if you want them to be escaped instead.
Reserved characters:
+ - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
Normally, you don't want to allow your users to specify which fields to search. By default, "filter()" removes any field prefixes, eg:
$qp->filter('foo:bar secret_field:SIKRIT')
# bar SIKRIT
You can set
fields to
1 to allow all fields, or pass in a hashref with a list of approved fieldnames, eg:
$qp->filter('foo:bar secret_field:SIKRIT', fields => 1);
# foo:bar secret_field:SIKRIT
$qp->filter('foo:bar secret_field:SIKRIT', fields => {foo => 1});
# foo:bar SIKRIT
ElasticSearch extends the standard Lucene syntax to include:
fields option applies to these fieldnames as well.
Query strings can use boolean operators like:
foo AND bar NOT baz OR ! (foo && bar)
By default, boolean operators are allowed. Set
allow_bool to
false to disable them.
Note: This doesn't affect the
+ or
- operators, which are always allowed. eg:
+apple -crab
Boost allows you to give a more importance to a particular word, group of words or phrase, eg:
foo^2 (bar baz)^3 "this exact phrase"^5
By default, boost is enabled. Setting
allow_boost to
false would convert the above example to:
foo (bar baz) "this exact phrase"
Lucene supports fuzzy searches based on the Levenshtein Distance, eg:
To disable these, set
allow_fuzzy to false.
While a
phrase search (eg
"this exact phrase") looks for the exact phrase, in the same order, you can use phrase slop to find all the words in the phrase, in any order, within a certain number of words, eg:
For the phrase: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
Query string: Matches:
"quick brown" Yes
"brown quick" No
"quick fox" No
"brown quick"~2 Yes # within 2 words of each other
"fox dog"~6 Yes # within 6 words of each other
To disable this "phrase slop", set
allow_slop to
Lucene can accept ranges, eg:
date:[2001 TO 2010] name:[alan TO john]
To enable these, set
allow_ranges to
Lucene can accept wildcard searches such as:
jo*n smith?
Lucene takes these wildcards and expands the search to include all matching terms, eg
jo*n could be expanded to
jonathan etc
This can result in a huge number of terms, so it is advisable to require that the first
$min characters of the word are not wildcards.
By default, the
wildcard_prefix requires that at least the first character is not a wildcard, ie
* is not acceptable, but
s* is.
You can change the minimum length of the non-wildcard prefix by setting
wildcard_prefix, eg:
$qp->filter("foo* foobar*", wildcard_prefix=>4)
# "foo foobar*"
This is a new module, so it is likely that there will be bugs, and the list of options and how "filter()" cleans up the query string may well change.
If you have any suggestions for improvements, or find any bugs, please report them to http://github.com/clintongormley/ElasticSearch.pm/issues.
Patches welcome!
Copyright 2010 Clinton Gormley.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.


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Tiffany's profits are down a whopping 30 percent from last year. The iconic jeweler says that high metal and gemstone costs have hurt business.
But it's possible that Tiffany has a much bigger problem: shoppers have seriously shifted their values and don't care about fashion jewelry anymore.
"The consumer is not feeling the value equation of spending $300-$500 on a piece of Tiffany jewelry (silver, for example) when an iPad mini offers much more to life," said Brian Sozzi, chief equities analyst at NBG Productions.
Post-recession shoppers are very particular about how they spend money. They're more likely to spend on an investment piece, such as an iPad or handbag, than on Tiffany jewelry.
Tiffany's overall results confirm that consumers are all about buying pieces they view as investments. Engagement and wedding ring sales were up, while the sales of trendy silver items plummeted.
That's concerning for the chain, because Tiffany relies on trendy jewelry to help sustain the business.
In addition to being particular about what they buy, today's consumers don't put things they can't afford on credit cards. This reduces impulse buys.
"Welcome to the post-recession world, where big ticket items are saved up for, not bought two at a time on the credit card," Sozzi said.
To improve its long-term future, Tiffany is going to have to adjust to this shift in consumer thinking.


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There are around 600,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs in the U.S., even though the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. This sad fact comes down to a matching problem. At a recent Atlantic conference on "Manufacturing's Next Chapter," David Arkless, the President of Corporate Affairs and Government at The Manpower Group argued that there are ways to solve this problem if the U.S. has the willpower to act.
Other countries throughout the world don't have the sort of skills gap the United States does. "It's because they have developed an integrated system to forecast the skills they need down to the man hour level, the competency level they need," Arkless said, "and they've gone back to the education system and they have prepared young people to want to go into jobs that are going to be needed in the future."
Arkless doesn't have much patience for excuses. "People say 'David, it's impossible in a country like America to forecast the skills we need in detail,' sorry, no it isn't. If you can do it in six months for a 26 million person entity called Shanghai you can do it in America."
Students don't know what those 600,000 jobs are, let alone what training they need. Companies know what they need, there are schools available to train these workers, and there are government programs to help certify or pay for the education. But these groups don't talk to each other or have a consistent way to cooperate, despite the fact that every stakeholder, and the country as a whole, would benefit.
As an example of a place that's taken aggressive and intelligent steps, Arkless gave the example of Tianjin, China.
"The Chinese economy is forecast to grow at 6 per cent this year. The city of Tianjin, which is huge, its economy is growing at 17.9 per cent. That's huge compared to the Chinese benchmark," Arkless said. "They went out very smartly and asked every foreign company investing in Tianjin, 'what would cause you to invest more? What would bring you here?' And the answer from every one of the 2000 companies they surveyed was the right skills at the right cost."
With The Manpower Group, Tianjin evaluated every young person from ages 16-18. Entrepreneurial and creative types were encouraged to start their own business or join a small or medium business. The rest were evaluated for their vocational leanings, and given a compelling incentive to pursue it.
Arkless paraphrased the government's pitch: "OK guys, you were thinking of going to Beijing University to study physics, however if you're willing to stay and go to Tianjin Vocational University to study value added logistics, we will pay for your training costs and education, we will give you free accommodation for four years and guarantee you a job at a certain wage level. Are you interested?"
Unsurprisingly, many were. The program's helped Tianjin grow its small and medium businesses by 300 per cent over the last 2 years.
Obviously that's not a program the US can perfectly replicate. But the country needs something of similar ambition, or it will be beat by Tianjin and places like it. The country needs what moderator Frederick Kempe called a "Sputnik moment," referring to the moment when the US was beaten to space by the Soviet Union, and responded with the Apollo program.
The motivation is clear. According to Arkless, filling those 600,000 empty jobs could provide a 2.2 per cent boost to GDP. America is the country that went to the moon. It should be able to put similar effort towards getting kids in contact with and on the path towards joining the companies that need them.
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CBS NEWS-- A group of American advisers and British experts are in Nigeria aiding the search for nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by an Islamist terror group.
The country's president is promising to find the girls.
Several more U.S. experts are expected to arrive in Nigeria Friday to join colleagues already on the ground assisting the Nigerian government in its rescue operation. The missing schoolgirls have been gone for 25 days.
The British experts are expected to work closely with U.S. officials and agents in the search for the missing girls, the British government said as Boko Haram militants continued to stage attacks in northeastern Nigeria. China and France have also promised help, and the deputy prime minister of Spain, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, told reporters in Madrid on Friday that her government had decided to make available a specialist police team to assist, if Nigeria approves.
Britain said its aim was not only to help with the current crisis but to defeat Boko Haram.
"The team will be considering not just the recent incidents but also longer-term counter-terrorism solutions to prevent such attacks in the future and defeat Boko Haram," the Foreign & Commonwealth Office said in a statement Friday.
U.S. intelligence believes that many of the girls are being held in small groups and may have been taken into neighboring countries, specifically Chad and Cameroon, CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reports. That's why the U.S. embassies in both of those countries are coordinating with the U.S. team in Nigeria.
A Pentagon team of around 50 security experts who were already stationed in Nigeria have been assisting the government, Brennan reports. Soon, the FBI and the Justice Department are expected to join them.
There are restrictions on how much help the Pentagon can give to the Nigerian military because it is considered a human-rights violator.
This is a Nigerian-led operation, which means the U.S. needs the Nigerian government's permission to operate, Brennan reports. Part of these first few days is simply figuring out what the Nigerians need and then what the U.S. will be allowed to do. At this point, U.S. troops will not be used in any rescue operation.
Securing the release of the girls is not going to be easy. Activist Shehu Sani has brokered two previous peace deals with Boko Haram. Both of them failed.
These are not men who can be easily reasoned with, he told CBS News' Debora Patta. But he believes the girls could be used as a prisoner swap for Boko Haram militants being held in Nigerian jails.
"Right now in detention we have some high-ranking members of Boko Haram," said Sani. "They could be used at a very crucial hour like this. The Boko Haram group would not let these girls go until and unless you have a clear deal, whether it's by force to freedom or whether it's through negotiation."
On Thursday the government of Borno state, where the school is located, identified 53 girls who escaped, potentially subjecting the girls to stigma in this conservative society.
The government said in a statement that the 53 girls it identified by name include those who fled the day they were kidnapped and those who escaped from Boko Haram camps days later.
Borno's government did not explain the decision to name the girls.
It is well over three weeks since the abduction. The girls had put in a hard day studying for their exams, but their hopes for the future dissolved when members of the radical Islamic group broke in, set fire to the school and herded the girls into trucks.
A mother told Al-Jazeera English she would do anything to see her daughter again.
"Even (if) they take my life at that moment, I think I'm satisfied, more than when they take my daughter away," she said. "Honestly, I'm not happy at all. I just feel like killing myself."
Meanwhile, a local government official confirmed to The Associated Press that the Islamic extremists bombed a bridge linking the town of Gamboru to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, the headquarters of the Nigerian military offensive. Gamboru was attacked on Monday by Boko Haram, leaving many dead. Estimates of the death toll from that attack ranged from 100 to as many as 300. Local security officials said on Friday that Boko Haram militants bombed the bridge as they retreated following the attack on Gamboru's main market, where at least 50 bodies have since been discovered from the debris of burned shops.
Communications with the remote town are difficult and it was not immediately possible to reconcile conflicting accounts of when the bridge was bombed. One account said Monday while another said Thursday.
Local traders in Gamboru said Friday that their businesses were suffering, with trailers and heavy trucks now stranded on either side of the damaged bridge.
"We are in trouble," said Gamboru resident Mamman Abu.
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The Sheltering Arms Fund of the Community Foundation, which serves Richmond and central Virginia, recently provided a $10,000 grant to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter.
The Paralyzed Veterans of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter offers adaptive sports programs, as well as funding for members to attend adaptive sports events. This recent grant money was used toward expenses of the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest adaptive sports competition in the United States, which was held in Tampa, Florida in July. Approximately 50 athletes from the Mid-Atlantic chapter were able to attend the games this year, along with essential medical staff that would not otherwise have been funded due to government cut backs.
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Today would have been legendary beat writer Jack Kerouac's 90th birthday, had he not passed away at the age of 47 due to cirrhosis. The de facto leader and most famous member of the Beat movement, Kerouac's writings and ideas influenced an entire generation, and his poetry, novels, and letters continue to inspire people all over the world today. Though he had his own failings, the man's writing is rich with bits of advice, Buddhism-tinged musings, and pithy observations about the nature of the world, and whether they all be wise or not, we've collected some of these to share with you on his birthday. After all, we could all do a lot worse than to emulate the idealistic, passionate Jack Kerouac.
"One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls." — The Dharma Bums
"Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry."
"Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do."
"Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH…" — Big Sur
"No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy." — Lonesome Traveller
"The only truth is music."
"…we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in the world to worry, and in fact we should realize what it would mean to us to UNDERSTAND that we're not REALLY worried about ANYTHING." — The Dharma Bums
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Powerhouse Completes 1st Undefeated Season Ever!
With Grand Championships at Bonita Vista, Hart, Arcadia, and the Hanover/Lee Davis Festival of Choirs, Powerhouse finishes the 2016-2017 competition season undefeated. This is exceedingly difficult to do in the Tier 1 California division competing multiple times against some of the nation's top choirs.
Sound Waves was also undefeated in the Intermediate Division for the first time since 2012. Sound Sensations was named the Grand Champions three times, including Bonita Vista, Arcadia and Hanover/Lee Davis. Tech Crew was also named Best Tech at the competition in Richmond, Virginia.
Mr. Jennings Honored on Broadway!
Mr. Jennings was flown to New York City to receive the inaugural Inspiring Teacher Award from the National High School Musical Theater Awards. The award was given at the 2017 Jimmy Awards at the Minskoff Theater hosted by Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, Pitch Perfect). Based on her Best Actress win at the Jerry Herman Awards, Brighton Thomas was a featured soloist in the Jimmy Awards closing number.
2017 VMA President Brighton Thomas Wins Great American Songbook!
Brighton Thomas, 2016-17 VMA President, has been named 2016 Great American Songbook Youth Ambassador! We are so proud of you, Brighton!
It has been quite a year so far for the JBHS VMA! We will hope for more honors to come as we get going in August!
Josh Strobl Wins National High School Musical Theater Award!
Tuesday, July 12th
Anyone who has seen (or heard) Josh Strobl over his 4 years at John Burroughs High School, knows he is destined for success on the Broadway stage. But did you know he has already attained it?
At the Minskoff Theater on Broadway late last month, Josh was honored with the Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor!
Powerhouse Rocks the LA County Arts Education Summit
Saturday, December 4th
Muses perform at Burbank City Tree Lighting
Saturday, December 5th
Powerhouse at LACMA's 50th Anniversary
Powerhouse had the honor last weekend of marking the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's 50th Anniversary!
Joined by aerial performance artists from Australia and sparkling pyrotechnics, Powerhouse was also seen by many A-list stars at last weekend's gala celebration, including: Barbra Streisand, Betty White, Ryan Seacrest, Seal, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell. It was an amazing evening, closed by Powerhouse's version of Happy Birthday and a 45-minute dance with globes while the guests made their way out. Congratulations, Powerhouse!
Powerhouse with Dance the Dream
Powerhouse got to join other choirs, dancers, opera singers and Dance the Dream in Part 3 of the video trilogy produced by The Dream at 50 in collaboration with the L.A. Dance Project. The videos feature some of the top professional and student dance and music groups throughout Los Angeles County, including the Los Angeles Ballet, L.A. Opera, La Santa Cecelia, Diavolo, and No)one. And John Burroughs High School!
Powerhouse Seniors on "The Voice"
The Powerhouse Seniors backed up the lovely Jacquie Lee singing "Angel" on The Voice on December 9, 2013 and it was gorgeous! Click to watch the video!
Muses on Hallmark Channel November 25th!
Start your Thanksgiving Week off with "Home & Family Holiday Special" on the Hallmark Channel and support Muses! The show premieres Monday, November 25th at 8pm and will be replayed on Tuesday, 11/26 at 10am and Wednesday 11/27 at noon. Check your listings for the channel on your cable provider!
Set your DVR! This is better than the parade!
National Champion Showchoirs Hit the Stage!
The first performances by our National Champion Showchoirs are coming up very quickly now, October 11-13! [Continue reading...]
Powerhouse at the 4th Annual Thirst Gala
The Thirst Project is "a movement of high school and college students that exists to raise awareness of and bring solutions to the clean water crisis..." Twenty-eight of the JBHS Powerhouse students were invited to perform at the 4th Annual Thirst Gala on June 24th. The event was hosted by Kirsten Vangsness from "Criminal Minds." The evening's Guest of Honor was Pauley Perrette from "NCIS." [Continue reading...]
Powerhouse Plays the Hollywood Bowl
I know it's summer vacation, but our Powerhouse kids are always performing, even the new members! Last weekend Powerhouse could be found at "Opening Night at the Bowl" singing and dancing with Darren Criss, one of the stars of "Glee."
The Los Angeles Times found Criss's number "a charming diversion, especially when the platoon of the Powerhouse Show Choir marched onto the stage to sing backup and dance." We agree! [Continue reading...]
Powerhouse Performs at MPI Awards Event 2011 at Roosevelt Hotel
Powerhouse to Perform in Hong Kong!Powerhouse is set to be the largest, youngest contingent of performers to represent the U.S. in Cathay Pacific's annual Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong on February 3. The 54 members of the Powerhouse show choir will bring their combination of superb choral skills and exciting choreography to life before an enthralled audience of tens of thousands who have never seen a show like this before.
Among the musical numbers to be performed by Powerhouse in Hong Kong will be "Any Way You Want It" (by Journey) and "Vogue" (by Madonna). [Click for more]
Powerhouse Performs on Dancing With the Stars
The JBHS Vocal Music Associations' premier mixed show choir, Powerhouse, gave a stunning performance for tonight's Dancing With The Stars. ABC's own press release says the following:
This week's "School of Rock" themed Macy's Stars of Dance performance will feature all-star kid musicians from national School of Rock and one of the best showchoirs in the country, The Powerhouse Choir from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. The number will be choreographed by Travis Wall. The Powerhouse Choir has performed opposite the cast of "Glee" on the Oprah Winfrey Show and was the school that inspired the hit fox television series. In addition, they've performed at numerous national and regional events, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the Gala Opening of the Resnick Pavilion, "The Unmasking," opposite Christina Aguilera and The Canadian Tenors, the Season 2 "Glee" Cast Premier Party at Paramount Studios and the 1st Annual PFLAG L.A. Event at the London Hotel. They've received the following awards and accolades: 2009 Grand Champions of FAME National Showchoir Cup in NYC; 2008 Grand Champions of FAME Chicago National Showchoir Competition; they were featured on "Gleeful: The Real Show Choirs of America," a British documentary about competitive showchoirs; and they performed in concert with Foreigner at the Gibson Amphitheater and the Citizen's Bank Arena.
Glee Premier Cast Party
Season 2 of the hit FOX television show Glee kicked off with a bang on September 7th at the Paramount Lot with a party for cast and crew. 9 members of Powerhouse played the part of "real life Glee" singing some of the hit songs from the first season of the show.
LACMA Opening Gala
Members of Powerhouse dressed in the infamous 18th Century costumes were seen flanking the red carpet at the Gala Opening of the Resnick Pavillion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on September 25th 2011. Powerhouse welcomed guests with a performance art piece designed by Jen Oundjian and accompanied by Dan Scoville based on several Mozart piano pieces.
PFLAG LA Event
On Friday, October 1st, Powerhouse performed on the rooftop of the London Hotel in West Hollywood for the 1st Annual "LA Event" hosted by PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays). Powerhouse was a surprise guest, introduced by Jane Lynch and beginning their performance of "Vogue" flash mob style from positions throughout the audience. They followed with "Somebody to Love" and were described by many as the "highlight" of the night. Following their performance, Powerhouse was seated poolside to enjoy the rest of the program including an up-close performance by Nelly Furtado.
Powerhouse performs at DSA Annual Meeting
How do you pump up a crowd? The Direct Sellers Association recently hired the John Burroughs show choir, Powerhouse, to perform at the Centennial Gala of their 2010 Annual Meeting. Guests were entertained and inspired by the students performing part of their 2010 competition set.
The choirs of John Burroughs are available for all nature of private and public events. (Click here for booking information). See a video of the DSA performance, by clicking header above.
JBHS Choirs Featured in British Documentary, "Gleeful"
John Burroughs High School is proud to have been featured in the British Documentary, Gleeful: The Real Show Choirs of America. The broadcasting network bills it as a "Documentary exploring the big business of show choirs in American high schools." Click through to see the show in its entirety...
Jennifer Love Hewitt Donates $3000 to JBHS VMA
Powerhouse Performs on Oprah Winfrey Show!
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past month, you probably know that the VMA's advanced mixed choir, Powerhouse, was invited to perform on the Oprah Winfrey Show, for a special Glee episode. In case you missed this milestone performance, we've corralled some videos for you.


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Dior Pre-Fall 2015 Tokyo Bag Collection Part 2Categories:Other Brands
Here's part 2 of Dior Pre-Fall 2015 Bag Collection presented in Tokyo. These new bags will make your mind go wild. Well, here are my favorites:
You remember our previous post about the Silver Lady Dior Dotted Tote Bag? Well, hold on because it's also available in fuchsia. The silver is great, but the fuchsia version is like a bag dropped from heaven. It comes with a long shoulder strap, the strap is also very thick as you can see how the model is holding it. The bag is made in silver hardware. Oh baby, it's the mini again the mini version. Lady Dior + Pink + Mini = (you do the equation).
What is this? Well think again! Yep, it's the Be Dior flap Bag al right but in the large version. Though the picture is shot in black and white, but we can see that Dior has been doing some experiment. It's painted in bi-color and black.
Oh, silver, fuchsia and now even in baby-blue. I wish these three were packed in one box for a single price. But here you can closely see how tiny the Mini Dior Tote is and how gorgeous the shoulder strap is.
READ: Dior Pre-Fall 2015 Tokyo Bag Collection Part 1
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An early bird – ahead of time, ahead of the curve, while the other designer brands focuses on the Spring Summer 2015 Collection, Dior simply move fast forward to the Pre-Fall 2015 Collection. Anything is possible right!
Well, Dior presented their Pre-Fall 2015 Collection in Tokyo – setting up the runway, models ready and there they go. Presenting bags and more bags that are absolutely to drool for. Oh by the way, have you spotted the brand-new Silver Lady Dior Tote Bag?
A lot of classics and iconic's, there was room for anything, but the Lady Dior Tote has, once again, taken over the spotlights. They were presented in the mini size – too cute to be true.
Take this mini Dior Tote with strap, very tiny and crafted with hand-made flowers and little heart prints, available in black and silver hardware.
Besides the iconic's, many new styles has also been revealed, like this new handbag in purple and beige. A small accessory with a front flap, it's so small that one hand is enough to grab it. Tote it at day and move it like a clutch at night.
READ: Dior Pre-Fall 2015 Tokyo Bag Collection Part 2
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Ginnie Mae to allow trial modification repurchases
[Update 1: includes more discussion of Ginnie Mae's repurchase policy] Ginnie Mae will allow issuers to repurchase mortgages from its guaranteed securities if the loan completes a three-month trial modification, according to guidance released Friday. Modified loans were not previously eligible for repurchase. Ginnie guarantees the timely payment of interest and principal to investors in MBS collateralized by Federal Housing Administration and Veterans' Affairs mortgages. The FHA directed servicers last week to place borrowers into a three-month trial before providing a permanent modification if they meet a specific set of requirements. The new repurchase standards take effect immediately. Previously, issuers could only repurchase loans when a borrower failed to make a payment for three consecutive months. "This is one of our most important efforts this year," said Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer. "FHA loan performance data shows that many modified borrowers are at risk of a redefault." Because modified loans often remained within the Ginnie Mae security and were not subject to a repurchase, investors and the FHA carried the risk of a redefault if the loan didn't reperform as planned. "By requiring that high-risk non-HAMP borrowers undergo a trial payment period on the modified loan terms in order to test the borrower's ability to repay, we hope to avoid the pattern of high re-defaults on modified loans," Tozer said. "Given the investor concerns about pre-payment speeds, working with FHA to create this trial modification initiative was clearly in the best interest of borrowers, issuers, and investors." Write to Jon Prior. Follow him on Twitter @JonAPrior.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Scott Smith and Crystal Reed will qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships after running terrific races at Saturday's NCAA West Regional, which was held at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ore.
Smith finished the 10k course in 30:42.60, which landed him fourth place, All-Region honors and qualification to the NCAA Championships. He was the top runner outside of the Stanford team, which took the top three spots.
Conditions were a bit challenging, as the weather was sunny but the course was muddy. It is difficult to move up on a muddy course, and Smith stayed with the front pack to avoid being left behind. The pack began to fall apart as the race progressed, but Smith stuck with the group and held on for fourth.
Reed employed a similar strategy by establishing good position early in the women's race. She was in a chase pack not far behind the leaders, and she kicked hard at the end to advance to 12th place, which gives her All-Region honors and qualification to the NCAA Championships. Her time over the 6k course was 21:18.95.
Julian deRubira also picked up All-Region honors on the men's side after covering the course in 31:13.49 to take 19th, which was just outside the qualification cutoff for Nationals.
The Gaucho women scored 228 points to finish sixth, behind Arizona's 202 points and ahead of UC Davis's 232 points. The team will await Sunday's at-large announcements to see if they qualify for Nationals. Gaucho assistant coach Avery Blackwell said the team's chances would have been better had they finished fifth.
"I'm sure the women are a little bummed to finish 26 points away from fifth, but this was still a good day for the team," said Blackwell.
"I think several of them would say they had a sub-par race, but their groups looked good."
Amanda Moreno was the first Gaucho to finish after Reed. She covered the course in 22:02.28, which placed her 43rd. She was directly followed by Breanne Strenkowski, who was 44th at 22:02.65. The other scorers were Megan Petkovic (67th, 22:30.02) and Andrea Jacobs (70th, 22:33.73).
The Gaucho men scored 217 points to tie for eighth with Cal. They were behind UCLA's 207 points and ahead of Washington State's 268 points. The first four Gaucho runners all finished in the top-50, but injury troubles hampered the team's final scorer.
"Our team was really good today, but we just didn't have a fifth runner," remarked Blackwell.
"Unfortunately Bhavik [Kanzaria] has been injured all week, which knocked him out of his rhythm. It hurt us, but that's the reality of the sport."
Smith and deRubira were the top two runners for the Gauchos, and they were followed by sophomore Juan Paredes, who took 38th at 31:47.97. Next came Waleed Totari, who was 44th at 31:56.79. Kanzaria struggled to an 121st place finish at 33:39.18.
Top-ranked Stanford won the men's race with 27 points. They were followed by Portland with 84, and Oregon with 109. The individual winner was Chris Derrick of Stanford, who ran 30:38.84.
Top-ranked Washington won the women's race with 25 points. They were followed by Oregon with 66, and Stanford with 94. The individual winner was Kendra Schaaf of Washington, who ran 20:41.70.
The NCAA Championships will be held on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.
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