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Aussie gov to treat laser pointers like knives and guns
An Australian regional government has moved to crack down on laser pointers following widely-reported incidents in which the devices have been used to distract and dazzle pilots on commercial flights. New South Wales (NSW) will class the most powerful types of pointer as if they were firearms, with sentences of up to 14 years …
The biggest tragedy...
...is the inevitable, endless debate among Reg commenters on the practicality of laser blinding. Anybody want to do an over/under on this? I'm gonna say more than 65 by midnight GMT.
Sooooo close to a good idea...
... and then they spoilt it with stupidity.
Green lasers controlled - good idea. Low powered red lasers vaguely controlled and we might or might not accept your reasons for having one - stupid idea.
Bill - because he's spoilt good ideas with stupidity more often than most.
Already a problem
A bloke was sent to prison in the last few weeks for using a laser to dazzle a helicopter coming into land at the London Heliport at Battersea. It seems there are idiots on both sides of the globe..
@ A.C & Red lasers
Nice to see the A.C's posting.
Can I presume that you've never been dazzled by one of these things whilst you've been driving, along a busy motorway, with your family in the car?
I have, and believe me the expression "brown trouser time" is most appropriate. (Some little scumbag was standing on a flyover, more than close enough with a 'red' laser)
Personally, I think the Aussies are right on with this one.
@Already a problem
"It seems there are idiots on both sides of the globe.."
Except that our idiots were selectively bred from your idiots.
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...Considering that the Red lasers are capable of causing damage to the eye with prolonged direct exposure, the greens are FAR worse. So regardless of how they're being used, they should still be regulated. Perhaps not by licenses, but similar to how knives are controlled. Say...18+ from a licensed vendor.
Aw bloody hell
That means that .gov.uk's going to follow suit, and I'll get locked up for showing off my kickass floppy-disk-burning-Laser-armed Dalek.
More annoyingly, I can see the sense in these new laws and actually agree with them.
@ dervheid
You're projecting, old chap. AC "Sooo close..." wasn't saying red lasers shouldn't be controlled, but that they should either be controlled with definable parameters or not controlled.
I have to admit that this is the first time I've heard of "normal" red laser pointers being used for dazzling mischief, and to some relief that I'm somewhat protected by my deficient colour vision from being so dazzled.
It's not that
a green laser is more powerful than a red, it's that the human eye is more sensitive to the green wavelength (also water vapour in the air effects red more)
Where I live I am more worried about a concrete block passing through my windscreen (thrown from from a motorway bridge) than a laser pointer being pointed at me
Lesser lasers.
Actually, when you get to the red lasers, you can get just as effective a dazzling effect with one of the larger maglites turned to "spot" at closer ranges.
There will now be a brief pause while the Australian Police Force beats itself to death with its own maglites.
The one with the large Maglite in the pocket please. Yes, I do have a valid reason for having it, I'm carrying a torch for someone (paradiddle, ka-ching).......
You know...
...I hear so much from Europeans (among whom I count Australians... yeah) about how people are attacking them in malls for no reason, dazzling them with laser pointers, and all manner of things, that I wonder how we escape such terror in the good ol' USA. I've only heard of one instance of a plane being 'dazzled' here, and that one wasn't well-substantiated. Are we too busy shooting and tasing each other here to have a nice underclass of hooligans screwing with us constantly?
Paris because that's the only icon with a question mark. First time I've used it, too - honest to god.
@ AC & Rob C.
As has already been postulated in the article, likening 'Reds' to knives, I don't see where catagorising these together is not a 'definable' parameter.
ie, if you're caught with one in public, you will have to justify carrying it, in court, and face the consequences of failure to do so. Which for the "law abiding majority" who don't posess one, unless it's built into a DIY tool of some description, shouldn't be a problem. With regards to your "deficient colour vision", obviously I don't know how bad it is for you, but it's more likely to be an inability to discern between colours, rather than to a lack of response to the intensity of the lightsource (if you try staring at the laser diode in the bottom of an optical mouse, for example, can you see / be dazzled by that?)
Rob, I sympathise with you fully on the concrete block scenareo, I just figure that an iddy-biddy laser pointer is easier for yoyr average scumbag to conceal (internally if required) unlike aforementioned concrete block, if pehaps they are a tad easier to come by (blocks, that is). Although I'm sure we could experiment on the internal concealment of concrete blocks on said scumbags!!
Obligatory reference...
"Charles, get the laser-pointers, we're being f***ed."
red lasers in DIY tools?
What about the lasers you get in DIY tools these days? My circular saw has one to help guide you... spirit levels have them these days... so many things do... you telling me all these DIY tools will be illegal?!
Now, can we ban calling them "pointers"?
Or at least the red ones which don't generally have a visible beam.
Imagine the full-stop below is a shiny red dot.
Apple . Pear
Does it point to Apple or Pear?
Neither -- it's a dot. It has no direction. IT CAN'T POINT!
Ergo, it is not a pointer.
TIme to bin my Bluetooth mouse then...
So, I will have to have a valid reason for carrying the laser pointer built into my Bluetooth presenter mouse will I? Someone had better tell Microsoft that they are selling overt instruments of terrorism!
@Rob Crawford
let's ban concrete blocks, too
"..I just figure that an iddy-biddy laser pointer is easier for yoyr average scumbag to conceal (internally if required) unlike aforementioned concrete block, if pehaps they are a tad easier to come by (blocks, that is).."
They conceal the concrete blocks in overhead bridges. Ban bridges I say.
Lasers are already covered by law, and causing damage/dazzling is a lot more complex than most people think.
Most pointed are less than class 3B
Either I'm just off the mark or there are lots of sad, sad people in this world who can be dazzled by something as common as a laser pointer. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've been dazzled before, mostly from really nice looking women, but a few times from the bourbon too. It's hard for me to be dazzled by pretty flashing lights anymore - I suppose I've lost my innocence...just like Mommy said I would.
terrorists listening?
if this is causing significant problems to aircraft then perhaps they ought to protect themselves. I know in an ideal world we would punish the wrong-do'ers rather than forcing legislation on the airline companies, but they could very effectively fit their windscreens with wavelength selective blocking films. And yes I cam aware that you can't block all wavelengths or it'd go dark, but it wouldn't be hard to get rid off just 633 and 532nm.
suprised this is just mischeif so far, wonder if there's a terrorist application. many countries have banded about the idea of tanks capable of blinding entire battle fields of troops despite the geneva convention.
anyone ever shone one in a cctv camera, temporarily saturates the ccd rendering it useless, more mischeif.
what we need now is rear facing lasers on the back of my car to get that fool in his bmw off my tail.
Guns don't kill people; people do
With idiot laws like this, I'm beginning to see the point of the gun lobby's argument. I'm no fan of the gun lobby, and I can't see any justification for carrying them (there's no "legitimate" use for a gun), but banning laser pointers is daft. Go after the people who misuse them, not the product which can, in some rare occasions, be misused.
The more I read stories like these, the more I think that 'third world' punishments like cutting peoples hands off aren't as stupid as they sound.
@Anonymous Coward: Go to your mouse settings and replace your mouse pointer with a dot. My guess is, you'll still be able to point at things on your screen. ergo, it's still a pointer, dot, arrow, aeroplane, dragon, whatever.
@red lasers in DIY tools
I suppose if you are walking through a mall waving a circular saw at people then you might have a wee problem with our armed guardians whether or not a new law is passed.
And then there's the safety issue of that very long extension cord trailing behind you.
reminds me of that flymo scene in peter jackson's classic film, braindead
Paris, as she'd want to start a "save the sumatran rat-monkey" fund
People are the problem
Banning the lasers just means that the idiots will find some other source of amusement - throwing rocks off bridges for example. And what will the gov't do then - ban rocks??
The imbeciles who do this are the same ones who, a year or two ago, were scribbling with spray paint on the subways. And a lot of it is in parenting and schooling. Teach parents to be good parents and half the problems go away. Properly fund schools, so teachers are not overworked and can spend a little more time and energy on the few kids who will benefit from it most. And so on...
And give the kids something fun and cheap to do with their spare time - gyms with interesting sports, skateboard parks, movie theatres, computer game clubs, after-school jobs, whatever. But keep them interested in something, and they won't need to find their own sources of amusement...
Why not just make it illegal to dazzle pilots with them instead of making them illegal. you know like the way its legal to own a car but not to run people over with it.
@red lasers in DIY tools?
Well, I imagine if you are walking around with a power tool you will probably be stopped, laser or no laser.
who the hell came up with laser pointers anyway? why do we need to indicate things from 100 feet away? Bring back pointy sticks.
The blinding part is not so much the light directly into the eyes as the diffusion/diffraction of the light hitting the windscreen which is dirty and full of scratches. It's rather like driving directly into the sun on a nice, bright day. I recommend using a strong laser on certain body parts to make sure they don't breed more idiots. I have to agree with the "lasers don't kill people, people kill people" chain of thought on this. Banning them only punishes the normal law-abiding who got one to tease the neighbour's cat. I for one welcome our laser-toting lizard overlords.
@Already a problem
Be sure to start legislation banning possession of rocks then, as any moron could have dropped one through your windshield from an overpass. There are many instruments that can cause harm... Instead of over-sanitizing society, can't we just enforce existing laws? Perhaps instead of a total ban for the ultra-high powered laser pointers, you should have some kind of education-permit process, which would weed out the assholes and idiots, and perhaps prevent some fool from losing a retina as well. In the US, you need an EPA permit to purchase freon (to ensure safe handling of this substance proven to do damage to the ozone layer), why not the same for any laser over a certain mW range?
@ pointy sticks
Pointy sticks is where ALL the fucking trouble started anyway!
@ Chris Bradshaw
"Banning the lasers just means that the idiots will find some other source of amusement - throwing rocks off bridges for example. And what will the gov't do then - ban rocks??"
I said the same about the imitation gun ban. I would rather have a mugger point a toy gun at me and me be scared, than him point a knife at me.
I own an illegally powerful laser
I think the point that they're being used by morons is a significant issue. Perhaps we should ban anyone from purchasing a knife since they have dangerously pointy bits which are capable of puncturing human flesh and have been used for this purpose in the past.
Its a tool. I have a power more powerful than is allowed by UK law, several times more powerful than the maximum safety level in milliwatts. I feel as an ubergeek it is my right and duty to own such a thing. I would never shine it in someone's face or lend it to someone who would.
I wish they'd start punishing idiots and stop making legislation to ban a neutral item like a laser. Its a cop-out. Where cops have to do more, maybe they should call it a cop-in.
I totally agree with you, though personally I suggest a deep sea swimming lesson (with an anvil leashed to their ankle) as a more interesting option.
In my part of the world there has been several very severe injurys and a death on the one section of road alone (one of which is less than 100 meters from a police station). I don't understand how they manage it.
If goverment have to ban laser pointers then surely theu also have to ban the 15M candle power lamps too (came across one guy who had 2 sitting in his rear windscreen to dazzle people who didn't turn off full beam on country roads).
Almost anything is dangerous in the wrong hands <SIGH>
Personally I believer that most of us could manage more damage with a pen or pencil than the average terrorist with a box cutter. Happily very few of us are that unleasant.
It's all Bills fault today
Coming soon...
Now that guns, swords, knives, and laser pointers have been banned... The government will move on to banning rolled up newspapers.
"The suspect was caught today carrying a rolled up newspaper. Police believe the intent was not to actually read the paper, but to swat someone on the behind....."
How many more ridiculous laws do we need? All this banning of items does not change one simple fact... These items do not commit crimes - people do.
Lets learn to live without them
When I am on a flight, I am a hoping and a praying that everything go smoothly. Last thing I need is some little shit-head impressing his boyfriends by shining laser pointers at planes. If it takes a ban on pointers to stop the little turds, good. I mean, while life be so hard without laser pointers in it? Surely society won't crumble with laser pointers done away with. I think I am old enough to remember a time when lasers pointers weren't around. I sure my pappy and my grand pappy didn't have no laser pointers when they was young-ens. They managed to live life and prosper in an era without laser pointers and if it means safe roads and skies, I would like to live without the pointless devices myself. (pun intended)
Have you ever watched commercial pilots fly? They actually have real working autopilots. It's not like they are in F15's. (Try keeping your pointer on the cockpit of one of those.) Pointing a laser at a car is probably 10X worse. But it just doesn't have as much of a 9/11 - terror vibe. I've never been blinded by a laser pointer, but I have had to stare at 1234234789213 headlights, eaten a few rocks kicked up by trucks etc.
They're not going to triangulate and find the person blinding a pilot. What they will do is pull you over for fitting the wrong profile, then harass or arrest on carges for everything they find in your car that you could ever possibly use do to something mean. Why is this any different then a pair of scissors? There are probably at least a few actual real assaults/injuries each year due to hammers, forks, fists and flashlights.
....mine's the one with the dazzling reflectors on it.
@ Richard Neill "No legitimate use for guns" - bullshit
Just the other day I walk outside to see why my dogs are going nuts. Cue two neighbor's bulldogs running full tilt after me. Absolutely no way to make it anywhere safe in time. If I hadn't had a gun, I'd be dog food.......
And no, I didn't kill them. Several rounds in the gravel caused enough noise and stinging rock fragments to send them packing.
Don't bother with kack about mace/pepper spray and etc. Try hitting a dog in the face.
You want to put a stop to it? All I have to say is we have ordinance that can follow a laser......
Mine's the one with the built in holster........
banning is *not* the answer
enforcement of laws against crimes *is*.
Owning a laser pointer or device of any wattage=good
using it for any criminal act=bad
banning it because it could possibly cause a crime=even worse.
But, this from the same country that banned guns, and the crooks went to crossbows. So they banned those, and crooks moved to swords. So they banned those, and now it's laser pointers.
Banning did nothing but make the law abiding suffer more, and make the criminals jobs easier. "Home invasions" were almost unheard of a few years ago, and are now the almost the most common violent crime.
And all this time I thought Australia was a dangerous place.
Hey Australia;
A fork can be a dangerous weapon at lunch time.
A spoon can be sharpened.
You'll put your eye out with chopsticks.
Fingers carry salmonella.
There should be some limit to wimpification.
The green heuristic
Green may not be a more inherently damaging color, but having the higher-powered lasers be green does make a good heuristic for knowing how carefully to treat them.
There are green lasers in use at my workplace (a heavy manufacturer) for measurement purposes. When they were installed, we were warned that if you stuck your hand in the beam, the resulting injury would be "like a bad sunburn". I can only imagine what they would do to an eye.
(I wonder if you could get an extra-powerful red pointer through Australian security, though, on the grounds that "only the green ones are dangerous".)
Someone forgot to say...
Sharks with frikkin' laser beams ;)
If you make laser pointers criminal...
then only criminals will have laser pointers!
Tux, because he knows that legal access by the good, law abiding people helps keep them on a footing with the thieves and pirates.
@You know...
" I wonder how we escape such terror in the good ol' USA"
probably because the hoons can have much more fun with fully automatic assault rifles.. ;-)
[the bullet proof one please]
@ BS, John Stepp and others
fer crissakes you idiots. It's dangerous because the galahs that are doing this have, amongst other things, been targeting passenger aircraft making landing approaches at Sydney and Darwin airports. Not a good time to have both pilot and co-pilot unable to see the instruments, controls, or the approaching runway marker lights. 100+ deaths as the result of some PFY casually leaning out a window waving his latest internet-purchased toy into the sky is a real possibility. Banning probably isn't the answer, but compulsory licensing for devices over 1mW may be the way to go.
holes in the proposal big enough to walk through
I noticed that there was an exemption for cat owners who like to use the pointers as some kind of tech ball of wool to keep their cats busy.....
... Paris cause I reckon she wrote the damn thing
@ PaulD
"I noticed that there was an exemption for cat owners who like to use the pointers as some kind of tech ball of wool to keep their cats busy....."
If this law to stop the harmful use of lasers was ever introduced in the US I'm sure one of the exemptions would be use of the laser as an aid in aiming a rifle.
To those comparing to rock throwing...
You are all forgetting this is the NSW government... Morris Iemma doesn't know how to handle things if you can't just ban it.
My thunbs go down to the NSW government. I had planned on buying a high power laser to build a home made laser etching/cutting device... I guess I have to find out how to get a permit first now... And I'll bet it means doing a test, having a(nother) criminal record check and paying huge wads of cash into Mr Iemma's budget tin.
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Jane Curtin: Well, the 1970′s are in their final month, and with some thoughts on this decade and the one we're about to enter, here's Weekend Update's Social Sciences Editor Al Franken.
Al Franken: Thank you, Jane. Well, the "me" decade is almost over, and good riddance, and far as I'm concerned. The 70′s were simply 10 years of people thinking of nothing but themselves. No wonder we were unable to get together and solve any of the many serious problems facing our nation. Oh sure, some people did do some positive things in the 70′s – like jogging – but always for the wrong reasons, for their own selfish, personal benefit. Well, I believe the 80′s are gonna have to be different. I think that people are going to stop thinking about themselves, and start thinking about me, Al Franken. That's right. I believe we're entering what I like to call the Al Franken Decade. Oh, for me, Al Franken, the 80′s will be pretty much the same as the 70′s. I'll still be thinking of me, Al Franken. But for you, you'll be thinking more about how things affect me, Al Franken. When you see a news report, you'll be thinking, "I wonder what Al Franken thinks about this thing?", "I wonder how this inflation thing is hurting Al Franken?" And you women will be thinking, "What can I wear that will please Al Franken?", or "What can I not wear?" You know, I know a lot of you out there are thinking, "Why Al Franken?" Well, because I thought of it, and I'm on TV, so I've already gotten the jump on you. So, I say let's leave behind the fragmented, selfish 70′s, and go into the 80′s with a unity and purpose. That's what I think. I'm Al Franken. Jane?
Jane Curtin: Thank you, Al. That's the news. Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has uninimously declared Franken the winner over incumbent Norm Coleman. As surreal as it sounds, Al Franken is the newest US Senator.
Is it over? Will Coleman appeal to Federal Court? Will Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty execute the certification? Will the Federal Court grant Coleman an injunction against certification? Will the Senate Republicans filibuster Franken's confirmation?
Coleman is holding a press conference at 4:00 eastern time, which is about a half hour away from this posting.
Pawlenty has said he would sign the certification.
TPM has a slide show of the trial. And Franken's career.
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Update: It's over. Norm concedes.
Addendum: someone brought my attention to this amusing clip from a debate between Franken and our favorite hippie.
Posted by request, but of less interest I think, is a brief clip of a confrontation between Al and Norm following a debate. Franken's wife gets in between them. Not sure why it's post-worthy, but I aim to please.
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December and January's dropping temperatures make these months the perfect time to encourage your students' curiosity about the changing seasons. The activities below will inform your students of the wonders of snow, the harsh conditions of the Arctic, how animals cope with the winter hardships, how to report the weather, and more.
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Life in the Arctic Tundra
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A Time to Sleep
Explore the strange and secret worlds of animals' winter habitats with activities that reinforce skills across the curriculum.
Winter Idea Exchange
Teachers discuss their favorite winter-time science and art activities for the classroom.
Frosty Fun
Children create their own snowmen and observe how long it takes for the snow to melt inside the classroom.
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Winter Weather Maker
Investigate how weather is made and then make a snowstorm by manipulating temperature and humidity.
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Students will learn about winter and summer through hands-on activities, including sorting summer and winter clothing.
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In this lesson, students analyze various weather conditions and create first-person reports from the eye of a storm!
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Students use language, creative thinking, and social skills to create a class mural based on the book When Winter Comes.
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Wonderful Wintertime
Use Clifford the Big Red Dog to teach children about seasonal concepts through reading, expressive language, and art.
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Here Comes Winter!
Students learn to track temperatures, research winter animals, and create a winter word wall that they can use as a reference tool.
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"Lost Girl" Recap (3.10): This is how a heart breaks
Elsewhere in a field on the back of a pick-up, Tamsin and Acacia are catching up and drinking beers. I think I could watch a whole episode of just them doing that. Shooting the shit about the War of 1812 and Tecumseh, you know – girl talk. Well, girl talk for fierce female warrior Valkyries (I'm assuming Acacia is also a Valkyrie, right?).
But then Acacia breaks down the pleasantries and asks how Tamsin plans to get out of the serious trouble she is in. That serious trouble being failing to deliver the unaligned succubus to "him." Tamsin says she'll offer a trade, but they both know "he" doesn't want anyone more than Bo. OK, so this guy is either a) Bo's father or b) The fire-breathing Pegasus Trick had a picture of or c) Odin the Wanderer, a powerful Norse god or d) some combination of the three.
Tamsin is clearly in a pickle here, made even picklier because Bo is stronger now on account of successfully passing through Fae puberty. Acacia has something to help with that, kind of like a reverse Fae Pro-Active. It's Rune Glass and Tamsin must put in one hair of someone Bo loves, two of someone Bo trusts and three of Bo's own hairs in it and then the Druid will do the rest, whatever "the rest" is.
At camp an oblivious Bo is trying to lead an apathetic group in team-building exercises. Honey, these are juvenile delinquents, whatever you do don't do a trust fall. I repeat, these kids are the very opposite of trustworthy. But of course, Bo has them do a trust fall. She asks Kenzi to catch her and, come on, we all know where this is going.
Bo drops like a stone and then Kenzi describes it as "the funniest shit in the history of both funny and shit." See, isn't undercover Kenzi the best? Bo takes her aside and complains within earshot of the group about her behavior and needing to earn their respect. Kenzi wisely tells her to chill, because she is now bigger than the dude in the beret who designs T-shirts for angry youth in their eyes.
In the Hair Club for Valkyrie, Tamsin is sneaking into Dyson's apartment to steal some of his fur. I'm sure he keeps one of those pet rollers around the house. She finds a comb and I watch very carefully to see if she pulls one or two hairs out of it. I think it's two, but it's open to interpretation. She also pulls a smiling picture of Bo out of the same drawer, and that's less open for interpretation.
Actually, I was wrong. Because Tamsin interprets the photo in her own way, which is to have a crisis of conscience. So she throws away the Rune Glass bottle in Dyson's trash. And while I applaud her actions, there's no way this can end well for all parties involved. I feel I should launch a Let Tamsin Live campaign immediately. We want more Valkyrie in the fourth season.
Proving my point, when next we see Tamsin she's being thrown against a brick wall by her throat by a very pissed Acacia. Tamsin says she won't turn in the "unaligned succubus bitch" and also her name is Bo and also "bitch" is a highly charged pejorative term used to denigrate women's worth. So cut that out, bitch.
But Acacia isn't worried about the feminist struggle, she just wants to keep from being the star of the newest reality series Dead: The Bounty Hunter. She confesses to Tamsin that she guaranteed she could get her to finish the job. So if Tamsin doesn't deliver, she will. Then she storms off. I wonder if we've seen the last of her, or she'll be replaced by Lena Headey in future episodes.
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Top 10 Countries, ranked in metric tons
U.S. imports of bananas and plantains increased 10.6 percent year-over-year to 2.61 million metric tons in the first seven months of 2010. Imports from Ecuador declined 3.9 percent, or 28,144 metric tons from the same period in 2009, while imports from Costa Rica grew 32.6 percent.
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Top 5 Countries in market share, ranked in U.S. dollars
The U.S. import value of fresh bananas and plantains tallied $1.01 billion, $124 million or 13.9 percent more during January through July 2010 than the same period last year. Value outpaced the tonnage growth of 10.6 percent by 3.3 percentage points.
The top five countries this year hold 94 percent of the market in dollar value, off 1.6 percent from the same period last year. Guatemala ranks first in tonnage and Ecuador ranks first in dollar value. Both countries lost dollar value market share when compared to 2009, 1.8 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.
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Coffee martinis are simple and delicious, but how about this one with a little more complexity and romance!
This is a drink you can curl up with along with your Valentine. It's called the Lover's Drink. I call it lovers drink because it has three of my most favorite ingredients: Coffee, Wine and Chocolate.
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Shark lover, Japanese style
While not as exciting as the Japanese woman wants to give birth to a shark (3Yen / 2013-05-18), I stumbled across this charming shark journalist, Asako Numaguchi, who is a self-described "bleeding" shark lover—literally.
Learn more about this shark aficionado with a Masters degree in Marine studies from Tokai University thanks to wonders of goofy Google Translate…
"In love with sharks" by Asako Numaguchi
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… I always wear a necklace made of shark teeth…are so sharp that as I sleep at night, the teeth cut me as they slide across my neck. While I toss at night, I feel sort of an itchiness around my neck, and … oh, I find blood…I can only guess the size of the wound on the neck and smile.
These shark teeth are a talisman for me: I never take off my necklace. So, a bloody neck…is not that uncommon for shark lovers like me. I'm always charmed by the brilliant sharpness of shark teeth...more.…


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Weather Averages for Madrid in May
Averages for Madrid in May
There's a reason that Madrid is known as the 'sunny city'.
As one of the sunniest areas in Europe, you're guaranteed to find warm and sunny weather when visiting Madrid.
This is especially true of May. The spring weather is very warm with plenty of sun shine seen every day. It is also a more pleasant time of the year to visit than in the peak months of summer when the weather can get unbearably hot.
The average daily temperature for Madrid in this month can reach highs of 21°C (70°F) or drop to an average minimum temperature of 10°C (50°F).
Madrid sees an average of 9 hours sunshine per day throughout this month.
There is an average rainfall of 47 mm over 10 days expected throughout this month.
Bullfighting, Madrid.
Running with the bulls is one of Spain's most notorious traditions and in Madrid you will have the chance to take part yourself. Rest assured, no animals will be harmed! An instructor will guide you in the ring and show you the best way to run away from the baby bull, with Spanish beer and wine and a huge feast provided for you to enjoy after. This will be one experience you will never forget!
Another exciting sport to try out whilst you are in Madrid is quad biking. If you want to try out this activity whilst you are in Madrid, you will be whisked away for an hour or two to bike along the trails. Just keep an eye out for the obstacles that are in your way!
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Spago Bev Hills @ Lunch
Dearest Hounds ~
In an attempt to check off a few must-try restaurants before we leave for the east coast for graduate school, my girlfriend and I have made plans to dine at such hotspots as Pizzeria Mozza, Campanile, and Spago (among others). Since many of these culinary treasures are out of our normal dining budget, we thought we might be able to save a few bucks by opting for lunch reservations rather than dinner. That said, I do have a few questions about lunch at Spago, and your insights would be greatly appreciated. If time and date matters, we're booked for Saturday, March 3rd @ 2pm.
So, here goes:
1) Indoors or out? I hear there's a lovely garden patio at Spago. Is that the place to sit? How likely is the restaurant to accomodate a request for a particular table?
2) Is the lunch menu any more affordable than the dinner menu? Or does it make no difference at a place like Spago? Also, is the lunch menu limited - meaning, are certain entrees not offered at lunch?
3) We'll have a budget of about $100. Neither of us drink, so we'll likely just order water to drink, as is our usual custom. If we split an appetizer, order 2 entrees, and split a dessert, should $100 be enough?
4) Is the tip included in the bill?
5) And finally, I'd be interested to hear what you all think are the MUSTS at Spago. Best options for appetizer? Entree? Dessert? My girlfriend rarely eats beef, so chicken/pork/seafood dishes are a better bet for her. As for myself, I like a nice hunk of beef every now and then, but will gladly try anything that's the house specialty.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
1. Definitely sit outdoors!
2. Dinner is pricier. Check out the menus online: http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restauran...
3. See #2
4. No.
5. I love their agnolotti -- but, really, everything is quite good. Goulash and schnitzel are solid takes on the Austrian classics; if you want to go totally '80s, get the smoked salmon pizza. :) And although I haven't tried it, my husband says they make an excellent burger at the bar.
Spago is an LA institution and I understand your desire to want to check it out before moving away. But if you really want a terrific, higher end dining experience that is signficantly less expensive, you've got to go to Hatfield's before you move. The place flat-out rocks.
re: hungrygirl106
the schnitzel is as big as a frisbee.
i havent tried it, but it didnt look particularly fine. i mean, its a big piece of fried meat! ok, i know i've made someone mad...
i've only had the tasting menu... and that was a few years ago... definitely sit in the patio, the main dining room feels cheesy...
re: modernist
The main dining room is beyond cheesy. It's where everything bad about '80s decor went to die. Which is astonishing because the original location on Sunset had a much better room and that actually was designed in the 80s.
re: hungrygirl106
yeah it feels orange county to the max in there. i liked the old spago location too, although i only managed to eat there like twice.
i also agree on hatfields. tried to make reservations there for tonight for a party of five but there was no space.
I don't know that I can answer all of your questions, because I was there last June while traveling and I don't remember everything, BUT it was wonderful! I am not sure that $100 will cover everything you want to order for lunch. We were there for my boyfriend's birthday and did splurge a bit, but I still think $100 won't be enough. We sat at a table that was half inside/half outside. It was pretty cool. The garden patio is lovely and if you call ahead as we did, I am sure they will do their best to accommodate you. I remember my boyfriend had a cheeseburger (yeah, believe that or not. LOL go to Spago for a cheeseburger!) I had the linguine with lamb meatballs. DELICIOUS! They brought out this fabulous chocolate layer cake for his birthday and it was so very, very tasty! For appetizers, I remember we had oysters, but I can't remember what else. The oysters were great!
The tip was not included in the bill.
Enjoy it! It really was a great meal and a fun experience.
I believe there was some discussion about this a few months ago, but basically it is allowed to smoke anywhere that is outside (except in Calabasas) and a few places that really seem like they are inside, such as the patio at Opus and the patio at James Beach. People have definitely complained about this at Spago but as of now I don't think they've changed their policy.
re: Chowpatty
You can smoke at Spago on the patio.
In my opinion, the agnolotti is the star of the show, though the whole tasting menu is very good.
We dined there for lunch about 6 weeks ago. Same circumstances, my very foodie friend wants to try everything before she moves to the bay area. So, our tab was about $84 total B-4 tax,tip and a bottle of wine that we finished into the late afternoon. Here's what we ordered
Roasted Chino Farm Beet Layer Cake with $14
Warm Sauteed Goat Cheese, Arugula and Shallot-Citrus Dressing
Sweet Pea and warm Mascarpone Agnoletti with $15
Marjoram and Parmesan-Reggiano
Pizza with Duck Sausage which we took home entirely $16
A Wolfgang Puck's childhood specialty: Calves Liver in a wine reduction $27 approx.
A delicious dessert that I can't recall since I've traveled so much in the last 6 weeks. it was Pyramid of something with homemade ice cream About $12
Wolf. came by and chatted for awhile, and we felt right at home. I would order the same thing, except for the pizza, because it was too heavy, although it was great the next day. Laurent, the Maitre-D, suggested we call ahead and he would arrange for a tasting menu at lunch, about $80 each.
We ate dinner there on Sunday eveing. We hadn't been in a while but a friend was in from out of town and it was her birthday and they were staying at the Regent Beverly Wishire (and CUT was closed) so we were a party of 6 at Spago.
Here goes:
Our table was in the main dining room-- right in the way of the diners being seated and the food coming in and out of the dining room.
I like the patio but the smoke would drive me crazy.
My appetizer was the agniolotti-- celery root with shaved bluck truffle on top ($31, I think).
The chicken entree also had shaved black truffle on top which brought the cost of the chicken dish up to $41
My entree was the seared ahi. It was not seared. It was cooked. The server didn't seem interested in hearing that my fish was overcooked-- he never came by to check on our entrees.
For dessert, we ordered the Kaiserschmarren with strawberries (against the suggestion of our server). It was wonderful and it was $14. The chocolate cake that the server suggested wasn't a big hit.
Our server was nice but the entree snafu was annoying. I told the gentleman who took my fish away that it was overcooked and he said he'd tell the kitchen but nobody ever came by to say anything to me about it.
It wasn't our best meal there. We hadn't been in about 2 years and I thought it wasn't terribly exciting.
For something more fun, go to Sidebar at the Beverly Wilshire. It is the bar across from CUT. It is only open at night but they have a bar menu and I am pretty sure you can order off the CUT menu. My husband and I went on Valentine's day and we each had a drink, an order of Kobe Beef Roadslide sliders, we shared an order of onion rings and a dessert and I think it came to about $80+ tip. Lee Hefter (the Chef at Spago) is the chef there as well.
1) If it's a beautiful day, outdoors. Then again, there are the smokers...Indoors isn't too bad, but I'd request one of the large three booths on the north wall of the restaurant. It's spacey, and you're a little higher, so you get to see the rest of the crowd. Call and ask for that if you decide to sit indoors.
2) Is the lunch menu any more affordable than the dinner menu? More or less...yes.
Also, is the lunch menu limited - meaning, are certain entrees not offered at lunch? Yes, but there are also items offered at lunch that aren't available at dinner. For lunch, salads and brunch items are more abundant -- I love the lobster cobb, the omelette is good, too.
3) We'll have a budget of about $100. You might want to skip the appetizer because I don't want you to miss the desserts. They're fabulous, and artfully presented. Appetizers and desserts run in the teens. ($12+)
4) Is the tip included in the bill? No
5) If you were to get an appetizer, the beet layer cake, foie gras; Entrees see above, and beef goulash, scallops. Desserts change seasonally, but if there's a souffle on the menu, GET IT. One standby that never changes is Puck's traditional german dessert..I forgot the name, but it starts with a K, has some MARR..and ends with an N. :)
note: If you order water, ask for regular...but the waiter should let you know whether you want regular or Evian (bottle costs).
Have fun and best wishes in school.
re: chica
Our server approached the water issue like this "Would you like bottled water (naming the
brands) or 'Beverly Hills' Finest'" which was pretty cute. We had a great lunch there and
if we didn't have 4 of their specialty martini's (Blood Orange, Pommegranite) and a great
Barbera from Giorgio Rivetti's vineyards our bill would have been $133.50 before tax/tip.
We did get a few complimentary items and I ordered a side of potatoes aligot which are
heaven on a plate. Add the limo ride there (we were on vacation with no car) and it
was an amazing afternoon. We sat outside and there was no smoking whatsoever. This
was a Thursday and they say that Friday is all the regulars lunching and it's very difficult
to get in. I look forward to returning maybe this year!
re: allisonteal
The tuna cones are quite tasty, but I'd just as soon have a spicy tuna handroll at Hirozen.
re: allisonteal
The cornets are most certainly worth having. It's a small savory bite that's a perfect _amuse_.


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Light & Sie has serious Vigor
Shitfuckfart! In all the koo-koo madness here at the funky Office Space-style digs we have here at the Observer (Yep, Wilonsky's been Xeroxing his ass again. And then comparing it to the picture of Mark Cuban's ass he keeps posting on Unfair Park. But that's another story.), I lamely forgot to ... More >>
Nechita paints with the kids
Barry Whistler pays tribute to a fallen artist
Metoyer brings mysticism to the AAM
The Loon ( XL)
Can't spell "smart-ass" without "sss." Last Monday, we mentioned how the daughter of a well-known local attorney lost her pet chicken, prompting her to post a crude-but-cute sign at the corner of Walnut Hill and Strait lanes. Well, this weekend somebody posted another sign just beneath the original, ... More >>
Peter takes a wild journey
Peter takes a wild journey
Inside the life of Southlake's child prodigy artist, 15-year-old Olivia Gennett
The word on Modigliani: grand personality, yes; great painter, no
Ferré Ristorante & Bar
Jacob Kupersztoch struggles to get Mexican art the recognition it deserves
Everyone's a critic; Art breaker
Lack of tension and purpose kills Surviving Picasso


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