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ALI meat and bacon factory will be giving out endless bacon in three tents and eight restaurants will be selling various small bacon treats for ISK 250 ($2, €1.5) . All sales go to charity.
This is the third year the festival is held in Iceland.
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NYPD to get new tools for the terror war?
As in the war to terrorize the people of New York.
A new report on the NYPD's firearms training done in the wake of the Sean Bell shooting was drawing fire Monday night.
The report recommends arming the entire department with a controversial weapon.
Police firearms training came under heavy criticism in the aftermath of the Bell shooting when 50 shots were fired at Bell and his friends.
On Monday, a new report had a surprising recommendation to prevent such multi-shot incidents.
The outcomes might have been different if the officers had less than lethal devices other than pepper spray," said Dr. Bernard Rostker of the Rand Corporation.
The Rand Corp. is a non-profit organization that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. Rand offers its insight to companies and civil services in business, education, health, law and science, according to its official Web site.
Rand experts recommend that the NYPD issue Taser guns to more of its patrol officers so they can stun victims instead of shooting them.
"Tasers reduce injuries to citizens, reduce injuries to police officers and reduce the use of firearms," Rostker said.
Given that in the Bell murder the men were inside a car the tasers would have been completely useless. Also considering the amount of lead that flew that night it seems obvious to me that the cops were past the point mentally where tasers would have been an option. I think it's been shown time and time again that the belief that tasers are harmless mixed with police arrogance and aggression leads to misuse and abuse of the tool. Instead of wasting $12m+ on tasers plus the cost of training why not train the officers not to be so rash. How about teach them to shoot to incapacitate instead of kill?
Harassed by the Census Bureau
I've documented the whole thing at my personal blog here, here, here and today's event here.
To summarize: My address was chosen for the 2010 census. I received the first questionnaire booklet a few months ago and tossed it into the trash. I received a second booklet a few weeks later which also found its way into the trash. About 2 weeks ago I received a postcard (page 1) saying that since I hadn't returned the required information that I'd have to contact a bureaucrat by the name of Edward Marcus to setup a time to provide the information in person. I ignored it and last weekend after being in North Carolina for the weekend I came home to a hand delivered envelope which had a letter (page 3) about how I was obligated to participate. On Monday I received a letter in the mail (page 4,5) again explain why I needed to give them the info they wanted, what law mandated that I did so and what would happen if I didn't.
Today at five after six in the evening Edward Marcus rang my doorbell and I had a nice 10 minute chat with him. He went over and over about how I needed to give him my name and info and I told him again and again that I wouldn't. After attempting to trick me into giving him my info and making sure I knew the consequences of my continued failure to participate he got back into his SUV and drove off.
He said nothing about whether or not I'll be hearing back from him or if I'll be summoned to explain why I won't play nice. For the entertainment of it all I hope they continue after me.
Bob Barr creates exploratory committee
According to bloggage at the New York Times (confirmed by other sources), Bob Barr announced today that he's (drum roll, please) … forming an exploratory committee.
Barr's newly launched web site also bears the "exploratory committee" label.
Don't know about y'all, but I've never heard of a prospective presidential candidate forming an "exploratory committee" weeks after his party's only primaries, less than two months before his party's presidential nominating convention, and only seven months before the general election.
Then again, I've never heard of a two-term former US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate jumping the partisan fence one day and declaring for his new party's presidential nomination the next day, either.
It's turning into a very strange election year indeed.
There you go Jim. The LP race just gets more interesting all the time. So when is Ventura jumping in?
New Operation to Put Heavily Armed Officers in Subways
In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city's subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday.
Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers will board trains and patrol platforms, focusing on sites like Pennsylvania Station, Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square in Manhattan, and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.
Officials said the operation would begin in March.
Financing for the program will be funneled to the Police Department and will come from a pool of up to $30 million taken from $153.2 million in new federal transit grants to the state.
Each team in the operation will comprise a bomb-sniffing dog and six officers: a dog handler and a sergeant and four officers from the Emergency Service Unit who will be outfitted in heavy, bullet-resistant vests and Kevlar helmets and will carry automatic weapons, either an M-4 rifle or an MP5 submachine gun.
Wasted money on the illusion of safety and enhancement of the police state.

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The University of Dayton's argument to pay less in street light fees was rejected Wednesday by the Street Light Assessment Board.
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What can companies learn from University of Dayton's new logo? The school has seen mixed reviews on the new athletics logo it unveiled Friday - created on the heels of its high-profile Elite Eight run in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
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Cyber security experts spoke to a group of area leaders at an event put on by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce at University of Dayton.
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Lyons Township High School grad digs into school's past
Future plans: Earn a master's degree in library science or public history and work in a museum, hopefully the George Lucas museum Spend a little time with Maddie McDermott of La Grange, and you can't help but get enthused about old yearbooks, yellowed newspapers and vintage homecoming buttons.
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It's hard enough sitting outside with a glass of lemonade when the thermometer hits the mid-90s... Try strapping on more than 40 pounds of equipment and attacking a fire.
For the , staying ahead of the heat takes tactics, preparation and a whole lot of water.
"Stay hydrated before you get into your gear, because you're not going to be able to catch up in this heat," firefighter Russ Hawkinson said Monday.
It's important for a firefighter to "know your body," he said, and not push too hard.
"Because the heat's going to win," Hawkinson said.
During hot summer days, the fire department packs coolers full of ice water, but also keeps tabs on how long a firefighter is battling a blaze.
Firefighters rotate between spraying down a fire and taking off equipment and recovering, Fire Chief Todd Johnson said. There's no set time for the rotation—it depends on the intensity of the fire—and crews also check firefighters' vital signs during the rotation period.
"You've got to be careful that they don't become a victim as well," Johnson said.
And they keep an eye out for each other, Hawkinson said.
"A lot of the time you're the last person to know that you're pushing yourself too hard," he said.
Still, Johnson recalled a July fire in the neighborhood a couple of years ago in which at least 10 firefighters had to get IVs afterward.
"We go overboard trying to be careful," Johnson said.
Hawkinson, who has been a firefighter for more than 24 years, said the gear hasn't changed much in terms of keeping heat out (and in) over the past decades, but it has become better fitting.
Both also noted that the Woodbury Public Safety Department has responded to a handful of medical calls recently involving elderly residents succumbing to the sweltering conditions, and encouraged people to drink plenty of water and stay out of the heat for extended periods of time.
Keep Cool
The Minnesota Department of Health on Monday released several heat-related safety tips:
- Drink more fluids than usual—but avoid fluids that contain alcohol or large amounts of sugar. Check with your doctor if you have been advised to limit your intake of fluids or placed on diuretics ("water pills").
- Stay indoors—in an air-conditioned location, if possible. If your home is not air-conditioned, spending a few hours a day in an air-conditioned public place like a public library or shopping mall will help your body cope with the heat.
- Don't rely on electric fans. Electric fans will not prevent heat-related illnesses when the temperature reaches the high 90s and above.
- Wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothing.
- Never leave people, children—or animals—in a closed, parked vehicle, even with the windows open.
- Check regularly on people who may be at higher risk of heat-related illness—infants and young children, people over 65, people with mental illness, and people with chronic health problems like heart disease or high blood pressure.
- If you must spend time outdoors, try to limit your activity to the cooler hours of the day, in the morning and evening. Try to take rest breaks in shady areas and drink plenty of water.
- Limit physical exercise. Again, when you do exercise, be sure to take in plenty of fluids.
- Taking a cool bath or shower can be an effective way to cool off.
- When you're outdoors, wear hats and use sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun.
Signs of heat-related illnesses vary but can include the following: heavy sweating, paleness, muscle cramps, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea or vomiting, and fainting. Heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke, which can cause death or permanent disability unless immediately treated. Symptoms of heat stroke include an extremely high body temperature (above 103); red, hot, and dry skin; rapid breathing; racing heart rate; headache; nausea; confusion; and unconsciousness. If heat stroke is suspected, call 911 immediately.
More information about protecting your health during hot weather is available on the MDH Web site at www.health.state.mn.us.
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Stream of Firmware updates available for Nokia devices
CJ from ZOMGitsCj has just posted the news that quite a few of Nokia's "lower-end" devices have received firmware updates. The devices with updates include the C7, C5, C5-03, X3-02 and the 5250. The majority of these updates are minor at best but may contain changes to a few of your gripes and issues with the aforementioned devices.
Tentative changelogs for each device after the break:
Possible changes to firmware name/ numbering.
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Why Obama and Romney Are Courting Early Voters
Both Obama and Romney will be aggressively targeting those voting by absentee ballot.
Many will cast their votes for president before Election Day. Michael McDonald, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and associate professor at George Mason University, says that this year both presidential campaigns are paying attention to the growing trend of early voting. McDonald, an expert on early voting, recently spoke with U.S. News about how this will likely impact the election and what it means for the electoral process. Excerpts:
Will more people vote early in 2012?
Yes. We've seen an upward trajectory of early voting over the past decade or so. In 2004, about 20 percent of all voters voted prior to Election Day. And in 2008, that number went from 20 percent to 30 percent. Likely we're going to see an increase again.
Why the trend?
It turns out people just like voting early. There's no other way of putting it.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the 2012 campaign.]
Are campaigns targeting early voters?
Absolutely. Once a person either votes in person early or once a person requests an absentee ballot, that information is tracked by the local election officials, and they share that back with the campaigns. So the campaigns know, for example, in a mail ballot state if a voter has a ballot in their hand and when they've returned it. So certainly a campaign is going to call them up on the phone, they're going to send people to their door, they're going to encourage them to cast that ballot for their candidate. And as soon as that voter casts that ballot, they are going to stop; they're going to go on to other voters.
Was this an important strategy in 2008?
For the Obama campaign, early voting was an integral part of their strategy. The McCain campaign, on the other hand, was just sort of flat-footed on early voting. The soonest that we saw McCain and Palin talk about early voting was the week before the election, and states had already launched the early voting period way before that. It was an afterthought for the McCain campaign. Early vote looked very pro-Obama in 2008.
[Check out our editorial cartoons on President Obama.]
Will this year's early voters look different?
If early voting is going to be important to the Romney campaign—and they've already shown that it is by developing mobilization drives during the primaries—and the Romney campaign certainly has sufficient resources to throw at mobilizing people to vote early, I expect that in 2012 we're going to see more parity between the Obama and Romney supporters in terms of early voters.
How will the battleground states be affected?
As soon as early voting starts in these battleground states, we're going to see the candidates show up. In North Carolina in 2008, you saw a spike in early voting in these places where the Obama campaign was holding these rallies.
[See a collection of political cartoons on Mitt Romney.]
Why was that happening?
Well, either they would have the rally and then say, "Hey, everyone go across the street to that polling location and go vote for us." Or they also gave preferential seating to people who had "I Voted" stickers on. I'm certain the Romney campaign is going to be doing the same thing.
Does this affect the electoral process?
I'm not so much worried about that dynamic in the presidential election. But at the same time these people are going to be encouraged to vote for the presidential candidates, there are going to be state and local elections on the ballot too, and they don't have the same resources. And what we don't know is how early voting affects those state and local campaigns.
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Welcome to Torino
Hello all just thought that since I live here..in Torino and some of You will come for a visit I should start posting places and infos about it...so fell free to contact me here and ask, Torino got so many places to chow...ermm visit!!!
oh yes.. will post recipes too!!!
Hey - I found you using the search function - I am thinking of visiting Torino in July. My goal is to find a very low-key place to stay, and to just eat and drink for a few days. I don't want to be in a touristy place - I would rather find a pension and some "off the radar" places for good, honest, chowhound-worthy food that is representative of the area. I think I will drive down from the Netherlands - so any places surrounding the city center is fine. Are there any less touristy areas that are chow meccas? Can you recommend breakfast, lunch and dinner places? I'm not doing the fine-dining thing this trip, just looking for what the locals like the best. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!
re: saticoy
hey saticoy, well Torino is not so expansive so I think you can find low-key places even inside the city itself. For a nice place to eat at least one time I suggest you the "trattoria della posta" where you can try every kind of italian (piedomntes) cheese..but I should tell You..you will have to be very hungry.
And dont' miss the "quadritlatero romano" at night..you may eat everywhere and it's full of life.
re: TheTorinoAgent
Thanks for the recs! I was checking out the quadrilitero romano and found a place called Mezzalunabio...looks very interesting, like a gourmet natural food cafe and store ( http://www.mezzalunabio.it/index.html ), and I was hoping you could help me with a translation: "STAGE di CUCINA NATURALE" - this looks like it might be an all-day cooking class...??? Thanks again for your help!
re: saticoy
My Italian isn't what it used to be (and it never was that great) but I can do a rough translation for you: "We periodically organize natural cooking shows where we teach you cooking techniques and how to simply and deliciously use the ingredients (some of which are not well known) that are found in our natural food store." I don't see anything about it being a day-long thing.
I lived in Turin for about sixteen months, and never happened upon this place. Considering I was doing a macrobiotic detox at the time (no wheat, dairy, meat, nightshades, processed sugars, fermented foods, etc.) I can't believe this store wasn't even a blip on my radar. I used to get my health foods at a place that was... I think... on Via Pietro Micca. For tofu, I went to the Chinese grocers along Corso Regina Margarita, by Porta Palazzo market. You'll definitely want to check out that market on a weekday morning, just to surround yourself with that much food!
Most guidebooks hit on all the "must eat" places. Turin has great aperitivo bars and I could recommend some depending on your age. There are NO breakfast places! Breakfast is coffee and a pastry at a bar... any bar will do. I've done EUR 10 coffee and pastries, and EUR 2 coffee and pastries, and there is little difference (although it's always nice to get the pastries while they're still warm). My mom said the best baked good she's ever had in her life was from [crap I forget the name], which is the bar, gelateria and chocolate shop in Piazza Carlo Felice (across from Porta Nuova train station) beside the hotel Roma e Rocca Cavour. It was some kind of orange cream filled pastry that I just grabbed for her on my way to meet her at the train station. Apparently it was rather good, as she still talks about it a full two and a half years later. Stop for a bicerin at Al Bicerin, because not to do so would be like going to Disneyland without riding It's a Small World. One of my favorite pizzerias in the city is Tre da Tre, which is on Via Verdi (#33), near the university and the Mole. I never saw another English speaker there, so I assume it's not too touristy. For wine, there is a place on Via Barbaroux that I'm sure someone could name for us, and I am/was also very partial to Chocowine on Via Botero (#8 I think) but I am not sure if it's still in business.
re: saticoy
Sorry I was out for work... avout mezzalunabio, I know the place the "STAGE di CUCINA NATURALE" stand for Stage on Bio Cusine, basicalli I think that they organize short stage to learn the basic and some recipes on bio food..I am definetly a "hungry" visitor of quadilatero romano since everything there it's food,music and ppl..
For Jetgirl I know the place but damn I do not remeber the name too..tomorow I had to go near there and will got to visit so I will able to post more informationts.
About PortaPalazzo..fancy a saturday night live session on food..go to visit..yeah Jetgirly I think you know what it is that market!!!!
re: saticoy
re: saticoy
hi! do you have any cold beverage recipes for torino coffee?
please send me one if you do...thanks!!
I loved Torino. Travelled there in 2006 with my husband and 10-year old step-son. There was one restaurant in particular I would recommend; it's called Ristorante Seven Up. Via Doria Andrea, 4 10123 Torino. The restaurant was cosy and welcoming, and the pizzas and pastas were simple but delicious. So much so that my step-son insisted on going there nearly every night we were there!
Monferrato. via Monferrato 6, Torino. Tel. 011 8190661
-super Piemontese cuisine with a fantastic wine selection and deadly dessert cart. try the cheeses as well. Open for lunch too.
Ristorante Tre Galline. Via Bellezia, 37, Torino Tel. 011 4366553
-yet another super-duper Piemontese restaurant. Nice atmosphere and fantastic food.
re: lkferguson
Well there are many places, but since we are in spring I suggest a visit to the "quadrilatero romano" after 8.pm for a dinner or piazza vittorio (Porto di Savona)..and if you like to taste a breakfast as we do it in here.. I suggest you on the sunday morning piazza vittorio's most famous bar "bar elena".
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re: TheTorinoAgent
Torino Agent, maybe you can help me. I'm trying to remember the name of a fantastic restaurant, not too far from the train station. When you walked in, it had a huge array of antipasti to the right. You could order a sort of unlimited access to the antipasti as an appetizer. It was a very warm, neighborhood place.
I think it might have been Taverna della Rose. Does that sound right? Thanks so much.
re: cavafan
Hi there cavafan humm Taverna delle Rose ..humm this is a job for the Torino Agent, I will look at the places around the station in one of my photographic trips (yeah i know this doesnt'sound too foodie..) and will let you now about the name of the places.Just for info you mean the main train station(Porta Nuova) or the other one (Porta Susa)?.
re: cavafan
I've eaten there! I think it may have been my first meal in Torino, actually. It's definitely a pizzeria. I *think* it's on the first block of Via XX Settembre directly opposite the station. I remember arriving at Torino at 1:00 am after traveling since 4:00 am the night before... with all my wordly possessions... I paid EUR 7 for a taxi driver to take me from the station to Hotel Bologna (don't ask), and I'm quite sure that the next day I wouldn't have been up for venturing far from the hotel. I tried using the Italian Yellow Pages to map out restaurants and pizzerias near the end of Corso Matteotti, but I didn't find it.
re: Jetgirly
sorry me i was out for work...jetgirly..who was that taxi driver???? Damn I hate read about these things..(for those who dont'know from hotel bologna is just on the other side of the street from the main station.. you cant' see it from the station but..damn 7 euro's???).
I will go to eat to a new place this weekend will report on here my impressions and the address in case someone will visit Torino soon.
I have to say that having traveled throughout Italy...Torino ranks as my favorite foodie spot in Italy. This may be in part because my visit to Torino occurred later in life (aka I had more money) and in part because we had a Torino native as our guide.
The last time I was in Torino my friend took me to the original shop where they make gianduja (?). It is that dreamy hazelnut chocolate that is almost 40 euros a bag. Do you know the name of the store? Or the location? I remember that it was a little outside of town. I'd love to go back. Thank you!
I've been here in Torino for a couple days now and we've had wonderful food. Below are some highlights. I'll post more as I try out more places. I'm planning on going to Eataly on Sunday as some have suggested. I am looking forward to it!
re: mielimato
In my humble opinion, the best chocolate in the world comes from Torino and the best chocolate in Torino comes from Guido Gobino. They are famous for their guianduja, which an intense and delicious mix of dark/milk chocolate and hazelnut paste. A 300 gram bag will set you back about 13E which is not cheap but really worth it. They have a website with info on their multiple locations in Torino: http://www.guidogobino.it/.
re: mielimato
Osteria Antiche Sere
Via Cenischia, 9
This place is a little out of the way but I am very happy that the conference organizers planned the dinner here. We had to take a cab from the center of the city to get there (about 11E), but it was definitely worth the trek. It is a local family run place that serves traditional food from the Piedmonte. You'll definitely need reservations because the place was packed! We had the following and it was delicious:
Toma (which is this fresh regional cheese served with a anchovy, savory sauce on top)
Carne crudo (this was the highlight…minced raw beef served on a lemon slice)
Potato salad with tuna and mayo (didn't look so appetizing but it was very good)
Spinach omelet (my least favorite…a bit tasteless)
Tagliatelle with asparagus (This may be my favorite pasta dish of all time. Fresh pasta and cream sauce is really tricky. A light too much cream and the whole thing turns into a mushy mess. But this dish was perfectly balanced…a light touch of cream, which balanced the flavor of asparagus and most importantly no mushy consistency)
Ravioli stuffed with roasted meat (with a light sauce made from the juice of the roasted meat. Again, this could have been too oily but it was surprisingly light and flavorful)
Rabbit in a rosemary white wine sauce
Panna cotta
Strawberry in zabaglione (beautifully light custard)
re: mielimato
Finally I spent a little time around Porta Nuova, definetly I think was "C'era una volta", but I found even other 2 resturants similar to this one.
Few days ago I went to the "quadrilatero Romano" and tried (again) "Casa Martin", it's a nice resturant that share the place with a book publisher firm (martin).
The resturant offer a daily menu with a faboulous wine carte and for those who simply want to taste the "dopocena" (after dinner litteraly) a good list of cocktails alcholic and analcholic or,again, of wine (red and white).
There is no need to book in advance.
Ciao TorinoAgent et alii,
I am headed to the Piedmont next week, and while I actually won't be in Torino, I will be in Val di Susa and then in the Asti--I'm visiting La Sagra di San Michele, the Roman ruins at Susa, and the Romanesque churches of the Asti.
Any food recommendations in the broader Piedmont, and especially around Torino, Asti, Alessandria, Vercelli, and Novara would be welcome. (Also, if you can recommend inexpensive places to stay in Susa and Asti, I would be molto grata.) This includes typical dishes as well as restaurants, bars, etc.
Many thanks!!!
re: AliLovesLA
Damn, I am really sorry Ali i saw Your post just now..so I think I'm a bit late.. in Val Susa I know a place who is knew as the "resturant of truck drivers"..is a small resturant located just before Bussoleno..it is easy to recognize since it is near a petrol station and for the number of trucks outside.
Quite unusual you will eat sit on long chair for 6/8 persons at time.I personally suggest the "Lasagne al forno".10/15 Euros for a complete dinner (wine and water included).
Ali if You read this one while You are in Italy.. write me back here I wil check this post daily.
I'm heading to Torino tomorrow for TM and you seem to be 'the man about town'. I'm staying at the Best Western HOTEL GENIO, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 47 (god forbid!). I love my coffee... is there somewhere close that you would recommend? And are you going to Terra madre?
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Erica, well normally the closing day for resturants in Torino si monday morning and wednesday so not really need to avoid Sunday and monday in my opinion,
About the 25 of April, humm well resturant will be open for sure but shops hardly, but since 25 will be a saturday they will do for sure a concert or something like that at evening..so it could be a great day to visit Torino.
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I will be in Torino on Saurday evening, November 15. I will have spent a week in Piemonte and need a suggestion or three for dinner that evening. I believe I am staying at the Hotel Jolly on Corso Vittorio. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Well deesher, here my suggestions:
"porto di savona" -Piazza Vittorio (on the right if walk from via po)
"tre galli"- quadilatero romano
"pizzeria la mole" (if you like the italian pizza) - Via verdi (behind via po).
Those are at a max of 20 mins of walk from your hotel..(take the underground to Porta Nuova than walk in via Roma...).
Anyway will post other info sooner...
So quite a time since my last post...December is coming as Xmas and so if anybody out there is planning to visit Torino let me know, I will be glad to help You in find good spots for eating here.
Just few hints for those who will visit:
Porto di Savona: Piazza Vittorio (typical piedomnties cusine but I suggest You to pass at lunch and reserve a dinner...in case will post the phone number soon)
Michele: just few steps after Porto Savona is a pizzeria but is speciality is the "pizza al pentolino"..well is a pizza cooked in a small plate dircectly..delicious..(you have to ask for reservation...and there is no phone number go figure)
Kuoki:Japan-Piedmonties resturant at Via Guadenzio Ferrari..easily to find is at the corner of the Mole Antonelliana (will post phone number and map soon).
So The Torino Agent is back and ready to help!
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AS promised here the phone numbers and map to "Porto di Savona", "Michele" and "Kuoki"
Porto di Savona:Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 2 Torino - 011 817 3500
Michele:Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 4 Torino
Kuoki: VIA FERRARI GAUDENZIO,. (10124) Torino (TO). Tel.011 8397865
the map for Porto di Savona and Michele "http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&so..."
For Kuoki:" http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&so..."
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hi the Villasampaguita,
well about indians resturant I'm need to check a new one in a couple of weeks but for what cocern the mexican I would say "El centenario" is a great place.
EVen "las rosas" is a good one, I personally like the one in via giachino (V. Giachino 71, 10149 Torino - Tel 011.290.485) it small,romantic, definetly great for a "dinner for two"
El centenario:Via Biancamano 3 - 10121 - Torino
if anyone is still checking this thread... I am arriving in Torino tomoorow for a few days and would like to know if the recs listed here are still good and if there is anything else in the city I should try apart from Eataly, the giandujia, and white truffles if I can
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The Restaurant page has 22 Turin restaurants summarized on it now - all of the Slowfood picks, Gambero Rosso Lowcost 2010 and also a group of the higher rated Michelin and Gambero Rosso places, and the Fred Plotkin reccs. I realize this just skims the surface in a city as big as Torino but could be useful to you
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Having written only one of the posts to which you link, I can't speak for the others, but nowhere in my post (at Shakesville or my own blog) did I state that I was "perfectly fine" with portraying men as pigs.
I have to agree with one of my commenters—if the ad had shown the women as beasts, and the condom-buying guy as the hero who could pick out the one attractive woman among them, FOX would've aired the ad without a second thought. It's the fact that a woman is the hero—make that a woman in charge of her own sexuality is the hero—in the Trojans ad that is unsettling to the network suits.
the latter calls for observing tendencies and patterns over time—a long, long time, in this case.
As to whether I am critical of the pig thing, I suppose I will have to begin every subsequent post with a raft of disclaimers, or perhaps just one.
But men are pigs? We're supposed to get our knickers in a twist over a man being displayed as a pig? Really?
That she is in control of her sexuality? That she is willing to engage in safe sex? Is this a comment against an empowered woman?
You don't get it, do you? The babe is a slut, just like the pigs in the bar. There is a reason that places like that are called 'meat racks'.
She is just another pig at the bar, and pretending she is sophisticated, discriminating, and tasteful just because she is too cheap to buy her own condoms...
Lastly, there ain't no such thing as safe sex, not with another human being anyway.
it is totally legal and in most places socially acceptable to engage in sex - Mr. M
For men, condoms are the extent of their involvement in birth control, and it's a non-invasive, non-medical method with no side effects.
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PLAYERS: Matt Harrison
TEAMS: Texas Rangers
TEAMS: Texas Rangers
The two veins that pop out on Matt Harrison's forehead when his blood pressure goes up haven't been that prevalent over the last year. Having a breakout season for the Texas Rangers and then getting rewarded with a new contract would make a lot of people rest easy. The success of the 2012 season allowed Harrison to keep his emotions in check. Most of the time. "I still can get mad when Wash (Texas manager Ron Washington) takes me out," Harrison said. There wasn't much cause for that last year as Harrison went 18-11 and earned his first-ever trip to the All-Star Game. Texas rewarded the left-hander with a five-year deal in the offseason for 55 million that also includes an option for 2018. The security last year provided Harrison was nice but it certainly didn't allow the 27-year-old much time to rest. He's still got too much work to do. "I want to get back to the All-Star Game," said Harrison, who has started twice for the Rangers this spring and was sharp in his last outing (three innings, zero runs). "I want to log more innings. I want to be a guy the rotation can count on. I feel like I've learned to pitch more but I'll still got a lot of work to do." The key to that is getting off to a better start, which is something that's plagued Harrison throughout his career. In 2011 he allowed 19 earned runs in the first inning, which was the most of any inning he pitched. He cut that number to 15 in 2012, but that's still too high in his eyes. First-inning struggles dig holes and shorten outings. That's not something Harrison's interested in. "I still have to find a way to stay away from the big inning early in games," he said. "It was a lot better last year. There were still times I threw 40 something pitches in the first two innings. It's being able to figure out in the first inning how to get through it without giving up walks and runs. I know starters get comfortable in the game as it goes on. I know I can't nibble because you get in trouble early in the game." So how has Harrison worked on improving his game in the offseason? Lots of studying. One of the first things he studied was himself. Watching videos of his outings last year helped. "There are teams that I face throughout the season that I should throw inside more too," he said. "Some teams are full of free swingers and swing earlier in the count when I'm trying to throw a strike. I definitely can pitch them differently. That comes with experience." Harrison didn't limit his studying to his own outings. He did some scouting of other left-handers as well. Harrison relies on his sinker more than other left-handers. Teams can sit on that pitch and he knows that. That led Harrison to work harder to refine his slider. "I've got to improve that," he said. "I watch other lefties and how they use their slider and when they use their slider. Trying to find someone who pitches is same way I do is kind of hard because I throw so many sinkers. A lot of times guys use a backdoor slider and pitch more inside than I do. It's about finding a happy medium."
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This was a good week for Lexington Post 38, as the American Legion baseball team picked up two key victories with the summer season winding down. Both wins came in dominating fashion.
First, on Saturday, Lexington defeated Arlington/Belmont by 10 runs. Post 38 with a 6-0 lead and held off the opposition the rest of the way. Scoop Ruxin and Tommy McKenna stepped up and filled in on the mound.
On Thursday, Ruxin was back on the mound against Concord Post 158. Lexington started a little slower this time, but with five runs apiece in the fourth and sixth innings to run away with the victory. Billy Borden entered as a pinch hitter in the fifth and had a double, a triple and four RBIs.
Things didn't go quite so well for the senior Blue Sox in Intercity League action. On Wednesday, Lexington took an early three-run lead, but couldn't hold the lead against the Reading Bulldogs. The , the first for the Blue Sox since July 17, 2009.
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While it may be an oxymoron, the Secret Theatre and the resident Queens Players of Long Island City have adopted a futuristic premise for Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Yet they have maintained his 16th century language. Should the audience take the bait?
At Friday evening's performance, towering but ambiguous murals of pillared structures could have been forums from Shakespeare's era or burned out futuristic edifices. Only a balcony steals the audience's gaze from eye level in this three sided "theatre in the round."
A deliberately choppy pre-curtain fictional "documentary" film alludes to the world's demise in a bleak future. Handouts offer the end of the world, chronologically detailed. Blackout. Lights. Welcome to Shakespeare in a 21st century Armageddon.
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Supporting players and tech support too numerous to mention by name seem to savor the eerie atmosphere and constant, deliberate ambiguity. So did I.
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Quote:Hi Tonk.Are you saying here that the 2000 needs Per's modeling software to perform.Or will an accurate say 3+5 alignment and accurare polar alignment done thru the hand controller suffice for 10 mins unguided with really accurate goto's.Am considering the 2000 btw to replace my CGE PRO sometime this year.But as i do not use a computer nor want to bother with maxim dl and model building all this talk of Per's software has me worried how the 2000 performs out of its box so to speak.
Quote:But as i do not use a computer nor want to bother with maxim dl and model building all this talk of Per's software has me worried how the 2000 performs out of its box so to speak.
Quote: In general, it is recommended to get at least 20-25 alignment stars to start unguided imaging. Gotos are highly accurate with only a few stars, but for dual axis tracking and correction, the larger model is better.
Quote:I have a permanent setup and am using a 120 point model for the unguided imaging. I also add a 5-10 point local model on top of that sometime when the target is located in low alt position.
Quote: Even if you have perfect polar alignment and the mount can eliminate periodic error, how do these closed-loop mounts deal with refraction? Thanks.
Quote:Can anyone explain the firmware and software updating process for the 2000 HPS.The 10 micron forum will not let me onto the firmware thread.


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Categories: 3D Movies
Many 3D movies are fighting for theater space these days. However, it shouldn't be that way, says Jeffrey Katzenberg. The DreamWorks CEO was very vocal to Variety about the quality of recent 3D theatrical releases, stating that the industry was at a "genuine crossroads" and that 3D overkill could soon kill "that goose that is delivering us golden eggs."
In short, Avatar good, Clash of the Titans bad.
"We've seen the highest end of (3D) in Avatar and you have now witnessed the lowest end of it (in Titans). You cannot do anything that is of a lower grade and a lower quality than what has just been done on Clash of the Titans," he says. "It literally is 'OK, congratulations! You just snookered the movie audience.'"
That has to burn Warner Bros., the studio behind Clash of the Titans. Despite being number one at the box office last week, the film has been receiving bad reviews -- especially for its 3D effects. That's because Clash was one of the movies rushed through a 2D to 3D post-production conversion. "I think there is (going to be) a market for 2D conversion (for the home)," says Katzenberg. "I think it's a disaster for movie theaters."
Heck, even Clash's director wasn't wild about the release. On the other hand, Katzenberg's DreamWorks has been getting kudos for its recent How to Train Your Dragon 3D release -- which was released the week before Clash came storming into 3D theaters.
So while you may be waiting for the next 3D release, most of Hollywood is wondering what the best move with be. "Every company right now is sitting, assessing what approach and what process and what economics to invest in the 3D platform," he says. "There are dozens of decisions literally that are about to be made or have just been made in the last 30 or 60 days and in the next 30 or 60 days, the sum of which will determine what happens to 3D."
Katzenberg says that studios need to be careful, or be prepared for audience backlash. Currently, those audiences are paying as much as a 50 percent premium to experience 3D.
So what do you think? Are a few bad apples going to spoil the 3D experience? Or are you willing to accept that -- just like any other movie -- there will be some that are less than stellar?
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There will be a public meeting on proposed renovations for the on Nov. 13 at the Huntington Middle School auditorium at 7 p.m.
The hearing will address the final environmental impact report (EIR) of the proposed Huntington Education and Visitor Center Project, which is proposed for approximately 26.8 acres of the 207-acre property.
The City has also added an additional variance of the San Marino Municipal Code to be considered at the hearing, specifically one that would allow a reduction to the minimum lighting standards in the Huntington parking lot.
See five specific actions (including the new variance) that will be considered at the Nov. 13 hearing in the notice attached to this post.
The proposed project includes the following:
New buildings would include:
- An auditorium
- Four classrooms
- Below-grade collections and storage area with a connecting tunnel to the basement of the Munger Research Center
The Huntington Education and Visitor Center Project would replace the following existing facilities with new ones:
- Overseers' Room
- Garden Court
- Multi-purpose room
- Store and ticketing kiosk
- Coffee shop (currently a coffee cart)
- Café portion of the tea room building
- Restrooms
- Loading dock
The proposed Huntington Education and Visitor Center Project would require three basic components:
- Modifying the existing Historical and Cultural Zone Ordinance (requires City Council approval)
- A conditional use permit to allow redevelopment of facilities, parking, landscaping and other improvements within the existing entry complex area
- A conditional use permit to allow The Huntington to occasionally exceed maximum daily vehicle counts and standard operating hours a limited number of days per year, and to allow larger outdoor events with amplified sound to be conducted only in certain areas on the site.
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Editor's Note: The original headline of this story incorrectly said the meeting would be on Wednesday.


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Nobody would call me quiet. If someone was ever to ask me about a time I stood up for myself, I would have trouble answering only because the occurrences are so numerous. Being gay and atheist in an orthodox Jewish school provides a multitude of opportunities to argue. Needless to say, if defending myself was not easy when I first came out in the beginning of ninth grade, it sure would be after two years of practice. By the beginning of my junior year, it was harder to keep my mouth shut than to speak out.
Whenever I am around my friends, it is pretty much a no-holds-barred situation when it come to subjects I feel strongly about. I have never seen a need to let a stray homophobic or bigoted comment pass by unnoticed, and I would humbly say that my class is more tolerant for it. Teachers, however, have always been harder to deal with. Some of them can be engaged in discussion quite reasonably. Others are completely pointless to engage, and the hardest thing to do sometimes is not say anything.
When I walked into Bible class down in the former elementary school hallway, no feeling of foreboding took over, nothing to indicate that I would be leaving the classroom seething with rage. I put my books down next to my friend, and wondered whether this class would decide to bore us for the next three quarters of an hour, or possibly entertain, as it sometimes chooses to do. Our slouched teacher walked in, looking very much like a cross between a weasel and a turtle. My notebook was ready for me to take notes, Bible being one of the few classes in which I still wrote with a pen and not with electronic impulses and a computer screen.
I think we started talking about Adam and Eve at that point. The teacher started in with some rhetoric about the purity of the male-female relationship. Uninterested in this topic for obvious reasons, I reached into my brain and flicked the shiny off-switch that I keep in reserve for those particularly riveting Judaic studies classes about virtue and how to live your life.
Soon after, my ears perked up a bit when he mentioned homosexuality. Flick. With an almost synchronized motion, my classmates' heads turned as one to look at me. I yawned and rolled my eyes expressively, showing my utter lack of caring because, you know, I was being really cool. I figured the subject would be dropped quickly, so I decided to ignore it. To my great distress, the subject was not only kept aloft, but was rocketed into space with such force that it was only dropped later by the forcible summons and call to freedom of the end-of-class bell.
"The media and shows on television portray gay people as normal and living an acceptable lifestyle, but we have to remember that it's just not something we can accept to be okay. We must make it clear that we think this kind of lifestyle choice is wrong and immoral." His words reached into my head of their own accord, flipped the on-switch, locked it into place, and to top off their crusade, slammed down on a big red button labeled "Adrenaline release".
At that point, I experienced a special kind of anger. Normal rage is purely mental, but the special form of fury that I was feeling was accompanied by physical change. Suddenly, I could not breathe, I felt hot, and lines of wrath rolled lazily up and down my body like sheet lightning in a dry thunderstorm. My first instinct was a thunderstorm's: to release some of that energy in a controlled verbal strike directed toward the object of my vehemence. It was my normal modus operandi, and it was usually satisfying.
Why though? I thought hazily through the heat shimmer of emotion in my mind. It'll only give him satisfaction. Sure, you'll feel better, but if you really want to win, say nothing. He knows you're gay, he's not dumb. Discretion is the better part of valor, i.e. just shut up.
Instead of an outburst that would have left me feeling frustrated and powerless, I stayed quiet that class, burning alternately hot and cold at each new vocal jab. As I said before, speaking out and standing up has always been easy for me. I do it almost every day, and it is really no big deal. But managing to keep quiet, now that took courage. Everyone in that room expected me to go off, but even while ice formed on my fingertips and fire screamed behind my eyes, in a little corner of my consciousness was a smug sense of satisfaction because I knew that I was winning. Staying silent showed my classmates more than any eloquent speech could have, that being gay was perfectly fine.


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One of the big subjects of conversation at the Wendelville race on Wednesday night was, oddly enough, Paul Ryan. That's right -- the Republican candidate for Vice President.
As you may have heard, Ryan first said his time for his only marathon was two hours and 50-something minutes. That's very impressive. Then Runners World did a little checking and discovered that his time was actually 4:01:25.
Ryan backed off his statement on Tuesday with this quote: "I hurt my back when I was in my mid-20s, so I had to stop running. And so obviously, my perception of races and times was off," he said. "I thought that was an ordinary time until my brother showed me a 3-hour marathon is, you know, very -- crazy fast. I ran a 4-hour marathon."
The talk at the race Wednesday centered around one key point: Runners remember their times. They can even be boring about personal bests and first marathons, etc., but they know them cold.
My guess is that the slip-up isn't likely to be a factor in the election. I'm not sure how runners vote. Still, it's not good to be associated with jokes along the lines of "Paul Ryan told me tonight that he ran the 5K in 12:35."
Changing the subject drastically, get well wishes go out to Dick Sullivan, a fixture on the local running scene forever. Dick had some health problems recently and had to spend some time in the hospital, but he is said to be recovering nicely. Brother Ted says Dick has his eye on running the Turkey Trot.
Here's the weekend calendar, courtesy of buffalorunners.com:
* Finn McCool 4 Mile Odyssey, Cazenovia Park in Buffalo, 8 a.m. Saturday, 830-6703. Dan Horan is promising new obstacles for this year's event. Personally, an 8 a.m. start is a big obstacle for me (which is what happens when you work at night).
* Peach Festival 5K, 493 Center St. in Lewiston, 9 a.m. Saturday, 297-5831.
* Run for Life 5K, 4928 Seneca St. in West Seneca, 9 a.m. Saturday, 864-4571.
* Run with the Angels 5K, 24 Shoshone Dr. in Buffalo, 10 a.m. Saturday, 834-7120 x306. The students at Holy Angels come out and support this race, giving the field a youthful look.
* Derby Fair 5K, 7431 Erie Rd. in Derby, 10 a.m. Saturday, 947-0945.
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First off, all common sense obviously points to Klit fighting carefully, Briggs getting gassed and Vit winning a wide decision or stopping him late.
I KNOW this.
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Two-way players are rarely seen in todays Major League of Baseball. Though, there have been some incredible examples in our recent and ancient past. Im talking about a player that can produce at a high level on both ends of the spectrum, and can be considered a legitimate pitcher and hitter in the Major Leagues.
The most revered legend of the game broke into the majors as a left-handed pitcher. His rookie stats
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What is the meaning of life? Why are we all here? When looking for meaning in life, it is important to stay away from the meaningless list of Twins top prospects on MLB.com.
(Kennys Vargas)
In my opinion, a top prospect list should be a fluid collection of players with the highest perceived upside. If a player is not producing up to moderate expectations, then he should be dropped from the list and a productive player with high upside
Updated 07-27-2013 at 12:48 AM by mnfanforlife
In particular, help yourself to the statistics of last season's Arizona Fall League. Just be careful of one stat line near the top, and make sure you're sitting down when you read it. Of course, I'm talking about Nate Roberts, the mysterious and intriguing on-base machine from High Point.
Mysterious, as in exactly when do the Twins trade Josh Willingham (a #4 hitter) for ______________ and start the 1-2 hitter-type (Roberts) in left-field?
Updated 02-09-2013 at 10:37 AM by mnfanforlife
Is it really 2013 already? Yes. And don't try to change the subject. We are talking baseball here, and no one cares that you've squandered all of 2012 worrying about doomsday prophecies. All we have is "right now." So lets live in the present for a moment, and assess the future of the Twins utility infielder role.
Every team's gotta have one. A guy that can play anywhere on the infield, and be placed in
Updated 01-18-2013 at 10:15 PM by mnfanforlife
Is anyone else as excited as I am about the Twins 3rd-round-pick last June? I am talking about the 97th overall selection named Adam Walker. This guy barely made the top 100 players drafted in 2012, but his initial return showed immense power promise. So much so, that I wanted to upset some people (and bring joy to others) by comparing him favorably to Giancarlo Stanton. Dang right people.
Even for a casual baseball fan, Stanton is a recognizable
Updated 01-20-2013 at 10:30 PM by mnfanforlife
My cousin's boyfriend is the weather man! Long story...but my family did get him to say "unicorn" on the air. His mastery of meteorology inspries me, and I felt like taking a novice stab at forecasting something I enjoy talking about: Twins Prospects! Here is what I predict MLB.com's Twins prospect list will look like after this coming minor league season (Top 10 anyway)...
(Eddie is moving on up)
1. Byron Buxton - CF
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I cover health IT and Middle Eastern billionaires.
A version of this story appeared in Forbes magazine 2/28/2011.
Mohamed Mansour sits in London where he helplessly follows the news in Egypt unfold at breathtaking speed. He came to the U.K. a little over a week ago for family reasons, and was due back in Cairo on February 8. Now everything is uncertain. His supermarkets are being looted, his McDonald's are being burned down, and his car factory is closed.
I first got in touch with the Mansour family this past December. My colleagues Luisa Kroll and Kerry Dolan who oversee the Forbes billionaires list, had asked me to value the family's business, the Mansour Group, to see whether it made the cut. It looked like a typical Middle Eastern family conglomerate, with a hodge-podge of stuff, ranging from car dealerships, to real estate, to banks, to McDonald's. Any of the Arab billionaires on our list have pretty much the same mix, and having the license for an American brand is highly prized. Whatever you might hear of Arab hatred toward U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the truth is Arabs love American brands.
The Mansours, Mohamed and his brothers Youssef and Yasseen were billionaires, but my research turned up a bigger surprise. They were the largest distributor of GM cars in the world, selling more than 94,000 cars and trucks last year in Egypt, Iraq, and Libya. Even the GM media relations guy was skeptical when I asked him to double-check.
GM was the source of the Mansours' fortune, and they built upon it. How they got to be a GM distributor turned out to be a fascinating story, and it mirrored the historical landscape of Egypt.
Mohamed's father Loutfy built his fortune during the reign of King Farouk, when he became one of Egypt's largest cotton exporters. He sent his sons to study at North Carolina State University, and hone their knowledge of the textile business, with the understanding that they would come back and work in the cotton trade. By 1952, a group of army officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser had started a revolt to depose the monarchy and establish a parliamentary democracy. In 1964, Nasser embarked on a wholesale nationalization of Egyptian businesses. It was outright theft. I know that first-hand, because Nasser expropriated my great grandfather's pharmaceutical business, and my great uncle was placed under house arrest. The same thing happened to Loutfy Mansour. Nasser confiscated his cotton trading company, and placed him under house arrest.
Overnight, the Mansours became poor. Loutfy Mansour could no longer afford to pay for his children's education. Mohamed had to work in a pizza parlor in Raleigh, N.C., washing dishes. Things brightened up a bit when a Sudanese cotton exporting family hired Loutfy, and gave him equity, but the Sudanese government eventually nationalized that business too.
Ironically, it was in London that Mohamed finally reunited with his father after seven years. "He had zero money outside of Egypt," says Mansour. But through contacts in Geneva, his father established himself as a cotton broker, and when cotton prices went up in 1973, he made out handsomely. Having lost everything twice though, he wanted to get out of commodities. "He said what goes up must go down, why don't you go into the car dealership business?" recalls Mansour. That was the beginning of the relationship with GM in 1975; the father passed away in 1976, and Mohamed Mansour came to be known as Mr. Mansour Chevrolet.
The GM factory in Egypt is now closed. "We will decide to commence normal operations once the conditions permit," says a GM spokesman.
It makes little sense that the American government has not demanded the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Fears over a more intense Muslim regime taking over will be realized no matter what the outcome of the protests and riots. The world is changing and people need to understand that those of us who will remain will need to change with it to survive. The New World Order conspiracy theorists [aka Alex Jones infowars.com] and Chicken Little's [aka Glenn Beck] of the world apparently had it right all along. There are forces at work here far beyond what the average sheeple can comprehend thanks to our wonderful public school eduction, or should we say re-education, system. Do your homework, keep your eyes open, and connect the dots. It is imperative to you future and safety.
Egyptian Unrest – Connecting the Dots
What a story! The Mansours are a testament to the human spirit, to hard work and enterprise – and to why Egypt and other Middle East nations lag so far behind. Despotism, secular or Islamic, is bankrupt. Let us hope that the Egyptian people understand that substituting one despotism for the another will not improve their lot. The rule of law informed by universal human rights, including freedom of conscience and religion, is essential to human development.
[...] Egyptian Billionaire Family Caught In The Crosshairs Of Egypt's History [...]
boo hoo
This is hilarious. Forget secret police, repression, yada yada. Yawn.
The REAL story: A billionaire had to close his car factory!!! Lord have mercy. So this is the Forbes angle on the story?
Well, thanks for the reassurance that Egyptians, despite what you may have heard, love McDonald's. Phew.
Yes, Forbes has helped me see what's really important.
[...] sits in London where he helplessly follows the news in Egypt unfold at breathtaking Read more on Forbes Tags: Carolina, Estate, Latest, News, North, Prices, Real Posted in North [...]
Mr. Mansour is an example for all the Egyptian people of how hard work, integrity and the entrepenour spirit are the keys to success in any part of the world.
The Egyptian people should be using this opporunity to requiest from their future leaders a system that fosters free enterprise, rule of law and the respect for private property. History has taught us that this conditions will eventually lead to a better and more stable society.
I ask got to bless Egypt with more stories such as Mr. Mansour's ….
hi Zina, interesting article.I only clicked on this article's link after your most recent posting on Healtcare article (ZocDoc).I would have liked to see couple more pages of this story,how they got the dealership,and then went on to build their empire.I also would have liked to see you updating this story,if possible.What happens with this business's interest in Egypt,will also shed light on whats going on in Egypt as of now,August 8,2011.


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EAST WALLINGFORD Harold Raphael Ray Powers, born May 16, 1926, passed away peacefully at home in East Wallingford with his family on March 8, 2014. Ray had been a staple in the Rutland community for more than 30 years, and could be found year-round at the Bear Mountain Bakers stand every Saturday at the Rutland Farmers Market.
Rays amazing life journey began in Boston, where he was born and raised, the third of seven children. He was a Triple Eagle a graduate of Boston College High School, Boston College and Boston College Graduate School.
He joined the Society of Jesus in 1943, and taught at Baghdad College in Iraq until the Baath party came to power and expelled all Americans in 1969. Ray then worked at the Fairfield University Graduate School in Connecticut, ultimately becoming headmaster of Fairfield Preparatory School in 1972. Ray became reacquainted with Christine Callinan while she was a student at Fairfield University. Love prompted Ray to leave the priesthood, and they married in 1977.
They moved with their young son and daughter to East Wallingford, Vt., in 1982 with the dream of becoming bakers. The family bought a house, built a brick oven and together perfected their recipe for the Bear Mountain Bakers sourdough bread that has been selling out at the Rutland Farmers Market and in local stores for more than 30 years. The family welcomed another daughter in 1997, and Ray loved watching his children grow up in their home, working in the bakery and enjoying the serenity of Bear Mountain.
He was filled with immense love, knowledge, patience and sincere caring for everyone. Ray always had time for a nice chat whether it was with a longtime friend, or a stranger turned friend. His peaceful presence will be forever missed by his family and many friends in the community.
Ray was predeceased by his daughter, Kate (1980-96), and all of his siblings. He leaves his loving wife, Chris, daughter Grace, and son and daughter-in-law, John and Alison. Thankfully, Rays last few weeks were spent at home, surrounded by family and loved ones.
The family will be holding a private Mass for Ray. They look forward to a gathering of friends and family this summer to celebrate Rays life. For anyone wishing to make donations in Rays memory, please send them to The Vermont Farmers Food Center, PO Box 1008, Rutland, VT 05701.MORE IN Obituaries0729 RH Obits Polcaro brief no photo no flag Full Story0729 RH Obits Jones rites no photo no flag Full Story0729 RH Obits Busier paid photo no flag Full Story
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