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Ideas for an Airplane Meal- Oakland or Alameda
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- chezchristine Sep 1, 2006 07:54 AM
Taking off from Oakland airport on a Monday morning, need some ideas on places to pick up breakfast and lunch, including things that will hold up well if picked up on Sunday. What would YOU bring?
Here are the criteria:
- Alameda or Oakland area
- Must be open by 8AM on Monday morning
- Breakfast and/or lunch- both would be ideal!
- Holds up well if purchased the day before
- Pick up, not eat in
My first thought was Bakesale Betty, but she's not open on Monday. The only other thing I can come up with are Chinatown bakeries or maybe a banh mi.
You can pick up Bakesale Betty scones and cookies at the Temescal farmers market on Sunday. Her scones are moist enough that they are still tasty on day two.
For lunch you could grab a couple of half pints of yuppie salads at the Pasta Shop on Sunday. Or you could hit the Berkeley farmers market on Saturday and grab a few petit sec from Fatted Calf. Supplement this with some decent cheese, nice fruit, crackers, and you're in business.
The Feel Good Bakery in Alameda is open Monday morning. I think they open at 7 a.m. The Natural Grocery next door is also now open at 8 a.m. so you could pick up things like yogurt, fruit, cold juice, cheese and cold cuts. I think they may have some deli salads (the kind you find in tubs in the refrigerated cases) as well. What I bring depends on how long the flight (or transit) time is. For longer flights I bring things like fruit, cheese, crackers, peanut butter, etc. that is fine at room temp.
Another option is to stop at the El Ojo de Agua taco truck on Fruitvale at E. 12th and get a breakfast burrito. One of those will hold you all day (I usually eat half for breakfast and the other half for lunch)!
Ruby King bakery on Franklin between 7th and 8th is a good place for a selection of sweet and savory pastries.
In Oakland's Chinatown, there are a lot of places that open by 7am. Banh mi is an obvious choice (although messy on an airplane), but there are many places offering buns and rolls. I like the Cam Huong bakery (11th and Webster? somewhere around there) for their curry or pork buns, but they also have the hot dog buns and many other savoury and sweet buns. Lots of carbs, but very sustaining. Many people swear by the ABC bakery, but they skimp on the fillings in comparison.
There are also dim sum options, but those can be quite messy. Imagine eating sticky rice out of a banana leaf on an airplane!
The day before Thanksgiving, I swung by Cam Huong in Chinatown around 7:30ish to grab food for a flight around noon. I also went next door for bbq pork buns for breakfast. Actually, I grabbed enough breakfast and lunch for the whole family. 3 orders of #1 pork (ham?) and 3 orders of grilled pork (25 cents more) banh mi from CH. And a bakery box full of bbq pork, cocktail, and hot dog buns. After getting the brood across the bay on BART and getting check-in baggage off our hands, we settled down to breakfast on the bao items. Although no longer warm, they still hit the spot. Usually I try to also get stuff like the curry pastry and maybe dim sum, but with the whole brood clamoring for their faves it was just easier to get stuff everyone will eat. Not to mention the flakey pastries make a mess, and certain items just aren't as good when cold.
After we had boarded and settled into the flight, we broke out our little banh mi picnic. Several of the other passengers eyed us with envy as we munched happily on the banh mi. Although I was concerned the bread might become soggy or tough and chewy, it still managed to shine. IMHO I think the grilled pork held up better, although they were both still pretty good.
re: S U
I know someone who always packs a few extra banh mi every time he flies (he's a business road warrior), as there are invariably a few people who are willing to pay upwards of $5 for one on the flight. Even if no one's interested, he's always glad to have them available for a snack or quick meal at his destination (especially if he's in a more homogenized part of the US).
re: S U
by the way, there is a new bakery that just opened across the street from Cam Huong (other side of Webster), I think called the "Happy Bakery" or "Sunshine Bakery" or something equally cheeful. I haven't had much chance to check out their stuff, but they have some good looking fruit tarts and pastries and egg custard tarts are three for a dollar, if you want dessert with your sandwich.
Will try and do some research and report back on the tarts. just as a public service of course.
I went to Ratto's on Washington, a blk off 9th/Broadway, during the weekend to get sandwiches for a long day out. I asked them for a bread that would hold up all day and they suggest ciabatta. It held up very well. Picked them up at 11 a.m. and had a half at 7 p.m. and it was fine. Other then that, dim sum works pretty well on airplanes from my experience.
My best airline food story was out of NOLA. I had an afternoon flight and grabbed a po'boy somewhere - Central? I opened it on the plane, and you could immediately tell how fast the smell was propagating. 10 seconds, one row, another 10 seconds, another row, and a small commotion. Wifes elbowing their husbands.
No great recommendations. I usually find myself at the Max's counter in the airport, getting a pastrami.
re: bbulkow
Mine too. Last time out of NO, I brought on a muffaletta from Streetcar Sandwiches. I still had room for my low sodium meal little filet too.
I'll be taking off from OAK mid-day Saturday. Will need food to keep me for the next 10 hours. Looking for sandwiches and snacks. In the past I've enjoyed carry-on food from Pike Place Market in Seattle and Central Grocery in NoLA.
Any suggestions - what's Max's Counter like at the airport? Is Ratto open before 10?
re: Lydia R
Finally, there is one decent take-on-board option in the airport itself. In the new terminal area (the part with the highest gate numbers -- the only part of OAK that looks like an modern first-world airport), there is a stand that has AG Ferrari sandwiches and salads. They are very good, not great. But easier than other non-airport options and far better than 360, Round Table, and the other sketchy options
re: Lydia R
Here's a link to a recent story regarding food concessions in the Oakland airport:
Have a good trip!


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The Welsh troop home from a semi-final against Leicester dejected once again, although their heartbreak may this time be tempered by the fact that the Tigers were far more deserving of this victory than they had been five years ago.
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Julian White was allowed to get away with all sorts of skullduggery at the scrum, and Alix Popham was left scrambling around at the base of it for much of the game in order to secure possession. It took the Scarlets nearly 25 minutes to win a line-out as well, and for much of the game messrs Corry and Deacon rose in the right spot at the right time to pluck Scarlet ball from the air.
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Between minutes 63, when Andy Goode stretched the lead to 26-17 with his fourth penalty, and 73 when Nathan Thomas idiotically gave away field position by trying a surreptitious elbow on Geordan Murphy, the Scarlets had pretty much all of the ball, yet thump after hit after smash after bosh came in from Leicester's bullies to stop them in their tracks.
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At the restart, Goode's kick hung tantalisingly in the air, and although Gavin Thomas caught it, Lewis Moody ran him over like a juggernaut hitting a feather. The restart area was never the same thereafter.
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The game promised tries, but held them back from us. It teased. Bums were so up and down on seats that the supporting struts under the stands may need a little reinforcement work in the post-match.
Varndell might have got away for one, but his pumping thigh pumped the ball from his hands, running onto Daryl Gibson's low offload. Regan King, double-marked all afternoon by Leicester's drift defence, ought to have set Dafydd James away, but his pass was high and backward and James lost all momentum.
Goode extended Leicester's lead with a penalty for Easterby going into a maul at the side, but the Scarlets, realising that just throwing it about a bit might not be enough, showed their meaty side too, with Vernon Cooper and Easterby developing a promising position before the latter knocked on.
Barry Davies saw a long penalty bounce back off the padding on an upright, but the game was settling a little with Leicester's fourteen men sitting back and soaking up the pressure.
Finally, five minutes before the break, the master of ceremonies blessed us with a try. Goode, whose running of Leicester's show was artful at times, got the ball wide after a spell of heavy pressure, wriggled through some dire tackling from Thomas and Rees, and scrambled over the line for the opener, converting the try for good measure.
At 16-3 the Tigers were sitting pretty but within two minutes the Scarlets had the tonic they needed. Out the ball came left after more good work by Easterby, and Regan King got his long pass measure right this time to send Mark Jones in at the corner. Stephen Jones made it 16-10 with the touchline conversion.
A new Scarlet tactic entered the fray at the start of the second half: Dwayne Peel twice had kicks off the base of the scrum charged down, one of them nearly costing five points, and Mark Jones also saw a kick nearly batted away. The kicking from the Scarlets soon ceased.
Something else batted away, rather more forcefully, was the head of Alejandro Moreno by Deacon Manu in retaliation for a slap by the former, which saw both sent to the bin. Manu might have got off lightly, the replays showed all manner of blows from all angles coming from his fists.
With the props off, the Scarlets took the lead. Just for once, they got the right blend of direct running and ball-spreading, and the move culminated in Matthew Rees going in at the left-hand corner, with Stephen Jones again converting magnificently from the touchline.
A new Tigers' tactic then entered the fray as well, and it immediately nicked back the lead. Andy Goode chipped over the Scarlets' blitz defence into space, and Shane Jennings, whose sterling endeavour in the mud produced turnovers for his team all afternoon, latched onto the bouncing ball and turned Davies like a winger before diving under the posts.
Goode tried the chip three more times, and each time it caused panic for the men in red, until Davies cottoned on to the correct positioning and shut the avenue of attack off. The damage was done though.
Goode then slotted a fourth successful penalty from 48 metres, leaving Llanelli with it all to do, but the Tigers' defence held firm. Thomas' indiscretion on Murphy conceded field position, and Leicester's pack got a final hurrah, driving a maul deep into Scarlet territory and hammering away at the line before Louis Deacon leapt over a maul and sealed the deal.
Man of the match: Andy Goode orchestrated, Martin Corry inspired, and Alesana Tuilagi drove for Leicester. For the Scarlets, both locks played well outside of the line-out, as did Gavin Thomas and Alix Popham, and Dwayne Peel coped admirably considering his lack of protection. But for his match-turning burst of pace and contribution in the loose and at the bottom of rucks all game, Shane Jennings grabs the accolade.
The scorers:
For Leicester:
Tries: Goode, Jennings, Louis Deacon
Cons: Goode 2
Pens: Goode 4
Drop goals:
For the Scarlets:
Tries: Mark Jones, Rees
Cons: Stephen Jones 2
Pens: Stephen Jones
Drop goals:
Yellow cards: Murphy (Tigers, 14, deliberately killing the ball), Moreno (Tigers, 45 fighting), Manu (Scarlets, 45, fighting)
The teams:
Leicester Tigers: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Daryl Gibson, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Harry Ellis, 8 Martin Corry (c), 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Lewis Moody, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Julian White, 2 George Chuter, 1 Alex Moreno.
Replacements: 16 Gavin Hickie 17 Michael Holford 18 Leo Cullen 19 Brett Deacon 20 Frank Murphy 21 Sam Vesty 22 Seru Rabeni.
Llanelli Scarlets: 15 Barry Davies, 14 Dafydd James, 13 Regan King, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Mark Jones, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Dwayne Peel, 8 Alix Popham, 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Simon Easterby, 5 Scott MacLeod, 4 Vernon Cooper, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Iestyn Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 John Davies, 18 Inoke Afeaki, 19 Nathan Thomas, 20 Liam Davies, 21 Ceiron Thomas, 22 Matthew Watkins.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
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At least two people suffered from heat exhaustion while watching the Miami Heat's championship parade in downtown Miami Monday.
Parade organizers said more water stations and safety personnel would be along the route after a number of heat-related sicknesses last year.
The condition of either person wasn't immediately released.
Fans climb railroad track scaffolding
Despite orders from Miami police to get down, more than a dozen parade goers climbed the railroad track scaffolding outside the AmericanAirlines Arena (pictured below).
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Peace and Disarmament | Mar 16 2008
Building a Culture of Peace Exhibition in Luxembourg
The Festival was attended by about 20,000 people who visited the 160 booths with displays by associations from other countries, political parties, unions and peace organizations, as well as stands providing information from the government about immigration. In 2007, Luxembourg's population consisted of 277,900 inhabitants of Luxembourg nationality and 198,300 ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Feb 28 2008
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research Publishes Research Results
I. B. Tauris, U.K. recently published Challenges to Global Security: Geopolitics and Power in an Age of Transition, edited by Hussein Solomon. The book is part of a series on global peace and policy by the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. The publication is a result ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Feb 10 2008
Workshop in Australia: Toward the Eradication of Armed Conflict
From February 8-10, 2008, SGI's representative to the United Nations in New York Hiro Sakurai attended a Workshop on the Eradication of Armed Conflict held at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, organized by Global Action to Prevent War (GAPW). Mr. ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Feb 5 2008
Soka Gakkai Youth in Hiroshima, Japan, Sponsor Lecture by Make-A-Wish Japan General Manager
On February 5, 2008, Soka Gakkai youth members in Hiroshima sponsored the 123rd in a series of "Lectures on Hiroshima" at the Soka Gakkai Hiroshima Ikeda Peace Hall in Hiroshima City. Guest lecturer Hisako Ohno, general manager of Make-A-Wish Japan (MAWJ), spoke on the power of a wish to give ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Feb 2 2008
SGI-USA Opens Fourth Culture of Peace Resource Center in Chicago, Illinois
On February 2, 2008, some 700 SGI members and guests gathered to celebrate the opening of the Chicago Culture of Peace Resource Center located in the SGI-USA Chicago Culture Center. Previously, SGI-USA opened similar centers in New York (2004), Los Angeles (2004) and Hawaii (2007). The purpose of the centers ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Jan 26 2008
SGI President Releases 2008 Peace Proposal--"Humanizing Religion, Creating Peace"
In his 2008 peace proposal issued today (January 26, 2008) to commemorate the anniversary of the SGI's founding in 1975, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda calls for the humanization of religion as one path toward peace. Commenting that the current trend towards fundamentalism is found not only in the religious sphere, but ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Jan 24 2008
The End of Poverty Author Professor Jeffrey Sachs Speaks at Culture of Peace Lecture Series in New York City
On January 24, 2008, some 700 people attended SGI-USA's Culture of Peace Distinguished Speakers Series with Columbia University Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs at the SGI-USA New York Culture Center. Dr. Sachs is widely known for his bestselling book, The End of Poverty. SGI-USA's Culture of Peace Resource Centers in New ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Jan 21 2008
5th Annual Youth Nonviolence Conference Held in New York
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Peace and Disarmament | Dec 11 2007
Dr. Jan Øberg Speaks on Conflict Resolution in Nagoya, Japan
On December 11, 2007, Dr. Jan Øberg, cofounder and director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF), and visiting professor at the Graduate School of International Development at Nagoya University, was invited by the Soka Gakkai Chubu Youth Peace Committee to address a group of 80 local ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Dec 3 2007
New Pugwash President Visits Soka Gakkai
Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala, the newly elected president of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, visited the Soka Gakkai Headquarters on December 3, 2007, and met with Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada. A former Sri Lankan diplomat, Dr. Dhanapala was Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Nov 25 2007
Bolivian Ambassador to Japan Visits "Women and the Culture of Peace" Exhibition
On November 21, 2007, Ambassador of Bolivia to Japan Masakatsu Jaime Ashimine visited the "Women and the Culture of Peace" exhibition, created and sponsored by the Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee, at the Kawaguchi Civic Hall in Saitama Prefecture. The recently renewed exhibition, which conveys the message that women are ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Nov 24 2007
Soka Gakkai Malaysia in Sarawak Participates in Children's Art Festival
Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) Sarawak was invited by the Sarawak Department of Culture, Arts and Heritage to participate in the "Children's Art Festival" held on November 23-24, 2007, at the State Language Publishing Department. SGM sponsored "Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World," an SGI exhibition ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Nov 20 2007
Soka Gakkai Student Division Hosts Talk on Nuclear Abolition and the Role of Youth
The Soka Gakkai student division hosted a lecture titled "The Challenge of Nuclear Abolition--the Role of Youth" by New Zealand peace activist Alyn Ware at the Toda International Center in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on November 20, 2007. Mr. Ware is consultant for the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy (U.S.A.), outreach ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Nov 10 2007
Culture of Peace Exhibition in Dubai
The exhibition "Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World" was held at the Dubai Knowledge Village from November 2-10, 2007. The exhibition was held under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, UN Messenger of Peace and wife of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed ... read more
Peace and Disarmament | Nov 3 2007
Soka Gakkai Thailand Participates in Nonviolence Festival at Thammasat University
November 2-3, 2007, Soka Gakkai Thailand (SGT) participated in the second Nonviolence Festival at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus in Bangkok, Thailand. The Research Center for Peace Building at Mahidol University sponsored the event in collaboration with 25 organizations including the National Research Council of Thailand. Participants attended lectures, workshops ... read more


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Ibrahim Diaby capped his high school career with a game-winning header in the 69th minute to give Martin Luther King (Manhattan, N.Y.) a 3-2 victory over Francis Lewis (New York, N.Y.) in the PSAL Class A final Sunday. Read the New York Daily News...Blog | November 14, 2011
Windham (Maine) earns first state crownSheldon Shealer
Nearly 2,500 fans witnessed Windham (Windham, Maine) win its first Class A boys' soccer state title with a 2-0 victory over Messalonskee (Oakland, Maine) in the large-school bracket. Read a match report from the Press-Herald....Blog | November 05, 2011
Providence wins inaugural Indiana A titleSheldon Shealer
Providence (Clarksville, Ind.) finished an undefeated season in dramatic fashion, winning a shootout 3-1 over Marian (Mishawaka, Ind.) following a scoreless match to win the inaugural Indiana Class A state title. Providence ends the year at 21-0-2. ...Blog | October 30, 2011
Canterbury Prep claims Indiana A crownSheldon Shealer
Canterbury Prep (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) won the inaugural Class A state title in Indiana on Saturday, and in doing so made a strong case to be the overall No. 1 for the state. Canterbury Prep finished the season 18-1-4 and included in those wins was a 3-0 ...Blog | October 30, 2011
Hellgate, Whitefish win Montana titlesSheldon Shealer
Hellgate claimed its first soccer state title, winning the coveted Class AA crown in Montana. Meanwhile, Whitefish won the Class A state title. See the Class AA coverage in the Billings Gazette. See the Class A coverage in the Missoulian....Blog | October 30, 2011
South Dakota state championshipsSheldon Shealer
The first high school state championships of the fall 2011 season were held in Mitchell, S.D., on Saturday with Lincoln (Class AA) and Sioux Falls Christian (Class A) claiming boys titles and Aberdeen Central (Class AA) and West Central (Class A) win...Blog | October 10, 2011
Boys' Soccer Recent CommitmentsSheldon Shealer
To report a recent commitment, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. The following players have been added to the ESPNHS verbal commitment lists since Sunday: Class of 2013 NCAA Division I John Ryan Albiston (Va.), Radford Miguel Alves (N.J.), S...Blog | July 26, 2012
Oakland adds another player from EnglandSheldon Shealer
Matt Dudley, who played his youth soccer for English professional club Preston North End FC, has committed to Oakland University. Dudley joins the Oakland University Class of 2012. The 6-foot-2 forward helps his club team to the LFA Youth Cup a...Blog | June 08, 2012
Revolution defender picks VillanovaSheldon Shealer
Willis Griffith, a Class of 2013 defender prospect from Amherst, N.H., confirmed Thursday night that he has committed to Villanova. Griffith has started in 20 of his 22 appearances with the New England Revolution Under-17/18 Development Academy sq...Blog | June 08, 2012
Villanova nabs forward from MarylandSheldon Shealer
John Jlopleh, a Class of 2013 forward prospect from Columbia, Md., confirmed Thursday that he has committed to Villanova. Jlopleh plays for the Baltimore Bays Chelsea's Under-15/16 Development Academy squad. He has scored four goals while appearin...Blog | June 07, 2012
Raiders FC midfielder selects MarquetteSheldon Shealer
Jack Alberts, a Class of 2013 midfielder prospect from Hinsdale, Ill., has verbally committed to Marquette, he confirmed to ESPNHS on Wednesday. Alberts plays club soccer for Raiders FC, which is nationally ranked No. 5 in its age group. The team ...Blog | June 06, 2012
Wright State adds an instate standoutSheldon Shealer
Zachary Zwiesler, a Class of 2013 prospect who helped Carroll (Dayton, Ohio) to a high school state title last fall, confirmed to ESPNHS that he has committed to Wright State. Zwiesler, a midfielder, assisted on the first goal that sparked Carroll...Blog | June 06, 2012
FC Richmond forward picks George MasonSheldon Shealer
Jacob Creamer, a Class of 2013 forward prospect from Midlothian, Va., confirmed Tuesday that he has verbally committed to George Mason. Creamer plays club soccer for FC Richmond. He earned first-team all-district honors this spring for his high...Blog | June 05, 2012
Oakland adds goalkeeper from EnglandSheldon Shealer
Eliott Tarney, a 6-foot-3 goalkeeper from Preston, England, has committed to Oakland University for the upcoming fall college season. Tarney played for the Blackpool FC youth program. Tarney is the ninth player confirmed for Oakland University'...Blog | June 05, 2012
Albertson midfielder is heading to VillanovaSheldon Shealer
Eric McKenna, a Class of 2013 midfielder prospect from Great River, N.Y., verbally committed to Villanova on Monday, he confirmed to ESPNHS. McKenna plays for Albertson SC's under-17/18 Development Academy squad. This season he has appeared in 21 ...Blog | June 04, 2012
D.C. United mid commits to High PointSheldon Shealer
Doluwamu Oyewole, a Class of 2013 defender prospect from Waldorf, Md., verbally committed to High Point, ESPNHS learned Sunday. Oyewole plays for the Under-15/16 D.C. United Development Academy squad, where he has made 15 appearances this season. ...Blog | June 04, 2012


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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- On Thursday at 4:08 p.m. the Fort Myers Police Department responded to a bank robbery at Wells Fargo, located at 9250 Six Mile Cypress Parkway. Upon arrival police learned that a male suspect entered the bank and displayed a note to a teller demanding money. He then fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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The Dividends, the collaborative project between singer and songwriter Sarah Jaffe and Grammy Award winning producer Symbolyc One (S1) has piqued the curiosity of many with merely an announcement that they were working together on a new EP. Since we learned of the project, the duo has already gain ... More >>
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I used to like Dustin Cavazos. Then I didn't. But, now I think I'm starting to like him again. Too confusing? Take a look at this simple time line.2010The Oak Cliff rapper's first album, I Think In the Shower, I Dream On My Bike, proved him as a major player in local hip-hop. His sobering delivery, ... More >>
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The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most influential hip-hop groups in history, and their music has come to exemplify underground hip-hop to the point that, if you don't know Wu-Tang, you don't know hip-hop. Almost all of the original members have also moved on to successful solo careers since coming ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, January 12, 2010...Raekwon, Ghostface and Method Man have started a side project... but, need a little help with the name. Maybe, Wu Lite?Somewhere today, Thom Yorke has to be incredibly upset that a member of a boy band is incredibly pissed at him ... More >>
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Thank you very much for the Doiron family information! I had many of the siblings of Marie, but not a complete record or any dates or middle names, so thanks!
I have father of Andre as Honore Doiron born 1814 and death date of 15 Jan 1856. I have mother of Andre as Marie Gallant born in 1807 and died 24 Jul 1878. They were married in South Rustico, PEI in 1826.
Father of Honore Doiron was Francois Xavier-Mico Doiron b. 1772 and mother as Modeste Gautreau b. 07 Mar 1775, married in South Rustico, PEI in 1812.
Father of Marie Gallant was Louis Gallant b. 1776 d. 1824 and mother was Judith Roussel b. 1780. Married in South Rustico, PEI in 1805.
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West Coast rapper Game has spoken out on Twitter to deny rumors claiming he was attacked and beatdown in a fight sometime this week.
Although Game did not give out specifics, he did kill rumors claiming a fight took place.
"N*ggas a make up anything to get a buzz blood !!!! How u knock game out & I'm just landing f*g !!! #twittergangsterskillmeblood," he tweeted September 13th.
"LOL n*ggas is funny blood !!! But if u really wanna TRY…. I'll be at colony tonite as promised !!! #suwoobizness" (Game's Twitter)
Last August, Game avoided a criminal investigation following a Hollywood scuffle.
Police today (August 25) said they aren't going to arrest the rapper Game for an alleged assault at a Hollywood club early on Tuesday morning. The rapper showed up at Hollywood Police Station today to tell police that he didn't throw any punches in Tuesday night's scuffle. After interviewing witnesses and taking a look at the shaky partial footage of the incident, the police toldTMZ that they bought Game's story. (LAist)
Footage of Game's physical confrontation landed online around late August.
The Game has been accused of punching a man in the face in front of a Hollywood nightclub early Tuesday morning … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. We're told the rapper has been named in a police report … filed by a man who claims he was attacked by The Game in front of Colony nightclub. TMZ obtained footage of the incident — which shows The Game engaged in a physical altercation … but it's unclear if the rapper actually threw a punch. After the initial skirmish, a fired up Game can be seen yelling in frustration — and was restrained by his friends. We're told the LAPD is investigating the incident … but no arrests have been made. So far, no word from The Game himself — but people close to the rapper tell us he denies hitting anyone. (TMZ)
Outside of fight talk, Game's latest solo album currently remains on the Top 200 sales chart.
West Coast rapper Game's R.E.D. Album dropped seven slots to No. 8 with 38,800. With two weeks under his belt, the Compton-bred emcee's new LP stands at 136,700 sold records. (SOHH Sales Wrap)
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IAG Cargo announces increased capacity on London to Seattle route
IAG Cargo has announces that due to an increased frequency of British Airways passenger flights between London and Seattle, it will be able to offer customers additional freight capacity on this route. The three new flights will commence on the 27th October 2013 and will be serviced by a Boeing 777-200. Customers will benefit from increased access to IAG Cargo's cargo network, which supports more than 350 destinations worldwide.Departing on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, the new flights bring the weekly total on the Seattle route to 10 frequencies. This will provide IAG Cargo customers with a greater flexibility over when they send consignments and will allow them to ship an increased weight of cargo, with additional available capacity of 108 tons per week.
Seattle is a growth market for IAG Cargo, with a strong catchment area that includes the medium-sized manufacturing bases of Portland and Boise. In 2012, the London-Seattle route generated 4,660 tons of cargo, including everything from aircraft parts and perishable goods, such as ferns and cherries, to consumer goods and e-retail purchases, sent to markets across the world.
Joe LeBeau, VP North America at IAG Cargo, commented: 'The additional flights will prove highly beneficial to IAG Cargo's business, allowing us to bolster our offering in a market that is always on the lookout for more cargo capacity. Our aim as a carrier is to support global businesses and by having our capabilities enhanced in this way, we take another important step forward towards meeting this goal.'
IAG Cargo operates 55 wide bodied flights per day from the USA and Canada. This equates to over 800,000 kilos shipped from the area every day. The carrier also operates three 747-8 freighters per week on the US route
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LOS ANGELES Technical members of Boeing Co.s largest white-collar union have ratified a new labor agreement, reversing an earlier vote and defusing the possibility of a strike.
The technical members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with the Chicago-based aerospace giant, the union said this week.
The contract, which will run through October 2016, was approved by an 86.6-percent vote. In contrast, workers rejected the same contract by a 53-percent margin in February in a vote paired with a strike-authorization ballot (amm.com, Feb. 21).
However, two developments were seen putting pressure on the technicians to settle: SPEEA members representing the unions 15,000 professional engineers approved a separate but similar four-year agreement, and Boeing subsequently refused to alter what it described as its "best and final offer" (amm.com, March 1).
"The votes by technical workers and engineers in recent weeks will allow us to come together and focus on the challenges and opportunities we face this year," Ray Conner, president and chief executive of the companys Boeing Commercial Airplanes subsidiary, said. Boeings new 787 Dreamliners are currently grounded as the company seeks to resolve lithium-ion battery problems.
During the contract negotiations, SPEEA had suggested that the failure of Boeing to achieve labor peace could have compromised the search for a battery fix. The technicians had been working without a contract since Nov. 25.
The new contracts major benefits for SPEEA technicians include the continuation of wage pools that will result in annual pay hikes of approximately 5 percent, and the extension of the former contracts medical plan with no increased employee contributions, as Boeing had been seeking, a union spokesman in Tukwila, Wash., said.
However, SPEEA technicians acceded to Boeings demand that new hires after March 1 will not receive a traditional defined-benefit pension plan but will instead receive an "enhanced 401(k)" plan. SPEEA engineers also made that concession. As far as winning back its traditional pension plan in the next contract, "that will be up to future negotiation teams," the SPEEA spokesman said.
SPEEA represents more than 23,000 Boeing employees, mainly in the Puget Sound region.
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Where is virtualisation taking you?
Anyone who's been in this industry for longer than a decade will know that some of what IT vendors say needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. Virtualisation holds great promise, so we are told – but yet so did blade servers, grid architectures, enterprise management solutions, application service providers... the list goes on. …
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... to the shop to buy more memory.
Professionally there is some merit in running VMs (after all, IBM has made a mainframe business out of it). Although not as much as the marketing bumf says: most of the benefits can be achieved by consolidating workloads onto a single server, without the overheads, administration and duplication of multiple copies of the same old O/S.
Where it does win is with my old mum. She thinks her XP 'pooter is running native![1] In fact it's running as a Virtualbox guest on top of Ubuntu 8.04. This, and VNC, does make remote administration and support (a must with m.o.m-s the world over) much easier as I can access the system underneath XP whenever necessary to reboot it etc. All without having to go though the joys of getting a 70 year-old[2], 150 miles away, to press the right combination of keys, buttons and wotsits in the right order while holding the phone, too.
[1] actually she doesn't care what it is or what it runs on - just so long as it works.
[2] not that age is a driver, work provides the same opportunities with 20-60 y-o's as well.
What a load of bull
"some of what IT vendors say needs to be taken with a pinch of salt" ??? Excusame?? "some of"? Let's just say that _everything_ that a vendor say needs to be taken with humongous pile of salt.
"making IT a bit more dynamic" WTF? What happened to "planning" and "management"? Instead of coming up at 8pm on friday evening with "let's put 3 new servers up" how about thinking about it a couple of week before so we can figure out if we can run that shit on the machines that we already have or we need to buy or rent something else? Bad planning on your side should never be emergency in the IT department, but of course it is. All the time.
"people are expensive, automation is good" so that's why everybody is trying to ditch peoples and relies on pile of crap hosted god-knows-where and run by untrained chimps someplace 8 hours from you?
The reality is that management doesn't know shit about how to run IT or how to run anything really, but they certainly do like to throw buzzwords around to show that they are "in the loop".
@AC I hear you
Aye, planning and management should be in there. The "more dynamic" thought could have been rephrased "a bit less klunky when it comes to actually implementing anything"... I agree that more planning would be a great thing. From other feedback I'm not sure many organisations have it quite as bad as you are suggesting, but I can remember working at an insurance firm a few years back, and sitting in that very room when the ops manager was "told" what would be required of him the week after, in terms of new kit to support. So amen to that.
Generally for development
We've found that virtualisation works really well for development kit, testing/demo sites and the like. It's saved us the cost of additional servers because we can just fire up and tear down exactly what we need, when we need it, which in a flexible development environment is great.
For anything customer-facing (ie, production servers), we still do it old-school, simply because you tend to have fewer actual apps on that end (one app might be tested on a whole range of machines, but our hosted version only needs one), the user demands on them are far higher, and you are far less likely to want to mess with it.
Virtualization is Big
It is a major tool for consolidation of servers and it is magical for thin clients, a very successful form of virtualization. Thin clients really save capital cost of equipment and power consumption because one server can run hundreds of $250 thin clients each using 30 watts or so. Where I worked last year, they could run all their services on one or two machines with virtualization. The saving in hardware and power consumption and space would have been huge. If you get improved security from virtualization it is a huge plus. We do not need more servers as much as we need more services. Virtualization does that very well.
Unix GNU/L has done this for years as a multiuser system you don't need vitualisation.
Why not for production machines?
Virtualization provides all kinds of benefits and it will - of course - depend on your specific situation. IMO on of the main benefits is making the (guest) OS independent from the hardware it runs on. The physical machine dies and cannot easily be repaired? No problem, just take a completely different server and run it there without much hassle. Things like resource scheduling, power management, high availability and fault tolerance may be important in your choice of virtual or physical. In some cases it may be necessary to combine both, YMMV.
One of the big negatives is that people think they can simply keep on adding servers left and right, creating a management and licensing nightmare.
The good, the bad, the ugly
The good: I can stand up machines on the network segment I need to quickly and easily. While you can do a lot by consolidating workloads on one OS the fact remains that sometimes you need to segregate the applications, and if you work with a lot of different network segments virtualization is a great way to deal with that.
I can juggle resources more easily, and the ability to migrate from virtual to physical or vice versa comes in handy.
I can make high availability a lot cheaper to implement and maintain for a lot more applications.
I don't have to manage HBAs on a lot of physical machines....only one. (Ok, that's a pet peeve. I hate maintaining the client side of the SAN infrastructure.)
You can mix DR with Dev and QA environments and be able to say with a straight face that DR can give you 80%+ of production as long as they let you shut down the Dev and QA stuff if you need to use it.
The Bad: Management uses virtualization to accomplish an "out of sight out of mind" mentality on resources. You need to produce a lot of really good reports about how badly you're oversubscribing before they take you seriously. Even then they prefer to not do anything until something bad happens.
The Ugly: When bad things happen, the consequences are expanded.
On "the bad"...
Can I be blunt here - I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet from a manageability perspective. The risk of IT copping out is high, particularly if faced with too many demands for new servers/services. Best practice in these areas is still being defined - which is why all feedback is so very valuable! Thanks!
The fingers point, and having pointed, move on...
Virtualisation is wonderful; now, instead of simply having the hardware vendor and software vendors shake their heads and tell you it's "the other guy's problem" you have a three-sided finger-pointing, consultancy-fattening orgy of blame; 'Its the hardware", "Its the software", "its the virtualisation layer" ... around and around until the support contract runs out.
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