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There's an awesome riverbank park thing 5 minutes away from our house in Oxford. I visited this afternoon to do some reading.
When I sat down on the dock, this goose swam right over to me and watched me, waiting for food I presume. I didn't have anything to feed him! I felt so terrible! He floated around at my feet the whole time I read my book. I finally got up and picked some berries off the tree for him, but he didn't really like those.
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Social pain, anger at ecological degradation and the inability of traditional politics to address deep economic failings has fueled an extraordinary amount of practical on-the-ground institutional experimentation and innovation by activists, economists and socially minded business leaders in communities around the country.
A vast democratized " new economy" is slowly emerging throughout the United States. The general public, however, knows almost nothing about it because the American press simply does not cover the developing institutions and strategies.
For instance, a sample assessment of coverage between January and November of 2012 by the most widely circulated newspaper in the United States , theWall Street Journal, found ten times more references to caviar than to employee-owned firms, a growing sector of the economy that involves more than $800 billion in assets and 10 million employee-owners—around three million more individuals than are members of unions in the private sector.
Worker ownership—the most common form of which involves ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Plans—was mentioned in a mere five articles. By contrast, over 60 articles referred to equestrian activities like horse racing, and golf clubs appeared in 132 pieces over the same period.
Although 2012 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of the Cooperative—an institution that now has more than one billion members worldwide—the Journal's coverage was similarly thin. More than 120 million Americans are members of co-operatives and cooperative credit unions, 30 million more people than are owners of mutual funds. The Journal, however, devoted some 700 articles to mutual funds between January and October and only 183 to cooperatives. Of these the majority were concerned with high-end New York real estate, with headlines like "Pricey Co-ops Find Buyers"
The vast number of cooperative businesses on Main Streets across the country were discussed in just 70 articles and a mere 14 gave co-op businesses more than passing mention. Together, the articles only narrowly outnumbered the 13 Journal pieces that mentioned the Dom Perignon brand of champagne over the same time frame, and were eclipsed by the 40 Journal entries that refer to the French delicacy foie gras.
Another democratized economic institution is the not-for-profit Community Development Corporation (CDC), roughly 4,500 of which operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Such neighborhood corporations create tens of thousands of units of affordable housing and millions of square feet of commercial and industrial space a year. The Journal ran no articles mentioning CDCs in 2012 and only 43 over the past 28 years—less than two a year. Meanwhile, the word château appeared in 30 times as many articles, and luxury apartments received 300 times as much coverage over the same period.
Not surprisingly, the growing "new economy movement" championing democratization of the economy has itself received even less coverage, despite growing citizen involvement on many levels. Over the past year, major national, state and other conferences focusing on worker-owned companies, cooperatives, public banking, nonprofit and public land trusts, and neighborhood corporations were oversubscribed, reflecting the growing interest in these forms. The Journal, however, gave scant coverage to the movement.
Thousands of other creative projects—from green businesses to new forms of combined community-worker efforts—are also underway across the country but receive little coverage. A number are self-consciously understood as attempts to develop working prototypes in state and local "laboratories of democracy" that may be applied at regional and national scale when the right political moment occurs. In Cleveland, Ohio, for instance, a complex of sophisticated worker-owned firms has been developing in desperately poor, predominantly black neighborhoods. The model is partially structured along lines of the Mondragón Corporation, a vibrant network of worker-owned cooperatives in northern Spain with more than 80,000 members and billions of dollars in annual revenue.
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Java application is now the programming language that has being used in preference to other common programming languages like C and C++. These are considered to be complex unlike java which has low-level facilities and low object model hence it becomes easier and simpler for handling, use and understanding. To run these applications, Java Virtual Machines (or simply JVM) are needed to compile them into class file format. These are important machines for they are always required to run such kind of files regardless of the computer being used. The main advantage of java application is that once used to code a program; it can also be used in another destination too. This makes it simple for developers to use it for it is also used as a software platform.
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There has been an upcoming trend of outsourcing Java development projects. Developing java platform as well as new features and facilities has made java a popular language in developing some specific types of projects. Outsourcing has been done to countries which have been identified to have the necessary skills and besides it having cheaper options at getting all work done right to the specifications required. Perfect examples of such countries that are providing cheap expertise are India and many other Eastern European countries. This has made it cost effective for companies to outsource labor. There is also the benefit of choice. One can get their work done by a top notch developer or just a budding developer. This eventually leads to cost effective services for many people by providing the services at different rates.
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When thinking about the command-line arguments, where a program uses this command-line, its name definitely suffices for the purpose. This open source has led to most java developers coming up with new utilities which create applications in an effective and resourceful manner. european Linux has so much supported this hence flourishing this trend to a remarkable extent. Rf test socket Many new developers will find it difficult to learn the Linux commands; little do they know that once started, the journey that follows becomes a delight. Java is simply the best platform to build the best applications.
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The java platform has offered a platform through which many people creating java applications. Java application development has grown very popular due to the many features that it is able to pack especially for many uses which are centered towards gaming, animations and for simulations. Other uses have seen the java applications get adapted for use in mobile phones in the form of mobile apps. The software is flexible allowing for numerous unique ways which the applications can be done to produce some of the most result oriented applications.
Java has remained very strong software which has been used to build software and applications with a community based approach which means that the technology becomes very essential. The java software is able to create different kind of applications which are able achieve very high level applications or on just some simple applications. An individual will in most cases lack the necessary skills which are necessary for the building of all these applications. The skills required are usually the complex type which usually require considerable knowledge and expertise in the use of core java development, web application development in java, java based CMS and enterprise application using J2EE. Therefore developers are able to put into action serious ideas that later become applications based on the platforms offered by java.
The use and rise in popularity of smartphones has led to the big market that currently exists for java applications. There are more and more mobile applications coming up which are used to attain specific objectives. These have led to beneficial uses which can be put into leisure use or for commercial use. The best use is that which goes to the improving life and giving great functionality in allowing task to be accomplished effectively and efficiently. The mobile applications developed on the java platforms are achieving great functionality for users of the smartphones and it does not matter the use to which they are built. All that matters is that the applications serve the need identified for a particular group of people.
With special mention is the fact that the java applications development has impacted in a big way the online business setting. The use of the java development centers and java development companies has allowed developers to have things easier for them in the creation of applications. The applications have worked on the server side of websites and they have also served well the client end of websites. The biggest advantage of the java applications is that they can be run any time and from anywhere. They are usually not pegged on the platform which means that they are very independent. Java applications are portable making them very appealing to different groups of people and for the purposes of adapting various applications to your situation. The applications are very secure since their security gets sealed by the complier and the interpreter. This makes the java applications become preferred for sensitive software like the shopping cart and the merchant accounts. Lastly, the java web applications are usually built with a language which is object oriented and that helps programmers to create modules.
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Mobile Java Applications
With the ever expanding technological scopes, there have been advancements in the way technology has gotten utilized to achieve different things all together. Technology has made many people be mesmerized by the kind of applications to which it has been put. One such importance of the technology has been utilized in the smartphone. These mobile phones have had capability to accept different software. Some of these software includes the mobile java applications which have become very common for the building of different types of functionality.
The development of mobile applications out of the java application has proven to be such a superior technology. The building of these mobile apps requires that it is done by developers who have skills and expertise in this java technology and how it is used. The best way to go about the getting the best expertise out there will be through outsourcing to development companies and communities dealing with the java software. These people must be afforded all information that is carried right from conception of the idea to its integration into java in the making of a mobile application.
The smartphones available today are compatible with java and this allows for the use of the phones for more than one function depending on what the owner of the phone would want to have and achieve. The rise in the popularity of the java mobile apps has been meteoric due to the many benefits that they are able to confer to the users. The scope to which they are able to be used is just getting to be understood or getting to be discovered. Many more possibilities exist and these are what the developers and other java communities are working to decipher and the continued building of more and more apps. Many of the mobile apps are those which are aimed at getting a form of leisure for people. These include game applications and many others that are used to enjoy various forms of entertainment like the movies and songs.
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Open source web applications are free applications that are available under special licensing terms. pulau perhentian These make the source code available and accessible. This helps users to access the source code, study it and customize it to meet their needs. This is then redistributed as free application. The source code of the new application has to be availed and the subsequent modifications.
There are many reasons why web development companies avail the source code of their applications. Some of them include:
- For programmers to further work on them to suit diverse needs of users.
- The subsequent software that will evolve will be helpful even to the original company.
- To enable programmers to create user friendly applications.
Some people criticize companies that avail their source code and wonder why they would do that. Tioman resort But others praise them for it so actually there is a misunderstanding on it particularly in the commercial world that we live in where every venture gets monetized.
There are numerous advantages of open source web applications.
- It comes free of charge such that is there are no license fees incurred for these programs
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- The evolving software is helpful to many people and they necessarily do not have to buy it from one vendor as the source code is available and even a person with basic HTML skills will work on it.
- New features can be implemented quickly by programmers
- Developers get to control the code and will modify it from time to time according to requirements. This makes it possible to analyze the code to make it more secure and reliable.
- Encryption is not required thus providing easy debugging.
All these advantages prove that open source applications are really useful and the way to go in terms of programming. But those against open source cite the various disadvantages of using them. One of the major disadvantages is that they have a tendency to quickly fade away. This is caused by programmers losing interest in them and ceasing to develop them any longer. This leads to stagnation and eventually the application dies off.
Another problem is support issues since the programmers that modified the code are not established and thus clients will often lack the necessary support in case of problems such as online bugging.
All in all open source applications ensure that the diverse needs of people are catered for. This is because everyone wishes that they have a resourceful website with all solutions to the needs of clients. This is made possible by use of open source software. Such websites are easily and cheaply made. The task is made even much easier in that the any programmer will handle the application and not essentially the original programmer.
Some of the major web applications and software available as open source include Linux apache server, word press, and open office among many others. These are quite useful and thus popular among programmers and developers who use them for smooth programming and meeting the needs of each person.


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Select trade to get ur badge. And just know that I would've won if I had used my fav team. It's so hard using mono type, especially when everyone uses Dragonite. But you have potential. U got the strategy (although it is very douche- baggy) and the skill, but most importantly the smarts. and thtat milotic of your's is gonna really be a bitch to Dragontaming and derpityhurr. Watch out latiel, we may have a new champion around
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You are a smart little Son of a bitch
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My ds ran out of charge. I thought it could make it through this battle, but it couldnt since it was taking so long
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ur milotic makes me sick. doesn't get much more pussier than that
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Giardia and Cryptosporidium are widespread intestinal parasites that cause diarrheal illnesses in people. They are not bacteria or viruses, but protozoa with complex life cycles, which exist in a cyst form, very much like a microscopic egg. Giardia cysts are extremely small; they are 10 times smaller than the smallest object that can be seen with the naked eye, and Cryptospordium oocysts are even smaller.
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This series leaves much to be desired; the story is poorly written and has a simple plot: Najimi is a young girl with hopes of drawing manga however she can't draw to save her life. One day her friend, Tsuyuri, who makes a lot of money drawing doujinshi (unprofessional self printed manga) convinces her to dive into the world of doujin in hopes of making it big and raking in the cash. Along the way she realizes what a challenge it is to actually create manga people would want to read and decides to try her hand creating the best hentai doujinshi. Centered around her attempts of making hentai manga, are awkward characters, and plain cliché situations that are bundled with one liner jokes, typical of 4 panel manga, however, the jokes are so awkward for such a normal situation that the entire scene makes absolutely no sense. To even label this comedy is a concept I cannot understand. The episodes are a total of about 5 minutes, and there is absolutely no character development. RightStuf should pay you to take this out of their warehouse and into the nearest plastic recycling facility.
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Refusing to order due to distribution fault
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Student Council's Discretion Blu-ray Season 1 Collection (S)
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Hilarious and worth the watch
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Rating: Not all that good.
Disappointing... But not unsurprising
Tamako Market has everything one might need to set up an interesting show: nice animation, interesting characters and setting, and theres even a cute animal 'mascot' (I know there's a better word for it, I just can't remember it right now). So why is it so disappointing? The animation is nice, however, if you've seen just about any other KyoAni anime, it eventually grows old, stale. The characters look like the same person with different clothes and hair slapped on. Their personalities are recycled and bland, the characters themselves are pretty one-dimensional, and the characters who are actually interesting get hardly any screen time. The jokes seem cheap, the plot itself is rather boring, and the 'romance' is forced and tacky. This is probably to be expected of a typical slice of life show by now, but there are hundreds that are more worthwhile than this one.
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT DVD/Blu-ray Complete Series (Hyb)
Curtis Urbanski - Dec 17 2014 email@example.com
Rating: Pretty good!
Great, but not as good as it should be for a BD.
Overall the show itself is wonderful, there are no real problems there.
The real problem lies with the release. Whereas the first season of Haganai went with a fully uncensored release, removing things like light rays and soap bubbles covering nudity (with one exception in episode 8) and all of the rough language and sexual innuendo Haganai Next chose not to, and actually re-censored an uncensored scene from the Japanese release.
The harsh language is still completely intact, however no censoring was removed for this seasons release. Most people won't have a problem with this, however when you can watch the exact same version online, for free on at least two sites, it's understandable that people buying physical releases expecting an uncensored version might be a little upset not getting what they expected.
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Happiness' in Suffering
By Dr.Vrinda (Vrndavanlila Devi Dasi)
Our cow, Surabhi was lying sick in a helpless state, unable to even stand on her legs. The doctors in the city are good only for treating cats and dogs. Their apathetic treatment had made me rely on the Lord Himself and seek guidance from baba, my father in the law staying in a village in Orissa. As I followed his instructions, everybody in our family sat in front of her taking turns to chant the mahamantra till very late in the night.
Round 2 at night my turn came. As I chanted, she just kept her head in my lap and tried to sleep. As the beads slipped through my fingers, I tried to concentrate on the sounds. Her innocent face and eyes made me suffer silently. I was thinking how selfless a cow's life is… through out her life she just gives, gives and gives. Even when our own biological mother stops giving us milk, she continues; she helps us in serving the Lord. Her very presence reminds one of the Lord Govinda…Gopala. Even till her last day she gives the goldmine of dung and urine and post-death, she gives her hide for being used in the service of the Lord. Surabhi's picture that hung in front of me depicted her standing behind the tribhanga form of the Lord, licking His lotus feet. I almost urged the Lord to bless her with health. It seems my suffering was directly connected to hers, my happiness at this moment seemed to be defined by physical state. As I murmered my prayer, my mind raced back in time. It unconsciously paused at different points of time in my life where in the suffering peaked to its summit.
Long time back, as a child of about 3 years I had been mistakenly left in the school on a holiday. As I cried alone unable to go back home, my heart hankered to see my mother. The end of suffering lay in my mother returning to pick me back; so many such instances flashed….the suffering of not being able to complete the homework, anxiety of reaching the school in time, of exams, of getting first position in the class, of finding relevant literature for writing the thesis, separating from parents and family after marriage and so on but 'suffering' has been there constantly present. How the definition of 'happiness' and 'suffering' keeps changing for us even within this one life itself? Afterall we are denizens of relative world. How true Srila Prabhupada was when he said that though everybody hankers for happiness but they do not know what true happiness is. "Temporary cessation of misery is falsely called happiness". How surprising it is that though fundamentally we are 'sacidananda' – eternal, full of knowledge and blissful but our material existence takes its toll in several ways. Misery in all its three form abound our lives, making us suffer (pade pade yad vipdam) every moment but it is a blessing in disguise. Suffering is "a process of purification" [SP, Morning Walk; March 25, 1976, New Delhi] … distress is the stuff that devotees are made of:
catur-vidhā bhajante māḿ / janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna
ārto jijñāsur arthārthī / jñānī ca bharatarṣabha [Bg. 7.16] [O best among the Bhāratas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me — the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.]
This makes us easy to understand the depth of Queen Kunti's prayers wishing calamaties befall her again and again so that she "could see You (the Lord) again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths."
vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat / tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darśanaḿ yat syād / apunar bhava-darśanam [SB 1.8.25]
So, is this suffering which can be a crucial stepping stone to devotional service and is the form of Lord's mercy or anugraha so easy to 'get' and 'taste'? How wonderful maya is! Despite being in "dukhalayam", all the time pierced by the three dents of adhyatmika, adibhautik and adidaivik sufferings – Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27] – we do not realize that we are suffering. The illusion is so overwhelming that chasing the objects of sense gratification we have forgotten our real svarupa and we choose to be in a state of willful suspension of disbelief. Even in the course of Srila Prabhupada's lecture there was an instance of a man, one of the audience who saw no problem in being reborn as a 'dog' in his next life – "Happiness of a fool." Fools rush in where angels fear to tread! The illusion is so great that even Indra forgot his position. Instead of feeling captive of the curse, was enjoying the "fall". He refused the pleasures of the might and heaven even at the behest of Narada muni just to remain in a hog's body on earth and 'enjoy' the company of female hogs and eating abominable things.
Prabhupada: If you are asked to stand here for five hours, you'll feel most uncomfortable. But they are standing for five thousand years, no uncomfortable. This is punishment. Punishment is there, but unaware. So everyone is like that. Anyone in the material world, they are being punished in different degree, but unaware. That is maya's grace, that although he is punished, he cannot understand.
Guru-krpa: So they answer that "If you're happy, then what's wrong with that?"
Prabhupada: Yes, that class you are here. You go on with that happiness. But we are not satisfied with this. You are rascal, you are happy in that way, but we are not. That is the difference between you and me.
Guru-krpa: Happiness of the fool.
[Morning Walk — April 24, 1976, Melbourne]
Without exception, in this material world everybody is subject to the sufferings of janma mrtyu- jara-vyadhi. The big question is why is everybody subject to these three miseries and the four sufferings? What did we do to incur this punishment? Why does it illude us so terribly?
This suffering is "due to ignorance. I do not know. I am committing sinful life, I am committing mistakes; therefore I am suffering." Any intelligent man knows that he is suffering and tries to find a solution to it. A guru rescues his disciple from ignorance (ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya) and sufferings caused because of ignorance and disobedience of His law. The Lord is so merciful that though on one hand He punishes the erring children but at the same time He also provides for us to return to Him. He himself gives the instructions to break the glass ceiling of illusion and suffering. Five thousand years ago, the Lord spoke Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, which is nothing but science of devotion through following varnasrama dharma. Through different logic He proved to Arjuna how it was his dharma to fight. A bonafide guru being the representative of the Lord passes on the same message to his disciples. Vyasadeva also while recording the conversation between the two, at no point wrote "It is my opinion". Instead he wrote "Sri Bhagavan uvaca" – "Whatever writing, it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Carrying on the same tradition, our own Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada also conveyed the same message. Even in his last conversation just before he left his material body he stressed on the importance and implementation of daiva-varnasrama dharma in the society beginning with ISKCON itself.
He is a nitya siddha, but being a vaishnava he was "para dukha dukhi", so in order to relieve others of their sufferings, of which they are sometimes foolishly not even aware he took the pains of reviving the Lord's message – daiva varnasrama dharma. One may give so many excuses of not following it, but that is the only way. This was suggested to even Arjuna, whose devotion to the Lord is established beyond doubt. He had the privilege of being dear friend of the Lord, the one for whom He happily accepted to be the charioteer, the chosen one for receiving the divine message directly from Him, yet he was instructed to following the varnasrama dharma, in his case the kshatriya dharma. Further, since everything is meant for the pleasure of the Lord it becomes devotional activity. Bhakti which has never been easy, particularly in this age of Kali needs more attention; thus more stringent observance of daiva varnasrama dharma. We are yet to become "anyabhilasita-sunyam / jnana-karmady-anavrtam // anukulyena krsnanu-silanam bhaktir uttama [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11]
An honest introspection would reveal not so pleasant truths for most of us. Therefore, the relevancy of the message of "daiva varnasrama dharma" of the Lord and the guru to us. If we do not follow the instructions of our acarya we are no less than a "kali-chela". More than anything else it is like committing a spiritual suicide. It is this which will help us realize our original svarupa of true eternity, knowledge and happiness. Further, what is the difficulty? We take a step towards Him, He takes ten… I am just a puny practicing devotee, when the taste of licking the honey bottle from outside itself is so ecstatic, I wonder how it would be when I actually get to taste it? Hare Krsna!
(Author can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com The article originally appeared in "The Eight Petals", an e-newsletter in support of varnasrama dharma.)


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hey i'm at karla's house and we're so F***** stoned! well we just got the DAUWG out of of the basement b/c she was snoring!!!!! i thought I was over there tootin. but then i looked behind me and i saw the DAUWG!she was just snoozing...she aint cruzin for no bruizin. I said damn DAUWG! what you been eatin? you certainly aint been speakin. you just been flat out STANKIN! and i walked upstairs and i found the dauwg wasnt there. so i screamed and i shouted. i said good god what happened? when out of no where shouted the dauwg! WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?! WOOF WOOF WOOF. it was elmer oaks the third! he was stealin my dauwgs terd! what a nerd! but dont you worry, my dauwg sent him in a hurry. As soon as i heard i heard a small puppy mur. I grabbed my DauwG! and i said good god look at that HAUWG! shes gottan so fat! i'm about to beat that dauwg with a baseball bat. well i must be goin. cuz my weed chokin. and i'm bout to be smokin!
ahh i remember that! hahya goodtimes with karla haha those were the day iight well i thoguht i would shar iight im off to bed
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Nissan Leaf vs. Prius
Nissan Leaf
January 22, 2011 - Nissan LEAF first became available to consumers in December of 2011, in California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Tennessee. These areas are home to The EV Project - the largest electric vehicle and infrastructure deployment ever undertaken. The EV Project is a result of a partnership with charging infrastructure provider ECOtality and partially funded by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Customers in these first five launch states, who represent more than 55 percent of total Nissan LEAF reservations, will be able to place firm orders for the Nissan LEAF starting in August. Nissan LEAF will be introduced to Texas and Hawaii shortly thereafter, in January 2011; North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Alabama follow in April 2011; and be rolled-out to the balance of the nation beginning in Fall 2011 with availability in all markets nationwide by the end of that year. "We are pleased to see so many people making a choice for a zero-emission future by placing reservations for the Nissan LEAF," said Brian Carolin, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, Nissan North America. "Consumer feedback and market readiness have been key drivers in developing our phased rollout. Nissan is able to target areas of customer demand for early launch, while continuing to work in future markets to ensure the continued success of electric vehicles." Nissan North America also is informing its consumers that the lithium-ion battery pack that powers the Nissan LEAF will carry a warranty of 8 years or 100,000 miles - matching U.S. market competitive conditions. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling. More information on the Nissan LEAF and zero emissions can be found at www.nissanusa.com. Nissan Zero Emission Website http://www.nissan-zeroemission.com
Toyota Prius
For the 2011 model year, which began arriving at dealers in late September, there are no significant changes to the Toyota Prius. This third edition of the Toyota Prius is bigger and more powerful than the model it replaced. The four-cylinder engine grew in displacement from 1.5 liters to 1.8 liters and, combined with a 36Kw electric motor, boosts horsepower from 110 to 134. The result is a reduction in zero-to-60 time by a full second. The body is about four inches longer and about an inch wider. Despite the added power and size, the 2011 Toyota Prius is the only vehicle available today to offer 50 miles per gallon in combined city/highway driving. Toyota achieved this level of fuel efficiency by keeping the vehicle's weight down, maintaining the best aerodynamics of any production vehicle in the world, and re-engineering the power train to extend the range of all-electric gas-free driving. Clever high-efficiency tricks include an electric water pump, exhaust gas recovery and an optimized regenerative brake system. Under body covers with splitters aids the aerodynamic efficiency.


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With the wind swirling and temperatures rising, getting the job done was undoubtedly the priority as players took to the court for the completion of first round matches at Melbourne Park today - and Milos Raonic, the Australian Open's 11th seed, mostly did that as he recorded a 7-6(2) 6-1 4-6 6-2 victory over world No. 77 Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
If initially not quite the standard that many have come to expect of the big-serving Raonic, who last year became the first Canadian player in history to achieve a top-10 singles ranking, it was enough to remind many observers why the 23-year-old is so often placed on "player-to-watch" lists.
The two men have never played on the tour and both the unfamiliarity and the testing conditions were undoubtedly a factor in a tricky first set, in which they each claimed two service breaks and for the most part, appeared evenly matched. It was only in the tiebreak that Raonic asserted his authority over an opponent ranked 69 places lower, the Canadian's trademark big serve and some effective net play helping him secure it 7-2 after 46 minutes on court.
Considering the conditions, there was a more pleasing efficiency in the second set, Raonic breaking the Spaniard early to take a 2-0 lead and hardly looking back as he took that set 6-2 in 33 minutes.
To his credit though, the Spaniard hung in, even when circumstances transpired against him. Down two break points in the third game of that second set, play was briefly suspended while a ballkid was treated for heat exhaustion. When they returned to the court, Gimeno-Travers maintained his concentration to hold serve.
That tenacity was also evident in the third set, which went with serve for eight games. There was a turning point of sorts when Gimeno-Travers received a code violation warning for coaching and the ensuing frustration seemed to help – in the ninth game, he hit a pair of crisp winners and assisted by some unforced errors from a similarly-bothered Raonic, secured a service break. He held serve in the next game to take the set 6-4, also in 33 minutes.
It was a short-lived reprieve, with Raonic clearly the more capable man in a 32-minute final set. While there were frustrating errors, they were forgivable in the heat and Gimeno-Travers had little left to counter the Canadian's huge serve.
The statistics ultimately told the story of the two hour 23 minute encounter: while the unforced error count was relatively even (33 to Raonic, 29 to Gimeno-Travers), the Canadian hit 25 aces to the Spaniard's five and his 48 winners were 26 more than his opponent managed.
The fastest of those aces was 226kph and Raonic will be hoping to record similarly-big numbers when he meets another big-server, Victor Hanescu of Romania, in the second round.


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July 27, 2009
Wendy Aarons Love & Disappointment with Diet Coke
Wendy Aarons love and disappointment with Diet Coke at BlogHer09 in Chicago.
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July 19, 2009
Sam Opens Falafel Stand in Brick Lane
I ran into Sam El Abd in one of my favorite parts of London, Brick Lane.
We're close in age and his background is IT, but like so many I know, got laid off because of the credit crunch.
He talked to him about his dream of opening a falafel Stand in Brick Lane, the first stall in the area's well known curry mile. (think: best curries in London. They're hot, but they're amazing). Listen to his dream. He officially opened it last week.
July 19, 2009 in On Food & Wine, United Kingdom | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
July 17, 2009
Winery to Pay for a Sipper Who Tweets
An AP piece features the Murphy-Goode winery who is looking for a sipper who tweets.
Hoping to make a splash in the world of social media, they're looking to pay an Internet-savvy wine-lover $10,000 a month for six months in return for tweeting and blogging about the joys of wine country.
Hundreds applied for the gig, which includes the use of a house in Healdsburg with a wrap-around porch perfect for sitting and sipping. No question, it's the best six month gig you can get this year.
July 17, 2009 in America The Free, On Blogging, On Food & Wine, On Technology, Social Media | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
June 21, 2009
Golden Glass Slow Food Event at SF's Fort Mason
I attended this year's Golden Glass event at San Francisco's Fort Mason. The event celebrates the efforts of over 100 international wine producers who strive to protect, nurture, and revive the indigenous and classic varieties of their regions. In other words, think slow food thinking: organic, local, fresh and authentic.
The MyFarm folks were there whose goal is to increase local food production, so they can create a secure and sustainable food system.
The wineries were clustered in designated, regional areas throughout the pavilion, starting with the deeper, fuller bodied reds at the entrance, then moving into the Pinot Noirs, lighter sauvignon blancs and champagnes as you made your way to the back. Here sat bread sticks, prosciutto (ham, pork and turkey (with pistachio, pepper and fennel) and cheese, which sadly I couldn't touch.
All under one roof, there were so many authentic small family stories, you could easily sit at each table for hours listening to their starts, stops, wins and losses, each one of them proud of their own blends.
For example, one of my favorites was the Prunetto Mompertone 2006, which apparently won a silver award at the event. Emanuele Baldi, their marketing head told me that it was the only wine they had that was a mixed blend.
I can't say that I don't have a practiced palate of international food and wine, having lived in over ten countries and traveled to nearly 70. Then again, how practiced can it be when the only solos I'm comfy with once cork leaves the bottle are California Chardonnays and Cabernets.
That said, I'm open to them all, even the Syrahs they announce with a starter like: "people either love this one or hate it," or "this isn't your typical Syrah so it's an acquired taste." What are they saying? I don't have that acquired taste therefore think again unless I've popped at least a dozen corks with their sommeliers.
I'm still relatively new to learning the nuances of Italian reds. Every time I've gone to Italy, my friends pour Chiantis down my throat from decanters without labels.
It wasn't until my Italian restaurant and wine store owner friend from NY's West Village introduced me to Perbacco's Mauro Cirilli that I learned about Barolos and Barbarescos. Mauro is a pro; more than a pro - he makes learning about wine not just fun but irresistable.
A sample of their salame below: Nostrao, Piccante and Sanguinato Dolce. Which one I asked Mauro? Which one he asks back as if to say what kind of question has the word one in it? When he wasn't looking, I went for the Nostrano because frankly by that stage of the day, my poor stomach couldn't have handled a taste of all three.
That brings me to food. Slow food. Each booth is a gastronomic and educational experience. One of my favorites was from entertaining chef Suzette Gresham of Acquerello in San Francisco. She made sure I got the delicacy right, particularly when I came back for thirds. Below is a glimpse of her oil leached swordfish with candied silicon olives and almond and parsley pesto.
A few more fun tastes below:
Fromage at its Best
Causa Casera Potato Causa with Artichokes, Asparagus, Avocado and Tomato Confit with Basil Cilantro Oil - La Mar Restaurant
Bruleed Mission Figs Burrata and Sliced Prosciutto
Decadent Chocolate Baby before during and after each taste (okay, maybe in my twenties)
There was a delicious looking Strawberry Gazpacho I never managed to try but people were raving about.
Group shot in the middle of the full bodied reds and the Pinots
To the left Laura Gallino, Sales Manager with Filippo Gallino wines
Bodego Del Sur Winery owner Victor Reyes Umana and Renee Blodgett (I loved both his Tempranillo and his Sangiovese (the 2006). Worth a try.
Below shot from Slow Food SF photo pool
Poggio Trattoria's chef Peter McNee
It's so much more fun and interactive covering food and wine than technology. And frankly, is there not far more interesting choices? I've seen reporter pal's offices and homes piled with hardware and software boxes, but its a far cry from the wine and food writer's cube at USA Today during a visit in the last year. How do you get through it all I was thinking as I passed the mile high stack of samples.
And there's so much to learn, particularly when you take a deeper dive into the diversity of each wine from regions around the world. I learned about Scacciadiavoli for the first time. Unusual taste I thought. What is it?
It is one of the most ancient wine production estates of the Montefalco zone. The name Scacciadiavoli (Devil banisher) derives from the exorcism carried out in the XVII century, as described by Johannes du Rupescissa in a treatise on quintessence.
If you haven't been to a slow food event before, I'd recommend it. If you don't know much about slow food in general, then dive in and learn more.
June 21, 2009 in America The Free, Events, On Food & Wine, San Francisco | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
April 21, 2009
Kitchen 4B: Get Your Appetite Ready
The New York Times Magazine cooking videos, formerly known as 'Tiny Kitchen,' are back under a new name: New Kitchen 4B.
They will be posting two webisodes a month. Jill Santopietro's latest webisode featured a caramelized onion, fig, bacon and Gorgonzola pizza. Stay tuned. Kitchen 4B also now airs on the New York Times channel on JetBlue.
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April 02, 2009
Vaynerchuk Invokes Inspiration & Passion
I've heard Gary Vaynerchuk speak in tech circles before but its an entirely different game when he's on front of a group of business entrepreneurs and CEOs who are in traditional industries, largely operating in an offline world.
His passion was equally high with this non-tech crowd late last night, but his motivation was ten fold. It's the same reason my motivation to inspire was ten fold at the same event.
You hear a great business idea and when you learn that they're not utilizing social media tools to accelerate their growth, you go crazy -- internally that is. Interestingly enough, Gary hates the phrase social media - "it's not social media, its media," he yells into the audience while his hands are flying around in front of him.
So refreshing Mr. Russian emigrant from New Jersey. Thank you. Can you please move to Silicon Valley for a few months?
Gary's site Wine Library TV now has 80,000 visitors a day. He gets paid $15K to drink wine with people. He's working on books and talking to Fortune 500 companies regularly. He tells the audience that network TV is going down.....in the wake of newspapers of course. The fate of traditional media is no longer an "insider" conversation. Online and offline.
"You wanna a great business strategy?" Gary shouts into the audience. "It's care. Ignore everything you've learned. When you leverage social media tools, you're expanding your reach."
He continues educating this largely offline crowd. "If you're selling content, you're in trouble. It's all free. Music is free. News is free. Programs are free." He asks everyone to imagine a day when we can watch everything we view on the web today through our big widescreen TVs. "Figure out what your free model is," says Gary.
His personality on stage is what you see on his show and when you meet him one-on-one - East Coast tough but tons of 'heart and care' underneath. That said, he's all about business. He wants to make money and is. It's not just about wine although what drove him crazy about wine were the limitations of wine varietals in the states. Hear hear Gary.
Gary moves into inspiration mode: "Nobody wants to work hard. People want the 'secret.' The only way you'll be happy is to put content around a subject matter that you love and are really passionate about. Put your sweat and hours into something you love. We only drink six wines in America and I hate that. I want to change it."
He weaves humor into nearly every takeaway.
"You've all heard that content is king right?" he asks. "Well, marketing is Queen and she runs the household." Glad someone said it since some in the all transparent world think all middle men are going away and that includes marketers. No, they're not going away, they're just going to have to adapt - big time. Their skillset is invaluable as long as authenticity and transparency has always been at their core.
A central theme to many aspects to this business strategy conference are alliances baby. Find affiliates, find partners, don't do it alone. He echoes this. Artists and creators like to do it on their own since they hate rules, fight against structure and want to do it their way without having to collaborate.
"If you didn't have a lemonade stand at five or wrip flowers out of your neighbor's garden and then sell them back, go find a business partner," says Gary. The audience laughs. The artists know who they are in the audience as do the serial entrepreneurs who are on their tenth successful business.
Says Gary, "we get to play only one time in this life. I don't understand the American culture where the majority work in a job they don't absolutely love."
We discuss how traditional businesses who don't have vision like to "hold onto things." Like anything, if you hold onto things, you're going to lose the game. Technology waits for no one. Culture shifts happen all the time, the key is to be ahead of the curve when they do.
This is where his passion moves into inspiration for everyone in the room and this crowd not only needed it but was craving it. Some wanted 'the secret,' while others were clearly willing to make the commitment to make it happen.
"If you don't love what you do more than anything, then change your game. It's never about talking, its about listening.....and there are obnoxious lights out opportunities for all of us right now."
The guy is about to miss his redeye but the crowd roars. They want Gary and more like him in front of the room all night and in their businesses every day to inspire them, to push them into using social media to innovate, create and of course, triple their sales.
April 2, 2009 in On Food & Wine, On People & Life, Social Media, Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 23, 2009
SF Chocolate Salon
Man, am I sorry that I missed this event in San Francisco this past weekend.
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March 20, 2009
Iranians Know How to Throw a Party
A friend of mine came into town recently for an engagement party - his niece who is half Pakistani and half Iranian is marrying his nephew who is Indian. What an amazing blend of traditions for a party. It starts with drinks upon arrival but before you know it, someone's aunt is pulling you onto the dance floor.
You notice this incredible fruit platter on the table in the distance - no, its not quite a fruit platter, its a fruit mountain as you look more closely and realize its about 3.5 feet tall. You're not on the dance floor for long when you see plates of appetizer food and salads fill the kitchen table, including giant shrimp that is begging to be eaten. You then remember that you barely just arrived when you're given an unusually flavored punch.
There are heat lamps outside and those fabulous looking water pipes on the tables. They've had similar ones at nearly every Egyptian, Iranian, Turkish and Kenyan coffee bar I've gone to over the years. Since the 16th century, men in Persian culture have assembled in coffee houses, play chess and backgammon and discuss politics and business. It is there that they smoke these fabulous pipes (Kalian).
The age range is as expected - two weeks to 97. I move off the dance floor knowing I'll be spending a lot of time there later on. I marvel at the what I now see as three massive fruit mountains in the kitchen and while some party hosts may put a vase or two of flowers on a table, there seems to be fresh flowers on every side table, fireplace mantel and counter. And in all the bathrooms. Roses and wild flowers weave in and out of every visual image as I make my way from room to room.
There is a piano in the living room where at some point during the night, a thirty something year old nephew, uncle or cousin starts playing a few traditional songs while far too many aunts, great aunts and grandmothers for me to keep up with, start tapping their feet. When I smile at this, they give me that look that says, "we'll be dancing with you later after the first round."
Little did I know that it was the first round of food since the kitchen table and fruit platters were sufficient to feed the 80 or so family members and friends who had arrived by then. Round one complete. Round two of dancing begins.
Like every family affair regardless of culture, women's bags and shoes are scattered under chairs which were specifically brought out for the party - they lined the fireplace on one side with a couch and two soft chairs facing them. There was another string of them in the TV room and 8-10 large round tables outside atop a massive Persian rug Dad must have put out on top of the grass as a godsend for all the women who wore heals. And they all did, mostly pumps in vibrant colors.
These women were not afraid of color or glitter although the latter was tastefully and simply added, just enough to call attention to their outfits and remind us all that this was an engagement celebration. No American jeans and sneakers at this event and the little ones were in flowered dresses and shiny shoes, just like my grandmother used to subject me to in the seventies.
I learn quickly that a third have been here for about a generation, another third arrived within the last ten or so years and another third arrived in the last three or four. The accent divide reflected the arrival in America split, the strongest ones of course being the newcomers. Regardless of whether they worked in a plant or just graduated from Harvard, they all seemed to look after each other regardless what path they took.
Even though it isn't the big event (its the engagement party not the wedding remember), family flew in from Canada, New York, southern California and the midwest. It's not unlike the early days of my childhood when there still seemed to be a connection to a heritage far away through a great grandmother or father. Are we all losing this connection too soon?
I was surprised at how committed they were to keeping family events alive, ensuring tradition moved from the oldest relatives there to the two year olds flying around me with my pant leg as their only stable rope to keep them from falling down.The mother of the bride to be took four days off work to cook. All of it I'm thinking? I grew up with incredible cooks in our extended family but couldn't imagine any of them taking this much time off work in 2009. They'd likely cook a few dishes, ask family members to bring some and cater the rest.
And so, the second course arrived which was no less than 30 platters and casseroles of yummy looking meat, chicken, veggie and potato dishes all surrounded in various shades of gravies and sauces. Saffron rice with raisins sat in the middle next to yet another large vase of flowers. Each dish looked and smelled so good that you had to try them all. Each dish tasted so good you found yourself back for more. Did I mention that at least six tables if not more had large bowls of Iranian pistachios, cashews, almonds and Brazil nuts just in case there was nothing you could find on any of the three other tables or kitchen counter?
And now you want me to dance I thought? I could barely move as I shuffled my way back to the kitchen for some diet coke. Another little one came flying around the corner and stopped in front of my bright orange and brown gouchoes which were heavy with sequins, beads and more. I thought to myself - if she grabs the material in the wrong place, they're all coming off and I'm going down.
She just gave me a big smile and her hand and you guessed it, wanted to pull me onto the dance floor. Had she not come along, Aunt X, Aunt Y, Aunt Z or Cousin J would have gotten to me a moment later. When I'm at a predominantly white/european party, I'm often the one on the sidelines trying to drag people on the dance floor. Please, I beg. C'mon, I say. I wave my arms like a lunatic.
People smile but rarely do they come until the alcohol starts pouring and even then, its hard work. Not at this party. Every woman in the place except for the very elderly who sat on the couch and neighboring chairs, dragged people onto the floor. And guess what? They came. The men came. The elderly women with very little coaching eventually came.
Nearly all of the music was Iranian. God knows whether it was modern or from forty years ago since nearly everyone knew the words except for the five or so European guests who had long figured out we were lucky to be invited. And so we danced. And so they sang. And so the children ran. And so the piano played. And so the massive cake, twice the size of the fruit mountains arrived.
There were fresh flowers on each layer and several women including myself walked up to the table to insert more into the nooks and crannies so that the lavender glazed frosting would ooze with the fuschia flowers and the fuschia flowers would ooze with the lavender. And then a pause. I stood back and admired. You can't cut that I thought.
Don't you just want to stare at this thing for a few days? We'll all understand, I mean, its not as if I'm hungry. Surely no one else can be? We'll understand - don't cut this masterpiece just yet. But cut they did, and then the ice cream came, followed by custard and chocolate. More nuts and tea....lots of it. No coffee interestingly enough. One urn had tea, the other hot water to reduce the caffeine for the older folks.
Man, do Iranians know how to throw a party. And they live here. Imagine the parties at home without the Wal-Mart and Costco influence. If you get an invite from an Iranian friend or colleague, you must go. And after you do, write to me and tell me how it went.
March 20, 2009 in Books, Music, On Food & Wine, On Women, Social Gigs & Parties | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
December 10, 2008
The number of Starbucks in South Africa. Another reason to love the place.
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April 30, 2008
Nimrod's Coffee of Love
Rosh Pina in Tel Aviv's Port. The below is a story of Nimrod's Coffee house which was opened in 2007 with the purpose of immortalizing the heritage "The Good Life" that Nimrod left his sister in his death. Below is the background of the creation of Nimrod's Coffee of Love.
Nimrod's sister writes. I admit. I didn't believe in love. Actually I was one of those who didn't believe love existed until Nimrod married Iris. And then everything changed. I needed that my only brother would get married in order to believe that true love existed. "What's the secret of happiness?" I asked him. "The Good Life," he answered in his simple way.
We left Rosh Pina. Nimrod became a high-tech manager at Microsoft and I moved to America. In my visits, I discovered Nimrod was having a dilemma which was more preferable; to go with his beloved Iris and little Omer and Vick, to our childhood village, Rosh Pina, or take them to the harbor in Tel Aviv.
What is love? Nimrod taught me. In love, there are no boundaries, no barriers. It's an endless flow.
I had a tour contract in Mexico and Nimrod was in the middle of preparations to the annual Microsoft convention in Israel when the Second Lebanon War started. My parents and I begged: "leave everything and come over to Mexico."
Nimrod was drafted, as a reserved soldier with a special emergency call. Before he left home for Lebanon, he wrote his beloved Iris a poem:
At about midnight they called me.
It was the telephone announcing machine.
Her voice said: Soldier - Gathering Spots!
You yelled you weren't ready
Even though you were --
In your sleep --
To pay the price.
I said, pretty thing. It's routine.
Every soldier-citizen has to go.
I kissed her, I calmed her as if for real.
I hoped to be back before Fall.
When the tank entered the land of Lebanon
I put on my armour,
Praying you wouldn't call me on the phone.
A simple high-tech man from Ramat Gan
Taking his children to school.
Fighting terrorists at night.
Tell me, will all this help
Tomorrow or the day after
When I come back
And all this business will be over --
In the end you fight to live.
In the end you fight like animals.
For the silence within.
On August 19 of the Hebrew month of Av, the Hebrew Valentines Day, the announcing officers knocked on Iris's door.
April 30, 2008 in Arts & Creative Stuff, Israel, On Food & Wine, On Poems, Literature & Stuff, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack