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Melissa Allison follows the world's biggest coffee-shop chain and other Seattle caffeine purveyors.
December 10, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Last blog post from Coffee City: Author of coffee history book to read at Starbucks Olive Way
Posted by Melissa Allison
Mark Pendergrast, who recently updated his seminal book on coffee history, "Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World," will speak at Starbucks' newly remodeled 1600 Olive Way store on Tuesday, Dec.14, at 7 p.m.
And that's the last bit of news from Coffee City. Reporting for the blog has taught me more about coffee and Seattle's coffee community than I ever would have learned without it, but it's time to refocus my efforts on writing for the newspaper. Thank you to all of Coffee City's sources, readers and commenters for making the blog fun and informative.
There are a host of other sources for coffee information, among them Sprudge.com, StarbucksGossip.com, StarbucksMelody.com, CoffeeGeek.com, Oliver Strand at The New York Times, longtime West Coast coffee purveyor Jerry Baldwin's posts at The Atlantic, longtime East Coast coffee purveyor George Howell's blog, London barista and coffee purveyor James Hoffmann's blog, INeedCoffee.com and a bunch more on the blogroll at WhyNotCoffee.com, a site run by a few Seattle baristas who post irregularly.
Never forget the wise words (according to the interwebs) of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos: "In Seattle you haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running."
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December 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Carly Simon case against Starbucks dismissed, again
Posted by Melissa Allison
Carly Simon's lawsuit against Starbucks was rejected by a federal judge for the second time last Friday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Simon sued Starbucks after the chain announced it would leave the music business shortly before the release of her 2008 album, "This Kind of Love," which fared poorly.
Simon lost the case earlier this year, but filed an amended complaint with details about conversations with Starbucks executives. The judge dismissed the case, saying Simon had waived her right to hold Starbucks liable for alleged shortcomings of its distributor, Hear Music, the Reporter said.
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December 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Howard Schultz's end-of-year letter to employees: Dec. 2 saw record whole-bean sales in Starbucks stores
Posted by Melissa Allison
The whole-bean sales record comes just a week after Starbucks outlined a new strategy to investors, which features more whole-bean sales in grocery stores. Update: Starbucks spokeswoman Stacey Krum wrote to say the whole-bean record was just in Starbucks stores, not grocery stores.
To: All Starbucks partners
Date: December 8, 2010
Re: End of Year Thank You from Howard Schultz
Dear partners,
As 2010 comes to a close, I want to take a moment to wish you and your family a happy holiday season as well as share my thoughts as we end what has been a momentous year for our company.
As many of you know, last week was our biennial Investor Conference in New York. Members of the Leadership Team and I presented, with sincere confidence and optimism, an overview of our business and our vision for the future, which included our Blueprint for Profitable Growth. Our more diversified, multi-channel and multi-brand business model was extremely well received, as reflected in the rise in the stock price and many analyst notes, which further emphasized our global growth opportunities.
Following the conference, John Culver and I flew to Mexico where we celebrated the opening of our 300th store, eight years after we opened our first store in Mexico City. The leadership team and I have traveled around the globe these past few months, and the progress that our International business has made in 2010 as it brought new discipline, ideas and leadership to local markets and delivered record performance, speaks volumes about the efforts of so many partners around the world.
The company is wrapping up the calendar year on a high note. Although still early, the Holiday promotion is going strong. Christmas Blend in both whole bean and Starbucks VIA® are extremely popular with our customers. In fact, day two of our 12 Days of Sharing, December 2, was our single highest day for whole-bean coffee sales in our history--a testament to the delicious blend our Coffee team and roasting plants crafted this year, and the marketing teams that bring the coffees the attention they deserve.
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December 7, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Lynnwood cafe bought, renamed; dozens more coffee shops still for sale
Posted by Melissa Allison
The recession has put a lot of Seattle-area coffee shops on the market, and one was bought this fall by former banker Steve Cousins.
The old Sip Coffee at 16108 Ash Way in Lynnwood reopened this week as Starling Coffee, a venture that Cousins, who was laid off by Seattle Savings Bank (now Seattle Bank), financed by converting his IRA into a self-directed 401(k). By putting the business inside the 401(k), he avoids the massive tax penalty of withdrawing retirement money early. Sounds like something a banker would know about, eh?
Cousins also did his due diligence at Sip, spending a month hanging out in the cafe and watching how the business worked.
It took about a month to remodel, and Cousins chose Bellevue roaster Kuma Coffee, whose owner, Mark Barany, is among the first in the country to disclose how much he pays for his green coffee beans.
Starling offers Kuma's Red Bear Espresso Blend and a single-source espresso that will rotate each month. This month it's from Ethiopia.
Consultant Sarah Dooley trained Starling's baristas, including Courtney Keane, who's in the photo above taken by Barany.
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December 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Kraft seeks preliminary injunction against Starbucks
Posted by Melissa Allison
In the continuing saga of Starbucks trying to end a 12-year relationship in which Kraft Foods has distributed its coffee to grocery stores, Kraft is seeking a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent Starbucks from behaving as though their agreement has been terminated -- specifically, meeting with Kraft's grocery store customers to discuss a transition away from Kraft.
"Starbucks is proceeding with flagrant indifference to the terms of the contract and customary business practices," Marc Firestone, Kraft's general counsel, said in a press release.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told investors in early November that the company was ending its distribution relationship with Kraft, which says the business has grown revenues from $50 million in 1998 to $500 million now.
Kraft says Starbucks must buy it out, which analysts say would cost $1 billion or more.
It says Starbucks made an offer in August to buy out the agreement, but Kraft rejected it as inadequate. In October, Starbucks sent Kraft a letter alleging breach of contract, which Kraft disputed in a letter on Nov. 4, the same day Schultz went public with news of the break-up.
Since then, there have been public statements about who did what wrong -- Starbucks alleging that Kraft hurt its brand, and Kraft alleging that the contract goes on indefinitely unless both parties agree to a buy-out.
"Frankly, after a successful 12-year partnership, it's difficult to understand Starbucks overt hostility and sudden change of view toward Kraft's performance," Firestone said. "Their latest allegation is that Kraft is not assisting in the 'transition plan' that they launched on their own. Of course, we would cooperate in a transition, if there were a valid termination. But that's the point; there hasn't been. For them to complain about this makes no sense."
Starbucks called Kraft's move for an injunction a delay tactic that will hurt customers. It has terminated its agreement with the company and will take responsibility for sales and distribution of its packaged coffee on March 1, the Seattle chain said.
"Kraft's self-serving and blatantly disruptive actions risk creating unnecessary confusion for our shared customers, and in turn their consumers," Starbucks said in its press release. It said it looks forward to presenting its case in arbitration, a separate proceeding that is not affected by today's court filing.
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December 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Weekend Wrap: Starbucks on the prowl, Cherry Street Coffee buys Seattle Bagel Bakery, Seattle Coffee Society plans debut meeting
Posted by Melissa Allison
Now that Starbucks has said it wants to grow through acquisitions, everyone is guessing who it might snap up. Starbucks says only that its expansion will be international and in sales to grocery stores, which makes speculation about the chain buying Peet's Coffee somewhat confusing.
Other ideas:
- Dean Foods, per an interview I did with Smead Value Fund manager William Smead. It's cheap right now, and it sells milk, which Starbucks buys by the truckload.
- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, whose single-serve Keurig brewers have far outshone Kraft's single-serve Tassimo brewers, to which Starbucks was tied before it decided to fire Kraft as its coffee bean distributor. Morningstar analyst RJ Hottovy wrote, "Although a potential merger is by no means a certainty, management admitted that it's been intrigued by the growth potential of this category and has seen improvement in the quality of Green Mountain's coffee assortment."
- A host of small food companies and distributors we've never heard of.
- Who am I missing?
In other coffee news:
- In the realm of real rather than speculative acquisitions, Cherry Street Coffee House bought Seattle Bagel Bakery, where it had been a customer for nearly 18 years. "When we caught wind that this 24-year-old bagel bakery had fallen on tough times and were leaning towards closing their doors, we had to do something about it. For the past 6 months I've been rebuilding the bakery from the ground up and as of the Oct. 1st, I own it," e-mailed Cherry Street's AJ Ghambari. Check out the video celebrating bagels by Mitch Mattraw at Cabfare Productions.
Seattle Bagel Bakery from cabfare productions on Vimeo.
- A new group called the Seattle Coffee Society will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, at Seattle Coffee Works on Pike Street across from Pike Place Market. "This is a club for coffee professionals and the most passionate amateurs," according to organizer Daniel Humphries. "We will brew coffee, look at some video from origin, and have a discussion on how different coffee origins distinguish themselves in the specialty coffee market."
- Ezra Fieser's article in last Sunday's Seattle Times looked at how and why Starbucks ships green coffee beans from Central America to the U.S. for roasting, then back again. The company told Fieser, "The challenge we face is that many coffee-producing countries don't allow the importation of green coffee to protect their local industry. Given that we blend coffee from 25 countries, it would be difficult to offer our wide range of products with such restrictions." However, neither Guatemala nor El Salvador -- the countries he was writing about -- restricts green coffee imports, customs representatives in those countries said.
- A judge in Illinois threw out a lawsuit that alleged Starbucks was to blame for a customer's tea burns, The Consumerist reported.
- Starbucks completed a pilot test in which it and International Paper converted used Starbucks cups into new coffee cups. That's one more hurdle cleared in the obstacle course toward a goal of having all the communities where it owns stores to be able to recycle coffee cups by 2015. The biggest challenge is convincing the recycling industry that its cups are worth recycling. (Photo of one day's recycling at Cascade Recycling in Woodinville by Seattle Times photographer Erika Schultz.)
- Finally, I'm back from vacation and assignment, and I miss the coffee and fresh basil lemonade -- like fresh from the cafe's back porch -- at Revolutionary Grounds Books & Coffee on North Fourth Avenue in Tucson. Its beans are roasted by Gadsen Coffee in far-flung Arivaca, which gets its coffee from organic, shade-grown farms in Chiapas, Mexico. "Old Bisbee Roasters are also amazing," said Joy Soler (pictured below), who opened the leftist cafe and bookstore two years ago with her husband, Paul Gattone. Their ethos appears at Marxism study groups and on the menu with drinks like "Hot Sasha," a thick hot chocolate with cayenne pepper.
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December 2, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Nathan Myhrvold's chapter on coffee blows barista's mind
Posted by Melissa Allison
When it comes to coffee expertise, it takes a lot to impress barista Alex Negranza. He studies and tweets about the java bean and its accompanying libations day and night, including taking a part-time bartending job at Liberty on Capitol Hill that he hopes will inform his understanding of coffee.
But multimillionaire Nathan Myhrvold impressed -- maybe even slightly intimidated -- Negranza with his espresso knowledge at a recent meeting at Vovito Caffe & Gelato in Bellevue. Not knowing what a coffee whiz Myhrvold is -- and who would know, given the time he spends on physics, inventions, gourmet cooking, dinosaurs? -- Negranza started with coffee basics. Myhrvold and his team quickly clarified: They wanted to know about pressure variability on Vovito's sexy Slayer espresso machines, which they photographed for a six-volume $625 food science-slash-cookbook called "Modernist Cuisine" that's been repeatedly delayed and is now expected in March.
Then they sent Negranza a copy of their coffee chapter, which he says is one of the best treatises on coffee he's ever read. "I could use it as a training manual," he said. And this is the guy who's hard to impress.
Apologies for not getting a photo of Negranza, but here's Vovito, at the Bravern, which happens to be near Myhrvold's 20,000-square-foot laboratory in Bellevue:
Update: And here's the sexy Slayer with its creators at their Georgetown factory:
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December 1, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Starbucks to triple stores in China, explore acquisitions -- possibly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters?
Posted by Melissa Allison
Starbucks has said for a long time that it expects China to be its biggest international market, and this morning it gave specifics: The coffee shop chain plans to more than triple its stores in mainland China from 406 stores now to more then 1,500 by 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported.
CEO Howard Schultz also said the company will look at purchases "large and small" to grow its grocery business, Bloomberg reported, which is tangling with Kraft Foods over distribution of Starbucks' coffee beans.
There are few coffee-themed products Starbucks does not offer in grocery stores -- coffee beans, coffee ice cream, bottled Frappuccino, Tazo tea, and Via instant coffee.
One area where it has lagged is single-serve disks for one-cup coffee machines. It has distributed disks for Kraft's little-known Tassimo one-cup coffee brewers. The biggest player by far in that category is Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of Vermont, which dominates the market with its Keurig one-cup coffee brewers and their single-serve "K-cups."
If Starbucks is successful in extricating itself from Kraft -- even if it costs more than $1 billion, as some analysts predict -- it could partner with -- or buy -- Green Mountain. I must be the only person who thinks so, though, because Green Mountain's stock is down 23 cents to $36.85. Its price remains a robust 71 times earnings, compared to 25 times earnings for Starbucks.
The news comes from Starbucks' big show-and-tell conference with analysts, which happens every two years and moved in recent years from Seattle to New York.
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Sep 25, 2012I have completed it all it is fun being Luigi and there is challenges along the way it's fun taking down the bad guys but it's also fun to be golden Mario coin rush is the best thing that's fun
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Aug 19, 2012A pretty good game overall. The soundtrack is nearly the exact same as the previous game, but personally, it wasn't a problem because the soundtrack is great! Also, it is way too easy to gain lives because of the massive amount of coins in the levels. It would have made it harder if the levels were harder. 9/10.
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Aug 26, 2012The game itself is the best "New" Super Mario game to date and a perfect example of reviewer stupidity. Take the same game and scrap the different worlds in favor for one big world and call it New Super Mario World and we all would be looking at a Metascore of at least 85 right now. The game is good, don't be fooled.
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Aug 21, 2012easily the most fun game this year, and really addictive, new super mario bros takes you back to the old days when games were about gameplay and having tons of fun, but with great graphics and an awesome multiplayer. superb level design and as always great music.
Aug 21, 2012This is really the definition of fun, through the entire game you are experiencing pure joy until the sad day when you beat the game and think well this really was a one in a life time experience, though it won't because thanks to the dlc you could get more juice out of the awesome gem called NSMB2.
Aug 21, 2012This game is prove that fun is what nintendo does best, from level 1 to defeating bowser you have tons of joyful times and incredible moments that you can only get in a mario game, add an addictive mode in coin rush and great level design, and you get an awesome game.
Aug 21, 2012This is one of the best Mario games in the 3DS. I don't know why people complain about the artwork, it works and it's beautiful. Also, the new concept of getting a lot of coins is fun and makes it last longer. They only thing could be multi-player, but the game feels complete enough, plus the DLC leaves a spark of hope in this title .
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Sep 18, 2012A great Mario game! I've played all Mario games so far and this one didn't disappointed me. Despite the critic that it is not "new enough" I thought it to has some great new features. If you like me love Mario, go out and get this one, you won't regret!
Oct 2, 2012New Super Mario Bros is basically a platform game where you have eight different levels and each time you complete one level you get a golden key to go to the next level. Mario is the main character of the game and there are special powers for Mario to make him go faster, go smaller, go bigger and the flower power.
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Mar 11, 2013his game is impressive I played it till the very end and the amount of secret stuff is enormous. The 3D effect should be like that, no It is blurry, because it's the background whom you actually don't completely see No problem here I enjoy the DLC's they brought to the eShop Thanks Nintendo
Nov 4, 2012This is a fine game. However, it doesn't live up to the 'New' part. I feel Nintendo simply made this because they are in need of money. This is still a great game, but I feel the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. U will be much better.
Nov 13, 2012This is one of the best games I've played all year. This is an extremely fun platformer, with top notch level design, perfect controls, and amazing graphics. It's no wonder that Mario is the best selling game franchise of all time; the games are consistantly good, some of the best quality money can buy.
Nov 17, 2012This game is impressive ! I played it till the very end and the amount of secret stuff is enormous. The 3D effect should be like that, no ? It is blurry, because it's the background whom you actually don't completely see ! No problem here !
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Oct 29, 2012Long-lasting and entertaining Mario-platformer has got a new spirit thanks to coin collecting but its design is nothing to be proud of. [Oct 2012]
Oct 27, 2012New Super Mario Bros. 2 isn't really all that new anymore. What you get is basically the same game as the first one for the Nintendo DS, but with less engaging levels, fewer surprises in terms of power-ups and gameplay, and a boring gimmick set on capturing your inner kleptomaniac.
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* Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@...>: The current "QA team's role and purpose" (GLEP 48) always talks about the QA TEAM -- and I think this is good: QA needs a leader who can build a team IMHO. (Only once the lead is mentioned: New team members have to be approved by the lead.) > +* The QA team is directed by a lead, chosen yearly by private or > + public election among the members of the team. The QA team lead can > + choose one member as deputy, whose decisions should be considered as > + they were made by the lead in case he (or she) is not available. "[Projects] may have one or many leads, and the leads are selected by the members of the project. This selection must occur at least once every 12 months, and may occur at any time." [GLEP 39] Why did you drop the "any time" rule? "not available" -- within two hours, two days or two weeks, or devaway or until the end of the fixed one-year-term (instead of running a new election)? Or: How can the other teams know that the deputy takes the lead role? > +* The QA team lead approves applicant developers as team members. By > + doing this he (or she) will accept to direct them as part of the team > + and will be held responsible for their actions, as taken on behalf > + of the QA team. Here you wanted to drop the developer-for-four-months requirement. Ok. "the lead will be held responsible for their actions" I think this can be dropped: the team is responsible for its actions anyway (whatever that means) and the lead will be replaced soon too. > -* If a particular developer persistently causes breakage, the QA team > - may request that devrel re-evaluates that developer's commit rights. > - Evidence of past breakages will be presented with this request to devrel. > +* In case a particular developer persistently causes breakage, the QA > + lead may request his (or her) commit rights to be suspended. Devrel > + should then proceed to evalute the situation, by finding a > + compromise or definitely revoking those rights. What do you mean by "Devrel should then proceed to evalute the situation, by finding a compromise or definitely revoking those rights"? Two points: - QA specifies how Devrel is supposed to work in this case? - Compromise between the particular developer and QA? So if the QA team doesn't want to find a compromise, the developer will have his commit bit definitely revoked? > +* Should a situation arise where a developer causes breakage to the > + point it cannot be ascribed to bona-fide mistake, either the lead or "be ascribed to bona-fide mistake" -- how can we evaluate this? Do you think this rule would have been used in the past? > + two members of the QA team can require the Infra team to temporarily > + suspend access to said developer, pending analysis of the causes and > + resolution to be provided within a week of said suspension. And then? Appeal to the council? Will unjustified decisions by the QA team lead or the two members be investigated too? -- Regards Torsten
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As engineering budgets get stretched thinner and thinner, there seems to be a tendency to concentrate efforts at the studio at the expense of the transmitter facility. Neglecting the transmitter site, and tower in general can have catastrophic effects. Many large market stations are privileged to have multiple sites, but in the small- to medium-sized markets, the failure of vertical real estate results in not only a large reconstruction budget, but also the potential long term hemorrhaging of money.
First and foremost in any tower maintenance program is to build a solid relationship with a tower crew; and you get what you pay for. The crew that performs the work for bargain basement prices may tend to have greater personnel turnover, and lower experience and quality levels. This tends to limit continuity between visits, and reduces the opportunity for your crew to observe trends in a particular structure over time. If unsure about the skill or reputation of a crew, seek out your colleagues in the market or region.
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Once your crew is lined up, it is a very good idea to meet with the supervisor and discuss your maintenance program. Meeting face-to-face enhances the comfort zone and puts all parties on the same page. Face-to-face communications also sometimes jog memories too, so an opportunity to share historical information about a site is gained. The passing of this knowledge may wind up being crucial down the road to preventing a failure.
In general, consultation with a structural engineer is probably unnecessary for routine tower maintenance. Obviously if items outside of the design criteria are to be added to the structure, a review by an engineer is necessary. Similarly, if a routine inspection uncovers out of the ordinary items such as broken bolts, foundation failure, etc., a reputable structural engineer should be called in as soon as possible to review the findings and recommend a necessary course of action.
Two other persons should form your tower maintenance team: The first is a competent antenna engineer. This person does not necessarily need to be in close proximity to you, but he or she should be readily available for consultation and fieldwork if necessary. The final member of the team is of course the station engineer, who has the most frequent and regular contact with the structure. The engineer should be making cursory examinations, but these are never a substitute for a full-blown inspection.
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Controlled Decision: RS-232 vs.IP
Look at the back of any major-brand AV control processor these days and you'll probably see a snapshot of an industry in transition.
More and more AV devices now come with the regular RS-232 serial control port as well as network port for IP-based control. Witness an AMX Netlink controller (top), Crestron Adagio Digital Media System (middle), and Barco DCS-100 switcher (bottom).
While positioning a staid-yet-established standard like RS-232 next to a far more dynamic yet more volatile one like IP makes for an interesting comparison, it's likely that both schemes will continue to coexist within the AV business–and even be employed in conjunction–for years to come.
At this point in the evolution of both technologies, the decision to use one control technology over the other seems largely based on the integrator's comfort level and usage scenario.
For example, should a control system be subject to the whims of the network when all it has to do is turn a projector and some lights on and off in a single room? Conversely, for a sprawling system employing such tools as advanced videoconferencing, an integrator would be foolish not to leverage an advanced communications network that's already been built.
Over time, more and more devices, from disc players to coffee makers, will become network compatible, and IP standards will become more uniform. Eventually, like most technologies do, RS-232 will cede its ground and go away.
Still, even early adopters like Sensory Technologies' Brown recognize that traditional AV houses are not close to giving up on RS-232. "It's very comfortable for them because you're not getting into the complexities that inherent with network-based control," he explains. "Some of this stuff is still very intimidating."
Daniel Frankel is a freelance technology writer based in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to Pro AV.
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For installations where RS-232 and IP coexist, or where serial-based control is gradually being migrated to IP, there are technology solutions that straddle both worlds.
Avocent (www.avocent.com), for instance, makes a variety of serial hubs that allow integrators and AV end-users to access RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485-connected devices. The company's ESP Serial Hubs come in 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-port models (about $300 to $750 through various outlets). Internal Web servers allow you to manage the hubs and a Java-based ESP application can be used to remotely diagnose cable and device problems.
Magenta Research (www.magenta-research.com) sells very compact MultiView IP/Com interface modules (about 2.5 by 2.75 by 1.1 inches) for controlling and monitoring projectors, switchers, displays, and other serially controlled AV devices (RS-232 or RS-422).


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After months of saving, buying, building, and improving the December update is here. Much is added, also the new XXL Police Station, and the XL pizzaria. But more about those later
About this creation
View from the WIP harbour, still need to buy 5 blue baseplates to finish it.
THe new XXL station contains many prison cells for the criminals. The spotlights give the policemen a clear view, even at night, the policestation is made of 2 new policestations, and an older one.
The comunication tower helps to keep the policeforce informed about any kind of crime. The tower also functions as a guard tower.
The station contains a total of 6 garages, meaning 6 vehicles can be stored there.
Isnide the big prison cell, it's generally just the same as in set 7498, but combined with another one to make it closed and bigger, the sliding door function still works the same.
A close up of the other prison cell, an excact copy as the one in the set.
Thanks to the tiles placed under the prisons, they can be removed to see the garages, this could still use some work.
Two police motorbikes
The main office, generally just an enlarged version of the one in 7498
The entrance to the policestation is highly secured with a special policeman with a bulletproof vest.
General shot of the office, did I mention it also has a helipad on top?
Another view
The first floor contains a eating area and the dog feeding and sleeping area
different view
Also on the first floor is this, a desk with a female police officer, she is a secretary.
The second floor. Here all the investigation takes place. Again, also here is a water boiler.
The mug shot area on the second floor.
The third floor contains the real headquarters, many computers and other high-tech stuff to watch the streets in the City.
Here's the big desk where all the officers sometimes have a meeting.
Here's the field officer, eating a pizza
The helicopter with the helipad
For emergencys we have a small extinguisher, it only needs a small oil depot to refuel the helicopter
The secondary entrance to the office
Another view of the city
And the pizzaria, inspired by the one from the City Corner set. It's just an larger version,
Another view, note that it has two entrances
Close up
First floor, in the back we have two ovens where the pizza's are made. More forward is a coffee machine, and in the front are the cash registers, where the good citizens can order and pay for their pizza's
You can also sit downstairs
But with a stair going to the second floor, there must be more places to sit. And there are. Also on this floor is a small vending machine (behind the stairs) for excotic drinks.
Another view
Also a trashcan,
Another overview from the opposite side
And that's the last one
So that's it for this update, tell me what you think and what could be improved
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cyberfrank 2010
March 3, 2011
i knew you d like it! lol! i tought of you while finishing it! your tanks would do a great job for something similar, i d like it, if we could do cross-city stories together, surely you have global federation uniforms, post me at the office formembership if you re interested! and thanks for the comment!
I like it
Trent Ripper
January 24, 2011
The large pizza shop is incredible! How many pizza shop sets did it take to make that? Your sets have really inspired me and I'm only just restarting my city after a 20 year break! I cannot believe what I'm seeing on this site. Amazing stuff. Love your MASSIVE police station too and all the detail inside, especially loved the water machine.
I like it
Zak Overmyer
January 3, 2011
Great little city! Might I recommended a Fire Station?
I like it
James Kontoules
January 3, 2011
Great job, I love the police station! The only thing I would recommend is adding more greenscapes. I think urban areas are too... gray, so I added an urban forestry program to my city. Keep up the good work, and thanks for adding me as a favorite!
I like it
Andreas Gr�gel
January 2, 2011
Great city with quite a huge police station you got there! Looks really good in this overall setup; don't think it would fit in mine. :)
cyberfrank 2010
January 1, 2011
wow! your police station makes me want to redo mine bigger! it s superb! the garages, cells, meeting room, ect, all so nice and well tought of, improvements, the dogs should nt be in he cafeteria,check out mine, they live in the garage, with the vehicles, it s another security mesure in the post, also, you re pretty lucky to have so many road plates,but, on the building plates, you should respect 6 wide free space for sidewalks, again my work is a good reference, your city is becoming a real wonder, but, it s going to get a bit jammed without 6 wide sidewalks,i like your pizzeria,but, you only left 2 studs free, we can see the road plate is too near the building, it does nt look as real or good that if you d have respected that standard all around, i did that mistake too! just look at my first police station, or bank, you ll see, i know, it s hard work, but, well worth it in the end, as the result is showing, it s especially worth it to you since you have such nice material to do it! keep at it, it s wonderful to see your concepts and designs, i ll check it out!
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The Bradley County NAACP announced plans to hold a three-day celebration in honor of King. The theme for the events will be "Salute to Greatness." According to a press release, the organizers' goal is to "ignite the spirit of service, action and achievement."
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She said MLK's dream has not been fully recognized yet.
There is no cost for the breakfast. Instead, the NAACP requests those who attend bring at least five canned goods items. The food will be donated to the Cleveland Emergency Shelter. Shaquana Kennedy, a United States probation officer and past Dream Keeper award recipient, will be the speaker.
King said Kennedy was chosen in an effort to reach both the youth and adults of the community.
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Memorable quotes from past 10 Democratic presidential nominees
When President Barack Obama takes the stage Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., he will tout his record of the past four years and make his case to the American people on why he should be given four more. If the past is any guide, he also will distinguish his policies from those of his opponent as he articulates his vision of America. Here are some highlights of the speeches by the last 10 men to accept the Democratic presidential nomination.
"Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America. And that's why I'm running for president of the United States."
— Barack Obama, 2008, on Republicans' trickle-down economic theory
"I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a secretary of defense who will listen to the best advice of the military leaders. And I will appoint an attorney general who will uphold the Constitution of the United States."
— John Kerry, 2004, leveling accusations against the incumbent George W. Bush administration
"I know my own imperfections. I know that sometimes people say I'm too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy. Maybe I've done that tonight. But the presidency is more than a popularity contest. It's a day-by-day fight for people."
— Al Gore, 2000, in a spirited speech seen by some as belying his wooden image
"Do we really want to make the same mistake again, to raise interest rates again, to stop economic growth again, to court recession again, to start piling up another mountain of debt, to weaken our bridge into the 21st century?"
— President Bill Clinton, 1996, arguing against a 15 percent tax cut proposed by his opponent, Bob Dole
"Tonight 10 million people are out of work. Tens of millions more work harder for less pay. The incumbent president says unemployment always goes up a little before we start a recovery. But unemployment has to go up by only one more person before we can start a recovery — and Mr. President, you are that man."
— Bill Clinton, 1992, on the opponent he would go on to defeat in November, President George H.W. Bush
"We're going to win because we are the party that believes in the American dream ... a dream so powerful that no distance of ground, no expanse of ocean, no barrier of language, no distinction of race or creed or color can weaken its hold on the human heart."
— Michael Dukakis, 1988; he did not win
"Let's tell the truth. It must be done, it must be done. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."
— Walter Mondale, 1984, in a candid admission that some saw as a kiss of death against incumbent President Ronald Reagan
"I see surrender — the surrender of our energy future to the merchants of oil, the surrender of our economic future to a bizarre program of massive tax cuts for the rich, service cuts for the poor and massive inflation for everyone."
— President Jimmy Carter, 1980, characterizing the vision of the man who would beat him in November, Ronald Reagan
"We can have an American government that's turned away from scandals and corruption and official cynicism and is once again as decent and competent as our people."
— Jimmy Carter, 1976, contrasting his vision of government with the disgraced Richard Nixon administration from which Carter's opponent, President Gerald Ford, emerged
"And within 90 days of my inauguration, every American soldier and every American prisoner will be out of the jungle and out of their cells and then home in America where they belong."
— George McGovern, 1972, discussing the Vietnam War in an acceptance speech heard by few at home — it was delivered at roughly 1:30 in the morning
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- Abenaki Warrior: the Life and Times of Chief Escumbuit, Big Island Pond, 1665 - 1727: French Hero! British Monster! Indian Patriot B Escumbuit, AB by Alfred E. Kayworth mentions Andover Reference Librarian Glenda Schaake.
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Re:There is going to be a day when... (354 comments)
Damn right. The TSA was very successful at what it was supposed to be. The TSA was a test, and we failed. Those in the business of spending our tax dollars against us wanted to gauge how far they could go in escalating the attack without response. They got past stealing; they got past harassing nursing mothers; they got past irradiating nude photography, and they got past molestation. They did not see an air travel boycott; they instead saw a favorable (skillfully worded) gallup poll. I'll just yawn and say the people get the government they deserve. I paid attention in school when learning how our major idealogical enemies over the years ran their countries: "papers please" for internal travel, etc... Dropping any sense of patriotism is the only way to not be furious.


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The Winona City Planning Departments proposed traffic impact amendment to city ordinance was sent back to the drawing board Monday after planning commissioners, citizens, and industry personnel expressed concern about the language.
The proposed amendment would have required any future applicant for an operation that has the potential to generate a great deal of truck traffic, not limited to frac sand, to complete a traffic generation study. The study would assess whether or not the designated haul routes would be sufficient for any anticipated increase in truck traffic. The draft amendment required any new operation that generates 200 or more new heavy vehicle trips per day to conduct a traffic impact analysis (TIA).
A road use agreement would also be required if the new operation were to exceed the 200-truck threshold or if any other deficiencies were discovered. The proposed agreement would then require the operation to rectify the issues prior to commencing operations. The operation would be responsible for the cost of upgrading pavement and culverts.
Local industry owner Rich Mikrut took issue with the fact that operators might be responsible for upgrading roads designed to handle a high volume of truck traffic, and said if the ordinance is not crafted carefully, businesses could be negatively affected.
I hope you understand that were not trying to nitpick you here but if youre not careful, this [draft ordinance amendment] could put a sign out front that says Winona is closed for business, Mikrut said. I can see if you are running a truck on a designated residential street then yes, the operator should be responsible. But I think if you are making operators responsible for cumulative effects on truck routes you are opening a dangerous doorway.
Commissioner Gromek agreed, and said he didnt think it was fair to charge the business to use roads designed to withstand truck traffic.
Winona resident Marie Kovecsi suggested the city adopt an ordinance similar to that of Winona County, which requires all new applicants to conduct a TIA, regardless of how much traffic the operation expects to produce.
I do have concern for all these trucks on our roads, and Ive spoken to this before, Kovecsi said. For example, the Nisbit mine that was approved in Saratoga Township is proposing to produce 280 trucks with just that one mine. Right there you have already exceeded your limit with the trucks coming from the west.
The proposed ordinance amendment was drafted to be similar to Rochesters recently passed trucking ordinance, but Commission Chair Craig Porter said it wasnt relevant to Winona's situation.
Rochester, bless their hearts, is just like other metros, Porter said. Rochester has the room, so their trucking business has moved to the outer rim of the city. Winona is unlike other cities in the fact that we truck to the Port. Our trucks have to get to the river and in order to do that we have to move past people.
Porter asked Winona City Planner Mark Moeller to research other cities with a situation similar to that of Winona, and take a closer look at the proposed amendments language.
Commissioners will take another look at the draft at their upcoming meeting on October 8.


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The Donegal crooner is back on his Irish Summer Tour and swings by Cork to again delight his local fans. Daniel has sold millions of his recordings worldwide and is the only artist in the world to claim at least one hit album every year since 1988, earning him a place in the Guinness World Records. Daniel has played some of the most iconic venues in the world including London's Royal Albert Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and Sydney's famous Opera House. Daniel is looking forward to his Cork gig where he will perform hits from his newly released his album 'Moon Over Ireland', as well as all the old favorites.


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Investors in U.S. oil and gas companies have not ignored the science when considering whether the potential carbon asset stock prices constitute a bubble — a concern raised in recent media reports, a new University of California, Davis, study suggests. The study found, instead, that investors' rational expectations for future cash flows are based on all possible scenarios, not just particular negative ones that crop up in the media.
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I sure have stepped into unknown territories. I got very disgusted with MS because they are doing away with XP, one of their better OS's IMO. In return I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I am finding it to be quite a challenge. I'm loving it BTW.
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There's a new wind blowing in France—or is that a storm kicking up?Guesthouses—maisons d'hôtes—are in a delirious state of revolution.
In the old model, the kids went off to university, their rooms (minus the Johnny Hallyday posters) were done up with a wing, a prayer, a staple gun, a bolt of Napoleonic toile de Jouy (purchased on a special trip to Paris at the Marché St.-Pierre discount fabric market), and that was that. Maybe the radiators worked, maybe they didn't. The towels were leftovers, thin and sandpapery. The croissants had freezer burn. If you were a chatelain, you accepted paying guests as a way of paying for repairs of the family tapestry (Brussels)—or, more urgently, the roof.
In a dramatic reversal, the 2007 model is conceived—designed—as a maison d'hôtes; clumsy retrofitting is finished. And because owners are serious about getting a return on their investment, their MO is more professional. The best new maisons d'hôtes are also tiny, with as few as two guest rooms: You feel like you own the place.
But perhaps nothing has changed so much as the look, which has progressed from quaint and nostalgic to exotic and transporting. The map says Provence, but one maison d'hôtes can't seem to make up its mind if it's in Morocco, India, or New Mexico. Mont Ste.-Victoire is the unlikely site of an Asian fantasy, lit with washi-paper Noguchi lanterns. In the Dordogne, a vernacular farmhouse goes head-to-head with two lean-and-mean, 21st-century pavilions. Furnished with modern classics by Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, a medieval castle lifts its defensive bulk above the Ardèche River.
Luxurious double-faced wool-and-alpaca throws, L'Occitane amenities, and Olivier Desforges bath sheets will have you pinching yourself. Have maisons d'hôtes really come to this?They have. No, Fifi, we're not in Clermont-Ferrand anymore.
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This being France, what the person at the next table actually said to me was, "Allez les enfants, la fête commence main-te-NANT!"
Historically, provincial maisons d'hôtes are a lot of things—deliciously louche, impossibly cute, poignantly decrepit—but rarely are they scene-y. L'Ange et L'Éléphant is the almost freakish, salutary exception, an all-in-one inn, restaurant, café, tea salon, and boutique. You might also call it a hangout, one that answers the ancient national need to be depaysé, or lifted away, by a mood, an atmosphere, an ambience—but without having to get on a plane.


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Wow, love the design, he seems like a good character and I love anything involving with Russia!
But, I'm curious...I notice that the other Hetalia Next Generation kids have both parents. So, if I may ask, what happened to his mother? Or, did Ivan just randomly found him and took him in as his son? Just curious as all.
If you answer, I much appreciate it.
But, either way, love your art and headcanons!
Great job! Keep it up! Kudos! Peace out! XD
Hehehe...I have not responded to his message for over a month! I apologize for my tardy. But, I hardly go on my DA nowadays. But, I want to get right back on it. Anyway...
Thanks for the explanation! And, now it makes sense to me as to why his mother is never mentioned. The story of his mother is very interesting, and it saddens me a little that Boris never had a mother. And, if that were the case, Russia never had a decent lover (or love) of his own. But, that seems to fit Russia's life, considering what his history goes through. Either way, I love anything that has to do with Russia. (And, America. X3)
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Well, aside from being Russia's son (again, big fan of Russia), Boris has an interesting back-ground. From what I could tell from your gallery and some notes about him, he is sort of a complex child and is tainted in darkness much like his father. And, even if I do see similarities between father and son, there is still a distinctive trait about Boris. Unlike his father, he appears to be very weak and gets sick, something Russia seems to tend to and probably makes Russia more important. Boris appreciates his father and loves him (something hardly anyone else does...well, except Ukraine and Belarus). I think about Boris I love most is the relationship he has with his father, and how he is like Russia...but, still different. Something a good character has if they're the child of a canon character. (Sorry, if I rambled...I tend to do that.)


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The home of the Diston family for three generations, this is a charming end terrace stone cottage with an old fashioned stable door, from which you can watch the world go by. This is a pretty and romantic cottage, ideal for those weekends away with walking and a good pub on the doorstep.
The cottage's layout
- Ground floor
- sitting room with multi-fuel stove, kitchen.
- First floor
- One large double bedroom (with 5' bedstead) and bathroom en-suite.
Visitor notes
Heating: Night storage heating included.
Garden: A steep terraced garden to rear.
Parking: is in a National Trust car park near the cottage.
Accesibility: Care should be taken by tall visitors due to low beams and low ceilings.
Television: A television and DVD player are provided but please note the television reception can be poor. Guests may wish to bring DVDs.
Cottage details
- Sleeps
- 2
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Let starts
- Saturday
- Min stay
- 2
- Dogs allowed
- Yes, 1
- Cottage ref
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- Acorn rating What's this?
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- Dogs welcome
- Open fire / stove
- Pub nearby
- Cot
- Television
- Double bed
- Microwave
- Radio
Things to see and do nearby
- Heart of England
The industrial heart of England now offers one of Britain's loveliest National Parks, the Peak District, a region of outstanding natural beauty with spectacular and contrasting scenery. Moorland, ancient oak woodlands, bustling market towns and pretty villages are easily accessible from some of our major cities. Some of the Trust's finest properties are in the area, including High Peak Estate, straddling the Yorkshire-Derbyshire border, Lyme Park mansion and gardens, surrounded by a medieval deer park and Hardwick Hall, hardly changed since its creation in Elizabethan times. To the south is the gentler area of the Cotswolds and its neighbouring county of Warwickshire. With its gently rolling countryside of hills and valleys, picturesque stone villages and fine houses, this beautiful area now offers the visitor a glimpse of traditional English life. The National Trust owns some of the loveliest countryside in the area, some fine houses and important gardens. There is a huge and varied choice from Tudor Snowshill Manor, with its eclectic collection of musical instruments, clocks and Japanese armour to Hidcote Manor Gardens, famous for its rare trees, shrubs and outstanding herbaceous borders. Other Trust places in the area include Newark Park with its stunning views, the Sherborne Park estate, while the Buscot and Coleshill estates in west Oxfordshire are set in 7,500 acres of rolling farmland and woodland. The Iron Age hill-fort of Badbury Hill offers superb views over the Upper Valley south to White Horse Hill and the Berkshire Downs.
- Cotswolds
If not the heart of England, the Cotswolds and the neighbouring county of Warwickshire, are surely its soul - an uplifting vision of breathtaking scenery, with gently rolling countryside of hills and valleys, picturesque stone villages and fine houses. This beautiful area offers the visitor a glimpse of traditional English life, and is attractive throughout the year. There is no better way to enjoy the splendours of the Cotswolds than to stay in one of the Trust?s many holiday homes .
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- Cheltenham
- Chipping Campden
- Bibury
- Cotswold Water Park
- Cotswold Wildlife Park
- Cotswold Farm Park
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Walking
- Watersports
National Trust places to visit
- Snowshill Manor and Garden
- Cotswold manor set in hillside gardens housing Charles Wade's collection of 'colour, craftsmanship and design'
- Hailes Abbey
- 13th-century Cistercian abbey
- The Fleece Inn
- A traditional English pub
- Hidcote
- Celebrated 20th-century garden in the beautiful north Cotswolds
- Middle Littleton Tithe Barn
- 13th-century tithe barn, one of the largest and finest in the country
- Chastleton House
- One of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses
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Comments from past visitors
William and RoeSharon Stanford
- October 2010
- Waco, Texas U.S.A.
We loved our stay
We loved our stay at Diston's Cottage during our October 2010 visit to England. We have visited Snowshill several times on past visits to the UK and we always admired the beautiful row of National Trust Cottages in the village. We are so pleased to now have had an opportunity to stay in one of the cottages and hope to return for another visit. William and RoeSharon Stanford (and Petty Bear, the black Pekingese) from
Stewart and Rebecca Quinn
- May 2008
We had such a wonderful week
We stayed at beautiful Diston's Cottage for our honeymoon in mid-May 2008. We had such a wonderful week, with walks from the cottage and in the surrounding valleys, admiring a few properties, castles and ruins along the way. There was plenty to see and do, all within 1/2 hour drive of the cottage - Cotswold Wildlife Park comes highly recommended! The cottage is a picturesue and perfect base to explore the fabulous Cotsolds - we found it so cosy and welcoming on our return each day. The Snowshill Arms also comes highly recommended, we ate there 3 nights out of 6! We hope to return to the area in the not too distant future - we suspect there is much more to discover in this area...
Pauline and Mike Edwards
The welcoming touches of fresh flowers, tea, coffee, milk, biscuits and logs for the fire were lovely
Had 3 wonderful days at Diston's cottage in February. The cottage was warm and cosy and amazingly well equipped. The welcoming touches of fresh flowers, tea, coffee, milk, biscuits and logs for the fire were lovely, and Truffle was thrilled to find dog biscuits to welcome her too. Nearby Broadway had some lovely restaurants and there is also a village pub just opposite the cottage. We intend to return when the Lavender fields around the corner are in flower.
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