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I have had a love/hate relationship with the Groupons and LivingSocials and Amazon Locals and everything else. I think I've finally gotten over buying coupons to restaurants that I wouldn't go to without the coupon. But I still can't help myself from buying coupons for restaurants that I already visit. And, it seems, I need to stop that also.
A few months ago, I bought coupons to AOC on OpenTable – $25 for a $50 credit. I bought three. I read the terms, and knew we couldn't use them for the Monday night specials, which is when we've usually gone recently. But I figured I'd use three anyway. Six months for three coupons? Didn't seem so wrong, but considering we couldn't go on Mondays, it was a little much. Five months in, and now I've used one.
But that one wasn't easy. We had a good night to go, so we planned it out, made a reservation, etc. This was a busy night, the day before we were leaving for a trip. But we thought it would be relaxing to have a slow dinner and get a break from our week and set the tone for a trip.
We had a pretty rushed evening, and just made it to the restaurant on time. But five minutes after we sat down I realized, I didn't have the coupon! Essentially the whole reason for the dinner was to use the coupon. I made the quick decision to run home (literally) grab the coupon, and run back. And I did – it took me about 15 minutes round-trip.
OK – here's the best part: our waitress, seeing me flushed and sweaty all of a sudden, hinted about whatever I had just done. I explained. And she told me that she could have just looked me up in the computer and given me the credit. Amazing.
Well, I got a good run in, and I reinforced the problems with the coupons. I'm hoping I'll finally resist the urge, once and for all!
Over the weekend, over some good homemade Mozza-recipe pizza and Belgian beer, we happened upon the Toyota Solara. This is a car I've long despised, but I thought that I was alone in my specific hatred of its design. It turns out that there are other quite aesthetically enlightened members of my family who have also noticed the bland styling of this bastardized Camry.
#1: The Toyota Solara
Why anyone would choose this car is beside me. It's not sporty and it's not practical. It's not especially cheap or economical. And it's typically driven by brown-cigarette-smoking ladies of a certain age whose frou-frou pooches ride shotgun. But, this car has also been spotted piloted my straight men in Phoenix, and a certain rabbi in Orange County.
OK, let's be honest here. Toyota has never really been a leader in the looks department. In fact, this mobile does seem like an evolution of their also-ugly, also bastardized-sedan, Acura Legend.
#2: Mercedes Coupes
The Solara is a tough act to follow – it distances itself from the pack by having no useful purpose whatsoever. But for the ladies with little Snookums with a bow in his hair who need something that shows that their first husband had a little cash, there's the Mercedes S-class coupe.
Clearly a car where all design was poured into the sedan, and then a butcher modified it remove two doors and appeal to another demographic: the blind.
The same staff butcher over at Daimler also had his way with the C-class. Witnesseth:
Good German People! Did you look at these things?
#3 BMW 3-Series
I'm sure I'll get some pushback on this one, and I agree that the sedan, and even the wagon, of this line are pretty decent looking cars. But, like Benz boys, that coupe is just tooooo looooong. When you cut the doors, cut the length! If people want two doors only – hey? – maybe they don't have kids? Maybe they rarely use the backseat? Then, you ask, why not get a true sports car? That's the question of the ages.
Now, I have to give BMW credit for stealing an old and great American car company idea. They've got one line (the 3 series) that comes in convertible, coupe, sedan, and wagon. It's like a Bayerische Malibu family. Of course, at one point, that Malibu front end was mated to a pickup backend – but don't even get me started on the lovely El Camino.
#4 Honda Accord Coupe
You've gotta give Honda some credit. The Accord coupe looks pretty different than the sedan. They really did redesign it. But you've got to take that credit away when you look at the thing.
You might look at this and think "blah blah blah, whatever." That's why Honda added the tail wing as an option! Oh, brother.
#5 Volvo 780 Bertone
This car was truly an enigma. Nothing at all like the sporty Volvo coupes that preceded it, this beast was the province of a certain pre-Eurotrash Euroman who wore windowpane blazers and ascots.
I can't imagine what the good uomos at Bertone were thinking when they let this project see daylight, but I guess Lotus worked with Isuzu, and Rover with Honda, among other collaborations, so this is par for the course.
This whole discourse makes me think of the pathetic Saab tagline "born from jets." These coupes are all "born from sedans." It also make me think, you know what? Those Saab coupes weren't too bad looking . . .
Who's got time to blog anymore?
Anyway, I did want to get a list down of the restaurants that we thought were worth recommending. Really, pretty much everything we ate was good, at the very least. So that means we didn't try Yoshinoya, but we did even go to some pretty down and dirty noodle shops for quick meals, and that food was certainly passable.
But here's the good stuff:
Very hard to say, but this might have been my favorite of the trip. This was an old-school noodle house featuring tsukemen, which is a noodle I didn't really know about until this meal. They're thicker and saltier than soba, made from white flour (I think) and nice and al dente. I found this place on Chowhound.
The noodles were great. They come served with pork belly (not really as fatty as US pork belly, so maybe it's a different cut) or sliced pork. Of course, we got both. Then they come with bowls of broth with veggies. They have shoyu or miso. You can guess which we got (both). You dunk the noodles in and load up the soup, eat them with veggies and pork. Heaven.
And there are two other great items: the aged egg (liked it, but pretty mild) and the negi-wonton, as in, scallion-wonton. It's a plate of pork dumplings, with homemade wrappers, clearly, in a nice soy-based sauce, covered with scallions. Loved it.
Important note here: pretty much no English is spoken at Suzuran. We ran into some Americans there who tried to help, a bit, but they were kinda lost, too. And it was our first morning, so we didn't really know how to deal yet. The menu has some pictures, but we figured out, after we ordered, that the more complete pictures are inside the restaurant on the wall above the front window. You might try ordering by pointing at these if you go.
Finally, a line forms. We got there a few minutes before they opened for lunch (11:30?) so we got right in.
Next up:
Another find on Chowhound. We were looking for something good and close to our hotel after a long day walking the streets and riding the subways. We really weren't expecting much; I guess that's the best mood for being surprised.
Yuian is located on the 52nd floor of the Sumitomo building in Nishi-Shinjuku, so it was basically across the street from the hotel, which was the main selling point to us. I don't think I've dined on top of a skyscraper since Windows on the World. If you remember that restaurant, you know how long ago that would have to be.
Anyway, this was our first shoeless experience, which was definitely fun. The place had a gorgeous sushi bar and waiting area, and then, when we were taken to our table we were shocked to find out that we were sitting on the floor (with a foot well) right at the floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows looking out over Tokyo. I guess, considering the number of skyscrapers in Tokyo, this isn't such a rare situation, but it was spell-binding nevertheless to us lowly Angelenos.
OK – the order of the day here is Izakaya. So we ordered some sake and a ton of appetizers and went to town. They do also have a set menu, but we didn't go that route. We went fried, pickled, steamed, etc.
In addition, we had sushi and sashimi (both great) and my favorite item of the night was a tofu skin (yuba?) in tofu milk, or something like that. The English translation was "sleeky tofu" which would seem about right, if only sleeky were a word. Maybe they meant slimy? Silky? It was both of those. Also mucousy. And great!
Third up, was another noodle place. At home, I don't think I'm that crazy for noodles, but here, I couldn't get enough. And we never did find excellent soba, but that's another story.
Chuka Soba Inoue
Apparently, ramen was once called "chuka soba." So this old-school ramen hut uses the old terminology. Confusing, but fine.
We found this place listed in a few spots on the web – one being the New York Times, actually. And we knew we'd be walking by it on the way to Tsukiji, so we figured we ought to pay a visit.
There's only one order of business here on the "menu," and that's a bowl of ramen. Granted, no English was happening, but I'm pretty sure that there's nothing to say, other than the number of bowls you want. Then they boil your noodles, make your broth, add the MSG, assemble, and lay pork slices and bamboo shoots on top, with some scallions. Done.
You take the bowl, and walk over to one of the bar tables nearby, and slurp away.
Here's Leo doing just that:
I was a little scared to step away and snap the pic because I thought he might suck the whole bowl down before I had a chance to dig in.
So that's the roundup of the great meals. We also had many, many others that were both delicious and memorable, including shabu shabu, a nine course tofu meal, grilled eel, all-you-can-eat deep fry, tonkatsu style, tons of street food (mochi, roasted sweet potatoes, and plenty of other things that we can't name, still), gyoza (yes, a whole meal of it), tempura (not as good as I was hoping for, actually) and, of course, sushi. I would say the one letdown was the tempura – we need to try again on that. And the soba we had was at fast-food-ish type places, so next time, we need to find a handmade, 100% buckwheat soba place.
I can't wait to go back!
Generally a big fan of the NY Times Sunday Business section, I was especially interested in this article in today's paper:
A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web
Many, many good points were brought up in this article, and as both a consumer and an e-tailer, I found myself thinking seriously about several issues here.
The overwhelming theme of the article is that Google ranks websites largely on the basis of links from other sites, especially sites that themselves have lots of other links. So a link from nytimes.com is worth more to a site than a link from here. Obvious perhaps, at this point in the evolution of the internet. What isn't so obvious is that getting links is important, and bad links may be just important.
It's hard to get good links. Very hard. It took us years to get a good link on TiVo's website. And it's valuable, probably.
But it's a lot easier to get bad links, as the subject of the article demonstrates. And even the "bad" links can lead to links in places like nytimes.com. Since Google isn't ranking on the positives or negatives of a company, but just the popularity of links largely, all links help. Very enlightening.
We had a DDoS attack on our website about seven years ago. Initially, we just hoped we'd be able to continue in business, which we were fortunately able to do. But after the devastation wore off, we hoped we'd at least get some good links from the bad press. Of course, we also worried that we'd get a bad reputation with people mistakenly thinking that our website had been hacked, which it hadn't been. But the difference between being attacked and being hacked is a little obscure.
We did manage to make it to the front page of the Wall Street Journal, amazingly. So we probably did get some Google juice out of the whole nightmare. Overall, though, we surely lost. I'd never go through that again.
But this guy, the subject of the article, relishes the problems, and specifically infuriates customers to create bad press, which, as the old saying goes, is still news.
The problem is that just searching on Google and locating a vendor for a product really isn't enough research. It's not as good as a personal recommendation – not even close. If you are about to deal with a site you've never heard of, it makes sense to take some precautions, like using sites like epinions or ResellerRatings to see if the company is legit. I also often use a ShopSafe credit card number (a service for making temporary cc numbers based on B of A credit cards) and my business address with unknown websites, just to limit the possible consequences of making a mistake.
Finally, I was intrigued that this guy (and I'm not linking to him or even typing his name on purpose) does actually get wound up by the nonsense that he spews. If I get a few tough customer service phone calls in one day, they can really torpedo the day for me. It's emotionally grueling. Granted, he's essentially on the other side, being the provoker, but it still can't be fun. Yet, I do have to agree with him on the "customer is always right" front. Where did that come from? Why can't a merchant be right? Maybe not him, but an honest one, anyway.
First morning in Tokyo, we went out for a bite to a place that was open early. The concierge said it was like a Yoshinoya basically, which didn't sound great, but better than the other options: McDonalds and Dennys.
Things are different here.
We finally figured out to order our food from a machine on the wall by picture. When you order, it prints out a ticket and literally yells the order to the back. A recorded woman's voice just barks out the order. This was definitely a little surprising.
Here are pics of the machine where we ordered, and some of the food:
Well, after years of drinking tea with boba, I've come to learn that Hong Kong claims to be the birthplace of milk tea, which is basically the tea you drink with boba. Now, I'm not really sure how milk tea differs from the old English tea with cream and sugar, but there's some whole story about straining it through pantyhose for some reason – anyway, they claim it.
And there are quite a few shops around town that serve it. We tried one in Mong Kok in Kowloon called Gong Cha where I got a crazy version with this strange thick frothy sweet milk on top that you sample first, then mix in to the rest of the drink.
It was definitely unusual, so it was interesting, but I'm not sure it was my cup of tea.
Next we got into the witty-names place. We went to Easy Drink, Easy Go.
Yes, that's Eric there behind the umbrella. Sometimes I really have a way with the camera.
This did go easy – into the trash. We both got citron (or citon) and it was pretty nasty – sweet rind bits amid the boba. Essentially, undrinkable.
Finally, we got to ComeBuy. Blatant.
And that was the best one – straight up sweet milky tea, with boba.
For lunch, we went to an old dim sum house, in place since 1926. This was a bit of a challenge, and would have been even harder for a group larger than two. You basically have to jostle to find your own place at a communal table of 8 to 10 people, and the hustle to get food. But it's worth it.
The restaurant was Lin Heung Tea House. You actually enter through the bakery and roast meats area (they smell so good! more on that later) and go up a flight of stairs into a madhouse. A man who presumably worked there was nice enough to roughly guide us to some places opening up after we milled about with the others looking for tables for about 10 minutes.
We were in a location that was a bit out of the way of the main cart route (which is probably why we got seats at all) so a woman with a cart took a little pity on us and brought us over some char siu bao and other goodies to get started. One was an egg dumpling, basically a boiled egg yolk on top of a mound of ground pork and shrimp, in a casing like a har gow skin. Really good. After not making much more headway, I took the charge sheet and went in search of more items. Here's a picture of one woman about to hand me some plates from her cart – she was a little surprised when I snapped it:
I can't remember exactly what it was, but something wrapped in a big goopy cabbage leaf was probably my favorite. I also liked the veggies and pork wrapped in bean curd skin. Really, it was all good. And we were out of there, full and greasy (no napkins!) in probably half an hour. Total cost, $120HK, or about $15US.
There was clearly a whole culture going on in this place that we didn't understand. To start, the woman who brought us plates brought us a little serving bowl of hot water, and put a tea cup in it. I can only guess that she meant to warm the tea cup before pouring tea in it. Then she put a spoon in there – we tried to play along, but we didn't really get it. I kept meaning to watch someone else go through the ritual when they first sat down, but I never caught it.
Then there was the tea. These places are called, after all, tea houses, so the tea is central. We just got a standard pot of Chinese green tea, but many others had a bowl of leaves, with a plate on top, that kept getting refilled with hot water. I'm not sure if, again, we were doing something wrong, or if these were just one-person versions of our pot, that had been rehydrated so many times that the leaves grew huge. Anyway, clearly a lot was going on here that was over our heads.
Dinner at Yellow Door Kitchen
Friends had mentioned this place before I left, and then I also saw it online in a few places, so I figured it was either a tourist trap, or pretty good. And the concept sounded intriguing. Bottom line – VERY good. And while there were definitely out-of-towners in there, that's no reason at all to stay away.
The place is on the sixth floor of a nondescript building at the beginning of a market street near Central. This is the way of many restaurants. They aren't on the ground floor since that real estate is so expensive. What amazes is me is how anyone finds them, and, further, the lack of decoration for the "lobby" in these buildings. Essentially, you go in a narrow hallway, past mailboxes recessed into the wall, to a tiny elevator – all pretty rundown, like an apartment building in Queens. And nothing seems commercial about it. But once you're in the restaurant, it's all very business-like again. Anyway, then concept makes sense – avoid the expensive ground level space. But I feel like I'm missing (again) a lot of what's really going on, since it's in these anonymous buildings, and not at ground level where I'm walking.
The restaurant has a set menu – just one. Here's a picture:
The descriptions are really pretty simple and, in most cases, each dish was also, in a way that the right flavor really shone through.
First you get all of the entrees at once. Each portion is pretty small, but each one is rich:
Sorry for the bad lighting on that one.
Several of these dishes were notable. The spicy beef (back left) was definitely spicy (perfect with TsingTao) and oily and rich. The pickled cucumbers contrasted nicely with that. The bean curd skin was in a garlic chili oil that had some amazing flavor that I can't quite put my finger on. That was probably my favorite. The edamame in "liquor dregs" was pretty good, if simple. I was remarking to Eric that if we didn't have edamame at home, we'd likely try to eat the whole thing here.
The one really unusual item was the roast pork. It was almost like a molecular gastronomy item from a different style of restaurant – diaphanous sheets of pork, but ones that held together, with a sauce that evoked what Eric coined "the smell of Hong Kong." It was like that smell, the smell of roasted meats, was reduced down to this little bit of sauce on the pork. This is the middle item in the picture – not sure if it was served in that position on purpose.
Eric and I are now craving the Hong Kong smell, and even now at 5 AM, kinda tired and definitely jet lagged, I'd like to get my hands on some roast goose or duck or pork – or all three. Walking the streets, the smell just pops out for a moment here and there. You look around, looking for what my brother-in-law calls "duck in window," but it's never there. I guess it's at that eighth floor restaurant that I'll never see.
OK – back to Yellow Door Kitchen. I was a little worried that the mains would come out all at once also, and we'd be overwhelmed, then done, but they came out one at a time, and each was a bit larger.
Next came a soup which was just a broth with a mushroom. Not bad, but nothing special. Maybe it was a sort of palate cleanser?
Then came my favorite dish of the night: the chicken. And I'm not really a chicken lover. But this was pretty perfect. The chicken must have been roasted, then it sat on a bed of shredded leeks, with roasted garlic and spicy oil all over it. Man, that was good. Spicy and oily and salty and even sweet from the garlic. Really good.
The pork rib tasted like a western-style dish to me – almost short rib, with the onions.
The squid was pretty good with the potential to be a belly bomb – deep fried, with a little mayo or something, and some grapes and other fruit. Different and not bad. The cabbage was great because of the broth, and it made a nice break after the heaviness of the preceding dishes. The the duck was also very good, but I was getting very, very stuffed.
Then came the dan dan noodles. I had always assumed this was some Americanized dish for kids – noodles in a thin peanut butter sauce. But I guess that's just the American version – this sauce was MUCH better – richer with sesame and no peanut. I can't say the noodles themselves were extraordinary, but I did eat them all.
I wasn't a big fan of the soup for dessert. The snow fungus had a nice crunch, but the warm papaya didn't really do it for me.
Anyway, I hope I have another meal like this one, but I can't imagine I will. This place was great!


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A June 17, 2012 photo provided by the Anoka County Sheriff's Department shows David Richard Clifford. Clifford, the executive officer of the Minneapolis Police SWAT Unit, is accused of punching another man in the head at an Andover bar over the weekend, leaving him seriously injured. Clifford remained in custody while the Anoka County Attorney's office was reviewing the case for possible charges. (AP Photo/Anoka County Sheriff's Department via St. Paul Pioneer Press)
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police sergeant and SWAT officer — who was apparently angered by a loud cellphone conversation — was charged with assault Monday for allegedly punching a man in the head, seriously injuring him.
Minneapolis police Sgt. David Clifford, the executive officer of the Minneapolis Police SWAT unit, was in the Anoka County Jail on Monday. He is charged with third-degree assault, and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday.
"You wouldn't think a police officer would behave in this way," said Anoka County Sheriff's Cmdr. Paul Sommer. "It's kind of a shock to our system."
Sommer identified the victim as Brian Keith Vanderlee, 34, of Ramsey. The hospital was not providing information about Vanderlee's condition, but Sommer said that, as of Monday morning, Vanderlee was on life support and had undergone two brain surgeries.
Minneapolis Star Tribune spokesman Steve Yaeger said Monday evening that Vanderlee is an account executive in advertising sales at the newspaper, and spelled his last name as Vander Lee. A report in the newspaper also said that he is 43 years old.
The discrepancy in the spelling of Vanderlee's name and his age could not be resolved Monday evening.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Vander Lee family," Yaeger said.
Sommer said video surveillance from Saturday night shows that Clifford and Vanderlee were seated at adjacent patio tables at Tanners Station, a steakhouse and restaurant in Andover, a Minneapolis suburb.
Sommer said Vanderlee was apparently talking loudly on his cellphone to a friend when Clifford got up and approached him. Sommer said the video shows Clifford appeared to say something to Vanderlee, who was still on his phone.
As Vanderlee was about to get to his feet, Sommer said, "Clifford strikes him with a closed fist, just once in the head."
Vanderlee fell backward and may have hit his head on concrete, Sommer said.
"From what I saw, there was no fight," Sommer said. "It was a one-sided assault."
Clifford, 47, of Andover, fled on foot. He turned himself in Sunday afternoon.
According to the criminal complaint, Clifford told police he was at the bar with his wife and others to talk about National Night Out, and that he "took offense to some language" Vanderlee was using and asked him to stop.
Clifford told authorities Vanderlee stopped using the offensive language for five to 10 minutes, but started using it again. Clifford said he went over to Vanderlee, and when Vanderlee stood up and cursed, Clifford punched him, thinking he was going to be hit himself.
"The defendant admitted he did not de-escalate the situation by talking to employees or moving tables," the complaint said.
According to the complaint, employees of the bar did not hear Vanderlee use offensive language and heard no complaints that he had done so.
Clifford has been placed on home assignment, and there is an internal investigation, Minneapolis police spokesman Bill Palmer said.
Palmer said Clifford joined the Minneapolis department in 1993 and has been a SWAT officer since the mid-1990s. He has no disciplinary action in his file, and has received two medals of valor and other awards. He was promoted to sergeant in 2008.
He also has worked for the United Nations as a police officer in Kosovo, Palmer said.
The name of Clifford's attorney was not immediately known. The Anoka County Jail does not accept messages for inmates.
Jeff Baenen contributed to this report from Minneapolis.
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12/17 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
Your comic quote of the day comes from Tom Spurgeon: "I used to dream of a heaven where I ran around punching comics fans in the face, but after reading some of those hilarious posts yesterday I realize that would be much too tiring for a proper afterlife."
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I've been putting "a 'Punch People In The Face Free' card" on my Christmas list for years. Stupid Santa…
Ironically, Spurgeon's Hell would be just the same as the above, except each punch would be accompanied by a brash "BIFF! BAM! POW! Comics not just for kids anymore!!!" For all of eternity.
Grow up.
That would be pretty fun. Haha!
All he has to do is wait a little longer to die. The field of comic fans shrinks every day.
Tom Spurgeon's heaven is going to be very empty. The antipathy so many creators have towards their supposed fanbase is chasing them off in droves.
Tom Spurgeon isn't a creator…
And the quote is in reference to the sexist reactions to Girls Comics by many fans…
Yeah, in context its even more justified than his usual contrarian bitterness.
I don't get it.


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This is it! The comic series adapting Laurell K. Hamilton's bestselling novel Guilty Pleasures comes to its pulse pounding conclusion! The first startling book of the Anita Blake series ends here! Who has been slaughtering the vampires? Can Anita stop them? Who will live? Who will die? Who will remain undead? It all comes to a head here, as the titular vampire hunter and her dangerous ally Edward face off against the forces of evil. Don't miss it!
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Growing up near Long Island, New York in my teens much of my fishing was done on the many beaches brunting on the Atlantic Ocean. Most of our catch would be kingfish (southern whiting), weakfish (southern trout), striped bass and that nasty, ferocious bluefish. Intermixed were skates and my unforgettable sting ray. An occasional catch was the comical blowfish (southern puffer).
The Cedar Key green movement continues to build momentum with Faraway Inn becoming the second business to receive the Green Lodging Program designation from the Florida Department of Environment Protection.
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Cedar Key Commissioners made progress on the city's ongoing overdue garbage bills Tuesday night, passing three separate motions in an effort to get a handle an the approximately $16,000 residential and business debt that has accumulated.
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While attending high school graduation for my daughter recently a parent asked me what the secret is to raising children who are successful in school. I was caught a bit off guard. I was emotional as I always am when seeing developing minds recognized for their achievements. I didn't have an answer ready.
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The Levy County Emergency Management has filled a gap in the communications loop throughout the region this week with the arrival of eight new satellite phones, according to LCEM Director Mark Johnson.
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Last July, the Cedar Key Beacon's then-editor Jenna McKenna's mom passed away. She had donated her body to science. Here are some thoughts on that donation in a column that ran a week after her death.
While her family and friends were celebrating her life and mourning her death last week, Mom was nowhere nearby.
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A Tasing incident that took place in Cedar Key on Dock Street last year has resulted in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, Gainesville Division. The lawsuit filed July 22 demands damages and a jury trial.
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The Lime Hollow Nature and Education Center is moving forward with plans to develop a new outdoor education center, the new building will feature the latest in energy efficient construction and will be powered with solar panels.
Lime Hollow Executive Director Glen Reisweber presented sketch plans of the new education center to the Cortlandville planning board this week.
The 28 hundred square foot building would be located near the Nature Center's visitors center on McLean Road.
The new building would replace the classroom space currently used by the BOCES Environmental Science program at the Tunison Fish Lab on Gracie Road.
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PUBLISHED: 28 Dec 2012 14:05:00 | UPDATED: 28 Dec 2012 14:42:29PRINT EDITION: 29 Dec 2012Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president of Microsoft, introduces the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system with a feature that lets users pay merchants using near field communication (NFC) technology. Photos: Reuters
Australian telcos are ramping up plans to enable customers to pay for goods by swiping their mobile phones or tablets at the checkout.
The move, which may eventually render credit cards obsolete, has been mooted for several years while the technology to deliver so-called "contactless payments" has existed for some time.
The idea is simple - customers select goods or services and then scan their mobile phones over a point of sale sensor, debiting cash from a bank account linked to their device.
Telstra and Vodafone predict that will change in 2013, with far more NFC-enabled devices coming onto the market.
"It's been promised for a long time, but by next year many devices on the market will incorporate near field communication," Telstra chief technology officer Dr Hugh Bradlow said.
"NFC has been a slow burn, but it will likely become entrenched next year and we plan to be a big part of that."
Vodafone predicts 80 per cent of all smartphones sold on its network in 2013 will be NFC-enabled.
The telco expects to formally launch its SmartPass app, which will enable contactless mobile phone payments, within months.
Vodafone has developed the app as part of a tie-up with Visa and the system will use the credit card firm's existing Paywave network, which enables payments by swiping credit cards over a sensor.
Coles and Woolworths are among a number of major retailers investigating mobile phone payment systems.
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"All of the big retailers will be looking at that technology now. All of them have got to focus on this innovation space," she said.
"I think it's comforting that smartphones will have the capacity to do it this year (2013).
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Google has delayed the launch of its new mobile phone in China amid a diplomatic row with Beijing over censorship laws.
The decision is a result of Google's threat to pull out of China if restrictions are not lifted, said a person briefed on the move.
The company has decided it would 'not be a good experience' for consumers to receive a phone right now with its applications, said the person, who spoke anonymously.
Marsha Wang, a spokeswoman for Google Inc., however, only said today's planned ceremony with local carrier China Unicom Ltd. was postponed.
She did not give a reason or say when the launch might be rescheduled.
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Philipp Kohlschreiber was crowned champion at the ATP Dusseldorf Open after recording a 6-2 7-6 (7/4) victory over Ivo Karlovic in the final.
The top seed triumphed after 73 minutes on court at the Rochusclub, meaning he has now claimed four of his five career titles on home soil. He has previously won twice in Munich before, as well as in Halle three years ago.
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TakePart: How did the various people involved with this project come together?
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TakePart: Who is your target audience?
Diana Espitia: Every person who walks this planet. But when we imagined who we'd need to address first, we pictured people living in the United States who have no reason to discuss immigration in their everyday lives.
TakePart: How do you plan to push for change with this film?
Diana Espitia: We are partnering with organizations such as the National Urban League, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), MALDEF, the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity—organizations with large memberships who are willing to take our message to them. This film is an independent piece we are willing to gift to any organization willing to help us. We are also recruiting well-known public figures to help us spread the word. In addition, we are using every and all social media.
TakePart: What can people do to help spread your message?
Diana Espitia: Visit www.illegalmovie.org. We have several ways people can help. The most important is calling, visiting and e-mailing their legislators to emphasize the importance of immigration reform—starting with the DREAM Act. As you know, under a new administration this can all change as early as January. Many kids are probably feeling afraid and confused because there is still no path to citizenship.
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Cesc Fabregas may never play for Arsenal again as Barcelona prepare 50m bid
Cesc Fabregas could have played his last game for Arsenal as the man likely to be the new Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell, is preparing tolaunch a £50million bid to bring the Arsenal captain back to the club of his youth. Fabregas, long linked with Barcelona from where he joined Arsenal asa 16-year-old in 2003, fractured his leg playing against his former club in the Champions League last week and is now out for the rest of the season, including Tuesday night's return leg at the Nou Camp. Tough break: Cesc Fabregas hobbles off the pitch injured against Barcelona But Rosell, a former vice president of Barca and Nike executive who has always maintained excellent relations with Fabregas and his family, is now looking likely to be installed as the club president in the June elections. Although Barca manager Pep Guardiola is more focused on recruiting a replacement for Thierry Henry, with Franck Ribery and David Silva the targets, the coup of securing Fabregas at the start of Rosell's presidency will drive the bid. Fabregas is under contract to Arsenal until 2014, having signed an eight-year deal in 2006, but has resisted renewing it even though manager Arsene Wenger has been keen for talks. The player has always insisted he will remain loyal to Arsenal, while admitting that one day he is likely to return to Spain. Fabregas is advised by Darren Dein, son of former Arsenal vice-chairman David, who maintains good relations with Barcelona and negotiated Thierry Henry's move to the club from Emirates Stadium in 2007. Fabregas signed his most recent contract in October 2006 and will be free to buy out the remaining years of his contract, which would amount to around £16m in the transfer window of January 2011. Rosell is involved in a bitter battle for the Nou Camp presidency and has vowed to sue current president Joan Laporta after he accused Rosell of corruption. Arsenal 1 Wolves 0: Bendtner's late winner maintains Gunners' title pushRyan Shawcross didn't mean to break my leg, insists Arsenal's Aaron RamseyArsene under fire: France boss brands Wenger 'irresponsible' over Gallas
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BrewDog HQ - All Systems Go!
We have loads of projects happening at the moment to make our Ellon brewery even better! Here is the low-down on what we're up to:
5th Brewhouse Vessel
We've just installed a new vessel in our brewhouse, giving us the extra capacity we need to brew enough wort (which our friendly yeast turns into beer) to keep up with the insanely huge demand for our beers. With our 5th vessel, our brewhouse can now brew 10 times per day(!)
New Fermentation Vessels
Punk is so popular we decided to add a few bonus fermentation tanks outside the brewery, so we can make bumper batches. It means moving more bags of malt, but hey, it's worth it!
Water treatment plant
Don't worry, it's just the technical name for a cool piece of kit we've added, which is a tall tower that simply nudges the oxygen out of the liquor (geeky term for "water used in beer") before we brew with it. Like using mountains of hops, or cold-conditioning for two weeks, it's a way of improving the shelf life of our beer without pasteurisation, so your beer tastes great for even longer without any nasty processes or additives.
Canning Line
We've ordered our canning line, so soon we'll be ready and rocking with a regular restock of canned little hop bombs! You guys have been screaming out for cans of Punk IPA and Dead Pony Club and we've not been ignoring you! Hopefully this will be installed and ready to presst the start button in time for the Summer sun!
Our operations team are currently playing a big game of Tetris and rearranging our new warehouse so we can fit some extra special new kit into the space they free up. We've also made room for some new racking so we can fit in more barrels to age our beers in!
New offices
We're almost ready to move into our new offices, and once the flitting's done we'll be shifting up a gear with our visitor centre, where you'll be able to see exactly how we brew, and enjoy the freshest BrewDog beers available on the planet in Dog Tap...speaking of which...
Dog Tap
Yes indeedy! With the new build nearly complete, we're almost ready to open the doors to our on-site tap room! Once launched, visitors to our brewery in Ellon will be able to taste the freshest BrewDog beer on the planet! We're super psyched about this one...can you tell?
So! Who's up for joining us for a beer in Ellon?
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- Any chance youll can other beers from the core range? Would love to see cans of hardcore and jackhammer on sale! email@example.com
- How much did the canning line cost and how many cans can you can during a cancan? hystrix cristata26.04.2014
- Will there be a bottle dog at HQ too? rwilson25.04.2014
- Wow ! Even more great investment.
Cant wait to see Dog Tap when Im next up in June.
Pete H., Nottm24.04.2014 - Theres a thirsty local dying for a proper drink dispenser to open nearby! Roll on the end of the year! :) rockyrobin24.04.2014
- Good work lads ;o) sitar-clark23.04.2014
- Its certainly come on a bit since I visited - nothing on the site then bar some plans and some machinery.
Well done to all involved and nice to know that my EFP 1 and 2 investments are still working hard!Charles May23.04.2014 - Canning line!!!! Dead Pony Club in cans for summer BBQ! Scott D23.04.2014
- Wow wow wow wow! You guys are fantastic pround to be part of it! Kilmo23.04.2014
- Whenever you turn on a new piece of equipment, does James dress up like Jean-Luc Picard and shout Engage!. He should. The Garv23.04.2014
- Saweet! Get that visitor centre open! I want to meet EVERYONE. Gdog23.04.2014


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Levi J Hubbard
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My name is Levi J. Hubbard and I'm 28 years old, I live in San Diego, CA orginally from Tennessee this is just a short Bio of how I got into linedancing. I was first introduced to linedancing back in Dec of 98', by a friend of mine. Who at the time talked me into going with her to a Country Dance club in Knoxville, Tn. I had always been intrested in it but never had the chance to attend a class or go out and learn, until then. After that I wanted to learn more about dancing and started looking around for a local class to attend. It wasn't until Sept of 2000 that It wasnt' until one night I was out with some friends at a local nightclub that we had been going to since 97' that I overheard the DJ annouce about Linedance classes. So a friend of mine and I started going and from then on I was hooked, I attend my first workshop in Nov 2000, in Knoxville, where we learned many dances. It wasn't until May 2001 that I tried my hand at Choreography, me and a good freind of mine got together and choreographed our first linedance (Stayin Alive), we showed a few friends of ours the dance and it was a hit. So I began to choreograph a few more dances, but it wasn't until Aug 2001 that I choregraphed (Rascal Shuffle) and I gave it to my linedance instructor, the following week she was teaching it and the class really liked it. I began to become intrested in teaching, but didn't know how to go about it, until in Dec 2001, the owner of a local dance club approched me and asked if I would like to start teaching there once a week. So I did it and I really enjoyed it, I had my first workshop in May 2002, it was great. I taught there for about a year. I haven't been teaching since moving here to CA. but I'm looking around and hope to be doing it again. My future goal is to start entering into Linedance competions, also I've been working and a new website. In the mean time I'll contine to choreograph and dance. Thanks for taking the time to read and get to know more about how I got into the great form of dance.