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Retreat on the Maine coast at Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, Biddeford Pool, Maine. Come and nourish your mind, body, and soul! The first weekend of every November. Please call for more information. 508-835-1176.
New 2013 dates: Nov. 1st-3rd, 2013 $325.00
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If you are a new student to Central Mass Yoga, then the system will prompt you to create an account with your email and password before registering.
Our retreat is designed for rest and renewal away from the everyday movement of the world. You are immersed in a private, beautiful setting surrounded by nature and sounds of the sea. In this atmosphere of rest and renewal, we turn on the practices of asana, pranyama, and meditation to heal, strengthen, revitalize, and deepen the experience of self-understanding. Our retreat begins as we return to ourselves amidst the beauty of the natural world.
- 2 overnights with choice of single or double occupancy
- Meals from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast
- 7 hours of inspiring yoga
- Evenings of sharing/discussion
- Silent and walking meditation
- Unstructured time to enjoy the expansive beauty of the Maine coast. (20 minutes from Kennebunkport)
- Body work will also be available for an additional fee.
Cost for the complete weekend including lodging and meals: $325.00. Please complete the retreat registration form and mail to the address indicated on the bottom of the form.
- Cancellations before due date (October 2nd) will be refunded minus a $50.00 per person administrative fee
- Cancellations after due date (October 2nd) will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee, only if your place can be filled.
- Space is limited
This has been my first personal retreat in over 20 years. And, it has been profoundly wonderful and important in my self-growth. I deeply appreciate the warm and generous atmosphere created by Lucy and the organizers and all the participants. I learned about meditation and feel comfortable beginning that practice again. I loved all the yoga classes, and I loved the feeling of being in the friendly company of other journeyers. Thank you.-Deb Selkow 2012
This trip surpassed all expectations. I had hoped to leave here a bit more rested than I arrived and with a few less kinks in my neck. I am instead leaving with all of that plus a much lighter soul and the promises of better days. Thank you! Heather Iafrati 2012
A nice place, accomodations are gorgeous. Awesome Yoga! Great Stretching, excellent mantras! Beth Hunt 2012
It was a beautiful experience. It was everything I needed. All the classes were so well prepared and taught. The retreat reached me body, soul and spirit! Thank you for all the hard work you put into it. Pam Gaboury 2012
I'm still smiling and feeling the "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" effects of the beautiful Maine retreat..saying "thank you" for the opportunity doesn't seem to express the joy and gratitude I feel. It was just perfect!!! My car was the last to roll out of the parking lot - Pam and I took spent a little extra time taking in the everty feeling, smell and sight we could before opening the car doors to head back home. I was looking forward to an opportunity to feel that "sweet yoga community" spirit from the weekend - it was all that an so much more....thank you Lucy -JoAnn 2011
Well organized-well balanced soothing, calming, relaxing informative and fun! Beach setting is incredible! Wonderful to spend a beautiful weekend with friends and like-minded people. - Natalie Graham Retreat 09
Very peaceful, relaxing.. good sense of community. The balance of free time and yoga retreat activities was good. Also, the intensity of the yoga was good. Although, I can do more challenging yoga, that is not what I personally am looking for at a retreat. I thought all was perfect as it was! - Lisa Toole Thank you once again for creating this great experience for us! It is something I always look forward to each year! It is relaxing and energizing! - Linda Yates
Great Yoga, Great company, Great location! - Jean Kitchen
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Oberlin College has a dynamic and interactive campus community. Here, students have many opportunities to participate in activities and organizations that support their academic, cultural, social, spiritual, political, and athletic interests and preferences.
In addition, our varied services, programs, and other resources will enable you to reach your personal goals and educational objectives.
We offer 21 varsity teams, assorted club sports and intramural teams, nearly 150 student organizations, and a busy cultural community that has more than 500 concerts and recitals, as well as about 40 theater and dance productions each year presented by faculty, students, and professionals.
You can hone your leadership and organizational skills through involvement in student government or by serving on faculty and administrative committees. Or you can simply enjoy being a part of a community of dedicated learners and doers who know how to study hard, play well, and dream big.

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Federal and State regulations prohibit pollutant discharges to bodies of water and require that local governments implement stormwater compliance programs that protect water quality. This is primarily enforced through a document known as a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP).
What is a SWPPP?
Municipal, industrial and commercial facilities, including construction activities, military bases and shipping ports, that produce and need to dispose of wash water fall under the regulation of the Clean Water Act. Often times, that wash water comes in the form of contaminated stormwater that can potentially pollute water sources.
For an organization to gain approval to operate and to manage equipment and materials that could potentially contaminate stormwater, they must obtain a NPDES permit, and an important requirement of that type of permit is the development of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP).
A properly constructed SWPPP accomplishes three things. First, it identifies any potential sources of pollution that could contaminate runoff from the regulated site. Second, the report should describe how those pollutants will be reduced or eliminated so that stormwater will be unaffected. Finally, a good report ensures that appropriate person at the site understand its environmental responsibilities and will work to meet the conditions of its NPDES permit.
Guide to Compliance
The requirements of a complete SWPPP are extensive and the official sample plans provided by your local regulatory branch should be consulted when developing your SWPPP. The following guidelines are meant to explain the SWPPP requirements that pertain to wash water and equipment cleaning. By following these guidelines, your company or organization will be better able to achieve compliance, and avoid EPA fines or stop work orders.
Identification of Potential Sources of Pollution
Preventing Pollution from Happening
- Install a wash water reuse and treatment system for washing vehicles
- Detail how equipment wash system should be operated
- Use a wheel wash system on all vehicles before they leave the worksite to prevent track-out on public roads
- List equipment and procedures that will be used to contain and clean up any toxic materials if a spill should occur
- Detail how to properly disposal of any and all wash water, sediments and solids
Training and Implementation
- Train employees in the requirements of the SWPPP by clearly delineating who is responsible for each aspect of plan.
- Test to determine if the preventative measures are working effective Record stormwater sampling data
Riveer and Protecting the Environment
Effective SWPPP requires a comprehensive and detailed system for stopping wash water pollution. That system should involve methods meant to conserve water, remove pollutants, contain wastewater, and respond to toxic spills. Riveer offers washing technologies to address those system requirements.
Riveer filtration systems collect dirty wash water, remove suspended solids, heavy metals, chemicals, microbes and other contaminates from that water, and then reuse that purified water. Wash water use is cut drastically, and the water this is used is filtered to totally eliminate the risk of pollution. These filtration systems ensure that your company is an environmentally compliant organization.
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2003 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Mongoose Mach
This Car Was Purchased To Go Head To Head With Terminator Cobras. Now It Eats Them For Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner.
Over the winter of 2004, McComsey figured out his next plan of action. "One really nice day, toward the end of winter I decided it was time for some motor work - I was going to put a Livernois 5-liter stroker in the car, with Manley rods and forged Mahle pistons." Even with his day job as IT specialist at Livernois and recognition as a blower 'guru' at the shop "the guys would always drag me out from the back when somebody came in with a blower question," it still took quite a lot of time and effort to get the 5-liter stroker V8 completed. "It took about a year and a half to get it all done. It was a question of time and money, plus I was always changing things. I had the heads CNC'd and when we had the shortblock assembly completed and put the motor back together and then in the car, it was already June 2006. I did the fuel system and stuck two Ford GT pumps on, along with a booster. I was one of the first to use the GT pumps. I did a lot of research on returnless fuel systems and found the limit. When building the motor I also decided to upgrade the blower again, and went with Procharger's F1A. With 29 lbs of boost - the car made 781 horsepower and 686 ft-lbs to the tires." So by this stage, Corey had a car with almost 1,000 horsepower to the crank that he could drive every day if he wanted - a far cry from his old '89 LX. "My commute to work is 34 miles each way and last year I used to drive it all the time. It still has stock cams in it. Even the exhaust, JBA headers, Bassani X-type mid-pipe and Dynomax mufflers, is fairly quiet. I've tried to keep it fairly close to stock and although the blower gives it away - it sounds like a chainsaw - there isn't too much else. I run Verde 17-inch stock style rims on it and even the boost and air/fuel gauges for the blower are tucked down and out of the way. It basically looks like a stock Mach with a blower and wide rear tires (the backs are 315s)." But still, McComsey has surprised more than a few people. "Guys will try it but so far I've never lost a race. It's been fun. One year, coming back from World Ford Challenge 8 in St. Louis, I was eating Cobras left right and center." Small wonder McComsey's plate reads MONGOSE! However as much fun as he's had, the Mach, as we go to press is currently getting some more engine work. "The engine is out right now - it broke a cam bolt but otherwise it's mint inside. It was setup to run 22-23 lbs of boost and I was pushing 29 out of the blower, but now, I'm going to put a different piston in it to handle the higher boost - with a smaller pulley I think I can get at least another 5-6 lbs out of it which will be good for another 100 hp to the tires." So that's where things are at. But, before our conversation ended, Corey mentioned that he's selling the Mach. "I know, I've come all this way, havea 1,000 horsepower car I can drive on the street, but you know what? Everything's for sale. I'm married now, got a wife and two kids - my wife likes my hobby, but even she's a bit fed up with the amount of money I've spent on these cars that break all the time. I'll get another car down the road, but once the spring hits, I'll think about selling this one." However, before he does, there's one more thing still left to do. "I'm going to take it to the track and this car is going to damn well run 9s on 17-inch drag radials!" There's no argument from us on that one.
Corey McComsey's 2003 Mustang Mach 1
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Kellogg forged 4340 steel crankshaft, crank balancing, polishing and prep by Livernois Motorsports, Manley 4340 forged steel connecting rods, Mahle forged aluminum dish-top pistons, Livernois Motorsports' valve springs, CNC ported cylinder heads, Ford Cobra fuel tank, dual GT fuel pumps; Procharger F1A supercharger, intercooler; JBA headers, Bassani 2.5" intermediate exhaust pipe, Dynomax 2.5" mufflers, ARP main bolts, head studs
Lentech 4R70W 4-speed automatic transmission, P.I. 9" torque converter, 4000 rpm stall, Trans Brake, Ford Racing differential, Moser Engineering 31-spline axle shafts
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(f) Verde 17 x 9" with Nitto 275/45-17 tires (r) Verde 17 x 10.5" rear, with Nitto 315/35-17 tires
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COME December 28, one of the seven contestants in the tightly contested music reality show, Dreams, will be pocketing a cool K250 million, although his or her millionaire status will be short-lived pending the Kwacha rebasing on January 1. 2013.
The strictly musical talent search reality show has reached its climax with contestants, comprising of four girls and three guys, off-loading what looks like their very best, not necessarily to please the judges but their voting fan base.
Tension among the contestants is certainly mounting as days draw closer to the grand finale set for the Government Complex. Who will it be?
Last Sunday's show at LIV Night Club was simply explosive from start to finish. The cheers; shouts, amusements and captivating moments, never seemed to depart the luxurious and somewhat befitting venue as everyone was awestruck with a lively show.
Show host, Lulu Hangala, knows how to fit herself in a driving seat of the show, kept it undisputedly bubbling. She is just the right girl for the job, a lot would agree.
Without doubt, the competition is intense and viewers can't just tell who is really on top of things to deserve the top slot and that important winning vote.
Even The show host Lulu confesses that the talent display by these few contestants is captivating and simply amazing to a point that one would remain spell-bound for some time as these youthful performers and singers take to the stage to execute a live performance.
"I cried at some point when I saw how amazing these young people were... I just said, yes this is truly my Zambia with its rich talent," says Lulu.
One amazing act though worth mentioning was by a diminutive but highly talented and energetic Natasha who executed Angela Nyirenda's hit track Mwambo. One wonders how the composer of the song felt seeing a youngster executing her song much to the amusement of the audience.
What was so surprising was the fact that the girl had a performance that could easily make her lose breath control but surprisingly she was just amazing with that rare combination of dance and singing!
Judge Scarlet just closed her mouth with both her hand in total amazement, while the audience went wild. She deserved the standing ovation that she got with Judge Owas Mwape predicting that she was destined to the top three.
Other contenders that still remain strong every moment are the likes of Trina, who has competed on an international level before. Trina's voice is simply amazing and all is left for the voters.
So all in all, the race to the prestigious life-changing 250 million Kwacha are; in alphabetical order : Blake, Cecelia, Daniel, Natasha, Shadrach, Trina and Zilla.
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Measuring 296 square meters and spanning two floors, Panama's stand exceeds in size those of Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. It will hold fifteen companies that represent hotels, tour operators, travel agencies and Copa Airlines, who along with executives of the Panama Tourism Authority will turn travel into business, and business into economic development.
In Panama's pavilion at the 2012 fair, the ATP met with 500 professionals to promote the country as a destination, and with business people who were purchasing and learning more about the tourism products.
Salo Shamah, the ATP General Manager, says that Panama will bring a wide range of attractions to FITUR, such as the Tourist Medical Insurance, ethnic groups, beaches, the Stop Over, which allows Copa passengers in transit to stay in Panama, the new Amador Convention Center, Gehry Museum, the Panama Canal expansion, its new look-out point at Gatún, destinations like Bocas, the Chiriquí highlands, Pedasí, El Valle and flights from Europe on KLM and Iberia. "At these fairs we look to do business and be competitive. Panama offers many advantages to wholesalers, businessmen and tourists," Shamah said.
Experts who measured the return value of the Panama tourism industry's participation in FITUR 2012 indicate that they obtained 5,379,302 euros in advertising and 16.1 million euros in information.
Held from January 30 to February 3, last year 9,506 business people from 167 countries participated in FITUR. This event had an attendance of nearly 100,000 visitors and 6,313 journalists from 54 countries. The fair organizers expect to surpass those figures by 10% in 2013.
Panama's stand, which has already been awarded for its design in FITUR, is an ideal place to do business, where each company has their own space to conduct meetings, supported by electronic screens that give the best display of their products. The stand also has a bar to serve food to visitors and an area for a DJ to play the music that tourists will hear in Panama.
The ATP considers that sharing this space with private enterprise leads to very good results, and has allocated B/ 2.2 million for this budget item. The main target of the fair is the European market, which as of November 2012 contributed a total of 132,639 tourists, with an 8.6% growth.


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On the January night in 2008 when he won the Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama delivered a victory speech that would reverberate forcefully across a divided America. Iowans, he said, had come together — Democrats, Republicans and independents — to stand as one in calling for a new politics of unity and hope. It was a message that would help carry him to the White House 10 months later.
"You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington," the then-senator from Illinois said that winter night in Des Moines. "To end the political strategy that's been all about division and instead make it about addition. To build a coalition for change that stretches through red states and blue states. We are choosing hope over fear. We're choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America."
Today Obama's words sound quaint, even naive. Instead of bipartisanship, there is polarization as deep as it has been in modern times. Instead of cooperation, there is confrontation. Instead of civility, there is rudeness. The political system seems frozen and more resistant to compromise than ever. Two months before the 2012 election, the campaign has become an all-or-nothing battle over the future direction of the country.
Obama's reelection is threatened most by the state of the economy. But he also could be hurt because of the disappointment felt by voters who invested so heavily in what he seemed to offer four years ago and for whom expectations were raised to stratospheric heights. That is part of the matrix of the choice in November. Why has President Obama fallen so far short of what he so passionately described as a candidate four years ago? To the partisans on both sides, the answers are simple — and fundamentally at odds. The president's advisers contend that Republicans chose the course of obstruction and intransigence from the day Obama was sworn in."We met an implacable opponent in the Republican leadership," said David Axelrod, senior strategist for Obama's reelection campaign and former White House senior adviser. "They made a decision, and they've been very open about it, that from Day One they weren't going to cooperate on any major issue."
To Republicans, it is the story of a president who arrived in Washington with big majorities in the House and Senate and decided to ram through a series of liberal initiatives with little regard to the ideas or sensibilities of the other party. "Their agenda for the first two years was, 'Let's go down our to-do list and move the country to the left as fast as we can,'" said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said there has been a misunderstanding of just what Obama was talking about in 2008 when he called for a new politics. "The president didn't promise an era of kumbaya politics in which everyone agreed. The primary thing he talked most about was that politicians too often ran from big problems that had haunted our country for decades. Whether folks like it or not, he did jump in and take on very big problems with full knowledge that they would have political consequences for him."
That Obama ran into a wall of opposition from the Republicans on many of those initiatives is indisputable. What is at odds in these varying interpretations is whether anything might have changed that. Republicans say it could have been different. But there is little evidence that, once their leadership decided to oppose Obama, there was much he could have done to win them over — and there are plenty of examples showing how dug in they were. There are also questions about how hard Obama tried. His advisers cannot point to a clear strategy for trying to create a climate of cooperation — other than their belief that the support he won in the election and the economic crisis would create those conditions. They argue that he incorporated Republican ideas into the stimulus and spent months waiting to see if a bipartisan health-care plan would emerge from the Senate Finance Committee.
He also missed or passed up opportunities to show his willingness to challenge the status quo. And there is not much evidence that, as things turned sour, there was a fallback strategy for how to change the climate. Through the first 2.5 years, there were ongoing efforts toward accommodation, but he found no way to break through the divisions. When the debt-ceiling negotiations collapsed amid recriminations on both sides, Obama decided to move virtually full time into campaign mode.


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Erie Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Charges
ERIE, Pa. ‑ A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Jagannon Stephon Williams, 28, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that on April 23, 2009, Williams agreed to sell an ounce of crack cocaine to another individual for $750.00. Williams then entered a residence in Erie, Pennsylvania where he retrieved and then delivered the crack cocaine. Then, on May 6, 2009, Williams again agreed to sell an ounce of crack cocaine, this time retrieving the drug and delivering it from another residence in Erie, Pennsylvania. In connection with the guilty plea, Williams agreed that the two drug transactions involved 61.5 grams of crack cocaine.
Judge McLaughlin scheduled sentencing for September 15, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. The law provides for a total sentence of forty years in prison, a fine of $2,000,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the criminal history of the defendant.
Williams was ordered to be detained in the Erie County Prison pending sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorney Marshall J. Piccinini is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The EAGLE task force, which is comprised of members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Erie Police Department conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Williams.
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The following volcanoes have either been raised in alert level or have maintained their alert status over the last 72 hours.
The four-tiered Volcano Alert Level uses the terms: Normal, Advisory, Watch, Warning. The Volcano Alert Levels are intended to inform people on the ground about a volcano's status and are issued in conjunction with the Aviation Color Code. Notifications are issued for both increasing and decreasing volcanic activity and are accompanied by text with details about the nature of the unrest or eruption and about potential or current hazards and likely outcomes.
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'Cumbal' (Columbia) - Variable amounts of gas emissions, mostly steam, were observed in the web camera located in Cumbal town (9 km SE) during periods of clear weather, which occurred during 20-21 July. The emissions originated from fumarolic fields located in the main crater on the NE side of Cumbal and Mundo Nuevo crater on the SW side.
'Galeras' (Columbia) - Gas emissions, observed by a network of video cameras, contained ash almost daily. Sulfur dioxide levels fluctuated. On 18 July observatory staff working near the crater reported a strong sulfur odor and fine ash falling on the upper N flank. Ashfall was also reported to the N in the Quebrada Maragato area.
'Ijen' (Eastern Java) - Although weather conditions at Ijen often prevented views of the volcano during 1-24 July, white plumes were occasionally observed rising 50-100 m above the crater. Seismicity indicated unrest, and along with visual observations, prompted CVGHM to raise the Alert Level to Orange.
'Batu Tara' (Indonesia) - Based on analyses of satellite imagery, the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) reported that ash plumes from Batu Tara rose to an altitude of 2.1 km (7,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted 45 km W during 22-23 July and 110 km N and NW on 24 July. Alert Level Orange.
'Cleveland' (Alaska) - Elevated surface temperatures from Cleveland were detected in satellite images during 18-20 July. Images revealed nothing unusual during 20-22 July. Cloud cover mostly prevented observations during 22-24 July; a steam plume rose from the crater on 23 July. The Volcano Alert Level Orange.
'Nevado Del Ruiz' (Colombia) - The Observatorio VulcanolĂłgico and SismolĂłgico de Manizales reported that during 22-24 July low levels of tremor were detected at Nevado del Ruiz, possibly associated with continuing gas and ash emissions. Satellite imagery and ground-based observations on 22 July showed high levels of sulfur dioxide emissions. The Alert Level Orange - Â "eruption likely within days or weeks".
Popocatepetl (Mexico) - During 18-23 July seismicity at Popocatépetl indicated continuing gas-and-ash emissions; cloud cover prevented observations during most of this period. Incandescence from the crater was periodically observed and sometimes increased with accompanying emissions. A steam-and-gas plume rose from the crater on 19 and 24 July, and ash-and-gas plumes were observed on 20 and 22 July. Activity increased for a period during 20-21 July; incandescent tephra was ejected 500 m above the crater and ashfall was reported in Ozumba (18 km W). The Alert Level Yellow.
Hidden Rift Discovered Beneath West Antarctica
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There are tens of thousands of donor-funded development projects worldwide, each governed by countless demands, guidelines and procedures designed to protect the projects and ensure that aid gets to the poor. Experience shows that capacity in developing countries can be improved and strengthened quickly when donors better coordinate their activities and harmonize their procedures.
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- The Inter-American Development Bank Group
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- International Fund for Agricultural Development
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- The OPEC Fund for International Development
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Hot diggity dog! A Taste of Chicago opens in East Naples
Augustina's A Taste of Chicago
Where: 3300 Davis Blvd. (at Airport-Pulling Road), East Naples
Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday
Cost: Starters $7-$10, entrees $4-$19, pizzas $16-$32
Information: 239-732-5394 or facebook.com/AugustinasBistroATasteOfChicago
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In the few weeks since Augustina's Bistro "A Taste of Chicago" has opened, it's been overrun by curious cruisers and East Naples restaurant-starved residents. You'd think the Kardashians had moved into the corner of Airport-Pulling Road and Davis Boulevard.
Yes, parking is limited. Yes, it's extremely busy. Yes, you might have to wait for your dog or pizza. Yes, the servers were at first challenged by the stampede. But the restaurant seems to be finding its sea legs after settling. It is good food, reasonably priced and casual.
Taste of Chicago only recently opened after repeated delays. It's hard to imagine what it cost young owner Rick Berec to remodel a gas station into his new restaurant. And with people stopping by every day to ask, "When will you open?" it's amazing he ever got open at all.
Berec had to find his footing. In addition to a variety of tasty dogs and pizza, he has added things like traditional bruschetta ($7) and a bountiful antipasto salad ($10) with Parma ham, Genoa salami, provolone cheese, black olive and pepperoncini. It's finished with cucumber and sliced tomatoes over mixed seasonal greens.
He has also added other salads, including a chilled hearts of Romaine Caesar salad with house-made dressing and oven-toasted croutons ($7) and a typical Caprese salad ($8) with vine-ripened tomato and sliced buffalo mozzarella.
The restaurant is decidedly Italian and the dishes reflect that. A few standouts remain from the original menu like the "Al Capone" sandwich, a play on the traditional Italian sub. Various Parmesan sandwiches, including Italian sausage and Chicago chicken sandwiches, are also popular for a heartier meal.
But Berec's food cart restaurant by the same name just north of the new restaurant earned a following for something that's not easy to get in Naples — a good, old-fashioned Chicago hot dog. During some lunchtimes, Berec would have a line of faithful dog lovers waiting for dogs with all manner of trimmings.
That line has grown around his new restaurant for the same reason. At Taste of Chicago, you can enjoy a dog of varying flavors and combinations with a Coke or cold beer in a nicely appointed space, outdoors or indoors.
My favorite at Taste of Chicago is the Chicago Dog, which is, Berec says, a Vienna hot dog that's been "dragged through the garden." The Chicago Dog is served on a steamed poppy seed bun and topped with ripe tomato, mustard, relish, chopped onion and flavorful tiny sport peppers. Then they slap a chilled kosher pickle on top and finish it with super-flavorful celery salt ($6; $4 a la carte). Augustina's chili dog is laden with house-made chili, cheddar and chopped Vidalia onion ($6; $4 a la carte) and the corn dog is perfectly simple with just ketchup and yellow mustard.
Beyond the dogs, there are grilled Italian sausage ($10), served on fresh-baked bread with roasted sweet peppers and jus, while Berec also offers a combo of beef and sausage ($12) served the same way. You can add hot peppers and mozzarella for 60 cents and $1, respectively.
Main courses are available after 5 p.m. They include entrees such as penne luna rosa served with chicken, mild Italian sausage and broccoli ($16), and chicken piccata ($16).
One entrée worth mentioning is the shrimp Sonoma, which is prepared with asparagus, sun-dried tomato, fresh garlic and shallots. It is served with artichoke hearts deglazed with white wine and finishes the dish with Béchamel sauce over angel hair pasta ($18). Another creative protein is the pan-roasted chicken with citrus butter and caper berry emulsion.
Vegetarian lasagna ($14) and several Parmesan dishes round out the entrees for $18. The most expensive thing on the menu is a New York strip steak, but it is $26 for a 12-ounce cut, so it's more than enough to share.
Taste of Chicago also serves Chicago-style pizza, which is a good family value — especially at lunch. Then you can get a pizza-slice combo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that includes two slices and a drink for $7.
Berec has also created a few specialty pies such as the "Bugs" Malone, a thin-crust pie with caramelized onion, sautéed peppers and grilled Italian sausage. It's topped with mozzarella and ricotta cheeses with chipped red pepper. The last two specialty pizzas include a white pizza with mushroom, chopped spinach and fresh garlic, fresh basil, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and "The Dominator," topped with everything.


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SparkRebel is a digital pinboard for beauty and fashion items. SparkRebel
A Power Play for Social Shoppers
Ok, Pinterest is cool and the fastest growing website of all time, but let's face it: the concept of pinning up images of favorite things to a digital pinboard is not really bringing in the Benjamins. Or at least not yet.
Yet the potential of social media sites to monetize—a la Facebook and apparently now Pinterest (which Fortune recently reported has hired Facebook's former longtime director of monetization, Tim Kendall)—has put dollar signs in the eyes of other entrepreneurs. Launching today is a social media fashion site called SparkRebel that has been six months in the works. Its founder, serial entrepreneur Elad Baron, is not coy about the fact that he wants the site to make money.
Members organize and share collections within 20 different fashion categories (from shoes and sunglasses to necklaces and nail polish), based on personal interests and share related content that they discover from around the Web. They can "spark" items that they like and "respark" items that others post.
"It's much more than just sparking items to connections," Baron told Portfolio.com. "We have much more of a commercial aspect to the site."
Which is to say that all these sparks are meant to ignite just one thing: spending. To that end, SparkRebel has, through an affiliate program, connected to thousands of brands and created a platform that presents products from a retailer's online catalog in visually appealing ways, sending prospective buyers to their sites to buy. It also has relationships with dozens of brands that have set up their own curated shops on the site.
To bring in the social element, SparkRebel users sign up on Facebook and "spark" items that they like so that it appears in their daily feed for their Facebook friends to see. The hope is that more users will be prompted to join through viral marketing.
While Baron acknowledges that the site has some commonalities with Pinterest, he says he was also inspired by other social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and the fashion site Polyvore, as well as by his own interest in photography and beautiful images. And, he points out, that there are plenty of differences between his site and the others.
While Pinterest shows items that reflect a broad range of consumer interests—from wedding gowns to recipes to gardening gear—SparkRebel has honed in on a vertical of fashion and beauty.
"We give the brands a platform [that puts their offerings on the site automatically], and we give them brand pages so that they customize them, and curate their own stuff," Baron says. Among the companies that have curated their own stores on SparkRebel is Ice.com, an online jewelry site, prom and wedding dress site Unique Vintage and Bag Borrow or Steal, which lets users rent accessories such as premium handbags. After the site launches, Baron hopes more brands will start curating their own items on it. If a SparkRebel user buys something from any of the brands, the company gets a cut of the transaction.
The New York City-based startup is backed by angel investors. Baron would not say how much they supplied, but said it took substantial amount of money to get the site off the ground because of the technical aspects.
A serial entrepreneur, Baron worked in enterprise software and hardware for 10 years including SoftLink Ltd. and Whale Communications (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), before moving into Internet companies with the online advice company BitWine, teen fashion site PlumWillow and most recently SparkRebel.
In SparkRebel, he sees even greater potential.
However, like Pinterest, the company is aware of the user-generated content and the copyright issues associated with images. While it's not an issue for the images posted by brands, it can be for user-generated content, which the site does not control.
"The owner of assets on the Internet generally don't mind if you use them for noncommercial purposes, and in our case, we make money only from the images we acquire from the affiliate network," he says. The jury's out on the degree to which sites have to worry about copyrighted material posted on their sites by users, but when there is a legal resolution "we will of course comply," Baron said.
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I was very happy to see the Nike/Apple running site done by R/GA win big at Cannes. It's a great idea because it actually provides the consumer with something of value that they can't get elsewhere on the web. The much ballyhooed "community-building" aspects are nice, but I suspect to the average user the best part of the site is that it's actually something they want to use. That's something most advertisers seem oblivious to. They're constantly creating sites that are either useless or that duplicate something available elsewhere in a more inviting format (which makes them doubly useless.) Because as with their advertising, they start off with "what do I want to say" rather than "what does my customer want to hear?" (On the web that translates into "what do I want to build" vs. "what might my customers like to have.")
What's interesting about the site is that it's something the client might have thought up themselves- it's a marketing idea as much as an advertising idea. So the fact that they are turning to agencies for ideas like that is a sign of our potential future value.
And now for the other side. The Tide campaign from Saatchi. Which won P&G it's first gold lion. It's a very clever campaign, unique idea, doesn't need words, nicely art directed. So what's my problem with it? Well, I just don't think most people are going to take the time necessary to get it. It's laundry detergent, a very low interest category. And you have to study the ads for a bit to actually get them. (The one above, for instance, if a mob of white-ish robots surrounding a smaller group of black-ish robots. I think.) Otherwise they look like a blow-up of fabric. And I suspect most people will leave it at that: blown up fabric with ketchup trapped inside. Got it.
It's the same problem I have with a lot of visual campaigns- the one for Bic with the inifinity symbol comes to mind. When you get it, there's a big "ah-ha." But most people won't be bothered to get it because most people actually try and avoid advertising. Now I'm sure the agencies argue that when people do figure it out, they tell their friends and it goes the offline equivalent of viral. But somehow I don't see that happening with a Tide ad.


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Sports Tourer versus Adv Tourer
Been a cruiser man , for most just about all the time i've road bikes , Honda cruiser , kawi , Harley , Cutrrently, rocket tourer .
Anyway the size and the bulk is something , ii have been used to ,Recently i boughty a 650 Vstrom , for long journeys it would be in a word HORRIBLE , but thats no concern because i did'nt buy it for long journeys and if they were on the cards , i would just alter it like i have done to all my cruisers .
But my question is this forgetting the fact that you have to spend on all bikes to get them comfortable , unless your lucky and find one to fit .
From what i've read most seem to be happy with there adv bike of choice , be it a tenere , or a v strom or whatever .
What i like about the v strom is its so easy to manouvre , light , yet plenty of power and a real joy to ride in the twisties , Thinking of selling both though and getting one bike . probably a v strom 1000 or a tenere , so i'll have them long tours covered has well , So heres the question how do the sports tourers compare , to the adv tourers ,
Your going to the blue mountains , your on a ride , to anywhere but always looking for them good twistie roads , example G.O.R, Tassie , basicly the roads that to get there , i like to go on the tourer but once there i wish i was on the v strom .
What would most do buy a bigger adv bike and make it comfortable , seat , risers ect , or go for say a st 1300 , fjr 1300 , and if need be spend to make it comfortable .
I love the fact that on this v strom i can now go down the dirt roads but i'm not a real dirt bike rider , i much prefer to ride the v strom in the twisty hills , because i throw it around easier than the rocket or harleys ..
Do the sports tourers handle the twisties better than the v stroms , teneres ect , or are they pretty much a much
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Idaho Falls
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If you look at the bikes used for the Ironbutt Rally, which pretty much is the extreme edge of what you are describing, you will see that the bikes of choice are are sport tourers, big ADV bikes, and wings/LT's. So I guess it is sixes?
Another thing you will see is virtually everyone whether on a FJR, GSA, S10, RT, or whatever will add risers, suspension, seat like a Mayer or Day Long, and other similar farkles. It seems that what works is what works.
I have an S10 and love "sport touring" and also love riding to the Yukon and Alaska and exploring dirt roads. Not to say I wont some day get and farkle up an FJR or ST1300 but for now I am enjoying riding
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Lower Alabama
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Just my two cent's worth, but I'm currently riding an '03 FJR1300 and I'm wishing I had another ADV beast bike.
Having owned both a WeeStrom and a VStrom, I preferred the smaller bike by a big margin. Less power but still a good engine, plus it felt much lighter than the 1K bike. For the occasional long trip, it worked fine.
I usually run out of talent before I run out of horsepower.
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Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Camarillo, CA
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1. The riding position is a key difference between them. I found I really prefer the upright dirt bike ergos, a very large factor for me.
2. I do prefer less plastic on the bike and having it not so susceptible to rock damage etc. if you do choose to go down a gravel/dirt road.
3. I have found the longer travel suspension of the ADV bikes to be a real benefit out in the real world of not so great roads.
4. The Sport Touring bikes do offer better fairing coverage but I've found that the coverage of the ADV bike is enough for me, both often need work to get the best windshield setup for you.
5. As far as handling goes I find the ADV bikes handle as well as the ST bikes. I could easily make the same time on my Vstrom 1k or Stelvio as a ST bike in the twisties, maybe better if the pavement gets a bit bumpy. For reference I have test ridden the following related current bikes (C14, FJR13, S10, Explorer, GSA, Stelvio, Multistrada) I rode a BMW R100RS for a long time and have ridden the K100RS. I haven't tried the ST13, or Triumph's new Trophy SE yet. I'd like to ride the Trophy SE, the Sprint GT had too radical of ergos for me. I'd like to try a Norge to see how it compares to my Stelvio. I've rode several different sport bikes over the years and just can't get into them.
I think a test ride on the bike(s) you are considering will tell you a great deal.
A lot of riders have traded in a FJR for a S10. Some Norge riders have switched to Stelvios, the riding position is a key factor for many I've read about or known of, it was certainly mine.
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On top of the all the good comments made above, I would just add that another criterion is also engine configuration. Sport tourers tend to have 4cyl engines, adventure bikes tend to have 2cyl engines. Exceptions apply of course. The former are good for power, the latter for grunt. You appreciate the first on wide curves and long straights and the second on tighter and sportier conditions. In general, that is.
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yeah damn right it´s an awful touring machine. Can´t understand, how I once went half-way around the planet on one with my missus sitting on the back, must´ve been on drugs or something, cos we both seemed to have a good time riding that POS for six months.....
nOW nOW Pecha be nice , after all I did say .......But my question is this forgetting the fact that you have to spend on all bikes to get them comfortable , unless your lucky and find one to fit...... I've spent lots of money on bikes getting them comfortable , its what you do ,, my rocket tourer , has a differnet screen ,, risers ,, cables because of the risers , touring seat , riders backrest , highway bars ,, all to make it fit and be comfortable .
Theres no doubt doing the same to the v strom will make it comfortable , its what you do , UNLESS your lucky enough to buy of the rack and be happy . .
Thanks for the rep[lies , i think you guys are only re afirming what i suspected , the adv bike is the way to go , i like the upright style , i don't need massive amounts of power , the rocket has plenty , which i don't use , I'm loving the easy handle style and love carving up the twisties ,,
so all in all i think its wait for the new v strom , then compare it to the tenere
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Location: Melbourne
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I recently traded my Tiger 800 for a KTM 1190 R Adv because I wanted something with a bit more touring grunt and still have decent off-road capability, as I love doing gravel and dirt back roads and the occasional double track or technical trail. Haven't had it long but so far it's exceeded my expectations. The 1190 really is part sports tourer that can mix it with the sports bikes and part off-road demon, so your get best of both worlds with minimum of compromise. Unbelievable in the twisties and seems very stable off the tarmac. A little bit heavier than a mid size adv bike but lighter than its peers. Expensive but pretty well kitted out from the get go. Throw on a bash plate, radiator guard and a decent air filter kit and you're good.
The Tiger was a great bike and very good on and off the tarmac, but I had to push it a bit and it left me wanting more at times.
Currently riding 2013 KTM 1190 Adv R
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So, no, the Sports tourers won't be much better, just more uncomfortable by design.
I've had no problems touring Oz on the DL 650, admitted, changed the bars, modded the seat, but unless you are really lucky you won't get a bike that actually fits well without mods.
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I traded my FJR1300 for a Guzzi Stelvio NTX for my touring duties. I still use by KTM 990ADV for some touring and any off-road duties. I love the ADV ride over the sporty ride of the FJR. I don't miss the other 50HP, either.
The Stelvio is a fantastic touring rig. Comfortable, handles great, upright seating, 8.5 gallon tank for 300mile+ range. The minivan-men tend to give you a wide berth when you are going down the freeway at 80 standing on the pegs to move around. I'd like to see what I look like when I do that.
KTM is an OK touring rig and comfortable with a Rezco seat. Range without safari tanks is 150 miles (ick). wind protection is limited. It does haul ass, lighter, and is a tank off road, but you give up a little on road for that.
The Stelvio could be my do-all bike, but it is heavy-ish. Not at all unlike a GSA (not the factory weight lies, real weight with all the gear). I love the ADV riding position, so that is my touring rig choice until I need to be 24" off the ground.
I could see touring on a 650Vstrom. Great bike, great motor as long as your own personal dimensions are within reason. Not a great bike for two girthy people.
A Ducati, some Guzzi, a KTM, and a Excelsior...Indian in resto.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2013
Location: New England USA
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Adv bike
It's going to be hard to get anything other than adv bike recommendations on an adv bike forum. Many folks have traded in fjr1300 etc to end up on what was for them the right choice.
For on road use, keeping up should not be an issue. Reality is a super sport does 90mph in first gear and is useless on the street. Take it to a track and then you will have trouble keeping up, on streets bikes today are so good it's a different story.
What I have found after much research is that over thinking can be a bad thing. Every forum has good and bad opinions on every bike. When you find the right bike and fall in love - it's about grinning every time you ride the bike.
I am lusting after the new v strom 1k, but won't know for sure until I see it and drive it. My neighbor has the s10 and is tickled pink and rides it everywhere. I put miles on it and found for me it was bland and boring though it checks a lot of boxes. Course I prefer knobbies on the street because it's just funner.
Like most other folks on the adv forum I think adv bikes are the perfect mix for the real world.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2013
Location: Greenbrier, Arkansas
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I made the mistake of buying a 2013 FJR before really doing a thorough evaluation of what riding I would be doing. Sold it after 1200 miles and a test ride on a Super Tenere. Definitely the right move for me. I'm much more comfortable and have more fun on the S10 everywhere...twisties, highways, interstate, around town and now I dont have to stop when the roads turns to dirt. Love it...best move I ever made. My pillion actually says the S10 is more comfortable than the FJR also. I'm hooked and will always have an Adv Bike in my stable!
Joined: Jun 2013
Location: adelaide aust
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Most answers just seem to confirm what i was already thinking , I suppose its true an adv forum will probably favor the adv bikes , but on this forum most seem to be a bit older and owned lots of different bikes , and less likely to be rattling the sabres just because they own one.
Like i said all the bikes i've owned have had money spent getting them to fit , but the v strom when i'm in the twistes fits like a glove or it could be i'm enjoying it so much i forget the ergonomics .
But when i jump on that big elephant the rocket , Jeez its comfortable , so i'm going to wait for the next v strom to come out and then compare it to the tenere , and with a bit of luck i could end up with the perfect bike , or just keep the perfect combination .
Joined: Aug 2012
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You might want to add that one to your check out list.
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I'll weight in...
Having done the BMW 1150 GSA, a DL1k, DL650, and KTM990 here is my take.
All of the prior comments and observations are correct. And wrong..
It is all a perspective thing.
Best advice I can give to someone in your shoes is look at what works best for you.
I cant stand the cruiser riding position, I hate having my feet in front of me. You really cant ask for advice on something like this when you have already had so much exposure to so many different bike.
What it comes down to is what is comfortable for you, in other words you have to decide what is best for your kind of riding.
I have 120K miles on the DL650 right now and use it to commute for work and such. It runs out of poop two up and any time I get above 5K in altitude. If I was looking to tour that would be the reason not to take it, lack of power.
That said you have a lot of choices out there for alternatives, it just comes down to whats comfortable and within the wallets reach.
My .02
Good luck in your search...
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