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NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – In reaction to the death of 26 students and teachers Friday in Newtown, Conn., families with children in the Northbridge School System received Connect Ed emails Saturday reassuring them that emergency procedures are in place to protect children and staff.
However, school administrators will meet Monday with Police Chief Walter Warchol to discuss security procedures and discuss ways they might be improved, Schools Superintendent Nancy Spitulnik said.
At times like this, everyone questions whether something like the Newtown tragedy could happen in the community, Spitulnik said in the letter.
"The doors to all schools are locked at all times during school hours, and anyone entering must be buzzed in by the office. Using the security cameras at the front doors, we will be even more vigilant about who is coming into our buildings," Spitulnik said.
"Procedures also include a lockdown protocol in the event of an intruder, which we practice on a regular basis," she said.
At the meeting with the Police Department, Spitulnik said they will review all safety protocols and procedures to make sure everything is being done to keep schools safe.
"While it's almost impossible to foresee every random act of violence, we will continue to work to do everything within our power to maintain a safe and secure learning environment," Spitulnik told parents.
In addition to the letter, parents received guidelines on how to talk to their children about violence and tips on how to reassure them that they are safe. A copy of the guidelines is attached below.
"As a parent, I know it's also important to talk to our children about events like this, answer their questions, and reassure them that our community is a safe place," Spitunlik said.
The information also has been posted on the school website.
Spitunlik told parents that, if their children are having particular fears, they should contact the child's teacher, principal or school counselor Monday and they will do what they can to help.
"Events like this school shooting remind us that life is precious, and that the most important things in the world are family, friends and a supportive community. Reach out and give extra hugs to the important people in your life this weekend," Spitunlik said
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Book explores leader lifeNovember 14,2012The name Robespierre is usually associated with that part of the French Revolution called the Terror. That was when hundreds were sent to the guillotine on charges of disloyalty to the country. A biography of Robespierre out this year makes a pretty good point that, while Robespierre was prominent during that time in the 1790s, he was not the bloodthirsty tyrant he was sometimes depicted as being.
The author, Peter McPhee, is a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia. He has written extensively about French history and, in research for this biography, managed to read nearly everything Robespierre wrote, from speeches in Paris gatherings to personal letters to friends and family members. He also studied letters that various people wrote to him.
Maximilien Robespierre was born May 6, 1758, in the province of Artois in northwestern France. It was a territory that had been disputed between France and the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) over the centuries, and had only been returned officially to France about 100 years before the birth of Robespierre. (His own first name, incidentally, was spelled with an e as the next-to-last letter). His mother was five months pregnant before his parents were married and, while it didnt have any great effect on his career, the knowledge of that situation was commonly discussed in the family, so he must have known about it.
After studying in Artois and Paris, Robespierre became a lawyer and, in his early 30s, was one of the delegates to the national assembly called to decide the direction of French activity in 1789. He was a member of the so-called Third Estate, as the commoners were called. A letter to a friend in Artois describes his satisfaction at action of the commoners in refusing to meet separately from the aristocrats and church delegates.
Robespierre joined a political club called the Jacobins and, over the succeeding years, became more and more prominent in that group. At a time when some of the delegates were seeking to use their positions for personal gain, Robespierre acquired the nickname of Incorruptible. That quality carried over into his political beliefs, when he held to certain standards and refused to deviate from them.
The French Revolution is replete with instances where disagreement became disloyalty, or was at least considered as such by those in charge. In this respect, Robespierre foreshadowed another revolutionary, Lenin, who also held strong political opinions and refused to compromise by accepting views different from his. In this analogy, Napoleon would become the precursor of Stalin, adapting revolutionary principles for his own aggrandizement.
Some of Robespierres friends tried to get him to agree that other opinions might have some validity. One woman wrote a chastisement which McPhee, the biographer, quotes at length:
I have never found you to be esteemed the less for seeing things from a different point of view. I have bemoaned your prejudices ... you have avoided me, you have told me nothing and in this interval you raise public opinion against those who do not think like you. I am too frank not to acknowledge that this course did not seem right to me.
During the time of Robespierres prominence, foreign armies had invaded France from the east and a revolt had broken out in Brittany, so, in his mind, the question of national patriotism became linked to the questions of personal political belief.
By 1794, some of Robespierres associates began to fear that they might incur his displeasure, so a plot developed and he and several of his close associates were quickly tried and executed. Those plotters spent some time blaming Robespierre for some of the actions they themselves had perpetrated, thus contributing to his reputation as a terrible person.
One of the nice things McPhee does in his narrative is correlate the dates that events took place between the traditional calendar months and the months of the calendar produced by the revolutionaries. For those of us not fully acquainted with the month names of the latter, it helps to know that something took place on July 26 when that is included in parentheses after the month-name of the new calendar.
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Print Exclusive: Report gives region good mark for high-tech growth
HUNTINGTON — The Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan area lost a little ground over the past year in a newly released economic development survey that ranks the nation's 200 largest metropolitan areas.
The Tri-State ranked 110th in the Milken Institute's 2012 Best-Performing Cities, a drop from 88th in 2011, but it was strong in one particular area — growth of high tech output. The Huntington-Ashland metro ranked second among 200 cities in the category of high-tech sector output growth, relative to the U.S. average from 2006 to 2011.
The local metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population of 287,599 and covers Cabell and Wayne counties in West Virginia, Lawrence County, Ohio, and Boyd, Carter and Greenup counties in Kentucky.
The Morgantown metro area is lumped in with smaller cities and ranked second in the nation on the Milken report.
Considering that Huntington-Ashland is up against the largest metropolitan areas in the country and that it outranked the Charleston metro area, several metros in Ohio and even areas like Jacksonville, Fla., the 110th ranking is noteworthy, said Bill Hannah, president and CEO of the Ashland Alliance.
"That we're 110th out of 200 of what they consider large MSAs is significant," Hannah said.
Looking forward, Tri-State development organizations such as the Ashland Alliance, Huntington Area Development Council, the Huntington Regional Chamber and the Lawrence County Chamber and Development Corporation, should remember that collectively they have more to sell, Hannah added.
"People on the outside are looking at us as a region. We need to look at ourselves that way and consider ourselves that way," he said.
Hannah said the region especially has more healthcare muscle than some might realize.
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Smoothing A Way Out Of School, 18 February 2008, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut
Home-schooling advocates will be watching with interest when legislators hold a public hearing Tuesday on a bill that would change the way parents withdraw their children from public school.
The proposed law would require parents to send a certified letter informing their local school superintendent of their decision, and would mandate that the school board immediately "deem the child withdrawn from school."
State statutes do not specify how children under 16 are withdrawn from a public school.
Home-School Support, 20 February 2008, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut
For the past two years, Formichella said she has hidden in her house, shouting through the door when people knock because she fears the person on the other side might be a state social worker coming to take her children away.
Within weeks of pulling her children from the public school system in 2006, Formichella received a letter from the local school superintendent requiring her to sign a form and submit more evidence that her children were being properly schooled. If she didn't, Formichella said, she would risk a neglect investigation by the state Department of Children and Families. Formichella was frightened at first, then incensed.
"That's a heinous, heinous thing to threaten a parent," Formichella said outside the hearing room Tuesday. "And [the school superintendent] knew me!"
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Free agents: New teams for Granderson, Cano?THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | December 07,2013NEW YORK Free-agent outfielder Curtis Granderson and the New York Mets have agreed to a $60 million, four-year contract, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the deal was pending a physical and no announcement had been made.
Granderson, who turns 33 in March, comes over from the crosstown Yankees and gives the Mets much-needed power in their punchless outfield. He batted .229 with seven homers and 15 RBIs this year, when injuries limited him to 61 games. But he surpassed 40 homers in each of his previous two seasons in pinstripes.
The move marks general manager Sandy Aldersons most expensive free-agent signing by far after three years of bargain shopping as the Mets rebuilt.
A three-time All-Star, Granderson provides proven thump from the left side of the plate to complement right-handed hitter David Wright in a lineup that managed only 130 home runs last season tied for 25th among 30 major league teams.
New York also signed free-agent outfielder Chris Young to a $7.25 million, one-year contract this offseason. Granderson has played center field most of his career but spent time in both left and right last season. He figures to fill a corner spot with the Mets, who plan to use defensive whiz Juan Lagares or Young in center.
New Yorks outfield combined to hit .238 this year (29th in the majors) with 50 homers (tied for 24th) and 209 RBIs (16th), according to STATS. The group also includes speedy left fielder Eric Young Jr., the NL stolen base leader.
Granderson turned down a $14.1 million qualifying offer from the Yankees to test the open market. The Mets, however, would not have to forfeit their first-round draft pick to sign him because they own the 10th overall selection. The top 10 picks are protected.
Granderson hit 41 home runs in 2011, when he led the American League in runs (136) and RBIs (119) and finished fourth in MVP voting. He had 43 homers and 106 RBIs in 2012, taking advantage of the short right-field porch at Yankee Stadium.
The Mets hope his power will translate to spacious Citi Field, where its more difficult to clear the fences.
Grandersons numbers have declined each of the past three years, down to a .317 on-base percentage and .407 slugging mark last season. He also is prone to strikeouts whiffing 364 times from 2011-2012 and joins a Mets lineup that fanned 1,384 times this year, tied with Atlanta for most in the NL.
But his bat is a significant upgrade for the Mets, starved for offense following their fifth straight losing season since moving into Citi Field. Now, the club can focus on other areas of need shortstop, first base, the pitching staff heading into baseballs winter meetings next week.
Granderson was on the disabled list twice last season after getting hit by pitches.
He missed the first 38 games after breaking his right wrist when he was plunked by Toronto left-hander J.A. Happ in his first plate appearance of spring training on Feb. 24. Not long after he returned, Granderson broke a knuckle on his left pinkie when he was hit at Tampa Bay on May 24.
That kept him out until August, making Granderson one of several Yankees stars to be sidelined much of the season. New York was unable to overcome all the injuries, missing the playoffs for only the second time in 19 years.
Grandersons agreement with the Mets was first reported by the New York Post.
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SEATTLE The Seattle Mariners were staying quiet on Friday about a potential major deal with free agent second baseman Robinson Cano.
The team issued a statement in response to an ESPN report that Cano and the Mariners had reached agreement on a $240 million, 10-year contract pending a physical.
We are not able to confirm any news regarding Robinson Cano at this time. If and when an agreement is completed and finalized, we will announce, the statement read.
Canos reported deal would be one of the largest in baseball history and a coup for a franchise thats gone a dozen years since making the postseason. It would bring creditability for the Mariners after striking out in the past in their pursuits of big free agents like Prince Fielder and Josh Hamilton.
Cano is a five-time All-Star second baseman for the Yankees. Last season, he played in 160 games, hitting .314 with 27 homers and 107 RBIs, while posting a .899 on-base plus slugging percentage. He finished fifth in American League most valuable player voting.
Seattle has plenty of financial room to make a large cash commitment. The only major contracts on the books for 2014 are for pitchers Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma. Helping provide room to increase the payroll is the Mariners investment in a new regional sports network that is expected to net Seattle significant revenue in the coming years and its not a surprise the club was able to make such a staggering offer.
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The combination of dream-like surreality and blossoming indie pop is not a new one, but Philadelphia's Creeping Weeds get the mix of wistful dislocation, gentle melancholy, and jangling, enveloping melodies just right on their debut album. Whether pursuing a soft piano-plinking elegy, as on the opening "Part of a Dream", spinning out glorious summer pop epiphanies of "Eternity Is a Long Time", or cranking the slow-rocking, echo-laden drift of "Billy Pilgrim", the band incorporates a subtle layer of existential angst into its tunes. Alternative, better realities are just around the warped corners of the Creeping Weeds universe, but they are tantalizingly out of reach. As the band puts it in "Billy Pilgrim", "Each time you wake up to find / You're still alive / Stuck in real time / Without a trap door." You might catch a whiff of Modest Mouse here and there in the stuttery rhythms that poke through wafting atmospheres of dream pop, or of Pavement in the slurred, casual intelligence of the words and slackened fire of guitars. Still, Creeping Weeds makes a very strong, very individual statement in this varied set of songs, which runs from psyche-glazed slow rides ("The Desert") to skewed folk melodies ("Old Country Home"). Definitely a band to watch.
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The ergo design of these will change your ride for ever! Riding with simple round grips are not near as comfortable once you make the switch. When you think about it, we are making three points of contact with the bike (Seat/pedals/grips), yet the advancement in grip design has been very slow in coming.
I use the small size and I am 5'7". I had a pair of the large at one time, but found them a little to big for my grip, which meant sore hands, so choose the size wisely! I've had the Ergon GA1's as well and seem to like these a bit better.
That looks like the Ergon GP1 grip.
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Posted at: 05/16/2013 10:15 PM
Updated at: 05/16/2013 11:54 PM
By: WNYT Staff
ALBANY - Just over 9,000 runners took part in the the 34th annual CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge Thursday night in downtown Albany.
Alex Leuchanka, 21, a former University at Albany track and field standout, was the first male to cross the finish line in 17:33 minutes.
Kristina Gracey, a resident in family practice and part of the Albany Medical Center team ,was the first female finisher in 20:50.
Four hundred fifty organizations competed.
One month and a day after the Boston Marathon bombings, security in downtown Albany was beefed up significantly for the race and thousands of Capital Region residents were there to experience the impactful aftermath of Boston.
What was seen in downtown Albany Thursday night was just the start, but not the start of another road race. It was the start of seeing new public security measures that all Americans will now be living with.
"We don't have any credible threats," said Albany police spokesman Steve Smith. "But the important thing is to be vigilant. Not just law enforcement. We're asking everyone here to be vigilant."
Along with the vigilance came bomb-sniffing dogs and bicycle-riding and horse mounted police. There were barriers along much of the race course. There were police at nearly every street corner. Backpacks and coolers were prohibited.
"We've seen half the Albany Police Department out today so I feel very safe," said Robert Shoss, a runner from Albany.
"I just feel a lot safer now that they're making sure no one brings backpacks or anything like that," said Jessica Dunton, also an Albany resident. "I love running. I've been running my whole life. I don't want to worry about it."
"There's a lot of security and what also makes me feel secure is that they did catch the two at the Boston Marathon," said Wendy Dawkins of Albany. "If they had not caught them I'd be nervous that anyone who was perpetrating anything would say, "They didn't catch them, they won't catch us."
Race director Mark Warner says Boston appears to have had little if any affect on the number of runners in this year's event, still more than 9,000 strong.
"I think most people realize the risk is low, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't be aware of it," Warner asserted.
Leslie Forbert Miller of Saratoga Springs was running to honor her son, Pfc. David Taylor Miller, killed in action in Afghanistan in July 2010 and now buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
"I think one of the most important things as Americans is to step out, to be in public, to show no fear for anything in our own country," Forbert Miller opined. "That's what all our guys are fighting for in Afghanistan and all the wars have been about. If we can't get out here and enjoy it and be part of our country, what's the point?"
Even though Albany police stood ready to search every person if necessary, it never came to that. Virtually everyone seen by NewsChannel 13 Thursday night heeded the police warning and left their backpacks behind.


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By Warren Cowan | 08 January 2014 |
Vast fortunes are spent every year by all the major car manufacturers, pushing a brand image, selling form, function and technology as much as 'the dream' of ownership through television, radio, press and online. But, sooner or later, the customer has to interact with an independent third party, i.e. visit a dealer's website, go into a dealership and interact with the dealer.
Porsche and Jaguar roar into the 10 most searched for cars, online
By Krishna Rao | 18 December 2013 |
Christmas is just around the bend and analysis of the latest automotive search data from Greenlight reveals Porsche and Jaguar have raced Toyota and Citroen off the track to become two of the ten most popular car brands that UK consumers have been eyeing up, online.
Audi and BMW top consumer searches for cars, online
By Krishna Rao | 11 September 2013 |
In excess of 10.7 million searches were made by UK consumers looking for cars online in August, reveals a report just published by Greenlight. Audi and BMW dominated searches for cars. However, Vauxhall monopolised those pertaining to dealers.
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Northern California Trainer Rogers Suspended
Swen finished third in the third race at Bay Meadows on August 7, 2003. The stewards disqualified Swen and ordered the purse redistributed for the race.
In accordance with a stipulated agreement with the California Horse Racing Board, Rogers was issued a 60-day suspension and $3,000 fine, with 30 days of the suspension and $1,500 of the fine stayed for one year conditioned on one year of probation. Rogers is denied access to all facilities within the CHRB's jurisdiction during the suspension, which runs from Dec. 19 through Jan. 17.
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Washington -- On Wednesday, U.S Senator Ron Johnson (R) attended his first hearing as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and left the Badger State red-faced after his political theatrics with regard to the questioning of outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the Benghazi attack.
While questioning Clinton, Johnson said:
"We were misled that there were supposedly protests and that something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that, and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact, and the American people could have known that within days and they didn't know that,"
Clinton responded authoritatively:
"With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they'd they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator.
"Now honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The I.C. (Intelligence Community) has a process I understand going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. But you know, to be clear it is from my perspective less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we'll figure out what was going on the meantime."
New revelations surfaced in the days following the terse verbal volley. (Virtually assured) Incoming U.S Secretary of State John Kerry chastised Johnson for speaking out of turn when Johnson was found to not have reviewed tapes or information regarding the attack. Reported by Daily Kos contributor Hunter
Kerry: I think it was very clear… were you at the briefing with the tapes?
Johnson: No.
Kerry: Well, there was a briefing with tapes, which we all saw—those of us who went to it—uh, which made it crystal clear. We sat for several hours with our intel folks, who described to us precisely what we were seeing. We saw all of the events unfold. We had a very complete and detailed description.
Johnson's admitted lack of knowledge and information to the attack made clear he was more interested in scoring political points rather than obtaining the information being sought during the hearings – So clear, that MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews made it a point to publically eviscerate the Wisconsin Senator when he said:
"That was kind of a piss-ant performance by that guy from Wisconsin. I don't know how these guys get over the wall into American politics. I think they won in a very low turnout elections in Wisconsin. I think everybody should run now in national elections, forced to go into elections where there's a lot of voters, so you don't get this weird, warped sense of people coming who supposedly represent the American electorate. That guy doesn't represent anybody.
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Climate change in California
California has taken legislative steps towards reducing the possible effects of climate change by incentives and plans for clean cars, renewable energy, and stringent caps on big polluting industries.[1]
Scoping Plan[edit]
Development of the Scoping Plan is a central requirement of AB 32, that calls on California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.[2]
The comprehensive approach includes both new and existing measures in every sector of California's economy.
It includes a series of proposals that would become law in 2012, with some measures going into effect two years earlier. The initiatives include implementing a cap-and-trade program on carbon dioxide emissions (that will be developed in conjunction with the Western Climate Initiative, to create a regional carbon market) that will require buildings and appliances to use less energy, oil companies to make cleaner fuels, and utilities to provide a third of their energy from renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal power and proposes to expand and strengthen existing energy efficiency programs. The Plan will also encourage development of walkable cities with shorter commutes, high-speed rail as an alternative to air travel, and will require more hybrid vehicles to move goods and people, following the implementation of the California Clean Car law (the Pavley standards).[3]
Several additional initiatives and measures play important roles in reaching the required reductions under AB 32. These include:[2]
- full deployment of the Million Solar Roofs initiative.
- a high-speed rail.
- water-related energy efficiency measures; and
- a range of regulations to reduce emissions from trucks and from ships docked in California ports.
California has enacted climate change legislation & executive orders:[4]
- Assembly Bill (AB) 32- California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 - Pavley, Statutes of 2006, Chapter 488.
- Governor Schwarzenegger Executive Order S-3-05, June 1, 2005.
- Assembly Bill (AB) 1007, (Pavley, Chapter 371, Statutes of 2005) requires the California Energy Commission to prepare a state plan to increase the use of alternative fuels in California (Alternative Fuels Plan).
- Senate Bill (SB) 812 - Statutes of 2002, Chapter 423.
- SB 527 (October 2001).
- SB 1204 (2014): the bill establishes a fund that will technology for zero- and near-zero-emission trucks, buses and off-road vehicles.[5]
Similar laws[edit]
States with similar limits are: New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, and New Jersey.
In 2006, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed interest in California joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative[6]
AB 1493[edit]
It is the successor bill to AB 1058, was enacted on July 22, 2002 by Governor Gray Davis and mandates that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) develop and implement greenhouse gas limits for vehicles beginning in model year 2009. Subsequently, as directed by AB 1493, the CARB on September 24, 2004 approved regulations limiting the amount of greenhouse gas that may be released from new passenger cars, SUVs and pickup trucks sold in California in model year 2009. The automotive industry has sued, claiming this is simply a way to impose gas mileage standards on automobiles—a field already preempted by federal rules. The case is working its way through the court system. The CARB staff's analysis has concluded that the new rules will result in savings for vehicle buyers through lower fuel expenses that will more than offset the increased initial costs of new vehicles. Critics claim that these will only work if serious reductions are made in automobile and truck sizes.
California standard uses grams per mile average CO2-equivalent value, which means that emissions of the various greenhouse gases are weighted to take into account their differing impact on climate change (i.e. maximum 323 g/mi (200 g/km) in 2009 and 205 g/mi (127 g/km) in 2016 for passenger cars).[7]
A federal district court ruled on December 12, 2007 that the state and federal laws could co-exist,[8] but on December 19, the EPA denied California's request for the necessary waiver to implement its law, saying the local emissions had little effect on global warming, and that the conditions in California were not "compelling and extraordinary" as required by law.[9] California intends to sue the EPA to force reconsideration, given the precedent of Massachusetts v. EPA, which ruled that carbon dioxide was an air pollutant which EPA had authority to regulate.[10][11] Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Washington are also interested in adopting California's automobile emissions standards.
AB 32[edit]
In September 2006, the California State Legislature passed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006[12] with the goal of reducing man-made California greenhouse gas emissions (1.4% of global emissions in 2004[13]) back to 1990 emission levels by 2020. The legislation grants the Air Resource Board extraordinary powers to set policies, draw up regulations, lead the enforcement effort, levy fines and fees to finance it and punish violators. The technical and regulatory requirements are far reaching. Some of this sweeping regulation is being challenged in the courts.[citation needed] The law is intended to make low-carbon technology more attractive, and promote its adoption in production in California.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program[edit]
The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program (abbreviated as AFVIP,[14] also known as Fueling Alternatives) is funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), offered throughout the State of California and administered by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE).[15] A total of $25 million [16] was appropriated to promote the use and production of vehicles capable of running on alternative fuels. Such alternative energy sources include Compressed Natural Gas and electricity via all-electric vehicles and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).[17][18]
Vehicles using alternative fuels include Global Electric Motorcars, Vectrix and ZAP vehicles. The 2008 Tesla Roadster and 2008 ZENN neighborhood electric vehicle are also on the list of vehicles eligible for rebates under the Fueling Alternatives.
PHEV Research Center[edit]
The PHEV Research Center was launched with fundings from the California Air Resources Board. Fueling Alternatives includes, among others, Global Electric Motorcars, Vectrix and ZAP vehicles. The 2008 Tesla Roadster and 2008 ZENN neighborhood electric vehicle have been added to the list of vehicles eligible for rebates under the Fueling Alternatives [13] .
Vehicle Global Warming Score Labels[edit]
California is making it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores, figures that take into account emissions from vehicle use and fuel production. The law requiring the labels goes into effect at the start of next year for all 2009 model cars, though its expected the labels will be popping up on cars in 2008.[19]
Extreme weather incidents[edit]
A 2011 study projected that the frequency and magnitude of both maximum and minimum temperatures would increase significantly as a result of global warming.[20]
According to the NOAA Drought Task Force report of 2014, the drought is not part of a long-term change in precipitation and was a symptom of the natural variability, although the record-high temperature that accompanied the recent drought may have been amplified due to human-induced global warming.[21]
By February 1, 2014, Felicia Marcus, the chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, claimed the 2014 drought "is the most serious drought we've faced in modern times." Marcus argues that California needs to "conserve what little we have to use later in the year, or even in future years."[22] A 16-year study of how precipitation affects groundwater dependent vegetation was conducted and the results showed that the alkali meadow vegetation plant community is groundwater dependent, and that this characteristic buffers the system from the effects of drought. This means that certain plants are actually able to help prevent droughts, but can only do so if groundwater is maintained at a certain level. One of the reasons that the study was conducted was to ascertain whether the Owens Valley region of California could handle any practiced or proposed groundwater extraction.[23]
In February 2014, the California drought reached for the first time in the 54-year history of the State Water Project to shortages of water supplies. The California Department of Water Resources planned to reduce water allocations to farmland by 50%. California's 38 million residents experienced 13 consecutive months of drought. This is particularly an issue for the state's 44.7 billion dollar agricultural industry, which produces nearly half of all U.S.-grown fruits, nuts, and vegetables.[24] This is after the LADWP expected to increase the pumping of aquifers to about 1·36 ×10 8m3 a year (City of Los Angeles and County of Inyo 1991) but the United States Geological Survey(USGS) has reported that a sustainable pumping rate is a third lower, at around 8·64 ×10 7m³ a year (Danskin 1998).
According to NASA, tests published in January 2014 have shown that the twelve months prior to January 2014 were the driest on record, since record-keeping began in 1885.[25] In mid-May 2014, the US Drought Monitor analysis showed that 100% of California was already under "Severe Drought" or a higher level.[citation needed] The 2014 drought is considered the worst in 1,200 years.[26][27][28] As California received additional rainfall in December 2014, this was not expected to end California's drought, and trees were at risk due to weakened roots.[29][30] Experts also noted that due to the soil's extreme dryness and low groundwater levels, it would take significantly more rain–at least five more similar storms–to end the drought.[31][32] On December 18, it was revealed that almost all of the Exceptional Drought in Northern California had been reduced to Extreme Drought severity, as a result of the winter storms that brought rain to California during December.[33]
In 2014, a study by the UC California Institute for Water Resources was released which found that rainfall has been abnormally high since the late 1800s.[34] According to Professor Scott Stine from Cal State East Bay, California experienced its wettest period in seven thousand years during the 20th century, according to his study of tree stumps around Mono Lake, Tenaya Lake and other parts of the Sierra Nevada.[35] Stine is quoted as saying in the National Geographic Magazine, "What we have come to consider normal is profoundly wet,".[36] This view was backed by Lynn Ingram of University of California, Berkeley.[37]
Lack of water due to low snowpack prompted California governor Jerry Brown to order a series of stringent mandatory water restrictions on April 1, 2015.[38] Brown ordered cities and towns to reduce their water usage by 25%, which would amount in 1.5 million acre-feet of water in the nine months following the mandate in April. However, Brown's water restrictions have been criticized because they have not been applied to California's agricultural sector, which uses around 80% of California's developed water supply.[39]
See also[edit]
- 2012–15 North American drought
- 2014 California wildfires
- 2013 California wildfires
- California Air Resources Board
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- CoolCalifornia.org
- Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
- Pollution in California
- California exodus
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/science/earth/in-california-a-grand-experiment-to-rein-in-climate-change.html
- ^ a b Press Release: 2008-06-26 Plan to slash greenhouse gases sets state on path to clean energy, new economic growth
- ^ ENN: California unveils ambitious climate plan
- ^ Documents About Climate Change and California
- ^ "SB-1204 California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program.". CA gov. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Executive Order to Begin Implementation of Landmark Greenhouse Gas Legislation; Focuses on Developing Market-Based Solutions - Press Release by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ^ Notice, the final rulemaking package was approved by OAL and filed with the Secretary of the State on September 15, 2005 -it became operative on October 15, 2005- and Final Regulation Order that amends the California Code of Regulations.
- ^ http://www.foe.org/pavley/12.12.07_Pavley_Ruling.pdf
- ^ EPA Rejects California's Greenhouse Gas Tailpipe Law
- ^ Massachusetts vs. EPA, 05-1120 - full text
- ^ Ruling helps California battle global warming
- ^ Text of AB 32
- ^ Brown, Susan J. "California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends and Selected Policy Options" (Slide presentation). California Energy Commission. [1]
- ^ "Alternative Fuel Incentive Program". ARB.ca.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ "Center For Sustainability Energy". CCSE. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ "ARB Public Meeting For Allocation of $25 Million". ARB.ca.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ California Center for Sustainable Energy : Fueling Alternatives Rebate Countdown
- ^ California Center for Sustainable Energy : Fueling Alternatives
- ^ Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » New California Law: New Cars Must Have Global Warming Rating Sticker
- ^ Mastrandrea, M. D.; Tebaldi, C.; Snyder, C. W.; Schneider, S. H. (2011). "Current and future impacts of extreme events in California". Climatic Change 109: 43. doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0311-6.
- ^ http://cpo.noaa.gov/ClimatePrograms/ModelingAnalysisPredictionsandProjections/MAPPTaskForces/DroughtTaskForce/CaliforniaDrought.aspx
- ^ "Amid Drought, California Agency Won't Allot Water.". Daily Herald – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) (Arlington Heights, IL). February 1, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ http://web.b.ebscohost.com.une.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=15aacfd0-8d0b-4a54-9807-b8ae743b0f16%40sessionmgr115&vid=4&hid=118
- ^ "California drought: no relief in sight, Drinking water and farming are at risk from state's ongoing drought, but forecasts offer little hope". The Guardian (UK). February 3, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ Drought Stressing California's Plantscape, Earth Observatory, NASA, February 2014
- ^ http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/californias-drought-worst-1-200-years-researchers-say-n262621
- ^ California's Drought Is Now the Worst in 1,200 Years December 5, 2014 Time.com
- ^ California drought most severe in 1,200 years, study says December 5, 2014 LA Times
- ^ Rice, Doyle (December 10, 2014). "California braces for fiercest storm in 5 years". USA Today. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Erdman, Jon; Wiltgen, Nick; Lam, Linda. "California Storm: High Wind Warnings, Flood Watches, Blizzard Warnings Issued for West Coast Storm". The Weather Channel. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Lurie, Julia (December 12, 2014). "Think California's Huge Storm Will End the Drought? Think Again". Wired Science. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ Deprez, Esme E.; Vekshin, Alison (December 11, 2014). "California Would Need Five More Super Storms to Quell Drought". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ http://www.weather.com/forecast/regional/news/washington-oregon-heavy-rain-flooding-weekend
- ^ Warnert, Jeannette E. (March 27, 2014). "The California drought is helping return the weather pattern to normal". Green Blog. Regents of the University of California. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
Scauzillo, Steve (December 20, 2015). "Drought: December rainfall breaks records but California needs more". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
Huttner, Paul (January 31, 2015). "Tundra Time continues, California reaches 'Drought Critical' phase". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
What's more, much of the state's development over the last 150 years came during an abnormally wet era, which scientists say could come to a quick end with the help of human-induced climate change.
- ^ Boxall, Bettina (5 October 2014). "In virtual mega-drought, California avoids defeat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
Rogers, Paul (25 January 2014). "California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
Stevens, William K. (19 July 1994). "Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California". New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
"What the West's Ancient Droughts Say About Its Future". News. National Geographic Society. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Kunzig, Robert (February 2008). "Drying of the West". National Geographic Magazine (National Geographic Society). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Warnet, Jeannette E. (27 March 2014). "The California drought is helping return the weather pattern to normal". Green Blogg. Regents of University of California Agricultural Experiment Station. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "California governor orders mandatory water restrictions amid drought". FOX News, Associated Press. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ . CNN, Associated press. April 1, 2015 http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/us/california-water-restrictions-drought/. Retrieved April 2, 2015. Missing or empty
Further reading[edit]
- B. Lynn Ingram; Frances Malamud-Roam (July 2, 2013). The West without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climatic Clues Tell Us about Tomorrow. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95480-9.
- Stine, Scott (June 1990). "Late holocene fluctuations of Mono Lake, eastern California". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier) 78 (3-4): 333–381. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(90)90221-R.
External links[edit]
- Scoping Plan
- California Center for Sustainable Energy
- California Releases Plans to Cut its Greenhouse Emissions (EERE).
- California Department of Water Resources
- Legislation
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George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin case: Zimmerman gets permission to travel to Orange County
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The judge in the Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman case agreed to let Zimmerman travel to Orange County, the Orlando Sentinel Reports.
According to the report, the trip is only to go to his lawyers' offices.
Attorneys in the case met in court Friday, arguing whether or not to drop a state subpoena for Zimmerman's medical records at an Altamonte Springs doctor's office.
O'Mara said the subpoena is overly broad and a breach of his client's privacy, according to the report.
O'Mara also recently shut down a Facebook page the defense team was using because it was leading to unhelpful discussions.
O'Mara announced the decision Wednesday on a separate website set up to distribute information on George Zimmerman's defense. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting and has pleaded not guilty. He claims he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense.
O'Mara says the Facebook page served several purposes over the past three months, including giving Zimmerman and the defense team an official social media presence. But O'Mara says it also allowed for discussions of evidence and Zimmerman's guilt or innocence.
The website GZlegalcase.com is still active.
Zimmerman is also objecting prosecutors' request for his medical records.
Zimmerman asked a judge this week to stop a subpoena for his medical records. A hearing is set for Friday.
Zimmerman says the request is too broad and will include information that is irrelevant.
The medical information would be made public if it is released to prosecutors under Florida's discovery rules.
Zimmerman is asking that the judge review the medical records and decide which, if any, should be released.
He's charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting 17-year-old Martin during a confrontation last February in a gated community in suburban Orlando.
He has pleaded not guilty and is claiming self-defense.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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|April Student Page
|Concept, Composition, Confidence, Contrast, Color Harmony, Character, Courage
|By Dan Bartges
|Assignment 8 In A Series Of 10: Color Harmony
To understand this chapter, you'll need one thing: a standard, 12-hue color wheel, available for about $5 at arts-and-crafts stores or online at art-supply websites. (Either the 9- or 5-inch diameter wheel is fine.)
|A standard color wheel features 12 colors, or hues.
So get yourself a color wheel, then let's embark on this colorful adventure!
To create your best artwork and to really enjoy painting, you need to learn how color harmony works. If your colors aren't harmonious (if they become discordant, like sour notes in music), then your entire painting will seem lifeless or downright unattractive—even if you've painted everything else correctly!
|Illus. A. This side of a color wheel shows how to mix various colors
|Side B of the wheel (see Illustration B) is the essential key to understanding color harmony.
|Illus. B. This side of the wheel is your key to understanding how color harmony works.
At the center of the wheel are several geometric shapes. These indicate various color schemes. Because color harmony depends on various colors' relationships to one another on the wheel.
|Two Cherries, by the author, was painted with only the color red,
mixed with some white and black.
The monochrome's closest kin, an analogous color scheme offers the artist much more to work with. It consists of at least two, and no more than five, consecutive colors on the color wheel. For example, turn the wheel's center dial so that red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow and yellow-green show in the five consecutive windows. Only these five analogous colors, or hues, were used for The Piano Lesson.
|The Piano Lesson, by the author, employs an analogous color scheme of five consecutive colors on the wheel.
This scheme employs two colors that are directly opposite each other on the wheel. For example, James River at Dawn uses only subtle shades of blue and orange, the most commonly used complements, especially for landscapes.
|The two complementary colors, blue and orange, were used for
James River at Dawn, by the author.
This scheme uses three colors that are almost directly opposite one another—one on one side of the wheel, the other two adjoining that color's true complement.
For example, set the dial's "Split Complementary" triangle at red-orange, yellow-orange and blue, the combination used in Ducks on Little Wicomico Inlet.
|Ducks on Little Wicomico Inlet, by the author, uses the split-complementary color scheme of red-orange, yellow-orange and blue..
This workhorse of a color scheme employs three colors equally spaced apart on the wheel to form a sturdy, triangular relationship. Because of its versatility, the triadic combination of green, violet and orange is often used, especially for landscapes as in Tiber Island, Rome.
|The author used three triadic colors for Tiber Island, Rome—green, violet and orange.
More complicated and demanding, a tetrad uses four colors, which are always two pairs of complements, such as blue with orange and red with green as in Girl with a Boat.
|The color scheme for the author's Girl with a Boat is a tetrad using
blue, orange, red and green.
A tetrad can produce unusually rich paintings with excellent color structure. Note that the wheel shows two geometric shapes for a Tetrad—a rectangle and a square. Both shapes connect two pairs of complementary colors.
Conclusion As long as the combination of colors you choose for your painting conforms to a particular color scheme and the painting doesn't include any other colors, your finished painting's colors will be in harmony. These six schemes allow virtually limitless artistic expression because for each scheme, there are countless possible variations in the combinations of hues, intensities (chroma), values and applications (techniques).
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Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) has been responsible for developing many multimedia standards, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21 and many others. MPEG recently developed a standard for streaming multiemeda over Internet. The standard is known as MPEG-DASH (ISO/IEC 23009-1).
HTTP streaming has become a popular approach for delivering of multimedia content over Internet. This approach has several benefits. First, the Internet infrastructure has evolved to efficiently support HTTP. For instance, CDNs provide localized edge caches, which reduce long-haul traffic. Also, HTTP is firewall friendly because almost all firewalls are configured to support its outgoing connections. HTTP server technology is a commodity and therefore supporting HTTP streaming for millions of users is cost effective. Second, with HTTP streaming the client manages the streaming without having to maintain a session state on the server. Therefore, provisioning a large number of streaming clients doesn't impose any additional cost on server resources beyond standard Web use of HTTP, and can be managed by a CDN using standard HTTP optimization techniques.
For all of these reasons, HTTP streaming has become a dominant approach in commercial deployments. For instance, streaming platforms such as Apple's HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft's Smooth Streaming, and Adobe's HTTP Dynamic Streaming all use HTTP streaming as their underlying delivery method. However, each implementation uses different manifest and segment formats and therefore, to receive the content from each server, a device must support its corresponding proprietary client protocol. A standard for HTTP streaming of multimedia content would allow a standard-based client to stream content from any standard-based server, thereby enabling interoperability between servers and clients of different vendors.
Observing the market prospects of Internet Streaming and by the request of the industry, MPEG issued a Call for Proposal for an HTTP streaming standard in April 2009. Fifteen full proposals were received by July 2009, when MPEG started the evaluation of the submitted technologies. In the two years that followed, MPEG developed the specification with participation from many experts and with collaboration from other standard groups, such as the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The resulting standard is known as MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) and is expected to be published as ISO/IEC 23009-1
The Scope of Standard
Figure 1 illustrates a simple streaming scenario between an HTTP server and a DASH client. In this figure, the multimedia content is captured and stored on an HTTP server and is delivered using HTTP. The content exists on the server in two parts: Media Presentation Description (MPD), which describes a manifest of the available content, its various alternatives, their URL addresses, and other characteristics; and segments, which contain the actual multimedia bitstreams in the form of chunks, in single or multiple files.
To play the content, the DASH client first obtains the MPD. The MPD can be delivered using HTTP, email, thumb drive, broadcast, or other transports. By parsing the MPD, the DASH client learns about the program timing, media-content availability, media types, resolutions, minimum and maximum bandwidths, and the existence of various encoded alternatives of multimedia components, accessibility features and required digital rights management (DRM), media-component locations on the network, and other content characteristics. Using this information, the DASH client selects the appropriate encoded alternative and starts streaming the content by fetching the segments using HTTP GET requests.
After appropriate buffering to allow for network throughput variations, the client continues fetching the subsequent segments and also monitors the network bandwidth fluctuations. Depending on its measurements, the client decides how to adapt to the available bandwidth by fetching segments of different alternatives (with lower or higher bitrates) to maintain an adequate buffer.
The MPEG-DASH specification only defines the MPD and the segment formats. The delivery of the MPD and the media-encoding formats containing the segments, as well as the client behavior for fetching, adaptation heuristics, and playing content, are outside of MPEG-DASH's scope.
MPEG-DASH Highlighted Features
Internet friendly. MPEG-DASH uses standard HTTP protocol. It can be deployed using standard web servers and it work with existing Internet infrastructures, including CDNs, caches, firewalls and NATs.
On-demand, live and time-shift applications. MPEG-DASH supports on-demand, live and time-shift applications and services with a single framework.
Switching and selectable streams. The MPD provides adequate information to the client for selecting and switching between streams, for example, selecting one audio stream from different languages, selecting video between different camera angles, selecting the subtitles from provided languages, and dynamically switching between different bitrates of the same video camera.
Ad insertion. Advertisements can be inserted as a period between periods or segment between segments in both on-demand and live cases.
Compact manifest.The segments' address URLs can be signaled using a template scheme resulting in a compact MPD.
Fragmented manifest. The MPD can be divided into multiple parts or some of its elements can be externally referenced, enabling downloading MPD in multiple steps.
Common Encryption and Multiple DRM support. The content can be encrypted once and delivered to client supporting various DRM schemes. The suppoted DRM schemes can be signaled in MPD.
Segments with variable durations. The duration of segments can be varied. With live streaming, the duration of the next segment can also be signaled with the delivery of the current segment.
Multiple base URLs. The same content can be available at multiple URLs—that is, at different servers or CDNs—and the client can stream from any of them to maximize the available network bandwidth.
Clock-drift control for live sessions. The UTC time can be included with each segment to enable the client to control its clock drift.
Scalable Video Coding (SVC) and Multiview Video Coding (MVC) support.The MPD provides adequate information regarding the decoding dependencies between representations, which can be used for streaming any multilayer coded streams such as SVC and MVC.
A flexible set of descriptors. These describe content rating, components' roles, accessibility features, camera views, frame packing, and audio channels' configuration.
Subsetting adaptation sets into groups. Grouping occurs according to the content author's guidance.
Quality metrics for reporting the session experience. The standard has a set of well-defined quality metrics for the client to measure and report back to a reporting server.
The Specifications
MPEG-DASH and its related specifications are in verge of completion and will be published by ISO soon:
- The latest MPEG-DASH specification (ISO/IEC DIS 23009-1:2) is
available at ISO on-line store.
- The ISO Base Media File Format specification (ISO/IEC 14496-12)
is also available at ISO on-line store. The Amd 3 is in the process of being published by ISO.
- The Common Encryption specification (ISO.IEC 23001-7) will also
be available at ISO on-line store soon.
Conference Papers and Tutorials
Several conference papers and tutorial have been published with respect to
MPEG-DASH. Among them are:
- I. Sodagar, "The MPEG-DASH Standard for Multimedia Streaming Over the Internet", IEEE Multimedia, Oct-Nov 2011.
- T. Stockhammer, I. Sodagar, "MPEG DASH: The Enabler Standard for Video Deliver Over The Open Internet," IBC Conference 2011, Sept 2011.
- I. Sodagar and H. Pyle, "Reinventing multimedia delivery with MPEG-DASH", SPIE Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXIV, Sept 2011.
- T. Stockhammer: "Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP-Design Priciples and Standards" In: MMSys '11: Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Multimedia systems New York, NY, USA: ACM Press , Feb 2011 , S. 133-144.


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We found this while looking for another restaurant and decided to give it a try. Great atmosphere & service was excellent. Our waiter, Yohann, was the BEST! We loved the Burrata & Prosciutto appetizer, great bread & oil, dates & Gorgonzola, grilled eggplant with ricotta & tomato, Oysters, lobster salad were all incredible.
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food and drinks were fine, but the service is lacking. i went on a recent weeknight and chose to sit at the bar, thinking that this would ensure speedy service. wrong. there does not seem to be a concept of a bartender in this place. all the servers worked the bar and the restaurant which seemed to guarantee that neither area was served well. hire a bartender!
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First of all, if you are going to take most things off your menu, shouldn't you reflect that in your online menu? Online there was a huge dinner menu with tons of vegetarian options but when we got there. Waitress said they changed it 3 months ago and most of it was gone. It was now just apps and tapas style entress. Ok fine. I'm flexible. Not her fault and she was sweet. So ordered an app and sandwich that she was kind enough to make vegetarian. Unfortunately, it was barely cooked onion, pepper, unripe avocado and a slab of Brie on stale toasted white bread for $9. Really? Didn't eat it and politely let her know it wasn't very good. (I hate when people get nasty with waitresses for things that aren't their fault. ) But they charged us for the $9 chicken sandwich (hold the chicken) that I didn't even eat! This place...terrible. Feel bad for the waitress as I'm sure she's not doing well there.
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I've been to South Africa and can tell you aside from the people and the beauty of the landscape it is a wonderful exotic place rich with great food and delicious wines. Xai Xai does a great sampling of some of the finest wines of the areas. They offer 3 different options for pours. One as a glass, One a carafe (glass ++) and one as a bottle. All reasonably priced. It is a great way to sample the endles options on their list. They touch upon the food in the best way. Tapas. For just $9 you have wonderful samplings of traditional bunny chow, biltong, artisanal cheeses, frikidales to name a few. The ambiance is that of a jungle in Africa, with their candle lit space lined with cypruss trunks and dark wood. Even if your not in the mood for wine they offer delicous vintage cocktails that never dissapoint. Get this--Happy Hour everyday!! $1 Oysters. So to those who say"dissapointed" I beg to differ. This is a definite score for a date or a great place for a meet up. Escaping Hell's Kitchen Safari style.
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I was excited when this place opened up just a block from my house and I couldn't wait to try it out. My friend and I went in on a saturday night. It was pretty slow and we sat at a table that could seat four people, which we thought would be fine since no one else was waiting and they told us to 'sit wherever we were comfortable'. As we were looking at the menu three different waiters/waitresses came up to us and asked, 'would we be more comfortable' at one of the tables in the corner that are designed for two people, in other words, would we get up and move so they could fit more people into the place. I understand that space is an issue and asked if they needed the table because we would be happy to move, but they kept reassuring us that they just wanted us to be comfortable. Then, finally, a waiter came over and said rudely, 'we need you to move to the side.' We started to follow him, but decided to just leave. The menu looked nice but the wine was really over priced and the glasses were a bit stingy. I had really hoped that this would be a fun place in the neighborhood, but I won't go back.
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First and last time here. As someone else mentioned, when asking for a wine suggestion, the $19 250ml glasses seem to be pushed. I didn't have anything I couldn't have bought elsewhere for under $20 for the bottle. Service went thusly: one of my party still had a glass from the bar so when we were seated, the server didn't offer menus or more glasses to anyone. 15 minutes later, server reappeared and got menus upon being asked for them. Ordered a very expensive cheese plate and a subpar dipping plate and more wine. Never saw server again. Had to ask host for the check. Unfortunately, I am the type of person who, once burned by the service, will not return to the restaurant.


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