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Chairman of the Board, Executive Director
Mr. Giuseppe Recchi is Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Telecom Italia SpA since April 16, 2014.
Chief Executive Officer, General Manager, Director
Mr. Marco Patuano serves as Chief Executive Officer, General Manager, Director of Telecom Italia SpA since 2013. Perior to that he was Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director and Director of the Company from April 13, 2011 to 2013. He also serves as Member of the Executive Committe of the Company. He also served as Head of Domestic Market Operations and Head of Consumer ad interim of the Company till April 13, 2011. He began his career at SIP Central Management in May 1990. From 1990 to 2002, he worked in various departments at Administration, Finance and Control. He was promoted through the ranks at Financial Management between 1998 and 2002. In April 2003, he became Chief Financial Officer at Tim Brasil and Telecom Italia America Latina SA, a Group subsidiary based in Brazil. Between 2004 and 2006, he served as General Manager at Telecom Italia Latam. In 2006, he moved to Telecom Argentina as Head of Fixed-Line Telephony. He served as General Manager, Operations for Telecom Argentina between May 2007 and July 2008. He was appointed Director at Telecom Italia Media and the Italtel group in September 2008. From August 9, 2008 to November 6, 2009, he was Telecom Italia SpA's Chief Financial Officer. He is also Director of Fondazione Bocconi, with which he collaborates, of the Board of Fondazione Telecom Italia and since July 2012 of UPA, the association of advertising users. He is also member of the Board of Directors of Matrix and Olivetti. He graduated in Economics from Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.
Head of Administration, Finance and Control, Financial Reporting Officer
Dr. Piergiorgio Peluso serves as Head of Administration, Finance and Control, Financial Reporting Officer at Telecom Italia SpA since September 2012. He has also served as Managing Director of Fondiaria SAI SpA since 2011. Following a period at Mediobanca as Senior Financial Analyst (1994-1998) and with Credit Suisse First Boston as Vice President of Financial Institutions Group (1998-2000) and Mergers & Acquisitions Group (2000-2001), in 2002 he joined Medio Credito Centrale SpA (Capitalia Group) as Central Director Advisory Area. He retained this position until 2005, when he was appointed Central Director at Capitalia SpA. From 2007 to 2009, following the merger of Capitalia SpA and UniCredit Group SpA, he was Head of Investment Banking Italy at UniCredit Group SpA. In 2009 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Corporate Banking SpA. Following the merger of UniCredit Corporate Banking SpA with UniCredit SpA, in 2010 Peluso was appointed Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Italy, UniCredit Group. He obtained a Degree in Economic and Social Sciences from Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in 1992.
Head of Telecom Italia Headquarter for Southamerica
Mr. Franco Bertone serves as Head of Telecom Italia Headquarter for Southamerica at Telecom Italia SpA since February 2013. He was Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Argentina and Chairman of Telecom Personal at Telecom Italia SpA from December 2, 2010 until February 2013. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Argentina within the Company since March 26, 2009. After graduating in Electronic Engineering from Universita degli Studi di Pavia in 1977, he began his professional career in 1978 as an analyst in Datamont. In the same year he joined Sirti where, from 1979 to 1985, he project managed joint ventures with GTE Automatic Electric, AT&T, Ericsson and Philips in the field of telecommunication networks in the United States, Sweden and Saudi Arabia. In 1986 he was appointed System Division Director in Sirti-Milano where he managed system development and integration for planning and control of access and transmission networks. During that same period he served as Non-Executive Board Director at Retix (Santa Monica, Ca). In 1992 he was appointed Managing Director of Sirti subsidiaries. In 1997 he joined Telecom Italia Group as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Entel in Bolivia and later as Director of International Operations Manager for Argentina, Vice-Chairman of Telecom Argentina and Chairman of Nortel. In 2003 he was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs for Telecom Italia Latam in Brazil and Non-Executive Director in the Board of the affiliate companies in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and USA. In 2008 he joined Telecom Argentina Group as Chief Operating Officer.
Chairman of Telecom Italia Media
Prof. Severino Antonio Salvemini serves as Chairman of Telecom Italia Media at Telecom Italia SpA since April 8, 2011. Since June 28, 2012 he has been in charge for the strategic management and the overall governance of the Telecom Italia Media Group, as well as for the management of extraordinary transactions and the definition - in execution of the guidelines set by the Board of Directors - of the internal control system. He graduated in Business Administration from Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. He is Full Professor of Business Administration at the Bocconi University, Milan, and visiting professor at HEC Paris. He is currently Director of DeA Capital S.p.A.. He has been Vice President of NED Community since 2007, and a member of the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of AGIS-Associazione Generale dell'Industria e dello Spettacolo (since 1997). He is also Chairman of the Jury for the Enzo Baldoni journalism award, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Milan Triennale and a member of the Scientific Committee of Hangar Bicocca. He is a member of the editorial team of the management studies journal Economia e Management and of the Scientific Committee of the International Journal of Arts Management.
Chief Information Officer
Mr. Gianluca Pancaccini serves as Chief Information Officer of Telecom Italia SpA since November 5, 2012. He previously served as Information Technology Director of Telecom Italia SpA between October 3, 2011 and November 5, 2012. After graduating in Computer Science from Universita degli Studi di Pisa in 1985, he started working for UNESCO in Paris, until 1986 when he joined Olivetti. For the first three years he moved throughout Europe working on the Esprit projects, then in 1992, he became Head of the Oliricerca Multimedia Laboratory in Pozzuoli. In 1995 he left Olivetti to join Saritel where he became Head of the areas dedicated to the development of Internet/Intranet technologies. In 1999 he worked as Head of the Intranet/Extranet Competence Center for Telecom Italia. In 2000 he joined Wind Telecommunications where he was in charge of ICT for eight years. In 2005 he became Chief Information Officer. Since 2008 he has been Managing Director of the Operational Consortium. He also serves as Chairman and CEO of Telecom Italia Information Technology.
Head of TI Audit & Compliance Services
Mr. Federico Maurizio D'Andrea serves as Head of TI Audit & Compliance Services of Telecom Italia SpA since March 6, 2007. After training as officer cadet at the Academy of the Guardia di Finanza (Revenue Guard) from 1977 to 1980, he continued his career in the Guardia di Finanza, where he performed roles of increasing responsibility since 1981. From 1982 to 1985, he was assigned to the Guardia di Finanza's Academy in Rome, initially as Commander of a trainee platoon, and then to the Officer Trainee Company. From 1986 to 1989, he served as Officer in charge of the Central Revenue Police Unit. From 1989 to 1992, he served as Officer in charge of the General Headquarters. From 1992 to 1995, he served as Officer in charge of Rome's Currency Police Unit. From 1995 to 1999, he was the Head of the Criminal investigation Department at the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Milan. From 1999 to 2003, he was the Commander of the Monza unit, and from 2003 to 2004 he was the Chief of Staff of the Lombardy Regional Headquarters. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Commander of the Bergamo Provincial Headquarters. He joined the Telecom Italia Group in February 2007 as Head of the Auditing Department of Telecom Italia Audit & Compliance Services. Since 2008 he has also been the head of Telecom Italia Audit Compliance Latam.
Head of Legal Affairs, Secretary
Mr. Antonio Cusimano serves as Head of Legal Affairs and Secretary of Telecom Italia SpA since April 15, 2011. He was Head of Corporate Legal Affairs, ad interim Head of Legal Affairs and Secretary of Telecom Italia SpA. He was appointed General Counsel and Head of Telecom Italia Corporate and Legal Affairs on September 15, 2008, Secretary to the Board of Directors on September 25, 2008 and Telecom Italia SpA's Head of Legal Affairs on December 23, 2008. He was an associate at Hill Taylor Dickinson, London, prior to joining the Pittsburgh based company, PPG Industries Inc. in 1994. He was appointed General Counsel of PPG Industries Europe in 2000, with responsibility for legal and business issues. From 2003 to 2005, he served as General Manager, Environmental, Health and Security Protection of PPG Industries Europe and between May and December 2005, he held the position of Corporate Counsel. He joined General Electric, Oil & Gas based in Florence serving as Senior Counsel Global Services and Transactions. During his time at GE, he was Director and Vice President at Nuovo Pignone Holding SpA and Nuovo Pignone SpA. He graduated in Law from Universita degli Studi di Palermo.
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Head of Business Unit
Mr. Simone Battiferri serves as Head of Business Unit of Telecom Italia SpA since December 27, 2012. He previously served as Head of Top Clients and Public Sector of Telecom Italia SpA between December 30, 2011 and December 27, 2012. He served as Head of Top Clients Department of the Company from February 23, 2010 until December 30, 2011. He started with the Telecom Italia Group in 2001 as Head of Marketing in Datacom-eBusiness Solutions Business Unit. At the end of 2001 he became Head of Web Services Marketing, and remained there until April 2004, when he became Head of the Business Opportunity Evaluations Area in the International Business sector. In April 2006 he became Head of Marketing in Telecom Argentina, occupying this position until April 2007, when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Wireline Unit in the same company. In July 2009 he became chief Operating Officer of the Wireline & Top Clients Unit. In February 2010 he came back to the Italy to be appointed Head of Top Clients at Telecom Italia. Before entering the Telecom Italia Group he spent several years in Etnoteam, where he occupied increasingly important positions and left a company as Vice President for the Telecommunications & Media Market and Director of Etnoteam Labs. Among his various professional experiences before Etnoteam, in Italy and abroad, he conducted research & development activities with Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza in the Rome Electrical Machine and Power Electronics Group (REMPEG).
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Head of Compliance Department
Mr. Valerio G. G. Cavallo serves as Head of Compliance Department of Telecom Italia SpA since February 13, 2013. He has held a number of managerial positions within the Telecom Italia Group, which he joined in 1986 as Controller in STET, the former holding company of the Italian TLC Group. With the merger of STET and Telecom Italia in 1997, he was appointed responsible for the Group's Budget within the Administration, Budget and Control function of the newly created Telecom Italia S.p.A.. Throughout the '90s he was member of the Board of Directors and member of the Board of Internal Auditors in many of the Group's affiliates and he was also part of the project teams managing extraordinary corporate operations. In 2001 he was appointed CFO of the Telecom Argentina Group and during the over eight years of activity in the Argentinean operator he contributed to the company's debt restructuring process. In July 2010 he was appointed Chairman of Telecom Italia Sparkle. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Universita di Torino and is a registered Auditor.
Head of Group Special Projects
Mr. Oscar Cicchetti serves as Head of Group Special Projects at Telecom Italia SpA since Januery 2014. He was Head of Strategy at the firm from April 15, 2011 to January 2014. He served as Head of Technology and Operations of Telecom Italia SpA from November 6, 2009 until April 15, 2011. From January 14 to June 4, 2008, he was Head of Business Strategies & International Development of the Company; from March 10, 2008 to June 4, 2008 he was Head of Domestic Fixed Services and from June 12, 2008 to November 6, 2009 he was Head of Domestic Market Operations. Mr. Oscar Cicchetti began his career in 1978 as an analyst at the Datamat software house. He joined SIP in 1979 to manage Network and Installations in the Ascoli Piceno area until 1984, and then he worked as a Market Manager in Ancona and Perugia. Between 1987 and 1993, he was in charge of Process Organization at the HR Management office. In 1993, Mr. Cicchetti transferred to the Azienda di Stato dei Servizi Telefonici company (later Iritel). He stayed here until 1994, as Head of Organization and Training. From 1994 to 1997, he was Head of Staff for the General Manager of Business Systems, before taking on this same role for the CEO of STET/Telecom Italia. Between 1997 and 2000, he covered a number of managerial roles at the Telecom Italia Group, including Central Deputy Manager and Head of the International Business Unit. This period culminated with appointments as Head of Strategic Planning and Head of the Network Division. After working as a freelance consultant in 2001 and 2002 for Wind and Morgan Stanley Private Equity, in 2003 he became CEO of business data services specialist Netscalibur S.p.A, a job he retained until 2006. He was appointed CEO of Infracom Network Application S.p.A. in 2007, prior to making his return to the Telecom Italia Group. He is also Chairman of Matrix S.p.A. and member of the Board of Directors of Olivetti S.p.A. and Fondazione Telecom Italia.
Head of National Wholesale Services
Mr. Stefano Ciurli serves as Head of National Wholesale Services at Telecom Italia SpA since December 18, 2012. He previously served as Head of Supply Chain & Real Estate of Telecom Italia SpA between April 15, 2011 and December 18, 2012. He was Head of Purchasing of Telecom Italia SpA from March 16, 2009 until April 15, 2011. He was Head of Planning and Control of the Company between August 2008 and March 16, 2009. After graduating in Economics and Commerce, he began his professional career in 1987 in Sip. During his years in Telecom Italia SpA he had increasing responsibilities, mainly within the Finance, Administration and Control department. From July 2003 to December 2005, he served as Chief Financial Officer of TIM. From 2006 he has been in charge of the International Support area with the responsibility on the activities of business development and plug&play opportunities at international level.
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Head of Corporate Shared Value
Ms. Marcella Elvira Logli serves as Head of Corporate Shared Value at Telecom Italia SpA since July 2015. She was Head of Corporate Identity and Public Relations of Telecom Italia SpA from December 18, 2012 to January 2014. After graduating in Information Sciences from Universita degli Studi di Milano, she worked for Apple Computer S.p.A. from 1989 to 1995, in the following positions: consultant for the Cupertino Multimedia Team, Marketing Manager New Media, Marketing Manager Consumer. From 1995 to 1996, she was employed as Head of Marketing and Sales of the startup Italia Online S.p.A., at Olivetti Telemedia S.p.A., which subsequently became the reference ISP of Infostrada S.p.A.. She has been working in Telecom Italia since 1996, where she has held several roles, including Head of Marketing of Telecom Italia Net (Tin.it), Directory Assistance Services Manager, e-Health & Personal Services Manager, Business Communication Manager and Top Clients & Public Sector Communication Manager. She also acts as General Secretary of the Fondazione Telecom Italia (TI Foundation).
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Head of IT & Security Compliance
Mr. Roberto Mazzilli serves as Head of IT & Security Compliance of Telecom Italia SpA since February 8, 2012. After getting a degree in Electronic Engineering, he started his professional career in Industrial Services in Bari in 1994, later joining Telecom Italia's Business Division in Milan for Top Clients Planning. In 1998 he entered Omnitel, Information Technology, and in 1999 was appointed Head of the Software Factory and Client Management in Omnitel2000. From 2000 to 2001, he was in charge of OSS Systems in Albacom and Member of the OSS Steering Group in British Telecom. In 2001 he became Head of the Infrastructures Development Division in Sequenza SpA and in 2002 joined Fiat SpA as Vice-President Security & Telecommunications. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Atlanet SpA. He also undertook the operational roles of Chief Technology Officer and Information System Security Officer in Fiat Auto SpA. In 2005 he entered the Telecom Italia Group, where he was appointed to increasingly roles: as Head of IT Risk Management in the Group IT Governance, in 2007 he was appointed to Head IT Risk & Security Governance, among others.
Head of Technology
Mr. Giuseppe Roberto Opilio serves as Head of Technology of Telecom Italia SpA since April 15, 2011. He served as Head of Open Access of the Company from February 13, 2008 until April 15, 2011. Mr. Giuseppe Opilio began his career at the Parfina Group in 1982 as Assistant to the plant manager. In 1983, he joined GEPI as Head of Organizational Consulting/Group EDP. He moved to management consulting company Galgano in 1988 to work as Operations Manager. He joined TIM in 1991 as Head of Organizational Development. In 2001, he was appointed Director of Human Resources, a position he held until 2004, when he was named Head of Customer Operations. Following the merger of TIM and Telecom Italia, he went to run Business Customer Operations and later became Head of Group Quality. He won the Human Resources Excellence Award (AIDP-EAPM) in 2001. Mr. Opilio was Director at a number of companies, including STET Hellas (Greece), Atesia, Assida, and Telecontact. He graduated from Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Head of Security
Mr. Damiano Toselli serves as Head of Security at Telecom Italia SpA since March 2007. After graduation, he attended security courses in England, Holland and the United States. As an official in the Carabinieri, he attended the Academy of Modena and the School of War at Civitavecchia. From 1982 to 1984, he was Company Commander in Beirut, Lebanon, with the Tuscania Carabinieri paratroopers. On his return to Italy, he filled a variety of posts in Milan, Rome and Cagliari. Between 1987 and 1992, he served as Head of Security for the President of the Italian Republic. In 1994, he joined Esso Italiana, where he worked until 1998 as Security Manager, including experience in Africa and the Far East. From 1998 to 2007, he was Head of Corporate Protection at the Ferrovie dello Stato SpA Group, where among other things he coordinated railway security during the 2000 Jubilee, the G8 meeting in Genoa, and the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. From 2002 to 2009 he was Chairman of AIPSA (the Italian Association of Corporate Security Professionals).
Director Brand Strategy & Media
Ms. Carlotta Ventura serves as Director Brand Strategy & Media of Telecom Italia Spa since April 15, 2011. After she obtained her degree in Classical Literature from Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, she began her professional career in 1991 at General Motors Italia. In February 1994 she joined Opel Italia, where she worked at the Financial Office's Purchasing Department. Subsequently, from 1995 to 1997, she assumed the role of Head of Promotional Activities at Marketing Department. In July 1997 she joined Ford Italia SpA, where she was in charge of the Press Office of the External Relations Department. In January 2000 she joined Telecom Italia as Head of Sponsorships and Group Events, both domestic and international. In 2003 she began Head of Media Management & Sponsorships, in charge of defining Telecom Italia's media plans Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and France. Ms. Carlotta Ventura received a scholarship for the Sutton Hoo Research Project at the University of York. She holds an honorary fellowship in Communications Science, Instruments and Strategies of Corporate Communication at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of LUMSA University in Rome, among others. Ms. Carlotta Ventura is also Board Member of Audipress until and AudiWeb. She collaborated with the Italia Oggi daily newspaper, where she wrote about communications-related issues, and contributed to university textbooks on Business and Communication.
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Jean PaulFitoussi
Prof. Jean Paul Fitoussi serves as Director of Telecom Italia SpA since April 16, 2014. He is also Temporary Chairman of the Audit, and chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees of the Company. He is Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, where he has served since 1982 and whose Scientific Committee he now chairs. He was appointed Chairman of the Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques. He began his academic career as contract professor at the University of Strasbourg. From 1979 to 1983, he taught at the European Institute in Florence, and in 1984 he was visiting professor at the University of California. In 1998 he was appointed Director of the Ecole Normale Superieure. In 1997 he became a Member of the Prime Minister's Council for Economic Analysis. In 1996 he became Member of the Commission Economique de la Nation. He has been Secretary of the International Economic Association since 1984 and since 2000 he holds the position of Specialist for the Economic and Monetary Committee of the European Parliament. From 1990 to 1993, he was Chairman of the Economic Council of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was appointed Managing Editor of the Revue et Lettre de l'OFCE and Member of the Editorial Board of Labour and The International Journal of Development Planning Literature, Member of the Scientific Committees of the International Labour Review, and Internationale Critique. He has written for French and foreign newspapers, including La Repubblica and Le Monde. He is Chairman of OFCE and founder of its International Economic Policy Group (of which he is a Member). He received various awards including the Honorary Deanship of the Faculty of Economics in Strasbourg, Honoris Causa degree at the Buenos Aires University, and in his own country the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite and Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. He graduated in Economic Law from the Universite de Strasbourg.
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Mr. Tarak Ben Ammar serves as Non-Executive Director of Telecom Italia SpA since April 15, 2008. After graduating in International Relations from Georgetown University, he started his career in 1977, as a film producer. In 1990, he formed Quinta Communications. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1984 for his cultural contributions. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Europa TV, Prima TV, Ex Machina SAS, Andromeda Tunisie SA, Promotions et Participations International SA, Holland Coordinator & Service Company Italia SpA, Eagle Pictures SpA. He was appointed Member of the Board of Director of Mediobanca SpA and of other companies.
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Non-Executive Independent Director
Prof. Lucia Calvosa serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of Telecom Italia SpA since August 5, 2011. She also serves as Member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Since 2005, she has been in the Board of Directors of Teatro Pisa Foundation and of Arpa Foundation. Since 2009, she has been in the Board of Directors of Chamber of Commerce of Pisa. From June 2008 until April 2011, she served as Chairman of Cassa di Risparmio di San Miniato SpA. In 2005 she was awarded the Order of Cherubino. Additionally, she was appointed Chairman of the degree course in Economics and Commerce and served two terms of office. She is Chairman of the Scientific Teaching Committee of her Regional Association of Chartered Accountants and Member of the Board of Academic Tutors for postgraduate research in Italian and international commercial law at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. She graduated in Law from Universita di Pisa in 1983.
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Ten years ago when Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, only 32% of the country showed a favoring opinion towards marriage equality. Now in 2014, support for marriage equality is at an all time high of 59 percent according to a new poll released early March by ABC News/ Washington Post.
The poll focused on several issues but the two most impressive results came from questions dealing with the constitutional implications of marriage equality and whether or not religious liberties are a reason to discriminate against gay and lesbian Americans.
When asked if the U.S Constitution, under the 14th amendment and the clause requiring equal protection under the law does or does not grant gays and lesbians the legal right to marry, 50 percent of those polled agreed that it does while only 41 percents claimed that it did not.
The majority support of Constitutional protections are clearly in line with the growing number of states who have in the recent months removed or are soon to remove their Constitutional marriage bans either through the legislative or judicial channels. Seventeen states and Washington D.C have legalized marriage equality while over a dozen of states have legal marriage ban challenges in place.
The striking shift of public opinion has been on the rise in America over the past decade as the country has seen incredible legal advancements towards equality from both state legislatures and federal courts. Despite the rise in support towards LGBTQ equality, challenges towards legal discrimination against gay and lesbian still continue in over a dozen state houses across the nation.
As Republican elected officials continue to champion the various "religious freedom" bills that have surfaced over the past year, the new poll shares the public's views on the allowance of refusing service to someone because of their own personal or religious beliefs.
81 percent agreed that in general a business should not be allowed to refuse service to gay or lesbian customers. 65 percent said they also believed service still should not be refused to gays and lesbians even if homosexuality violates the business owners' religious beliefs.
The breakdown of the demographics is less surprising than that of the actual data accumulated by the survey. 75 percent of those under the age of 30 declared that there were in support of the legalization of same-sex marriage while only 47 percent of seniors were in favor of marriage equality. These numbers have been consistent with other polls surveying similar questions and confirm the belief that younger populations will be a driving force in the achievement of full federal marriage equality nationwide in the near future.
The survey also shows the great divide between political parties where 70 percent of Democrats are in support of gay rights where only 40 percent of Republicans are in favor of equality.
1002 adults were surveyed for the poll from February 27 to March 2.


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Not much to add to this piece on the pitfalls of Open Table. But stay tuned for an important pimento cheese announcement.
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Friend of the program Homer offers this heroic effort:
Paula Deen
Ruth Reichl
The Penguin "plus"
Dallas Junior Forum
8 oz
Shredded sharp cheddar
Exsharp Vermont white cheddar
16 oz
Grated cheddar
2 lbs
Velveeta, grated
Shredded exsharp cheddar
Exsharp NY
orange cheddar
Grated pepper jack
Sweet pickles, chopped
4 oz
Pimentos w/ juice
7 oz
Hard boiled eggs
¼ cup
2/3 cup
1/3 t
granulated garlic
6 oz
S & P to taste
Black pepper
granulated onion
2 cup
½ t
Green pepper sauce
White worcestershire
½ cup
"So the question is – Is it just mixty glop (Paula/rural), tarted up mixty glop (Ruth/metro), unique American comfort food (Penguin/regional) or a protein delivery medium (Dallas/west)? N.b. grating velveeta must be a bitch."
None of these seems like the Thing to me. Readers?
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An FOC we will call Wooly Bully checks in with a pimento cheese bisque. Bisque? Unorthodox, but not mad at this:
In honor of the month, and all, I made this yesterday for my dinner co-op group. Recipe from 'Sundays at the Moosewood,' a relic of my vegetarian college days . The book has a 'southern United States' chapter (though not northern - what of that?) which includes pimiento cheese soup. It's a base of onion & celery sauteed (and I added celery seed and pimenton plus S&P) and then diced sweet potatoes (i have a GLUT from our CSA) and "vegetable stock or water" (I used chicken stock), simmered. Then shredded sharp cheddar (i used cracker barrel b/c it was 2 for $5 at waldbaums) and cream cheese softened in the hot soup. then the thing is pureed with a handful of diced pimentos (goya) and some more diced pimentos are mixed in. delicious.
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The Cod has been falling down on the PCAM job of late, but the folks at Garden and Gun make it easy with a pimento cheese and Red Mule grits receipt from the folks at Dogwood. It's available as part of a "grits flight," which flirts rather boldly with too fancy, but you can't stay mad at folks promoting pimento cheese awareness on the cold, hard streets of Atlanta.
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The Cod has had it up to here with pink cleats and pink chinstraps, and has issues with the whole project. More here. But! The Cod has always been a glass half full kind of Gadus Morhua, so we are getting all excited here for Monday, 1 November, which will mark the start of Pimento Cheese Awareness Month. We will be sharing menus, recipes, and resources all month long. Did you know that millions of Americans go without pimento cheese every day? Raising awareness is the first step towards making sure that all Americans get the pimento cheese they deserve. Let us know what you are doing -- if you serve it at your restaurant, if you have a favorite receipt for pimento cheese, if you have any other pimento cheese information to share, please holler.
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14 comments:
- It's me said...
What a great idea !!! and a great job you did !!!...happy sunday darling....love Ria....
- August 29, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- Donna@Conghaile Cottage said...
This is a FABULOUS idea! Did your daughter want them NOW
Hugs, Donna
- August 29, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
Cute idea and what a great way to "save" a pair of jeans!
- August 29, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- The Answer Is Chocolate said...
Fabulous. Great way to get a new look out of existing clothes and too stinkin' cute too!
- August 29, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Entertaining Women said...
Super idea! Thank you for sharing the tutorial. Cherry Kay
- August 29, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Cute idea!
- August 29, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- nancycreative said...
I would never thought of doing that with a bleach pen-what a great idea!
- August 30, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- Jessica McCann said...
I meant to ask you where you got those cute shorts. I had no idea you made them! I am going to have to steal them and wear em'. So cute! (You took Kylie off my hands, so I actually have time to look at your blog)
- August 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- The Painted Garden said...
Oh my goodness - what a wonderful project. Thank you for sharing. I am off to buy a clorox pen and give this a try.
Have a lovely day.
- August 30, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Terrell said...
Cannot get enough of how cute and creative this is!! I'm happy to be your newest follower of your delightful blog and would love to have you as a friend at Frou Frou Decor! I would also like to invite you to link up to my party every Friday @ Fabulous Friday Finds! Hope to see you there!!
~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~
- August 30, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Red Couch Recipes said...
Wow! The famous Jessica made a comment!!! I do not like the rips in jeans that are not reinforced! They say that they do not rip...but that isn't true. I think there would be lots of uses for the bleach pens. Glad you liked the sour cream pie recipe...the raspberry version sounds great too! Joni
- August 30, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Jackie, I've gotten behind on blogging with our crisis this week, but this is a great project for Allie now that she needs to be a bit more sedentary for a while-thanks!!
xoxo Pattie
- August 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Beth at Aunties said...
I love this idea and I know some girls in my family who will have fun being creative with a bleach pen! Thanks~♥
- August 31, 2010 at 2:12 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy slowed sharply in the first three months of the year as high gas prices cut into consumer spending, bad weather delayed construction projects and the federal government slashed defense spending by the most in six years.
The Commerce Department said Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter. That was weaker than the 3.1 percent growth rate for the October-December quarter. And it was the worst showing since last spring when the European debt crisis slowed growth to a 1.7 percent pace.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economists say the slowdown last quarter is a temporary setback. They generally agree that gas prices will stabilize and the economy will grow at a 3 percent pace in each of the next three quarters. read more
by Kyle Olson
We continue to hear the rhetoric from teachers unions and others in the education establishment that we need to "invest" more in America's public schools.
Want smarter, better-prepared kids, the teacher unions ask? Give us more money! (And get the "rich" to pay for it.)
That's been the nation's approach to public education for, oh, the last 50 years.
But after decades of increased education spending, it's time to ask the obvious question: What kind of return are American taxpayers getting for all this "investment"?
The answer: not much. read more
Yesterday, the Vermont State Senate passed a bill by a count of 21-9 that would establish a single payer system in the state. The bill has already passed the state House by a count of 92-49, so after a reconciliation process (the bills were slightly different), they can move them on to the Governor for his signature. Governor Peter Shumlin campaigned on establishing single payer in Vermont, so he's clearly on board.
This is another of what will be several steps to achieve single payer in Vermont. The reconciliation, passage in the Legislature and signage by the Governor is in many ways the easy part. Vermont must then obtain a federal waiver allowing it to opt out of the Affordable Care Act; under current law, they would not be able to opt out until 2017, although a bill from Vermont's representative in the House Peter Welch and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) would move up that date to 2014. The President has endorsed that approach, but that doesn't mean it will pass. In addition, Vermont must circumvent ERISA laws which prohibits states from enacting legislation related to employee benefit plans. Insurers will almost certainly sue the state under ERISA, but Vermont for Single Payer believes this will not be an impediment.
via Vermont Senate Passes Single Payer Bill | FDL News Desk.
Annette Akerman – April 27, 2011, 10:30 EST
Oh, and here it is again, live and forever cast in stone:
I'm a bit confused – are you? As one friend has noted: "Born in two countries , official records in states he never visited . Witnesses to being born in two countries at once . Why does anyone doubt the truth, when all you need do is pick the truth you like."
Why indeed should anyone doubt the truth? Pick the one that suits you folks and forget that our country has gone to blazes right in front of our eyes! We have no Constitution, we have no one in D.C. However, we must remember that 0bama himself co-authored the fact that he agrees with the Constitutional mandate that "both" parents have to be Citizens of the United States. Just a minor complication, I'm sure. read more
Trump is at it again, first he started out with obama's birth certificate, and now he is claiming obama wasn't qualified for the Ivy League…
Obama who never released his college transcripts, which is a pattern for obama when it comes to concealing information about himself…
Trump brings out the fact that obama wrote in Dreams of My Father that he hadn't always been an academic star. Trump claims obama was a poor student, he said he will continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the president's birth certificate…
Katie Hogan, a spokeswoman for obama's re-election, declined to give a comment.
The whole birth issue controversy has dominated the early stage of the 2012 GOP nominating contest, with Trump leading the charge.
Trump said,"I have more people that are excited about the fact that I reinvigorated this whole issue," adding "the last guy (Obama) wants to run against is Donald Trump."
Trump is scheduled to travel to the early primary states of New Hampshire and Nevada this week and said he will make a final decision about a presidential bid by June.
"S.C. political leaders used words such as 'frivolous,' 'shameful' and 'ludicrous' Thursday to describe a National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing, which is building a $750 million aircraft assembly plant in the state." This was the lead in the Associated Press story from North Charleston.
If there was any doubt whether or not the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the Obama administration had declared war on job creators, it was answered the other day when the "independent," taxpayer-funded agency decided a company did not have the right to build a facility in a right-to-work state.
when obama was elected gas was 1.84, now two years later it has doubled to 3.84 t0 4.00 a gallon..analysts were predicting $4 a gallon by this summer and $5 a gallon by 2012. Anyone could have predicted that the recovering world economy, coupled with the continued growth of India and China, was going to push oil prices higher.
Had this Administration wanted to keep gas prices down, they could have increased oil demand by increasing domestic oil production. But that is not what the Obama Administration has done. Instead of increasing domestic oil supplies, the Obama Administration has cut them at every opportunity, and Americans are now suffering because of those choices.
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During today's morning meeting, Angel made a great point regarding the ChiComm military taking power in 2012. That alone should give pause and be a clarion call for every red blooded American to wake up. We see the potential for America to have it's best days ahead. We're not doom-n-gloomers here at PBN, we are realists however. The DEMOCRATIC party as a whole, and a remnant of the republican party have allowed puerile evil access to destroy America's autonomy and excellence in the world…
We can stop it, but we have to wake up America! -PBN
By Brett Arends, MarketWatch
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed.
For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the "Age of America" will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China.
A new study conducted by German scientists has found that the CFL energy saving light bulbs contain poisonous carcinogens that could cause cancer and should be "kept as far away as possible from the human environment," but the Govt will force us to replace the traditional light bulbs with toxic CFLs as a government ban is set to take effect at the beginning of next year.
The study was conducted by Peter Braun at the Berlin's A lab Laboratory, they claim that several carcinogenic chemicals and toxins were released when the environmentally-friendly compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) were switched on, including phenol, naphthalene and styrene,"
scientists warn that the bulbs should only be used sparingly, in areas with good ventilation, and "definitely not in the proximity of the head," due to the danger of the electrical smog the bulbs generate impacting human health.
How ever this is going to difficult when we will be forced by our Govt to use these dangerous bulbs by January 2012.
These Video is well worth the watch, if you want to learn how it began…
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In a statement released through lawyers today, John Dow, Ray
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considerable amount of evidence made available to it, its
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documents, in which a safety requirement was not met for
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The changes we've seen in our planet over the past decade alone have forced us to take a more serious look at the damage we're doing the environment. The dwindling number of endangered species, fleeting natural resources, and drastic changes in weather patterns have all made us more eco-conscious. But what if someone told you there was a way to reduce your carbon footprint by slightly altering your diet?
Out of the estimated 300 million people living in the United States, approximately 700,000 of them are practicing vegetarians. It isn't a large percentage of the population, but chances are you've come across a vegan or vegetarian in your every day life. It takes purpose, vigilance, and a hefty amount of motivation to take such control over your diet, but not all vegetarians are extreme animal activists or health nuts. In fact, more people are making the switch over to vegetarianism for a new cause: global warming.
In 2007, the United Nations released a report stating that a whopping 18 percent of carbon emissions come from raising livestock such as chickens, pigs, and other animals for consumption. This number is 40 percent more than we release through modes of transportation, such as cars, airplanes, and trucks.
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Foxes became widely known last year for her feature spot on Zedd's breakout hit "Clarity". She also released some music of her own, including the jubilant pop track "Youth", which was a top 20 hit in the U.K. and a No. 1 on Billboard's dance charts. With her debut album on the horizon, she premiered a music video for the new single "Let Go for Tonight".
Like "Youth", Foxes' latest single is a synth-pop track with big production and an even bigger message of living life to the fullest. "Let go for tonight, baby / Who needs sleep tonight?" she sings. Foxes embraces "Let Go for Tonight" fully in her new music video. The singer and her friends first sit in a bland room with white pastries. They bring some color to the scene, and themselves, when the food starts flying. Everyone truly cuts loose in the visually delicious clip.
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Putinism in Cairo? The Rise of the Russian Model
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By Juan Cole
In fact, al-Sisi has not yet announced a run for the presidency, but it is widely expected at any moment (it depends in part on permission from his fellow officers in the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces).
Al-Sisi's bromance with Putin may be a very bad sign for Egypt's political future, because he may want not only arms and diplomatic support from Moscow but also approval for his war on independent journalists and demonization of his political enemies. Both these tactics are reminiscent of Putin's own.
Hopes for democratization in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 have foundered on a neo-authoritarianism pushed by Putin, a former KGB (Soviet intelligence) officer who sided with Boris Yeltsin and democratic reformists in the early 1990s. That decade, however, was horrible for Russia, with economic collapse, humiliation at the hands of an aggressive United States, the loss of 10 million of the Russian Federation's 150 million to high mortality (drinking a lot of vodka causes liver failure) and low fertility (people don't have children when they think their future is bleak). Russia also faced a concerted drive for independence in Chechnya in the Caucasus by Chechen nationalists, which was crushed by Yeltsin, and then an extremist Muslim uprising involving both Daghestan and Chechnya in the late 1990s and early zeroes, crushed by Putin.
Putinism as defined by Anne Applebaum of the London School of Economics consists of several distinct political repertoires, including:
1. Managed elections. These polls have the appearance of free political competition but in fact are constrained in ways that ensure Putin's election and that of his party in parliament. These managed elections are more "lifelike" than the elections in pure dictatorships, where the president for life wins by 98%. The latter are just rituals of affirmation of the dictator. Managed elections provide for a lower margin of victory and a greater semblance of voter choice, without actually allowing the latter. In 2012, for instance, Putin won with about 63% of the vote and had 4 rivals (another 11 would-be candidates were disqualified). The closest rival got only 17% of the vote.
2. Managed media (helpful for the managed elections). Only small newspapers or other media are allowed to be critical of Putin. Wealthy and important media is intimidated into self-censorship through spectacular arrests (Khodorkhovsky, Pussy Riot).
4. Hydrocarbon rent-seeking (similar to Saudi Arabia), with fossil fuel companies owned by or close to the state providing a significant amount of the gross domestic product.
5. Demonization of political critics as foreign agents or terrorists and arbitrary arrests and/or sentences imposed on them.
Putin appears to be offering al-Sisi this model, which has some appeal to a sector of the Egyptian public in the wake of the upheavals of the past 3 years.
The problem with Putinism is that it is ultimately not sustainable. It probably depends on a strong, charismatic national leader (could Putin's successor really keep it up?) Managed elections only retain their perceived legitimacy over time if there are at least sometimes surprise victories by challengers. Otherwise, the elections come to be perceived as phony. It is also not clear that the soft dictator at the top of it can control the business classes and journalists forever. Authoritarianism seems strong to its supporters and practitioners, but it is in fact fragile and weak, and forestalls social, political and economic innovation. Putinism may have looked appealing to Russians in 2002 after the disastrous 1990s, but will it really appeal in 2020?
It is not only al-Sisi in Egypt who seems tempted by this model. Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey is adopting elements of it (although he has not so far tried to manage elections or institute a rentier economy, so his is a "lite" form of Putinism). In fact, you could argue that at the height of his power, former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi was deploying elements of Putinism– managing the press, passing laws to protect him from corruption charges, etc.– though again, the elections were probably not fixed. Democratization theory tends to portray the process as linear and universal, but significant numbers of our contemporaries live under one or another form of Putinism.
Putinism seems to me to cry out for a fourth category in addition to Freedom House's "Free, Partly Free and Not Free." FH ends up classing Russia with Communist China as both "Not Free." But there is a difference between Putin's authoritarianism and managed elections and press and the much more robust form of authoritarianism in China. Maybe "Managed Free."
Fortunately there are less corrupt institutions.
One problem for Egypt in adopting Putinism is that Egypt lacks the fossil fuels that allow Putin to thumb his nose at the rest of the world. At the moment, the Gulf oil monarchies are willing to inject rentier oil funds into Egypt, but such offers are notoriously mercurial.
Another problem is that the European Union is Egypt's largest trading partner, and Europe wants the officers to go back to their barracks. Europe has a great deal of leverage over time that will allow it to at least try to combat the turn to Putinism.
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A talk by Dr Nick Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Most Hindus will at various times in the year offer their devotion to Shiva but there is also a rich tradition, stretching back to the Vedas and Upanishads, which regards Shiva as the one Supreme Deity standing above all others, including even Vishnu and Krishna. Over the centuries Shaivism has taken on a number of different forms and in this talk Nick Sutton will consider the nature of the Shaiva tradition, past and present, and the significance of Shiva for Hinduism today.
What is truth? How does it relate to our understanding of the inner self? What role does religion play in this intersection between the two? Professor Gavin Flood, Academic Director of OCHS, explores these questions in his book The Truth Within: A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Part I focuses on the history and texts pertaining to inwardness, and the role of religion in shaping one's inner reality. In Part II, he analyses the theory and phenomenology of inwardness, and engages in a comparison of three world religions. Integral to the volume is the idea of an
A talk by Dr Rembert Lutjeharms of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
The Upanisads are among the most influential Hindu sacred texts. Though often cryptic, they form the foundation of Vedantic discourse, and still influence the religious imagination of countless spiritual seekers, both traditional and modern. Its 'secret' teachings are often presented through the voices of Vedic teachers, and the roles these teachers play is central to these teachings.
Focusing on the stories found in these religious texts, this talk will explore the character of the Upanisadic gurus, the roles they
A talk by Dr Jessica Frazier of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
Just how close are we to the divine, and just what role do we play for God?
Are we part of the divine ocean? God's body? Movements in God's dance, or notes in a divine song? Or just isolated mirrors of the divine light?
Thinkers from Sankara to Caitanya, Vivekananda and Gandhi have debated these issues - and our relations to other people, our relationship with the divine, and our hopes for Moksha all depend on the answer. In this session we visit the Gallery of Vedantas, and see which one wins your vote.
In this talk Nick Sutton will consider the position of young people of Indian descent who were born and have grown up in Britain. The inspiration for this talk comes from actual encounters with young British Hindus who have raised the question of what it actually means to be a Hindu and how the religion and its adherents can be defined. As the conclusion to this discussion we will also consider the position of Hinduism as a world religion and how it differs from other faiths in several significant ways.
A talk by Anuradha Dooney of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Hindu traditions are full of fabulous stories of monsters, milk oceans, magic, and heroism that defy all reason. Are these tales true or false? How do Hindu texts and teachers view these accounts and do they have any relevance today? This talk draws from the Upanishads, Puranas, Mahabharata, and Ramayana to weave together a discussion on the meaning of myth in Hindu tradition.
Most Hindus are aware of the major contribution to the tradition that has come from the South of India in terms of both religious belief and practice. In this talk, Nick Sutton will explore the history of South India along with its distinctive religious culture, and attempt to show how Dravidian Hinduism has had a major influence over all regions of the subcontinent
In this talk Dr Sutton will discuss the interaction between religion, philosophy and politics in ancient India and focus in particular on the rise of the Buddhist and Jain traditions in the subcontinent. These and other newer forms of religion represented a direct challenge to the hegemony of the Vedic elite and received extensive patronage from the rulers of India, but it would be a mistake to simplistically represent this as being a confrontation between Buddhism and Jainism on the one hand and Hinduism on the other.
Most Hindus will at various times in the year offer their devotion to Shiva but there is also a rich tradition, stretching back to the Vedas and Upanishads, which regards Shiva as the one Supreme Deity standing above all others, including even Vishnu and Krishna. Over the centuries Shaivism has taken on a number of different forms and in this talk Nick Sutton will consider the nature of the Shaiva tradition, past and present, and the significance of Shiva for Hinduism today.
A talk By Anuradha Dooney of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Indian culture is noted for its wonderful love poetry and none more beautiful than that of the bhakti poets. Their devotion has become one of the greatest influences on Hindu practice by cutting through stereotypes of caste, gender and religion.
This talk explores bhakti, or devotion, through the writings of Antal a South Indian poetess from the 8th century; Chaitanya, a 15th century Bengali saint and Mirabai, a 16th century Rajasthani princess.
A talk by Ramesh Pattni of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Hinduism has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back thousands of years to the Upanisads in the later Vedic period. The oldest of these constitute the earliest philosophical compositions known to man. These were elaborate and highly sophisticated doctrinal schemes and metaphysical speculation developed within Hinduism. The talk is an introductory bird's eye view of the six classical Hindu philosophical systems.
In this talk we will look at the influence of Hindu thought on Western literature. We will visit authors, periods, and themes, travelling from ancient times, through the medieval period, buffeted by the European Enlightenment and the Romantics, through German, British, and Americian representatives of the 18th - 20th centuries. We will see if the influence served to distinguish Indian perspectives as desirable or as detestable, or both, and look at issues of concern raised from this creative interaction.
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Employment costs up 4.1 percent
October 26, 2001
Compensation costs for civilian workers rose 4.1 percent in the year ended September 2001, compared to an increase of 4.3 percent for the year ended in September 2000.
Civilian worker wages and salaries rose 3.6 percent for the year ended September 2001, after increasing 4.0 percent in the year ended September 2000.
Benefit costs for civilian workers increased 5.1 percent for the year ended in September 2001, not much different from the increase of 5.3 percent in the previous year.
These data are from the BLS Employment Cost Trends program. Compensation costs (also known as employment costs) include wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. Learn more in "Employment Cost Index—September 2001," news release USDL 01-369.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment costs up 4.1 percent on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/oct/wk4/art05.htm (visited June 29, 2016).
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Game Over for Super Mario, Though His Pizza Lives On
The questionably legal Super Mario icon outside Mario's Pizza is gone.
Robert Sietsema's Super Mario prediction came true! The Voice columnist wrote about East Houston's Mario's Pizza last week, "You'd think someone in the licensing business (or, alternately, some ambulance-chasing attorney) would have spotted the forgery and alerted Nintendo." And the paper reports today that the shameless knockoff that adorned the restaurant's sign is, in fact, no more, though Mario's Pizza itself remains open. (Of course, we raised our eyebrows over this earlier this year.) It could be an attempt to dodge a lawsuit — but then again, maybe the place is re-branding itself with the Mario shadow clones that are preventing us from getting anywhere in Super Mario Galaxy 2. [Fork in the Road/VV]


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U.S. House hopeful Walorski: Bipartisan, extremist, in between?
Editor's note: Today, Aug. 8, we take a look at Republican Jackie Walorski and Thursday we profile Democratic candidate Brendan Mullen. Both are vying for Indiana's 2nd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which covers Elkhart and St. Joseph counties and all or parts of eight other north-central Indiana counties.
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Is she a measured conservative, capable of building bipartisan coalitions, or a strident extremist, focused on a far-right agenda? Somewhere in between?
That's a point of debate among supporters and critics of Jackie Walorski, the Republican hopeful for Indiana's 2nd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Either way you cut it, Walorski, a fiscal and social conservative from the Jimtown area west of Elkhart, is no shrinking violet. She's not timid about taking a stand, garners strong GOP and tea party backing and has mustered support from big-name conservatives like Karl Rove and Sarah Palin. In the May primary, she crushed her Republican opponent, South Bend physician Greg Andrews, with 73 percent of the vote.
She speaks forcefully, won't easily be intimidated and doesn't shy from bold — critics say extreme — pronouncements. Dating to her unsuccessful 2010 bid for the 2nd District seat, she's said the Environmental Protection Agency should be shuttered and suggested privatization of the U.S. Social Security system may be the way to go, among many other things.
More recently, the central points of Walorski's campaign messsage seem to be more moderate, a seeming shift that has prompted teeth-clenching and eye-rolling among critics who think she's trying to rewrite history. Washington, D.C., is beset with partisan bickering, Walorski's campaign maintains, and she is an independent who can work across the aisle and help bridge the gap. The Republican points to her three terms in the Indiana House, 2005 through 2010, including her leadership post as assistant floor leader.
"Jackie is an independent voice and votes in the best interest of Hoosiers," her campaign manager, Brendon DelToro, said in an email. Walorski, DelToro continued, "has reached across the aisle to build bipartisan coalitions to pass meaningful legislation throughout her tenure in the state legislature."
If she's elected, Walorski will work to control the federal budget and rein in spending, according to her campaign website. She's for fewer taxes on small businesses and less government interference. She's said she'd do away with the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care plan pushed by President Obama, in a heartbeat.
"She's a conservative, common sense-type person and that's what we need," said Terry Rodino, president of the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners and a Republican. "I think she learned a lot at the state. Wait and watch her."
Dale Stickel, chairman of the Elkhart County Republican Party, said Walorski understands that it's not the government's role to manage people's lives. "She understands that jobs are the key to everything," he said, and that if lawmakers make it easy for the private sector to create jobs via lower taxes, that goes a long way in addressing the nation's woes.
Pete Recchio, co-founder of the Tea Party of Michiana Action Coalition, an Elkhart County-based tea party group, uses words like "courageous," "intelligent" and "passionate" in describing Walorski.
"Jackie is a constitutionalist first and foremost," Recchio said, by which he means she believes in things like limited federal power and the importance of self-determination. "Jackie is a conservative, foremost, in that she believes government should be small and not onerous and not overwhelm our lives."
Such praise notwithstanding, Walorski has plenty of critics — among Democrats anyway — who view her as an uncompromising and ardent right-winger, not a bridge builder.
"I think Jackie Walorski is trying to play a magic trick on the voters of Indiana's 2nd Congressional District. I think she's trying to be something she's not," said Mike Schmuhl, the 2nd District Democratic Party chairman.
Walorski touts herself as an independent, yet a review by Democrats of her voting record as a state lawmaker from 2005 through 2008 shows she voted with the Republican Party around 90 percent of the time. "That doesn't seem very bipartisan to me," Schmuhl said.
Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman, a Democrat and Brendan Mullen backer, voices similar criticism. So does St. Joseph County Democratic Party head and Indiana Sen. John Broden, who served with Walorski in the Indiana Legislature.
Broden said he doesn't think her claim of working across the aisle "is consistent with her record in the General Assembly."
Indeed, rather than tempering the inability of Democrats and Republicans in Washington to work together, her election would exacerbate the divide, said Andy Reynolds, Mullen's campaign manager.
"Jackie Walorski is a tea party candidate who has a long record of partisan extremism," he said in an email. "Sending her to Congress will make a broken system worse."
With primary season over, Jason Critchlow, a Mishawaka man who runs a website that's unabashedly critical of Walorski, jackiewalorskifacts.com, maintains that Walorski's trying to project a more moderate image to draw support of independent voters. "She knows she has to try to twist her image around into something it's not," he said.
Beyond the claims and counterclaims, Walorski's voting record shows her siding with conservatives and Republicans on both fiscal and social issues.
Though completed by Democrats, Schmuhl, the 2nd District Democratic leader, said the research showing Walorski with a 90 percent GOP voting record from 2005 through 2008 "is sound." The researchers tallied whether Walorski voted with or against the GOP majority on the varied measures that went before Indiana lawmakers.
On fiscal issues, she's adamant that federal spending needs to be brought under control and favors a balanced-budget amendment, which would force lawmakers to spend within their means. She's garnered endorsements from the National Federation of Small Business and the U.S. and Indiana chambers of commerce, groups that represent everything from small to large businesses and corporations.
She's pro-life, strongly favors gun rights and co-authored a proposal in the Indiana Legislature in 2008 that would have defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Suggestive of rightward leanings, she's connected to several high-profile conservatives.
She has the endorsement this cycle of the Eagle Forum, a conservative pro-gun rights, pro-life group headed by Phyllis Schlafly.
Karl Rove, the conservative former adviser to President George W. Bush, came to Elkhart in March to speak at a Walorski fundraiser.
During her 2010 bid for the 2nd District seat, which she narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly, she garnered the endorsement of Sarah Palin, the conservative former GOP U.S. vice presidential hopeful. (Donnelly is running for the U.S. Senate this go-round.)
Over the years, she's voiced opinions falling into the conservative camp on a number of controversial topics.
After speaking to a Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce women's group in Elkhart in January, she advocated closure of the Environmental Protection Agency. She cited what she described as overreach and meddling by the U.S. agency into private business.
"They're out of control," Walorski said at the time. She continued: "Let companies be companies."
During the 2010 campaign against Donnelly, she said that if elected, she would target U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the liberal Democrat from San Francisco who previously served as speaker of the U.S. House. Pelosi has notably been the target of many Republicans who see her as the personification of what they believe to be Democratic arrogance and intransigence.
"If you help me to defeat (Donnelly), I promise you I will take on Nancy Pelosi and she will not know what hit her," Walorski said in announcing her 2010 bid in February of that year.
Also in the 2010 campaign, she voiced support for privatizing Social Security — as unsuccessfully proposed by President George W. Bush — though it didn't seem to be a burning issue for her.
"I think the one thing we have to do is the thing that Bush acually tried to do a couple years ago, which is privatize Social Security and allow people to invest in their own retirement," she said in a March 18, 2010, radio program. Critchlow, the Walorski critic, provided a copy of the audio.
In calling for more domestic offshore drilling for oil during a March 16, 2010, appearance before a Kokomo -rea tea party group, she spoke disparagingly of environmentalists. Offshore drilling is a controversial prospect for some, who worry about the potential dangers to the environment.
"How quickly can we drill on the intercontinental shelf below the ocean floor? Drilling in this nation is setting the country free and breaking the bonds of these environmentalists who have no clue and no concept," Walorski said in a clip of the videotaped speech posted on YouTube. The audience cheered and applauded loudly.
Even if she is conservative, that's no indicator of blind obedience to the GOP, said Recchio, the Elkhart County tea party leader. "She's been just as critical of Republicans when necessary as she has been with Democrats," he said.
That she may generate backlash from foes could just be a function of her steadfast views, Recchio added. "People who take strong stances are the easiest people to criticize," he said, while those with wishy-washy views are harder to pin down and thus harder to criticize.
Stickel, the head of the Elkhart County Republican Party, knows the criticism of Walorski, though he thinks of her as a "very strong and forceful person." But he notes her role as assistant floor leader when serving in the Indiana House. "You don't do that if you're making people mad at you," he said.
Indeed, if critics, anyone, were to sit down with her to talk — not argue, but talk — they'd get a different impression, Stickel thinks.
She'd work with Democrats in Washington D.C., "If they're willing to work with her," Stickel said. "It's a two-way street. I see her trying to, whether there would be any reciprocity on that, I can't speak to that."


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text: Daiquiri Dick's announced the return of their annual Summer Sizzle menu. From June through August this popular beachfront restaurant will once again feature special weekly-themed dinners with a choice of three courses (appetizer, entrée and dessert) for only $299 pesos per person. A new variation, guests will now have an option of substituting their dessert for a national drink or a glass of house wine for the same amount. The Summer Sizzle menus feature the cuisine of a different country on a weekly basis, and the restaurant begins the popular series this week with the flavors of Italy, followed by the flavors of Mexico. Visit their website,www.ddpv.com, where you can browse the weekly menus and sign up for their newsletter. Daiquiri Dick's is located at Olas Altas 314, Emiliano Zapata.


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Are you looking for a farm to visit in these last months of 2010? Read on to learn about the pros and cons of two Atlanta-area farms for remaining fall season and upcoming winter activities: Berry Patch Farms and Cagle Family Farms.
- Berry Patch Farms, Woodstock
Pros: Free admission; located in a beautiful setting; simple activities for younger kids.
Cons: Fall season is already over; older kids might not be as adequately entertained.
Reopening on November 26, 2010 for its holiday season, Berry Patch Farms in Woodstock offers Christmas tree cutting for families with a do-it-yourself mindset. Smaller children will enjoy simple fun such as the playground near the entry
For the budget-minded family, it's great because there is no admission fee .
Although the farm's fall-themed activities are over, check out its page on fall craft ideas and other holiday fun. Plan to visit next year to experience the hayride to and from the sizable pumpkin patch.
Berry Patch farm does not have a corn maze or "Jumpee Pillow." Because the features are pretty basic – and little ones tend to require very little to be entertained -- there may not be enough to do at Berry Patch Farms for some older elementary-age children or teens yearning for more thrills.
Like the tots, parents will probably appreciate the simpler things: the ride out to this country setting is relaxing, and sometimes it's nice not to have 50 things to choose from, pulling your family in all directions.
Beginning November 26, 2010, Berry Patch Farms' hours of operation will be: 10 am - 6 pm on weekends; 2 pm - 6 pm on week days.
- Cagle's Family Farm, near Canton
Pros: Fall season 2010 still going on, though activites during the week are limited or require reservations, and the Haunted Barn is now overwith. The last Friday-Sunday opportunity for the tour, corn maze, hayride and bonfire is November 12-14, 2010 -- visit Cagle's calendar). Cagle's also has features/activities for younger and older children; lovely country setting; decent package deals and downloadable coupons.
Cons: Not free.
Cagle's Family Farm offers a little bit of fun for a variety of age groups.
Adventure-loving children in upper elementary grades and teens will get a kick out of the challenging corn maze. Toddlers, not quite understanding the concept and purpose of going around in circles, might not appreciate it so much – and their panicked expressions will quickly let you know. If you do take them but don't want to tire out their little legs, the maze path is wide enough to accommodate a stroller.
Kids of all ages will like the hayride to the bonfire and marshmallow roasting.
Although the milk crates located within the two "Jumpee Pillow" areas can't compare to a comfortable recliner, it's nice to be able to sit down while the kids jump to their hearts' content. Just be sure to pay attention to them, as there can be lots of kids on the pillow at once, and all that bouncing can give little kids quite a jolt. Having Cagle staff on hand gives you an extra set of eyes.
There's an enclosed area with a much smaller, much less intense pillow for very small kids to bounce on. The area also has age-appropriate tricycles on hand.
There are pretty nice package deals if you want to experience everything for just a bit more. For just $20 per person, you can get the maze, hayride, and farm tour -- a great deal, because you save $4 per person doing it this way.
If you go a la carte, the prices are: Corn maze tickets, which include use of the Jumpee Pillows, are $10 per person for folks age three and up; the hayride-to-bonfire is $7. Farm Ag-venture Tours are $7.
Pony rides are $5. There is food available for purchase.
You can also download coupons.
Visit Cagle's calendar for a list of activities. Hours of operation:
The Maize is open Fridays 5pm-11pm, Saturdays 10am-11pm,
and Sundays 10am-6pm. The Farm Tours: Saturday 10am-4pm, Sundays 10am-4pm.
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