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This post was prompted in part by chemfemme's lament about trying to find a decent baguette in Toronto (Bonjour Brioche: Are You Serious?), but because it seems to be a recurring theme on this board that Montrealers who move to Toronto aren't always sure where to start to begin to get a handle on Toronto as a food city. Here's a first stab at an intro to Toronto food life for those who have recently made the move down the 401...
As an former Montrealer who has lived in Toronto for several years, I can sympathize with other ex-pats' frustrations in trying to acclimatize to life in Toronto, especially for those who obsess about things like the perfect baguette and the benefits of having one's one affordable neighbourhood bistro a block or two from your front door (to mention but a couple). But fear not, Toronto's actually a great food city. It just takes a bit longer to get a feel for the town, in part frankly because it's so spread out compared to Montreal, and it has so much to offer.
When we first moved to Toronto it took my wife and me several months (and in some ways, even longer) to really get to know our way around the place, but once we found the neighbourhoods we liked to spend time in, and the kinds of stores, bakeries and restaurants we were looking for, we really grew to love this place. (This was in pre-chowhound and early Internet days; today its actually pretty easy to get oriented quickly, what with resources like this site and others.) The other pleasant surprise was discovering all kinds of things that were distinct from what we were used to in Montréal.
Nowadays, our frequent trips back to our old town are still filled with certain requisite culinary hoarding activities (sorry to all the various bagel shops in Toronto, but I stand by my Fairmount and St. Viateur bagels) and restaurant outings (when I die you can blame Martin Picard at Au Pied de Cochon), but for the most part our larder is stocked right here, at home, in Toronto.
For us, the key differences we've noticed between Toronto and Montreal in terms of food culture are (I'm generalizing here somewhat, so please, don't interpret this as a set of hard and fast rules):
* Toronto is more overtly diverse than Montreal, even though both cities are bastions of variety. Despite Toronto's old reputation as being a stodgy Anglo town, the truth is that it is a place where no one or two linguistic and/or ethnic cultures have remained predominant, and immigration has created an amazingly complex web of cultural diversity. As a result, Toronto has evolved into a city that is actually defined first and foremost by its ethnic and linguistic diversity, even though the overall lingua franca in business and on the street is English. This has had a direct impact on the culinary culture of the city.
* As far as restaurants are concerned, Toronto tends to be really, really good at the low end (i.e., very affordable, very good food at a wide range of non-North American, Non-Western European restaurants) or at the high end (i.e., Susur, Jamie Kennedy on Church, George, Canoe, North 44, Splendido, etc.). For me it's the in-betweens that Montreal tends to be really exceptional at: neighbourhood bistros with solid wine lists and very affordable prix fixe menus and à la carte prices. There are exceptions to the rule, but generally, even local hangouts in Toronto tend to be more expensive than comparable places in Montreal.
* For food shopping, with the exception of searching for classic Québec things like artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, and game meats at Jean Talon and Atwater Market (could someone please just make a decent pâté, rillettes or cretons here in Toronto?), and Montréal's glorious range of patisseries, I generally prefer Toronto to Montreal now. (Or perhaps better put, shopping in the two cities is simply a different experience, one not comparable on the basis of some kind of metric.) Again, you often have to travel to multiple locations for it, but the diversity of green groceries and various foodstuffs of specific regional/ethnic cuisines in Toronto are amazing.
* As much as I love the variety here in Toronto, sometimes I miss the "coherence" of Montréal's culinary and food scenes. When I talk about this, I'm speaking specifically (and, to be clear, not to the exclusion or denigration of other food and cultural traditions of Montréal) of the predominant food culture: the Québeçois culinary tradition, and the infrastructure of artisans and farms that have evolved in Québec to support it. It's only a theory, but I think that the focus that Montréal's local food culture has had (and still does) has enabled it to achieve a level of core excellence that perhaps is at a greater level than what Toronto has yet achieved with its broader range of influences. What Montréal does, it does really, really well. In many respects, the foundations of a true local food culture in the GTA have only began to emerge in the last few decades, as local farmers, chefs and vendors have started to develop a regional food economy, and overtly integrate aspects of the city's ethnic diversity into things like restaurant menus and the choices available to consumers on local store shelves.
* Most things are more expensive in Toronto. Montrealers will get sticker shock comparing the prices of things at local markets here to those in Montreal.
Some recommendations:
1. Breads and Pastries:
You'll be hard-pressed to find a baguette exactly like those you'll find at places like Au Pain Doré or Gascogne (especially my all-time favourite, the 36 heures sourdough baguettes), but there are many bakers now in Toronto that make exceptional bread, including proper "french" bread. I'll second some of the recommendations here: Thuet's breads are really, really, really good, especially the sourdough boule and his Alsatian-style pumpernickel bread; he does a fairly decent baguette as well in a light-sourdough style. An fyi on the croissant though: the Alsace style is very bread-like, not anything remotely like what you'd probably expect. Almost any bread from Fred's Bread is excellent: Fred's does a spectacular rendition of the classic Poilane bread, and various other items like foccacias, multigrains, and yes, a decent (but perhaps atypical by Montreal standards) baguette.
As far as baguettes are concerned, I'd say my favourites at the moment are Thuet's, St. Johns (also made with a subtle sourdough starter) and Brick St. (down in the Distillery District, soon to open also on Logan near Queen). The Brick St. baguette, when it has just come out of the oven, is really awesome. And Ace, the "Premiere Moisson" of TO (in terms of its ubiquity) makes a wide range of very good breads, available almost "anywhere" (supermarkets like Loblaw's, Sun Valley and other stores).
Personally, I'm not a fan of some of the places that others rave about: Bonjour Brioche's baguette is too white bread-like for me, without a good firm crust; and the quality of their pastry has significantly declined in the last few months for some reason. I'm also not crazy about Célestin's either: it's been a bit too dense for my tastes as far as baguettes are concerned (although it is well made; it's probably more of a personal preference thing).
For pastries (croissant, dessert pastries, etc.) your best bets are probably places that people have already mentioned on Chowhound: Rahier, Cafe Jules Patisserie (on Mt. Pleasant) and Celestin are all very good. Speaking of sticker-shock though, Senses also makes really good patisserie-style desserts, tarts and cakes, but is very, very expensive. For what it's worth, I've never (and most ex-Montrealers I know would agre) understood what people like about Clafouti's croissants and pain au chocolate: they're huge and donut-like IMHO. To each their own though, right?
Toronto is are home to wide range of bread and pastry shops from other culture bents, such as Chinese, Portuguese, Italian and various Eastern European bakeries. You'll find them scattered throughout the city, each with its own speciality, each with its own loyal following.
2. Fruits and Veggies:
The very best can be found at the local farmers markets, especially the organic ones: Dufferin on Thursdays; the Riverdale Market in Cabbagetown on Tuesdays; the new Brickworks market on Saturday morning (get there early though for the good stuff), and some things at the North Market at St. Lawrence on Saturdays (although St. Lawrence for green groceries can be a crap-shoot: many vendors simply truck in produce from the food terminal, which is where grocery and corner stores get most of their produce from).
From stores, your best bet is places like Harvest Wagon (sticker-shock again, but honestly, Danny at HW gets the best of the best, whether it's local or not; I've bought things like lettuces or fennel from HW and kept them in my fridge for 2+ weeks and not have them go bad, whereas the same produce from the local grocery store starts to go rotten within a week or less). A second choice would be the St. Lawrence Market, though again, a lot of the produce is not organic and not always sourced from local farms). Third: Whole Foods (albeit, it's industrial organic, and stocks a lot of foreign market-sourced goods, even when local produce is in season).
3. Dry goods:
Grocery stores for staples and/or St. Lawrence Market and Kensington Market for a mix of staples and harder to find items.
4. Charcuterie and Cheeses:
There are a lot of non-French oriented places all over the city that do things like Portuguese, Eastern European and Italian charcuterie and cheeses, which you'll must seek out (dig around on the CH Ontario board for recommendations). For somewhere where you can source products from all over (including places like Quebec, New Brunswick and France): the Cheese Boutique, Alex Farms and Chris' (in the SL market, affiliated with Alex Farms) have the widest selection in the city. The Cheese Boutique is typically a little less expensive than Alex, and is more reliable in terms of quality. Alex has a broad diversity of cheeses, but sometimes they try to sell stuff that frankly is way past its prime. Also, there's apparently a new place on Dundas near Ossington that does house-made pâtés that a couple of friends who are from France speak highly of. I can't think of the name off the top of my head. Of special note in terms of local products, despite some idiotic Ontario laws that make it difficult for artisans to produce products of local origin using traditional production methods, there are a few gems:
* Mario Pingue of Niagara Specialty foods makes extraordinary salumi from pork and game meats sourced in Ontario (e.g., a great 24 month prosciutto, various cured sausages). You can find his products at Cumbraes (Cumbraes also carries a couple of Quebec producers' charcuterie as well).
* Monforte Dairy makes exceptional cheeses from sheep's and goat's milk. I really like her fresh sheep's milk ricotta.
* The Upper Canada Cheese Company in Niagara makes a very good semi soft cheese from Guernsey cow's milk called Niagara Gold, and also a great ricotta.
Good neighbourhood alternatives for buying charcuterie and cheeses include: All the Best Fine Foods (sticker-shock alert again!), The Leslieville Cheese Market (a small but well chosen selection, with an emphasis on Canadian artisanal cheeses and small production Ontario cured meats), Atelier Thuet and a couple other in the west end (I can't think of them off the top of my head; we live in Riverdale! Search the board...).
Also, for cured meats from all over the place and things like olive oils, vinegars, etc., Scheffler's Deli in the SL Market has a very good selection (note: I don't buy cheese from them, as I think the cheeses are often stored in the same fridges as the charcuterie; you can sometimes actually taste/smell it!).
4. Butchers:
Cumbraes (the very best in Toronto, IMHO), the Healthy Butcher, and organic meats at both the various farmers markets and in the North Market at St. Lawrence. I'm not a fan of most of the butchers in the main St. Lawrence Market building: cheap but not high quality meats, the exception being Whitehouse (they have a good selection of free-range poultry and game meats; I'm not that crazy about their beef though). There are also various ethnic butchers that specialize in things you might not find everywhere, or at as decent a price, i.e.: chinese butchers near Spadina or Gerrard, meat stores on or just off the Danforth, etc.
5. Central American/South American:
Various shops in Kensington Market stock a wide range of products and produce from the Central and Southern Americas. You can also get some wicked fresh made Empanadas and Pupusas (I'm sure I'm spelling that incorrectly) in Kensington, either from store front take out places, or from the back of supply stores, where people congregate on the weekend to buy and eat fresh made, simple Latin American foods.
6. Asian and South East Asian:
If you want to blow your mind, go visit one of the shopping centres or supermarkets in the north end of the city, where the diversity of products from Southeast Asia, China and Japan is mind-blowing: places like T&T have tanks full of live seafood, every kind of sauce, spice and Asian fruits and vegetables imaginable. Search the board here and you'll find a variety of recommendations. Good downtown/near town alternatives are Chinatown on Spadina and Dundas, and to a lesser degree (if you're an east-ender) Gerrard St. For Indian and Pakistani goods, Gerrard East past Greenwood to Coxwell is a good choice.
7. A few other local sources of info on food, wine and restaurants to get one started:
* www.torontolife.com
* www.gremolata.com
• www.tasteto.com (in fact, if you want to amass a very solid list of TO related food links, Taste TO is a great plae to start)
• the forums on E-Gullet
• wine-specific: www.vintageassessments.com (Michael Vaughan from the National Post), www.vinquebec.com (Marc André Gagnon's and Alain Brault's website that contains reviews of wines available at the LCBO and/or the SAQ; en français), www.winesofontario.org, www.tonyaspler.com, www.torontolife.com/blogs/wine (David Lawrason's blog).
I've just scratched the surface, and no doubt others will have many other great suggestions, but this should give any new-comer to Toronto, especially ex-Montrealers. enough to keep oneself busy for a good while!


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The Palo Alto Oaks can't be accused of going down without a fight. The Oaks had the tying run at the plate, but couldn't get the clutch hit they needed, losing to Fontanetti's 8-4 at the Baylands Athletic Center in Palo Alto on Saturday.
It was the second loss of the tournament for the Oaks (17-4), who pulled away to beat Easton Elite 10-4 Saturday morning.
Graham Fisher was 4-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs scored and a triple in the win over the Easton Elite Dodgers. Danny Ordonez was 3-for-4, including a triple, scoring two runs. The Oaks got a homer from Travis Conroy, who added another hit in a four-RBI game.
CJ Hillyer pitched six innings to get the win. Ricky Navarro entered in the seventh with the Oaks' nursing a slim lead, but Palo Alto broke the game open as Navarro earned a save.
In the second game, Fontanetti's Derek Luque entered the game with the bases loaded and two outs, getting the final out on a pop-up. The win went to Mike Monelo, while southpaw Matt Campbell absorbed the loss. Fontanetti's had a three-run homer from St. Francis-Mountain View grad Mark Cardinalli.
Bryan Beres had two booming doubles to left-center for the Oaks against Fontanetti's.
"The loss was harder than usual to out of the tournament this early," Beres said. "We're used to being on top. If we lost the first game of a tournament, we'd come all the way back to win. It was kind of our style."
Oaks player-manager Greg Matson was proud of the way his team didn't quit.
"It was nice to come out and swing the bat in that first game," said. "We put the ball in play and got some guys moving. The big hits were what sparked us, but, at the same time, we were getting guys moving. We were tired in that second game. Their pitcher, Monelo, did a real good job. He's one of the better pitchers we've seen this year."
The Oaks were down 8-1 entering the bottom of the ninth, but showed spirit in what could be the team's final game ever.
"We battled," Matson said. "We got the tying run at the plate. We had the guy up there we wanted. We weren't going to stop battling until it was over."
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David Hellebuyck admits joining PSG from St Etienne is a dream move for his career.
David Hellebuyck admits joining Paris Saint Germain from St Etienne is a dream move for his career.
The midfielder has signed a three-year contract with the capital club after spending the past five seasons with St Etienne.
He admits he is delighted to have signed for PSG and revealed the part coach Guy Lacombe played in his decision.
"It is a great step in my career, and I can say it is the first time in my professional life that I join a club I really wanted to join," Hellebuyck told France Football.
"Lausanne, St Etienne and even Guingamp, it was by obligation.
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"To negotiate two francs at St Etienne, you have to cry. At Paris, I earn é¼45,000, I say it, so it is clear.
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Determinants of FDI in Czech Manufacturing Industries between 2000-2006
The Czech Republic has been a successful recipient of foreign direct investment over recent years. Therefore, it is important to understand the decisions made by foreign investors where to place their investments and how to decide about their location between alternative industries. The aim of this paper is to _nd and estimate an econometric model describing the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing industry of the CR between 2000-2006. Our model includes several basic economic variables (for example labor, physical capital, R&D, pro_ts per labor. Together with simple techniques of estimation (OLS, _xed e_ects) we used generalized method of moments (GMM). As an additional technique we used also least trimmed squares estimator (LTS) as a diagnostic tool for the heterogeneous pattern of data.
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Geez. Need to figure out how to get this sensor lab started for the Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. If I use USB, then that means only the Windows 8.1 will be able to be used. If I use both, well then that would be nice, but it would require that I use Bluetooth.
As Steven Edouard just pointed out USB and the Bluetooth is about the same, except for annoying differences, like the Bluetooth using the HC-06 JY-MCU (aka: Linvor) doesn't like to stay connected easily.
So… I am going to use USB today and try to get the app working. Which it will. Just have to ignore my thoughts about the purchase of an Oscilloscope which will steal a lot of time. So I don't get an Oscilloscope till I get this app working. Then I won't need an oscilloscope. Sigh.
Ok, let's get started with the Arduino connection to the USB to the Windows 8 app.
Design goal:
Build a simple sensor lab that can be used from Windows 8.1 store app that is downloaded by students, hobbyists and so forth.
First Step: Understanding the App Package Manifest
To start in vast confusion, you can start off with the link below, it seems odd that the RFComm supports so little. Just seems odd to me…but the list is what it is:
How to specify device capabilities for Bluetooth (Windows Runtime apps) (link functional on 6/9/2014)
Next you want to hit the excellent blog by Dan Ardelean, as Dan notes, GATT, which is the Low Energy Bluetooth. Windows 8.1 and Phone only support devices like the HC-06 like the JY-MCU available under $10 or the HC-05 which supports the server and client side of the issue.
As Dan points out the Windows 8.1 (not phone) story for BLE seems to be strangely awful to use. Your users will have to manually pair the device with the tablet or notebook, no other options. This makes sense when you think about the security issues, etc. But painful nonetheless. You will have to give your endusers guidance on how to pair the Bluetooth. In my case, it is easier since people using sensors will be a little more ready to suffer with the Microsoft issues than a busy (but intelligent) Mom or Dad or Grandparent trying to deal with the kids.
I did note that the Sphero app in the Windows store does have a nice way of handling the pairing situation it just opens the correct settings page. Of course if you have a seriously discharged Sphero then you have to wait.
If you do have a Sphero, then try to follow what Dan is talking about with the TI Bluetooth system, which is a killer deal at $25 US with free shipping in the US. It comes with a few sensors like a temperature sensor, Humidity sensor, a magnetometer and a gyroscope all for the 25 bucks US. Nice. I have also bought the HC-06 and an HC-05, but these are not BLE devices, rather they are the older Bluetooth specification.
Second Step: Giving Up on Bluetooth for now
There is an old saying: Try, try, and try again, then give up, there is no use being a fool about things. And so for today, I have given up on the Bluetooth connection to focus on the USB and serial data exchange. I will get the TI system later in the month and use it to extend my sensor test lab. But for now, the Bluetooth connections are complicated, and will take more time than I have. But in later blogs I will pick it up again.
Third Step: See my next blog
My next blog will be on using the USB and serial connection with Arduino and Windows 8.1. If you do want to see the Bluetooth in action though, and you have one of the inexpensive HC-06 JY-MCU devices, use this working sample to get started: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Bluetooth-communication-7130c260, at the minimum you will need to have a HC-06 or HC-05 JY-MCU so that you can see it pair. If you have an Arduino or Netduino you can make the sample work for you.
But for now, I am switching to the USB approach.


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Before upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, I had the annoying problem of file modification dates getting changed when copying files to an NTFS file system. I also found that the problem was fixed in a newer version of ntfs-3g and all I had to do was get the package from the Ubuntu backports repository. Yipee!
But now I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and the problem has returned just in a new and nastier form. Now file modification dates are always updated in any move or copy, including ext3 to ext3! I did find that I could get around this problem when copying from the command line with
cp using the
-p switch to "preserve the specified attributes (default: mode, ownership, timestamps), if possible additional attributes: context, links, all". That didn't work for me when copying to an ntfs partition though. I got an error message:
cp: preserving times for `/path/My Documents in Windows/testfile.zip': Operation not permitted
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sudo to make it work on ntfs though. I am glad there is a work around but I really do not want to have to drop to a command line every time I want to move or copy a file that I want the modification date preserved. I want to use Nautilus to drag and drop things!
I knew from my previous issue with ntfs that the copy command doesn't preserve the modification date by default but copying in Nautilus did and now it doesn't. There was a major change from 7.10 to 8.04 with the file system though. GNOME now uses GVFS instead of GnoneVFS (confusing similar names I know). And from my research, it looks like that is the problem. There are bug reports here (Ubuntu) and here (GNOME). Now let's hope it gets fixed for 8.04 and soon! Until then I guess I will be dropping to the command line to move my photos around, argh!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
File modification dates changed in Ubuntu 8.04 on copy or move
Before upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, I had the annoying problem of file modification dates getting changed when copying files to an NTFS file system. I also found that the problem was fixed in a newer version of ntfs-3g and all I had to do was get the package from the Ubuntu backports repository. Yipee!
by Forrest at 8:16 PM
Labels: 8.04, copy, filesystem, gnome, linux, modified date, move, nautilus, ubuntu
6 comments:
- Martin Vogel said...
When I discovered this bug yesterday, several hundred digital photos of mine already had lost their creation date and time in copying processes during the last weeks. Luckily, there is a useful little tool to recover the files date and time from the EXIF information:
jhead -ft *.JPG
- May 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- Forrest said...
Thank you for pointing that out! I haven't looked very hard for a program that would do that for me but it looks like jhead is perfect! I still have some pictures that need fixing from my problem with this before.
- May 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Rykhe said...
For me, this is a great problem too and I hope some day will be fixed. Meanwhile I'm using Gnome-Commander and datestamps are preserved.
- June 5, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- REDunbar said...
I have to deal with lots of photos that don't have exif dates, so I have to go by their modification dates to keep track of them. Has this been reported as a bug, so that it can be fixed? I installed Gnome-Commander, but after looking at it, it doesn't feel right. I want to be able to drag and drop from normal Nautilus windows. This needs to be fixed ASAP!
- June 5, 2008 at 5:51 PM
- Martin Vogel said...
The Bugfix rushes in as fast as a glacier. In the meantime I avoid nautilus and use Thunar as my file manager: http://thunar.xfce.org
- June 6, 2008 at 3:18 AM
- Technical Tony said...
This is still a problem in Ubuntu 8.10, good god...
- January 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM


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With a stay at Hotel Claris, you'll be centrally located in Barcelona, steps from Barcelona Egyptian Museum and Montaner Palace. This 5-star hotel is close to Casa Batllo and Palau de la Musica Catalana.
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Yvonne Haddad, Ph.D., is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Professor Haddad's fields of expertise include twentieth-century Islam; intellectual, social and political history in the Arab world; and Islam in North America and the West. Currently, Professor Haddad is conducting research on Muslims in the West and on Islamic Revolutionary Movements. She also teaches courses on Muslim-Christian Relations and Arab Intellectuals.
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- Ph.D. (1979) Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, Modern soc., econ., & pol. devt & Islamic heritage
- M.A. (1971) University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Comparative History, Modern Middle East
- M.R.E. (1966) Boston University, Religious Education, Leadership Development
- B.A. (1958) Beirut College For Women, Beirut, Lebanon, Education, Psychology, and English
Yvonne Haddad. Becoming American? The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America, Becoming American? The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America . Waco: Baylor University Press, 2011.
Yvonne Haddad, Farid Senzai and Jane I. Smith. Educating the Muslims of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane I. Smith and Kathleen Moore. Muslim Women in America, Gender, Islam, and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Yvonne Haddad. Not Quite American? The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States, An Edmonson Historical Lecture. : Baylor University Press, 2004.
Yvonne Haddad, John Esposito. The Islamic Revival since 1989: A Critical Survey and Bibliography 1989-1994. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Movements in North America. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1993.
Yvonne Haddad, John Voll, John Esposito, Kathleen Moore, and David Sawan. The Contempory Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Yvonne Haddad, Adair Lummis. Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Yvonne Haddad. Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1982.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith. The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1981.
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Yvonne Haddad, Ron Geaves, Tom Gabriel, Jane Smith, ed. Islam and the West Post 9/11. : Ashgate, 2004.
Yvonne Haddad, with Barbara Stowasser, ed. Islamic Law and Modernity. : Altamira, 2004.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith and John Esposito, ed. Religion and Immigration: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States. Lanham, MD: Altamira Press, 2003.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith, ed. Muslim Minorities in the West: "Visible" and "Invisible". Lanham, MD: Altamira Press, 2002.
Yvonne Haddad, ed. Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Yvonne Haddad, John Esposito, ed. Daughters of Abraham: Feminist Thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.
Yvonne Haddad, John Esposito, ed. Muslims on the Americanization Path?. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1998.
Yvonne Haddad, John Esposito, ed. Islam, Gender and Social Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Yvonne Haddad, Wadi Zaidan Haddad, ed. Christian-Muslim Encounters. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1995.
Yvonne Haddad, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (4 vols.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith, ed. Muslim Communities in the North America. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
Yvonne Haddad, ed. The Muslims of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Yvonne Haddad, Ellison Findly, ed. Women, Religion, and Social Change. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1985.
Yvonne Haddad, Byron Haines, and Ellison Findly, ed. The Islamic Impact. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1984.
Special Issue: (Islam and the West), The Muslim World, 92, 1&2, Spring 2002, Guest editor with Jane Smith.
Journal editor, The Muslim World Quarterly, published by the Duncan Black Macdonald Center, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, 1980-1988.
Book reviews in: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, The Muslim World, Middle East Journal, Religious Studies Review, Hawwa, Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations. Various dates.


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Hurry to the Boiler Room
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Jump up and use your Missiles on the Fune to kill it. Go all the way right and drop below, beyond the gate. Open it, then stand by the left door and make a running start towards the right to break the blocks in the floor in the next room. Walk left to fall through a Pit Block. Go through the door.
Drop to the bottom of this long shaft with all the Fune. Go through the left-hand green hatch below. Grab onto the rungs above and pull your way left, watching the lava to avoid spouts. Kill the enemies along the way as you go. At the far left, go through the door.
Stand by the edge of the platform to make the Nahime open its eyes and spew fire. Jump the flame and wait for the Nahime to stick its head further out. Quickly freeze it, stand on it, and jump onto the ledge above. Go through the door. Be careful of the fire raining down from the Novas, and exit right. Make the Nahime come out, freeze them, and climb up them to the door; go through.
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The small platform ahead is made of Pit Blocks and will crumble, causing you to fall into the lava below, so freeze the Nova on it and jump on it across the gap to the door. Go through to the Main Boiler Room.
Get the Side-Hoppers out of the way if you have to, jump onto the platform above the door you came in through, and get to the top left where a Living Door is on the door. Kill it, get the red X, and go through the door. Continue left to the control unit, where you see a scientist causing the meltdown. You have no choice but to shoot him; but you will discover it is in fact a Core-X.
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This is a Core-X with an eye, so wait for the eye to open, shoot it with a Missile and jump to avoid the beam shot out. Remember, if you wait too long to shoot it, it will shoot a beam. Once it's defeated, grab the Core-X to recover your Wide Beam ability.
Sector 3 (PYR)
Log into the control unit to reactivate the cooling unit, and breathe a sigh of relief; disaster averted.
Make your way back to the shaft with the many Fune, and head through the green hatch on the right. Get rid of any Owtches in the way, and bomb the bottom right wall to open it. Freeze the Nova above when it's below the gap in the ceiling (which you can't clear from the ledge, but you can if you stand on the frozen Nova). Go through the door above.
Drop below and jump on just the first platform above the lava, but don't kill the Nova on the other platforms, as they are all made of Pit Blocks. Freeze the Nova and use them to go step-by-step to the right. Pull into the tunnel to get an Energy Tank. Jump into the tunnel above, go to the end and you'll fall below where you can get the Missile Tank. Continue to the end and you will fall below.
Open the gate and go through, and return to the shaft with all the Fune/Nahime. Get to the top and exit left. Bomb the top block in the left wall, roll left, bomb the block above you, jump into the tunnel above, roll right, bomb the block in the way, jump into the higher tunner and roll to the end, bomb the block and jump up into the corridor. Destroy the purple barrier with three Missiles, go through the door to the left, and drop below to the door at the bottom. Go through.
Shoot the walls ahead and go up to the second door above on the left. Go through and use the rungs to get across the lava, avoiding Side-Hoppers and lava spouts. Beyond the door at the end is a Missile Tank; grab it, then bomb the left wall. Continue left, shooting the things in your way so you will be able to do a Shine Spark through the block in the ceiling at the far left. When you're ready, Shine Spark through it, then press right so you end up to the right. Shoot the wall just below the part that sticks out, go into the small area, then shoot the wall at the top-right. Jump down and bomb the floor one space from the right wall to make an elevator pop up. Step on it and jump up above, shooting the block in the ceiling. Jump up, then shoot left to reach the Energy Tank. For a quick way back to where you need to be, return to the lower floor and make a running start, then crouch before the edge and shoot the door open, then do a Shine Spark to the right to get through the long lava room.
Return to the Navigation Room at the beginning of Sector 3.
Uplink for your briefing: since the X mimicked a scientist, it appears the X can absorb the memories and knowledge of their prey. Adam posits that even though it would have destroyed all the X in the station and the SA-X, perhaps the X tried to destroy the station because Samus is considered an even greater threat to X elsewhere.
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Dealing with expatriation is a multi-faceted and often difficult process. The key is to find the invisible line between business expansion into other markets for sustainable growth and managing those individuals who are willing to relocate to a foreign cultural, socio-economic and political environment.
The goal is to ensure that the expatriate yields a return on investment for the business, as sending individuals on assignment can be a costly exercise, for both company and employee. Market penetration and operational expansion are two key strategic imperatives for most multinational organisations, therefore, there are certain skill sets which will drive operations abroad: management and specialist skills.
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Judging which personality type is the correct one is critical and demands specialised evaluation. We see time and time again where companies identify employees to go on assignment, where they do not score well on in the pre-assignment evaluations. It is therefore important to take all eventualities into account. Marilize de Witt, a registered industrial psychologist, concurs and insists that the best candidates have to be avidly searched for, and may not always be the obvious candidates.
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There are a number of practical problems which expatriate mobility executives are faced with in terms of the immigration and visa process, making it more difficult for the employer. One of these are the requirement of a Department of Labour certificate, which includes an audit conducted by the department before being able to apply for a work visa. We are seeing increasingly long turnaround times hereon and often a negative outcome issued even where the requirements are met and well-motivated. The Critical Skills Work Visa is favourable for skilled candidates and we recommend considering this category first and foremost.
The visa requirements are usually tackled during the planning phase of the expatriate life cycle as there are quite a number of steps to follow, these include identifying the correct category of visa for both the expatriate and their family, determining whether the applicant will have to apply in their home or host country, and then off course the process of collecting all the necessary documents from both the employee and the employer. This can be quite a lengthy process and the sooner it gets underway the better.
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Expatriate remuneration is often a highly sensitive and contentious issue. It is therefore crucial that an objective and consistent methodology is used to adjust an expatriate's salary to the specific assignment which they have been selected for. The golden rule to expatriate salary adjustment and entitlement to benefits is simple, it must be fair for both the company and the employee and a consistent methodology must be applied, in other words what is good for one is good for the other. It is vital that the International Mobility policy is formulated around this principle, obviously taking into account market best practice, local laws and current business affordability.
Companies should be cautious not to solely focus on the assignment; the repatriation process at the end of the expatriate's term should not be neglected. This process however can be just as stressful as the initial expatriation phase, and also needs monitoring and assessment. Many repatriated assignees believe that their term of office in a foreign country had a negative impact on their career.
In conclusion, the most consistent approach to international assignments encompasses the definitive and disciplined methods of leaving absolutely nothing to chance, and no assumptions should be made in the planning or execution phases. Companies have to ensure that the expatriate provides a good return on investment and an important part of this is ensuring the expatriate is productive as soon as possible after arrival in the host country.
A mobility programme that is all-encompassing is much more than simply moving employees from one country to another.
Information about contributors:
- Paul Marais is a certified Global Remuneration Professional with the World@Work Society and a member of SARA. Paul has been working in the reward space for close to ten years on various remuneration projects across industry and Africa.
- Marilize De Witt is a registered Industrial Psychologist at Africorp Solutions and Advisory who specialises in placements, selection assessments, employee development assessments and team cohesion workshops.
- Marisa Jacobs has a wealth of knowledge on Immigration, specialising in the application of temporary and permanent residence applications. She assists both large corporate companies and individuals enabling her to provide a high quality immigration service that is customized to organisation and individual needs and circumstances.


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This volume takes a comparative approach, locating totalitarianism in the vastly complex web of fragmented pasts, diverse presents and differently envisaged futures to enhance our understanding of this fraught era in European history. It shows that no matter how often totalitarian societies spoke of and imagined their subjects as so many slates to be wiped clean and re-written on, older identities, familial loyalties and the enormous resilience of the individual (or groups of individuals) meant that the almost impossible demands of their regimes needed to be constantly transformed, limited and recast.
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- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup frozen cranberries
- Blend the wet ingredients except chia seeds. Fold in chia seeds and let sit for 10 mins to hydrate the seeds a bit.
- Line a muffin pan with muffin liners. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Add the dry ingredients to the blender and pulse a few times to combine. Alternatively, add and whisk all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add to wet and mix to combine. The batter should be somewhat flowy but not runny. If too runny, add a tbsp or more flour and mix in.
- Drop the batter into lined muffin pan. Add cranberries or other berries on top. Sprinkle some chia seeds on top (optional).
- Bake for 20 to 22 mins.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then a few minutes on the counter before serving. The muffins can be kept on the counter (covered) for the day, or refrigerated upto 5 days.
To make these gluten-free: In a bowl mix ¾ cup oat flour, ½ cup almond flour, ⅓ cup starch (a combination of tapioca and potato starch works best), 2 tbsp coconut flour and ½ tsp xanthan gum. Use 1⅓ cup of the mix and blend in. Add more if the mixture is too runny. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes.


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One of the funny quirks about living on the left side of the Mississippi River? (Left side, of course, if you're looking at a map of the U.S.) It's how a lot of towns were bequeathed with names that originated in the east.
Look no further than Beverly Hills, a city named after Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. And dozens of others up and down the California coast.
Even our own downtown was once called "The Wall Street of the West" (oh, that was another common add-on, right? Dot dot dot "of the West.") Spring Street hummed with flashy cash and people wanting to build buildings and build fortunes, all at once.
Downtown residents know the thoroughfare has gone through its share of fortunes, but the stories thrive. Obscura Society LA and LA Conservancy are pairing up for a private walk around the area, specifically to address Spring Street's financial past and the names that are over the doors (or at least on the original deeds).
The tour is on Saturday, March 30. Reservations are essential. Tickets are $16.
Some of the stops mentioned, or at least places that will be referenced along the way, include the Continental Building (formerly Braly Block), El Dorado Hotel (formerly Stowell Hotel), and the Broadway-Spring Arcade Building.
The day will be a thorough overview of The Wall Street of the West's past. But don't think that western cities aren't now bestowing their names and reputations upon other municipalities. How often do we hear "the San Francisco of the North" or "Hollywood of the Midwest"? Often enough to make a wry note of it.