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How to make a consumer complaint
When you buy goods or services in Ireland or another EU Member State you will have certain rights under consumer legislation. It can be difficult sometimes to know where to complain or to whom you should address your complaint. There are a number of consumer organisations in Ireland and throughout the EU that provide advice on your rights. In the interests of good customer service the majority of businesses will be pleased to set any matter right.
Know what your rights are
Before you make a complaint be aware of your consumer rights under the law. If you have a written contract or description of the goods or services read what it states. Your complaint will almost certainly be much more effective if you are aware of your rights. Remember: A repair, a replacement or a refund are all possible options where goods are faulty.
Deal with the issue as soon as possible
If a product is defective it is important that you return it as soon as possible after you notice the fault. If you keep a faulty item for a long time, you may be considered to have accepted the item in that state. The situation is similar for services that you are unhappy with. In some cases, there are time limits for taking certain procedures (for example, if you have a complaint about a package holiday you need to complain to the tour operator within 28 days of returning from the holiday). Even where there are no time limits set down, it is easier for you and the organisation to deal with recent events.
Find and keep all relevant documents
It is important to keep any documents relating to your complaint. You may need these records later if you take your complaint to another authority to solve it. It is also useful to keep track of the steps you took to address this complaint. That means keeping receipts or cheque-stubs as proof of purchase for the products or services. If you are complaining by telephone, make sure you record details of the calls. That is, keeping track of whom you spoke to, what was agreed, etc. If your complaint is in writing, keep records of what you write, send photocopies of receipts and keep originals.
Proof of purchase
It is your responsibility to prove that you bought the goods or services that you are complaining about. A receipt is just one way to prove that you bought an item or paid for a service. If you paid for the item by credit card, you could use your credit card statement as proof of purchase. A cheque stub can also be used as proof of purchase. If you do pay for an item in cash, ask for a receipt and keep it safe. A receipt issued following a cash transaction is your only record that you have bought an item.
Start at the least formal level
You should begin by making your complaint informally. This means giving the retailer or service provider the first opportunity to solve the problem. It is advisable to speak to a 'decision-maker' such as a supervisor or a manager who may have the authority to give you a refund or replacement. If informal contact with the business doesn't work you should next put your complaint in writing. It may be useful to check in advance if the business has a specific customer complaint form for you to fill in. When you put your complaint in writing, remember to be clear and state all the facts of the case. Remain objective and avoid giving personal opinion, or comments. If direct contact with the company does not work to your satisfaction, you should then complain to the appropriate complaints body if there is one. Escalating a matter is considerably easier when you have exhausted less formal routes. You may also find that many consumer organisations cannot help with a problem if you have already taken the case to a solicitor. Exhausting less formal routes also demonstrates that you took all reasonable steps to redress your complaint before complaining formally. It also demonstrates that the retailer had a number of opportunities to put matters right before you chose to escalate them.
Refunds/credit notes/vouchers
If you buy faulty goods and you complain successfully to the retailer you are entitled to a replacement, a repair or a refund. The Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 does not state how a refund should be made. The retailer or supplier of services can give a refund in cash, cheque or a refund to a credit card account. The retailer could also issue a credit note. Remember: A repair, a replacement or a refund are all possible options where goods are faulty. Read more about Refunds, Credit notes and Vouchers here.
Appropriate complaints body
If you are still unhappy after you have complained to the retailer or service provider, you may need to go to a complaints body. In some areas, there is no specific body to deal with your complaint and your only recourse is to the Courts, particularly the Small Claims Court.
There are a number of consumer complaints bodies in Ireland and abroad that protect your rights. Some of these bodies are based in law, others are regulated by the industry, others are voluntary organisations. Some consumer complaints bodies have the power to prosecute offenders, others have the power to make recommendations or non-binding directions.
If you are unsure of your rights, get help from the various information sources listed in consumer protection organisations. An Alternative Dispute Resolution Body may also be able to help you. In some cases, there is no relevant complaints body and you may then have to consider taking a case to the Small Claims Court.
If you have bought on hire purchase (HP) or under a consumer hire agreement
Anything you buy under a hire purchase (HP) or a consumer hire agreement must be of merchantable quality, as described and fit for its purpose. In other words, consumer rights in this situation are the same as as if the goods were purchased outright. If you are dissatisfied with goods received under a consumer hire agreement, you should make your complaint to the retailer who sold you the goods. You may also be able to make a complaint to the finance company. If you are unhappy with the retailer's response, you should contact the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). The Central Bank of Ireland is responsible for the regulation of credit institutions and has implemented a Code of Conduct for credit institutions.
Consumer complaints in the EU
European legislation protects you every time you shop in Ireland or in another EU Member State. Consumers can benefit by availing of cheaper prices and better selection of items that the single market provides. Consumer problems that arise when you shop across borders are often more difficult to resolve than problems with local suppliers. Language differences and distance make it more difficult to complain effectively. The European Consumer Centre (ECC) in Ireland is there to support you if you have a problem with a supplier of goods or services in another EU Member State. ECC Ireland provides a free information and advice service on consumer rights in the EU. It is part of an EU wide network of consumer centres and it can help you to solve consumer disputes arising in other member states of the EU. It does this by trying to solve the dispute directly with the provider of goods or services and, if this fails, by referring your case to an alternative dispute resolution body.


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Nothing thrills us more than great friends starting new businesses, so when the uber-chic London stylist Liz Thody (above, with her shop) floated her idea of a pop-up shop in Norfolk, our immediate response was: "We're in!"
Norfolk is a few hours drive up north from London. Rich agrarian land means the county has become a bit of a foodie hotspot, and, with its northern boundaries hitting the North Sea, Norfolk boasts some of England's most beautiful beaches — notably the famed Holkham Beach (above) where the Queen is known to run her horses or, depending your reference preference, where the concluding scene of "Shakespeare in Love" was filmed.
The shop was positioned at , just outside of the little town of Holt. Wiveton Hall has a very popular restaurant which serves up some of the freshest food in the county (like my meal of grilled heirloom tomatoes on toast).
Liz called her shop Little Donkey Pop-Up, and her whimsical donkey logo was branded on bags (above), with neon tassels she sourced in Morocco. (If you speak fashion, then you might say Summer 2014 is all about a tassel.)
The shop itself was an ingenious piece of construction. A simple wheelbarrow shape, it held cashmere sweaters, children's dresses, hand-embroidered beach bags, trays of bright summer bracelets — and, of course, J.Falkner cards.
Liz chose bright summery cards from our line to complement her product mix, and we love how our range of friendship cards sat among the pastel cashmeres and retro bathing caps (see above).
For us, Little Donkey Pop-Up provided a welcome chance to nose around a part of England we'd never visited. The tree-shaded country lanes, the happy cows, the sun slanting over fields of hay — Norfolk was picture-postcard English countryside.
I even found myself reconsidering pebble siding, which can go so very wrong in London suburbs. Here in Norfolk, however, it has an authenticity and simplicity that was actually rather beautiful. (For example, this cottage in Burnham Market below.)
Goodbye for now, Norfolk — hope to see you and your wide wind-swept beaches again!


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I hadn't time yesterday to write a blog post before of the beginning of the day and I recover now that I'm already back to Europe. I spent many hours at the Microsoft booth meeting people who asked questions about Tabular, Power View and PowerPivot. I have to say that I'm really glad so many people started using PowerPivot and of the large interest around Tabular.
During my BISM: Multidimensional vs. Tabular I've been helped by Alberto during the demo (we joked about he was the demo monkey) and the feedback received are good. I tried to compare the strength and weakness of the two modeling options without spending time describing the area in which they are similar. During the days before I had many discussions about scenarios based on snapshots and I added a few slides to the presentation in order to cover this area that I thought was marginal but seems to be a very common one. To know more, watch the presentation when it will be available or wait for some article I'll write in the future describing these patterns.
In less than 10 days, I'll be at TechEd Europe and I'm really looking forward to meet other Tabular developers and PowerPivot users there!
Very informative and well explained.
At a certain point, you said you don't expect MS to implement M2M in the model, but more likely provide a wizard to write the standard DAX code required.
Why shouldn't they go the way they did with SSAS 2005?
Or even like some in-memory competitors (like QlikView 9+) where filters are propagated to every table, even along M2M relations.
The reason is side effects. Looking at technology today, the easiest way to implement M2M in data model is automating the cross-filter propagation described here: http://www.sqlbi.com/articles/optimize-many-to-many-calculation-in-dax-with-summarize-and-cross-table-filtering/
However, my experience with M2M in UDM says that as soon as you have multiple M2M in your data model, you might end up creating multiple role dimension just because there are calculations in which you want to use M2M and other in which you don't. This is expecially true whenever there are multiple M2M paths connecting two dimensions.
I already proposed a simpler DAX syntax to handle cascading M2M because of that. But I understand the pain of having to create multiple formulas for any M2M measure. Anyway, for that I would prefer to see an approach that also solves the DateTool problem (YTD and other formulas applied to multiple measures) that could be easily applied to the M2M too, without moving M2M to the model.
Anyway, it's a question of priorities. Solving DateTool is more important than M2M, in my opinion.
I went thru the session recording & it was very informative.
Will it be possible for you to post the presentation used for Tabular versus Multi-Dimensional TechEd session in some location - Channel9 / MSDN link is not working for slides. It only works for session recording.
For other downloads you have to register and login to http://northamerica.msteched.com, then look in the catalog of the sessions and opening the breakout session desired you can also download the slides.
Thanks for the guidance - I was able to download the session material from TechEd site :-)
Hi Marco,
We are working on a Tabular Model Solution that implements two M:M relationships & have been encountering performance issues in DAX measures.
While reviewing our solution with SQL SMEs, we have got recommendation that we should move to Multidimensional Model to improve performance. As per them, M:M implementation has better performance in Multidimensional compared to Tabular.
However, while going thru TechEd DB413 Session (Many to Many in DAX) Presentation, in conclusion it mentions that "M:M is Very fast in Tabular when compared with Multidimensional"
Will it be possible for you to share some additional reference points that can be used to make decision whether to continue with Tabular Model or move to Multidimensional Model to improve performance of M:M implementation?
I can grant you that a proper model and DAX formulas in Tabular are faster than Multidimensional. Orders of magnitude.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein: "I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I walked to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon and I made the determination if somebody was going to try and take me out, I was going to take them with me."
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The widely-feared US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a praiseworthy attempt to reach out to the American people, has offered up a glimpse into the exciting life of its top spittle expert.
According to the DHS:
Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models – the mathematical kind – of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry cough or a wet sneeze, their evaporation rate, air speed – these are all complications, reasons why people like Nicas can spend careers piling up academic papers...
Disaster comes not only from the mouth, but the nostril also.
DHS emphasis there on the mathematical nature of the slobber modelling. Presumably they want to confirm that there isn't any hideous wind-tunnel research going on, or live urban biohazard slime-strike trials of the sort favoured by the British government.
Prof Nicas is apparently just one of an elite team of DHS scientists grappling with the tricky problems of snot-, spit-, dribble- and other bodily-emission-related terrorist outrages. Nicas warns that anyone could be a possibly-unwitting terrorist bio-strike suicide attack vector and/or pandemic plague carrier.
"When you get on an airplane, it's always best to sit at least three rows from a coughing person," he says. "You don't know what they have."
The DHS also warns prophetically against the dreaded drivel- or dribble-borne disease of doom:
Statistical predictions about flying saliva may seem like academic caricature. But they have important real-world applications to terrorist biological attacks and deadly diseases like bird flu that can ripple quickly through American cities. Disaster comes from the mouth, warns an ancient Chinese proverb on the dangers of linguistic drivel. But understanding the infectious potential of biological drivel may be the secret to restoring national health in a pandemic.
Nicas insists that his job as perhaps the world's top expert on the terrorist phlegm outrage threat hasn't made him paranoid.
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Back in November, 1,049 Japanese people were asked by survey company goo Ranking to choose which animated or Tokusatsu (think Godzilla or Power Rangers-style) movies of 2012 they would recommend to other people. Here are the top five recommended films of 2012—all of which are anime.
#1 — The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
The most recommended movie by a wide margin was The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. This is a slice-of-life tale about a human single mother raising her half-wolf children in modern Japan. It's a heart-warming tale focusing on the themes of parenthood, community, and the return to nature. If you're jonesing for a family adventure, The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki will no doubt tide you over for a long while.
Click here for our full review.
#2 — Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
The next most recommended film was Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo. Like it or hate it, no one will dispute that it completely destroyed any and all expectations that fans had going in. The Evangelion presented in this film is unlike any other and is so far removed from the events seen in the original series, it's difficult to even compare the two. So if you were thinking this film would be similar in tone to the other Rebuild of Evangelion movies, cast those illusions aside. You're in for a wild ride with this one, if nothing else.
Click here for our full (and spoiler-filled) review.
#3 — Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker is the sixteenth film in the long-running Detective Conan (aka Case Closed) series. This time out our teenage genius detective (who is, as always, trapped in the body of a young child) is dealing with a serial bomber who has been planting bombs at high profile soccer games. Conan and the rest of the main cast try to decipher the criminal's cryptic clues to find where the bombs are and how to stop them. It is a fun little mystery adventure that will keep both children and adults entertained till the very end.
#4 — One Piece Film: Z
The fourth most recommended film was the twelfth and latest film in the One Piece franchise: One Piece Film: Z. This film is largely focused around the titular villain "Z" and his plan to rid the world of pirates. What comes out of this story is an incredibly well-developed and sympathetic villain who outshines even the franchise's main cast in this outing.
Click here for our full review.
#5 — Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~
Doraemon, the earless robotic cat from the future, is back once again in his 32nd movie. This time he, along with the usual gang, travel to an island where extinct animals still roam the land and battle against forces from the future to protect it.
Outside of the top five, other notable titles include the only non-Japanese movie in the top ten, Dreamwork's Puss in Boots, which came in at number six. The two Madoka Magica movies were the eighth most recommended, while the CG video game tie-in Resident Evil: Damnation took the number ten spot.
Among the other anime movies we have looked at here at Kotaku East in 2012, 009 Re:Cyborg came in at 16, Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey at 19, Tiger & Bunny: the Beginning at 24, and Macross FB7 at 27.
To check out the full list, head over to What Japan Thinks to see the entire survey translated into English.


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Vancouver's location on hills with views of the harbor, its many waterways, and the nearby mountains of the Coast Range as well as its mild winter climate make it a year-round tourist center. As Canada's main connection to Pacific Rim countries, Vancouver has become increasingly ethnically diverse as large numbers of Chinese, Japanese, and South Asians have settled in the city. Vancouver's Chinatown is second only to San Francisco's.
Simon Fraser Univ. and the British Columbia Institute of Technology are in the city. At Point Grey in metropolitan Vancouver is the Univ. of British Columbia. Stanley Park (900 acres/364 hectares), the largest of the city's more than 170 parks, has a zoo, a marine science center, and famous gardens with outstanding specimens of native trees. Other attractions include the Granville Island Museums and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site some 20 mi (32 km) south of the city. Vancouver is home to the Canucks (National Hockey League), and Lions (Canadian Football League). An international exposition devoted to transportation, Expo '86, brought international recognition and 20 million visitors to the city, and the city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver was settled before 1875 and originally called Granville. It was incorporated in 1886, after a rail link was built, and named in honor of Capt. George Vancouver.
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This is a blog of random musings. My avatar is Stanczyk. Stanczyk is a jester, not a fool exactly, but more a sage — funny but worldly and concerned. Of course, he is Polish.
I like to muse upon history, politics, genealogy (much about Polish genealogy), religion, science, art, University of Michigan, books, technology, STEM and miscellanea. Perhaps one of my musings will inspire you (at least to comment). If that is the case, then I truly may be a Muse.
Of course, jesters are known to opine and speak truth … These opinions/truths are my own and do not reflect/represent the opinions of my customers, lawyers, or any agencies contracting for my skills for themselves or their customers.
Stanczyk is also a nom-de-plume for a Polish Genealogist whose paternal line originates near the Vistula (Wisla) river in what was the Russian-Poland partition in the Kielce gubernia. This jester is always on the lookout for distant Polish cousins from:
Biechow, Pacanow, Zborowek, Stopnica, Swiniary, Szczebrzusz, Dobrowoda, Opatowiec, Beszowa, Olesnica, Staszow, Nowy Korczyn, Chotel Czerwony, etc. and possibly even Szczucin (in the Austria-Poland partition). These are parishes, so there are a lot of other nearby villages (i.e. Piesztrzec, Kwasow, Rataje, Falecin) that also appear in my genealogy.
Twitter: @REAL_HiggsBoson @Stanczyk_ (temporarily restricted due to computer error. Do NOT update your name with emojis, Twitter thinks you are changing your name ???)
If you want to know more about Stanczyk, than seek me on my Wikipedia page. Suffice it to say that I served three kings:
Alexander, Sigismund the Old and Sigismund Augustus (all of the Jagiellonian Dynasty). Stanczyk makes jests and uses sarcasm/satire to speak truth to all.
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Those who live in industrialized countries have easy access to healthy food and nutritional supplements, but magnesium deficiencies are still common. That's a problem because new research from Tel Aviv University suggests that magnesium, a key nutrient for the functioning of memory, may be even more critical than previously thought for the neurons of children and healthy brain cells in adults.
The research confirms the results of a study recently reported here.
Begun at MIT, the research started as a part of a post-doctoral project by Dr. Inna Slutsky of TAU's Sackler School of Medicine and evolved to become a multi-center experiment focused on a new magnesium supplement, magnesium-L-theronate (MgT), that effectively crosses the blood-brain barrier to inhibit calcium flux in brain neurons.
Published recently in the scientific journal Neuron, the new study found that the synthetic magnesium compound works on both young and aging animals to enhance memory or prevent its impairment. The research was carried out over a five-year period and has significant implications for the use of over-the-counter magnesium supplements.
In the study, two groups of rats ate normal diets containing a healthy amount of magnesium from natural sources. The first group was given a supplement of MgT, while the control group had only its regular diet. Behavioral tests showed that cognitive functioning improved in the rats in the first group and also demonstrated an increase of synapses in the brain — connective nerve endings that carry memories in the form of electrical impulses from one part of the brain to the other.
"We are really pleased with the positive results of our studies," says Dr. Slutsky. "But on the negative side, we've also been able to show that today's over-the-counter magnesium supplements don't really work. They do not get into the brain.
"We've developed a promising new compound which has now taken the first important step towards clinical trials by Prof. Guosong Liu, Director of the Center for Learning and Memory at Tsinghua University and cofounder of Magceutics company," she says.
While the effects were not immediate, the researchers in the study — from Tel Aviv University, MIT, the University of Toronto, and Tsighua University in Beijing — were able to assess that the new compound shows improved permeability of the blood-brain barrier. After two weeks of oral administration of the compound in mice, magnesium levels in the cerebral-spinal fluid increased.
"It seems counterintuitive to use magnesium for memory improvement because magnesium is a natural blocker of the NMDA receptor, a molecule critical for memory function. But our compound blocks the receptor only during background neuronal activity. As a result, it enhances the brain's 'plasticity' and increases the number of brain synapses that can be switched on," says Dr. Slutsky.
"Our results suggest that commercially available magnesium supplements are not effective in boosting magnesium in cerebro-spinal fluid," she says. "Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body, but today half of all people in industrialized countries are living with magnesium deficiencies that may generally impair human health, including cognitive functioning."
Before the new compound becomes commercially available, Dr. Slutsky advises people to get their magnesium the old-fashioned way — by eating lots of green leaves, broccoli, almonds, cashews and fruit. The effects on memory won't appear overnight, she cautions, but with this persistent change in diet, memory should improve, and the effects of dementia and other cognitive impairment diseases related to aging may be considerably delayed.


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Most of us have gone through that stage wherein we pick a random sport and dream of becoming excellent and great at it. We want to join competitions and tournaments with the hope of coming out the champion. The usual practice among athletes is that they primarily have some background on the sport before they actually pursue it. On the other hand, others can simply have the sudden urge to learn and play the game just after seeing it on the television. Either way, what usually happens next is to engage in the sport. Most people enrol in sports clinics or play the game during weekends. Others even join school teams to get the needed training and exposure for the future. However, sometimes, you will not have the money to spend on classes and clinics. Sometimes, you might not also have the time to attend such things. In a sport such as the golf, the cost of sport gears, golf lessons and club memberships can be such a setback. But because of the advancement in technology, a lot of people have turned to online golf lessons to improve their game and learn new techniques. These online materials can actually be of help to the players. Websites offer effective tips to help improve your skills. The good thing about them is that majority offer simple tips that are easy to understand. So if you are new to the sport, you will not get overwhelmed by their tutorials.
Golf is a sport which needs your mental and physical abilities. When you go online and search about golf lessons, you will be bombarded by millions of website which will tempt you to use them. However, it is crucial that you go to the websites which are reliable and proven to be effective. So how do you know which of them are good and informative enough and which of them are not? It is here where the actual practice comes in. For you to know if a certain swing or technique works, you must really try it out. More so, aside from the online lessons, once you are in a golfing range, try to approach the seasoned players and ask them for tips. Sometimes if they are helpful enough, you can also show them what you have learned so that he/she can correct you just in case you misunderstood the guide. If you are shy and do not want to go asking people for help, you can also watch them and try to imitate their stance and swing. If you see improvements on your own game based on what you have imitated, then stick to that style.
Self- diagnosis can be an effective way of learning the proper form and technique. However, you should know that it may not work for everyone. Sometimes, it is also important that someone point out your mistakes. If you are really serious about the sport and have the money to pay for some classes, go ahead and hire a personal coach or trainer. It would be a great help to your game because sometimes, depending entirely on books and websites can be ineffective and damaging to your form, especially when you have landed on sketchy ones. Paying for a trainer's service can be a form of investment. Also, with the help of a personal trainer, your own style, capabilities, limits, strengths and weaknesses can be addressed. Your teacher can help you reach your full potential, reduce your errors and fight off your weaknesses. Most online guides and books present a general approach on their teaching so sometimes what they teach may be as effective for you.
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Berkeley, California: Celebrating Chez Panisse's 40th Anniversary with Some Pizza
Chez Panisse Café
1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 (map); 510-548-5525; chezpanisse.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan-inspired meets California-style
Oven type: Wood-fired
The skinny: The restaurant founded by the queen of California cooking creates stand-out toppings, but the crust is slightly uninspired
Notes: Two pizzas with rotating seasonal toppings appear on the menu daily at the upstairs cafe
Price: Pies typically cost $13 to $19
This past August, Chez Panisse celebrated its fortieth anniversary, prompting much reflection on Alice Waters' seminal role in the creation of California Cuisine and its ethos of cooking with local, fresh ingredients. But as we celebrate Chez Panisse's broader food legacy, let's not forget its pizza legacy.
Though credit for California-style pizza mostly goes to Ed LaDou, Waters and her Chez Panisse staff also deserve a little recognition. Pizza with non-traditional toppings that highlighted California produce started coming out of the wood-fired oven at Chez Panisse Café in 1980, two years before LaDou started firing pies at Spago. Though I'm guessing dear Alice likely cringes at the idea of a pizza covered in sickly-sweet barbecue sauce, pizzas topped with leeks, potato, or even duck confit have all appeared on Chez Panisse's menu.
Chez Panisse's influence on local San Francisco Bay Area pizza-craft is also quite clear. The area brims with restaurants cooking pizzas in wood-fired ovens, many of these—Pizzaiolo, Boot & Shoe Service, Oliveto, Zuni, Cotogna—founded by a chef who worked some time in the Chez Panisse kitchen. Though the Neapolitan pizza craze has national roots, it may be the branching of the Chez Panisse family tree that has allowed it to take off so thoroughly in and around San Francisco.
So, as a pizza geek, I wasn't about to let this anniversary pass without going in for a pie or two.
These days, the pizzas at Chez Panisse—stretched and fired in the open kitchen of their upstairs Café—continue to feature ingredient-driven toppings. Two pies always appear on the Café menu, and during our visit, both came sauceless with toppings you certainly wouldn't expect at your corner slice shop.
The appetizer pizzetta, with sweet and hot peppers, capers, and marjoram practically mesmerized with its kaleidoscopic colors. The satisfying sweet-spicy combination got a note of added surprise from the brine of the capers.
However, the flavors on our "main course" pizza firmly stole the show. Topped with nettles, artichoke, and sheep's milk ricotta, this pie didn't boast any pyrotechnics, but rather a rich and vegetal flavor that had us going back for bite after bite.
Yet, if the toppings on these pizzas still sport the ingredient-driven excellence that helped to create Chez Panisse's legend, the crust has certainly been surpassed by some of newer kids on the block. When Serious Eats Overlord Ed Levine visited Chez Panisse back in 2005 for his pizza book, he called the crust "thin, chewy, and pliable, if a little wan." During our recent lunch, the crust had the char-spots that Ed found lacking, but the giant blisters flaked away leaving behind an emptiness. Though crisp on the exterior, the insubstantial cornicione simply didn't require any muscle to bite off and chew.
There are those who might wish that California-style pizza never found its way into the game, who feel that nettles and artichokes are simply taking up space that should be reserved for pepperoni and sausage*. I'm not one of those people. I'm very happy to celebrate the flexibility of pizza to support an endless variety of delicious combinations—if it's done well. Even if I'd put it on a more inspired crust, the rotating menu of toppings at Chez Panisse could keep me interested for some time to come. Shall we check back again in, say, forty years?
*And let's be honest, all of Alice Waters' culinary contributions and crusades have met with their share of backlash.
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Coach Kathy Roulhac concluded her 10th season at the helm of Tennessee State volleyball, with the Tigers compiling a 10-18 record. Big Bue finished eighth in the conference punching a ticket to the OVC tournament.
The trip to top seeded Morehead state marked the third consecutive season the Tigers made postseason.
The campaign also brought about other accomplishments that highlighted the season.
2013 TSU Volleyball Highlights:
·Senior Erika Moss and Junior Naomi Wells were honored as members of the preseason all-conference team.
·The Tigers picked up their first win of the season against Southern Utah on Aug. 31. Senior Erika Moss dished out 48 assists in the win and helped three TSU attackers finish in double digit kills.
·Tennessee State picked up a key non-conference over AAC foe Memphis on Oct. 15. The match went five sets and three TSU attackers racked up 10 or more kills in the victory.
·The Tigers rode the momentum after knocking off Memphis to win three of their next four contests, all at home from Oct. 18 to Oct. 25. In the span Big Blue picked up wins over UT Martin, Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State.
·Erika Moss picked up her 4,000 assist in TSU's match against SIUE, becoming the only Tiger to reach the plateau in program history.
·Wells earned OVC player of the week twice during the season, tied for the most of any volleyball player.
·The Tigers finished 4-4 in Ohio Valley Conference play at the Gentry Center.
·Wells finished the year on the all-OVC team after leading the conference in kills per set.
·As a team TSU totaled 676 assists in conference play, for an average of 12.29 helpers a contest, fifth best mark in the Ohio Valley.
·In OVC matches freshman Arijana Anderson finished seventh in kills averaging 3.12 put downs per frame and totaling 162 kills.
·Erika Moss piled up 974 assists on the year, the eighth best single season mark in Tennessee State History. The senior currently holds four of the nine best assist seasons in school history.
·Moss finished her career in the top ten lists of four different statistical categories: assists (4,330, first), digs (1,063, fifth), aces (89, sixth) and block assists (137, eighth)
·Wells currently ranks fifth in the all-time career kills list in TSU history with 829. Her 2,400 attacks also put the Huntsville, Ala. native seventh the record books in that category.


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I Can't Believe I'm Doing This!
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I have done it!
Today, because the state of Virginia no longer has a statute of limitations on childhood sexual assault, I have begun the process of bringing my rapist/molester to justice!!
I'm scared out of my mind. I don't know what to expect — except the phone call from a Norfolk detective. I mean, I've seen television shows relating to this, but this is real life!! I have already spoken to a woman at NCIS (since my rapist was a military member when he assaulted me) who took down my information and story. I tried to remain matter of fact in my statement, but my nerves got the best of me and I broke down.
It's been a long time since I've cried.
I hope to chronicle my journey here so that others, who wish to report their abusers in a non-statute of limitation state, will have the resources to do so.
This journey began with an article I read in Military Times (If I can find the article again, I will post it). The author of the article posted her email address and I contacted her. She, in turn, had the right people contact me.
One of the phone numbers given to me is for the RAINN organization. This organization can help you find your starting point if you so choose to bring your abuser to justice. They will also help you find resources in your area for counseling services.
Today, I begin a new journey. While I wait I ask for your prayers.
Thank you!


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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the much anticipated Monsanto v. Bowman case, addressing whether the corporation's patent protections extend past the initial sale and use of their RoundUp-Ready seeds. Unfortunately the justices landed on the side of Monsanto, reaffirming the stranglehold corporations have on seeds — and our food system.
I had hoped the Supreme Court might finally draw a line in the sand, placing a limitation on Monsanto's long string of successful legal suits against farmers. But, following the trend, the justices sided with Monsanto and upheld the $84,456 judgement against farmer Vernon Bowman.
Bowman's crime? The farmer bought seeds from his local co-op and continued to grow and save those seeds even after he discovered they were glyphosate-resistant.
On Monday, the Court ruled that Monsanto's seeds continue to be patent protected even in their second and third generations in the field, and even if the person planting them hasn't bought them knowingly or signed a technology agreement.
Seeds copy themselves
The Court's holding included a complicated standard for seed patents:
.. the authorized sale of a patented article gives the purchaser, or any subsequent owner, a right to use or resell that article. Such a sale, however, does not allow the purchaser to make new copies of the patented invention.
This standard makes sense for a copyrighted DVD - watch it, resell it, just don't burn it onto your laptop and make ten copies of it. The problem with this standard for seeds is that seeds reproduce themselves with every use. That's how seeds work. This standard makes it nearly impossible for farmers to buy cheap soybean seeds that they can use, save, and use again.
The soybean market is dominated by RoundUp Ready. In Indiana, where Bowman bought his second-hand seeds, 94% of soybeans grown contain the glyphosate-resistant gene. So the options are highly limited for farmers who want to buy seeds that they can save from year to year. Buying generic seeds at the local farmers co-op used to be a good option, but this decision from the Supreme Court essentially eliminates that option.
Whose food system?
That said, Monsanto v. Bowman is not a game changer. It's an affirmation of the current balance of power, in which Monsanto, Dupont, and the other agribusiness giants have a secure stranglehold on the seed market. The Big 6 plans to continue fighting for an ever-larger share of the seed market and to continue producing ever-more-expensive seed technologies.
We need more off-ramps for farmers who decide that seed saving and agroecology are a better strategy than paying an ever-higher premium for seeds they can't reuse. How do we transition towards a global food system that prioritizes small farmers and local consumers instead of big agribusiness and that misleading "feed-the-world" philosophy?
It's a good week to sing the praises of our diligent agroecologists and small seed production companies, who are researching and supplying farming solutions designed for local communities around the world.
I'm not clear on a few things:
1. Bowman bought seeds from the co-op: Did he know then that they carried the gene? If so, perhaps he should pay; if not, he shouldn't. But he continued to grow and save them knowing they had the gene; so given what we know of the law, he is guilty.
2. Stepping back: did the co-op know the gene was in the mix? They should assume so; therefore, perhaps the co-op should pay the licensing fee. If the co-op pays, then they'll pass on the cost to the farmer anyway, and/or take it out of the price they pay for the seed they buy from farmers (if not certified x-gene free).
They shouldn't _all_have to pay, that's like double-(triple) taxation.
If the costs feed back to the farmer selling selling seed, then there is an incentive for a x-gene free supply chain. Then, the only question becomes, if you plant x-gene free seeds, and your crop comes in polluted with the gene, who pays for polluting your gene bank? Seems easy: Those who created the gene and didn't keep it from spreading...!
the Supreme Court's entire purpose is to interpret the laws that are already in force, period. the loud message they are continuing to send is that they can do nothing until the current laws are changed. there, of course, is the rub. congress has to do it. kind of like congress has to pass term limits on themselves, or reduce their own income or take away their preferential treatment. sure. that'll happen.
It seems like the more correct information we get out there, the better. The bigger issue of being able to tell whether one is buying genetically modified seeds remains. Further, in this matter, remaining ignorant can cause huge problems. Science teachers in the public schools need to help spread the word.
Also, domination of the seed market is a major issue for consumers. It's our food supply! Let our local representatives know our desires becomes more important. Becoming involved can pay off in larger terms, especially with Congress being so reactionary.


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New York, April 10, 2012--Gunmen opened fire on a small plane landing at an airport in Mulia, a town in Indonesia's restive Papua region, on Sunday, killing a journalist and injuring four others, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indonesian authorities to launch an immediate investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Leiron Kogoya, 35, a reporter for local newspapers Papua Pos Nabire and Pasifik Pos Dail, was on his way to Mulia to cover local elections when the gunmen shot at the plane with automatic weapons, according to news reports. Authorities said two pilots, a female passenger, and a 4-year-old boy were wounded during the shooting. Initial news reports quoted authorities as saying that they had yet to establish motive for the attack.
"We are saddened by the death of Leiron Kogoya and extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator. "Police must work quickly and thoroughly to ensure an immediate investigation into this attack and determine a motive."
On Monday, presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha called Leiron's death "totally unacceptable" and told journalists it "must be solved quickly. Those responsible should be brought to justice." The English-language daily Jakarta Globe reported that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded quick justice in the murder. Police investigating Leiron's murder had made no arrests by Tuesday, news reports said.
Nine journalists have died in Indonesia since 1996, with five of them in the past six years, CPJ research shows. Almost all the cases remain unsolved, and 33 percent of the journalists were local reporters like Leiron, covering political stories.


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Advantix Dog Over 25kg
Have you ever thought whether or not your dog might have fleas or ticks? If you have, then Advantix is the key! Only Advantix Flea & Tick treatment for dogs is specially formulated to repel and kill deadly Australian Paralysis ticks.
This easy-to-use spot-on is applied fortnightly, removing the worry of ticks harming your dog. Advantix also kills fleas fast, as its rapid power stops fleas biting within just 3 to 5 minutes, and also killing the adult fleas and their larvae within 20 minutes.
Advantix Flea & Tick treatment for big dogs:
- Breaks the flea life-cycle.
- Kills fleas in your dog's surroundings e.g. your backyard and home.
- The super ingredients in Advantix make it the only treatment that also protects your dog from irritating biting insects.
- Repels and kills stable flies, sand flies and the mosquitoes responsible for heartworm transmission.
- Is water-resistant, so it keeps working even after swimming or shampooing. (Keep the dog dry for 24 hours after application for best absorption. After that its fine.)
- Is safe for use on puppies from 7 weeks of age.
So when you're wondering what you should be using to protect you beloved pet(s) from fleas & ticks, Advantix is what should be at the forefront of your mind.
Advantix Application Information.
- How to apply advantix to your dog.
1. Check the packaging to ensure you have the correct dose for your dog.
Prepare the dose.
Hold the individual Advantix dose upright so the slender end of the tube is at the top. This end is the applicator.
Pull the cap off the tube. Turn the cap upside down and place the other end over the seal at the top of the tube. Twist the cap to break the seal.
2. Position the dog in a standing position
Move your dog into a standing position and be sure it is standing still. Have a second person hold the dog, if necessary. A standing position will provide the best access to the area on the dog's skin where the Advantix treatment should be applied.
3. Part the dog's fur.
Locate the middle of the dog's back at the base of its neck between the shoulder blades. Use one hand to part the fur and expose the skin. This will help you get the Advantix on the dog's skin, not the fur.
4. Apply Advantix directly to the skin.
Place the open tip of the applicator on the exposed skin at the base of the neck.
Squeeze the applicator tube to release the whole dose onto the skin. Check that all medication has been expelled from the dose tube.
5. Avoid contact with the area.
Avoid touching the area behind the dog's neck where the Advantix has been applied for 24 hours after application. This will ensure proper absorption of the medication and prevent it from getting on hands or fingers.
6. Keep the dog dry for 24 hours.
Do not bathe the dog or allow the dog to get wet for 24 hours after applying Advantix to ensure full absorption of the treatment.
7. Apply Advantix regularly.
Advantix will work best to prevent fleas, flea eggs and ticks when used once per month or according to your veterinarian's instructions.
When treating for Paralysis tick, treat every 2 weeks.
Darren L.
Verified Buyer
"Great service fast and great value"
*Advantix is not for use on cats.


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Gemma Farina HR
Brief overview
Gemma Farina HR (GFHR) is an independent human resources consultancy. GFHR has expertise in a wide range of HR areas and offers independent HR advice on a range of people issues to small and medium businesses in within the local area.
Brand Attributes
Offering, Solid, pragmatic, business focused people solutions
A smart HR strategy isn't just there for a business during the good times; it protects a business when the rain comes as well.
Human resources is about people, it's about looking after, developing, and nurturing people and talent.
But its also a business strategy and a business decision. Its about protecting people but also about protecting the business.
Building trust and honesty with Clients and seen as a safe pair of hands.
Handling issues in a positive way
GFHR will target businesses with less than 100 employees, as they are unlikely to have their own dedicated HR provision. Businesses will be able to engage the services of GFHR on a retained, pay as you go, or consultancy/project basis. Solutions will be tailored to the specific needs and requirements of the client.
Small to medium businesses
Local professional businesses and retail.
Key Requirements
Corporate look and feel.
Easy to navigate
Site areas - These need to be seen on the front page
Latest news (on front page)
Useful Links
Umbrella (attached) - I'd like this image incorporated either in its current form (Colour wise) or with a particular accent colour used. This colour should represent warm, friendly, approachable etc tying in with the brand attributes listed above.
Butterfly (attached) - Another image I like is the butterfly as it represents the safe pair of hands. I also like the colour of the wings.
I have been deliberately vague about colours as until I start seeing the designs I'm not sure what I want, other than the guidelines given.


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Access Consciousness® offers practical, dynamic, and pragmatic step-by-step processes and tools through an infinite array of classes and events that will help you start changing what doesn't work for you and give you the tools that allows you to function in consciousness.
Gary Douglas, the founder of Access Consciousness, travels extensively throughout the world facilitating advanced classes as well as a range of evening and several day workshops on specific topics from choice and possibilities to money, benevolent capitalism, relationships and more.
Dr. Dain Heer is the co-creator of Access Consciousness. He offers classes on a wide array of topics throughout the world and is best known for his dynamic, energetic transformation process called The Energetic Synthesis of Being as well as the Being You, Changing the World events.
Simone Milasas travels extensively facilitating advanced Access Consciousness classes as well as a range of evening and several day workshops on specific topics from Choice of Possibilities, Relationships Done Different, Business Done Different, Getting Out of Debt Joyfully, and more.
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Practical, dynamic, and pragmatic, Access Consciousness provides step-by-step processes and tools to facilitate you in being more conscious in everyday life and eliminate all the barriers you have put up to receiving. Delivered through classes, seminars and sessions, Access Consciousness is not about metaphors, ideas or sweet talk. It actually works!
Core Classes are all designed to give you greater ease, joy, abundance, choice, and possibilities in your life. These classes build a system that can expand your capacity for consciousness and greater awareness.
Discover the simple body process that is assisting thousands of people to change many aspects of their body and their life including sleep, weight, money, sex, relationships, anxiety, stress and much more.
People around the world are creating the life they desire by using the simple and pragmatic tools introduced in The Foundation. These classes are designed to empower you to change anything and everything.
As you begin to recognize how unique you are, you start becoming aware of the choices that you make. What if you are the possibility you are looking for? Facilitated only by Gary Douglas and/or co-creators Dr. Dain Heer, Simone Milasas and Brendon Watt.
Become intimately aware of energies and learn how to truly utilize them to create your life, living, and a totally different reality. These trainings with Dr. Dain Heer are truly on the creative edge of Access Consciousness!
What if your body was a compass or guide to the secrets, mysteries, and magic of life? The Access Body Classes invite you to change the way you relate to your body... and thus everything in your life.
Access Consciousness is often represented at events, festivals, expos, exhibitions, Access Bars & Body Process trades, on the radio, in video conferences and more in different parts of the world!
All certified facilitators come with different backgrounds and expertise. You can find classes on almost any special topic as they combine what they know with the pragmatic tools of Access Consciousness!
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Facilitator trainings like Access Bars, Body Processes, Being You and Certified Facilitators are available worldwide. As a facilitator, you are stepping into being a contribution to more consciousness.
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We are operating "Business as Usual" during this unique time. Though our showroom is temporarily closed we are servicing our clients through our online store and remote design consultations. For our Martha's Vineyard clientele have a large onhand inventory of outdoor & interior furnishings that will be ready for immediate local delivery as soon as we re-open. We are in this together- and remember we got this! Your Vineyard Decorators Family


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It's getting nice and simple. You can judge if its getting clearer for that.
I've got a few broadbrush questions to throw into the pot. I have in mind some answers - but I'd rather raise them first before joining in with my own responses.
Here's some things we might consider:
- Let's think about the actions in each case. Perhaps this will help clarify the language? What is it that must be done to make the strategy reality - element by element?
- And to help that, let's maybe consider the Purpose of this project. Why are we doing this? What wrong are we trying to correct? Are we fed up of the smoke and mirrors and misdirection that many are using in the name of social media? Are we attempting to invent a language to describe a new set of actions?
- I thought it may be interesting to look at jobs, terms and processes which emerged as a result of the printing press (for a revolution of similar scale to the arrival of the networked world) and map that on to this project? (image courtesy)
Biggest question really is, 'the why,' though.
For example, if this is a project to reassure frightened people the result will be very different from one which is about evangelizing the truth - and different again from one driven by a desire to provide a toolkit for those ready to make fundamental change.
- And then there's the scope.
Big questions. And perhaps only answered by more than one model?


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Dependency injection in Java grew in popularity thanks to frameworks like Spring and Guice. However, it was not until recently that JSR-330 or "Dependency injection for Java" was put in motion to standardize dependency injection in the Java platform. As this post by Roberto Chinnici's points out, JSR-330 is now set to be included in the upcoming Java EE 6 release. Read Roberto Chinnici's post 'Dependency injection in Java EE 6': http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robc/archive/2009/08/dependency_inje.html
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Company posts strong growth but Afghan drawdown will squeeze revenue
ManTech International Corp. ended 2011 with double-digit revenue growth, increased profits, key acquisitions and several large contract awards.
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"Fiscal year 2011 was an excellent year for ManTech," Chairman and CEO George Pedersen announced in February unveiling the company's annual earnings results. (The company declined to comment for this story.)
For the first time, the company cracked the top 20 of the Top 100, capturing the No. 17 spot, up from No. 22. It had $1.9 billion in prime contracts in fiscal 2011.
ManTech revenues in 2011 were $2.87 billion, up about 10 percent from $2.6 billion in 2010, and operating income was $227.4 million.
The company reported a record $221 million cash flow from operations, aided by positive payment terms on a mobile cell tower program.
As of Dec. 31, the company had $114 million in cash and cash equivalents and $200 million in debt with no borrowings on its $500 million revolving-credit facility.
"As a result of our disciplined focus on cash, we generated record operating cash flow of $221 million for the year, which enables us to continue our robust acquisition program," Pedersen said.
In February 2011, ManTech acquired TranTech for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition enables ManTech to deliver technology services through TranTech's prime position on the Defense Information Systems Agency ENCORE II contract, a $12 billion indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that runs through 2018.
It later bought Evolvent Technologies Inc., a privately held federal systems integrator, for an undisclosed amount.
After the acquisition closed in January, Evolvent was named to a five-year, $958 million multiple-award IDIQ prime contract for management and professional support services to the Air Force Medical Service.
ManTech paid $90 million in October to acquire Worldwide Information Network Systems Inc., a provider of IT services to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the State Department and other federal clients. The acquisition gave ManTech a prime position on the $6 billion DIA Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract.
Despite the expected slowdown in federal spending in 2012 and beyond, Pedersen said he is confident that ManTech can continue to thrive because of its current positioning in cybersecurity, C4ISR, intelligence and other priority missions.
However, Bill Loomis, managing director of Stifel Nicolaus Inc. and a Washington Technology contributor, said ManTech faces two big issues in the years ahead.
"Thirty three percent of their business is supporting our war efforts in Afghanistan now – it used to be Iraq and Afghanistan – so that revenue stream is going to be a function of our level of troops in the theater," he said, noting that as the U.S. withdrew from Iraq, ManTech saw its business there decline rapidly.
With a scheduled U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014, Loomis said, "We will likely see that one-third of business basically go away."
Also, in addition to the fiscal and other pressures now being faced by the entire federal contracting industry, ManTech is experiencing increased competition on its Army S3 contract, the company's largest, Loomis said.
"Revenue from that contract has been dropping much faster than the company thought it would a few quarters ago," he added. "That has put pressure on overall growth."
As a result, Loomis said, "we basically have seen [revenues and earnings] estimates, including our own, come down over the last year, and that has pressured the stock."
Contract wins for 2011 totaled $3 billion, the year-end statement reported, for a book-to-bill ratio of 1.
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David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.
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