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Chain Reaction: California Dreaming
Reviews of burgers at chain restaurants.
Of course we love our mom & pops, and our favorite burger joints around the country are pretty much all independently owned, but there are certain times in life—overnight layovers, hungover Sunday mornings, all-day shopping trips at the outlets—that the only options around are the chains. Chain Reaction is here to help you decide when to go for the burger, and when you're better off sticking with the chicken fingers.
California Dreaming
745 Chastain Road, Kennesaw GA 30144 (map); 770-428-2055
californiadreaming.co, 9 locations in AL, GA, SC
The Schtick: Big portions of American cuisine
The Burger: Three basic burger varieties to choose from, with potentially wildly varying results
Want Fries With That? The fries are quite good; the Onion Ring Loaf is quite... not
Setting: An understated Cheesecake Factory
Price:American Burger, $8.50 (+50¢ for cheese or bacon); Turkey Burger, $9.50
The nine locations of California Dreaming are about as geographically far away from the Golden State as you can get and still be in the US. They're sprinkled across three southeastern states, and while a few feel at home in seaside settings like Myrtle Beach, SC...others are hopelessly landlocked in places like Kennesaw, Georgia. It's an appropriate name for the mini-chain, since "dreaming" is as close to Cali as you're likely to get on a regular basis if you live in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
But to get the general gist of California Dreaming, think The Cheesecake Factory—and then dial everything back a notch. It's big...but not sprawling. There's a bit of everything...but the menu doesn't require 36 spiral-bound pages. The portion sizes are large...but not so absurdly mammoth that you need a handled shopping bag just to get the leftovers home. The vibe is similarly upscale: dark wood, low lighting, a buzzing beehive of a bar, friendly waitstaff in white button-downs with neckties and long aprons...and palm trees smack in the middle of the place, just to remind you that this is all supposed to conjure up a uniquely West Coast feel.
With that something-for-everyone approach that typifies "American cuisine" (the website touts their "Famous Nachos," and several locations brag about having the best salads in town), burgers are a staple, with three to choose from. I steered clear of the Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger, given my often-disastrous past with this particular meat mashup, and ordered the unimaginatively-named American Burger.
Well, well, well. Looks like somebody actually understands "medium rare." The "warm, red center" promised by my server was right there in front of me. The eight-ounce beef patties aren't hand-formed in back, but aren't delivered as frozen discs, either. The patties come off the broiler plenty juicy and nicely (if subtly) seasoned, with your choice of cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, and the classic LTO (although I found two slices of tomato to be one too many, proportionally speaking).
I nixed the standard pickles and added bacon instead, but I'm not sure this burger was greatly improved by it. It was solid—not spectacular, but then again, did you expect that?—and at $9.50 (after half-dollar upcharges for cheddar and bacon), it's a chain burger I'd be ok with recommending. (Truthfully, though, the best bang for your buck at California Dreaming may be the Danish baby back ribs, as they'll double your order upon request and bring you two entire racks for about $25. You may need that handled bag after all.)
I had automatically assumed—unfairly, I admit—that the fries would suck. So I hedged my bets and also ordered an app called the Onion Ring Loaf, figuring I might have better luck with hand-battered rings than frozen fries. Wrong on both counts. The thick steak fries were actually quite good, with a light and fluffy interior encased beneath the sheerest coating of crispness. The loaf, however...eww.
Extraordinarily greasy and underseasoned (if at all), the rings weren't helped by their presentation. The blocky Jell-O mold shape of the "loaf" reminded me of day-after spaghetti that you tap out of a Tupperware container before nuking it for a leftover lunch.
The serrated blade sticking out of the top seemed overdone until I realized that cutting off a wedge and turning these rings into a knife-and-fork job was the only option. I stopped at one wedge; not even the dipping sauce (thick generic zesty ranch) helped this mess become palatable. Those honey-butter-topped croissants in the background, though? Excellent. So good, in fact, that California Dreaming charges you for them. No free bread here—they're over a buck apiece, but awfully damn good nonetheless.
My wife got the Turkey Burger ($9.50)—and a surprise. The patty looked oddly misshapen, and the interior seemed lifeless and grey, but those things matter way more to me when it comes to burgers than to the missus. What got her attention, though, was the taste. "Funky," she called it. I had to concur after a sample bite. Neither of us is the type to publicly complain about a dish (at least until I start writing later), but our server pushed hard for an assessment.
He was quite proud of the turkey burger, it turned out, because the kitchen mixes it up from scratch and hand-patties each one. (That explains the shape.) "Well, since you asked," my wife began, "it had an almost-fishy aftertaste. Was there seafood on the broiler right before my burger?" Justin did a quick scan of his other tables, perhaps looking for the offending flounder, but had the decency to raise the concern with the GM.
He seemed just as shocked, but for a different reason. "We use anchovy paste in the mix," he admitted almost disbelievingly, "But no one has ever pinpointed it before." I know anchovy paste is often used to bump up the umami sensation (fish sauce, too) in otherwise bland dishes, but a burger should never taste fishy because of it.
Hard to say what happened, exactly. Maybe they used a smidge too much in that batch. Maybe the handful that became my wife's burger contained a big blob of it that wasn't incorporated thoroughly enough. Maybe Table 46 had gotten the flounder right before us. Or maybe my wife is unknowingly a supertaster. Whatever the explanation, it's a shame. Awesome to hear about the good intentions surrounding an item that's an afterthought on so many menus, but a misfire in execution turned California Dreaming's turkey burger into a bit of a nightmare on this night.
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A lesser known aspect of the Russian Revolution is the flourishing of … nudism. After the revolution, the famous actress, Ida Rubenstein, played naked on stage. The poet Goldschmidt would appear naked on the streets. A movement called 'Down with shame' would walk the streets in Soviet cities, catch trams, go about their daily lives wearing nothing but a red sash over their shoulders. A White Army newspaper joked in 1919 that the price of suits must have skyrocketed, since so many people were going around naked. At international nudist conferences in the 1920s, the Soviet delegates far outnumbered those from other countries. Over the summers, rivers, beaches and lakes witnessed millions of old people, children, families, singles in the prime of their life gathered to play games, picnic or enjoy the sun – all naked.
How did it begin? It appears that during his long exile before the Revolution, Lenin visited a nudist beach in Austria and was favourably impressed. It was not so much the naked bodies everywhere, but the emphasis on healthy living. Given that Lenin was – as many noted – a muscular man with a love of outdoor activities, nudism was a natural extension of that passion. Soon enough both he and Krupskaya were regularly tossing their clothes in a corner and diving into the nearest river, lake or sea completely starkers. I'm not sure whether they also hiked and rode their bicycles naked (ice-skating might be a little tricky), but in this light one of Lenin's favoured phrases, 'tearing off the fig-leaf', takes on a whole new meaning.
As do regular observations in the letters concerning swimming. For instance, Krupskaya writes about their stay at Pornic in France in the summer of 1910, 'He went sea-bathing a lot, cycled a good deal – he loved the sea and the sea breezes – chatted gaily with the Kostitsins on everything under the sun'. Of course, one can enjoy the breeze much more when naked, even while chatting away with all and sundry. It mattered not where they were, for they would swim naked – in Longjumeau or in Pornic on the French coast, or in Stjernsund in Sweden, or in swimming pools in Munich, or in Poronino or in the Vistula River in Krakow. Nor were they alone, for other Bolsheviks were also given to stripping down whenever possible, among them Anatoly Lunacharsky, Nikolai Bukharin, Alexander Bogdanov.
After his return to Russia in 1917, Lenin bemoaned the fact that people still gathered in summer and swam in costumes, so he asked why they couldn't do so without clothes: 'We have much work to do for new forms of life, simplified and free', he observed.
Why? As one of those early communist nudists observed, 'In nudity class distinctions disappear. Workers, peasants, office workers are suddenly just people'. An image of a classless society, perhaps.
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a resident of Whisman Station
on Apr 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Glad to hear that project is done, but that photo of tunnel looks down right scary. I wouldn't want to walk through there alone.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 1, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I think the lighting looks pretty good, considering it is going under a 6 lane road.
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:42 pm
The tunnel defintely needs to be all lit up, I mean all lit up. I
suggest installing cameras in case of a crime. What a perfect spot to
attack someone, and guess what? Witnesses down there will be pure luck.
The city needs to protect, provide and prevent. Protect citizens,
provide a safe city and prevent crime.
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I wouldn't mind seeing some of those emergency/police call boxes you see on the sides of the Golden Gate Bridge located up and down the trail. Seems like a perfect place to commit a crime and get away with it...
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Apr 3, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Many of us who live in the Sleeper neighborhood have long opposed this 'trail', for safety reasons. Since it follows the freeway, highway noise makes it difficult to hear anybody behind you, and a cry for help would probably not be heard, even if there were somebody else around. I wonder how much this trail will be used, except for nefarious purposes.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 3, 2008 at 2:54 pm
What is the City planning on doing about the dozen homeless encampments along the creek on City property? Their existing camps will be right along the trail from the new tunnel at El Camino to Sleeper Ave. I don't think lighting in the tunnel will be the only concern for us regular trail users.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 3, 2008 at 6:51 pm
The trail is a regionwide treasure. As a resident, I am excited it will soon be a part of our neighborhood. Sure, there is a potential for the crimal element to try and exploit some parts around the trail, but community use and involvement will help make sure they do not feel welcome.
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Apr 3, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Install surveillance cameras. The stores have them, the trail should have them. After reading Chaz's comment, they need to be installed along the entire trail along with heavy duty lightning. The lights will deter the homeless encampments. Something so simple could make the trail much safer.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Apr 4, 2008 at 9:17 pm
You can be sure if there is a any kind of crime the Mountain View police won't give us the public any information. Thats scary!!!!!
a resident of another community
on Apr 4, 2008 at 10:05 pm
This will be really great for bicycle commuters. A bike path that is separate from car traffic is much safer for cyclists. I currently commute from south-west Sunnyvale and use the Stevens Creek trail. When its extended to Sleeper Ave, I'll be able to avoid the busier streets that I'm taking now.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 11, 2008 at 8:19 pm
We welcome the new extension to the Steven's Creek trail. Our family is eagerly waiting for it to connect with Sleeper so we do not have to ride down Grant Rd. Those who are so concerned with safety are obviously not regular users of the trail. It is used daily by commuters, both on bike and foot, and people, from the mother's with their strollers to senior citizens. The city has said the tunnel will be well lit, it will be much safer then crossing the very busy El Camino Real. I suggest if you have concerns, walk the trail, meet your neighbors and enjoy the little bit of nature that runs through our community.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 12, 2008 at 8:12 am
Wow! I guess this is where the fringe/conspiracy theorist crowd in Mountain View hangs out.
"The city needs to protect, provide and prevent. Protect citizens,
provide a safe city and prevent crime."
As a resident of Old Mountain View who lives two blocks from the intersection of Hope & El Camino Real, I have to say that I think the City does just about everything that can be done to "Protect and Serve" it citizens. My god, you can't drive four blocks in this town without seeing a black-and-white, any time of day or night! Besides which, can anyone point to any history of crime vis-a-vis the use of this trail? If I recall correctly, our two murders thus far this year have taken place at ECR and Ehrhorn and on Higden, near Central Expressway. Seems to me you'd want to start watching those spots more closely first!
"Seems like a perfect place to commit a crime and get away with it..."
Yeah, police call boxes and the power they consume just to exist and sit there in the .000000001% chance they'll ever be needed is just what an environmentally sensitive project like this needs. Big yellow boxes with blue strobe lights will add a nice ambiance to the trail.
"I wonder how much this trail will be used, except for nefarious purposes."
Do you people have nothing better to do than worry and manufacture worst-case scenarios in your ultra-secure homes with New York City-style doors that have fifteen deadbolts each? YOU LIVE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, not EPA or Watts or the South Bronx! Nefarious purposes? To answer your question, I would point you to the violent criminal past of the trail thus far in its fifteen(?) or more year existence thus far. I know of none. Our Idiot-in-Chief's foreign policy and bellicose bullying on the world stage create far more danger in your life than this trail and tunnel do.
Hey, I have an idea that will address your concerns in a more environmentally sensitive and neighborly way than installing cameras and call boxes: GET OUTSIDE AND WALK THE TRAIL! The fresh air will do you good and when Charlie Manson escapes and begins his next bloodbath on Stevens Creek Trail, you'll be there to serve as a witness! Assuming, of course, you're not one of the victims. :)
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 13, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I went for a bike ride on the trail yesterday and was happy to see that the tunnel under El Camino was lit up like a Christmas tree with both light from the skylight and from electric light fixtures down the whole length of the tunnel. It made the other tunnels along the Stevens Creek Trail (under Highways 101 and 85) look really bad in comparison because the lighting in those tunnels is woefully dim and sparse.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 15, 2008 at 11:59 pm
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:47 am
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:56 am
Are you condoning the comment from stunned or is that in fact a comment from the staff? I QUESTION THE STAFF AT M.V. VOICE. I can see why the paper is free. I believe the entire staff needs to be replaced, even the editor and publisher. I am not impressed with the information I read.
a resident of Whisman Station
on Apr 16, 2008 at 2:07 pm
To the Staff,
Do you really allow people to degrade other peoples comments.
That is highly disrespectful and I am shocked that you allow this immature, childish behavior.
Is this the mentality of Mountain View Voice? I know for a fact the City of Mountain View would not tolerate nor condone this sort of behavior.
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And one of those craft has found evidence that some of the volcanoes are still active. Venus Express measured volcanic gases wafting through the atmosphere. The gases should dissipate fairly quickly, so if they're still around, it means they're still being belched out by active volcanoes.
The craft also found deposits of fresh lava on the flanks of several volcanoes. Exactly how fresh is unclear -- it could be as old as two-and-a-half million years, or as young as just a few hundred years. Either way, it's unlikely that Venus's volcanoes would have been active that recently, but would be quiet now. So there's a good chance that some of the volcanoes are still pouring out lava and toxic gases -- helping to keep the surface of Venus "blazing" hot.
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Today was a day to celebrate as CITES, the convention regulating the international trade of wild plants and animals, finally restricted the trade in key shark species and took steps to curb illegal logging.
Although you often hear talk that global environmental politics is dead and buried, days like today – when CITES finally showed its teeth and proved it has some bite – suggest that the death of multilateralism is highly exaggerated.
CITES currently has 177 member governments and usually makes headlines because it deals with the trade in impressive looking elephants, rhinos and tigers – such as Thailand committing to end the ivory trade at this year's meeting.
But CITES deals with a lot more than elephants: it has some 5,000 animal species and 29,000 plant species on its over-full plate.
It almost manages to deal with that workload because, unlike many UN agreements, it does not operate by consensus. If no common agreement can be found, parties put a decision to a vote.
Even more importantly though, CITES can do more than ask governments to follow through on what they committed to: it can punish governments that export more than what CITES allows by imposing trade sanctions that hurt.
In recent years, CITES had sadly refrained from using these powers, despite the need, and failed to make progress on key issues such as shark protection. Like other global agreements, it had been hijacked by short-term economic interests – with governments acting as servants to big business.
As a result, several commercially valuable but threatened fish species – such as Atlantic bluefin tuna, numerous types of shark, red and pink corals – had failed to be listed as protected species by CITES meetings in recent years.
That is why the listing of five shark species and two manta rays today is all the more sweet. This time, the forces of darkness lost – and CITES did what it was established to do: protect our global commons over private interests.
Our allies Pew and the cites4sharks.org coalition should be applauded for working tirelessly to ensure that these species are protected. Gratitude should also be expressed to those governments that stood up for sharks and the environment.
But this is not a champagne moment. While it is a great affirmation of the ability of the world's governments to come together and decide to protect extremely valuable marine species, the need to do so is truly alarming and sad.
We only need these CITES trade measures because we are so spectacularly bad at managing our planetary home, driving more and more species to (the brink of) extinction. We need CITES to continue to show its teeth to protect sharks, otherwise we will end up with oceans emptied of them.
Millions of sharks are caught as part of global tuna fishery operations every year. Their bodies are thrown overboard, but only after the fins are hacked off to end up in shark-fin soup. As a result, it is almost too late for some shark species, such as the oceanic white tips, that have experienced dramatic stock declines.
CITES trade controls will help monitor and limit the number of species traded, as permits are only granted if the trade of the species can be proven not to compromise the future survival of the species in the wild.
These extra measures will significantly improve current scientific assessments on these species, which are currently weak or in some cases non-existent. However, as long as fisheries management and enforcement in tuna fisheries remain weak, massive loopholes will remain.
Following the positive steps taken at CITES today, it is now time for governments to improve ocean governance overall and to urgently ban shark finning.
Transshipments at sea for tuna vessels – which in practice catch the majority of sharks – also need to be banned. These transfers from one ship to another enable shark fins to be "laundered" as domestic trade, therefore escaping the scrutiny of CITES' controls.
Greenpeace is campaigning for tuna brands, restaurants and retailers to not buy from vessels that engage in this practice.
CITES took a step forward today. That gives us hope and new energy for the next battles that we must also win if sharks, our oceans and our planet are to have a sustainable future.
Nathalie Rey, Senior Political Advisor at Greenpeace International, contributed significantly to this post.
Daniel Mittler is the Political Director of Greenpeace International
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The Germans and the tiger...
...but tell me: what has a political Director/Senior Political Advisor to do with Shark fins... :)
The Germans and the tiger...
...but tell me: what has a political Director/Senior Political Advisor to do with Shark fins... :)
Ban paper products, correct?
Sun Wu
PS: I love you all
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talking about sharks & politics...DOCTOR Naidoo from AFRICA claims to be a peace-activist. I hope RW went to Melbourne for a ...
talking about sharks & politics...DOCTOR Naidoo from AFRICA claims to be a peace-activist. I hope RW went to Melbourne for a reason (what did she go to NZ for? I seem to have missed that one).
This reason is overdue for years...
Nobody would be happier than me if Greenpeace finally starts to accept challenges again beyond this Gucci-Kindergarden-pippifax on Facebook you keep busy with for years.
I am busy enough without you guys...I have to admit I am into paper-products...shame on me, I will better not write about it on Facebook, correct?
Daniel, have you read 'EGO, das Spiel des Lebens' by Frank Schirrmacher?
I am scared...
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PS: if I happen to need a list of all fashion-brands worldwide I will be happy to contact Chiara. She seem to be your specialist on suits. I did acknowledge this!
PPS: after Melbourne you were going to focus on US, correct? You guys make me happy...I love you.
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Curious as to how they hope to enforce this. Shark fisheries are huge, fins are sold in the millions, who is going to DNA test fins that are unidentif...
Curious as to how they hope to enforce this. Shark fisheries are huge, fins are sold in the millions, who is going to DNA test fins that are unidentifiable once dried. How can long line fishing not target CITES protected species and even then if fishermen identify that they have caught and killed a CITES protected species, they'll just discard it, I am not sure in practice this can work. Maybe someone at Greenpeace can explain how it will work...
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I think this attitude phenomenal because it shows that governments often do not listen to environmental causes or even ignore these actions due to the...
I think this attitude phenomenal because it shows that governments often do not listen to environmental causes or even ignore these actions due to their high rates of exploitation for the economic growth of their country, the sharks are species that can not be played in side indeed any kind may be valued more than the other, each has its role in the ecosystem and marine life in the case, even though many people do not like sharks, this does not give the right to have predatory or exploitation for fisheries somehow to use it as an object or do the worst hunting as a form of sport, yes we should be concerned and watch the government and large companies that only seek to profit!
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Customization Possibilities
After spending some time with the Neuros LINK, several simple expansion ideas became apparent and are as easy as downloading and installing these Linux-based applications courtesy of the Synaptic package manager:
- Configure the pre-installed Pidgin client for on-screen multi-IM and IRC services and customize messaging options to less intrusively display inbound messages without too much disruption of foreground media playback.
- Install Skype or the open source Twinkle SIP softphone to take on screen phone calls while watching television.
- Install timekpr to log out the kids after a certain duration or time of day (especially on school nights).
- Install various open source Linux-based games such as Assault Cube for free massive multiplayer online living room action.
- Install the Misterhouse Perl-based scripts for X10 device home automation. Turn the living room lights off and the stereo receiver on from an onscreen overlay.
- Install a compatible TV tuner/capture card along with the MythTV packages for a TiVo-like time-shifting video recording and playback experience.
Naturally, any useful package available for Debian-based systems can easily make their way onto the LINK. In fact, Neuros' initial objective is to have early adopters integrate the various open source projects into a cohesive platform that provides LINK owners with the most comprehensive, compelling and economical living room media experience technically available today.
Development Opportunities
For developers who wish to extend the media experience, Java, Mono, Gtk, Qt-based, or even terminal-based applications written in various languages that support such bindings could easily create their own UIs and functional media processing systems. Here are some ideas already simmering in my mind.
- Integrate the Totem player with YouTube look-ups by installing the Greasemonkey Firefox add-on and writing a parsing add-on that redirects videos directly into the Totem or VLC media players in full screen mode, ala AppleTV's YouTube video viewing experience.
- Install Festival and write a simple Python-based screenscraper to grab and read the morning news.
- Hook an X10 controller and monitor a wireless motion sensor in the home mailbox to announce when "You've got mail!"
- Write a simple wxPython or RubyFX container that connects to a wireless motion-detecting webcam placed near the front door and activate a video overlay when a visitor comes calling.
- Create an RSS aggregator optimized for the television resolution viewing experience.
- Write a Django or Ruby on Rails web app (hosted on the LINK) to manage and optimally display new LINK application development ideas.
Only the Beginning
While readers may somewhat correctly surmise that the Neuros LINK is nothing more than a sub-PC with HDMI ports, I would contend that it represents a transitory bridge from solitary PC to social interaction. The HDTV flat-panel viewing experience from a living room couch is a very different environment compared to a computer desk, chair, mouse and full-sized keyboard. The LINK shifted my way of thinking about how the PC paradigm needs to evolve to better suit this communal environment, and the LINK is least threatening platform available today that allows me to experiment and prototype such ideas. Additionally, the thought of sharing and crowdsourcing LINK-optimized expansions and modifications is appealing. Neuros' Joe Born summarized the LINK development opportunities best by stating:
Developing for the TV is brand new, it's a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor, and it's so vitally important. The worldwide installed base of TVs dwarfs PCs and we have an opportunity to participate in writing the history of how delivery to the TV happens. It's also a really fun period because it is so clean slate, TV show browsing changed dramatically with the advent of TiVO and the DVR, and it's bound to change again with all this content coming online at the same time from every source without much sense or order, but no one knows just what that experience will look like. Now is the time when the world is ready for the simple, clever idea that will change everything, and it's almost guaranteed that idea won't require a bunch of capital or resources, and won't come from a big company, so it's a pretty ideal time to get involved.
For more information about the Neuros LINK gamma program, visit neurostechnology.com.


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NEW YORK - Nobody seems to enjoy the Harry Potter experience more than Rupert Grint, these days.
Previously, the reluctant conversationalist would endure interviews, but the 22-year-old seems genuinely at ease as he enters a fancy Manhattan hotel suite.
He flashes his sheepish grin while looking positively pleased with life as he knows it, even though the end is near.
Opening worldwide on Friday, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 completes the record-setting run of eight movies based on the seven bestselling J. K. Rowling fantasy novels.
In the final David Yates-directed chapter, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Grint) continue their quest to destroy the magical Horcrux objects, which will stop the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) from becoming immortal.
When the trio's mission leads them back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a showdown looms between Harry and Voldemort.
But Part 2 isn't all about battles and special effects; the film also features the long-awaited smooch between Hermione (Watson) and Ron (Grint), as their relationship heats up.
Grint seems just as bewildered by the interest in the kiss and the romance between Ron and Hermione as his character is.
"It was a tricky one to do," he said of the lip-lock with Watson, who had become like a sister to Grint. "We were both mutually dreading the scene."
Four takes later, they nailed it, and Grint hopes the kiss will be believable to Potter fans.
"It's been built up for so many years," said the actor. "But I'm trying to erase it from my mind."
He would rather recall the Gringotts Wizarding Bank heist, in which Harry, Ron and Hermione get trapped inside the Lestrange vault. "We're drowning in all this gold," he said. "It's a great scene to be a part of."
Then there was the emotion associated with the harrowing moments of loss during the Battle of Hogwarts and the parallel feelings of sadness about the franchise concluding.
It made acting sullen easier.
"The Hogwarts Great Hall looked like the hospital wing in a Second World War movie," said Grint of the confrontation's aftermath. "And hearing Maggie Smith (as Professor Minerva McGonagall) sobbing brought everything down."
On another front, he's more relieved than pleased with the fact that director Yates did re-shoots of the epilogue depicting Harry, Ron and Hermione as parents 19 years later. Originally, Yates decided to age the actors with heavy makeup and hair pieces, but the adornments turned out to be too much, especially Ron's.
"In the first attempt, my character was particularly terrifying," he recalled. "The image still haunts me. I looked like a monster, really, a sort of Donald Trump mixture."
Eventually, Yates and crew "really did find the right balance" of makeup and computer effects to age all three seamlessly.
Meanwhile, Grint said he's become more Ron-like over the past 10 years.
"I've always felt this close connection to Ron," said Grint, who won a Ron look-alike contest before auditioning for the film part.
"And after a decade of playing the same person, you do naturally morph into this guy. A bit of Ron will be in me for the rest of my life."
A bit of red-headed activism will be a part of his life, too
"I get a lot of people from the ginger community shaking my hand," he said. "In England, not so much in America, it's not the coolest thing (being red-headed), really, and they get hassled.
"It's nice I can get some respect for the gingers," he said, adding with a smile, "and Prince Harry is really cool, too."
Radcliffe might be the intense one, and Watson, the self-assured over-achiever, but Grint is the most casually glib of the three headliners.
Certainly, he has enjoyed his Potter rewards more conspicuously. He owns two country mansions in Hertfordshire, England, including an 18th-century quasi-castle with six bedrooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and two cottages in 22-acre grounds.
He also has a fancy farmhouse with a lake, lots of farm animals and a staff to take care of the hobbyist spread.
Besides Grint's much-discussed Mr. Whippy ice-cream truck, he's often photographed driving a beat-up pickup truck. He also owns a Range Rover, a VW camper van, and - because he wanted one - a hovercraft.
The ice-cream truck seems to get the most press, however. "It's something I've always wanted, a childhood dream. As soon as I passed my driver's test, I got one."
He'll have a lot more time to entertain friends and family with the vehicle, as he considers the next steps after his obligations to promote Part 2 soon come to an end.
"We finished filming a year ago, and I was left with an empty feeling," Grint said. "It's been weird accepting that it's done. It's going to take a while to let go, but I am slowly getting used to it."


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We don't have any gray hair to speak of, making it important to create an image / a logo that presents a level of sophistication and class.
The audience is two fold:
i) Capital Raising: we will be meeting with accountants, family offices, trusts, investment bankers, wealth managers, etc. to raise money for our fund
ii) Property Acquistion: we will be meeting with attorneys, bankers, developers, etc to try and buy a variety of commercial real estate assets
We are looking for a logo that uses the name "Cheviot" and can easily be integrated in a similar fashion with both a) Cheviot Capital Management and b) Cheviot Realty Advisors.
I tend to like clean lines with limited use of color - one or two colors, three max. I prefer blues with white, blacks, and grays. A splash of color could also help (green or orange), but I'll leave that up to you!
As for fonts, I really like Times New Roman (not necessarily required) or something similar rather than flowing kind of fonts. Think more rigid. We also like when the text is in CAPS but the initial letter is larger than the rest of the text: http://www.archercm.com
Cheviot is actually a mountain, or hill, so that can be used for inspiration as well. We will be buying commercial real estate, so buildings can also be used.
The card stock we will probably use will be white, non-glossy if that helps at all...
I am looking for something custom, so no stock images or clipart per se, unless you think it would really rock.
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Reap the benefits of these fun activities that qualify as bona fide exercise.
Find new and better ways to take care of your mind, body and soul. This is where true healing begins. Here are some ideas:
- Visualize your chemo goal: Picture your cancer cells gone and your normal cells springing back to full-color health.
- Get a friend to power walk—or talk—with you three times a week.
- Go to the movies, a concert, or a show at the end of each chemo cycle. Celebrate each treatment step that brings you closer to health.
- Laugh, laugh, laugh. Then laugh some more. It strengthens your immune system.
- Get as much sleep as you can—and plenty of hugs, too!
Follow your bliss—and get moving!
Don't like the thought of exercising if it has anything at all to do with laps, reps, mats or circuit training? Well…what about dancing around your living room to some vintage Metallica, strategically planting chrysanthemums to create a huge smiley face on the lawn, or taking a whirl around the block on your kid's dirt bike—in full leather regalia? All of these enjoyable activities are "exercise" in their own right. If you indulge on a regular basis, they'll keep you feeling healthier and stronger throughout your chemo treatments.
No matter whether you are shy or outgoing, competitive or mellow, get started on feeling healthy with plenty of fun activities that qualify as bona fide exercise. Shape an exercise program around things you love to do. After all, if you've always liked dancing, you're more likely to stick with a salsa class than a treadmill workout. To get started on fashioning a program, ask yourself the following questions:
- Do I prefer to exercise alone or with others?
- Am I looking for ways to rev up or wind down?
- Am I goal-oriented or do I like doing things for their own sake?
- Do I want to get away from it all or exercise close to home?
Then, match your answers to one or more of these activities:
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Earlier Black Friday kicks off shopping season
Fri., Nov. 23, 2012
This year's Black Friday shoppers were split into two distinct groups: those who wanted to fall into a turkey-induced slumber and those who'd rather shop.
Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. But after testing how shoppers would respond to earlier hours last year, stores such as Target and Toys R Us this year opened as early as Thanksgiving evening. That created two separate waves of shoppers.
Sam Chandler, 55, and his wife, Lori Chandler, 54, were a part of the early group. By the time they reached the Wal-Mart in Greenville, S.C. early Friday, they had already hit several stores, including Target and Best Buy. In fact, they had been shopping since midnight.
"We've learned over the years, you have to stand in line early and pray," Sam said.
Stu and April Schatz, residents of Rockland County, N.Y., preferred to get a later start. They went to the Shops at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, N.J., which didn't open until 7 a.m. on Black Friday, because they didn't want to deal with the crowds that show up for openings late night on Thanksgiving or midnight on Black Friday.
"It's so much more civilized going in the morning," said April Schatz, a teacher. "We wanted to enjoy our evening."
The earlier hours are an effort by stores to make shopping as convenient as possible for Americans, who they fear won't spend freely during the two-month holiday season in November and December because of economic uncertainty. Many shoppers are worried about high unemployment and a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" that will take effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then.
At the same time, Americans have grown more comfortable shopping on websites that offer cheap prices and the convenience of being able to buy something from smartphones, laptops and tablet computers from just about anywhere. That puts added pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the holiday shopping season, to give consumers a compelling reason to leave their homes.
That's becoming more difficult: the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, estimates that overall sales in November and December will rise 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion, below last year's 5.6 percent growth. . But the online part of that is expected to rise 15 percent to $68.4 billion, according to Forrester Research.
As a result, brick-and-mortar retailers have been trying everything they can to lure consumers into stores. Some stores tested the earlier hours last year, but this year more retailers opened their doors late on Thanksgiving or at midnight on Black Friday. In addition to expanding their hours, many also are offering free layaways and shipping, matching the cheaper prices of online rivals and updating their mobile shopping apps with more information.
"Every retailer wants to beat everyone else," said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, a research firm based in Charleston, S.C. "Shoppers love it."
Indeed, some holiday shoppers seemed to find stores' earlier hours appealing. Julie Hansen, a spokeswoman at Mall of America in Minneapolis, said 30,000 people showed up for the mall's midnight opening, compared with 20,000 last year. She noted that shoppers are coming in waves, and sales aren't just being shifted around.
"This is additional dollars," Hansen said.
About 11,000 shoppers were in lines wrapped around Macy's flagship store in New York City's Herald Square when it opened at midnight on Black Friday. That's up from an estimated 9,000 to 10,000 shoppers who showed up the store's midnight opening last year.
Joan Riedewald, a private aide for the elderly, and her four children ages six to 18, were among them. By that time, she already had spent about $100 at Toys R Us, which opened at 8 p.m., and planned to spend another $500 at Macy's before heading to Old Navy.
"I only shop for sales," she said.
But some shoppers decided to stick to traditional Black Friday shopping hours. Joe Russell was hunting for a great deal on a large flat-screen TV and went to the Best Buy store in Watertown, Mass., shortly after midnight on Friday. But the long line of shoppers gunning for door-buster promotions deterred him from braving the freezing temperatures. So Russell, 47, returned to the store after sunrise and got a different TV for "a decent price."
"This is the earliest I've ever shopped," he said.
Elizabeth Garcia, a sales representative from the Bronx borough of New York City, also decided on a later shopping start at about 3:30 a.m. at Toys R Us in New York's Times Square. As a result Garcia, who has three children ages three, five and seven, believes she dodged some of the lines on Thanksgiving when the store opened at 8 p.m. That's good news since the crowds got to her last year, and she almost got into a fight over a Tinker Bell couch.
"This year I wasn't about to kill people," she said.
Meanwhile, Nicole Page of Bristol, Conn., shopped with her sister at a Wal-Mart in Manchester, Conn., at about 4:45 a.m. on Black Friday out of tradition. Page, who recently finished school and started working as a nurse, bought an electric fireplace for $200 that she said was originally $600. Her shopping cart also had candy canes, a nail clipper for her dog and other stocking stuffers.
"We try to make a tradition of it. It's kind of exciting," she said.
Mae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio reported from New York. Candice Choi contributed from Paramus, N.J. Tamara Lush contributed from Tampa, Fla. Mitch Weiss contributed from Greenville, S.C. Stephen Singer contributed from Manchester, Conn. Dinesh Ramde contributed from Milwaukee. Rodrique Ngowi contributed from Watertown, Mass. Tom Krisher contributed to this report from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Infant slings and wraps have been used for thousands of years in many different cultures. For many parents across the United States, "babywearing" promotes a positive bond between child and parent. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to make sure that parents and caregivers are aware of important safety information related to the proper use of slings.
CPSC is taking this opportunity to urge everyone to use slings and wraps safely, as CPSC has identified 14 infant suffocation deaths with sling-style carriers over the past 20 years. After reviewing numerous cases, child safety experts at CPSC have determined that parents with infants younger than four months of age, premature, low-birthweight babies, and babies with colds and respiratory problems should take extra care in using a sling, including consulting their pediatrician.
Suffocation/asphyxiation can occur when babies are contained entirely within the pouch of a sling with their face, including nose and mouth, pressed against the adult's body, blocking their breathing. Suffocation can occur within minutes.
Because of the nature of the product and its use, some slings tend to keep an infant in a curled, chin-to-chest position, which can interfere with breathing. When an infant is in the chin-to-chest position, suffocation can occur. Both scenarios are serious concerns to CPSC. Many of the babies who died in slings were twins in separate slings and infants with breathing issues.
CPSC recommends that parents and caregivers:
- Make sure you can see your baby's face or eyes in the sling and that your baby can see you. Also, you should place the baby's face at or above the rim of a sling or wrap so that their face is visible.
- After nursing your baby, change the baby's position in the sling, so that the baby's face is at or above the rim of a sling or wrap and that their face is visible and clear of fabric and the mother's body. You should be vigilant about frequently checking the baby in a sling.
A new voluntary consensus standard for slings is being worked on by ASTM International. This is a positive step toward providing manufacturers with an effective safety standard.
This warning is not intended to characterize all slings as being dangerous to babies. CPSC has identified (1) specific situations that can pose a risk of serious harm to babies, and (2) simple safety tips that we hope the babywearing community can share with new parents.
Proper use of a sling. Baby's face is at or above the rim of a sling or wrap and is clear of the fabric and obstructions.
Improper use of sling. Instead, keep the infant's head above all fabric and away
from the mother's body. Make sure the infant's face is not covered by the sling.
Above and below: Improper use of a sling. Infant is in a curled position with chin touching chest. Suffocation can occur in this position.
Infants can suffocate in this position against the mother's body or the sling's fabric
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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We've all played that game in our heads where we imagine our own tragic but lavish funeral where people throw themselves at our coffins whilst sobbing uncontrollably into fancy hankies, and think up the various things they might say about us during drawn-out, emotional speeches. Or maybe that's just me? (it isn't – Ed.)
I'd like to think that people would describe me as a resolute, driven person. They might say I was an independent, free-thinking lady. They might even throw in 'she was the perfect combination of beauty and brains and badassdom' for good measure (a girl can always dream, right?) So basically, in my funeral fantasy, they'd be likening me to a goddess-like creature, while sobbing A LOT.
All of the above sound like great qualities for a feminist to have, but then here comes the tricky part; not only am I a feminist, but a feminist who acts out her fantasies of submission on a regular basis. When I say submission I mean choking, slapping, biting, restraining, spanking, being called a dirty slut – the whole shebang. Some people seem to think that it is impossible to call yourself a feminist and enjoy BDSM play, but I beg to differ. Either I am the exception to the rule or we need new rules – or - here's a thought – no rules.
I discovered my slightly deviating urges at the tender age of fourteen. There was nothing tender, however, about my dazed daydreams. I found myself inexplicably fascinated and excited by the idea of being dominated.
Growing up, as my friends and I conquered new territories in relationships and sex, I would listen to my girlfriends chatter excitedly about the thrill of having their hair pulled by their boyfriends, and often wondered if I was somehow twisted for harbouring urges that went far beyond a fistful of hair.
I cannot claim that identifying with both the feminist ideology and BDSM lifestyle has been a completely easy process. I, much like several other fellow BDSM-friendly feminists, feel the need to explain myself and my desires. It seems a given that as a feminist you are not supposed to like being dominated by a man, not to mention have them inflict pain on you, call you names and toss you around like a rag doll. Hence, whenever talk turns to sex and feminism, people either call me out on what they see as two conflicting things or politely try to hide their amazement. It seems that the following ingenious mathematical equation buzzes through their brain whenever the topic comes up: submissive in bed equals submissive in everything. No, no, NO! Or perhaps more appropriately: red, red, RED goddamn it!
I wish I could blame this reasoning on Fifty Shades of Grey, where a virginal (no, sorry, an actual virgin) wallflower of a girl discovers that, OMG, she's into all sorts of kinky shit, all of which perfectly compliments her shy, submissive nature. Of course, I can't draw such hasty conclusions seen as Fifty Shades only happened a few years back, and the prejudice against pro-BDSM feminists has been around for much longer than that. Let's return to my funeral for a moment. I am certain, 100% sure that no-one, not a soul, would describe me as submissive or a shy wallflower (or virginal for that matter). Why can't I be just as independent, clever and driven even if I like being spanked and tied up?
It is easy to pigeonhole a person based on practically anything they enjoy or don't enjoy; we don't often spend a lot of time trying to understand things we find unappealing. What people outside the BDSM lifestyle struggle to comprehend is how different the in-the-bedroom me is from the person I am outside the bedroom. Even I have been surprised by how dirty we can get between the covers without it filtering into our everyday lives as a couple; we chat about normal stuff, we go to the cinema, we exchange tender kisses – all the things you'd expect an average couple to do. My partner respects me and I respect him. End of. The dominant/submissive play stays within the confines of the bedroom, and I am just as fiercely goddess-like outside it as usual.
I suppose what makes fellow-feminists wary is the violence and control wielded by a man on a woman (naturally, this also occurs the other way around but in my situation I am always the submissive one). What I'd like for people to realise is that this power and dominance only exists in a single moment, in a role playing situation, and is not 'real'. For me pain is an aphrodisiac and submitting my body under someone else's will a thrill. For someone who is not into such things, it can sound sinister and condemnable. The perceived loss of power is an imagined one; we enter a fantasy situation where I am free to envision myself completely helpless. However, in reality I could stop the scene anytime I wished. You could even argue that I, the submissive, hold the true power of the situation – imagined or not – in my hands. In my current relationship I have been able to be completely honest about my desires, and have never felt quite this liberated, accepted and EQUAL. That's right, being able to ask for what I specifically want (and there have been men who have been uncomfortable to provide me with that), makes me feel like the power is in fact equally distributed. Things aren't being done to me, they are done for me.
I often also wonder if it all just boils down to the man vs. woman power struggle. With me being bisexual and all, were I to kink out to this extent with another woman, would it be seen as a similar issue? I can't imagine anyone suggesting me being antithetical to feminism then.
Ultimately, I don't want anyone telling me what I am supposed to and not supposed to enjoy as a feminist or as a woman. Those who condemn female subs from the get-go offer a lopsided view on BDSM – how could they possibly appreciate the lifestyle if they're not in it themselves? I will never understand women who feel the need to criticise other women based on their sexual preferences; I feel that it goes against the very essence of feminism. I know that for me, looking from the inside out, I am no less feminist or more submissive because of BDSM. So no, to answer my own question, liking a good spanking every now and then does not make me a bad feminist. In fact, it just means that I know what I like, am not afraid to ask for it and know where to get it. And there is nothing sinister about that.
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MaryBeth Zamani necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 281 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
RITE LEND. Slogan: RIGHT LOAN. RIGHT TERM
We are a financial services firm that lends money to the public; primarily homeowners and in the future personal loans (credit cards) as well as auto loans. Our goal is simple, to provide the lowest cost and rate possible to our customers will at the same time providing the best customer service. Our firm is technology based, works in a paperless environment and uses technology to make borrowering and lending money easy.
We are at first targeting homeowners and more specifically homeownes with execllent credit. These homeowners will always be employed, educated and have some sort of retirement plans in place. There after we will be expanding our business into auto loans and credit card loans.
Since there has been "bad" publicity surrounding loans and the financial sector our logo must be modern, professional and timeless. This company that has been around for 100 years and will be around 100 years from now.
NO symbols that resemble a building or high rise please.
We need a logo, envelope, letterhead and business card design.
We are looking for a CLEAN, SIMPLE yet MODERN LOGO that will define our corporate identity.
RITE LEND is a financial services company offering Low Cost financing options for homeowners.
RITE LEND is all about GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, GREAT PRODUCTS, SIMPLICITY and TRANSPERANCY!
Our MOTO is simple: RIGHT LOAN. RIGHT TERM. RITE LEND!
With a great name/slogan like ours and YOUR HELP, RITE LEND can be a nationally recognized name.
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