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Early adopters to Google's wearable computers would like to lay down some basic etiquette before the new technology becomes as widespread as cell phones.
The "Glass Explorers" -- the lucky few testing out Google Glass, high-tech headgear meant to integrate computing into daily activity even more than it already is -- want to head off potential social disruptions.
"We're going to have to work it out as a society, as we always do," Noble Ackerson, a member of the Explorers and a software developer told NBC.
"When we first had cellphones, there were certain rules that we now take for granted. Like not answering a call during dinner or something like that. Or in a meeting you wouldn't get up and start talking. We have that understanding with cellphones."
Hoping to normalize Glass, Ackerson has put together a collection of "Glass Etiquette" cards that offer advice such as: "Don't use Glass in the locker room or rest room. Others may get extra paranoid during private situations," and: "Use Glass with class."
In an attempt to tackle these issues head-on, Google has helpfully suggested a few "moves" for Glass-wearers to put company at ease.
There's "the Californian," which involves the wearer perching the Glass on top of his or her head, like a pair of sunglasses, or "the LeBeau," named for Glass engineer Mike LeBeau, in which the Glass is turned off and worn backwards around the neck.
The tech giant knows the increased integration of technology into every moment of daily life increases privacy concerns, so it has been open about taking feedback from its Explorer team.
"We are thinking very carefully about how we design Glass because new technology always raises new issues," a representative from Google said.


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Detail Tour Type: Luxury Gold Brochure Type: Luxury Gold USA, Canada & South America 2018 Hawaii's traditional greeting, Aloha, signifies love and compassion for others and nature. Experience the magic of this tropical island and meet its gentle people, as you celebrate local traditions and discover lush jungles, majestic waterfalls and palm-fringed beaches. Along the way, visit iconic sites, such as the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, savour fusion cuisine and stay in luxurious sea-facing hotels. Additional Included Highlights Oahu: Explore downtown Honolulu. Maui: See the shops and galleries in Lahaina. Exceptional Dining Oahu: Celebrate at an authentic Hawaiian Luau Highlight Dinner, as the sun sets over the Pacific, complete with entertainment from storytellers, musicians and dancers. Oahu: Enjoy a Highlight Dinner at Chef Roy Yamaguchi's acclaimed fusion restaurant, Roy's Waikiki. 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Aloha Honolulu and Waikiki.: You will be greeted with a smile and a traditional flower lei before being transferred to your elegant oceanfront resort. Your room will offer fantastic views of Waikiki Beach and the ocean from your balcony. At 18:00, join your Travelling Concierge and fellow guests for a Welcome Dinner with wine. The Azure restaurant, adjacent to the famous Mai Tai Bar, is known for its daily fresh seafood brought together by Chef Shaymus Alwin. (Dinner with Wine)
Mailani Tower, The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, Waikiki (Ocean View Rooms).
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Oahu Island Sightseeing.: Take an exclusive, local historian-guided tour of Iolani Palace, the only official royal residence in the United States. Next, explore downtown Honolulu viewing the Hawaii State Capitol, Washington Place, and the King Kamehameha Statue at Aliiolani Hale. A picturesque journey along the East Oahu shoreline provides views of Hanauma Bay and its crystal clear waters, the Halona Blowhole, and the slopes of Diamond Head. As the sun sets over the Pacific, enjoy a Highlight Dinner with drinks and entertainment from storytellers, musicians and dancers of the Aha'aina Luau. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Mailani Tower, The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, Waikiki (Ocean View Rooms).
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Pearl Harbor and Leisure Time.: Begin the day at historic Pearl Harbor, home to the USS Arizona, honouring the military personnel killed in the 1941 surprise attack. Queue-jump with Luxury Gold's advanced reserved tickets. Later, enjoy a scenic drive into the volcanic crater known as Punchbowl, home to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The afternoon is at leisure. In the evening, your Highlight Dinner with wine is at the award-winning Chef Roy Yamaguchi's acclaimed Hawaiian fusion restaurant, Roy's Waikiki, best known for his eclectic blend of Californian-French-Japanese traditions and fresh ingredients from the islands. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Mailani Tower at The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, Waikiki (Ocean-view rooms).
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The Big Island of Hawaii.: In the morning fly to the Big Island to discover Kailua-Kona, once the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Spend time exploring Kona, home of the world-famous Ironman World Championship Triathlon. Enjoy a seaside lunch in Kona at Huggo's, the locals' favourite. Next, discover the history of coffee at the Kona Coffee Living History Farm, and learn the story of the 1900s local coffee farmers. Travel toward your hotel, along lava fields, created by the volcanoes seen in the distance. The evening is at leisure. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch)
Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Makaiwa Bay (Deluxe Ocean View Rooms).
Day 5 : Makaiwa Bay
Leisure Time on Hawaii.: The day is yours to spend as you wish. Perhaps try your hand at a round of golf, lounge on the beach, read by the pool, or take a helicopter flight above rainforests and an active volcano? (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Makaiwa Bay (Deluxe Ocean View Rooms).
Day 6 : Maui
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hilo to Maui.: Continue to discover the beauty of the volcanic landscape en route to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Walk where lava once flowed in the Thurston Lava Tube and view the world's largest volcano, Mauna Loa, as well as the active volcano, Kilauea. Visit the Jaggar Museum featuring exhibits of Pelehonuamea, the Hawaiian Deity of Volcanoes, before lunch at the Kilauea Lodge. Fly from Hilo to Maui, your home for the next three days. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner with Wine)
Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort (Ocean View Rooms).
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Your Choice Maui Activities: Maui offers many activities which are included, so the choice is yours. Perhaps have a day of snorkelling off the coral reefs, take a whale watching cruise (seasonal) or travel the Road to Hana? Your Travelling Concierge is available to make all the arrangements. The evening is yours to enjoy at the resort. (Buffet Breakfast)
Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort (Ocean View Rooms).
Day 8 : Maui
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Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort (Ocean View Rooms).
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WELLS — Mathew B. Baker, the chief deputy of York County Sheriff's Office, passed away on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012.
Baker, who lived in Wells, died with his family at his side after a recurrence of bladder cancer. He was 55.
Baker was born in Rochester, N.H., and graduated from Sanford High School in 1976. He was a dedicated life-long learner, according to his obituary, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1993.
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He served as Kennebunk's police chief for six years and then was offered — and accepted — the position of chief deputy at the York County Sheriff's Office, by newly elected Sheriff Maurice Ouellette. He served in that position from January 2007 until his death.
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Law enforcement officials throughout York County were saddened by Baker's untimely death, including the officer who took his position in Kennebunk when he left.
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As a teenager, Baker was a member of the Sanford Police Explorers and a ham radio operator. As an adult, he developed a passion for flying and earned a private pilot's license. He was also an avid photographer and lover of music, according to his obituary.
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A doughnut or donut (/ˈdoʊnət/ or /ˈdoʊnʌt/; see spelling differences) is a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. They are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or without a hole and often filled. Other types of batters can also be used, and various toppings and flavorings are used for different types, such as sugar, chocolate, or maple glazing. In addition to flour, doughnuts may also include such ingredients as water, leavening, eggs, milk, sugar, oil/shortening, natural flavors and/or artificial flavors.[1][2]
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Ring doughnuts are formed by joining the ends of a long, skinny piece of dough into a ring or by using a doughnut cutter, which simultaneously cuts the outside and inside shape, leaving a doughnut-shaped piece of dough and a doughnut hole from dough removed from the center. This smaller piece of dough can be cooked or added back to the batch to make more doughnuts. A disk-shaped doughnut can also be stretched and pinched into a torus until the center breaks to form a hole. Alternatively, a doughnut depositor can be used to place a circle of liquid dough (batter) directly into the fryer.
There are two types of ring doughnuts, those made from a yeast-based dough for raised doughnuts or made from a special type of cake batter. Yeast-raised doughnuts contain about 25% oil by weight, whereas cake doughnuts' oil content is around 20%, but they have extra fat included in the batter before frying. Cake doughnuts are fried for about 90 seconds at approximately 190 °C (374 °F) to 198 °C (388 °F), turning once. Yeast-raised doughnuts absorb more oil because they take longer to fry, about 150 seconds, at 182 °C (359 °F) to 190 °C (374 °F). Cake doughnuts typically weigh between 24 g and 28 g (0.85 oz to 0.99 oz), whereas yeast-raised doughnuts average 38 g (1.34 oz) and are generally larger, and taller (due to rising) when finished.
After frying, ring doughnuts are often topped. Raised doughnuts are generally covered with a glaze (icing). Cake doughnuts can also be glazed, or powdered with confectioner's sugar, or covered with cinnamon and granulated sugar. They are also often topped with cake frosting (top-side only) and sometimes sprinkled with coconut, chopped peanuts, or sprinkles (also called jimmies).
Doughnut holes are small, bite-sized doughnuts that were traditionally made from the dough taken from the center of ring doughnuts. Before long, doughnut sellers saw the opportunity to market "holes" as a novelty and many chains offer their own variety, some with their own brand names such as "Munchkins" from Dunkin' Donuts and "Timbits" from Tim Hortons.
Traditionally, doughnut holes are made by frying the dough removed from the center portion of the doughnut. Consequently, they are considerably smaller than a standard doughnut and tend to be spherical. Similar to standard doughnuts, doughnut holes may be topped with confections, such as glaze or powdered sugar.
Originally, most varieties of doughnut holes were derivatives of their ring doughnut (yeast-based dough or cake batter) counterparts. However, doughnut holes can also be made by dropping a small ball of dough into hot oil from a specially shaped nozzle or cutter.[3] This production method has allowed doughnut sellers to produce bite-sized versions of non-ring doughnuts, such as filled doughnuts, fritters and Dutchies.
The filled doughnut is a flattened sphere injected with fruit preserves, cream, custard, or other sweet fillings, and often dipped into powdered sugar or topped off with frosting. Common varieties include the Boston cream, coconut, key lime, and jelly.
Other shapes
Others include the fritter and the Dutchie, which are usually glazed. These have been available on Tim Hortons' doughnut menu since the chain's inception in 1964,[4] and a 1991 Toronto Star report found out that these two were the chain's most popular type of fried dough in Canada.[5]
There are many other specialized doughnut shapes such as old-fashioned, bars or Long Johns (a rectangular shape), or with the dough twisted around itself before cooking. In the northeast U.S., bars and twists are usually referred to as crullers. Another is the beignet, which is square-shaped, covered with powdered sugar.
Possible origins
Doughnuts have a disputed history. One theory suggests they were invented in North America by Dutch settlers,[6] Indeed, in the 19th century, doughnuts were sometimes referred to as one kind of oliekoek (a Dutch word literally meaning "oil cake"), a "sweetened cake fried in fat."[7]
Hanson Gregory, an American, claimed to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a lime-trading ship when he was only 16 years old. Gregory was dissatisfied with the greasiness of doughnuts twisted into various shapes and with the raw center of regular doughnuts. He claimed to have punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship's tin pepper box, and later taught the technique to his mother.[8]
According to anthropologist Paul R. Mullins, the first cookbook mentioning doughnuts was an 1803 English volume which included doughnuts in an appendix of American recipes. By the mid-19th century, the doughnut looked and tasted like today's doughnut, and was viewed as a thoroughly American food.[9]
A fourth theory on their origin came to light in 2013, appearing to predate all previous claims, when a recipe for "dow nuts" was found in a book of recipes and domestic tips written in 1800 by the wife of Baron Thomas Dimsdale,[10][unreliable source?] the recipe being given to the dowager Baroness by an acquaintance who transcribed for her the cooking instructions of a local delicacy, the "Hertfordshire nut".[11][verification needed]
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"Dough nut"
The earliest known recorded usage of the term dates to an 1808 short story[12] describing a spread of "fire-cakes and dough-nuts." Washington Irving's reference to "doughnuts" in 1809 in his History of New York is more commonly cited as the first written recording of the term. Irving described "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks."[13] These "nuts" of fried dough might now be called doughnut holes. Doughnut is the more traditional spelling, and still dominates outside the US.[14][15] At present, doughnut and the shortened form donut are both pervasive in American English.[16]
The first known printed use of donut was in Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa by George W. Peck, published in 1900, in which a character is quoted as saying, "Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut."[17] According to John T. Edge (Donuts, an American passion 2006) the alternative spelling "donut" was invented when the New York–based Display Doughnut Machine Corporation abbreviated the word to make it more pronounceable by the foreigners they hoped would buy their automated doughnut making equipment.[18][19] The donut spelling also showed up in a Los Angeles Times article dated August 10, 1929 in which Bailey Millard jokingly complains about the decline of spelling, and that he "can't swallow the 'wel-dun donut' nor the ever so 'gud bred'." The interchangeability of the two spellings can be found in a series of "National Donut Week" articles in The New York Times that covered the 1939 World's Fair. In four articles beginning October 9, two mention the donut spelling. Dunkin' Donuts, which was so-named in 1950, following its 1948 founding under the name Open Kettle (Quincy, Massachusetts), is the oldest surviving company to use the donut variation; other chains, such as the defunct Mayflower Doughnut Corporation (1931), did not use that spelling.[20] According to the Oxford Dictionary while "doughnut" is used internationally, the spelling "donut" is American.[21] The spelling "donut" remained rare until the 1950s, and has since grown significantly in popularity;[22] this growth in use has possibly been influenced by the spread of Dunkin' Donuts.[23]
Regional variations
South Africa
In South Africa, an Afrikaans variation known as the koeksister is popular. Another variation, similar in name, is the Cape Malay koesister being soaked in a spiced syrup and coated in coconut. It has a texture similar to more traditional doughnuts as opposed to the Afrikaans variety.[24] A further variation is the vetkoek, which is also dough deep fried in oil. It is served with mince, syrup, honey or jam.[25]
In Tunisia, a pastry similar to doughnuts are yo-yos. They are very traditional and popular. They come in different versions both as balls and in shape of doughnuts. They are deep-fried and covered in a honey syrup or a kind of frosting. Sesame seeds are also used for flavor and decoration along with orange juice and vanilla.
In Morocco, Sfenj is a similar pastry eaten sprinkled with sugar or soaked in honey.[26]
A few sweet, doughnut-style pastries are regional in nature. Cantonese cuisine features an oval-shaped pastry called ngàuhleisōu (牛脷酥, lit. "ox-tongue pastry" due to its tongue-like shape).
A spherical food called saa1 jung (沙翁) which is also similar to cream puff, but denser in texture (doughnut-like texture) with sugar sprinkled on top, is normally available in Cantonese restaurants in the dim sum style. An oilier Beijing variant of this called 高力豆沙, gaoli dousha, is filled with red bean paste; originally, it was made with egg white instead of dough. Many Chinese cultures make a chewy doughnut known as shuangbaotai (雙包胎), which consists of two conjoined balls of dough.
Chinese restaurants in the US sometimes serve small fried pastries similar to doughnut holes, served with condensed milk as a sauce.
Chinese cuisine features long, deep-fried doughnut sticks that are often quite oily, hence their name in Mandarin, yóutiáo (油條, lit. oil strips.); in Cantonese, this doughnut-style pastry is called yàuhjagwái (油炸鬼, ghosts fried in oil). These pastries are not sweet and are often served with congee, a traditional rice porridge.
In India, a savory, fried, ring-shaped snack called a vada is often referred to as the Indian doughnut. The vada is made from dal, lentil or potato flours rather than wheat flour.[27] In North India, it is in the form of a bulging disc called dahi-vada, and is soaked in curd, sprinkled with spices and sliced vegetables, and topped with a sweet and sour chutney. In South India, a vada is eaten with sambar and a coconut chutney.
Sweet pastries similar to old-fashioned doughnuts called badushahi and jalebi are also popular. Balushahi, also called badushah, is made from flour, deep fried in clarified butter, and dipped in sugar syrup. Balushahi is ring-shaped, but the hole in the center does not go all the way through. Jalebi, which is typically pretzel-shaped, is made by deep frying batter in oil and soaking it in sugar syrup.[28] A variant of jalebi, called imarti, is shaped with a small ring in the center around which a geometric pattern is arranged.
Along with these Indian variants, American variants of doughnuts are also available with American brands such as Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts setting up retail outlets in India, as well as local brands such as Mad Over Donuts and the Donut Baker.[29]
The Indonesian, donat kentang is a potato doughnut, a ring-shaped fritter made from flour and mashed potatoes, coated in powder sugar or icing sugar.[30]
The Persian zoolbia and bamiyeh are fritters of various shapes and sizes coated in a sugar syrup.[31] Doughnuts are also made in the home in Iran, referred to as doughnuts, even in the singular.[citation needed]
Jelly doughnuts, known as sufganiyah (סופגניה, pl. sufganiyot סופגניות) in Israel, have become a traditional Hanukkah food[32] in the recent era, as they are cooked in oil, associated with the holiday account of the miracle of the oil. Traditional sufganiyot are filled with red jelly and topped with icing sugar. However, many other varieties exist, with some being filled with dulce de leche (particularly common after the South American aliyah early in the 21st century).
In Japan, an-doughnut (あんドーナッツ, "bean paste doughnut") is widely available at bakeries. An-doughnut is similar to Germany's Berliner, except it contains red azuki bean paste. Mister Donut is one of the most popular doughnut chains in Japan. Native to Okinawa is a spheroid pastry similar to doughnuts called sata andagi.[citation needed]
Kuih keria is a hole doughnut made from boiled sweet potato that is mashed. The sweet potato mash is shaped into rings and fried. The hot doughnut is then rolled in granulated sugar. The result is a doughnut with a sugar-crusted skin.[33]
Sel roti is a Nepali homemade, ring-shaped, rice doughnut prepared during Tihar, the widely celebrated Hindu festival in Nepal. A semiliquid dough is usually prepared by adding milk, water, sugar, butter, cardamom, and mashed banana to rice flour, which is often left to ferment for up to 24 hours. A sel roti is traditionally fried in ghee.[34]
Doughnuts are available at most bakeries across Pakistan. The Navaz Sharif variety, available mainly in the city of Karachi, is covered in chocolate and filled with cream, similar to a Boston cream. Doughnuts can readily be found at the many Dunkin' Donuts branches spread across Pakistan.[35]
Local varieties of doughnuts sold by peddlers and street vendors throughout the Philippines are usually made of plain well-kneaded dough, deep-fried in refined coconut oil and sprinkled with refined (not powdered or confectioner's) sugar. Doughnuts are a popular mid-day snack. A native variant from the Visayas islands known as shakoy or siyakoy (also known as lubid-lubid in the northern Philippines) uses a length of dough twisted into a distinctive rope-like shape before being fried. The preparation is almost exactly the same as doughnuts, though there are variants made from glutinous rice flour. The texture can range from soft and fluffy, to sticky and chewy, to hard and crunchy. They are sprinkled with white sugar, but can also be topped with sesame seeds or caramelized sugar.[36][37]
In Taiwan, shuāngbāotāi (雙胞胎, lit. twins) is two pieces of dough wrapped together before frying.[citation needed]
In Thailand, a popular breakfast food is Pa Thong Ko, also known as Thai Donuts, a version of the Chinese Yiu Ja Guoy/Youtiao. Often sold from food stalls in markets or by the side of the road, these doughnuts are small sometimes X-shaped and sold by the bag full.[38] They are often eaten in the morning with hot Thai tea.
Vietnamese varieties of doughnuts include bánh tiêu, bánh cam, and bánh rán. Bánh tiêu is a sesame-topped, deep-fried pastry that is hallow. It can be eaten alone or cut in half and served with bánh bò, a gelatinous cake, placed inside the pastry. Bánh cam is from Southern Vietnam and is a ball-shaped, deep-fried pastry coated entirely in sesame seeds and inside of which contains a mung bean paste filling. Bánh rán is from Northern Vietnam and is similar to bánh cam; however, the difference is that bánh rán is covered with a sugar glaze after being deep-fried and its mung bean paste filling includes a jasmine essence.[citation needed]
In Austria, doughnut equivalents are called Krapfen. They are especially popular during Carneval season (Fasching), and do not have the typical ring shape, but instead are solid and usually filled with apricot jam (traditional) or vanilla cream (Vanillekrapfen).[39] A second variant, called Bauernkrapfen, probably more similar to doughnuts, are made of yeast dough, and have a thick outside ring, but are very thin in the middle.[40]
In Belgium, the smoutebollen in Dutch, or "croustillons" in French, are similar to the Dutch kind of oliebollen, but they usually do not contain any fruit, except for apple chunks sometimes. They are typical carnival and fair snacks and are coated with powdered sugar.[41][42]
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia
Doughnuts similar to the Berliner are prepared in the northern Balkans, particularly in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (pokladnice or krofne). They are also called krofna, krafna or krafne, a name derived from the Austrian Krapfen for this pastry. In Croatia, they are especially popular during Carneval season and do not have the typical ring shape, but instead are solid. Traditionally, they are filled with jam (apricot or plum). However, they can be filled with vanilla or chocolate cream.[citation needed]
Czech Republic
There are Czech Republic "American" style doughnuts, but before they were solid shape and filled with jelly (strawberry or peach). The shape is similar to doughnuts in Germany or Poland. They are called Kobliha (Koblihy in plural). They may be filed with nougat or with vanilla custard. There are now many fillings; cut in half or non-filled knots with sugar and cinnamon on top.[43]
In Denmark, doughnuts exist in their "American" shape, and these can be obtained from various stores, e.g. McDonald's and most gas stations. The Berliner, however, is also available in bakeries.[citation needed]
in Finland, a sweet doughnut is called a munkki (the word also means monk) and are commonly eaten in cafés and cafeteria restaurants. They are sold cold and are sometimes filled with jam (U.S. jelly) or a vanilla sauce. A ring doughnut is also known as donitsi.[citation needed]
A savory form of doughnut is the meat doughnut (in Finnish lihapiirakka, or literally meat pie). Being made of doughnut mixture and deep fried the end product is more akin to a savory doughnut than any pie known in the English speaking world.[44]
The French beignet, literally "bump",[45] is the French and New Orleans equivalent of a doughnut: A pastry made from made from deep-fried choux pastry.[46]
See beignet for more information.
In parts of Germany, the doughnut equivalents are called Berliner (sg. and pl.), but not in the capital city of Berlin itself and neighboring areas, where they are called Pfannkuchen (which is often found misleading by people in the rest of Germany, who use the word Pfannkuchen to describe a pancake, which is also the literal translation of it). In middle Germany, they are called Kreppel or Pfannkuchen. In southern Germany, they are also called Krapfen and are especially popular during Carnival season (Karneval/Fasching) in southern and middle Germany and on New Year's Eve in northern Germany. Berliner do not have the typical ring shape, but instead are solid and usually filled with jam, while a ring-shaped variant called Kameruner is common in Berlin and eastern Germany. Bismarcks and Berlin doughnuts are also found in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland and the U.S. Today, American style doughnuts are also available in Germany, but are less popular than their native counterparts.
In Greece, there is a doughnut-like snack, called loukoumas (λουκουμάς), which is a doughnut with sugar and comes in two types (one is shaped like the number 8; the other is a torus). The first one is crispier, whereas the second one is larger and softer.[citation needed]
Fánk is a sweet traditional Hungarian cake. The most commonly used ingredients are: flour, yeast, butter, egg yolk, a little bit of rum, a sniff of salt, milk and oil to deep fry with. After the pastry has risen for approximately 30 minutes the result is an extreme light doughnut-like pastry. Fánk is mostly served with powdered sugar and lekvar.
It is supposed that Fánk pastry is of the same origin as German Berliner, Dutch oliebol, and Polish pączki.
In Iceland kleinuhringur (pl. kleinuhringir and kleinuhringar) are a type of old Icelandic cuisine which resembles doughnuts. The Berliner and many other kinds of doughnuts can only be found on one day of the year and that is on a holiday called "Bolludagur" or in other words Doughnut Day.
Italian doughnuts include ciambelle, krapfen, zippuli and zeppole from Calabria, maritozzi and bomboloni from Tuscany.
In Lithuania, a kind of doughnut called spurgos is widely known. Some spurgos are similar to Polish pączki, but some specific recipes, such as cottage cheese doughnuts (varškės spurgos), were invented independently.[citation needed]
In the Netherlands, oliebollen, referred to in cookbooks as "Dutch doughnuts", are a type of fritter, with or without raisins or currants, and usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. Variations of the recipe contain slices of apple or other fruits. They are traditionally eaten as part of New Year celebrations.[47][48]
In Norway, the traditional smultring is the prevailing type of doughnut traditionally sold in bakeries, shops, and stalls, however the American-style doughnuts are widely available in larger supermarkets, McDonald's restaurants, 7-elevens and bakeries. The Berliner is more common than the US doughnut, and sold in most supermarkets and bakeries alongside smultring doughnuts.
In Poland and parts of the U.S. with a large Polish community, like Chicago and Detroit, the round, jam-filled doughnuts eaten especially—though not exclusively—during the Carnival are called pączki (pronounced [ˈpɔntʂkʲi]). Pączki have been known in Poland at least since the Middle Ages. Jędrzej Kitowicz has described that during the reign of the August III under influence of French cooks who came to Poland at that time, pączki dough fried in Poland has been improved, so that pączki became lighter, spongier, and more resilient.
See Malasada.
The Romanian dessert gogoși are fried dough balls similar to filled doughnuts. They are stuffed with chocolate, jam, cheese and other combinations and may be dusted with icing sugar.
In Russia and the CIS countries, ponchiki (Russian: пончики, plural form of пончик, ponchik) or pyshki (Russian: пышки, especially in St. Petersburg) are a very popular sweet doughnut, with many fast and simple recipes available in Russian cookbooks for making them at home as a breakfast or coffee pastry.[49] In Ukraine and Belarus they are called pampushky (Ukrainian: пампушки).
In Slovenia, a jam-filled doughnut known as krofi, is very popular. It is the typical sweet during Carnival time, but is to be found in most bakeries during the whole year. The most famous krofi come from the village of Trojane in central Slovenia, and are originally filled with apricot jam filling.[50]
In Spain, there are two different types of doughnuts. The first one, simply called "donuts" (in reference to the most famous commercial brand name for this type of food) or "berlinas" (a more traditional name), refer to the American-style doughnut, that is, a deep fried, sweet, soft, ring of flour dough.
The second type of doughnut is a traditional pastry called "rosquilla", made of fermented dough and which is fried or baked in an oven. They were purportedly introduced in Spain by the Romans.[citation needed] In Spain, there are several variants of them depending on the region where they are prepared and on the time of the year they are sold, as they are regarded in some parts as a pastry especially prepared only for Easter. Although overall they result in pastries of a tighter texture and less sugared than American doughnuts, they differ greatly in shape, size and taste from one region to another.
The 'churro' is a sweet pastry of deep-fried dough similar to a doughnut but shaped as a long, thin, ribbed cylinder rather than a ring or sphere. Churros are commonly served dusted in sugar as a snack or with a cup of hot chocolate.
In Switzerland, there are Zigerkrapfen and Berliner.
United Kingdom
In some parts of Scotland, ring doughnuts are referred to as doughrings, with the 'doughnut' name being reserved exclusively for the nut-shaped variety. Glazed, twisted rope-shaped doughnuts are known as yum-yums. It is also possible to buy fudge doughnuts in certain regions of Scotland. Also known as doughnoughts, referring to the 'zero' shape or 'nought',[citation needed] being supplied in bakeries and supermarkets. Fillings include jam, custard, cream, sweet mincemeat, chocolate and apple. Common ring toppings are sprinkle-iced and chocolate.
In Northern Ireland, ring doughnuts are known as 'gravy rings', gravy being an archaic term for hot cooking oil.
North America
Caribbean region
A doughnut known as "kurma" originating in Eastern India but being sold as a delicacy in Trinidad and Tobago, is a small, sweet, and fried cubed or rectangular-shaped doughnut.[citation needed]
Costa Rica
A traditional Puntarenas cream-filled doughnut is round and robust, managing to keep the cream inside liquified. They are popular in Costa Rica.
The Mexican donas are similar to doughnuts, including the name; the dona is a fried-dough pastry-based snack, commonly covered with powdered brown sugar and cinnamon, white sugar or chocolate.
United States and Canada
Frosted, glazed, powdered, Boston cream, coconut, sour cream, cinnamon, chocolate, and jelly are some of the varieties eaten in the United States and Canada. Sweetening, filling, and fancy toppings are now so common that plain doughnuts are now commonly labeled and sold as "old fashioned".
There are also potato doughnuts (sometimes referred to as spudnuts). Doughnuts are ubiquitous in the United States and can be found in most grocery stores, as well as in specialty doughnut shops.
A popular doughnut in Hawaii is the malasada. Malasadas were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by early Portuguese settlers, and are a variation on Portugal's filhós. They are small eggy balls of yeast dough deep-fried and coated in sugar.
Immigrants have brought various doughnut varieties to the United States. To celebrate Fat Tuesday in eastern Pennsylvania, churches sell a potato starch doughnut called a Fastnacht (or Fasnacht). The treats are so popular there that Fat Tuesday is often called Fastnacht Day. The Polish doughnut, the pączki, is popular in U.S. cities with large Polish communities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit.
In regions of the country where apples are widely grown, especially the Northeast and Midwest states, cider doughnuts are a harvest season specialty, especially at orchards open to tourists, where they can be served fresh. Cider doughnuts are a cake doughnut with apple cider in the batter. The use of cider affects both the texture and flavor, resulting in a denser, moister product. They are often coated with either granulated or powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar.[51]
In Southern Louisiana, a popular variety of the doughnut is the beignet, a fried, square doughnut served traditionally with powdered sugar. Perhaps the most famous purveyor of beignets is New Orleans restaurant Cafe Du Monde.
In Quebec, homemade doughnuts called beignes de Noël are traditional Christmas desserts.[52][53][54]
In Australia, the doughnut is a popular snack food. Hot jam doughnuts, known simply as a jam doughnut in Australia are particularly popular[55] and a unique aspect of Australian culture, especially in Melbourne, Victoria and the Queen Victoria Market, where they are a tradition.[56] Jam doughnuts are similar to a Berliner, but are served hot with red jam (raspberry or strawberry) injected into a bun that is deep-fried and then frosted in either sugar or cinnamon. Jam doughnuts are sometimes also bought frozen. In South Australia, they are known as Berliner or Kitchener and often served in cafes. A variant is the custard-filled doughnut.
Mobile vans that serve doughnuts, traditional or jam, are often seen at spectator events, carnivals and fetes and by the roadside near high-traffic areas like airports and the carparks of large shopping centers. Traditional cinnamon doughnuts are readily available in Australia from specialised retailers and convenience stores. Doughnuts are a popular choice for schools and other not-for-profit groups to cook and sell as a fundraiser.
New Zealand
In New Zealand, the doughnut is a popular food snack available in corner dairies. They are in the form of a long sweet bread roll with a deep cut down its long axis. In this cut is placed a long dollop of sweetened clotted cream and on top of this is a spot of strawberry jam. Doughnuts are of two varieties: fresh cream or mock cream.
The rounded variety is widely available as well.
South America
In Brazil, grocery stores and pastry shops sell ball-shaped doughnuts popularly known as "sonhos" (lit. dreams). The dessert was brought to Brazil by Portuguese colonizers that had contact with Dutch and German traders. They are the equivalent of nowadays "bolas de Berlim" (lit. balls of Berlin) in Portugal, but the traditional Portuguese yellow cream was substituted by local dairy and fruit products. They are made of a special type of bread filled with "goiabada" (guava jelly) or milk cream, and covered by white sugar.
Berlin (plural Berlines) doughnut is popular in Chile because of the large German community. It may be filled with jam or with manjar, the Chilean version of dulce de leche.
Peruvian cuisine includes picarones which are doughnut-shaped fritters made with a squash and sweet potato base. These snacks are almost always served with a drizzle of sweet molasses-based sauce.
In popular culture
The doughnut has made an appearance in popular culture, particularly in the United States and Australia. References extend to objects or actions that are doughnut-shaped.
Donut King is Australia's largest retailer of doughnuts. A Guinness Book of Records largest doughnut made up of 90,000 individual doughnuts was set in Sydney in 2007 as part of a celebration for the release of The Simpsons Movie.[57]
Per capita, Canadians consume the most doughnuts, and Canada has the most doughnut stores per capita.[58][59] Tim Hortons is the most popular Canadian doughnut and coffee franchise, and one of the most successful quick service restaurants in the country.[original research?] In the Second City Television sketch comedy "The Great White North" featuring the fictional brothers Bob and Doug MacKenzie and in their film Strange Brew, doughnuts play a role in the duo's comedy.
United States
Within the United States, the Providence metropolitan area was cited as having the most donut shops per capita (25.3 doughnut shops per 100,000 people) as of January 13, 2010.[60]
National Doughnut Day celebrates the doughnut's history and role in popular culture. There is a race in Staunton, Illinois featuring doughnuts called Tour de Donut.
In film, the doughnut has inspired Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933), The Doughnuts (1963) and Tour de Donut: Gluttons for Punishment. In video games, the doughnut has appeared in games like The Simpsons Game and Donut Dilemma. In the cartoon Mucha Lucha, there are four things that make up the code of mask wrestling: honor, family, tradition, and doughnuts. Also, in the popular television sitcom The Simpsons, Homer Simpson's love affair with doughnuts makes a prominent ongoing joke as well as the focal point of more than a few episodes. There is also a children's book Arnie the Doughnut and music albums The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse and Desert Doughnuts.
In several media, doughnuts are frequently presented as enjoyed by police officers during coffee break. This cliché has been parodied in the film Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, where Officer Zed is instructing new recruits how to "properly" consume their doughnut with coffee. It is also parodied in the Twin Peaks series, where the police station is always in large supply.[61] In the video game Neuromancer there is a Donut World shop, where only policemen are allowed. During a city-wide "lockdown" after the Boston Marathon bombings, a handful of selected Dunkin' Donuts locations were ordered to remain open to serve police and first responders despite the closing of the vast majority of city businesses.[62]
See also
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- ^ Donuts | Dunkin' Donuts
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Further reading
- Jones, Charlotte Foltz (1991). Mistakes That Worked. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-26246-9. – Origins of the doughnut hole
- Rosana G Moreira et al., Deep Fat Frying: Fundamentals and Applications. ISBN 0-8342-1321-4
- Edge, John T. (2006). Donuts: An American Passion. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-15358-6.


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Adoption-specific Treatment Prevention Pilot Trial (ADAPT)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01744951
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified August 2018 by Dr. Jeanne Miranda, University of California, Los Angeles.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : December 7, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 31, 2018
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This study seeks to pilot a manualized adoption-specific intervention aimed at providing a preventive intervention for families adopting children ages 5-14 years where family reunification has been terminated and the family is moving toward adoption or who have adopted children from foster care in the last three years. This work will fill a major gap in services to children and families and is developed to improve mental health and family functioning of children adopted from foster care, as well as decrease adoption disruptions. President Clinton's 1997 adoption initiative, The Adoption and Safe Families ACT (ASFA), along with subsequent Congressional initiatives, have provided incentives to States and subsidies for adopting older children with a resultant increase in rates of adoption from foster care from 26,000 in 1995 to 53,000 (stabilized annual rate) beginning in 2002. The mean age at adoption from foster care is now 6 years old. These older children have histories of physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and multiple placements, all factors that predict behavior problems over time. To address this gap in our knowledge of providing care for this vulnerable group, we have developed a manualized adoption-specific intervention for families adopting children from foster care. Because adoptive children generally enter homes with stable, well-functioning parents, interventions may be particularly effective in helping the children adjust and their parents learn to understand and manage children with difficult past histories.
The aim of this current pilot trial is to test this intervention designed to improve the outcomes for children adopted from foster care through a randomized trial. Our hypothesis is that this manualized adoption-specific intervention will be more effective than care as usual in improving child mental health and family functioning outcomes; specifically, families and children who have been randomized to the manualized adoption-specific intervention will show better outcomes on the post-treatment measures and the 3 month follow-up than on the pre-treatment measures than the care as usual families and children.
|Condition or disease
|Prevent Disorders in Children Adopted From Foster Care
|Behavioral: ADAPT
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Evaluate the Adoption-specific Prevention Treatment Program (ADAPT)
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2017
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2018
Experimental: ADAPT
ADAPT is a manualized intervention with eight treatment modules designed as an early intervention for children, ages 5-14, who are being adopted from foster care and their adoptive parent/s.
Behavioral: ADAPT
ADAPT consists of the following modules/sessions:
Module 1: Trust, positive coping strategies, and behavior management; Module 2: Developmental understanding of adoption experience; Module 3: Substance abuse prevention; Module 4: Loss and grief issues about birth family and foster care; Module 5: Attachment/joining with adoptive family; Module 6: Search for identity/self -esteem; Module 7: Adoption and the outside world; Module 8: Trauma Treatment (if appropriate)
No Intervention: Care as usual
Children, ages 5-14, and their adoptive parent/s will receive care as usual in the treatment setting.
- Parent Weekly Report [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of the therapeutic intervention, an expected average of 24 weeks. ]The Parent Weekly Report consists of two measures: Brief Problem Checklist (Chorpita et al., 2010 and Parent Daily Report (Chamberlain & Reid, 1987).
- Number of child participants whose internalizing and externalizing behaviors improve [ Time Frame: 0 weeks, 24 weeks, 36 weeks ]Child participants' internalizing and externalizing behaviors will be measured at the three distinct times by using both child and parent measures: 1. Emotional Distress and Functioning:Children's Depression Inventory, Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED),Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS),Achenbach Child Behavior Checklists and Teacher Report Forms (CBCL),Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) 2.Targeted Resilience Factors: Emotion Regulation Checklist (ER Checklist),Kidcope 3.Understanding of Adoption: Adoption Dynamics Questionnaire (ADQ),Children's Beliefs about Adoption Scale (CBAAS) 4.Family Environment and Parental Distress,Family Environment Scale (FES),Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) 5.Attachment and Parenting: Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) 6.Trauma Exposure: Modified Life Events Scale (LES) 7.Process Variables: Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children (TASC),Working Alliance Inventory (WAI),Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 14 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children being adopted from foster care, ages 5-14
- Children (within above age range) who have been adopted in the last three years
- Family reunification services have been terminated
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children with the following Diagnostic and Statistical Manual psychiatric disorders will be excluded from study participation: Pervasive Developmental Disorders (e.g. Asperger's, autism, mental retardation, or psychotic disorder as known to the parents
- Children will be excluded if the child has a major neurological disorder or a major medical illness that would interfere with participation in the study
- Children who pose a significant risk for dangerousness to self or others that makes participating inadvisable
- Children and/or parents who are non-English speaking and unable to complete treatment without a translator will not be included
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01744951
|United States, California
|Children's Bureau of Southern California
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90007
|UCLA TIES for Familes
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|UCLA TIES for Families South Bay
|Torrance, California, United States, 90502
|United States, Maryland
|Center for Adoption Support and Education
|Burtonsville, Maryland, United States, 20866
|United States, North Carolina
|Children's Home Society North Carolina
|Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27405
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D.
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Jeanne Miranda, Professor in Residence, University of California, Los Angeles
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
UCLA IRB/IRB# 12-001024 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Annie E Casey Foundation/212.0023 )
|First Posted:
|December 7, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 31, 2018
|Last Verified:
|August 2018
Foster care
Substance abuse
Older children
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Argentina's tax chief laid out new rules Thursday aimed at reducing tax evasion and money laundering in football, the country's sacred national pastime.
Ricardo Echegaray has made Argentina's football clubs responsible, starting Friday, for putting the profits from player transfers into special bank accounts. Player contracts must be reported along with these profits, and the investors and agents involved must be registered as representing the player. If any of the income or other information they declare doesn't match, the tax agency will block those responsible from operating within Argentina's financial system.
Argentina is the world's top exporter of football players, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in profits as thousands of players are transferred from team to team each year. But Echegaray says the players themselves are often cheated by shadowy businessmen hiding their cash, and their clubs are put at a major disadvantage as powerful financial interests control the cash that drives the game.
His solution: Force people who invest in the rights to players in Argentina's first- and second-division professional football leagues to identify themselves on government registries. Sports agents representing the players also must register. And the cash must be banked and declared to the Argentine government and therefore tax authorities.
The goal is not to meddle in what many Argentines consider to be a sacred national pastime, he said. The goal is to empower clubs and players to do business more transparently, rather than be at the mercy of hidden interests.
Without naming names, he described how some agents have dominated the careers of promising young players by securing rights to their football futures with nothing more than a new car or a trip to Disney World.
"We are ending this scheme of 20th century sports slavery," Echegaray declared. "We are making a transcendental change in the market of player transfers, an important step that will make these operations more transparent."
Sports and financial reporters gathered in the tax agency's auditorium for the announcement questioned Echegaray about how much impact these measures will really have in a country where tax evasion is rampant and in an international sport where money laundering is considered a problem .
Echegaray responded that he can't control human nature, has no influence over the judicial system, and has no knowledge of what classified information is being gathered by the government's money laundering watchdog agency, which collects reports on suspicious transactions within football clubs as well as from all other sectors of the economy.
All he can do is collect taxes, Echegaray said, but the new rules do give him a carrot and some sticks to use.
The carrot: Agents and investors who are properly registered and whose information matches what's reported by the clubs and players will only see 17.5 percent of the profits deposited in these special accounts withheld by the tax agency. The stick: Those who aren't registered will see up to 90 percent withheld until their annual income taxes are resolved.
An even bigger stick: Echegaray said the tax agency will disable the "CUIT," or tax ID number, of anyone involved in a player transfer whose financial gains aren't fully declared and match those of others involved in the transaction, until the scofflaw properly settles any tax debts.
That's a powerful weapon in Argentina, he said, effectively preventing the investor or agent from legally doing business in the country.
"We are going to impose transparency that exposes the identities of the real owners of the football players," he vowed.


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Did Beyonce's Father Suggest That She + Jay Z Adopt Half-Brother? [VIDEO]by Amy Sciarretto | PopCrush
As if the illuminati rumors and fake pregnancy suspicions surrounding Blue Ivy's birth weren't enough! Now, Beyonce and Jay Z are at the center of a new familial drama relating to Bey's father and former manager Mathew Knowles and the child he fathered with a mistress. Draaaaaaama!
Here is the backstory.
Actress Alexsandra Wright carried on an 18-month relationship with Papa Knowles while he was still married to Bey's mother Tina. The affair produced a son, which Mathew refused to acknowledge. Then a paternity test proved that Mathew is indeed the father.
Not surprisingly, Mathew and Tina divorced after 30 years of marriage.
Wright, now 43, has made some bombshell accusations against Bey's dad, carefully saying that the Queen is not the problem and Mr. Knowles owes her $32,000 in child support as ordered by the court.
M. Knowles had no comment, but Wright sure did. She told Inside Edition that she was trying to keep matters private but now has no choice.
"I don't expect Beyonce to take accountability," Wright said, pointing out that it's not the singer's problem. She does wish that Bey will one day meet her baby bro, which she has yet to do.
"Beyonce and Jay Z have never attacked me and they have never done anything wrong to me and have never been negative at all," Wright said in the video interview.
She also said that Mr. Knowles rarely sees his son Nixon, 4, telling the interviewer, "You've seen more of my son today than he has." Ouch!
But the biggest bombshell is Wright's confession that upon discovering she was pregnant, Knowles suggested giving the child to Beyonce and Jay Z to raise as their own.
We don't know how true that is, given the heat and flack Bey took during her pregnancy. It seems convenient to say that Mr. Knowles would suggest giving Jayonce a child, since there were so many headlines about Bey faking it.
Regardless, it's an icky mess, one that flies in the face of Bey's clean image.


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Mac OS X: Clearing the Finder "Open With" contextual menu
This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.
Ever wondered how to "clear" the Finder's Open With... contextual menu choices of any extraneous or older applications? (This is the menu that appears when you control-click or "right-click" a document icon.)
If your Open With... menu is filled with too many choices to easily scroll through, you can remove the less-commonly used choices. These steps will clear the list except for the most current applications that can open your document.
- From the Finder Go menu, choose Home.
- Open the Library folder in the Home window.
- Open the Preferences folder.
- Find com.apple.LaunchServices.plist.
- Rename "com.apple.LaunchServices", such as to "com.apple.LaunchServices.old", or move it to the Trash.
The next time you use the Open With.... contextual menu in the Finder, only current applications will be listed. Some items may return if the application that controls them adds itself back to the list.
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If you're looking for the absolute fastest car you can buy, and don't quite have enough cash for a Veyron, boy are you in luck. Well, in luck if you're one of five other lucky people in China. Because Koenigsegg's incredible new car, the Koenigsegg One: 1, will very likely be the fastest car you can buy (0-60 in a superbike-like 2.5 seconds), cost about $2 million US, and they're only making five. For China.
The car is named the One:1 because the unifying theme of the car is that it will make one horsepower per kilo, which is far better than what horses themselves do. That means with an estimated weight of 1250- 1350 kg (around 2800 lbs or so), the car will make— you can do the math. Here's a hint: multiply the weight by one.
Hell, at that kind of power-to-weight ratio, I'd make about 67 or 68 HP myself! That's more than what I usually drive every day!
Pictures of the car come from photos and scans of a brochure leaked online very recently. And even though the existence was confirmed from a leaked brochure, CarsUK contacted Christian von Koenigsegg himself, and K-Egg confirmed that the One:1 is only a very limited run of cars made for the Chinese market.
So, to ((all the rich people across the globe who long to go fast )- 5), my apologies.


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With Apple releasing its newest version of the iPad recently, I can't help but think about how much I've seen change in the technology that we use to deliver our services and run our business since I first started Financial Finesse back in 1999.
It's not that I'm a techie. I'm just a huge fan of anything that makes my life easier. Moreover, if there's one thing I've learned in 13 years of running a business, it's that other people feel the same way, too. If we hadn't kept up on technology and how it has changed people's preferred methods of gathering information and learning, I'm not sure we'd still be here today.
This perspective over the years is what has helped our business grow—it's allowed us to build out our technology infrastructure to create more user-friendly systems for our clients and operate more smoothly, create and improve our ability to collect and analyze important data from our services that help our clients build their financial education programs, build entirely new services like an interactive online learning platform for employees, and so much more.
Keeping ahead of technology trends is just as important for advisors. Often, you're running your own schedules, managing your own clients and strategically growing your client base. Because of this, I believe that the new iPad is part of a trend that every business owner and advisor should be keeping a close eye on in order to continue to grow their business: it is estimated that by 2014, there will be 89.5 million tablet users in the U.S. That is over 35% of the entire Internet-using population. For 2012, the number of people using tablets is expected to reach over 50 million—a huge jump from 13 million in 2010 when they were first introduced. The momentum the tablet is gaining in becoming part of the U.S. household's "norm" means the tablet is more than a hot trend; it's part of a larger shift towards technology that is faster and more mobile.
Why does this matter to financial pros? Because this shift means a couple of things:
- Consumers like your clients are and will continue to grow more demanding for instant access to information as we continue to get this through technology advancements and
- Consumers like your clients are expecting everything else in their world to be just as simple, easy to use and immediate.
In other words, this might be the way of the future and advisors who aren't on board could be left behind.
In my opinion, it's not a bad thing. Tablets can help advisors be more efficient, build trust with clients (if you haven't yet, this is a good read from AdvisorOne and Investment Advisor editor John Sullivan) and show clients you're all about making their lives easier.
Here are three ways a tablet can help an advisor:
No. 1: They make organizing your business easier
This is probably the most obvious way tablets help improve advisors' relationship with their clients, mainly because clients want working with you to be as simple as possible and tablets can help you organize your world so that you don't get hung up on the details like converting documents and making your clients fax you things that could otherwise be electronically signed and so on. There are hosts of ways to do this with downloadable apps or programs already installed on most tablets, but a few that are specifically helpful for advisors are:
- Personal assistant apps that can help you manage your calendar, help you find places to meet with clients and much more simply by speaking into it. We've all see the iPhone commercials where people are asking Siri, the iPhone 4s's most prized asset, questions like "What's the weather?" and telling her to "Remind me to do this again." Siri and other apps can provide you with easy ways to manage your business even while driving to a client appointment. This frees up time for you and your assistant for more important matters.
- Dragon Dictation, an advisor favorite, which can turn your speech to text so you can quickly and accurately take notes from client meetings so you can focus on the client while making sure that important details aren't forgotten. You can also use it to create case studies and testimonials.
- SugarSync, which allows you to get your documents off your tablet and quickly and easily transfer them to clients or anywhere you need them.
- Presentation builders with apps like Keynote, the tablet's equivalent of PowerPoint, that can create presentations directly and entirely from your tablet.
- Tracked changes apps such as Good Reader which allows advisors to hand write in any notes on any document or even PDFs. You can easily share your notes with your clients on any application forms or PDFs instantly. That means less paper to have to file and keep track of.
No. 2: They make working with you easier for the client
Multiple studies have shown people use mobile internet devices more to manage their finances than desktop users. According to Ruder Finn's Mobile Intent Index, 46% of mobile phone users use their devices for online banking, and 40% use it to check the status of bills and/or credit cards. With more and more people using mobile devices to manage their personal finances, advisors should be at the forefront of the shift. Some ways to do this are:
- Accepting payments anywhere, anytime with Square, an app that installs a credit card reader to your tablet through your headphone port. There's a fee of 2.75% per 'swipe' transaction but it may be worth it if it makes it easier for your clients to pay any flat fees you may charge.
- Making it possible for clients to sign documents electronically and upload them to your CRM or cloud system. Once again, this means less paperwork.
- Becoming the "one stop shop". This is a growing trend among financial pros in particular because they naturally want their clients to see them as their go-to resource for any financial investment need. Advisors can do this by seeing if their broker dealer or custodian has an app that allows clients to check on their investments anywhere at any time, making it convenient for clients and at the same time, giving them a reassured sense of trust in you.
No. 3: They make it easier to stay on top of news
The Ruder Finn Mobile Intent Index also found that 33% of people use their mobile phones to keep up on business blogs. If your clients are checking market trends and absorbing news from their tablets, it probably means they are likely checking them more often than those who do it from a desktop. As a result, you need to be aware of what could be influencing your clients' decisions in working with you. Some popular apps to be aware of are:
- Stock TickerPicker is a good app for both advisors and their clients because it allows you to quickly find stocks that you or your clients want to purchase or get information about.
- Stock Guru helps your clients make purchasing and selling decisions about their stocks. It's a good idea for advisors to be aware of the analysis and guidance this app provides people in case it's influencing your clients' opinions of stocks you're advising on.
- iTunes is perhaps the most common app being used by tablet users to download podcasts and video on financial news. If you have a source you like, you can share it with clients who take a particular interest in following market trends, or even make and distribute your own podcasts (just be sure to clear it with your compliance officer first).
Whether or not you're shaking your fist at Apple and tech companies who drop a new product on us every couple of years, you may need to make the shift to keep your clients happy and position yourself as being up with the times in their eyes. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, says he and many members of the Apple team have a strong belief that the iPad will soon be more prominent in American homes and offices than the PC.
Will you be one of the advisors who are left behind?


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