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News and commentary about the corporate media, its governmental regulators, and your rights as media consumers.
Breitbart Ambushed at Netroots Nation
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Thanks, this is the most accurate report of what happened I have seen so far, facts are all correct!
- June 18, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- RefutingActs17 said...
I have a quesiton. Was Sana Saleem directly harassed? This is important as I've mirrored your videos with a slight change in name.
Best Regards,
- June 19, 2011 at 1:21 AM
Sue Wilson, the font on this story SUCKS. Can barely read it even after it's enlarged several times.
- June 19, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Freedom Fan said...
This raving lunatic, Ryan Clayton is too stupid to understand that by attempting to smear Andrew Breitbart with transparently unsupported lies and innuendo, he only confirms AB's entire raison d'etre.
Clayton only succeeded in demonstrating that Libs are such disgusting, deranged, goofballs.
- June 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I'd love to take a nice loose bloody stool in Ryan claytons mouth and giggle as he choked on the kernels of corn.
- June 19, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Freedom Fan said...
Deranged lib Ryan Clayton leads a pack of braying leftists hounding Andrew Breitbart when he ventured into the lobby during Netroots.
He made up a story about someone who claimed to work for Breitbart and yelled racial epithets at a Muslim woman.
Considering that no one else from AB's staff was in Minnesota that weekend, and Clayton outright refused to provide a name, witnesses, or any video evidence -- nothing whatsoever exists to support this Lib's flimsy, goofball smear.
Keep up the good work, AB. You are a national hero for exposing these leftist cockroaches every day.
- June 19, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Wow- Ryan Clayton is a maniac. Is that seriously his version of reporting? Clayton is simply attacking the guy. Breitbart can control the actions of some random drunk blogger about as well as Obama can control Anthony Weiner. It's clear that the incident was completely unrelated to the 'Bigs' blogger. People who are politically on the fence (like me) are pushed to the right every time we see something like this. Simply stated, Clayton made his side look bad and himself look stupid. Looks like another win for Breitbart.
- June 19, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Sana Saleem was not harassed, she showed up at the scene after it had occurred. It was me and a friend from California who was visiting for the Netroots conference. We are both American-born Muslims.
- June 19, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- RefutingActs17 said...
Sister Maghrebminds,
Do you have a blogpost story that you personally wrote so we can link our readers to yours?
- June 19, 2011 at 10:25 PM
I still think this is non-news and hearsay but he did get booked and was released. So if anything we can learn is that people born in the '60s and '70s need to chill the frak out.
- June 20, 2011 at 12:23 AM
I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it. There are actually people like Sue Wilson that take themselves seriously.
- June 20, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Sue Wilson SUCKS! Did she not watch the video?
- June 23, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Eclectablog said...
I was checking in at the Hilton the day before this transpired and there, lo and behold, was Andreeeew Breitbart checking I right in front of me. He was talking to one of his boys (literally, a 20-something kid) about how they needed to have improved security during his speech because they didn't want "them" (us) interfering.
Then, the next day, I followed his entourage as they walked over to the Conference Center. They began filming two blocks away as he stride purposefully toward the Netroots Nation conference, holding forth in front of a camera, a dude holding a huge fuzzy boom mic over his head, and a gaggle of 20-something lackies and toadies.
Hypocrisy, thy name I'd Breitbart.
- June 24, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Wow. The wingnut swarm is out in force!
They're also whining about #NN12's non-compete clause, a legal action used by corporations around the world who might try what RightOnline has tried for four years--namely, to ride on another group's media coattails.
So much for their worship of the "free market." Hypocrisy, thy name is RightOnline.
- June 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM
Hmmm. So there was no real connection between Breitbart and Gilmore, was there?
After watching the videos, there are over a dozen lies in this blog entry. You people are sad.
And this comes from a left-leaning independent.
Ryan Clayton is the only coward I see.
- March 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM
- Sue Wilson Reports said...
Not so fast. There are no lies in this blog entry. If you really think there are, list them. But of course, you cannot.
- March 2, 2012 at 3:43 PM
One you totally misconstrue the events. The Clayton character was beligerent beyond belief and showed a complete lack of class. As to lies - there was no hasty retreat but rather ushered out. The assertion of this clayton idiot forcing anyone out is false. There was no flustered Breitbart, and the only coward was clayton. The event and your description of it are an embarrasment.
- March 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Love the selective memory of the wingers. Brietbart tried to crash NN and get in as "media." He was politely told at the door that he was NOT "media" and was welcome to pay for a registration and get access that way.
He refused and stalked out, humiliated, with his toadies and lackeys following behind, and predictably began spinning it as some sort of victory.
I saw it. I was there.
Risible. He didn't get the attacks during his speech that he'd hoped for, so he showed up at NN with an entourage and tried to provoke a riot and only ended up looking like a fool who craved attention and was willing to disrupt an event to get it. And his insane, alcohol-fueled rant at CPAC shortly before his death just served to point this out in even starker detail.
So much for right-wing "class"!
- June 4, 2012 at 7:05 AM


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Sazerac, left, and French 75 - Tales of the Cocktail
To get the summer cocktail season started, here are some delicious cocktails from New Orleans.
Ramos Gin Fizz
Makes 1 drink
This is one of New Orleans's favourite drinks, a tangy, frothy — almost fluffy — classic that goes down dangerously smoothly. This recipe is from Difford's Encyclopedia of Cocktails (Firefly 2009)
2 ounces gin
½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup*
Dash orange flower water
1 egg white
1 ounce heavy cream
Club soda
In a blender, combine all ingredients except club soda until frothy. Transfer to a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled 8-ounce lowball glass. Top with club soda.
*Make simple syrup by combining two parts sugar to one part water in a saucepan and heating until sugar dissolves. Transfer to jar and store refrigerated until ready to use.
Bourbon Cherry Lemonade
Makes 1 stout drink
This recipe is from Donald Link's cookbook Real Cajun (Clarkson Potter 2009). He is the chef behind the award-winning Herbsaint and Cochon Restaurants in New Orleans.
1-1/2 ounces bourbon
1 ounce sweet cherry juice
lemonade, as needed
Bourbon-soaked maraschino cherry, for garnish (optional)
Fill a tall glass with crushed ice. Combine the bourbon, cherry juice and more crushed ice in a shaker. Shake vigorously, then strain into the glass. Top off with lemonade and garnish with a cherry.
French 75
Makes 1 drink
The French 75 is the most elegant of drinks, a bubbly flute of gin and champagne enlivened by a splash of lemon juice. Chris Hannah, from the bar of the same name, replaces the gin with Courvoisier VS Cognac.
1-1/2 ounces gin
1 ounce simple syrup*
¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Lemon zest, for garnish
Shake gin, simple syrup and lemon juice in a shaker with ice. Strain into a champagne flute and slowly top off with champagne. Stir briefly and garnish with a spiral of lemon zest.
*Make simple syrup by simmering equal parts sugar and water until sugar is dissolved. Cool and store in the refrigerator until needed.
Modern Margarita
Makes 1 drink
Like most New Orleans bartenders, Kimberly Patton-Bragg is always experimenting. She took the traditional Mexican margarita and gave it a light, bright contemporary fizz — and a rim of spicy salt. To jazz things up further, sometimes she'll infuse the tequila with dried hibiscus petals and fresh jalapeno pepper slices by leaving them to macerate for at least two hours or several days.
For spicy rimming salt:
2 tablespoons coarse sea salt
1 tablespoon Tabasco hot sauce
1-1/2 ounces tequila
½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1-1/2 ounces Cointreau
Pinch of salt
Sparkling grapefruit soda (such as San Pellegrino)
Prepare rimming salt by mixing salt and hot sauce in a small bowl until thoroughly combined. Spread out on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake in 350 F oven for 15 minutes until dry. Cool and store in a covered jar.
Muddle tequila and lime juice.
Rim a tall glass by moistening the edge with a little lime juice and dipping in a saucer of spicy rimming salt.
Carefully pour tequila-lime mix into glass. Stir in Cointreau. Add ice and top up with sparkling grapefruit soda.
Delicious Taste
Makes 1 drink
One of New Orleans bartender Nick Detrich's favourites is aptly called Delicious Taste. It's a surprisingly harmonious marriage of divergent flavours.
1-1/2 ounces Campari
¾ ounces freshly squeezed Lemon juice
½ ounce Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
¼ ounce simple syrup
4 drops orange flower water
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned glass rimmed with salt.
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At its Google I/O developers conference at Moscone Center Wednesday morning, Google was to introduce its much-rumored new tablet computer. Here's a report from our friends at Bloomberg News from a video posted on YouTube. Come back for more details and insights on the Google I/O announcement from Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton:
By Brian Womack
Google Inc. unveiled a handheld computer called the Nexus 7 that features a 7-inch screen and is designed to help the company vie with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the surging market for tablets.The Nexus 7 will feature Google's Android operating system, according to a video posted on the YouTube website. The company is expected to unveil other information about the product at its San Francisco event.Google is on the hunt for ways to fuel sales of tablets, a market that may almost double this year to 118.9 million units, according to Gartner Inc. Though Android has grabbed more than half of the smartphone market, tablets with the software have won less than half the iPad's share, and will face new pressure from Microsoft, which unveiled its own tablet last week."The tablet market is a major challenge for Google at this point," said Clayton Moran, a Delray Beach, Florida-based analyst at Benchmark Co. "They need to have a competitive product with the iPad."The Google tablet will also showcase Android's latest iteration, which is named Jelly Bean, according to the video.This would also be the first tablet to get Google's Nexus designation. Google has worked with manufacturers such as Samsung in the past for Nexus smart phones to highlight the best features of Android software. The processor in the new tablet will be provided by Nvidia Corp., one of the people familiar with the matter said.


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Samsung Teams Up With Comcast, Time Warner, Hulu to Bring TV to Multiple Screens
During Samsung's keynote at CES tonight, it invited a full cast of characters to demonstrate how it was moving TV from the living room to both tablets and phones.
Between interpretive dance numbers and overly scripted interludes by a boy wearing a strange fur hat, Boo-Keun Yoon, president of Samsung's Visual Display business, announced partnerships with Comcast, Time Warner and Hulu.
Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts and Time Warner Cable Chairman and CEO Glenn Britt shared the stage to demonstrate some of the features that are available with the help of connected TVs, which Samsung is calling "Smart TV."
Comcast's offering starts out pretty mild, with a new interface on the TV that is more enjoyable to browse, like a Web site, rather than a TV guide. The tablet version lets subscribers search listings, access DVR recordings and watch video on demand from thousands of content choices. Some of the more far off stuff was being able to change the TV channel from the tablet, and then watching a movie on a tablet, pausing it and then resuming it on a Samsung Smart TV.
The announcement builds on what MediaMemo's Peter Kafka reported yesterday. Comcast said it will be launching a live TV service for both iPad and Android tablets, but it will restrict watching live TV to subscribers' homes.
Britt similarly demonstrated how Time Warner subscribers would be able to access their cable subscriptions on Samsung Smart TVs and the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the home.
Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, also made a brief appearance and–without disclosing too many details–said Hulu Plus will be "coming soon" to Android phones.
Tonight's presentation demonstrated that while Samsung is always focused on the performance and the appearance of TVs, as shown yesterday by the unveiling of TVs with ultra-thin bevels, it is also interested in improving the software experience via partnerships with operators. Yoon said: "TV will become the focal point of content access and sharing."
Samsung is using the lingo "Smart TV" to explain the multiple-screen and Internet-connected approach. The live subscription features are expected to be available from both cable operators later this year, but it's unknown how it will be priced or how functional they will be from the beginning.
Before ending the keynote with another song and dance routine (this time with ladybug umbrellas!), Samsung wrapped things up by detailing two pats on the back: A pitch about how green Samsung's gadgets are these days, and how Dreamworks has been using Samsung's 3-D TVs to develop on for 18 months.


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Washington (CNN) - Sen. Ted Cruz really does want healthcare reform, just not Obamacare, the Texas Republican said Thursday night.
The conservative firebrand and self-made arch-foe of the Affordable Care Act was on CNN's "Crossfire" to defend the tactics he proposed that helped drive the United States to a government shutdown.
And those tactics seem to be working by Cruz's standards.
Cruz: Use debt ceiling debate for leverage
"An awful lot of Washington would like to change the subject," on fighting Obamacare, Cruz said. "Who hasn't stopped focusing on Obamacare is the American people."
Cruz argued that he has gotten the grassroots outrage against the health care law he has always sought.
"Millions of Americans rose up and said this thing isn't working," the freshman senator said. "That's what we need to stay focused on."
It was Cruz who helped propose a government funding bill that attached language defunding President Barack Obama's signature legislation.
The defunding language was a rider that Democrats have long said was unacceptable and ultimately pushed the government into shutdown when a deal over spending could not be reached.
Back and forth between Democrats and Republicans over how to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling continue, with House Republicans passing multiple piecemeal funding bills that include Veteran's Affairs and national parks.
Senate Democrats have refused to take up those bills, arguing that the entire government should be funded and calling anything else hostage negotiations made under duress.
Any Cruz is good news for Democrats
Cruz's "Crossfire" opponent Thursday, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, continued that charge repeatedly.
Funding only parts of the government, Whitehouse argued, is akin to a hostage taker who will "let the occasional hostage out while holding all the other hostages."
Cruz, a nationally ranked debate champion, stuck to his talking points.
"Why is it a hostage negotiation on a straight-up funding on the VA?" Cruz asked. "Why can't we all come together and say our vets should all be above politics?"
Republicans have held up the funding of everything else, Whitehouse countered.
Cruz has drawn considerable fire for his anti-Obamacare tactics even within his own party, with fellow Republicans like Rep. Peter King of New York calling Cruz "a fraud" for promising that he could defund Obamacare when all along he could not.
When asked if he owed the GOP an apology for its dropping approval ratings, Cruz instead turned the question into an indictment of Democrats who "do not want to discuss Obamacare."
On the other hand, "House Republicans are listening to the millions of Americans" Cruz says are suffering under Obamacare, losing their jobs, work hours and insurance.
Whitehouse did not say that Obamacare was untouchable; arguing only that any reform should come through the normal legislative process instead of by tying it to larger issues of government funding and the debt ceiling.
That said, Whitehouse still largely defended the law, citing constituents and the costs of Medicaid and Medicare that he says are going down.
"You've got to believe that Obamacare has something to do with those huge savings," Whitehouse said.
Whitehouse argued that Republicans decided early on that Obamacare was going to be a failure.
It was "a political choice to pull all support from anything this president wanted to do," Whitehouse said.
When accused of countering any positive health care reform, Cruz argued that "I am a big supporter of healthcare reform," a cause he says he has long championed.
between those 3 on that clip only Cruz has integrity. love how Cruz is asked a question by Jones and repeatedly talks while Cruz is trying to answer. when Whitehouse was asked a question Jones, and Cruz, were gentleman and let him answer completely and without interruption and when he was finished Cruz goes to respond and quickly he is terupted by Whitehouse.
Just remember his followers are as crazy as he is. And believe it or not, he does have some. Do u notice how he never answers a difficult question, but changes the subject? How could Congress get behind this charlatan? How were they so fooled? Maybe some tea party people are seeing how they have been sold a bag of nothing! Like S Dakota. Says he's in favor of healthcare. Yeah, right! He has so many ideas how to improve it!
One of the craziest Repubs in Congress. They don't have the support of the American people but always claims millions of Americans support them in not wanting the Affordable Care Act. They probably do have some support, that is, the hate filled voters from their gerrymandered district. This tea party group has gotten out of hand and will try anything to stop what they do not like. These are not patriots and should not be calling themselves Tea Party, as if they liken themselves to the true patriots of the 1700s. What they are nothing but a group of fanatical thugs trying to force their beliefs on everyone else.
Cruz is a disgrace to the GOP and does not deserve to sit in the Senate. He will soon be forgotten.
Cruz talks about our VETS like he or his family fought for this country when in fact they are from Cuba where they "cut and ran from Castro". American people need to recognize as the Republicans have Cruz is bad business for this country.


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Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:44 pm
Post subject: Solo in Paris May 1-8
I will be in Paris May 1 thru May 8
My travel companion had to cancel so I'll be by myself.
Anybody in Paris during that time who would like to get together for a meal, sightseeing or other activity, let me know. Maybe we can meet up.
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Location: New York City
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Solo in Paris May 1-8
I live out here so I will definitely be around. Don't worry about being solo out here, though; one of my favorite things to do is wander around by myself, talking to the butcher or fishmonger or vegetable man about my future dinner. Enjoy yourself and don't be scared to eat out by yourself. Just bring a book and have fun!
Don't forget the cannolis!
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Posts: 861
Location: Paris
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:16 am
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Good morning!
Ditto what Lady Amalthea said. Paris is one of those places where you can wander alone to your hearts content, and sometimes you don't want another person along to spoil the magic by speaking. Having said that, there are times when you just have to share a conversation or burst.
There are some good walking tours by a company called Paris Walks (www.paris-walks.com) which you could do if you wanted a bit of company on any particular day, and still remain anonymous. Otherwise you could pop into an internet cafe and put out a sos for one of the Parisian contributors to meet up.
Where are you staying? Do you have things that you "must" see, or just a lot of "want" to see if possible?
We live in the 18th arrondissement, and I know of C&Z participants who live in other areas of Paris. There will always be someone around if you need them. If you want the backup of a phone number to contact someone while here, let me know.
Have a great time and enjoy your trip!
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:20 pm
Post subject: My Paris Plans
I would love to meet up with some C&Z'ers while in Paris. Thanks for the tips on the Paris Walks, they were already on my list. I also have a day of cooking classes in English lined up. I travel by myself a lot, but it is still nice to have a plan to meet up with someone friendly and that you have a connection with somehow. I would be glad to bring American goodies to any ex-pats that are longing for Betty Crocker or the like. I live in the San Francisco Bay area so have access to some prime local goodies as well.
Since you asked, here's some info about me and my plans. As usual, I have a lot more in mind then there are hours in the day. I honestly know I won't be able to do it all. It's just a wish list. (I am a bit concerned about what is open and closed on May 1 and May 8) Please let me know if you have any suggestions or recommendations or if you'd like to join me. I certainly would like to have lunch with the Paris C&Zer's at least!!!
I am staying in the 16th on Rue d. Longchamp near the Trocadero metro.
I have a full day planned Wednesday at cooking school. I was also thinking of signing up for a wine tasting and wouldn't mind (make that I'd love) to find a cheese tasting.
I plan on going to see Monet's house
I also plan to do a lot of touring of the food markets, stores, etc.
I'd like to do a few fancy meals (probably lunch if I'm by myself) and then feast on the rest that Paris has to offer
I'm mad for art and history museums, so I'll do a bunch of that. I can't decide if the museum pass is worth it and if so how many days I should buy.
I love window shopping, probably more offbeat than designer. I do need to bring home a few things for my husband, sons (14 and 17) and nieces (4 and 8). I love shopping in foreign department stores. I may sign up to see the free Lafayette fashion show on Friday. I have yet to experience the flea market.
I like jazz, French accordian music, chansons and the like. I am a bit concerned about trying to go out at night by myself.
I wonder about giving in and trying to see one of the "spetactulars". If so, which one (Moulin Rouge, Lido, etc., or is there some not as well known Vegas type show that's better?)
I think I'd like to try to get to a guignuette.
I wonder about taking a river or canal tour
I like trying to figure out what non tourists enjoy about a city and sampling that
I like to know where I am going until I find something I never knew about and then wander there
I haven't been to Paris in 20 years so I plan on revisiting a few favorites (Rue Cler) and discovering neighborhoods I didn't explore last time (the Marias comes to mind)
I plan on getting a Carte Orange and taking public transit everywhere I can
I think about trying to get to a local synagogue on Friday night for services. I always think about this when I travel but I haven't done it yet.
I want to try to talk to the locals. (Tough since I don't speak any French and what French words I do try come out in a mangled accent that is part New Yorkese and part high school Castillian Spanish.)
And most of all, I want to sit and enjoy Paris. I want to sit in cafes and people watch and catch the light changing as morning turns into afternoon and afternoon into night. Sit in museums and stare at art until I feel like I can see what the artist saw. Sit in parks and enjoy the views and watch children play. Sit in buses and admire the neighborhood life as it goes by and imagine would it would be like to live on this block or that. Sit in restaurants of all types and prices and admire the fine food and beautiful surroundings before I dive in and taste and ohh and ahh.
Let me know if you want to join the fun.
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:57 pm
Post subject:
Good news! My friend was able (virtually at the last minute) to resolve her intricate and overwhelming paperwork issues and was able to get a visa to join me. I was very encouraged by the response I got from my posting in the forum and through private messages and actually got to meet a C&Z'er from my area who I expect to be able to share many future foodie experiences with.
Thank you all for your information and support.
I leave on Saturday, so if you have any last minute "must see, must do and must eat" info for me, please post it soon!
Again, thanks all.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:55 pm
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Have yourself a great trip creampuff, sounds like you have quite the agenda already! Give us a precis when you get back. Okay?
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:43 pm
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I'm back and I had an amazing visit. I just posted some of what I learned about "budget paris" on the forum entitled "three days and three nights" watch for more postings there and elsewhere for updates on my trip.
I was very fortunate and my travel companion was able to make it at the last minute, so I wasn't truly solo in Paris. I do have lots of recommendations based on my visit for those of you who might be going solo, so let me know if you have any particular questions.
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Location: israel
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:35 pm
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hello ,
Seems you had a wonderful time in Paris.
I can't find your forum "three days and three nights". I'll be in Paris in the end of June for ... three days, and though Paris is my second home, I'm sure I could use your updated tips . Thanks
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:51 pm
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Check out the topic entitled something like looking to spend 3 nights and 3 days in September in the Paris and France forum. It's there, I just checked.
I haven't put in my food and restaurant recommendations, yet.
The main one is to try L'Ardoise. It is an amazing resto serving a 30 euro menu of three truly gourmet courses. It is on the street behind rue rivoli near the Louvre. I'll look up the contact info and post it later.
It's open Sunday nights, too.
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Markets remain worried that India will experience more capital flight this year, after 2013 seems likely to be remembered in India as the year of taper fear and rupee roil.
But a new Moody's report highlights one factor working in India's favor: The government doesn't rely too much on foreign investors to finance its borrowing.
Less than 10% of India's sovereign debt was held by nonresidents last year—a larger share than in Brazil, but far smaller than in Indonesia, where nearly 60% of debt is owed to foreigners, according to the report.
The Indian government's borrowing is also overwhelmingly in rupees: Less than 10% is in foreign currencies, compared to around 40% in Indonesia and the Philippines. That means another round of volatility in capital flows and exchange rates isn't likely to jeopardize Delhi's credit rating and send government borrowing costs soaring.
Moody's also notes that Indian sovereign bonds have relatively long maturities, which means the government doesn't have to repay or refinance so much of its debt each year. Even though India's budget deficit is markedly higher as a share of gross domestic product than many of its peers', Moody's shows, its gross financing requirement for 2014 is smaller.
India still has a large external deficit related to private spending and investment. And foreign capital could still flee if private investors don't think India's economic prospects are worth the higher interest rates, especially with rates set to rise in the developed world too. The report doesn't address the risks from Indian companies' external borrowing, which could slam their bottom lines if interest rates rise sharply.
But government borrowing, at least, is probably safe. That says a lot about the nature of India's financial system, which has a lot more in common with China's than most people probably realize.
Capital controls prevent Indian residents and companies from easily keeping their savings overseas, where they might earn higher returns. This ensures that Indian banks have a large deposit base with which to make loans—including to the government, which mandates that commercial banks hold almost one-quarter of their basic deposits in the form of sovereign bonds and other approved securities.
"Financial repression," as these practices are called, enables the government to run budget deficits steadily, without fear of sudden swings in foreign-investor sentiment.
But repression isn't a free lunch for Delhi, as Moody's points out. Budget deficits at some point can grow too large for the government to keep borrowing at such low rates and long tenors. And if India's slow GDP growth and high inflation persist, households will have less money to stash in bank deposits, and Indian banks will see even more of their loans go bad.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Is It Time for the Three-Tier System to Go?
The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which ended Prohibition in 1933, is short and sweet. The second section is the important one. It gives states the right to control "the transportation or importation" of alcohol within their states. States do not similarly have the right to control "the transportation or importation" of Coca-Cola or Twinkies, as in most cases the Constitution's Commerce Clause assures a nationally-regulated market.
One of the ways states control alcohol is through the three-tier distribution system. The tiers are producers, distributors, and retailers. Other businesses have similar channels of distribution but with alcohol, it's not optional. The essence of the system is that producers (i.e., distilleries, bottlers, importers) cannot sell directly to retailers (i.e., bars and stores). They must sell to an intermeidary, the distributor, and all retailers must buy from that intermediary. Furthermore, a producer can't have an interest in a distributor or retailer and distributors and retailers are similarly restricted.
One exception to the no-cross-ownership rule is for the state itself, which can be both distributor and retailer. There is no state in which the state operates bars but several operate all of the state's liquor stores.
The other exception to the no-cross-ownership rule is distillery gift shops. In that case, the producer can own a retailer, but the gift shop still has to buy the merchandise from a distributor. It does not, however, have to be shipped from the distillery to the distributor's warehouse then back to the distillery for sale. The transaction is all on paper, but it's still absurd.
Since each state can set its regulatory scheme up however it wants, each one does and they are all different. Each state makes producers jump through a different set of hoops.
The producers wish they could sell directly to major chains, and even directly to consumers through their own retail stores. Big retailers wish they could move their alcoholic beverage merchandise across state lines as easily as they do everything else. Producers can talk to retailers and they do, to set up promotions and such, but every deal has to go through a distributor, state by state.
The purpose of these systems was to prevent the perceived abuses that led to Prohibition in the first place and in order to get back in business, alcoholic beverage producers were willing to agree to just about anything. The system has changed little since it was established 80 years ago.
Today, the system has broken down in the sense that rules against cross-ownership are easily gotten around, and the local companies distributors were supposed to be are now legal fictions, since most distribution is done by national or large regional companies. The idea was that a producer could be remote and hard to touch legally, but a distributor would be local and thus more readily brought before the law. It's still true in the sense that distributors are required to have in-market assets, and operate through state-by-state subsidiaries, but for the most part they are massive and remote, larger than all but the biggest producers.
Today, the mandatory distribution tier merely adds cost without providing any benefit to anyone except the distributors themselves and their political patrons, including the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control agency (ABC), which itself is an anacronistic boondoggle.
Like a lot of Prohibition vestiges, the problems these systems were meant to solve don't seem like problems anymore, but the system doesn't change because there are people who have a powerful financial interest in keeping things the same. It's the kind of government waste that always seems to have bipartisan support.
26 comments:
- Terry L. said...
It's been time for a while. We feel the constraints of the three-tier system in Massachusetts about as hard as any around the country. And, in two words: it sucks.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM
YES!!!!! Time to go.
How awesome would it be to walk into a store operated by a disstillery? You'd probably get actual MSRP on all products, plus product knowledge from the staff, plus info on limited edition products like, can I get one? that would be truly awesome.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:44 AM
While I certainly have issues with the three-tier system, but I don't agree that distributors "...merely adds cost without providing benefit..." Distributors stock inventory in the marketplace, provide a timely delivery service, and field a team of salespeople...all ensuring that a producer's products are relatively accessible to those establishments desirous of selling them.
For a producer to ensure a similar scenario exists in each and every market they do business in would be both time and resource consuming.
I'm all for dismantling/privatizing state-run ABCs, but there is NO WAY a producer can ensure adequate coverage in multiple markets without a distributor. Are they perfect? Hardly. But they are a necessity.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Thanks for putting this to print Chuck. I am one who firmly believes my state's (OK) alcohol laws are antiquated and in dire need of reform. We have a fourth layer here called the broker. They do nothing except shuffle paper and take their cut.
Recently a commission was formed to look into the situation and disbanded prior to completeing its research claiming too much would have to change to allow grocers to carry wine and spirits. Insiders claim the commission was a "planned failure" due to this state's aversion to change. Whatever the case, I hope more open and honest discussion will ensue and real progress can be made in alcohol law reform.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:56 AM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
If distributors are so valuable, then they won't have trouble competing in an open system.
- March 13, 2013 at 10:04 AM
In 2011 initiate 1183 passed here in Washington State. Its main function was to privatize liquor sales, but it also allows retailers to purchase directly from any distillery in the country. Ironically, we've seen very little, if any, of this actually occurring outside of the small or local distilleries. The common sentiment seems to be "we're not going to break our bond with our distributor in XX states so we can sell a few percent of our product direct to retailers at a higher margin."
- March 13, 2013 at 10:25 AM
- AnotherSuggestion said...
Whoa. Let's not get so excited about dismantling the publicly-run systems. I live in Montgomery County MD and our county is the distributor and runs the liquor stores.
Because they are a public entity they must publish EVERYTHING - the sheets they get from the distilleries included. We know the cost of the bottle of liquor from distillery to shelf.
And our prices are way lower than anything I have seen in any private system. Washington DC is just down the street, and they have a private liquor store system with higher prices. Howard County, just up the street, also private - higher prices.
The only problem is the occasional waiting list, but even that is transparent - you get on the list, you know what rare bottle you are in line for, and when it is your turn, you get a bottle. My last bottle of Pappy 15 I bought from MoCo for $38.
Not to say MoCo stores don't make a profit - they do. But they then turn it over to the county to pay for firefighters, cops and teachers.
- March 13, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Gary said:
Great points, Chuck. Agree that the role of distributor does add value, but it would be more competitive in a completely open system (including competing against the producers AND retailers). I'm pretty sure that some of the large chains (such as Costco) have their own distribution network which they could leverage - and that should give them a competitive advantage on pricing.
It would also be great for the alcohol industry as a whole. The state by state rules make it very challenging for a start-up or craft distiller to get access to markets. It also prevents the constituents of those markets from getting access to more product. My old man lives in Michigan, and it can be frustrating to know there are some incredibly interesting things going on which he can't partake in due to this outdated structure.
As you point out - the distributors and gov agencies are the big proponents, but who would benefit the most from lobbying to change? I would think both the producers and retailers would win in that model (not to mention consumers!) It sounds like those groups who would win need some support to take on that challenge.
- March 13, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Any efficient means to warehouse/sell/deliver/invoice would still look a lot like what's in place right now. A supplier who thinks that direct sale in all 50 states is the way to go either doesn't understand the logistical complexities involved, or has way too much free time on their hands.
Again, I'm no big fan of the existing model (especially State-run ABCs), but - having considered alternatives - can't imagine one that would be a vast improvement (from cost, logistical, efficiencies, etc.) than what's in place.
Chuck, let's say we did away with distributors. What type of system would you envision/suggest?
- March 13, 2013 at 11:44 AM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Simple. Distribute booze the same way you distribute Twinkies or Tide. Costco, Walmart, and Chili's will probably make national buys and self-distribute. Distributors will still exist to supply smaller retailers, just like with every other kind of consumer packaged good. "But alcohol is different," some will argue, but those differences can be accommodated by a free market system. End Socialized Booze!
- March 13, 2013 at 11:57 AM
- AnotherSuggestion said...
If "socialized booze" means better prices for consumers, I would vote for more "socialized booze."
- March 13, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Distribution System is OK and necessary to deliver product to Retailers. Federal Excise Tax (FET) a different story. Want to be fair....Charge FET on soft drinks !
- March 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Gary said:
I don't think anyone is saying "socialized booze" means better prices for consumers. If the process is inefficient due to arcane regulation, logic dictates that a more efficient process would cut costs. While that is not a guarantee that the savings are passed onto the consumer, market mechanics pretty much take care of that. If I own Store A and decide to hike up my prices, but Store B does no such thing . . . I'll see business go down pretty quick. Having the state fix prices just eliminates any incentive for anyone to innovate or improve the process.
- March 13, 2013 at 5:45 PM
- markfollette said...
Here in Texas, I would just like to pick up liqour at places other than a bar or a liqour store.
- March 14, 2013 at 12:05 AM
- AnotherSuggestion said...
On the contrary, I can assure you that in the one case I am familiar with, "socialized booze" clearly means better prices for consumers.
I understand the free-market arguments. I am familiar with the works of Hayek and Becker.
But the actual evidence in this case contradicts the expectation of the theory, or the dictates of "logic"
1. What does it say about the theory?
2. Why would any CONSUMER want to change the great system we have in Montgomery County?
- March 14, 2013 at 6:00 AM
I'm in complete agreement with you regarding the desire to change our convoluted liquor distribution laws. That said, of all the things in this country that are broken because of the strangle hold corporate money has on our politics this one ranks near the bottom in terms of importance.
- March 14, 2013 at 6:06 AM
I don't understand why distributors deserve such protections. But I REALLY don't understand why here in Texas, liquor stores deserve protection. If you have a mixed drinks license, you have to buy from a liquor store in your county. I happen to be in a county with ONE liquor store. So they have a monopoly that's protected by the state. Predictably, my prices are high, very high. Higher, in fact, than retail in most of the state. So much for competition, free markets, independence....
- March 14, 2013 at 2:35 PM
While your suggestion might sound 'simple', it ain't gonna happen. Too many regulations on alcohol (both legal and societal) for it not to remain a regulated consumer product which requires licensed wholesale distribution.
I'd for it in theory, except that, in the end, a system such as the one you propose has every likelihood of benefitting the large brands and large buyers, to the exclusion of the small producer. It would impose a burden such that they risk either being limited in future growth potential, or of going out of business altogether.
- March 14, 2013 at 2:46 PM
Richnimrod says;
I'm the "Old Man" (referred to by 'Gary') that is stuck in Michigan's regressive, repressive, arcane liquor-control regulatory Hell. The main thing I'd anticipate if we could do away with the three-tier system, and the tight State controls will be the arrival in the 'Mitten State' of a lot more options in liquor (Bourbon) than are currently available here. The BIG producers are well represented; but the smaller ones, and certainly craft producers, are almost almost non-existent on our retail shelves. A price war on Bourbon would be lovely; but it's those additional choices I want.
- March 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Mat, your comment reminded me of when compact disks began to replace vinyl. There was much fretting that the 'little guy' would be frozen out because of the cost of CD technology. The exact opposite happened. The point is, when the ingenuity of the free market is unleashed, you never know.
- March 14, 2013 at 6:10 PM
While it is possible that in one instance, effecting an inestimably small number of people the 3 tier system has lowered prices, a system that was designed to make the Booze industry less efficient cannot be good. One aspect that no one has discussed is choice. In the wine trade, this "service" provided by distributors means that smaller winerys, offering smaller volume products are often frozen out of the market by big distributors who have little incentive to offer risky lines that might compete with big accounts. With the growth of micro-distilleries I believe this problem will become more acute in liquor sales.
- March 15, 2013 at 7:34 PM
I work in the cigar industry and I can tell you with 100% certainty it would be a much better system if a liquor store could buy product as I can. I am factory direct with all my manufactures. This ability allows me to price my cigars very competitively with out having to pay a cut to a distributor. There are distributors in this industry to supply guys who are not factory direct and it costs them more to buy the same product I can. They have two choices, charge more to make the same margins or sell at the same price I do and make a smaller margin. This type of system in place just adds cost to booze and prevents competition. I live in a control state and it sucks as far as selection. The state wont get things unless they are fast sellers. This leaves guys who are looking for small production stuff S.O.L. I can buy almost anything from the state but they require you to buy a case of it to get it. I don't know about you guys but do you want to buy a case of a whiskey you've never had with out trying it? I sure don't. I wish we'd get rid of the state controlled liquor stores here. I agree 100% with you Chuck.
- March 20, 2013 at 2:16 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey Chuck! Thanks for opening the dialog about this subject. Any time you have such a sweeping body of laws written so long ago and then continually patched for 80 years, it's going to be full of problems. There's way more wrong with the laws than distribution issues. Laws regarding public tastings and communicating about brands and who carries them, the so-called "inducement" laws, were not written for an internet or social media world. If you want to know just how screwed up ABC laws are, try to help a non-profit organization hold a fundraiser and see how much trouble you can get into.
While I firmly believe that the laws in California regarding direct sales at the place of production should be changed, I strongly disagree with the idea that the distributors bring nothing of value. Distributors maintain fleets of trucks, train and support teams of salespeople who educate on our behalf, and employ armies of bill collectors. As a supplier, I have no interest in doing any of that and value our distributors for the services they provide us and all the retailers we could never reach on our own.
Every tier is challenged and held back by archaic laws and stands to benefit from reform. An overhaul of the system is way overdue, but should be accomplished with all of the members of the three-tier system at the table as colleagues, not adversaries.
Thanks again,
Lance Winters
St. George Spirits
- March 22, 2013 at 12:27 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
There's nothing wrong with distributors and distributors are not the problem. Being forced to use distributors is the problem.
- March 22, 2013 at 5:24 PM
"This is a Chuck Cowdery topic if I've ever seen one."
- March 25, 2013 at 12:27 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Yeah, I went around with them on that back in the fall. Those guys are good friends. The basic history is that it was a compromise for getting repeal of Prohibition ratified by the states, that each state gets its own little alcoholic beverage honey pot.
- March 25, 2013 at 12:57 PM


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... it happened in an independent minor league game I was at in 2003. The North Shore Spirit scored 15 (?) runs in one inning against the New Jersey Jackals, and Brian Caruso made all 3 outs, striking out each time. They gave him a plaque to commemorate the occasion lolThe New York Times of August 16, 2003 offers more info:
The North Shore Spirit set a record for the independent Northeast League on Wednesday by scoring 13 runs in the fifth inning on its way to a 15-9 victory over the Jersey Jackals. The big inning took 42 minutes, with the Spirit sending 19 batters to the plate and knocking out 12 hits. It might still be going on if not for North Shore catcher Bryan Caruso.At least 19 batters would have to come to the plate for a player to make all three outs (as happened in Caruso's game). Hitting into a triple play or making one out and then hitting into a double play later in the inning would not count.
Caruso set a record that might never be broken: he made all three outs in the inning, against three New Jersey pitchers. Caruso led off the inning by grounding out to third. After back-to-back homers, including a grand slam by Fran Riordan, made the score 9-0, Caruso struck out for the second out. The next eight Spirit batters reached base before his teammates presented Caruso with his bat for his third plate appearance of the inning. Joe Magri struck out Caruso to end the inning. After the game, Riordan said he should have gotten picked off second base to help Caruso out.
The major league record for most batters in an inning is 23, set by the Red Sox on June 18, 1953, against the Tigers. The Brooklyn Dodgers hold the NL record: 21, in the first inning (ouch!) against the Reds on May 21, 1952.
Here is a list of every player from 1900-1995 who has batted three times in one inning:
National League
Marty Callaghan, Cubs, August 25, 1922, 4th inningAmerican League:
Billy Cox, Dodgers, May 21, 1952, 1st inning
Pee Wee Reese, May 21, 1952, 1st inning
Duke Snider, May 21, 1952, 1st inning
Gil Hodges, Dodgers, August 8, 1954, 8th inning
Dusty Baker, Atlanta, September 20, 1972, 2nd inning
Mariano Duncan, Reds, August 3, 1989, 1st inning
Luis Quinones, Reds, August 3, 1989, 1st inning
Ted Williams, Red Sox, July 4, 1948, 7th inningI found a rec.sport.baseball discussion from 1991 with the results of those plate appearances:
Sammy White, Red Sox, June 18, 1953, 7th inning
Gene Stephens, Red Sox, June 18, 1953, 7th inning
Tom Umphlett, Red Sox, June 18, 1953, 7th inning
Johnny Lipon, Red Sox, June 18, 1953, 7th inning
George Kell, Red Sox, June 18, 1953, 7th inning
Callaghan: 2 singles and struck outStephens is the only one with three hits in one inning. (Note: This list does not include games since 1995, such as Boston's 2003 game against the Marlins, in which Johnny Damon batted three times in the first inning and doubled, tripled and singled, joining Stephens in the record book.)
Cox: Ground out, single, HBP
Reese: Walk, single, walk
Snider: Home run, walk, strikeout
Hodges: Triple, double, fly out
Baker: 3-for-5 that day; home run (in 2nd), single, double
Duncan: Walk, double, fly out
Quinones: Single, single, fly out
Williams: Walk, walk, ground out
White: Single, walk, single
Stephens: Single, double, single
Umphlett: Single, walk, single
Lipon: Strike out, single, walk
Kell: Double, fly out, fly out
From 1900-1995, no major league player ever made all three outs in a single inning. (In fact, Kell is the only one on the list with two outs.)


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University at Albany Receives $1.5M Gift to Support Entrepreneurship Track
Philanthropists J. Spencer and Patricia Standish Endow Professorship for the School of Business
Philanthropists J. Spencer and Patricia Standish Endow Professorship for the School of Business
School of Business students join Patricia and J. Spencer Standish and Dean Donald Siegel in front of business building room named in their honor. Left to right are Steven Gagliardo'15, Jameson Wells'14, Mrs. and Mr. Standish, Dean Siegel, Lauren Uraski'13,14, Najwa Zarook'13, and Nicholas Desimone'16. (Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (October 9, 2013) — University at Albany President Robert J. Jones today announced a $1.5 million gift from area philanthropists, J. Spencer and Patricia Standish, to endow a professorship in the University's School of Business. The endowment will propel the entrepreneurship track in the nationally-ranked School of Business and attract renowned scholar-teachers in the emerging field.
The Standish Professorship will leverage three new tenure-track faculty positions in entrepreneurship that UAlbany will gain through Governor Cuomo's NYSUNY 2020 challenge grant. These include two tenure-track professors specializing in social entrepreneurship and a tenure-track professor for life sciences entrepreneurship. It will also enhance Governor Cuomo's Start-Up NY initiative, since additional entrepreneurship courses will lead to the creation of more student-run companies and make the University more attractive to entrepreneurs from outside the region wishing to co-locate on or near campus.
"We expect The Standish Professorship in Entrepreneurship to have a significant impact not only on the School of Business, but the entire University and the Capital Region," said Jones.
School of Business Dean Donald Siegel agreed noting that the Standish Professorship's impact will transcend the School of Business. "Across the University there are many students, including non-business students, with entrepreneurial vision and spirit," said Siegel. "We want all of these students to benefit from the Standish Professor's expertise and inspiration, while it also enhances the School's numerous entrepreneurship initiatives in the Capital Region and beyond."
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Spencer Standish, chairman emeritus of Albany International Corporation, and Pat Standish, a retired college lecturer, have an extensive history of support for UAlbany and other educational institutions. "We are excited about the impact that the Professorship will have not only on the School of Business but also on other schools at the University and in the Capital Region," said Spencer Standish.
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|Sensory Analysis
|Sensory Analysis is a broader term for all qualitative evaluation of food and beverage. In coffee, a better term for what we call cupping.
|Shade Grown
|An ambiguous term used to describe coffee grown under shade.
|The name of a town and zone near Lintong and Lake Toba, as well as a Typica cultivar
|A mouthfeel description indicating a delicate, light, elegant softness and smoothness.
|On dried green bean coffee, the thin inner-parchment layer that clings to the bean and lines the crease on the flat side.
|Single Origin
|Single Origin refers to coffee from one location, in contrast to blended coffee.
|A defect term related to improper roasting; tipping or scorching of coffee.
|Scot Labs selection 28 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with Bourbon and Mokka heritage.
|Scott Labs selection 34 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with French Mission Bourbon heritage.
|Our shorthand for Sweet Maria's.
|Usually a defect of roasting, or of green coffee processing, smokey notes are sometimes found as a positive flavor in a few exotic coffees.
|SO Espresso
|Short for Single Origin espresso.
|Soft is a postive flavor term, used in particular in the Brazil grading system
|Coffee is sorted by size, density, and color in its preparation for export.
|Sour is one of four basic sapid (in the mouth) tastes: Sour, Sweet, Salty, Bitter.
|Sour Bean
|A physical coffee bean defect due to excess fermentation where bacteria or mold attack the seed.
|South American Coffee
|South American coffee varies widely from country to country, from chocolately natural or semi-washed Brazils to wet-processed Colombia, Organic Peru coffees to high grown Bolivia.
|Sparkles are often found in bright coffees. Hint: if you look at the cup of coffee and it winks at you, it has sparkles.
|Specialty Coffee
|A word that implies higher level of green coffee quality than average industrial coffee or commercial coffee
|A reference to the mouthfeel of a coffee when it leaves a tactile impression of sponges
|Green, unroasted coffee and roasted coffee have very different storage needs and shelf lives. See definitions for Green Coffee Storage and Roasted Coffee Storage.
|A dried hay-like character due to age of the green coffee and the corresponding loss of organic material storage.
|Strecker Degradation
|An important roast reaction related to the Maillard reaction. The Strecker Degradation is an interaction of amino acids with a carbonyl compound in an environment with water, creating CO2 and an Aldehyde or Ketone.
|Strictly Hard Bean
|a Costa Rican classification indicating the coffee was grown at an altitude above 1200 feet/4000 meters
|Strictly High Grown
|a classification indicating the coffee was grown at an altitude above 1200 feet/4000 meters
|Strictly Soft
|The highest rating in the Brazil Grading scale, based on cupping.
|Can mean a number of things – it can be an earthy or pungent coffee or a coffee brewed in a more concentrated way.
|Structure is an esoteric term, characterizing the relation between flavors, acids, mouthfeel and aftertaste as well-defined and comprehensive.
|Sucrose is important to the taste of sweetness in light roast coffees, as it is completely converted or destroyed in darker roasts.
|Sulawesi coffees are low-acid with great body and that deep, brooding cup profile akin to Sumatra. The coffee is sometimes known as Celebes, which was the Dutch colonial name for the island.
|Indonesians are available as a unique semi-washed process and (rarely) fully-washed coffees. Semi-washed coffees are best described as wet-hulled, localy called Giling Basah, and will have more body and often more of the character that makes Indonesians so appealing and slightly funky.
|Usually a taste defect, reminiscent of the smell of flavor of sweat, sometimes considered mildly positive.
|Sweetness is an important positive quality in fine coffees, and is one of four basic sapid (in the mouth) tastes: Sour, Sweet, Salty, Bitter
|SwissGold Filter
|A brand of reusable metal filter for drip coffee brewing.
|Swiss Water Process; a water filtration decaf method.
|A handheld instrument for compacting (tamping) ground coffee for espresso into a portafilter basket.
|Compacting coffee grounds for espresso into a portafilter basket.
|An adjective modifying a flavor descriptor, decribing a sharp effect; tangy citrus, tangy bittersweet flavor, tangy green apple.
|Having the bitterness or astringency of Tannins. Tannins are plant polyphenols found across the flora kingdom.
|Tanzania coffee in terms of character belongs to the Central/East African family of washed (wet-processed) coffees, bright (acidy), and mostly aggressively flavorful of which Kenya is certainly the dominant coffee.
|A dark roast-related flavor of pungent, intense bittering roast flavor, reminicent of the smell of tar.
|The french word for cup.
|A term used to describe coffees with light, astringent body and potent aromatics.
|An electric drip brewer for the home that is known for it's good design, and good results
|A Bourbon-type variant from El Salvador.
|The name in Amharic for Rue, used as an herbal additive to coffee.
|Timor has 2 major regions producing coffee: Maubesse is higher-altitude terrain than Aifu region.
|Tipping refers to a roast error that can be discerned by inspecting the roasted coffee, where the ends of the elongated bean appear burnt. It can easily be tasted in the cup too; burnt or smoke flavors, or a lack of sweetness.
|Transparency is a flavor characterization synonymous with clarity, or a business ethics term, implying that as much information as possible about a coffee is made available to the consumer.
|Tree-dry Natural
|This name designates a particular type of dry process coffee where the fruit dries partially or entirely while still on the tree branch.
|Trigonelline is a bittering compound that is reduced as the roast gets progressively darker
|Turbinado sugar is a special type of unrefined sugar with a particular flavor, mildly rustic
|Turkish Coffee
|A strong perparation of coffee, finely ground, and often prepared in an Ibrik
|Along with Bourbon, one of the main cultivars of Coffea Arabica, with less production per tree but good cup quality.
|While Arabica was introduced at the beginning of the 1900's, Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries.
|Umami is a Japanese word that has been adopted to indicate savory flavor and scent, and is considered by some as the 5th core flavor along with sour, salty, sweet, and bitter.
|A general negative description of dirty or hard flavors in a coffee that should have none.
|Under-developed refers to roast problems, usually too-light roasts.
|The United States Department of Agriculture, also an Indonesian cultivar
|Vacuum Brewer
|A vacuum brewer works by heating water, pushing it into a chamber with coffee grounds, and then sucking the water back. Vacuum brewers produce a clean, aromatic cup.
|Vacuum Packaging
|Sealing coffee in an air-tight container, with the air removed via vacuum. Green coffee and roasted coffee can both be vacuum packed to extend shelf life.
|Varietal is a term popular in wine to indicate a particular plant type that results in distinct flavors. We generally use the similar term cultivar when referring to types of coffee.
|A mouthfeel description indicating elegant softness, refined smoothness
|Vienna Roast
|Vienna roast occurs at the beginning of second crack. The Vienna stage is where you begin to find origin character eclipsed by roast character.
|A defective flavor taint in coffee, resulting perhaps from poor processing, fermentation, sanitation.
|Warming Spice
|A term indicating a spice blend with ingredients such as ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove, anise.
|Washing Station
|In Rwanda and some other East African countries, a wet mill is called a Washing Station.
|Water Process
|A decaffeination method where beans are soaked in hot water, the water is filtered to remove caffeine, and the beans are placed back in the water to absorb their flavor back.
|Describing the good inter-relation of sensory characteristics. Also referred to as tightly knit to mean closely-paired flavors.
|Wet Aroma
|The smell of wet coffee grinds, after hot water is added.
|Wet Hulled
|Wet-hulled coffee is a hybrid process used in parts of Indonesia, especially Sumatra and much of Sulawesi. In wet hulling the coffee is processed as it is in the wet process used in many parts of the world, but the coffee is not allowed to fully dry. The parchment layer is removed when the coffee has 25-50% moisture content, whereas traditional wet-processing is hulled at 11%. Then the unprotected green bean is laid out to dry on the patio. In Bahasa language it is called Giling Basah. For more information Click here to read our article on wet hulling.
|Wet Mill
|The wet mill is a processing center where coffee cherry from the tree is brought for initial processing.
|Wet Process
|Wet-processing transforms the coffee cherry into a green coffee bean for roasting. In wet-processing, the coffee is pulped, floated in water, fermented, washed, and dried.
|WIth some overlap for the term rustic, wild notes connote something foreign or exotic in a flavor profile, usually somewhat unclean.
|Willem Boot
|Willem is a coffee consultant and taster, with a skill for leading panels and writing coffee articles. His company is Boot Coffee.
|A taste term to describe a wine-like flavor with a similar perceived acidity and fruit
|Generally a taste defect from age; old green coffee, perhaps yellowing in color.
|A defect term referring to honey flavor but a bad rustic, yeast-like flavor
|Yellow Bourbon
|A type of Bourbon coffee that ripens to a yellow color, not red, and named for the island in the India Ocean where French colonists grew it, that ripens to a yellow color.
|Yemen has a coffee culture like no other place, and perhaps some of what we enjoy in this cup is due to their old style of trade…
|Zacapa is the famous sweet and spicey rum of Guatemala
|From the country formerly known as upper Rhodesia, now named for the Zambezi River, Zambian coffees range from Kenya-like brightness to subtle, balanced coffee with complexity, body and nuanced flavors.
|A flavor or mouthfeel characteristic, hinting at a tingly, prickly, lively or piquant aspect.
|Zimbabwe, formerly known as lower Rhodesia until independence in 1980, has produced great coffee since production was introduced in the 1960s.
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In a 2007 AMERICAN SCHOLAR essay on "Love on Campus" by William Deresiewicz, the author has some interesting observations on student professor relationships. He states:
…there is a reality behind the new, sexualized academic stereotype, only it is not what the larger society thinks. Nor is it one that society is equipped to understand. The relationship between professors and students can indeed be intensely intimate, as our culture nervously suspects, but its intimacy, when it occurs, is an intimacy of the mind. I would even go so far as to say that in many cases it is an intimacy of the soul. And so the professor-student relationship, at its best, raises two problems for the American imagination: it begins in the intellect, that suspect faculty, and it involves a form of love that is neither erotic nor familial, the only two forms our culture understands. Eros in the true sense is at the heart of the pedagogical relationship, but the professor isn't the one who falls in love.
Love is a flame, and the good teacher raises in students a burning desire for his or her approval and attention, his or her voice and presence, that is erotic in its urgency and intensity. The professor ignites these feelings just by standing in front of a classroom talking about Shakespeare or anthropology or physics, but the fruits of the mind are that sweet, and intellect has the power to call forth new forces in the soul. Students will sometimes mistake this earthquake for sexual attraction, and the foolish or inexperienced or cynical instructor will exploit that confusion for his or her own gratification. But the great majority of professors understand that the art of teaching consists not only of arousing desire but of redirecting it toward its proper object, from the teacher to the thing taught.
Of course, Deresiewicz is right, but only partially right. He is right in the sense that the student and the professor often have a passion for the subject matter. And it is a passion that can facilitate an intense intimacy, and an intense desire by the student for approval and affirmation. Such is what the dankprofessor calls the love of knowledge. But what Deresiewicz fails to understand is that sometimes this intimacy can lead to the knowledge of love. He fails since he discards the knowledge of love as simply a mistake by a naïve student and a foolish or inexperienced or cynical instructor who will exploit the student for his or her own ends.
So Deresiewicz ends up playing the same old academic game when it comes to student professor sexual relationships. The student doesn't know, the cynical professor exploits the naïve vulnerable student. But how does Deresiewicz know? He knows the same way that big sister and big brother know. They know the mind of the Other, know what motivates the Other and what is proper for the Other. And in Deresiewicz's terms the proper professor will redirect desire toward its proper object, from the teacher to the thing taught.
So what the good professor wants is the proper professor and proper student never engaging in improprieties. Such, of course, is a form of pipe dreaming. And if there is a serious attempt to have the university not tolerate such improper relationships, such could very well transform university campuses into police states.
The author goes on to state-
Teaching, Yeats said, is lighting a fire, not filling a bucket, and this is how it gets lit. The professor becomes the student's muse, the figure to whom the labors of the semester — the studying, the speaking in class, the writing — are consecrated. The alert student understands this. In talking to one of my teaching assistants about these matters, I asked her if she'd ever had a crush on an instructor when she was in college. Yes, she said, a young graduate student. "And did you want to have sex with him?" I asked. "No," she said, "I wanted to have brain sex with him."
Of course, he could have had a myriad of responses to his question, but for the author, one response is sufficient for him to make his case. But such is insufficient for the dankprofessor. For the dankprofessor knows that there are many alert female students who went on to graduate school and to become teaching assistants who did want to have sex with their professor and some had sex and some may have even ended up mating with a professor, maybe even mating with a professor who was a colleague of Deresiewicz.
But I also wish to make it clear that that the concept of "brain sex" as described in this essay, may very well be a viable concept. But what I refuse to accept is the implication that "brain sex" exists on some higher plane than "ordinary" student professor sex. Whether it is student professor brain sex or student professor sexual congress neither one per se is a mistake which needs redirection.
The major problem in regards to sex, whether it be on or off campus, are the zealots and the self-righteous in their attempts to redirect the sexuality of others to some pre-ordained mold. The love of knowledge will often lead to the knowledge of love, irrespective of what notions of propriety may be the calling of the day.
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LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN – 11:30PM (CBS) Samuel L. Jackson pops by, and I have to think that Dave will have him do a snippet from his recent narration of Adam Mansbach's "Go The F To Sleep." And I have to say, I was oddly let down by Jackson's narration. Could he be losing his f-bomb edge? Does he only swear best when surrounded by plastic snakes? So many questions. ANTICIPATION: FUNNY!
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE – 8:00PM (FOX) The final 67 contestants get whittled down to a more manageable 66, or something like that. It's a long summer, people. Also, stick around for a live performance by Jessie J. I still don't know who that is, but I assume with she's big with the kids. You kids don't know what REAL music sounds like, by gar! ANTICIPATION: TANGO!
BOXING GYM – 9:00PM (PBS) This generically titled PBS doc takes a look at Lord's Gym in Austin, where kids try to get off the streets by becoming million-dollar prizefighters. As you might have guessed, not all of them are successful. ANTICIPATION: SAD!
ALONG CAME POLLY – 9:00PM (ABC Family) It's a really, really slow night on TV. Check out this movie and realize just how long people have been paying Jennifer Aniston to make unwatchable romantic comedies. How does she keep it up? ANTICIPATION: ALEC BALDWIN IS IN THIS! I SWEAR!
Thursday Watch List: Stop Sending Rich Women Abroad
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you set Vancouver on fire. Who knew Canadians could get so worked up about something? AWESOME! LET'S GO!


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Marine remembered at park named in his honor
Omaha native Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith was killed in combat during the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor.
For years, the park on the corner of 30th and Y streets has been named for Keith, but for those who didn't know the soldier, there was only a nameplate at the park's entrance.
"They wanted something more," said Miguel Keith Park coordinator Rebecca Barrientos-Patlan. "They wanted to know who he was, what he did."
It took three years and an Omaha Historical Grant, but people now know Keith's story.
Keith was a teenager when he left Omaha to fight in the war.
"During the early morning, Keith was seriously wounded when his platoon was subjected to heavy ground attack by a greatly outnumbered enemy force," said Lance Cpl. Dergio E. Robles.
The story of how he saved his fellow marines while mortally injured can now be an inspiration to others.
It's been almost 45 years since Delores Keith lost her son to war, and the monument will ensure others don't forget him.
"You never stop thinking about him," Delores said.
Now all who visit the park, whether they knew Keith or not, will know his sacrifice.
"We want the children to see a hero, what a hero looks like and they then have a model to become one day," Barrientos-Patlan said.