Interview: Luan Tota Marks Tenth Year for Branzino Italian Ristorante

L to R - Owner Luan M. Tota, Chef Mike Stollenwerk and Publicist James Zeleniak at Branzino Italian Ristorante in Philadelphia, PABy A.D. AMOROSI Most restaurants going into their tenth year would celebrate the comfortable niche they’ve settled into and rest on their laurels. Apparently, that’s not part of the game plan for his Branzino Italian Ristorante (261 S 17th Street, Phila PA, 215.790.0103). Instead, owner Luan Tota expanded his Albanian-influenced Italian menu this summer with the help of well-regarded Philadelphia chef Mike Stollenwerk, doubled the size of his BYOB restaurant and its kitchen, and opened a romantic garden space that won an award in August’s Best of Philly issue of Philadelphia Magazine mere weeks after it opened.READ MORE
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Magdalena Frackowiak for Elle Poland:

Enhance design Magdalena Frackowiak is beautifully crowned on the includes of the Sept 2013 problem of Elle Belgium. Her highness is also dressed in a attractive actual outfit for the other protect of the journal. Magdalena Luniewska taken both amazing images of Magdalena Frackowiak for Elle Belgium.
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Mansha Boutique Exclusive Eid Dresses Collection 2013 For Women:

Lately, Mansha Store has released newest and exclusive Eid ul Fitr selection 2013 for females. We would like to bring up that Mansha Eid selection 2013 has ornamented with wonderful embroidering perform and ribbons perform. Moreover, Mansha Eid selection 2013 contains extensive range of frocks, Long Tops, Anarkali Frocks couple with churidar pajama. In this Eid selection 2013, Mansha used top high quality material i-e chiffon and soft silk. Mansha newest outfits 2013 will give you a exclusive and fashionable look in events, Official features and in this Eid ul Fitr .Some images of this colletcion will be as given below .
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2014 Ockenden International Prize($75,000) for Organisations helping Refugees & Displaced People.

Deadline:August 16, 2013The Ockenden International Prize is a $75,000 prize, which is open to applications from organisations with projects, programmes or activities that help refugees and displaced people across the globe. Applicants must be registered as a charity. Applicants can apply on their own organization’s behalf or nominate a non-profit partner or affiliated organization. Applicants must be financially sound with high standards of governance.Applicants must include a copy of their organization’s most recent accounts with their application and also, if nominating a partner or affiliate, a copy of that organization’s most recent accounts.All applications should be made via the online Entry Form.For registered charities without access to the Internet, postal entries will be considered. If required, download the .pdf version of the Entry Form. Print and fill out the form in block letters and mail it, along with the requested documentation by the closing date, to:2014 PrizesOckenden InternationalPO Box 1275Woking GU22 2FTUnited KingdomThe project, programme or activity (referred to as the ‘project’) is the focus of the applicationThe project submitted must benefit refugees or displaced people anywhere except the United Kingdom.The project submitted must have been initiated no earlier than May 1, 2010 (i.e. no more than 36 months before the opening date for the current year’s applications).Helping refugees and displaced people must be the prime focus of the project rather than an ancillary benefit and there must be a strong emphasis on promoting self-reliance.The applicant must be able to show that there have been measurable achievements and outcomes leading to real change in the lives of those helped.Where possible evidence of independent external evaluation should be provided. Shortlisted applicants Shortlisted applicants will be required to provide further evidence of their, and any nominee’s, financial and governance status to advance to the final round of judging, during which there will be an examination of both, as well as the project outcomes.Judging criteriaThe judges will, in particular, look for: initiatives that promote self-reliance among refugees and displaced people.approaches that have proved to be highly effective in improving the lives of refugees and displaced people.Work which has been carried out in especially difficult circumstances.Organizations with strong governance and financial management.Payment of the prizeThe prize monies will be paid to the applicant to use directly or to transfer to their partner or affiliate if they nominated one.Two runners-up, second and third from the short-listed finalists, will win $10,000 each.The jury’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.Apply Now  Here is the website for more information
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Dual-SIM, Android Karbonn A29 with 4.7-inch display up for grab online for Rs. 8,990

 The mobile handsets now-a-days are routinely appearing on the e-commerce portal before they are officially launched by the company. In line with the same practice, Karbonn A29 has appeared on retailer Saholic’ website at Rs 8,990. The Karbonn A29 comes with a 4.7-inch qHD display with a resolution of 540x960 pixels. It runs on Android 4.1. and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It comes with an 8.0-megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash and a 2.0-megapixel front camera for self-portrait shots. The dual SIM (GSM+GSM) device comes with a 4GB internal storage which can be expanded up to up to 32GB. It comes with dual standby support. It also has features like FM Radio and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, GPRS and EDGE as connectivity options. It comes with a 2,000mAh battery. Like Micromax, Karbonn is also launching smarphones with greater frequency. Earlier this month it launched 3G enabled Karbonn Titanium S9 smartphone with a price tag of Rs Rs 19,900.Dual-SIM Titanium S9 runs Android Jelly Bean 4.2 operating system. It comes with a 2600 mAh battery, 16 GB internal memory and 1 GB RAM.It has a 5.5'' HD IPS capacitive screen with high-definition 720p display. It sports a 13 MP rear camera and a 5MP front-camera for video chats.Karbonn’s Titanium series of smartphones have evoked good response in India. In May Karbonn launched Titanium S5 at 11990. The S5 is a Dual SIM phone and it comes with a5-Inch QHD Multi Touch Capacitive Screen. It is powered by a1.2GHz Quad Core Processorand runs on Android 4.1(Jelly Bean) operating system.
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For Zimmerman Trial, A Right-Wing Race To The Bottom

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With final arguments underway in the trial of George Zimmerman, who is accused of killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin last year, most observers might focus on the central question of whether the neighborhood watch volunteer was guilty of murder, or whether he acted in self-defense the night Martin died. They might also ask why it took prosecutors six weeks to charge Zimmerman with any crime, even though he admitted to killing the youth.

But from the crooked perspective of the far-right media, the trial represents something far more insidious than justice on display. Unfolding beneath the sinister specter of President Obama's pugnacious interference, the Zimmerman hearing is being denounced as a Soviet-style show trial, by Lou Dobbs on his July 9 program, anda hoax in which the defendant is the real victim.

It's the defendant who faces a perilous future even if found not guilty we're told; a defendant who's being persecuted by "the race industry." And it's a trial that allegedly operates under the ominous threat of "riots" if Zimmerman is found not guilty.

In other words, the trial, and the irresponsible right-wing commentary surrounding it, represents the latest example of how the conservative press remains incapable of dealing honestly with issues that the nation grapples with, and especially any issue that involves race when an African-American (Democrat) sits in the White House.

Instead, the right-wing media once again gleefully stirs the cauldron of racial animosity. Uninterested in letting justice unfold in the courtroom, the far right mob has been obsessed with making Obama a central player in the saga. A Breitbart writer this week condemned the president for his "direct insertion" into the story, referring to the time, 16 months ago, when Obama answered a single question about the Martin controversy. Obama's quote was supposedly part of a larger, menacing White House plot "to gin up charges of racism" surrounding the case, according to the site.

Given that level of obsession, it's no surprise the right-wing press manufactured a story this week that allowed them to cast Obama as an essential villain in the Zimmerman controversy. Pointing to a report that confirmed the Department of Justice's Community Relations Service unit (CRS) had been dispatched last year to Sanford Florida, the scene of the Martin killing, most of the right-wing noise machine trumpeted the revelation as proof that Obama's Department of Justice was guilty of staging "anti-Zimmerman" rallies.

All of that, of course, was completely false.

The CRS employs peacemakers who work with civic and religious leaders when tensions flare up within communities. Its presence in Sanford was hardly proof that the Obama administration had taken sides in the case. And none of it was even news. As Media Matters noted, both the Miami Herald and the Orlando Sentinel wrote about CRS's presence in Sanford last year and detailed its efforts to successfully facilitate peaceful protests.

In other words, the Department of Justice under Obama did its job and helped keep the peace in Sanford at a time when community tensions were running high. Therefore Obama is guilty of fueling racial tensions in Florida? Of "instigating race riots," as Limbaugh put it. (For the record, there were no "race riots" last year in connection with the Martin controversy.)



It's classic Obama Derangement Syndrome, in which the president's professional opponents contort reality to place him at the center of every possible controversy, even murder trials, and cast him as an all-powerful thug. It's a hypnotic force that overrules common sense.

Note this opening sentence from a recent Breitbart News item, which suggested danger was lurking in Florida:


On Wednesday, Sanford Chief of Police Cecil Smith told Breitbart News exclusively that there is "nothing out there" suggesting civil unrest will take place in the city following the George Zimmerman verdict.


So after getting a quote from the head of Sanford police confirming there's no indication there will be civil unrest following the Zimmerman verdict, Breitbart then hyped a story about how officials are bracing for civil unrest following the Zimmerman verdict.

Talk about remaining committed to a race-baiting narrative.

This week Breitbart also trumpeted a piece headlined: "Broward County Sheriff's Office Prepares Zimmerman Verdict Riot Plan," claiming Florida law enforcement "released a video calling on the public not to riot."

But that wasn't the case.

The youth-oriented public service video released by police made no mention of fending off a "riot." It simply discouraged individuals from expressing anger through an act of violence. ("Raise Your Voice, Not Your Hands.") Getting angry and getting arrested does not constitute rioting. So why the right-wing echo chamber obsession about looming riots? On this show Monday night, Bill O'Reilly couldn't stop talking about the threat.

And note how O'Reilly couched most of his trial coverage.

From the Washington Post's Erik Wemple, who contrasted O'Reilly's complaint that the only reason the trial was getting so much attention was that  "it's a light-skinned Hispanic against a black kid," as compared with the coverage on The O'Reilly Factor [emphasis added]:


Last night, O'Reilly delivered an editorial monologue on the George Zimmerman case; then he discussed it with commentators Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl; then he sat down with another guest, Jacques DeGraff, and talked about it. Much of the discussion concerned race.

On Monday night, O'Reilly discussed the racial aspects of the case with LeVar Burton. In another segment on the same show, he discussed the case with Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham. Much of the discussion concerned race.

Last Wednesday night, O'Reilly convened a panel with Wiehl and Guilfoyle on the trial.

Last Tuesday night, O'Reilly blasted actor Jamie Foxx's Trayvon Martin T-shirt in a segment with Alan Colmes and Monica Crowley. That was all about race. 


But in terms of unfiltered race baiting, nobody has matched Rush Limbaugh's invective about the Zimmerman case, and the talker's obsession with portraying Obama as a driving force in the story. Latching onto the phony spin surrounding CRS, Limbaugh accused the president of "promoting racial strife" so that the "rest of us can get a taste of" slavery.



The confirmation that the right-wing media's loudest voice was using the murder of a young, unarmed black teenager to suggest America's first black president was trying to fuel racial tension so white Americans could "get a taste" of what the crushing pain and humiliation of slavery felt like, really does defy common sense and civility, ever for a confused hate merchant like Limbaugh.

With the Zimmerman trial, Rush Limbaugh had once again won the race to the bottom.

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Facebook updates costlier in New York for a Girl in UK

A schoolgirl ran up a £3,800 mobile phone bill on holiday in America by posting Facebook updates.Casey Snook, 14, used the website to post updates about her dream holiday to New York with her mum.She eagerly told friends about her trip to the Empire State Building, Central Park and Times Square and uploaded a series of pictures with her iPhone.But she was unaware of the massive bill until her father's bank account - which funded the phone - suddenly went overdrawn after the holiday.Phone company Orange said she ran up the charges by using Facebook with data roaming - a service which enables internet access abroad.Mrs Snook, 43, a catering assistant, accused the company of 'extortion'.She said: 'When I heard about it I felt physically sick. Casey was very upset and embarrassed and I was in tears.'I can't believe that a company would let a bill which is usually £50 get up to that level.  Did they not worry the phone had been stolen?'She was only using it for the normal teenage stuff, updating her friends with what she was up to and this and that.'It was an experience - we visited the Empire State Building, Central Park, Times Square, Grand Central Station and the Whispering Wall.  She was just using Facebook like a normal teenager to tell her friends.'Casey, of Hengrove, Bristol, jetted off to the Big Apple with her mum on May 27.Four days into the trip the teenager received a text from Orange warning she had gone over her internet data limit - and her bill had gone from its usual £50 to £320.The company barred the teen from sending any more text messages or making calls - but did not block her data roaming.Mrs Snook told Casey to stop using her phone until they returned to the UK in two days time.But once the family returned home Mrs Snook received a phone call from Casey's dad Victor, who pays the bill, to say his bank had told him he was overdrawn.Orange insists it sent a number of warning texts to Casey to say she had exceeded her data usage.The firm also says it sent a message to Casey asking if she wanted to continue to use data after she had gone over her limit - and she clicked 'yes'.But her parents are calling for an explanation as to why no further warnings were sent after the text message explaining the bill would be £320.Mrs Snook said her daughter does not remember this, and believes many people would not understand the implications of continuing to use their phone.'To be honest, I wouldn't understand what a data cap was, and I don't think a lot of teenagers would,' she said.'This is about the extortion of a 14-year-old, and Orange is completely refusing to budge on the bill.'The rates that are charged are ridiculous and I just don't understand why another message wasn't sent after the one that said the bill had reached £320. Why wasn't one sent at £500 or £1,000?'We are just going to have to pay it. I'm going to give her dad half of the money, but neither of us can afford it.'A spokeswoman for Orange said: 'All Orange customers have a number of protections in place - customers are even automatically opted-in to a roaming data cap, which limits their charges to £49 for a set amount of data.'Customers receive warning texts to alert them of their data usage and we have an app that helps them monitor data usage, and opt-in to a data bundle if needed.'In this instance the customer received numerous text alerts which updated them on the roaming costs for the USA, and also updated them on their data usage.'Once they had reached the limit of their data bundle, the customer actively opted out of our roaming data cap so that they could continue to use data, effectively removing the in-built protection from large data roaming bills.'  
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Time for Giants to talk contract with Hunter Pence

Hunter Belushi You hear it all the time. You'll never see a guy do things quite like Hunter Pence. Hell, even Hunter himself said as much after being traded to the Giants at the deadline last season.“I have to be honest. Every now and then, I do things that you don’t see very often.”Everything from his lumber-chopping practice swings, to his fidgety wiggling in the batter's box, to his crazy eyes and spirit-inspiring speeches; Hunter Pence is one of a kind.Like Pence, the Giants themselves are one of a kind. Their maddening style of play and uniqueness is a reflection of the city they play in-- a place I'd certainly call maddening and unique in its own right.Nothing against Houston and Philadelphia, but Hunter Pence belongs here.He belongs here because of his crazy ways and his crazy eyes. The fact that he rides a go-ped to the ballpark just seals the deal. Oh yeah, and he's a good baseball player."He's all out, and he's contagious." as Bruce Bochy put it after Wednesday's walkoff win against Philly in which Pence clubbed his 7th HR.Last season after being traded, Pence struggled with his stroke a bit, but made up for it in a myriad of ways-- the aforementioned inspirational speeches and timeless weirdness like that triple hit broken bat Texas leaguer against St. Louis. This year is another story. He's been arguably the team's best hitter this year, if not a close second to the .320 hitting Pablo Sandoval.There's something very timely about Pence's hitting this year. It's not always situational success or crazy clutch, but if no one else is doing much of anything, he seems to be the guy to rely on.Obviously, it's early May, so there's no guarantees, but you have to be thrilled with Pence's 7 HRs and 22 RBIs to go along with an average hovering around .290 and an OPS around .825. Not just that, but he has increased his percentage of line drives by 5%, he's playing a righteous right field and is 5 for 5 in stolen base attempts (which equals his 2012 total).The man once heckled by a Giants fan as "Bird Legs" as a member of the opposition, Pence's defense has perhaps entertained and impressed me most. As with everything else we see from Pence, his throwing motion is a bizarre, side-winding body heave that people just don't run on. He covers a ton of ground for a guy his size, and has learned to properly play balls off the right field archways and how to safely pursue foul balls near the bullpen mounds.For you Saberjerks out there that need some sort of bizarre, contrived formula to satisfy your question about Pence's defense other than his 1 error or .988 fielding %, he's got a career high +3.7 UZR going. OKAY? 3.7!To me, it's safe to give "Ol' Bird Legs" the ultra rare label of Five Tool Player.Long story short is that Hunter Pence needs to remain a Giant for the foreseeable future. Not just for his personality, well-documented and impressive work ethic, and hot start. It's a significant factor in this situation that he genuinely loves it here. He feels like he can be himself, he loves the fans, and for God's sake, he hits well at AT&T Park. He's hitting a full 60 points higher in San Francisco (.318 vs.258 ) with 4 dongs (vs. 3) in San Francisco this season.As for money, you have to expect that he's not going to be taking any paycuts-- as he shouldn't. The notion of a "hometown discount" won't exist here, but since the guy wants to stay here and buy some real estate, I don't think an in-season contract extension is out of the question.It seems to be the new trend that guys don't want to "negotiate in season" to "avoid distraction". That to me is BS, and it's a politically correct excuse to be wined & dined following the year to get the biggest offer from the other 29 teams. That's fine, but for guys like Pence, that's not going to be an issue.Just so we know where we are with Pence, the talks probably have to start at 4yr/$60MM and could go up a bit from there. If you look at the deal Pagan got (4yr/$40MM), you'd have to say Hunter is worth more than that. Keep in mind as well that he's making $13.8MM this year in the final year of arbitration.As far as potential OF competition for Pence in free agency next year, the crop is deeper than usual.The likes of Nelson Cruz, Curtis Granderson, Jason Kubel, Shin-Soo Choo, and Carlos Beltran are all expected to be available. This will likely play in the Giants' favor, and if the conversation begins at that 4yr/$60MM figure, Pence would be remiss if he didn't try to get a deal done.Let's hope we see UnderPence's googly eyes under that black Giants hat for years to come. Godspeed Sabean.Thanks for reading! Feedback always encouraged! If you're having difficulty seeing anything properly, directly visit the site at www.dodgerhater.blogspot.com .
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Minister wants code of conduct for Eagles

Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi| credits: economicconfidential.netThe Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has called for a code of conduct to guide the behaviour of players and officials of the Super Eagles during national assignments.Abdullahi was reacting to the demands by the players for full match bonuses, after playing in Kenya and Namibia, before going for the Confederations Cup in Brazil.Abdullahi, who spoke with THE PUNCH on Friday in Abuja, blamed the Nigerian Football Federation for its poor handling of the match bonus disagreement.He said, “It’s is disappointing that this kind of thing is happening. What is happening is a challenge in the system when there is no code of conduct. Imagine a player who is playing for the national team to embark on such protest.“When there is no code of conduct to guide the behaviour of players and officials, including the NFF itself, you see these kinds of things happening.“The challenge that such imposes on us at our level is that we must immediately begin to work on a code of conduct that will ensure that when players and the officials are on national assignments, there should be a way they should behave.”The Minister expressed disappointment that players and officials who have benefitted graciously from the Federal Government after their victory at the Africa Cup of Nations would resort to putting the country in a tight corner because of match bonuses.He said, “On the issue of match bonus, Mr. President was gracious to have intervened. It shouldn’t have happened and the NFF ought to have handled it better; but the players too ought to have behaved better.“These are players and officials who have benefited from Nigeria through the AFCON.”“You don’t expect players who have benefitted like that to behave in such a manner over 50 per cent of their match bonuses.”According to him, the Confederations Cup was a means of testing the team ahead of the World Cup.He said, “The Confederations Cup is an important event rated behind the World Cup itself. It is an opportunity to evaluate the situation we found ourselves and prepare well for the World Cup.”http://esabod.blogspot.ie/
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