Mercedes-AMG is set to take on Tesla with an electric sports car that could launch in 2025.
Speaking at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car summit, Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius said that next week his company will show “what we think the electric performance world will look like when it’s made by AMG”.
Källenius added that we should stay tuned for more announcements next week. “We will give you a glimpse of AMG performance as all-electric,” he said.
Few details about the concept car — dubbed Vision AMG — have yet been revealed but the Mercedes boss did say it would be built on “fully dedicated electric architecture from the ground up”, meaning not based on an exisiting model designed to accommodate a combustion engine, and hinted that series production is planned as it would “hit the market sometime towards the end of 2025”.
Following Källenius’s announcement, Mercedes chief designer Gordon Wagener posted an image to Instagram showing the sculpted and curvaceous profile of a car looking not unlike Mercedes’ road-legal electric prototype, the Vision EQXX concept.
That car recently demonstrated its long-range capabilities by making the 626-mile journey from Stuttgart to the south of France on one charge.
Wagener’s image appears to show a cab-forward design, low-slung shape, large rear haunches and a tapering rear-end. The new car could become Mercedes-AMG’s flagship model when it launches, and if it is a two-seater sports car it could be designed to take on the forthcoming Tesla Roadster.
The Vision AMG isn’t being built in isolation and will form an important part of Mercedes’ wider electrification strategy. Last year the company announced that it was going “all-in” on electric cars and that from 2025 onwards the brand will begin launching vehicles based on three separate structural designs, known as platforms, dedicated to taking electric-only power.
The first, MB.EA, will cover medium to large passenger cars; VAN.EA platform is slated for commercial vehicles; while the AMG.EA platform for high-performance EVs will likely form the basis of the production version of the Vision AMG.
Mercedes has said that its investments in electrification between 2022 and 2030 will amount to somewhere in the region of £34bn, though it appears that the strategy already appears to be paying off.
When asked at the Financial Times summit about comments from rival car makers (in particular, Volkswagen) that demand for electric vehicles was outstripping supply, Källenius said that the same was largely true for Mercedes.
Customer response to the firm’s EQ family of electric cars was, he said, “so tremendous that we’re doing everything we can to get the cars to the customers as fast as we can,” a task not made any easier by ongoing global supply chain issues.
At present, Mercedes sells several battery-electric vehicles including the EQS (the all-electric counterpart to the S-Class flagship saloon with a range of up to 453 miles) and three SUVs, the EQA, EQB and EQC.
A number of other electric models from Mercedes and its sub-brands are also expected in the coming years including an ultra-luxury Mercedes-Maybach version of the EQS SUV and an electrified G-Class, the company’s boxy, seventies-styled off-roader.
High-performance AMG versions of all the company’s EQ models will also be developed the company has said.
- After reading about the new electric Mercedes-AMG, you may be interested to see what Jeremy Clarkson thought of the Mercedes-AMG GLE 53
- Or check out the latest generation Mercedes SL, now under AMG’s control
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- European court calls for car fuel economy test to be replaced after studies find large over-estimations
- McLaren P1 designer releases images of space capsule for tourists


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At the end of our 2012 Media2Go Film Fest, the audience was treated to an unexpected reading of ‘Cambodia: A Prayer for a Nation’, written and performed by John Thomson. His prayer was a fitting conclusion to an evening focused on a nation that has experienced so much turmoil and reminded us of God’s heart and dreams for the future of Cambodia.
In April 2012 we ran our first Media2Go documentary training seminar which included a 2 week docu-trip outreach in Cambodia. We had 8 students from 6 nations, coming to us with a wide range of experience in mission and media. Check out what they have to say about their Media2Go 2012 experience.
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2020 will be another difficult year for the European automotive industry. Not only because of the coronavirus but also concerns about whether customers will start buying electric cars from the beginning of 2020.
The COVID-19 epidemic has mercilessly exposed the weaknesses in the supply chains of many large enterprises. However, in recent years there have been other cases that should have prompted the companies to change.
Polish Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers of automotive parts are experiencing a slowdown in German exports. On the other hand, sales of components to other countries are increasing. In 2019, German automotive sector production decreased by 9 per cent.
Beijing-based Global Times and some Western media have called the coronavirus a "black swan" — a completely unexpected phenomenon that will cause great damage to the Chinese and world economy. If the epidemic spread around the world, it could cause not only great human casualties.
In December 2019, Slovakia posted lowest GDP growth increase since 2013. The central European country has been affected by decreasing foreign demand. With the global slowdown of the automotive sector, experts warn of overreliance on car-production in Slovakia.
People across the world are slowly but surely swapping their car keys for a phone app. Although European cities are lagging behind their Russian and Asian competitors in terms of car sharing fleet size, the service is on the rise in the old continent.
South Koreaʼs Bumchun Precision plans to build a HUF13.3bn (EUR41m) plant supplying parts for electric cars in northern Hungary. The Hungarian government will provide HUF2.65bn for the construction of the plant, which will create 200 jobs.
In the conditions of weakening international trade, the increase in sales to Germany proved to have a positive impact on the growth of Polish exports in 2018. This was largely due to factors not related to demand.


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The reason for this report reveals the findings of this sex education should be integrated in schools due to its benefits to young adults. The execution of love-making education in institutions will provide teenagers with the correct information to allow them to help make the right choices in life. On the other hand, some have said that implementing making love education in institutions actually promotes the risk of sex which is ineffective. However, predicated on various research studies, it is shown that intimacy education is effective by reducing the speed of teen motherhood, providing appropriate information and also decreasing the amount of HIV, AIDS and STDs cases among young adults. Hence, love-making education encourages healthy teen sexuality.
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"This is the real life, and in the real world, you need cover, " - Cherie Richards, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. (Antonuk, 2006)
In the simplest form, gender education is actually education about sexuality, contraceptive methods (condoms, drugs or surgery), how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, the importance of safety and lastly, attitudes and key points about sex. There's also two varieties of gender education that happen to be abstinence-only programs and detailed education. However, both of these also coach about the procedure of intimacy education which can lead to teenagers understanding about how exactly to make their options and making them right. Young adults need information and the right sources to help and protect themselves. This is because when they have no knowledge or whatsoever, they considered media or even sometimes pornography to get information as their parents aren't available enough about making love.
Take this for example, at present time in america; the speed of teen delivery and abortions is the highest among other traditional western countries with teenagers over lots of 1 million going through pregnancy each year. The highest number of these having sexually sent diseases is also proven in recent surveys and reports with teens being the apparent source. In the mean time, Sub-Saharan Africa also offers the highest amount of teen pregnancy on the planet. In Parts of asia however, Thailand has reported a noteworthy amount of unmarried teenagers are sexually energetic with 25% of students accepted to hospitals to endure abortions. And although the rate of teen matrimony and motherhood has dwindled in Malaysia and Indonesia, it doesn't change the actual fact that it is still considered quite high compared to the others. To get more detailed developed countries like Japan and South Korea, their teenage pregnancy rates are at 4. 6 and 2. 9 respectively, which are the lowest on earth. (UNICEF, 2005)
And therefore, the question is - should gender education be put in place in institutions?
Most definitely, sex education should be carried out in universities because intimacy education can reduce teen pregnancy, it's better for the teenagers to get information about sex and sexual safeguard methods from right sources (schools) alternatively than from the mass media and making love education in schools can also protect children and teenagers.
This statement will show convincing and undeniable evidence of why love-making education should be carried out in schools. Nearly all these research conclusions will be limited by america of America, because the rate of teen sex and pregnancy is available to be the best in this region.
2. 0 Reduce Rate Of Teenager Pregnancy
Some had said that intimacy education does not have any effect on the pace of teen motherhood. They said that those who took up the virginity pledges denied the oaths five years later and possessed had sex during that time. They argued that those who did take the pledges and those who didn't didn't have much difference in not having sex. They experienced that the info provided from the education was struggling to help the teens and could not prevent young pregnancy. (Ostrow & Randall, 2008).
However, it is indeed proven to be true that love-making education can reduce teenage pregnancy and teenager births. Firstly, gender education has brought on a plunge in the United Expresses' teen delivery rate predicated on a report done in California and Ventura County. The just lately released statistics proved that the birth rate travelled from 36. 2 to 34. 1 per 1, 000 births to adolescent mothers. (Ventura County Legend, 2010). Based on the California Division of Community Health, the speed of teen births that was recently 37. 1 in the entire year 2007 reduced by 1. 9 per 1000 in 2008. Second of all, an epidemiologist with the CDC - Trisha Mueller, discovered that sex education works looked after delays teen making love which inevitably leads to teen being pregnant being reduced. Predicated on a national survey of 2, 019 young adults aged 15 to 19 in 2002, her team found that teen boys were 3 x much more likely to used contraceptive methods in comparison to those who did not went through intimacy education. (Vann, 2007). Finally, for teenage ladies who took intimacy education, the chance of having intimacy before the age group of 15 is reduced 59% while for kids' are 71%, compared to those who didn't take making love education. (Doheny, 2007).
The evidences collected have remarked that making love education indeed can reduce teen pregnancy. Therefore, in conclusion, again it is emphasized that sex education should be implemented in classes.
3. 0 Information Regarding Sex From The Right Sources (schools)
Nowadays, sex views are seriously portrayed in some movies and TV shows which young adults are enjoying. Even on the web, when one clicks over a certain connect to an online site, adverts containing sexual messages and pictures are posted to the side of the pages as though they were normal. Teenagers might have strayed easily to such websites and unknowingly received wrong information about love-making. In movies and Television shows however, though there is a limit to underage children, the more aged teenagers are accessible to demo of sex scenes in this advertising. Sex views in the mass media are portrayed as casual and harmless and appeared to bring no serious implications, causing the teens to view such mass media to be fooled by the providers who are employing sex to market their production. (Why Do Teenagers Have Sex n. d) It should be noted that without truly knowing about it, sex can be dangerous. Parents' uncomfortableness about discussing sex related issues with their children drives them to the Internet and other unreliable mass media sources to learn more about this issue, as they have no other means to get more information. Hence, it is important that making love education is executed in universities so that teenagers can have the information they need from the right options; namely, instructors who are up to date about this issue.
On the other side, some claimed that intimacy education is inadequate and will not give out the right information to help young adults to make the right decisions because of their sexuality. (Parents, educators still humiliated about sex, 2010). A study made proved that 26. 4 percent of the students complained that the sex education taught was not enough and the teachers who were in charge hardly discussed about sex by any means.
However, research has proven that love-making education does indeed supply the essential information and reduces sex as teenagers received correct information from the classes. First of all, there is much difference between those who required sex education and those who did not. (Moore, Furstenberg & Peterson, n. d). Physique 1 below (Country wide Review of Children) shows the difference in ratio between young adults who face sex education and the ones who are not.
This is because when teenagers are exposed to the lie that sex is safe, their sex increases as they may have not covered gender education yet.
Secondly, getting the right information about gender can also reduce the amount of HIV, Supports, and STDs conditions among the teens. Young adults can learn that certain of the major causes of STDs is through sexual activity. Even oral making love can be a pathway for the transmission of such diseases. (Williams, 2010) Love-making education teaches young adults about the prevention of HIV/AIDS and this one should get their spouse tested for intimate sent diseases before having any sex with them. Sex and Supports education have been proven by research done that they delay sexual activity as well as they instruct students who tend to be sexually active to get safer intimacy. (University Health Education to Prevent Helps and STD, 1994)
4. 0 Protecting Children And Teenagers
There are numerous sexually abused children who did not come to light or the attention of federal expert on what have been cruelly done to them. The wrongly placed shame, the guilt and worries to be blamed on have shied them from confessions to parents or expert figures. This is mainly because the victims' incomprehension of 'erotic maltreatment' and their protection under the law to reject such treatment. Intimacy education has only lately become important in these earlier few years but child erotic abuse has existed throughout history. Thus, implementing making love education into schools can decrease the rate of child erotic abuse and so providing a means out for children and teenagers. (Carroll, 2010) Besides that, the option of making love education can also offer help and instruction to children with learning disabilities as each goes through puberty.
Child sexual maltreatment is defined as any form of sex forced onto a child whether with a person youthful or over the age of the kid. (Munro, 2000) Munro claimed that children and teens are vulnerable and often can come in contact with sexual misuse without anyone knowing. So that they did not receive any counselling or teaching, they do not have full knowledge of being taken advantage of. It also leaves them in a defenseless situation that they might be preyed on again. In America, there are 39 million of survivors from child intimate abuse at the moment. By their 18th party, one in four females and one in six males are sexually abused. (Mish, cited in Email Tribune) But intimacy education gives children and young adults information about how precisely to prevent intimacy abuse, that erotic mistreatment do not occur to every child and that they must seek help if indeed they were victimized. It educates children and teens to be well aware of sexual abuse. Additionally, there is have been one program that was sorted out in classes of love-making education where students learned to say "NO" to such inappropriate acts devoted by the other. (Carroll, 2010)
It can be figured in order to decrease the speed of child intimate abuse, the execution of sex education in schools is sensible as children and teenagers would learn about child abusers and intimacy abuse and they could reject such offences upon them. Children and young adults would be more aware of the existing situation in this society plus they would know the activities to be taken if necessary. Not just that, the victimized would be able to recognize that they are not alone and many are willing to lend a hand with their plight.
A child with learning disabilities received and refined data and information with a slower swiftness due for some difficulties in the mind as well as the nervous system. (Kemp, Segal, & Cutter, 2010) Still, teens with learning disabilities may be different using their counterparts however they still go through development and puberty. Because they need help when learning or paying closer focus on lessons, these children also need assist in controlling their gender drives when they reach puberty in their teenage years. However, this issue of love-making and children with learning disabilities always appeared to be swept under the carpet, dismissed for dread that it could promote sex dangers. Regarding to Stephen Simpson (cited in "Teaching love-making education to children with learning disabilities", 2007), those which have learning difficulties are at a higher threat of getting sexually abused. Besides that, there is also evidence showing that the implementation of intimacy education is desperately needed for children and teens with learning disabilities. In reference to Leeds' youth offending team, the 40% who committed any erotic offence are teenagers with learning disorders. (Teaching sex education to children with learning disabilities, 2007)
For John who is an adolescent with learning impairment, he managed to control his incorrect actions in public and it lowered slowly but surely. (NursingTimes, 2007) Definitely, this shows that so long as a person with learning disorder obtained proper education about intimacy, they can reign in his intimacy drives based on his area and what he previously been taught. It can be concluded then that gender education can help young adults with learning disabilities to control themselves as well as stopping others for abusing them sexually. They are able to also get to know about sexual relationships and their body.
Thus, this shows that sex education is capable of preventing children and teens from becoming victims of intimate mistreatment as well being the perpetrator. Therefore, it could be concluded that sex education aids teenagers in their sexuality and related issues at present and in the future.
5. 0 Conclusion
Children and young adults need good and accurate information from the right resources about sex, sexual relationships and different other related issues to make the right decision because of their present and future. They need to understand in what can happen if there are misconceptions about intimacy, it subsequently becomes dangerous. In the end, "information is ability, and in this current, risky world, they might need all the necessary information they could easily get. For they'll be our future pillars for another generation and the next. The implementation of making love education in institutions can prepare them properly. Not only that, based on the evidences and research done as well as gathered carefully, it demonstrates that sex education brings benefits by reducing the rate of teen pregnancy, providing young adults with correct and helpful information, and also safeguarding them from harm.
6. 0 Recommendation
Looking in to the creditability of the evidences and research done upon this theme, it is safe to say that intimacy education in colleges is heavily prompted on. However, it should be examined whether abstinence-only or complete sex education works better for the students. The collected results from the determined schools will then only be analyzed and then carried out into schools. Not only that, parents also needs to be inspired to meet with the educators responsible in order that they may know of the details of gender education and you will be in a position to discuss easier about making love with their young adults. The conferences can contain teachers explaining what they'll be covering on with the students in colleges. By completing this, parents would no longer be sitting on the opposing aspect of implementing intimacy education in to the institution curriculum.

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Vegan's Nightmare Ice Cream
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Calories: 260 calories (estimate) for 1 serving
Cost: $3.50 (estimate) for single cup
Purchased from: Marini's, Santa Cruz, CA
Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Umami or Bacon Theme Week.
Santa Cruz is a college town at the beach; and it's also a fun place to look for chocolates. I discovered a new cupcake place there today (more on Buttercup Cakes later), while walking to Marini's Candies (downtown Santa Cruz, CA). Marini's carried several chocolate and bacon offerings that were a good fit for this week's theme.
Before enjoying my single scoop of Marini's own "Vegan's Nightmare" ice cream in a cup, I ate a nice savory (umami) and healthy vegetable rice paper wrap from a nearby kiosk. (Seven years ago, I debated whether to start a site about vegetables/salads or chocolate. I chose chocolate, but, I still love fresh greens.)
Then it was time to shovel into my chilly little goldmine of fresh tasting, maple flavored ice cream with small pieces of chocolate covered bacon. It was good.

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As CEO Steve Easterbrook prepares to release McDonald's plan to deliver enduring profitable growth, the firm would do well to ignore the naysayers who are calling for cuts and cost restraint and focus instead on creating a company that can manage the increasingly complex demands of consumers, together with growing stakeholder expectations to manage environment and social issues responsibly.
With 34,000 restaurants worldwide, the challenge that McDonald's has is that the formula that led to its previous success needs to change if the company is to thrive in the future. One of my colleagues pointed out to me that 2015 is the 20th anniversary of my first book: Get Innovative or Get Dead! The sentiment -- and indeed the imperative -- captured by that title applies with a vengeance to the iconic McDonald's franchise.
Fortunately, there is actually some evidence that McDonald's understands that the world it is living in is different to the past.
One area where McDonald's is taking action is in relation to the environment. Significant changes that it has made in the past year include:
- Committing to source white fish from sustainable fisheries
- Only sourcing chicken raised without use of antibiotics
- Committing to a target for purchase of verified sustainable beef
But in other areas, McDonald's is being led by others to take action. In particular McDonald's is still struggling to manage labour relations and has much, much more to do on nutrition.
McDonald's future lies in responding with agility and innovation to provide today's -- and tomorrow's -- consumers with reasons to come back to their stores on a regular basis. With more choices and more knowledge at their disposal than at any time before, consumers will only return to McDonald's if the offering stacks up in terms of their personal wants.
There are a number of specific things that McDonald's can do:
"People are our greatest asset": This month, McDonald's finally responded to an ongoing national campaign by the SEIU and announced its intention that starting wages at company-owned restaurants would be one dollar above locally mandated minimum wages. By 2016, McDonald's average hourly wage will be in excess of $10, still well short of the SEIU's claim for a $15 minimum wage. However, McDonald's commitment only applies to its company- owned stores, leaving most McDonald's workers subject to conditions set by local franchises.
McDonald's franchise arrangements enabled the firm to achieve its rapid growth over preceding decades, but are now a millstone around its neck. Just as McDonald's is responsible for the quality of its food in all its stores around the world, it needs to recognize that, in the eyes of consumers at least, the employment conditions of all of its employees are also its business.
For starters, McDonald's needs to bury the hatchet with trade unions and sit down and start talking. The announcement that it has made for its company employees, which includes investment in education and the ability to accrue paid time off, is positive, and establishes a foundation for discussion. Talking to trade unions doesn't mean that parties will agree on everything, but it will start to build a relationship that over time can actually be productive for the business.
McDonald's also needs to find ways to better harness the talent of its employees. It would seem that for a business model that is all about the endless repetition of actions there would be little scope for personal empowerment, but that is actually not the case. In fact there is much that McDonalds can do to provide employees with opportunities to demonstrate their skills, including giving local employees the reigns to develop community relationships.
Get serious on nutrition: The documentary Super-Size Me was a never- ending PR disaster for McDonald's. One positive move is that the firm has recently committed to the Clinton Global Initiative to make nutritious choice and nutrition a bigger part of its focus. But education is not sufficient when McDonald's hasn't addressed the fundamental aspects of its menu. One thing that McDonald's can do, for instance, is to stop serving the largest cup size for soft drinks. The move would be in tune with food producers such as Nestle that have reduced portion sizes of sugar-based products.
Reinvest in its aging stores: One disadvantage of its franchise relationships is that aging McDonald's stores give the restaurants an old fashioned image. McDonald's should negotiate franchise fee reductions or freezes in return for the refurbishment of stores. McDonald's is already a huge local employer, but can leverage its impact on local economies that are in the need of jobs even further by stimulating construction, whilst at the same time giving its brand a fresh coat of paint that it desperately needs.
Having built a global empire, the question now is whether McDonald's can maintain its current market position and even continue to grow. To achieve the enduring growth that Steve Easterbrook seeks, McDonald's needs to get better at horizon scanning and trend anticipation. It needs to find ways to promote innovation. This means that innovation should not just be a product of head office, but becomes something for which each store -- and indeed, each employee -- has responsibility.
McDonald's recent partnership with the World Wildlife Fund to tackle deforestation demonstrates that it does indeed have the capacity to innovate by creating partnerships that can drive change, whilst also building reputational capital for the business. The business needs to apply the same approach that it is commendably taking around environmental issues to address other issues, notably labour relations and nutrition.
Because McDonald's is such a large global corporation, with a significant environmental and social footprint, turning the ship will take time. Long term investors need to focus, not on arguing for cost cutting, but for a permanent change of culture that embraces innovation. The impact that McDonald's can have by embracing innovation and agility will not only ensure the future success of the business, it will deliver real social and environmental impacts, something we call Impact Investment 2.0 at Inflection Point. For McDonald's the core message is: Get Innovative or Get Dead!


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The Courage to be Uncomfortable
Last night belligerence came to my front door.
At 2:30 a.m. my wife and I were awoken to what sounded like a jet engine whistling towards our house. This was followed by the sounds of tires screeching, steel scraping and glass shattering against the asphalt in front of our house. Adrenaline infused we burst out of bed called 911 and I went to check to see if the driver was ok. As I opened the front door I could see a large figure lifting himself out of his vehicle. It was an eerie scene. He limped over toward me awkwardly and I could smell sweet alcohol on his breath. It was terrifying in a primordial sense, how he so overtly flirted with death.
A month ago one of my long time patients died in a horrific car crash up in the Cascades.
There have been other such losses recently. Some dramatic and unexpected and others I saw coming.
I’ve been asking myself could I have stepped in and made a difference? For some of them I think I could have and yet something stopped me. Sometimes, I find that rather than share what may make someone feel uncomfortable I ingratiate them.
That is, I get nice, when I really want to get real — be authentic.
I’ve been working on being aware of ingratiating my whole life and it continues to be an area for me to refine. Sometimes rather than ingratiate I will distance my self from someone or a situation.
Either way I’m afraid to create discomfort. I’m afraid to hurt people’s feelings. I’m afraid of not feeling needed and loved. So I do nothing.
Ingratiating it self is not a problem. It’s when I ingratiate instead of share my truth that becomes a problem for my life and health.
As I approached the driver to check on him, He was beginning to panic as he started to grasp the implications of his actions. I instinctively comforted him by placing my arm on his shoulder, and said, “hey man it could have been a lot worse, you’re still alive”. He then asked me to help him get the rest of the beer out of his car that was perched on its side against the curb. At that moment, barefoot on the cold wet asphalt a chard of glass sliced the arch of my foot and I knew I couldn’t help him. The emergency response was on its way. I began to distance myself, making my way back to the house, towards my wife. I explained the situation to her and we watched to make sure he was ok.
The great sages of Chinese Medicine say that ingratiating is a way we lie to ourselves to make us think that what we are doing is ok, when we know deep down it’s not.
My patients and I have an agreement to be honest and respectful of one another. My job is to offer an invitation for healing, their role is to make a choice to accept or amend my offering. In the security of this agreement a lot of healing can take place rapidly. In life outside the clinic I sometimes struggle to intervene with people I care about because the rules are less clear. I may instead ingratiate or simply hold a space of neutrality.
The drunk driver forced me to look at my behavior. How belligerent and off balance does someone have to become before I step in and make an offering? It’s an important inquiry.
Life is short and precious. I’m working on being more courageous, speaking my truth not just when it’s safe, but when and where it matters most. How ‘bout you?

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On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the University Program Board and WRUW radio station will bring RJD2 to campus for a performance. A limited amount of general admission tickets are available for sale at tickets.case.edu for $10 each. Students are free with their CWRU IDs.
RJD2’s music is a collage of hip-hop that combines disparate elements to make for soulful, moody portraits of the world. Glow sticks will be given away at the door and there will be a light show as well.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.

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A husband and wife team work to make their small shop a success
By Kelsey Peart
Nestled in the corner of a half-residential, half-commercial cul-de-sac in the town of Wayne, Crêperie Béchamel serves up delicious and healthy crêpes.
The husband-and-wife team of Patrick and Jennifer Yasaitis work hard behind the counter, pumping out dozens of crêpes for hungry customers.
The small shop situated at the top of Louella Court. is a testament to the couple’s love for cooking and baking, letting Jennifer show off her skills as a pastry chef.
Although, the sweet crêpes are not their only specialty. The menu is divided into selections like breakfast, savory, kid friendly, dessert and classic sweet crêpes.
Patrick, of Bucks County, met Jennifer, of Delaware County, through mutual friends, “she was a friend-of-a-friend,” he says.
Their first date was at a crêperie in Philadelphia, which was–and still is–Patrick’s favorite food.
Now residing in Chesterbrook, not far from their crêperie, he says that they opened Crêperie Béchamel because “there weren’t a lot of places in the area where we could eat crepes the way we wanted.”
Jennifer had grown up and lived in Wayne so it feels “close to home. It’s our neighborhood.”
The crêperie has been open for three-and-a- half years, but “it hasn’t changed too, too much,” says Patrick. “You know, we are just trying to make things a little bit better. You get a little busier every day, every month. We have a lot of regulars we see a lot of the time, which is great. We improve as we can.”
On Saturdays, Crêperie Béchamel is packed. The tables are full and Jennifer’s actions are visible behind a short, glass divider, all the customers watch as they share gossip, catch up and chat.
Jennifer works methodically, pouring batter onto the crêpe pans. She pours a large dollop in the center, spreads it evenly and waits. Flips the crêpe with a thin, long spatula and waits.
In the back, less visible, Patrick cooks the ingredients that will be folded into the crêpes. From the veggies to the meats, he prepares the gooey fillings and delivers them in silver bowls to Jennifer.
The crêpes are cooked and Jennifer spreads the fillings in the center of the crêpe. She folds each end to form a large rectangle.
The crêpes are flipped one last time and cooked to a perfect shade of light brown. The lucky recipient’s name is called out from the counter.
Once seated with a crêpe, cutting into a corner releases the creamy béchamel, or cheesy mornay, depending on which savory crêpe was ordered.
The crêperie is so popular that during a lunch or dinner hour, it is hard to get a spot — inside or out.
Customers play a game of calculated musical chairs, trying to beat each other to a table before their crêpes are ready.
This Saturday scene is a perfect example of a typical day.
Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on most weekdays, Patrick says that the hours are the toughest part of running the crêperie “because you miss family and friends, you don’t get to see them too much” when most of your waking hours are spent preparing and making crepes.
“it gets busy really quickly,” says Patrick. “On a typical day, we will get up and be in by 8 a.m. and start cooking. We’ll be preparing food for a good few hours.”
They start with the batter and the sauces, “then we cook all of our meats and vegetables. Tons of cooking,” he says.
All of this is preparing for lunch, “the lunch crowd comes in and we serve everything that we prepared in the morning, and then after lunch we clean up.”
Cleaning up includes washing the big stack of dishes that are usually teetering by the time lunch comes to an end. They are all cleaned by hand.
Around 3 or 4 p.m., they can finally start preparing for dinner, “the whole process starts again, then we serve dinner and clean up,” Patrick says, “hopefully we get out of work at 9 or 10 p.m. Sometimes, we’ll get out at midnight.”
This is the routine almost every day with Sundays being their shorter days. On weekends, they do have one part-time employee, but “it is just primarily my wife and I,” Patrick explains.
Patrick’s favorite thing about opening a restaurant with his wife is “everything.” From being able to collaborate with her, to seeing the experience their customers have with their food.
“When you open, you don’t know if people are going to like it, and you won’t know until you start. You just know that you like it,” Patrick says.
Luckily for the team, “people have been supportive since the beginning, they love our food. It keeps us going.”
This is also his favorite thing about running the crêperie: “the people.”
“It is the hospitality business. We love meeting new people and we see a lot of the same people. Some have been coming since day one, so it’s really cool,” says Patrick. “The people are what it’s all about.”
Of course, it is all about the food, too, “we are really obsessed with the food,” he explains, “it’s not the biggest place, but it is the best we could do and we put everything
into making the best food that we can. When people like it, that’s just awesome.”
Locally and healthfully
When asked about his favorite, Patrick cannot lie. “They are all my favorites,” he says. “I eat a lot of crêpes with peanut butter, real basic stuff like that because I’ll eat six or seven crêpes a day,” plus, “they’re good for you!”
Patrick explains that their crêpe batter is made with 100% whole wheat. They use winter wheat, “a hard wheat flour that’s even better for you than whole wheat flour, it’s packed with fiber and nutrients,” Patrick says, “they’re really high in fiber, so they’re filling and they don’t have a lot of fat.”
A gluten free option that uses a buckwheat and brown rice flour is also available.
Both Patrick and Jennifer try to eat healthfully, and “most of our food is really healthy,” Patrick promises, “the dessert crêpes are, obviously, high in sugar,” he laughs, “but everything that we make, we take this into mind.”
According to their website, “everything is fresh, natural and homemade from scratch on the premises. We choose the finest, freshest, locally sourced quality ingredients possible.”
“Basically, they have to be healthy,” Patrick says, “a lot of people think that the béchamel is a really heavy cream sauce, but we make the white sauce with milk, and we don’t need to use a lot. It complements the crêpes so it doesn’t take a ton, it’s not like what people think.”
Jennifer and Patrick have eaten everything on the menu, and continue to do so every day, “the chicken cheesesteak was my lunch for a while,” says Patrick. “That wasn’t on the menu when we first opened and we put it on the menu after a little bit because I really liked it.”
Originally, they had hundreds of recipes they considered, “we have an unlimited amount of recipes. What’s on the menu now is what we narrowed it down to when we opened.”
The food they make, “is the kind of food that we like to eat,” Patrick explains. “We took all the recipes that we really like to put into crêpes and found the ones that worked best. That’s what we’ve been using for years.”
The mushrooms are Patrick’s favorite thing to cook, “I take a lot of pride in our mushrooms because we use fresh mushrooms from Kennett Square that we get almost every day,” he explains, “I know that the quality of the mushrooms–what we put into preparing them–the freshness is on par with meals from fine dining restaurants.”
Kennett Square is the “mushroom capital of the world,” according to their website, due to the area’s extensive mushroom farming. The region produces over “a million pounds of mushrooms a week,” and holds an annual Mushroom Festival that serves all kinds of mushroom-related foods.
Following Patrick’s ideals of buying locally when possible, he loves that Kennett Square is so accessible to the crêperie.
The downside to using fresh and local produce is the fact that they cannot always promise favorites from the menu will be available all the time, “we just can’t guarantee to people that we have everything every day. Sometimes we get stuff we have to send back, local produce that’s just not up to par. It makes things a little trickier,” Patrick explains.
On the other hand though, the crêperie is able to “always feature specials with what’s fresh, every week.”
One of a kind
“We wanted to be original. You know, you go into a lot of creperies and see the same styles, but you can get that anywhere,” Patrick says, “I’m not sure if there’s anything like us, I really don’t think there is.”
One of the big differences is in price, “we are a lot cheaper,” Patrick asserts, “I wanted this to be a place where I would eat every day. So I’d have to be able to afford to eat here every day.”
On top of that, they believe that their crêpes are healthier than what is found at other crêperies, “it is food you can afford to eat every day and it’s good for you, so you can eat it every day and feel good,” Patrick says, “We want people to eat crêpes more often, so everything we do is really focused around that.”
One of only two crêperies on the Main Line, Crêperie Béchamel is one of the highest rated crêperies in Philadelphia. On every possible restaurant-rating website, Crêperie Béchamel comes out at 4.5 stars and above.
With about eight more crêperies in the city of Philadelphia, very few menus look like Crêperie Béchamel’s.
Most reviews from the restaurant’s Yelp page recommend ordering a savory and then a sweet crêpe, which they will typically prepare in order so that the sweet crêpe can be enjoyed for dessert without any rush to finish the savory.
Every online review follow the same lines as one that reads, “the crêpes are always top notch, and the service is excellent.”
The crêperie is popular among Bryn Mawr College students, too. Meredith Cobb, ‘16, says she loves how accessible it is.
Just a few train stops away, she walks a short four minutes to their front door.
Her favorite crêpes are the sugary and sweet ones, “I love eating a crêpe filled with seasonal berries, and their original dessert crêpes make my mouth water!” she says.
One of her favorite stops for brunch on the weekends, Cobb is as enthusiastic about their dedication to local eating as they are, “I feel so strongly about supporting local things, and I know that eating at Crêperie Béchamel mean I am giving back to my community in a larger way than just frequenting a local business.”
She is also a big mushroom fan and was excited to hear the crêperie’s are supplied from Kennett Square, “I have made it a point to go to that Mushroom Festival over these past few years, I was pleasantly surprised to hear Crêperie Béchamel bought their mushrooms from my favorite place!”
“The crêperie is one of my favorite hidden gems,” Cobb gushes, “although I’m not a true ‘regular’ by any means, I like to think of myself as a loyal customer. And, everyone I refer to the crêperie definitely become ‘loyal customers,’ too.”
From Bryn Mawr to greater Philadelphia, the Yasaitis’ have definitely made a permanent mark in the crêpe scene.


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Chuck's Favorite Mac and Cheese Recipe
Macaroni is mixed with shredded Cheddar, Parmesan, cottage cheese and sour cream, then topped with bread crumbs and baked.
This version of macaroni and cheese keeps its tasty and unusual ingredients of cottage cheese and cheddar, but with a low-fat twist. Combined with whole grain pasta and whole wheat breadcrumbs, this healthier dish is just as satisfying and delicious.
Amazingly delicious! Love the tangy taste and lovely texture. I don't know why some people don't like it... if you want Kraft Mac n' Cheese, it's much cheaper and faster, so just make that! I used low-fat everything: cheddar, sour cream, cottage cheese. I used large shells instead of elbow macaroni (personal preference). No bread crumbs/ butter, I used a bit extra cheddar on the top. Seasoned with salt and crushed red pepper, along with garlic powder, hot sauce is also a good addition. I used a parmesan-romano-asiago blend instead of plain parmesan, and added 1/3 cup milk. I don't like cottage cheese, but it's really not noticable- though you can see curds. Amazing-- thank you! For those who love this dish like me, but don't want to end up the size of a planet, making this dish with 2% milk sour cream and cottage cheese, and 1% cheese (Cabots has a great 75% reduced fat sharp cheddar, you will have to grate it yourself, though), results in a very healthy recipe that tastes really amazing. Per serving (1/6 of
This recipe is similar to the recipe for Mac & Cheese served at the Hoggy's restaurant chain here in Columbus and it is great. Ratios of ingredients are slightly different. I use 2 cups mixed dry pasta to 16 oz of Sour Creme and I substituted 15 oz of Ricotta for the cottage cheese. Also used 24 oz of shredded Cheddar or any mixture of shredded cheese you would like. Finally uses 2 beatten eggs. I mixed the ricotta, sour creme and eggs first then added the shredded cheese and pasta. Salt and pepper to taste. Dashes of Worchester sauce and hot sauce are optional but worthwhile. I used an italian bread crumbs, parmesian melted butter mixture to top it and baked 40 min at 375. Superior recipe but not creamy, Add a 1-1/2 cups of milk if you want a creamier texture. This is a keeper
I liked the variation of this recipe but we felt it had too much breadcrumb topping. I will make it again but cut the crumbs in half! The little one loved it as mac and cheese is her favorite!!
This was a simply amazing, flavorful gourmet mac 'n' cheese. Now a HUGE FAVORITE in my family! Definitely worth trying. I added about 2 T of cayenne pepper sauce to spice it up.
My mom makes a really good Macaroni and Cheese, and she is always being asked to make some for someone. She is not really a Macaroni and Cheese person herself but she loves making it for people. I tried Chuck's recipe this past Thanksgiving and it blew my Mom's out of the water. Sorry Mom! She agrees with me also. I am originally from California and we had this restaurant in downtown Los Angeles called Clifton's Cafeteria and I thought that they made the best Macaroni and Cheese in the entire world. Well, I have finally found the recipe for it. Thank you Chuck for bringing back wonderful memories and for one of the best recipes on this site. By the way, my Mom actually loves Macaroni and Cheese now, and is always wanting me to make Chuck's Favorite Mac and Cheese. It is now my family's favorite too.
So, there are some people who like their mac and cheese a bit dryer, and some that prefer velvety mac and cheese. This one's on the dryer end, which I personally like. HOWEVER, I've modified this to incorporate some added creaminess by making a roux, adding cheese to it, pepper, paprika and shaved garlic. I add the cheese mixture to some added cheddar, sour cream and cottage cheese. This mac and cheese is perfect. I really enjoy the little pieces of cottage cheese throughout.
I loved this recipe. I followed it exactly as stated. I love the addition of the cottage cheese. It has a subtle yet sharp flavor, hard to describe. To make it a meal I brown a pound of ground beef in A1 sauce and add it to the macaroni and cheese before baking. We all loved it!


Honoree selected for national Jefferson Awards
GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- A big event Wednesday night for a project sponsored by ABC7: The Jefferson Awards for community service.
ABC7 features monthly winners who have made an outstanding contribution to their community. Wednesday night they were recognized.
Anchor Michelle Tuzee, other members of ABC7 and our President and General Manager Arnold Kleiner were there.
One honoree, Sylvia Lofftus, founder of the Glendale Community Free Health Clinic, was selected to go on to the National Jefferson Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to Sylvia.
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