Modern gasification of even villages close to megalopolises has actually been frozen for about a decade. Even in a prosperous suburbs, you can easily find old settlements in the 50-kilometer zone, where there is no gas and it is not known when it will be. In the cottage settlements under construction there is documentation and a supply, but the buyer of a cottage or a plot often faces the fact that there is no question of central heating. But if there is a stove for giving a long burning, then the absence of central heating is not a problem – rather the opposite.
Advantages of autonomous heating
In Europe, all the northern territories have virtually no central heating. Practically on any plan or photo of the house from a brick – the furnace, a fireplace or still at the project stage the place allocated for them.
FAct! Even small-sized cast iron stoves (fireplaces) in a wooden house are able to cope with the heating of very large rooms.
It so happened that, unlike in the former USSR, there are nowhere in Europe areas with huge deposits of coal, oil and gas, so no one wants to burn the already expensive fuel with the loss of more than a third of the heat in the pipelines. In the post-Soviet space, on the contrary, they got used to the giant boiler rooms, and therefore, when using the word “stove”, most people smile with a smile at the “stove” of the 20s of the last century. However, even a home-made, curved “stove” has an efficiency of more than 80%, while the CHP gives 90% in the form of heat, but 35% is lost in the heating main, and when distributed in an apartment building through pipes it goes from 5 to 10% depending on peak consumption.
Electric heaters are ineffective (of course, there are Asian technologies for laying nichrome filaments-spirals right in the wall blocks, but in Russia this is still far away), since only air will warm up and ventilation naturally blows out. If the electric heater is turned off during the winter night, then the temperature in the room in 15 minutes will fall by 2-3 ° C. Since fresh air is also needed, then in order for a room at 16-30 m? I was able to warm up, I would need a device with a capacity of 3-5 kW, working all night with fully insulated windows, and it’s better not to look at the electric meter when the window is open.
Modern cast-iron stoves for the house in design and efficiency are far from their predecessors.
Helpful advice! For a country house, a stove with a water circuit or air heating is many times more efficient than connecting to a central heating system.
The existing furnaces-fireplaces have several advantages:
- ease of ignition;
- fast warming up of the room;
- universality of application – some models are equipped with cooking surfaces;
- mobility and compactness;
- simplicity and safety of operation;
- the ability to remove ash during operation;
- diverse design;
- long service life.
Of the disadvantages can only lead to the need for firewood and storage space.
A stove with a water heating circuit is gradually becoming a familiar attribute of a modern country house. At the same time, the question “How to install a fireplace in a wooden house?” With the modern development of small construction technologies is not insoluble.
How a long burning unit differs from a conventional stove for a dacha or a fireplace can be seen from its name. Unlike stoves and fireplaces of conventional design, modern stoves for long-burning houses can operate on one tab of fuel (wood or pellets) for several hours.
In normal combustion (in a fire or in the firebox of a conventional wood-burning stove), most of what is capable of burning disappears from the flame without use: unburned carbon monoxide, methane, propane, hydroamines and many more combustible substances are removed by a convection air flow from the combustion zone, where instantly cool down.
The principle of operation of long-burning furnaces, as well as pyrolysis boilers, one – the complete combustion of the fuel to CO2, H2O and ash, that is, the mineral residue.
Interesting to know! Pyrolysis (from the Greek. pyr – fire, heat and lysis – decomposition, decomposition) – thermal decomposition of organic compounds (wood, petroleum products, coal, etc.) without air access.
Full combustion of fuel in wood-burning stoves, long-burning for giving is due to the design features of the combustion chamber. It is divided into two sectors: in the lower of them firewood is burned, which is slow due to the limited access of oxygen. An injector and nozzle are installed in the upper sector, which operate in afterburner mode. This configuration makes it possible to burn the raw material in the mode of smoldering, which leads to pyrolysis. The gas generated during high-temperature combustion of wood in a sealed chamber is called pyrolysis, and the furnaces that create such conditions are also called gas-generating ones.
The main division of fireplaces-stoves intended for installation in wooden houses is the separation according to the material from which they are made. Furnaces can be steel or cast iron.
Steel furnaces heat up faster and release heat to the surrounding space faster, heating the room to a comfortable temperature. Therefore, it is preferable to install them in those summer houses, which are used sporadically and on short visits. If the suburban structure is intended for long or permanent residence, including during the cold season, it is better to install a cast iron stove in it, optimally connected to the heating system with some kind of heat carrier (water or air).
The review of furnaces for the house on firewood of long burning. The principle of operation of furnaces for the house on the wood of long burning. Types of long-burning wood stoves. Installation and operation of furnaces.
One of the most popular models is the “Buleryan” type furnace. A stove of this type has an improved heat exchanger design and, provided that it is equipped with a collector and a water jacket, it can be used to heat several rooms. In addition, it can serve as a stove for cooking.
The basic principles of the choice of the furnace (fireplace) for a house of brick or wood are simple. The specific model is chosen based on:
- of the features of operation of the heated building (how and how long it will be necessary to keep heat in it);
- the volume of the heated room;
- location of the heating unit.
Depending on the speed of burning through one tab, stoves and fireplaces for heating a private house are divided into three classes as follows:
- A – less than 3 hours of work on a one-time fuel tab;
- B – from 7-8 to 10 hours;
- C – more than 10 hours, which in reality is hardly achievable (only gas-generating furnaces are capable of this).
A quality class B oven should provide 8 hours of heating on one tab.
Numerous photos of brick stoves-fireplaces for giving will help you choose a constructive option taking into account both the necessary parameters and the decor of the rooms.
Installing a stove to give a brick out of your own hands is not a myth. It is not difficult to pick up a stove for giving and at home. Existing models are available in various sizes and configurations. Catalogs of heating equipment in chain stores in most cases contain descriptions and photos of stoves in the house.
An indispensable condition for the installation of a stove or a long-burning fireplace in any country house is the presence of a chimney in it, which is necessary to create thrust and remove carbon monoxide gases. Also, the heating unit must be located away from flammable elements of the situation, and the floor under it must be protected with metal sheets.
But to convert ready-made masonry fireplaces for wood-fired houses into gas generators is in principle impossible if you literally cling to the terms. The burning process itself requires very precise control – “by eye” is not enough, sensors are needed. A couple of minutes of leaving the temperature mode are sufficient, and the pyrolysis process will be “extinguished” – it will have to be restarted, starting with ignition. Hence the old semi-respectful term “stove-set” or “stoker” – a specialist who knew how to control the operating mode of the furnace, was valued as an experienced locomotive driver.
Therefore, fireplaces and long-burning stoves are made either in the factory, or according to the drawings of craftsmen with their welding machines and extensive experience. But the market reacts quickly: there are plug-in furnaces made of cast iron or steel for sale for already laid out stoves and brick fireplaces. However, because of the physics of pyrolysis, these “inserts” have fixed sizes – no more than 70-80 cm, so their power is average. At the same time, the installation of a stove (fireplace) in a wooden house, its connection and maintenance are no different from standard stoves-fireplaces.
The optimal choice and proper arrangement of a modern fireplace in a country house not only helps to create a cozy atmosphere, but also solves the problems of autonomous heating and hot water supply.


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Apparently we like to shape the yards of the places we live.
The first spring and summer I was in my Settlement charge I planted a hedge along the manse sidewalk (which was just getting going nicely by the time we left), I expanded the vegetable patch from 8x8 to 16x24, and I dug out a bunch of overgrown/rangy/half-dead stuff in the front flowerbeds. Over the next few years we planted several shrubs and trees (some we bought, some trees one of the trustees brought in from the lake). We also tried to get the front beds going with perenniels but they never seemed to take hold -- poor soil. In the time we were there we also had a double pull clothesline put in (60 feet long for a total 120 feet of hanging space, we could hang lots of stuff at once). The yard was not the same when we left as it was when I arrived.
Fast forward to last year. When we arrived there were a number of things that we knew needed to be done. SOme were inside (like replace the crimped water line leading to the dishwasher, install a shower curtain rod, hang a mirror in the bathroom). SOme were external. Immediately after we arrived we did some desperately needed fence repairs (the whole fence needs to be redone, a project that will be done in stages starting next spring), Later in the summer I started turning over sod to make a vegetable garden. This spring I finished that project and put 10 yards of new dirt in the garden before planting it. We also added dirt to the side flowerbed. Then we built our new sidewalk and big front flowerbeds. This meant getting some shrubs to serve as anchors for those beds and starting to put in perreniels (the front beds will largely be in perreniels), a job that finished for this year last week with some perenniels purchased on sale and some fall bulbs. Over the summer we have also planted 4 trees. And we have created a whole bunch of ideas for what else could be done in the yard.
Of course we will never see these efforts come to maturity. Just like in the manse, we plant things for those who come after to enjoy. There is a message about faith and life in there I think.
But apparently we like to shape (or re-shape) the yards of the places we live.

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Supply Chain Cyberattacks Eyed by Lazarus Cyber Syndicate
Lazarus threat actor develops supply chain cyberattack capabilities, thereby expanding tis potential targets, Kaspersky research alleges.
Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 16 November 2020
Today’s MSSP & cybersecurity news involves Check Point, ConnectWise, ESET, Lazarus hackers, Malwarebytes, Microsoft MISA, Onevinn, Palo Alto Networks, Pay2Key ransomware, WhiteSource & more.
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McAfee ID’s Lazarus as Operation Sharpshooter Malware Operators
It was Lazarus all along behind the critical infrastructure cyber attacks in 2018, McAfee said in a follow up to its Operation Sharpshooter research.
Lazarus Group Steals Millions of Dollars From U.S. ATMs
Trojan.Fastcash malware infected ATMs. Lazarus hackers tied to North Korea stole millions of dollars from U.S. banks, Symantec says.
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OBJECTIVE: Aortic aneurysm formation leading eventually to aortic rupture or dissection in early adult life is a fatal outcome of Marfan syndrome (MFS). Advances in the treatment of the syndrome have improved prognosis, but the long-term reoperation rate is still high. It remains unknown which factors influence the long-term prognosis, including the reoperation and mortality rates, in surgically treated Chinese patients with MFS. The authors studied 125 such patients to investigate factors influencing prognosis after aortic surgery. DESIGN: A retrospective clinical investigation. SETTING: An academic medical center. SUBJECTS: One hundred twenty-five Marfan patients who had undergone aortic surgery. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The indications for aortic surgery were aortic aneurysm and/or dissection in the 125 Marfan patients. The most commonly performed procedure was the Bentall in 92 patients. Sixteen patients underwent total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation. Ten patients underwent the David procedure. Overall in-hospital and 30-day mortality rate was 1.6%. The survival rate was 97.5%, 91.4%, and 74.2% at 1, 5, and 10 years after surgery, respectively. The reoperation rate was 2.5%, 12.9%, and 32.9% at 1, 5, and 10 years after surgery, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that increased systolic blood pressure (Sys BP) was the predictor of death (p < 0.05), and body mass index and smoking were significant predictors of reoperation (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The present findings report the factors influencing the prognosis of Chinese patients with MFS after aortic surgical procedures. Managing these risk factors may enable health care professionals to improve the prognosis of MFS patients after aortic surgical procedures.
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Being around people is great. Considering I work from home, human contact is always good, but sometimes I Love Alone time because it allows me to vibe out and listen to new music like Drew Scott‘s latest effort. On this lively, yet poignant cut, Scott turns in a passionate, high-energy vocal performance despite his heartbreak. Adding to this breakup cut’s colorful vibe is Drew Scott and Kareem James‘s dynamic beat, driven by melodious piano and a deep, steady percussion rhythm. Love Alone is not part of Scott’s recently-released free EP, Places I’ve Ever Been, which houses his first Booth feature, Brooke Lynn.
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Sierra Nevada Canoe and Kayak Club open to new members
May 15, 2013
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Monthly Club meetings take place the fourth Thursday of each month at the Seamans Lodge, 425-A Nimrod St., Pioneer Park in Nevada City. They provide social, informational and recreational gatherings associated with the sport of paddling.
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One from the collection which came up in conversation the other day, probably made for a firm called John Grant Wines & Foods Ltd who owned various hotels and restaurants on both sides of the water. The curved message reads 'A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine'; the four venues are the Grand Central in Belfast, Rogano Restaurant & Sea Food Bar in Glasgow, the Royal Restaurant in Glasgow and the Buchanan Arms Hotel in Drymen, north of Glasgow. Made by J Abrahams & Sons Ltd, no date marked on it but must be around 1927 when Grant took over the Grand Central. It was demolished in the 1990s and CastleCourt shopping mall is on the original site. See article here on CultureNorthernIreland.org
There is a similar example online here.
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Proprietary Nutritionals Inc. (PNI), a subsidiary of Pharmachem Laboratories Inc., develops and markets patented, scientifically proven ingredients to the nutraceutical industry. Founded in 2000, the company canvasses the nutraceutical industry for ingredients that are ripe for brand building. The goal for President Dean Mosca is to make PNI a premier marketer of branded ingredients by building strong relationships with marketers, suppliers and manufacturers in the nutraceutical marketplace.
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Benexia™ Omega-3 Chia Seed is the only organic, GMP and HACCP certified chia, one of the richest plant sources of omega-3 fatty acids. It is also rich in antioxidants with a higher ORAC than fresh blueberries. The ancient, gluten-free whole grain is available in bulk seed, sprouted seed, milled seed, flour and oil. It is ideal for drink mixes, bars and incorporates easily into other foods.
The Berry-Max® line of superfruit products for health protection includes natural berry concentrates that include Cran-Max®, Blue-Max®, Bil-Max®, Cherry Concentrate, Elder-Max® and Pomegranate Concentrate featuring the patented Bio-Shield technology which protects the active ingredients from being destroyed in the stomach.
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SINGLE person households are now the most common type of home in Wales.
For the first time, the number of people living alone has overtaken the number of couples living together.
At the same time, the number of four-person and five-person family households has been falling.
Experts said that the trend was due to more young people leaving it later to marry and elderly people living on their own after their partners had died.
Charities have warned that the rise may lead to increasing pressure on housing and more people becoming isolated.
Cultural historian Peter Stead said the growth of the single person household, a group that had increased 48% over the past 20 years, was an incredible change in Welsh society.
He said: “It’s astonishing in a way. I grew up in the Wales of the ’40s and ’50s, where the only people who lived on their own were widows and elderly people.
“Everything depended on the family – families ate together, families walked to church together, families walking to the cinema.
“It’s an incredible change in terms of society.
“There’s so much entertainment available [today], people spend hours watching TV, hours on the internet, hours on the mobile phone, you can go out on your own. There are options for people who are more at home in that world, than they are having contact with other people.
“It’s perfectly possible to chose to live on your own.”
Wales’ ageing population may be partly behind the growing number of single households, with Age Cymru figures showing 22% of men and 44% of women aged over 65 living alone.
However, Graeme Francis, head of policy and public affairs at Age Cymru, warned isolation and loneliness can be a daily reality for many older people in Wales.
He said: “According to recent research by Age Cymru, 41% of over-75s in Wales reported spending most or all of a typical day alone, while 38% of over-50s in Wales spend at least half a day alone.
“Evidence shows that older people who are cut off or isolated are more likely to need services such as home help or meals on wheels.
“We also know that some older people are deprived of opportunities for socialising and mixing with others because of poor health or a lack of transport facilities where they live.
“This is why it is vital that local authorities are supporting communities to provide opportunities for older people to take part in educational, social and health-related activities, as well as volunteering opportunities in their local area.
“Befriending schemes that offer regular social visits or telephone calls, run by local voluntary organisations, are also highly valued by many older people who live alone.
“Nowadays, it is more important than ever to find creative ways to provide these services for older people, such as allowing older people to use council facilities to hold meetings and run activities.”
With more people living alone, and in smaller households generally, the average household size has fallen from 2.52 in 1991 to 2.24 in 2010, there is likely to be increasing demand for smaller properties.
Overall, the number of households in Wales grew by 10,600 between 2009 and 2010, with the Welsh Government, which compiles the statistics, putting the majority of the rise down to an increase of 7,400 in the number of one-person households.
Michelle Wales, Shelter Cymru’s head of external affairs, said: “It is clear that the noted growth in the number of single person households will increase the need for housing.
“[Wednesday’s Welsh Government] budget announced reductions in capital spending, particularly on increasing the supply and choice of housing – this is due to be cut by 12.5% in 2012-13 and again in 2013-14, meaning that the capital spend on housing supply by 2013-14 will be 50% lower than it was in 2010-11.”
Estate agents and house builders said they had been seeing an increase in demand for smaller properties from single people.
Cardiff estate agent Thomas George said: “There are as many single people as there are couples [looking for rented property]. They’re renting small units. Demand for little one-bed apartments is rising, they’re flying out of the office.
“There isn’t enough supply, mainly because the buy to let market is very quiet.
“We’re finding in the right area, city centre or nice suburbs, even with properties that aren’t available till the 1st of December, people are reserving them now.”
He said he is seeing people living alone for longer, either because they have got used to their independence or because people are less social than they were in the past.
Barratt Homes said the company’s one-bed properties in Swansea had been a huge success, although larger properties have been more popular in other parts of Wales.
The fastest growing household type in Wales is five or more adults living together, increased 3.2% between 2009 and 2010.
Couples appear to be having fewer children, with the number of families with more than one child falling over the past 20 years, while the number of one child families has increased.
Single parent families have also risen.
However, more single people may find themselves sharing when changes to housing benefit are implemented in January, which will see under 35s only paid the rate for a shared house, rather than for a one bed property, increasing from the current age limit of 25.
Ms Wales said: “Single person households are very vulnerable to the welfare reform changes making renting for this group an even more difficult option.
“Local authorities and social housing providers are already struggling to meet the demand for homes with an estimated 70,000 households on their waiting lists.
“We argue that investments in homes must have a higher priority in Wales.”


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A day after Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai canceled a staff meeting to address gender discrimination, the former employee behind a memo deriding the company's diversity efforts wrote an essay explaining why he thinks he was fired.
In a column published Friday on the Wall Street Journal's website, former Google engineer James Damore — who argued in a memo that biological differences help explain why women are underrepresented at the company — blames his termination on the firm's "ideological echo chamber."
"My 10-page document set out what I considered a reasoned, well-researched, good-faith argument, but as I wrote, the viewpoint I was putting forward is generally suppressed at Google because of the company's 'ideological echo chamber,' " Damore wrote. "My firing neatly confirms that point. How did Google, the company that hires the smartest people in the world, become so ideologically driven and intolerant of scientific debate and reasoned argument?"
Google had scheduled an internal town hall meeting Thursday to allow employees to discuss grievances over a flareup that has consumed the company for much of the week, but Pichai said in an email to staff it had been a canceled after several Google employees became fearful for their safety and grew concerned about being outed for speaking up at the town hall.
He said the company will aim to create several other forums "where people can feel comfortable to speak freely." Pichai's email was sent about an hour before the event was to start Thursday afternoon.
Google fired Damore on Monday. The engineer has claimed he had a right to voice concerns over workplace conditions and filed a labor relations board complaint prior to being fired.
Google has an internal system that allows employees to ask questions and then vote on questions posed by other employees so managers can address the most pressing ones. Wired magazine published some of the questions verbatim online Thursday. Screenshots of the questions with names attached had been leaked, although none with names had been published as of late Thursday, a Google spokeswoman said.
Meanwhile, a graphic composed of the Twitter profiles of several Google employees who were gay, lesbian or transgender began to circulate online, assisted by conservative commentators such as former Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos. That graphic drew hundreds of negative comments about the people and the company.
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Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners Malik al-Qadi and brothers Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul ended their hunger strikes on Wednesday, which they began in July in protest of being held by Israel without charge, following a decision by Israeli authorities not to extend their administrative detention sentences.
who have been on hunger strike for three months an agreement with Israeli authorities to end their illegal administrative detention. The Palestinian committee for prisoners’ affairs affirmed today that the three prisoners decided to end their hunger strike after Israeli authorities agreed not to renew their administrative detention.
According to the agreement, al-Qadi will be released on Thursday while the Balboul brothers will be released on December 8, 2016 after ending their administrative detention term.
Muhammad Balboul, 26, had refused food for 77 days since July 7, while his 23-year-old brother Mahmoud had been on hunger strike 79 days since July 5, and 25-year-old Malik al-Qadi declared his hunger strike on July 16, spending 68 days without food.
Head of the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe said in a statement that Muhammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul were set to be released on Dec. 8, while Malik al-Qadi would be released on Sep. 22, and that all three of their administrative detentions would not be renewed.
Qaraqe attributed the success to the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian people and their leadership, in addition to national, regional, and international human rights organizations and national organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to pressure Israel to release the three prisoners.
The three prisoners also thanked the scores of prisoners who supported them by launching temporary hunger strikes in solidarity.
The Balboul and al-Qadi families also extended their gratitude to everyone who supported their sons in their struggle against administrative detention, and wished freedom to all Palestinian political prisoners, according to Qaraqe’s statement.
Qaraqe added that a celebratory event would be taking place at Manger Square in the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem at 5 p.m. on Wednesday calling upon Palestinians to take part in the event.
Earlier this month, an Israeli court temporarily suspended al-Qadi’s administrative detention, just one day following the suspension of the Balboul brothers’ detentions. In all three cases, the courts said the sentences would be suspended until their health conditions improved.
However, all three prisoners steadfastly committed to their hunger strikes until they were completely released from administrative detention.
Amid the suspension of their detentions, the hunger strikers were allowed visitation by their family members in the hospital where they were each being treated in critical condition, as videos circulated throughout social media of the Balbouls speaking with and ultimately reuniting with their mother.
Meanwhile, al-Qadi had slipped into a coma, with the committee saying that his health condition was the most severe of any hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner since 2011.
The lawyers had also said that each of the hunger strikers have all suffered from heart seizures, asthma, and body spasms, in addition to losing their ability to speak and hear.
The three had initially launched their hunger strikes more than 67 days ago amid a mass movement across Israeli prisons in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoner Bilal Kayid, who after 71 days suspended his hunger strike after striking a deal with Israel to end his administrative detention sentence. He was reportedly set to be released on Dec. 12.
Kayid was one of the most high-profile hunger strikers since Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq came near death during a 94-day hunger strike protesting his administrative detention order, before he was finally released in May.
Rights groups have claimed that Israel’s administrative detention policy, which allows detention for three- to six-month renewable intervals based on undisclosed evidence, has been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists, students, and journalists.
Although Israeli authorities claim the withholding of evidence during administrative detention is essential for state security concerns, rights groups have instead claimed the policy allows Israeli authorities to hold Palestinians for an indefinite period of time without showing any evidence that could justify their detentions.
According to Addameer, as of August, 7,000 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons, 700 of whom were being held under administrative detention.

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Central bankers trigger a sudden panic among home buyers with an abrupt increase in rates
The interest rate jolt
Central bankers trigger a sudden panic among home buyers with an abrupt increase in rates
It is a long way from the solid stone headquarters of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board in Washington to Re/Max real estate agent Barrie Ibsen’s office in the basement of his house in southwest Calgary. But like most realtors, Ibsen knows that decisions made by American central bankers usually have an almost immediate impact in Canada. Even before federal reserve chairman Alan Greenspan announced last week that the board had decided to “increase slightly” the “upward pressure” on interest rates,
Ibsen was warning his clients that a jump in American rates was imminent, and that Canadian rates would soon follow. The day before the announcement, Ibsen convinced 25 of them to sign pre-approved mortgages that guarantee a five-year rate of 7.25 per cent if they buy a house within the next 90 days. Once Greenspan’s announcement came, the reaction was swift. The Bank of Canada raised its trendsetting rate by 0.78 percentage points to 5.0 per cent, prompting most banks and trust companies to increase their mortgage rates by up to a full point. In Calgary, and across the country, anxious house hunters deluged realtors with phone calls. “There’s a real fear factor,” said Ibsen. “People are saying, ‘Rates are going up, we have to buy now.’ ”
That fear factor spread far beyond the housing market, triggering wild swings on currency and stock markets.
But despite the size of the jump in rates—and the sharp fluctuations in financial markets—experts remained divided on how long the higher rates will last. Both in Canada and the United States, central bankers appear to be reacting to shortterm trends. In Washington, Greenspan had been consistently warning for several months that strong U.S. economic growth might rekindle inflation. By nudging most American rates up by a quarter of a percentage point last week, Greenspan was demonstrating his resolve to contain inflation. But the U.S. inflation rate has actually declined to 2.4 per cent from three per cent over the past
year, and few forecasters expect it to rise soon. And Canada’s inflation rate—even excluding the impact of controversial tobacco tax cuts last month—is holding at under two per cent. However, Greenspan’s rate increase, coupled with a steady sell-off of Canadian dollars on international currency markets by speculators over the past month,
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forced Bank of Canada governor Gordon Thiessen to raise rates or risk further declines in the value of the dollar.
For home buyers—and homeowners renewing their mortgages—the jump in the bank rate meant they had only a short time to lock into mortgages at the lower levels before the major chartered banks and other lenders followed the Bank of Canada’s lead and hiked their rates. After hesitating briefly, the banks and trust companies raised their bellwether five-year mortgage rate by a full
point to 8.95 per cent, and increased other loan and deposit rates. Some prospective home buyers got in just under the wire. Sharon Smith, a real estate agent for Royal LePage Ltd. in Barrie, Ont., 90 km north of Toronto, said she hurriedly delivered three just-completed applications to a local mortgage broker at his home minutes before midnight on March 24, the day before rates shot up. Said Smith: “This certainly has created a lot of excitement.”
In other cities across the country, the panic was almost palpable. “People are in a frenzy out there,” said Omer Quenneville, a sales representative with NRS Solid Choice Realty Inc. in Toronto. Quenneville said that last week eight of his clients put in offers for homes that were actually higher than the seller’s asking price—something that has not happened since the heady days of the Toronto real estate boom of the mid1980s. Quenneville said he tried to calm eager buyers by assuring them that the sudden surge in real estate demand will result in more homes coming onto the market and pushing down prices. But many were not listening. “I just put a sign up in front of a house this morning,” he said on the day mortgage rates jumped. “I’ve already had seven calls.” The interest rate increases also 2 jolted international currency markets. I Thiessen raised the bank rate to defend § the Canadian dollar, which had declined by more than three cents against the I American dollar since January. “He’s fir05 ing a shot across the bow of the specie ulators,” said Michael McCracken, I president of Informetrica Ltd., a private Ottawa-based economic forecasting agency. And initially, that shot appeared to work. The day after the rate increase, the dollar climbed by 0.14 cents to close at 73.3 cents. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) 300 Index also jumped by 58 points that day to close at a record 4,609.9 points. Normally, share values decline in response to interest rate hikes, as investors shift money from stocks to interest-bearing investments that bear higher returns.
But the upsurge in the markets was shortlived. Over the next two days, the dollar
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plunged by 0.63 cents to close the week at 72.67 cents. Stock prices followed suit. The TSE 300 fell by 81.6 points, to close the week at 4,528.3 points. In New York City, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 94.7 points to close the week at 3,774.7.
In both Canada and the United States, the rate hikes rattled speculators and investors who were getting increasingly nervous about a host of other economic and political developments— some of them far removed from financial markets. The list included the assassination of Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, President Bill Clinton’s continuing problems with the Whitewater scandal and even speculation that Russian President Boris Yeltsin is in failing health.
In Canada, still other factors added to the downward pressure on the dollar and stock values; a downgrade of the federal government’s foreign currency-denominated bonds by the Toronto-based Dominion Bond Rating Service Ltd.; the Ontario government’s announcement that it may miss its deficit target this year by as much as $2 billion; and worries about the outcome of the impending Quebec election. Thiessen, testifying before the Senate banking committee in Ottawa the day after he increased rates, summed up the state of the markets in the understated language typical of central bankers. “There’s a lot of uncertainty out there,” he said. But he added: “Frequently, when markets are going through a negative period, they look for negative news to somehow justify what has happened.”
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Despite Thiessen’s carefully chosen words, his testimony may have added to that uncertainty.
He argued that “the fundamentals are good,” noting that inflation in Canada is running below that in the United States. If that difference persists, Thiessen said Canada may eventually end up with lower interest rates than the United States. But Conservative Senator David Angus went after Thiessen, arguing that the lack of deep spending cuts in Finance Minister Paul Martin’s Feb. 22 budget showed that Martin was not serious about cutting the deficit. Thiessen agreed that deficits are worrisome, but he carefully avoided criticizing Martin. “It’s true that the fiscal situation has been difficult to get under control and it’s understandable that markets are nervous,” Thiessen said. But he added cautiously: “Can we blame all this on the budget? I’d be disinclined to agree with that.”
To many bond and currency traders, those
remarks were a red flag. Michael Hart, vicepresident of trading at the Friedberg Mercantile Group in Toronto, said that massive provincial and federal budget deficits are just as big a concern among international investors as Canada’s inflation rate. And no matter how low inflation is, Hart said, any indication from Thiessen that he is prepared to tolerate high deficits is bound to spook traders. “Markets trade on expectations a lot more than people think,” Hart said. As a result, he and many other analysts predicted that Thiessen will have to increase the bank rate even more this week to slow the dollar’s decline.
In the United States, economists and financial analysts also debated the merits of Greenspan’s rate hike. Many applauded the federal reserve chairman for demonstrating
his readiness to forestall inflationary pressures in a measured fashion without halting growth. Russell Sheldon, an economist with the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, described the federal reserve’s action as being like that of a motorist who “takes the foot off the gas rather than putting on the brakes.” But Sheldon also conceded that inflation so far this year has been modest, and that there are signs that the growth of the U.S. economy has moderated from its hectic annualized rate of 7.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year. Still, he
claimed that underlying pressures towards rapid expansion and inflation may have be masked by the slowdown effects of wicked winter weather and the Los Angeles earthquake in January.
Other American analysts argued that those fears of inflation are unfounded, and that Greenspan’s rate hike could slow or choke off the recovery. The Washington Post, in an editorial, complained that “the spectre of inflation is currently governing the speed at which the economy can grow.” But Clinton tried to put the best possible political spin on the increase. During a shouted exchange with reporters late last week while on a morning jog, he insisted that “there’s good growth with no inflation.” He added: “The economy’s on the rise, you bet it is.”
However, given the decline of the Canadian dollar on currency markets even after the bank rate jump, the only thing many Canadian consumers were betting on is another increase in mortgage rates this week. The advice from most real estate agents was predictable. As they do whenever rates jump or decline sharply, many realtors urged house hunters to buy now. “I think people recognize that this is a good opportunity to purchase property,” said Frank Loncaric, vicepresident and regional manager for western and central Ontario for Royal LePage. Loncaric added that even if last week’s increase proves to be short-lived, “rates are pretty good right now, so why wait a year?” Other agents were even more insistent. “We’ll have another full point by September,” said Re/Max’s Ibsen. “People should buy as quickly as possible.”
Many bankers, however, were more restrained. “Our economic forecasts show that this is a spike,” said Norman MacLeod, community banking manager for four downtown Toronto branches of the Bank of Montreal. He said homeowners whose mortgages are up for renewal and can afford to take a chance should consider taking out a six-month variable rate mortgage rather than locking into the new higher five-year rates announced last week. He said rates may head back down again in the next few months.
Other analysts even further removed from the turmoil that prevailed on real estate markets last week agreed that the panic is bound to subside. Informetrica’s McCracken argued that so long as inflation rates remain low and stable in Canada and the United States, there is absolutely no foreseeable reason why rates should continue to rise. His advice to prospective home buyers? “Relax,” McCracken said. ‘Take a Valium.”
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In the fast-paced world of modern sports, off-field dramas often rival on-field action in capturing the imagination of fans. The recent transfer deadline day in European football demonstrated this phenomenon, but an unexpected bombshell emerged from a different arena altogether: Formula One.
Lewis Hamilton’s announcement of his departure from the Mercedes F1 team after 12 years to join Scuderia Ferrari sent shockwaves through the sporting world. This unprecedented move, akin to a football superstar changing clubs, underscores the growing significance of off-field developments in sustaining fan interest.
Unlike past high-profile driver transfers, Hamilton’s decision appears to defy conventional wisdom. Despite having signed a contract with Mercedes until 2025 just last year, Hamilton activated a release option to pursue a new challenge at Ferrari. While Ferrari’s current competitiveness may not surpass Mercedes, Hamilton’s move hints at a strategic long-term vision, reminiscent of his earlier switch from McLaren to Mercedes.
Speculation abounds regarding Hamilton’s motivations. Has he glimpsed potential in Ferrari’s readiness for the upcoming engine rule changes in 2026, or has he grown disillusioned with Mercedes? Only time will reveal the wisdom of his choice.
Regardless of on-track outcomes, both Hamilton and Ferrari emerge as winners. Hamilton secures a lucrative deal with the iconic Ferrari brand, while Ferrari deals a blow to arch-rival Mercedes and assembles a formidable driver pairing with Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
However, the partnership is not without risks. Ferrari’s tradition of favoring a clear No. 1 driver clashes with the arrival of Hamilton, potentially unsettling team dynamics. How Leclerc, who recently signed a contract extension, adapts to the challenge of competing alongside a racing legend adds another layer of intrigue to the narrative.
Meanwhile, Mercedes finds itself grappling with the repercussions of Hamilton’s departure. Team principal Toto Wolff’s admission of surprise underscores the magnitude of the decision’s impact on the reigning champions.
Hamilton’s move to Ferrari transcends mere sporting transactions; it reshapes the landscape of Formula One, elevating off-field dynamics to unprecedented prominence. As fans await the unfolding drama of the 2024 season and beyond, one thing is certain: the intrigue and excitement surrounding the sport have reached new heights.


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By Frank Lovece | Special to Newsday
Matt Kirschenheiter, the estranged husband of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” star and Long Island native Gina Kirschenheiter, says he has lost his job and cannot pay the nearly $10,000 a month in spousal and child support he had agreed to earlier this month.
According to court documents obtained by TheBlast.com, People magazine and others, the 35-year-old financial manager said he was forced to resign from his $421,000-a-year job and that Gina Kirschenheiter, also 35, was paid $86,450 for her first season on the show last year, making her the couple’s primary earner.
He added in his filing that he has had difficulty finding work because of notoriety surrounding her Bravo reality show, including “tabloid type publicity and online articles” about the couple. As well, following Gina Kirschenheiter’s filing for a domestic-violence restraining order against him in June, his former company “made it clear that we must part ways” even though he has not been charged with a crime.
“Income is a huge part of the child support calculation in Arizona and can always be modified if there is a change in circumstances. And, at least here in Arizona, if a parent resigns from his or her job or takes a position with lesser pay, he or she can still be charged with a higher income by the court for purposes of calculating child support.”


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Better boarding provision: a seminar for Governors
Date: July 02, 2020
Why should you attend:
This day seminar is aimed specifically at Governors with responsibility for boarding welfare and safeguarding but is also suitable for all Governors who need a more in-depth understanding around their responsibilities for safeguarding boarders. Being a Governor of a boarding school comes with ever increasing statutory responsibilities, so it is vital that Governors understand their duties and contributions, and are up to date with the latest guidance and legislation, particularly around safeguarding.
The day seminar aims to put boarding into its national and international context and give Governors a great understanding of the challenges that the boarding sector faces. Their overall responsibilities are wide ranging and a sound knowledge of the framework on which the standards are set allows the proper monitoring and scrutiny to take place. Governors may also be called upon to act in difficult situations and a firm understanding of policies and procedures will further enhance their effectiveness. Boarding staff are helping young people to make good choices around the risks they face and it is important that Governors have a good understanding of the issues that are faced on a daily basis.
10:30hrs - 12:30hrs
The Boarding context (national and international) – pupils, staff and support
Safeguarding – the legal requirement and embedding a strong culture
13:30hrs - 15:30hrs
The various roles of a Governor – monitoring professional practice, strategic development, managing allegations against staff
Meeting the needs of boarders – understanding potential risks and issues
Wider context and/or application to the Boarding sector:
High quality Safeguarding arrangements should be the highest priority for schools with boarders and, through its Commitment to Care Charter, the BSA is committed to supporting schools in striving for the highest standards. The clear responsibility lies with the Governing Body, so it is vital that they have a good understanding of their duties.
Outcomes and resources:
Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2018)
National Minimum Standards for Boarding (April 2015)
Speaker: Dale Wilkins, BSA Director of Safeguarding, Standards and Training
Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter, the annual Safeguarding Conference, the Safeguarding Forum. He has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our overseas members.
For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board and has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding since 2002.
Dale had previously been a BSA course tutor since 1998 and developed the BSA Self-Assessment Toolkit.


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Kinsman – For The Record EP
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Kinsman, one of Bristol’s most proli c artists brings you his next explosive o ering of British Hip Hop already labelled “Future OldSchool” by critics. Kinsman… Last Of e Bristolians, invites you to feast your ears on his latest release straight out of Bristol’s Alma Vale Studio titled “For e Record” A 5 Track E.P where Kinsman joins forces with 3 highly accomplished producers UNO, LongLastin & Mr Fantastic who are totally committed to bring you their unique concepts of audio visuals. As a special bonus Kinsman shares with you a rare un-released track from Bristol's own legendary Hip Hop crew 3PM as his former incarnation Krissy Kriss. 3PM rocked the mic at the Jams & on radio from the late 80's to late 90's.
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POP WONDER WOMAN MOVIE STEVE TREVOR VINYL FIG
From Funko. Collect all your favorite characters from the new Wonder Woman film in Funko POP! form! Choose from Steve Trevor, Hyppolyta, and Wonder Woman herself! Figures are about 3 3/4" tall and come packaged in a window box for display.
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text: Smookie Illson is a collaborative music project aimed at injecting the dance scene with a distinct take on bass music. The first demos by the secretive trio were quickly snapped up by James Amato's Potty Mouth Music and released in the fall of 2012. The trio would soon find their footing in the emerging 808-led bass scene. Partnering up with online blogs, they dropped a string of well-received releases, with their 2013 update of 'Club Action' by Florida's Yo Majesty! becoming a fixture in festival playlists by luminaries like Baauer , RL Grime, ETC!ETC! and Skrillex. 2014 finds the crew experimenting across tempos in the studio and curating sounds for their new imprint 'Ill At Will Music'. The first single 'Feels Good (Alright)' saw its debut on Radio 1Xtra's 'Diplo & Friends' AAA show, with several collabs with like-minded artists on the way.


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This video for Brighton band The Fuses gave us the opportunity to do something a little bit darker than the content we have produced in the past. With the vibe of the track very hammer horror, we thought there was only one direction to go in. It was a lot of fun to shoot, and the fact we used amateur actors didn’t hinder the quality of the video with them all performing fantastically.
This will hopefully be the first of many chances to work with such a great band.
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The drama features discussions between family members about health care decisions, advance directives, and surrogate decision making, and is patient oriented.
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The Nike Air Max Pre Day is a silhouette that seeks to be an amalgamation of late 70’s aesthetics with that of the current day.
Recycled polyester and synthetic leather share space on the sail canvas upper. Slightly obscured black Swooshes adorn the lateral and medial sides, with ”nike” appearing in black on the yellow tongue label.
Underneath, the heel portion of the white midsole has been cut away making visible the heel Nike Air unit, with a recycled Nike Grind outsole completes the aesthetic.
This Nike Air Max Pre-Day is anticipated to release very soon at nike.com and select retail establishments. They will carry a 140 USD sticker price.
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unexpectedly? Yes, it is the change of fate. Everyone in their life have their own fate and
everyone in their life experience fate in different manner. Some could have positive result and
some could have negative result. As Napoleon Bonaparte said “there is no such thing as an
accidents; it is fate misnamed.” This refers to the novel, and a play of Romeo and Juliet written
by William Shakespeare, the two young lover’s life began and ended with misfortune. The most
remembered lovers of all times became the helpless victims of fate. Tybalt’s aggressive nature,
Friar Lawrence failed attempted to send an important message to Romeo, and Romeo’s
impulsive decision to commit suicide let to the unfortunate and tragic end of the story.
In the novel Tybalt’s aggressive nature influenced his own death, which led to the tragic
end of the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. At the feast when Tybalt sees Romeo he
is determined to kill him, as Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her. The fight
between Mercutio and Tybalt started when Tybalt abused Romeo which enraged
Mercutio, as result Mercutio was killed by Tybalt during a sword fight Mercutio’s death
angered Romeo which ended in Tybalt’s death by Romeo’s hand. “I deg for your justice
which thou, Prince must give; Romeo slew Tybalt Romeo must not live” said lady
Capulet. (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1, page 66). Mercutio’s death by Tybalt’s hand,
led to his fight with Romeo which influence his own death.
The love of Romeo and Juliet was bound for death; every character in the novel played a
role which contributed to their death. Friar Lawrence is one ...
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and she was ready to be rescued. But unfortunately Romeo did not receive the message. The
most unforgettable destruction occurs when Romeo’s impulsive decision killed two souls:
Romeo and his Juliet. In this story there is love, happiness, and then there is a joy of being
together but there is also the dark side of the story; death and sorrow. Death can be peaceful and
full of sorrow but in the cause of Romeo and Juliet death was not peaceful it was full of sorrow,
these two lover were not able to stay together even after their marriage. The two lovers’
misfortune and fate led to their tragic and sorrowful deaths.
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CAIRO, April 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Tuesday accused rich countries of waiting to see "skeletons on screens" before answering appeals to avert a new famine in the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said the international community had been far too slow to react to warnings of looming starvation it issued in December, and was using the war with Eritrea as a pretext for delaying aid.
"This is Africa and the situation in Africa always gets a response from Europe or the international community when people start to see skeletons on screens," he told reporters at the EU-Africa summit in Cairo.
"All in all close to eight million people are threatened in Ethiopia alone. But Somalia, parts of Kenya and Eritrea are also affected."
EU Development Commissioner Poul Nielsen said he had discussed the crisis with the presidents of Eritrea and Djibouti as well as Mesfin.
He said Europe was making urgent plans, together with other donors, to send some 800,000 tonnes of food aid to Ethiopia: “We have people from the European Commission on site in the Horn of Africa today trying to assess the situation...It is indeed a major operation."
The British relief group Oxfam said aid for Ethiopia was not arriving fast enough and accused the EU of dragging its feet.
"The EC (European Commission) failed to meet its commitment last year, providing little more than half the food it promised. It is now more than one year behind on its pledges," Oxfam said in a statement sent to Reuters in Cairo on Tuesday.
It said the commission had pledged only 50,000 tonnes of food this year, compared with 480,000 promised by the United States, and had said it might take up to nine months to deliver.
But Nielsen said the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea was hampering the relief effort. "If we had peace and normal relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, then the harbour of Masawa would also be available and the problem more manageable."
However, Mesfin dismissed this argument.
"I tell you this is not a problem. Access is absolutely not the problem. No food aid has arrived in the region," he said.
"This false linkage should go away. People should focus on the real problem and the real problem is that the international response is very slow."
"No significant international food assistance is coming in," he said. "I hope it will arrive soon because people are on the verge of disaster. This famine must not mean mass deaths. That is behind us."
He said the worst affected areas were in southeast Ethiopia where there was no fighting. The area was closest to the port of Djibouti, and Ethiopia was ready to deliver food by truck as soon as it arrived there.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome has warned that up to 16 million people face famine in the Horn of Africa after three years of poor rains and crop failure aggravated by local wars and forced displacements.
Nielsen told reporters: "This issue was already on our daily agenda before the summit but I have used this opportunity to discuss directly with the countries involved. We are also dealing with Djibouti in order to make possible the big logistic operation."
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Puccini & Pinetti
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Great restaurant. I ate from the Gluten-Free menu and had fabulous chicken marsala and the lava cake. There were lots of different types of options. My colleagues ate from the regular menu and they were both very pleased with their food; it also looked fabulous. We also shared the caprese starter. I would recommend for all.
This was our first visit to Puccini and Pinetti and we were impressed. The only negative we experienced was a strong smell of polish or cleaning product upon entering. The swell dissipated over time or we became nose blind to it. The food was amazing and Randy offered outstanding service.
Quality of food was not good but what you’d expect from a restaurant catering to the tourist crowd. I was just hoping for more based on good reviews on opentable
Traveling on vacation, we are always looking for unique dining experiences. We were surprised by the lack of food options for an Italian restaurant. I had the halibut special which was very tasty. My daughter had the spaghetti and had to ask for extra sauce as it was a tad dry. The only option my husband & son found was pizza, which was good. Overall it was OK.
Good appetizers, frito misto. My wife had the eggplant dish and it was very good. Service for us that day was friendly but very slow. Took a while to get drinks, and had to ask for the check to be able to make an 8:00pm show when we arrived early for our 6:00pm reservation.
Excellent food fantastic service and extremely friendly staff!! Would highly recommend this restaurant!
The food and service were good but their payment system was down. After 15 min of waiting to pay the check we ended up using cash. Fortunately we had enough. Disappointing that the manager didn’t at least offer a discount do to their issue.
With my colleagues , cravinf for a great italian restaurant, this is the place! Food is phenomenal, the service is friendly and simply fantastic!
First time visitors for meand my wife. We enjoyed our dinner. My steak could have been more medium rare but it was acceptable. The restarant had a good urban vibe. We would come back again. The desserts were very good, cheesecake and the lava cake.
What a great spot! My friend and I were headed to a show at the Golden Gate Theatre, and I'm so happy we found this place! We shared a Warm Spinach Salad (yum!), and our mains were the Chicken Marsala and the Short Ribs. The food was excellent, and the portions generous...wish we could have taken our leftovers! (Don't think the theatre would've appreciated it!) From host, to server to busser, our service was outstanding! Looking forward to my next visit!
Good Italian food and service near Union Square. Has a nice gluten free menu for those who need such
i have sent many friends to Puccini & Pinetti over the years. The food is always great and staff is wonderful, friendly and very professional. The restaurant is close to shopping and a number of live theater venues.
Very pleasant dining experience. Atmosphere was casual and quiet. Service was outstanding especially the attentive friendly and prompt table service by my waiter Ryan. Food servings were extremely generous and extremely delicious. Good value for the money for both the quality and quantity of the food.
We truly enjoyed our dinner at Puccini & Pinetti. They did a great job on our gluten free meals, and nobody had any adverse reactions to gluten! Everything tasted delicious and we will definitely eat here again.
Muy agradable y muy atendidos
Had a very nice dinner. Ordered their special which was eggplant parmigiana. Fabulous! Had a glass of house white wine. Great value, service and food.
Great food, wonderful Service perfect location to the theatre. Will be back!
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The food is always delicious and the service is wonderful. The severs are friendly and give you great advice on the menu item. It is a very comfortable atmosphere and you feel really relaxed there.
The food was delicious and our server was wonderful!!
Great food. Friendly, fast and efficient service from Paco. The steak was amazing but the creme brulee was to die for!!! Good location and frequented by locals :) always a good sign! Go of you can!
Food was great. I got a Panini with truffle fries. The truffle fries were amazing! My coworkers got the fettuccine, spaghetti and meatballs and the Marsala.
Everyone raved about the food. Service was good, too.
Very consistent meal!
Good consistent Union Square restaurant. Staff and service can be sketchy.
This is a typical hotel restaurant. It was very noisy the night we went but there was about 15 girl scouts in the rear of the restaurant. Service is great - very quick to seat us, bring water and drinks and the food came very quickly. While the spaghetti and meatballs were very flavorful the capallini had no flavor. Also - bread was stone cold - how does an Italian place serve ice cold bread?
We were going to a play that started at 8:00. It was my partner's birthday, so I made a reservation for 6:00. We were given a table by the window and Paco, our waiter, came right over. He was great. We weren't in a hurry so he didn't rush us. When we ordered, we asked to share a cesar salad and share a spaghetti and meatballs. Paco said we were very smart to share. I was surprised when they brought the salad on two plates so we didn't have to divide it- It was great- fabulous dressing. Our spaghetti seemed a bit pricey at $27.00, but again it was split for us and the half portion was huge!! It could have fed three people- not just two. We really enjoyed it- and consider sharing!
Reason - business meeting for 5
Reservation ease - good
Greeting - good
Table location - poor. Right in the traffic lane to the kitchen and next to 30 young girl scouts
Waiter - Great presence, efficient, responsive. Balance of the staff - below par.
Order accuracy - Poor. Didn’t prepare the gluten-free meal as ordered. Drinks improperly prepared and yet we were still were charged.
Meals - Poor. Spaghetti’s meatballs were almost impenetrable. Sauce for pasta was more like a beef gravy than tomato based.
Ambiance - Great if you like being seated on the cable car tracks.
The special pasta entree was very good
Service wasn't anything special. Waitress must have had a shift change during our meal-never saw her after placing our order. Food was decent; warm spinach salad was the highlight. Everything seemed appropriately priced except for the steak-they marked that up considerably and although I ordered it rare, it was medium-rare to medium.
The wine, the food, the service....this place is the most underrated restaurant on yelp Ive ever been to....FANTASTIC. The staff is AMAZING, GO!
We have dined at this restaurant 4 times after attending a play or musical, and each occassion was a pleasurable experience. We had our usual frito misto to start, and spaghetti with meatballs entree. For dessert, we enjoyed (inhale) the tiramisu and a latte for me. They make the best lattes i have ever tasted. I am sure we will go again and again.
My granddaughter’s 18th Birthday and we have a tradition of lunch and shopping in SF. She loved the restaurant and Cole to Union Square for shopping. Perfect and loved the food
Italian food in San Francisco is a multiple choice decision. We really enjoyed or meal and experience. Try it
Pleasantly surprised by this spot which based on its location, i presumed catered more to tourists than locals. Very good fried calamari, (happy hour price is fantastic!) and mussels. Margaritas and mojitos were on point (again, great happy hour prices). One of us had short ribs, which was one of the most tender and well cooked versions I've had in a long while. I didn't try the other dishes my friends had, but everyone was happy. Relaxed atmosphere, and attentive servers. Would recommend for anytime, especially for a pre-theater spot or happy hour.
We both had their thin crust pizza. Crust was similar to flatbread. Noise level low and service was great.
Puccini & Pinetti had a nice atmosphere and even nicer food. Everything was good, presented well, and tasty. For my taste, there was too much dressing on the Caesar salad, but that didn't stop me enjoying it.
Tasty food. Front hostess was kind of impatient and rushing to seat us any where even I indicated at my reservation no high top. We had to wait for a booth
This used to be a very good restaurant, but service has gone downhill. They totally messed up a simple candle in a dessert to celebrate a birthday. I won't be coming back.
Service great. Food delicious.
An adequate but very limited wine list and, oddly enough for an Italian restaurant, almost no Italian wines.
The risotto was excellent.


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Released today, the Nationwide Insurance and Tavis Smiley Consumer Survey identified disturbing trends behind what blacks believe and how they react to financial planning and economic empowerment.
“What we ultimately find is that there is a disconnect between what people are thinking, what they believe, and what they are doing,â€ Smiley says.
According to the survey of 1,200 participants (600 black and 600 from the general population), blacks aren’t dealing realistically with their financial hardships. On one hand the survey found that 58% of blacks are optimistic that their financial situation will be better a year from now, but fewer than one in four have a written financial plan, nearly one in three don’t know where to start building a plan, and fewer than half are proactive about planning their financial future.
Smiley, host of a self-titled PBS talk show and public radio show, in a partnership with Nationwide, has been traveling to black communities throughout the country over the past year giving speeches about financial literacy. The evolution of that journey was the inspiration for the survey.
“The survey by itself can’t change the world, but we believe that the activities that we are engaged in with Tavis, as well as other activities, can help change the world,â€ said Paul Ballew, senior vice president ofÂ customer insights and analytics for Nationwide Insurance. Ballew suggests that teaching financial literacy to children at a young age is one way to change courses to help the community as a whole understand the importance of saving and investing.
The study found that compared with the general population (39%), African Americans (45%) admitted more frequently to taking some type of action to avoid conversations about finances, including screening calls, lying, cutting off a relationship, and skipping meals.
“That is the ostrich syndrome — putting your head in the sand. We are not going to survive these difficult economic times if we are not going to be realistic and if we try to ignore these harsh realities,â€ Smiley says. “People are absolutely worried about being able to afford college for their kids. But only one in 20 has a college savings plan. Only 3% say that education is their most important financial goal.â€
Smiley also recently released Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise, the third part of The Covenant series, which includes two critically acclaimed books, The Covenant with Black America, and The Covenant in Action.
Accountable issues a call to action to elected officials, community leaders, corporations and American citizens.
On Feb. 28, Smiley will convene his 10th annual State of the Black Union (SOBU) Conference in Los Angeles, which will also be aired nationally at 8 a.m. on C-SPAN. The SOBU is a one-day symposium that will feature panels moderated by Smiley and comprised of prominent political, educational, business, grassroots, and entertainment leaders. The free event will articulate the African American agenda for President Barack Obama and target what blacks


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Reports suggest some prisoners are starving to death
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has begun distributing food and other supplies to thousands of Zimbabwean prison inmates.
It did not comment on conditions, but previous reports have depicted ill, emaciated detainees living in squalor.
The ICRC said food shortages in prisons were closely linked to the economic crisis in the country as a whole.
It said it was working closely with authorities to improve the situation for "the most vulnerable detainees".
Despite the ICRC's policy of not commenting on conditions in the prisons it visits, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the statement is in itself an indication of how bad things are.
The ICRC says it has begun feeding 6,300 prisoners, setting up therapeutic feeding programmes - a sign of severe malnutrition.
A month ago, a secretly filmed South African TV documentary - called Hell Hole - exposed the appalling conditions inside Zimbabwean jails.
It showed sick and healthy prisoners living side by side in unhygienic and overcrowded cells.
Amid high death rates, makeshift mortuaries had been set up in prison grounds, housing prisoners' bodies crawling with maggots.
The appalling conditions were confirmed by Roy Bennett, a leading politician with Zimbabwe's erstwhile opposition MDC party - which now shares power with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF.
He was imprisoned for several weeks on charges including terrorism and banditry.
After being freed on bail in March, he said his time in jail had been a "harrowing experience" which "I don't wish on my worst enemy".
"There are people there who look worse than the photographs of prisoners in [Nazi concentration camps] Dachau and Auschwitz," he said.
At one prison, Chikurubi, at least 700 of the 1,300 inmates died last year, Zimbabwe weekly The Standard reported in May.
Three days ago, the South Africa-based ZimOnline website carried an interview with Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa.
He said his ministry had received only a fraction of the budget it had been promised for the year - $327,000 (£200,000) of $17.7m.
He said the money was going towards food and basic provisions for prisoners, but did not meet even those needs.
Mr Chinamasa said in the face of the prolonged budgetary freeze, his ministry had resorted to appealing for private donations.
Red Cross goals
The ICRC says that by the end of the year it expects to be feeding 10,000 prisoners - more than half the official figure of Zimbabwe's prison population, though the real figure is thought to be much higher.
In addition to food, the ICRC said it was providing prisoners with basic provisions such as blankets and soap.
It also plans to renovate prison kitchens and water systems in a bid to prevent the spread of diseases such as cholera.
It said it was working with the Zimbabwean authorities to try to ensure the improvements are maintained - something our correspondent says will not be easy.


The first NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card's overclocking results have been posted. The tests and performance results come from Videocardz who show how well the GDDR6X memory featured on the RTX 3080 performs when overclocked along with info on the power limits set for the custom and Founders Edition boards.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Graphics Card Can Hit GDDR6X Memory Speeds Beyond 20 Gbps When Overclocked, Power Limits, and First Overclocking Results Detailed
The results are based on the GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and a few custom models. As per the source, NVIDIA and its AIBs will definitely be releasing custom models on 17th September but it looks like the stock Founders Edition cards will offer slightly better-overclocking potential than the first wave of custom models.
The first wave of GeForce RTX 3080 custom cards will include several high-end designs but to get a full taste of the 30 series lineup in terms of overclocking potential, we will have to wait a bit more before the higher-end models hit the market. These will include the likes of the KINGPIN from EVGA, Lightning from MSI, ROG STRIX / Poseidon from ASUS, AMP! Extreme (Trinity) from ZOTAC, AORUS Extreme from Gigabyte, KUDAN from Colorful and other designs from each respective AIB partner. These cards will not only offer the best cooling and heatsink designs but also come with monstrous and over-powered PCBs which will allow for higher power limits for extra overclocking potential.
With that said, we also have to take a look at what most users will be getting out of their cards whether they be in reference flavors or Founders Edition flavors. The reference board seems to feature a maximum power limit of 350W while the Founders Edition board will feature a 370W power limit. There are also reference cards with a maximum power limit of 320W. The higher the power limit, the better the final clock speeds the card would result in but at the cost of higher power draw.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Overclocking Performance Results (Image Credits: Videocardz):
The GeForce RTX 3080 that was tested had a power limit of 320W which was lower than the Founders Edition and a higher TDP custom variant. The memory was pushed to 20.7 Gbps over the standard 19 Gbps pin speeds which is an 850 MHz overclock while the GPU was overclocked by 70 MHz. Since this test was done purely to show how well the memory overclocks, the GPU wasn't pushed much. The final clocks for the card were 1510 MHz base, 1780 MHz boost, and 1294 MHz memory frequencies. Within several 3DMark tests, the GPU reported gains of 2-3% with the memory overclock which isn't a big deal but does show that the memory can be pushed this far on the RTX 3080 graphics cards.
What are interesting are the power and thermal figures. At both stock and overclocked speeds, the GPU temperature didn't exceed 70C. At stock, the core clocks averaged at around stabilized at 1860 MHz while at overclocked specs, the clocks stabilized at 1935 MHz. The overall RTX 3080 board power draw in both scenarios averaged around 317W with a few spikes. The total GPU chip power was around 175W while the memory power draw was around 76W when overclocked.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Graphics Card Specifications
The RTX 3080 features some insane specifications such as 68 SM units which results in a total of 8704 CUDA cores. In addition to the CUDA cores, the card also comes packed with next-gen RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand new SM or streaming multi-processor units. Other specifications include 272 TMUs, 272 Tensor Cores, 96 ROPs, and 68 RT cores. The card has a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz with a TDP of 320W.
In terms of memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 comes packed with 10 GB of memory and that too the next-generation GDDR6X design. With Micron's latest and greatest graphics memory dies, the RTX 3080 can deliver GDDR6X memory speeds of 19.0 Gbps. That along with a bus interface of 320-bit will deliver a cumulative bandwidth of 760 Gbps.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series 'Ampere' Graphics Card Specifications:
|Graphics Card Name||NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060||NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti||NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070||NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080||NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090|
|GPU Name||Ampere GA106-300||Ampere GA104-200||Ampere GA104-300||Ampere GA102-200||Ampere GA102-300|
|Process Node||Samsung 8nm||Samsung 8nm||Samsung 8nm||Samsung 8nm||Samsung 8nm|
|Transistors||TBC||17.4 Billion||17.4 Billion||28 Billion||28 Billion|
|TMUs / ROPs||112 / 64||152 / 80||184 / 96||272 / 96||328 / 112|
|Tensor / RT Cores||112 / 28||152 / 38||184 / 46||272 / 68||328 / 82|
|Base Clock||1320 MHz||1410 MHz||1500 MHz||1440 MHz||1400 MHz|
|Boost Clock||1780 MHz||1665 MHz||1730 MHz||1710 MHz||1700 MHz|
|FP32 Compute||13 TFLOPs||16 TFLOPs||20 TFLOPs||30 TFLOPs||36 TFLOPs|
|RT TFLOPs||25 TFLOPs||32 TFLOPs||40 TFLOPs||58 TFLOPs||69 TFLOPs|
|Tensor-TOPs||101 TOPs||192 TOPs||163 TOPs||238 TOPs||285 TOPs|
|Memory Capacity||12 GB GDDR6||8 GB GDDR6||8 GB GDDR6||10 GB GDDR6X||24 GB GDDR6X|
|Memory Speed||16 Gbps||14 Gbps||14 Gbps||19 Gbps||19.5 Gbps|
|Bandwidth||384 Gbps||448 Gbps||448 Gbps||760 Gbps||936 Gbps|
|Price (MSRP / FE)||$329 US||$399 US||$499 US||$699 US||$1499 US|
|Launch (Availability)||25th February 2021||2nd December 2020||29th October 2020||17th September 2020||24th September 2020|
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards Price & Availability
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 will be launching to consumers on the 17th of September, 2020. The reference Founders Edition variant will cost $699 US. The NVIDIA RTX 3080 will feature a price of $699 (MSRP) however custom models will vary depending on their design and the extra horse-power that they have to offer. For users who are waiting for performance reviews, the NDA for that will lift on the 16th of September for the RTX 3080.
There aren't any detailed performance numbers that NVIDIA is sharing right now but from what has been showcased, the GeForce RTX 3070 is faster than an RTX 2080 Ti, the RTX 3080 is a good bit ahead of the RTX 2080 Ti and the RTX 3090 is about as much as 50% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti which is very impressive for the full lineup stack. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 itself is claimed to be twice as fast as the RTX 2080 and is considerably faster than the RTX 2080 Ti making it a perfect 60 FPS 4K gaming graphics card for its price.