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The Blend of Barista and Sommelier: Starbucks Enters the Wine Biz | Drink Nectar The Blend of Barista and Sommelier: Starbucks Enters the Wine Biz On June 25, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that it will use a testing ground store dubbed “Olive Way” to experiment with several new concepts. With rampant growth halted, Starbucks is looking for ways to draw customers back to the store. One of the new concepts is to introduce wine and beer as part of its product offering. I think it’s a great idea! I realize it’s not a new concept or new idea. Do you think it will work? Is your barista going to become a sommelier too? While I may have been deflated by the original news, I’m now even more motivated to pursue the business I’ve been thinking about for four years.

Shiny Shiny: Gadgets, Web Stuff, Tech Reviews and Geeky LOLs All About Adolescent Literacy | AdLit.org How to Discuss the Oil Spill With Your Kids Scholastic, Helping Children Around the World to Read and Learn | Scholastic.com Sunday Morning Soliloquy: Darren....By Popular Demand After I wrote my blog entry LUXEMBOURG a few weeks ago, I received an outcry from my public. "What happened to Darren?" was the question on every one's mind. Today, I will give you the Darren story. Believe it or not. As I mentioned, Darren was my secret admirer that became my boyfriend years after he first set eyes on me. Me in college After dating for eight months, Darren moved back to his home town in central Illinois. Fast forward. In grad school, I had class Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6:30p. One particular day, I left work an hour early to visit the head of the Arts Management department. I walked straight up to Darren and said "Hello Darren" and walked inside. A week later, I made an excuse to leave work early again and head to school. The end of the semester was approaching. The following week, we met after class and went to a pub for one beer. Fast forward again.

Interactive Learning Sites for Education - Home Would-Be Associates at Some East Coast Firms Face Longer Deferra Law Firms Posted Jul 7, 2010 7:43 AM CDT By Debra Cassens Weiss There’s more bad news for some law grads and students who want to work for some East Coast law firms. Associates deferred in 2009 at Shearman & Sterling learned Friday that they won’t start work at the law firm until 2011, according to the New York Law Journal and Above the Law. The deferred associates at Shearman were told to complete a “start date preference sheet” listing three 2011 possibilities: Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14, according to a memo posted on Above the Law. Shearman has hired 27 summer associates this year, a reduction from the 57 hired the year before, the New York Law Journal says. • Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Ballard Spahr canceled their summer associate programs, but expect them to resume next year. • Reed Smith hired 21 summers, down from 81 in 2008. • Dechert hired 36 summers, compared to 99 in 2007. • Blank Rome hired 12 summers, down from 24, but increased the length of its program from six to eight weeks.

College Grads Lack Skills for Workplace? Reprinted with permission of FayObserver.com Grueling end-of-course tests, stressful finals and pomp and circumstance are over for this year's 3 million high school graduates across the country. About 70 percent will go on to a two- or four-year college, while 30 percent will go directly into the job market. Many high school graduates who go to college also will hold a job. But does a high school diploma or proficiency on exams mean that graduates have the skills to succeed in the workplace? A recent study by ACT, the renowned education testing and research organization, found that while school curriculum and tests are driven by state standards, those standards are not rigorous enough to ensure that students are ready for college or the work force. The survey of more than 400 employers across the U.S. concluded that high school (and college) graduates need skills in the following areas to succeed in the workplace:

Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School»PostArchive » Telli inShare0 Adapted from “How to Say What Matters Most,” by Susan Hackley (managing director, Program on Negotiation), first published in the Negotiation newsletter. In their book Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Penguin Putnam, 2000), authors Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen tell us how to engage in the conversations in our professional or personal lives that make us uncomfortable. Tough, honest conversations are critical for managers, whether they need to change the group culture, manage conflict within a team, give a negative performance evaluation, disagree with others in a group, or offer an apology. To set the stage for a productive discussion, open a difficult conversation with the Third Story, advise the authors of Difficult Conversations. Suppose two regional sales reps share responsibility for sending weekly updates to their manager.

Valerie Bolon - Personal Chef | Culinary Speakeasy Culinary Speakeasy : The concept In the spirit of bringing people together to enjoy great food in a very unique dining experience, Valerie Bolon of Top Chef Season 4 fame, is introducing Chicago to her newest endeavor, the underground dining scene. Our idea is simple, to celebrate delicious food and wine in a quaint and surprising locale. We would like to invite the foodies of Chicago to come and share our passions and inspirations. We also understand the importance of collaborating our visions with local farmers, wine purveyors, and artists of all kinds - which makes this experience so much more interesting for everyone. We believe food is the most universal part of life and should be celebrated and shared with others. Purchase a very special dining experience that includes a delicious 5 course meal.

Love is funny: Awesomely BAD engagement photos Every couple has their unique quirks that make them "perfect together" and all of these happens to come out, when they decide to POSE together. There's something about showing love through a camera lense that makes love oh so hysterical. Check it out..... When has one EVER fallen asleep half way in the Ocean??? EEE! We'll make terrible music together until the day we die. They must be virgins, to not see how inappropriate this is. Look MOM, she wears a TEN! Were they trying to look like TWILIGHT? Me, You, and the pole, til death do us part. I know you can't tell, but she DOES have legs. They found eachother and then....they saw the light. "ahh!!!! Excuse me son, your hand is much too close to my daughters crotch. This couple is NOT the life of the party He's trying to escape!!! The secret behind a healthy relationship: Practicing the Kama Sutra Let him hold the flower in his teeth, since it doesn't make him look gay... ....then they were hit by a car. He Can't Really See Her But Love Conquers All

Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe by Florentina As little kids walking to the fields with our grandpa, we would pass by dozens of cranberry bushes on the side of the road. We always stuffed our pockets with them and have cranberry fights along the way. As I matured I stopped using cranberries to hit my brother and started using them in muffins and in a blood orange sauce for the perfect side dish to the Thanksgiving dinner. The perfect berry citrusy aroma with hints of vanilla, so good you might just want to eat it with a spoon and some creamy Brie cheese. Any kind of orange will work fine in this but the blood orangeseason is just starting and it really takes the sauce to a heavenly level. Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe (serves 4 ) 12 oz fresh cranberries1/4 c granulated sugarthe juice from 2 blood orangesthe zest from 1 orange1 tsp vanilla extract Add the cranberries, sugar and orange juice to a sauce pan.

Blood Orange, Cranberry & Ricotta Muffins photo credit: mihamatei.com ” Do you know the land where lemons bloom and grow, where amidst the dark foliage the golden oranges glow ? “ -Goethe Blood oranges, with their beautiful crimson colored flesh are a mutation of sweet orange and they constitute more than three-quarters of Sicily’s orange production. They are a winter fruit native to Sicily and are now grown in California and Texas as well. the Tarocco- the most flavorful and sweetest of them all, cropped from November to Januarythe Sanguinello – oval shaped with a pleasant bitter sweet taste, orange flesh and blood colored streaks, harvested from January to Aprilthe Moro - crimson colored flesh with an intense sweet flavor with hints of raspberry I came across a few Moro oranges at the supermarket on Saturday. Blood Orange, Cranberry and Ricotta Muffins is my new holiday creation using seasonal ingredients, a great addition to the the Thanksgiving menu, next to all the pumpkin and apple pies. Cranberry Orange Ricotta Muffins 1.

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