These photos are from La Boulange, the bakery that Starbucks bought…
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France overall holds the most Greek debt
As Greek voters returns to the polls for the second time in six weeks in an election that may determine the fate of the euro currency, the rest of the world watches with eager eyes.
Below is a breakdown of exposure to Greek debt, by country. While France overall has lent the most to Greece, it’s the German government that has opened its pockets the most. These countries have the most to lose should Greece default.
via BBC Business
All Star Ballot – MLB 2012 – Vote now, ends June 29
Cast your 2012 All-Star Game Vote!
* Vote a maximum of 25 times. Voting ends at 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
And, watch the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, on FOX.
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Big Wednesdays – a summer surf movie series – with 5 films
The California Surf Museum and California Surf Festival are bringing together a 5-piece film festival, spread out over the summer. Every few Wednesdays they will show a modern or classic surf film.
Tickets are $10, shows start at 7pm, and located in Oceanside, California.
See the poster at bottom for the full details.
June 20 – BoardRoom: Legends of Surfboard Shaping
BoardRoom is a feature-length documentary featuring the legends of early surfboard shaping.
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China launches it’s first female ‘taikonaut’ into space
Saturday’s launch of a piloted space capsule known as Shenzhou-9 marks China’s breakthrough into the exclusive club once made up only of the United States and Russia.
One of the three astronauts in the capsule is a woman, 33-year-old Liu Yang, the first Chinese woman in space.
Shenzhou-9 was launched at 6:37 p.m (local time) against a vivid blue sky from the Jiuquan space station at the edge of the Gobi Desert. Televised nationally, the launch prompted a round of applause in the command center as the capsule separated from its carrier rocket and entered orbit.
The trickiest part of the mission will come when the capsule docks with the Tiangong 1 space module, a prototype of a space station about the size of a school bus, which is orbiting about 213 miles above Earth.
Learn more, including how the U.S. Congress has banned China from the International Space Station…so they’re building their own:
L.A. Times: China launches rocket carrying its first female astronaut
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Interview with Skip Brunette – New Hampshire teacher, surfer, & musician
Interview with Skip Brunette.
- Skip’s band Todo Bien – iTunes – Facebook
- Follow our documentary adventure at – The Granite Stoke – Facebook
The Orange County Register sold to – 2100 Trust LLC – a Massachusetts-based venture
The owner of The Orange County Register announced today that the paper has been bought by 2100 Trust LLC, a privately-held company led by a Massachusetts investor who previously planned to buy The Boston Globe.
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Today’s announcement is the latest in a major sea change in U.S. newspaper ownership as the industry struggles to adapt to the Internet age following years of plunging ad revenues and declining circulation.
A whole new group of media players has entered the scene, the most notable of which is billionaire Warren Buffett whose company, Berkshire Hathaway, said last month it would pay $142 million for 63 Media General newspapers.
Southern California’s media landscape is also being remade. Last year, Douglas F. Manchester, a San Diego developer and hotelier, bought the Union-Tribune from Platinum Equity, a Beverly Hills private equity firm. Manchester told online website Voice of San Diego he paid more than $110 million for the paper.
Changes may also be in the works at the Los Angeles Times whose owner, the Tribune Co., is going through what is expected to be the final stages of a nearly four-year bankruptcy.
Many experts think the creditors who will take over Tribune Co. after the bankruptcy will sell off its various properties including the Times.
Read the full story – Orange County Register company bought by private firm
Also, read the family history of The O.C. Register founders – Hoiles: Dynasty to bankruptcy
Searching for the perfect Panna Cotta dessert recipe
I’ve spent a good chunk of the last two weeks surrounded by spreadsheets, crumpled paper packets, cartons of dairy products and dirty ramekins. Josef Centeno has a lot to answer for.
A couple of weeks ago I stopped in at his Bäco Mercat restaurant downtown for a lunch that ended with one of the best panna cottas I’ve ever had. You know what I mean: Delicately sweet, it was like a dream of cream held together by faith and just a little bit of gelatin.
It struck me — how long had it been since I’d had panna cotta? A few years ago you couldn’t go anywhere without seeing it. Then just as suddenly it went away. It makes no sense. A good panna cotta is as good as dessert gets. Vowing I would never again leave my panna cotta cravings to the whims of restaurant fashion, I determined to master the dish.
How hard could that be?
…it turns out pretty hard, here’s the full story, and scroll to the last paragraphs for the perfected recipe:
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After surfing treats – from the 50s-60s to today
Every week I read the surf column from local surf legend, Corky Carroll, and this week I was delighted to find him musing about the ideal after-surf food. For young whippersnappers, like me, these stories let you know how long surfers have been catching waves and scarfing afterwards.
Enjoy Corky’s stories and afterwards I’ll share my modern-day favorites.
Whenever the subject turns to hanging out at the Huntington Beach Pier in the ’50s and ’60s, somebody always mentions “strips.” I mentioned them right here not long ago myself.
Strips were these fairly soggy and extremely greasy tortilla pieces that were drowned in some sort of cheese substitute and a kind of catsup with a hint of Tabasco. We all loved them for an after-surfing snack. I am not sure what kind of nutritional value they had, but at that time nobody cared about that stuff.
I was sitting at the Sugar Shack not long ago woofing down a stack of their amazing pancakes and thinking that there just is not a much tastier after-surf breakfast than that, especially with a side of bacon to go along with it.
There have always been those certain little taste treats that stick out in your taste-bud memory banks. I remember the Helms bread truck that came down our street every afternoon at about 4 o’clock. It had the most amazing cream puffs known to man. I would beg my mom for the 12 cents. They also had a good glazed donut for a nickel and chocolate and maple bars for a dime. But the ultimate was the cream puff.
Before the Sugar Shack, there was Poor Richards around the corner on Pacific Coast Highway…
Keep reading – If not for surfing, it might be called Scarf City
For the best seafood, like fish tacos, burritos, tuna tartare, even a grilled artichoke – check out Bear Flag Fish Company.
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UCLA Football 2012 Schedule
Welcome back for another exciting season!
This year the Bruins face 5 away games and 7 home games.
The times for all the PAC-12 games are not yet set, nor are the television schedules. In general, the times will be set 12 days before the game.
UCLA Football 2012 Schedule
Thursday, Aug 30 – 4:30 p.m. PT
@ Rice
TV: CBS Sports Network