illy Coffee + MonoArabica + Marcus Samuelsson ... - Food Fashionista

Thank God for illy coffee this past weekend. The crowds came out in full effect?to Union Square for the fourth annual?SF Chefs - San Francisco's most anticipated culinary festival.?It was non-stop action and?the caffeine definitely came in handy. It's hard to believe that it was already?four years ago?since then?Mayor Gavin Newsom and?Bay Area-local Tyler Florence were cutting the ribbon on opening night. Back in 2009, we didn't know what would become of SF Chefs, but fast forward to 2012 and I'm happy to report that it has gotten better, even?more delicious?than ever.?

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SF Chefs is?no longer just a celebration of local chefs, but?a gathering of?food and beverage industry talent from?near and far. In fact, one of the first events to sell out this year was the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony hosted by Scandinavian-raised, New York-based Chef Marcus Samuelsson?with Italian?illy Master Barista Giorgio Milos. You can't get more international, culture club?than that. Samuelsson noted that Ethiopian coffee has recognizable citrus and floral notes, and it's?a must?that you cook coffee beans at the?correct temperature. If not, they will burn.?Drinking?coffee in Ethiopia is taken seriously, and it's not just a quick?5-10 minute occurence which you often see here in the United States.?In Ethiopia, Samuelsson says that it's?often an hour or more?beginning with the?process?of washing?raw, unwashed coffee beans and then roasting them on a fire.

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At SF Chefs,?Samuelsson also?hosted an illy's Explorigin event with San Francisco star chef Chris Consentino. They, along with?a?chef from?the CIA?prepared courses incorporating illy's MonoArabica?coffee with local ingredients?and?the result?was absolutely divine. The morning?crowd was wide awake and?hootin' and hollerin' "Yes, Chef" and oohing and aahing while tasting the prepared dishes - which included Consentino's Prather Ranch Veal tartare with?coffee, mushrooms and dried blueberries, and Samuelsson's coffee-cured duck breast with Matsumoto peaches.

Consentino's veal tartare with illy coffee, blueberries, mushrooms

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Throughout the weekend, the?gracious, fashionable Samuelsson -the new illy?MonoArabica Brand Ambassador was decked out in signature illy?red either in?button-up leather?vests or high-top chucks (Converse). He credits his fashion-industry wife for?assisting him with his outfits and it's no?surprise, he was named one of Vanity Fair Magazine's Best Dressed. Despite the bright and?colorful crimson clothing and accessories, Samuelsson's generous spirit and infectious energy?is what makes him a?constant standout.?In addition to being a?James Beard Award-winning chef, and author of several cookbooks, with a recent memoir, Yes, Chef, he is also a?philanthropist who finds it a priority to give back to the community.?

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The?collaboration with illy seemed?a natural fit,?since both Marcus and the origins of coffee were born in Ethiopia. While interviewing Marcus, he noted that "Illy is committed to finding the best coffee beans in the world and their MonoArabica line is the best of Brazilian coffee, Guatemalan coffee, and Ethiopian coffee." He was happy to see Ethiopian coffee finally "getting the recognition it deserves with a brand such as illy" and although he moved away from Ethiopia after he was adopted as a young child, he?mentioned that he and?his wife still go back every year?with the various charities?they work on.

?Food Fashionista Interviewing Samuelsson - the new illy ambassador

During SF Chefs, the illy Lounge was the hot place to be. At any given moment, you'd find the industry's?most-notable talent getting their conversation and?coffee fix?on in?the?stylish illy?Lounge.?Spotted in the chic, contemporary gathering spot were industry folks such as Charles Phan, Consentino,?Thomas McNaughton, Drew Nieporent, Dominique Crenn, Martin Yan, Tyler Florence, and the legendary Cecelia Chang.?

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??Tyler Florence chatting with Samuelsson in the illy Lounge

With?illy-coffee desserts prepared by local patisseries and illy single-origin?coffee being brewed all day long, how could you resist. I mean, when someone is offering you a Devil's Chocolate Cake with illy-coffee frosting and a?whimsically-decorated?latte, are you going to say no. I don't think so.

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Even if you didn't make it to SF Chefs this year, you can still discover?the excitement of?illy's new MonoArabica?coffee?which consists of three single origin beans from Ethiopia, Brazil, and Guatemala. They?are each?unique and?come alive with?distinct characteristics born of region-specific soil, altitude, rainfall, sun and cultivation profiles. The notable Aroma, taste and body vary from?origin-to-origin, country-to-country, to?create a?wonderfully satisfying?effect in the cup. As an appreciator?of beautiful aesthetics and great taste, illy has been a brand that I've chosen to experience around the world and even in my own home. Their collaboration with contemporary artists have resulted in some?gorgeous?masterpiece coffee cups. With illy, it's not just about drinking a cup of coffee, it's the entire experience - from smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound.

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Loughner pleads guilty to Ariz. shooting

Attorney Judy Clark, left, and defendant Jared Loughner sit before the judge in federal court Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Garbrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others, entering a plea deal that keeps Loughner in prison for the rest of his life, in Tucscon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)

Attorney Judy Clark, left, and defendant Jared Loughner sit before the judge in federal court Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Garbrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others, entering a plea deal that keeps Loughner in prison for the rest of his life, in Tucscon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)

Tucson shooting victim Suzi Hileman leans against her husband, Bill, while waiting to speak at a news conference outside U. S. District Court in Tucson, Ariz. where Jared Loughner entered a guilty plea. Loughner agreed to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and avoiding the prospect of a trial that might have brought him the death penalty. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Kelly Presnell) MANDATORY CREDIT

U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, center left, and Daniel Hernandez, former staff intern for former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, right, join attorneys, investigators, and victims of the 2011 Tucson shootings for a news conference outside U. S. District Court in Tucson, Ariz. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, where Jared Lee Loughner appeared for a plea hearing. Loughner agreed to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and avoiding the prospect of a trial that might have brought him the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Former staff intern for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Daniel Hernandez, right, speaks with shooting victim and former Giffords staffer Pam Simon, after shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused of shooting the former congresswoman, and killing six people, and injuring 13 others, got a plea agreement, sending Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., right, shares a quiet moment with his wife Nancy Barber, as the two left court after shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused of shooting the former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and killing six people, and injuring 13 total, entered a plea agreement, sending Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ? Jared Lee Loughner agreed Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and avoiding the prospect of a trial that might have brought him the death penalty.

His plea came after a federal judge found that months of psychiatric treatment made Loughner able to understand charges that he killed six people and wounded 13 others, including his intended target, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Loughner appeared relaxed and focused throughout the two-hour hearing, much of it devoted to a court-appointed psychologist's account of his normal childhood, his teenage depression, his descent into schizophrenia as a young adult and his gradual recovery in prison to the point that she felt he was competent to face charges.

The psychologist and judge did most of the talking, as Loughner looked at them intently and leaned slightly forward with no expression, his arms crossed over his chest. He appeared to show emotion only once ? smiling and nodding when the psychologist, Christina Pietz, reported that he formed a special bond with one of the guards at the Springfield, Mo., prison where he has been held.

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns noted Loughner's reaction to the prison guard comment when explaining his decision to declare him competent. He said Loughner was "tracking" the day's proceedings well and appeared to be assisting his attorneys in his defense, a break from the past.

"He's a different person in his appearance and his affect than the first time I laid eyes on him," Burns said.

During the hearing, Loughner didn't exchange words with his attorneys or glance around the courtroom, which was packed with victims. His parents, who observed from a back row, sobbed and embraced after he walked out looking frail on his feet and gazing straight ahead.

Loughner pleaded guilty to 19 counts, including attempted assassination of a member of Congress, murder and attempted murder of federal employees, and causing death and injury at a federally provided activity. As part of the agreement, the federal government dropped 30 other counts.

"I plead guilty," Loughner said repeatedly in a baritone voice as Burns listed each count.

His hair closely cropped, Loughner was not the smiling, bald-headed suspect captured in a mug shot soon after the January 2011 shooting. His demeanor was a complete turnaround from a May 2011 courtroom outburst that prompted Burns to declare him incompetent.

The prosecution and defense seemed eager to seal the agreement, a departure from previous marathon hearings. Judy Clarke, Loughner's lead attorney, gently pointed Loughner through a copy of the plea agreement on the table in front of him as the judge went through it. She declined to ask the psychologist any questions.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of seven consecutive life terms followed by 140 years in prison, according to federal officials. Loughner, who will be sentenced Nov. 15, is ineligible for parole.

John Leonardo, the U.S. attorney for Arizona, called the agreement a "just and appropriate resolution."

"I hope that today's resolution of this case will help the victims, their families, and the entire Tucson community take another step forward in the process of healing and recovering from this sad and tragic event," he said.

The outcome was welcomed by some victims, including Giffords herself, as a way to move on.

"The pain and loss caused by the events of Jan. 8, 2011, are incalculable," Giffords said in a joint statement with her husband, Mark Kelly. "Avoiding a trial will allow us ? and we hope the whole Southern Arizona community ? to continue with our recovery."

Ron Barber, a former Giffords staffer who was wounded in the attack and later won election to her seat after she stepped down, said he hoped the plea will help the victims and their families "move forward and continue our healing process."

"I truly believe that justice was done today," he said after the hearing. "It is important to me that this individual never again is in a position in which he can cause harm to anyone else."

Susan Hileman, who accompanied slain 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green to the gathering outside a supermarket and was wounded in the attack, said nothing would return her life to what it was before the shooting.

"This is so sad ? a 23-year-old who's going to spend the rest of his life in a box. I feel empty. What I want, I can't have," she said, adding that she was relieved the case ended. Still, "it's like a Band-Aid that keeps getting ripped off."

Pietz, the court-appointed psychologist, testified that Loughner appeared to be a normal child and average student until he was 16, when a girlfriend broke up with him and a friend's father died. He was diagnosed with depression at the time and landed at an alternative education program at Pima Community College his senior year after he showed up drunk for school one day.

He was enrolled at the Tucson college until September 2010, alarming his parents and friends with his increasingly erratic behavior, Pietz said. He became obsessed with the U.S. Constitution, wrote jumbled words on the chalkboard and a final exam, and yelled incoherently in class.

Loughner's parents, Randy and Ann Loughner, told Pietz that their son once asked them if they heard voices. They worried that he would take his life.

Pietz recounted several turning points in Loughner's recovery in prison: regular exercise; counseling sessions with three other inmates; and prison jobs rolling towels, T-shirts and socks, and stamping envelopes. He has been forcibly medicated for more than a year after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.

"He loves his jobs," she said.

Pietz said Loughner's refusal to acknowledge that Giffords survived and his insistence that a surveillance video of the shooting was a fake made her reluctant to declare him competent. Over time, he acknowledged that Giffords survived the gunshot wound to her head, considering it a failure on his part.

"He's disappointed, this is another failure in his life, he set out to do this," said Pietz, describing his thinking as the realization set in that congresswoman survived.

Giffords has undergone intensive therapy and made dramatic progress recovering from her brain injury, yet her movements and speech are still halting.

For prosecutors, the plea avoids a potentially lengthy and costly trial and appeal, and locks up the defendant for life.

Clarke managed to avoid the death penalty for other high-profile clients such as "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and Eric Rudolph, who bombed abortion clinics in the late 1990s and Atlanta's Olympic park in 1996.

One uncertainty hanging over the case is whether Loughner will face state charges. The plea agreement to the federal charges makes no mention of that possibility.

Pima County's top prosecutor said last year that she may file state charges in the case that could carry the death penalty. In an agreement with federal prosecutors, County Attorney Barbara LaWall agreed that the federal prosecution would take place before she could bring charges.

LaWall has been unavailable in recent days, and officials in her office have repeatedly declined to comment, saying the office did not have an active prosecution against Loughner.

A state prosecution after a successful federal one would not be unprecedented. Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols avoided the death penalty on federal charges after a 1997 trial and was given a life sentence. State prosecutors then tried him again, but a state jury also declined to sentence him to death.

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Christie reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writers Pete Yost in Washington and Barry Massey in Santa Fe, N.M., contributed to this report.

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Exotic Birds | Solomons 'launders' Exotic Birds - PetsGo Pets guide

The Solomon Islands has become a hub for ?laundering? wild birds into the global captive-bred bird trade, says the wildlife trade watchdog Traffic.

Thousands of parrots, cockatoos and other exotic birds have been exported over the last 10 years, they report .

But officials say there are no major captive breeding units in the islands.

The Solomons recently joined CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, which sets different conditions for trading captive-bred and wild animals.

?Declaring exported birds as being captive-bred has all the hallmarks of a scam to get around international trade regulations,? said Chris Shepherd, Traffic?s deputy director for Southeast Asia.

Some of the 35 bird species exported from the Solomons are on the internationally recognised Red List of Threatened Species.

They include the Critically Endangered yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) , and the chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) and blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) , which are both categorised as Vulnerable.

Under CITES ? the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ? all trade in the yellow-crested cockatoo is banned.

For the others, exports of wild-caught birds are strictly regulated.

Using records from importing countries, Traffic investigators calculated that about 54,000 birds were exported from the Solomons in the period 2000-2010.

More than 40,000 of these were declared as captive-bred.

Most belong to species native to the Solomons, but more

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Knight nears $400 million capital injection: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Knight Capital Group Inc looked set on Sunday to receive a $400 million capital injection from a group of investors, as it sought a rescue deal to avoid bankruptcy after a crippling $440 million loss, two sources familiar with the situation said.

The investors include private equity firms Blackstone Group and General Atlantic, which owns a stake in Chicago market-maker Getco, as well as brokerages TD Ameritrade and Stifel Nicolas, according to the sources.

The investment is expected to be made through convertible preferred stock, which will have a conversion price of $1.50 per share and carry a coupon of 2 percent, one source said.

CNBC reported that the four buyers would own about 70 percent of Knight following the conversion, which the broadcaster said was expected to take place after 10 business days.

Knight, Blackstone, TD Ameritrade and GA declined to comment. Stifel was not immediately available.

An announcement on a deal is expected on Sunday or early Monday as Knight needs to assure its customers about the viability of the company before markets open, one source said earlier.

Knight has also been in talks with restructuring lawyers as it seeks to keep its options open, the source said.

A financing deal, if finalized, would help Knight continue to operate and avoid any further disruption and uncertainty for its brokerage clients, which include firms such as TD Ameritrade, Vanguard and Fidelity Investments.

But at terms for the convertible preferred stock, it would also lead to major dilution for Knight.

Knight's shares closed up 57 percent at $4.05 on Friday, well below their $10.33 closing price on Tuesday, the day before the trading debacle.

Knight's problems started early on Wednesday when a software glitch flooded the New York Stock Exchange with unintended orders for dozens of stocks, boosting some shares by more than 100 percent and leaving the company with a $440 million trading loss that now imperils its business.

As the nation's largest provider of retail market-making in New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq-listed stocks, Knight buys and sells shares for clients. It also provides liquidity to the equity market by stepping in to buy and sell using its own capital to ensure orderly, smooth activity.

For example, through Tuesday, Knight had accounted for 20 percent of the market-making activity in shares of Apple, one of the most actively traded stocks on a daily basis. By midday on Friday, Knight was the market maker for just 2 percent of the share volume, according to data from Thomson Reuters Autex, though market makers may not be reporting all trade data.

While Knight's closure would not disrupt trading, since big clients have routed orders to other firms, its demise could have further shaken investor confidence.

Knight's troubles also highlight how vulnerable market makers are to the complex web of computers and software that constitute the modern marketplace. For a market already suspicious that the system might be fundamentally broken after 2010's "Flash Crash" and the botched Facebook IPO in May, the troubles at Knight have only added to concerns.

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TD Ameritrade, the No. 1 U.S. brokerage by trading volume, has exclusive clearing deals with Knight and it would be in its best interests to keep the embattled equities trader afloat.

Two months ago, Knight bought Penson's futures business for $5 million. TD Ameritrade exclusively clears its clients' futures and forex trades through that platform. The Omaha, Nebraska-based brokerage's entire bond platform is also with Knight.

"They really are handcuffed to Knight," a source with knowledge of TD Ameritrade's arrangements with Knight said.

Getco was founded in 1999 by two Chicago traders, and is also an electronic trading firm that matches buyers and sellers in fractions of a second.

CEO Daniel Coleman is a proponent of high-speed trading technology, touting the belief that it allows investors access to liquid markets at a lower cost. In June, Coleman told a Congressional panel that market makers like Getco "reduce market volatility by buying when others want to sell and selling when others want to buy."

There was little activity on Sunday outside Knight's headquarters in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York City's financial district. A security guard told Reuters that a large delivery of lunch had arrived at the office building earlier in the day.

Two men exiting the premises on Sunday afternoon, who declined to comment when asked whether they worked for Knight Capital, had TD Ameritrade security passes hanging from their pockets.

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Even if Knight receives the capital injection, it will have to persuade clients to resume trading with it and identify the reasons behind the software glitch.

Customers including TD Ameritrade and Scottrade said on Friday they would return business to Knight, the nation's largest retail market maker of U.S. stocks. Others, including Vanguard, said they were not trading with the company yet.

Knight also could face litigation from shareholders who have seen the value of their holdings plummet over the last few days.

The potential liability could increase if it were found that Knight violated any rules. The top U.S. securities regulator said on Friday that government lawyers were trying to determine whether Knight violated a new rule designed to protect the markets from rogue algorithmic computer trading programs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's market access rule, which took effect last year, requires brokers to put in place risk control systems to prevent the execution of erroneous trades or orders that exceed preset credit or capital thresholds.

Such concerns kept some potential investors on the sidelines this weekend. Several private equity firms that are usually active in the sector decided against entering the fray, as they feared they lacked enough time to do due diligence around those issues, according to sources close to some of these firms.

Bank of America Corp was among the banks that looked at Knight but is not a likely candidate for a deal, a source familiar with matter said. Bank of America declined to comment.

Some online foreign-exchange trading firms also looked into the possibility of buying Knight's Hotspot FX unit but it was unclear whether Knight explored that avenue, one source familiar with those discussions said.

(Additional reporting by Edward Krudy, Jessica Toonkel, Nick Brown, Angela Moon; Writing by Katya Wachtel; Editing by Paritosh Bansal, Dale Hudson, Diane Craft)

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Apple confirmed today that it's killing the native YouTube app on the iPhone and iPad when iOS 6 launches this fall.

Big deal.?

For one, the YouTube app on the iPhone and iPad is a joke. It's nowhere near as robust as Google's official YouTube app on Android. Plus, you can always play YouTube videos in your iPad or iPhone's browser.

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HICKORY, NC?? The community is encouraged to come out to celebrate an historic event August 10 and 11 full of music, people and fun.??

The grand opening of the new structure on Union Square in downtown Hickory will begin on Friday, August 10 at 6:00 p.m. when the new name of the structure is announced.? Following the historic announcement and recognition of the ?name contest? winner one of the area?s favorite steel drum band?s Pan Jive will perform until 8:30 p.m.

The entertainment continues on Saturday, August 11 after the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market, when the Hickory Music Factory Drum Circle performs between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The community is invited to attend the festive events and all are welcome to bring their lawn chairs and blankets.

?I don?t know when I have heard more buzz in this community about something that is new and exciting,? said Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright.? ?Come out and join us as we unveil the name, enjoy music and it will be an historic opening night for the Hub, or is it the COMET, or the Market Pavilion, Hickory Station Pavilion, The Sails on the Square, Whistle Stop, The Canopy, The Hickory Pavilion, Randy Ingold Pavilion, Piedmont Pavilion,? The Pavilion, or the Union Square Pavilion ?.. be among the very first to know the new name.? We look forward to seeing you at 6 p.m. Friday August 10.?

The panels on the new structure were finished on Friday, August 3, and a few finishing touches will be completed next week.? The custom-designed structure will house musical entertainment, there will be endless opportunities for various events, the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market, and it will be a gathering place for the entire community.

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