Rise Up. Resist. Madison Scenes
Beer. right; No beer. left;
Siracusa, Seasoned with a Ferrari
The panoramic scene includes our superb local guide: Enrica De Melio; info@viaggioasudest.it
Wikipedia on Siracusa, Sicily.
Oh, the food!
Tommy Thompson on Obamacare’s Legislative Birth
Speaking at a January 31, 2017 WisPolitics Event, former Governor and Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson offered an interesting lesson on Obamacare’s legislative origins.
Wikipedia on Obamacare.
Tommy Thompson, via duckduckgo.
Thompson’s introduction offered a useful look at legislative horse trading, otherwise known by some as bribery.
WisPolitics details.
Behind the Stars A Concise Typology of Michelin Restaurants in Europe
by COLIN JOHNSON, BERNARD SURLEMONT, PASCALE NICOD, and FREDERICK REVAZ:
The Michelin star system in Europe is the best-known and most respected ranking system for high-quality or haute cuisine restaurants. This study examines Michelin’s grading procedures and how chefs and res- taurateurs perceive the ranking system and the Michelin awards. The study surveyed chefs in thirty- six restaurants ranked as having two or three Michelin stars over the period of ten years in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The chefs iden- tified the following key factors that attributed to the success of their restaurants: investment and invest- ment types, sources of financing, pursuit of excel- lence, and culinary craftsmanship involved. While the Michelin star chefs were tremendously successful as culinary artisans, this study revealed that the financial success of the Michelin star-rated restaurants was far more heterogeneous.
A Noto Walk
A walk is one thing, and in Noto, quite beautiful.
An informed walk. Well, that is quite something else.
Roberto Mirabile seasoned our walk with history, architecture, cuisine and local color as we strolled around beautiful Noto, Sicily.
Should Sicily be in your plans, time with Roberto is interesting and enjoyable.
Wikipedia on Noto, Sicily.
Oh, Mt. Etna on approach to Catania airport:
Grand Harbor: Malta
On Approach: Malta
Flying south, above the Alps.
It was a gorgeous, but unusually chilly afternoon upon arrival in Malta. The sun offered a stunning backdrop for our Lufthansa A320.
Glancing east from our bus to the terminal, I smiled as the lead flight attendant helped a family disembark.
Malta via wikipedia.
Digital Photography Market
The report analyzes and forecast digital photography market on a global and regional level. The study offers past data of 2015 along with forecast from 2016 to 2021 based on revenue (USD Billion). Assessment of market dynamics gives a brief thought about the drivers and restraints for the digital photography market along with the impact they have on the demand over the forecast period. Furthermore, the report includes the study of opportunities available in the digital photography market on a global level.
The report gives a transparent view on the digital photography market. We have also included a detailed competitive scenario and portfolio of prominent vendors operative in the digital photography market. To understand the competitive landscape of digital photography market, an analysis of Porter’s Five Forces model for the market has also been included. The report offer market attractiveness analysis, wherein product, application and regional segments are benchmarked based on their general attractiveness, market size, and growth rate.
This French Grocery Chain Is Totally Trolling Amazon Go
WHY WE CARE: Not long ago, Amazon unveiled its plans for a beta version of its new cashierless grocery shopping experience called Go. Here, Monoprix sidesteps all the “computer vision,” “deep learning algorithms,” and “sensor fusion much like you’d find in self-driving cars” that Amazon touted about Go, and instead trolls the tech giant with an almost exact remake of the Go promo—actor doppelgangers dressed in the same outfits, similarly framed shots—with a human solution to the whole cashier line-up problem. And they deliver your groceries in an hour. Is there an Amazon drone for that yet?