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Best upgrade for a PC is… a Mac, says PC World
Jun 13th
Best upgrade for a PC is a Mac, says PC World!
It happens to me all the time
Feb 15th
How do you end Parenthetical Statement with Emoticons?
To be honest? I can’t work out what’s the right thing to do. But I know that I normally do the send option: even if it looks “ugly” it does follow a logical pattern. The second one is too “messy” for a control freak like me 
How do you normally solve this dilemma?
Culinary Nationalism
Feb 6th
Only a country like Italy could do something stupid like this.
In english:
The Tuscan city of Lucca has imposed a ban upon foreign eateries in its historic centre, in a move described by critics as racism. The city council voted to deny new licences to bars or restaurants with a ‘non-Italian style of cooking’ within the boundary of the Renaissance walls circling the city centre.
Tuscany’s centre-left regional government warned against discriminatory measures “introducing hidden forms of ‘gastronomic or culinary’ racism.”
“The defence of quality is one thing, discrimination is another,” said Paolo Cocchi, the regional councillor for commerce.
Lucca’s town hall defended the new rules, saying they were meant to safeguard the city’s cultural identity and that they were also applicable to sex shops, fast food restaurants and take-away pizza parlours. “The ban targets McDonald’s as much as kebab restaurants,” said a spokesman.
The spokesman also said that the four kebab shops already in the city centre would be allowed to continue operating as normal, while, “as an invitation, not an order”, all foreign restaurants in the city will be encouraged to include at least one typical dish from the region.
CP/The Roman Forum
06 February 2009
Photo:Flickr/IthakaLB, An Italian enjoying typical cuisine
Source: The Roman Forum.
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