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Rodriguez acknowledges Castelnaudary's status as the capital of cassoulet, but shudders at the sheer volume of the stuff generated in the town's environs: an average of 120 tons is factory-canned there every day. Luckily, at his lively restaurant Au Petit Gazouillis, Alain van Ees Beeck has been cooking Castelnaudary cassoulet from scratch for nearly 20 years. With peppery Montagne Noire sausage, creamy Lauragais beans - slow-cooked with ham hock for a rich, smoky taste - and the farm-raised duck confit famous in Castelnaudary, Van Ees Beeck can boast an authenticity no mass-produced cassoulet can match...
...Urbanism is beginning to take root in American design. The U.S. Green Building Council has begun using a pilot system called LEED Neighborhood Design (LEED-ND), which will include location and transportation use in its green ratings. Duany and his peers in the movement are helping city and town planners to dismantle the postwar zoning regulations that helped make the car king, and you can find New Urbanist projects sprouting across the country...
...Indeed many Koreans admire Lee, a can-do former Seoul mayor and rags-to-riches industry tycoon with a personal fortune estimated at $38 million (making him the wealthiest among the presidential candidates). Lee grew up in a poor family in the east coast town of Pohang, became a senior executive at the conglomerate Hyundai at age 36 and played a role in the nation's rapid economic development in the 1970s and '80s. As mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006, Lee won praise for his management of the city, putting an end to recurring subway strikes and creating...
...Eric Volz was found guilty of murdering his Nicaraguan ex-girlfriend Doris Ivania Jimenez. She had been found hogtied, raped and strangled to death in the back of her clothing boutique in the touristy beach town of San Juan del Sur on Nicaragua's Pacific coast. However, a second man, Julio Martin Chamorro, a small-town bully with the reputation of being a "tourist leech," stood trial alongside Volz and was also found guilty of the murder. Both he and Volz were sentenced to 30 years in prison...
...faced the University of Vermont in the Crusader’s season opener at home, falling 54-44.In the Crimson’s last time out at home, co-captain Linsday Hallion shined, grabbing 14 points in the second stanza and leading her team to a rare victory against cross-town rivals, Boston University for the first time in three years.Holy Cross will travel to Cambridge after a two week break in play. In their last showing, the Crusaders fell to Boston College, 77-58. The Eagles have topped Holy Cross in the teams’ last 10 straight meetings...