It`s simply thing. Sarah Palin quote coffee cup she saw from Starbucks mocha cup, which featured a quotation from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

This was happen At Carson rally last Saturday. Sarah Palin was introduced by Shelly Mandell, president of the National Organization for Women’s Los Angeles chapter, who acknowledged that she was a lifelong Democrat.

“It is an honor to call her a sister,” said Mandell, who emphasized that she was there as a private citizen, not as a representative of NOW. “America, this is what a feminist looks like.”

Then Palin started speech. She mentioned that one can be progressive and conservative, then quoted, or slightly misquoted, a well-known Democratic woman, Madeleine Albright.

“It’s like kind of providential yesterday what happened to me,” Palin said. “I am reading on my Starbucks mocha cup the quote of the day. You’ll never believe what the quote was! It was Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state and U.N. ambassador, and Madeleine has as her quote of the day for Starbucks — now she said it, I didn’t say it — ‘There is a place in hell reserved for women who don’t support other women.’ OK now, thank you so much for receiving that well, I didn’t know how that was gonna go over. And now California, let’s see what a comment like I just made, let’s see what it will be turned into . . . newspaper.”

Madeleine Albright wasn’t amused. She wants Palin to know just how wrong she got it:

“Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden.”

Anyway, Palin got the quote slightly wrong. Albright actually said, “There is a place in hell reserved for women who don’t help other women.”

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Camera lense coffee cup. What we can say with this coffee mug? How the owner looks like? Is he/she coffee-lover photographers, simply coffee-lover citizens?

We still can not buy this coffee cup because it`s not a reality yet, but when it does then it can be a “must” item we have to buy as coffee addict.

When it comes to coffee, you always have choices…light roast or dark roast, sugar or cream…and now, Democrat or Republican

This story is about presidential coffee cup poll held by 7-Eleven. Apparently there is something in common between coffee and politicians. Sometimes they’re rich, sometimes they’re full of hot steam, another time -most of all-, they have a way of getting people energized. 7-Eleven coffee cup presidential poll asking customers to vote by choosing the color of their 20-ounce hot beverage cup.

Many people already know exactly how they like their coffee, and their candidates. But there are a few who are still trying to figure things out.

Greg Austin  is undecided…and his reason for that, is rather complicated.

“Old men talk about history and young men talk about vision. Young men talk about vision because they have no history and old men talk about history because they may be lacking vision.”

Others say they’re leaning one way or the other, toward a red cup, or a blue cup…but they’re having trouble committing.

“Well, they both have good qualities, but there are things I don’t like, so I am still working on that,” said first-time voter Tasha Green.

At her store, Obama’s in the lead, but the majority of coffee drinkers are still weighing their options. Once you pick your candidate…and your coffee, the only choice left is what to put in it.

“I like the white creamer. It’s real and I am looking for a real candidate,” added Austin.

Source: http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/30399189.html

Beeing in coffee shops is something cool. Holding a cup of coffee for most of students is a must to go along with books, notebook, ipod, etc. If you want to maintain the coolness coffee drinking style in coffee shop, there are some tips from Carney. Carney said:

White, middle-class college students love coffee shops.”
That statement is the fact we can`t deny.

According to Carney, roughly 37 billion trillion ounces of coffee are consumed every year by students at public universities.  Here are a few tips on how to be perceived as “cool” in coffee shops, which, in turn, will ultimately increase your overall coolness exponentially.

Always try to look bored or disinterested.

This is easily the foremost component in maintaining coffee shop coolness. By appearing interested in the book you are reading, the person you are talking to, or any menu item, you are broadcasting to everybody within a 20-meter* radius that you obviously don’t come here often enough (or read enough, or talk enough) to be completely unsurprised by anything that ever happens, ever. This is a general rule that can be applied to virtually all aspects of coffee shop coolness.

Order the biggest cup of the darkest coffee available.

Learn to use the phrase, “Give me a [largest size] of your boldest coffee.” This tells the barista (that’s college student-talk for “employee”) that you are, at minimum, a Level-8 coffee drinker, and a very cool person. It also impresses other college students that you can handle a two-story-tall vat of scalding hot diesel.

Conditioning is the key to this part of coffee shop coolness. Spend time in the weeks preceding your visit steadily increasing your coffee intake and its darkness. Too much too early is a common rookie mistake.

Reference foreign news constantly.

Realistically, you and everybody else care more about the municipal council’s decision to fill in the pothole down the street than they do the election of the new Chilean prime minister. However, by dropping that latter little bit of knowledge into your conversation, you are leading everybody to assume you know so much about local and domestic happenings that they are of little consequence to you.

This ties back to the first tip about appearing constantly disinterested in everything. One hint on staying up on foreign news: Make it up. The more obscure the country, the better (and more difficult to fact-check!).

People With Macs are “coffee shop-better” than other people.

It’s true. The coffee shop coolness hierarchy goes something like this, from bottom to top: tourists, old people (”old” meaning 43 or older), engineering students, people who “do lunch” with their co-workers, punk music fans, techno music fans, history students, young-ish English professors with tweed jackets, Wilco fans, and finally, People With Macs.

Those who spend hours behind their little glowing Apple logos with their earbuds hooked to their brains are so much cooler than everybody else, simply because everybody else wants to know what they’re doing but can’t (unless they’re seated immediately behind said Person With Mac). Alt-country fans assume they’re stoically analyzing the lyrics to Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne, while others understand that this is how He or She is so informed about South American politics.

The Mac also completely rules out the possibility that you are studying anything concerning mathematics or hard science. That stuffy crap is for PCs, and they are majors which require only cheap, poor-quality coffee for success.

So there you have it - how to increase your coolness by way of the most difficult and rewarding vehicle, the coffee shop. Not everyone can truly pull it off, and it normally requires years of practice. Just do your best not to spill it on yourself.

*The metric system is European. Measure by it whenever possible.

Back in previous coffee review about Australia coffee culture, this time we try to find more useful reason about failed of Starbucks operation in Australia.

Said that Starbucks succeed in US because Starbucks is selling the coffee culture and not the coffee itself. But Australia already have their own coffee culture when Starbucks came in Australia. That`s why recently there are huge amount of Starbucks coffee chain beeing closed and failed in Australia.

Here`s another perspective to tell us about fail of starbucks to break Australia coffee market. Maurizio Corda said that Australia has got a sophisticated coffee culture, a simple thing that people at Starbucks did not fully understand.

“I never really felt the need to go to a Starbucks shop,” says Elise from Sydney. The coffee lover never really felt Starbucks had more to offer or more reasonable prices than its competitors.

“I have always felt like we had been invaded by Starbucks. The proliferation of the shops has been fast and intrusive in my opinion.”

Since the opening of the first shops back in 2000, Starbucks has never really breached the difficult Australian market. The general feeling is that they tried to sell a coffee culture which already existed.

Unlike the US where Starbucks is considered a ‘must’, and is far ahead of its competitors in terms of sales, Australia has always seen it as one of many, just one more competitor.

With a supposed expansion of the European market by the end of 2008, let’s hope Starbucks executives learned from the Australian mistake. Being a household name and having the resources to open multiple selling points is not enough, if there is no effort in understanding each country’s tastes and needs.

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You can have your coffee by pouring coffee in certain color cup of Joe.  Yes, different coffee cup color mean different one you chose. 7-Eleven is running its 7-Election presidential coffee cup poll. The rule is simple, 7-Eleven coffee cup presidential poll asking customers to vote by choosing the color of their 20-ounce hot beverage cup.

7-Eleven coffee drinkers voice their pick for U.S. president in the informal poll by simply pouring their coffee into a red cup if they intend on voting for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or into a blue cup for Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Poll starts in Wednesday and finish on Election Day, Nov. 4 2008. Anyone abstaining or undecided but still in need of caffeine can fill a regular 7-Eleven cup.

“7-Election is a warm-up for the real election on Nov. 4,” Joe DePinto, 7-Eleven president and chief executive, said in a statement. “While we don’t bill this as a statistically valid study by any means, it does reach Americans in their hometowns.”

The cups are tabulated at the register. National and state results will be posted daily at www.7-election.com.

In 2004, 50.7 percent of the U.S. voters picked George Bush, while 51 percent of 7-Eleven voters picked him. John Kerry received 48.3 percent of the U.S. vote, and 49 percent in the 7-Eleven vote.

In 2000, 51.2 percent of the 7-Eleven voters selected Bush. The U.S. vote was 47.9 percent to Al Gore’s 48.4 percent. Gore received 48.9 percent of the votes in the 7-Eleven poll.

7-Eleven says it sells more than a million cups of coffee a day.  7-Eleven says coffee is a nonpartisan beverage choice and notes it was named the national beverage by the First Continental Congress after the Boston Tea Party.

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Coffee and all kind relating to it always interesting people. Gourmet coffee and caffeine level are good example in leadership education. So a cup of coffee always inspire others to adopt its wisdom in models and studies on leadership style.

Below are three possible styles using gourmet coffee variations and their caffeine levels to portray typical leadership traits with various levels of control. Read them and assess yourself, then ask where might you need to make changes and when?

The Espresso leader is strong and often direct in their approach towards high control levels in work flow and employee responsibilities. The leader will have all authority in the type of work that is to be done, who will do the work, and how they are to do the work. This leader uses power and influence to get thing done and seldom asks their employees for input on problems and communicates with employees only when required. This leader may feel close supervision of employees is necessary to increase productivity. The Espresso style works best if employees are typically efficient and satisfied with the status quo, project timeline is short, or where the leader has all the necessary information required to solve problems and make decisions. Drawbacks to using this style could be high stress levels and possible burnout for leader. Plus the possibility of resentment from employees who are dissatisfied, who do not feel engaged, or who may be afraid to express any disagreement with or alternative to what the leader proposes. If this resentment exists, it could lead to employees finding reasons not to come to show up for work or leaving the organization in the future.

The Latte leader is typically smooth and more free-handed with low control as they delegate much power to employees for the work they do. This leader often encourages their employees to analyze work problems to determine for themselves what needs to be done and how they should do it. However, the leader may set priorities or goals for certain project tasks. The leader seldom interferes with job situations involving their employees unless asked. This is because the employees are empowered to make decisions and carry them out. Employees recognize and appreciate the leader for showing trust and confidence in their abilities. The Latte style works well in a team-based organization with members who have lots of job-related experience and are willing to be responsible for their own success. Drawbacks to this style are when leaders may not provide enough communication on organization needs or monitor their team’s progress in order to provide adequate feedback to their teams and employees. If the leader does not communicate expectations and verify results, production costs might increase or teams may miss important deadlines.

Cappuccino leaders are somewhere between Espresso and Latte as they utilize a democratic approach by sharing some of their control and power with their employees. This style of leadership includes employee participation by involving them in the decision making process, working together to determine what work needs to be done, and how to accomplish the work. The leader consults with employees to find out what is mutually beneficial for them and the organization, but often the leader is responsible for making the final decision. This shared consultation results in increased employee job satisfaction and motivation, as well as ownership in shared solution, thus reducing resistance to new ideas and change. The Cappuccino style works well where team-building is in developmental stages and where both the employees and the leader each have valuable information to solve problems together. Team-work is highly recommended where product and service quality is more important than speed or perceived productivity. The drawbacks of this style can be in the length of time it takes to build the team because results are achieved in a longer timeframe as individual and team skills are being developed.

After reading the above style descriptions, which type of leader are you? Think about this - in what situations does it make sense to keep your leadership style as is? What situations might require you to adopt another leadership style? As an Espresso leader, when should you and how can you add milk or sweetener to the mix to make your style more acceptable to others? As a Latte leader is there any time you need to be stronger in your approach? Is team-work always the answer if you are a Cappuccino leader?

Studying the various styles will help leaders to consider blending styles to meet the situation and individuals they work with in order to become a better leader. Leaders should always be thinking about what style to best adopt at a particular time to accommodate both organizational needs and the needs of the people they employ.

By Shirley Lee

* Shirley Fine Lee, author of “R.A!R.A! A Meeting Wizard’s Approach”, has worked as a training and development specialist since 1986, and an independent consultant since 2000. She has extensive experience, helping organizations with their team building, training development, meeting facilitation, presentation delivery, and other communication needs. This work involves developing productivity tools, presenting workshops, and writing. For instance, she has authored numerous training manuals and guides, on a wide variety of topics. Her programs include time management, getting organized, problem solving, and team building. Find out more about her and options she provides on her. website.http://www.shirleyfinelee.com

From: http://righttolead.com/blog/leadership-style-in-a-coffee-cup/