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A new high definition video disc format now came out known as the Blu-ray where video’s played are of much higher quality than traditional DVDs. This year if you are on the look out for a Blu-ray player this is a great year to purchase one, especially with the prices and discounts available. Over at Bestbuy have some amazing deals on their Blu-ray players and also their range of Home Theatre Systems. They have some of the best brands in the market and are slashing the prices on them.

“If you’re a retailer and you see that there’s a limited demand, you are offering promotions earlier and earlier to beat your competitors to the punch,” says Jeffrey Grau, senior analyst at eMarketer. “If they are trying to condition people to spend early, then later on in the season it can bite back because they were successful early on and now there is less money to spend.”

Sales are up to 16% over Cyber Monday online sales last year, and when you look through the online deals set on the retailer’s websites there is no wonder. This year is seeing a great season for buying big name prodcuts, and also for technology and electronics, being normally they are of the most expensive products. This year you may be shocked at how low some prices are for products such as Televisions and gaming products.

Playstations are up for grabs, with a Playstation 3 slim 120GB Console at $299.97 (at one online store,) and a Playstation 3 Console 40GB at a tiny $219.99 (at two online stores,) there is also the Playstation 3, 40GB Console with Spiderman 3 Blu-Ray disc at $219.99 (at one online store.)

The overall prognosis for this year’s Cyber Monday is very positive. Online shopping extravaganza could post sales north of $900 million. Sustaining that spending through the holidays, However, remains a significant question mark.

Central California based Setton Farms has just issued a recall of about one million pounds of pistachios due to salmonella contamination worries.

Just last March 27, the California Department of Public Health gave out an announcement that it had been conducting an investigation on the pistachio recall from a CA supplier. Food safety officials are looking through the Farms’ plant in rural Turlare County in order to see if it could lead them to the source of contamination. Expansion of pistachio recall was also announced in a conference call held at 7pm ET plus they also mentioned that consumers shouldn’t eat any pistachios until more info is known.

The recalls has just began last Friday when the Georgia Nut Company recalled its Kraft Back to Nature Nantucket Blend trail mix after finding out through a test that some were positive of salmonella.

According to Dr. David Acheson, director of food safety for the Food and Drug Administration, the contaminated pistachios are not related to a recent outbreak of salmonella tied to peanuts. It can be remembered that barely two months, there have been a huge recall of peanut-related products.

A spokesman for Setton declined to comment, saying the company’s own inquiry into the cause of contamination was continuing. Setton likewise says in its website that the California plant is the second-largest pistachio processor in the United States.

Fortunately, no illnesses have been reported.

A cave with all the amenities of modern life such as a kitchen, laundry room including a party room was made available on eBay.

This cave house was originally a 17,000 square foot cave used as a roller-rink/concert venue that entertained MC5, Ike and Tina Turner and Ted Nugent. It is situated in Festus, Missouri and it was turned into a unique home by the Sleeper family. The house has three bedrooms, a laundry room, storage and spare bath plus three freshwater springs and fourteen waterfalls. And now, it is being auctioned on the website where the starting bid is $300,000.

According to Curt Sleeper, he and his family, like so many others, are victims of the economic crisis. So that the can stay, the family is hoping to raise enough money. However, in case they fail to do so, they will give it up. “We don’t want to move, but we need to protect our equity. We put everything we had into this home,” he further stated.

The family has been seeking bank support by means of mortgage refinancing. Unfortunately, the same has been unsuccessful.

Following the inaugural oath of office of Barack Obama and after he delivers his inaugural address today and also escorts then-ex-President Bush off his Texas return, he and Vice President Joe Biden plus the other members of their team will do lunch.

Inaugural Luncheon is actually a tradition-laden affair which is hosted by Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. It is a lunch for 200 members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and Cabinet Officials which was held in the stunning Statuary Hall of the Capitol.

Hence,  as public service, The Ticket offers this re-peek at the three-course elite menu. Apparently, the courses reflect the tastes of Abraham Lincoln and the design was the by Design Cuisine, an Airlington, Va., Caterer loved by those who are fond of flavor.

The inaugural luncheon menu of 2009 are as follows:

The first course, a seafood stew filled with lobster, scallops, shrimp and cod, will be served with Duckhorn Vineyards’s 2007 Sauvignon Blanc.

For the second course, there will be a brace of American birds: Pheasant and duck served with sour cherry chutney and Molasses sweet potatoes. This will be paired with Goldeneye, which is a 2005 Pinot Noir from Anderson Valley.

Dessert will be an Apple Cinnamon Sponge Cake, served with sweet cream glace and paired with a California champagne or sparkling wine from Korbel which will be a special inaugural cuvee.

For cooks who are looking to replicate the inauguration luncheon menu, the recipes are available for download at www.inaugural.senate.gov.

Today, January 6, Tuesday, the Old Spaghetti Factory which is an Italian Food Chain, is celebrating uts 40th Anniversary. Hence, to honor the event, it will offer a $3 menu comprised of some great Italian food. The Italian food chain having been in existent for 40 years decided that it was time to do something for the loyal customers who kept the business going for all these years.

The Old Spaghetti Factory started way back in 1969, when the first restaurant opened up in Portland, Oregon. Since then, it has branched out to many other cities, starting from Seattle to Spokane. It had been consistently offering affordable Italian meals in a great atmosphere. The conventional Old Spaghetti Factory is established in what might appear to be an old factory or warehouse with a fully renovated interior to provide a great family restaurant having menu items appealing to all. The pasta as well as the meat dishes they offer also come in various types plus they offer banquet rooms to serve parties like wedding rehearsal dinners or birthday parties.

The menu offered by the food chain shall not only be in the amount of as low as $3.00 since there are also some meals cheaper than said price. The spaghetti with tomato sauce only costs for $2.35 which is $7.99 in normal situations. Also, one of their specialties which is the spaghetti with browned butter and cheese normally costs $9.99 but is now offered for only $3.35.

The promotion is said to last only to the end of Tuesday.