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Hotel Am Sudenburger Hof
This 2-star hotel offers quiet rooms in the southwest of Magdeburg, close to the Halberstädter Straße shopping street. It offers good road and public transportation access to the center of Magdeburg. All rooms at the Hotel am Sudenburger Hof feature a TV and private bathroom. More
Hotel Löwenhof
This family-run hotel offers free Wi-Fi internet, a daily breakfast buffet and free parking. It is located in Ottersleben, a 10-minute drive south of Magdeburg. All rooms at the Hotel Löwenhof come with satellite TV. Free Wi-Fi internet is available in all areas. More
NH Magdeburg
This attractive, 4-star hotel features stylish accommodations with free Wi-Fi. It is in quiet Ebendorf, surrounded by beautiful meadows on the northwestern outskirts of Magdeburg, just a 10-minute drive from the center of the city. More
Hotel Ratswaage
This 4-star hotel in the heart of Magdeburg has an indoor pool, a sauna and a free internet terminal. It is a 5-minute walk from the historic quarter. Hotel Ratswaage has Bauhaus-style architecture. All rooms and suites include a minibar and a large desk. A breakfast buffet is available each... More
Hotel ELBRIVERA Alt Prester
This 3-star Superior hotel offers quiet rooms, free Wi-Fi and free parking. It is set near the River Elbe in the town of Prester, about 4 km from Magdeburg. The spacious rooms of the Hotel Elb Rivera Alt Prester feature satellite TV and a modern bathroom. More
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December's Tag Game ~ Marzipan
Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:32 amForum Host
What is Marzipan?
~ Marzipan translates to "March's bread". It is a confection that has been enjoyed throughout the world for centuries. It takes the form of a soft paste made from ground almonds and honey or sugar. It is sometimes enhanced with almond oil or almond extract, and it has a distinct strong but quite pleasant almond flavor and fragrance.
The most frequent use of marzipan is to make delectable sweets such as marzipan-filled chocolate candy, cakes, cookies, breads, and other sweet treats. Perhaps more specifically though, the most popular use of marzipan is to form it into shapes such as fruits, vegetables, flowers or animals, in which each piece is then delicately hand-tinted using food coloring in appropriate colors so the imitation resembles the real thing as closely as possible.
Marzipan can also be rolled into thin sheets and glazed for icing or frosting birthday and wedding cakes. And in many regions, marzipan is a common confection used to make Christmas cakes, cookies, breads and other treats served during the holidays.
Marzipan in Spain
When first invented, marzipan became so popular in Spain that the sweet confections were exported to the various countries that fell under Spanish rule. It was so widely accepted that some of the countries developed their own versions of marzipan, varying only on the type of nut used. For example, in the Philippines, marzipan is called marzapan de pili because it is made using pili nuts instead of almonds. In Latin American, the most famous marzipan can be found in Guatemala where it has been made since the 19th Century. And in the southern part of Venezuela, marzipan is made using cashew nuts.
But in Spain, where the finest marzipan is produced, marzipan is protected by D.O. (designation of origin), and it's still one of the most prestigious of all marzipans in the world.
~ In Spain, marzipan is produced primarily in the Toledo region, and particularly in the towns of Ajofrin, Carpio de Tajo, Consuegra, Galvez, and La Mata, and in the city of Toledo. Production peaks in October but lasts for several months, with the Christmas season being the high point.
One of the most common uses of marzipan is to form it into animal shapes. But marzipan is used throughout Spain to create traditional holiday treats. Some marzipan desserts are filled with sweet creams or custard, and some are dipped in chocolate.
A few marzipan treats served throughout Spain include:
~ Tortell ~ popular throughout Spain, but perhaps most often is associated with the Catalan region, Torell is a pastry, typically a cake in a bundt form, that is topped with glazed fruit. It is traditionally enjoyed during the Epiphany season (January 6) at the conclusion of the twelve days of Christmas. A similar pastry called Bolo Rei is popular in Portugal.
~ Huesos de Santo (or Saints Bones) ~ little marzipan rolls filled with custard, pumpkin strands in syrup, or other sweet fillings. They're typically prepared on November 1 and enjoyed throughout the middle of December.
~ Pan de Cadiz (Imperial Marzipan) ~ a stuffed marzipan sponge cake.
~ Marquesas ~ There are a variety of favorite Marquesas recipes throughout Spain, and they're all delicious. Marquesas are similar to Madeleines, but they're made with marzipan and egg.
Marzipan Around The World
Many areas of the world have traditions of forming marzipan into specific shapes such as fruits, vegetables, flowers and animals and then hand-painting them for more appeal and effect. But many regions have additional traditions for using Marzipan during the holiday season.
Mexico - Rosca de Reyes is enjoyed during the holiday season in many parts of Mexico. It's a pastry similar to Tortell.
Italy – Particularly in Palermo, marzipan is most commonly seen at Christmastime, formed into fruit shapes and tinted with food coloring to resemble the actual fruit. In addition, a traditional dessert in Italy that dates to about the 11th Century is a Frangipane, which is an almond flavored pastry cream dessert that is used as a filling for many pastries such as tarts, cakes and pies.
Greece – Marzipan is formed into a variety of shapes in Greece and Cyprus, and almost always is left white. In the Aegean region, white marzipan is most often served at weddings and given to wedding guests as a special treat.
Germany – Stollen is a popular sweet bread enjoyed in many parts of Germany. In addition, it is a tradition in Germany (as well as Norway, Denmark, and parts of Spain) to give marzipan figures shaped and painted like pigs as a New Year gift, known as Glucksschwein ("lucky pig") to symbolize good luck and fortune.
Latin America – Marzipan is popular at Christmastime in many Latin American countries, though it is often made from peanuts rather than almonds.
United Kingdom - Battenberg Cake is popular in the United Kingdom. It's a light sponge cake covered in marzipan and, when cut in a cross section, it displays a distinctive checkerboard pattern, with the cake alternately colored pink and yellow. It was first created in 1884 for the British Royal family to celebrate the marriage of Princess Victoria and Prince Louis of Battenberg. And in Ireland, Simnel Cake is enjoyed for most holidays, and especially Lent. It's a light fruit cake with two layers of marzipan, one in the middle and one on top, that is then toasted.
Sweden - The princesstarta (or Princess Cake) is popular in Sweden. It's a cake consisting of alternating layers of light cake, whipped cream, berry jam and a thick pastry cream all topped with a thick layer of marzipan.
Norway – Chocolate-covered marzipan is commonly made as a treat during the Easter season in most parts of Norway.
the Netherlands and Belgium – Marzipan figures are given as to children as presents on St. Nicholas Eve (December 5).
India – a sweet treat called Kaju Barfi is made of cashew nuts and sugar is enjoyed in many regions of India.
Middle East – marzipan is known as lozina (derived from the Arabic word for almonds) and is filled with orange-flower water and most often shaped into roses and other delicate flowers and then baked. In Iran, for instance, marzipan fruit is a traditional Passover treat, replacing cookies and cakes.
Making Marzipan FIgures
First, start with prepared marzipan, as much as you'll need for your project.
Pinch off a handful of marzipan and roll it into a ball. Take about a third of the ball and pinch it away slightly, making another round shape attached to the ball. This will be the head of an animal, and the larger ball will be the body.
At the bottom of the body, use your fingers to pinch down four legs. Flatten the base of each leg with your index finger to create flat feet.
Flatten the front of the head, making a stubby snout. This shape can be used to make a pig, a cow or a cat. For a cow or a cat, pinch up triangular ears at the top of the head. For a cow, leave the head as is.
Let figures sit 3-4 hours before painting (so the colors do not seep in or drip to areas you don't want that color of paint). Then use food coloring, mixed with water, to paint a pig pink (red food coloring), a cow's spots (red and green food coloring for brown spots) or a cat brown (red and green food coloring, or black food coloring to make brown or black cats).
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~ We have selected an array of Spanish (and other) recipes from the food,com database that include marzipan as an ingredient. You are free to tag one of the recipes we found, or you are free to pick any other recipe in the database that includes marzipan. And there is no limit; you can tag as many recipes as you can make before the end of the month.
Featured Marzipan Recipe
~ Marzipan Bugs by The Catt Family Marzipan Bugs
Oh, what you can do with a little marzipan! And this is just a sampling of what shapes and figures you can make with the holiday favorite, marzipan. With a little creativity, you can have a bowl full of colorful fruit, vegetables or even a bunch of pretty spring flowers in an array of colors.
Basic Marzipan Recipes
Almond Paste or Marzipan
Almond Paste
Marzipan Candy and Other Sweet Treats
Chocolate-Oat Balls With Marzipan
Marzipan Snowball Truffles (Vegan)
Black and White Fudge
Creme Mergpijpjes
Lip Zmakk'in Gypsy Gelato
Baked Apples
Marzipan Cookies
Chocolate Marzipan Sugar Cookies
Honey Almond Briouats
Marzipan Date Bars
Italian Pine Nut Cookies
Gingerbread People
Rainbow Cookies
Marzipan Cakes
Flourless Chocolate Cake With Marzipan and Raspberries
No Bake Mini Christmas Cakes
Tangerine Tea Cakes
Chocolate Chip Marzipan Cake
Mozart Cake
Pineapple & Marzipan Cake (Ananas-Marzipankuchen)
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Christmas Stollen
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Raspberry-Marzipan Coffee Cake
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Bethmaennchen (Traditional German Marzipane Cookie)
The Tags
Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:50 amForum Host
Hey everyone,
Im so sorry I havent been around. Major computer troubles on my end.
How have you all been? What are your plans for the holiday season?
Ill be making candies and chocolates for a few of my friends this year and Ive never done that before. Any tips or easy recipes?
I also plan on making something with marzipane of course. Any favourites there?
I cant wait to see what yummy marzipane recipes you all make over the course of the month!
Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:55 pmFood.com Groupie
How exciting to find my favorite treat in so many different versions! My mom always put marzipan in her stollen, and now I will, too!
Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:34 amForum Host
Linky wrote:
How exciting to find my favorite treat in so many different versions! My mom always put marzipan in her stollen, and now I will, too!
Hi, Linky!
I'm glad you like this topic. It's such a fun topic, and such an important part of so many people's Christmas memories, too. It will be fun to see what everyone decides to make this month.
Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:33 pmForum Host
Hey everyone,
so much about my being more active here throughout December... just wishful thinking as it turns out: I had to get a new laptop as my old one crashed and it took so long to get all my university data back that I fell seriously behind with my course work, which is not good now that my first state examination is coming up.
Then I thought I was done with technology problems, but as it turned out my new laptop could not connect to my wifi, so I didnt have internet on it and at uni they dont allow us to visit webpages like food.com. Sigh...
Finally I had all that sorted out last week and then I got sick and had to go to hospital, so no internet time for me again.
I am very sorry about all of this and I hope I am back for good now. Im looking forward to a great recipe filled January with you all!
Here is the participation banner for December. Ill be back to share my recipe reviews with you, I have to post them first, though.
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Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:50 pmFood.com Groupie
I'm so sorry to hear you've had health and computer troubles - hope everything is better, now! (Gute Besserung)
I didn't get around to making my marzipan filled stollen: Although my yeast was fresh, the liquid I added must have been too hot and the dough would not rise. I was so frustrated that I put the dough in a covered bowl and stuck it out in the un-heated sun room. It is still there - a month later!!!
This year's stollen came from our local Aldi's store!! So, I don't deserve a banner because I ATE marzipan, but I didn't MAKE any!!!!
Maybe next year!
Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:55 amForum Host
Thank you so much Linky for your kind words! Im hoping itll all improve daily now.
Aw, what a shame you had so much trouble with the dough. Im so sorry! I have had issues like that with yeast, too, it can be finicky. However I hope you werent too disappointed and will try again. Aldi's stollen is good, but nothing beats home-made, so I hope next year this time youll tell us what a success you had the second time around.
Also, there are non-yeast versions of stollen, which are traditional as well. Maybe one of those could save the day if you should ever have yeast issues like that again. Then you also dont have to let your stollen age, because it has a different dough, which doesnt need to age.
And I think you should still put the sticker onto your AM page, because you did try and you did play with us in December. If I were you, I would put it up.
Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:15 pmFood.com Groupie
Well, ok, I will put it up. Thanks! Most years I make marzipan kartoffel/potatoes - little balls rolled in cocoa with the triangle shape pushed in with the back of a knife. I think I will make Valentine's Day marzipan hearts and I'll post my results.
Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:37 pmForum Host
Linky wrote:
Well, ok, I will put it up. Thanks! Most years I make marzipan kartoffel/potatoes - little balls rolled in cocoa with the triangle shape pushed in with the back of a knife. I think I will make Valentine's Day marzipan hearts and I'll post my results.
Yes, please, so that! Id love to see your marzipane hearts! And I loooooooove Marzipankartoffeln!
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Avec and Publican have their fans, but for me Paul Kahan's best restaurant is still Blackbird, a quintessential modern Chicago restaurant that combines precision with big flavors and substantial food.
Like its neighbor avec, this is an ultra-popular dinner spot. Lucky for those with the option, you can skip the craziness and dine here for lunch. Cocktails are a splurge but an unforgettable one!
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Halibut was terrific – I would go back and will go back for the halibut. Not many places in the city that serve it like they do.
delicious food – i had the halibut, it was yummy. the lamb was awesome too.
The only thing I didn't like was the noise and seatings were really close to each other. I feel like I was eating with the two couples next to us. Haha.
Fine Dining in the West Loop – Fantastic meal - each course was wonderful. If you're on a budget, definitely head on over for the $22 prix fixe 3-course lunch. My party of four tried each dish on the prix fixe menu and they were all beautifully presented. The sturgeon for my entree was a little overcooked, but in general, each dish was impeccably thought out and the details really made this place spectacular. They even brought us hooks for our purses so we could hang them on the table and not put them on the floor.
The restaurant is small, and almost a little too crowded. Service was slow and it took over two hours for us to finish our meal and I had an appointment that I was late to because of it. Servers were very nice though. The bread at the beginning of our meal was interesting, one rye and one multigrain, and I loved the housemade butter.
My dessert was my most interesting part of the meal - a baked brioche custard with pear consomme, streusel noisette, molasses tuile and chai sherbet. My family really enjoyed the manjari chocolate pave with pomegranates, crispy chocolate, lime salt and beet ice cream as well.
I asked the manager how often they change the prix-fixe menu and he said approximately every six weeks. I will be back in a month or so to try their new creations. I really love the uniqueness and exotic flavors that they use here at Blackbird. I really feel like I'm have a valuable and luxurious dining experience and the prices are very reasonable.
The sandwiches looked very good as well, and I may try one next time. I normally do not order sandwiches are restaurants because they are so ordinary, but these looked really special. Definitely worth trying.
Yes I like it – Just a fun, elegant place to have a dinner .. pamper yourself. Enjoy the food, the deserts, and wine
Trendy – I have been going here since they opened and liked it better then. Now, it seems like the servers have bad attitudes. The tables are so close together that it is hard talk privately. The wine list is way overpriced. I had a glass of wine that was not good and when I sent it back they treated me like I was crazy. The food is usually still pretty good but the attitudes need to change!
Avoid this restaurant – Some of my friends recommended this restaurant but is was not a good experience. The service was poor and the food was terrible with the exception of the endive salad. As a main course I tried the "Black Bird" sandwich which consisted of a tiny piece of white fish on a soggy piece of toast served with some chips. The fish tasted like it had been marinated in spice mustard for 2 days. The worst part of the meal was the dessert. I ordered the chocolate fritters which were 3 marble sized deep fried chocolates with a crusty coating and a little sorbet. They must have fried fish or shrimp in the same oil since that is what it tasted like. It was awful. This place is extremely overrated and I would not recommend it to anyone.
Forgettable – Wow. And no, not in a good way. The food was not cooked poorly but prepared poorly; under-seasoned,bland, tasteless. The crowd; as bland as the food. The space; excellent if you are a minimalist. The service however was outstanding. In short, worth every penny if it were free (and one had never eaten here before).
Modern Paul Kahan spot on Restaurant Row gathers foodies for swank, seasonal bites. – Space age in feel, this narrow, minimalist West Loop restaurant showcases highly seasonal fare its uber-hip following is all too happy to lap up, in close proximity, from their mod bucket-style chairs. On-point servers scuttle from sleek the white bar to the bank of tables lining the left wall, delivering thought-provoking wines that make sauerkraut bisque with house-made squab prosciutto sing. Finales live up to the hype, with choices like kalamata olive cake with honeycrisp apples, toffee and buttermilk ice cream.
Dress Appropriately, Good Food, Very Pretentious Scene – My date and I had originally planned to dine at the wonderful Avec next door and were dressed appropriately for the scene there (very casual, nice jeans and a jacket). Unfortunately, we arrived too late and they were only seating one group before closing time. The hostess at Avec told us we'd have no problem getting a table at Blackbird's and having a nice meal there. Well - we walked in and were immediately out of sorts when we noticed that almost every guy was a spitting image of an Andy Warhol with their black Wayfarer's and black dinner jackets. It was an awkward situation . We didn't have any problem being seated, but I can tell that our "apparel" didn't please the snooty waitress assigned to our table (who btw, had a black eye and looking at her nearly put off my appetite) and when we had a few questions about the menu she would answer in a very sarcastic way. The positive: our food was great - small - but great with a beautiful presentation. When our waitress forgot our espresso order (mind you that we were 1 of 3 tables left) I asked for the manager and he immediately came over and comped our espressos and even brought dessert wines. I guess you have to bring it to their attention that the customer is always right. I hope future patrons have a better experience or that they have better trained their staff.
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Don't let their screeching scare you; MYTHS are the sweethearts of Vancouver's noise and experimental scene. Quinne Rodgers and Lief Hall comprise the dark electronic duo that mixes performance art with fashion and attack noise assaults with deconstructed pop stardom. For those who checked out the recent Grimes tour, you might recognize them as the beautiful creatures under sheets of opalescent plastic playing back-up for Ms. Boucher.
I first saw MYTHS play at a show in Meaford, Ontario a few years ago. They danced like pixies around a giant homemade prism in elaborate, mirror-covered outfits…with capes. Doused in an amplified rainbow of light, they poured waves of beautiful sound over the crowd and down into the valley of the farm we camped on. Needless to say, I was impressed. Fashion, noise music, and two strong women in one band? I left inspired and still remain nostalgic about that night. I knew I had to see them play again and had to talk to them about fashion, feminism, and their own personal mythologies for WORN.
What do you think the relationship between music and fashion is? Why do people care about what musicians wear?
Leif > My first thought when you say that is that people are always fascinated with the personality behind the creator of an artwork. What drives that creative force? Clothes and people's personalities are really linked. It's the way that you express who you are, what you're into, what you like. People want to know: who is that person? How you dress says something about who you are.
Quinne > Humans are visual creatures. That's largely how we communicate. Clothing is a language and a code. Being able to see a person and see what they're wearing—it reads like a novel. I've heard other musicians complain about that before but it's just how it is. You need to accept the visual as part of it; it's what people are attracted to. It works for us because we're both visual artists and we love clothes!
After I first saw you play I was left with this overwhelming sensation: I had just seen a mind-blowing performance that I sensed was inherently feminist. After reading up on your work, I wasn't surprised to find that you cite feminism as an influence on your practice. What kinds of feminist politics drive your work?
Quinne > We were both discovering feminism as MYTHS was created. It was almost like a feminist book club when we were first starting. We read The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf and had these long discussions about it, and a result the first album was really influenced by this. When you first discover feminist thought you feel like the wool is being pulled off your eyes and we went through this together as friends and band mates.
Leif > It was our first real experience discovering feminism, and it was great that we also experienced this sudden empowerment because we were doing something creative and productive together. You hear about feminist thought in passing, but when you really start to get into these politics things change; it was an exciting time in that sense. Also, you get a lot of feelings coming up—reactionary feelings. These reactions really came out in our music. But we're also very much interested in storytelling and fantasy and evoking imagery, so even though we were thinking about and wanted feminism to be a part of our work, we didn't want it to be preachy—we don't have the answers. We wanted the project to be evocative of these ideas. Our approach to it was to create stories, worlds, fantasy and poetry and let our views come out as something that wasn't imposing. So in the way that you said you "sensed something," that's exactly what we wanted. We wanted to convey a message subconsciously or in a dreamlike landscape.
When you say reactionary anger I think about a video I've seen of you performing costume-less at Wyrd Festival in Edmonton.
Lief > There were three dates for that festival: Calgary, Edmonton, and, Lethbridge and we didn't really wear costumes the whole time. If was our first out of town gig and we were just a little bit nervous, but we've come into our own with that. We did a photoshoot the other day that was a series of Vancouver bands and everyone wore the typical band uniform; causal day clothes, the usual. We decided to just go for it. I wore this frightening yellow ballgown with big ruffles and big flowers on my head. Quinne wore her wedding gown with similar flowers on her head. We decided to just say screw it and go with our own thing.
In the video I saw of that show your aggression seems to come across in a totally different way without the clothes.
Lief > I guess when you strip away the costumes it starts to show a little bit more of the real part of what we're doing. We enter into fantasy in our work, and the costumes, sets, and visuals are all a part of that. The aggression is different in those settings, it takes on a different meaning. When you strip away all of the costuming you're left with the rawness of the aggression.
Quinne > Have you ever seen videos of Leif's old band, Mutators? You could really see the aggression in that band.
Are there characters you play when you perform in MYTHS?
Quinne > There's the aspect of live shows and being a character, and there's also the idea of actual reoccurring characters that come up in our work: like the woman with the long white hair. We did an electronic opera and a bunch of characters came out in that. Then there's also the idea of live performance: how much we are ourselves and how much of it is characters. But it's really important to us that we're not some kind of version of something that isn't ourselves, that we're not "playing parts."
Lief > I guess at the same time, every person has different elements of themselves that they can tap into. That was my experience when I was in the band Mutators. People would meet me offstage and be stunned as if it wasn't the same person they had just seen get up on stage and perform. Sometimes you transform during a performance, you tap into a part of yourself you don't usually access. We both like reading about mythology a lot: it's a big part of what we write about, hence the name MYTHS. Carl Jung talks about personal mythologies, and more or less said that because we don't believe in mythologies in the same way that we have historically, we create our own characterizations of ourselves and other people as these sort of mythic characters in our psyches. Within MYTHS I do think we tap into these parts of ourselves—it's still us, but it's a mythic characterizations of ourselves.
Who are your favourite fashion designers?
Quinne > Alexander Mcqueen. I cried at my desk at work when I found out he died. Nobody's really come close for me since, until recently I discovered Iris van Herpen who is a dutch designer whose stuff is so amazing. Bjork has been wearing a bunch of her work. She's really technical. She did cyborg, skeleton-like designs that were made with lasers. You put a bunch of material in a box and a laser will go in and solidify the material. It's also not traditional material for clothing—that's something I get excited about, when clothing is not just fabric draped on a body, and instead it's a piece of architecture, an object—film, rocks, etc. McQueen really did that. I also used to say Galliano, but now I feel like a dick for saying Galliano. He's a dirty thing to like now after his behaviour. I'll just stick with Alexander McQueen and Iris van Herpen.
Leif > I share Quinne's love of designers, but I also love Victor and Rolf.
Quinne > They all really influence the costumes for our stage shows, even to the point where I've tried to copy some of their designs. We're not fashion designers though, so it turns out differently and we're not competing with them. But we do get really influenced directly by stuff. It's transformed by how we make it and how it's used.
Quinne, I read somewhere that you used to be a fashion designer?
Quinne > Yeah, quite a long time ago. I've always been really into clothing and because of my small stature I had to learn how to sew. So for a while I made clothes, had my own label, and sold them in little Vancouver shops. I stopped because I wasn't really organized enough to really pull it off. I would make one piece and it would be intricate and handmade and then I would go off and do another design—I never made a bunch in different sizes. It's perfect for the band though; now I can just go nuts and make whatever I want.
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LETTER FROM MOSCOW about the city's traffic congestion. Moscow's terrible traffic has been infamous for a while now, but in the past year, it has come to feel like an existential threat. The first snowfall of last winter, in early December, paralyzed the city. Andrey Kolesnikov, probably the best known print journalist in the country, was unable to reach the airport in time to leave with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for Nizhny Tagil. Kolesnikov's column the next day described his epic, failed journey to the airport. The traffic analysis center at Yandex, the country's leading online search engine, reported that it was a record day for jams, with the center's map of the city showing a worst-possible rating of 10 for six straight hours. Mayor Yuri Luzhkov blamed the meteorologists. They had underestimated the snowfall. In the following months, though, snow paralyzed the city whenever it fell. Several generations, even several centuries, had brought the city to this point. Its early rulers built Moscow as a concentric series of walled forts, with the Kremlin at the center. Under Joseph Stalin, gigantic avenues were built that ran in all directions from the Kremlin like rays from the sun. There were few cars around to fill these avenues. Then came capitalism. By the end of the nineteen-nineties, there were more people in Moscow from all over the former Soviet Union than there had been when the Soviet Union was a single state. All of them wanted cars. The city's plan with regard to this was not to have a plan at all. Writer interviews traffic expert Mikhail Blinkin, who tells him that the number of cars in Moscow went from sixty per thousand residents in 1991 to three hundred and fifty in 2009. Muscovites continue to buy more cars that Mayor Luzhkov can build roads to drive them on. Discusses the traffic problem with Kiichiro Hatoyama, a traffic expert from Japan. Tells about Moscow's failed attempt to introduce paid parking. Blinkin explains that the deeper problem of Moscow's traffic is political: the driving privileges afforded to the élite and the self-defeating pro-car policies of the Mayor. Writer visits the Moscow traffic center and also the Yandex traffic office. Describes how Yandex uses the G.P.S.-enabled smartphones of drivers to monitor traffic flow in the city. The cars standing in endless lines on the crowded Moscow streets resemble nothing so much as the people who used to wait in endless lines outside the Moscow stores. Over the past few years, Moscow drivers have become one of the city's most active social groups, organizing to eliminate corrupt meter maids and lobbying for more roads. "Car owner" is the one social category that has actually been created in the past twenty years, as opposed to all the social categories that have been destroyed.
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The meaning of the city's traffic nightmare.
by Keith Gessen August 2, 2010
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She wore the same dress she wore during the Australian open. She did an impressive work defeating S. Perry, 6-0 6-2 in just 51 minutes.
You were amazing tonight Maria, great job!...I couldn't watch the game, but the Live Scores helped me to get information about the points.
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[quote user="crankyhead"]any news on what she'll be wearing in Memphis. Or do we have to wait til Monday?[/quote]
I have never ever heard of this news!?
On Saturday morning about 10:30 or so did you and two other ladies hop into a white Mercedes SUV and park backwards in a parking spot. As I was walking into the Davis Kidd bookstore, I noted three young ladies exit the store and were jumping around like their feet were on fire as if there were doing some soft of a chinese fire drill.
I had just read the little ditty about Maria being in town in the local entertainment news paper and well I just put two and two together as. How many people in Memphis let their daughters drive around in their Mercedes SUV ? Not very many.
No doubt, it was a loan car from the local Mercedes dealership.
But, though that was really cute to see some of the ladies atleast left their motel room. To go get some reading material.
I go there often, as it's a decent book store. But, I do have to wonder if you know about "The Book Star", which has a huge magazine rack, but not many Tennis magazines.
Well my question was - was that you ?
Next time, your in town you need to call me up and I'll come out and photograph you and your friends. For free naturally. It's all in the spirit of fun and I won't post a lousy photo of you. But, do be careful on Poplar as that's a very busy street... I do have to wonder just how well you know Memphis.
You know Steven Seegal has a place in Germantown, I believe one of his daughters had cancer and was being treated at Le Bonner Childrens Hospital. St. Judes is internationally known, hence why they took you there for a tour.
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Say you know you order on line and they'll FEDEX it to where ever.
But, he's a secret to exploring Memphis - ride the trolley cars around and just look out the window instead of walking around lost.
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West Indies skipper Chris Gayle was at his belligerent best smashing a wonderful half century to help the hosts set India a victory target of 170.
Having scored the first ever Twenty20 International century; Gayle missed out on the chance of becoming the first man to score two centuries after he was dismissed in the final over.
Gayle hit a superb 97 from just 66 balls which included 5 fours and 7 sixes as the skipper bounced back after a disappointing game against Sri Lanka.
The highlight of his innings was a monstrous six off the bowling off Yusuf Pathan which sailed over the top of the Worrell, Weeks and Walcott Stand much to the delight of a packed Kensington Oval.
Gayle shared a first wicket partnership of 80 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul who scored 23 as the pair got the West Indies off to a positive start.
With both teams needing a victory to stay in the hunt for a place in the semi finals; India didnt help their cause with some very ordinary fielding including two vital dropped catches as Chanderpaul led a charmed life.
The opener was dropped by Ravinder Jadeja in the 7th over before MS Dhoni and Pathan bumped into each other as they both went for the same catch in the 11th over as India were starting to feel the pressure off Gayles blitz.
Although Chanderpaul was finally caught by Dhoni a few balls after his mix up with Pathan; Gayle carried on regardless supported by Darren Sammy who enjoyed a cameo innings of 19 before he was dismissed by Jadeja.
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Are Kenya's mobile banking services unfair?February 14, 2014: 5:00 AM ET
Safaricom's latest venture M-Shwari hits a speed bump, threatening Kenya's leadership in the global race for mobile money and banking adoption.
By Erik Heinrich
FORTUNE -- Bob Collymore, CEO of Kenya's biggest wireless provider Safaricom, likes to say his company's mission is to transform lives.
In 2013 Safaricom did a lot of transforming, with Kenya -- the global leader in the advancement of mobile money -- reporting a record $22 billion in wireless financial transactions.
This latest figure, which accounts for more than 60% of the country's gross domestic product, compares to $17.4 billion in mobile transactions reported a year earlier, according to the Central Bank of Kenya.
The vast majority of this economic activity was conducted over Safaricom's M-Pesa platform, which has more than 15 million subscribers and continues to gain widespread acceptance as the country's primary system of payment for retail purchases and person-to-person money transfers.
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Yet M-Pesa has begun to experience a backlash, with critics calling some fees and conditions associated with new services -- including a much-heralded savings and microfinance product known as M-Shwari -- heavy-handed and even unfair. That's a development that could stall Safaricom's ambitious plan of becoming Kenya's top retail bank in addition to being the country's leading wireless provider.
"The Kenyan authorities have long recognized the potentially detrimental consequences of Safaricom's quasi-monopoly status," says Michael Fuchs, a Chevy Chase, Md.-based finance and development specialist who spent years in Africa working for the World Bank, "but have been reluctant to disturb, or possibly derail, the m-money revolution."
Largely on the strength of M-Pesa's success, Safaricom reported six-month net income of $130 million in its latest quarter. That's the best half-year result in Kenya's corporate history and makes Safaricom, which controls about 80% of Kenya's wireless market, the most profitable corporation in East Africa.
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There are a couple of reasons why Safaricom, 40% controlled by the U.K.'s Vodafone Group, has been able to turn M-Pesa into both a financial bridge to Kenya's unbanked masses and a huge moneymaker. It has invested $14 million per year to nearly triple the size of its agent network to 113,130 since 2010. That strategy has been critical to M-Pesa's success because agents -- typically retail merchants and gas stations -- provide much-needed liquidity in a country where most people do not own a bank account and cannot use ATM machines.
Also, since launching in 2007 as a mobile channel for money transfers, M-Pesa has year after year added new services aimed at attracting subscribers and lifting Kenya's unbanked majority out of poverty.
But the introduction of M-Shwari, a core banking service which debuted a little over a year ago in partnership with Commercial Bank of Africa, has been controversial.
On one hand, it has attracted more than 2 million subscribers by giving Kenya's unbanked access to interest-bearing savings account and credit for small purchases and emergencies.
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"M-Shwari has seen huge uptake and proved the point that there is huge demand for affordable credit among the working poor," says Kathleen McGowan, senior policy advisor with the Washington-based U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). "Mobile money providers around the world are increasingly moving toward partnerships with banks in order to be able to provide regulated financial services beyond simple money transfer services."
On the other hand, M-Shwari -- a key component of Safaricom's master plan of competing with brick-and-mortar commercial banks -- has drawn criticism for making too much money from Kenya's poorest.
Loans of up to $300 have a term of 30 days and carry a 7.5% rate of interest, which on an annualized basis works out to nearly 100%. "This is extremely high, and while such borrowing can provide relief to liquidity-constrained households, the transformative impact will be quite modest," says Fuchs, who helped oversee major financial reforms in Kenya for the World Bank.
Additionally, a higher rate of interest is applied if a customer pays off his loan early or late, and while a loan is outstanding, the balance in a customer's M-Shwari savings account is frozen up to the amount due. This creates a scenario where low-income Kenyans could in effect be borrowing from themselves.
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So far, Safaricom has not signaled any intention to change course with M-Shwari, which could cost Kenya -- a nation in which two-thirds of the adult population uses mobile money, higher than any other country -- and East Africa its global lead in the delivery of financial services on cellular phones.
The U.S. research firm Gartner predicts that Asia-Pacific will overtake Africa as the world's No. 1 region as measured by the value of mobile-money transactions in 2016, reaching $165 billion to Africa's $160 billion.
"Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Papa New Guinea are leading the way," says Sandy Shen, research director in Gartner's Shanghai office. "They also have a large number of unbanked and underbanked users and a strong commitment by service provider."
Much will depend on whether Safaricom, which has satellite operations throughout East Africa, is able to become the first company anywhere in the world to successfully transition from being a wireless carrier with a mobile wallet to a wireless company with a full range of banking services. If that is to happen, M-Shwari will likely need to offer more favorable terms to Kenya's poor from the slums of Nairobi to the cattle fields of the Masai Mara.


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Pastor Donald's message came from Psalm 63:1-3 "Why We Give Him Praise". "Because Thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee." Christians should not only pray and read the Bible every day but we should also praise God every day! Why? When we realize who God is and what He has done and is still doing for us praise should be natural to us! We should praise God in spite of our troubles. We should praise Him for our life, health and strength. God is worthy of our praise! We were made to praise God the Father and Jesus the Son.
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I am performing a bathroom remodel. Part of my scope of work requires that I remove a 2.5'x2.5' cast iron radiator, and replace with a 5' baseboard radiator. The system is hot water.
The 5' baseboard (and the cast iron) are set up for 3/4" plumbing. The previous remodel employed 1/2" copper supply and return to the cast iron radiator. It seemed to work okay (with the c.i. radiator).
My question is since I have it all ripped up, should i spend the time and money (~$50) to run new 3/4" copper service to the main system? The main system is 1" iron (i think? - the o.d. is 1.25"). I don't want to go through the effort if this will work just fine. I am concerned about head losses due to the changing diameters, and I don't want to discover a problem in January.
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