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Cuusoo of the Week: Handicapped Accessibility Pack by DrNo
Posted by glenbricker,This being Christmas Eve, the obvious choice would probably be one of the "Winter Village" themed builds or an actual Christmas-themed set.
Instead I am going to play up on the good will toward your fellow man aspect that tends to be a common this time of year.
What I have for you today is a very straight forward project. The intent of the Handicapped Accessibility Pack is to package together the parts required to add an accessibility ramp to any LEGO building as well as a wheel chair to go with it.
I think this set really showcases the inclusiveness that I have found and appreciated in the LEGO community that I hope all of you have enjoyed as well.
Please also consider tweeting this project and posting it to pertinent Facebook pages. If you are a firm believer it takes a celebrity for a project to get traction, well, here is one you can tweet a request for support to:
Kevin McHale plays Artie on Glee and has an active Twitter following in excess of 900k.
Cheers and Happy Holidays to you all!
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Happy Holidays to you to, glenbricker, and all brickset users!
Neat little set! I appreciate it as my son uses a walker. Now, if I could just get people, who don't have handicap signage, not to park in the handicap stalls at stores. Somedays I wish I had a hammer....
congrats on your idea! cheers from Italy Gianni
As an handicaped fan of LEGO, ill make sure to give the best effort in sharing this so it gets made.
Cuusoo is dead to me, but I wouldn't mind seeing an official Lego wheelchair.
This looks like a great project and I have added my support, it would be nice to see things in Lego City get a little more realistic, but still retain that Lego charm.
On Cuusoo I posted a comment to a person who asked why LEGO should make this. Here it is:
to make children aware of the problems handicapped people face everyday (among them: children).
The LEGO Group has an enormous positive impact on children. IMO this is a great idea for a polybag!
Set looks great and just supported it. Side note, the creator is DrNO rather than Dino.
A truly wonderful idea, and the proceeds should go to a charity for disabled people if it passed. Merry chirstmas glenbricker, and to all too. Hope that all those presents have that distinct unique rattling sound!.
Don't worry, Chuck Norris will handicap them. ;)
Great call, Glen. I remember when this set first came up on Cuusoo a couple of months ago and you were very fond of it then, too. It's a terrific idea and a nice-looking small set.
I like the concept and may support the project, but I can't help looking at the thickness of the ramp's base and thinking this version of the project doesn't look practical at all. Ideally, the bottom of the slope element (which is certainly the best slope for the job) should be level with the ground.
At 7th of November I created a topic in the LEGO Ambassador forum in this theme. I think that it would be a nice thing to put some minifigure with wheelchair in the official CITY sets. Some of the ambassadors don't like to see the wheelchairs outside the hospital. I think it's a highly important thing to teach the children the disabled people are the full-fledged part of the society. I'm happy that this idea is now in a Cuusoo set too, but I hope the wheelchair will appear not just in a Cuusoo set but everywhere.
Great idea, love the concept. I'm not a massive fan of the build for this one but it's a superb idea that deserves support.
Nice idea, but I fear the "H" word won't do it any favours. Do they still say "handicapped" in the colonies?
Yes, disabled is more common though.
You know what isn't common at all? "colonies", being that it's been hundreds of years.
If LEGO is going to make this they might as well make a "Special Olympics" pack, a "Cancer Survivors" pack, and a whole slew of other invalid groups...
Thank you very much for making my project the Cuusoo of the Week Glenbricker! I have been trying to get Lego to realize that they are in need of a set with a wheelchair for some time now and I am still very persistent. Thank you all for your support!
I got my inspiration for this set from my best friend who has muscular dystrophy. We were making some minifigures of ourselves a few years back and realized that there was not a wheelchair accessory for his minifigure. I decided to make a wheelchair out of the pieces I had and it turned out better than both of us thought. I really wanted Lego to make this into an actual product but I did not know how until Cuusoo came along. It has taken awhile to get to where it is now, but I am still hoping to get to 10,000 votes.
Currently I am working on a few custom designs for a few more Lego wheelchairs as well as a wheelchair accessible van. Thanks again for everyone's support!
@ AAnchir. The ramp is built thick at the base because I wanted to add a plate underneath the ramp and flat sidewalk pieces so that the set didn't fall apart. My picture on Cuusoo just shows exactly what the set would include, but it is really meant to be built into a modular building or a smaller building. Once it is built in, everything will look a bit more natural.
@ kiss_karoly. Thank you very much for creating this as a topic in the LEGO Ambassador forum. You said that "Some of the ambassadors don't like to see the wheelchairs outside the hospital". Many people in wheelchairs enjoy Legos as much as you and me and to think that some people don't like people in wheelchairs is highly inconsiderate. Handicapped people are no less than anyone else and I hope these people can eventually understand that.
@ Nightshroud99. I see what you mean here. My best friend has muscular dystrophy and I would really like to make a set that he can relate to because many of us enjoy making minifigures of ourselves. My goal is to raise awareness of not only handicapped individuals who enjoy Legos, but handicapped individuals everywhere. As someone once said: they are not disabled, they are only differently-abled. It does not make them any less of a person. "Handicapped Accessibility Pack" is just what I thought would make the most sense to call my set. Honestly I really don't mind what the set is called, I just want Lego to like my idea and make it a reality.
Well, I would imagine this exact set will not get made. However, they could very easily design a new element for a wheelchair to go along with Professor X if the Marvel sets ever take aim at the X-Men. As it is unfortunate to think that is the only way to get such a piece, it is still very viable and at least people could be more exposed to the idea. LEGO DUPLO has crutches and a wheelchair for their figures. I know this because my daughter has the big hospital set. Now the fact that those elements exist at all could bode well for our LEGO form. I don't think they'd release a accessibility pack, but they may start including such pieces in future hospital sets (if they ever decide to make a nice looking one). But I do agree, there are a lot of varieties of people in the world and LEGO does not take them all into account. And let's be honest, with LEGO being a toy, it isn't always 100% accurate. So to create the pieces in general is a great idea. To release that set, may not be very business savvy. I think people tend to not look down on the disabled people, but aren't sure how to act due to the disability itself. So looking at this set on a shelf, they probably aren't going to buy it for their children unless they know someone specifically (much like you DoctorNO) and want more people exposed. It's unfortunate, but reality.
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She posted this comment on Instagram after fans and followers couldn't stop talking about the dramatic change in her appearance: "Dear all commenters, when or if I get a nose job. I shall let you know. A bish is never scared to let you know. Til then enjoy the picture or don't. Luke the make up or don't.. kiss my ass or don't. either way is totally fine :-) Tootles"
She seems to be relishing in the attention. "Seems to cause a stir. So I post mo." Okay, girl.
So, new nose or nah? In case you need a reference, here is Dawn at the BET Awards '11:
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Crispy Lemon Roasted Brussels Sprouts. I am a HUGE Brussels Sprouts fan.
You could almost call me a fanatic. I literally jump at the chance to order or makes these delicious little morsels all the time. Last year for Thanksgiving I was in Chicago with a bunch of my extended family. I announced that I was going to be make Brussels Sprouts for one of the many side dishes and my Uncle just about freaked out. Skirlie – fast savoury oats — Mostly Eating. Skirlie is an old-fashioned savoury oat dish from Scotland made with oats and onions cooked in butter or dripping.
I've been experimenting with this again recently made with olive oil, fresh herbs and a few extra veggies. It's ridiculously easy to make, healthy and far easier to wash up than porridge. Skirlie has a different texture to porridge; it's a little moist but also chewy, more like the consistency of cooked brown rice. Asian Slaw with Ginger-Peanut Dressing l Once Upon A Chef. Hi All, Here's the Asian Slaw that I mentioned in last week's Coconut Shrimp post.
As you can see, it's a great way to eat your colors…and it's every bit as delicious as it is healthful. I know the list of ingredients looks long but please don't let that discourage you! A Spicy Snack - freutcake. You may remember me mentioning my quest for healthy snacks back in May when I first posted Chili-Sauce Kale Chips …well my quest is not complete.
I still search for new and exciting snack ideas that keep the cravings down and balance all the sweet things I bake. These little chickpeas found over on My New Roots are the most recent addition to my snacking list. They are crunchy, spicy and very full of flavor! 415 Cheap and Healthy Snack and Side Dish Recipes. Greatist HQ is pretty much packed with snackers (and healthy snacks!).
Whether it's a simple rice cake with nut butter or toaster-roasted crunchy chickpeas, we take these healthy recipes to the kitchen every day, and we love 'em. Try some of our snack and side dish recipes at home with these recipes: Snacks Rosemary and Balsamic Baked Mushrooms This simple side dish is perfect alongside a meaty main dish or roasted vegetables. Fresh Corn Casserole. This isn't technically corn pudding , as it doesn't use any eggs, but that's what folks 'round these parts sometimes call it.
It's getting to be that time of year when corn is in abundance, and neighbors bring by ears of corn like it's going out of style. And I absolutely love this method of preparing the stuff; you basically slice off the kernels with a sharp knife, then—and this is key—scrape out all the creamy, milky goodness that resides inside the cob. 25 Vegetarian recipes you can cook in under 30 minutes. We are big fans of spending quality time on food and eating.
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Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite things to eat on Thanksgiving, but this year since I am pregnant and on a really strict low carb diet (for my diabetes) real mashed potatoes are out (bummer).
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Satisfaction with life is something that is important to society as whole. This research aimed to measure the impact of participation in extracurricular activities and/or interscholastic athletics on future life satisfaction among former college graduates. Three student subgroups were identified and sorted within a university alumni database: interscholastic athletes, extracurricular participants, and nonparticipants. A random sample of 1,500 alumni was then drawn from each of these three study groups. The Satisfaction with Life Scale was then emailed to the resulting list of 4,500 alumni. A total of 341 surveys were returned: 109 for athletes, 164 for extracurricular participants, and 68 for nonparticipants. Analysis of Variance was used to examine differences in quality of life across these three student populations. It was found that while former student athletes are more likely to be happy with accomplishments in their life, they are not more satisfied with life as a whole. This study accepts the conclusion that participation in extracurricular activities, including competitive sport, has no impact in future overall life satisfaction. One area for future study is the impact of athletic involvement on satisfaction with goal achievement or if individuals who are athletes just tend to be goal oriented to begin with.


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Buzz bands come and go with a quick refresh of your Facebook feed. And Tom Fec, AKA Tobacco, the creative force behind Pittsburgh-based group Black Moth Super Rainbow, seems to be just fine with that. Since breaking through with their 2007 opus, Dandelion Gum, Fec (along with his crew of mask-wearing merry pranksters) have released consistently great records of mind-altering, sugar-coated, vocoder-heavy psychedelic pop. But they've never quite rocketed out of the cult-group ghetto.Maybe that will change with the band's terrific new set Cobra Juicy, out October 23, which finds Fec showing off his sharpened gift for gooey hooks — not to mention some pretty sweet guitar.
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David Perron has not played hockey in four months as he deals with post-concussion symptoms, but the St. Louis Blues forward remains positive while exploring life away from the game. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I started to learn Spanish a little bit … I'm actually getting better," said Perron, a French-Canadian. "It's quite easy because speaking French is quite similar. I'm also reading books about becoming a pilot.
"In my life, there was only hockey before that injury, and now you realize there's more. I can't say there are too many positives from the injury, because there isn't, but that's one of them. I'm looking at life in a different angle, and it's pretty good. I'm sure when I came back, though, I'll go back to the exact same (hockey) mindset, but you grow as a human."
Ovechkin a 'Falling Star'?
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Blame Heatley for Kovalev Fiasco?
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If that spoiled suckhole [Heatley] hadn't whined his way out of a multi-million-dollar commitment, the Senators wouldn't have been in the position where they needed to find a potential game-breaker to replace him. There weren't a lot of options left in the free-agent pond when they made a splash. So they hooked Kovalev, and crossed their fingers.
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The Buffalo Sabres hope that another team is willing to take on Craig Rivet at half his cost.
Orpik is Latest Penguins Injury Victim
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TSN Announces Epic Bonerfest for Tradecentre
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While completely useless to a lost global traveler, Fernando Vicente's map paintings offer a spectacular visual relief. A Madrid-based painter and illustrator, Vicente uses delicate vintage maps as canvases in his "Atlas Series." The artist illustrates human faces, animals, and skulls on the maps, allowing the geographic boundaries of each to shape the contours and shapes of his subjects. In dark, lush gestures, he seamlessly orients an ancient profile on the outline of Spain and imagines a rearing elephant's trunk on the tip of South America. [Read more…]
The Difference Between Holland and the Netherlands
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A day on Portobello Road…
One of the great things about living in Notting Hill is having Portobello Road right on my doorstep! I love browsing the vintage shops and markets to get inspiration for fashion and home design ideas. A few weeks back I went on a little explore with the fabulous Faye from Fashion Found to see what treasures we could find and we got a little snap happy with our cameras…
This is one of my favourite antique dealer shops called 'last place on earth' It's filled with gorgeous mirrors, antique tea sets and shabby chic furniture. 305-307 Portobello Road
Great jewellery, bags and old magazines in the pop-up market stalls
This is the lovely Faye! She has her own amazing fashion blog; Fashion Hound. She is a huge fan of vintage and charity shopping, is all about sustainable style and is full of brilliant fashion DIY ideas.
This beautiful coloured tiled wall underneath the Westway just screamed for a mini photo-shoot ;)
Faye loved these cat eyed pink sunnies and we were both very tempted to buy that cute Micky jumper!
Goldsmith Vintage
253 Portobello Road
I love Faye's cool and often bohemian fashion sense. She's great at mixing designer pieces with high street or vintage clothes to show off her individual style.
Jacket by Willow (Australian designer)
Leopard print knit from Oxfam shop (only £3)
Cargoes from an RSPCA charity store in London (She paid only £1, what a bargain!)
Ring by YSL
Black leather converse (which she customised with her favourite quotes – what a great idea)
Lovely Morocan tea cups, funky colourful sneakers and printed tee's!
Even though we were mainly browsing the vintage shops we couldn't resist a visit to a shoe paradise….
Kurt Geiger
156 Portobello Road
More shoe fabulousness at 202: Nicole Farhi where we stopped for a coffee to rest our feet and to admire shoes, designer clothes and the ever trendy crowd. This restaurant is one of my favourite weekend brunch stops in Notting Hill. I mean how can you not love a place that combines fashion and yummy food?
202 Westbourne Grove
Thanks Miss Faye for a lovely day of exploring and fashion fun :)
50 Shades of Grey….(blush)
Like just about every other woman in the world, I admit that I am currently hooked on the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy books! The novels which originally began as "Twilight" fan fiction have now become one of the best selling books of the year with over 10 million copies sold so far. The first book in the series; 50 Shades of Grey has actually made E.L. James the first author to sell more than one million copies via Kindle! After hearing so much about these books; the curious side of me just had to know what they were all about….
The plot of "50 Shades of Grey" revolves around a young and naïve college student named Anastasia Steele who is seduced by a hot, rich and powerful billionaire businessman named Christian Grey. Grey persuades Steele to sign a contract that allows him complete control over her life, in and out of the bedroom. And let's just say their relationship is rather steamy! The books have received a lot of criticism calling the erotic novels 'mommy porn' with the overall reception being very mixed; people seem to either love it or hate it. I am now half way through the second book 'Fifty Shades Darker' and I am definitely a little addicted. I do admit that it has caused me to blush (fifty shades of pink!) occasionally when reading the book in public and I may have actually missed my tube stop one morning because I was so…well… caught up (hehe) in reading the book! Fifty Shades of Grey is definitely my guilty pleasure at the moment ;)
Following the huge success of the books you can imagine that this caused a fierce bidding war between leading film studios to secure the movie rights to the trilogy. Universal and Focus Features won the battle and this has now left many fans of the sexy books wondering who will be bringing the sexiness of the main characters to life on the silver screen! Rumours are all over the internet about who will or should play the smoldering leading man, Mr Christian Grey.
My inner goddess just couldn't resist getting in on the action looking for gorgeous men who I think should play the sexiest, richest, hottest guy on the planet ;)
Let's have a look at my candidates shall we?
♥ Ryan Gosling. I think it is fair to say that I love me some Ryan Gosling any day! Ryan oozes sexyness, cheekiness and has got the smoldering eyes thing pat down. Just think a mix of his characters from Crazy, Stupid Love & Drive to channel Mr Grey plus we all know this guy can rock a suit!
♥ Alexander Skarsgard. If you've ever watched True Blood (or have a pair of eyes for that matter) then enough said. But yes he is tall, athletic and totally has the dominating, intense thing down! I can see him being sensitive yet protective. I can see him being dominating and loving. I think character wise Alexander would be a pretty perfect fit for the role.♥ Ian Somerhalder. Known for his leading role in the Vampire Diaries. Apparently Ian has expressed interest in being cast in the 50 Shades movie. I think he could pull of the sexy and sweet act and let's admit that mischievous grin is quite the asset as well.♥ Armie Hammer. At first glance Armie might look a little vanilla. BUT if you've read the book Christian Grey decides he's into vanilla…soooo…he would fit the nice guy/bad guy mold pretty well.
♥…and last but not least my final pick would be Matt Bomer. Matt is not (YET) that well known as an actor but after seeing photos online of him as suggestions for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie I am completely SOLD on him playing the sexy Mr Grey! Gorgeous eyes, hair you can run your fingers through, and a body that would make any girl weak in the knees…yup, Matt Bomer has got it all looks-wise. I can go on for days just talking about this man's good looks but I'll let the pictures on this page do all that for you. To me Matt looks the ultimate Christian and think he could pull off the dominating but sweet and sexy billionaire CEO personality very well. So he gets my top vote!
So there you have it. My 5 suggestions for Christian Grey!
Happy Hump Day everyone! Instead of providing you with my weekly (deep and meaningful) quotes on hump day I thought today I'd just provide you all with some eye candy! Just as satisfying don't you agree? ;)
Laters baby!
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Lady in coral: a night out in Paris
Here a recent outfit of the night while I was in the beautiful city that is Paris. After a day of being out and about in the city, we got back to my friend's apartment, put on some sounds and poured ourselves a nice cold glass of champagne to get ready for a summery Parisian night out! I love getting ready with girlfriends…it's almost one of my favourite parts of going out :) Once we were all ready I asked my friend if she could take some quick pictures of me….welcome to the life of a blogger…
She suggested we go down to the street to take the photos outside her place. Well doing that we definitely put on a good show for everyone! Here I am standing 'posing' outside a busy restaurant with all the dining guests looking at me the whole time thinking, what on earth are those girls doing (cringe…)!!
But we decided who cares and just had fun with it! So as you can see the life of a blogger is full of good times ;)
Bright coral silk dress by Maje (one of my favourite French fashion brands!)
Shoes by Isabella Anselmi
I love the padded shoulders and cut of this dress! I remember picking it up from a sales rack at Selfridges and immediately falling in love the colour (to be expected with coral being my favourite colour and all). However, I wasn't convinced it would look any good on because on the hanger it looked shapeless and thought it might look a bit like a 'sack' on me but I ended up pleasantly surprised when I tried it on and realised it actually was a lovely fit! Short and sexy but not too revealing or tight :)
Love this photo…just wish it wasn't blurry! But still put it up because reflects a real happy moment :)
We decided to continue the fashion shoot on the balcony for some more fun photos…
After a few glasses of champagne it was definitely time for dinner. Luckily, we had a booking for the amazing Brasserie Thoumieux which is by top French chef Jean-François Piège.
Everything on the menu looked so delicious it was hard to chose!
But in the end I decided on a beautiful piece of entrecôte with pommes!
It was the perfect accompany to my champagne ;)
The lovely couple with their delicious meals
This perfect evening just HAD to be finished off with dessert…
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! YUM :)
Again a big thank you to my dear friend for having me for this AMAZING weekend in Paris ♥
Chanel Les 4 Ombes in Mystic Eyes
Last year for my birthday two of my lovely friends got me some Chanel makeup as a present (see my birthday presents post here). All my friends know me well enough to know that with a gift like beautiful makeup they pretty much can't go wrong ;)
The Chanel eye palette they got me was the Les 4 Ombres Palette in Mystic Eyes and it's been one of my favourite quads ever since! I never got round to reviewing it on the blog so only about a year late (woops) here is a recent face of the day using this versatile and gorgeous eyeshadow palette!
Now let's look at the palette a little more up close shall we?
As to be expected from the luxury brand Chanel; the packaging is gorgeous, compact and easy to use.
The palette comes with four eyeshadow shades in a smudge-proof formula, that can be applied dry for subtle shading, or dampened for more intense colour.
Colours clockwise from L-R:
♥ Neutral deep chocolate brown with tiny gold flecks
♥ Light shimmery vanilla pink
♥ Silvery shimmery grey taupe
♥ Warm shimmery light gold brown
The pink and silver shades are a bit more sheer but the light brown and dark brown shades are both very pigmented. The whole quad is quite shimmery with the pink and silver being the most shimmery of the bunch. And as with all Chanel eyeshadows (I also have their Les Ombes Enigma Quad) the staying power is superb, and the colour payoff is excellent.
I love how you can play with these seemingly neutral colours to create a natural or dramatic smokey look. The shimmer in this quad just seems to make my eyes sparkle that little bit more! Here a slightly closer look at my neutral 'Mystic eyes' face of the day:
Products used:
Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation (review here)
Stilla brighten and correct concealer (link)
Bourjois Delice de Poudre Bronzing Powder (review here)
Estee Lauder Goddess Sea Star Bronzing Blush (as seen here)
Chanel 14 Mystic Eyes – Silver shade applied to tearduct and inner 1/3 of eyelid
Chanel 14 Mystic Eyes – Light brown shade applied to outer 2/3 of lid and in the crease
Chanel 14 Mystic Eyes – Pink shade applied to the brow bone as a highlight
Chanel 14 Mystic Eyes – Dark brown applied along lower lashline
Blink + Go Mascara (as seen here)
On my lips I am wearing the other Chanel present the girls got me last year…
Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss in Imaginaire (56)
Imaginaire is a semi-sheer, milky medium pink colour with a hint of coral and some tiny tiny gold sparkles. This is one of my favourite lip glosses. The colour pay off is very pigmented and rich on my lips whilst still showing a hint of my natural lip tone. And the formula is smooth and glossy, without being tacky or sticky – just how I like it! When I wear this gloss I always feel girly and sophisticated :)
I absolutely love both these Chanel items so am very grateful to my friends for buying these for me! What do you think of the Mystic Eyes palette or the Imaginaire lip gloss? xoxo
L.K. Bennett Blogger Must Haves
L.K. Bennett is one of my favourite UK fashion brands. The luxury brand and has been around since 1990 and was established in London, but is now quickly establishing a wider international presence. It being one of the Duchess Kate Middleton's favourite shops may have helped with that I think ;) If the Duchess Kate loves it…how can we not love it; that girl has got class and style!
So when the lovely people from L.K. Bennett approached me to feature on their latest newsletter (link) and website I felt so very honoured! They asked me to pick my favourite five items from their current collection which turned out to be a harder task then I'd thought, I mean how to pick only five when I loved pretty much everything?!
In the end these items stood out most to me and are my L.K. Bennett must-haves at the moment!
That stunning Aqua Crocus Tote just HAD to be on there; it is very high on my shopping LUST list!
The feature also shows the must-have picks by three other fabulous bloggers!
Check their L.K. Bennett favourites below:Amanda from the Online Stylist
A great, fun to read blog by this lovely UK stylist that aims to put 'fashion at your fingertips'!
Briony Whitehouse aka Miss B from A girl, A style
Miss B is an Australian lady that now spends her days between London and Cambridge and blogs about fashion, food, London and everything else fabulous! Love her writing style and beautiful photos.
Jen Inglis from The Style Crusader
There is no doubt that Jen has got a fabulous sense of style!
I could spend hours getting lost reading her blog and admiring all her gorgeous outfit and fashion posts. Plus she's a great photographer which is very inspirational for me.
I could spend hours getting lost reading her blog and admiring all her gorgeous outfit and fashion posts. Plus she's a great photographer which is very inspirational for me.
So what do you think of my (or the other bloggers) L.K. Bennet must-have picks?


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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Natural area, south-central Colorado, U.S. It lies at the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley along the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Established in 1932 as a national monument, the 150,000-acre (60,700-hectare) region contains some of the highest inland sand dunes in the U.S., with changing crests that rise to 700 ft (215 m). In 2000 the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve was created, and after much land acquisition the monument officially became a national park in 2004.
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Sonoco ThermoSafe launches new Aeris Series of pre-qualified shippers
MALLOW, Ireland, Sept. 3, 2013 (CNW) -Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco and the leading global provider of temperature assurance packaging, has launched the new Aeris Series of pre-qualified shippers to maintain pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines and other high-value products between 2- 8 degrees C during transport.
US OCC prices edge down after passing $230/tonne mark in China
SINGAPORE, Aug. 30, 2013 (PPI Asia) -Prices for US old corrugated containers (OCC) have softened after peaking three weeks ago at $230-232/tonne in China, closing August at $226-228/tonne.
The benchmark grade's levels had kept climbing for almost three months since touching bottom at $200-203/tonne in mid-May.
US containerboard executives gain large payouts with share sales
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23, 2013 (RISI) -With a dramatic run-up in US containerboard company share prices this year, top executives at some firms gained large payouts -- even as analysts are also raising share price projections for some companies, PPI Pulp & Paper Week reported.
Menasha to close corrugated sheet plant in Wisconsin as it seeks to maximize operational efficiencies
After 20-plus years in Green Lake, a local plant of Menasha Corp. is closing this fall.
The news was confirmed by a company spokesman who talked with the Commonwealth. The packaging plant is located in the industrial park at 750 South St. in Green Lake, by the intersection with Commercial Avenue.
Employees were told the news Aug. 13, but were informed they had the opportunity to apply to other company plants, such as Neenah and Hartford.
Rxperts Printed Packaging Group unveils new website that details combining folding cartons with miniature inserts and outserts
CINCINNATI, OH, Aug. 27, 2013 (PRWeb) -Rxperts Printed Packaging Group (formerly known as the Rxperts Printing Alliance) is a complete "one-stop shop" for packaging components - Cartons, Inserts and Labels. The Rxperts Group has released their redesigned corporate website at http://www.RxpertsGroup.com.
P.M. Packaging to build a brownfield corrugated packaging plant in central Russia
BRUSSELS, Aug. 29, 2013 (PPI Europe) -Russia's P.M. Packaging is progressing with its $40 million investment in a new brownfield corrugated packaging plant in Ulyanovsk, central Russia.
Belgium's Antilope Cardboard nominated in beauty & cosmetics category at ECMA Carton Award 2013
LIER, Belgium, Aug. 28, 2013 (Press Release) -
AICC to hold 2013 Designers' Lab along with AICC 2013 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 23-25
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Aug. 27, 2013 (Press Release) -AICC will hold the 2013 Designers' Lab in conjunction with the AICC 2013 Annual Meeting - September 23-25 at The Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. This two-day meeting within a meeting has been expanded to include corrugated, folding carton and rigid box designers.


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Let's move on to something a little more uplifting. Just kidding! There's no such thing in this episode, which also finds Healy struggling to make himself feel useful by soliciting submissions to his desktop "feelings jar" and launching a new group therapy initiative called "Safe Space." All the self-help-book-gleaned jargon in the world can't convince any inmates besides Tiffany to actually show up for the thing -- until he decides to award any attendees by taking a shot off their record. Even after the bribery, Safe Space isn't quite as successful as he hoped it would be. Nobody's really honest about their feelings; when Poussey gets close to truth, she's frightened into silence by Suzanne, proving in one scene why everyone used to call her Crazy Eyes. (Suzanne, however, seems to have a surprisingly great time at Safe Space, probably because their activities seem to be mostly "creative play" theater games.)
And then, at the end of the episode, Healy's brought down even further when he has to deliver upsetting news to Piper: She's being transferred to Virginia. Whaaaa?! Healy says the decision was totally random, and that this sort of thing happens all the time -- but it's almost impossible that Piper's in-house visits from Andrew the Journalist don't have something to do with this. There's no way she's actually going to be moved south, right? I know I've talked a big game about how OITNB doesn't really need Piper, but at the same time, it's pretty tough to imagine how the show would work without her. Then again, season 2's gotten along pretty well with only occasional visits from Alex, so maybe Piper's absence wouldn't be insurmountable. Argh, I don't know how to feel! Quick, somebody hand me Healy's chart.
Oh, also in "Take a Break From Your Values"? One of the craziest things that's happened on Orange so far: Now that Red's been found out, she tells the Golden Girls that she wants to get out of the contraband game. But they've grown to love their time in the greenhouse -- so Taslitz, a.k.a. the white-haired one who isn't Jimmy, hatches a just-nuts-enough-that-it-might-work plan to murder Vee. The problem: Taslitz knows Vee only as "the one with the big hair" -- and thanks to a combination of Old Lady Eye and her, uh, less than practiced ability to tell black women apart, she ends up shivving the wrong person -- an inmate identified in the credits only as "Vee Doppelganger #1." Vee sees the whole thing go down; there can be no doubt in her mind as to whom she thinks is responsible. Considering this women can make even eating pudding look menacing, how much more dangerous will she get after learning that someone tried to kill her? Buckle your seatbelts: That ominous winter storm won't be the only earth-shattering event to hit Litchfield next episode.
The Commissary
- Speaking of Alex: Now that she and Piper are finally in contact again, she breaks the news that Kubra the drug lord lucked into a mistrial -- and that she's holed up in Brooklyn, unable to leave the state or truly flee from Kubra's flunkies. She also tells Piper that she's coming to Litchfield to tell her something important... though that visit is planned to happen at the same time as Piper's surprise transfer. These two, always passing in the night.
- How appropriate: The B Dorm bathroom is finally getting fixed just as the Vee/Red sh--storm is about to hit.
- Daya's horribly depressing final comic goes a little something like this:
Hawk: "I heard you're pregnant."
Horse: "Does everyone know?"
Hawk: "Pretty much. Do you have a man to help you?"
Horse: "I don't have anyone."
Horse [next panel]: "I must shoulder the burden alone."
- Also in the last edition of The Big House Bugle is this stirring anonymous poem, which I'm choosing to believe was written by Suzanne:
I am a poet
and this is my trip
down the staircase of a thousand [unintelligible]
to the foot of the BeBop Goddess
A Together we make music
to calm our souls
and fill the holes
of our solitary sadness
Behind Bars and in Stars
- I know I made a similar reference in the last recap, but: The guards have to be playing with Chekov's Riot Gear, right?
- Best micro moment of the episode: Suzanne calling Tiffany "Pennsabama." Actually, wait -- it's a tough call between that and Leanne becoming Edward Pizzahands.
- Red: "Don't you remember what happened to Tricia?" Cindy: "I remember the Alamo too, but that don't keep me from eating Mexican food."
- Nicky, after Cindy swiftly tells Red that Boo ratted her out to Vee: "That was a short mystery."
- Even people whose names rhyme with Larry are the worst: "Terry runs a bakery that sells anti-authoritarian cupcakes."
- Today in Larry: He and Polly have come clean to Pete; they're going to give their relationship a go. Good luck, you crazy kids -- and bon voyage!
- Fig, who manages to be even worse than Larry, is planning some sort of small prison benefit concert called Rock Against Rape. Or maybe Rape and Roll. Or Rape the Vote. Eh, all that really matters is that the word "rape" gets in there somehow, right?


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As the corporate and political drama around Uganda's Lake Albert Rift Basin oil reserves unfolds, it appears that Heritage and Eni are out, while CNOOC and possibly Total are in.
The FT revealed today that Tullow, after blocking Eni's attempt to buy into the Ugandan development, has now presented the country's government with the CNOOC and Total as alternative partners – with CNOOC as Tullow's preferred option.
The reason for all the excitement? The fields are suspected to hold more oil than previously thought.
It's a complex and fast-moving situation. First, here's a catch-up of the convoluted events of the past few weeks:
- In Uganda, Tullow owns one field outright, and jointly owned two fields with Heritage Oil. The two partnered on development of those fields.
- Heritage agreed to sell its stake to Eni, to focus on its Kurdistan holdings.
- Tullow then exercised its pre-emption right to block the sale to Eni, so Tullow itself could buy Heritage's interest.
- The Ugandan government wrote to Tullow on January 20 saying that it did not want Tullow to buy Heritage's stake, because – no doubt mindful of the 'resource curse' – it feared a monopoly situation.
- Tullow's chief executive Adrian Heaney promised talks with at least one other possible partner were advanced, and last Friday met with Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni. Yesterday, Tullow presented two possible partners – CNOOC and Total – to invest in the fields, and develop them with Tullow.
- Tullow declared CNOOC its preferred partner, and officials from Tullow, CNOOC and the Ugandan government all met in Kampala yesterday.
- Heritage shareholders, incidentally, have just approved a sale to either Tullow or Eni.
As Oswald Clint and Neil McMahon of Bernstein Research wrote a week ago, if Tullow succeeds in buying Heritage's stake, it needs a 'farm-in' investor regardless of the Ugandan government's monopoly fears:
Financing for the transaction has been provided by Tullow's core banks. Most recently, Net Debt was £664M equating to a Net Debt-to-Equity level of 27%. Yesterday's deal assuming new debt of $1.5Bn will cause gearing to double though we expect this to be temporary until proceeds from the farm-out process are received.
Why is CNOOC preferred? No-one was commenting yesterday, but we've previously written that in general, cash, access to cheaper resources and a willingness to operate in security-sensitive areas are advantages of Chinese companies for western IOCs. Again, from the Bernstein analysts' note:
While we suspect Tullow is aiming to extract more value via this move via a preferred farm-out partner, they also want to have more of a say in the ultimate development of these reserves which they discovered.
And of those suspected bigger reserves? As with any exploration project, it's too early to say, but it's enough to generate a little excitement. Last week, after Tullow announced a successful appraisal well drilling in block 2 – the block it wholly owns – Cit's Mark B Kofler wrote:
Following this morning's drilling update there are no revisions to previous guidance on resource potential at Kasamene. However, the positive result further validates Tullow's increasing understanding of the local geology.
Related links:
CNOOC favoured as Tullow's Uganda partner (FT)
The questions surround Tullow vs Eni in Uganda (FT Energy Source)


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MAking Halloumi Cheese. Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe (海南雞飯) Ever tried the famous Hainanese Chicken Rice?
I'm not quite sure if this popular dish was originated from Singapore or Malaysia. Some friends told me that it was from Singapore. Is it right? No matter you go into a Singaporean or Malaysian restaurant, they would definitely offer this dish on their menu, not very expensive and worth trying if you didn't. The chicken meat is very smooth and tender, going so wonderful with the unique chili sauce. Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe :
Directions Make the Chile Sauce: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mix well, and season with salt, to taste.
Set aside Make the Chicken and Rice: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (enough water to immerse the chicken). Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe. Thursday, August 20, 2009 Hi there!
Please welcome guest writer (and Steamy Kitchen intern) Jess from Jess's Many Mini Adventures in Food and Farming. She's an amazing, passionate gal who loves food as much as I do. She's here to share her family recipe for Hainanese Chicken Rice.
The best new recipes from Framed Cooks — punchfork.com. Cupcakes. Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes. "Scalloped" is an attractive word, isn't it?
When I hear it I think of several things: first, there's scallops, as in the seafood—totally delicious. Then there's the scalloped shape that can live on the edge of a pair of shorts or on the collar of a woman's blouse—always pretty and dainty. And of course scalloped potatoes also comes to mind, which carries my imagination to a land of crispy potato skins drenched in a sea of cheese and cream. I can think of no better place to exist, actually. Popsicles!
Jun29 Not to sound full of myself, but I'm pretty sure this is the be all, end all of popsicle roundups.
There's a little something for everyone: the foodies, the purists, the ones who prefer frozen yogurt, the ones who prefer a little alcohol, everyone.
Grilled Guacamole Recipe. Grilled Guacmole?
Ummmm. Heck yes!! I made this recently for Tasty Kitchen and it was gooooood. You need to make it. Baked Egg Boat recipe. Breakfast is my favorite meal.
I like to drink iced coffee and watch the cream climb its way down the chunky ice cubes in a dazy before the caffeine hits. I like to order bacon with whatever I'm eating. I like eating potatoes with ketchup. I like eggs over easy, and fluffy scrambled eggs.


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Luscious lemon baked cheesecake
Cooking time
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 40 mins Plus chillingSkill level
Cuts into 10 slicesA simple but very impressive pud, light enough to have a slice to finish a big meal
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Can be frozen baked but undecorated
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 705
- protein
- 7g
- carbs
- 43g
- fat
- 57g
- saturates
- 34g
- fibre
- 0g
- sugar
- 25g
- salt
- 1.08g
- 225g digestive biscuits
- 100g butter, melted
- 250g tub mascarpone
- 600g soft cheese
- 2 eggs, plus 2 yolks
- zest 3 lemons, juice of 1
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 175g caster sugar
For the topping
- ½ a 284ml pot soured cream
- 3 tbsp lemon curd
- handful raspberries, to serve (optional)
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- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the bottom of a 23cm springform tin with greaseproof paper. Tip the biscuits and melted butter into a food processor, then blitz to make fine crumbs. Press into the tin and chill.
- Whisk all the other ingredients in a large bowl until completely combined, pour into the tin, then bake for 35-40 mins until the cheesecake has a uniform wobble.
- Turn off the oven and leave the cake inside until cool. When it is completely cooled, remove from the tin and top with soured cream. Swirl lemon curd over the top and decorate with raspberries, if you like.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009
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Comments, questions and tips
This was quick, easy, and delicious. I used a thick Greek yogurt and a thick quite solid soft cream cheese, and it was not runny, or too lemony, or any of the things I had noticed from the comments. This is actually a great recipe and my guests thought I was marvelous for serving it! I set my oven at 180 instead of 100, and I used 70 grams of flour as I was worried about the "runny" remarks. I will definitely make this again soon.
I've never attempted to make a baked cheesecake before but after making it I will certainly making this again! It was definitely luscious and so easy to make! I read reviews and used half digestives and ginger snaps and also didn't use as much sour cream or lemon curd as the recipe suggested. It got thumbs up in our house. Was wondering if anyone has used something else instead of lemons?
Made this Wednesday for a dinner party on Friday. I was a little worried that it might go soggy on the top with the sour cream and lemon curd but it was perfect on the day. I like a strong lemon flavour so I added the zest of 3 and juice of 3. I baked for 5 mins longer than stated and left in the oven. It did crack but it was easily covered with the sour cream. This cheesecake is lovely. One of my favourites. Make sure you soften the lemon curd as it'll make it easier to swirl. I served with a little double cream and raspberries. It was beautiful.
I made this cheescake for the first time last night and it came out perfectly, which was lucky as I served it at my birthday dinner party. I added some grated fresh ginger to the digestive biscuits which tasted great. It is VERY rich though so don't have too big a slice! Will definately be making this again
This cheesecake is absolutely delicious! I have made it 3 times now. Like many others have suggested, I used the rind of an extra lemon and also added an extra half a lemon juice. Everyone who has tried this has said how lovely it was. It's very creamy and not dry like some cheesecakes can be.
I don't have a food processor so the first time I made it I tried to use a blender to break up the biscuits instead but it didn't work very well. Instead, I put the biscuits in a food bag and bashed them with a meat hammer. This will work better if you do this before you mix them with the melted butter. You can also use a rolling pin to bash them with.
Once you've done the biscuit base it really is very easy. Everything just goes in to the bowl together and then whisked up. Like many others I found that it took a bit longer to cook. It really is worth keeping it in the oven to cool if you can as this stops it from cracking.
I am definitely going to make this again.
I took note of a few of the previous comments & used the zest of three & juice of two lemons Also used Fox's stem ginger oat biscuits rather than ginger nut biscuits with higher fat content I left in the oven until totally cold & there was a very small split (1") which was easily covered with the sour cream & lemon curd Made the day before just adding topping & fresh raspberries before serving The resulting cheesecake was AMAZING Everybody wanted the recipe & all was eaten up Will definitely become a favourite
This was my first attempt at a baked cheesecake and after reading all the positive comments I thought it would be a good place to start. However mine did not come out so well, when it was finished it was very heavy to pick up and inside was solid, like rubber! i followed the recipe exactly so i'm not sure where I went wrong, anyone have any ideas?
This was my first attempt at making a cheesecake. I followed the recipe exactly & it came out perfectly. There was a slight crack in it but nothing to worry about. I wasn't sure about adding soured cream to the top but it worked really well. Next time I make it, I will use more lemon juice & substitute half the digestives for ginger biscuits.
Really great recipe, I made it as stated other than substituting ginger nut biscuits. I hadn't made a baked cheesecake before so found the difficult bit knowing whether it was done or not. I wouldn't describe mine as having a "uniform wobble" when I switched the oven off...it was firm at the outside but still with some wobble in the middle. But turned out to have a beautiful light texture and tasted lovely and fresh, have made it twice now and will return to this recipe again.
This is a lovely cheesecake. Follow the recipe though! I wasted 2 lots of ingredients by trying to make a ginger version. Each time the base started dripping during cooking, which then started to smoke and this tainted the taste - as well as smoking out my kitchen! My only guess is that there was too much butter in the base when using ginger biscuits plus butter. This totally put me off when it came to finally eating the cheesecake which had worked!
I have been using this recipe for about 18 months now and it will always be my go-to cheesecake recipe! Works a treat every time and always gets fantastic reviews. Lovely velvety texture, and with a little extra zest and juice added than advised, is really scrummy. I use ginger biscuits instead of digestives which works really nicely with the lemon! Really great recipe
Hope you don't mind my asking but how do you stop it from cracking. I read all the comments (looking for tips) tried yours by using ginger nuts with extra zest and juice. Left the cheesecake in the over to cool down BUT have still ended up with a great big crack down the middle, any idea what to do next time to prevent the crack??
An easy and quick recipe for a crowd that makes the cook look good! I made it for 25 people and there was a scuffle for seconds. Substituting ginger nut biscuits for the digestives complimented the lemon flavours nicely. Just make sure you wash the lemons well before grating and leave the finished cheesecake in the oven if you don't want a large crack down the middle.
I made this cheesecake last year. It went down a great treat. I have tried other recipes of this from different sites, but her indoors says that this recipe is the best, so will be making it again soon. I did put lemon curd on top then chilled it and just before serving I sprinkled icing sugar on top and decorated it with a couple of mint leaves.


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[Military] Fwd: [OS] US/MIL - Gen. Petraeus warns against military cuts
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By Greg Jaffe, Thursday, September 1, 2:52 AM
Gen. David H. Petraeus warned at a pomp-filled retirement ceremony on
Wednesday that the nation's leaders, faced with tough budget decisions,
should be careful not to cut the military's budget too deeply in the years
The vast majority of the hour-long ceremony at Fort Myer in Arlington
celebrated Petraeus's 37 years of military service and his six years of
leading troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. Military bands played,
medals were awarded, and Petraeus issued a long list of thanks to his
mentors, his peers and the troops who fought under his command.
Petraeus is retiring as the wars that have defined his career as a general
and dominated U.S. foreign policy are winding down. He also leaves amid an
economic crisis and looming defense reductions that probably will cut $400
billion to $1 trillion from military budgets over the next decade. The
near certainty of deep reductions is clearly on Petraeus's mind as he
takes off his uniform and prepares to lead the Central Intelligence
"I do believe we have relearned since 9/11 the timeless lesson that we
don't always get to fight the wars for which we are most prepared or most
inclined," Petraeus told the crowd. "Given that reality, we will need to
maintain the full-spectrum capability that we have developed over this
last decade of conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere."
The majority of the ceremony and speeches focused on Petraeus's past -
something of a departure for a general who throughout his career has
focused tirelessly, and at times obsessively, on the future.
"Dave, you have run the race well, swifter and surer than the rest," Adm.
Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said as Petraeus
sat in the hot sun behind him. "You now stand among the giants - not just
in our time, but of all time, joining the likes of Grant, Pershing,
Marshall and Eisenhower as one of the great battle captains of American
No soldier has had a greater impact on the way the military has fought
over the past five years than Petraeus, who was a driving force behind the
military's embrace of a counterinsurgency doctrine that elevated the
importance of protecting terrified locals from insurgent attacks and
building local governance and infrastructure. Under Petraeus's command,
both tasks received as much energy and attention as killing the enemy.
Petraeus also pressed his troops to experiment and take risks in working
with former enemies and building indigenous security forces whose loyalty
initially seemed questionable. These gambles paid especially high
dividends in Iraq, which was convulsed by sectarian violence and in the
grip of a bloody insurgency when Petraeus assumed command in 2007.
"It was a time of doubt, of chaos, of death," Mullen recalled. Within a
year of Petraeus's taking command, violence levels had fallen
precipitously throughout the country.
President Obama dispatched Petraeus to Afghanistan in 2010, after Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal was forced to resign under pressure. Over the past
year, Petraeus oversaw a strategy that has been credited with reversing
the Taliban's momentum in the country. The outcome of the war, however,
remains in doubt.
Petraeus and his wife, Holly, whose father was a general, leave the Army
after making 23 moves over the course of his career. The general's son
recently completed a tour as a platoon leader in Afghanistan and is a
first lieutenant serving in Italy.
Petraeus will not be taking much of a break. In a few weeks, he will take
over the top job at the CIA. "We wish [Petraeus] happiness and prosperity
in his well-earned retirement," the announcer at Wednesday's ceremony
intoned. The remark drew guffaws from the crowd.
Clint Richards
Global Monitor
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