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To create an animation for Caring Together to share its vision of joined up health and social care across Eastern Cheshire. The animation was launched at a pivotal time as Caring Together, through its collaboration with Connecting Cheshire, had been announced as 1 of 14 successful integrated care pioneers in the UK. This places a national spotlight on the approach taken by Caring Together to communicate the complexities of joined up care with staff, citizens, volunteers and other stakeholders.
We took into consideration the complexities of the Caring Together vision and how it could be shared in an engaging way to a broad audience. We worked with illustrator Joshua Brent, to develop a distinctive suite of characters and scenarios to convey these messages in a memorable, informative and relevant style.

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What do you mean by 'breaking news'
Does the machine explode? Furthermore, what is the machine for, I've been wonderin that. You know, the one with Missy.
By breaking news, I mean if something significant happens outside of Jay's area and it is essential to the plot.
The "explosion" will happen during Comic 2, but you wont see. The machines' purpose is clear in Comic 3, and it's not Missy, it's DC (Missy is still around though).
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May 26, 2016 - 12:56 GMT
The sale will help to bridge Qatar's budget deficit, which is expected to reach $12.8B this year due to persistently low oil prices.
May 26, 2016 - 11:58 GMT
Gulf Bank is announcing exclusive discounts for its red™ customers to watch the latest movies at all Cinescape for only KD 2 instead of the usual KD 3.5 rate seven days a week.
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RAKBANK is pleased to introduce a new and innovative approach for credit card sourcing by empowering its Direct Sales Agents (DSAs) with a Tablet PC preloaded with a bespoke App and an Emirates ID reader.
May 26, 2016 - 06:29 GMT
GFH Financial Group conducted a presentation at the Dubai Financial Market on "GFH Future Prospects" which was attended by the shareholders, investors and the brokers.
May 26, 2016 - 05:00 GMT
The investment bank released a statement to insist that the slashed jobs do not have a significant impact on the firm's performance and balance sheet.
May 25, 2016 - 12:00 GMT
Bank liquidity in the GCC has been hit by a more than 50 per cent slide in crude prices since mid-2014, forcing banks to redefine its business models.
May 25, 2016 - 09:14 GMT
MasterCard today unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics' humanoid robot Pepper.
May 25, 2016 - 04:58 GMT
As Jordan celebrates its Independence Day, a parliamentary vote to permit Israelis to support Jordanian governmental projects has generated controversy.
May 24, 2016 - 11:21 GMT
Noor Bank has bagged industry-specific awards from the prestigious Global Finance and Euromoney magazines.
May 24, 2016 - 10:38 GMT
Mashreq, one of the UAE's leading financial institutions, is sponsoring the MEED Construction Leadership Summit (MCLS) and MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2016 for the fourth consecutive year.
May 24, 2016 - 09:02 GMT
The latest report from Lebanon's Special Investigation Commission reveals the latest in a series of measures to combat terrorism financing and money laundering.
May 24, 2016 - 04:40 GMT
The Ministry of Finance (MoF), organised a workshop to discuss the book titled "Breaking the Oil Spell – The Gulf Falcon's Path to Diversification", in its premises in Dubai.
Al Ansari Exchange pledges AED 50 million donation to various charities in commemoration of its Golden Jubilee
May 23, 2016 - 12:29 GMT
Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, commemorates the 50thAnniversary of its establishment.
May 23, 2016 - 11:45 GMT
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Hurricane Katrina a wake-up call for U.S.
Published: Monday, September 5, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 5, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.
Hurricane Katrina, the devastating storm that has inundated the coastal cities of southern Louisiana and Alabama, is giving Americans a taste of the desperate helplessness the Indonesian tsunami victims have lived with for the better part of the last year.
Hopefully, we will use Katrina as a long overdue opportunity to take our blinders off. The world (most especially Americans) can no longer afford the luxury of insisting that we can continue to live our lives the way we always have. We must learn to deal with reality as it is, not as we would like it to be.
What was true in Asia last December is now true here. The most riveting scenes before us are not of the floods and the wide-scale devastation, but of the incredibly resilient and equally deadly terrain of the human heart.
The wonderful scenes that we have watched daily of people helping people, reaching out with food, shelter and clothing, taking Red Cross courses so they can go right where help is needed, rescuing people off rooftops, and even going out in search of victims to bring into their homes has been counterbalanced by pictures of looting and wholesale vandalism, reports of rapes and gang violence and even of victims shooting at the very helicopter pilots and police who are trying to rescue them.
Then of course there are the untold thousands in the Muslim world dancing for joy because the Great White Satan has finally had a taste of "judgment day." Keep in mind that they are now in a position to prolong that judgment day.
Why? Because we have stupidly and shortsightedly allowed our avowed enemies to become a vital source of a commodity that our nation has become incapable of functioning without. Oil.
What can we do without oil? Drive our cars? Run our factories? Get to work or go to school? Fly to a business meeting or to a loved one's funeral? Heat our homes? Run the generators we have as a backup when the electricity is out? (I wonder how many generators are running in New Orleans these days.)
It's time to wake up. The coffee is already burned.
If the last few decades, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, blizzards and ice storms, out-of-control fires, mudslides, volcanoes and nuclear accidents have taught us nothing else, it is critical that we realize we have no business building our entire infrastructure on power lines that are no match for Mother Nature and oil that is controlled by our enemies.
We stand now (and have for a long time) at a critical juncture. Several serious questions must be addressed if we are to continue to prosper as a nation:
This last concern is where we're going to have to make some difficult choices. If we must protect the environment at the cost of forfeiting our national autonomy, what have we gained? Who will champion the world's freedom while the rest of the world is strutting around pontificating about the environment?
No, we are not always lily white in our intentions. But we must not allow ourselves to be persuaded to believe that our values have not made a difference in the world. They have. If you doubt that, think back to Tiananmen Square and to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
While Europe is committed to the furtherance of environmental safeguards, many of the poorer developing nations that are major guzzlers of the world's resources right along with us are willing to do whatever it takes to further their own national agendas, including the wanton abuse of the environment.
Shall we cut our own throats (and the rest of the world's along with us, whether they care to admit it or not) by adhering to regulations that would effectively cripple us?
On the other hand, we must candidly admit that it is partly our abuse of the world's resources that has brought us to this impossible situation to begin with. We cannot continue to build and plan and live as if there were no end to the oil under the earth's surface, and as if we controlled it all instead of our worst enemies controlling a significant part of it.
Pandering to such blindness and political expediency is far worse than stupid and shortsighted. It is suicidal. No one has called off the war on terrorism. Every time oil prices rise, the added cost fuels not only our cars and our lifestyles, but the terrorists who are dedicating all their resources to destroying us.
If we will learn our lessons now, Katrina may one day be viewed as a severe mercy. If that happens, at least we will have salvaged something of inestimable worth from the carnage we now see all around us.
If we do not, horrific though they are, these kinds of natural disasters will be the least of our worries.
Susan Hanley Lane, a Times-News community columnist, lives in Naples.
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"Very good advice given prior to the job being taken on of what the problem was and the different possibilities open to me to resolve it. Opted for the safer guaranteed cure of replacing taps and the work was completed well despite a few small problems on the way."
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"I called him in to fix a gas leak which had been pin pointed by the gas board. He gave me a quote. He stayed 20 minutes and charged me quoted price I had expected a much bigger job, I did not receive a receipt. That would work out to a very good hourly rate One can imagine how I felt. After phoning, I have now received an invoice after phoning twice, which is not itemised"
I was called for an emergency callout to repair a gas leak and re-instate the customers gas supply that had been capped off. I verbally quoted them a figure which the customer and his wife agreed and let me carry out the work. Once completed the customer got very irate because in his mind he thought I was going to do something that I didn't need to do which was replace some pipe. He verbally abused me in his house which I found to be extremely insulting. I was so shocked I left in a hurry and forgot to give them an invoice. The customer then phoned for one which I emailed to him. Then I received an abusive phone call in which the customer threatened me, said I was a con man, and said if I didn't give him a full refund he would leave negative feedback here. He also said I should have charged him no more than what he was charged for someone to look at his dishwasher! He also said he could have done the job himself, which is illegal. The whole thing is completely ridiculous.
"4th time we've used Jonathan, he has always arrived on time, has done a very good tidy job and charged as quoted. I would recommend."
"Jonathan recently carried out some work on my drainage - top job - if it ever gets blocked again I will be sure to give him a call! Finishes the job quickly and efficiently with minimal fuss. Defiantly give him a try."
"Supplied and installed air vent, co monitor and A star service. Excellent all round."
"Excellent work carried out. Very neat and tidy work done. I would certainly have work done by him again."
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"Very efficient, talked through all he was doing."
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"This was a large project and took a month to complete. The project was well managed and we are really delighted with the completed work. We would not hesitate to use Jonathan again or to recommend him to others."
"I have used Jonathan before for all types of heating and plumbing work, from fitting new boiler to small jobs, ie, tap replacement. He suits all requirements and I would highly recommend him."
"I would recommend this company."
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The management team wasn't understanding when I had a noise complaint about another unit.
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I am sorry to hear about your noise complaint. If it was after hours please feel free to call the authorities. We try our best to accommodate all family lifestyles. Let us know if there is anything more we can do for you.
During the initial move in, there were a few things we had noted. There was a large crack in the corner of our apartment. It had been repaired (very timely and very clean) but now that the weather has gotten colder the crack has reappeared and another one has appeared in the bedroom. There are a few trivial issues such as loose baseboards and an uneven floor (our front door gets stuck open if you open it all the way) but those are more related to the construction company.
Lately, there has been a lot of loud yelling in our apartment. I often hear loud music outside the apartment or people yelling which is very frightening. This summer there was children throwing their basketball balls against the apartment building as well, which was disrupting. It was never like this when I first moved in last year. Along with that, people will leave random things in the entry way like their cups or other garbage like items. Lastly, it always smells like smoke in the entry way.
I feel the biggest downfall of PRG rental properties are their build quality. The materials appear to be good, but are put together poorly. I have two corners in my apartment that are cracking from floor to ceiling. One of the cracks was fixed when I first moved in but has since appeared again. The garages flood terribly too, why were they built at the grade they were? Noise from neighbors isn't too big of an issue and I really like the high ceilings. PRG is easy to work with though.
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text: [FONT="]Waving Goodbye to Hegemony [/FONT] [FONT="] By PARAG KHANNA[/FONT] NYTimes [FONT="][/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Turn on the TV today,[/FONT][FONT="] and you could be forgiven for thinking it's 1999. Democrats and Republicans are bickering about where and how to intervene, whether to do it alone or with allies and what kind of world America should lead. Democrats believe they can hit a reset button, and Republicans believe muscular moralism is the way to go. It's as if the first decade of the 21st century didn't happen — and almost as if history itself doesn't happen. But the distribution of power in the world has fundamentally altered over the two presidential terms of George W. Bush, both because of his policies and, more significant, despite them. Maybe the best way to understand how quickly history happens is to look just a bit ahead. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]It is 2016, and the Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Barack Obama administration is nearing the end of its second term. America has pulled out of Iraq but has about 20,000 troops in the independent state of Kurdistan, as well as warships anchored at Bahrain and an Air Force presence in Qatar. Afghanistan is stable; Iran is nuclear. China has absorbed Taiwan and is steadily increasing its naval presence around the Pacific Rim and, from the Pakistani port of Gwadar, on the Arabian Sea. The European Union has expanded to well over 30 members and has secure oil and gas flows from North Africa, Russia and the Caspian Sea, as well as substantial nuclear energy. America's standing in the world remains in steady decline. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Why? Weren't we supposed to reconnect with the United Nations and reaffirm to the world that America can, and should, lead it to collective security and prosperity? Indeed, improvements to America's image may or may not occur, but either way, they mean little. Condoleezza Rice has said America has no "permanent enemies," but it has no permanent friends either. Many saw the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq as the symbols of a global American imperialism; in fact, they were signs of imperial overstretch. Every expenditure has weakened America's armed forces, and each assertion of power has awakened resistance in the form of terrorist networks, insurgent groups and "asymmetric" weapons like suicide bombers. America's unipolar moment has inspired diplomatic and financial countermovements to block American bullying and construct an alternate world order. That new global order has arrived, and there is precious little Clinton or McCain or Obama could do to resist its growth. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Geopolitical Marketplace[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]At best, America's unipolar moment lasted through the 1990s, but that was also a decade adrift. The post-cold-war "peace dividend" was never converted into a global liberal order under American leadership. So now, rather than bestriding the globe, we are competing — and losing — in a geopolitical marketplace alongside the world's other superpowers: the European Union and China. This is geopolitics in the 21st century: the new Big Three. Not Russia, an increasingly depopulated expanse run by Gazprom.gov; not an incoherent Islam embroiled in internal wars; and not India, lagging decades behind China in both development and strategic appetite. The Big Three make the rules — their own rules — without any one of them dominating. And the others are left to choose their suitors in this post-American world. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The more we appreciate the differences among the American, European and Chinese worldviews, the more we will see the planetary stakes of the new global game. Previous eras of balance of power have been among European powers sharing a common culture. The cold war, too, was not truly an "East-West" struggle; it remained essentially a contest over Europe. What we have today, for the first time in history, is a global, multicivilizational, multipolar battle.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]In Europe's capital, Brussels, technocrats, strategists and legislators increasingly see their role as being the global balancer between America and China. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, a German member of the European Parliament, calls it "European patriotism." The Europeans play both sides, and if they do it well, they profit handsomely. It's a trend that will outlast both President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, the self-described "friend of America," and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, regardless of her visiting the Crawford ranch. It may comfort American conservatives to point out that Europe still lacks a common army; the only problem is that it doesn't really need one. Europeans use intelligence and the police to apprehend radical Islamists, social policy to try to integrate restive Muslim populations and economic strength to incorporate the former Soviet Union and gradually subdue Russia. Each year European investment in Turkey grows as well, binding it closer to the E.U. even if it never becomes a member. And each year a new pipeline route opens transporting oil and gas from Libya, Algeria or Azerbaijan to Europe. What other superpower grows by an average of one country per year, with others waiting in line and begging to join? [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Robert Kagan famously said that America hails from Mars and Europe from Venus, but in reality, Europe is more like Mercury — carrying a big wallet. The E.U.'s market is the world's largest, European technologies more and more set the global standard and European countries give the most development assistance. And if America and China fight, the world's money will be safely invested in European banks. Many Americans scoffed at the introduction of the euro, claiming it was an overreach that would bring the collapse of the European project. Yet today, Persian Gulf oil exporters are diversifying their currency holdings into euros, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has proposed that OPEC no longer price its oil in "worthless" dollars. President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela went on to suggest euros. It doesn't help that Congress revealed its true protectionist colors by essentially blocking the Dubai ports deal in 2006. With London taking over (again) as the world's financial capital for stock listing, it's no surprise that China's new state investment fund intends to locate its main Western offices there instead of New York. Meanwhile, America's share of global exchange reserves has dropped to 65 percent. Gisele Bündchen demands to be paid in euros, while Jay-Z drowns in 500 euro notes in a recent video. American soft power seems on the wane even at home. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]And Europe's influence[/FONT][FONT="] grows at America's expense. While America fumbles at nation-building, Europe spends its money and political capital on locking peripheral countries into its orbit. Many poor regions of the world have realized that they want the European dream, not the American dream. Africa wants a real African Union like the E.U.; we offer no equivalent. Activists in the Middle East want parliamentary democracy like Europe's, not American-style presidential strongman rule. Many of the foreign students we shunned after 9/11 are now in London and Berlin: twice as many Chinese study in Europe as in the U.S. We didn't educate them, so we have no claims on their brains or loyalties as we have in decades past. More broadly, America controls legacy institutions few seem to want — like the International Monetary Fund — while Europe excels at building new and sophisticated ones modeled on itself. The U.S. has a hard time getting its way even when it dominates summit meetings — consider the ill-fated Free Trade Area of the Americas — let alone when it's not even invited, as with the new East Asian Community, the region's answer to America's Apec. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The East Asian Community is but one example of how China is also too busy restoring its place as the world's "Middle Kingdom" to be distracted by the Middle Eastern disturbances that so preoccupy the United States. In America's own hemisphere, from Canada to Cuba to Chávez's Venezuela, China is cutting massive resource and investment deals. Across the globe, it is deploying tens of thousands of its own engineers, aid workers, dam-builders and covert military personnel. In Africa, China is not only securing energy supplies; it is also making major strategic investments in the financial sector. The whole world is abetting China's spectacular rise as evidenced by the ballooning share of trade in its gross domestic product — and China is exporting weapons at a rate reminiscent of the Soviet Union during the cold war, pinning America down while filling whatever power vacuums it can find. Every country in the world currently considered a rogue state by the U.S. now enjoys a diplomatic, economic or strategic lifeline from China, Iran being the most prominent example. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Without firing a shot, China is doing on its southern and western peripheries what Europe is achieving to its east and south. Aided by a 35 million-strong ethnic Chinese diaspora well placed around East Asia's rising economies, a Greater Chinese Co-Prosperity Sphere has emerged. Like Europeans, Asians are insulating themselves from America's economic uncertainties. Under Japanese sponsorship, they plan to launch their own regional monetary fund, while China has slashed tariffs and increased loans to its Southeast Asian neighbors. Trade within the India-Japan-Australia triangle — of which China sits at the center — has surpassed trade across the Pacific.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]At the same time, a set of Asian security and diplomatic institutions is being built from the inside out, resulting in America's grip on the Pacific Rim being loosened one finger at a time. From Thailand to Indonesia to Korea, no country — friend of America's or not — wants political tension to upset economic growth. To the Western eye, it is a bizarre phenomenon: small Asian nation-states should be balancing against the rising China, but increasingly they rally toward it out of Asian cultural pride and an understanding of the historical-cultural reality of Chinese dominance. And in the former Soviet Central Asian countries — the so-called Stans — China is the new heavyweight player, its manifest destiny pushing its Han pioneers westward while pulling defunct microstates like Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as oil-rich Kazakhstan, into its orbit. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathers these Central Asian strongmen together with China and Russia and may eventually become the "NATO of the East." [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Big Three are the ultimate "Frenemies." Twenty-first-century geopolitics will resemble nothing more than Orwell's 1984, but instead of three world powers (Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia), we have three hemispheric pan-regions, longitudinal zones dominated by America, Europe and China. As the early 20th-century European scholars of geopolitics realized, because a vertically organized region contains all climatic zones year-round, each pan-region can be self-sufficient and build a power base from which to intrude in others' terrain. But in a globalized and shrinking world, no geography is sacrosanct. So in various ways, both overtly and under the radar, China and Europe will meddle in America's backyard, America and China will compete for African resources in Europe's southern periphery and America and Europe will seek to profit from the rapid economic growth of countries within China's growing sphere of influence. Globalization is the weapon of choice. The main battlefield is what I call "the second world." [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Swing States[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]There are plenty of statistics that will still tell the story of America's global dominance: our military spending, our share of the global economy and the like. But there are statistics, and there are trends. To really understand how quickly American power is in decline around the world, I've spent the past two years traveling in some 40 countries in the five most strategic regions of the planet — the countries of the second world. They are not in the first-world core of the global economy, nor in its third-world periphery. Lying alongside and between the Big Three, second-world countries are the swing states that will determine which of the superpowers has the upper hand for the next generation of geopolitics. From Venezuela to Vietnam and Morocco to Malaysia, the new reality of global affairs is that there is not one way to win allies and influence countries but three: America's coalition (as in "coalition of the willing"), Europe's consensus and China's consultative styles. The geopolitical marketplace will decide which will lead the 21st century. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The key second-world countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia are more than just "emerging markets." If you include China, they hold a majority of the world's foreign-exchange reserves and savings, and their spending power is making them the global economy's most important new consumer markets and thus engines of global growth — not replacing the United States but not dependent on it either. I.P.O.'s from the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) alone accounted for 39 percent of the volume raised globally in 2007, just one indicator of second-world countries' rising importance in corporate finance — even after you subtract China. When Tata of India is vying to buy Jaguar, you know the landscape of power has changed. Second-world countries are also fast becoming hubs for oil and timber, manufacturing and services, airlines and infrastructure — all this in a geopolitical marketplace that puts their loyalty up for grabs to any of the Big Three, and increasingly to all of them at the same time. Second-world states won't be subdued: in the age of network power, they won't settle for being mere export markets. Rather, they are the places where the Big Three must invest heavily and to which they must relocate productive assets to maintain influence. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]While traveling through the second world, I learned to see countries not as unified wholes but rather as having multiple, often disconnected, parts, some of which were on a path to rise into the first world while other, often larger, parts might remain in the third. I wondered whether globalization would accelerate these nations' becoming ever more fragmented, or if governments would step up to establish central control. Each second-world country appeared to have a fissured personality under pressures from both internal forces and neighbors. I realized that to make sense of the second world, it was necessary to assess each country from the inside out. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Second-world countries are distinguished from the third world by their potential: the likelihood that they will capitalize on a valuable commodity, a charismatic leader or a generous patron. Each and every second-world country matters in its own right, for its economic, strategic or diplomatic weight, and its decision to tilt toward the United States, the E.U. or China has a strong influence on what others in its region decide to do. Will an American nuclear deal with India push Pakistan even deeper into military dependence on China? Will the next set of Arab monarchs lean East or West? The second world will shape the world's balance of power as much as the superpowers themselves will. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]In exploring just a small sample of the second world, we should start perhaps with the hardest case: Russia. Apparently stabilized and resurgent under the Kremlin-Gazprom oligarchy, why is Russia not a superpower but rather the ultimate second-world swing state? For all its muscle flexing, Russia is also disappearing. Its population decline is a staggering half million citizens per year or more, meaning it will be not much larger than Turkey by 2025 or so — spread across a land so vast that it no longer even makes sense as a country. Travel across Russia today, and you'll find, as during Soviet times, city after city of crumbling, heatless apartment blocks and neglected elderly citizens whose value to the state diminishes with distance from Moscow. The forced Siberian migrations of the Soviet era are being voluntarily reversed as children move west to more tolerable and modern climes. Filling the vacuum they have left behind are hundreds of thousands of Chinese, literally gobbling up, plundering, outright buying and more or less annexing Russia's Far East for its timber and other natural resources. Already during the cold war it was joked that there were "no disturbances on the Sino-Finnish border," a prophecy that seems ever closer to fulfillment. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Russia lost its western satellites almost two decades ago, and Europe, while appearing to be bullied by Russia's oil-dependent diplomacy, is staging a long-term buyout of Russia, whose economy remains roughly the size of France's. The more Europe gets its gas from North Africa and oil from Azerbaijan, the less it will rely on Russia, all the while holding the lever of being by far Russia's largest investor. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provides the kinds of loans that help build an alternative, less corrupt private sector from below, while London and Berlin welcome Russia's billionaires, allowing the likes of Boris Berezovsky to openly campaign against Putin. The E.U. and U.S. also finance and train a pugnacious second-world block of Baltic and Balkan nations, whose activists agitate from Belarus to Uzbekistan. Privately, some E.U. officials say that annexing Russia is perfectly doable; it's just a matter of time. In the coming decades, far from restoring its Soviet-era might, Russia will have to decide whether it wishes to exist peacefully as an asset to Europe or the alternative — becoming a petro-vassal of China. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Turkey, too, is a totemic[/FONT][FONT="] second-world prize advancing through crucial moments of geopolitical truth. During the cold war, NATO was the principal vehicle for relations with Turkey, the West's listening post on the southwestern Soviet border. But with Turkey's bending over backward to avoid outright E.U. rejection, its refusal in 2003 to let the U.S. use Turkish territory as a staging point for invading Iraq marked a turning point — away from the U.S. "America always says it lobbies the E.U. on our behalf," a Turkish strategic analyst in Ankara told me, "but all that does is make the E.U. more stringent. We don't need that kind of help anymore."[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]To be sure, Turkish pride contains elements of an aggressive neo-Ottomanism that is in tension with some E.U. standards, but this could ultimately serve as Europe's weapon to project stability into Syria, Iraq and Iran — all of which Europe effectively borders through Turkey itself. Roads are the pathways to power, as I learned driving across Turkey in a beat-up Volkswagen a couple of summers ago. Turkey's master engineers have been boring tunnels, erecting bridges and flattening roads across the country's massive eastern realm, allowing it to assert itself over the Arab and Persian worlds both militarily and economically as Turkish merchants look as much East as West. Already joint Euro-Turkish projects have led to the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, with a matching rail line and highway planned to buttress European influence all the way to Turkey's fraternal friend Azerbaijan on the oil-rich Caspian Sea. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]It takes only one glance at Istanbul's shimmering skyline to realize that even if Turkey never becomes an actual E.U. member, it is becoming ever more Europeanized. Turkey receives more than $20 billion in foreign investment and more than 20 million tourists every year, the vast majority of both from E.U. countries. Ninety percent of the Turkish diaspora lives in Western Europe and sends home another $1 billion per year in remittances and investments. This remitted capital is spreading growth and development eastward in the form of new construction ventures, kilim factories and schools. With the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the E.U. a year ago, Turkey now physically borders the E.U. (beyond its narrow frontier with Greece), symbolizing how Turkey is becoming a part of the European superpower. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Western diplomats have a long historical familiarity, however dramatic and tumultuous, with Russia and Turkey. But what about the Stans: landlocked but resource-rich countries run by autocrats? Ever since these nations were flung into independence by the Soviet collapse, China has steadily replaced Russia as their new patron. Trade, oil pipelines and military exercises with China under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization make it the new organizing pole for the region, with the U.S. scrambling to maintain modest military bases in the region. (Currently it is forced to rely far too much on Afghanistan after being booted, at China's and Russia's behest, from the Karshi Khanabad base in Uzbekistan in 2005.) The challenge of getting ahead in the strategically located and energy-rich Stans is the challenge of a bidding contest in which values seem not to matter. While China buys more Kazakh oil and America bids for defense contracts, Europe offers sustained investment and holds off from giving President Nursultan Nazarbayev the high-status recognition he craves. Kazakhstan considers itself a "strategic partner" of just about everyone, but tell that to the Big Three, who bribe government officials to cancel the others' contracts and spy on one another through contract workers — all in the name of preventing the others from gaining mastery over the fabled heartland of Eurasian power.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Just one example of the lengths to which foreigners will go to stay on good terms with Nazarbayev is the current negotiation between a consortium of Western energy giants, including ENI and Exxon, and Kazakhstan's state-run oil company over the development of the Caspian's massive Kashagan oil field. At present, the consortium is coughing up at least $4 billion as well as a large hand-over of shares to compensate for delayed exploration and production — and Kazakhstan isn't satisfied yet. The lesson from Kazakhstan, and its equally strategic but far less predictable neighbor Uzbekistan, is how fickle the second world can be, its alignments changing on a whim and causing headaches and ripple effects in all directions. To be distracted elsewhere or to lack sufficient personnel on the ground can make the difference between winning and losing a major round of the new great game.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Big Three dynamic is not just some distant contest by which America ensures its ability to dictate affairs on the other side of the globe. Globalization has brought the geopolitical marketplace straight to America's backyard, rapidly eroding the two-centuries-old Monroe Doctrine in the process. In truth, America called the shots in Latin America only when its southern neighbors lacked any vision of their own. Now they have at least two non-American challengers: China and Chávez. It was Simón Bolívar who fought ferociously for South America's independence from Spanish rule, and today it is the newly renamed Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that has inspired an entire continent to bootstrap its way into the global balance of power on its own terms. Hugo Chávez, the country's clownish colonel, may last for decades to come or may die by the gun, but either way, he has called America's bluff and won, changing the rules of North-South relations in the Western hemisphere. He has emboldened and bankrolled leftist leaders across the continent, helped Argentina and others pay back and boot out the I.M.F. and sponsored a continentwide bartering scheme of oil, cattle, wheat and civil servants, reminding even those who despise him that they can stand up to the great Northern power. Chávez stands not only on the ladder of high oil prices. He relies on tacit support from Europe and hardheaded intrusion from China, the former still the country's largest investor and the latter feverishly repairing Venezuela's dilapidated oil rigs while building its own refineries. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]But Chávez's challenge to the United States is, in inspiration, ideological, whereas the second-world shift is really structural. Even with Chávez still in power, it is Brazil that is reappearing as South America's natural leader. Alongside India and South Africa, Brazil has led the charge in global trade negotiations, sticking it to the U.S. on its steel tariffs and to Europe on its agricultural subsidies. Geographically, Brazil is nearly as close to Europe as to America and is as keen to build cars and airplanes for Europe as it is to export soy to the U.S. Furthermore, Brazil, although a loyal American ally in the cold war, wasted little time before declaring a "strategic alliance" with China. Their economies are remarkably complementary, with Brazil shipping iron ore, timber, zinc, beef, milk and soybeans to China and China investing in Brazil's hydroelectric dams, steel mills and shoe factories. Both China and Brazil's ambitions may soon alter the very geography of their relations, with Brazil leading an effort to construct a Trans-Oceanic Highway from the Amazon through Peru to the Pacific Coast, facilitating access for Chinese shipping tankers. Latin America has mostly been a geopolitical afterthought over the centuries, but in the 21st century, all resources will be competed for, and none are too far away. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Middle East — spanning from Morocco to Iran — lies between the hubs of influence of the Big Three and has the largest number of second-world swing states. No doubt the thaw with Libya, brokered by America and Britain after Muammar el-Qaddafi declared he would abandon his country's nuclear pursuits in 2003, was partly motivated by growing demand for energy from a close Mediterranean neighbor. But Qaddafi is not selling out. He and his advisers have astutely parceled out production sharing agreements to a balanced assortment of American, European, Chinese and other Asian oil giants. Mindful of the history of Western oil companies' exploitation of Arabia, he — like Chávez in Venezuela and Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan — has also cleverly ratcheted up the pressure on foreigners to share more revenue with the regime by tweaking contracts, rounding numbers liberally and threatening expropriation. What I find in virtually every Arab country is not such nationalism, however, but rather a new Arabism aimed at spreading oil wealth within the Arab world rather than depositing it in the United States as in past oil booms. And as Egypt, Syria and other Arab states receive greater investment from the Persian Gulf and start spending more on their own, they, too, become increasingly important second-world players who can thwart the U.S. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Saudi Arabia, for quite some years to come still the planet's leading oil producer, is a second-world prize on par with Russia and equally up for grabs. For the past several decades, America's share of the foreign direct investment into the kingdom decisively shaped the country's foreign policy, but today the monarchy is far wiser, luring Europe and Asia to bring their investment shares toward a third each. Saudi Arabia has engaged Europe in an evolving Persian Gulf free-trade area, while it has invested close to $1 billion in Chinese oil refineries. Make no mistake: America was never all powerful only because of its military dominance; strategic leverage must have an economic basis. A major common denominator among key second-world countries is the need for each of the Big Three to put its money where its mouth is. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]For all its historical antagonism with Saudi Arabia, Iran is playing the same swing-state game. Its diplomacy has not only managed to create discord among the U.S. and E.U. on sanctions; it has also courted China, nurturing a relationship that goes back to the Silk Road. Today Iran represents the final square in China's hopscotch maneuvering to reach the Persian Gulf overland without relying on the narrow Straits of Malacca. Already China has signed a multibillion-dollar contract for natural gas from Iran's immense North Pars field, another one for construction of oil terminals on the Caspian Sea and yet another to extend the Tehran metro — and it has boosted shipment of ballistic-missile technology and air-defense radars to Iran. Several years of negotiation culminated in December with Sinopec sealing a deal to develop the Yadavaran oil field, with more investments from China (and others) sure to follow. The longer International Atomic Energy Agency negotiations drag on, the more likely it becomes that Iran will indeed be able to stay afloat without Western investment because of backing from China and from its second-world friends — without giving any ground to the West.[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Interestingly, it is precisely Muslim oil-producing states — Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iran, (mostly Muslim) Kazakhstan, Malaysia — that seem the best at spreading their alignments across some combination of the Big Three simultaneously: getting what they want while fending off encroachment from others. America may seek Muslim allies for its image and the "war on terror," but these same countries seem also to be part of what Samuel Huntington called the "Confucian-Islamic connection." What is more, China is pulling off the most difficult of superpower feats: simultaneously maintaining positive ties with the world's crucial pairs of regional rivals: Venezuela and Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. At this stage, Western diplomats have only mustered the wherewithal to quietly denounce Chinese aid policies and value-neutral alliances, but they are far from being able to do much of anything about them. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]This applies most profoundly in China's own backyard, Southeast Asia. Some of the most dynamic countries in the region Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are playing the superpower suitor game with admirable savvy. Chinese migrants have long pulled the strings in the region's economies even while governments sealed defense agreements with the U.S. Today, Malaysia and Thailand still perform joint military exercises with America but also buy weapons from, and have defense treaties with, China, including the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation by which Asian nations have pledged nonaggression against one another. (Indonesia, a crucial American ally during the cold war, has also been forming defense ties with China.) As one senior Malaysian diplomat put it to me, without a hint of jest, "Creating a community is easy among the yellow and the brown but not the white." Tellingly, it is Vietnam, because of its violent histories with the U.S. and China, which is most eager to accept American defense contracts (and a new Intel microchip plant) to maintain its strategic balance. Vietnam, like most of the second world, doesn't want to fall into any one superpower's sphere of influence. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The Anti-Imperial Belt[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]The new multicolor map of influence — a Venn diagram of overlapping American, Chinese and European influence — is a very fuzzy read. No more "They're with us" or "He's our S.O.B." Mubarak, Musharraf, Malaysia's Mahathir and a host of other second-world leaders have set a new standard for manipulative prowess: all tell the U.S. they are its friend while busily courting all sides. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]What is more, many second-world countries are confident enough to form anti-imperial belts of their own, building trade, technology and diplomatic axes across the (second) world from Brazil to Libya to Iran to Russia. Indeed, Russia has stealthily moved into position to construct Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, putting it firmly in the Chinese camp on the Iran issue, while also offering nuclear reactors to Libya and arms to Venezuela and Indonesia. Second-world countries also increasingly use sovereign-wealth funds (often financed by oil) worth trillions of dollars to throw their weight around, even bullying first-world corporations and markets. The United Arab Emirates (particularly as represented by their capital, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia and Russia are rapidly climbing the ranks of foreign-exchange holders and are hardly holding back in trying to buy up large shares of Western banks (which have suddenly become bargains) and oil companies. Singapore's sovereign-wealth fund has taken a similar path. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia plans an international investment fund that will dwarf Abu Dhabi's. From Switzerland to Citigroup, a reaction is forming to limit the shares such nontransparent sovereign-wealth funds can control, showing just how quickly the second world is rising in the global power game. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]To understand the second world, you have to start to think like a second-world country. What I have seen in these and dozens of other countries is that globalization is not synonymous with Americanization; in fact, nothing has brought about the erosion of American primacy faster than globalization. While European nations redistribute wealth to secure or maintain first-world living standards, on the battlefield of globalization second-world countries' state-backed firms either outhustle or snap up American companies, leaving their workers to fend for themselves. The second world's first priority is not to become America but to succeed by any means necessary. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT]


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An unmarked planter with the distinctive characteristics of American Bisque with pastel colors, high gloss, and an impressed USA on the bottom. Can be hung on the wall or just set on a table or window sill. Stands 7-1/2 inches tall in a whimsical representation of a grandfather's clock with main colors of pink and yellow and a pale blue clock face. In excellent condition with no chips or cracks - even a smudge or two of dirt still left in the bottom from its last occupant 40-50 years ago.
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Skip to comments.Controversial 'Piss Christ' art back in NY
Posted on 09/21/2012 3:08:03 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The controversial Piss Christ artwork Sen. Alfonse DAmato once branded as a deplorable, despicable display of vulgarity, is coming to New York, and security is being heavily ramped- up at the gallery that will show the piece. Andres Serranos work a photograph of the crucifix submerged in the artists urine first ignited controversy in 1989 when DAmato complained to the US Senate that it was an outrage, an indignity and a piece of trash that had been funded by taxpayers. Serrano had won a $15,000 prize for his work, backed in part by the National Endowment for the Arts But the piece which will be on display as part of a retrospective of the New York artists work at Edward Tyler Nahem gallery beginning Thursday is still causing controversy over two decades later.
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I believe Madame Hillary stood up for a similar sickening display a few years back, did she not?
sure..Obama already has a muslim flag of USA fading into bloody stripes.
I say we should be as peaceful as the muslims are especially to the pantywaist who created this ''POS". Maybe he'll volunteer to sleep in a cage full of cow manure and then put it on display on the upper West Side
The timing of this is perfect to show the staggering hypocrisy of the left on "respecting another's religion".
Complete with pictures of police guarding the exhibit against extremist attacks, etc.
Cannot have a "Piss Muhammad" no way, no how.
The reason why libs will always defend Islam is simple, the left hates America just as much as the Muslims do so they find a connection with them..meanwhile you can trash Christianity and Judaism and every other religion and nothing happens, but when you say something about that pedophile Muhammad what happens, riots happen
>>Cannot have a Piss Muhammad no way, no how.<<
Too bad, then nobody will get to view my latest art, "Feces Mohammed"
I was really proud of that piece...
So, will Obama have the artist arrested at mid-night, with photos of him with a white towel around his head?
"Too bad, then nobody will get to view my latest art, Feces Mohammed
How the heck am I supposed to tell the difference?
I suppose there will be labels and markings?
This could get totally confusing!
Before folks get hysterical, let us remember that the whole thing that made this ugly work a subject of public comment was the fact that it got government money (OUR money) for its promotion.
Otherwise it would have been just one of the many pieces of mindless, "progressive" trash shown in any old gallery.
So if this is not sponsored by government money (OUR money), we need to ignore it.
This is being presented to bait Christians and make them look as bad as Muslims.
Don't fall for the bait. Keep the focus on the government money aspect.
They need to get ahead of the story out of Bellflower, CA:
St. George Coptic Church now has armed protection for all services, but apparently the media doesn't think it newsworthy.
I'm preparing my masterwork, it's called "piss koran". I wonder how many galleries will want to display it.
All great art is misunderstood.
>>"Too bad, then nobody will get to view my latest art, Feces Mohammed
How the heck am I supposed to tell the difference?
I suppose there will be labels and markings?
This could get totally confusing!<<
Ha! Too funny ~ but it's a simple 'sculpture' painstakingly crafted from fetid camel dung and the blood of virgins...
Yes, I understand that hog-squeeze is easier to work into shape, and more readily available.
New York City is so hip. What can I say?
I wonder when this "exhibit" was arranged...
I think Bath-House Barry is STILL trying to get his riots going. Won't work, Barry.
How much could I get from the NEA for a Piss Quran....a jar with a Quran inside filled to the brim with pig piss?
If this artist wasn't such a p*u*s*s*y, he'd make a piss Mohammed exhibit
Everybody Piss Mohammed Day
"If this artist wasnt such a p*u*s*s*y, hed make a piss Mohammed exhibit"
He is a coward, much like those who arm their children with explosives and send them into crowds.
It sounds beautiful, maybe with just a touch of FM floating on the top, and perhaps garnish with a small wad of TP for ambiance.
I would just bypass the snotty arts and croissant crowd, and post it directly on the internet so millions can view it.
Wow. One would've thought that the piss would have evaporated by now.
I just knew P*** Christ was back on display. Christian in America and Europe are burning down cities and killing Muslims left and right.
I can see a t-shirt. FAGS SUCK!
Will Obama apologize for the offense of "piss Christ"? Nah...he'd prefer to see "piss Constitution"...but nah, no apologies.
Verbal disagreement = burning down embassies and killing ambassadors.
I'm sure that'll be the parallel that's drawn.
Lead them to repentance, Lord Jesus. Amen.
I am glad somebody brought that "Art" back to the limelight. I remember when it came out. Christians all over the place, we were bitching and complaining. But to my knowledge there is no death threat to the "Artist" and nothing got burned down.
Now....it is said that people in HIGH places monitor Freep. I have a sugestion.... If somebody on the right has to go against a member of C.A.I.R or some other Islamic apologist. Get your hands on a copy of your typical Islamic school book and get to the part about Gays and Jews. Glen Beck's Web site has mention of it.
And throw their twisted logic back in their faces.
whose embassy? i don't think we have an embassy in nyc..
Condoms on the White House Christmas tree— for real. What a disgusting waste of cells this harridan is. More power to Michele Bachman and pursuing the Huma Abedin/Muslim Brotherhood connection— inasmuch as she and Hills are " a couple", and Huma' husband is... a Weiner.
Truly disgusting all the way around.
Oh my goodness, my plate is so full right now, I can't do anything, I'll be goshdarn lucky if I get done the stuff I myself must do.
But can somebody please get a demo together with folks holding signs that say "IF WE WERE MUSLIMS WE'D CUT SERRANO'S HEAD OFF" "IF WE WERE MUSLIMS WE'D BURN THIS BUILDING DOWN"
That is what's needed.
I guess we shoud be rioting in the streets./s
Note to Romney/Ryan - Cut the NEA to ZERO 1st thing in January.
I named it "Fart Mohammed".
Dear NEA: Please send me a check. Sincerely, T.
That is freakin hilarious.
If we are to follow "cultural and moral relativism" wouldn't it be our duty to RIOT and BURN crap down, because we gotta be ALL THE SAME? Right? right?
I ****** HATE this PC RELATIVISM and the cancer it represents!!
Of course the Christians won't riot, because most all of the Christians are BETTER PEOPLE because their religion is not so "SWORD HEAVY and INSECURE"!!!!
Of course for all our trouble of being better citizens we get the short end of the stick and get demonized more than the other animals.....
.... Sigh....
Where are the media shouting at Obama and Clinton "What about Government subsidies for displaying Christ in a vat of urine"?
If New Yorkers appreciate it then that's where it ought to be. The 'artist' won a $15000 grant for it from the NEA. Tells me more about the NEA than it does the 'artist' that failed basic plumbing 101. I suppose it's a consolation prize for the new protected class. I'm surprised it's not hanging in the Oval Office by now.
What if an "artist" announces very soon that on the opening day of the new Serrano exhibit, he will create "Piss Koran" on the sidewalk right outside of the museum?
Plenty of pre-publicity. Lots of photos of the separate dry jar, and the dry Koran, in advance. Really promote it. Youtube videos, etc.
Hold "Piss Christ" hostage, in effect.
What a mind-blowing quandry for the politically correct commisars!
What would happen?
What would the President say? The Secretary of State? The Mayor? American Muslim leaders? Foreign Muslim dictators?
If the police threaten to arrest the "Piss Koran" artist, announce ten other "Piss Korans" will be created in Zuccotti "Freedom Park" or somewhere else nearby.
Interesting opportunity to "compare and contrast," eh?
One set of rules for the Islamic Overlords, and another set for the dhimmi kufir infidels?
Love your idea.
We need Ann Barnhardt to handle the job.
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Further proof of the dysfunction of Oklahoma's workers' compensation system is found in the wide disparity in judgments approved by the court's judges.
The Oklahoman's Randy Ellis reported Sunday that awards granted by the four judges appointed to the workers' comp court by Republican Gov. Mary Fallin have been considerably smaller than those awarded by their predecessors, who were appointed by a Democratic governor. Such trends aren't unusual.
Bob Burke, a longtime workers' comp attorney, pointed out that injury awards fell during the time when Republican Gov. Frank Keating was making appointments to the court, then increased when Democrat Brad Henry got to choose. "It's not a secret. That's just the way it has always been," Burke said.
It's time for a change. A bill co-authored by Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman would do away with the court-based system and replace it with an administrative system similar to that used in Arkansas, which provides benefits to injured workers but isn't so burdensome to employers.
Workers' compensation costs are regularly cited by Oklahoma companies large and small as their No. 1 concern. Our workers' comp rates are sixth-highest in the country according to one recent study. Despite a significant drop during the past 15 years in the number of claims filed per 100 workers, the average award has nearly tripled during that time — due largely to the litigious nature of the current system.
Burke was among those critical of the bill unveiled this week by Bingman, R-Sapulpa, and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore. You can expect much more howling from attorneys as the bill makes its way through the process, because the system works just fine for them. But it doesn't work nearly as well for employers. Balance is needed.
Transitioning away from a system driven by lawyers and judges will help. Oklahoma has tried many times to reform the current system, with little success. It's time to try something new.


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So I am going to go with these four ingredients: black beans, Great Northern beans, a bag of torn up red leaf lettuce, and three avocados. This is a genuine cupboard challenge; I need to use up the avocados before they get too soft, and while I could just throw them in a guacamole, I thought I'd include them and see what happens. Bonus points if you come up with something other than two-bean tacos!
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This week it's extending to my produce drawer, too. I have a bad habit of buying things like ginger and onions in great quantity and then letting them go to waste. With the addition of another somewhat unfamiliar ingredient, this challenge is genuinely a bit trickier - for me anyway. Rice noodles, shrimp paste, fresh ginger and scallions that really need to be used up soon. What would you do with them?


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Top 10 Places to Eat in the North Loop
House-cured meats and artisanal cheeses at Be'Wiched.
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As its ubiquitous, chic loft condominiums suggest, the North Loop is quickly becoming a hot spot for trendy Minneapolitans. Bordered by the new Twins Stadium to the southwest, Hennepin Avenue to the southeast, Plymouth Avenue to the northwest, and the Mississippi River to the northeast, the heart of this warehouse-district-in-metamorphosis is increasingly popular for its budding food scene, which includes a number of Best Of winners. In case you've missed all the excitement, here are our 10 favorite spots to grab a bite in the North Loop.
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10. Runyon's 107 N. Washington Ave. Much of the renaissance of the North Loop can be attributed to the location of Target Field, and nothing goes with sports quite so well as wings and beer. Luckily, Runyon's is located just a short walk away from the home of the Twins, and it features some of the best hot wings this side of Buffalo. They come slicked with a spicy, vinegary sauce that offers a more authentic experience than your local Buffalo Wild Wings. A half order of wings with a half order of fries should be enough to fill most bellies, but ordering the full plate with a group of friends on the way to the game is the ideal experience.
9. Moose & Sadie's 212 3rd Ave. N. Moose & Sadie's has been in the North Loop for years, and transformed right along with it. When it opened up in 1991, in a part of town then better known as the Warehouse District, it was the first coffee shop around. When Birchwood Cafe alum Susan Muskat came on board as chef in 2005, it became one of the only area lunch spots serving up fare beyond tots and tacos. Today, the airy cafe remains a kind of palate cleanser between the fancier restaurants sprouting up around it, a place for a casual brunch, a working lunch, or just a quick cup of coffee from the counter. While Moose & Sadie's offers a comfortable hang-out spot and a reliable internet connection, it also serves up fresh pastries from its bakery, locally sourced ingredients, and full breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus that rotate weekly. Up this week: sweet corn polenta, roasted pork loin sandwiches, and pizza specials overflowing with seasonal veggies. Don't say this neighborhood standby can't keep up with the new kids.
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8. Be'Wiched 800 Washington Ave. N. Most of the time the very idea of lunch meat is so unappealing it makes you steer clear of a deli sandwich, but at Be'Wiched on Washington, it's the main draw. All the amazingly peppery pastrami for the classic New York-style rye sandwich is house-cured; the turkey that's paired with bacon, goat cheese, and medjool dates is smoked on premises; and the tuna confit goes straight from their kitchen to a slice of focaccia with olives. Every sandwich comes with a scoop of some cold salad, like the mildly Moroccan-spiced cous cous, but their minestrone is a knockout and goes especially well with the Italian hero. Just recently, the deli added brunch and dinner service as well as a mess of creative, crave-able daily specials. If you're ever there when turducken sliders with soft quark cheese and braised ramps are on the menu, you know what to do.
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7. Black Sheep Pizza 600 Washington Ave. N. Getting a little smudge of char on your face is inevitable when you're messily digging into a slice of Black Sheep's outstanding pizza, but if you're a true blue North Looper you'll wear it like a badge of honor. The unique technique of using super hot, but virtually emission-free coal-fired ovens give the sturdy but chewy crust not only its characteristic char but also its lingering smoky quality. It's a flavor that goes well with everything from massive Italian-style meatballs, to exotic roasted oyster mushrooms, to chicken and pickled peppers, to hot salami, all of which are available toppings here. If you like something a little fresh and light with your pie, the Farmers Market salad is reliably good, whether it's a pile of shaved and dressed fennel and oranges, a melange of roasted root vegetables, or a classic caprese with sweet local cherry tomatoes.
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6. Smack Shack 603 Washington Ave. N. Lahbster, dahling. It's a luxury that we landlocked folks certainly know how to appreciate, and there's one place that boasts some of the best seafood in the Twin Cities. While Smack Shack started wowing eaters as a food truck, they definitely deliver the goods at their brick-and-mortar spot in the North Loop. If you're lusting after lobster, try staying traditional with the lobster boil -- always a winner -- or go modern with the mac and cheese -- served with pillowy hunks of lobster and a creamy cheese sauce that tastes like a dream. There's ample opportunity to try other seafood, too, from fried oyster po'boys on crispy baguettes and soft-shell crab rolls to the Boston Clam Chowda and steamed mussels. We suggest you make a reservation in advance since waiting near the 100-gallon steam kettle can be sweet, delicious-smelling torture... or just the thing that gets you yearning for a taste of the ocean.
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5. Origami 30 N. 1st St. There's a reason that Origami nabs the big awards each year, including quite a few City Pages Best Ofs. This joint has been serving up some of the best sushi in town since 1990. Salmon, tuna, and eel rolls are easy to appreciate, while more challenging items like sea scallops and off-menu delicacies will excite those looking for a tasty adventure. Daily happy hour from 5 to 6:30 p.m. is worth checking out as well, with drink specials and plates ranging from $3 to $8.
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4. Bar La Grassa 800 Washington Ave. N. The always-bustling Bar La Grassa is a North Loop mainstay for good reason. They have the trifecta of fabulous handmade pasta, perfect negronis, and high standards of service that diners look for in an Italian restaurant. James Beard award-winning chef and owner Isaac Becker, the man behind other venerable Minneapolis institutions like 112 Eatery and Burch Steakhouse, has said that he simply set out to create the kind of pasta place that he would want to frequent, a place with bold flavors, reasonable prices (especially if you go for the half portions), and an upscale yet comfortable feel. Many of BLG's dry and fresh pasta dishes have already become modern Minneapolis classics, such as the inky, briny pasta negra with sea urchin, chilies, and mussels, and the irresistibly rich paccheri with braised chicken and saffron milk. Still, the big robust cuts of meat are not to be missed, so don't shy away from the Berkshire pork or the St. Louis-style spare ribs. Unexpected options for an Italian menu? Sure. Super delicious? Absolutely.
Steve Neuharth
3. Haute Dish 119 Washington Ave. N. The name says it all for this restaurant at the edge of the North Loop. Haute Dish is quintessentially Minnesotan, with an artistic chef touch and a fine dining filter. Landon Schoenefeld has made quite a name for himself during his storied career, perhaps most notably the moniker "Colonel Mustard," after he doused a bartender with the yellow stuff. Aside from the antics, he routinely delights diners with dishes like his General Tso's sweetbreads, and the eponymous hot dish. With his hot dish, Schoenefeld draws on Midwestern memories of cream of something soup, but re-imagines the standby as luscious morsels of short ribs, umami-packed porcini mushrooms and "tots" that taste more like pure puffs of potato heaven, crusty edges with plush interiors. Add in a killer brunch and one of the best vegetarian tasting menus in town, and it's no wonder Haute Dish is still a hot ticket.
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2. Borough/Parlour 730 Washington Ave N. These guys nailed it right out of the gate. From the moment Borough and its downstairs speakeasy, Parlour, opened, neighbors near and far have been have wooed with a heady mix of talents. The dining room walks the line between elegance and easy-going neighborhood hang-out. The food is refined without being overly fussy. The stunning yellowtail crudo, curled upon itself, is set atop an emerald sea of liquid essence of celery and cucumber laced with jalapeño heat. For a more casual meal, indulge in the burger, a contender for the best in the city and topped with gooey cheese. Downstairs Parlour serves cutting-edge cocktails, but retains the soul of a neighborhood watering hole. The bartenders there will not only remember your name, but also your preference for St-Germain over Farigoule. That they serve some food from the same kitchen upstairs means that you can enjoy more than one of those beverages.
Sasha Landskov
1. The Bachelor Farmer/Marvel Bar 50 Second Ave. N. The Dayton brothers changed the landscape of local dining when they opened the Bachelor Farmer. As Nordic cuisine was charming the international dining scene, we found a wealth of inspiration in our own backyard. With chef Paul Berglund behind the burners, the nation took notice of what they had cooking (earning recognition from the likes of Bon Appetit, among others). The dishes are practiced in heightening humble elements, highlighting the best of their inherent flavors. Just taste the house-cured salmon to understand, a jewel of the sea coaxed to life with pristine salty sea sweetness. It's difficult to choose between the stellar wine selection and the cocktails created by Pip Hanson. Where other bartenders work to reinvent the Manhattan, he reinvents what a cocktail is. Even those who don't love sweets will need to order one of Bachelor Farmer's deceptively humble, exquisitely flavored desserts. There isn't a bite to miss inside this North Loop gem.
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