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There's only one major theatrical film slated for release on DVD this week and it's a real sleeper: '3 Idiots,' a smashing Bollywood comedy about the antics of three college students in a prestigious engineering university in India. The film revolves around the flashbacks of two of the young men -- 10 years after graduation -- as they go on a quest to find their missing friend -- who's wisdom and rebellious ways changed their lives for the better. '3 Idiots' -- with a lame title and lacking an ad campaign that could make it into a crossover hit -- is engaging, funny and moving. And, for what it's worth, it's the highest-grossing Indian comedy of all time. Also due this week: the DVD version of TCM's 'Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood' and the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'El Topo.' Read on.
'3 Idiots'
What It's About: This Bollywood comedy somehow got overlooked by the mainstream film review press in the states and it's a real shame. There's an infectious, devil-may-care boyishness about this story that follows the college antics of three young men working their way through one of India's most prestigious engineering universities. Frahan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman Joshi), led by the rambunctious outsider, free-thinking rebel and super brain Rancho (Aamir Khan), proceed to turn things upside down for the other students -- and the arch-conservative dean, dubbed "Virus" -- as they play prank after prank and continually test the limits of the strict Indian social system. The film begins with Frahan and Raju going on a quest to find their missing friend 10 years after graduation, and the film is told in flashbacks. Throw in some colorful singing and dancing routines and here's one delightful, enjoyable outing.
It's Kinda Like: 'Animal House' meets 'Dead Poets Society' via 'Slumdog Millionaire'
What We Say: On the surface '3 Idiots' plays out as a college comedy about three undergrads getting into trouble with a stoic, conservative administration. But the laughs go deeper, striking at the conformity of the Indian social system that forces students to go into fields of learning not for that which suits them, but because that is what their parents expect of them -- kind of the educational/employment version of an arranged marriage. Rancho's attacks on rote memorization can only remind one of some U.S. films in the 60 and 70s that cast a jaundiced eye at America's educational system. We have only two gripes with the film: It's title makes it seem like it's an Indian version of 'Dumb & Dumber,' but that is so far from the truth it's painful -- its title and poster art may have scared off viewers. The other: its two-and-a-half-plus hours running time needed to be shortened. Otherwise, this definitely is a gold-star outing. Aamir Khan has been a superstar in India for more than two decades -- he's in his mid-forties -- and '3 Idiots' -- 'Ghajini' -- became the highest grossing Indian comedy of all time.
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This is the massive seven-episode original documentary on Hollywood from Turner Classic Movies, narrated by Christopher Plummer, that aired on TCM in November. Surprisingly, there's no comprehensive documentary on the history of film akin to the massive 'Civil War' and 'Jazz' projects that Ken Burns has created, and though this documentary has as its focus the moguls who created Hollywood, it's the nearest thing we'll get to a comprehensive look at the history of the world's greatest entertainment medium. The American movie business began as peepshows in storefronts and warehouses at the beginning of the 20th century and grew into a near-mythical art form to create drama, laughter and adventure literally bigger than life. Each one-hour segment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first pictures to the cutting-edge films of the 1960s. Each installment features clips and interviews with historians and major Hollywood figures: "Peepshow Pioneers" (1889-1907), "The Birth of Hollywood" (1907-1920), "The Dream Merchants" (1920-1928), "Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?" (1929-1941), "Warriors and Peacemakers" (1941-1950), "Attack of the Small Screens" (1950-1960), "Fade Out, Fade In" (1960-1969). The three-disc set sells for $39.92.
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Blu-ray debut: 'El Topo' and 'Holy Mountain'
'El Topo,' first released theatrically in 1969, made Jodorowsky a household name with the counterculture crowd of the early 1970s, and provided the template for "Midnight Movie Madness," screening seven nights a week at midnight for seven straight months at the Elgin Cinema in New York.
'El Topo' conflates classic American Western and avant-garde European sensibilities with Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and mystic El Topo (played by writer-director Jodorowsky) attempts to defeat four sharp-shooting rivals on a bizarre path to allegorical self-awareness and resurrection. When it was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, riots broke out in response to Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism.
'The Holy Mountain' (1973) was Jodorowsky's high budget follow-up, and took his psychedelic allegorical mastery to another level. It chronicles a quest for enlightenment, pitting illusion against the truth as The Alchemist, played by the director, assembles a group of people from all walks of life to ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
Other New April 26 DVD Releases:
'Blow Out' (1981): Brian De Palma's paranoia thriller about American politics, starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen and John Lithgow. A Criterion Collection Blu-ray debut.
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'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998): Director Terry Gilliam and an all-star cast headlined by Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro show no mercy in adapting Hunter S. Thompson's legendary dissection of the American way of life to the screen. A Criterion Collection Blu-ray debut.
'Jolene': Jessica Chastain, Dermot Mulroney, Chazz Palminteri, Rupert Friend, Michael Vartan and Denise Richards star in this road picture about a teenage orphan who spends 10 years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life."
'Muay Thai Giant' (2008 -- Thailand): Action-comedy about a gentle giant on vacation in Pattaya who's mugged and robbed of all his possessions, including his passport. Taken in by two sisters, the young man eats some somtum at the girls' mother's restaurant and turns into a martial arts monster; the girls decide to use him to bring down the local crime lord.
'One Way to Valhalla': A volatile, working-class gearhead, who sees himself trapped in a world with few possibilities -- his car is impounded and he has to ride a bicycle to work -- suffers a head injury in an accident, causing his personality to take some strange turns.
'Blood Out': A small town sheriff retires his badge to avenge his brother's murder, but finds himself tempted into the criminal lifestyle by a beautiful killer in this gritty crime thriller. Luke Goss, AnnaLynne McCord, Val Kilmer, Vinnie Jones and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson co-star.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherd University Foundation has announced the awarding of four scholarships as part of the Rural Financial Planning Project (RFPP). These annual scholarship awards recognize outstanding Shepherd students who are pursuing concentrations in financial planning and who are active with the Shepherd Financial Planning Association Student Chapter.
The mission of the RFPP is to improve the lives of rural Americans through the promotion of financial literacy and the delivery of financial planning by well-trained and ethical financial planning professionals. The program is committed to providing mentoring, employment and scholarships for students, resulting in the creation of four named funds. Scholarship recipients are chosen by an advisory board in collaboration with Shepherd's business administration faculty.
Junior business administration major Rebecca Blevins, of Bunker Hill, was awarded the National Capital Area Financial Planning Association Scholarship. Blevins currently works as an intern at HFI Wealth Management, based in Shepherdstown with offices in Winchester, Va. The company's CEO, Rob Hoxton, established the Rob and Mary Logan Hoxton Financial Planning Scholarship, which was awarded to Melanie Vincent of Hedgesville, a senior majoring in business administration. Hoxton was instrumental in the creation of the RFPP and serves as an advisor to the FPA's student chapter at Shepherd.
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"The idea is to train well-educated financial planning professionals who will work in their hometowns and improve the lives of rural Americans," Hoxton said. "The RFPP advisory board works with Shepherd's academic program to guide and support students pursuing careers in this highly respected and lucrative profession."
Senior accounting major Virginia Hutson of Falling Waters was awarded the John and Lisa Wolff Financial Planning Scholarship. John Wolff, CEO and managing director of Virginia-based Capital Fiduciary Advisors and a Shepherd alumnus, said he was eager to join Hoxton in launching the program.
"When Rob Hoxton called me to describe this initiative, I signed on immediately," John Wolff said. "Personally, I am very excited for Shepherd - my alma mater - the certified financial planner program and industry, and current and future students. Our country and society deserve financial literacy, families and institutions need qualified financial planners, and what better way to start than during the formal educational stage to begin 'producing' certified financial planners."
Senior Jennie Tomcho of Martinsburg was the recipient of the Rural Financial Planning Scholarship. A business administration major with a concentration in financial planning, Tomcho also serves as president as the FPA's student chapter at Shepherd.
"I am so honored to have received this scholarship," Tomcho said. "It has relieved stress and allowed me to concentrate more on my studies."
To learn more about the Rural Financial Planning Project, visit www.shepherd.edu/bafcweb/financial -planning or www.ruralplanner.com. For more information about how to establish a named fund through the Shepherd University Foundation, contact Monica Lingenfelter, Shepherd University Foundation, P.O. Box 5000, Shepherdstown, WV 25443-5000, 304-876-5397, mlingenf @shepherd.edu or visit www.shepherd.edu/fndtnweb.

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PhD summer school: Wednesday 27th June – Thursday 28th June
At the workshop and the PhD summer school that follows it, we propose to examine the concept of 'civil society' not just in contemporary Europe and North America but historically and in contexts across the world as well as across academic disciplines. We will seek not to define 'civil society' but to identify the consequences – political, legal, social, moral, epistemological – of particular ways in which 'civil' and 'society' have been defined in different times and places. In so doing we will pose five overarching questions:
1. What has been held (in different times and places) to make a society (or part of it) civil as opposed to uncivil (or barbarous)?
2. How has civil society been distinguished as a domain or sphere of society from domains considered non-civil (as opposed to uncivil) such as politics, the military, the ecclesiastical or religious, the economy, and law?
3. When civil society has been used to refer to one part of a broader society, such as recently for the NGO sector, how is the civil part supposed to relate to society as a whole? What or who is included in or excluded from civil society, and on what grounds? For example, do issues considered non-public get excluded from discussion in civil society, and if so, what does that say about the link between concepts of civil society and of the public?
4. What notions of society lie behind notions of civil society? This latter question will push us to reflect on concepts of society, from the medieval and early modern periods to the 19th-century birth of social sciences to contemporary debates about whether society exists or not.
5. Are notions of civil society (and society) defined by law or by some other means, and what is the difference in practice?
We are calling for applications from advanced PhD students of any discipline to attend the workshop and participate in the PhD summer school that follows it. Students would make a 10-minute presentation on a related topic at the summer school.
Confirmed speakers include Jeffrey Alexander (Sociology, Yale), Maurizio Viroli (Political Theory, Princeton) and Philip Oxhorn (Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill).
Further information and applications forms are available at www.abdn.ac.uk/cisrul The deadline is Friday 13th April.
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Those who believe in free enterprise and in the success of small business shouldn't have a problem with a crematory, which disposes of human remains.
However, location does matter to economic developers who seek to balance the desires of a business with what they perceive to be the community's greater need.
The Amarillo City Commission's recent decision to deny a permit for a crematory in the downtown district was a reasonable one, given the aim of the city to revive and redevelop the downtown area.
Keith Bassett, who operates A to D Mortuary at 808 S. Johnson St., was denied a permit to add a crematory by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Bassett appealed the denial to the City Commission, which upheld the P&Z Commission's earlier ruling.
It is understood that the crematory won't produce "thick black smoke like we see in the Oliver Twist movies," said Joey Paluga, an Amarillo resident.
Indeed, Bassett had obtained a mandatory permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
But the objection to this kind of business is more intangible, and arguably difficult to define.
The city is in the middle of a makeover of its downtown district. It is trying to attract residential development into its warehouse district, which is quite near where Bassett sought the crematory. The city has just approved four finalists for the potential development of a convention hotel complex.
Would the city's growth opportunities be hindered by the presence of a crematory so near? Commissioners in effect said "yes."
Even though the site at issue is zoned for light-industrial use, the city requires a special-use permit for this kind of business activity. And as it stands now, Amarillo doesn't have a crematory inside the city limits.
City commissioners had a difficult decision to make. But in the end, given the enormous potential for growth juxtaposed with what goes on inside a crematory, they have made the correct call.
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THREE articles in Monday's Business Day tell a story about our trajectory as an industrial economy. The first was about private sector mining and energy community objections to amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act. They see the amendments as an attempt to deprive them of old rights, add new, onerous obligations and, generally, make their investment in South Africa less, rather than more, secure.
Then economics commentator Gavin Keeton reminded us that with capital flowing out of emerging economies such as ours, and especially those with a big current account deficit such as ours to finance, we need to be able to protect the rand should the market really run. This, he pointed out, could only be done by exporting more, an effort being hobbled now by strikes in key export sectors such as mining and the motor industry. The weak rand opportunity is being lost.
Finally, ANC veteran Ben Turok helpfully swept it all into a juicy proposition, at least for this editor. The mining industry cannot, he said, argue that it is just there to mine and refine. It should be required to make minerals available for beneficiation or in actual manufacture in South Africa at prices lower than that which they could achieve by exporting their ores abroad.
"Our national interest requires," he said, "that we build a flourishing manufacturing sector and that means taking advantage of our comparative advantage in being the best-endowed with minerals in the world, in many instances having almost a monopoly of supply of the best quality minerals on earth".
Mr Turok represents the dream the ruling party (across almost all its many factions) has for the country. We have all the minerals, why don't we have any industry?
The answer is that we don't have any industry because we don't have any customers. The people with the customers are the people to whom we already send our minerals.
Of course, there are export success stories in South Africa. Wine is one. Mr Turok wrote of an unnamed local bus maker doing well abroad.
But in the main we have deindustrialised because we have not looked after the mining industry, making of what is still our main industrial activity a political football, despised because of its past. Our mining industry, a Merrill Lynch analyst intoned the other day, is finished. "It's the slowest train wreck in history," he said.
Yet our ability to manufacture anything grew directly out of the mining industry. And mining, as Mr Turok instinctively feels, is how we'll save it. But how? The ANC recipe is for the mines to lower the price of what they produce so that factories spring up making stuff from the minerals they dig up.
It is not clear what they would make, but it is clear private sector mining companies could only begin to even contemplate such a vision if they were able to maintain their margins. They would have to cut their costs. We will offer Mr Turok space again to suggest where they might start. He will say executive pay, but he has billions to find.
Our three stories have a common root. This economy needs reindustrialisation. But the investment can only come from the private sector. It will not happen when ministers micromanage industries such as mining. The money needed to secure us a mining future doesn't exist in South Africa, It's in New York, London, Zurich.
And to make managing or stabilising the rand even faintly possible, the state must play a more even-handed role between business and the unions.
And Mr Turok and the ANC must at some stage acknowledge that smart investors make rational decisions. Yes, we must rebuild our manufacturing base and make more things. But instead of being prescriptive to the people with the money, we should be asking them what they need in order to invest and, where possible, give it to them.


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Can you explain a little bit about the type of work you do here at Cooper-Hewitt?
I serve as the Production Manager for the Exhibitions Department. Essentially I oversee all of the exhibition-related fabrication, construction, and installation details.
What is the most challenging part of your job?
Juggling multiple installations on different floors or locations at the same time. It can get quite tense especially if any of the artists are alive and have input into his or her exhibition.
What do you enjoy most about your work?
Getting to work closely with the objects–the collection is incredible. That, and having a front row seat to watch the whole exhibition come to fruition.
How would you describe design? What is good design? Bad design?
I don't think I'm capable of describing design, but one could easily recognize good design from bad design. Does it work? Is it comfortable to use? Is it built to last or is its intent to be disposable, and if it's disposable, what will happen to it post-use? It's important to note that there is not a black-and-white answer to these questions, and the severity of the answer will vary given the different subject. But the more you think about how we use the things we use in a day, the easier it becomes to differentiate good design from bad design.
How has the renovation either opened new doors or posed new challenges for you?
It has certainly given me a new perspective on the Carnegie Mansion. Once you've seen the guts of a structure you have a whole new appreciation for its construction. Working on the post-renovation exhibition details has been great as well. It forces you to think about the various different miniscule details of how an exhibition space works, and you can no longer take things for granted like where the outlets and ceiling light tracks are–as you're one of the group deciding where they should be. It's scary and exhilarating.
Looking forward, what are you most excited about once the museum reopens?
I'm really excited to see the mansion back up and running again with a full garden and the opening exhibitions are really going to be something special.
What is your favorite Cooper-Hewitt exhibition to date? Why?
I'd say it's a toss up between Rococo: The Continuing Curve and Fashioning Felt. Not only was Rococo packed to the gills with gorgeous objects, but the exhibition design had a really simple aesthetic. The objects were louder than the exhibition design and as a museum purist, that's important to me. I feel with Felt, however, I learned more about a design process. I firmly believe that the curator of the exhibition chose great objects that were not only fantastic examples of felt and the felting process, but were equally as crowd pleasing to look at. Often that's not easy to do.
What was the most memorable moment for you at Cooper-Hewitt?
Installing the structure that supported the yurt in the conservatory ceiling.
What is the future of design?
I believe paying closer attention to the post-consumer life of products and how it impacts the earth will become the greatest driving force in design at some point.
Finally, if you could redesign anything, what would it be?
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As has been widely reported, Manchester United are on the brink of offering hugely overpriced shares through the New York stock exchange. For the past seven years United fans have learned more about the nature of hedge funds and aggressive takeovers than we ever thought necessary. These past few weeks, it seems as if a new low has been reached.
On Thursday morning, Sir Alex Ferguson took the unusual step of issuing a statement to refute reports he will gain personally from the float. This is atypical because, until now, he has been benignly supportive of the ownership regime.
In 2005, the takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer family had two enormous impacts on our club. Firstly, it loaded massive debt onto a previously profitable organisation. Secondly, it divided the fans. This is the greatest tragedy.
I wish FC United of Manchester the best of luck. It is not on my agenda to call those involved with that club traitors, as some do. Nonetheless, I am a Manchester United fan and I follow the team. Seeing the Glazers take so much money out of the club feels like watching a close relative suffering from a dreadful illness.
Those sums of money should not be underestimated either. There are reports that we have paid out more money in bankers fees and interest since 2005 than Fergie has spent on players in the last twenty years. It makes one weep. It also explains why Juventus are poised to sign Robin Van Persie and we are not. It also explains why Real Madrid have enticed Luka Modric and we have not. I could go on.
Although there are as many opinions as people, it is hard for any but the most pig-headed to say they have completely abandoned loyalty to the club. We are all upset about this, but a culture of blame is not going to solve anything. The club must prevail, looking at the fates of Portsmouth and Rangers is a sombre warning of what could happen.
"I've spent 25 years of my life pushing this club forward and not only could I not have done it without those fans, I do it for them", said Sir Alex this week. Being angry with him is not going to solve anything. Divided we fall, United we stand.
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You can't expect Fergie to speak out against the Glazers. In the corporate world that would be blasphemy and a fallout between the two parties would more than likely occur, resulting in an end to the Fergie era. No Manchester United fan wants that.
The timing of the floatation coupled with the amount supposedly to be spent in paying off the debt has a lot of fans and the media asking questions. And rightly so. Nothing about it makes sense. The financial industry is close to the bottom, consumer confidence is just as low. Putting up the IPO at this stage is a huge financial risk.
Whether Fergie gains from this floatation or not is nobody's business. MUFC is a corporation, unfortunately. And we have to live with it. If the owners decide that Fergie should be awarded with a bonus, that's their decision. Some say the concept of conflict-of-interest comes into play, but Fergie, supposedly, doesn't make any business decisions except for player transfers.
There's no denying that these are worrying times for Man Utd fans. The debt has definitely prevented Fergie from buying the players that we need, no matter what he says.
All I can do is hope that the business decisions currently being made are made in the interests of the club, the players and the fans.
No matter what happens, we will always be United!
Just asking. What if SAF is actually telling the truth? That the owners don't get involved in how he runs the club. Yes SAF have used less money on players, but you have to take in to consideration the Ronaldo sale. Without that sale he has almost used as much money as pre-glazers.
In the Glazer years we have won 4 PL-titles, and been in 3 CL-finals, won one of them. That's the most successful period in the history of the club.
Is this as you say: "feels like watching a close relative suffering from a dreadful illness"
SAF has no history in buying "world stars", the only one who already where a world star before he joined the club was Veron. That did not work out well.
The football has gone crazy with big money transfers the last years. I feel that United fans are hurt that SAF don't jump on that bandwagon. But SAF has always said that a player have to want to play for United, not come here because we pay the most money.
I for one don't feel the same hate as you.
..run out of letters.
The Glazers have, as we know, used a lot of "our" money to pay out debt. But they have also made our income considerably bigger since they arrived. They are being able to handle the debt, make a very good profit, and buy the players SAF want.
I'm just saying, be careful for what you ask for. We don't know what the alternative could be. As long as we are successful, on and of the pitch. I'm with SAF on what have we to complain about?
The Glazers are a net negative on the club. Zero cash up front for a levarged buy. Pay themselves directors fees, and take low interest personal loans from the kitty. Debt loaded back onto the club, which was running its business side well, and became better after the americans came...but now has to perform at this high excellence level just to stay afloat.
Its no longer a club..its purely a business. And THAT hurts the fans.
Its not a MAN Utd problem, its an EPL problem. The only way out seems to be to be to hurt the team financially and most fans won't do that.
"Divided we fall, United we stand." Inspirational.
SAF dis glazer family are indeed bad family i swear if fergie loss out on van persie, and lucas moura and sell nani to real madrid i wil depart united and go to chelsea who spends stupid club! divided we fall
I agree with Merlin. Would United be a better team without the Glazers, debatable? Many people on this blog decry Chelsea and City for the money they spend, yet lack of dominance. How would we feel if oil rich sheiks bought our team and plied us with multi millionaire mercenaries, would we be the same rock n roll United we grew to love and support.
Blame the United Board who in early 2000, sold off our team to speculators to raise money. They allowed J P McManus, John Magnier, Malcolm Glazer etc, to buy shares without caring where the funds were coming from, only happy to get their hands on the money.
Why not look at the IPO shares as a souvenir. How much do you pay for that United kit, or even a pen? I think $16 dollars for the right to say you own a small piece of the team is not that much. People sell land rights to planets and naming stars after you for much more than that.
It is what it is and as long as we can attract the best managers, never mind players, we'll be OK.
yomi, you are what is referred to as a 'glory hunter'.
Please go and support Chel$ki, they deserve you.
United fans will stick by the club regardless of who we buy and how we do. We stuck by the club in the 70's (2nd Div) and 80's and will certainly stick by it until we die.
We trust in sir alex. Ferguson no matter what happens or new players to come we had the most British manager in the history and the man united fans don't what to for our sir because he knows what,s right for the club he spent 25 year in his life time.... No matter what happens we always united
What type of owner would you rather have? One that spends boatloads of money, yet interferes daily with the inner workings of the club causing turmoil and dissent and instability, or one that supports the manager and lets him run the team the way he wants to run it. For all the money the Glazer's have pulled from the team, I don't think SAF has lacked the funds to buy whomever he wants. If he doesn't buy RVP, he has a darn good reason. Glory, Glory Man United!
oh wow, the endless suffering of United fans, i can't believe you've only had 4 more titles and a champions league, how do you get through the days? SAF doesn't like buying megastars not because the Glazers shut off the $ supply, but because he has (sometimes misguided) faith in the stars he's already bought. SAF doesn't strike me as a person who would accept being subordinated by anyone, let alone some wanky capitalists from america, he would just leave
Well' know matter wat i still remen united till i die also pray to God to help us.
Yosi there is a bus leaving O T shortly, Ive paid for your ticket now f••• off.
As for the Glaziers yes they have improved turnover etc etc but have they increased the % available for transfers by an equal amount? That is the acid test.
We should only sign quality that wants to play for the shirt not those who just want to be paid by the shirt.
And that is where the problems start.
Troubling times for Manchester United? You finished second last season. How troubling is that? You are consistently among the best in Europe. How troubling is that? While you may not agree with the business model and you may be able to sign every player you wish, you are not in financial difficulty. You are in no danger of having to sell players just to pay this month's wages. You are in no danger of administration or liquidation. You are in no danger whatsoever.
Play Up Pompey! (for one more week?)
though am still young,but i've supported only united 4 as long as i can remenber nd i've always tried not 2 allow the administrative side disturb me,but ever since glazers took over i can no longer escape it cos news of our indebtedness is now in everydays paper.So i say eventhough our turnover have been increased during their time,they're slowly taking the football out of the picture,nd putting administration in in d forefront nd dats were dis kinds of tins always leads to 'administration'. I seriously pray 4 change
SAF has said it rightly,the Glazer's plans(whatever it is) depend on the success of United on the pitch.So,I think they'll back SAF with the cash if he thinks he has spotted a game-changer(a player who could turn the tide in Utd's favour ala CR7).The supporters have the right to gripe as the Glazer's are stealing their money,they want the money to get into the gaffer's hands to buy the aesthetically pleasing players of their dreams rather than seeing them wind up with City or Chelsea.
i'v supported United, ever since I knew club football... But believe, there have been board and management problems, but United are just too professional to let it disturb our game on pitch... Yes, there are oil well and Russian oil money clubs, but just one Trophy making club in premiers, and that is United... All thanks to the king, (SAF), and not the, $ & £'s... I'll only be furious, the day, SAf will retirE, and not the debt of the club yet.. GGUN
Mark I am sorry for earlier not seeing the problem with the Glazers when the green and gold campaign was done. You were correct MUFC is not in the best of hands with the Glazers. This flotation shows they are not well meaning in that they cannot afford to retire the money borrowed to buy MUFC. How can they look to offer 2nd class shares to the public? It is unfortunate that they gained control of the club. Clubs should belong to members and not be abused like what we are going through.
SAF may not necessarily be wanting all the players he is bidding for but doing it increase the cost of other clubs to get that talent. Like Nasri, Tevez, Hazard, Modric and Sneijder.
Did you see the "deal" the Glazers just worked with GM? Only an American owner could take the US Government, er, GM management, to the cleaners like that! British owners would never have dared ask for that much money! How's turnover looking, now?
$190M from share sale. Check.
$599M from shirt rights. Check.
Sell a few shirts in Asia (and of course, new sponsor, new shirt purchases, because who wants a shirt that says "Aon", when they say "GM" on the TV?)
Debt? What debt?
All the oil money in the world can't by SAF's desire to win. As long as the Glazers can keep MUFC competitive in the market, he'll teach his $25M players how to beat other teams' $40M players.
We were agree & intrested with the comment of our best coach sir alex farguson said! As well as a man utd fans. Thank u for giving me the oppotunity to express my comment.
Mark, your correspondents are right, we shouldn't complain too much. We'll come at least third next season. We could come second if Abramovich takes a bit too long to realise his new manager, nice guy though he is, isn't up to the job. Manchester City will self-destruct soon (though maybe not next season) as they always, always do. And Financial Fair Play will be good for us. True Reds may have to grit their teeth for a year or two but we'll be back at the top because We'll Never Die.
People like this MUST correspondent are so sad. Seem to think they are the club and because the club has moved on they are sour. You are not the club. Indeed, the majority of supporters don't want you constantly griping at the club so go and find another to oppose.
SAF pls,try nd change ur managerial attitude toward transfers.Bcose in ftball taday quality players matters,had'it been we hve strng team lst yr the story wl b dffrent.e.g our mtches against everton nd wigan.
The only reason Glazers invested in MUFC is because of SAF. Without him, we wouldn't have MUFC and the title of "the richest club in the world." Because of this, SAF CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL HE WANTS - whether that be in the transfer market, investments in youth recruitment system, imporvement in training facilities, etc.
For the past 7 years, we have paid back about 450m pounds (correct me if I am off please) and we have about the same amount left to pay back. I would say the only football club in this world that can pay back the debt is only MUFC - emphasize the world "only." Come on lads, do you really believe we are going to be the same as Leeds? Rangers? No - we are the biggest club in the history of the world.
Also, what I found common in these threads is that fans fail to see the big picture or the long term benefits. If we end up paying the money back, we are going to be a club that generated about a billion pounds in profit in a decade.
Think about it in the long term folks, I think in about 5 years time, our bills will be empty as the brain in Suarez's head.
What exactly have the Glazers done do benefit United. People are saying that we have been successful during their time but what specifically did they contribute to that success. NOTHING. All they are interested in is making money out of the club, they dont care about the club itself. When the time comes for them to make some real coin, they will sell. The only thing we can hope for is that they havent bled the club dry and that the new owners wont saddle the club with the debt that the Glazers did. I dont blame the Gazers for this. They are just businessmen. It's the EPL that are to blame for allowing club's to be taken over and owned in this manner.
Football clubs are huge businesses these days. We should be lucky that the Glazers, as owners do not interfere with the club footballing decisions, hence keeping SAF and his team intact season after season with the sole focus of winning trophies. The Glazers obviously saw a huge business opportunity when buying the club back then. Commercial revenues from sponsorships, matchdays etc have increased many folds since the takeover. So can we seriously say that the Glazers have not done anything for the club other than debts to banks? To their credit, despite the flaks from fans, they have chosen to go about as quietly as possible. No one is above the club. MUFC is what it is today largely due to the support of the fans.
It is amazing to see how many other fans are wearing the MU jersey while walking in a major shopping complex last Saturday. It then dawn on me that we are the BIGGEST football club in the world!
Well, it doesnt look like Man Utd shares are the only thing will plummet this season. Our ranking will our play too & our quality players. Glazers are killing our beloved club. They will NOT spend any money to get quality players, they make SLF look for cheap deals. It looks like we're becoming Arsenal in this matter (dont spend & get young players)& just like Liverpool we'll only talk about our rich history while our glory days are history. In a few years maybe we'll be in the 2nd DIV. Rooney was right when he said the club lacks ambition. New world order. City & PSG are taking over the glory days. We're way far from a good champions league glory. We're lacking in the middle & the back. Even in front, Chicha & berba are good players but not good enough to play for United. FACT!!. We lost to Basel & Bilbao last year, how low can we go for our calreless owners to do something. City PSG Barca Madrid & Munich are miles.
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"To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me. And I loved him. I still love him." Kidman, 38, tells the Ladies' Home Journal in a new interview, in which she also reveals a certain premonition about something dire being about to happen.
"I always knew the rug was going to be taken out from underneath me at some stage," says Kidman. "I didn't think it was going to happen in the way it happened. I had seen my mother battle breast cancer, so I had a fear of my health being jeopardized – that was really where I was thinking mine would come.
After 10 years of marriage and adopting two children together – Isabella, now 13, and Connor, 11 – Cruise filed for divorce in February 2001, citing irreconcilable differences.
"I knew I was going to get hit with something," says Kidman, who stars in the upcoming Fur (about photographer Diane Arbus). "But I think a divorce, and the demise of what your family is, is a little death in itself."
Of her relationship with her children, Kidman says: "I feel enormous love for whoever my children's birth parents are. And if my children choose to go find them at some stage, I can't wait. Because – it's the weirdest thing – I actually feel (they're) very connected to us as a big, strange family, and whether they choose to search for them or not, who knows."
Cruise, who currently stars in Mission: Impossible III, recently welcomed his first child with his fiancée, Katie Holmes – a daughter named Suri. Kidman, meanwhile, has been keeping company with country singer Keith Urban.
"I'm pretty careful about who I share my life with," she says. "I surround myself with truthful, kind people, most of whom are not in the business. It's the life I want to have when I'm an old woman with long, gray hair."
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Chocolate has addictive qualities, as any chocoholic can attest to. Research published in "Encephale" in 2001 even suggests that chocolate shares similarities with certain recreational drugs, such as cravings, short-term euphoria and mood changes. Chocolate works to instantly alter mood through its palatable flavors and melt-in-your-mouth texture, but science also shows that this complex food is packed with compounds which can have stimulatory and potentially psychoactive effects on the brain.
Mood Modulator
Chocolate is arguably the food with the greatest impact on mood. It's one of the richest dietary sources of the compound phenylethylamine, which is also naturally produced by the brain when a person is in love. Research published in the journal "Biochemical Pharmacology" in 1978 links high levels of phenylethylamine with schizophrenia and low levels with psychotic and neurotic depression. A quite different theory, that the phenylethylamine in chocolate has aphrodisiac effects, was pioneered by Dr. Michael Liebowitz in his 1983 book "The Chemistry of Love." However, this theory has been debated ever since as researchers point out that dietary phenylethylamine is quickly metabolized in the body and has not been convincingly proven to be chocolate's mysterious "love" chemical. Interestingly, the act of consuming palatable foods such as chocolate can also cause the brain to release endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, which are all mood-altering substances having to do with pleasure, cravings and behavior change.
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The taste of chocolate is largely responsible for its mood-altering effects, but the mood that a person is already in also seems to affect how chocolate can modify a person's personality. Research published in the November 2007 issue of the journal "Appetite" showed that chocolate consumption could help to limit negative feelings in someone who was feeling bad, but did not seem to increase positive feelings in someone who was feeling good, when compared to simply drinking water. The same researchers confirmed that eating bad-tasting chocolate did not affect mood the same way as eating good-tasting chocolate, so it appears that the effects of chocolate depend not only on its brain-altering chemicals but also on its flavor and the initial mood of the consumer. Notably, the emotion-changing effects of chocolate seen in the studies were short-lived, lasting only minutes.
Drug-Like Effects and Interactions
Dark chocolate is a food that can affect mood, but according to an October 1999 article in the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association" it also contains drug-like compounds that can affect the brain in a similar, albeit much less potent, manner to cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana. Dark chocolate contains stimulants such as caffeine and theobromine that can cross the blood-brain barrier and affect behavior. It also contains phenylethylamine, which has a similar structure to amphetamines and ecstasy. In addition, chocolate is a source of anandamide, which is a cannabinoid-like molecule that can interact with the same cannabinoid receptors in the brain as marijuana. While the effects of dark chocolate are very different than marijuana due to its low dose of anandamide and complete lack of THC, according to the journal "AIDS Treatment News," chocolate can apparently alter the way marijuana affects the brain.
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In addition to its brain-altering effects, preliminary research from scientists in Mexico City provides evidence that dark chocolate can protect the brain from the damaging inflammation and neurodegenerative effects of toxic air pollution. While these harmful effects have been seen in humans, a 2010 article published in "International Journal of Toxicology" focused on mice and measured their brain health and cognitive function. The results showed that long-term feeding with antioxidant-rich dark chocolate reduced the degenerative and deleterious effects of pollution on a part of the brain called the dorsal vagal complex, which affects gut, heart and lung function.
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- Journal of Affective Disorders: Mood State Effects of Chocolate.
- Appetite: Immediate Effects of Chocolate on Experimentally Induced Mood States.
- Appetite: Everyday Mood and Emotions After Eating a Chocolate Bar or an Apple
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association: Chocolate: Food or Drug?
- AIDS Treatment News: Marijuana and Chocolate
- International Journal of Toxicology: Urban Air Pollution Targets the Dorsal Vagal Complex and Dark Chocolate Offers Neuroprotection.
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David Young has written six bargirl novels. The first was The Scribe, about a down-on-his-luck expat who pens love letters for scheming bargirls in Bangkok. His latest is "No Problem Girl". (Hostage Press International, Ayutthaya, 2008, 308pp) set mostly in Pattaya.
Just what we need, another bargirl novel, right?
But David Young is different from the legion of other expatriate authors. He can write. His characters are sympathetic, the plots are fresh and fast-paced, and the dialogue often hilarious. He is in fine form in "No Problem Girl".
The girl in question is Aree from a typical poor farming family in Korat. She's a high school graduate who speaks fair English and has just lost the job she's held for six years in a factory near her home. So she comes to Pattaya and lands a job as a barmaid. She is, emphatically, not a hooker. In fact, Mr Dwight, the American owner, does not want hookers in his bar. He interviews one job candidate by asking her name, age, marital status, children, and then: "Sprechen sie deutsch?"
"Get lost."
The plot has a great many quirky twists. The novel opens this way:
"The girls were naked. Naked and purple.
"All right, perhaps not entirely naked, but they were, unarguably purple. Their hair, their arms, their breasts, and the short Romanesque skirts that each of them wore. Purple. At first Peter Slodell believed he was watching some sort of erotic tribute to Prince."
But we're not in Pattaya but Chicago where Peter Slodell is watching an arty nightclub review. Slodell is a ne'er-do-well, heir to a mayonnaise fortune. He refuses to work and prowls the clubs at night to pick up girls. The hitch comes when his father dies and specifies in his will that Slodell must be married before he can collect the family fortune. Slodell decides on a sham marriage.
Slodell goes to his friend Victor, a graduate student and computer expert, who recommends an international matchmaking service. Victor has a friend who explored both Thailand and Russia before settling on a temporary wife. Victor warns Slodell:
"He toured Southeast Asia before heading to Moscow. He said the Thai were the warmest, friendliest, and most beautiful people on Earth. He also said they were the most distant and shallow bunch he'd ever encountered."
"Victor. I'm distant and shallow."
It takes half the book before Slodell arrives in Bangkok.
Meanwhile, Aree needs the money. She has received a letter from her sister summoning her home to become the minor wife of the local godfather who holds her father's gambling debts. Siam Dreams Matchmaking Agency in Pattaya is a logical option.
Slodell is met at the airport by agency rep Mr Nick, a Brit who has fallen hopelessly in love with Aree.
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Mr Nick will act the Iago to deter the budding romance between Slodell and Aree.
Slodell submits Aree to a quiz about famous historical figures and finds she does not know who Hitler is. He reports this back to Victor who responds: "There are still plenty of Russians. I'll bet most of them have heard of Hitler."
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HILARY SWANK stylishly breaks the no-white-after-Labor-Day rule in a dramatically collared Escada coat in N.Y.C. Oct. 30.
Baby, it's cold outside, but Suri Cruise has been spotted sans outerwear on several New York City outings. The 2-year-old seems to prefer a blankie to a jacket, but perhaps Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise could tempt the ever-stylish tot with one of these toasty options.
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE Plaid swing coat, $34.50; childrensplace.com
SISTER SAM Pleated jacket, $148; shopkitson.com
BABYSTYLE Bubble sleeve coat, $66; 877-378-9537
WHAT: dVb hippie chic "Naomi" jeans
WHO'S WEARING THEM: Eva Longoria Parker, Kate Beckinsale and Naomi Campbell
WHY: "The cut makes the leg look incredibly long," says designer Victoria Beckham of the distressed flare jean style named after her supermodel friend. ($276, 212-753-4000)
I Really Love My ... STUDDED BELT
LAUREN CONRAD in N.Y.C. Oct. 27 wearing a Streets Ahead "Roger" belt, $250; 800-330-8497
THE LOOK FOR LESS! Dakine studded leather belt, $20; amazon.com
The Blindness star reveals the fashion and beauty items she can't live without
YSL Faux Cils Luxurious Mascara, $27.50; yslbeautyus.com
"Mini Boden has really cute kids' clothes—very wearable"
MINI BODEN Big-button dress, $44; bodenusa.com
RAG & BONE RBW8 jeans in black, $242; nordstrom.com
"I love them! I wear them constantly"
"I use this the most—on myself and my kids"
BURT'S BEES Naturally Nourishing Milk & Honey Body Lotion, $8.99; target.com
KIEHL'S Imperiale Repairateur Moisturizing Eye Balm, $17.50; kiehls.com
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Skip to comments.Enter At Your Own Risk: Police Union Says War-Like Detroit Is Unsafe For Visitors
Posted on 10/06/2012 9:42:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Chicago and Philadelphia are competing for the Detroit gansta hate prize.
That is a brilliant idea..........
Actually I'd feel safer in Detroit where I can be armed.
May I suggest adding a blanket $100,000, tax free award for each Urban Feral legally killed during said Urban Feral's attempted crime?
The historic term for such cash awards, IIRC, is "bounty".
Whatever happened to Robocop?
That was always a joke to us living in or near Detroit. South of Detroit is Canada. There is no south Detroit.
I was born in a suburb just outside of Detroit in 1955. Fortunately, my mom had the sense to get her kids out of there.
They are when their EBT cards get filled.
What's interesting is how many of the comments are blocked for "reports of abuse." If you show the comment they are simply anti-Obama comments. Seems like someone has their minions out to block any bad press.
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A steep drop in work on energy-related projects caused Ecology & Environment to lose $946,000 during the fourth quarter, the Lancaster-based environmental services firm said today.
The loss stemmed from a 17 percent decline in the company's revenues that was caused mainly by a slump in the amount of work that E&E did on energy industry projects in the United States, the company said.
"We had disappointing earnings that came with project delays and lower revenue from U.S. operations," said Kevin Neumaier, E&E's president and chief executive officer.
The fourth quarter loss capped a difficult fiscal year for E&E, which saw its profits tumble by 89 percent to $774,000 as the company's revenues weakened by 8 percent to $155 million. Because of that weakness, E&E did not pay any bonuses to its employees during the fiscal year and reduced its contribution to workers' 401(k) accounts.
Still, Neumaier said he views the weakness during the fiscal year that ended in July as "a bump in the road." Neumaier said he sees "a number of signs of improvement" during the current fiscal year.
During the fourth quarter, E&E's loss equaled 23 cents per share, which was a significant reversal from the $1.9 million, or 45 cents per share, that the company earned a year earlier. The company's pre-tax profits tumbled by 97 percent to $100,000, E&E said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company's total revenues fell by 17 percent to $36.9 million during the quarter that ended in July, down from $44.2 million a year earlier. Excluding subcontracts, E&E's revenues fell by 17 percent to $29.3 million from $35.3 million as the company wrapped up work on a major project that was a significant contributor to sales during the previous year.
While E&E said its sales softened in its state and local government markets, its international operations were a bright spot, with Brazilian sales jumping by 47 percent to $4.4 million and revenues from its Chilean subsidiary spiking by 42 percent to $3.4 million.
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Bishop Joey Johnson will be keynote speaker at Malone University's Equip Ministry Conference October 25
June 4, 2014 | Release # 6925
Malone University announces that it will host the Equip Ministry Conference Saturday, October 25, in the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts, located on the campus at 2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W. in Canton. Keynote speaker will be Bishop Joey Johnson of House of the Lord. The conference is designed for persons in leadership positions within church or parachurch organizations, but is open to all.
Cost is $40 and includes a boxed lunch and all conference materials. To register or for more information, contact Doug Gregory at 330-471-8643.
Presiding Bishop F. Josephus Johnson II, better known as Bishop Joey Johnson, is the organizer and senior pastor of The House of the Lord in Akron, Ohio.
Bishop Johnson is a renowned Bible scholar, counselor, author, educator, conference speaker and workshop facilitator. His experience in leading one of the city's largest churches for over thirty-seven years has equipped him to impart wisdom for issues related to church growth and development, business management, leadership and team building.
As a visionary, Bishop Johnson founded The Pastoral Mentoring Institute, where he utilizes his considerable skills to train and mentor senior pastors and church leaders to be more effective in their local churches and in making an impact on today's society and generations to come for the cause of Jesus Christ. As a lover of The Holy Scriptures with keen intellectual curiosity and insatiable appetite for reading, Bishop Johnson founded Emmanuel Christian Academy and Logos Bible Institute to present opportunities to both children and adults to be educated and equipped in the foundation of God's Word.
Bishop Johnson was promoted to Bishopric through the providential wisdom of God and at the request of the senior pastors he mentors. His consecration and ordination in 2004 was accompanied by having the doctor of divinity degree conferred upon him by the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops Congress. Within the Christian community at large, Bishop Johnson's apostolic responsibilities include the oversight of Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches. Beth-El was created to be a source of encouragement, practical leadership development and team building, as well as a haven of rest for senior pastors, their spouses, and other church leadership. He offers over three decades of pastoral wisdom and guidance to the senior pastors of these churches and their congregations.
Bishop Johnson's heart for the Akron Community includes participation in the National Day of Prayer Service on the courthouse steps, hosting a citywide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration service, and helping out a local grocery store with a Henry's ACME Day which resulted in hundreds of members walking across the street and buying groceries.
The Fugitive Safe Surrender Program, a collaboration between The House of the Lord, The U.S. Marshals Service, and various court systems throughout Summit County, resulted in thousands of people with arrest warrants turning themselves in without violence and receiving favorable consideration and leniency from the judicial system.
Bishop Johnson's most recent community collaboration is The Village at New Seasons which features low-income senior citizen housing and a fully staffed health care facility operated by SUMMA Health System. This facility is the only emergency health care facility in the West Akron Community.
Among his many accolades, Bishop Johnson is the winner of the first-ever "Praiseworthy Sermons! Contest," in April of 2007, conducted by Church Business Magazine. The winning sermon was "Restoring God's Witness to The Streets." And on June 27, 2007, Saint Thomas College and Theological Seminary conferred upon Bishop Johnson the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. In addition, he holds a graduate-level reading certificate in cultural anthropology and New Testament interpretation from the Department of Theology, Creighton University, 2004.
In 1983, Bishop Johnson authored The Church: The Family of Families, reprinted March 2013. The popularity and power of his 1997 sermon series entitled, "Family Mess" inspired him to write God Is Greater Than Family Mess, whose popularity encouraged the updated and revised version, reprinted in 2009. Bishop Johnson completed his third book, The Eight Ministries of the Holy Spirit: From Denomination to Reformation: An Introduction to Biblecostalism® and released the accompanying study guide. In 2011 Bishop Johnson completed and released two books, The Biblical World through New Glasses and Lord of the Flies: A Leadership Fable.
Bishop Johnson is married to Pastor Cathy Johnson; they have two adult children and eight grandchildren.
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone has been recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2014, has been awarded the designation Military Friendly School by Victory Media, and is named to AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO)'s Best Lifetime Return on Investment list for the State of Ohio.
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Even before Rosa Parks took the bus ride that launched the modern civil rights movement, Hobson R. Reynolds was pushing for black representation in the Republican Party and stronger civil rights policy in the presidential platforms of Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He didn't always get what he wanted. But so influential was Mr. Reynolds, a Philadelphia undertaker and a force in Republican city and state politics, he was chosen to give the seconding speech for Eisenhower at the Republican National Convention in 1952.


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Quilt-As-You-Go Patchwork Bags taught by Tara Rebman
Add spontaneous piecing to your bag of quilting tricks and make a beautiful patchwork tote designed by Tara Rebman.
Other projects made as part of this class:
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Quilting2 days It's a Bugs Life Tinker Tote
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Great job - I love both bags - the colors are awesome.
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Very pretty I like the dark binding.
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Great job - I really love both bags, ....can you tell me what pattern you used for the messenger bag
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absolutely gorgeous looks like you have the technique down pat.
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