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A few days ago, my second-born, Anna, threw a temper tantrum because her older sister was going to play at the home of a friend from kindergarten. She insisted it was unfair, and what started with a pleading tone quickly escalated into whining and yelling about this apparent age discrimination.
"Why did I have to be born second? Why can't I be first? Will I ever be older than Luisa?"
This too then escalated into a few key words she managed to get out between sobs and gasps for breath. "Why? (sob) Older?" (sob) Not fair!" And so on.
I am a first-born and didn't have the experience of having an older sibling ahead of me in everything I did. In fact, I was older than several of my cousins by two or three years, so I was the leader of our little generation. I didn't have to have the experience of being second to sense my daughter's anguish. I wanted to help my daughter feel that second, in this case, is just as good as first. But she was inconsolable.
Anna has become extremely focused on her older sister and on all the things she gets to do. Luisa, 6, is part of a summer sports camp with a few friends from school. No matter how many things I have Anna do, she only wants to do what her sister does. I don't want to start giving in to her preschool blackmail (disappoint me and I'll go off like a bomb), so I called my sister, younger by four years and a psychologist, and asked for her opinion. How could I focus Anna's attention on her own accomplishments?
I told what I had been doing so far, and she replied that what I was doing was about all I could do. Explain things as best you can, tell your kids you love them, and accept the occasional tantrum. I knew she was right, but it still didn't sit well, and I wondered what it was that bothered me about this reasoned approach.
Finally I realized that it brought back memories of adults telling me those horrible, rational things adults say to kids, things such as, "It doesn't matter who started it," and the all-time classic, "Sometimes life's not fair."
To a kid, it does matter who started it, and it doesn't matter that life's not fair in some grand existential sense. It matters that life's not fair right now, as in, "why can't I be older."
This wasn't getting me any closer to a solution, but at least it was helping me understand my kids, and myself better. Life isn't fair, it's often tragic and cruel, and we're torn between doing everything we can to protect our kids from the world's unfairness and teaching them life lessons about not being able to get everything you want.
Finally, I decided the more pressing issue was much more simple. Being young might not be unfair, but throwing a tantrum certainly is — to me. So I made the episode not just a lesson in not getting what you want, but in acting like you should. As always when I finished one of our "counseling" sessions, I asked my daughter if she understood. She said she did, and I felt a swell of parenting pride. But as I walked away, she couldn't help herself. "It's still not fair."
Her own little sister, Eva, routinely makes similar complaints about her older sisters, often relating to her hair, which really only started growing in at age 2 1/2.
"When is my hair going to be long? Will it be longer tomorrow?" And of course, "It's not fair!"


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World's Biggest Fracking Operations: CBC Covers the Shale Gas Boom in BC
Carol Linnitt | September 27, 2011
By Carol Linnitt • Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 14:40
Yesterday the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) announced their investigative series on fracking in British Columbia. The feature report will cover the rise of the shale boom in the province's remote northeast corner. The CBC radio report, called Cornering Gas, presents an opportunity for people to voice their concerns about the controversial fracking process and take part in the growing debate over BC's role in the country's energy future.
As the CBC reports, shale gas in BC has ballooned into a multi-billion-dollar industry and is expected to transform the province's remote regions into bustling boom towns. CBC host Robert Boane and reporter Betsy Trumpener traveled to Fort Nelson to conduct interviews within a 'boom no bust' atmosphere. Fort Nelson, a town of 4000, is expected to triple in size.
Two of Canada's most plentiful shale gas deposits are in the area where some of the largest fracking operations in the world are taking place. Kerry Guy, speaking on behalf of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), told the CBC they currently estimate more than a century's worth of shale gas in the region.
But the shale gas boom in BC has brought a lot more in its wake than just short-term economic opportunity.

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FN Legal Awards: The 2014 Shortlist
Financial News is delighted to announce the shortlist for its second annual Awards for Excellence in Legal Services, Europe, which celebrate the achievements of the best law firms, teams and individual lawyers supporting the financial markets throughout the past year. The winners will be announced at a London gala event on April 23
• Law firm of the year
For a great year across the board in 2013, with highlights including advice to the banks financing the $17.3 billion Glencore Xstrata deal; to Barclays on its £2 billion contingent convertible bonds issuance and its £6 billion rights issue; to Royal Bank of Scotland on the investigation arising out of the Tomlinson Report into small business lending practices; and to Eurasian Resources Group on its £3 billion offer for Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
For a standout year that began with market-leading revenue growth when 2012/13 fees grew 7% to £1.22 billion, by far the strongest Magic Circle performance. Work highlights included advising Deutsche Bank successfully defending an $8 billion litigation claim; Invensys on its offer from Schneider Electric; Heathrow Airport on the sale of Stansted for £1.5 billion; the UK government on the Royal Mail IPO; and the banks on the innovative £3 billion AA group refinancing.
Latham & Watkins
For a year in which London total headcount hit 250 fee earners, with four impressive partner hires including the addition of David Walker, former global head of private equity at Clifford Chance, and another partner Tom Evans; Dean Naumowicz, former head of derivatives at Norton Rose Fulbright; and Simon Bushell, one-time co-chair of corporate fraud at Herbert Smith Freehills. Deals included work for Virgin Media on its $25 billion acquisition by Liberty Global; on the £1.6 billion refinancing of Thomas Cook; and for Mubadala Development Company on the $15 billion merger of its aluminium industry assets with those of the Investment Corporation of Dubai. In all, the London office led on more than 25 $1 billion-plus transactions during 2013.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Simpson Thacher is now long established as a go-to firm for European private equity transactions, and work for KKR, Blackstone and Apax confirmed that in 2013. An additional role advising Vodafone on its $130 billion sale of its stake in Verizon Wireless helped propel the European operation to the top of Bloomberg's league table for UK announced deals (the firm also topped the global and cross-border announced deal tables), while a role for CVC Capital Partners on its €10.5 billion fundraising – the largest pool raised for European deals since the financial crisis – was another highlight.
For a bumper year across practice areas that saw the firm top Bloomberg's tables acting for principals on European deals in 2013. Slaughter secured roles on such market-leading deals as Vodafone's sale of its US group to Verizon Wireless; Royal Mail's IPO; the Lloyds Banking Group share sell-down; Punch's £2.3 billion capital restructuring; and Deutsche Bank's global investigations in relation to the setting of benchmark rates.
• Deal of the year
Clifford Chance: Patrick Sarch and Simon Thomas, partners
Deal: Barclays' £6 billion rights issue
Clifford Chance advised long-standing client Barclays on its £6 billion rights issue, as the global financial institution moved to plug a £12.8 billion funding gap. A team led by London corporate partner Patrick Sarch and capital markets partner Simon Thomas worked on English law issues, alongside a Sullivan & Cromwell team in London advising on US law. Barclays' deputy general counsel Michael Shaw led the Barclays team.
The four-for-one rights issue was the largest capital-raising by a bank since 2009 and the biggest by Barclays, which had previously raised billions of pounds from Middle Eastern investors to avoid taking a taxpayer bail-out. Clifford Chance also last year advised Barclays on its £2 billion CoCo bonds issue, the first additional Tier 1 capital issuance by a UK bank that accessed the US capital markets.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Marcus Mackenzie, partner
Deal: £3 billion refinancing for the AA group
Freshfields advised Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank and others on an innovative £3 billion refinancing for roadside assistance business the AA, blending a £625 million investment grade bond and a £1.775 billion bank financing through a corporate secured debt platform, with a £665 million high-yield bond offering. The deal allowed the AA to partially refinance the debt it incurred in 2007 when AA merged with Saga, and was based on a similar deal by Center Parcs in 2012 that blended a whole business securitisation with a high-yield bond, on which Freshfields also advised. The team led by Mackenzie also included banking partner Alex Mitchell and high-yield partners Simone Bono and Denise Ryan.
Liberty Global: Jeremy Evans, deputy general counsel, and team
Deal: Financing for the $25 billion acquisition of Virgin Media by Liberty Global
Liberty Global's in-house legal team, led by Evans, was critical to the success of Liberty Global's $25 billion acquisition of Virgin Media at the start of 2013, which created the world's largest broadband company. Sourcing external legal advice from a team in the London office of Ropes & Gray, led by partner Jane Rogers alongside fellow partners Maurice Allen, Mike Goetz and Matthew Cox, the scale of the transaction and the speed with which it was executed was thanks to a "stunning job" by Evans, according to one lawyer on the deal.
With eight financings closed in three weeks, both bank and bond, Liberty in-house lawyers Ruchi Kaushal and Sasha McFarquhar were other key players.
Linklaters: Nick Rees, partner
Deal: Schneider Electric's £3.3 billion Invensys takeover
Linklaters' London corporate partner Rees advised French company Schneider Electric when it made an offer for London-listed engineering firm Invensys in July, valuing the business at £3.3 billion. The Linklaters team also included M&A partners Fabrice de la Morandière and Nick Rumsby. They worked alongside Shearman & Sterling's Paris office, which gave advice on tax and finance issues, and Bredin Prat's Brussels office, which advised on French antitrust issues.
Linklaters had acted for Schneider on several deals in the past, including its 2010 acquisition of Areva T&D, a French power distribution business.
Vodafone: Rosemary Martin, group general counsel and company secretary, and team
Deal: Vodafone's sale of $130 billion Verizon Wireless stake
Vodafone's in-house legal team was heavily involved in the company's sale of its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless to majority owner Verizon for $130 billion. For Vodafone shareholders, the deal marks one of the biggest single returns of value to shareholders, as 71% of the deal's net proceeds, or £50 billion including stock, will be returned to shareholders. The deal is also the world's largest M&A transaction since Vodafone paid €180 billion for Mannesmann in 2000.
Martin led an in-house team that included corporate and commercial legal director Helen Lamprell, senior solicitor Gareth Morgan, corporate director of legal Alex Deacon and head of competition Nick Woodrow. The team turned to New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, led by William Curbow and Eric Swedenburg, for external advice.
Lloyds Banking Group: Andrew Whittaker, group general counsel, and team
Deal: Lloyds Banking Group share sell-down
Whittaker joined Lloyds in 2013 after 13 years at the Financial Services Authority, where he was a director and general counsel to the board. He was instantly at the heart of the bank's re-privatisation programme, which began in September when the government sold a 6% shareholding, raising £3.2 billion. The disposal was effected by way of a placing of shares through an accelerated bookbuilding process to institutional investors, and was said to be the second-biggest transaction of its kind in the UK. Slaughter and May represented UKFI on the deal, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Cazenove and UBS acted as joint bookrunners.
• M&A team of the year
In 2013, Dutch firm De Brauw topped Mergermarket's annual league table of advisers to European M&A by value in a way that made others take notice. The firm acted on 57 deals with a combined worth of $215 billion, a 600% increase in value terms on 2012 and a leap of 27 places in the rankings. Highlights included advising Applied Materials on its $29 billion combination with Tokyo Electron and incorporation in the Netherlands, and Unit4 on its €1.17 billion sale to Advent.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields consistently excels in European M&A advisory and 2013 was no exception. Handling 199 deals with a combined worth of $156 billion, the team's highlights included work for Invensys on its £3.4 billion public takeover by Schneider Electric; for Heathrow Airport Holdings on the sale of Stansted Airport to Manchester Airports Group for £1.5 billion; and to AerCap on the aircraft leasing group's acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation from American International Group.
After the $46 billion Glencore/Xstrata combination in 2012, last year once again saw Linklaters picking up a healthy share of the European M&A market, ending 2013 with 197 deals totalling $120 billion. In some of the biggest mandates, the firm advised Schneider Electric on its £3.4 billion public takeover of Invensys; Vodafone on its $11.3 billion deal for Kabel Deutschland; and Lixil and the Development Bank of Japan on the €3.1 billion acquisition of the Grohe Group.
In 2013 the trusty corporate mid-market boutique that is Macfarlanes stood out from the pack with a stellar performance in M&A. Jumping 159 places in the Mergermarket European league table of legal advisers to rank 10th with 31 deals worth $133 billion, the highlight was scooping the mandate to work alongside Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for Verizon Communications on its $130 billion takeover of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone (a deal not included in the European league table numbers). The firm also worked for JC Flowers on its acquisition of Cabot Credit Management, with £7.6 billion assets under management.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
The transatlantic operation of New York's Skadden Arps continues to penetrate European M&A and take an increasing share of the chunky cross-border mandates. One of the most significant was work for AAR on the sale of its 50% stake in TNK-BP to Rosneft in a deal valued at a total of $56 billion, while the firm also worked for BlackRock on its acquisition of the European exchange-traded funds business of Credit Suisse – the first time BlackRock had instructed a US law firm on a major European transaction.
Slaughter and May
As an adviser to 120 UK listed companies – considerably more than any other firm – Slaughter advised on 50 announced M&A deals with a combined worth of £96 billion in 2013, ranking as lead adviser for announced transactions involving a European target, bidder or vendor, according to Bloomberg. Highlights were work for Vodafone on the disposal of Verizon Wireless for £84 billion, and for Investec Asset Management on the sale of up to 20% of the business to senior employees.
• Debt and credit team of the year
Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy enjoyed a table-topping year in 2013, ending it at the summit of Thomson Reuters' Europe, Middle East and Africa syndicated loans league table for both borrowers and lenders; Thomson Reuters' Europe, Middle East and Africa issuer and manager adviser tables for all international bonds; and Bloomberg's rankings of advisers to issuers on Islamic bonds. The team worked on several of the top 10 syndicated loans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa including a $14 billion deal for NK Rosneft and a $7.5 billion deal for Rio Tinto.
Clifford Chance
Always at the cutting edge when it comes to debt finance, Clifford Chance's team enjoyed a standout year last year. Key mandates included advising the banks on the $17.3 billion refinancing of Glencore Xstrata; advising Co-operative Bank on its recapitalisation and liability management exercise; and working for Barclays on its £2 billion of CoCos. That deal marked the first additional Tier 1 capital issuance by a UK bank to access the US capital markets.
One place where Dechert stands out from the crowd is in its work on structuring and executing debt, equity and other securities offerings in the Middle East and North Africa. Particularly active in the sovereign debt market – handling almost every issuance by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia – the firm's 2013 highlights included the second recent US-guaranteed sovereign bond offering in the region, by Jordan; several bonds in six transactions issued under Lebanon's $25 billion global medium-term note programme; and a 10-year and a 30-year sovereign bond issued by Morocco.
Latham & Watkins
Very few firms can match Latham for its sheer prowess in the high-yield market, and with a team of seven partners and 35 associates in its London team alone, the scale of the practice is second to none. As such, in 2013 the team advised on more than 80 European high-yield deals worth more than $43 billion, including work for Tullow Oil – one of the top 15 global high-yield issuers by market capitalisation – on its inaugural offering of $650 million 6% senior notes due 2020.
Ropes & Gray
Though still a relative newcomer on the London scene, the European practice at Ropes & Gray continues to make its mark in debt finance. Last year's highlight was undoubtedly the firm's highly praised work for Liberty Global in the financing for its $25 billion acquisition of Virgin Media, while further good news came with the hire of Mark Wesseldine, a former Allen & Overy partner, in leveraged finance.
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Weil Gotshal's London structured finance practice enjoyed a bumper year in 2013, riding the market resurgence in European collateralised loan obligations. The team worked on the €615.7 million Richmond Park CLO for Blackstone/GSO Debt Funds Management Europe as collateral manager – the largest European CLO issuance priced last year – and advised on a quarter of all the deals that took place. Working for new client the Carlyle Group as collateral manager on the Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2013-2 transaction was another highlight.
• Restructuring/bankruptcy team of the year
Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy continues to enjoy a pre-eminent position in the European restructuring market, and in 2013 advised Dexia on the restructuring of the Dexia group and the sale of Dexia Municipal Agency to Société de Financement Local, the new bank part-owned by the French state. Other complex situations in which the team was involved included work for Deutsche Annington Immobilien on the rescheduling of the €4.3 billion German multi-family commercial mortgage-backed securities, and for Co-operative Group and Co-operative Bank on a plan to generate capital for the bank and provide stability.
Despite a London office of fewer than 60 lawyers, Bingham remains the pre-eminent force in European debt restructuring, representing only creditors, and predominantly bondholders, noteholders and senior lenders. Choice mandates in 2013 included work for holders of more than $33 billion in bonds issued by the three major Icelandic commercial banks that failed in 2008, and advising bondholders on the restructuring of international mining company Northland Resources, with total debt of $920 million.
CMS has developed a niche advising on insolvencies in the professional services sector, and particularly law firms. In 2013 the team advised Lloyds Banking Group as lenders to accountant RSM Tenon Group and its subsidiaries on the restructuring of its debt, and advised Deloitte as administrators in connection with its eventual sale to Baker Tilly. RSM Tenon was unique in its regulated sector in being a listed entity, with a list of potential buyers limited to its competitors, one of which had to act as administrator.
For a firm accustomed to the spotlight on international restructurings, and best known for its role in the 21-year liquidation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Hogan Lovells won recognition in 2013 for a pensions matter. The team worked for the trustees of the Kodak Pension Plan on an innovative pensions restructuring, saving 15,000 members from the Pension Protection Fund in one of the biggest, most strategic pension deals, which began when Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and culminated in a bulk reduction in accrued pension rights.
Last year was another busy one for the Linklaters restructuring team, still active for PricewaterhouseCoopers on the administration of Lehman Brothers Europe. Other mandates included advising the co-ordinating committee of lenders on the £2.3 billion restructuring of hibu (formerly Yell); and advising KPMG on the liquidation of Irish Banking Resolution Company.
Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May's reputation for restructuring and insolvency work is pre-eminent on the debtor side, where in 2013 it worked for Punch on its proposed capital restructuring of £2.3 billion of its debt; for Technicolor on a major refinancing and liability management transaction; and for the Central Bank of Cyprus in relation to the restructuring and recapitalisation of the two largest Cypriot banks – Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank.
• Equities team of the year
Ashurst's equity capital markets team enjoyed a bumper crop of deals in 2013, working on 11 of the 30 UK main market IPOs announced, including two of the top three – Merlin Entertainments and Riverstone Energy. The firm worked on the largest Aim IPO in 2013, Tungsten Corporation; on the first ever Irish real estate investment trust, Green Reit; and on the first wind energy IPO in the UK, Greencoat UK Wind.
Clifford Chance
Last year, Clifford Chance's ECM practice advised Barclays on its £6 billion rights issue, the largest capital-raising by a bank since 2009, and worked for the banks on the £1.5 billion IPO of Partnership Assurance – the first major private equity exit since the financial crisis.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
In another busy year for the Freshfields ECM team at the pinnacle of European activity, the firm backed up its role advising state-owned Royal Mail on its privatisation with work on the IPO of Partnership Assurance, for the banks on the £6 billion Barclays rights issue, and for McCarthy & Stone on its £520 million rights issue and refinancing.
Herbert Smith Freehills
In 2013 Herbert Smith Freehills ranked in the top five for advisers to managers on UK equity offerings, with highlights including roles for the banks on the IPO of Damac Real Estate Development, on the capital increase by Piraeus Bank, on the IPO of Pegasus Airlines and on the IPO of Platform Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company.
Linklaters enjoyed another busy year for equity capital markets work in 2013, topping the Thomson Reuters tables for managers' legal adviser to Emea equity and equity-related issues with 55 deals. Alongside work for the banks on the Royal Mail IPO, other highlights included advising banks on the IPO of Stock Spirits Group, and working for the issuer on the IPO of the Belgian postal service bpost.
Slaughter and May
Slaughter was the lead adviser to issuers on Emea equity capital markets deals in 2013, according to Thomson Reuters, moving up to the number one spot after ranking 12th in 2012, with 17 deals worth $12.3 billion. The highlight was acting as lead legal adviser to Royal Mail on the largest UK IPO in 2013, but there was also work for Infinis and principal shareholder Terra Firma on its IPO, for esure on its IPO with a market cap of £1.2 billion, and to UK Financial Investments on the disposal of part of HM Treasury's stake in Lloyds Banking Group.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Skadden's European ECM team works primarily on cross-border deals, and in 2013 advised on four New York listings, two secondary offerings, two other IPOs, five rights offerings and one equity tender offer. Highlights also included advice to Cyprus-based Qiwi on its Nasdaq IPO and Moscow admission.
• Asset management team of the year
Debevoise & Plimpton
The London funds team at Debevoise continues to go from strength to strength in its work on private equity fund formations. It specialises in advising general partners and investors including HarbourVest Partners, and working on secondaries, fund co-investment structures, manager restructurings and regulatory advice. Highlights in 2013 included work for Deutsche Bank raising Deutsche Bank Secondary Opportunities Fund II and acting for Ares on Ares European Real Estate Fund IV.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith Freehills remains a force to be reckoned with in asset management, working across major M&A, regulatory and capital markets mandates in the sector. Notable mandates from last year included advising Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership; Cazenove Capital Holdings on the £424 million takeover by Schroders; Aberdeen Asset Management on its acquisition of 50.1% of SVG Advisers and SVG Managers; and Moorfield on its joint venture with Oaktree.
A relative newcomer to the London market, the Proskauer funds team enjoyed a busy 12 months with fund closures worth more than $9 billion, LP investments worth over $600 million and secondaries worth over $70 million. Highlights were work on HgCapital's closing of two funds with a combined value of £2.4 billion, and representing Pantheon Ventures in a complex secondary transaction involving the transfer and syndication of 50 interests in 53 different funds.
Schulte Roth & Zabel
As the only firm with a top-tier hedge funds practice in both the US and Europe, SRZ continues to advise the big names, including The Children's Investment Fund, Marshall Wace and Arrowgrass. In 2013 the UK practice added 50 fund clients and launched some of the most successful emerging managers in Europe, including Carrhae Capital, Naya Management, Argentiere Capital and Falcon Edge Capital.
Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May's asset management team remained a major player in 2013, thanks to work advising Banco Santander on an agreement with private equity firms Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic to grow its asset management business in which they jointly acquired a 50% stake; and advising Investec Asset Management on the sale of up to 20% of the business to senior employees.
• Private equity team of the year
Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy's hire in 2013 of Stephen Lloyd, the global head of corporate at Ashurst and renowned private equity dealmaker, marked one of the most significant recent hires in the sector. It rounded out a busy 2013 for the firm's practice, which saw it secure buyside roles on two of the 10 largest European buyouts: for Omers Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management on a £935 million acquisition of Vue Cinemas from Doughty Hanson; and for Advent on the $1.6 billion public takeover of Unit4.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
In 2013 Freshfields once again topped European private equity league tables, advising on 22 deals with a cumulative value of $18.3 billion, according to Dealogic, taking a 23.5% market share. The firm had roles on the two largest European buyouts, acting for the target on the $8.4 billion acquisition of DE Master Blenders by JAB, the Vienna-based investment arm of the billionaire Reimann family, and for BC Partners paying $4.4 billion for Springer Science + Business Media.
Latham & Watkins
Latham made a bullish investment in its London private equity team in June 2013 with the arrival of David Walker, former global head of private equity at Clifford Chance and one of the top private equity lawyers in the UK. He was later joined by another partner from Clifford Chance when Tom Evans moved over. The Carlyle Group turned to the firm three times in 2013, on its acquisition of Addison Lee and then its acquisition and subsequent merger of Chesapeake Corporation and MPC, while there was also chunky work for BC Partners and Hellman & Friedman.
In 2013 Linklaters topped the Mergermarket league table of legal advisers to the buyside on private equity deals in Europe, working on 38 deals worth $12 billion. Highlights included acting for shareholders including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Apollo on the sale of Burton's Biscuits; advising EQT on the sale of Gambro, and working for Oaktree Capital Management and the target on the sale of R&R Ice Cream to PAI Partners.
Kirkland & Ellis
Last year saw Kirkland & Ellis rocket up the Mergermarket private equity buyouts rankings, securing third place after ranking ninth last year. The European team worked on 20 deals worth $10.5 billion, including work for Mid Europa Partners on the sale of its investment in the SBB/Telemach Group to KKR in a deal valued at around €1 billion, and for CVC Capital Partners on a $1.5 billion deal for Cerved Business Information.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Simpson Thacher's London practice is never far away from the largest European buyouts, and 2013 was no exception. Having announced the hire of Allen & Overy's global head of private equity Derek Baird at the end of 2012, the deals kept flowing last year, with work for the buying consortium on the $8.4 billion acquisition of DB Master Blenders, and for KKR on the $1.4 billion acquisition of United Group Broadband Investment.
• Financial litigation team of the year
Bird & Bird
The financial disputes team at Bird & Bird may not be its most high profile, but its work on one particular case in 2013 gained the team recognition. The firm acted for RBoS Shareholders Action Group – a collection of retail and institutional investors – in a claim against Royal Bank of Scotland and certain former directors in connection with its 2008 rights issue. The client group invested around £3.5 billion in rights issue shares.
Clifford Chance
Two big cases kept Clifford Chance at the pinnacle of international financial disputes work in 2013: defending Barclays in the Guardian Care Homes dispute, described as a Libor test case; and working for Henderson Global Investors against 22 pension funds in relation to breach of mandate and misrepresentation claims, which were withdrawn in 2013.
Debevoise & Plimpton
With former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC at the helm, it is little wonder that Debevoise is making waves in the London litigation world. The addition of Kevin Lloyd, previously one of Herbert Smith Freehills' senior litigators, has further bolstered capabilities. He has previously acted for EY and Deloitte. Debevoise is acting for EY as administrator of Nortel Networks, and for Vincent Tchenguiz in his unprecedented £200 million damages claim against the Serious Fraud Office.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Always a big name in financial services disputes, Freshfields impressed in 2013 with the successful defence of Deutsche Bank before the English High Court of an $8 billion claim made by Sebastian Holdings, run by Norwegian billionaire Alexander Vik. The case was described as one of the most significant pieces of post-credit crunch litigation to reach the courts in 2013.
Hogan Lovells
The Hogan Lovells disputes practice goes from strength to strength, with more reported cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court than any other top firm in 2013. Court statistics show the firm was in court on average once a week. Highlights were work on the largest multi-jurisdictional litigation, asset recovery and fraud case to hit the English courts, involving BTA Bank, and the largest group action in the UK, brought against Shell by fisherman and farmers from Nigerian communities.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright's enlarged cross-border financial disputes practice – significantly enhanced by the merger of Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski of New York in May 2013 – was in fine form last year. Highlights included work defending businessman Victor Dahdaleh in one of Britain's biggest corruption trials, which was called off by the Serious Fraud Office in December; and working for Royal Bank of Scotland dismissing claims made against it by Torre Asset Funding.
• Financial regulation team of the year
Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance's financial regulatory prowess is hard to beat, with standout mandates in 2013 including working for Barclays in the EU interbank rate cartel investigations, where Barclays was spared a €690 million Euribor cartel fine; acting for Royal Bank of Scotland in an investigation arising from the Tomlinson Report into small business lending practices; and advising Achilles Macris, a former executive at JP Morgan, in relation to the Financial Conduct Authority "London Whale" investigation.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields enjoyed another busy year advising significant clients on financial services regulatory work, not least thanks to its role for the Bank of England assisting on quantitative easing and the Funding for Lending programme. Other clients included ING on the sale of ING Direct to Barclays, and a series of contentious investigations mandates.
Simmons & Simmons
Simmons is a firm at the forefront of financial regulatory developments, working at the cutting edge of European hedge fund regulatory advice and for investment banks, private banks and wealth houses and covering both contentious and non-contentious mandates. In 2013 the firm's investigations practice handled investigations for major international banks – including Libor and complex client money issues – and worked on contentious regulatory issues arising out of the UK special administration of MF Global.
Travers Smith's regulatory team was the destination for many a private equity firm grappling with the introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in 2013. As chair of the British Venture Capital Association's regulatory committee for the last 15 years, partner Margaret Chamberlain played a significant role shaping the legislation at both domestic and European level. The firm's regulatory team advised Doughty Hanson – one of the first firms to be authorised under AIFMD.
• In-house counsel of the year – asset management
Gordon Brough, general counsel, deputy group head - risk, Aberdeen Asset Management
Brough joined Aberdeen Asset Management in 2009 to head the group's legal function. He has since dealt with the raft of regulatory changes wrought by Dodd-Frank, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and AIFMD, and in 2013 worked on the group's agreement to form a long-term relationship with Lloyds Banking Group, in which Aberdeen acquired Scottish Widows Investment Partnership for £550 million.
Dominic Keenan, senior vice-president and Europe regional counsel, Oaktree Capital Management
Keenan joined Oaktree in 2009, and in the past few years has led a small legal team as the business has grown exponentially. In 2013 Keenan's work included not only navigating an ever-more complex regulatory environment, but also assisting with Oaktree's opening in the Dubai International Financial Centre, and the launch of the European private debt fund Oaktree European Dislocation Fund.
Jasveer Singh, general counsel, Man Group
At the start of last year Singh stepped up from his head of legal role to become FTSE 250 Man Group's general counsel, amid a shake-up precipitated by new chief executive Emmanuel Roman. A former Clifford Chance employee, Singh now sits on the executive committee of the group, which has $52.5 billion assets under management.
Graeme Stening, general counsel, Doughty Hanson
Doughty Hanson's small legal function had a busy year in 2013, with the firm undergoing a major restructuring in the wake of the sudden death of co-founder and majority shareholder Nigel Doughty in 2012. The firm was one of the first funds to receive regulatory approval in July under the AIFMD, on the day the legislation came into force.
• In-house counsel of the year – market infrastructure
Adam Eades, chief legal and regulatory officer, Bats Chi-X Europe
Eades joined Bats Chi-X Europe in 2011 and leads the business's legal, compliance, market supervision and risk departments. At the largest pan-European equities exchange his brief has been to raise the profile with regulators and policymakers, and his peers praise his ability to take on an ever-increasing level of responsibility.
Tom Hine, general counsel and head of enforcement, London Metal Exchange
In 2013, Hine oversaw the acquisition of the London Metal Exchange by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, a £1.4 billion deal that was the culmination of a 16-month process involving multiple bidders. He has since been at the heart of the integration effort, while also overseeing the legal aspects of the development of the LME's new clearing house, LME Clear, planned to go live in September 2014 and the first application for regulatory approval by a clearing house under the new European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
Catherine Johnson, group general counsel, London Stock Exchange Group
Johnson continues to impress in her role at the helm of LSE's well-respected legal team. In March last year the skills of the group's legal advisers were showcased as the LSE bought a 55% stake in LCH.Clearnet. The group is currently working on establishing a new central securities depository in Luxembourg.
Adrienne Seaman, executive director and associate general counsel for Emea, CME Group
Primarily responsible for legal support for CME Group's London subsidiaries – CMA and Swapstream – Seaman joined the business in 2008 and has since won plaudits across the market for her role dealing with the slew of new regulations that have hit the world's largest futures exchange post-Lehman.
Blake Stephenson, director of compliance, Nasdaq OMX
At the start of last year Stephenson, previously a regulatory affairs specialist with the London-based Futures and Option Association, joined Nasdaq OMX's new NLX derivatives platform as director of compliance. NLX allows market participants to trade a suite of UK and European-listed interest rate derivatives across the yield curve, and Stephenson has impressed in his first year in the job.
• In-house counsel of year – investment banking
Simon Dodds, deputy general counsel, Deutsche Bank
In January 2013 Dodds took on the deputy general counsel role at Deutsche Bank, in addition to being the general counsel for the corporate banking and securities division, the global transaction bank and the non-core operating unit. Previously head of compliance for three years, he is Deutsche's legal number two globally, as well as being the senior investment banking and sales and trading lawyer.
Sajid Hussein, general counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hussein took on the top job at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2009, after Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch, at a relatively early stage in his career. He has since won plaudits among peers for his deft leadership of the combined team and management of the bank's external legal relationships.
Judith Shepherd, global general counsel for corporate and investment banking, Barclays
There has been much change in the Barclays corporate and investment banking division since Rich Ricci took the helm in June 2012, only to leave a year later. But Shepherd, who joined the bank in 2006 and took on the general counsel role for investment banking in 2010, is lauded as a key and well-respected member of the CIB executive committee, with additional responsibility for governance and control.
Maria Leistner, managing director and general counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Credit Suisse Leistner continues to receive high praise from peers in-house and across private practice for her work at Credit Suisse, where she advises across banking and structured finance transactions with a particular nod towards emerging markets. She has been at Credit Suisse for a decade, and general counsel since 2010.
Charlie Beauchamp, general counsel, Citigroup
With responsibility for corporate and investment banking as well as capital markets origination at Citigroup, where he has worked since 2001, Beauchamp remains one of the most respected names in the in-house banking world.
Piers Le Marchant, general counsel, head of legal and compliance for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Nomura
Le Marchant has been at Nomura since 2008, having previously spent 18 years at Lehman Brothers. Now overseeing a Europe, Middle East and Africa legal team of around 90 at Japan's largest investment bank, he has expertly navigated the overhaul that followed Nomura's takeover of Lehman.
• Partner of the year
Charles Martin, Macfarlanes
Macfarlanes continued to outperform its peers in the mid-market with double-digit revenue and profit growth in 2013, and with senior partner Charles Martin at the helm it also scooped a role on the third-biggest deal in corporate history. He advised Verizon Communications on its $130 billion takeover of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone, working alongside Wall Street firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Neel Sachdev, Kirkland & Ellis
At just 38, Kirkland's Neel Sachdev continues to enjoy a formidable practice working for financial sponsors on the financings of multi-jurisdictional leveraged buyouts. His work on five European buyouts in 2013 with a cumulative value of £3.8 billion, saw him in the leading pack for both deal volume and value last year. Highlights included working for clients such as Bain Capital and TowerBrook Capital Partners.
David Walker, Latham & Watkins
When David Walker quit his role as global head of private equity at Clifford Chance in May to join the London office of Latham, it was a move that got people talking. In his first six months he has confounded critics and hit the ground running, advising the Carlyle Group on the £500m acquisition of Chesapeake from Irving Place Capital and Oaktree Capital Management, and on Chesapeake Packaging's merger with Multi Packaging Solutions; and working for Hellman & Friedman on the acquisition of a 70% stake in Scout24 with an enterprise value of €2 billion.
Simon Witty, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Leaving behind the safety of practising corporate law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to become the first English-qualified partner in New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell takes guts, good judgment and hard work in equal measure. Simon Witty launched Davis Polk's UK law capability in 2012 and in 2013 proved his mettle as one of Europe's top M&A partners, acting on five deals with a combined worth of £85.8 billion, including advising Tesco on the sale of Fresh & Easy to investment firm Yucaipa.


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My son has decided recently that he prefers one breast over the other. I have been trying to change that in the last couple of days. It has been working sometimes not always. My problem is determining why he is prefering one breast over the other. I know that most times it could be the let down. Anyone have any thoughts how to tell if their infant likes a faster or slower let down. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Is Apple Returning to Classic 3GS Design with new iPhone 5?
Posted on August 31, 2012
New iPhone 5 echoes 3GS?
Here at www.Fix-iPhones.com The release of exclusive images of the iPhone 5 from our sister site, RepairLabs.com, this morning, has sparked a lot of debate and speculation. It looks to us as though Apple is returning to the nostalgia of simpler times, by incorporating many of the design features of the 3GS.
Could Apple like the old design better? Our humble theory is that they do. We suspect that under-warranty returns proved too cumbersome and clunky with the design of the iPhone 4's. As experts who have repaired hundreds of both the iPhone 3's and 4's, the design of the 3's is much more elegant and easy to repair. It's also far less prone to breakage, as the back housing is not made of glass. We speculate that Apple grew weary of the redesign as well.
Of course this is not to discount all of the other changes that might have forced the return to the older design. Changing the ratio of the screen or the positioning of the camera may have contributed to the necessity of the return to the Ole Faithful design of the 3GS. To run down all of the major differences we can see, we've compiled this list.
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- Apple has reworked the whole LCD Assembly and front Digitizer of the device. There are 3 flex cables. The first seems to be the proximity ear speaker, and the front camera. The last two probably LCD and Digitizer.
- The ratio of the device itself hints that it is indeed the long-rumored bigger screen.
- The camera is in the front middle of the ear speaker, no longer on the side of the ear speaker.
- It looks like it has a black ear speaker mesh instead of the typical metallic mesh.
- The home button is going to have more support as it backed by a metal bracket. Rather than being supported by prongs or push cables, it may actually be a combination of both.
- It appears to have a plastic 3GS-type midframe running around the digitizer and glass LCD assembly.
- The metal brackets suggest that it will be sitting in a housing that's similar to that of the 3GS, but more modern and updated.
- From the width of the bracket, we can tell the charger port is going to be smaller (as rumored) because it has to fit between the two bottom screw brackets, exactly like in the 3GS.
- These pictures show that the LCD may pull apart from the Digitizer, given the side-situated rivets. (This is similar again to the 3GS, but a departure from the 4 and 4S.)
- We notice a striking similarity to a 3GS, with the bottom screws and brackets. We think it will pull open from the front.
So, could this be the iPhone 5 real thing? We think so, and these photos seem prove a lot of what the tech world has been suspecting all along regarding the new iPhone 5. Could Apple be going back to the old faithful model of the iPhone 3Gs? It looks probable. We applaud the return to the previous design for ease of repair and an elegance of design.
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Tucson's north-side urban farm donates all of its produce to the Casa Maria soup kitchen.
Tucson's north-side urban farm donates all of its produce to the Casa Maria soup kitchen.
New ways to support small farmers and backyard gardeners, to grow our local food system
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu addressed the International Atomic Energy Agency's General Conference today in Vienna. Opening with a message from President Barack Obama, Secretary Chu highlighted the importance of safety and security in the nuclear industry in light of the tragic events at Fukushima this year, and outlined the four priorities of President Obama's nuclear agenda: promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, strengthening the nuclear proliferation regime, pursuing nuclear disarmament and enhancing nuclear security
The following are excerpts of Secretary Chu's remarks as prepared for delivery.
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY: "Nuclear power will continue to be an important part of our energy mix, both in the United States and around the world. Its role grows more valuable as we confront a changing climate, increasing energy demand, and a struggling global economy… The United States recently announced the availability of a reserve stockpile of low-enriched uranium for countries pursing peaceful civilian nuclear programs."
ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM FUKUSHIMA: "…the Fukushima disaster reminds us that nuclear safety and security require continued vigilance. All nations have a responsibility to learn from Japan's experience. In the United States, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Task Force has completed an initial 90-day review of the agency's regulatory oversight and safety standards, given insights from Fukushima, and provided a set of recommendations to enhance reactor safety."
ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION: "Promoting civil nuclear energy must go hand in hand with strengthening the nuclear nonproliferation regime by making international safeguards more efficient and more effective. …And that is why we encourage all sates to bring into force and fully implement comprehensive safeguards agreements along with an Additional Protocol. Only in this way will the IAEA have the authority needed to meet its verification responsibilities."
ON COOPERATION WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS: "In cooperation with our partners, we have deployed radiation detection systems to 19 transit sites worldwide, continue to improve security at nuclear facilities, and are working to increase information sharing among police and security services to counter nuclear smuggling."
ON PROGRESS SINCE THE 2010 NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: "Since the Summit, the United States has removed approximately 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium and plutonium – enough material to make over 15 nuclear weapons – from several countries. We've also down-blended 700 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from civil nuclear programs to low enriched uranium, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear weapons."
Throughout the speech, Secretary Chu emphasized the importance of working together to attain the goals of President Obama's nuclear agenda. He highlighted the centrality of the IAEA to achieving peaceful uses of the atom while preventing nuclear proliferation and environmental harm.
"Albert Einstein once said, 'Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary forces since prehistoric man's discovery of fire,'" Secretary Chu concluded. "Working together, we can help ensure that this revolutionary force is used for peace and prosperity, not death and destruction. And we can build a brighter and more secure future for ourselves and for future generations."
To read Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu's speech to the IAEA, click here.
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This is the golden cordless prelit holiday trim that can be hung anywhere indoors or outdoors without requiring unsightly extension cords or proximity to an outlet. Reminiscent of the opulent holiday decor gracing the residences of London's St. John's Wood, the wreath, garland, basket, and sconce are decorated with golden-painted ornaments with shiny and matte finishes. Frosted in gold paint, woody pinecones, clusters of berries, willow branches, and filigree leaves nestle among dense greenery that replicate the growth patterns of actual conifer branches. Each piece of trim is festooned with glistening white LEDs that provide cheerful illumination. Boughs are made of weather-resistant PVC that will last for years. An automatic timer turns the LEDs on for six hours and off for 18 hours. Each piece of trim requires two D batteries that will power the lights for an entire holiday season. With 100 LEDs, 210 branch tips, 32 ornaments, and five pine cones. 9' L x 12" Diam. (8 lbs.)
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Beautiful garland
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By Callie
from Canada
The garland is manufactured very well I have had no problems at all. Works under any temperature and weather conditions.
St. John's Wood Golden Cordless Garland
By CG
from Washington, DC
A beautifully decorated garland which we have put on the wide mantel shelf in living room of our 100+year townhouse. Have received many comliments.
Beautiful and very attractive.
By PPerk001
from Fort Worth, Texas
I bought five of these. Two to hang around my front door and three to hang across the front porch. The timers work great and they look beautiful at night.
Just bright enough
By Milly
from Philly
This set (wreath, sconce, garland) looks absolutely beautiful on our circa-1920s home. We wanted softer lights instead of bright white ones. All three pieces shed a lot of glitter, so they are best used outdoors only.
Beautiful! Multiple settings for solid lighting or twinkle
By Cathy
from Antioch, IL
Great for Hanging around doors or on stair banister.
By Spice
from Anthem, AZ
The Garland is pretty but has no loops to hang it. it is quite stiff and that makes it difficult to shape properly. Looks nice but I wouldn't recommend it or buy it again.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
absolutely beauriful
By nor
from mooresville nc
will be on the fireplace mantel and will be the first place you will see when you walk init will draw the eye and look wonderful
By Nana
from Fort Steele, BC
Fairly quick deliveryA little too much packaging
STUNNING....A real show stopper!
By DD the decorator
from Palm City FL
I have this on my bannister and it is elegant. Everyone who has seen it loves how it is so festive and beautiful!
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"Mired in Mesopotamia? The Iraq War and American Interests"
Book Chapter, No More States? Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism, pages 183-206
August 31, 2006
Author: Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
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"It is now incontrovertibly clear that the Bush Administration seriously miscalculated the costs and benefts associated with its invasion of Iraq...."
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NRC: Nuclear waste is in Vermont's future
BRATTLEBORO A decision earlier this week by the full Nuclear Regulatory Commission could mean that Vermont Yankees high-level radioactive waste stays in Vernon on the banks of the Connecticut River for the next 200 years.
The NRC voted Tuesday to approve a generic environmental impact statement dealing with the issue of storage of high-level waste, which said that long-term storage of waste at nuclear power plants was safe, if handled properly. At the same time the commission lifted its 2012 moratorium on approval of new nuclear power plants.
The NRC rule, which wont go into effect for 30 days, would allow nuclear power plants to leave spent nuclear fuel in their large spent fuel pools indefinitely, or in passive, air-cooled casks for 100 years, and then put the high-level radioactive waste into new casks for another 100 years.
Robert Williams, spokesman for Entergy Nuclear in Vermont, said Thursday that the NRC ruling would not affect Entergys plans for Vermont Yankee, which is slated to shut down in four months at the end of December.
Once the Yankee plant is shut down, the fuel in the reactor core will be transferred to the spent fuel pool in early 2015, where it must continue to cool for five years. The company has already applied to the Public Service Board for permission to expand its dry-cask storage facility, which is north of the reactor building.
Entergy plans on emptying the thousands of fuel rods currently in its spent fuel pool and transferring the fuel to the concrete and steel casks. That transfer is expected to be completed by 2021. After that, Yankee is expected to be put into long-term mothballing or SAFSTOR for about 60 years before its dismantling begins.
At the heart of the waste storage problem is there is no national waste facility: In 2010, the Obama administration cancelled the $15 billion Yucca Mountain project in the desert north of Las Vegas, a move that was viewed as a political thank you to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.
This weeks ruling came after the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the NRC to get it to stop licensing new nuclear power plants until there was an environmental study about the long-term risks of storing the high-level radioactive waste, which can remain dangerous for thousands of years.
Raymond Shadis, senior technical adviser for the anti-nuclear group The New England Coalition, said Thursday that the coalition was working with other national environment groups to appeal the NRC decision. He said the first step, rather than head to court, is to ask the NRC to reconsider aspects of its decision.
Despite having more than a dozen public hearings on the issue, he said, the commission ignored the publics concerns.
Shadis said that the NRC, without a national permanent storage facility, really had no option. They locked themselves into that position years ago, he said.
Its going to be a long time before any kind of permanent storage site is built, he said, noting that even if Republicans regain control of the U.S. Senate during the mid-term elections in November, bringing Yucca Mountain back into the political and environmental discussion would take years.
He said that when Maine Yankee shut down in 1996 and decommissioned, and its spent fuel placed in the concrete and steel casks, everything was written down as well as videotaped by the company because few believe that a permanent solution was coming anytime soon.
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Serving Size 1 square
Calories 178
Total Fat 6 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 22 mg
Sodium 94 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Cornmeal 1 cup
Flour 1 cup
White sugar ¼ cup
Baking powder 1 teaspoon
Buttermilk, 1% fat 1 cup
Egg 1
Margarine, regular, tub ¼ cup
Vegetable oil (to grease baking pan) 1 teaspoon
Tip: Use 1% milk and a small amount of margarine to make this cornbread lower in saturated fat and cholesterol.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, combine buttermilk and egg. Beat lightly.
- Slowly add buttermilk and egg mixture to the dry ingredients.
- Add margarine and mix by hand or with a mixer for 1 minute.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes in an 8-by-8 inch greased baking dish. Cool. Cut into 10 squares.


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Armenian GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) has scored 2 points out of 2 and together with a group of other participants is leading at the open that is being held in Teplice, Czech Republic.
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I guess I am wondering if it is possible to empty or pump too much in between feedings. Should I not pump between feedings? I try to pump in the early morning after the first or second feeding. And this issue has only be recently. About the last two weeks or so. I am about the return to work part time and would like to express milk for my son to have while I am at work. Any advise?


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Ryan Braun homered in his first at-bat of spring training and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 Saturday in a spring opener.
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