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Holiday Giveaway 2010 Official Rules
Please comment on the blog article associated with the giveaway post. Comments on this discussion topic do not qualify as entering the giveaway. The full list of articles can be found here
No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Some restrictions apply. One qualifier per household. One comment per member. You need not be present to win.
The Contest: From 11/30/10 through 01/03/11 BurdaStyle, Inc. will promote, by means of blog and newsletter, the opportunity to comment on blog posts to win a grand prize as detailed below.
Eligibility: Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for BurdaStyle, Inc. or any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the contest or supplying the prize, and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or play. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months in one calendar year.
How to enter: Leave a comment on the blog article announcing giveaway product prize.
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Dec 1, 2010, 05.35 PMby Rae Kenoyer
i've been sewing for years and it would be very nice to finally have a really good machine, the first one i remember sewing on was a White from the 60's :)
Dec 1, 2010, 06.12 PMby danmay
What a nice idea ! The presents are great. I like to see tutorials on basic sewing
Dec 1, 2010, 06.15 PMby christinamomoffour
I would really like to see a tutorial/ article on how to use up all those embellishments of yo-yos, fabric and crocheted flowers please.
Dec 2, 2010, 03.28 AMby debbow
it would be so great to have some new items to inspire me…..I'm by no means great with sewing but I try and I love to learn
Dec 2, 2010, 04.47 AMby tonyaplentty
Okay, so like. . .why am I just finding this site? Anywho, Hello World, I'm here and ready to dive in and connect, learn, inspire, and be inspired.
Dec 2, 2010, 05.11 AMby cathyhans1
Hope to see you at the winners circle… This is a wonderful site and the promotion is an added bonus to all the good info here! Thanks so much!
Dec 2, 2010, 04.56 PMby lnmrom
Who can enter?
Europeans or just americans?
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Dec 7, 2010, 08.28 PMby rachelnyc
The holiday giveaway is open to all BurdaStyle members!
Dec 2, 2010, 05.09 PMby sewknitful
I sew, knit, read, blog, and generally will try anything that inspires me. What I need to do is organize my thread spools as they are in a big mess!
Dec 2, 2010, 10.50 PMby aldkindle
I would love to win this sewing machine. Then I would not have to use my Mother-in-laws 1965 hand-me down. I would like to see more tutorials on adjusting patterns or how to make your own pattern for small children.
Dec 3, 2010, 07.13 AMby lakshmiudt
Wow! wonderful gifts for Christmas. I love sewing, and embroidering dresses; I am so happy to connect to people of same interest and sharing ideas and knowledge in burdastyle. Apart from tutorials, how to's and patterns, giveaways for the members!!. I would love to see how to do beads and sequel work tutorials using brother's sewing machine.Thanks a lot burdastyle. I am so happy to be a part of this community.
Dec 3, 2010, 10.02 PMby babyizblue
i have a question: can you comment every day on one prize for more chance of winning?
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Dec 7, 2010, 08.28 PMby rachelnyc
Yes, you can comment on more than one giveaway, just not more than once on the same giveaway.
Dec 5, 2010, 10.03 AMby treehouse-babe
Inspiration for me is the fabric, always the fabric. And imagining myself in the stepping through the pages of the featured image, be it Parisian bistro, seaside chic or Cinderella.
Dec 7, 2010, 09.32 PMby carriemillar
I've been enjoying sewing pajama pants for Christmas gifts this year. It has really peaked an interest into doing more advanced sewing.
Dec 7, 2010, 10.01 PMby ayofemi
My spending varies depending on what I'm working on. This year I have been trying to get some of my own designs made so I can do a fashion show next year so I have probably spent about $1000.00 or more just in the last 6 months. That includes the cost of a trip to L.A. to shop the fabric district there.
Dec 8, 2010, 01.16 AMby esweeney
Since I tend to make small items – toys, ornaments and such . I tend to spend maybe around $200 per year. Of course, that doesn't count the "extras" scissors, rulers and other notions.
Dec 9, 2010, 01.05 AMby suriah
Just curious, did I miss it, or are the residency requirements for contests not listed in the rules? I assume it's the usual, US residents only?
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Dec 10, 2010, 11.21 PMby rachelnyc
It's open to all BurdaStyle members, all across the world!
Dec 9, 2010, 05.00 AMby dajong
Yay! Just in time for the heather bailey prints at spoonflower!
Dec 12, 2010, 06.43 AMby melorwil
I would love to win this or anything from Burda.
Dec 14, 2010, 11.10 AMby sew-for-fun
My favorite part of Burda Style is the variety of projects. The members that post what they are working on and the weekly projects are great. I have been sewing for 30+ years and I never tire of seeing new things to make and the many ways to make them. I have always dreamed of owning a dress form but never quite made it to get one. Now the prices are too high. I would love to win this one and the new machine. Keep up the good work!
Dec 14, 2010, 09.21 PMby musclpete
Singer's are my favorite!!!
Dec 14, 2010, 09.54 PMby jayandallie5
I love Burda! It's a great site for inspiration and my creativity. I am currently getting back into sewing and making unique clothes for my little girls. Any education and tools that would help me better my sewing abilities would be amazing and greatly appreciated. I LOVE unique projects…help bring out "the artist" she is still in hiding! Thanks-A Grateful fan of Burda :)
Dec 15, 2010, 03.08 AMby geronimo
I love Burda magazine. I started using it back in 1987 when they first published it in Russia. Every single issue I was able to get was read many many times. I have a standing subscription for many years now and even when current issue doesn't have anything interesting for me at that moment, it is almost for sure than a month or two or a couple of years later I will find there something interesting and useful. Thank you.
Dec 15, 2010, 01.39 PMby vintage70dyo
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Dec 15, 2010, 03.16 PMby jumpingranny
I agree with restlesslegs, I need more knowledge on how to adjust patterns, or fitting hits, tips and tricks. I do not have a dress form and would love to have one. My old sewing machine is not up to the garments I want to sew. I hope I win!
Dec 16, 2010, 10.36 AMby iamlouie
burdastyle is really a great avenue for everyone in the thread and needle world to show the things that can substantiate their expertise on the craft.,,this is also a helpful site for neophytes like me.., <3 <3 <3
Dec 17, 2010, 06.04 AMby Noelle Leone
Those prizes are gorgeous and would make great presents for any sewer! Thank you Burdastyle and enjoy reading your newsletters. Hope I win, thanks a bunch!
Dec 19, 2010, 03.52 PMby thrums
I enjoy visiting this site for it innovative styles and projects.
Dec 21, 2010, 01.11 PMby conniereed
I have been dreaming of having an embroidery machine, a serger and a quilting machine for ages. What a "dream come true" to win a sewing machine! I guess my philosophy as far as price is to get the best you can afford, as you will be using it for many years.
Dec 21, 2010, 04.18 PMby Michelle Patacconi
I would love to sew better. I'm using a babylock sewing machine & 2 OUTDATED dress forms! The dress forms are made out of stinky wood & screws that I have to keep adjusting because they "slide"
Dec 21, 2010, 08.36 PMby frg
I would spend $1500 on a good quality sewing machine. It would be worth it.
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LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport Planning Board granted site plan approval Tuesday for a 14,000-square-foot expansion of Gooding Co., a printing plant in Ulrich Business Park off the south end of Davison Road.
Gooding, which at 137 years old is the oldest industry in Lockport, moved from the City of Lockport into the town in 1999. Earlier this year, the town Industrial Development Agency approved a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, deal on the $900,000 expansion, adding as many as 10 jobs to a 35-person work force.
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The Springfield Tourism Commission and the Springfield City Council met in a joint session on Monday, Feb. 27, in the Opera House conference room to discuss the future of the career center in Washington County.
A local business with a long history in Springfield was recognized at the Springfield-Washington County Chamber of Commerce awards gala.
Springfield State Bank was presented the 2016 Chamber Member of the Year award, and Robbie Polin, president and CEO of Springfield State Bank, accepted.
David Purdom introduced Polin with a brief history of the bank's ties with Springfield and Washington County.
Four people escaped tragedy when their home was engulfed in flames over the weekend.
According to Springfield Fire Chief Jim Logsdon, a fire at 1108 Lebanon Road in Springfield left Michelle Hagan and her two children without a home. Logsdon said Hagan's boyfriend was also staying there that evening.
"They all bailed out through the window," Logsdon said.
Though the people inside managed to escape, a small dog was killed in the fire.
More than $3,000 was raised for Washington County Relay for Life during 2017's Junior Mister contest Saturday night.
According to Traci Blandford, an organizer for the event, a total of $3,100 was raised for the cause. Debbie McIntosh emceed the well-attended event, which was hosted at the River of Life Church in Springfield.
Jesus Hernandez was named this year's junior mister after 10 boys competed for the title. Hernandez also won self-expression, talent, interview and spirit awards.
A Lebanon woman was killed near the Washington/Marion County line over the weekend after a hit-and-run occurred near the intersection on KY 55 and Airport Road.
Kentucky State Police said Latoya C. Norris, 32, of Lebanon, was found lying off the northbound shoulder of KY 55.
Kentucky State Police trooper Adam Likins and Detective Josh Dicken are investigating the collision, which is believed to have occurred on March 5 between the hours of 3 a.m. and sunrise.
Washington County Schools Superintendent Robin Cochran will lead the district for another four years.
That's because Cochran's four-year employment contact was renewed for another term during February's school board meeting last week.
She said the district's "work will never be done."
The city of Springfield received the results of its annual financial audit for the 2016 fiscal year at the city council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Springfield City Hall.
Mayor Debbie Wakefield and the city council were presented the audit results by Jason Strange from Smith & Company CPAs PLLC in Bardstown. Overall, Strange said the city had a very solid financial position and everything reviewed in the audit was presented fairly and correctly.
Spencer Langford is a young man that Washington County "can be proud of."
Bart Mattingly, who presented this year's Young Leader of the Year award at the Springfield-Washington County Chamber of Commerce awards gala, said Langford is someone the county can be proud of and focuses his time and efforts in a variety of activities.
The career center in Lebanon will remain open and continue to serve people in Washington County.
According to Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles, Marion County and the city of Lebanon put in $30,000 each to keep one employee on staff there. Settles said the Offices of Veterans Affairs, Farm Workers, Office of the Blind will continue to be there during certain times of the month and will pay a certain amount to use the space and office equipment there.
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Buffalo Blanks Liberty, 5-0
Buffalo pitcher Holly Johnson held the Lady Flames to four hits, as the Bulls picked up a 5-0 win over Liberty, Saturday afternoon, at the USF The Game Tournament.
The Bulls ripped 11 hits in the contest, with eight different batters recording hits.
Liberty drops to 8-10 on the year, while Buffalo improves to 4-18.
The Bulls jumped on the board first, scoring a run in the bottom of the opening frame. A walk and two Buffalo hits loaded the bases with nobody out, before starter Tiffani Smith struck out Jessica Griffin for the first out. The Bulls scored on the next play though, when Andi Saucier bunted for an RBI single, giving Buffalo a 1-0 lead.
Smith struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
The Bulls put the bat on the ball again in the bottom of the second, scoring two more runs on four hits. With two outs, Ashley Berlot bunted a single, and moved to third when Alex Bejarano singled over Kelly Strickland's head at second. Both runners scored on the next play, when Alyssa Ward singled to right field, and Buffalo moved to a 3-0 advantage.
Ashley Bensinger made sure no runners made it into scoring position in the bottom of the third, as she caught Kristin Waldron trying to steal second. Waldron had reached on a one-out single, and Smith fanned Holly Luciano to end the inning.
Strickland ripped a double to left that nearly cleared the fence in the top of the fourth. But there were already two outs, and a deep fly to left by Bensinger kept the Lady Flames from scoring.
The Bulls were able to add two runs to their lead in the bottom of the sixth, moving the score to 5-0. Pinch-hitter Tori Pettine singled to right center, and was safe at second on a Liberty throwing error when Waldron reached on a bunt. Luciano then singled through the right side to load the bases.
On the next play, Kelli Gleiser singled to left center to bring in two runs, and the Bulls extended their lead to five.
Despite a Bensinger hit in the top of the seventh, the Lady Flames couldn't string together any more offense, and Buffalo walked away with the win.
Sammi Shivock led the Lady Flames, batting 2-for-3 at the plate, and Strickland extended her hitting streak to four games.
The Bulls were paced by Ward, who was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Johnson picked up the win in the circle to improve to 3-7, giving up four hits and striking out eight batters in the complete-game shutout.
Smith (3-4) gave up 11 hits and fanned eight in six complete innings.
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A federal judge today dismissed the lawsuit filed by seven states attorneys general seeking to block the birth control mandate, the requirement under health reform that all insurance policies provide contraception without a co-pay. The rule, which goes into effect for most plans in just a few weeks (August 1st, 2012), is intended to close the gap in access to contraception posed by high cost barriers, especially for low-income women, and women living in poverty.
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Facebook's IPO Already Happened – Several Months Ago on Secondmarket
Facebook's (FB) initial public offering on Friday sucked up almost all the available media and investor attention last Friday. After all, here was investors' first opportunity to buy a piece of one of the world's most exciting companies. But Facebook's public offering has been something of a flop. Priced at $38, the stock popped to as high as $42 in the opening hours before settling back toward $38. It remained above that crucial level only because Facebook's underwriters stepped in to spare themselves — and their clients — the embarrassment of seeing the stock fall below its IPO price on its first day of trading. By Monday morning, Facebook was trading below $35.
Did the IPO fail? Well, Facebook got the money and valuation it wanted, and the investment banks will collect their commissions. But in many ways, that's asking the wrong question. The IPO of Facebook wasn't a one-day event. It has been a months-long process. As we pointed out last fall when Groupon went public, thanks to rapidly growing private exchanges like SecondMarket, the price discovery that an IPO enables can take place long before the media frenzy of an initial public offering.
Back in the day, when a hot company with scale and a lot of interest came along, there was nowhere for investors to express their enthusiasm about a company until the IPO officially happened. SecondMarket has changed that. The company manages periodic share-sale programs for privately held companies, and has emerged as an exchange where qualified investors — hedge funds, mutual funds, institutions, rich investors — can buy and sell pieces of privately held companies, including Facebook. Founder Barry Silbert's goal was to help companies and their employees gain liquidity without the hassle of a public offering.
Thanks to SecondMarket, big-shot investors no longer have to wait until an IPO to express their enthusiasm about a company. And that means the froth and pop that used to take place exclusively on the NASDAQ or the NYSE in the opening trading days can now take place weeks or even months before the official IPO. That's clearly what happened with Facebook.
SecondMarket has constructed a great timeline on Facebook's share price and market capitalization. The company also sent me a spreadsheet with data on the number of transactions it facilitated in Facebook shares, the monthly average weighted share price of those transactions, and the estimated valuation. The timeline shows Facebook's price per share rising from $6.81 per share in February 2010, or a $15.66 billion valuation, to $21.32 per share, or $49.04 billion in December 2010 — a three-fold increase in the space of a year. For the full year 2010, there were 126 trades in Facebook shares on SecondMarket. In 2011, interest in Facebook's shares continued to rise, and so did its price and valuation. For the full year, there were 402 transactions. The stock hit $34.14 per share in July 2011, giving the company an estimated value of $85.35 billion, and then settled back to $30.38 per share, (worth about $76 billion) in December 2011. In the space of two years, hundreds of transactions had pushed the value of Facebook up nearly seven-fold.


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Monday, April 23, 2012
Sens Pop II
On the eve of the start of this series nearly 2 weeks ago now, I posted a picture of some Sens love in soda form at an Ottawa grocery store, specifically in Dr Pepper and Pepsi. Well it seems it has caught on as this was spotted at another store in the area, this time showing love to the fans, better know as Sens Army. Another soda tribute after the jump, honoring the one and only #11.
And this store pays tribute to the one and only Alfie in soda form. Hopefully he will be back for game 6 tonight. He will be participating in the morning skate, so that's good news. Sens fever is definitely sweeping over Ottawa. Awesome to see the passion of the city.
Thoughts on the soda displays?
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Labels: 2012 Playoffs, Daniel Alfredsson, ST Exclusive
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- April 23, 2012 at 9:08 AM
hello, there was an impotant game last night, maybe you heard about it? Game 6 - which we totally blew...!!!
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Nic and Dan were married on Friday 13th July at 13.00 at St John the Evangelist Church in Brigg. The day started with them both getting '13' tattoos and ended with a pub reception at The Exchange Coach House. Nic didn't want a traditional dress, so she wore a black one lined with skull fabric! Skulls were a recurring theme throughout the day, and were also on her custom Converse, their cake, and the DIY bunting that decorated the venue.
"It's always been an aim of Dan to get a 13 tattoo on Friday the 13th so we decided that we would do this on our wedding day!" Nic began. "The two best men, and one of their wives also got '13's to remember the day… as did our photographer Sassy! We also chose to meet at the pub for a pint before going to the church too. This was a very wise choice, I was really relaxed by the time I had to go and get married!"


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I meet Milim again in Ernakulam in Kerala. We visited Kochi, a really poetic and artistic place.
Lucky us, it was festival night, so we had some nice surprises : firework, live music, traditional dances and some big animals.I touched one of this elephants by the way. Hairy beast!
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by Daniel Putnam | September 14, 2012 12:31 pm
The term "central bank put" is now an anachronism. Puts, after all, have an expiration date. Quantitative easing[1], on the other hand, is now scheduled to last indefinitely.
Coming on the heels of China's $158 billion infrastructure plan[2] and ECB President Mario Draghi's July promise that he would do "whatever it takes" to save the euro, the message is clear: The powers that be aren't going to let the markets fall.
The question is how to take advantage of this unique situation. Most higher-risk asset classes already have generated outstanding returns in the past few years, and the U.S. market is at multi-year highs. The same can't be said for emerging-market stocks, however.
Click to Enlarge While the asset class has rallied nicely in the past three-plus months — with the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:VWO[3]) rising 12.3% since the end of May — it still is far behind the developed markets in the past two years. Since Sept. 13, 2010, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY[4]) has gained 35.56%, while VWO isn't even in the neighborhood at a return of just 1.43%.
Why should the emerging markets start moving now?
The most important reason is that until the past few years, the emerging markets were historically the destination for excess liquidity in the financial system. When the central banks pumped and the developed economies weren't yet strong enough to absorb the excess cash, the liquidity would flow into the financial markets in general, and the emerging markets in particular. However, concerns about China's economic health have caused emerging equities to be left behind during the recent round of stimulus of the past few years.
That's where the infrastructure plan comes in: Since the Chinese government announced the program last week, the various market segments that have been under pressure from China's murky economic outlook have rocketed higher. From the Sept. 5 close through the first hour of trading Friday morning, the Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE:KOL[5]) and Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSE:SLX[6]) had gained 17.7% and 19.5%, respectively, while the iShares Trust FTSE China 25 Index Fund (NYSE:FXI[7]) itself was up 10.4%. While this rally doesn't make a dent in the recent underperformance of these market segments, it does indicate a major shift in investor confidence.
This reflation of investor confidence could be the difference for the emerging markets. Liquidity, on its own, hasn't been able to spark a rally as long as investors were concerned about the European debt crisis and general economic growth trends. With these issues being forcibly removed from the table by the world's central banks, investors are free to move out the risk curve into the emerging markets.
Those taking a fresh look at the asset class might like what they see. Although the local interest rate picture isn't as favorable as it is in the developed world — Russia raised rates just this week — the emerging markets do offer better growth, sounder fiscal management (with a collective debt-to-GDP ratio 30% of the developed world) and lower valuations.
Even the yields are attractive: VWO has a 30-day SEC yield of 2.3%, while iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSE:EEM[8]) checks in at 2.1% and WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:DEM[9]) carries a hefty yield of 3.5%.
The most notable aspect of these yields is that investors in emerging-market bonds[10] are only getting a yield of 3.6%, as measured by iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (NYSE:EMB[11]). In this sense, there's no choice: While DEM and EMB offer essentially the same yield, DEM offers long-term growth potential and relative value, since emerging equities are depressed while emerging debt is at multi-year highs.
In the short-term, the markets have rallied so much during the past few weeks that a near-term pause would seem to be in the cards. For those looking a year or more out, however, emerging-market equities look to be one of the best investment options available at this stage of the cycle.
As of this writing, Daniel Putnam did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Cyclones freeze Aces 3-1
CINCINNATI, Ohio - Jonathan Hazen's fifth game-winning goal of the postseason was enough to lift the Cyclones (14-8) over the Alaska Aces (14-5) by a 3-1 final score in front of 4,501 at U.S. Bank Arena on Friday The Game 4 win, which included two power-play goals, evened the best-of-seven series at 2-2. With an assist on the opening goal, Byron Froese earned his team-best 26th point of the postseason while Josh Shalla took sole possession of the leading goal scorer title when he lit the lamp for the 11th time of the playoff run. Goaltender Rob Madore (W, 31 saves, 14-8) continued his impressive play, making several game-saving stops and turning aside all but one of the 32 shots he faced in the contest.
Despite the extended season and the long trek from Anchorage, both clubs opened the tilt with pep in their step, setting the fast and physical kind of pace you would expect from teams still playing in June. Neither squad registered a shot on goal for the first five minutes of the game, but when Ross Ring-Jarvi was whistled for tripping, the Cyclones took an early lead by capitalizing on the opportunity. Zach Budish made a perfect pass from behind the net, placing the puck right on the stick of Shalla, who promptly one-timed it past Gerald Coleman (L, 13 saves, 8-4) at 7:48. Both teams exchanged power play chances to close the frame, but the score held and the Cyclones carried their one-goal advantage into the first intermission, despite being outshot 8-3 in the period.
The aggressive play continued into the second stanza, forcing Madore to make several spectacular saves in the opening minutes. After one particularly impressive stop, Hazen scooped up the rebound and skated the puck into the opposite zone and around a defender. He held onto it until the precise second when he could slip it between Coleman's legs at 6:35, giving him his eighth tally of the postseason and extending Cincinnati's lead to two. However, the Aces trimmed the deficit back to one when Tommy Mele converted his fourth of the postseason on an odd-man rush at 10:02. Despite a couple close calls and being outshot 12-8 in the frame, the Cyclones held onto the lead and headed into the final 20 minutes with a one-goal lead.


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Victorinox Grand Maitre forged Filet cm. 20 - 8'
Victorinox forged knives impress both keen amateur cooks and professional chefs. The balance is so perfect that even long periods of working with them are a real pleasure. All models are forged from one piece and have a seamless transition from the blade to the handle. The raw material used is high-quality chromium molybdenum steel X50CrMoV15, which is processed by professional blacksmiths according to the latest findings. The right blade hardness and the laser-tested cutting angle guarantee high edge retention.
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Sambonet and Giulio Iacchetti introduce Elba, a collection where the color is in the spotlight. This flatware is made with stainless steel and has a thin colored plastic insert. Its name refers to the island of Elba, for its stunning landscapes and infinite colors. Pulling from this resemblance, it comes in a perfect balance between nature and color: Red, Yellow, Ivory, Blue, Green & Gray.
The flatware set 24 pcs includes:
6 table spoons
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6 table knives
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The second part of getting unstuck is faith.
Faith that you have everything you need.
I have a convoluted relationship with faith. For a long time, I thought faith was something you bought on Sundays with the clink of coins on a shiny plate or the whisper of dollars disappearing into a basket.
And I tried, many times, to get close to my God this way. By going to church – or temple or mosque – and sitting quietly and hoping to feel.
And I never did.
I tried. I asked around. I had conversations with friends who are madly in love with God, or Allah, and they feel it. One of my friends tells me how she truly feels the spirit when she's in church, how church is a sanctuary for her, how the fullsomeness of Jesus' embrace can make her weep. When she told me that, I took my jealous ass to church and warmed a pew. And…nothing.
I'm an emotion-driven creature, and that applies as much to sex and money as it does to meaning. If I don't feel it, I won't do it.
So I didn't do it. The faith thing. For years and years – forever – I never considered myself spiritual.
And all of that time, I thought I didn't have faith because I didn't have Religion.
There's a difference, of course – but I only recently learned that.
I learned that from Danielle LaPorte, who claims and communes with and is the Divine Feminine – AND she's a self-professed, certified and pedigreed "spiritual mutt", as well.
I learned that from conversations with Ronna Detrick, who is a spiritual warrior, reclaiming her Christianity – and her faith and feminism – from dogma. From erasure. From automatic. From rules.
Because rules are for lazy people – and that I learned from Siddhartha Herdegen, philosopher, "Islamic finance scholar" (Siddhartha? Islam? I gotta know more!), wannabe economist and understated, poignant writer of The Principles of Failure.
His piece about rules and lazy people is living with me.
Siddhartha defines lazy, not as "ignorant or gullible or any other pejorative descriptor attacking a person's mental abilities," but as "a state of conserving effort or energy." And he says that we make rules to conserve mental effort.
Effort is expended in all kinds of ways, mentally as well as physically. While we're probably most used to seeing people avoid physical effort, the same tendencies apply to mental work as well.We will avoid it whenever possible.
This is because mental work is hard. Anyone who's tried to understand Stephen Hawking knows this. But even thinking about things more mundane than the vastness of the universe takes its toll.
Thinking hard is one reason couples fight during home construction and remodeling projects; the stress of making the innumerable important decisions weakens their mental capacity to tolerate each other's imperfections.
Have you ever looked at a whole aisle of different kinds of shampoo and inwardly groaned at all the choices?
One of the ways we've been able to avoid mental work is to make rules. We have to think hard about some things to reach a decision and come up with the best possible course of action. We don't want to do that every time so we develop a rule. The next time we're in that situation, or a similar one, we can simply apply the rule we've previously developed. Easy peasy.
So after we've decided on a brand and formulation of shampoo we are satisfied with we make it a rule to always get that kind of shampoo and shopping is less mentally taxing.
Rules are shorthand. And so (maybe; sometimes) is religion.
My experience – so far – with religion is with rules. Religion as rules and rules as a shorthand for moral decision-making – and making religious-, rule-based decisions in the best interests of your family, community, and culture.
Individual – and feminine, just ask Ronna, or every Catholic woman who ever wanted to be a priest – sacrifice is a recurring theme.
There's wisdom there, and I can see it, but it isn't mine.
And so, because I don't have religion, and in fact am intensely repelled by the way the female body and experience gets constructed and controlled in most major religions, I thought I didn't have faith.
But I do have faith. And I'll tell you how I know that.
On Friday, I did something profound, meditative and woo.
I drove to FedEx.
You know when you go to conferences or retreats or workshops with granola-crunching types (I am currently barefoot and enjoying a breakfast of granola and raisins, so I know of what I speak) those new-age police-types enforce mandatory intimacy with trust-building exercises?
(You show up to hear about X and suddenly you're threading string emerging from your neighbours waistband through your shirt-sleeve and out your pant leg to your next neighbour and pretending it's fun and you're such a good-and-transparent sport.)
(I hate that shit. Every time I sign up for a conference or a retreat I pray the leaders believe in personal privacy and organic – not forced – intimacy. My prayers almost always go unanswered.)
(Ah, faith.)
The reason that conference throwing/retreat organizing/kumbaya fascists make us do those things is because those activities are ice-breakers. Those things crack you open so the learning they're about to throw down has somewhere to pool. Those things create a shared emotional experience and intimacy – and community – emerges from that shared emotional experience.
(Dave Doolin told me so. He doesn't only teach me how to blog.)
So trust-building exercises…build trust and create intimacy.
And I wanted to get intimate with the universe. And myself.
(oh, so many ways to read that last bit.)
So I drove to Fedex.
There's a backstory. Of course.
I was in Richmond (a suburb of Vancouver) checking in with a supplier, and after that I needed to go to FedEx, which, conveniently is located at the airport in Richmond.
Less conveniently: I don't know my left hand from my right (unless I wear huge and wildly fake rings on my left hand, which is what I do most days), can't tell time on an analog clock, and navigate by landmarks (you know the yellow church with white fence? Not there – turn at the next street just past the boxwood hedge) and mountains and the ocean.
If I'm driving towards the North Shore mountains, then I'm (perhaps obviously) driving north. If I'm driving towards Mt Baker, and it is the only mountain on the horizon, then I'm driving South. Whatever side the ocean is on is west. Abbotsford is almost always east and almost always a mistake.
Street names elude me. Maps confound me. Ask for directions? NEVAH.
And Richmond? Richmond's landscape is flat, open, and devoid of good landmarks – except the airport – and mountains. Richmond's roads, on the other hand, are as clotted, clenched and tragic as a failing heart. Always.
I worked in Richmond for almost two years and still, all I know how to do in Richmond is get to my former office, the bank, Amanda Farough's house, the coffee shop, Ikea and the airport. Basically if you spin me around twice in Richmond and I don't land somewhere Swedish for common sense or a hangar, then I don't know I am.
And on Friday I was in a unknown neighbourhood in Richmond (which is basically every neighbourhood in Richmond except that of my former office) and had to get to FedEx by some unknown route (which is every route in Richmond that doesn't lead to the highway home).
Now I've been to FedEx many a time, because when one is in the proposal writing business one gets pretty intimate with courier offices, especially at 4.52 pm on the day before the damn thing is due. And FedEx is at the airport, which is a pretty significant landmark, usually well-marked by big green signs and purple and orange planes (I would like to thank FedEx for the large purple and orange planes parked beside their building. That was a super helpful clue). So I decided to trust in my tax paying money at work (good road signage), my ocean-based sense of direction (it was on my left – you know, the hand with the ring), work with my profound aversion to asking for directions, and intuit my way there.
And I did it and it was an unabashedly woot woot experience.
It was a beautiful sunny day, I took my time, trusted my instincts, trusted my basic experience and knowledge of the way the world (aka "Richmond") is plotted, and felt my way to FedEx.
And that was my simple, satisfying trust-building exercise with the universe and me.
I've written before about how this year at New Years I didn't set SMART goals, nor did I break them down into milestones and plot out my path. Instead, I conceived of my goal as my mountain.
I can see my mountain. It rises above the houses, the city, the hills. It is off there in the distance but so large I can almost touch it. So large and so close that I can see it from everywhere I am. I believe – I know – that if I walk towards it long enough, eventually I'll turn around and find I've climbed halfway up.
So this trust-building exercise I did with the universe – and myself – is like my mountain. I believe that if I keep my eyes trained where I want to go and trust in my general knowledge, intelligence, experience, talent, work ethic, judgment, and friends, then I have everything I need for the journey.
I have faith that the universe is both chaotic – but not malevolently so – and fairly orderly and is not going to swallow me up while I'm on my way. Or if it does, it isn't personal. And I still have everything I need to get back on my way.
So this little woo-woo trust building exercise that looked like a drive to FedEx was about talking to my soul and saying it's okay when you don't know what the streets and landmarks look like, because you just keep your eye on that mountain – or the building beside the purple and orange jets – and you'll get there.
It was about faith. In myself and in the universe.
And of course 'the universe' is just my hippy-dippy way of saying God.
This piece is part 2 of the answer to 'stuck' – which is where I've been, business-wise, for the last several weeks. If you want to follow the series – and hopefully, get unstuck with me – here's where to start:the question I ask myself (wherein I wonder WTF is wrong with me)
How to Get Unstuck, Part 1: There Is No Stuck (wherein I decide nothing is wrong with me and that creativity requires rest. Holy newsflash.)


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Trolls of the Tracks
Along a sandy path in the bush, you may find tracks that will make you wonder whether a drunk lady in stilettos has wandered past only minutes before.
You'll mostly find these perfectly shaped conical pits in shady places. They're made by tiny insects in a larval form, digging traps for ants or termites. The diggers are called ant lions, but they don't look nearly as impressive as real thing - even factoring in the radical size difference.
Unless your guide digs one out for you, you'll never see these odd small portly insects with their backward-facing legs. They live entirely underground at this stage of their life, lying in wait for unwary ants.
Once they get an ant, they grab it, inject it with venom that basically dissolves the ant's innards, and suck it to a husk. Ant lions live for years like this - the evil miniature trolls of the sand tracks.
But nature always surprises you. These unlovely creatures then undergo a metamorphosis, changing into rather exquisite adults. They look a little like dragonflies, wings and bodies all darkly iridescent.
In this elegant final stage, they're like celebrities on diet, eating nothing. They only mate, lay eggs and die within days.
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Budget Deal:
The House passed the Ryan-Murray budget deal by a vote of 332-94 that set-aside the bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2011, increased spending from $967 billion to $1 trillion, and imposed new revenue, like the Transportation Security Agency fee increase.
To read CWALAC's letter of opposition to the budget deal, click here.
To read the Conservative Action Project coalition letter, click here.
Take Action: Now that the budget has passed setting the parameters, appropriators will be coming up with an omnibus spending bill. Please call your representative and urge him/her to ask that conscience protections (H.R. 940) be included in the must-pass spending bill. Also, please call Speaker John Boehner (202-225-0600) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (202-225-4000) and ask them to include it in the must-pass spending bill. Even though the Supreme Court will hear the Hobby Lobby case next year, the HHS mandate goes into effect on January 1, 2014, so this legislative fix is needed.
Women's History Museum:
On December 11, the House Administration Committee held a hearing on the Women's History Museum. CWALAC has opposed efforts to allow a National Women's History Museum to be built on the National Mall, because this museum is costly, not needed, and will be misused as another mouthpiece for the feminists.
Take Action: Please call your representative and ask him/her to oppose H.R. 863, a bill to form a commission to study the feasibility of building the Women's History Museum on the National Mall. To find your representative, click here or call 202-225-3121.
Judicial Nomination/Nuclear Option:
A consequence of Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nevada) "power-play," called the "nuclear option," was in full effect this week. Sen. Reid brought up controversial nominees to the D.C. Circuit who, under original Senate Rules, had failed confirmation.
Nina Pillard: Among the three was Nina Pillard, whose radical thinking on issues affecting women are extremely troubling. For example, Pillard stated:
Many abstinence-only curricula were designed and are strongly supported by religious and conservative groups such as Focus on the Family and Concerned Women for America (CWA). These curricula's views of sex, sexuality, and sex roles closely track the priorities of such supporting organizations. CWA, a powerful abstinence-only proponent, consistently expresses support for "motherhood." CWA's advocacy exploits a useful ambiguity in the meaning of that word, referring both to the unassailable fact that women who bear children are mothers and to the traditional, sex-based assignment of women to the social role of primary family caregiver-a role that CWA particularly champions. For example, CWA opposes the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) because it is based on a conviction that, as CWA protests, "a change in the traditional role of men as well as the role of women in society and in the family is needed to achieve full equality between men and women., CWA decries the Convention's requirement that signatory nations modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices … based … on stereotyped roles for men and women., CWA's explicit in its opposition to such change, and in its commitment to win official support for maintenance of sexstereotyped roles and behavior.
Unfortunately, thanks to Sen. Reid's "nuclear option," Pillard was confirmed by a vote of 56-42.
To read CWALAC's letter of opposition to Nina Pillard's nomination, click here.
Chai Feldblum: This week, the Senate also confirmed Chai Feldblum to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Feldblum has already showed extreme bias when looking at those with deeply held religious beliefs, stating:
Sexual liberty should win in most cases. There can be a conflict between religious liberty and sexual liberty, but in almost all cases the sexual liberty should win because that's the only way that the dignity of gay people can be affirmed in any realistic manner.
Again, thanks to Sen. Reid's "nuclear option," Fledblum's nomination was confirmed by a vote of 54-41.
To read CWALAC's letter of opposition to Chai Feldblum's nomination, click here.
Endorsement: Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee has endorsed Sen Mike Lee's (R-Utah) Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (S.1808). This measure protects the rights of individuals and organizations from religious discrimination by the federal government by limiting the government from denying any person or group tax-exempt status for exercising their religious conscience rights.
Take Action: Please call your senators and urge them to sign onto Sen. Lee's bill. To find your senators, click here or call 202-224-3121.


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May 6, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -
Wyoming senior Kate Burton has been named the Mountain West Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week, while Colorado Sate senior Drew Morano and New Mexico senior Jeremy Johnson have been selected as the MWC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Co-Athletes of the Week.
Burton set the new school record in Wyoming history with her toss of 209'-8.00" (63.92m) in the hammer throw last weekend at the Front Range Invitational held in Laramie, Wyo. Hailing from Vancouver, Wash., Burton won the event with an Olympic Trial qualifying mark, shattering her personal-best mark by nearly 12 feet. The toss currently ranks second in MWC history, first this season and is eighth nationally, according to TrackShark.com. Burton also placed fourth in the discus throw with a toss of 144'-4.00" (43.99m).
Morano, a native of Paola, Kan., broke his own, three-week-old 400-meter school record Friday at the Arkansas Twilight meet in Fayetteville, Ark., with a regional-qualifying time of 45.65. Morano, part of a small group of Rams competing at the meet, initially broke his own Colorado State record at the Sun Angel Classic in Arizona on April 12 with a time of 45.91. In program history, he now owns the top three times in that event. Morano's time currently ranks first in the league this season, improves on his No. 2 ranking in the MWC all-time record book and is eighth nationally, according to TrackShark.com
Securing his return to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship meet, Johnson recorded a career-best 10,000-meter time of 28:33.08 at the Stanford Payton Jordan Invitational last weekend, finishing fourth among collegiate athletes. An All-American in the event last year, Johnson ran more than 14 seconds under his previous best in the event, and was nearly 12 seconds under the NCAA automatic qualifying time. The Albuquerque, N.M., product's time is currently the best in the league this season, third-fastest in MWC history and eighth in the nation, according to TrackShark.com. Johnson's time was also 27 seconds under the Olympic Trials "B" standard and just 18 seconds shy of the automatic qualifying time for the Olympic Trials.
This marks Moreno's and Burton's first career weekly honor, while Johnson earns his second.


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ActHIB Side Effects
Generic Name: haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name ActHIB.
For the Consumer
Applies to haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine: intramuscular powder for solution, intramuscular powder for suspension, intramuscular solution
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine (the active ingredient contained in ActHIB). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
If any of the following side effects occur while taking haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine, check with your doctor or nurse immediately:More common:
- Diarrhea
- loss of appetite
- vomiting
- Earache
- redness or swelling in the ear
- Chest pain
- chills
- convulsions (seizures)
- cough
- fever over 102 degrees F (39 degrees C)
- lack or loss of strength
- shortness of breath
- sneezing
- sore throat
- tightness in the chest
- troubled breathing
- wheezing
- Bluish lips or skin
- dizziness
- fast heartbeat
- hives
- itching (especially of the feet or hands)
- large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- reddening of the skin (especially around the ears)
- skin rash
- swelling of the eyes, face, or inside of the nose
- swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groin
- unusual tiredness or weakness (sudden and severe)
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:More common:
- Fever less than 102 degrees F (39 degrees C)
- irritability
- redness, pain, swelling, tenderness, or warm feeling at the injection site
- reduced physical activity
- restlessness
- sleepiness
- Prolonged crying lasting more than 4 hours
- unusual high-pitched crying
- Hives or welts
- sleepiness or unusual drowsiness
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Applies to haemophilus b conjugate (prp-t) vaccine: intramuscular powder for injection
The most common adverse events were pain and redness at the injection site, irritability, drowsiness, fever, loss of appetite, fussiness, and restlessness. Most symptoms occur in the first 48 hours, are mild, and resolve spontaneously.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Pain (49.4%), redness (29.4%), tenderness (20%), swelling (18.7%)
Common (1% to 10%): Induration
Very rare (less than 0.01%): Extensive swelling of vaccinated limb, injection site induration[Ref]
Nervous system
Very common (10% or more): Drowsiness (59.9%), decreased activity/lethargy (51.1%), sleepiness (19.9%)
Rare (less than 0.1%): Seizure with apnea, convulsion
Very rare (less than 0.01%): Convulsions (with or without fever), hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode (e.g. sudden onset of hypotonia, hyporesponsiveness, and pallor or cyanosis), somnolence, syncope, vasovagal responses to injection[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Irritability (70.4%), fussiness (25.9%), restlessness (21.8%)
Common (1% to 10%): Nervousness
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Emotional lability, insomnia[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Inconsolable crying (58.5%), fever (34.8%)
Common (1% to 10%): Otitis media
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Asthenia, fatigue, injury
Postmarketing reports: Peripheral edema[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Loss of appetite (28.7%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Diarrhea (14.6%), vomiting
Common (1% to 10%): Gastroenteritis
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abdominal pain[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Rash erythematous
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Sweating increased, purpura
Very rare (less than 0.01%): Angioedema, rash, urticaria
Postmarketing reports: Pruritus[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Rhinitis, coughing, respiratory disorder, upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis
Rare (less than 0.1%): Bilateral pneumonia
Very rare (less than 0.01%): Apnea in very premature infants[Ref]
Rare (less than 0.1%): Allergic reactions (including anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions)
Postmarketing reports: Other allergic/hypersensitivity reactions (including urticaria, angioedema)[Ref]
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Spastic paralysis[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Conjunctivitis[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Viral infection[Ref]
1. "Product Information. ActHIB (haemophilus b conjugate (PRP-T) vaccine)." sanofi pasteur, Swiftwater, PA.
2. Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics." O 0
3. Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information." O 0
4. "Product Information. Hiberix (haemophilus b conjugate (PRP-T) vaccine)." GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC.
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News, brews, reviews: A second helping of this week's Cafe Society
Taita chef/owner Pepe Aparicio is ready for the holiday weekend.
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This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Taita Peruvian Cuisine & Bar, Mark Antonat's journey up Federal stopped at J's Noodle Star Thai, and Lori Midson traveled to Boulder to interview Nate Bychinski, executive chef of Mateo.
And there was lots of other action on the Denver dining scene, including several openings -- and a couple of surprise closings.
See also: - Review: Taita takes diners on an unexpected journey through Peruvian cuisine - At J's Noodles Star Thai, rice dishes also shine - Chef and Tell with Nate Bychinski of Mateo
Cold Crush made it open for Memorial Day weekend.
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A recent blog post explained that John McAfee had been captured by Belize authorities on murder charges. However, Techworld explains that the "antivirus king" may still be on the run.
Spokesperson Brian Fitzgerald posted on John McAfee's official website that the man was picked up by police after attempting to cross the Mexican border. Although several news outlets have reported McAfee's arrest, Belize police say this isn't the case.
"I do not know where he is supposed to have been captured, but he certainly isn't here at San Pedro police station," an anonymous officer recently explained.
The US embassy has also stated it was also unaware that John McAfee had been captured regarding the murder charges that are currently stacked against him.
According to PC Magazine, the antivirus mastermind has been more than a little brazen in his quest to evade apprehension by Belize authorities. In fact, McAfee recently came out of hiding to do an interview with the folks at CNN.
At one point during his adventures, McAfee reportedly wore a disguise that fooled an Associated Press reporter who happened to be standing nearby at the time.
"I donned an old Guatemalan style sarape and toted a bag containing a variety of Guatemalan woven goods," he explained. "I adjusted my posture so that I appeared a good six inches shorter than my actual height and slowly walked up and down the beach with a pronounced limp, pushing an old single speed bicycle and peddling my wares to tourists and reporters using a broken English with a heavy Spanish accent."
Belize authorities explained they aren't interested in arresting John McAfee for the death of Florida businessman Gregory Viant Faull. Instead, they're simply interested in asking him a few questions about the man's untimely demise. McAfee believes he will be killed if taken into custody.
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Lil Wayne Says "I Don't Like New York" While Recalling Summer Jam Incident [Video]
Back in June, Lil Wayne pulled Nicki Minaj from Hot 97's Summer Jam after station personality Peter Rosenberg had some not so kind words for the YMCMB queen's "Starships." The decision caused quite a stir in hip-hop and the music world in general, but Lil Wayne can't seem to recall exactly what happened.
"Flat out, I don't like New York," he told MTV News. "The whole Summer Jam, Nicki thing, I can't really remember the situation, but I know it was my call."
Still, he did enjoy himself at a recent show in the Empire State. "As far as last week['s show], last week was awesome. I think everything happens for a reason, and I think when people say that, you're not supposed to leave it at, 'Everything happens for a reason.' I believe everything happens for a reason and then you make the most of that reason. I think we made the most of it last week."


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Turkey's prime minister accused Twitter Saturday of tax evasion after the micro-blogging site was used to spread a number of damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption scandals, AFP reported.
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Geothermal energy is the Holy Grail of renewable power – a green source of energy capable of supporting baseload power demand. But finding this Holy Grail is also proving a high-risk exercise demanding patience.
Should geothermal energy prove itself, the companies behind it will have identified not only a clean energy that can be used at all hours – something that can't be said for wind or solar power – but also be likely to have identified a particularly cheap source of energy.
Thanks to government rulings, there is a golden opportunity for geothermal energy to establish itself as a key part of Australia's energy supply.
The government's renewable energy target, which calls for 20 per cent of Australia's power to come from renewable sources by 2020, means there will be strong demand for power from geothermal.
Wind power alone is unlikely to be enough to meet the 2020 target, meaning there are a lot of different parties wanting geothermal to succeed.
To date, the government has committed $185 million in cash to help geothermal companies investigate the technology, while energy utilities Origin Energy, AGL Energy and TRUenergy have all struck partnerships with geothermal players. Geothermal energy, in the Australian context, involves finding hot dry rocks deep below the earth's surface. While geothermal projects in other parts of the world are comparatively simple, using the heat from volcanoes at surface to generate steam for power, the science in Australia targets naturally occurring hot granites.
Decaying radioactive material in the granites generates heat to temperatures up to 280 degrees, while thick layers of sedimentary rocks around the granites acts as insulation.
The challenge for geothermal companies is to tap the granite at each end with deep drill holes and then fracture the rock between the holes. Water is then pumped down one well, through the hot rocks and, once heated, back up the other well to the surface.
There, the heated water is used to generate power.
Once cooled, the water is reinjected into the ground in a continuous cycle.
That's the plan. The trick is in the execution.
To date, geothermal is still in its infancy. The upside, however, means that for the investor with patience and a tolerance for risk there is a lot of opportunity.
"If it is proved, it has the potential to significantly change Australia's generation mix and the upside to existing geothermal companies is substantial," Goldman Sachs JBWere analyst Kynwynn Strong said in a report on the sector late last year.
A detailed study into Australia's geothermal energy stocks by Strong last year used a qualitative framework taking into account the various players' resource quality, technical risk, proximity to transmission, funding capability and development options. Strong said Green Rock Energy, Petratherm, Panax Geothermal and Torrens Energy screened most favourably, in that order.
Strong expects the cost advantage of geothermal – which the industry says should cost around $100 per megawatt hour – over other renewables should become even greater, as increasingly inferior wind power sites are developed.
But Strong warns that capital will remain a key risk for the sector, given its continuing speculative nature.
"While government support is helpful, there is still a large shortfall in funding being faced by geothermal companies to even get to proof of concept stage," he said.
"As such, the smaller geothermal companies are to some extent tied to the fortunes of the largest ones such as Geodynamics, whose success may provide much needed investor confidence."
geothermal companies combined. It has done more work with its chief project than any other company, has proved that its rocks have a lot of heat, has around $90 million in government funding and has Origin Energy as its partner.
For those reasons, it's the top pick of RBS Morgans analyst Paul Stevenson.
"All signs point towards renewable energy becoming a major industry in Australia within the next decade," Stevenson wrote last year.
"Because of its unique characteristics and enormous potential resource, we view geothermal as the best positioned of the emerging renewables to help fill Australia's clean energy needs in the future.
"However, as with many resources projects, we recognise that developing a geothermal project requires a large amount of upfront capital expenditure and carries a high degree of development risk."
Beyond Geodynamics, Stevenson's preferred plays were
Taylor Collison analyst Andrew Shearer's pick is Petratherm, which beyond its Australian assets also has conventional geothermal projects in Europe.
"They're well advanced, they have a good team behind them with experience in delivering energy into the market, but also [because of] their business plan because it's a multi-pronged business plan," Shearer says.
Shearer says the sharing of information among companies in the sector means the overall knowledge in the sector is improving.
"As a lot of these stocks are in what we'd class as the speculative end of the market, as with all the junior resource stocks you'd look not only at the project but also the team behind it as well," he says.
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I really wanted to like Chasing Life (10 p.m., ABC Family). The premise of the show is admirable - everything seems to be coming up roses for young, cute, vivacious April (Italia Ricci) until she runs into a major thorn.
She's just been diagnosed with leukemia.
But the drama is damaged by rather ridiculous writing that undercuts the characters and the show. And not just the ludicrous portrayal of her job - her internship - at a newspaper.
(FYI, The Salt Lake Tribune allows interns to write stories. Like just about every other real newspaper in America.)
April also has a family life and a love life, which she's afraid of disrupting if anyone finds out she has cancer. But she treats the leukemia like an annoyance - something to get in the way of the more important stuff. Which makes it extraordinarily difficult to identify with her.


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Floating away bad luck, inviting good luck
By Audrey in Sukhothai
31.10.2009 - 08.10.2009
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We said kap kun kap (thank you) and farewell to our Thai family and boarded the bus for Sukhothai, one of the old capital cities of Thailand. We are staying at a nice little guest house run by a Thai/Belgium couple called J&J. It is one of the few guest houses in the area with a pool. As it turns out, none of us can swim this week. Taro got pink eye on Saturday, which is more appropriately named red eye in Thailand. I got it on Sunday, Dave got it on Tuesday and Kiyoshi is working on it now. Taro's eye cleared up in two days as did mine and Dave is experiencing the worst of his today so he should be better by tomorrow. It just shows you how quickly bacteria spreads when you live in close quarters in a hot climate.
Sukhothai is known for a large area with ruins just outside the city. Being about half way between Bangkok and Chaing Mai, is a popular place for people to stop and spend a day or two. Being the tourists that we are, we hopped onto the back of a truck (this was the public transit system in town) and went off to see the ruins.
The truck dropped us off at the gate of the ruins which also happened to be a bike rental shop. We rented bikes for a dollar each a day. Taro jumped on a seat behind Audrey and with Kiyoshi strapped to my back, we were off to see the ruins at a less than break-neck pace.
The boys enjoyed their first bike ride in months though it didn't really last long. There was a festival going on in the grounds of the ruins. Just imagine the Fringe Festival times 1000 and set in century old ruins. The annual Loi Krathong festival happens on the 12th full moon of the year and is an excuse for people to get to the ancient city, shop, eat and watch some fireworks. The idea behind Loi Krathong is two fold - to worship the God of Water and to send away bad luck and ask for good-luck in the future.
Kiyoshi made friends with some of the performers. Hopefully he didn't spread his red eye to anyone.
We learned how to take the husk off of rice. Kiyoshi got a little help from one of the monks.
Had a snack.
Looking at these pictures, I have to share with you what Taro said when he was done. He looked at me and proudly said, "Mom, I didn't spill any." He was right, he didn't spill any on the ground. It was smeared all over his face.
We had a lovely day wandering around so we headed back to the hotel for afternoon naps, planning to return again that evening. Well, were we in for a surprise when the sun went down. The Sukhothai grounds came to life that evening. You could buy beautifully ornate hand-made lanterns made from banana leaves and flowers then float them off into the water or away in the sky along with all of your bad luck. You could see hundreds of candle lit lanterns floating in the sky for miles and miles and all of the ponds were saturated in candle lit lanterns. To add to the ambiance, the ruins were all lit with candles and lights were shining on all of the Buddhas. It was very difficult to get any decent pictures without a tripod so believe me when I say that it was one of the most spectacular festivals I've ever been to.
Here's a photo of the boys floating away their lanterns.


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After delays, AMRI plans April opening of temporary location on Medical Campus
Albany Molecular Research Inc.'s move into Buffalo remains delayed, but a state official is optimistic that the drug-development company will be up and running by April in temporary space on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
The $250 million project announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in December 2012 was scheduled to open a small-scale operation by early February in the Jacobs Institute. But arranging a lease and remodeling the lab space have taken longer than expected.
Once ready, AMRI plans to have 25 employees working in Buffalo on a major pharmaceutical contract, a source told The Buffalo News.
"We're confident they'll be able to move in the next couple of weeks," said Alain E. Kaloyeros, senior vice president and CEO of SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, whose office has played a leading role in the project.
In a related development, the NanoCollege on Wednesday finalized a contract with Ciminelli Real Estate, the developer behind the Medical Campus building, for the permanent home of AMRI and its partner companies.
The drug-development project will take up one floor of Ciminelli's Conventus building, with the state paying $10 million toward the construction costs and $40 million for cutting-edge lab equipment. State and Ciminelli officials said the Conventus space will be ready to use by January.
"It's a very exciting project," said Dennis M. Penman, Ciminelli Real Estate's executive vice president. "They're going to attract other high-technology companies, not just to our building but to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus."
The project, anchored by AMRI, was unveiled in December 2012, with the state pledging $50 million from its Buffalo Billion pot of economic-development aid to build and outfit a high-tech, drug-discovery center.
Officials from AMRI, the state and the Medical Campus spent the last year trying to figure out where on the campus AMRI and its partners would operate temporarily and permanently.
After considering a host of locations, officials told The News in December that AMRI and a company identified by sources as PerkinElmer, a supplier of equipment used in the drug-discovery process, would move into temporary space in the Jacobs Institute and, later, permanent space in Conventus.
The Jacobs Institute, located on one floor of the University at Buffalo's Clinical and Translational Research Center, 875 Ellicott St., fosters partnerships and connections among UB, Kaleida Health, physicians and medical companies. The building also houses Gates Vascular Institute.
The Jacobs Institute was appealing as a temporary host for AMRI because the cost of preparing the space for AMRI would be minimal.
The short-term space was expected to open by early February, but AMRI, NanoCollege, UB and Jacobs Institute officials took longer to work out liability language in the lease for the space, to figure out precisely where AMRI would go and to determine what remodeling would be required, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
UB officials could not immediately provide more information.
Jacobs Institute officials declined comment on the project.
The parties this week agreed to a plan that meets AMRI's needs for about 1,145 square feet of lab and office space within the institute, according to a document from SUNY's Fort Schuyler Management Corp. obtained by The News.
About 25 AMRI employees should move in by April. The company is eager to get started in Buffalo because it recently won a contract from a major pharmaceutical firm and it plans to perform that work here.
AMRI will move on its own into the temporary Jacobs Institute space. While the equipment supplier – identified previously as PerkinElmer – initially was expected to move in with AMRI, Kaloyeros said AMRI instead will take up all of the available space. AMRI's partners may join the drug-discovery company in the Conventus building or in other space in Buffalo.
Fort Schuyler Management and a Ciminelli Real Estate entity named Conventus Manager LLC formally agreed to the contract for the state to build and equip an entire floor of Conventus for the drug-development partners, Kaloyeros and Penman said. "It's a great milestone," Kaloyeros said.
AMRI and its partners are expected to hire 250 workers for the project, which will take up all 48,000 square feet on the seventh floor of Conventus, now being built by LP Ciminelli at 1001 Main St., between Goodrich and High.
AMRI has a "very aggressive" schedule, and Ciminelli Real Estate most recently met with company and SUNY officials Tuesday to look at the latest design drawings for the drug-development center, Penman said.
"They're very sensitive to the employee experience," he said, and AMRI wants to showcase the center's high-tech features to prospective clients and partners.
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Gang member sought by police surrenders
The final member of the Schuele Boys drug gang sought by authorities turned himself in this morning, the FBI announced. The surrender of Andre Wise, 36, means all 17 members of the gang whom police sought have been arrested.
Federal authorities believe the gang was associated with heavy narcotics trafficking and violence, including the 2010 shooting at Buffalo's City Grill that left eight people dead.
Police quickly arrested 14 of the Schuele Boys after drug raids last Wednesday morning. Jerome Grant, 33, surrendered Thursday, and Michael Robertson turned himself in Friday.
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Shellie was appointed by President Barack Obama in February 2010 as executive director of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. PCFSN educates, engages and empowers all Americans to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. The council is comprised of up to 25 volunteers who advise the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shellie is responsible for developing PCFSN's vision and strategy and directing daily operations. She also leads the council's efforts to support First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation. Prior to joining the council, Shellie co-founded and served as executive director of Be Active North Carolina, a non-profit organization aimed at increasing physical activity among North Carolinians. She was also founding director of Be Active America and served as executive director of the North Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health. Shellie earned her bachelor's degree in community health education from the University of Northern Iowa and a master's degree in exercise physiology/ fitness leadership from Northern Illinois University. She also earned a certification in non-profit management from Duke University and is a graduate of Leadership North Carolina Class XIII.