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Lisa Davidson's take on the IndyCar race in Brazil – the third street circuit in the new season.
The Big Picture: The Streets of Sao Paulo is a test of how IndyCar can build its brand internationally. Indy Car racing is very popular in Brazil, but it could make more financial sense if put on the schedule before or after Australia, a race currently not on the schedule, where IndyCar racing is also popular!
Event: It's a fly in race two days long with nothing else but the ICS race going on. Meh.
Qualifying: Ryan Hunter-Reay, who prior to 2013, was never known as a good qualifier, took the pole. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Fast 6 Qualifying format, which can be entertaining for fans, defeats the purpose of qualifying when faster cars cannot start up front. Like what happened with this race. Bleah!
Race: The most exciting race so far this season, I'll give it an 8.5! There was an exciting finish, lots of passing throughout the day, and it appeared that the drivers respect one another and the officials. This is a huge improvement from IndyCar under TGBB (The Great Brian Barnhart). Please take note.
Track: As long as the cars can pass like crazy as they did today, I'm fine with the track the way it is. You?
Start: It was much better than the starts earlier in the season, the polesitter could race and EJ Viso's front row start was proven to be a quirk of fate rather than a sudden burst of talent.
Surprise of the Race: Josef Newgarden's fifth place finish that could have been a win had not Race Control allowed Sato to block both the Tennessean and Hinchcliffe. The first surprise was how good Newgarden was . The second surprise was how Race Control handled blocking for the win.
The Villain of the Piece: Race Control allowed Takuma Sato to block both Race Winner Hinchcliffe and the emergent Newgarden. I'd like to see an explanation of this from Beaux Barfield.
Hinchcliffe: The Mayor of Hinchtown only led one lap, the one that matters: the final one. James has won twice this year and DNFed twice. Talk about feast or famine!
Sato: As I said last race, the combination of Taku and Larry Foyt has the makings of legend. I didn't like his blocking today, but 2nd place after the Long Beach win means he's hot! And he's leading the points!
Marco Andretti: He's my choice for Most Improved Driver by far. His 3rd place podium at Brazil is more evidence that he's becoming a force to be reckoned with!
Andretti Autosport: Michael Andretti has got to be loving life. His team has won three of the four races this season. An added bonus is the resurgence of Marco Andretti's racing career. Chip Ganassi must be gnashing his teeth!
Oriol Servia: Technically one of the best drivers ever to strap into an IndyCar, Servia is reportedly out of a ride after Indy due to sponsorship issues. This is possibly due to the abysmal economy in his home country, Spain. Whatever the reason, we hope this changes because the series will be much poorer if we lose him as a driver.
Next Race: In two weeks, it's back to Indy for the race for the pole. I can't wait to see this group of drivers race the Indianapolis 500.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The University of Michigan confirmed Monday it has received an NCAA "Notice of Inquiry" indicating an investigation into its football program will continue.
Reports before the football season indicated the Wolverines may have violated NCAA rules by exceeding an off-season training limit of 20 hours a week under Coach Rich Rodriguez.
Some players said in a Detroit News report in August they practiced for more than 20 hours. Six players told the Detroit Free Press they didn't want to be identified, fearing repercussions from coaches.
"We know the practice and off-season rules and we stay within the guidelines," Rodriguez said Aug. 30.
"As I said at the onset of this review, we place the highest importance on the well-being of our student-athletes and the integrity of our program," Mary Sue Coleman, the school's president, said in a news release Monday. "We continue to work with the NCAA to ensure that a thorough and objective investigation occurs."


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Before my wrists fall off from Met Gala induced typing (eep!), I thought I'd bring you our Bombshell for today, Rocquelle from Houston:
She says, "I would describe my style as eclectic and feminine, with a slight edge."
"… My style is not very well thought out or planned; I usually go with what feels good to me that day."
" I love mixing old and new clothes and jewelry in my looks daily!"
" My locs are a part of my authenticity, and I tend to go for sculpted updos and styles (that I do myself), which add to my style."
" I've submitted a few photos, and more can be found on my blog Consider Me Lovely (www.considermelovely.com)."
Lovely, indeed. Digging your hair, girlfriend. I would have liked to see a bit more variety in your looks–though the A-line midi skirts are different. And most importantly they work for you.
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The album jumps off the disco of 2005's "Confession on a Dancefloor" with thunderous, uptempo club grinds but also some surprisingly dark moments. The Neptunes -- the production duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo -- add retro-synth beats while Timbaland punches up the power R&B, along with Justin Timberlake and Nate (Danja) Hills.
Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the album's 12 tracks, which swerve from the psychedelic-horn blitz of the Timbaland-produced hit "4 Minutes" to the swooping drama of "Voices."
The album's sound is not original: After all, the Neptunes and Timbaland are arguably the most ubiquitous hitmakers in the business, and have done the urban dance pop treatment for the likes of Gwen Stefani and Nelly Furtado (Chad Hugo and Timbaland are even on the new Ashlee Simpson record -- enough said). But while the tunes are not edgy, they still make your booty shake.
"My sugar is raw/ Sticky and sweet," Madonna intones on the Neptunes-produced intro "Candy Shop," fusing heavy beats with "Like A Virgin" coy sex appeal and a later falsetto reminiscent of Britney Spears.
"4 Minutes," one of the album's best tunes, explodes with Timbaland's repetition of "fricke-fricke-four minutes!" as Madonna and Timberlake exchange shout-outs. Their voices, oozed through thick production, complement each other nicely (although their sexual repartee can feel a bit forced).
On "Confessions on a Dancefloor," Madonna delved into her religious beliefs with a song about Kabbalah; on 2003's "American Life," she jumped into political commentary. Here, she steers clear of family, religion and politics, sticking to mainstream fodder: sex, dancing, relationships. But there are three tunes that shed the party vibe and reveal some necessary vulnerability.
"Miles Away" laments being far away from a love, while "Voices" focuses on demons plaguing a romance. "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You," made theatric by an interlude of thunder and rain, recalls Timberlake's bitter hit "Cry Me A River" (produced by Timbaland). Touching on manipulation following a dead relationship, Madonna croons over a dark pop refrain, "I've been on that ledge before, you can't hide yourself from me."
However, there's still a tendency on "Hard Candy" toward too many throwaway dance cliches. "Get stupid, get stupid, don't stop," she proclaims teen-style on "Give It To Me," a catchy synth jam with sputtering riffs sure to be another single.
The lyrics pick up on anthem "She's Not Me." In feisty form, over funky bass and guitar lines and electro claps, Madonna let's her diva flag fly: "She started reading my books and stealing my looks and lingerie ... she's not me and she never will be," she sings, slamming a gal trying to cop her style and take her man.
Disappointingly, "Beat Goes On," Madonna's outing with Kanye West, recedes into retro disco territory with a tired callout: "Get down, beep beep, gotta get up out of your seat." Yawn.
Still, the beats boom out loud and clear. Madonna may be strutting her way into AARP-teritory but she still belongs on that forever shimmering dance floor.
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Back in the days of NT OS/2, one of the things that was absolutely drilled into the development team was robustness. I even went so far as to write "Robustness" on my whiteboard in 1 foot high letters as a daily reminder.
The team distributed mugs with "INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH" on them (to indicate that NT, unlike previous MS operating systems) needed to be robust enough to work in mission critical environments.
One of the problems with this, of course is that "robustness", like "policy" and "session" is one of those words that really has no meaning. Or rather, it has so many meanings that it has no effective meaning.
The problem with "robustness" is that defining what robustness is is situational - the very qualities that define the robustness of a system depend on how and where it's deployed. Thus it is meaningless to consider robustness without first describing the scenario.
I first learned this lesson in college, in my software engineering class (15-413 at Carnegie-Mellon). When the instructor (whose name is escaping me currently) was discussing the concept of "robust engineering" he gave the following examples.
An ATM needs to be robust (ATM's were relatively new back then, so this was a 'trendy' example). It would be VERY, VERY bad if an ATM was to drop a transaction - if you withdrew money and the machine crashed after updating your account ledger but before giving you the money, you would lose money. Even worse, if the machine crashed after giving you the money, but before updating your account ledger, then the bank would be out of money. So it's critical that for a given transaction, the ATM not crash. On the other hand, it's not a big deal for an ATM to be down for up to days at a time - customers can simply find a new ATM.
On the other hand, the phone network also needs to be robust (this was soon after the AT&T breakup, so once again, it was a 'trendy' example). It's not a problem if the phone network drops a phone call, because the caller will simply reestablish the phone connection. Btw, this doesn't hold true for some calls - for instance the robustness requirements for 911 are different from normal calls due to their critical nature. On the other hand, it would be disastrous for the phone network to be down for more than a couple of minutes at a time. Similarly, the land line to my house is externally powered - which means that even if the power grid goes down, I can still use the phone to call for help if I need it.
So which is more robust? The answer is that they BOTH are, given their operating environments. The robustness criteria for each of these is orthogonally different - the criteria that define robustness for an ATM are meaningless for a phone network.
I'm not even sure that there are any universal robustness principals - things like "don't crash" really are meaningless when you think about them - the reality is that EVERYTHING crashes - my VCR crashes, my stereo crashes, all electronics crashes (given the right circumstances - most (but not all) of the electric appliances in my house don't work when the power to my house goes away). Robustness in many ways is like the classic definition of pornography: "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material... but I know it when I see it."
The last time I tossed out a dilemma like this one (Measuring testers by test metrics doesn't) I got a smidge of flack for not proposing an alternative mechanism for providing objective measurements of a testers productivity, so I don't want to leave this discussion without providing a definition for robustness that I think works...
So, after some thought, I came up with this:
A program is robust if, when operating in its expected use scenarios, it does not cause unexpected behaviors. If the program DOES fail, it will not corrupt its operating data.
I'm not totally happy with that definition, because it seems to be really wishy-washy, but I've not come up with anything better. The caveat (when operating in its expected fashion) is necessary to cover the ATM and the phone network cases above - the ATM's expected use scenarios involve reliable transactions, but do not involve continual operation, the phone network's expected use scenarios are just the opposite - they involve continual operation but not reliable transactions (phone calls). One of the other problems with it is "unexpected behaviors" - that's almost TOO broad - it covers things like UI glitches that might not properly be considered relevant from a robustness standpoint (but they might - if the application was a rendering application, then rendering issues effect robustness).
The second sentence was added to cover the "don't force the user to run chkdsk (or fsck) on reboot" aspect - if you DO encounter a failure, you're system will recover. There's even weasel-words in that clause - I'm saying it shouldn't corrupt "operating data" without defining operating data. For example, NTFS considers its filesystem metadata to be operating data, but the users file data isn't considered to be operating data. Exchange, on the other hand, considers the users email messages to be its operating data (as well as the metadata). So the robustness criteria for Exchange (or any other email system) includes the users data, while the robustness criteria for NTFS doesn't.


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In his column for liverpoolfc.tv, Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says management are delighted with how Rafa Benitez's new signings have settled ahead of this weekend's Premiership kickoff.
"They have all settled in really well. It's bound to be beneficial if you can work with them longer during the pre-season games, both in terms of tactics and getting to know them as individuals. I'm sure Rafa has appreciated this.
"We are all feeling extremely positive and upbeat. The new domestic season promises to be tremendously competitive right through the Premier League. There will be the obvious challenge from the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, but many of the other clubs have also been spending money to improve their squads.
"The likes of West Ham, Tottenham, Manchester City and Fulham have all been bringing players in and so no one can be taken for granted, not that complacency comes into any of our games."


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Alighiero Boetti at the Fowler Museum at UCLA
Pick of the Week for July 25th, 2012
Granted, to write a rave review of a show closing in four days is regretable. But when the art work on display and the curatorial excellence is so remarkable, it would be more of a crime not to sing its praises. The exhibition in question is the remarkable retrospective of Alighiero Boetti titled Order and Disorder at the Fowler Museum. Boetti was an artist of the highest magnitude. His intellectual approach to image making was both conceptual and deeply sincere, a rare combination. We in Los Angeles owe a debt of gratitude to co-curators Alma Ruiz and Christopher G. Bennett and the Fowler Museum for bringing the work here, installed thoughtfully and educationally.
Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994) rose to aesthetic prominence out of the Arte Povera movement coined and propagated in Italy of the the mid to late 1960's. The "everything can be art" radicalism of that period seems almost quaint in the slap dash aesthetics to be witnessed in our current MFA infested landscape of non-exceptionalism. Boetti early on began a collaboration with Afghan women who would embroider his texts, altered maps and puzzle-like patterns onto cloth and linen. The effect immediately became both highly contemporary and infused with the folksy hand hewn execution of old world tradition. It also became a signature style, immediately recognizable and thus iconic.
The text pieces, in a myriad of languages, draw you in with their mathematically derived structure. They have content and pattern. They ache for a reading, both literal and metaphorical.
The map pieces, replacing the physical shape the boundaries of nations have with their corresponding flags, embrace a world ethnographic paradigm. Much like Jasper Johns' flag, the shape, color and pattern is predetermined but the execution lends endless variation. And over time, national identities, boundaries and flags changed thereby lending an air of historical trajectory.
Lastly, and perhaps most rapturously, Boetti's Tutto (Everything) pieces are funny and poignant. They initially read as allover/endless patternation. Then one's eye begins to identify figures and objects all intricately interlocked like puzzle pieces. These single color silhouettes dance a syncopated rhythm of optimistic chaos.
The exhibition pairs a generous sampling of Boetti's oeuvre with historical examples of embroidery of the Afghan artisans. Documentary photographs supplement the display lending an extra layer of narrative that makes everything more compelling. In the hands of less accomplished curators the inclusion of historical context and photographs could place a pall of ivory tower dogma on the proceedings but I'm pleased to say that no such stuffiness is to be witnessed here.
I beseech you, for all that is holy, get your aesthetically malnourished buns to the UCLA campus immediately and see this show before it closes this Sunday July 29th, 2012.
-Mario M. Muller, Los Angeles, July 24th, 2012
also by Mario M. Muller
- Mid-Century Modern at LAMA Auction House, Van Nuys - February 20th, 2014
- Robert Therrien at Gagosian, Beverly Hills - January 22nd, 2014
- Art Fair Season in Los Angeles - January 15th, 2014
- Roy Dowell at Various Small Fires - October 14th, 2013
- Leon Benn at Carter & Citizen - September 13th, 2013
3 responses to "Alighiero Boetti at the Fowler Museum at UCLA"
I was lucky to discover this beautiful exhibit by accident while visiting the Fowler museum for a Ikebana workshop. Loved the colors, the imagery, the beautiful maps of the world created by hand embroidery by Afghan women who used the canvas to also make statements in Pushto on the the political and social conditions in Afghanistan. Amazing work.
It would be wonderful to have a two person exhibition featuring Alighiiero Boetti juxtaposed with the paintings of Houston's Perry House
(currently at the Car Car Museum).
A fine review!


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A friend bought this tea and found it too floral for her liking, so she kindly passed the leftovers on to me. And I'm very glad she did – as an admitted fan of floral teas, I think this is delicious.
It doesn't taste all that much like mango – the tea is much crisper and, as mentioned above, significantly more floral. I associate fresh mango and mango juice with a sort of heavy sweetness that's absent here, and I don't find mango particularly floral. If I'd tasted this tea without knowing what flavor it was meant to be, I probably would've guessed lychee (which is another flavor I really like, so no problem there).
The oolong base is quite delicate. It doesn't really hold its own against the fruity/floral flavoring, but said flavoring is done so well I don't mind. I drank this hot (and plain) today, but I bet it would be amazing iced.


text: Not All Wandering Is Aimless: Southern Comforts By Ed Temperley on 11th December 2012 1 of 2 MITCH Corbett is never normally found anywhere, he's a dedicated surf gypsy. His new series, Not All Wandering Is Aimless, reflects this itinerant attitude. Words by filmer, Tim Boydell. The Elusive Labrador that is Mitch Corbett rarely shows his face to the media these days. But with Mitch you are at least guaranteed to get one thing: quality not quantity. Mitch waited for years to get a proper sponsorship deal and support. He always told me about the things he would do if he had the chance and the second that deal with Quiky dropped. Well, he didn't disappoint (not entirely anyway, as don't have my best mate around much anymore). That aside you've got to give it to the man, He just disappeared! But where? He won't tell you this so I will... © Mitch and I went to Nias and had easily the best waves of our lives, unfortunetly on the last day he really injured his shoulder and back (bad start to a spono deal). Where some people might have sat at home, ate, got fat and slammed Facebook, Mitch went travelling 'somewhere' special, remote and cold. He litterally built a slipway, learnt to drive a tractor, fish for crabs and sat outback at 6-10ft slabs, watching them! Yes watching them. He couldn't surf so he sat there on his own for weeks in the middle of nowhere watching the waves roll and noting the variables of swell and tide (get your head around that). With Mitch's shoulder looking a little better nearer June this year he jumped on a plane and hit Nias. I wont go on and on, But personally, Jamie O'Brian aside these are some of the best kegs I've seen at Nias....full screen, tea, enjoy. Cheers, Tim © Mitch Corbett Locations Sumatra + Mentawais Ed Temperley MSW editor. Instagram @edtemperley


text: (AFP) – A man set a train carriage in Switzerland on fire using a flammable liquid and stabbed passengers on Saturday, injuring six people including a six-year-old child, police said. The attack was the latest in a string of violent, often deadly assaults in Europe in recent months, with many claimed by the jihadist Islamic State group. The motive for Saturday's attack was not immediately clear, police told AFP. "According to the information we have for the time being, the 27-year-old Swiss man poured out a flammable liquid … (which) caught fire," police said, adding that the man "was also armed with at least one knife". The man carried out the attack on a train travelling in Switzerland's far east, along its border with Liechtenstein, and was also injured, regional police in the city of Saint Gallen said in a statement. Police said the attack had taken place at around 2:20 pm (1220 GMT) near the Salez station on a train running between Buchs and Sennwald and that some of the injuries were serious. Seven people including the suspected attacker were admitted to various hospitals with burn and stab wounds, the statement said. The victims included two men aged 17


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Only by laying down law will proposals on flags fly
The Parades Commission should be replaced with an independent arbitration board and a separate, quasi-judicial tribunal, says Trevor Lunn
All hopes have seemingly been pinned on the Haass talks to solve the parades and flags issue and put our political institutions back on a firmer footing.
This masks a more fundamental problem: the failure by all sides to abide unconditionally by the rule of law.
Nevertheless, combining a new set of regulations on parades and flags with a clear commitment from all sides to the rule of law may lead to real progress.
A moratorium on "sensitive" parades – as advocated by the Police Federation – is not practical. Parade organisers rarely regard their route as "sensitive".
Managing the notification process at a time of a supposed moratorium could end up causing more problems than it solves, because some independent arbiter still has to judge what is "sensitive" and what is not.
There is a strong case for replacement of the Parades Commission with a new, independent parades arbitration board (which may include political appointees) and a separate, quasi-judicial parades tribunal.
Even more urgent is a clearer set of regulations around what is reasonable and what is not. These regulations would have to have the full backing of all political and civic leaders.
The first thing to consider is the process of notification, whose principles are sound, but which is over-bureaucratic. Parades could usefully be treated in distinct categories:
* Traditional, uncontested annual parades (with no history of disruption, or local opposition), which could be registered with the new parades arbitration board to the effect of making them exempt from having to notify every year (this would apply in practice mainly to loyal order parades in rural areas);
* Contentious annual parades (with a history of disruption by those involved with the parade, or local opposition), which would continue to be notified, with a bar on consistent notifications along any previously restricted route; and
* Non-annual parades, which would be notified as currently.
The new arbitration board could have the power to exclude some organisations from parading, or remove certain locations permanently from parade routes.
This would have widespread public support, but may not be practical. Nevertheless, the arbitration board could have the power to:
* Allow a parade without conditions;
* Allow a parade with restrictions (on music, numbers, time); or
* Disallow a parade from a certain location (ie re-routing).
A new tribunal may adjudicate on breaches of restrictions, or re-routing, with the power (for a specified period) to prohibit organisations from notifying parades in a particular area, or to exclude all parades of a particular type from a particular location.
For all that, fundamentally, the solution to parading is through local dialogue and mediation. Separation of the new arbitration board from the tribunal may also enable the board to become directly involved in this.
As regards flags, these are flown as a symbol of pride, but in Northern Ireland their use has come to cause resentment in too many instances. But we will never arrive at a situation where no flags are flown, nor should we ever want to. In a free society, such a restriction would be intolerable.
The issue is where flags are displayed as a territorial marker, or as a blatant provocation.
Realistically, any requirement to notify the placing of flags on public property is likely to be ignored by some. The current law is almost completely disregarded, in any case.
Therefore, we should consider a limited set of regulations, enforced by the police, including:
* No flags to be flown at any location displaying paramilitary symbols, or names;
* No flags in the vicinity of any place of worship;
* No flags in the vicinity of a school, or any public-funded facilities; and
* No flags within, or adjacent to, new housing developments.
Trevor Lunn is Alliance Party MLA for Lagan Valley
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Hey Guys, I have 2004 FX4, 166,000 on it I bought it used. Recently I feel the transmission has been slipping because it will not go anywhere in drive but it will go in reverse. My question is, is this a transmission issue, if so would it be better to have it rebuilt or drop a new one in it. 1,800 for a new one and 1,100 to have it rebuilt. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also I don't know anything about the transmissions for the 2004,s on any issues with them.
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Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) today announced financial
results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012.
"Despite the recent setbacks, we are focused on advancing the other
promising assets in our portfolio. We are evaluating operational changes
to decrease our cost structure and to best position us to achieve value
creating milestones. In addition, we are continuing to work on the
Presidio Pharmaceuticals merger," said Jon
P. Stonehouse, President & Chief Executive Officer.
Third Quarter Financial Results
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, revenues increased to
$5.8 million, from $5.2 million in the third quarter of 2011. This
increase resulted primarily from the recognition of $2.8 million of
deferred royalty revenue from Shionogi related to RAPIACTA®
sales, and was largely offset by a decrease in collaboration revenue
from the Department of Health and Human Services/Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority (HHS/BARDA) contract for the
continued development of peramivir.
The recognition of RAPIACTA® royalty revenue had no impact on
the Company's cash balance, as the underlying royalty payments are
directed to pay interest expense on the Company's non-recourse notes
Research and development (R&D) expenses for the third quarter decreased
to $12.1 million from $15.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. In
2012, lower development costs associated with the peramivir and ulodesine
programs were partially offset by higher development costs associated
with the preclinical BCX5191
and BCX4161
General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the third quarter
decreased to $1.6 million compared to $3.0 million in the third quarter
of 2011, largely due to reductions in administrative expenses during
2012 associated with the continued realization of cost containment
Interest expense related to the non-recourse notes was $1.2 million in
the third quarter of 2012 and 2011. In addition, a $0.6 million
mark-to-market loss on the foreign currency hedge was recognized in both
the third quarter of 2012 and 2011. These hedge losses resulted from
changes in the U.S. dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate related to the
foreign currency hedge agreement entered into in conjunction with the
RAPIACTA® royalty monetization transaction.
The net loss for the third quarter 2012 was $9.7 million, or $0.19 per
share, compared to a net loss of $14.5 million, or $0.32 per share, for
the third quarter 2011.
Cash and investments totaled $43.8 million at September 30, 2012, a
$13.9 million decrease from the $57.7 million balance at December 31,
2011. Net operating cash use for the third quarter of 2012 was $9.7
million and excludes $2.5 million in proceeds from sales of common stock
through the Company's at-the-market offering during the quarter, as well
as collateral payments under the foreign currency hedge agreement. Net
operating cash use for the first nine months of 2012 was $29.7 million.
Year to Date Financial Results
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, total revenues increased
to $22.2 million from $14.4 million in the same period of 2011. The
increase was due to the recognition of $7.8 million of previously
deferred forodesine-related revenue in the first quarter 2012, as well
as the recognition of $2.8 million deferred royalty revenue from
Shionogi related to RAPIACTA® sales in the third quarter of
2012. The aggregate revenue increase was partially offset by a decrease
in peramivir collaboration revenue from HHS/BARDA due to a reduction of
peramivir development activity in 2012, as compared to 2011.
R&D expenses decreased to $40.4 million for the nine months of 2012 from
$43.0 million in the same period of 2011. A decrease in 2012 development
costs related to the ulodesine and peramivir programs were partially
offset by higher BCX5191 and BCX4161 development costs, as compared to
the same period of 2011. Expenses for 2012 included the recognition of
$1.9 million of non-cash, previously deferred expenses associated with
forodesine and the related transfer of development activity to
Mundipharma International Holdings Ltd. in the first quarter of 2012.
G&A expenses decreased significantly to $4.9 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2012 from $9.9 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011, due to the 2011 relocation of BioCryst's corporate
headquarters and to lower third party professional expenses in 2012
associated with the continued realization of cost containment measures.
The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 decreased to
$28.0 million, or $0.57 per share, compared to a net loss of
$43.8 million, or $0.97 per share for the same period last year.
Clinical Development Update & Outlook
Financial Outlook for 2012
Based upon current trends and assumptions, as well as the Company's
planned operations, BioCryst expects 2012 net operating cash use to be
in the range of $37 to $43 million, and its 2012 total operating
expenses to be in the range of $57 to $69 million, unchanged from
previous guidance announced in August 2012. BioCryst's 2012 financial
results are heavily dependent on peramivir-related operating expenses,
which are largely a function of the rate of enrollment in the Company's
Phase 3 clinical trial.
Conference Call and Webcast
BioCryst's leadership team will now host a conference call and webcast
today, November 8, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss these
financial results and recent corporate developments. To participate in
the conference call, please dial 1-877-303-8027 (United States) or
1-760-536-5165 (International). No passcode is needed for the call. The
webcast can be accessed by logging onto www.BioCryst.com.
Please connect to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of
the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download
that may be necessary.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes and develops novel small
molecule drugs that block key enzymes involved in infectious and
inflammatory diseases. BioCryst currently has two late-stage development
programs: peramivir,
a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of influenza, and ulodesine
(BCX4208), a purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) inhibitor for the
treatment of gout. In addition, BioCryst is developing two preclinical
compounds: BCX5191,
a nucleoside analog inhibitor of HCV RNA polymerase (NS5B) for hepatitis
C, and BCX4161,
an oral inhibitor of plasma kallikrein for hereditary angioedema.
Utilizing state-of-the-art structure-guided drug design and
crystallography, BioCryst continues to discover innovative compounds
with the goal of addressing unmet medical needs of patients and
physicians. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.BioCryst.com.
About the BioCryst-Presidio Merger
BioCryst and privately held Presidio
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced the signing of a definitive merger
agreement to create a focused, clinical stage biopharmaceutical
company with lead programs in high-value infectious and orphan disease
indications: specifically HCV and hereditary angioedema (HAE).
Important Additional Information and Where to Find It
BioCryst intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC (News - Alert)") a registration statement on Form S-4, which will also include a
proxy statement and prospectus with respect to its proposed acquisition
of Presidio. The final proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the
stockholders of BioCryst and Presidio. Investors and security holders
are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed
transaction carefully and in its entirety when it becomes available
because it will contain important information regarding BioCryst,
Presidio and the proposed merger. Investors will be able to obtain a
free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings
containing information about BioCryst, without charge, at the SEC's
website (http://www.sec.gov/).
Investors may also obtain these documents, without charge, from
BioCryst's website at http://investor.shareholder.com/biocryst/sec.cfm.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the equity financing
connected to the proposed acquisition of Presidio.
Participants in the Merger Solicitation
BioCryst and its directors, executive officers and other members of
management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from shareholders with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the definitive merger agreement signed by
Presidio. Information regarding BioCryst's directors and executive
officers is contained in BioCryst's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on March 6, 2012 and its definitive proxy statement
filed with the SEC on April 9, 2012 in connection with its 2012 meeting
of stockholders. Other information regarding the participants in the
proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect
interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the
proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with
the SEC when they become available.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding future results, performance or achievements. These
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause BioCryst's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to
future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and
uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that
could affect the forward-looking statements contained herein include:
that the merger might not be completed for any number of reasons, most
of which are outside of the control of BioCryst; that BioCryst may not
be able to obtain the requisite financing on commercially reasonable
terms or that or that the financing may be raised at prices below the
currently prevailing price for BioCryst common stock; that integration
of BioCryst and Presidio may prove more challenging than anticipated or
that anticipated benefits of the merger may not be achieved, or may be
achieved less rapidly than anticipated; the outcome of any legal
proceedings that may be instituted against BioCryst or Presidio; risks
relating to any unforeseen liabilities, future capital expenditures,
revenues, expenses, earnings, economic performance, indebtedness,
financial condition, losses and future prospects, business and
management strategies or the expansion and growth of Presidio's
operations; BioCryst's ability to integrate Presidio's business
successfully after the closing of the merger agreement; and the risk
that disruptions from the merger agreement will harm BioCryst's or
Presidio's businesses. There can be no assurance that the proposed
merger and financing will in fact be consummated. Other important
factors include: that there can be no assurance that BioCryst's or
Presidio's compounds will prove effective in clinical trials; that
development and commercialization of BioCryst's or Presidio's compounds
may not be successful; that BARDA/HHS may further condition, reduce or
eliminate future funding of the peramivir program; that BioCryst,
Presidio or licensees may not be able to enroll the required number of
subjects in planned clinical trials of its product candidates and that
such clinical trials may not be successfully completed; that the
companies or licensees may not commence as expected additional human
clinical trials with product candidates; that the FDA may require
additional studies beyond the studies planned for product candidates or
may not provide regulatory clearances which may result in delay of
planned clinical trials, clinical hold with respect to such product
candidate or the lack of market approval for such product candidate;
that ongoing and future preclinical and clinical development may not
have positive results; that the companies or licensees may not be able
to continue future development of current and future development
programs; that such development programs may never result in future
product, license or royalty payments being received; that the companies
may not be able to retain their current pharmaceutical and biotechnology
partners for further development of its product candidates or may not
reach favorable agreements with potential pharmaceutical and
biotechnology partners for further development of product candidates;
that their actual cash burn rate may not be consistent with its
expectations; that 2012 operating expenses and cash usage will be within
management's expected ranges; that BioCryst or Presidio may not have
sufficient cash to continue funding the development, manufacturing,
marketing or distribution of products and that additional funding, if
necessary, may not be available at all or on terms acceptable to
BioCryst or Presidio. Please refer to the documents BioCryst files
periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically
BioCryst's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, all of which identify
important factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those contained in BioCryst's projections and
forward-looking statements.
Note: Patent costs have been reclassified as Research and
Development expense, whereas in previous years, these costs were
classified as General and Administrative expense.
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About a year ago The Wall Street Journal launched its "Greater New York" section as a way to compete for local readers and ad dollars with The New York Times. According to Ad Age it's failing at the former, but succeeding at the latter.
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Subject: [INRUSH-L] (INRUSH-L) Montgomery
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 19:56:55 EDT
Saw your query re. Montgomery family of Rush Co. IN. I descend for Aaron and
Fannie (Adams) Montgomery who had a son Henry. Henry married LuEmma Doggett
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text: | Reprints June 4, 2012 by Samuel J.C. Fishpool, MRCS, MEd; Philip Wilson, MRCPath; Peter A. Williamson, FRCS Abstract Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that derive from the extra-adrenal paraganglia. In the head and neck region, these neoplasms most commonly arise from the carotid body, the vagus nerve, and the jugulotympanic area. We describe the case of an 87-year-old woman with an incidental finding of a clinically, radiologically, and cytologically presumed retrosternal goiter. During a left thyroid lobectomy, she was found to have a mass that originated in the left recurrent laryngeal nerve. The mass was resected, and subsequent histopathologic examination found it to be a paraganglioma. Follow-up evaluation confirmed the expected finding of a left-sided vocal fold palsy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a paraganglioma arising from a recurrent laryngeal nerve. ENT Journal provides full text articles to our registered members. Please log in or sign up for a FREE membership to view the full content: REGISTER AS A MEMBER If you are already registered, SIGN IN You may also like to: Sign Up For The Free eNewsletter Printer-friendly version


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Could do better than 50% in a lower temp state
In the U.S. North Carolina is considered a pretty warm part of the country. They could have saved money and gotten better PR in a state with an over all lower average temperature.
If you want to be a player in cloud computing, you have to build data centers. Server maker IBM probably thinks it will sell a lot more internal cloud than external cloud, but it realized that customers will want a mix of public and hosted cloud infrastructure to run their workloads. Hence, IBM has shelled out $362m to build a …
In the U.S. North Carolina is considered a pretty warm part of the country. They could have saved money and gotten better PR in a state with an over all lower average temperature.
Yes, the data centre could have been built elsewhere but they should be able to do better than this even in North Carolina. Perhaps they are stuck in the stone age and providing close control humidity and low air temperatures for their mainframes and midrange and thus compromising the entire data centre design and massively overcooling for normal equipment which is perfectly happy at much higher temperatures.
RTP is unincorporated, so I think the residing companies see tax breaks. Also, NC has relatively cheap electricity due to its many coal-powered plants.
The IBM repairman now carries a pipe wrench and has a bad case of plumber's butt.
Our IBM CE has been doing pipework for the last year, but then we have water-cooled Power 6 systems!
But it's mostly pre-installed in the racks at the plant, and just connected to the customer provided cold water feed. All the frame-to-server pipework is intricate zero-leak connectors, that allow servers to be removed from the water system without loosing water, or introducing air into the system.
I'm waiting for the day when people start submerging these containers in lakes and stuff to keep them cool
In Canada, they use water from a lake, which happens to be at 3ºC year-round, to cool an entire building or downtown area. Or so I heard.
Wouldn't it make sense to build these places where it's colder?
Or by a river?
Or the sea?
One acronym: GSHP.
It works, when implemented correctly.
>In the U.S. North Carolina is considered a pretty warm part of the country.
North Carolina is considered very comfortable, not "pretty warm."
>I'm waiting for the day when people start submerging these containers in lakes and stuff to
>keep them cool
Not going to happen. Not a lake anyway, power plants are under pressure here to move away from open circuit water cooling to air cooling (using water or other coolant in a closed circuit with an air-heat exchanger). Warmer water reduces alters the marine ecosystems.
"North Carolina is considered very comfortable, not "'pretty warm.'"
From early June until about mid-September, I don't think I'd call Raleigh's climate "comfortable." Routine 90F(32C) days, and 75F (24C) on cooler nights, all with dewpoints hovering in the lower 70s. Pretty much the entire I-95 corridor from DC to Florida is pretty miserable during the summer, and would render any attempts to use outside air to cool futile.
All that said, for probably half the year, using outside air to cool is probably feasible.
Paris, because she'd complain about the heat, and what the humidity does to her hair. (Seems to be common for west coast women who travel out this way.)
reminds me o0f something closer to home.
It's always cold here, IBM could build a DC in Cardiff or somewhere in Northumberland.
Finally I can see the future becoming bright again (or is that the glow of the raid clusters?)
there is one datacentre and a second being planned near Ecclefechan, should be plenty of cold air there for 50% of the year, all they need to do is open the loading bay doors :)
"It would seem that what data centers need are less expensive IT as well as better data centers. But to suggest that is, of course, heresy to IT vendors that want to preserve revenue streams and keep riding Moore's Law to boost capacity every two years "
Of course, that's where Google comes in - custom developed data centres aimed at reducing IT spend, by engineers at least as competent as the IT vendor's own...if IBM et al want to compete, they will have to match Google's cost of ownership eventually, or Google will own the clouds..or at least a large thunderstorm of them...
...within walking distance of the IBM compound. No kidding, it's a compound. A good portion of it is behind a razor wire fence, guarded by armed security. It makes perfect sense for IBM to build here. Laws are very business friendly and they already have something like 11,000 employees here.
As for power, most of RTP is hooked up to Duke or Progress Energy, both of whom operate nuclear plants in the area.
"No kidding, it's a compound. A good portion of it is behind a razor wire fence, guarded by armed security." Maybe you should drive around to Davis Drive, where you could just about drive through the gate any day of the week. It is not a "compound" and has about as much security as any other company in the area.
And yes, IBM does have a few thousand employees in RTP - in fact, it is the largest IBM site in the world (by both employees and square footage). The buildings are absolutely massive - and with all the layoffs in the last few years, there is plenty of empty space in those buildings.
IBM has been in RTP for over 40 years, so I doubt tax incentives had anything to do with them picking RTP for the new site. Energy here is cheap. And the server group is based in RTP (as in, they design server software and hardware here). When you put it all together, it makes perfect sense for them to build in it RTP.
..on the hardware is a tough habit to break. Especially during the design build phase.
Even Google assembles her Podified data centers in buildings full of tech types.
But burining black bituminous bites. Sites should stay situated so solar solutions send sparky.
I think google has a lead with spanner, although moving threads around the data center to balance heat loads is not that much different than shuttling bits across the continent. Once in service, data transmission is the cheapest part of the equation. Electricity costs have traditionally driven Data Center location.


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I think the Dura Ace and Campagnolo track cogs go down to 13 T. (I even have a 12T Campagnolo, but it seems to have a smaller diamerter than the standard track-hubs.)
The 13T cog will give you some more speed but probably still not enough. I ride 13Ton 54T on my Swift what I find very convenient. Still: Chainrings larger than 52T are hard to find. But I think 13Ton 52T are widely available and will also do fine on a fast bike.
If you still need more speed you might consider to get the ring custom manufactured. The wicked 72 T chainring on my Auto Mini Folder did cost me barely 35 Euros. A very nice guy in germany did it for me on his laser-cutter...
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After getting seriously wet last week riding my swift (summer is over) , I constructed a pair of slim fenders for the bike. They are made from brass, including a little soldering and threading. The distance to the wheel is fully adjustable so the fenders can be positioned very precisely. This works great. ALso the bike can be folded (take a look at the trick with the rubber splash guard).
How do you like them?
(A shot of the complete bike will be posted in the swift galleries soon)
Clever! Now you have to polish them of course. :) But is the back one long enough? Looks marginal.
The complete bike gains lot of style with this patina-thing. Every part on the bike looks so wonderfully antique but still tidy. All the parts fit perfectly together. I think a polished pair of brass-fenders would spoil the dignity of the bike.
I infact didn't test the functionality yet, as it didn't rain for some days. But I took some attention in the lenght of the rear splash guard. Theoretically it should work. I will report as soon as it starts raining.
Has anyone left a Swift at a company's reception desk during a meeting? I'm curious to see what sort of welcome (or not) the request gets.
Request for under seat/wedge bag suggestions/tips/warnings
I'm thinking of adding an under seat storage solution to my swift.
I'm thinking through the pluses and minuses. of using backpacks, fannypacks with and without drink holders & under seat packs (wedge packs?)
I'm currently leaning towards an under seat storage solution.
Anybody have any tips, product recommendations (or product warnings), etc.
What's your favorite under seat solution (that doesn't need a tool to remove and doesn't mess with folding too much)
I currently don't have a bottle cage, so bags with a bottle holding solution migh be interesting.
Okay, let the tips and suggestions flow.
Hey James, I have this problem too. I agree, annoying as hell. Do you know why this is happening? My old shimano pads didn't give me this problem.
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I thought I would give you urban riders something to chuckle about. I use my Swift as my transport for real estate appraisal work in small towns around Southeast Alaska. I make day trips by small plane or ferry to outlying towns and use my single-speed Swift for ground transport. When folded it fits well behind the last seat in the Cessna Caravan (208) commuter I usually fly. I ride right off the tarmac, through the terminal building, out onto the street and on to my appointments. People are generally positive about an old guy riding up on a weird bike, to do their house appraisal. I havent had any negative reactions yet. The pilots get a big charge out of it too.
Of course this is weather dependant. By November, I will have studs on my 29er and will have hung the Swift on the wall for the season. I do take the Swift on winter vacations however. You can see my post about fitting it into a Samsonite case. Well, I was just wiping the mud off the Swift from this weeks trip to Skagway and thought I would make a post of it. Cheers.
But yeah, it's really baffling how the cheap no-brand pads don't squeal, while the supposed uber-quality Kool Stop salmons do.
My Avid V-brakes torque down positively, with the pivot inside the mech.
My back one squeals but I have been too lazy to set toe-in, I just slapped it on. Time to snap out of it.
My V-Brakes are shimano deore. Do you think perhaps the shimano pads were so poor at stopping the rim, it never really exposed how much play the brakes had? The salmons do brake better, but as a result gets "pulled" by the rim more?
Resale price of custom Swift?
I'm considering selling my Swift, but am not sure what a fair price would be. My bike's a year old, and I got an offer for 50% of the new value - seems a little low to me. Given that it's custom, and happens to be exactly what the buyer wants (drop bars, hub gears) and which also happens not to be available off the shelf I'd say it's worth more. Ideas?
I'd have to say, I'm not selling because I'm disappointed with the Swift as such. I just hardly ride it anymore, it's so uncomfortable on the ****ty roads in San Francisco and I no longer need a folder on my commute. I almost always ride my 40 year old Raleigh town bike, it's so comfortable and low stress.
I guess the thing I like least about the Swift is it's poor fold. It's still huge when folded, and comes apart into an untidy bundle that can't stand on its own. If I were to buy another folder, it would probably be a Merc or Brompton.
From the world of m/c, a rule of thump is 80% of orig. bike price plus 50% of aftermarket parts. If you take the aftermarket parts off, you can often get 80% of aftermarket part price, so alot of sellers return the bike to stock and sell m/c and parts separately. Aftermarket parts on bicycles are not as expensive, but I think the rule of thumb is a good starting place. Some tricked out MX bikes have aftermarket parts worth more than the stock m/c.
Riding a 20"-wheeled bike with an aluminum frame as stiff as the Swift's can really make your body fell beaten-up after an hour of riding through the city. I find that riding SF on a folder is like navigating a slalom course, with constant weaving and jumping just to get around the nasty potholes (some sinkholes) and generally obliterated sections of pavement. The sections of bad road that cannot be avoided requires one to constantly lift up and off the saddle, using one's legs as suspension (this is easier done on a fixed-gear because you have the force of back pedal pressure). It really sucks to have to ride like this on a 700C bike, so you can just imagine how much more worse it is on a 406 bike. As uncomfortable it can be, I personally find the fun factor still out-weighs the inconvenience, but in comparison with your Raleigh townie and your 'bent, I can totally see where you're coming from.
Anyway, after having been in SF for some time now, I guess I needn't tell you that you can easily fetch double the price you paid for your Raleigh, as demand for vintage fixie conversions is big in this area. ;)
BTW, are there any LBS in S.F. that sells the Swift?
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I've been using a carradice SQR slim bag. I attach it right under the saddle. It will hold 10 kg of stuff (including a laptop) and has minimal effect on folding. Several places sell them in the US (harris cyclery, calhoun cycle, and peter white cycle).
great story
Swift for sale
The rule of thumb re: buying used versus new bikes/ parts (assuming current model and like new condition) is the used price = about 60%-70% of new.
I found my like new Swift Xootr on Craigs List for $400 including shipping and it came with a $100 saddle plus some nice bar ends. Demand and availability are also factor. You can certainly ask more as it is easier to lower the price than to raise it!
That said if you are still thinking about selling it - let us all know what you have. I am in SF and would love to have internal gears as an option. I hate derailleurs. My fixed gear wheel set is in limbo at the mercy of the kind friend who is building the rear wheel... again.
If yours has a steel frame (I can't remember...) even better... I'd like to ride a steel frame Swift to compare the two frames.
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I am always flabbergasted as well. :-) Though not gadget related - an excellent guide on cutting just about anything.
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I'm always flabbergasted when I observe a cooking teacher with poor knife skills. Unfortunately, it's all too common. I even occasionally observe a professional cook, even in France, with poor knife skills, although this is a less common occurrence. In my opinion, good knife skills are an essential component of being a good cook. And good knife skills are not particularly difficult for the average person to learn.
Good knife skills are a combination of knowledge and practice—the knowledge of which knives to use for which tasks, the knowledge of how to hold and move a knife, the knowledge of how various foods are structurally composed, and many other little bits of knowledge. But being thoroughly indoctrinated with knowledge will mean little if not accompanied by lots of practice. Like any other skill, speed and competence come with practice.
I have to say - I love to learn new things about fruit, vegatables, or meat I might be using in my kitchen. Mangos. Learn about mangos my fingers said - check out Kate's thoughts on Mangos.
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Some describe mango as a cross between a peach and an apricot, with pineapple undertones, but mango really has its own flavor, which differs considerably among its many varieties and its stages of ripeness. Depending on who you listen to, there are between 40 and 500 species of mango. This evergreen tree, a member of the cashew family, is native to India and Malaysia, unlike the pineapple and other tropical fruits which migrated from South America to Asia. The Portuguese introduced the mango to Brazil centuries ago. Today, India produces most of the world's mangoes, but it is also grown throughout the Pacific Rim, in Mexico, Brazil, Hawaii, Florida, Israel and California.
Looks like a killer Northen California dealer of crazy german kitchen cabinets. Some really stunning stuff!
"European Kitchen Design sell and design very modern, spare kitchens. They are the exclusive Northern California dealer of Germany's Alno, makers of kitchen cabinets and other storage products, and a wide range of Alno cabinets are on display at their 4,000 square foot Palo Alto showroom. They also sell Blanco fixtures and Miele appliances."
Via MoCo SanFrancisco: European Kitchen Design 650.843.0754
Okay - so it's not in the kitchen - but it could be NEAR the kitchen. :-)
I really want a whole bunch of outdoor options for the Summer. Last year we bought a gas grill and have really enjoyed it alongside our smoker and charcoal grill. I was a charcoal purist - but I think Hank Hill may have converted us.
"While countless frustrated outdoor grill enthusiasts will be watching, basting and praying in the hopes of moist, tender meats from their traditional grills, Orion Cooker owners should be enjoying other activities while their ribs, turkeys, roasts and salmon cook to perfection without so much as a quick peek. Well, that's if you believe the company's marketing material."
Via gadgetryblog: Orion Cooker: If you're lookin' you ain't cookin'!
My mom loves making pickles. Now - I knew it was easy - but as easy as 1,2,3,4? WOOT!!!
"IT'S EASY! With our DZ Pickle Kit you can have perfect pickles every time!
Step 1: Choose a recipe from your recipe book. Fill the jar 3/4 of the way with washed cucumbers. Then add smashed garlic, fresh dill and one bag of DZ Pickles special brine.
Step 2: Fill jar with cucumbers until full.
Step 3: Add water until it covers all pickles. Do not over pour.
Step 4: Close lid tightly and shake jar 7 times to mix brine and leave it on kitchen counter at room temperature...
...and a week later you have the best pickles you will ever taste!
Step 1: Choose a recipe from your recipe book. Fill the jar 3/4 of the way with washed cucumbers. Then add smashed garlic, fresh dill and one bag of DZ Pickles special brine.
Step 2: Fill jar with cucumbers until full.
Step 3: Add water until it covers all pickles. Do not over pour.
Step 4: Close lid tightly and shake jar 7 times to mix brine and leave it on kitchen counter at room temperature...
...and a week later you have the best pickles you will ever taste!
Via DZ Pickles: How It Works
Ummm...wow. If you get really mad cooking - you can stab this instead of someone nearby.
"You can't buy this Knife Block, designed by Raffaele Iannello, from Vice Versa—they aren't the buying sort of catalog—but you can lust after it all the same. The best meat is murder, after all. (Thanks, CrazedAdMan!)
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I have to admit. This may be better than the stupid electronic timer on our new dual fuel range. This may be in my future...
"Fridge door, range hood timer.
Any metal surface in the kitchen will do for this stainless steel and silicone rubber magnetic timer from Eva Solo. The rubber element is the protective backing that prevents scratches and marks on those stainless steel surfaces. There's more from Eva Solo for the kitchen including an integrated magnetic metal notepad holder and pencil and a porcelain bowl with a hold (handle)."
MoCo Loco: Magnetic Timer
Okay. Printable food is cool. Imagine a gadget in your kitchen that printed out a menu for that special dinner with little stamps to get a taste of the dinner to come. WOW. I want to print my food now!
"Everyone seems to be talking about this guy Homaro Cantu, who serves edible photos and sushi prepared on his i560 ink jet printer in his restaurant Moto in Chicago. There is a New York Times article about him and his crazy ambitions to take food to a whole new level. You're crazy Mr. Cantu! And Maybe even genius! He prints images of sushi on edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch, using organic, food-based inks of his own concoction. He seasons the paper with powdered soy and seaweeds. Even the menu is edible at Moto, crunch up your menu into a bowl of gazpacho and you have Mr. Cantu's version of alphabet soup. Right now he's trying to get his hands on a class IV laser to cook food, so he can do things like create an "inside out" bread where the crust is baked inside the loaf. He's on his way to as he said-- "revolutionizing how, where, and what we eat".
Via Moto, Chicago - urbanSPY
I don't think people have enough flowers in their kitchen. Sure - a lot of people start plants from clippings in their sink window - but what about growing a beautiful flower - or flowers for that matter. In our new kitchen we have this crazy window seat - which I think might make a killer little mini-garden for the kitchen.
"Can it be true? Flowers that just keep on giving? Well, the Flowers in a Tin (£4.95) is ideal for those who like to say I love you with flowers - in an entirely different fashion. Simply open the can, add a little water, and in around 10 week's time you should have a generous display. But wait, the tins in question don't contain actual blooms. That would be far too straightforward. Oh no, the idea here is that you (or the recipient) actually have to turn floriculturist and grow the flowers yourself. And seeing as how giving flowers is all about expressing love, what better way to do it than by compelling someone to shower your gift with a bit of TLC (and a drop of water)."
Via gadgetryblog
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Laugh or cry " your choice. A key, fast-growing industry in Oklahoma operates largely under rules of its own creation, with oversight by its own employees, for the benefit of some, but not necessarily the majority of state residents. That industry is comprised of gambling casinos built and operated by Oklahoma's American Indian tribes.
As sovereign nations, each of Oklahoma's federally recognized tribes has its own government, its own laws and its own approach to securing tribal prosperity. As independent as they are, however, most tribes share the vision of great wealth to be earned through legalized gambling, and many are bringing that vision to reality. Last year, Oklahoma gambling revenues reached $2.2 billion, with less than 10 percent of the total from sales of state lottery tickets. That equates to nearly $618 per man, woman and child.
The total number of Indian casinos in the state has grown to nearly 100, with several more under construction and a myriad of others being planned. In late November, the Osage Nation held ground-breaking ceremonies for a casino near Ponca City " the tribe's seventh gambling emporium. The Quapaw Tribe is building a $200 million casino and hotel where the borders of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri meet. The Shawnee Tribe is having a harder time gaining trust status from the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a proposed casino and hotel on Interstate 35 in north Oklahoma City, because the tribe has no apparent historical ties to the land. However, tribal leaders believe they can make a good case for an exception to the BIA regulations.
Thousands of jobs have been the most immediate benefit from the proliferation of casinos for both American Indian and non-Indian Oklahomans. Indian Country Today cited the Chickasaw Nation, which has 17 casinos and nearly 6,000 employees, and the Cherokee Nation, with almost 4,000 employees in seven casinos, as two of the state's largest employers. In addition, contractors and construction workers have profited from the casino-building boom.
State tax coffers have gained a small percentage of gambling revenues from the tribes, but tax collections have never matched projections. Part of the problem is that casinos have two kinds of gaming machines. Bingo-based "Class II" machines comprise half of the 45,000 machines in Oklahoma casinos and gaming parlors, yet the state is not entitled to collect any revenue from them. "Class III" machines, which are more like the familiar slot machines found in casinos around the world, provide the state with 6 percent of net revenues, after winning gamblers have been paid. Sometimes the classifications of specific machines are in question.
One long-term question is whether Oklahoma and its municipalities will collect enough from the casinos to pay for services to accommodate patrons " for example, new roads and highway repairs; law enforcement, fire fighting and emergency medical response as needed; and treatment programs for compulsive gamblers. Some tribes seem to be more cooperative than others in negotiations to help plan and pay for future needs.
I have additional questions, but I don't expect answers for decades. How many casinos are enough? What are the odds that newer, bigger, fancier casinos will put older, smaller ones out of business? How will that affect the members of the unlucky tribes that own unsuccessful casinos and residents of the areas in which they're located? In other words, at what point does opening a casino become a gamble, and for whom?
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Kim Kardashian might be nearly six months pregnant, but according to a new report, boyfriend Kanye West is more interested in recording music in Paris than supporting the mother of his soon to arrive child.
The Church In The Wild star, who is known to be a huge fan of the fashion capital, is reportedly "living it up," in France while his pregnant girlfriend prepares for her divorce battle with estranged husband Kris Humphries.
Kim flies solo at MTV Movie Awards (WENN)
The rapper was notably not by his girlfriend's side when she went to court on Friday, with Kim needing ten police officers to flank her as she left court.
"Kanye is loving Paris and is having a great time there working on his album," an insider told the NYP.
It seems the estrangement might continue for a while, with Kanye even considering of ditching the US altogether and setting up home in the French capital.
The source added: "He'd like to move there."
Kim stunned on the red carpet last night at the MTV Movie Awards, but her boyfriend was nowhere to be seen. In fact the couple have only reportedly spent 18 days together since the brunette announced she was expecting. According to Heat magazine, the couple have decided to spend time apart as they work on their solo projects.
A source told the mag, dating a Kardashian can get a bit much at times.
"It's overwhelming Kanye is an only child," they reportedly said, "whereas the Kardashians are always in each other's business – he isn't used to all that. He wanted to remove himself from the hectic Kardashian family bubble for a while."
Let's hope Kimye get back together soon! They always look so much happier together!
Kim and Kanye loved up in Paris
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I don't do this concert stuff, so not used to the protocol when it comes to what time things finish etc.? So my question is...
I am at the Take That concert tomorrow in the City of Manchester Stadium and I have no idea what time it is likely to finish and what the transport situation is to get back to the City Centre - can anyone help shed some light on it for me?
Do I need to get a taxi booked? If so, what time would you do it for? (Do any of your have a taxi firm of your own that cold do the trip??!! )
If no taxi, is there other links back to the city centre, I would imagine they are busy after a concert etc.? But not sure what to do?
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