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My husdband made a pizza with EVOO, apracotts, rasberries, cinnamen, butter and brown sugar. He cooked it at a high temp and the toppings and sugar carmalized and the crust was crunchy. He served it with vanilla ice cream.Yum!
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Hi Annie,
Great to hear from you -- welcome aboard, and we'll look forward to hearing more about your oven receipes. How is your summer going?
The dessert pizzas sound like a great idea. We have to give that a try. I have heard of a gnutella pizza, but never made one. Has anyone tried that?
Dessert Pizza
Thanks James, I'm glad to hear from you! Our summer is unuasually hot, but it cools off enough at night to enjoy our oven. We have had quite a few pizza gatherings. Everyone is amazed at how fast the pizza cooks and how good it is! I have to tell you that most of our cooking in our oven has been done by my husband, Jerald. I have the pleasure of making the pizza and helping our guests and Jerald cooks. We are really enjoying experementing and trying new things, as well as, cooking some old favorites. I was roasting a prime rib in my convection oven for Christmas dinner and needed more oven space so we fired the oven and baked our scalloped potatoes in it.
The nutella pizza is pretty good - as long as you like nutella! It is actually on the menu as a dessert at Campania Pizza in Dallas...they bake the dough, then spread it with nutella when it comes out and put a bit of whipped cream on it. I've heard another version where they cook the dough, then butterfly it and spread the inside with nutella - I haven't tried that one.
I want to try a version with just regular chocolate and maybe some sliced strawberries - maybe cook the dough first and then put shaved chocolate on it and put it on the peel and hold it to the roof of the oven for a second or two to melt the chocolate...then add strawberries??? I may try it this weekend.
A big favorite around here - loved by the ladies for some reason - is thinly sliced pears, brie cheese, EVOO and brown sugar...when the brown sugar carmelizes it is pretty awesome. Very rich and heavy though.
when i did my vpn class in LA I made them both of those pizzas...the kitchen staff really seemed to like it.
I dunno. I have always thought of gnutella at a teenage thing. Give me olive oil, garlic and some sauteed onions any day. Or fruit and cheese (with Port, Vin Santo or Linoncello) for dessert. Did you actually like the gnutella???
Any sweet toothes out there?
Off topic, but we made some pretty good Limoncello this year. Anyone interested in a recipe?
Now I love nutella and we will probably use it on our next fruit pizzas as a base,but really, our fruit pizzas are a big hit with our guests. We have served about 50 (people) and they love them! Our most recent experiment was to add a little extra sugar to our dough which seemed to allow it to brown better and added cinnamen apples, bananas, papaya, kiwi, pears, mandrine oranges, pineapple and chocolate chips to our toppings. The favorites combine sweet and tart like: aprocott-rasberry or kiwi-straberry-chocolate chip.We apply toppings sparingly with a good ammount of brown sugar and a little butter. We cook them like regular pizza and serve them like dessert.
OK Annie,
I have to admit that I have never tried a Nutella pizza, so I can't say I don't like it until I've tried it.
Do you spread the Nutella on the base the way you would a tomato sauce, then add the fruits, spices, etc. on top? That's my mission -- learn to make dessert pizza. More to come when I've actually done it. How important is sugar in the dough? Does it add a lot, or can you use your regular pizza dough?
Does anyone have photos of their dessert pizzas they can share?
JamesLast edited by james; 07-12-2006, 05:36 PM.
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Hello James, its Jerald. Annie asked me to share with you our fruit pizza insights. We have not yet used nutella but may soon. The pizza we made was on our pizza dough with a little EVOO or butter as a moisture barrier, fruit (the sweeter the better) any spice like cinnamen and/or nutmeg, brown sugar, and some small pieces of butter. I think the fruit gives up less liquid and carmalizes better when it has some space arround it. I would also go easy on fruit with a lot of water in it like pineapple or mellon. We did make some dough with some extra sugar (about two tbs) in it and I think it was a bit sweeter and browned better. I cook the pizzas at a high temp 500-600 F to get a nice brown crust and carmalize the toppings. We are still learning and experimenting and have not taken any pictures yet but will send you some soon.
Great to hear from you Gerald. Butter and brown sugar is a killer combination. I know that butter has a much lower burning temperature than olive oil (which has a much lower burning temperature than canola oil), so I am guessing you have to let your oven temperature fall from the 750F where you are cooking pizza.
That's another thing to try. Add it to the Nutella base dessert pizza. I've got some work to do -- but we have family visitors, so that's my excuse to experiement.
Thanks for the tips Gerald.
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We made a few fruit pizzas yesterday. Our friend Peter Annie and I made a pizza each. Peter used less brown sugar and his pizza was lighter and more fruity tasting. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]
Figs & Chestnut Honey
This time of year I make a fig and chestnut honey pizza for dessert. I flavor the dough with some lemon or orange zest and sugar. The topping is fresh figs, a tiny bit of fresh rosemary, a couple of pinches of gray sea salt. and a good drizzle of chestnut honey. This would also be wonderful with a post-bake addition of mascarpone, but I usually keep it fat-free for my dieting guests.
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I started a new posting for desert pizza under Pizza where I have feedback from others, and links to see pictures and videos of desert pizza.


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overheard a woman say she was thinking about a "Mommy Make over". what is this? does it require lots of surgery? i had been considering a tummy tuck but maybe i should look into this instead??
What is a Mommy Makeover?
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What is a Mommy Makeover
Mommy Makeover is a surgery, or surgeries that help a woman look and feel more like she did prior to pregnancies and childbirth. Typically, the procedure consists of a tummy tuck and some kind of breast surgery. Possibly a breast augmentation, a breast lift, or a lift and an augmentation together. I would suggest that prospective patients look at mommy makeover before and after photos in addition to separate before and after images of tummy tucks, breast augmentation and breasts lifts to see more of a plastic surgeons' work.
Some women elect to have post baby body concerns addressed in a single surgery, Others prefer to stage surgeries for various reasons. In many women, it reasonable to perform both breast lift and a tummy tuck in a single surgery.
Pricing for this surgery will vary significantly, based on the extent of a tummy tuck, and also based on the training and expertise of a plastic surgeon. The most expensive plastic surgeon may not always be the best, but the lowest priced surgeon will almost certainly be cutting corners that could impact your safety and / or results.
Look for lots of before and after photos of tummy tucks, breasts lifts and mommy makeovers. Scars around the belly button are a dead giveaway of a tummy tuck. There should NOT be visible scars around the belly button. Fullness in the upper abdomen is a result that would not be the ideal for most patients. Plastic surgeons who are unable to create natural looking belly buttons, or who rush through surgery without addressing upper abdominal fullness may charge lower prices than plastic surgeons who have the training, ability and interest in providing the very best possible result.
A Mommy Makeover is a very significant procedure. Safety is of utmost importance. Take your time researching your plastic surgeon carefully.
The following are a few things that can distinguish some surgeons from others
1) Graduating from a top tier medical school at the top of their class.
2) Membership in Alpha Omega Alpha. THis is the medical honors society. Alpha Omega Alpha is to medicine what Phi Beta Kappa is to letters
3) Formal surgical training from prestigious medical universities. The minimum number of years of surgical training for plastic surgeons to be board certified in five years. Some physicians have as many as ten years of formal surgical training. There simply is no substitute for stellar academic and practical surgical training.
4) Very experienced surgeons with meticulous surgical technique and natural looking outcomes will have photographic evidence of their work. Patients should be able to view many photos of the surgery of interest, photographed from three different perspectives all with similar lighting, distance from the camera and cropping
The elite experience extends beyond the surgeon to the facility, and the surgical team. You should be able to see the surgical theater and know who else will be in the OR with you during surgery. The Joint Commission (JCAHO) is an organization that provides certification to hospital OR's. The Joint Commission and AAAASF are two of the organizations that can provide certification to surgical suites. Some plastic surgeons elect to have their surgery centers dually certified.
The anesthesia experience is critical to a safe and comfortable surgical experience. A board certified anesthesiologist can administer general or MAC anesthesia. My preference is to have a board-certified anesthesiologist at the bedside of my patients for the duration of surgery.
Plastic surgeons who cater to high profile individuals who place a high value on privacy will have a private first floor entrance and exit so patients never need to be in a public lobby or elevator for pre-operative or post operative visits.
You need to feel like your surgeon listens to you and understands your goals. You need to feel a connection with staff members and you should never feel pressured into scheduling surgery. Prior to scheduling surgery, you should be able to speak to previous patients who have had the same surgery.
Regardless of how you decide who you see, ask yourself the following questions after your consultation appointment(s):
Is this surgeon qualified to perform the surgery I am considering?
Do I like this person? Will I enjoy seeing them over the course of my surgery and recovery?
Was my complete medical history taken and examined in detail?
Did this physician truly listen to me as I explained my thoughts about the improvement I am seeking?
Does this physician share my aesthetic sensibility? Do they understand me and are they able to provide exactly what I am looking for?
Was I provided with a thorough understanding of all options available (both surgical and non-surgical)?
Was I shown photographic examples of surgical outcomes that give me confidence?
Was the office staff professional, friendly and accommodating?
Was I pressured in any way to proceed with surgery?
Does this surgeon perform aesthetic surgery exclusively or is aesthetic surgery a small percentage of the practice?
You must be absolutely certain that your plastic surgeon's aesthetic sensibility matches your aesthetic goals. I have a very particular aesthetic vision, and I do not pretend to be the plastic surgeon for everybody. I strive to produce surgical results that are natural-appearing, results that do not advertise a trip to the operating room. For example, I do not perform breast augmentation for patients that are seeking an overly large and distinctly `done' breast appearance. And I have a particular distaste for cheek implants, as I think they rarely produce natural-appearing cheek contours, and instead prefer to enhance facial volume by means of structural fat grafting. Make sure that your plastic surgeon's philosophy and preferred approaches are consistent with the goals that you have in mind.
Adequate communication is obviously invaluable, and you should be able to communicate clearly and easily not only with your doctor, but also with your doctor's staff. Over the course of preparing for and recovering from aesthetic surgery, your doctor's staff will have an important and active role. Make sure that your interaction with the staff gives you confidence that you will receive the care and attention that you expect, and deserve, postoperatively.
You are trusting a plastic surgeon with your health and well being, and also to make a permanent change in your body. take your time doing your research.
Learn more: http://www.michaellawmd.com/before-after-photos.html
Mommy Makeover is a Tummy Tuck and Breast Augmentation and or Lift
Mommy Makeover typically involves a Tummy Tuck and a Breast Augmentation and or a Breast Lift.
After pregnacy, especially multiple pregnancies or unusually large births or twins, women find that it is very difficult to return their body to their pre pregnancy shape. In spite of dieting and very serious exercise, they find that loose skin of the abdomen will not tighten and the breast are smaller and have lost shape.
A combination of a Tummy Tuck and Breast augmentation and or Breast Lift can often help these patients achieve the shape and feeling that enhances their feeling of well being and fitness.
Learn more: http://drseckel.com/surgical-procedures/mommy-makeover/
Mommy wants a makeover.
The Mommy Makeover isn't just one procedure. It's a combination of procedures to bring the body back to the shape it was pre-pregnancy.The two procedures that generally make up a Mommy Makeover are the breast lift and the tummy tuck. The breast lift will return the breast to it's pre -pregnancy contour. With a breast lift, sometimes patients will choose to have a breast lift with implants. The tummy tuck procedure will address the loose skin left on the abdomen. An incision will be made below the bikini line and the loose skin will be pulled tight. If my patients have had their abdominal muscles separate during pregnancy, then I can tighten the muscles of the abdominal wall during the surgery.
Learn more: http://frankflemingmd.com/procedures/body-procedures/mommy-makeover-2/
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Mommy Makeover Information
To help women restore the youthful contours characteristic of their pre-pregnancy bodies, Dr. Hochstein offers the Mommy Makeover procedure.
The Mommy Makeover is a combination of cosmetic procedures performed all at the same time to correct the following:
- Sagging breasts
- Small breasts
- A protruding abdomen
- Separated abdominal muscles
- Sagging skin on the abdomen
- Excess fat on certain areas of the body
Those who experience the best results can relate to the following:
- Are finished having children
- Do not smoke
- Have realistic expectations for the procedure
The Mommy Makeover
Mommy makeover is a term given to any group of body contouring procedures intended to correct some of the unwanted body changes that result from pregnancy. Typically, a mommy makeover would include some type of abdominal recontouring procedure. Usually, the procedure is a full abdominoplasty. Sometimes however, only liposuction or a mini abdominoplasty is necessary.
A full abdominoplasty begins with an incision that goes from one hip to the other. Normally it is placed low enough so the patient can still wear a two-piece bathing suit. After the incision is made, the skin and fat layer is lifted off of the muscle layer up to the umbilicus. At this point, the umbilicus is disconnected from the skin so that the skin and fat layer can be elevated up to the rib cage. Usually, the muscle layer can then be tightened by placing stitches along a line from the rib cage down to the pubic bone. Following that, the skin and fat is pulled tight down to the lower incision and the extra skin and fat are removed. The belly button is then brought out through a new hole at the same level that it was at before. The lower abdominal incision is then closed. This operation requires the longest recovery time of all of the procedures associated with a mommy makeover.
A mini abdominoplasty normally begins with liposuction of the entire abdominal wall. Following that, excess skin between the belly button and the pubic area is removed. No improvement in skin tightening is accomplished above the belly button and no muscle tightening is accomplished either. The only skin that is tightened is the skin between the belly button and the pubic area. The recovery time for this would be less than a full abdominoplasty.
Sometimes liposuction only is a satisfactory solution.
Many women want liposuction of the hip and thigh area following pregnancy. When necessary, this is included in the mommy makeover procedure.
The breasts may undergo significant changes through pregnancy and breast feeding. Some women lose volume and require a breast implant for restoration. Some patients develop sagging of the breasts which requires a breast lift. Occasionally, women may request a breast reduction after pregnancy and breast feeding. A breast enlargement entails the placement of an implant, usually under the muscle layer of the chest wall in order to fill out the breasts. The implant can either be filled with saline, which is saltwater, or silicone. A breast lift normally entails an incision around the areola which is the dark skin surrounding the nipple. Often there is an additional incision between the areola and the fold of the breast and sometimes there is an additional incision in the crease of the breast. Many times the breast lift is combined with a breast augmentation in order to get the best and longest term outcome.
The mommy makeover is a very popular procedure. When all three procedures are done at the same time, the patient has only one recovery time and usually the cost is significantly less than it would be if each of these procedures were performed at different times.
Learn more: http://www.surgicalimages.com/plastic-surgery/mommy-makeover.cfm
The Mommy Makeover: Combination of Breast Surgery, Tummy Tuck, and Liposuction
In other cases, the breasts will shrink to their previous size, but will have excess, saggy skin and require a breast lift. Some patients will lose volume and require a breast augmentation, while others will have sag and volume loss and require a breast augmentation and breast lift.
The abdominal wall is also affected. It becomes stretched and there's usually redundant, saggy skin, stretch marks, and weakened muscles. This will require abdominoplasty, mini abdominoplasty, or abdominal wall liposuction.
Women also frequently note an increase in fat accumulation in their hips and thighs. These patients will typically require liposuction.
There are multiple advantages to performing these procedures in combination. These include an improved overall result, lowered cost, and a single recovery. Patients typically report increased self-esteem, self-image, and an overall improvement in the quality of their lives. For these reasons, the mommy makeover is one of the most popular operations that is currently performed in plastic surgery.
What is a Mommy Makeover?
A mommy makeover refers to any combination of procedures designed to restore a woman's body to its prepregnancy state.
A woman's body undergoes a lot of changes as a result of pregnancy. These changes primarily affect the breasts and abdomen. The breast skin stretches causing the nipples to appear lower with an overall loss of breast shape and volume. This gives the appearance of "saggy" breasts. There are a number of procedures that can be performed including breast augmentation with implants, breast lift or a combination of the two to improve the overall aesthetic of the breasts.
In addition to excess weight that may be difficult to lose after pregnancy, the abdominal skin and muscles stretch resulting in a loose unflattering appearance. There are a number of procedures that can be performed including liposuction, abdominoplasty, and C section scar revision to correct the loose skin and tighten the abdominal muscles to provide a "corset" to the abdomen and improve the overall contour.
What is a Mommy Makeover?
A Mommy Makeover is a very descriptive term that someone came up with to describe correcting the most common adverse effects of pregnancy, particularly to the breast and abdomen.
Typically breast after pregnancy lose volume and sometimes they sag, and the abdomen may become protuberant from separation of muscles, and there may be loose skin or even an apron of skin. There may also be an accumulation of fat in the abdomen that is very difficult to lose even with dieting and exercising.
The Mommy Makeover is a combination of correcting both the breast and the abdomen at the same time. This saves recovery time and expense, since many of the supplies and anesthesia are already paid for with the first procedure.
The breast surgery may include an implant with or without an uplift. Or, an uplift (mastopexy) may be indicated alone or with fat transfer.
The procedure for the abdomen is usually a tummy tuck or a liposuction or even a mini-tummy tuck with liposuction. There are many options available, but to answer your question directly, the Mommy Makeover does involve surgery.
The Mommy Makeover has become very popular across the country and in our practice, and the results are some of the happiest patients ever.
What is a mommy makeover?
The term mommy makeover has been used to describe the common surgical procedures used to improve the changes that women see with their bodies after pregnancy. Most people consider the mommy makeover to include a tummy tuck procedure along with some type of breast procedure (breast augmentation, breast lift, or both).
Mommy Makeover
A mommy makeover is a lay term for plastic surgery that improves the areas most affected by having babies.....the tummy and breasts. A mommy makeover combines abdominal improvement with breast enhancement surgery.
The abdomen is improved by either liposuction or tummy tuck. The breast is improved by performing a breast augmentation, lift or reduction. The operations are customized to the patients exact needs. Combining these operations in one procedure makes recovery easier since recovering from combined procedures is not much different than recovering from a single procedure. In our clinic mommy makeovers are becoming very popular and give patients great results.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.

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LAKELAND — Seffner Christian struggled at the free-throw line during the first three quarters against Victory Christian on Thursday.
But the Crusaders made them when it mattered.
Seffner Christian (13-13) made 6-of-8 free throws in the final 2:06 and went on to defeat Victory Christian 49-37 in the Class A region quarterfinals.
Garrett Saunders came off the bench to score 10 points, eight in the third quarter for Seffner, which led by as many as 11 before Victory battled back.
The Storm went on a 6-1 run to cut the lead to 41-35 with 2:41 left. But the Crusaders outscored Victory (13-10) 8-2 down the stretch.
Connor Klover scored 13 points and Bradley Moore added 12 points for Seffner Christian.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department has deployed plainclothes officers across the country to keep tabs on bus drivers.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said some of the 3,000 officers were posing as passengers to observe the behaviour of bus drivers.
"The officers will note if the drivers breach any safety protocols, like overtaking illegally, using their mobile phones while driving or speeding."
He said the officers had already issued some notices to bus drivers who were caught driving recklessly.
"These are some of the efforts taken by the authorities in beefing up enforcement to ensure the public's safety."
It was reported yesterday that about 50 per cent of school, tour and express buses which were required to go for checks at Puspakom last year, did not do so.
According to Puspakom, 725 stage buses, 579 express buses, 1,284 school buses, 596 tour buses, 670 factory buses and 250 buses of other categories did not show up for their biannual inspection last year.
"It is the operator's responsibility to ensure that the safety features in their buses are functioning, and certified by Puspakom before they continue to operate," he told the New Straits Times in a telephone interview.
He said action would be taken against bus operators who continued to ignore the scheduled inspections which would determine a vehicle's roadworthiness.
"If bus operators fail to send their vehicles in for inspection for more than a year, we will have their licences suspended or canceled."
However, Kong said this issue was not necessarily linked to the recent accidents on Malaysian roads involving busses.
"Investigations are still going on for most of the cases.
"We cannot say for sure that they crashed because the buses were not road-worthy.
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APCO Embraces 3-1-1 Call Centers
Washington, DC - The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced today the launching of an effort to actively implore and embrace 3-1-1 call center professionals into the public safety communications community and more specifically into the membership of APCO International.
Public safety communications centers across the nation, while trying to respond to the increased demands upon their existing resources, have instituted 3-1-1 call centers as an alternate plan for handling non-emergency call volume. APCO International recognizes these efforts and believes that 3-1-1 is an integral part of public safety communications.
"Although 3-1-1 centers are operated separately from the emergency portion of the public safety system, APCO acknowledges the vital role of this non-emergency component," APCO International President Vincent Stile said. "While we realize that 3-1-1 implementation is not appropriate for all communities, where it is selected it provides an important and vital public safety service."
About APCO International
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International, Inc. - is the world's oldest and largest not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of public safety communications. With more than 16,000 members around the world, APCO International exists to serve the people who manage, operate, maintain, and supply the communications systems used to safeguard the lives and property of citizens everywhere.


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$508 Billion Moving Through Mobile16 Apr, 2014 By: Doug McPherson
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - The value of global payments via mobile devices hit $508 billion this year – a 40-percent jump over last year says Juniper Research.
Analysts say purchases of physical goods from mobile devices are the drivers and that the average transaction size from purchases made on tablets exceeds those made on PCs in many markets. Juniper attributes this to increased consumer confidence and willingness to engage with mobile as a content browsing and payment mechanism.
Smartphone spending is also up sharply, though the primary function in retail is research with the final purchase made via tablet. The report says consumers are four times as likely to make a purchase on a tablet over a smartphone.
Juniper predicts mobile payments will only continue to grow with more commercial launches and the emergence of cloud-based and near field communication (NFC) products. Apple doesn't use NFC in its devices, and Juniper speculates that the company will introduce a digital wallet for secure contactless payments with the launch of the next iPhone.
Juniper adds that most point-of-sale terminals shipping now have contactless technology so more retail locations will be mobile payment possible.
The Juniper report is dubbed "The Mobile Payment Strategies: Remote, Contactless & Money Transfer 2014-2018."
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New round of Syria-Israel talks end; Ankara hopes to see progress
A new round of indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria, mediated by Turkey, are to end Thursday, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has said, stressing the importance Ankara has attached to continuation of these talks.
"The third round of talks between Israel and Syria started in Istanbul yesterday [Tuesday] and they will end tomorrow," Babacan was quoted as saying by Zaman. "We believe that this process can work out in a good way, as long as there is political will and determination by both sides. We are still at the very beginning of the affair, this will take some time," Babacan said, adding that progress in the indirect talks, in which Turkey acts as a go-between, could lay the groundwork for direct negotiations.
"We believe that continuation of these talks is important as long as there is a hope for peace. If these talks end with a positive consequence, then, it will definitely influence the climate in the Middle East, even in a larger geography, in a positive way," the minister said.
Syria and Israel declared in May that they had resumed talks after an eight-year break. Last month, Israel and Syria concluded a second round of indirect peace talks and agreed to continue negotiations over the fate of the occupied Golan Heights in July.


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Senate Races in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Heat up as Election Day Nears
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JIM LEHRER: And speaking of November 7th, Margaret Warner has our Choices '06 look at two races for the United States Senate.
MARGARET WARNER: Tonight, we examine the Senate campaigns in neighboring states, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In both, the incumbents — one a Republican, the other a Democrat — are in danger of losing their seats, and each is being challenged by the son of a well-regarded former governor.
In Pennsylvania, two-term Republican Senator Rick Santorum is fighting off a challenge from Democratic State Treasurer Bob Casey, son of the late governor Robert Casey. And in New Jersey, Democratic Senator and former Congressman Robert Menendez, who was appointed in January, faces Republican State Senator Tom Kean, Jr., son of the former New Jersey governor and 9/11 Commission chairman, Tom Kean.
For an update on the two races, we turn to Carrie Budoff, a political reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Tom Moran, a political columnist for the New Jersey Star-Ledger.
And welcome to you both. Carrie, in Pennsylvania, Senator Santorum has won twice before, but most of the polls show him at least five points behind. Why is he having trouble this time?
CARRIE BUDOFF, Philadelphia Inquirer: Well, I think there's several reasons why he's having so much trouble. One is that he, for the last six years, has been the spokesman for the Senate Republican majority, which was a fine thing until recently, in the last year or two, when, obviously, Republicans have really fallen out of favor with voters. He's come to represent them.
And then on top of it, he's very outspoken on a number of controversial issues. And throughout this race, he's been out there, out front, almost to the right of the president, in terms of Iraq and defending the mission. He has been critical in some areas, but for the most part he's saying we have to stay in Iraq and we actually have to look at this in a more broader term and look at this as a global war on terrorism.
And that kind of rhetoric is obviously at odds right now with where polls show voters, which is souring on the mission in Iraq. So he has just kind of found himself in a pretty tough situation for national reasons and his own reasons.
MARGARET WARNER: So, Tom Moran, in next-door New Jersey now, as we said, it's the Democrat, Senator Menendez, who's in trouble. Why is that?
TOM MORAN, New Jersey Star-Ledger: Well, Menendez is leading by three or four points, so I'm not sure he's too much in trouble. That's within the margin of error. But you would think, with New Jersey being such a Democratic state — we haven't elected a Republican senator here since 1972 — that he wouldn't be having so much trouble.
I mean, there are a couple of things at work there. One is that the Kean name is revered in this state, even more enhanced after the 9/11 Commission. And it was a relief to see bipartisan cooperation. That's very appealing. And the son is trying to tap into that same spirit.
The other thing is, New Jersey is really suffering from corruption fatigue at this point. The Democratic governor had to resign two years ago. There have been a series of scandals since then. It just never stops. And Kean is trying to make this basically a referendum on ethics, like saying Menendez is part of the problem, and citing his own work in the state legislature as a leading voice in the effort to reform campaign finance rules.
Pa. Senate race looks 'to the past'
MARGARET WARNER: Well, let's look at a couple of these issues in more depth. And, Carrie, you said the Iraq war, of course, is the major issue in the Pennsylvania race. So let's look at this excerpt. We have a debate excerpt last week between Santorum and Casey. And Senator Santorum was asked whether negotiations with the insurgents in Iraq might help quell the violence there.
SEN. RICK SANTORUM (R), Pennsylvania: What we need to do is aggressively go after them and defeat them, because the fact that we have been out there aggressively going after them has kept this country safe for five years. That's one of the things that's seemingly overlooked every now and then, with respect to our success. We have not been attacked in five years. That's because we have been taking it to them. No wonder they want to negotiate.
BOB CASEY, JR., (D), Pennsylvania Senate Candidate: Well, Rick Santorum once again reiterated what his campaign has been about. It's been about more of the same. He is satisfied with where we are in Iraq. He's satisfied that this country is doing everything possible to protect our people from terrorism.
I don't agree. I think we not only need a new direction for America, we need new leadership when it comes to Iraq. One way to do that and one measure of accountability is to replace Don Rumsfeld. Rick Santorum think Mr. Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. I don't.
And if we're going to change the course in Iraq -- and I think he's talking now in the waning days of the campaign -- where was he in 2002 and '03 in the lead-up to this war? Didn't ask the tough questions, didn't exercise the kind of independent judgment that U.S. senators should.
SEN. RICK SANTORUM: Two questions, two non-answers. He did not give any -- his answer to fixing the problem is to fire Don Rumsfeld, as if Don Rumsfeld is the issue here. Don Rumsfeld is the secretary of defense. He follows policy. He doesn't make policy.
MARGARET WARNER: So, Carrie, do they have a big difference between them on Iraq going forward, or is it mostly talking about the past and why was Santorum such a down-the-line vote with the president?
CARRIE BUDOFF: It is much more about the past. In terms of going forward, both candidates pose a timetable for withdrawal. With the exception of Bob Casey saying that the president should fire Don Rumsfeld, they're actually very much in line. They both say we need benchmarks. We can't pull out before the country is stable. And the discussion really has been about the past, in terms of what Mr. Casey has said.
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MARGARET WARNER: All right. And, Tom Moran, what about New Jersey? How is the Iraq war playing?
TOM MORAN: Well, it's very different, because Bob Menendez did vote with only 12 other U.S. senators to set a timetable to withdraw from Iraq, the Kerry amendment in the Senate. Tom Kean has called for Donald Rumsfeld to resign. He's supported the war all along.
A poll came out in, I think, late August, an independent poll, that showed, if it weren't for Iraq, Kean would be clobbering Menendez by 10 points. After that point, Kean's tone on Iraq sharpened. His criticism of the president sharpened. He sounds exactly like a Democrat when he criticizes how Bush has done there and, as I say, called for Rumsfeld's resignation.
MARGARET WARNER: All right, Tom, I know you also mentioned, of course, corruption was the major point of counterattack by Kean against Senator Menendez in New Jersey. Let's look at this excerpt from a Kean-Menendez debate 10 days ago. It began with airing one of Kean's ads, and then each candidate was given a chance to respond.
TV AD NARRATOR: The Star-Ledger reports that Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation for steering $9 million in taxpayer money to a Hudson County group, then taking over $300,000 for himself. Watchdog groups say that it has the appearance of corruption.
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D), New Jersey: What's going on here is, when you're wrong on the war in Iraq, when you're wrong on privatizing Social Security, when you're wrong on voting against raising the minimum wage, when you voted six times against pushing stem cell research forward, then you have to play the politics of smear and personal destruction. This is the national game plan. It's what Karl Rove, who recently raised monies for Tom Kean, has told all of their Republican candidates to do.
TOM KEAN, JR., (R), New Jersey Senate Candidate: Come on, Bob. You can do better than this.
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ: And this is exactly what he's doing. He is so lockstep with the president that he can't tell New Jersey voters that, in fact, he will side with them instead of siding with the president, and so he has no other outlet to do but in these falsehoods.
TOM KEAN, JR.: My ad quotes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists. These are facts. The voters of the state deserve to know they've got a senator that's under federal criminal investigation. For too long...
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ: That's not true, Tom, and you keep saying it...
TOM KEAN, JR.: For far too long, we've had politicians...
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ: ... and you're willing to perpetuate a lie.
TOM KEAN, JR.: ... of both parties...
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ: You're willing to perpetuate a lie.
TOM KEAN, JR.: ... get taken out of courthouses with raincoats over their heads. We've had our state be the butt of jokes on David Letterman, on Jay Leno. I am not going to stand for that any longer.
I've been leading the fight to clean up corruption at every level of government that I've served. I will continue that fight in Washington, D.C., because you know what? That costs taxpayers in New Jersey money.
Ethics issue on the campaign trail
MARGARET WARNER: That was certainly an amiable exchange. Tom, is there anything in Senator Menendez's background that makes him particularly vulnerable on charges of corruption, or is this referring to what you had told us about earlier, that the Democrats in general have a problem in New Jersey?
TOM MORAN: Well, Menendez has had a long career in New Jersey. He's never been accused of a crime, never been cited for any ethical violations. But he has been a leading figure in Hudson County, which is full of corruption, and they're constantly bringing people in for taking envelopes full of cash.
So you can read it two different ways there. Menendez portrays himself as the guy in this terrible stew who has been trying to fix it. And it is true that he was a key witness in the prosecution of his own mentor many years ago, a guy named Mayor Musto in Union City. He had to wear a bulletproof vest to go testify because it was mob-connected.
And prosecutors, despite the attacks of Kean on that association, several federal prosecutors have come forward and said, no, Bob Menendez was a good guy in this.
The troublesome thing for Menendez, out of maybe four or five big charges against him, the only one that really seems to have some currency is the one cited in that ad, where he took his personal home and he rented it to a Head Start program run by a nonprofit group that he had helped get money.
Now, to call that, you know, taking federal money and putting it into your own pocket might be a stretch. The questions that prosecutors are curious about is, was the rent that Menendez charged this group inflated to hide what amounts to a bribery payment in return for his service in Washington?
MARGARET WARNER: So, Carrie...
TOM MORAN: So far, there's no hard evidence of that, though, Margaret.
MARGARET WARNER: Sorry. So, Carrie, in Pennsylvania now, what is Santorum's major pushback issue against Casey? Is he also trying to use ethics and corruption or something else?
CARRIE BUDOFF: He is. He tried to take the ethics issue and throw it against Casey by highlighting his connections to fundraisers in the past who have either been under federal investigation or went to jail. It backfired a bit because he put up an ad that went a little bit too far.
And then after that, he has been trying to use a contrast between him and Casey by citing reports that Bob Casey isn't going to his day job as a state treasurer, that he's spending his time campaigning, and trying to contrast that with himself, saying, "I work all hours of the day and night, and you deserve, Pennsylvania, somebody who shows up to work everyday."
Differing campaign styles
MARGARET WARNER: Carrie, how different are these two men -- we just saw them a bit -- but in their campaign styles?
CARRIE BUDOFF: They're very different. Santorum is very -- he's often described as fiery, as a very good orator. He's a very good, spontaneous campaigner. Casey is much more scripted, much more disciplined. He sticks to the same stump speech. And Santorum has tried to use that against him.
Casey has just stuck to his message, and I think that's probably been one of his biggest strengths as to why he is ahead so far now, because he doesn't go off message no matter what the question is. It usually goes back to the fact that, look, Santorum has voted with President Bush 98 percent of the time, and that's pretty much working for him this time around.
MARGARET WARNER: And, Tom, what about in New Jersey? How different are Menendez and his opponent when they're not actually fighting with one another, as we saw there?
TOM MORAN: Yes, it degrades into the -- it's like bickering kindergartners at some point. You want to throw them both away.
Menendez is a lot smoother. He's been in politics a long time. He speaks, knows the issues better, I think it's fair to say. And he speaks more smoothly.
Kean, they'll put him in a press conference, and when the conference is over, Menendez will dive into the crowd of reporters and talk it over. Kean, they sort of whisk him away as though they're kind of worried he might blow something.
I'd say, on their ads, both of them have been negative. Kean started out and has been almost exclusively negative in his attack ads because of his strategy of highlighting the corruption problem. Menendez started out with some positive one and now has responded in kind to Kean.
MARGARET WARNER: And finally, Tom, is there something distinctive or important about New Jersey that makes this Senate race of wider interest nationally, that has more import, even beyond who controls the Senate?
TOM MORAN: I don't think so. I think, you know, just the fact that it is Tom Kean's son gives it more national interest, because, while he's revered in New Jersey, I think he's popular everywhere. The father is trying to present this as, "My son is the kind of guy who will build bridges in a day when this country is increasingly polarized between left and right. Menendez will be a dependable leftie, and my son will make deals, and that's just what America needs."
MARGARET WARNER: And, Carrie, what about in Pennsylvania?
CARRIE BUDOFF: Well, I think this race has a big impact on the 2008 presidential campaign, because if Santorum loses, I think you'll see people looking to Pennsylvania as more of a blue state than it has been looked at in the past. I mean, we'll have a Democratic governor, a Democratic senator, and it might not be viewed as such a battleground any more because it's just turning more Democratic.
MARGARET WARNER: Carrie Budoff of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Tom Moran, New Jersey Star-Ledger, thank you both.
CARRIE BUDOFF: Thank you.
TOM MORAN: You're welcome.


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Bhopal, Feb 4 (UNI) Samples of imported red wheat collected from 13 districts in Madhya Pardesh have been found sub-standard.
In a statement issued here yesterday, state Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi said 22 samples of red wheat had been collected from 14 districts in December. Samples from 13 districts barring Chhindwara had been found to be sub-standard.
He said 81 samples of red wheat had been collected from 26 districts in January. These samples were being analysed at present.
Mr Vishnoi said analysis of red wheat samples had proved that the quality of red wheat imported by the Centre was not satisfactory.
The Centre must take immediate decision in this regard.
Recently, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had carried out sudden inspection at a godown of the Food Corporation of India and expressed displeasure over the quality of red wheat. Later, he wrote a letter to the Centre in this regard.


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I see lots of different cakes with different font and sizes but i never know where to find them, i always seem to find the same size and fonts then what i have already, and i only have 2 different kinds! Also, I struggle with getting the letters perfect and not wonky etc, is there any particular way of doing them?? i have the normal cutters and also the tap set of letters (which i struggle big time with! lol) ........ any help and advice would be fab :)
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Top judge among those honoured on Queen's Birthday
Tasmanians from all walks of life have been recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours.
Eighteen people are being lauded for their contribution to fields like law, business, science and health.
The highest honour went to the former chief justice of the Supreme Court, Ewan Crawford, who will be made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
"It's come to the last three chief justices as well as me so I couldn't say it was a total surprise," he says. "It's a great honour."
Mr Crawford, who lives in Launceston, spent 25 years on the bench. He was the chief justice from 2008 to 2013.
After thousands of judgements, the 73-year-old has no doubts about the future of Tasmania's legal system.
"I think that Tasmania's well-served," he says. "I think we are very lucky in this state to have basically honourable judicial officers who do their honest day's work."
"I was proud to be a member of the judicial system and the legal profession. I was proud that we did decide cases impartially, that the rule of law applied in this state and I don't see any great challenges other than we keep going the way we have been."
In Hobart the chairman of TasPorts, Dan Norton, is being recognised for his service to business and finance. He is being made an officer of the Order of Australia.
For his work with the Australian Antarctic Division, glaciologist Ian Allison will also be made an officer.
Montagu Bay's Connie Alomes is likely to have saved hundreds of lives. She is being made a member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to suicide prevention programs.
Ms Alomes spent 24 years with Lifeline Tasmania and since leaving the organisation, continues to volunteer with the Support After Suicide group.
She has also trained more than 1000 people in suicide prevention.
'You only have to make one really strong connection and feel like you've helped one person on a better path, and it makes up for all the other things," she says.
"I always used to call it like finding a little sparkling diamond in that mud, that really thick mud because the person has some part of them that wants to live, otherwise they wouldn't be talking to me or anybody else."
It has been 12 years since Romilda Amorosa started raising money for Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. She is being recognised with the medal of the Order of Australia.
Originally from Italy, she and her husband Mario have raised almost $200,000 for cancer research by selling cakes and biscuits they have made.
It is a cause close to Mrs Amorosa's heart, because she has lost family and friends to the disease.
The 68-year-old is hoping her efforts are not in vain.
"That some day there are no people left to die of cancer," she says.
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Cosplayer koi-ishly > Costume of Raquel Gothic (Vispo Artworks)
- Most Recent Photo
- 08-05-2012
- Series
- Vispo Artworks
- Character
- Raquel Gothic
- Special Variation:
- Garage Kit- custom colors
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Difficult
- Awards
- Judges Award
- Costume worn at:
- Katsucon 2012
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
The wings are made out of cardboard with layers of resin. The details are made from epoxy sculpt, foam rope, brass rings, beads and puff paint.
The dress I can\'t really talk about much as I really winged it. I\'m not an experienced sewer so this was just sewing blind, some how it worked. I altered a costume pattern for the top and the bottom is a circle skirt.
The harness was a challenge. It is made out of plexiglass that was soften by baking in the oven and molding it to my back. Then baked a couple more times to get the right shape. It rested on a Masonite board that was shaped like my back.
I will be writing a more detailed report of my construction soon!
- Personal Thoughts:
- The figure is Raquel Gothic, it is a figure that is sold pre-made/colored or as a garage kit.
Here is my write up on construction notes for the costume. It's too extensive to write on here.
I really enjoyed this costume. It is one of my hardest costumes to wear, but I loved every minute of it.
Wig Details
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text: Culture 7 June 2010 Hellhound on his Trail Requiem for a dream Sign up for our weekly email * It can be hard from this distance, 42 years after his killing, to remember how important Martin Luther King was. His burial in Atlanta was a state funeral in all but name. America stopped; even the roulette wheels in Las Vegas were still. And the pursuit of his killer was the biggest investigation of a single crime in FBI history. The FBI had some self-exculpation to do. It had waged a long campaign of surveillance and rumour-mongering against King, and conspiracy theorists were quick to suspect the bureau of having played a part in his assassination. Even if King's triumphs were behind him, he was moving on to perhaps more threatening battles. "Now our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality," he had said. To the likes of the FBI chief J Edgar Hoover, the segregationist presidential candidate George Wallace, and maybe the assassin James Earl Ray, King represented the worst kind of black man: confident and charismatic, oversexed, anti-capitalist and uninterested in personal profit. In Hampton Sides's account of the events leading up to King's assassination, and the ensuing manhunt, we are presented with a grippingly arranged drama of stalking and pursuit against a backdrop of political instability and social unrest. Ray came from an Illinois family of habitual criminals and race-haters. He was later described by his father, chidingly but admiringly: "Jimmy had too much nerve for his own good. He tried to go too far too fast." We first meet him breaking out of jail in Mississippi, and follow him on the lam in Mexico and LA in chapters that alternate with those describing King's increasing involvement with the garbagemen's strike in Memphis, Tennessee. King's first march with the Memphis sanitary workers had ended in a riot. He had to go back and succeed: "The Movement lives or dies in Memphis," he said. Meanwhile Ray had been pursuing his own aspirations, attempting to become variously a barman and a porn director and, more successfully, a drug dealer and sex tourist. He went by aliases. He wanted, he said, a face that "no one could describe". Sides's research into secondary sources and his marshalling of them is most impressive, with the energy and readability of a thriller as killer and quarry move towards each other. He is also good on the urban panics that followed King's shooting. There were riots, burnings and lootings, and Washington, DC was aflame. And Ray was back on the lam. He dumped his car and typewriter and radio, going off with a few necessities - his .38 revolver, Polaroid camera, cash, clothes and small stack of self-help books. Ray had an appetite for pulp thrillers, but his favourite book was Psycho-Cybernetics, which had been recommended to him by an LA hypnotist whom he had consulted to improve his self-confidence. Where the book falls down is in the sketchiness of motivation. We are shown how King died; we never learn why. Yes, we understand that Ray was a vile racist. After stays in Canada and Portugal, he was holed up in a hotel room on the Cromwell Road in London, dreaming of becoming a mercenary in Rhodesia (he was finally apprehended at Heathrow Airport - "Oh God, I feel so trapped," he said). But why did someone who could plan and execute an assassination, who could forge false identities for himself and repeatedly break out of jails, not have a better plan of escape after the killing? He dumped the rifle in the doorway of a Memphis pinball and jukebox joint and drove away in his white Mustang. We never learn if he had help or financing, nor even why he made the decision to stalk and assassinate King. The book would also have benefited from Sides reining in his promiscuity with adjectives. He doesn't seem to believe that a noun is ever sturdy enough to get the job done on its own: I can just about accept that Brixton Prison is "storied", but I'm still struggling to grasp how the Memphis cotton industry is a "vaguely druidic enterprise". Hellhound on his Trail has tremendous verve and carries authority, but we are not quite with the principal figures - it's as though we were eavesdropping on history or, rather, stalking it. As if in Ray's room at Bessie Brewer's rooming house, we seem to be watching King, and his killer, through the scope of a hunting rifle. Hellhound on his TrailHampton SidesAllen Lane, 480pp, £25 David Flusfeder's latest novel is "A Film by Spencer Ludwig" (Fourth Estate, £11.99) Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 07 June 2010 issue of the New Statesman, The myth of Mandela More


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A Starbucks Drone is a new breed of Homo Sapien, adapted to the exquisite atmosphere of organic food, blogging publicly at coffee shops (like Starbucks), artisan stuff, and, of course, Starbucks. Their newly classified scientific name is Homo Organicstarbucksian. A Starbucks Drone is usually a 20-30 year old of the sex male or female, who visits Starbucks at least twice a day. They seem not to be satisfied with a simple but effective drink. One of the most common orders are a Skinny Pumpkin Whip Artisan Organic Americana Latte with extra foam no fat bla bla bla 1234 drink. But there's more to this breed. Starbucks Drones are usually unemployed, and have blogs on the interent. They come to Starbucks and blog publicly on their Apple MacBook Computers, while sipping their extra-special artisan organic skinny drink, and type. In these blogs they write about everything that happens in their life.. and they act as if anyone cares. It's odd behavior that still isn't fully understand ed by scientists. They love to use words like "exquisite", "organic", "Starbucks", "artisan", "Starbucks", "my blog", to name a few. They also enjoy jazz music a little too much. They drive a Toyota Hybrid Prius, and 99% are pro-life and atheist. Some are homosexual, but not all. To better understand this breed yourself, go to your local Starbucks Coffee Shop and just look around. Lots of these people are Homo Organicstarbucksians. For more information, please email email@example.com
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Carmel is picture perfect beauty. Its golden-hued sunsets, pristine beaches, unforgettable architecture, and magnificent restaurants all scream "romance." To complete the picture, it is replete with romantic hotels, perfect for holing up with your honey and enjoying the comfort and serenity of your getaway. All romantic hotels on this Top 10 have one aim in mind-to make your stay as carefree, memorable, and romantic as possible.
Boiling down a Number 1 was hard, as all of these lodgings invite romance in their own unique ways, but when it came down to it, Tickle Pink Inn emerged as the perfect place for lovers. It defines luxury. From plush beds to a complimentary breakfast that stand on the opposite side of the store-bought muffins and fruit served up at most budget hotels, Tickle Pink Inn was created for the guest-plus-one clientele. Sitting on cliffs above the Pacific, with soft sand beaches in its front yard, and hued with flowers, Tickle Pink Inn soaks up the naturally romantic atmosphere in the hotel's every detail. If you want to say, "I love you," this is the place where no words are necessary.
Mission Ranch (No. 3) is quiet, restful, beautiful, rustic, and romantic. Opened by Academy Award-winning director and Carmel resident Clint Eastwood, you can imagine the charm and deep elegance Mission Ranch has come to be known for. Like a place taken right out of a romance novel, it begs lovers to cuddle up close and take in, together, the sprawling surroundings.
L'Auberge (No. 5) is resplendent in old-world romantic charm, like a French villa in Provence. Built in the European style, L'Auberge whisks guests away to a different time and place, yet provides all the amenities that make modern life so very nice.
You can't go wrong with Bernardus Lodge, a favorite stay among A-listers who come to town for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Bernardus basically defines "romantic hotel." However, there are some lesser known yet no less excellent hotels (like No. 10, the beautiful Stonehouse Inn) on this list that are very much worth checking out. As with a new love, don't be afraid to try new things.
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Fisker May Be Saved – By Henrik Fisker!
May 28th, 2013 by Important Media Cross-Post
This post first appeared on Gas2
by Jo Borras
In a move worthy of a few paragraphs in
one of the good Ayn Rand novel s, Henrik Fisker is working with an investor group led by multi-billionaire (and early Fisker investor) Richard Li in hopes of buying out Fisker's DOE loans and saving the company.
When Henrik Fisker walked away from the Fisker brand and his longtime partner, Bernie Koehler, over budget concerns and disagreements about the future direction of the company that bore his name, many thought Henrik had left the ugly business of righting Fisker to someone else. It turns out, we might have underestimated the lad: Henrik is trying to buy his company back!
Henrik Fisker's bid, at this point, is competing with Bob Lutz' B456-funded bid to buy Fisker, which we covered in some detail a few days ago. In either case, however, the winning group must repay Fisker's $171 million DOE loan to the government's satisfaction – which could sway the deal towards the well-connected Bob Lutz, who became something of a media darling in his handling of a post-bankruptcy GM. At the moment, the DOE is examining the legal ramifications of selling the loan, a person familiar with the DOE's thinking said Thursday. It's worth noting, as well, that such a step would not resolve any outstanding debt owed to Fisker's suppliers, and that Lutz' backers count themselves in that number.
Whoever ends up with Fisker, the fledgling carmaker faces a steep challenge to regain credibility after a string of financial and quality-control setbacks. Also: God seems to hate Fisker (just sayin').
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Grants will advance elk habitat conservation
Elk and other wildlife in Mesa County and 11 more Colorado counties are going to benefit from $144,150 in grants this year from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
The grants will be spent on improving wildlife habitat and funding elk and deer research by state biologists.
The 12 counties receiving funds include Mesa, Dolores, Eagle, Fremont, Grand, Gunnison, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral, Montezuma, Park and Saguache.
"Across Colorado, the native grasslands that elk use for forage are shrinking," said David Allen, president and CEO of the elk foundation. "The habitat projects that we're funding this year will help manage these lands."
Allen said the projects could add more than 6,500 acres to the 388,203 acres that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation previously has helped to conserve or enhance in Colorado.
The money allotted for Mesa County will go to improving forage for elk, mule deer and other species through prescribed burns on 1,912 acres in the Nick Mountain area.
Nick Mountain is due south of Molina on Grand Mesa.
The grant also will provide sponsorship for the annual Outdoor Heritage Day held early each summer in Palisade.
The event is aimed at educating youths about outdoor resources, wildlife, conservation and recreation.
Allen said the elk foundation hopes to impact about 100,000 acres nationwide in 2011, reaching the 6 million-acre lifetime mark in lands conserved or enhanced for elk and other wildlife.
Money for the grants and research is raised primarily through various fundraisers sponsored by local RMEF chapters.
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"Sometimes people do not want to hear the truth because they do not want their illusions destroyed." – Friedrich Nietzsche
"I would like to come back as the bond market," because "you can intimidate everybody" ~ James Carville
"Law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice." ~ Frédéric Bastiat
Why is it so difficult for us to think statistically? ~ Farnam Street
Stephen Weiss writes book on methods of 10 hedge fund managers ~ yahoo finance
Lessons Learned: Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits – uses unique database of startups, endorsees vesting schedules ~ startup lessons learned
Wired magazine on Forecasting ~ Wired
Central Banking:
The Real Reason Ben Bernanke Resists the Gold Standard ~ US News & World Report
- 'Fed rejects gold because they have printed so much paper money that a return to sound money would involve a one-time hyperinflationary spike' ~ James Rickards
Fed enabling the government to grow debt, says Dallas Fed President Fisher ~ Reuters
"Fed's Charles Evans wants 4% U.S. growth for some years before stimulus ends." ~ print enough and you can get 4% nominal GDP growth…along with 8%+ inflation
Gary Schilling $study shows average business cycle length amid deleveraging is 3.7 yrs. It's been 4.25 yrs ~ John Mauldin
"America spends 4x's as much on lawsuits than on research" Sir James Dyson, vacuum cleaner entrepreneur
'Covenant lite restrictions,' 'drive by deals,' 'reach for yield' ~ WSJ – $JNK Bond bubble percolates – operationnewbubble
Companies unable to find people with needed skills ~ WSJ – printing money and subsidizing liberal arts degrees and sponsoring college parties will probably help this
Australia: "Capital city prices have quadrupled and household indebtedness tripled in the last twenty years." ~ Moody's
Australia seen Cutting Rates another 75bps by October, show interest rate swaps $AUDUSD ~ BusinessWeek
Iceland is booming ~ Reuters
"Everywhere you have a crisis you have a redomestication of markets" – Laurent Fransolot, Barclays
Foreign holdings of Spanish bonds are down 9.3% – bloomberg
Turkey Credit Rating Cut on worsening import-export figures, reliance on external debt ~ Bloomberg $TUR
- Turkey has a high probability, not to be confused with certainty, of a banking crisis and a currency crisis within 2 years due to unsustainable growth in credit and dependency on foreign debt
Latin American trade tension increasing ~ MSN from competitive devaluation to tradewar
- "Shockwaves from even relatively small protectionist measures can cascade through the global supply chain with very serious consequences."
- "If you shut yourself off, you're going to pay higher prices and it's going to be lower quality," World Bank's Bernard Hoekman
- IMF data show Chile and Mexico are the most trade-dependent countries in Latin America.
BMW will sell a car next year that can drive itself at speeds under 25 miles per hour. ~ TechReview
Hendry: Next market crisis will be in China ~ InvestmentWeek
China's Share of Commodity Demand $$ ~ twitter
North Korean Exports To China Surge 40% In The First Quarter ~ Business Insider – trade bolsters alliances
Unease Mounting between China and U.S ~ NYT
- Geithner and Clinton to meet with Chinese officials
- Chinese doctrine is "anti-access, area denial," or to block American access to strategic waterways, particularly the seas off China's coast.
- Space weaponry, submarines, anti-ship missiles, surface to air missiles
In Bloomberg:
- China developers selling commercial estate and malls to finish apartment buildings ~ Bloomberg
- China home sales fell 18% from January to March
- New loans by Chinese banks are up 49% – hmmm, how much of this will be paid back?
As appetite to build more empty cities in China wanes, the Party plans a new one in Ireland ~ FT Alphaville
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I tried out a different bagel method today. I wish I hadn't.
These bagels are way too bready. Too fluffy on the inside. I was suspicious when I thought the dough was a bit wetter than a bagel dough usually is, and yet it's only 52% hydration, so maybe the humidity is at least partly to blame.
A bagel should be chewy and crusty, and dense. None of this fluffy ****. Fluffy bagels are an abomination --- white bread in bagel shape. You can get away with that nonsense in places that don't know better (cough, New England, cough), but not in New York. NOPE!


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AdventureX - for adventure game fans, game designers & those just curious! (in December)
Hi folks, I'd like to give you a heads up about a possible AdventureX event this year. In 2011 I ran the first one and it was semi-successful, and we're looking to have an even better time on the second run. With your help we can make it happen! No tickets this year, instead a funding campaign on good old IndieGoGo. With the goal met, we can hire a central London location and allow visitors to enter for free.
Main website:
Another line up of well known and lesser known developers will be along to give talks, there'll be a bunch of new games to see and plenty more to do. Things are not finalized, and I'd welcome anyone with an interesting idea to get in touch.
Fundage campaign:
If you can spare a few dollars to make it happen in 2012, you'll help strengthen it for the future - so whether you may be able to turn up this year or not, you can certainly help others enjoy the event this year.
There is disabled access and we'll have a webcast running this year, on-site wifi and the famous Peticote Lane market is just outside the front door - so come along! We welcome everyone who has an interest in computer games.
The Reticule write up for last years event:
The Adventure Gamers write up of the first event last year:
Features this year - help us reach the funding goal!
- Dave Gilbert, Wadjet Eye Games
- Stephen Marley, Martian Gothic & Dreamweb
- Alex Warren, creator of Quest (for text adventures)
- ??????? ?????, help us reach our goal to announce another special guest!
- Daily games showcasing, choose your own adventure game, short masterclasses
- Competitions, quiz & after-party and things we haven't even thought of yet
Thank you for your support - see you in London later this year?
Mark L - organiser
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
the file dispear ...
anyone can repeat this bug like these step:
is this a Bug???
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OK. There is nothing legally preventing her from depositing her money in another account.
However, doing that does not make is out of the reach of the divorce process. In other words, if the judge determines that it is still joint property, it doesn't matter what account it is in.
Thank you - most helpful. About the question: does she have the right in Florida to withdraw 1/2 of their joint account, deposit that in her personal account and close the joint account?
There is nothing legally preventing her from doing that, but whatever is in that account is still joint property.
Also, does she have the right to close the joint account on her own without his signature?
So, she will not necessarily be entitled to half of the funds. It just depends on how the divorce property settlement works out.
That largely depends on how the account is set up. In most cases, one account holder does have that right, but that is not a matter of law - it is a matter of how the bank account is set up.
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Greer, SC, United States, 2012/10/17 - Performance shows significant improvement over the year prior - GreerStateBank.com.
Greer Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of Greer State Bank, today reported a third quarter net profit of $955,000 before TARP related expenses of $178,000 resulting in net income attributable to common shareholders of $777,000 or $0.31 per diluted common share. This performance is a significant improvement over the prior year third quarter net loss of $643,000 before TARP related expenses of $163,000, resulting in a net loss to common shareholders of $806,000 or $0.32 per diluted common share. This marks the fourth straight profitable quarter for the Bank.
For the first nine months of 2012, Greer Bancshares reported a net profit of $4,105, 000 before TARP related expenses of $542,000 resulting in net income attributable to common shareholders of $3,563, 000 or $1.43 per diluted common share. The results also represent significant improvement over the loss for the first nine months of 2011 of $2,424, 000 before TARP related expenses of $488,000, which resulted in a net loss to common shareholders of $2,912, 000 or $1.17 per diluted common share.
A net gain on an investment transaction enhanced our 2012 third quarter net profit, stated R. Dennis Hennett, CEO. Net operating income for the Company would have been $577,000 without the investment transaction. We also did not require any loan loss provision expense in the third quarter of 2012.
As of September 30, 2012:
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Non-accrual loans decreased from $10.4 million at December 31, 2011, to $6.9 million at September 30, 2012. Delinquent loans over thirty days (excluding non-accrual loans) decreased from $5.3 million at December 31, 2011, to $2.0 million at September 30, 2012.
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But Hublot is doing more inside their company than developing new colorways for the BB. Perpetuelle points us at this Hublot "bullet" as seen at Baselworld 2010. "What we have here is a reinterpretation of the pocket watch in the form of a gun cartridge, poetically christened 'Liberty' and housing a Tourbillon. These bullets can be worn on a bracelet or as a pendant or I suppose even carried in one's pocket. They are constructed with a titanium bullet head and black aluminum base. As you can see, the time display is a roller display. 'Whether your desire is to save time, let it slip by or even kill it…'" #fyeah


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Spaceman Spiff, Oct 20, 2010.
I am under 40, and this is a John Lennon cat.
^Yeah, I think 30 (or maybe 20) would be more to the point here...
I am under 40, and whoever wrote this needs to pay better attention to spell-check.
A couple of Spocks best:
2013 Oscars - With More Accurate Movie titles
My favorite:
Also, a special one just for all the inconsiderate shitbags out there:
^It's the stare that does it for me!
From 'funny pictures' back to 'thread bombs' (but not very Trek though):
"Into the dome, motherfucker!"
Part of it is missing.
Here's the whole thing:
^Thought so - I was just waiting for five to go: oh oh, something's missing from the thing I just posted.
In my experience, old people are the most rude and obnoxious moviegoers. They talk just like they're sitting in their living room watching the movie. At the theater last week, I had an old lady behind me who kept on crossing and uncrossing her legs and kicking me in the head every time she did.
It's the phone-using-during-movie motherfuckers I hate.
Sorry for rant and bad language.
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I'm the original poster...the one with the 13 month old screamer. I'm definitely not ready to discipline my son yet, as he is only 13 months and it is still beyond him to understand right vs. wrong. I know it is my place to teach him this, but every book I have read does say that at this age it's all about distraction and re-direction not consequences. Don't get me wrong, I believe that appropriate discipline (for us it's time-outs and removal of privilages) has it's time and place with children who are able to comprehend consequences (like my 3 yo daughter).
Just a side note...he doesn't always scream when he wants something sometimes I think it's just to be heard over the rest of us- LOL, we have a loud family. Wasn't sure if anyone had found any ideas to "redirect" the screaming that would be appropriate for a 1 yo. We have been working on signing but he is very verbal- already making distinct sounds/words for "milk", "mommy", "that"... I know he'll grow out of it, but I may lose my hearing!
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Armani Introduces the 'Socially Relevant Film'
NEW YORK (A.W.)—What makes a film "socially relevant"? Actress and filmmaker Nora Armani has defined social relevance as a film's ability to stimulate, uplift, and enlighten its audience, leaving it with something to ponder long after the theater lights have come back up. For Armani, Hollywood's fixation on blockbuster violence and what she refers to as its "violent forms of filmmaking, communication, and marketing" signals the urgent need for a change in the way the film industry manages itself.
Enter the "Rated SR—Socially Relevant Film Festival New York," which was founded by Armani and is currently being organized by Armani as Founding Artistic Director and a team of New York city-based collaborators such as Laurence Hoffmann as Director of Programming and Aude Lambert, Director of Partnerships and Marketing. The Rated SR team shares Armani's vision of socially relevant films, explaining they should mark a return to human interest stories and thematic elements that are social in nature, and make people more aware and better informed about the world around them.
The festival will take place in New York City, at the Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village from March 14-20, 2014. The selection will comprise a 12-film competition for the Grand Prize, other spotlighted special film screenings with panels of invited guests, red carpet receptions, and Q&A sessions with invited filmmakers will round up the program.
Film submissions are being accepted in three categories: feature films, documentaries, and shorts and the final submissions deadline is Dec. 30.
The Grand Prize, a week-long release for the winning feature film at the Quad Cinema under the Quadflix Select program, will grant the filmmaker a run and 100% of the box office. Another documentary prize offered by Cinema Libre Studio of Los Angeles, is awarded to a winning documentary for a DVD – VOD release, while other prizes include awards for films dealing with particular issues. One award given by Armani herself is in commemoration of her cousin Vanya Exerjian's memory as a victim of violence.
A special trophy designed and donated by Michael Aram will be given to a personality for socially relevant work in film.
The festival has already attracted multiple partners. Dailymotion, the 31st most visited website in the word is an official media partner, where the festival's dedicated page has to date 37 000 visits. Other partners are the School of Visual Arts Social Documentary Department, The French Embassy in New York Media division, UniFrance Films International, Cineuropa, The FIAF Alliance Française, New York Foundation for the Arts, and talks are underway with a number of other media and organizational partners, including the Paris Film Festival in France.
The Rated SR Film Festival's organizers are working to secure grants and corporate and media partners who are being offered excellent exposure through the already secured Media partnerships. Sponsorships are still available: www.ratedsrfilms.org.
Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, Armani grew up speaking Armenian, Arabic, English, and French, to which she later added Italian and Russian. She studied sociology and English at the American University in Cairo before going on to obtain her master's in sociology at the London School of Economics. Her career has included acting, film production, script writing, film festival organization, film series curating, and writing about film. All of this experience is now coming together as Armani unveils the festival, planned for March 2014.
Armani is quick to point out that her aim is not simply to criticize, but to offer an alternative, and she is not the only one voicing doubts about the film industry lately. Steven Spielberg garnered media attention when he was recently quoted in The Hollywood Reporter as having predicted that there will soon be "an implosion—or a big meltdown. There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen mega-budget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that's going to change the paradigm." The mega-budget movies Spielberg refers to often cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, and rarely make those colossal costs back at the box office. Products of this model of filmmaking, aside from being economically unsustainable, tend not to appeal to society's better nature.
Armani finds particular fault with the portrayal of violence in the movies. She argues that the prevalence of guns in movies, television, and the media are contributing to the worryingly high rate of gun violence in the U.S. in recent decades. She decries the "normalization and banalization" of violence, whereby violence ceases to shock us. Reaching the threshold of numbness that, many argue, American society has already crossed has dangerous implications. The most frequently cited example of this phenomenon is the 2012 mass shooting of young schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Even the massacre of scores of young children seemingly prompted no meaningful change in U.S. gun control laws—on the contrary, gun sales in Newtown have surged.
Armani argues that some of the blame for this incomprehensible indifference can be laid at Hollywood's door. Society has been subjected to an "oversaturation" of sensationalized violence, wherein even the depiction of violence has become violent in its own way. "We can't just tell people things anymore," Armani says, pointing out that even traditional news sources sensationalize violence in a way that comes chillingly close to glorification. One need look no further than the Rolling Stone's cover photo featuring a glamour shot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston bomber, for support of Armani's position.
Violence and social relevance are not, of course, mutually exclusive. Armani cautions that violence, when it must be portrayed, should be handled responsibly and not be the theme of a work. Violence, if it is relevant to the work, should be depicted without sensationalism. Many vices, in addition to violence, are glamorized in films ("Pretty Woman" is a prime example). Armani worries that cavalier and dishonest portrayals of violence and crime have a negative influence on society and its appreciation of the gravity of these problems in reality. Examples Armani gives of successful socially relevant films include movies such as "Silver Linings Playbook", "The Help," "The Butler," and "Dallas Buyers Club", among many. Socially relevant films, Armani explains, should manage to be entertaining while also having excellent production values, such as a film's sound, lighting, image, and acting quality.
Many prominent actors have recently spoken out against Hollywood violence. Jim Carrey criticized the amount of violence portrayed in the 2013 movie "Kick-Ass 2," in which he played a lead role; in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, he refused to promote it. According to a January 2013 article in the Guardian, "Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffmann has dismissed the depiction of gun violence in Hollywood as 'fraudulent' and claimed that studios actively discriminate against actors who refuse to carry firearms onscreen."
Armani says that it is not only actors who find themselves uncomfortable with Hollywood's ceaseless, pervasive violence. "Mothers don't know what to show their kids anymore," she explains. Beyond the violence parents may not want their children exposed to, there is the additional issue of name-calling and put-downs that have become a mainstay of movies marketed at children. "The entertainment industry needs to reduce its visual 'carbon' footprint and think of its legacy," Armani says—and now more than ever. The 21st century has so far distinguished itself as the age of screens, as people are constantly in what she calls "the visual world" and images are so much more readily accessible than they were in past decades.
Socially relevant films do appear to be catching on. One great example is the movie "The Butler" that when it opened it topped the charts with $25 million from 2,933 theaters in its first frame, "wipe[-ing] the floor with 'Kick-Ass 2,'" as CNN put it.
This may indeed be the moment for the socially relevant film movement, as conscientious consumerism is on the rise in many other industries. People are now much more aware of the consequences of the ways in which they spend their money, and are paying more attention to the ways in which their food, clothing, and even diamonds are sourced. Even large corporations feel pressure to conduct their business in more socially responsible ways, as corporations who do not can quickly earn a bad name via the use of internet petitions or other advocacy tools.
In addition to the social forces working in favor of socially relevant films, there are clear economic incentives as well. "Human interest stories," Armani says, do not require the staggering budgets of blockbuster films. The blockbuster film budget model is increasingly being seen as unsustainable, and this makes socially relevant films an attractive alternative.
For Armani, the issue of violence is a personal as well as an academic one. Ten years ago, her cousin Vanya Exerjian was stabbed to death, along with her uncle Jack Exerjian, in a religiously motivated hate crime in Egypt. Beyond the incomprehensible savagery of the crime, committed in front of numerous bystanders, the killing of her female cousin raised the broader issue of violence against women. Armani herself experienced a significant backlash when she spoke out against the problem of domestic violence in Armenia at an AIWA conference in London in the early1990's. The violence, Armani argues, does not simply come out of thin air. It is fueled by the violent images that people are continually bombarded with, images that equate violence with power and glamor. Perhaps, as Armani argues, a return to human-interest stories will help people to recognize the humanity in one another.
More information about the festival, including how to submit, volunteer, donate, support, or otherwise be involved, can be found by visiting http://www.ratedsrfilms.org


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Old-Fashioned Lollipops Recipe
Kids of all ages will savor these fun fruity lollipops. I received the recipe from my sister-in-law years ago. We still make them in a rainbow of jewel colors in her memory every Christmas. They're great stocking stuffers!
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon, apple or cherry flavoring
- 1/8 teaspoon yellow, green or red liquid food coloring
- 1. Place lollipop sticks in hard candy molds or arrange sticks 3 in. apart on greased foil-lined baking sheets; set aside.
- 2. In a heavy saucepan, combine corn syrup and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover and cook for 3 minutes to dissolve sugar crystals. Uncover and cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage).
- 3. Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring and food coloring, keeping face away from mixture as odor is very strong. Immediately pour into prepared molds or pour free-form over ends of lollipop sticks on baking sheets. Let cool before removing. Yield: 1 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 123 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 33mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.
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