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Fjord 40 Open
Alongside the dictionary definition of the word unconventional, one might rightly expect to find an image of the Fjord 40. Quite simply, she looks like no other 40-footer around. Her styling is about the boldest I've ever seen in a waterborne craft, rivaling the over-the-top Wally Tender for imaginative pizzazz. And for good reason, it turns out: Both projects were developed by Patrick Banfield and Allseas Design.
About a week before the Miami International Boat Show, I got an e-mail asking me to fly down a day early to test the first Fjord 40 in the United States. I called Alex Harrison of Hanse Yachts, sales rep for the Fjord 40, who told me the boat would be docked at the Sea Isle Marina. Now, bear in mind, this marina is big, and there are hundreds of boats there during the show. But Harrison assured me I'd have no trouble finding the Fjord 40. He was right.
With her nearly plumb bow and massive freeboard, she sits in stark contrast to the curvaceous, sweeping contours so prevalent on yachts today. Powerful yet minimalist, her styling commands attention. Some may love it, others will not, but all will take notice. With such clean, simple surfaces above her waterline, it seemed to me that she'd been designed with as much attention to aerodynamics as to hydrodynamics. I couldn't wait to see how she performed.
The preceding two days had seen winds and thunderstorms pelting South Florida, but we caught a short break in the weather in which to test the 40 in the sheltered confines of Government Cut. From a standing start, the twin 375-hp Volvo Penta IPS drives delivered an impressive hole shot, effortlessly kicking the trim, 16,700-pound hull onto plane. Acceleration remained strong as the engines spun up to their rated rpm and my radar gun climbed past 42 mph. Volvo Penta's patented QL trim control system easily managed the modest bow rise in the midrange.
Eyeballing the next wave of storm clouds moving in from the west, we decided there was time for a quick run through the inlet to see how the Fjord 40 performed in a seaway. It proved to be a drenching decision, but not because of rain. Lumpy seas of six feet and more had stacked up inside the inlet, and it seemed like most of the larger waves were looking for a joyride in the cockpit of the Fjord 40. The boat handled nicely, but by the time we cleared the inlet, we were soaked from head to toe. To be fair, few other boats our size were even running the inlet that day, but I have to think that the bluff bow and virtual absence of flair made the trip wetter than it might have otherwise been.
Though we'd been doused, the return run back through the inlet rekindled our spirits. It was an exhilarating ride, leaping from crest to crest across the waves at 25 knots and more, with no seas coming aboard. The hull form and the IPS drives teamed up to deliver a feeling of complete control; no matter if seas were on the bow, abeam, or from astern, the 40 tracked with certitude even in seriously sloppy conditions.
We arrived back at the marina just as the next line of squalls pushed through. Fortunately the IPS drives and joystick control made it simple to thread our way through the maze of floating docks and back easily into our slip moments before the rain hit. Wet as I already was, I was nonetheless grateful for the shelter offered by the sleek hardtop; with the cloth filler snapped in between the front edge of the T-top and the top edge of the windshield, we waited out the deluge in comfort.
The wait gave me a chance to take a closer look at the windshield: a high-tech-looking, curved acrylic panel supported by stout angled posts on either side. A gap of about an inch along the bottom edge allows fresh air to enter the helm area while keeping rain water out. That's a nice touch, but on the down side, there's no structural frame across the top of the windscreen, presumably to keep the clean, stylish look. As a result the windscreen noticeably flexes if you grab it (as one might do in heavy seas), a marked contrast to the solid feel of everything else on the boat.
A day later, when the rain abated, I had another chance to go aboard the Fjord 40 and to admire her features in a whole new light. As I studied the handsome teak decking on the aft deck, swim platform, side decks, and foredeck, Harrison pointed out that it was vacuum-bagged to the decks, leaving no holes for water intrusion or bungs that might need to be replaced. The aft deck is dominated by a substantial drop-leaf, hi-lo table and a pair of facing settees that can accommodate up to eight guests. The seatbacks are reversible, so both settees can face either forward or aft; for dining, they can both face the table between them. With the table lowered, the whole shebang converts to a sunpad that's about seven feet long and eight feet wide. And if that isn't enough, the deck beneath lifts on hydraulic rams, offering open access to the remarkably uncluttered engine room below. Unfortunately there's no ladder down to the engine room, making for an awkward climb into and out of the space, especially if the motors are too hot to touch.
Speaking of hot, the bright, warm Florida sun made the on-deck galley area all the more appealing. Located just forward of the dinette (and abaft the helm area), the galley sports a stainless steel sink and a two-burner cooktop fueled by diesel rather than propane or electricity, so there's no need to have a genset or a second fuel source for cooking. Beneath the sink is a teak drawer for bottle stowage, while under the cooktop a stack of teak drawers with adjustable pegs securely stows dishes and glasses of varying sizes. Clever, but what really caught my eye was the magnetic closure on each drawer; push it almost closed and a magnetic piston pulls it tight, ensuring a soft but secure closure every time.
With all the open deck space on the Fjord 40, I had no great expectations for the lower deck area, and was therefore not too disappointed when I went below. To port is a modest but nicely appointed head with wet shower, while on the starboard side there's a small settee and a berth for wee ones. The main berth is in the bow, flanked by stowage lockers but no hanging locker.
But hey, she was not designed as a cruising yacht. She's a dayboat, and a real classy one at that. She's also fast, well built, and a great performer. But maybe best of all, wherever she goes, she'll turn heads.
For more information on Fjord Boats, including contact information, click here.
If you want to cook aboard, you generally have two choices. On boats with a genset, electric cooktops are customary, while those without a genset usually carry some other fuel for cooking: propane or alcohol in tanks or maybe charcoal for a grill.
But if your boat burns diesel fuel, you can use the Wallas stove, which has a ceramic surface like an electric cooktop and is fueled by the same diesel your engines use. Flush-mounted and vented, it can also be fitted with a lid that transforms it into a forced-air heating unit.—G.L.P.
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The Boat
Standard Equipment
teak planking on swim platform, aft deck, side decks, and foredeck; teak caprail; bimini hardtop w/ acrylic panels; cockpit table and benchseats; on-deck galley; mahogany interior; electric flush MSD and ceramic surface-mounted sink in head; aft-deck shower
Optional Equipment
Raymarine E120 plotter/GPS, ST8002 autopilot, 240E VHF; AM/FM stereo/CD/ MP3/DVD system; canopy enclosure for helm; anchor windlass remote control; extra-battery package
The Test
Test Boat Specifications
- Test Engine: 2/370-hp Volvo Penta IPS500 drives
- Transmission/Ratio: Volvo Penta IPS/1.94:1
- Props: Volvo Penta T5 Nibral Alloy
- Price as Tested: $639,000
The Numbers
This article originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The buzz in laundry appliance circles (trust me, they exist) these days for washers is all front load, front load, front load.
Or is it?
The Whirlpool appliance crew came in last week to show our sales staff its new line and argued that many of today's customers want top load laundry again. But these customers aren't replacing a top-loading washer with a top-loading washer; They're replacing front-loading washers with top-loading washers.
True, some of the earliest front-loading washing machines came fraught with mold issues and vibration and noise problems. Those early kinks have pretty much, ahem, come out in the wash. But apparently, not everyone's convinced.
Plus, Whirlpool's high-efficiency top-load washer offers many of the same features front-loaders became popular for:
- extra-large capacity
- high spin speeds
- less water and detergent used
Also available are features such as steam cleaning and drying, allergen-eliminating cycles and precision detergent/bleach/fabric softener dispense.
All Whirlpool's new washers are rated are at the peak of energy efficiency ratings — Tier 3 — by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (see "Energy Star not sole guide for energy-efficiency"). The Cabrios sense the size of the load and only use as little as 14 gallons per wash, as much as 31 gallons fewer than a traditional top-load washing machine.
I'm a huge front loader snob, but I have to admit that the features are pretty darn similar and who wouldn't rather reach down than bend down. I think they're definitely a good machine for the customer who wants quality but not another front loading washing machine.

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IDB announces the finalists for the Superheroes of Development Award
Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 18:59
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the eight finalists for the second edition of its Superheroes of Development Award, which recognizes the innovative solutions devised and valuable lessons learned by executing agencies while implementing development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
IDB launches Superheroes of Development contest to recognize executing agencies
Monday, March 4, 2019 - 18:41
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.
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Cakespy: First off, you currently have a show coming up. Can you tell us a bit more about it and what type of paintings you'll have in it?
Nancy Bea Miller: The show is called Still Moments and it is all still-life paintings and landscapes. Mostly still-life. Many of the still-life paintings feature baked goods and candy: items that attract me visually and also symbolize many things to me: pleasure, indulgence and the sweetness of life.The common denominator in all the paintings is the capturing of a quiet moment, a pause, even an overt invitation for contemplation. I asked friends and families for show title suggestions and one of my sister-in-laws and one of my best friends each independently came up with Still Moments, which I thought was brilliant: descriptive but economical.
CS: We know where you went to school, etc, but we're curious on a more personal level: why are you a painter? Or what drew you to painting?
NBM: Wow, what a good question! In general as I understand it Sigmund Freud believed that the creative impulse is a form of mental illness , a sort of internal imbalance that creative people feel the need to correct through artistic output. This may or may not be true, who knows? But in my own case, I simply grew up in an artistic family. My parents met while taking night classes at the Art Student's league in New York. My father and both my brothers are professional artists, and I have several other extended family members who are artists, photographers or writers. Perhaps we all share the gene for that internal imbalance Freud talks about.
I always painted and drew, from my earliest memories. As soon as I started school I was designated The Artist of any class I was in, which felt as natural and proper to me as breathing. I grew up in Manhattan, with art supplies lying around the house at all moments, and we lived practically next door to the Cloisters (the Metropolitan Museum of medieval art) which my family visited as regularly and as casually as we visited the local playground! (I think you can still see more than a tinge of medieval influence in my work, if you know what to look for.) Other kids would talk about going to see a big baseball game with their families, in my family a big exciting event would be going to the Whitney to see a new painting exhibition! We'd pore over my Dad's collections of art books in the evening , and I thought everybody did the same, for the longest time! I remember realizing this was not the case when I about 10, and visited a friend's home and as we passed by her living room saw a big new book about Edward Hopper (back then, just starting his fame cycle) and rushing over to it enthusiastically saying "Ooh! I haven't seen this one yet!" Then I realized my friend was still standing there across the room looking at me askance. She said "That's just one of my Mom's coffee table books. It's not really for reading!" Ulp! Ok, real world lesson number one! ;-)
CS: What is your primary medium when painting?
NBM: Oil paint. I have tried acrylics and watercolors but like oil paint the best. I'm attracted to gouache, but haven't yet tried it in a serious way.
CS: You mention that you often have an intimate connection with the subjects of your paintings. Is this true of your still life / baked good work as well as with your human figures?
NBM: Well, I have painted some pieces of cakes that I've made, but in general, bakery produced baked goods have a lot more visual oomph. More loft, and richer colored icings. I love to bake, my Dad started me out with an EZ-Bake oven when I was in kindergarten and I never looked back, but I am more concerned with taste than decoration. (Although cake decor would be a fun artistic medium to try out someday!) So while the people in my figurative pieces are almost all close friends and family members, and the objects in my still-lifes may be long-cherished possessions, and the vegetables and flowers are probably home-grown, the doughnuts and pastries are almost entirely from local bakeries (I am lucky enough to be within walking distance of a real french patisserie! But I'm no snob, I also go to the nearby Dunkin' Donuts.)
CS: What is it that attracts you to baked goods in particular as your subject matter?
NBM: Sweets and pastries are visually very appealing, real eye-candy and unashamedly designed to be so. To me they are also physical manifestations of the idea of the sweetness of life, and luxury, and plenty (you don't get Boston Kreme doughnuts in a society that is struggling with famine, do you?).
The candies, especially the red and white striped peppermints (also called Starlite Mints) are a reminder to me of my mother's parents. They'd keep little dishes of mints in their apartment and we grandkids would be allowed, even urged, to indulge! What a treat, especially as my mother was into health food and didn't allow much sugar in our own home. So I like to put the mints in, as reference and homage to my grandparents, like little symbols of unconditional love strewn around the universe.
CS: When you sit down to do a painting, is it something that you'll work on start to finish in one shot? Or, is it something that might take weeks of work?
NBM: I rarely do a painting in one shot, or alla prima, except when I am out in the field, doing plein air landscape paintings. Those are small, for portability sake, and are made mostly for study, so I am not concerned with their ultimate presentation, although sometimes by chance they are complete enough to be called finished pieces! That's always fun.
In the studio I work on lots of different paintings, at the same time. I have five different tables of varying heights arranged with one or two different still-life set-ups each. I also do some figurative work, portrait commissions etc, and that is mostly done from photos. I'll work on one piece for a while, set it aside to dry, work on another etc. I like to work in layers, rather than wet-into-wet, so it takes time to complete a painting because I have to let the pieces dry between sessions. Drying time varies depending on the thickness of the paint I've applied, and the colors, too (whites and reds being the slowest drying, earth colors the fastest drying.) I am sometimes slowly working my way through a dozen different paintings, all at different stages of completion! Although this might seem confusing to others, it isn't to me. I prefer it to concentrating only on one piece till it is finished. For one thing, working on a variety of things at the same time keeps my interest fresh in each of them!
CS: I feel like many painters have a natural size that they tend to work (literally, like canvas size)--big, small, etc. Do you find this is true? What size do you generally work?
NBM: I work in a variety of sizes, the Still Moments show has pieces starting from 4 x 6 inches, up to 28 x 44 inches. I'd say my average size is about 16 x 20, or 20 x 24. I actually love painting bigger than this, too. In my last year of art school I was lucky enough to be assigned a very large private studio and I gradually started to work on canvases taller than myself (I am close to 6 feet tall) I loved the energy and physicality required! Unfortunately, another thing that is required is space. My current studio, a room in my house, is small, with a fairly low ceiling. In this space, a 28 x 44 inch canvas feels like a boat, and requires careful maneuvering so I don't knock down my still life set-ups or bash into the other paintings lining the walls, awaiting their turns at the easel. I also have time constraints...I am a Mom of three boys in elementary and midddle school, and a large canvas requires large amounts of time to complete. This has also dictated my working on smaller sized canvases. Not that I am complaining! It's just interesting to see how environment has such a direct impact on one's aesthetic choices.
CS: Do you eat the cakes or candy after painting them?
NBM: Hah! No, they are usually almost petrified by the time I have applied my last brushstroke. Baked goods hold up amazingly well over time, especially those with lots of chemicals and preservatives. Sometimes a slice of cake or a doughnut has stayed so fresh looking, despite being weeks old, that I'll set it aside for future use!
I do have to keep my studio door locked to keep out my children. One of my sons has autism and severe mental retardation and is unstoppable in his constant quest for sweets. If he gets into my studio he will start chomping down on old gluey candies and ancient doughnuts which shatter as he bites into them! Not that that stops him...sugar is sugar as far as he is concerned!
CS: What is your favorite baked good to paint?
NBM: I'd have to say doughnuts. There is something so comical and approachable about a doughnut. And I love the way the shiny icing drips down the sides. A local art writer mentioned my work in some article and called me "the foremost doughnut painter in Philadelphia." I think he really meant it as a kind of back-handed compliment but it thrilled me to the very marrow!
CS: What is your favorite baked good to eat?
NBM: What a question! So many answers. My favorite cake for someone to make for me is a homemade white cake with (almost dark) chocolate buttercream frosting. And if there are violets pressed into the icing as decoration, so much the better! From the local french bakery, I particularly like a pastry called an opera (in fact, I did a painting of one in this show!) But to be completely honest...my favorite baked good is bread. Bread of almost any kind. Fresh or toasted. With butter. To me this is heaven. I was just reading some French food writer who, commenting wonderingly on the current low-carb craze that still gripping the US, said "Life without bread is cruel." I completely agree!
CS: Do you have a favorite bakery in your area?
NBM: Yes, it is a small patisserie called Le Petit Mitron (the small baker's boy), run by a french couple from the Versailles area. Incredibly high quality. I was just in France recently, and although the food there was wonderful, I did not taste a pastry or croissant that seemed in any way superior to those in my local french bakery. Incroyable!
But I also frequent our local Dunkin' Donuts when shopping for subject matter! There's something almost lascivious about picking out the ones I want to paint...I'm sure the counter folks think I am a little insane. "No, not that one, the one on the far left with the big dollop of icing running down...yeah, that one! Thanks!"
CS: Going away from baked goods for a moment, you also have a very interesting and meaningful project going on right now, the Genre of Inclusion. Can you tell us a bit about that?
NBM: The Genre of Inclusion is an ongoing, long-term project. As a mother of a child with special needs, and an artist, i became aware of how rarely people with special needs are included in a natural way in contemporary paintings. If you see them at all, they are usually the focus of the painting, and often their disability that is the real focus of the painting, not them as a person. I found this condescending and annoying, and decided to do something about it through my own art. I created the concept of the genre of inclusion from the terms genre painting, meaning paintings of people in ordinary life, and inclusion, which in special education means to include people with special needs in regular classrooms (with appropriate supports.) So, the paintings are just of people doing ordinary everyday things and some of the people have special needs and some of them don't, and maybe you can tell and maybe you can't.
This project has been very successful in terms of grants and fellowships and magazine articles, but is of no interest to the commercial galleries that represent me. So I'm finding venues for it like local art centers and schools. So far I have had two exhibitions of the ever-changing body of work (Only Human and Only Human ll) and I have another show scheduled for the spring of 2009.
CS: If interested, where can your work be purchased?
NBM: Through one of the galleries that represents me. In New York that is Sherry French Gallery; in Philadelphia that is Artists' House Gallery; in Portland, Maine that is Susan Maasch Fine Art. If anyone is interested in the Genre of Inclusion project, either wishing to commission a painting or inquire about having the work exhibited, please contact me directly: firstname.lastname@example.com
CS: What is next for you and your painting?
NBM: I'm planning to paint a brioche: all puffy and mahogany brown and shiny! ;-> Of course, the biggest thing on my horizon currently is the opening reception for Still Moments this Saturday in New York. Please come if you are in the Chelsea area! After that, I will have relatively quiet summer, working towards a small show in Philadelphia in September at Artists' House Gallery. And I am very excited about this next chance to exhibit the Genre of Inclusion project, in the spring, and I'll be working on several new pieces for that. That show will be held in Devon, PA. Please e-mail me if you'd like to be on my mailing list (occasional postcards and/or infrequent email updates) You can also always check out the news site on my website.
Still Moments
Representational Still Life and Landscape Paintings by Nancy Bea Miller
May 28th – June 21st, 2008
Opening Reception for the artist: Saturday, June 7th from 1 to 4 pm
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Bachelet Monnot's own words: "The best Folatières we have made." Very Meursault Perrières in style, painfully intense and powerful, notes of flint, limestone, lime flower and citrus zest, crisp and explosive, bursting with succulent fruit and savoury character.
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In January 2005, after years of travelling France and the rest of the world gaining vital wine-making experience two budding young vignerons, brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet, set up this Domaine that spans 10 hectares over the Maranges, Santenay and Puligny-Montrachet communes. With a buring desire to work with nature to make the finest possible wines, Marc and Alexandre adopt a very natural labour-intensive approach to wine-making. Soils are ploughed, vine health careful monitored, herbicides are forbidden and strict de-budding is carried out to limit yields, whilst all grapes are hand picked at optimum ripeness. This Domaine is a rapidly rising star. 50% new oak is employed for Grand Crus and the red Maranges whilst a little less is used for the 1er Crus. The wines are aged through two winters bottling early or late winter depending on the vintage and the appellation.
A village in the Côte de Beaune between Chassagne and Meursault producing very fine white wine and small amounts of less interesting red. Within the Puligny commune are two Grand Cru vineyards in their entirety, Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, and two which are shared with neighbouring Chassagne: Le Montrachet itself and Bâtard-Montrachet. In addition there are a number of excellent Premier Cru vineyards that are also capable of making some of Burgundy's finest white wines - at the same elevation as Bâtard-Montrachet lie Les Pucelles and Les Combettes, which is adjacent to Meursault-Perrières. A little higher up the slope, at the same elevation as Le Montrachet, lie Les Demoiselles, Le Cailleret, Les Folatières (including Clos de la Garenne), and Champ Canet. Part of Les Demoiselles is classified as Grand Cru Chevalier-Montrachet but a very small slice remains as premier cru, being regarded, along with Le Cailleret, as the finest Puligny Premier Cru vineyard. Further up the slope, where the terrain becomes stonier are Le Champ Gain, La Truffière, Chalumeaux, and the vineyards attached to the hamlet of blagny, which are designated as Puligny-Montrachet premier cru for white wines, and Blagny premier cru for reds.A characteristic of the Puligny-Montrachet commune is the high water table, this means there are few individual village vineyards worthy of note, the best village wines will usually be a result of a blend. This also means that the cellars are rarely that deep. The wines of Puligny have a very distinctive style, very fine, taut and typically mineral, much less fat and rich than a Meursault and more elegance than a Chassagne. The top Puligny Domaines are Sauzet, Leflaive and Carillon.
Chardonnay is one of the most widely-grown and versatile of all white grape varieties. As a relatively neutral grape, it offers a near transparent map of winemaking style, climate and terroir. It is the ideal grape variety for Burgundy, where it serves to mirror the complex nuances of the myriad of terroirs found in this hallowed land. Chardonnay produces a variety of wines from the minerally and unoaked styles found in Chablis, the fatter nuttier examples in Meursault, to the tropical fruit-driven versions found in the New World. It is also the major grape variety in Champagne, where it produces lively floral wines, namely in the Côte de Blancs. It can be found throughout Europe and the New World thanks to its versatility. As a non-aromatic variety, it has an affinity with oak, whether new or used, French or American.
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There has been a lot of talk about GMOs lately, including this from the Organic Consumers Association (OCA): "The Arctic Apple® provides no health benefit to consumers. No benefit to growers. It's only "benefit" is that it won't turn brown when you slice it or bite into it. The USDA is set to approve the GMO apple before Christmas. Unless the agency heeds the tens of thousands of consumers, environmentalists and apple growers who are asking for more safety testing. Or at the least, a label?" To check out the full article, click HERE. I realized I don't know as much about GMOs as I would like, so I did a little research. The Non-GMO Project is a great resource for GMO information. From their website: "GMOs, or "genetically modified organisms," are plants or animals that have been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals. These experimental combinations of genes from different species cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding. "Virtually all commercial GMOs are engineered to withstand direct application of herbicide and/or to produce an insecticide. Despite biotech industry promises, none of the GMO traits currently on the market offer increased yield, drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or any other consumer benefit. Meanwhile, a growing body of evidence connects GMOs with health problems, environmental damage and violation of farmers' and consumers' rights." (Check out their website for tons of great information.) If you are unsure of where you stand on the GMO issue, or just want to know what the fight is all about, the best thing you can do is research for yourself. An informed consumer is the best defense against huge corporations putting profit before people and the environment.


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As attacks on aid workers continue, Pakistan progress jeopardized (REPORT)
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(HN, 1/2/13) - Thousands of villagers on Wednesday held a mass burial for seven health workers - five of them women, who were gunned down by militants, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi district, Pakistan, on Tuesday. The killings are the latest in a series of persecution of aid workers in the contentious tribal area.
The dead had been working for the private Pakistani aid group Support With Working Solution, in the northwestern district Swabi, at an immunization centre where children are given anti-polio vaccination. The police said two men on a motorbike followed a van taking the workers home, intercepted it near the village of Sher Afzal Banda where militants opened fire with assault rifles. One child, aged 7 to 8 years, miraculously survived.
Nobody has owned responsibility for the attack, though its suspected that Pakistani Taliban could be behind the strike, since they oppose the vaccination campaigns and Taliban militants affiliated to the Al Qaeda global terror network have been attacking charity and aid workers across the country in recent weeks.
Last year, 15 health and aid workers were killed in Pakistan, making the country one of the most dangerous in the world for aid workers, according to the British-based group Humanitarian Outcomes. Most were women. Development sector experts now express concerns that those working on the ground will shy away from assignments.
"In the past, local volunteers, be they teachers, medical workers or social mobilizers, considered themselves safe and worked hand in hand with foreign aid workers and paramilitary personnel in even the most dire of circumstances," says Hassan Belal Zaidi, a development and communication specialist, based in Islamabad. "But now, it would not be unreasonable for them to think twice and even refuse to travel to remote parts of the country if they know there is a chance they may get shot."
Support With Working Solution has suspended its activities. The organization runs dozens of health and education projects, including polio vaccinations, in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Health and education programs, particularly those for girls, are seen as being at particular risk.
Fazal Dad, whose daughter was among the dead, said she always proclaimed, 'Father, if I am not guilty no one can harm me'.
The attack comes days after nine people working on an anti-polio vaccination campaign were shot dead in a series of attacks and forced the United Nations to temporarily recall staff and suspend an immunization campaign from Pakistan, one of just three countries in the world in which polio remains endemic - at least 57 cases were registered in 2012, and there are now concerns about a record number of deaths from measles in the south.
The World Health Organization last year warned Pakistan that it could face travel and visa restrictions and sanctions imposed by other countries if polio continues to spread.
An umbrella organization of 200 aid groups Wednesday demanded greater protection in Pakistan, and they vowed to continue working in order not to encourage "those who are opposed to progress".
"We have to stand up and foil the nefarious designs of anti-state elements who are bent upon destroying the fabric of civil society," said the Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network; asking for government protection for charity workers "vulnerable to the menace of terrorism".
(Video: No stranger to tragedy, on July 11, 2012 the Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network buried another.)
Additionally, on December 22, Bashir Bilour, a senior minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and eight others were killed in a suicide attack on a political meeting claimed by the Taliban. More than 35,000 people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country in the last twelve years.
Imtiaz Iltaf, police chief of Peshawar, said officers were preparing a strategy to protect aid workers. "We are in a state of war. The whole country is facing an insurgency, so we are revising the present security steps and working on a new strategy," he said.
The recent attacks are likely to further frighten people from working with foreign and Pakistani aid and development organizations, says Bushra Arain, chairwoman for the All Pakistan Lady Health Workers Welfare Association, which counts more than 100,000 registered members.
"We are the backbone of Pakistani health sector. If the attacks continue, with the state showing the inability it currently is demonstrating in stopping us from being targeted, we will stop working," Ms. Arain says.
"If the attacks by the Taliban continue, there will be widespread de-motivation amongst aid workers, which I am already witnessing," Mr. Hussain of the Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network says.
--- Reporting based on sources, agencies, HUMNEWS.


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With silent wings may your soul fly to the Spirit Home
An example of a mythological worldview misinterpreting scientific practices occurred in Africa, where an aid organization, focusing on slowing and stabilizing population growth, distributed abacuses with red and white beads corresponding to a woman's menstrual cycle. Women were instructed to move one bead a day, only having intercourse on days represented by a white bead. However, the experiment failed, and the population grew in the households using the abacus. The women believed the abaci were magical, and that they would be protected from pregnancy by moving a white bead into the place of the red bead before intercourse.


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Google's Investment in Renewable Energy Approaches $1 Billion
Google announced a $75 million equity stake in an Iowa wind farm on Thursday, bringing the company's total investment in renewable energy to "more than $990 million."
The wind farm is located in Rippey, a small town in Greene County, about an hour outside of Des Moines, according to a Google blog post. The project was developed by RPM access and is expected to provide power to more than 15,000 homes in the area via the Central Iowa Power Cooperative, a utility. Google operates a data center in Iowa and entered a long-term contract to purchase wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources' Story County II wind farm in 2010.
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Let's get this out of the way: This week's recipe is not health food. It's not foodie food. And it's not particularly pretty food.
But this warm Buffalo chicken dip is hearty, rich, comforting, and it's got just enough hot-sauce afterburn to help warm you up during a chilly tailgate party. In short, it's perfect football food.
Made as directed, you can serve it in a crockpot if you've got a plug in the back of your vehicle. You can also heat it in a 350-degree oven in a casserole dish until the cheese melts and bring it on over to your event. Or, if you use a slow-cooker liner, you can lift it right out and into the 10-inch square casserole dish for transportation purposes.
Serve with chips, crackers or celery, and get the Buffalo wings flavor minus the mess.
Buffalo chicken dip
about 6 cups
2 1/2 cups cooked chicken (or two 10-ounce cans chunk chicken, drained)
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup ranch dressing
3/4 cup pepper sauce (I used Frank's Red Hot, but pick your favorite)
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4-inch pieces
crackers or chips
Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers or chips. (Alternatively, transfer to a casserole dish, sprinkle remaining cheese on top and heat in a 350-degree oven until hot and bubbly.)


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A government commission aimed at answering how Osama bin Laden remained in Pakistan and how the US killed him undetected has run aground, dampening popular hopes for greater civilian control over the military.
Pakistan's parliament called for the commission's formation after putting tough questions to military and intelligence leaders in a stormy, closed-door session last month. However, when five members were named to make up the commission last week, one abruptly declined his seat, and the process remains under fire.
An honest investigation into Mr. bin Laden's presence here has the potential to pry open debate over national security policy beyond the circles of the military establishment. But those who would welcome that have been demoralized by the civilian government's lack of fight, and now bungling of the panel.
That's because "this commission on Osama bin Laden is meant and designed to ensure that nothing comes out of it," says Cyril Almeida, a political analyst in Islamabad.
"Civilian leadership has surrendered foreign policy and national security to the Army," he adds. "The civilian government's only agenda is to serve a full term" by avoiding a military coup.
Pakistan has a long history of military dictatorships. Even when civilians return to power, as they did in 2008, they have given the military wide latitude on how to handle Islamic militants and relations with neighbors.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani appear to support an aggressive rout of militants of all stripes so long as the moves do not appear to be US-driven. The military, however, sometimes applies the brakes: whether to kick out CIA agents or to delay offensives along the border with Afghanistan.
The Pakistan military
A senior security official here says the military is trying to pace itself, tackling some militants before others so as to avoid overextending itself.
But the widespread impression inside and outside Pakistan is that the military is actually protecting certain militants in order to have greater influence over the outcome in Afghanistan. Even if such impressions are incorrect, they flourish due to the lack of open democratic debate on national security.
That is starting to change, however, as people have witnessed multiple security failures including the bin Laden raid and an attack on a Karachi naval base.
Pakistan's civilian leaders
"I agree that the military has been responsible for pursuing certain policies, which have been detrimental to our interests, but why should the civilian government cede this space to the military?" says retired Brig. Saad Mohammad. The civilian leaders, he argues, "are inept, they are corrupt. That's not their priority, they seem to be least concerned."
Rather than capitalize on the moment, civilian leaders like Mr. Gilani closed ranks with the military during a speech last month before Parliament. Over the past several years, the government has also allowed a turf battle between the prime minister's office and the Interior Ministry hamstring the National Counterterrorism Authority, an agency that was supposed to help set policy.
Repeated efforts to reach the spokespeople and senior party leaders of the government failed. However, some of the government's critics say civilian leaders have reason to be scared.
"If they take the step of setting up a very strong commission … their government may be in trouble," says Asma Jehangir, a top democratic activist. A coup "is a threat, because otherwise why would a civilian government not want more power?"
The commission's 'hiccups'
Underlying various technical objections to the commission so far is the sense that some of the appointees have some biases toward the military. One appointee is a retired general, Nadeem Ahmed.
General Nadeem is more renowned for humanitarian work than soldiering. Before retiring he was already one of the world's most experienced disaster managers, having overseen the 2005 Kashmir quake recovery and the 2009 displacement of some 3 million Pakistanis by anti-Taliban offensives.
In his "retirement" he has headed Pakistan's response to the floods, the world's largest natural calamity. Now he is eager to help sort out one of the country's biggest political disasters: the bin Laden raid.
Nadeem's biography is a reminder of the amount of trauma Pakistan has faced over the past decade – and the extent to which the military is entrusted with binding the wounds. For years, the military has been a bastion of reassurance among otherwise weak institutions. That confidence has eroded dramatically in recent weeks.
Nadeem says the commission is going through "hiccups," but once finally seated, will take up two key questions.
"One is the presence of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and all the issues related to it: Why? When? Where? Is it failure, or is it complicity?" he says. "Second, the US raid, which was not done with the Pakistan government: How it happened and why was it not really picked up in time?"
Nadeem says he has no preset answers: "I will go with a totally open mind and see things as they come on merit."
The answers will either paint a picture of failures by the security establishment, or risky double-dealing with a global superpower and global jihadists.
Whatever emerges, he agrees with Brigadier Mohammad that civilians must be more involved in policymaking. "The security policy needs to be devised at a national level and must have input from all the stakeholders," says Nadeem.
Past commissions in Pakistan have a poor track record of spurring change. For now, democrats are putting more hope on the awakening of debate in the media and the erosion of foreign policy secrecy brought about by ongoing Wikileaks revelations.
Still, the lack of popularity of the current civilian leaders "limits the enthusiasm of the average Pakistani to force the issue," says Mosharraf Zaidi, a columnist in Islamabad.


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Hi! I'm Polly from Aunt Polly's Porch, and this is my first Moda Bake Shop recipe! I'm an elementary teacher by trade so when I designed this quilt last August, I had going back to school on my mind… so when it came time to name the quilt, "Counting By Fives" seemed just right! I hope you enjoy the clean lines and overall simplicity of it!
From the Charlevoix collection–
1 honey bun
2 yards # 14696 15 for sashing
1/2 yard # 14697 14 for binding
4 yards # 14694 13 for backing
batting of your choice- I used Warm and Natural
Open up the honey bun, caress the strips but keep the drool off!! I mean, how could I NOT love this line…every selvage calls my name! 🙂
OK, nuff said! Time to cook!! 🙂
Sort the strips into sets of five with a variety of colors, texture and value.
Stitch the strips together along the long sides, pressing the seams open as you add each of the five strips.
Repeat this with all eight sets of 5 strips.
These are my eight strip sets ready to cut into blocks!
Sub-cut each sewn strip set into 5 1/2″ pieces.
You will get 7 blocks from each strip set, giving you 56 blocks total.
Layout the blocks in eight rows of seven blocks per row, alternating the direction of the strip orientation- horizontal then vertical then horizontal, and so on.
Next, tear or cut eleven 3″ wide strips of the sashing fabric lengthwise along the 72″ yardage.
Take 9 of these strips and cut down to 52″ long. These will be used for the horizontal sashing strips between rows. Save the leftover pieces.
Take the last 2 long sashing strips and cut them down to 63″. These will be used for the vertical sashing pieces on each side.
Next we need to cut the small vertical sashing pieces for between the blocks in each row. Using all the sashing leftover pieces, sub cut them into as many 3″ X 5 1/2″ rectangles as you can. We need a total of 48, so you will need to tear or cut more 3″ wide strips from the sashing fabric.
You can get thirteen 3″ X 5 1/2″ pices from each long strip, so you will need to tear or cut 2 or 3 more long sashing strips to get a total of 48 small sashing pieces for between each block in all eight rows.
Next, using the 3″ X 5 1/2″ sashing rectangles, sew one in between each block in all eight rows, pressing the seams toward the sashing pieces.
Next, sew the 52″ long sashing pieces between each row, as well as one on the top and one at the bottom. Press the seams towards the sashing pieces.
Almost done! Lastly add the 63″ sashing pieces to each side!
Press the seams toward the sashing.
TAAAAAA DAAAAAAA!! The top is all done! Easy peasy, right?
Cut the yardage for the backing in half, cut off the selvages, then sew the two 72″ sides together. Press the seam open and continue to make your quilt "sandwich" as you usually do… then quilt as desired! I free-motion quilted leaves and vines on mine.
Cut six 2 1/2″ strips selvage to selvage (42″) for the binding. Sew them short end-to-end, press in half then sew onto the quilt edge as usual. Don't forget to add a label!
Please come visit me on my blog {auntpollysporch.blogspot.com}.My Westie, Yogi and I would love to see you there!!
Hope to see you again soon! Ciao! Polly 🙂
P.S. If you'd like to make a cool scrappy Messenger Bag with these leftover scraps from this quilt- come to my blog to see what I cooked up!! I LOVE leftovers 🙂
Polly Monica


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**** in Vieste max. 2 Persons
Holiday Rentals for rent
per week Price on enquiry.
it- Vieste
Apulia, Italy
Available according to agreement
|Firma Bungalow.Net BV
NL 8011 Zwolle
|All offers of the estate supplier
per week:
Price on enquiry.

The Residence is located 6 kilometers from the coast of Vieste, close to the sea and National Park of Gargano. For families and groups who would like to spend their holiday full of freedom, relaxation and entertainment, this residence promises to be the concrete realization of your careless summer holiday! The complex has 53 accommodations, of which 49 are private mini-villas, scattered among a huge garden rich in flowers and greenery. Facilities of the resort include a large swimming pool for adults along with one for children, a restaurant that allows you to choose between tasty seafood specialties and the typical cuisine of Puglia, and a pizzeria. The bar, with the tranquility of its terrace, provides the ideal setting for relaxing moments. Inside the residence guests can also use the tennis court, miniature golf course, table tennis table and child playground. Also at guests' disposal is a wide parking area, an outdoor cinema and a private beach which is accessible by a shuttle service. Furthermore, the residence offers guests tasting evenings as well as entertainment for both young and old.
Suburban traffic
Located on a plain rich in olive groves, the Residence is only 500 meters from the sea. This wonderful location allows you to access the beach on foot and lets you easily reach the quaint old town of Vieste, one the most beautiful towns in the Gargano promontory, as well as the picturesque village of Peschici. The sea is the enchanted sea of the Gargano coast, rich in rocky cliffs, deep bays, coves and golden beaches .... and nature is the wonderful nature of a protected park. Vieste is the most famous seaside village in the Gargano area. The territory of Vieste has a coastline more than thirty kilometers long, bathed by a crystalline sea, where golden sandy beaches alternate with coves, shaded by fragrant pine trees, breathtaking cliffs, romantic islands, stunning caves, lovely little coves and secluded bays. A kind of wild natural beauty with Vieste nestled as a pearl which opens up to its visitors in a blaze of color. An ideal location for a quiet stopover. A huge monolith called Pizzomunno symbolizes the entrance to the city. The old town centre of Vieste mirrors the charm of the other towns of the Gargano promontory: white houses built with fragments of rocks, narrow streets, alleys and staircases converging in the central square. 10 nautical miles from the coast lies the archipelago of the Tremiti Islands, a protected marine reserve ideal for diving and snorkeling.
Surface area: 26

This 2-room brick houses have only the ground floor and, with an area of approximately 26 sqm can accommodate 2 persons. They have a living room with fully equipped kitchenette, with gas oven ad gas stove, Italian coffee, kettle, fridge with freezer, TV and safe. In the bedroom there is a double bed. The bathrooms are equipped with shower, toilet, sink and bidet. Each villa has a private terrace and a private garden equipped with garden furniture. There is 1 single barbecue for every two villas to use exclusively in common.
Possibility nearby / Möglichkeiten in der Nähe: Tennis, Horseriding, Fishing
Compulsory tourist tax: From 26/05 to 30/06 and from 01/09 to 16/06 €. 0.80 per person per day for a maximum of 10 nights over 14 years.
From 01/07 to 31/08 €. 1.60 per person per day for a maximum of 10 nights over 14 years.
Weekly fee: includes consumption of cutlery and crockery, TV, electricity, water and gas, free minibus service to and from the nearest beach, parking (one car per unit excluding Trilo x 6)
Club Card and final cleaning:
From 26/05 to 29/06 and from 01/09 to 14/09: Bilo x 2 € 42,00 – Trilo x 3 € 47,00 – Trilo x 4 € 53,00 – Trilo x 5 € 63,00;
From 30/06 to 01/09 Bilo x 2: € 68,00 – Trilo x 3 €€ 95,00 – Trilo x 4 € 115,00 – Trilo x 5 € 158,00
CLUB CARD: Compulsory - this includes the use of swimming pools, sports fields in the daytime, children's playground, table tennis, WiFi in public areas, an outdoor cinema, TV rooms. From 30/06 to 01/09 animation (with particular attention to children).
Bed linen (on request): € 10,00 per person per change (mandatory weekly change).
Bath linen (on request): € 10,00 per person per change.
Air conditioning (optional):
- use from 1 to 6 days, € 8.00 per day for Bilo x 2, € 9,00 per day for Trilo Trilo x 3 and x 4; € 10,00 per day per Trilo x 6;
- use of 7 days, € 45.00 per week for Bilo x 2 €. 50.00 per week for Trilo Trilo x 3 and x 4; € 55.00 per week for Trilo x 6.
DEPOSIT: An amount of 100.00 Euro for apartment/smart villa is requested in order to cover eventual damages to residence's equipments. The money will be returned at the end of your stay. The Direction reserves the right to make eventual deductions in case of damages or to cover missing items.
Pets and other animals: are not allowed.
The acco is not equipped with kitchen tablecloths.
C/in: 17.00- C/out: 10.00


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penPenicillin, see there.
1. a small enclosure in which animals are restrained for handling or on a long term basis for intensive feeding. Called also corral.
2. female swan.
add-on pen
in a feedlot, one in which cattle are put together a few head at a time over several days or weeks. Has a risk for health problems.
pen check
the daily or twice daily examination of cattle in a feedlot to detect any sick animal. More frequent checks are made in the early period of a feeding program.
pen checker
the specially selected cowboys whose task it is to carry out intensive pen checks.
pen design
includes materials for floor and walls, floor drainage and warmth, disposal of feces and urine, sleep area versus feeding area, troughage and drinking facilities, space and number of occupants proposed.
fed in small, compatible groups in pens to optimize feed utilization.
holding pen
a pen, paddock or yard for holding a group of sheep or cattle temporarily, e.g. before slaughter, after shearing. A pen to which animals are added one by one until a group of sufficient size is accumulated.
pen lambing
the ewes are brought in from the pastures and those close to lambing are brought into pens where they can be kept under close observation to ensure carefree lambing and maximum lamb survival. The pens may be indoors or outside.
pen mating
cows on heat are cut out from the herd and put into the bullpen. Mating is observed and recorded. Provided heat detection is good the reproductive efficiency can be maximal.
pen space
space allocation per head of livestock proposed to be accommodated.
pen sweeps
wool swept up from pens, shearing board, races.
wash pen
a corral or pen with a solid floor and permanent sprinklers or other washing devices that jet upwards for cleaning cows collectively prior to milking. Usually associated with a holding pen.


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Saints quarterback Drew Brees has just tied one of the longest and most impressive records in NFL history. With some help from the officials.
Brees hit Marques Colston in the end zone for a touchdown in the first quarter today at Lambeau Field, making it Brees's 47th consecutive game with a touchdown pass. That ties a record that Johnny Unitas set from 1956 to 1960, a record that stood for more than half a century and that was often compared to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak as one of the most unbreakable records in sports. Now Brees is a game away from breaking it.
However, Brees got some help because Colston pushed off in the end zone before making the catch. The officials missed it, but it should have been an offensive pass interference penalty and no touchdown.
And so the Packers have been victimized by the regular officials missing an offensive pass interference call on a touchdown, on the Sunday after the lockout of NFL referees ended, in large part because the Packers were victimized by the replacement officials missing an offensive pass interference call on a touchdown.


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Over in the Minecraft thread the other day, I discussed bringing back an old build of mine that died with the first server. (If you're already a member of the server, you likely already know why you're here.) This restoration of Kurast (New Kurast, in the marsh-nation of Travincal I played too much Diablo II) is driven by the server users and construction managed by me, since... I'm the one with the blueprints. *shifty eyes*
(You will also need to peruse this Google Doc to know more details. )
Anyway! This thread is where we'll discuss which way we build, what-all we're building and who agrees with anybody. When a structure is proposed (by anybody), we'll put it to a vote here. When we vote on what we build, I'll announce the beginning and ending of the tribute phase, the actual in-game construction
and the in-universe waiting period that kicks in before we can say a structure's official. New rule: when you see the sea lanterns below the waterline of a structure, or the lamp post on a pathway, it's considered finished even if I don't announce it here.
Please note the Grand Hall is pre-constructed, as is the Village Standard. The doc doesn't say that, but for now it's erroneous in Kurast's specific case. When we construct the Village Standard, we'll unlock the Council of Nations position for Travincal, and I will begin participating as much as I can reasonably do so. That said, if 80% or more of the Grand Hall is missing, I'll cut it from the Transfer Chamber's grid and refuse to restore access until it's been restored (which is where that tribute comes into play).
Building Restrictions
I haven't figured out an easy way to express what I mean by the "no buildings touching" rule, so I'll use ASCII code to show it off. Here we go:
Buildings can't be built touching sides or corners. This is an example of a legal build. O-OO---OO --OO-O-OO --------- OO-OO-O-- OO------- This is an example of a few illegal builds. -OOO---OO --OO--OOO --------O OO-OO---- OO---O---
Now, anybody who's registered to the Sunlit Garden server of Aine Silveria's has a vote (except me), but only those server users who're in Survival Mode can offer construction tribute. Every time somebody puts forward a motion to build something, we'll take a few days to decide it by majority vote, else immediately if unanimous vote. Tribute phase begins when the vote closes, and ends when I have the materials I need as listed in the Drive doc. Construction begins immediately after,
and then the server time kicks in. Buildings become functional at the next dawn after the timeframe elapses, and time only stops when the server has experienced a major hiccup.
That said, before anything else, we need to decide the first pathways! And you have four varieties: T-cross, full cross, L-bend and straightaway. I'll let all y'alls decide what we're putting in, and where. It'll go on the map of the "Build Grid" below, in the second post.
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This is the Build Grid. I'll update it as things are placed in!
.................... .................... .................... .................... .........xx┴x....... .........xx......... .................... .................... .................... .................... x = structure + = full cross way ─ │ = straightaway ├ ┤ ┬ ┴ = T-cross way ┌ ┐ └ ┘ = L-bend way
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Okay!! I took a look around the Grand Hall last night. The warp point brings you in on the edge of the south side of the Grand Hall. Eventually, we'll want something behind you to the south so that your back isn't to blank ocean, but for now maybe we can give the visitor more to look at, from the warp point, by expanding east or west. A reasonable thing to put in either of those directions, right next to the Hall, would be housing.
I suggest a T-cross emanating from the east side of the northeast corner of the Grand Hall, with other paths extending east and north.
.................... .................... .................... .................... .........xx┴........ .........xx......... .................... .................... .................... ....................
(Useful copy-pastable pathway lines: │ ─ ┐ ┘└ ┌ ┴ ┬ ├ ┤ ┼ )
Ask and ye shall receive, my good sir.
...except for replies.
Anyway! Nobody's made motions to dispute the current construction proposal, and it's been a few days, so we're ready. Construction will begin once I have the necessary tribute for a Pathway. It will be completed when I pop the lighting in.
Please direct all tribute to the Grand Hall. First door on your right when entering the building, first floor please!
The first Pathway is completed. We can take requests for anything the users desire.
So we're considering a Small Home on the east end of the newly-completed Pathway? Sounds like a plan. Anybody say nay, or have other ideas?
...wow, seriously?
I'll go fix that as I make the other fixes.
EDIT: Fixed the mistake. Installed a basic compass rose as well. I could've sworn that was northeast. Um. Oops? >>;;;
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If nobody contests the idea of a Small Home as sat designated when I log in tomorrow, then I'll authorize it.
The Small Home is now awaiting tribute~
BioKraze wrote:
The Small Home is now awaiting tribute~
And I would love to make tribute, except -- brace yourself -- now the teleport points aren't working. I tried the one at the Council and the one in Corinthia.
Unsurprising, really. The server keeps failing to bind to the port, meaning I need to reboot it manually every morning. And keeps losing our server.properties settings to boot.
I'll discuss it with Aine the second I can. Tribute is waived for this Small Home when I can reasonably connect.
No need to waive tribute! I have all this mossy cobble, and if I don't give it to you, who am I going to give it to? Just need to be able to teleport, is all. Sorry to hear the server issues are worse than I thought. :-/
Command blocks re-enabled. If you died today and got banned, -please let me know.-
Travincal (as in the Temple-City of Travincal, the area of Diablo II Act III before the Durance of Hate) is pronounced roughly "tra-vin-call," where the A in the first syllable is the same pronounciation as "at." It's fairly difficult to find the word itself pronounced at all in the game you rather need to spend a lot of time bugging the people at Kurast Docks and Deckard Cain himself at various points throughout Act III.
Kurast itself is, roughly, said as "kyoo-rawst." For reference, the word Zakarum (as in the actual faith of Kurast itself) is said as "zawk-aw-room."
...I was going to get fancy with Unicode, but decided in the end against it. Bio Phonetics are what y'alls get today.
The Small Home is now fully functional.
Taking requests!
I don' actually play Minecraft or even have an idea what you do on it but I just got really happy another person played a lot of Diablo II. I played this so much I could play it mentally, no pc needed lol.
Since no one else has made a suggestion, I'll chip in again We still need more population before we can build other things, so I suggest expanding our house into a housing block via more pathways, continuing east of our existing house:
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The pathway's proposal is finalized, although it will still be a while before I get around to it. I apologize Guild Wars 2 has been eating a lot of my time recently, so...
That said, the rules are being rewritten slightly, and I'll rewrite the original post and the Drive doc to reflect this:
The second I say a structure's finished, it's finished. No exceptions, no wait times necessary. A structure is considered "finished" if you can see a ring of sea lanterns just below the waterline (or a sea lantern lamp-post for pathways). Also, users are free to move into Housing if there's room. Each Housing unit can accommodate a single user. Users aren't allowed to move into the Grand Hall or other structures which increase Population.


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Haven't been on the board in years, but got a birthday wish and thought I would browse a little. Been grooming ten years now and piling on the pounds.
My knees are really bothering me and I finally had to go get a cortisone shot in my left knee. Am enjoying blessed relief. Talked to my doc about my weight and that I
was trying intermmititant fasting or skipping meals to loose weight. He said the new science is in and he approves. Says we eat to much and we never use up most of the
calories we eat. We need to do that or we store what we don't need. After a month I have lose 19 pounds and my blood glucose is now down to below pre diabeties levels.
He also said that though 3 or more meals a day is recommended the ones that say this are the food producers. All I know is I am never hunger in the mornings anyhow and I just have a cup of coffee. I am usually to busy to eat and was tired of running in the house and gobbling something I wasn't hungry for anyhow. With my knees so bad I could not do my treadmill, so I tried it. Huge success on my end. Used to be they said you would go into starvation mode and stop loosing but the studies he read says that does not kick in for like three days. I just eat one meal a day at dinner time and eat what I want. NO, not three plates of food, but I can eat a reasturant and eat a normal mea. Last night was also our anniversary and I ate some chilis chicken crisper and we got a free chocolate cake. I ate half and Rusty ate half. IF it appeals to you, I recommend you read up on it. Its really working for me.


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Google will overtake Facebook in the lucrative digital display advertising market in the US by holding 15.4 per cent of the sector by the end of the year, according to new figures.
Beancounters at eMarketer said the search giant is expected to make $2.31bn in US display ad revenue in 2012, up 38.5 per cent from its earnings in 2011. Meanwhile Facebook will trouser $2.16bn, up 24.4 per cent from last year. Display advertising, as opposed to classified ads, is typically banners and similar promos adorning websites.
Google's rise to the top is helped by video advertising on its YouTube subsidary, and its mobile display ads through Admob, an area that Facebook has yet to effectively monetise.
Yahoo!, the leader of the pack before Facebook tipped it out of the top spot last year, will lose even more market share, dropping to just 9.3 per cent of the market, compared to Zuck's 14.4 per cent.
The spread between the top three is forecast to continue for the next two years as well: Google is set to extend its lead into 21.2 per cent of the market in 2014, while Facebook shifts to 15.5 per cent and Yahoo! languishes with seven per cent. The research firm reckons the overall US digital display ad market will grow 21.5 per cent this year to $14.98bn - leaving Microsoft and AOL mopping up the scraps. ®
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After nearly two decades of debate, the decision to move ahead on the California high-speed rail project will come down to a state Senate vote this afternoon that could be decided by one or two members.
The Senate will have to accept an $8 billion measure backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, reject it or come up with a new spending plan of its own for the project. The state Assembly approved Brown's plan on Thursday.
Democratic leaders are attempting to jam wavering Senators into a difficult position of falling in line behind the Brown plan or risking playing chicken with the federal government on an alternative plan.
The Obama administration has warned that it would rescind $3.2 billion in grants and appropriations if the Legislature does not act to approve major construction in the Central Valley and do it before adjourning for the summer recess.
But nobody is sure whether Brown has the votes he needs to get his plan through the Senate. Dan Richard, the state rail authority chairman, was in hyper drive on Thursday lobbying for the Brown plan. Organized labor was similarly in high gear promoting one of its biggest priorities of the year.
The Brown plan would require 21 of the 25 Senate Democrats to approve, it and vote counters are guessing that there are potentially more than a half dozen defectors among the Democrats.
Assembly approves high-speed rail funding
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Type of protein, total protein amount was too low, huge activity level. They needed at least double that protein intake as a starting point. RDA doesn't cut it.
Ok I tried it - results as promised
You were asking for feedback on the ERFL diet, and here is some!
After reading the research initially 2 years back I was intrigued, but who has 4 days to do this? then over the summer I found myself with 4 days without kids and husband in beautiful Switzerland with lovely hiking environment and thought "why not"
Background: 50 year old peri-menopausal female
Tracking weight since 1997 using "hackers diet online"
Average weight pre-pregnancy / children: 54kg
Average weight post-pregnancy: 60kg
Weight gain in 8 months since turning 50 and recommencing full time work: 6kg
Height: 160cm
Starting date: 6 July 2016
Day 1: 23km
Day 2: 32km
Day 3: 33km
Day 4: 23km
(see attached garmin report)
The dietary guidelines were a little obscure and difficult to understand, so I just stuck to 2 or 3 protein based meals, eggs, white fish, fatty fish, and some vegetables, mainly broccoli, lentils.
To be honest I completely lost my appetite by the 2nd day and I was walking so many hours I didn't have much time for anything besides walking and sleeping and reading.
Month prior: around 66-66.6kg
Day 1: Weight: 65.4kg, Bust 98cm, waist 80cm, hips 104cm
Day 30 (today) Weight: 63.3kg, bust 97cm, waist 76cm, hips 101cm
No idea about "fat loss" I had my tanita scale and it said 37% BF in beginning and it's now around 33% but I know how much crap that is depending on how hydrated you are - so don't take that for gospel. The loss of centimetres seems to indicate fat loss.
* Walking that much day after day is TEDIOUS even if you're in a very beautiful environment with ample opportunities for wonderful walks. I needed to split up the walking over the day and listened to hours of audiobooks and podcasts.
Had zero muscle pain / aches etc. but did develop some blisters on my toes (downhill slopes!) Could be because I do walk 5-10km per day usually anyway. After the 4 days I seriously lost the motivation to walk at all let alone the recommended 10,000 steps. I'm back to 'normal' again now - 5-10km per day and it's way more enjoyable.
* Had very little appetite or interest in food in the 4 day period or even much afterwards
* As long as I stay away from refined carbs (pizza / pasta/ bread / chocolate) after the 4 days the weight loss has continued, (I see spikes on the day after I indulge) despite the fact that I reverted to 'normal' eating afterwards - with the caveat that I cut out snacking between meals, had 3 meals a day and my carbs were mainly vegetables and fruit with the exception of an occasional potato, & 1 or 2 ice-creams in the month. I was planning to move into your Rapid Fat Loss diet after the 4 days, but then decided life was too short, I'd lose the desire to live, and that the chances of binging on it were too great. So 'flexible' dieting was a better option.
* in women, weight loss is not linear - very hormonal cyclical, and hormonal craving food related (which is why I wanted to do this, because so few studies done with women) - I see a jump up in the days when I was PM and craving more calories.
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Terra Madre 2010: Apply by May 15th
Every two years, Slow Food International hosts Terra Madre - a unique conference, in Torino, Italy. This year, Terra Madre will be held October 21 - 25, 2010. It is an international forum that gathers sustainable food producers, farmers, cooks, educators and activists from around the world to share their stories and traditions, as well as their innovative solutions for keeping small-scale agriculture and sustainable food production alive and well. The delegate application period is now open, and all of the application information is below.
The Slow Food Seattle community has an abundance of eligible and qualified people in each of the categories: sustainable food producers, farmers, cooks, educators, and activists. The activist category is new this year, and encourages a wide variety of committed people to apply. Slow Food USA wants to select a delegation with a diverse set of interests and experience. Note the section below outlining what they term "food communities" who might apply as a complete unit.
Slow Food Seattle sent two delegates in 2008: graduate student and now Slow Food Seattle board member, Arwen Kimmel and board member and seafood/fishing advocate, Amy Grondin. Our chapter raised money to help Arwen offset her airfare, and they both returned to share this tremendous experience with our members.
Terra Madre was a once in a lifetime experience for me personally and professionally. As a graduate student I made invaluable contacts and collected in both the Earth Workshops and from Presidia Vendors that have helped to frame my dissertation work in chocolate and coffee. Personally I made friends I think I will have forever, ate food that was life-changing and gained an even greater appreciation for Slow Food and its goals.
- Arwen Kimmel
Delegates are chosen from all over the world. Slow Food International provides accommodations, meals, and local transportation. Observers, who must also apply, may attend any conference event, but must provide their own accommodations, food, and local transportation.
The Salone del Gusto - the world's largest artisan food marketplace - is held concurrently, in part for delegates to gain a deeper sense of how small-scale sustainable producers can market their products effectively.
We urge anyone motivated to join the world community in finding ways to make the food system better to consider applying. If you have any questions about Terra Madre, or the application process, please send them to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Details from Slow Food USA:
What is Terra Madre?
This is the fourth edition of the conference, held biennially in Torino. It was started for small-scale sustainable food producers from across the world - currently 150 countries - to talk about sustainable production and inspire each other and share best practices. It now brings together people from all the links in the chain - farmers, educators, cooks, activists, students.
This year, the conference will be smaller by 25% across the board (not just the US delegation). Even with the size reduction, it is still a very large conference, with thousands of people in attendance.
What it means to be a delegate:
Paid conference attendance, housing and food and ground transport in Italy (paid by Slow Food International). Delegates are responsible for US ground transport and round-trip airfare to/from Italy.
What we're looking for:
Food producers, educators, activists, cooks, students - people who will bring diverse experiences to share and who want to bring their experience back home. In particular: people who have never been before.
Bringing Terra Madre home:
We know some of you have expressed disappointment when delegates have attended but not connected with their Slow Food community back home. We're always looking for ideas on how to help those connections happen. For example, if you are helping to fund someone go to Terra Madre, it is reasonable to ask them to come back and give a talk to your chapter.
To download Arwen Kimmel's PPT presentation that she shared after returning from Terra Madre 2008, click here. (PDF - 28MB)
New people:
We are eager to bring new people to the event so the maximum number of people have a chance to experience what Terra Madre has to offer.
How to apply:
To be considered, applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and a food producer (e.g., farmers, fisher-people, wild food gatherers, etc.), cook, educator, student or activist.
You must complete and submit both parts of the application by May 15th (postmark date for the mailed portion). We will let you know the results of the application process by June 15th, 2010. We will contact you when we have received both parts of the application.
U.S. delegates pay for their own air travel to and from Italy, and ground travel in the U.S. Acceptance as a delegate includes conference attendance, in-country travel and meals, and housing for the duration of the event (an approximate value of $1,500). Please note that delegate housing is available only for delegates, and not for spouses or family members.
We encourage you to apply in a group as a food community:
Geographic community: e.g. several different types of food producers who sell at the same farmers market could apply as the Ann Arbor Farmers Market food community; a chef and some of the food producers who supply to her restaurant could apply together as the Raleigh Growers and Chefs.
Shared Production community: e.g. Gravenstein Apple Growers or American Raw Milk Cheese producers.
Representing yourself/selves as a food community is a wonderful way to demonstrate the ways in which different links in a production chain work together.
Application, Part 1:
Part one of the application is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NJBRQ86 It should take no more than ten minutes to complete. If you are unable to fill this out online, please contact the Slow Food USA office at email@example.com.
Application, Part 2:
Once you have completed part one, you can use part two of the application to be creative, and share your work. Please send in part two via regular mail:
c/o Terra Madre Coordinator
Slow Food USA
20 Jay St, Suite M04
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please answer all of the below questions that are applicable. Feel free to cut and paste language from a current source, such as your farm/restaurant/program website. Creativity is encouraged!
There is a minimum word count of 400 words (no maximum). The more you tell us, the more information we will have to make our decision.
Food producer: please describe your farm, facility, etc. Describe the guiding philosophy; growing practices; certification; labor practices, and anything else you think is important for us to know.
Cook: please describe the role you play at your establishment. Please describe your food philosophy, sourcing practices, how you work with (or would like to work with) producers, and anything else you would like us to know.
Educator: please describe the program you lead or work for. What is its guiding philosophy, structure, pedagogy?
Activist: please describe your organization or project, your role there, and your goals (both organizational and personal).
For all applicants:
Include pictures of you, your farm, your restaurant, your school garden, your project, your food festival.
Feel free to include testimonials from your students, employees, customers, etc.
Please let us know if you are connected to the local Slow Food chapter in your community. If so, which one? How?
Why do you want to come to Terra Madre?
How do you intend to "bring Terra Madre home" to your community?
For more information, check out the U.S. Terra Madre Network portion of our web site.


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So this is probably a very basic and obvious question for most people, but my google-fu is failing me and it just seems something is going over my head. I've heard numerous people refer to having a 'dedicated linux box' as a central part of a developer's setup.
I have been doing web-dev programming for about a year and understand the benefits of programming on a Unix/Linux system. But I seem to be missing what role a 'dedicated linux box' plays in the development process.
I would assume that it is used as a server of some sort, but I am yet to run across any needs to have a computer dedicated to running a linux server. Am I just being nieve and mistaking the commonality of programmers preferring to work in linux for a tool used by developers? What do most developers use their 'dedicated linux box' for?


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Deputy... Kiehl's is an ever-growing company with an entrepreneurial spirit, dedicated to outstanding service, unique experiences, and giving back to the communities we serve. If you share our ideals, we'd love to welcome you to our...
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Kiehl's is an ever-growing company with an entrepreneurial spirit, dedicated to outstanding service, unique experiences, and giving back to the communities we serve. If you share our ideals, we'd love to welcome you to our family.
A Deputy Manager supports their Manager with the day-to-day running of the business while leading by example and embodying the brand and what it stands for. They work with their manager to motivate, coach and manage the team to reach their full potential.
Master Category Knowledge
Have a full understanding of all Kiehl's products and update the team whenever necessary
Be aware of competitors' products and activity
Have detailed knowledge and awareness of the beauty market
Attend, engage and participate in all brand training, and implement afterwards
Execute Business & Operations
Assist the Manager in preparing accurate paperwork, and ensuring orders are placed and received.
Achieve or exceed retail targets, [icon] and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets.
Assists the Manager in keeping appropriate stock holding levels and any necessary budgets required.
Offer creative ideas to generate new business; with focus on product launches and anniversaries
Support Manager in setting individual targets for the team.
Ensure you and your team abide by store rules and maintain a good relationship with store management
Using analytical skills to appraise the business' strengths and weaknesses. Devising critical paths with solutions to success.
Where appropriate, support Manager in conducting annual appraisals for team members.
Supports the Manager in ensuring smooth and efficient running of the business by establishing correct and regular communication, motivation and delegation of the team.
Drive Selling Process/Techniques
Ensure you and your team deliver luxury services, inviting customers back for a return appointment
Generate retail sales through the successful execution of in-store events and strengthen brand loyalty
Make appropriate, personalised product and sample recommendations
Ensure you and your team have a strong focus on link-selling and the recruitment of new customers
Ensure you and your team use confident communication and presentation skills when dealing with customers
Ensure you and your team maximises selling during heavy traffic periods, ensuring sales floor is supervised appropriately.
Foster Service Attitude
Masters customer profiling.
Seeks out business opportunities within the community and communicates relevant information to the Manager.
Ensure the store is a clean and hygienic work area and adhere to hygiene rules
Show passion for people and products
Ensure you and your team follow the grooming guidelines to promote the brand image
Coach peers to achieve their optimum professional development, identifying education needs and ensuring they are met
Lead by example.
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Assist Manager in tracking team performance and managing any non-performance
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Yelp has become the go-to place for posting and reading reviews on local businesses.
As Yelp has grown increasingly popular, it has had its fair share of sketchy, incentivized reviews posted to the site.
Its number one line of defense is the review filter, which tracks all the signals coming in and decides which reviews to show.
But sometimes, it's just not enough.
At Business Insider's IGNITION event today, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman confirmed that there have been shady businesses posting on Craigslist and other sites to purchase positive reviews.
It's a cat-and-mouse game, not unlike the constant battle between Google and folks trying to game its search engine.
"We came up with an interesting way to combat that," Stoppelman said. "Sting operations."
Yelp launched this new initiative, the Yelp Consumer Alert, just one month ago. The team identified businesses they caught red-handed and placed a large alert on their page to notify users that something was wrong.
Stoppelman said they wanted to make a statement that those businesses didn't have their customers' best interest in mind.
He also wanted "to be as transparent about it as possible."
The extreme lengths that Yelp is going to in order to prevent fraudulent reviews show how dangerous it is for businesses—small or large—to try to game the system. Be unethical and not only will you be punished, but the world will know. From a branding standpoint, there's no reason to ever do it.
For millions of users, Yelp is the first place they check before going to a restaurant or store. Breaking their trust would be devastating.


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PHILADELPHIA -- First, Flyers goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov did what no other active NHL crease geek should have been able to do this spring -- play worse than Marc-Andre Fleury.
That accomplished, Bryzgalov's teammates followed him with dopey glee Wednesday night, leading with their egos instead of their heads against the Pittsburgh Penguins and promptly getting their brains beaten in amid a 10-3 loss in Game 4 at Wells Fargo Center.
Jordan Staal scored three goals and Evgeni Malkin had a pair for the Penguins, who gave the Flyers every chance to win the game and the series in a sloppy, penalty-filled first period. When Bryzgalov kindly invited the Penguins back into the game and the series, though, the always offensive Penguins came barging back on the strength of their skating skills and some of the dumbest hockey the Flyers have played all season.
By the time the second period was over, the Penguins had made the Flyers' last two victories in the series look substandard. Only eight goals by the Flyers in each of those last two games? Big whoop. The Penguins scored nine before the second period was over on this night.
'It is embarrassing,' Kimmo Timonen said. 'But there's a lesson to be learned. Every day matters. There are no easy games in the playoffs. Maybe we thought it was going to be easy. It's not easy.'
Now the Penguins go home to Pittsburgh for Friday's Game 5 down only 3-1 in the series and looking awfully alive. In short, they can feel like they count again.
'It's 3-1 for the Flyers,' Penguins coach Dan Bylsma reiterated. 'But we have to come out with that same focus Friday. It's one win only.'
Speaking of awful, Fleury was just that at the start of the game. He allowed a terrible goal to Claude Giroux 1:14 into the game. But Bryzgalov, perhaps seeking attention, suddenly kicked into a crease comedy act.
He gave back the bad goal with one of his own -- Malkin's first goal of the series at 3:37. Then came a sign of things to come on a power play score by Matt Niskanen for a 2-1 lead. The Flyers still had plenty of penalties to give, or, as coach Peter Laviolette would later point out, 'maybe seven or eight too many' of them.
Yet the Penguins didn't want to be outdone in the stupidity category. They took three straight minors in the space of 50 seconds in that first period that turned a one-goal Flyers deficit into a 3-2 Flyers lead after power play goals by Timonen and Jake Voracek.
Just four minutes remained until the Flyers carried that lead into the first intermission. But thanks to Sid Crosby and Staal -- with help from a dizzy Bryz, of course -- it would be the Penguins carrying a 4-3 lead into the locker room. And that came with the bonus of a Matt Carle penalty whistled at the final period buzzer.
That almost signaled an intermission for the Flyers' poise, too.
'There's nothing you can do, you know. We lost,' Bryzgalov reasoned. 'Now 3-1, but we need to win only one game. We not play loose. They forced us to make mistakes. It's good for them. Give them credit.'
The Penguins wasted little time in scoring on that ensuing power play at the start of the second period, Crosby setting up Matt Cooke for a 5-3 lead. That was enough for Laviolette. He sent Bryzgalov, who allowed five goals on only 18 Penguins shots, to the bench and pushed Sergei Bobrovsky onto the ice.
'I think at that point, Bryz needed to come out,' Laviolette said. But he had trouble saying why.
'I think our team ... it's hard to say Bryz or our team or anybody ... generally speaking, we all need to be better with what we do,' Laviolette said. 'He saw five goals in 20-some minutes. That was enough for him. He's been carrying the load for us. We have a lot of confidence in (Bobrovsky) as well. It was to change it up. Shake the tree a little bit.'
No white flags fell out of the tree for Bobrovsky to use in the crease.
Staal, Malkin, Crosby and Co. proceeded to have a second-period survival party. And when Malkin scored off a horrendous Bobrovsky rebound early in the third, the Flyers tied a club record for goals allowed in a playoff game.
Mario Lemieux's Penguins put a 10-spot on them in the spring of 1989, too. Mario was wearing an ugly uniform instead of a finely pressed suit back in those days.
Oh, the Flyers came back and won that back-in-the-day series in a seventh game, and with a backup goalie in net, no less.
Somehow, you get the idea Bobrovsky's not ready to star in any re-enactment shows anytime soon.
'It's not the kind of team we are,' Giroux said. 'Our fans didn't deserve that. Obviously, we apologize to our fans. But I'll tell you one thing -- it's not going to happen again.
'We gave them a little life. But at the same time we're still up, 3-1. We're aware of that. We just have to shut the door down in Pittsburgh. We've been successful in Pittsburgh so hopefully we can keep it like that.'