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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
March 30, 2012
Case Nos. IPC-E-12-06, -07, -08, -09, -12, -13, -14
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Website: www.puc.idaho.gov
Commission processing seven rate adjustments
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is taking comments or conducting workshops on seven rate adjustment applications from Idaho Power Company that, if approved in their entirety, would increase customers rates by an average 3.35 percent by no later than July 1.
Not included among these seven adjustments is the annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) which also becomes effective June 1 each year and could have a positive or negative impact on the 3.35 percent increase now proposed. Idaho Power is expected to file its PCA application on or about April 15.
The proposed adjustments having the largest impact on rates are the Langley Gulch gas plant, a 7.1 percent increase and the second year of a revenue sharing mechanism, a 3.2 percent decrease.
A summary of all the applications follows:
Langley Gulch, Case No. IPC-E-12-14, 7.1 percent increase
Idaho Power seeks to increase its annual revenue by $60 million to pay for a $398 million natural gas plant five miles south of New Plymouth. According to the company's figures, the average increase if approved will be 7.1 percent effective July 1.
The 300-megawatt plant came in under the $427 million commitment estimate provided when the commission granted Idaho Power a Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience to construct the plant in 2009. The plant is scheduled to be online on or before July 1.
Intervening parties to date include the Industrial Customers of Idaho, Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association and Micron Technology. Intervening parties will convene a prehearing conference to discuss the scheduling of the case and a formal public comment period will soon be announced.
Revenue Sharing, Case No. IPC-E-12-13, 3.2 percent decrease
As part of its 2010 rate case settlement, Idaho Power agreed to share 50-50 with customers all revenue exceeding a 10 percent return. The agreement was later modified to state that if the rate of return exceed 10.5 percent, 75 percent of the company's share of those earnings will be used to offset company pension expenses that would otherwise be included in customer rates.
In this application, Idaho Power states the amount due customers is $27 million. About $20.3 million of that will be used to apply against the company's pension balancing account that would otherwise e collected through rates. The result is about a 3.2 percent reduction to rates.
The commission will take comments on this application through May 4.
Automated metering depreciation, Case No. IPC-E-12-07, 1.25 percent decrease
Idaho Power is seeking authority to decrease base rates as the result of removing about $10.5 million in accelerated depreciation expense associated with its recently installed automated metering equipment.
The meters are now fully installed, covering roughly 99 percent of the company's service territory. The metering equipment will be fully depreciated by May 31, 2012; therefore the company is seeking a June 1 effective date for a reduction in base rates of about 1.25 percent.
The commission is taking comments on this application through April 10.
Depreciation rates, Case No. IPC-E-12-08, 0.31 percent increase
Idaho Power is seeking a $2.65 million increase to base rates to account for an increase in depreciation rates for plant-in-service. The increase is based on updated net salvage percentages and service life estimates for all plant assets, with the exception of the Boardman coal plant and automated meters, which are being handled in separate applications.
The proposed increase varies from 0.29 percent to 0.32 percent, with the proposed residential increase at 0.31 percent.
Commission staff will conduct an informal workshop on this application (and the one below) on Thursday, April 5, at 9 a.m. in the commission hearing room, 472 W. Washington St. The commission is also taking comments on this application, though a firm comment deadline has not been established.
Boardman balancing account, Case No. IPC-E-12-09, 0.18 percent increase
In February, the commission approved Idaho Power's application to establish a balancing account related to the early closure of the Boardman coal plant in Oregon. Idaho Power is a 10 percent of the owner of the plant due to be closed in 2020.
The balancing account tracks, on a cumulative basis, the difference between revenues and expenses associated with the shutdown. It ensures customers pay only for actual expenditures. Idaho's share of the annual change to base rates the company is requesting to recover is $1.58 million. The proposed increase varies among customer classes from 0.17 percent to 0.2 percent, with the proposed residential increase at 0.18 percent.
The $1.58 million includes the return associated with Boardman capital investments net the accumulated depreciation forecasted through Boardman's remaining life, the costs of accelerating the plant's depreciation and the decommissioning costs associated with the shutdown.
Commission staff will conduct an informal workshop on this application (and the one below) on Thursday, April 5, at 9 a.m. in the commission hearing room, 472 W. Washington St. The commission is also taking comments on this application, though a firm comment deadline has not been established.
Fixed cost adjustment, Case No. IPC-E-12-12, 0.28 percent increase
The FCA, implemented in 2007, allows Idaho Power to recover the fixed costs it loses when conservation programs result in lower power sales.
Without a mechanism like the FCA, there is a financial disincentive for Idaho Power to promote energy efficiency and conservation because it loses revenue when conservation results in power sales declining. Sometimes referred to as "decoupling," the FCA decouples or separates Idaho Power's fixed costs from its energy sales, assuring the utility will be able to recover its fixed costs as established in the most recent rate case regardless of how much energy customers save. If the company under collects its fixed costs of serving customers, customers get a surcharge. Conversely, if the company over collects fixed costs, customers receive a credit, as they did in the first year of the program. The commission capped the percentage increase that could be collected from residential and small-business customers at no more than 3 percent.
This year, Idaho Power under-collected $8.83 million in fixed costs from the residential class and $1.48 million from the small-business class. Building on what already exists in the FCA account, the company is proposing an increase of $1.16 million from both the residential and small-business classes of 0.28 percent effective June 1. This equates to a new FCA rate of 0.2028 cents per kWh for residential customers and 0.2597 cents per kWh for small-business customers.
The commission is taking comments on this application through April 10.
Transmission deferral, IPC-E-12-06, 0.06 percent decrease
In this application, the company seeks to amortize $2 million over three years to recover lost transmission revenue associated with a federal transmission case.
In that case, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) found that Idaho Power had assessed transmission fees to PacifiCorp for transmission service on Idaho Power lines that were significantly lower than the Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) rates Idaho Power proposed to charge other customers for similar transmission service. The rate charged PacifiCorp was part of three "Legacy Agreements" the two utilities entered into during the 1960s regarding transmission service from the Jim Bridger power plant in western Wyoming to each utilities' respective service territories. Since the initial FERC order, Idaho Power amended portions of the Legacy Agreements and was not successful in its petition for rehearing.
The commission is taking comment on this application through April 19 and the company may file a reply no later than April 27.
To submit comments on any of the above cases, go to the commission's Website at www.puc.idaho.gov and click on "Comments & Questions About a Case." Fill in the appropriate case number listed above and enter your comments. Comments can also be mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0074 or faxed to (208) 334-3762.
You can read further information about any of these cases by going to the commission's Web site, clicking on the electric icon, then on "Open Electric Cases," and scrolling down to the appropriate case number.


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Cowboys nose tackle Jay Ratliff reportedly had a "volcanic" jaw-to-jaw exchange with owner Jerry Jones after the game.
Jones reportedly told Ratliff "we need you," and the veteran, who hasn't played in seven games this season because of injuries, didn't take it well. Ratliff rose to physically challenge Jones and made a comment about the owner's age.
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With this as a backdrop, I am very happy to announce the availability of version 1.3 of the OpenSolaris Immutable Service Container Construction Kit! Prior to this update, the Kit was able to automate the creation of a configuration that included:
- built upon the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release
- (optional) loose minimization support to help those building and sharing images
- security hardening of the operating system - based upon the OpenSolaris Security Hardening project
- non-executable stack functionality enabled (on systems supporting this functionality)
- encrypted swap enabled
- encrypted scratch space enabled - default size is 100 Mbytes (customize as needed)
- kernel-level auditing enabled - default policy audits login/logouts, administrative events, and all commands executed on the system, audit syslog plugin configured (/var/log/auditlog)
- stateful packet filtering enabled - packet filtering syslog plugin configured (/var/log/ipflog), in-bound network access denied by default (except SSH), out-bound network access permitted by default (customize as needed)
- a single non-global zone installed (although others can be installed as needed):
- gzip compressed non-global zone root file system
- building upon default non-global zone security capabilities
- unique VNIC limiting visibility of unintended network traffic
- encrypted scratch space
- stateful packet filtering and NAT to restrict network-access
- in-bound network access denied by default (customize for your service)
- out-bound network access permitted by default (customize as needed)
- DNS and auditing configurations inherited from the global zone
The v1.3 update goes beyond this foundation to incorporate new capabilities including:
- configurable virtual network architecture. Non-global zones can be installed into the same or different virtual networks. This capability is required in order to begin constructing ISC configurations that implement more advanced network compartmentalization configurations. Administrators can define to which network a non-global zone should be attached using the -N option to the iscadm.ksh tool.
- anti-spoofing protection. Each of the non-global zones are configured to leverage the MAC and IP address anti-spoofing protections enabled by Crossbow 1.3 (builds 126 and newer).
- default resource controls. Non-global zones are configured to have a maximum lightweight process resource control installed (default: 300). This setting helps to mitigate against the effects of certain denial of service attacks. The actual limit can be adjusted using the ISC_MAX_LWPS parameter.
- default file system quotas. Non-global zone root file systems are configured to have a specific ZFS quota (default: 1G) and reservation (default: 512M). Since ISC nodes (non-global zones) share a common ZFS data set, it is important to have this restriction to prevent one node from exhausting capacity being used by other nodes. The default values can be changed using the ISC_QUOTA and ISC_RESERVATION parameters.
- site variable override. A new file (isc/etc/site.conf) is used to store any variables that are specific to a site or implementation. This file is not delivered by default and therefore will not be overwritten upon update (preserving any site-specific parameters). This file is intended to be used to store local (site specific) variables such as those listed above.
It is worth noting that the OpenSolaris ISC Construction Kit uses a modular architecture. Let's say you did not want all of the functionality described above - you just want to harden an OpenSolaris global zone. Well, that can be easily done using the following steps:
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Similarly, if you just wanted just to try out encrypted scratch space and encrypted swap, you could use the command:
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The goal of the Kit is to provide a fast, automated, and easy way to implement strong security protections for your systems and virtual machines, but we also recognize that requirements do differ so customization must be a core part of the software architecture.
As always, we would love to hear from you! Let's us know what works and what doesn't! What would you like to see in a future update? Is there anything that you would like to see changed? Here is your chance - speak up!
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for November to a team from the Parks and Recreation Department – Chance Jensen and Nathan Genrich from the Aquatics and Recreation Division. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
The team was nominated in the category of valor by Holly Lewis, Assistant Recreation Manager. Jensen has worked for Parks since June of 2004, and Genrich worked for the City pools every summer since 1997. They were nominated for the award because of their lifesaving actions last summer.
On August 21, 2004, an unresponsive child was removed from the pool at Star City Shores. Within seconds, the entire staff responded to the emergency by administering aid, calling 911, handling the crowd, bringing safety equipment, securing the facility, gathering information and the other duties for which they had been trained. By the time the child was removed from the water, Genrich, the head lifeguard, was ready to assess the child's condition. He began rescue breathing and chest compressions. Jensen, another lifeguard, responded immediately and worked with Genrich to continue CPR. After the child opened her eyes and began coughing, her condition was monitored until EMS arrived.
In her nomination, Lewis writes that the team's quick assessment and response to the emergency came from years of training, practicing and fulfilling their commitment to patron safety. "Chance and Nate will tell you they were just doing their jobs, but their dedication to the safety of Star City Shores' patrons saved a life," wrote Lewis.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are customer relations, productivity, safety and loss prevention. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected officials and some managers. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
Nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


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There's a lingering stereotype about brussels sprouts that says they're mushy, funky, and to be avoided. Not so! Brussels sprouts, which originated in Northern Europe in the 13th century or so, are actually the greatest of all brassicas: they have cabbage's vegetal sweetness, kale's versatility, cauliflower's nuttiness, and more surface area (which equals more potential crispiness) than just about any other vegetable.
1. Baseball Bat: Yes, this is what a stalk of brussels sprouts looks like! (If you've ever seen a kale plant, which has leaves coming off a thick central stem, this will be familiar.) The sprouts reach maturity from the bottom up -- in fact, you can harvest sprouts from the bottom and the stalk will keep growing on top, which means you'll have brussels sprouts all season long. When the stalk reaches 2 feet or so in length, it's customary to "top" them by pinching off the top-most sprouts. This forces the stalk to put its energy into developing its existing sprouts instead of growing new ones it may not be able to support before the frost.
2. Baby Cabbages: Off the stalk, this is what you get: 1-2" orbs that look like tiny baby cabbages. It's customary to trim away any yellowed or oversized leaves before cooking, but otherwise these are ready to eat. Like many other vegetables, they start to lose their sweetness after picking. Keeping them on the stalk delays this process a bit, but eat your sprouts quickly! And keep an eye out for the heirloom Rubine variety of brussels sprouts, which are a gorgeous shade of bright purple due to the anthocyanin flavonoids in the plant. (See also: cabbages, grapes, and kohlrabi.)
3. Core of the Matter: To increase surface area and allow for more even cooking, it's best to halve sprouts; whole ones can get mushy in the middle despite their crisp exteriors. No need to cut out that core as you would for a cabbage -- it's tender and quick to cook.
4. In the Raw: Of course, you don't have to cook your sprouts at all! The loosened leaves make for a great slaw. Keep in mind though, that the delicate leaves wilt quickly under acidic dressings -- dress raw brussels sprouts salads just before serving.
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What we watched: Another day, another item about Michael Vick for everyone to throw to the dogs. Get ready to hear plenty this weekend about what Vick had to say to Yahoo's Michael Silver.
"You can't design a defense to stop me" is just perfect for the coming holiday weekend, since it's certain to generate a shitstorm of references to all of those teams that have done just that against Vick in the playoffs through the years. The only wonder is whether Vick will feel the need to issue a statement later that tries to get everyone to calm down because he never really said what he said.
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An oligodendrocyte—the type of cell that manufactures myelin.
At first, the infants seem to be progressing normally. But it soon turns out they may have vision or hearing problems, and when the time comes to lift their heads, the milestone comes and goes. It often gets worse from there. Children with the rare Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease, like others who lack the usual insulating sheaths on their neurons, have trouble controlling their muscles, and often develop serious neurological and motor problems early in life. There is no cure for the genetic disorder. Nor is there a standardized treatment.
PMD, as it's called, and related diseases are some of the leading candidates for potential treatment with stem cells. The idea is that if stem cells that produce the missing insulator, the fatty substance called myelin, can be successfully implanted in the brains of patients, perhaps they will pitch in what the patient's native cells cannot.
Researchers have found a way to use human embryonic stem cells to restore hearing to gerbils. Specifically, they were able to repair damage to the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain, as they reported in Nature this week. This type of hearing loss, which affects many people, is currently untreatable; it isn't helped by hearing aids or cochlear implants, both of which depend on the auditory nerve to send the final signals to the brain. Applied to humans, this research could perhaps help a group that are currently without treatment for hearing loss.
A developing human egg.
What's the News: Since the 1950s, it's been generally accepted that women are born with all the eggs they will ever have. One gets doled out with each menstrual cycle, and when they run out, you get menopause. But a smattering of papers over the last decade or so have indicated that that dogma might be incorrect: scientists found cells in the ovarian tissue of female mice that appear capable of producing new eggs. Now, working with donated tissue, researchers have found similar cells in human ovaries.
Headlines hyping the find have been spreading across the web, and we feel compelled to point out that this paper doesn't mean that we will be able to grow fresh new eggs in Petri dishes, and it doesn't prove that in real, live women these cells actually mature into eggs that can develop into offspring. It does, however, provide an interesting chance to see whether egg production by these cells can be jump-started using drugs.
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Researchers have announced the birth of three unusual, though healthy, baby monkeys. They are the first non-mouse chimeras—creatures made up of cells from multiple other parents—to be created by science.
Making chimeric mice is a time-consuming but fairly routine part of biology these days: embryos are injected with modified cultured stem cells containing the traits the researchers desire (like glowing in the dark). Those embryos grow up into mice who have some glow-in-the-dark cells and some normal cells, called chimeras. These chimeras are useful because if any of them have glow-in-the-dark sperm or eggs, they can be bred with each other to produce babies who are 100% glow-in-the-dark.
Cardiomyocytes damaged by a heart attack
What's the News: Scientists are devoting countless research hours to treatments based on embryonic stem cells, differentiating these blank-slate cells from embryos into brain cells, light-sensing retinal cells, blood cells, and more to replace damaged or destroyed tissues in the body. Now, a new study in mice shows such that nature has arrived at just such a solution, too: When a pregnant mouse has a heart attack, her fetus donates some of its stem cells to help rebuild the damaged heart tissue.
For more than a decade, Geron has been a pillar of human embryonic stem cell research. They were the first to embark on embryonic stem cell trials, with a treatment for patients with spinal cord injury last year. They also have the distinction of having funded the research that isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, way back in 1998. But the company has just announced that they will be shuttering the stem cell portion of their operation.
Their spinal cord trial to assess whether a low dose of cells in a newly injured spine is safe, which had enrolled four patients, had been progressing as expected, so it's not that they've lost faith in the science. It's all about the money: Geron has two cancer drugs in clinical trials, and according to their announcement, this was the only way to continue supporting that research without having to raise more funds. They'll be laying off 38% of their employees as a result of the decision. The four patients will continue to be monitored.
Neurons damaged by Parkinson's disease
What's the News: Scientists have reversed Parkinson's disease-like brain damage and motor problems in mice and rats using neurons grown from human embryonic stem cells. The new technique, described online in Nature earlier this week, brings scientists closer to similar treatments for people with Parkinson's.
What's the News: Making stem cells without using embryos can be a difficult process, and scientists have had to cope with numerous failures. But a new discovery may help them home in on what's missing from their biochemical recipes.
Biologist George Church, examining a molecular model.
George Church, the geneticist behind the Personal Genome Project, is envisioning a package deal: get your genome sequenced, and he and his collaborators will develop a line of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS) from your tissue, so in the future, you'll be able upgrade your system with organs and tissues bearing both your genes and special extras like genes from centenarians. It's combining stem cells with gene therapy. In an interview with Church, David Ewing Duncan over at Technology Review asks him to elaborate. Why does he think this science fiction scenario is in our near future?
With only seven northern white rhinos left in the world, creating eggs and sperm from stem cells offers the possibility of salvaging some of the species.
What's the News: In an effort to help preserve endangered rhinos and primates, biologists have converted skin cells taken from the animals into pluripotent stem cells, which can grow into nearly anything, given the right conditions. They might even grow into egg and sperm cells, eventually, the researchers think, suggesting a cell biological route to conservation.


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Well it's about bloody time.
Sir Alex Ferguson emerged from his carefully-carved thinking box and finally employed Wayne Rooney in the center of midfield for Manchester United.
Granted, it was only a bit-part performance: Against Arsenal on Saturday, Rooney was still, at most times, the second-most man forward.
But, particularly in the first half, he played like he was part of the midfield instead of someone without any defensive duties.
His head was on a swivel. He was involved, almost happy, pointing and directing traffic on defense and grabbing the ball deep to alternatively create triangles and slowly press upfield or ping it himself over the top through to Hernandez, occupying Rooney's old position. It was almost beautiful.
He even intimated that Ferguson did it on purpose, which is both refreshing and surprising.
"The work effort from the two lads on the wing, and we had me and Gibbo just in front of O'Shea, and I think it worked out well," the Englishman said.
"We worked hard. We stopped them getting through-balls to the forwards and we knew we could catch them on the break which we have done over the last few years against Arsenal.
"It was a gritty performance from us."
Hernandez was the target man as Rafael and Fabio also flew forward giving Rooney the foundation to really ply his inherent traits.
Why did we have to wait 65 million years for this?
And his traits are well-documented, just as this paradigm shift from his manager—if it's even that—is long overdue.
I wrote in 2008, advocating Rooney behind Berbatov and Tevez when the English striker was characteristically off-form and their rotation up top became counter-productive:
While they are healthy, the situation could easily be manipulated to the side's advantage, but it requires a break from dogma for the Scottish manager.
Ferguson's parochial approach to playing Rooney at the expense of Tevez must be shifted to slotting Rooney behind both [the Argentine] and Berbatov in an attacking midfield role.
Rooney is a workhorse. His penchant for tracking back is actually maligned when he is playing striker; slot him into a supporting role, and it would be glorified.
In addition to his work-rate, Rooney is a brilliant creative passer and a team leader. He is quicker and stronger than Carrick, and might even be better in the air.
The energy he harbors playing forward, which, as said, is often expressed rashly and impudently, could easily be displaced throughout the midfield.
There he can win balls and orchestrate forward movements: passing, firing long-range shots, and making late runs trademarked by the ginger-haired master.
Not a lot has changed. United still have two other strikers in more consistent form. Carrick is still shite. Why not get Rooney on the field in a position he can really express himself?
He could play the defensive in role in midfield better than the lanky Englishman while passing better, being faster, stronger and with better cardio and vision.
Furthermore, Wayne would absolutely revel in being able to constantly pick up the ball off the backline, eliminating the inevitably of them aimlessly booting it downfield to him.
He'd also love tracking other playmakers because players with huge egos love tracking other players with huge egos. Trust me.
He could start from deep, work triangles through the park, ping Hollywood balls from corner to corner, flying tackle people, throw elbows willy-nilly, spit to his heart's content, be closer to the referee to yell "FACK OFF", and get sent off more.
Where's the downside?
Rooney has always been a better footballer than a striker.
Different formations an' that
It doesn't really matter what tactics the gaffer wants to use, our Scouser would fit finely.
Even a center pairing of Rooney and Scholes is more combative than the Ginger Prince and "The Friendly Ghost" proved against Chelsea two weeks ago. There United's center midfield were overrun in the second half, Fletcher marooned out wide.
Then Ferguson again started Carrick and Scholes in the middle against Liverpool in front of a depleted backline. This time Rooney was the one marooned incorrectly in left field and thereby abysmal. United conceded more space and looked more amateurish than they had at any other time this season.
To be sure, in a 4-4-2, Fletcher should be the first midfielder on the teamsheet. Pairing him with Rooney is an equally creative—but substantially more bottled—alternative to Scholes and especially Giggs.
In a four-man midfield, if the ginger one isn't up to task—injured or otherwise, employing Valencia, Nani, Fletcher, and Rooney is much more appealing on paper than any other possible attacking array.
Ferguson's infamous 4-5-1 with Hernandez or Berbatov up top with Rooney, Scholes, and Fletcher supporting makes an otherwise ineffective and undesirable formation seem absolutely dreamy.
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Basically, when it comes to five-man midfields, if it doesn't involve Carrick or Gibson, and has Wayne somewhere in the middle, then it's green pastures.
Especially since Ferguson also revealed against Arsenal his hitherto unknown or nonexistent willingness to try a da Silva twin on the wing.
The Brazilians are perfect like-for-like replacements to fulfill a Ji-Sung Park role, except they are much faster and far superior going forward.
They have fantastic engines and each get well stuck-in—with a grain of naivete, of course, and not that it's always bad.
They provide rambunctious, more defensive-minded wingplay if ever an overabundance of creativity in the middle had to be compensated for.
The da Silva twins do so with more attacking panache and ability along the wing than Park, Fletcher, Rooney, or any other player Ferguson would shoehorn in for a more defensive approach.
Russian doll phenomenon
Perhaps most importantly, slotting Wayne Rooney into center middle means Javier Hernandez gets to play more.
Chicharito gives a completely different look than any other United striker. It's become obvious even to pundits. His forward runs are absolutely electric, opening space throughout the whole park and enabling a
United counterattack that is otherwise stale without him.
Hernandez is more natural to the position and more effective in it than Rooney. Already. After half a season.
Ponch has vast, undeveloped inherent talent, as opposed to Rooney who had talent but plateaued as he became complacent believing was a premier world striker.
He's the better forward, better alone up top, and a better partner for Berbatov.
Frankly, the idea of Rooney creating play for the two up top is absolutely spellbinding in theory.
Whether it plays out in real time is unlikely to be ascertained until next season—a consistent, major postitional shift for Ferguson's most popular player wouldn't take place proper during the culmination of a three-front trophy assault. Rooney may not even be here then.
But if he is, and if it does, then United and its fans might have finally been rewarded with the replacement for Paul Scholes we've been desperately seeking already for several years.
It's a move that benefits the team and the player, giving United a younger, energetic version of—and replacement for—their best player of the last 15 years, allowing Rooney the space and role to do everything a relatively complete footballer should be able to do throughout the course of a match.
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Traveling with Your iPhone? Evaluating and Using VoIP While On the Go
by Rob on
March 28, 2010
Filed under App News, Daily App Reviews, News, Tips and How-To's, Utility
This past week I went on a planned business trip to Vancouver, British Columbia (home of the 2010 Winter Olympics). Knowing that this trip was coming I did some research in using my iPhone while out of the USA – if you've ever traveled with your iPhone you know that roaming charges can be expensive. Roaming is expensive and in fact, upon landing in Vancouver and switching my iPhone off of airplane mode I immediately received a free text message from AT&T stating that data roaming would cost me $15.36 per megabyte. But what about talk minutes? Well, having looked into this beforehand I knew that using my phone in Canada would ding me $.79/minute. Before leaving the USA, I added the Canada roaming feature to my plan ($4.99/mo) which slightly reduced the roaming costs to $.59/minute, still expensive. So how does one call their family and talk for minutes on end while away on business without incurring severe roaming charges? I'll tell you how…
I had a few requirements for when I was out of the country, mainly I had to be able to call the family and dial into work conference calls without incurring a huge roaming bill at the end of the month. So, in essence, cheap or free outgoing calls are critical while incoming calls I wasn't as concerned for since I could take the call on roaming then call them back using the other method (and hopefully only incur periodic $.59 calls).
Requirements and Evaluation of Services:
Since unlocking your iPhone and using a SIM card from a carrier in the country you are visiting is out of the question (AT&T or Apple will not unlock your iPhone) I had to look at options that were available to me… namely VoIP. Apps for various VoIP services have been springing up all over the App Store and so surely there's something there that would work. Remember, that using VoIP would require that I had some type of data connection to my phone (read: WiFi) since if you recall data roaming via cellular is $15.36/MB. (Note: there is a data roaming package that you can add from AT&T, prices start at $25.00 for 20MB and go up from there, but it's still not a viable option for VoIP since you need roughly 5MB per minute for typical VoIP calls).
I started to evaluate various services and apps about two weeks prior to leaving for Canada. I immediately removed several offerings by eliminating them based on my criteria. My requirements were: 1. It had to be cheap (free is better but not more than $10.00/month), 2. The service had to allow me to call any phone number in either Canada or the USA, 3. The service had to have excellent voice quality, 4. The service needed to be fairly easy to use.
1. I first started out looking at iCall (v.1.2.5). iCall is a free app and after installing it seemed to offer everything I was looking for in one easy step. Enrollment was easy and after I signed up I could instantly start dialing out to any phone number in the USA or Canada – for free! The iCall app kept track of my recent calls and integrated nicely with my iPhone contacts by giving me easy access to them. iCall also claimed that it could seamlessly transfer an in-progress cellular call to the iCall app, to help save on cell minutes. Sounds great, right? Well, almost. The free version will cut your calls at three minutes and before placing your call you must listen to a 30 second advertisement. So, free it is not. The paid, unlimited subscription is at the top of my tolerance at $9.95 per month and there is also a pay as you go option too. However, iCall had the poorest voice quality of any solution I tried with noticeable (and unacceptable) lag and pretty bad 'robot' voice transformation for those on the call. So, score for features, fail for quality. I did try this app multiple times (free version) both at home on a 15MB/sec Internet connection and on the hotel WiFi, both with the same results. I'll add that the iCall app description (on icall.com) states that better call quality comes with the paid versions, but the free call quality was unacceptable and didn't leave me feeling like I could take a chance on the paid version.
2. Skype. You probably already have a Skype account from a previous life so that significantly eases the installation and setup of Skype on the iPhone (if not, you'll need to install the PC or Mac application to your computer to create an account). Once installed, the Skype app allows for easy integration into the iPhone contacts and includes a nice dialer. If you have Skype credit you can also send SMS from the app to anyone (find the SMS charges though on Skype.com). The app is the only one that didn't work over 3G that we tested, however the service delivered the highest call quality by a landslide and worked flawlessly while on a WiFi connection. I subscribed to the cheap $2.95/month for unlimited SkypeOut calling (Skype to any phone number in the USA or Canada) and at this point I was set. Call quality was just amazing, as good as just calling over cellular. Once you have a Skype account, go to Skype.com and add SkypeOut by either adding credit or getting a subscription. From here you can also add a phone number (for others to call you) for $30.00/year and have unlimited inbound calls as well, but this wasn't a requirement for me. There are also 3rd party apps that allow Skype over 3G (Fring and Nimbuzz are two) but both of these required their own accounts and then adding the Skype account to use them. Also, they were rather cumbersome to use and the only benefit over the actual Skype app was the ability to use Skype over 3G which was of no value while roaming in Canada.
3. FriendCaller Pro. FriendCaller recently made all of their apps in the App Store free. So I installed the Pro version. FriendCaller let's you pay monthly or buy blocks of minutes in $5 increments. If you're not looking for a monthly subscription then this one is an option. Unfortunately, as I was looking into others I didn't get a chance to fully test FriendCaller's features and quality since they did not have a free option to try, so I can't comment on it beyond the installation, sorry.
There are a whole host of SIP apps in the App Store, I did not try any of these since they required I went and found a SIP provider as well. Unless you're already using one of these providers then I'd stick to one of the easier solutions above.
The real winner here for me was Skype. As cheap as Skype is ($2.95/month for unlimited Canada/USA calling) and for their excellent call quality even on the limited bandwidth hotel WiFi made Skype a real winner. One of my colleagues even asked me how to get it all setup so that he too could take advantage of the low-cost calling to his family. If iCall could get their call quality as good as Skype then I believe they too have a very interesting solution, one where simplicity of setup and ease of use is key. I wish I had tried FriendCaller more and I may just do that next time I travel, but for now I'm sticking with Skype.
A few other tidbits: I took an Apple Airport Express so that my iPhone had WiFi in the room. Many hotels only have wired internet in the rooms so you'd either need a notebook and setup an adhoc network or go down to the hotel lobby to get your iPhone connected so just know that you need WiFi. Next, for incoming calls I just had people call my cell phone, then I called them back on Skype to get the cheap calls. This worked for me since incoming calls on any VoIP app on the iPhone will not ring unless the phone was charging. Even those with Push Notifications were spotty at best (hence, completely unreliable). Lastly, most of your calls to other people will show up as Unknown or Unavailable or in the case of Skype as "000012345." This may throw people off so either warn them or you can have Skype show your cell phone number (Skype credit and setup required).
In all, using VoIP while in Canada worked excellent for me. WiFi was available in nearly every part of the hotel, conference center and even most restaurants and places of interest that we visited so finding WiFi to make a call was seldom a problem. If you're about to travel outside of the U.S. (or your own home country) then it's time to consider VoIP on your iPhone – if you already haven't done so.


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League City officials cited for fistfight at City Hall
What began as a political argument in League City turned to fists flying at City Hall.
When the dust cleared, Council members Dan Becker and Dennis OKeeffe found themselves holding misdemeanor citations for disorderly conduct-fighting, handed to them by League City police.
Council members were at City Hall, 300 W. Walker, on Wednesday to discuss the city's planned $48 million-plus budget for 2013-14 with Mayor Tim Paulissen, City Manager Mike Loftin and the city's financial officer, the mayor said.
The three city officials planned to meet with Becker and Councilwoman Heidi Thiess, when two other council members appeared - Joanna Sharp Dawson and OKeeffe.
"They (council members) showed up and we had a quorum," the mayor said. "All I can tell you is that an altercation did happen between Becker and OKeeffe. The police were called and citations for disorderly conduct were issued to both."
Contacted via telephone Thursday, OKeeffe said that he had someone in his office and that he would call back.
Becker did not return a telephone message forwarded to him Thursday by City Hall staff.
Paulissen called the incident unfortunate, saying it was time to move forward with city's business.
"It's never pleasant and I certainly don't like things like that to happen," the mayor said. "It puts a negative light on the city. Unfortunately, I wish it hadn't happened but it is what it is. We need to move forward as a team to get better communication between our members of City Council."


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Mount Rainier volunteer program sees drop in hours worked in 2013
While the number of volunteers who worked at Mount Rainier National Park this year remained steady, the number of hours worked declined dramatically.
In his annual report, volunteer coordinator Kevin Bacher said the number of volunteers this year was 1,784 people, down 1.1 percent from the 1,804 count in 2012.
Where the decline was noticeable was in the hours worked, Bacher said in his report. This year, volunteers worked 62,736 hours. That is down 15.9 percent from the 74,615 hours worked in 2012.
"A quick look at the numbers reveals that most of the changes are reflective of fewer full-time volunteer and intern positions," Bacher said. "We had fewer full-time volunteers in the Paradise visitor center and climber information center; fewer emergency roadside assistance volunteers; fewer historic architecture positions and so forth."
The park also lost a few thousand hours of volunteer time at the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center alone because it was shut down for the season because of budget constraints.
"The silver lining is that, clearly, individual interest in volunteering has not declined. While we've had fewer full-time volunteers parkwide, our number of itinerant volunteers has remained roughly the same, in spite of the shrinkage of some programs," he said.
The value of those volunteer hours is estimated at almost $1.39 million, based on the estimated value of volunteer time in 2012 at $22.14 per hour nationally.
The report also noted the end of the program with the Japan Volunteers-in-Parks Association. In 20 years of work at the park, those volunteers donated 23,040 hours of service.
"Their contributions to Mount Rainier National Park will benefit us long into the future, and we wish them well with their new volunteer efforts closer to home in Japan," Bacher said.
Washington State Parks is encouraging people to get outdoors to celebrate the new year. The park system has again planned a series of First Day Hikes to take place at parks across the state on Jan. 1.
There are hikes planned at parks including Lake Sylvia, Twanoh, Nolte and Millersylvania.
The times, distance and difficulty of each hike varies from park to park. For details, go to parks.wa.gov/ events.
October visits
Mount Rainier
October 2013: 38,478
October 2012: 59,049
Difference: -34.84 percent
Year-to-date 2013: 1,071,602
Year-to-date 2012: 1,013,869
Difference: 5.7 percent
How do you explain a drop of more than one-third in recreational visits from a year ago? It wasn't the weather, it wasn't a lack of interest. Oh yeah, it was a federal government shutdown for 16 days. Still, the park managed to top the 1 million mark for the year. Interestingly, there were more visitors per day in October, 2,565, than in October 2012 when the average was 1,904.
October 2013: 134,726
October 2012: 165,809
Difference: -18.75 percent
Year-to-date 2013: 2,891,020
Year-to-date 2012: 2,629,063
Difference: 9.96 percent
Olympic fared better than Mount Rainier did during the shutdown. Despite the drop-off in October, the park is still well head of the count in 2012 for the year.
National Park Service
October 2013: 15,112,276
October 2012: 22,159,931
Difference: -31.8 percent
Year-to-date 2013: 239,979,073
Year-to-date 2012: 255,516,913
Difference: -6.08 percent


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DUVALL — The Cedarcrest and Lakewood baseball teams seem to enjoy playing each other. So much so, that they don't want to stop.
For the second straight game the two teams went into extra innings, with Cedarcrest once again coming out on top, defeating Lakewood 2-1 in 11 innings Wednesday afternoon at Cedarcrest High School.
Wednesday's game followed a nine-inning battle between the two teams on Monday — which Cedarcrest won 5-3 — bringing the total number of innings Cedarcrest and Lakewood have played this week to 20.
"Both sides had good pitching. It was that way on Monday too, we played a (nine-inning game) against each other," said Cedarcrest head coach Scott Goldsberry. "We seem to be pretty evenly matched. Just a good, hard-nosed old-school baseball game. … I'm real proud of my kids for coming through."
The Red Wolves were once again led by freshman Blaine Wagner, who batted 3-for-6. The catcher, who had a game-tying RBI double in Monday's game, hit the game-winning base hit with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, scoring Nick Bowersock from third.
Wagner also scored Cedarcrest's first run of the game in the first inning.
"He's come on the last few games," Goldsberry said. "Maybe he was trying to find his way as a freshman the first couple games. The last few games he's been hitting the ball pretty well. … For a freshman it's pretty exciting. We're really impressed with him."
The two teams meet again on Friday and Goldsberry said it wouldn't be a shock if the extra-innings trend continued.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it went extra innings," Goldsberry said. "They're going to be ready to come get us."
At Cedarcrest H.S.
Lakewood 000 001 000 00—1 4 2
Cedarcrest 100 000 000 01—2 8 0
Opplinger, Freeze (8), Snyder (11) and Jones. Sam Ballweg, Adam Davenport (7) and Blaine Wagner. WP—Davenport (1-0). LP—Snyder. 2B—Freeze (L), Wagner (C), Colton Sandhoffer (C), Andrew Willmon (C). Records—Lakewood 4-2 league, 4-3 overall. Cedarcrest 5-0, 5-1.


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This is really neat! Technology is just amazing and in this video, a $40,000 thermal camera is used to see what exactly is happening when an engine warms up. Very cool!
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This is the future cars seem to be going, whether we like it or not. Minimalistic,autonomous capabilities, electric and very futuristic designs appear to be the staples of most of the newly designed cars. The Volkswagen I.D. Concept almost seems to be a refresh of the Golf and although it may take some getting used to, it looks pretty cool!
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The new 2017 Toyota GT86 looks awesome, especially while ice drifting! Carfection tested the new Toyota on ice and gave their review on how well it handles. What do you think?
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Jenny Basic Skirt
Added Dec 1, 2009
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
This is BurdaStyle's classic pencil skirt with two front darts and two back darts to attain a great fit. And this pattern download has perks:
The Jenny pattern download includes instructions & supplemental pattern pieces for 4 projects: The basic skirt (featured above), the skirt with bow, the skirt with suspenders, and a dress! See the extras below:
Variation B: Add Suspenders
Variation C: Add a Bow
Variation D: Make it into a dress!
Material Notes
Printed light wool crepe, Interfacing 36" x 16" (EU 90 × 40 cm), Zipper 12" (EU 30 cm)
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Skirt
- Style
- Casual, Classic, Preppy, Rock, Romantic, Vintage
- Material
- Corduroy, Blends, Velvet, Wool
- Photographer
Danielle St. Laurent
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May 5, 2012, 07.45 PMby Tabatha Lettuce
Have the instructions for this skirt been made any more user friendly? I'd love to have a go but find following a pattern somewhat tricky, especially Burda ones. Anyone tried it recently? I'm a novice with ambition!
May 4, 2010, 03.44 PMby pinksalamander
I've just started this skirt and can I just say that the instructions are awful. I picked this pattern because it seemed like a nice easy project but its been driving me up the wall with its dire instructions. I'm going to stop using burda patterns altogether very soon as your instructions aren't worth the paper they're written on. Sort it out Burdastyle.
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Jun 17, 2010, 03.51 AMby chadrific
I agree, but I just don't read the instructions…though if I didn't know how to throw this dress together I'd be pissed…the instructions are HORRID. I don't even understand why they're so poorly written…it's Burda's pitfall I think :-(
Dec 13, 2009, 10.49 PMby clairegeit
Are pictures of the other options up as yet? I would like to see them before I download and I though they were meant to be up last week?
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Jan 18, 2010, 10.20 PMby alisondahl
YES! The gorgeous dress and another Skirt option are up and ready for you.
Dec 13, 2009, 10.49 PMby clairegeit
Are pictures of the other options up as yet? I would like to see them before I download and I though they were meant to be up last week?
Dec 13, 2009, 10.42 PMby clairegeit
Are pictures of the other options up as yet? I would like to see them before I download and I though they were meant to be up last week?
Dec 13, 2009, 10.41 PMby clairegeit
Are pictures of the other options up as yet? I would like to see them before I download and I though they were meant to be up last week?
Dec 13, 2009, 10.41 PMby clairegeit
Are pictures of the other options up as yet? I would like to see them before I download and I though they were meant to be up last week?
Dec 9, 2009, 11.38 AMby swingtag
Nice design, easy to make and alter. I think $7.50 is a good price for 3 skirts and a dress, but I would also like to see the technical drawings of the other patterns in this set.
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Jan 18, 2010, 10.21 PMby alisondahl
The technical drawing for ALL 4 OPTIONS are live by clicking the underlined phrase.
Dec 8, 2009, 07.37 PMby thirtydaysseptember
Wish I could see line drawings of the other variations. As it is, the price seems WAY too steep for a skirt, especially considering the cost and time investment of either printing it at a copy shop or printing out so many pages at home and tiling them together.
Dec 8, 2009, 04.48 PMby starrbegley
I bought this pattern and it's next on my list after the pair of trousers I cut last night. I'm looking forward to the other variations and hoping I'll be able to grade the pattern to fit my figure. I'm 27.5" waist and 34" hip. Any recommendations? I've only been sewing about a year and have not adjusted many patterns besides shortening for my 5'2" frame with mixed results.
Dec 8, 2009, 09.36 AMby swingtag
It's a nice simple design, easy to make. I think $7.50 is quite reasonable for 3 skirt variations and a dress but there should be technical drawings of the other variations.
Dec 8, 2009, 09.33 AMby swingtag
It's a nice design and easy to make. I think $7.50 is quite reasonable for 3 skirt options and a dress, but it would be nice if there were technical drawings of the other variations.
Dec 4, 2009, 11.18 PMby sarabclever
I like, but dont' think I have the figure for it!
Dec 4, 2009, 03.32 PMby sewverytall
I wonder if the other variations will take a week each before we see them. If so, it practically guarantees that no one will buy the pattern until they get to see all the versions. Odd way to do business.
Dec 4, 2009, 02.28 PMby joanrobinson
I'm curious about the other variations, too— this is just an incredibly basic pencil skirt with a wide waistband, no? I am, by no means, an expert sewer, and I drafted up something like this myself recently, based on a skirt that fit me well, in about 10 minutes. (If anybody is curious about how to do this, I'd be happy to explain.) Anyone who has sewn a waistband before is capable of coming up with this pattern themselves.
Again, curious to see the other variations.
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Dec 7, 2009, 05.14 PMby quiltedgiraffe
Actually— yes!! I'd love to hear how you drafted your skirt. I've drafted full skirts before (the easy kind— basically, two gathered rectangles sewn to a waistband, with a zipper in there somewhere), but a pencil skirt seems more intimidating, because it's so fitted.
Jun 26, 2010, 05.13 AMby smartalex999
I would love to know how you made your pencil skirt! I am a curvy girl so I think it may be easier to make a pencil skirt to fit 30in waist and 43in hips and petitie 5'0 tall frame then to buy one for a bunch of money! I would really appreciate it <3
Dec 3, 2009, 09.03 PMby ladykatza
To ADD: I saw the post that the pattern is for FOUR different variations, so four-in-one and it is a lovely skirt. I'm a combo 44/46 for Burda sizing, so this is pretty easy to grade. However, I just blew all my money on some old vintage patterns from the 40's. OOOOPS
Dec 3, 2009, 07.45 PMby kristinjg
I just want to say one thing here. I often see complaints on this site about prices. Have any of you ever bought a pattern at a fabric store? I just bought one the other day and I think it cost me about $15 and that was at the stores everyday 40% off. So now, I realize that most people get into sewing because it saves money. However, when's the last time you got a well-made, tailored skirt made in a fabric that you like for less than $20? NOT IN THIS CENTURY! And if you did, you are a lucky person that fits clothes off the racks. I think you can spring for the $7.50 for the skirt pattern if you don't already have a pencil skirt pattern. You will still save money at $7.50.
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Dec 16, 2009, 07.14 PMby dschudie
you`re so right! thank you!
Dec 3, 2009, 02.19 PMby kallers
Does this pattern actually include the variations (maybe someone who's downloaded it can chime in??), or do we have to purchase the variations (ala the Fatina pattern)?
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Dec 3, 2009, 02.50 PMby nehmah
Adding the variations with a separate price tag is what BS did with the Sidonie skirt pattern. It's final tag was $6.50, $3 for the basic skirt, and $3.50 for the variation. While the major companies release equivalent patterns with at least two variations, it the package, BS writes up the variation as if it is an entirely new pattern. As for the cost being less, few customers pay full price for a pattern any longer. Even Burda is found on sale as a download for less than the suggested price. Cordially, Nehmah
Dec 4, 2009, 08.28 AMby nikkishell
It does include all the pattern pieces for all four versions.
Dec 5, 2009, 03.29 AMby bitsandbobbins
i just downloaded it; it appears to have all the pattern pieces for several versions, but as of this date, only the instructions for the version shown above…guessing the others will be revealed in coming weeks, as was posited.
Dec 3, 2009, 11.13 AMby polychromatin
7,50$ … ? Kidding?
Dec 3, 2009, 09.17 AMby barbaraagatha
Somehow I have read a lot of comments lately about sizes. Quite frankly, I believe that just because the average size in America is 14, this doesn't mean that all patterns should go up to that size: normal for the US, but Burdastyle is international and around the world sizes above 14 are definitely PLUS sizes. They are plus sizes, and therefore should fall under a different section. I understand if the sizes were only from 0 to 4, then that would not be representative of the population. I live in Italy, and even stores do not carry clothes in sizes 14.
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Dec 3, 2009, 10.29 AMby sing0202
14 is not a plus size in the Uk, in fact thats national average. Most plus sizes start at around 18 here.
Dec 3, 2009, 11.12 AMby bandgeek
Why should size 14 be a plus size? As a former size 14 myself, I think that there is no reason that people who are a size 14 or any size should be told they are fat and made to feel bad about themselves. Sizes are sizes, if for some reason a person needs to be in a different size category to feel better about being smaller, then that's the problem. There is no problem with making patterns larger! I'm almost 6 feet tall and large boned, I went down to a size 6 and looked sick, some people need to be larger than others. Some people need to not comment on things that make absolutely no difference whatsoever! Here's to everyone who can rock this skirt in the "plus sizes!!!" Oh and I worked in a plus size clothing store for several years and we had international customers because other countries didn't carry larger sizes, they were so pleased to find clothes that fit at reasonable prices. I guess that's just one more reason to make larger patterns. People will make what they can't buy!
Dec 3, 2009, 01.37 PMby alicelee
Sorry, don't mean to be picky, but size 14 in the US is the equivalent of a Size 18 in the UK, so that probably is classified as a plus size here.
Dec 3, 2009, 03.13 PMby ladykatza
"PLUS" size people are people too.
Dec 3, 2009, 03.29 PMby ncn6
I hope we can all agree that size classifications like "regular" and "plus" are arbitrary AND hurtful to the people who occupy the wrong side of them, so please let's not argue that anyone should be on the wrong side of a stigmatizing line (spoken as someone who's been straddling that line for ages). Although I'm inspired by seeing plus size models and designs because they give me an idea of how something will look on my body shape, I doubt that we'll ever find a size range that will make everyone happy, because we're all so different in body shape (and I would hate to see BurdaStyle go broke trying, because I love this site!).
What I would like to see on BurdaStyle is some features on doing things like grading and alterations, so that we can learn how to use basic patterns to fit more body shapes — in short, instead of waiting for plus patterns to come out, I'd rather learn how to fish :) I'm happy to contribute my own rather measly knowledge on full bust alterations for anyone else with similar fit issues to mine…
Dec 3, 2009, 06.11 PMby barbaraagatha
Hey people: I didn't mean to say anything about people of different sizes! I don't care if you're a size 14 or a 2. It seems you do, instead.
All I'm saying is that a plus size is a plus size, regardless of how the term "plus" makes you feel. It's just a definition. And you simply can't expect to buy a pattern that goes from 4 to 14, you need to make 2 different ones: average and plus.
You all are quite touchy on this subject. I don't hear petite people complaining: and yet Burda Magazine usually goes down to size EU36 or sometimes only 38!
Dec 3, 2009, 06.58 PMby bandgeek
I believe all I'm saying is there's no reason to pick on people. Patterns should be made to fit any size, by the manufacturer or otherwise. Large people aren't from another planet and some negative opinions can remain unstated. No one likes to be picked on so as for being touchy, yep, you poke a snake and it gets a little upset. Plus size is a definition, so is rude, regardless of how it makes you feel! Multi size patterns cover the 4-14 range of sizes sometimes, and I believe we already determined that 14 is average.
Dec 4, 2009, 09.35 AMby barkcloth
I agree with barbara.agatha. The definition of 'plus' size may be abitrary, but the average in the US is not what we in Europe think is average. Let's remember: this is a pencil skirt! I'm a Burdasize 40 and I think I should not wear this kind of clothing anymore. Makes me look ridiculous. Everybody should of course wear what she likes, but I do understand the choice not to make pencil skirt patterns for people over size 44.
Dec 6, 2009, 12.58 PMby barbaraagatha
As I wrote to ncn6 (that nicely pointed out I was a bitch – I paraphrase, of course), the fact that my comment hurt a few people indicates that there is indeed a lot of mixed emotions around the issue. I should have been more understanding – I suck at tip-toeing around things.
Dec 15, 2009, 11.12 AMby thecuriouskiwi
I don't want to wade in on the whole size thing (I'm a Burda 42 and sometimes feel pretty blah about being the last size in the bracket before they roll into "plus", but I love my body and this is just how it is) but I just wanted to mention that I had this conversation ("why do they call it 'plus-size', why even have that definition at all?") with a professional sewing friend of mine and her comment (which makes sense to me) its that the reason why there is a different bracket (with the unfortunate tag of "plus") is more to do with how measurements change on the body, the rules for grading (as I understand it) differ when flesh starts to be further from the bone, so really the "plus" label is more about correctly sizing for the figure.
Feb 3, 2010, 12.27 PMby ichigogirl
Ah, I wish I lived in Italy, where you can find clothes that fit REAL petit women…
I agree with Barbara.agatha that it has to be taken into consideration that this is an international size, and that a size 14 is hardly the average size in the world.
It's a shame sizes are such an issue, and that so many on the larger side are so ashamed (or, do I misunderstand it all?) of themselves that they feel the need to call thin girls ugly names such as "sticks". I don't see why there has to be such a divide between thin and not thin women, we all struggle to get the fit right, but in different ways. I can assure those of you who complain about the plus-size issue, ALL women have body-issues (well, there are always exceptions to all rules). And it's hard to find minus-sizes too (below a size 4). And I don't say that to insult anyone.
Btw, I think ncn6 had a great idea about the need for instructions on how to change patterns to achieve a better fit, that could help those from a size 0 minus to plus plus (I don't have a clue what would be the opposite of a size 0, so I won't even try).
Jun 26, 2010, 05.09 AMby smartalex999
Honestly, no woman wants to hear "PLUS" size or 2X or however many X's, you may have trouble understanding the emotions evoked from those words because you may have never been a "PLUS" size. When I used to work at a boutique, I was taught to never call out dress sizes above XL and instead to use hand motions between employees because it truely does hurt women's self esteem. I went up far more than a couple pant sizes because of my medications and that alone was frustrating, I stopped getting modeling gigs cause I was considered a "PLUS" size (which in that world is anything above a size 3) UGHH. Anyway, women of any size should be able to buy a women's pattern without feeling put into an "above normal" category! So to all the volumptuous women out there- take pride in your curves! People pay big money to get our big boobs and wide hips! They do! The fashion world needs to start representing REAL CURVY SEXY women- seriously whatever happened to the 50's babes?!
Dec 3, 2009, 06.05 AMby Ana B
Love the empire waist; I would purchase this pattern; cept for the small technicality of me being a lot of bit on the bigger size. Luckily I have a pencil skirt pattern that I have already altered; therefore all I gotta do is add the empire waist. (Thanks for the idea) Maybe after I see the other skirts and dress I can decide if its worth the trouble of taking the time to alter the pattern. Don't mind the price for 4 patterns; just mind the size. My motivation to loose the next 30 pds. ha ha!
Dec 3, 2009, 05.28 AMby nikkishell
I LOVE IT!! I have been wanting to make some basic pencil skirts for a while. It's like you posted the pattern just for me :) I've downloaded the pattern and will be making this for my work Christmas party. I'm looking forward to the other variations of the pattern too, $7.50 for 3 skirts and a dress, bloody bargain if you ask me :)
Dec 2, 2009, 10.08 PMby frkbustad
As others have said before me, I haven't seen the other variations and won't prejudge the price. I think, nevertheless, I would prefer altering the Kaisa-skirt instead of using $7.50 on this, especially since the Kaisa waist-piece is very flattering.
I hope the variations of this skirt are nice, it looks promising indeed!
Dec 2, 2009, 10.07 PMby zickzack
Looking forward to seeing the other variations! The first one is lovely…
Dec 2, 2009, 10.05 PMby gertie
I love it! I'm always on the look-out for a good retro-styled pencil skirt. One question: if we purchase the pattern now, do we get all of the variations at once? Or are they released each week? Between this and the Tivka trench, I'm loving your latest patterns.
Dec 2, 2009, 09.26 PMby sigrid
Three skirt patterns and one dress pattern sounds great, BUT I would really like to see a technical drawing before I would decide to purchase it.
Dec 2, 2009, 08.44 PMby alisondahl
Perhaps some of you are mistaken: This pattern consists of 4 patterns. When you buy 1 you get 4. If you divide $7.50 by 4 you will see that this is indeed a good deal. The 3 OTHER variations will be presented in the following weeks but the pattern consists of all 4 variations. I know as a Fashion Designer that these 4 patterns are invaluable and full of endless variations- and frankly find $7.50 to be quite a steal.
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Jan 1, 2010, 12.23 PMby Dani Restercher
But this pattern came out a month ago and we still haven't seen any of the variations, not even the technical drawings which are enough for most people.
Edited to add: We have seen one variation but I don't really consider it because it doesn't show a real difference, simply a bow. Perhaps that photo shoot for the variation should have been the dress because thats what the users are most interested in and will pull in a bigger profit because then we actually get to see what the dress looks like before we buy it. A bow added on to the first variation doesn't interest us :/
Dec 2, 2009, 08.42 PMby carpenox
I have a skirt exactly like this (only made from a black knit so it figure hugs) that I bought off Pinupgirlclothing. Maybe the bigger girls can look into that? as they do carry sizes all the way up to 22 for most garments.
I find $7.50 to be very expensive for what is basically a skirt block with a big waist band and a few darts. In defence of the girls that can't make it due to size restrictions- if someone is skilled enough to grade this pattern up four sizes, chances are they are good enough to draft it themselves without buying the pattern- using a pattern drafting book and these photos as a guide. . It's a VERY easy skirt to draft as well.
For such an easy skirt, the huge price tag doesn't really seem justified. I love the skirt, otherwise I wouldn't already own one almost identical too it- but I can tell you, there's no way i'd be shelling out $7.50 for a block.
Dec 2, 2009, 08.18 PMby barbesj
I'm in agreement with everyone else-$7.50 for a plain skirt pattern is way too much. YOu offer the Tivka Trenchcoat for $6.50 and its WAY more involved sewingwise. What gives?
I love Burda but I feel let down by this site alot of times because of lack of choice. A big question I have is why are all the patterns sized so small? The AVERAGE size in America is a 14 or burdastyle size 46 and a 1/3 of American women wear a size 16 or larger. Most patterns on this site barely go to a sz 12 let alone 16.There is a HUGE market of normal sized women who wear 14, 16 and 18 who can't use this site and thats a shame. I"m 6ft tall and sz 18 and there is almost nothing on this site in my size. I'm used to having to add inches in the torso/ length of a pattern, but shouldn't have to attempt to size up a pattern 4 sizes. It would be really great to see more fashion forward patterns in a variety of sizes.
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Jan 1, 2010, 12.21 PMby Dani Restercher
I agree with most of what you have said but just a note: I consider it rude to imply that someone who is smaller than a US size 14 is abnormal.
Dec 2, 2009, 07.49 PMby alysonvic
I agree, $7.50 is way too high for a simple novice pattern. I'm only willing to pay that much if it's an "advanced" pattern with some sort of couture detailing.
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Memoirs of a Jew born in Piotrków, Poland, in 1923. During the German occupation, she and her family were interned in the ghetto. In 1942, when rumors began to circulate that the ghetto would be liquidated, the family of Zimering's Polish Catholic teacher, Mrs. Justyna, provided them with "Aryan" papers. Zimering left the ghetto with her parents, sister, and brother. She and her sister Helka then volunteered for labor in Germany. In 1944 they attempted to flee to Switzerland; they were captured and returned to Regensburg, where they were liberated by the U.S. Army in April 1945. After the war they settled in the USA. Their brother Natek also survived the war, but their parents perished.
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- Size: 15.7 sq miles (40.66 km2)
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- Distance from NYC: 33
- Distance from Philadelphia: 83
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Incorporated in 1740, Morris Township in Morris County is an idyllic community of about 15 square miles containing rolling hills, open space and established neighborhoods. Often referred to as a "donut township" since it surrounds Morristown, it shares a school system and library with Morristown, although both maintain separate municipal and public services.
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Morris Township is one of the most affluent areas in the County. Major corporations including Honeywell and Mennen have their headquarters in the township.
Many residents commute into New York City about 35 miles west, catching the train in Convent Station, Morris Plains or Morristown. The township enjoys a location close to many museums, entertainment venues, restaurants and shops due to its close proximity to Morristown.Back to top
Morris Township was originally formed in 1740. Portions of the township were taken on December 24, 1740 to form Roxbury Township, and on March 29, 1749, to form Mendham Township.
During the winter of 1777, George Washington's Continental Army camped in the deep snows of Jockey Hollow, which is now part of the National Park system in Morris Township.
Morris Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798.Back to top
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Memorial Day is cause for civic festivities and pride, with recognition beginning in Morris Township and ending at the historic Morristown Green. Summer concerts at Ginty Field are another popular tradition.
Convent Station is a popular section of Morris Township. In addition to being a stop along the Morristown train line for over 100 years, the Morris Museum, the Morris Township Municipal Building and Morris Township Police headquarters are all located there. Convent Station is also home to The College of Saint Elizabeth.
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The Morris School District serves public school students in Morris Township, Morristown and Morris Plains. Within the district are three primary schools for kindergarten to grade two, three intermediate schools for grades three to five, one multi-age magnet school for kindergarten through grade five, one middle school serving sixth to eighth graders, and Morristown High School.
The Academy of St. Elizabeth is a private high school for girls in Convent Station. It is the oldest girls' high school in New Jersey.
The College of Saint Elizabeth is a private Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts college for women, located in Convent Station. The college was founded in 1899 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey.Back to top
Convent Station has a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Morristown Line, located on the grounds of the College of Saint Elizabeth. It provides Midtown Direct service to Penn Station in New York. Other nearby rail stations are in Morris Plains and Morristown.
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Morris Township offers a variety of homes ranging from luxurious new construction to spacious older homes set along tree-lined streets. There are also picturesque dwellings dating back to Colonial times, attractive condominium complexes and stylish townhome communities. A small sample of architectural styles includes beautiful Victorian homes, country estates and elaborate mansions.Back to top
With an abundance of parkland and pastoral scenery, Morris Township offers endless recreational opportunities. A local favorite is the Mennen Sports Arena with three ice skating rinks. Morris Township is also home to Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, a unique Victorian era working farm highlighting the area's agricultural heritage. The park offers programs and tours throughout the year.
The Morris County Park System oversees Fosterfields, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Loantaka Brook Reservation, Patriots Path, Traction Line Recreation Trail and the Mennen Sports Arena.
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Fosterfields Living Historical Farm at Kahdena and Mendham Roads is a historically accurate re-creation of a Victorian era working farm.
Morristown National Historical Park, the country's first national park, has portions within Morris Township, most notably Jockey Hollow.
The Morris Museum at 6 Normandy Heights Road is dedicated to the performing and visual arts as well as science and history. The grounds include live entertainment, plays and special events for all ages at the Bickford Theatre.
Fun Fact: The Morris Township Recreation Department sponsors many family-friendly courses and events such as Family Karaoke Night, Girls Fashion Club, Children's Arts & Crafts, Mother-Son Fun Night, Kids' Pottery, Children's Sewing, Music in Motion for toddlers, and Chess Club for grade school students. Additionally, there is an active community sports program for school-age children and adults.Back to top
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Size: 15.8 square miles.
Established: Formed in 1740, Incorporated in 1798
2010 Census Population: 22,306
Location: Morris County
Distance from New York City: About 35 miles
Distance from Newark: About 20 miles
Distance from Philadelphia: About 80 miles
Parks: Ginty Field, Mennen Sports Arena, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Loantaka Brook Reservation, Patriots Path, Traction Line Recreation Trail, Seaton Hackney Stables.
Local Sites/Attractions: Fosterfields, Morristown National Historic Park, the Morris Museum.
Mass Transportation: New Jersey Transit train station in the Convent Station section of the township offers Midtown Direct service to Penn Station in Manhattan.
Housing: Antique homes, pre-Revolutionary era homes, center hall Colonials, luxury real estate, Victorians, estate properties, Arts & Crafts bungalows, cottages, condominiums, townhomes, multi-family homes, ranch style homes, modern, contemporary and a variety of other architectural styles.Back to top
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Invitations: The official Derby website, www.kentuckyderby.com, allows party givers to design and send e-vites. Or do it the old-fashioned way and mail invitations that look like jockey silks.
Programs: Order official Derby programs, which contain the lowdown on all the entries in the day's races, so your guests can handicap like they're at the Downs.
Food: Traditional Derby dishes include Hot Browns (open-face turkey and bacon sandwiches with Mornay sauce), bourbon-marinated pork, country ham and biscuits and Kern's Derby-Pie®.
Drink: Mint juleps are the iconic drink of the day, so stock up on bourbon, mint, simple syrup and shaved ice. Iced tea and cider are nonalcoholic alternatives.
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