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New research is shedding light on what may lead to an anti-cancer therapy for former smokers someday. The study finds a new, synthetic form of vitamin a restores a gene that disappears in patients at high risk of lung cancer. The gene is called "RAR Beta" and it's believed to protect against cancerous changes in the lung. Researchers studied 226 former smokers and found that after three months of taking different versions of the supplement, the patients that took the one called "9-CIS-Retinoic Acid" had an increase in the production of that gene which may protect against lung cancer.
More study is needed partly because of all the side effects patients experienced during the study, but researchers stress this at least opens the door to a new potential weapon in the fight against lung cancer particularly in former smokers. About half of the cases of lung cancer diagnosed each year in the U.S. involve former smokers. All of the patients in this study had stopped smoking at least a year before the study began.
This research was conducted by scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The full study is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Doctors believe they have made a giant step in the search for a way to prevent pre-term births. A new study finds injections of a progesterone-like hormone called "17-P" reduces the risk of pre-term birth by more than a third. The study involved 463 women with a history of delivering before the 37th week of pregnancy. Some patients were given the hormone weekly from the 16th week on and others got a sugar pill. Turns out the women in the hormone group were 34% less likely to delivery before the 37th week of pregnancy, and 42% less likely to deliver before week 32. Other smaller studies have pointed to this same evidence.
This is the largest study yet to confirm the benefit of 17-p therapy. Next, researchers plan to test a combination of the hormone and Omega-3 Fatty Acid. Deficiencies of Omega-3 Fatty Acid have been linked to pre-term birth. This research was conducted by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. It is being presented this week at a Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
A five star restaurant may not appeal to your third grader, but earning five stars for eating a healthy lunch might be a fun challenge for that same child. To help dinner-stressed parents everywhere, the American Dietetic Association has published a new book, the ADA's guide to healthy eating for kids. The guide provides eating strategies for parents of children from ages 5 through 12. The book includes kid-friendly recipes, and tips to help youngsters make good nutritional choices even when they're out of your sight.
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Things to consider for 2012: New unisex rates and child benefit changes
This tax year there are a few important changes in relation to financial planning. Two of the main considerations are:
- Unisex Rates
- Child Benefit
Unisex Rates
As I work in such a male-dominated industry, you may already know that I'm very pro-women in business. However, sexual equality can also have its downside and on 21 December 2012, unisex rates will come into effect. This should be taken into consideration when planning your finances. The areas that it will affect are as follows:
- Life assurers will have to re-price their protection and annuity rates so that women's and men's rates will be the same
- This would result in annuity rates falling for men meaning that men may be better off purchasing their annuity before this date
- Female annuity rates would rise and so women could be better off purchasing after this date
- Men's life insurance rates may fall and therefore should be reviewed after this date
- Women's life insurance may rise so if you're going to take it out you should do so before this date
- Men's sickness insurance rates could rise and therefore it may be preferential to take it out before this date
- Women's sickness insurance may decrease and therefore it may need reviewing after this date
Child Benefit
Another big change that's coming is that people earning over £50,000 who are in receipt of child benefit will have to pay a tax charge of 1% of the full child benefit award for each £100 of income between £50,000 and £60,000 pounds. In layman terms, this means that the amount of child benefit you receive will be reduced if you earn over £50,000 and will cease if you earn over £60,000.
You have a choice of either paying the tax or ceasing the child benefit, but caution is needed – If you are caring for somebody under the age of 12 and you are not working, you will be getting credits towards your state pension. If your partner earns over £60,000 and you decide to opt to cease the child benefit than you would also lose the credits towards your state pension.
You can see from the above changes and implications that it's important to seek regular Independent Financial Advice. We offer a free initial no-obligation consultation where we will talk through all the options with you, in plain English.
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Some Strange Flower Neighbors.
Among these hundreds of flowering plants some very interesting and unusual forms are found. Some such as the Indian pipe or ghost plant have in reality become fungi, growing entirely upon decayed vegetable matter and containing no coloring whatever - a pearly white plant which resembled in appearance and growth a fungus growth but which develops a typical flower. Another of this group which grows in the dense shade of the forest floor, the Barbers pole has no green coloring matter and is entirely saphrophitic, but is a light color marked with spiral stripes of bright red. This peculiar marking gives rise to the name.
Several tiny plants that bloom above the timber-line in the region of permanent ice and snow are clothed in dense, wolly overcoats of fine hairs which no doubt protect them from the freezing temperatures encountered every night at that elevation. The blue gentian, very common in the late summer, has a very delicate flower which it protects by rolling up tight at the first hint of a storm or bad weather. In this way it often weathers the first snows and continues to bloom for some time in spite of its fragility. Another, the Indian paintbrush has succeeded in folling the world into believing it is an "regular" flower by developing brilliant red and crimson leaves which pass as flowers when actually the real flower is a tiny green affair entirely hidden by those gaudy leaves and not at all beautiful.
But in so brief a story, or even in a book for that matter, it is entirely impossible to give any adequate idea of the beauty or the profusion of the wild flower fields of the National Park. You will agree with me that they must be seen to be rightly appreciated.
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While some Bushwick residents have been thanking our lucky stars that we finally have Bank of America on Knickerbocker, others have been managing just fine in our branch-forsaken neighborhood. Bushwick may be short on financial services but we're long on community spirit, and some of this spirit is on loan from the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union.
The Cooperative is nearing its tenth anniversary on Myrtle Avenue, where director Samira Rajan has seen Bushwick at its most resilient. In the current prolonged emergency, she's also shown homeowners, entrepreneurs, and plain old three-figure savers a local alternative to the financial giants that were too big to fail.
Rajan, a Queens native, has under her belt a past life as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank and a Harvard Masters in public policy. Her choice to – in current parlance – get back to Main Street in Bushwick has been a personally fulfilling one, and drew recognition last year with a spot on Crain's 40 Under Forty. Samira took on an unpaid internship with the Brooklyn Cooperative soon after founder Jack Lawson opened its doors on Myrtle Avenue in 2001.
The credit union kicked off with an initial capitalization of $50,000 in grant funds and a small number of deposits from community members. Rajan stuck around, eventually taking on the CEO role, and has seen these initial assets grow to more than $11 million today. A second location opened on a Bed-Stuy block of Myrtle in 2008.
If Rajan's goal in joining a tiny credit union straight out of Harvard was to "see where the money hits the streets," as she told Crain's, then Bushwick has certainly given her an education over the last ten years. "It all started on the L train," she explains. "People were moving out along the subway line, so housing prices went up, but incomes didn't." This combination made Bushwick a hot market for sub-prime lending; in the housing bubble circa 2007, 35% of mortgages in Bushwick were sub-prime.
The inevitable outcome circa 2009 was a rate of more than 64 foreclosure filings per 1000 owner-occupied units, the highest in any community district in the city. "And it's not going away," Rajan adds. With the market crash came "phone calls, walk-ins, and then some guy put us on the 311 referral list for callers facing foreclosure. All of these homeowners were calling asking for help, and it felt terrible having to tell them that it wasn't something we do." So the Cooperative brought in two lawyers in 2009 and 2011, who now work full-time on foreclosure prevention. The pair have since been hard at work counseling homeowners and arranging loan modifications.
Given Bushwick's standing at the top of the foreclosure chart, it's all the more impressive to hear that the Brooklyn Cooperative has no defaults in its first-mortgage loan portfolio. Samira gives credit to the loan officers, who are engaged with the whole lending and underwriting process and work extensively with each borrower. "In most bank branches, the loan officer is considered a retail position – they're there to sell you a product," Rajan says. "I think we do a good job of knowing our members and managing expectations."
Real estate mortgages make up about half of the Brooklyn Cooperative's lending, with the remainder in small business loans and unsecured consumer loans. Small businesses are the other side of the credit union's efforts in community development, and it serves hundreds of members from corner stores to restaurant ventures like Northeast Kingdom and Guacuco.
Business adviser Rebecca Pear, who joined the Cooperative last year, offers tax prep starting at $50 and free consulting on business plans, recordkeeping, and certification as a Minority- or Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE). The Cooperative is the largest non-commercial tax preparer in Brooklyn. It's also the only site in Bushwick taking part in the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, and under this the office prepared more than 3500 free individual and family filings this tax season. "It got a little crazy in here last month," Pear admits.
Even in May, the small bank's tellers were kept busy by a steady stream of afternoon visitors. Pear's first year with the Cooperative has been a big one, with membership increasing by 17%, to 7,500 members. "I think it's mostly our new checking products that are bringing in so many people," she surmises. Checking is not traditionally a big part of credit unions, but easy and accessible accounts have become an essential part of standing up to the big banks with their conspicuous ATM networks.
Brooklyn Cooperative has taken the unusual approach of working out a no-fee partnership with AllPoint, a 43,000-strong supplier of commercial ATMs to city bodegas, McDonald's franchises, Duane Reade and Walgreens drug stores, and similar locations that are even closer to many Bushwick households than Knickerbocker's Bank of America outpost (by comparison, BoA has a network of 18,000 machines).
Reaching out to the whole neighborhood is what the Brooklyn Cooperative is all about, whether to new Latin American immigrants through joint programs with Make the Road New York or to independent creatives through the Freelancers Union and Fractured Atlas. There's just one rule of thumb, Pear says. "We are in the business of community development, so we want members who are part of the neighborhood. We follow a policy of 'live, work, or worship' in Bushwick or Bed-Stuy." To this list director Rajan adds volunteering, having family, or being part of an organization headquartered here.
"Generally speaking, there should be some tie that brings you back to the 'hood," Rajan says.


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The wide-ranging Portas Review makes 28 recommendations including turning defunct stores into gyms, creches and bingo halls to kick start community regeneration as well as a 'National Market Day' to drive footfall on to local high streets. The report states that, outside central London, visitors to local high streets had fallen by around 10% over the last three years.
Expansion of the major supermarkets is considered one of the biggest factors behind high street decline. For every £1 spent in UK shops nearly 50p is spent on food and groceries, with the country's 8,000 supermarkets taking more than 97% of this plus a growing percentage of non-food sales. The review highlights concerns about the 'progressive sprawl' of supermarkets into areas such as doctor surgeries and opticians that were once the exclusive preserve of the high street. "These critical high street and town centre services must not simply be gobbled up by major supermarkets," says the review.
The supermarket business model relies on high sales volumes to cut prices but the review says that: "We need a more sophisticated understanding of what is a good deal for consumers looking beyond price."
On 17 May 2011 the Prime Minister announced that he had asked Mary Portas, leading retail marketing consultant, to undertake a review of the English high street. The report, The Portas Review – an independent review into the future of our high streets, was published on 13 December 2011.
The purpose of the Portas Review was to identify what the government, local authorities, businesses and others can do together to promote the development of new models of prosperous and diverse high streets. It forms part of the government's work on the Growth Agenda.
The main aims of the review were to:
- Examine the case for developing town centres that contribute to promoting economic growth, creating jobs and improving quality of life in local areas
- Explore new business models for high streets relevant to the modern consumer
- Recommend what action government, businesses and other organisations should take to create diverse, sustainable high streets where small businesses and independent retailers are able to thrive.
The recent recession has had a significant negative impact on a number of high streets throughout England. The government would like to reverse this trend, working with retailers, local government and others to improve the prosperity and the social and economic contribution of the high street to our lives.
The following list is a summary of the Portas Review's 28 recommendations to government:
- Put in place a 'Town Team': a visionary, strategic operational management team for high streets
- Empower successful Business Improvement Districts (BID) to take on more responsibilities and powers
- Legislate to allow landlords to become high street investors by contributing to their Business Improvement District
- Establish a new 'National Market Day' where budding shopkeepers can try their hand at operating a low-cost retail business
- Make it easier for people to become market traders by removing unnecessary regulations
- Government should consider whether business rates can better support small businesses and independent retailers
- Local authorities should use their new discretionary powers to give business rate concessions to new local businesses
- Make business rates work for business by reviewing the use of the RPI [Retail Prices Index] with a view to changing the calculation to CPI [Consumer Prices Index]
- Local areas should implement free controlled parking schemes that work for their town centres
- Town Teams should focus on making high streets accessible, attractive and safe
- Government should include high street deregulation as part of their ongoing work on freeing up red tape
- Address the restrictive aspects of the 'use class' system to make it easier to change the uses of key properties on the high street
- Put betting shops into a separate 'use class' of their own
- Make explicit a presumption in favour of town centre development in the wording of the National Planning Policy Framework
- Introduce secretary of state 'exceptional sign off' for all new out-of-town developments and require these to have an 'affordable shops' quota
- Large retailers should support and mentor local businesses and independent retailers
- Retailers should report on their support of local high streets in their annual report
- Encourage a contract of care between landlords and their commercial tenants by promoting the Leasing Code, especially for small businesses
- Explore further disincentives to prevent landlords from leaving units vacant
- Banks who own empty property on the high street should either administer these assets well or be required to sell them
- Local authorities should make more proactive use of Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) powers to encourage the redevelopment of key high street retail space
- Empower local authorities to step in when landlords are negligent with new 'Empty Shop Management Orders'
- Introduce a public register of high street landlords
- Run a high profile campaign to get people involved in neighbourhood plans
- Promote the inclusion of the high street in neighbourhood plans
- Developers should make a financial contribution to ensure that the local community has a strong voice in the planning system
- Support imaginative community use of empty properties through 'Community Right to Buy' and a new 'Community Right to Try'
- Run a number of high street pilots to test proof of concept.
While some of the recommendations promote a little of the TV drama Mary Portas is famous for, the review succeeds in putting focus on a crisis facing our high streets and sets out a blueprint for government action. Customers want to use their local high street and are increasingly doing so, but rising costs and competition with out-of-town retail parks are skewing the market and making it harder for retailers in town centres.
Comments on the Portas Review
Local councils
Council leaders have generally criticised the High Street Review for failing to consult with them, raising concerns the review could even compound some of the problems on our high streets, including anti-social behaviour.
In the absence of effective consultation, council leaders have outlined their own five point plan which they believe can help towards the government's goal of improving our high streets:
- Retail shops alone are no longer enough to encourage people to visit high streets. Councils believe that cultural and community driven plans are needed to revitalise local town centres
- Give communities new powers to decide the shops on their high street
- Plans to encourage closer working between councils and local businesses
- Cut red tape to help councils use their resources better to keep streets clean and safe
- Greater local control over transport, such as bus routes.
Councils say they have already been taking action on their high streets. In preparation for the busy Christmas shopping period, they have been improving shop fronts, encouraging late night opening of shops and holding numerous festive events, such as traditional markets.
Local Government Association
The Local Government Association (LGA) has also issued a response to the High Street Review, which states local government is up to the challenge of town centres. The response details how councils are developing town centres, not just as retail outlets, but as community and cultural hubs. The LGA also highlights some of the barriers to this effort, and makes some recommendations of its own on what government can do to help. This will steer government in helping councils to provide a:
- Unique sense of place within a retail, cultural and community hub
- Accessible centre
- Locally responsive planning system
- Safe, clean and attractive public space
- Thriving economic hub.
The LGA response quotes recent riot clean-up activity which has shown, that in the face of adversity, residents, businesses and councils up and down the country have a sense of spirit and pride in their community, and in their place.
Planning officers
The Planning Officers Society (POS) has generally welcomed the Portas Review; however, it issued several scathing comments on some of the key findings in the final report. The Society said: "Whilst the report provides a visionary approach to town centre management, all in all the review does not suggest anything significantly to the array of powers already available to a local authority. What authorities do need to do is rigorously apply what they've already got in a coordinated manner in the context of a town centre strategy."
Some of the planning recommendations the POS has commented on are:
- Address the 'use class' system to make it easier to change the uses of key properties on the high street - POS does not believe a major upheaval of the use classes system is warranted
- Put betting shops into a separate 'use class' of their own - POS is in favour making betting shops sui generis to at least allow some community input and local control of them
- Local authorities should make more proactive use of Compulsory Purchase Order powers – POS says that CPO powers are readily available if an authority wants to use them
- Promote the inclusion of the high street in neighbourhood plans - POS believes that in urban areas neighbourhoods may be more difficult to define, but council wards, housing estates, residents' associations, or town centres and other clear land use or physical features may provide suitable boundaries, depending on the purposes of the proposed plan
- Developers should make a financial contribution to ensure that the local community has a strong voice in the planning system – POS says, if an authority sets out regeneration of its high street as a priority in its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) tariff then developers will be required to make financial contributions
- Introduce secretary of state 'exceptional sign off' for all new out-of-town developments – POS say the secretary of state already has intervention powers if they choose to use them; however, what would be wrong is a blanket approach all such proposals.
Association of Convenience Stores (ACS)
We will work to make sure these recommendations are implemented as fast as possible.
A robust 'Town Centre First' planning policy is the most important part of securing the future of Britain's high streets. As a result of this recommendation the ACS expects government to toughen the rules and reverse this trend.
The introduction of 'exceptional sign off' must act as a veto on out-of-town schemes that cut across the more complex and sustainable in-town regeneration schemes. This recommendation can and should drive new investment in town centre regeneration.
Business rates are the biggest barrier to market entry and growth for businesses on the high street. ASC welcomes the Portas recommendations and will work with government and councils to identify the means for these changes to be funded.
ACS also welcomes the call for more free parking; the challenge will be finding a means for councils to pay for this.
British Property Federation (BPF)
Business Improvement Districts are the embodiment of the 'big society', with local businesses giving time and money, often voluntarily, to make their high street special. BPF are delighted to see a recommendation for greater landlord involvement in BIDs, and also suggesting how they can be further enhanced with new powers, such as on planning.
In today's retail environment it is essential for landlords and retailers to understand each others' needs inside out, and we have long supported the use of the Leasing Code. However, in reality, only a fraction of new leases are signed with upwards only rent reviews.
No landlord would deliberately leave a property empty, the government's existing tax on empty shops means it makes no economic sense. Empty Shop Management Orders therefore need to be carefully constructed so they only affect those that won't bring an empty back into use, and not those that can't.
BPF acknowledges that out of town shopping has some impact on trade in our town centres. However, we also want retail goods that are cheap and a sector that is efficient. Town Centre First is therefore supported in our sector as something which helps to guide that balance.
Labour party view
As well as the longer-term problems identified in the Portas Review, the government's decision to cut too far too fast is hurting the high street and the wider economy. If the recommendations in the Portas Review are to bear fruit in revitalising the country's high streets, the current government must wake up to the damage their economic policy is causing families and traders alike.
Labour has called for action on empty shops, a competition test to help consumers and a retail diversity plan. In the short term, to boost the high street, government should consider Labour's five-point plan for growth and jobs, including a temporary cut in VAT to help local shops.
Further Information
The Portas Review – an independent review into the future of our high streets
LGA response to the High Street Review
February 2012
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Hello! I realize that quite the long length of time has passed since one of these entries were written for this group. However, we have recently decided to resurrect this group and try to strive for the goals the group originally stood for.
the original goal when we started out this group were the following: to help people improve / help problems in the world using art.
we have come to an agreement that from now on, we will focus on "helping world problems with art" for few reasons:
1. there are other groups that focus on improving in art.
we do not discourage improvement, however there are tons more groups that do the same thing.
2. "improving art" is a very vague goal.
this allows any kind of submission to be accepted into the group. Not that this is bad, but we also have the goal of "helping world problem with art", and majority of the submissions in the group are unrelated to that goal. In short, "improving art" is too overpowering over the other goal.
therefore, submissions unrelated to the purpose will be taken out of the group in the following few weeks/months.
sorry for the inconvenience!
The changes we are making are quite immense, with the most gravitating being made to our gallery. As it stands, the gallery is not fully operational. We are in the process of organizing new deviations into their new, correct folders and removing ones that no longer fit within the group. Please bear with us during this time of reconstruction.
Please read all of the following information as it is imperative to your success in submitting art to the group from now on.
You are all probably familiar with our old folders which consisted of…
Hunger in africa
Global warming
Pencil art
Animation, memes, objects, pixels
Wips, sketches, lineart
Tutorials, references, brushes
Photography, graphic design, photo manipulation
Landscapes, sceneries, animals
The new folders and what they will contain are as follows…
Digital Art - This folder will contain any drawings, digital paintings, or any other kind of digital art made using a computer other than graphic design, which will have its own folder. this folder partially replaces the former "Landscapes, scenery, and animals" folder as well as partially replacing the "Original" folder.
Traditional Art - This folders will contain any art made with traditional mediums such as pencil, paint, charcoal, pastel, and any other sort of art not made using any digital means. Along with the Digital Art folder, it will take part in replacing the former "Landscapes, scenery, and animals" folder as well as partially replacing the "Original" folder and completely replacing the "Pencil Art" folder. All pencil art will be moved here.
Photography - Exactly as it sounds, this folder will contain any photography. If in demand, a separate folder for dark room photos might be created, but as I do not know the extent of dark room artists in our group, it will remain as the photography folder for this time. This folder will partially replace the "Photography, graphic design, photo manipulation" folder.
Literature - Perhaps the only folder that will not change much. Any writing will go in here. there is simply a title change from the tautology of "Poems and Literature" to just "Literature." Aesthetics really.
Graphics Design and Photo-Manipulation - this folder will take part in the replacement of the "Photography, graphic design, photo manipulation" folder. Any graphic designs or photo-manipulations created will be put here.
Resources - This folder will replace the "Tutorials, references, brushes" folder. Any tutorials, photoshop brushes, commission info, or stock images will be included here.
Crafts - This folder will basically remain the same.
Now, you may have noticed the absence of any replacement for some of the folders we previously had.
Fan-art - We have discussed and come to the conclusion that fan-art does not coincide with the ideals of this group. We do not consider the use of another person's art to be useful in impacting global change as our purpose in the group is "solving problems using art." We do not discourage the style of cartoon or anime art, but we do not want anything under a copyright that is not your own in our gallery. Cosplay and fanfiction are included in the fan-art category and will no longer be accepted.
Works in Progress (WIPs)/Sketches - We only want completed art in this group. We would be very happy to accept your completed products, but, please, no sketches or WIPs.
Memes - Memes are not a verifiable form of art and will not be accepted. Ever.
Bad Quality - Photos of bad quality or photos taken of traditional art that are bad quality will not be accepted.
We thank you for understanding our slowness in sorting out the gallery so we may start accepting submissions again. Please be patient and take some time to learn these new rules and guidelines.
If you have any questions whatsoever, please do comment below and you will be responded to immediately!
Thank you!


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Yoga Fails to Cool Hot Flashes, But May Aid Sleep
The findings are based on 249 women who were suffering seven to eight hot flashes per day, on average; 107 were randomly assigned to take up yoga, while the rest stuck with their normal daily routines.
Women in the yoga group took 12 weekly classes that included gentle yoga poses, breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation. They were also given a DVD and yoga props to use at home.
After 12 weeks, the women were having fewer hot flashes -- less than five per day, on average. But women in the comparison group reported a similar change. The only difference between the groups was in insomnia symptoms, which improved to a greater degree in the yoga group.
Woods said that women who feel they need a quick remedy for their hot flashes might want to talk to their doctor about hormone therapy. But if they're interested in a lifestyle change, yoga could be part of that.
"There's no right or wrong answer," Woods said.
But both she and Newton said that, as with any type of exercise, women should check with their health provider before starting a new routine. There are also many different styles of yoga, some of which are vigorous and may not be appropriate for everyone.
So before you jump into a yoga class, it's a good idea, according to Woods, to talk to someone at the center about the style taught there.
You'll also have to foot the bill. Yoga class prices vary, but typically range between $10 and $20.
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Meh what the hell it does the economy good to throw some money out there
I want in.
$3k-$2.5k = 500$
6,000 - 2,500 = 3,500.
Haven't done this for a few months.
@Buoysel. I forgot to mention. You can go back down again during this month if you wish
roll me 3k-2.5k = .5k
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Will the Air Jordan 2011 iD open doors to Air Jordan Retros appearing on Nike's DIY sneaker customization experience? How mind-bogglingly insane would it be if you could pick your own two-toned elephant print, your own glossy patent leather, or your own mult-colored AJ7 tongue. In the words of Christopher Walken, "Wowee." (ref. to the Saturday Night Live parody of Renzo Cesana). At this moment, we can fully enjoy the Hatfield/Luedecke designed Air Jordan 2011 on iD, and Nike Harajuku's samples show that the Air Jordan, envisioned by the minds of unique and distinct individuals, can produce some outstanding results. Check out some more images of the Air Jordan 2011 iD samples below and let us know what Air Jordan Retro you'd kill to see on Nike iD!
i know how nike thinks, they will see how many people design a certain colorway, then they will do a general release that will be similar, watch for those Cool Greys to drop here soon, i give it 3 months!! I designed a few pair of AF1s even save on the site, and seen them do a general release of 4 of my designs.
Yo them cool grey's 2011's are sickkkk
Why the fuck would we want to see retros on NikeID? Stop pushing this stupid idea SN.
Cool Grays and the Olympics are nice.
Niceee (fab voice)
That's not worth $215. The customization is real nice and all, but really? $215?
no they didn't, your a loser
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Believe me, that worth the penalty pay $215 because these shoes are the most technological, comfortable and stylish this year. What happens is that the majority of collectors like you prefer things old 90's are know that we are already in the year 2011 if you das account shoes are coming to the market with higher quality that is that the price is higher than the other years.
sounds like ur a hater..
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When Pentagon admits it has no photo evidence of Bin Laden's death. I wonder what those high ranking government officials were watching in situation room? Was it just another gimmick to fool people?
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Pentagon officials recently disclosed to the Associated Press (AP) that they could not find any photo or video evidence to confirm that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed in the Navy Seal raid in Pakistan a year ago.
AP has submitted more than 20 requests for information surrounding the raid on Bin Ladens Abbottabad compound to the U.S. Government under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
In response to the request for visual evidence of Bin Ladens death, the Pentagon stated that it could not find any pictures or video footage of the raid itself or of Bin Ladens dead body. It also told AP it could not locate any images of Bin Ladens body that were taken on the U.S.S. Carl Vinson, the Navy aircraft carrier that reportedly lowered him into the sea after his death.
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May 9 2012, 2:59 AM
This mysterious gentleman suddenly appeared to provide Bush with an convenient 'demon' figure to provide a focus for the inevitable rage that required channelling post 'inside job' known as 9/11.
Various TV 'appearances' unconvincingly portrayed quite different Bin Ladens from time to time and it appears the scamsters feel it's time to affect his disappearance.
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From the media and government BULLSHIT I think Ben Laden was dead long ago. Neither do I think he alone was involved in (/11 but that Bush and Cheney were even more responsible.
The problem now is Ben Ladens children and wives are the subject of world hate. They are hardley resonsible for the conspiricy that took place over ten years ago.
I once loved this nation. I now find it disgusting - pathetic and ruthless. The U.S. has no direction, just greed and hate. And I see it as a growing cancer.
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I think more and more people are no longer being fooled. You won't see it in the crap media but there is alternative news about even the military in growing numbers are no longer supporting what is happening, even talk of a mass mutiny from some as high as in the Command Structures.
There is something exciting happening as people are awakening as never before.
Many that were cone unable / afraid to stand up to the bankers, are now doing so.
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Well, well. These liens and legal action are finally reaching the so-called front pages. Found this post at 2012 Scenario and realized the video here is what was reported by Dr. Joseph and Tolec in the last post. Heres what Stephen Cook wrote about this.
This is phenomenal! At last, action against the worlds central and reserve banks makes a mainstream media outlet!
This video was published on You Tube just yesterday (May 7, 2012). It is from the mainstream South African news station ABN Digital, Africas leading online platform in business, economic and stock market news.
Separate to the Neil Keenan/Keith Scott filed liens against the 12 Us Federal Reserve Banks and the liens they have filed against the international G7 Central Banks, South African author, researcher and scientist, Michael Tellinger has just filed his own 1,100 page notice of motion against South Africas Standard Bank in the countrys Constitutional Court, accusing the bank of unlawful and unconstitutional activity.
He has also served the notice on South Africa s Reserve Bank and the countrys Minister of Finance.
It is pure exploitation of every South African citizen! he says. (And the world, Michael, and the world!)
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Courtney Love paid a rare visit to The Tabernacle Wednesday night as Hole and opener Foxy Shazam performed downtown. The modest crowd waited patiently as she came onstage an hour and a half late.
On March 16, the first Hole single in ten years, and first from Nobody's Daughter was released. "Skinny Little Bitch" was the most added song on alternative radio and the second most added song on active rock in early March in the United States, debuting at #32 on Billboard's Alternative Singles Chart
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July 1st, 2010
6:49 am
Courtney was great. She was coherent, seemed like she was having fun and sounded good. She said her voice was shot but she rocked out and everyone had a great time. It was a fun show.
July 1st, 2010
8:48 am
Courtney obviously has no respect for her fans. Foxy Shazam ended their set at 8:40 and Hole didn't come on until 10:45. They didn't have that much gear, and their stage was completely set up by 9:00.
So Courtney let her fans stand there patiently for an hour and a half. Was this patience rewarded by great music? No.
The band WAS competent, but is competency the standard by which we judge "artists" we pay $45 to see? If you make your fans (a group of which I no longer count myself amongst) wait forever, you better be great. Courtney does not deserve accolades for merely being sober, kinda/sorta "singing" her songs in a beyond trashed voice that makes Marianne Faithful sound like Neko Case in comparison, and occasionally strumming her guitar.
Ms. Love saw fit not only to trash her own material, but the music of Leonard Cohen and Alex Chilton. I'm sure Courtney probably thinks that she is on par with these artists, and is capable of "interpreting" their work. Nope.
This was a sub-par show by an artist who is clearly intent on destroying whatever shred of credibility she still has. Courtney has squandered several windows of opportunity. I'm sure the Tabernacle took a big financial loss on the show and will not be inviting Ms. Love back anytime soon, if ever.
Courtney showed nothing but contempt for her audience throughout the show. She clearly has as little love for her fans as she has for herself. The show was pathetic. Courtney was pathetic because she has wrecked her life and the lives of many around her. The audience was pathetic because they acted as if Love is a capable performer and/or somehow still relevant. I feel sorry for Courtney, but I don't pity her. She will never receive another penny of my money.
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July 1st, 2010
8:53 am
I need to correct one thing from the above post: Hole came onstage at 10:25, not 10:45. (Sorry for typo.) Still, that was an hour and 45 minutes after Foxy Shazam finished.
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July 1st, 2010
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wow it looks like she wore cloths to the concert!!!!!
July 1st, 2010
9:10 am
I'm with John with an H on this. Instead of cheering Courtney, the audience should have booed or turned its back, when she came out.
The soundcheck was finished in half-an-hour and everyone including Tabernacle staff, the crew and the audience waited for over an hour-and-half for a short set. I won't ever go to another one of her shows.
July 1st, 2010
9:37 am
"John With An H", thanks for the review. I gave serious consideration to going last night, and now I'm glad I stayed home instead.
July 1st, 2010
9:39 am
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July 1st, 2010
9:53 am
she's one of the strung out 'bad boys' of rock n roll… why in the hell do you expect her to show up on time? She's a trainwreck. I went to see Lenny Kravitz and he was 1.5 hours late.
set your expectations a little more realistically
July 1st, 2010
9:56 am
Here's a nice review of her show in Washington. Of course, according to the AJC, she "rocked" the Tabernacle and CL had this show as a "Go" this week.
July 1st, 2010
10:12 am
An "artist" of Courtney's caliber does not deserve an hour and a half wait. She obviously does not respect those who paid to see her, and she definitely over-estimates herself.
July 1st, 2010
10:14 am
I'm a HUGE HOLE fan…I can not believe I missed this SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF – WHY did I not know about this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 1st, 2010
10:41 am
John with and H is an idiot. The show rocked, and Courtney is still the queen of real rock and roll. I think most reviewers who give her bad press don't even go see her. And to Maureen, Courtney can do whatever she wants and her real fans will wait then "follow her all the way down".
July 1st, 2010
10:50 am
I was surprised at how good Courtney Love was last night in Atlanta, considering she was so late. I had sort of low expectations. She kept apologizing for her voice, which she described as "shot," but it most certainly was not. She had a lot of energy and powerful voice on such hits as "Violet," "Doll Parts," "Celebrity Skin," "Malibu," and more. There were also some great covers such as the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil."
The new songs also came across very well too. "Skinny Little Bitch" was a highlight, as was her new number about a one night stand "Someone Else's Bed."
Considering some of the negative reviews as of late, I will say that Courtney Love and Hole were on top of their game in Atlanta. It was actually a very enjoyable concert. The 1990's grunge nostalgia was contagious. She really showed up in a big way last night.
Foxy Shazam ended up being a pretty great opening act. They were strange, no doubt – but VERY entertaining. They really put a lot of energy into their performance.
July 1st, 2010
11:01 am
I saw a trruly great performer ie…Ted Nugent at HOB in Myrtle Beach last saturday. Ted was on time and played every single note of every single song with 110 percent heart and soul effort. He blew the roof of HOB and truly cares for his fans. Courtney should pay homage and follow Uncle Ted's lead and work ethic!
July 1st, 2010
11:16 am
To K4HOLE: What's next from you–an explanation of the validity of Sarah Palin's political ideas and a tirade about how those that don't understand her are sexist?
So please, please "follow her all the way down" with my blessings.
July 1st, 2010
11:16 am
Where's the review, AJC? So many photos and no review?
Yeah, she was sloppy and only half-played her guitar. The 90-minute wait sucked. But my expectations were low, anyway. Or maybe they were too high: I expected a total circus, but she was reasonably coherent. At least she apologized for her "shot" voice. Mostly she sounded good, though. Loved the joke about how many times she's come to Atlanta for plastic surgery. I went for Foxy Shazam, anyway, and sticking around for Courtney was a bonus. It brought a wave of '90s nostalgia.
Note to the mom next to me: please don't bring your tiny 11-year-old daughter to a rock show dressed like a strung-out slut, complete with 2 lacy bras and raccoon eye-makeup. It weirds me out.
July 1st, 2010
11:28 am
I was in the audience, and was obviously peeved at the long wait along with everyone else. Once she actually came on stage, she did apologize for being "a little late." I'm sure she was passed out backstage due to an overdose of something. Anyway, the songs were recognizable, but the music wasn't really that good… it just didn't have any impact for some reason. Since it was just Courtney and some hired musicians, "Hole" wasn't giving it their all (especially Courtney). I know it wasn't the venue, because I've been there for MANY other shows that sounded awesome.
Granted, she did have a hoarse voice, and anyone there could obviously tell. During the choruses of her famous songs, she pointed the microphone towards the crowd, instead of singing it herself. She was lip-syncing a lot of her verses. She also pointed to the set list, and refused to play some songs because they were "too throaty."
The NIN "Closer" cover was the WORST cover I've ever heard, but she probably did that on purpose because of the bad blood between her and Trent Reznor. She also said something about Atlanta being the city where she has gotten most plastic surgery… and it definitely shows. And she also said "hello" to the audience at the beginning of the show, and then said "that was a New York hello" (or something along those lines).
It just seemed like she didn't really care about her performance, nor her fans. By the way, I'm no longer a "fan" after witnessing the fiasco last night. The only reason I went is because I like some of Hole's songs, and I'm a huge fan of Nirvana.
I completely agree with John with an H.
July 1st, 2010
11:31 am
This show was GREAT! Yeah, we had to wait a while, but that's rock n rock people.
Once onstage, CLove was actually very professional and put together. Her somewhat raspy voice sounded great, and fit the music perfectly. The band played a great mix of songs, old and new. I was nearly in tears of joy for songs like "Miss World" and "Violet," which totally rocked my face off. The other highlight was her cover of Big Star's "Thirteen" in the encore, which nobody in the audience seemed to recognize except me.
She bantered a little bit between songs, mentioning several times how she wrote certain songs in Altanta. That was not surprising as Hole's second (and breakthrough) album "Live Through This" was recorded at Triclops Studios in ATL. All in all, a standout show. I am still floating …
July 1st, 2010
11:39 am
One thing I forgot… bands should be required to play for at least an HOUR before doing a so-called "encore." They came on stage around 10:25 and did their encore just after 11.
I just get mad that I paid $45 dollars to see that pathetic excuse for a show.
July 1st, 2010
11:48 am
She played for 35 minutes and they've had what, four albums? Is she having trouble remembering her own songs? That she wrote?
Them Crooked Vultures had one album, played ever song on it and will not play covers or encores. Their set was almost two hours long. Plus, they had roughly thirty minutes between the opening act and coming on.
July 1st, 2010
12:54 pm
Last night's show was really all about FOXY SHAZAM….not only were they punctual, but they rocked the house, and were incredibly entertaining. We waited around until about 10:15 before we decided to leave, since Hole had not shown up on stage to play at that point- over an hour and a half after Foxy finished their opening act. I wish Foxy would have played a 2 hour set- that would have been a perfect night.
And, oh yeah, I too saw the lacy bra wearing, raccoon eyed 11 year old girl, and it creeped me out as well.
July 1st, 2010
1:03 pm
I must have been at another concert than those who had bad experience last night at the Tabernacle. Yes, it SUCKED that she took nearly two hours to come on stage after the opening band…but it was WELL worth the wait! Courtney has never looked or sounded better. I waited 16 years to see her live – and it was just as incredible as I knew it would be. Highlights were "Violet", "Someone Else's Bed", "Asking For It", "Skinny Little Bitch", and "Letter to God".
July 1st, 2010
1:13 pm
She played for over a 1 hr and 15 mins actually Hbomb, did you leave at the encore or something? Hole actually performed 18 songs – that's not too bad.
July 1st, 2010
1:14 pm
And Wes, you should have bought the $20 tickets. All you needed to do was register as a Freeloader with 99x, and you could have bought the Hole tix for $20…
July 1st, 2010
1:15 pm
I went to last night's show specifically to see Foxy Shazam. I've seen them live before and I knew that I was in for an excellent show. I was so upset to find out that they only played for half an hour. Then the wait for Hole was just obscene, considering the cost of a ticket to last night's show. Foxy treats their fans way better, considering each member of the band was standing near the merch table at one point during the evening to be available to meet fans. I got to meet the lead singer (Eric Nally) last night, and it was one of the greatest moments of my life. I will continue to support Foxy in favor of bands like Hole who don't exactly respect their fans.
July 1st, 2010
1:54 pm
Courtney could learn a lesson or three about show business, being a professional, and respecting the audience from Foxy Shazam, who certainly brought it and gave 110%.
But we all know that Courtney is incapable of learning anything from anyone.
I find it laughable when people refer to her as a "survivor" or an "empowered woman," as they often do. Courtney is an opportunist, a user, a megalomaniac, a jerk. Her fans are just chumps. Next time Courtney comes through town and is playing a smaller venue like The Loft, her "real fans" can stand and wait for her for four hours for all I care.
July 1st, 2010
2:05 pm
Chris M. – I wish I was aware of that deal beforehand. I do have an old freeloader card that I got YEARS ago, but it's from 99x when they were on 99.7, so I don't even know if it's valid anymore.
July 1st, 2010
2:14 pm
Big A from Big A and the showers was on hand. That guy is straight Funk. Atlanta should support Big A and the Showers more.
Thanks for taking a picture BIG A.
July 1st, 2010
2:30 pm
In high school,I would go down on the guy who drove me to school listening to live through this. Ahh memories.
July 1st, 2010
2:49 pm
July 1st, 2010
3:49 pm
I have inside info that she was wasted before the show and refused to go on stage. She was yelling at her crew and the cops were called to escort her out of the building if she did not perform.
She is s functioning drunk. The show did not live up to my expectations. I will still be one of her few remaining fans and buy another album if one is released but based on the turnout last night I think Courtney and Hole is over.
July 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Screw it. If she was that bratty I would've just had her thrown out and sued what's left of her a$$ for breach of contract.
July 1st, 2010
5:21 pm
Well, since she's functioning at the level of a two year old I think she's doing pretty well. The tantrums that gross everyone out also fuel her music. I doubt anyone who is making money off her is going to say no to her. Kind of tough to know when to rein it in when you've been using rage to define yourself and everyone is praising you for it. Poor cow. I think she may well be one of the most interesting people in rock and roll.
July 1st, 2010
5:55 pm
Take this with a grain of salt, but a pretty reliable source told me that she was pissed at the venue for some reason, so her tardiness was just in spite of that. So the fans were left to wait last night because of her bratty behavior. The APD was called for riot control, because the venue was about to tell everyone to go home if she didn't come on by 10:30pm, since venue curfew was at 11pm.
How Rock n' Roll. I hope she gets fined for a noise ordinance for playing past curfew and by the Tabernacle for staffing having to stay later.
If this is true, it's pretty inexcusable. There's no reason for that. Plus the performance was lackluster. Partially because of the fans were pissed at her tardiness, a lot of people had to warm up to her again before enjoying themselves (oops, by that time the show would have been almost over.) Also because of the weird set-list of 5 covers and picks of mostly greatest-hits run-through. I don't know where she gets off on criticizing other musicians integrity and then pulling stunts like this.
On a positive note, this is the best we've seen Courtney in years. She looked and sounded great when she wanted to. I'd say the best songs of the night were 'Someone Else's Bed' and 'Live Through This.'
July 1st, 2010
5:57 pm
too bad she didn't start stripping and showing her junk. she's good at that
July 1st, 2010
7:42 pm
i cant imagine why someone who doesnt like Hole/Courtney would bother coming to the show in the first place. im a huge fan and waited 13 years for last nights show.. i really didnt mind waiting another hour and a half no matter what her reason was for being late.
i thought she looked and sounded great, she didnt look drunk/high to me at all.
i thought the show was great. sure, i wish it would have lasted longer, but whatever.
i was more suprised at the kind of people that were at the show to be honest.
it was such a weird group of people, and most of them looked like they didnt give a crap that they were even there. maybe i just wish everyone was as excited and enjoyed it as much as i did, but i know thats a lot to ask.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course, but if you didnt like her in the first place, why would you go to the show and then waste time writing a scathing review??
July 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
John With An H…I share your contempt for Ms. Love, but please spare us with your left wing political views. Your agenty of Hope and Change is the worst president we've ever had and is destroying America. If you're the typical America-Hating "Progressive" apologist, which you sound like, I guess you still think the arrogant prick is great. Give me Sarah Palin over him any day…. and stick to music and pop culture and leave the politics out of it.
July 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
John With An H…I share your contempt for Ms. Love, but please spare us with your left wing political views. Your agenty of Hope and Change is the worst president we've ever had and is destroying America. If you're the typical America-Hating "Progressive" apologist, which you sound like, I guess you still think the arrogant prick is great. Give me Sarah Palin over him any day…. and stick to music and pop culture and leave the politics out of it.
July 2nd, 2010
1:03 pm
hey joanne do you still need a ride to school?
July 2nd, 2010
1:50 pm
Oh please. George Bush will probably go down as the most inept President Eva!!!
And Palin? She's so dumb that she signs a multi-million dollar contract with Fox, and THEY CAN'T FIND A USE FOR HER. No editorials, no talking head analysis, not even that vanity show that lasted one episode. Now she's doing an animal show? About hunting from a helicopter? Catching and gutting fish?
Instead she's venting on Facebook like a fourteen year old.
July 2nd, 2010
11:00 pm
I was three rows back and just to the right (facing the stage). I thought Courtney Love looked really amazing and sounded pretty good. I would see her again for sure. She apologized for the voice issues, but she did scream through Violet like I'd hoped. I do love the new album, I wish she'd done more (Loser Dust, Nobody's Daughter) and fewer covers. Her cover of Sympathy for the Devil was fab. Kudos for mixing up the setlists from show to show… lots of bands don't do that! The crowd around me was totally into the show.
I saw Hole tour for Live Through This, which happens to be one of my favorite albums of all time. Honestly, Courtney sounded about the same. Yeah, it was a long wait… and yeah, she seemed a little high on something but I expect nothing less (or is it more?) from this chick. She is a total rock star. I miss the 90s… grungealicious!
BTW, I had my 9-year-old daughter there. It was her 2nd rock show. She plays guitar and thinks C Love is awesome (she doesn't yet know about all the drugs and drama). I did see the mom and kid with the bra top and winged eyeshadow on my way in… I agree, that was creepy.
Tabernacle is the best venue in ATL. Always.
July 3rd, 2010
5:58 pm
dizzyinahaze!! i was the girl next to you in the blue shirt!
July 5th, 2010
1:44 pm
The show was epic. I had never seen them live and honestly never expected to. The wait after the opening act was long, security & med. staff at the front of the floor gave us many different reasons. Eventually they came on stange and rocked. After the show, a significant crowd waited outside by the bus for her to come out. During the wait, every member of both bands greeted fans. When Courtney came out, we screamed and she came straight over to give autographs. That meant so much and I got more out of the concert than I ever expected. Will never forget!
July 5th, 2010
1:49 pm
sodefeated, I feel the same way. Apparently the fanbase was small, people just showed up to see how COURTNEY would act. I would have waited all night just to see them live.
For the record, she looked amazing and acted normal if not a bit tired.
July 5th, 2010
9:36 pm
Hole sucks. FOXY SHAZAM is where it's at. I payed 45 dollars JUST to see Foxy, and I left happy, unlike you Hole fans. ;D
July 6th, 2010
5:10 pm
I hope that she is not raising her daughter with the same non-qualities that she has.
July 6th, 2010
5:53 pm
Hey sodefeated You were cool. It seems like a bunch of people were there to see Foxy Shazam??? They were entertaining but their music was non-memorable. I remember their hair, not their songs.
July 7th, 2010
4:32 pm
haha i remember the cigarette eating. thats about the highlight of their performance for me.
July 10th, 2010
1:45 am
CLove is nothing more than a glammed up pile of doogy poop! Queen of Rock!? How laughable! Why do you think she does TINY venues? She couldn't fill up an arena if they GAVE the tickets away! That 1 poster hit the nail on the head! Her "fan" base is very SMALL! Take out all the curious lookyloos, and the place would probally only have 3 rows filled! She is a true SKANK GRUNGE QUEEN! lol! All her plasic surgery has left her looking like an unreconizable FREAK. This is her last tour. Her music career is OVER! Next gig????????? Maybe an acting role as a bag lady or a corpse of the living dead movie. lol!


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BYOK: Why I Bring My Own Knife on Vacation
I know, bringing a knife on vacation sounds a bit precarious, especially when facing an airport security line. However, if you're traveling by car or can check a bag at the airport, bringing one or two of your favorite, sharpened knives could save you from major cooking frustration later on.
I started packing my own knives after a long weekend in Montreal. We had an adorable rental kitchen, and a visit to the beautiful Jean-Talon market inspired me to cook a batch of chili. When it came time to chop a few onions, the big sturdy-looking knife I found in the kitchen cabinet turned out to be flimsy and as dull as a butter knife.
Besides making chopping difficult, working with dull knives can actually be more dangerous than working with sharp knives as the blade can slip. Needless to say, after hacking away at onions, bell peppers, garlic, and tomatoes, I decided against any further cooking that would require chopping that weekend.
For my next trip, I found the nylon knife roll I had received as part of a cooking class I took years ago (something like this). I packed up a large knife and a pairing knife, wrapped it tightly and slipped it in my checked luggage. Problem solved!
Do you bring your favorite knife on vacation?
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Might it be easier to bring a knife sharpener?
I know my favourite part of a vacation is... doing all of the tasks I'm taking a vacation from, like cooking and cleaning.
leapkate, some knives cannot be sharpened, particularly the cheap, stainless steel knives I typically see in rental kitchens. The steel is just too hard to sharpen effectively. Once they're dull, they are useless.
I take my knives whenever I plan to work in a kitchen, even a friend's or relative's. I use the plastic knife guards which protect both me and my knives.
We go on yearly ski trips and always get a condo with a kitchen. After the first year of dealing with Walmart knives that tend to come with those we always bring the Global with us. Makes life much, much easier!
We get a beach house every year over the summer with my brothers and their families. 20 people or so, and I always being my chef's knife. I love cooking, but I can't stand being in a kitchen without a decent knife.
I always take my chefs knife, two cast iron skillets, and a cutting board to our beach rental... To many times had dull crappy knife, non stick skillets all scratched up and smelled of fish when heated, and horribly scratched plastic cutting boards. We go for two weeks and that is too long to not to be able to enjoy cooking! Oh, and a wine bottle corkscrew! I also take one ceramic coffee mug, as I hate drinking coffee out of plastic mugs that many rentals seem to have to save on breakage.
Just got back from a Norwegian vacation. Since dining out there is so expensive, we did a lot of our own cooking in our small, yet functional kitchenette. You better believe I was kicking myself from not bringing a knife! I only had one large, dull serrated knife to use for everything. It was a definite challenge.
Every time I plan a vacation, I look at these cute places on AirBnB and think 'We can even make our own dinners" and then I mentally slap myself because the entire point to taking a vacation is to not have to cook your own dinners, clean your own plates, etc. and experience the local food. So I never do it, and book reservations instead.
I'm glad to hear others do this too! Our vacations usually include renting a vacation home, and we always bring a knife so that our culinary experiences are less frustrating!
Watch out people. In Texas most cooking knives are considered "illegal" if carried "on or around" one's self. That includes having a knife inside of your car. In Texas, knives that are larger than 5.5 inches are "illegal."
Every summer since having children we have rented a cottage in England. I always pack the car with extras that I have found to be lacking in accommodation. I take a knife roll which has my cooks knife, fillet knife, wooden spoon, peeler and cork screw. I also pack my hand blender. We end up eating out most nights now the children are older but it is great having knives you know how to handle (less accidents). My husband thinks I am mad but it makes cooking so much simpler when you have things you are used to at hand.
If we drive to a place with a kitchen I always take a chef's knife, a big Dutch oven and a box of assorted spices. Works out great!
No, I prefer not to cook.
I always bring a couple of my knives, my immersion blender and my little, yellow lemon squeezer. I sometimes bring a small cutting board too. You just never know, and I've been stuck with dreadful cutlery and nothing to cut on. My blender and squeezer have never not been used.
No. Just no. I like to pack light, and I almost never check luggage. And cooking a couple of meals with dull knives isn't the end of the world.
I haven't packed any knives on vacations yet because our vacations, as of late, have been either too short, or too mobile. But if I were renting a house for a week—oh, yeah!
But let's take it a step further. Has anybody ever taken a knife or two over to a social gathering they're prepping food at? I have. . . :)
But Mr. TSA, it's just a cooking knife!
Yes--that's why they have to be packed in checked luggage :)
We rent a cabin in Maine for a couple weeks in August and now that we drive there instead of fly, I bring a couple large heavy pots (so I can cook lobster and corn on the cob at the same time!), immersion blender, Cuisinart mini-prep (my favorite kitchen appliance) and three knives (paring, serrated and chef). Thanks for the link to the knife case -- I've been looking for one that was made for a few knives instead of a dozen. Just ordered one in orange!
I quite afraid with the chef knife but for cutting the tough meat I left with no option.
I mostly bought my kitchen accessories from the RTA store where I get varieties of knifes.


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