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Reception and traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the whole family
We are proud to announce that, from humble beginnings to running Germany's top-rated hotel, American Club member Tashi Takang will be this year's Annual General Meeting guest speaker.
Tashi has graciously hosted The American Club of Hamburg for innumerable events over many years. He is much more than just a successful manager, but a truly dedicated professional who treats his staff and guests with the highest regard, solely focused on their well-being.
Come to hear the Park Hyatt's award-winning General Manager reflect— in his first ever address to an audience — on his fascinating past and inspiring outlook on life.
You can find the agenda for the AGM here. In case you cannot attend and you are a member, you may give proxy to another member with this form.
Here you can find some more about the amazing life story of Tashi Takang.
We are delighted to invite you to an American Club dinner speech with Dr. Richard Herzinger at the Park Hyatt Hamburg.
Dr. Herzinger is currently the Political Editor for Welt am Sonntag and his column also appear in Die Welt. In 2003-2004, he was Editor and Journalist for Die Zeit and afterwards the Germany correspondent for the weekly magazine from Zurich, Weltwoche. He also writes for Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Tagesspiegel, the Merkur, the Jüdische Allgemeine und the Jungle World.
You can find out more about the speaker here.
Richard Herzinger is well-known and is considered a household name in Germany. He will speak about the Role of the United States and Russia in Syria. His speech will be accompanied by a three-course meal and fine wine. Register* simply by sending an eMail to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name(s), and kindly transferring payment of 35€ per member or 45€ per guest to:
The American Club of Hamburg e.V.
Commerzbank AG Hamburg
*Cancellations and registrations will be accepted until two days prior to the event, and no-shows will be invoiced.
Looking forward to seeing you at this most interesting event!
We are delighted to invite you to an American Club dinner speech with Prof. Dr. Claudia Schnurmann.
Prof. Schnurmann was recipient of the OAH Prize for the world's best non-English speaking study of North American history by the Organization of American Historians in 2001. She completed her studies at the University of Cologne and the Georgia Augusta Göttingen and has published on many topics related to America and Hamburg, including on migration history from the 15th to 21st centuries. Currently in print is A Sea of Love: The Atlantic Correspondence of Francis and Mathilde Lieber, 1839-1845.
Since 2003, Prof. Schnurmann has been Chair of North American, Atlantic and Caribbean Modern History at the University of Hamburg. The Professor will speak about Hamburg-America-line(s): Fruitful Contacts between Hamburg and the USA since 1776. You can find out some more history here.
Her speech will be accompanied by a three-course meal and fine wine.
Register simply by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name(s), and kindly transferring payment of 35€ per member or 45€ per guest to:
The American Club of Hamburg e.V.
Commerzbank AG Hamburg
*Cancellations and registrations will be accepted until two days prior to the event, and no-shows will be invoiced.
We are delighted to invite you to an American Club Visit to Airbus in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on Thursday, May 17 at 2 p.m.
A titan of the aerospace industry, Airbus recently delivered its 10,000th aircraft, racking up over 110 million flights, carrying 12 billion passengers. The corporation had revenues of € 66 billion last year, with Hamburg as a major final assembly production site. Airbus Operations GmbH is the largest company in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region's with 12,700 employees (2015 figures).
2:00 p.m. — We will board the HADAG Ferry 68 at Teufelsbrück (if you plan to arrive by car from the south side of the Elbe please contact us for further instructions). Look for the American flag holder.
2:15 p.m. — Upon arriving at the ferry gate Elbtor in Finkenwerde, we will head to building 25 to be welcomed and given a short presentation by Gunnar Groß, General Secretary of Airbus Operations GmbH.
3:00 p.m. — Facility Tour of Airbus, including:
- Hangar 8: Section equipping A320-Family
- Hangar 9: Final assembly line A320-Family
- Hangar 260: A380 section assembly & equipping
- Hangar 242: Cabin Equipment Installation A380
5:00 p.m — Departure/End of program
Register* simply by sending us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com by May 14 with your name(s), birthday, and kindly transferring payment of € 10 per member or € 25 per guest to:
The American Club of Hamburg e.V.
Commerzbank AG Hamburg
*Cancellations and registrations will be accepted until the 14th of May, and no-shows will be invoiced.
Looking forward to seeing you at this most interesting behind-the-scenes event!
The German trade surplus is often criticized by international trade partners, also by the United States of America. Is the imbalance only a problem for German trade partners? Or does it harm the German economy as well? What are the reasons for export surplus? We are going to discuss this with Professor Wade Jacoby, Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University. He will give a speech on the controversial topic of trade surplus or "Surplus Germany" from an American perspective.
Please register by sending an email to: email@example.com
The event will be moderated by Eveline Metzen, General Manager of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany.
Biographic information on Professor Wade Jacoby can be found here.
This event is organized by the Consulate General of the United States of America in Hamburg, the Handelskammer Hamburg, the American Chamber of Commerce and the American Club of Hamburg.
We are pleased to invite you to our annual floating Stammtisch aboard the chartered St. Georg, the oldest operating steamship in Germany, which has been built in 1876.
Enjoy Hamburg from one of its most beautiful perspectives, the Alster Lake, its noble mansions, scenic canals. Sit back and relax, engage in interesting conversation, while dining on catered finger food, wine and other beverages. Fun for the whole family!
Register simply by sending an email to our Club Assistant, stating your name(s) and kindly transferring payment of €40 for members / €50 for non-members to:
The American Club of Hamburg e.V.
Commerzbank AG Hamburg
*Cancellations and registrations will be accepted until three days prior to the event, and no shows will be invoiced.
We look forward to seeing you!
We are pleased to invite you to a guided tour on the USS Mount Whitney on June 16 at 9:20 am in Kiel.
Usually stationed in Gaeta, Italy, the flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet pays Kiel a visit during the annual Kieler Woche on its way back to Italy from the annual Baltops maneuver.
All participants are expected at the Hauptwache of the Marinestützpunkt in Kiel (Kiellinie 249, 24106 Kiel) until 9:20 am on June 16 and must bring their ID/Passports with them. The tour will start at 10 am.
Register simply by eMail to firstname.lastname@example.com stating your name(s), nationality, date of birth, ID/Ausweisnummer as well as your cell phone number. This is an absolute necessity, without these details, no access will be granted.
We are happy to announce that there won't be a participation fee for this event.
Please note that registrations won't be possible after 5:30 pm today and can only be confirmed if all above mentioned information was provided.
We are sorry that this invitation comes on such short notice and hope that some of you are interested in joining the tour!
As usual spaces are limited.
We are pleased to invite you to our next event The American Club's Independence Day commemoration of the 242nd anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America.
This year, Club Members, friends and family will celebrate exclusively at one of Hamburg's most beautiful locations on the Elbe—the rooftop terrace of the Hard Rock Café overlooking the harbor! American style food (mini burgers, chicken wings and tupelos, brownies) and 3 drinks (draft beer, soft drinks) will be included in your entrance price.
Simply register by sending an email, stating your name(s), and kindly transferring payment of 25 € for Members / 35 € for non-members (children to the age of 15 pay their age in €) to:
The American Club of Hamburg e.V.
Space is limited, so please register early. Please indicate if you would like a vegetarian or vegan meal, and if you have any food allergies.
Cancellations will be accepted until five business days prior to the event, no-shows will be invoiced.
The US Midterm elections are less than two months away, and are surely to be the most closely watched of its kind in living history. Democrats are hoping for a "blue wave," while Republicans are looking to hold on to the majorities they enjoy in the Senate and House of Representatives. What are the implications of either outcome, and how are the major races polling? Will President Trump and his party's majority be vindicated for their first two years of policies, or is there change in the air?
Dr. Christoph von Marschall will address these question and others with his speech titled Trump and the Midterms. Since 1991, our speaker has been reporting for Der Tagesspiegel, currently as Diplomatic Correspondent, and served many years as the lone German newspaper correspondent in the White House Press Corps. He is the author of several books, including: Barack Obama. Der schwarze Kennedy, Michelle Obama. Ein amerikanischer Traum, and most recently Wir verstehen die Welt nicht mehr: Deutschlands Entfremdung von seinen Freunden. He also writes for Cicero and The Atlantic Times.
You find out more about Mr. von Marschall here.
His speech in English will be accompanied by a three-course meal and fine wine. Register please by using the registration link to Eventbrite.
Note to MEMBERS: You can also follow the invitation email you have received and register by email and bank-transfer. Members can avoid the Eventbrite-Fees that way.
Looking forward to seeing you at this most interesting event!


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Sharol Ann Carter
Sharol Ann Carter, 61, of Pleasant Plains died Sunday, Nov. 18, at her home.
She was born Nov. 12, 1957, in Anna, the daughter of Marlin Hoffman and JoAnn Herscham. She married Thomas Ray Carter on April 3, 2008.
She is survived by her husband Thomas Ray Carter of Pleasant Plains; two sons, Jeremiah (companion Deena Ivey) Gunter of Fresno, CA and Robert Gunter of Johnson City; one daughter, Shari (husband Jeff) Charron of California; numerous grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Steve and Loren Hoffman; one sister, Jeanette Hoffman; and a special niece, Sammie Bracken.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Brian and B.J. Hoffman, and her sister, Eileen Cruse.
Sharol graduated from Dongola High School and then attended Southern Illinois University School of Nursing. She worked in numerous nursing homes and assisted living homes from Illinois to California. She would go in to help get a home up and running, and then move onto the next one. Sharol loved her job and always wanted to put a smile on the residents' faces.
She also enjoyed swimming, scrapbooking, sewing, and Diet Coke. Everything Sharol did in her life was for other people. She cared for everyone, and always wanted to make them smile.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Colwell Memorial Home in Beardstown is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials have been suggested to the family of Sharol Carter. Condolences may be left online at www.colwellmemorialhome.com or on Facebook at Colwell Memorial Home.
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A collection of natural shell marquis becomes a focal on this modern pendant necklace. The shaped mother of pearl retains the natural ivory, browns and beiges of the shell, and are presented with tiny Czech glass spacers, all lined up as a graceful curve. The smooth shapes, each measures about 7/8" x 1/2" (22 mm x 12 mm), are strung on a piece of strong nylon coated steel bead cable that terminates at silver plated steel rings. The 5" fringe-like focal is hung from long dark brown satin cords; this contemporary necklace is also a bit of "nature fashion."
Dark brown satin cord is knotted to the rings and allows this focal to be kinetic, sort of like the little pages of a book. The satin cords terminate in a silver plated swivel lobster clasp and ring that are bound to the cords with tight silver wire bindings. Total necklace length is 28". A shorter version of 22" that includes a 2" silver plated extension chain is also an available option. An original WillOaks Studio design featuring natural materials with an edge and designed to cross seasons.
A limited edition of 10 pieces and since your piece will be made to order, adjustments to the final length that are not listed as options are also possible. If you require this, please leave your total necklace length in the "notes to seller" as you check out! Necklaces are wrapped in tissue and nestled in small velvet bags for gifting and storage. Mailed in bubble wrap envelopes, orders are all mailed first class. In the US, tracking information will be sent to you when the new piece is on the way.
Please view other WillOaks Studio original necklace designs here http://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio?section_id=7593416 and visit the front of my studio here http://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio More original pieces in my new "Stacked Stones" series can be found here https://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio?section_id=13320021
I'm convo friendly for any questions or comments (use the blue "contact" button) and thanks so much for stopping by!
Etsy direct checkout or PayPal offer a range of secure payment methods. I reserve the right to cancel your order if payment arrangements are not made within 24 hours of your purchase and I will not ship your order until payment has cleared. Illinois shipping addresses will have local sales tax automatically added to their invoices.
Cancellations are possible within 24 hours or less by contacting me through my shop. Layaway and payment plans can be arranged by contacting me. Special orders are accepted with a minimum of 1/2 deposit when placing the order & the balance is due prior to mailing
I ship USPS first class parcel, with delivery confirmation to your address as entered on Etsy during check-out. Postage upgrades to Priority mail are can be added to most orders. USPS tracking codes are sent to you at the time your order is shipped so that you may track the shipment. These are useful in the event an order is waylaid, etc. Please contact me if there is any delivery problem and we'll work with the post office to solve the problem.
If your Etsy address and your PayPal address are different, I will default to your Etsy address. I'm happy to ship gifts from my studio for you. Simply enter the recipient's address when checking out, and add a "note to seller" with your note for the complimentary greeting card I'm happy to include.
Some of my pieces are ready to ship and bespoke pieces are made to order, which can include custom adjustments to sizes or other features, if you contact me to make these arrangements. I will give an estimate on shipping time and will try to keep you updated if there are changes in time needed to create your order. I'll contact you with tracking details and shipping information when your order is on the way.
International orders are shipped via US Mail First Class parcel with customs tickets attached and marked as "merchandise" with the value declared, any duties or taxes are handled by the country of destination & are collected from the shopper. I'm not responsible for delays in shipping or due to customs clearing. Please drop me a note if you have any questions or concerns about shipping.
Just contact me within: 7 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
I want you to be thrilled with my pieces and will exchange or refund items returned within 14 days of receipt provided they are in their original, unworn condition. Contact me within 7 days of receipt to confirm return procedure. Returns may require a 3.5% restocking fee and the refund does not include shipping charges. Custom work and bespoke orders are generally not returnable. Please photograph any shipping damages so I can file insurance claim forms.
Thanks again for visiting and for your interest in my work!!
Karen Stahlecker
WillOaks Studio
Woodstock, Illinois
Every piece ordered is sent in my signature packaging-velvet bag or box-with a satin tie & glass bead to embellish. A complimentary gift card-including your personal message-can be included (add info in notes to seller) & I can ship gifts directly to your loved one-use their name & address in "ship to" information.
Please contact me directly for information on wholesale or consignment orders and information at willoaksstudio (at) aol.com
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Welcome to Cardinal Newman College
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We are a Catholic College and the Chaplaincy team provides students with opportunities to be involved in charitable work, as well as considering their own spiritual journey.
This prospectus will give you a real flavour of what we have to offer. For more information have a look at our website or, best of all, come along to our Open Events - I look forward to meeting you then.
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Cardinal Newman College, situated in Preston Lancashire, is a wonderful place to study. We are a happy and distinctive Catholic Sixth Form College with a small and unique campus, which welcomes students of all faiths and has a unique feeling of community. We offer a range of A Level courses, Level 3 courses and a selection of Level 2 BTEC courses.
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As a Catholic Sixth Form College, we strive to be a centre of educational excellence for the community built on faith, respect and trust. We celebrate diversity amongst all of our students and staff, and we seek to nurture the gifts of each individual through high quality teaching, learning and dedicated pastoral care.
Cardinal Newman College is a community which aims to live out the gospel values of service and love.
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At Cardinal Newman College, every student matters and we will strive to give you outstanding support both inside and outside the classroom.
When you start College you will have your own Achievement Tutor, who will be like your form teacher at school. Your Achievement Tutor will support you in all aspects of College life: from guidance in your studies; help with your study skills; advice regarding possible career progression and application to Higher Education; to arranging any extra help or support you may need during your learning. Through regular one-to-one reviews of your progress, individual target setting and action planning, your Achievement Tutor will work with you to ensure that you reach your full potential.
To enable all students coming to Cardinal Newman College to achieve their learning goals, the College has a dedicated and specialist Learning Support team. The team has wide experience in supporting students with specific learning needs and is able to continue with the support students may have received at their high school. They also support students with the management of any special health needs, or if students experience other difficulties at particular times. They also liaise with the Examinations Office to ensure that there are individual arrangements in place for examination concessions. This can include assessment for additional time, provision of readers and scribes and the use of word processors.
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22:30 Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins in Attica, Thessaloniki, Larissa and Crete. His victory is considered safe. With 70% of ballots counted, Mitsotakis leads with 51.4% against 48.6% for Meimarakis.
21:30 Results from different regions are gradually coming in. Meimarakis wins in the Fthiotida region with 55% to 45%. Mitsotakis wins in Evritania with 52.7% against 47.3%. Meanwhile, the governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, who ran for the ND presidency in the first round, tweeted a congratulation to the new president, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The election for president of New Democracy turned into a real derby. The election day was extended by half an hour and ended at 19:30 to fit in the queues of waiting people. According to Vima FM radio, in 17% of polling stations outside the two big cities, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is ahead of Vangelis Meimarakis with 54% to 46%. However, this result could easily tip the other way after the results from Athens and Thessaloniki come out.
This time 325,000 have voted compared to 404,000 in the first round. Turnout nationwide was about 80%. This is why the staffs of the two candidates are looking to the two most populous constituencies – Attica and Central Macedonia – as they will decide the final result. It is believed that in order to come out on top Kyriakos Mitsotakis must win Attica by at least 55%.
Vangelis Meimarakis told Kathimerini that not 60%, but 100% of the New Democracy supporters want renewal, adding that he himself could warrant that these changes would be substantial.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that a new day for New Democracy and Greece begins today and added that on Monday the party will not simply be united, but renewed as well. Finally Mitsotakis stressed that the new centre-right will soon be able to come up with an alternative plan to get the country out of the crisis.
The day was marred by an accident in a Nea Philadelphia polling station. A group of anarchists with covered faces burst into the premises, overturned the ballot boxes, poured red paint on them, and triggered some more mayhem. The Rubicon anarchist group subsequently took responsibility for the act.
The shops being closed today, as well as the rain, also contributed to the weaker turnout.
The final results are expected at around 23:00. To avoid the delays of the first round, this time the papers can be sent by email rather than by fax.
404,000 citizens, who had taken part in the first round of the primaries, were entitled to vote in the second round. This time they weren't paying fees and filling out forms, so the queues in front of polling stations were not as long.
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22-spot Ladybird larvae (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
Red Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina grossa)
Chrysolina Grossa is a species of broad shoulder beetles belonging to the family Chrisomelidae, subfamily Chrisomelinae. This species is found in the western part of the Mediterranean and former Yugoslavia.
The drops on the beetle are drops of rain since while taking the photo it was raining heavily thus showering the beetle.
Yellow False Blister Beetle (Oedemera brevicollis)
Rhinoceros Beetle (Phyllognathus excavatus)
The male of this species has a horn like that of a 'rhino'. These beetles can grow to approximately 3cm or a bit more. I tried to diffuse the light as much as possible to be able to avoid the reflection on this beetle's surface. The only downside is that I didn't find this beetle in its natural habitat and alive, would have definitely made a more interesting shot. But for now..here it is.


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Rice gets a distinct flavor
By Raja Murthy
MUMBAI - Rice, a staple food for more than half the world's population of 6.5 billion, is heading for a record 476 million tonnes production in 2011, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared.
Rice production will increase by 2.5% to an additional 713 million tones of paddy production this year, the FAO said on June 24, even as the 2010 Global Hunger Index categorized as "serious" the extent of misery of the world's hungry and malnourished, particularly in South Asia and Africa.
While the FAO forecast a similar 2.5% increase in rice production for Asia, mostly in China and India, the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute estimates that the world needs another nine million tonnes annually to make rice more
easily affordable to millions of people.
The hard realities of staple supplies and affordability aside, in Asia rice often goes beyond being a basic food and root of economies. It forms an historical part of culture, religious festivals, diplomacy and politics. The grain is also frequent subject of scientific discussion on the genetic and Asian origin of one of the world's most important food crops.
A research paper published in the journal of the US National Academy of Sciences on May 17 adds to the debate, with claims to have conclusively demonstrated rice's origins as a crop, declaring that domesticated rice first appeared about 9,000 years ago in the Yangtze River Valley of China. In doing so, it has overturned widely accepted knowledge that rice was originally cultivated both in China and India.
Two leading American scientists, Barbara Schaal of the Washington University in St Louis and Michael Purugganan of New York University, led the study titled "Molecular evidence for a single evolutionary origin of domesticated rice". Their date of origin of rice in China tallies with archaeological studies a decade old. Archaeologists discovered that the domestication of rice in the Yangtze Valley began about 8,000 to 9,000 years ago, while rice was cultivated in India's Ganges River delta around 4,000 years ago.
The rice origin study was from a diverse team of 12 scientists [1] , including from New York University's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and Stanford University's Department of Genetics.
"One of the reasons we had such a large team is that modern genomic work requires several different types of expertise, such as genomic sequencing, bioinformatics, knowledge of rice," explained Professor Schaal, a member of US President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. "Different members of the team brought in different backgrounds."
Schaal said in an e-mail interview with Asia Times Online that their rice origin study has significance for basic science - anthropology, genetics, crop science - since it deals with understanding the history of one of the four most important crops for feeding humans.
Over a billion people, more than one-fifth of humanity, cultivate rice as their livelihood. Asia, where about 90% of rice is grown, has over 200 million rice farms, most of which are smaller than one hectare and subject to annual uncertainties of rainfall and periodic controversies over fertilizer and insecticide use.
"The rice origin study also pinpoints areas where genetic diversity, or possible traits for rice crop improvement, have already be collected and studied, and where there are areas that might contain new traits ," Professor Schaal said.
Professor Schaal, presently a Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor at the Washington University, says the research unraveled what she termed a "complicated evolutionary history of rice" with human migration throughout Asia. "This work begins to reveal the genetic consequences of that movement."
Asian rice,
Oryza sativa
, is one of world's oldest crop species. There are thousands of varieties. The International Rice Genebank, the world's largest collection of rice diversity, contains more than 112,000 types of rice. Two species of rice are important food species:
Oryza sativa
, that is grown worldwide, and
Oryza glaberrima
, grown in West Africa.
"Humans groups have migrated throughout Asia during the last 10,000 years, moving their rice varieties with them," says Professor Schaal. "These varieties then probably crossed with local varieties and with the wild rice growing in the area. Also, seeds were probably moved by traders as well. All of this makes unraveling the history of rice challenging."
The rice origin study gives a new twist to ancestry of Asian cuisine, with now hundreds of popular rice dishes like
(gently fried rice with spiced vegetables),
(rice stew with lentils, vegetables and spices) and Professor Schaal's favorite rice dish,
(sticky rice cooked with coconut milk) all owing their root origins to the Yangtze River Valley in China.
News of rice having Chinese origins will devastate some narrow-minded sectarian groups in India who ardently abstain from products or food they deem as
, or of foreign origin. They avoid coffee and tea like poison, for instance, because of the "foreign" origins, as well as perceived caffeine capacity of coffee and tea to stimulate certain troublesome carnal desires.
Now, having to give up their daily rice would be a bit of a distressing and entirely different cup of tea - and a lesson in being more careful deciding what to keep in or out of one's life.
On the other hand, discovery of Yangtze origins of rice would thrill some innovative vendors of
bhel puri
, the signature snack of Mumbai that is hugely popular across India. This street side dish for the gods has
, or puffed white rice, in a heady mix with fried lentils, nuts, diced potato, tomato, green chilli, green mango and coconut, splashed with spicy chutneys and served in a paper cone or plate. A "Chinese"
bhel puri
has been recently appeared with fiery noodles added to the exhilarating mix. Its innovators can now smugly say amid laughing their way to the bank: "We told you so."
Rice is often part of politics and diplomacy in India, with free or highly subsidized rice being almost standard pre-election sops in southern India. The Indian government pays due respect to value of rice in nice neighborly relations. On June 21, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna inaugurated 10 modern cyclone-proof rice silos in Yangon, Myanmar, the 5,000 tonne rice storage built with a $2 million gift from India. The need for a large rice stock buffer was felt in Myanmar after the devastating Cyclone Nargis in May 2008.
On June 25, China celebrated its new-found status as the world's rice origin by establishing a national laboratory for a super rice grain. The new research facility in Changsha, capital of the central Hunan province, aims to cultivate a hybrid rice species to yield an astounding 15 tonnes per hectare, well over double the yield of traditional rice varieties.
China, the world's largest rice producer, has over 1.3 billion hectares in rice cultivation. The Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center and Wuhan University are supporting the project.
Led by top hybrid grain scientists Yuan Longping, Zhu Yingguo and Xie Hua'an, the research effort will also try to use innovative molecular biology to have the super rice grown in other parts of the world. If they are successful, the United Nations Millennium Goal of ending extreme hunger by 2015 would be closer to reality, with much thanks to China.
[1] The "Molecular evidence for a single evolutionary origin of domesticated rice" study was conducted by researchers from New York University's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and its Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis' Department of Biology, Stanford University's Department of Genetics, and Purdue University's Department of Agronomy. Study co-authors are Jeanmaire Molina, Martin Sikora, Nandita Garud, Jonathan M Flowers, Samara Rubinstein, Andy Reynolds, Pu Huang, Scott Jackson, Barbara A Schaal, Carlos D Bustamante, Adam R Boyko and Michael D Purugganan.


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Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 103 min.
Release Date: January 19, 2001
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Cast: Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Benicio Del Toro, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, Ewen Bremner, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade , William Beck, Andy Beck
On his way to deliver a stolen diamond, Franky Four Fingers (Del Toro) decides to place a bet on an illegal boxing match while in London, England. Little does he know that Boris The Blade (Serbedzija) and a couple of pawnshop owners are planning to rob him of his goods at the bookies.
Meanwhile, two novice boxing promoters have their man knocked out by Mickey O'Neil (Pitt), a wildcard Irish gypsy boxer. The two decide to enroll Mickey to fight in their boxer's place and make a deal with the local kingpin, Brick Top (Ford), to fix the match. But when Mickey won't fall, the Brick gives the two one more fight to get it right.
In New York, Franky's boss gets impatient and sends Bullet Tooth Tony (Jones) to find Franky and the missing diamond.
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Studio: Columbia Pictures
Producer(s): Michael Dreyer, Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay: Guy Ritchie
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By David Raether, veteran TV writer and essayist
The fall of 1997 was when Curtis Hanson's classic crime noir film, L.A. Confidential, was released. In much the same way that Peter Bogdanovich's comedy What's Up Doc? was an homage to the screwball comedies of the '30s and '40s set in a contemporary frame, L.A. Confidential is a loving tribute to the classic film noirs of the 1940s and '50s.
Set in the 1950s, the film explores contemporary themes of political corruption, racism, and violence in Los Angeles, portraying the city as a dark and brooding place. The screenplay won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, along with an Oscar for Kim Basinger as Best Supporting Actress.
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L.A. Confidential comes from a tradition of film noirs. Before you rewatch Hanson's masterwork, check out these five movies that influenced it and the genre itself.
The Big Sleep (1946)
Talk about star power! This movie was directed by Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby), based on a novel by Raymond Chandler, from a screenplay by a trio of screenwriters that included Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner. Plus, it stars Humphrey Bogart as private eye Phillip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the alluring Mrs. Vivian Rutledge. Everyone's motives are suspect as Marlowe tries to make his way through a world of family intrigue and murder.
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Largely forgotten, this brilliant film from Nicholas Ray also stars Bogart as a failed Hollywood screenwriter accused of murder. It's one of Bogart's finest performances. Put it in your queue now.
The Big Knife (1955)
Another dark-side-of-Hollywood tale, this time starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, and the magnificent Shelley Winters. There's lots of yelling and recriminations and regrets in this movie. And it goes really dark; be aware that it ends with a suicide. This picture is based on a play by seminal American playwright Clifford Odets, and was directed by Robert Aldrich, who directed these classics of American film: Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974).
The Lineup (1958)
Set in San Francisco, this film was based on a police procedural drama of the same name on CBS radio. (Yes, radio!) It's a taut thriller about San Francisco detective Ben Guthrie (Warner Anderson) pursuing two psychopathic killers (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) who are involved in a drug-smuggling operation. The lineage of Guy Pearce's straight arrow detective in L.A. Confidential, Ed Exley, can be traced pretty clearly back to Anderson's Lt. Ben Guthrie.
Chinatown (1974)
Back in the early '70s, Paramount head Robert Evans took screenwriter Robert Towne out to lunch and offered him the then-enormous sum of $100,000 to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, for the screen. Towne reportedly turned down the offer saying, "I don't want to try to outdo Fitzgerald." Instead, Towne offered to sell Evans a screenplay he had written about water rights in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. Disappointed, Evans reluctantly bought the screenplay for a relatively paltry $20,000. The rest is film history. Chinatown became one of the finest American films ever made. Directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. If you haven't seen this movie in a while, watch it again. If you've never seen it, what are you waiting for?
By the way, here's a piece of trivia about Chinatown. Many people think the last line of the film is: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." But the last line of the film is actually: "As little as possible." Inspired by a real comment, Nicholson mutters it to himself after witnessing a horrific killing he inadvertently caused.
This refers to a piece of advice that screenwriter Towne received from two real-life Los Angeles cops when doing a ride-along in Chinatown. He asked them what their approach was in policing a section of the city that had complicated ethnic and criminal gang elements.
Because they often couldn't tell who were the good guys and who were the bad guys, they replied, "We do as little as possible." As cynical a piece of Los Angeles advice as you will ever hear.
David Raether is a veteran TV writer and essayist. He worked for 12 years as a television sitcom writer/producer, including a 111-episode run on the ground-breaking ABC comedy "Roseanne." His essays have been published by Salon.com, The Times of London, and Longforms.org, and have been lauded by The Atlantic Magazine and the BBC World Service. His memoir, Homeless: A Picaresque Memoir from Our Times, is awaiting publication. You can follow him on Twitter @davidraether.


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This is neither the first nor the last big event of the Ella Fitzgerald Centennial (the big day is actually April 25) but it just may be the most thoroughly original. Drummer, composer, and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has shown that she knows a thing or two about singers; her 2012 album "The Mosaic Project," featuring eight different major contemporary jazz vocalists) won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal album. This unique ensemble features some of the expected instruments, but often played by some very cutting edge musicians, like pianist Marc Cary, saxophonists Casey Benjamin and Edmar Colon, bassist Rashaan Carter, and guitarist Ben Eunson. But there's also turntablist DJ Val Jeanty and the young singer Charenée Wade, a highly flexible artist who can go either way. Leave us not forgot that Ella herself was very receptive to soul and R&B music – have you ever heard her medley of songs from "The Wiz?" In bringing Ella Fitzgerald's music up to the 21st century, Ms. Carrington will show how relevant the First Lady of Song is to our current generation and illustrate the enormous impact that she's had on contemporary music.
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I follow the factory boss up endless staircases and down long corridors. As the light filters through grimy windows and bounces off green paint, I feel trapped in a vast aquarium, or rather a tank of aspic.
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We stop by a metal loom, gathering dust. Pyotr Shelkoshwein, director of the Krasniy Perekop textile plant, strokes the machine reverentially "This", he says, "is where Tereshkova worked."
Shelkoshwein joined the factory in Yaroslavl, 150 miles north-east of Moscow, at the same time as Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first woman to be sent into space. He remembers her organising picnics for members of the Communist Youth League and spending her free time jumping out of aeroplanes.
Nothing unusual about that; by the 1960s almost every Soviet town had its own parachute club. But one lunch break, he heard the news about his workmate with dark eyes and plump cheeks.
"They mispronounced her name on the radio, so at first we thought it was a mistake," he recalls. Tereshkova had not only concealed the forthcoming mission from her friends at the factory, she had also hidden it from her mother for more than a year.
The textile worker spent three days orbiting the earth then returned to her factory in an open-top car, laden with flowers. Treated like royalty, she was the perfect proletarian heroine. In the Cold War space race, she became an icon for gender equality.
Find out more
Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space can be heard on BBC Radio 4 at 1030 BST on Saturday 8 June 2013 - or you can listen again aftewards on iPlayer.
Four other women trained alongside her - three of whom were graduates with technical expertise - but the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, made the final choice. He liked Tereshkova's fresh-faced looks and propaganda potential. She was the daughter of a tractor driver killed on the Finnish border in World War II.
Tereshkova was celebrated in songs and her face was put on postage stamps. Soon after her flight, she was married off to a fellow cosmonaut, Andriyan Nikolayev. Khrushchev gave the bride away at a wedding filled with the Soviet equivalent of Hello magazine photographers. When the couple eventually split, their divorce needed the personal approval of Leonid Brezhnev.
In short, Tereshkova's life was hijacked by the Party. Over the years, her image has been carefully preserved. In the entrance of a new planetarium built in her home town of Yaroslavl, there's a huge stained glass portrait in which she wears her helmet like a sci-fi halo.
Behind the propaganda, though, there were always lingering questions. Rumours have increasingly circulated about the success of the flight. Physicians at Star City - the Soviet space programme headquarters - were critical of her performance, implying perhaps a more hostile attitude to female cosmonauts than the trumpeting of sexual equality would suggest. The fact remains that two decades elapsed before the next Russian woman was sent on a mission.
Tereshkova has done little to quash speculation over the years. Today, as a member of the Duma - Russia's Parliament - and deputy chairman of its Foreign Affairs Commission, she remains guarded.
So I put my questions to Tereshkova's daughter Elena instead. "Was it true that your mother felt unwell and vomited in the capsule?" I ask her. "No, no, no, no," says Elena, widening her heavily made up eyes.
What about the accusations recorded in the diary of Nikolai Kamanin, Tereshkova's head of training, saying she overslept and failed to communicate with ground control during the re-entry phase? "I've read that stuff," says Elena. "Mum said some people were very jealous and it was a complicated time."
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Valentina liked climbing cherry trees - she never cried when she scraped her knees"
To find out more about her early life, I'd planned a trip to a little museum near the village where Tereshkova was born. Elena said it was closed for repairs but I decided to go anyway.
The wooden house is a surreal replica of the home where the cosmonaut was born, especially strange considering it is only a short drive away from the actual place. Everything inside is fabricated, from the felt boots to the dolls on the bed. The only genuine article is an accordion in the corner that had belonged to Tereshkova's father.
As the guide shows me around, Elena turns up with a bunch of local dignitaries. Her panda eyes widen in shock. "This place is not ready for visits," she hisses.
On the other side of the River Volga, I may have strayed off limits again. I'd heard all about Tereshkova's heroic father, Vladimir, who was burned inside his tank. Vladimir's 89-year-old sister is still alive today.
I climb over chicken wire on to a muddy path leading to Lydia Aksyonova's run-down house. Bottles of pills are scattered on the floor around her bed and water drips through the cracked ceiling.
"Valentina liked climbing cherry trees. She never cried when she scraped her knees," she tells me. "She was tough, just like me." The old woman's voice quavers as she talks about being sent to the front as a teenager.
"I defended Leningrad, held a machine gun then, but now everyone's forgotten about that. My roof leaks and I can't afford to fix it. All my pension goes on medicines."
Surely her famous niece could do something to help, I suggest. She's one of the most influential women in Russia, isn't she?
"Oh I don't want to bother her. She's busy and she has her own family," says the aunt. "We're proud," cuts in Lydia's son, Alexei, a Chechen war veteran. "We don't ask favours."
In the centre of Yaroslavl, preparations are under way for the Victory Day parade. Young men and women are rehearsing dances on the main square, near Tereshkova's constituency office. A bossy woman on a loudhailer puts them through their paces.
As military marches boom from the speakers, I picture the city back in the 60s. From the moment the news of the spaceflight was announced on 16 June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova was anointed as a political deity. This poor village girl descended from the skies to the highest echelons of the red aristocracy.
But while Tereshkova may have made a smooth transition from Khrushchev's USSR to Putin's Russia, I wonder how much life has changed for those she left behind.
Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space can be heard on BBC Radio 4 at 1030 BST on Saturday 8 June 2013.
All images subject to copyright. Some images courtesy RIA Novosti and Getty Images.
Audio production by Cast Iron Radio & Recording.
Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 8 June 2013.
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Serena Williams just announced her first pregnancy to the world. Hannah Banks-Walker explains why certain media outlet's reporting of this was a shining example of straight-up sexism.
It would be an understatement to suggest that the media's (and in many ways, the world's) relationship with women is problematic. From the representation of women's bodies to that tricky issue of their fundamental rights (or lack thereof, in some places) 2017 is a weird time to be alive. I mean, if anyone had told you at the beginning of last year that a self-confessed sexual predator, who refers to women as 'pigs' and 'slobs', would be President of the United States of America, would you have believed them?
I digress. Other than moaning (again) about the fact that a bonafide nut job* currently has access to the nuclear codes, I'd instead like to express my anger (but not surprise) at the ways in which some publications, websites and individuals have reacted to the news that Serena Williams is pregnant.
Williams, who is one of the world's most talented and successful athletes, posted a picture to her Snapchat account, appearing to reveal her pregnancy with the caption '20 weeks'. A representative then confirmed the news, saying: "I'm happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this Fall."
The eagle-eyed of this world were quick to point out that this means Williams would have been eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian Open. Can we just think about that for a second? The woman is incredible.
While many commentators applauded this fact while congratulating Williams on her news, I saw too many headlines like the below, from The Telegraph:
Some of you might not take issue with such a headline. Some of you may not even notice it. That, in itself, is a problem. Because in what world do you think this would ever be written about a man? In what world would a man's career be called into question because he's about to become a father? It's also quite hilarious to think that Williams would ever have to 'fight' her way 'back to the top' when she just won a major tennis tournament while eight weeks pregnant.
And don't think it's just a poorly worded headline, either. The article itself, written by a man, goes on to say: "The real question relates to motivation: how much will she want her career back? Even Williams herself may not know the answer to that one yet." Sorry, what? That's the real question? I don't remember the piece that The Telegraph wrote about Roger Federer's motivation and desire to return to tennis following the birth of his second set of twins. Nor do I recall the article regarding Andy Murray's own sports career and how this would be affected when he became a father last year. Oh wait- that's because THEY DON'T EXIST.
It's not just The Telegraph, either. Hollywood Life's headline read 'Serena Williams Pregnant: Will Baby Slow Down Her Tennis Career?'
Serena Williams has been subjected to racial and sexist abuse in her years as a public figure, so I doubt she'll be losing sleep over this. But the point is, if such an outdated, restrictive view of gender is constantly forced on us, things won't ever change. We need to reposition the ways in which we, as a society, view women's roles in general. Sexism is insidious, as exemplified by The Telegraph's headline. We need to address it.
As for Williams, she's a role model for us all- regardless of gender. In the words of Serena Williams herself: "You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone."
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W*H*Y campaign sparks award-winning work
Last Thursday was a good night for our Marketing Department. We won six Spark Awards from the Spokane MarCom Association for various elements of our campaign to launch the W*H*Y Trap for Wasps, Hornets & Yellowjackets.
Entries for the Spark Awards are judged heavily on the results achieved by a marketing project or campaign. With the W*H*Y Trap accepted into nearly every lawn & garden retailer for this year, we had some great results of which we could boast.
Here are (L-R) Marketing Coordinator Alyssa Ando, yours truly, and Sales & Marketing Assistant Jonathan Manfredonia with our haul:
And here's a list of what we won:
Merit Award for our "Break Room" :30 TV spot
Excellence Award for our "Rumble" :30 TV spot
Excellence Award for our W*H*Y Trap package design
Excellence Award for the BugBlog in the "Writing/Recurring Columns" category
Excellence Award for the BugBlog in the "Electronic & Interactive Communications" category
Merit Award for the W*H*Y is the Answer campaign in the "Marketing Communications Campaign" category.
April 27, 2009 in Life at Sterling, WHY Trap | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Video of the Week: European Hornet attacks a fly
Being about an inch long with a plump body shape, the European Hornet can be rather intimidating.
I'm sure this fly thought so:
April 24, 2009 in Flies, Hornets, Video | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Wasp weather... and we're catching them!
If the Northwest could string together more than two 70+ degree days in a row, we'd all be very happy. But this week, those two warm spring days were enough to capture a bunch of paper wasp (and some yellowjacket) queens in the WHY Trap. The photos and video below were taken on president Rod Schneidmiller's property.
Last night, three days after those photos and video were taken, it snowed. Many of the wasps were still alive today, and they huddled together for warmth near the top of the trap:
April 23, 2009 in New RESCUE! Products, Video, Wasps, WHY Trap | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Unveiling the Trail
Gorgeous Northwest spring weather greeted a group of Sterling employees last Saturday as we took part in the annual "Unveil the Trail" day to clean the Centennial Trail, a paved walking/running/biking path that follows the contours of the Spokane River.
Our company has adopted mile 28-29, which runs northwest of the city of Spokane.
The fact that there was very little trash to pick up is a testament to how much residents value their Trail. And it was quite active that morning with walkers and runners training for the upcoming Bloomsday Run on Sunday, May 3.
Here's the group of employees, spouses and kids who participated:
Our Marketing Coordinator, Alyssa Ando, with the mile marker:
Here's a shot of the view along our mile:
Our R&D Department was well represented:
And our President Rod Schneidmiller and his wife led the effort:
April 21, 2009 in Being green, Life at Sterling | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Video of the Week: A queen at rest
Here's a good closeup of a queen yellowjacket. (And no, she doesn't have a tiny crown on her head.)
If you're experiencing warm spring weather where you live, this lady is coming out of hibernation to start building her kingdom. Make sure you have a trap to stop her!
April 17, 2009 in Video, Yellowjackets | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Talkin' about Twitter
Local web developer and social media strategist Mark Simonds is embarking on a "Twitter Road Trip" to interview individuals and organizations using Twitter effectively. We were honored to be Mark's first interview for this project.
You can see the interview here (be sure to turn up the sound; the Flip camera didn't pick my voice up very well).
Mark's Twitter handle is @simonds, Twitter Road Trip's handle is @route140, and ours is @rescue. Please follow us!
April 8, 2009 in Life at Sterling, Video | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Video of the Week: Nests in unusual places
This week's video installment features several examples of how yellowjackets like to nest in unusual places, such as:
An old lawnmower...
A pile of discarded newspapers...
Under a kitchen sink...
Have you ever encountered a yellowjacket nest in an unusual location?
April 3, 2009 in Video, Yellowjackets | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
New Product: The Fly Trap Grenade
The RESCUE! Fly Trap Grenade takes care of your worst enemies. Just hang the trap to catch those filthy flies. Once it's full, just hurl the RESCUE! Fly Trap Grenade at your enemies and watch them run!
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When I got home I went to the shop and had a couple hours of fun. I told you that I am making wooden fish out of scraps from my table bases for the centers art project. Well here they are.
The only problem was it really took the wind out of my sails. I knocked off about 3:30 and came in to get dressed for yoga and made the mistake of sitting down for a moment. As I started to doze off I decided I needed a nap more than yoga so changed into my pajamas and snoozed.
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Monica Brown took to Instagram to post some sexy photos of her on the beach.
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BFyne, created by a Nigerian designer, has beautifully printed swimsuits. However, they also have an all black one piece, similar to the Balmain, that has the logo "BFyne" on it and only costs $69.99.
While Balmain is in fashion, Black-owned, to me, is way more stylish.
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Feliz has some big love for REALM, since her ice-dye workshop with us, her creative-cool booth set up, and her bags that embody that fierce-funess of the Feliz-maker. We can't wait to have her back again this Sunday, with her amazing embroidered pouches. If you have any friend that has done something brave, badass, or worthy of a solid "yaaassss" then be sure to gift them one (or three). Here, Vanessa lays out all the steps it takes to make her signature pouch:
All of the Realm bags are embroidered and constructed here in east Austin, Tx so I thought I'd take us through the construction process of a simple clutch.
My studio isn't far from my house so I like to ride there whenever it's nice and I don't have a big haul of supplies to bring with me. It's been really nice out this week so here's me cheesing it up biking to the studio and being so SAFE with a helmet:
Having your name on a door somewhere is a pretty cool way to feel official and like you've got your ish together.
Maker-types are often asked to describe where they they get inspiration from. For me, inspiration and ideas come from absolutely everywhere so I keep a sketchbook on me to log the seeds of ideas and then revisit those sketches later to create new designs. I also find it useful to moodboard current inspiration items, sketches, and in process designs around my workspace.
Today in the studio I am filling individual customer orders so instead of making several of one design I'm making ones of several designs. All of my designs start out as sketches that I digitize and create into embroidery files. I hoop the fabric for the bag I'm working on to get started.
And then I load 'er up on the industrial machine and let it rip
Embroideries can take anywhere from five to thirty minutes to complete, depending on the complexity and number of color changes in the design. When it's done I take it off the hoop and add it to the pile.
Sewing the bags goes in several stages and requires different machines so I attack these in piles. First lining is serged to the backs of each piece of the bags.
Then zippers are sewn in and topstitched.
Final step- sewing the sides up on the industrial Juki beast. Most of my bags have several layers of canvas in them and this machine treats all of that bulk like childsplay.
Another one! There ya have it, it's not the most complicated bag I make but it's definitely the bag I make the most often and it's fun every time.