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Artist Sou Miyata was probably best known for his work on Muv-Luv, the PC game turned manga and anime. That is until this week. After this week, he'll be known as the artist who got axed after being accused of tracing the work of others.
To promote the upcoming Muv-Luv summer anime, which is dubbed Total Eclipse, Miyata's promotional art appeared along with a magazine interview with the anime's director. Online, people noticed that the art looked very similar to the work of others. It looked traced. It looked ripped-off.
In Japan, numerous popular anime and game blogs pointed out the latest similarities. This isn't a first for Miyata as he's previously been accused of tracing. Morever, this isn't a first for the developer of the Muv-Luv games. Last year, the company had to apologise in a live internet stream for tracing.
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Facing unprecedented challenges, Whirlpool sought to acquire Hefei Sanyo, a Chinese manufacturer. Through bridge-building efforts, we made this complex deal happen.
Facing a mix of modern and traditional trade methods, as well as an increasing amount of capable local competitors, multinational companies find it difficult to win in the Chinese market.
Executives at Whirlpool recognized the strategic importance of China but saw the challenges in growing organically. As a result, the company sought to buy a majority stake in Hefei Sanyo, a local leading home appliance manufacturer. The challenges it faced were unprecedented: Hefei Sanyo was more than three times Whirlpool's size in the local market, had a completely different operating strategy, and was partially owned by the Chinese government.
Whirlpool looked to BCG to navigate through this complexity. The company presented us with a two-part challenge: how can you make this deal happen, and once it does happen, how can you leverage Whirlpool's assets without losing the local strength of Hefei Sanyo?
Working on-site at each office, our team became deeply embedded in each company, doing in-depth research and getting to know who the influencers and decision makers were on each side of the deal. We developed a transaction structure to control the business at an operational level, as well as detailed strategies for accelerating regulatory approval, human resources migration, and sales integration planning.
Because the local Chinese government owned part of Hefei Sanyo, our team also had to conduct bridge-building efforts with government officials. Seeking government subsidies, we had to demonstrate how the deal would benefit the local community as Whirlpool headquarters would move from Shanghai to Hefei.
Managing more than ten complex work streams, we bridged the cultural gap and made the deal happen. This resulted in a successful merger in October 2014. Operating today as a profitable, $1 billion-plus business, the two companies truly integrated into one. They reflect the best part of both; the local understanding and agility of Hefei Sanyo is now multiplied by the global strength and operational efficiency of Whirlpool.
Veronique is a partner in our Shanghai office. She has experience in consumer markets and retail. She received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and her BA in economics from Fudan University.
Q: What was your role on this project?
A: I worked very closely with senior leadership on both sides of the deal. It was my responsibility to develop credible, deep relationships with key people on each side, so that I could help them understand each other. During one phase of the project, I worked side by side with the CEO of Hefei Sanyo on a daily basis. This closeness was crucial to the process of this complex deal.
Q: What made this deal so challenging?
A: Any reverse integration is challenging. This one was particularly so because the target was larger than the company purchasing it. The two also had very different operating strategies, making it difficult for them to relate. Hefei Sanyo was agile. They had local know-how, and could quickly develop and launch new products. Whirlpool's key strength was strategic perspectives and long-term planning.
Q: How did the government's partial ownership of Hefei Sanyo affect the deal?
A: It was crucial that we received government support of the deal. We had to illustrate how the deal would benefit the local community, beyond the commercial value itself. To do so, we built a pitch that explained how we would move the Whirlpool headquarters from Shanghai to Hefei, and explained the benefits that would come from that. The proposal was successful and it helped us get assistance through government subsidies in certain areas.
Caroline is a project leader in our Shanghai office and a member of our Consumer Goods practice. She started as an associate in 2007 and then left for two years to get her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She was a consultant during the time she was on this project.
Q: What was your role on this project?
A: My role evolved over time, but overall, it was my job to drive the project management office (PMO) piece of the project. We had ten complex work streams happening in parallel, so it was up to the PMO module to identify the steps we had to follow and any interdependencies. A lot of times the work stream owners were too deep in the operational details. They needed help to see the big picture and to make sure that they were on track, so that's where I came in.
Q: What made working on this project so satisfying?
A: The team. Because this deal was so complicated and we were involved in so many different work streams, our team had to stay responsive and in constant contact with each other. When the deal was approved by all parties, we all felt so proud because it was truly a group effort. We all went beyond the expectation to make it happen.
Q: What was your biggest takeaway from the project?
A: I've always been a highly structured person, but this project taught me the importance of not only having a solid plan but also a solid backup plan. Because this project had many twists and turns, it was key that we stay flexible. This adaptive mentality and desire to go above and beyond carries through all of our BCG projects.
Eric is a consultant in our Beijing office. He joined us in October 2012. He attended Peking University, where he received both a bachelor of science and master of science in electrical and electronics engineering.
Q: What was your role on this project?
A: When I started on this project, I was an associate. I was able to immediately help with the details of this project, focusing on pricing structure and market review. As I became more experienced, I took on more responsibility. I developed strong relationships with their sales teams, partnering with them throughout the postmerger process.
Q: Sounds like you got a lot of exposure early in your career. Can you tell me more about that?
A: Yes, I was very impressed by how quickly BCG integrated me into the team and how soon I was able to provide value, including presenting my findings to the client. My colleagues took the time to mentor me, so I was able to take on more responsibility and solve more complex challenges.
Q: What attracted you to BCG after getting your electrical and electronics engineering degree?
A: I was very impressed with how much exposure I was able to get so early in my career at BCG. That is exactly what I was looking for when I was thinking about my path.


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President of the Toowoomba Rugby League, Greg McIntyre, thought the parents, grandparents, children and sundry friends of the town's rugby players would enjoy his little 'joke' in the grand final newsletter handed out to them as they walked through the gate. The same man happened to be an acting Magistrate.
Yes, a public figure, paid from the public purse to make sound judgements, shared this sexist and demeaning joke without seemingly a second thought.
Lots of people didn't find it funny. One of them was Nina Funnell who wrote on it for the National Times yesterday.
Nothing funny about lawyer jokes like this one
What passes for a family-friendly joke these days? According to Greg McIntyre, a magistrate from Toowoomba, it's something from that age-old genre that makes fun of the smell of a woman's bodily parts, and on this occasion, a young ''rednecks'' inability to distinguish between them…
Apparently, McIntyre found this joke so amusing that not only did he decide to repeat it but to publish it in a program that was distributed to children and their families at the Toowoomba rugby league grand final. The president of the Toowoomba Rugby League, who brags that he is ''next in line to be the chief redneck'' of Toowoomba, was surprised to learn that not everyone shared his sense of humour. Parents and members of the football community have complained that the joke is crude and sexist, and should not have been included in a publication read by children. Read full article here.
McIntyre's current status with the club is unclear. Is he still the club's president? If so why? And has he retained his position as acting Magistrate? Shouldn't the legal establishment be upholding the highest standards? If he is not disciplined that will be the real joke.
Footballers, dancing girls, pole dancers, simulated sex: all on the Footy Show
Did you happen to catch this on Channel 9's Footy Show the night before the grand final? I'm sure lots of aspiring young footballers did.
It was the 'Player Revue', featuring foot ballers from various teams, 'performing' for the popular Nine program (which has attracted criticism in the past for its attitude towards women, you may recall the matter of Sam Newman and the mannequin dressed as a female sports journalist ).
Most of the revue conveys a message that women are playthings for male entertainment and gratification. We see women scantily dressed and spread legged, footballers with their hands down their pants simulating masturbation or running their hands over women's bodies. The St Kilda scene probably contains the most overt sexual content in the pole dancing scene, where the player rips of the woman's jacket, and she performs for him.
It seemed to me as though the club was deliberately sending an 'F-you' to its critics. It also seemed to be saying we will continue to do whatever we want to women: we have an inviolable right and entitlement to women's bodies and nothing will stop us. You would have thought they may have been a little more sensitive about portraying themselves this way, given recent events.
Was this the Club's idea or did Channel 9 encourage it? Is there anyone left at the Club who still possesses brains?
MTR's 'rubbish' interview on MTR
So I was asked my views on the 'Gownlows', where the partners, dates, one night stands, whatever, of AFL players are paraded like models and assessed for their dress and appearance (for appearance read cleavage). My comments were run a few places including here.
I was contacted by MTR Radio ( I knew I should have trademarked the initials) asking me to appear on the Andrew Bolt and Steve Price show. It turned out to be possibly the most condescending and dismissive interview I've ever done. You can listen to it here – it starts around 35:00 – though my friends say they found more pleasure in stabbing their eyes with forks. At the end of the interview, when I'm off air, Price scoffs at my views, describing them as "rubbish".


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Jason Plato's a champion British touring car driver and a presenter on Britain's Fifth Gear. He's sort of Britain's Tanner Foust and, therefore, a target for automotive fan boys. Enter George Matthews, a poster on the PistonHeads car forum:
Yeah, hard to believe he didn't want to hang out in "freezing 2 degree cool." But could there be more to this story? It turns out there is! Jason Plato's not just a driver/presenter, he's also the holder of an account at the popular PistonHeads. This is where the thread gets legendary.
Ouch. Someone call the Internet fire department, because this dude just got burned. Here's his weak response:
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I have thoroughly enjoyed this tonight, most amusing to say the least. It has gone some way to dull down the last stages of my hangover from Dusseldorf last night.
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If you have been checking out Lesley's Facebook pages lately, you will have seen a set of photos of downtown Hammerfest. These included wildlife. Lesley explains how lemmings, owls and Scotland are related. For audiophiles, this is the last Skype based podcast for a week or two. Enjoy.
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There are no bad views in this new home in Monoroe, Louisiana. Bayou DeSiard laps up lazily to the serpentine wooden boardwalks that ribbon around the house. Mature bald cypress trees stand knee-deep in the water, dripping Spanish moss. "The best thing about this house," confirms Harlan Sager, who shares the home with his wife, Dawn, and their three school-age children, "is that every room has a view of the bayou."
It's one of the New South's salient architectural goals: making the most of nature, which is among the region's most gracious features. Architect Lee Ledbetter intended nothing less: "We sited the house for a two-mile uninterrupted bayou view."
Having made his mark on the East Coast working with architecture icons such as Michael Graves and Robert A.M. Stern, Ledbetter wanted one of his first major commissions back home in Louisiana, where he returned in 1993, to be a standout. A further incentive was the clients themselves. "Lee's older brother has been my best friend since childhood, and his younger brother introduced me to Dawn," explains Harlan, cinching tight the families' circle.
A small world can mean big pressure, but Ledbetter was unfazed. "It was an honor to design a grand house for my lifelong friends in my hometown," says the Monroe native, whose office is in New Orleans. But his ultimate inspiration was the property itself.
Steeped in natural beauty and family history, the project would have been a can't-miss even for a lesser talent than Ledbetter. The land originally belonged to Harlan's great-grandfather, the first bottler of Coca-Cola. In 1894, at age 28, he opened his bottling plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Then in 1905, he moved to Monroe to open another small plant.
The family's been there ever since and has kept a hand in the business—Harlan served as Coca-Cola's vice president.
"In the 1920s, my great-grandfather bought the old Hard Times [cotton] plantation, which my property is just a small part of," explains Harlan. His grandfather, one of the original founders of Delta Airlines, grew up there. But with 700 feet of bayou, Harlan's portion of the old estate offers plenty—especially considering it was literally luck of the draw. "I and the 12 other members of the fourth gen eration drew straws. I think I got the best," Harlan says with a chuckle. All that was lacking was a house.
He had dreamed of it for years—at least since his first date with Dawn, when she was 18, and he was 26. "Harlan drove me out to the property and told me that someday this was where he was going to build a house," Dawn recalls.
In 1996, he made good on his word. He hired Ledbetter, who modeled Harlan's dream house on the region's traditional raised plantation cottages, then built it on a promontory at the confluence of Bayou DeSiard and Hog's Bayou.
Like the intersecting waterways, the rooms flow one into the other, eliminating the need for formal hallways. "The floor plan has a Northern Louisiana plantation antecedent," says Ledbetter. "This means the house is only a single story high and has a more informal flow." But make no mistake. It has its share of grandeur.
A broad center gable at the front houses a formal columned portico—traditional Southern fare, but with a youthful kick. The stylized look is hardly Tara. "I have no interest in straight historicism," explains Ledbetter. "For example, the house has a more idiosyncratic shape. And it doesn't have shutters. For many, that borders on heresy for a Southern home."
The brick façade is painted yellow at the request of Harlan, who became enamored with St. Petersburg's pale yellows during two trips to Russia with People to People. "I had fallen in love with the Winter Palace, and told Lee I would like to paint the brick that color," Harlan explains. Ledbetter looked closer to home, however, for the right color match. He found it in New Orleans, on the historic General Beauregard House just down the street from his offices. Ledbetter "borrowed" a flake of the peeling paint and had it matched.
The portico portends things to come. "It prepares you for the grandeur of the great hall, an adaptation of a Creole center hall, which we exploded into a living room," informs Ledbetter. This barrel-vaulted space with its 22-foot ceiling functions as the living room. It's also the architecture's central hinge, holding the wings together.
But the gallery at the back is where the young family really lives. "Harlan wanted a deep porch. We put it at the back to take in the bayou views," says Ledbetter. The gallery, visible through French doors and transoms, runs all along the house.
Ledbetter addressed all design issues. For the great hall, he designed chandeliers hefty enough to humanize the high vault of the ceiling. Subtly colored silk at the windows and textured linen on the furniture meld with the gentle palette of the Chinese needlepoint rug. The dining room's heirloom American Empire table and chairs continue the neutral color scheme with a splash of sparkle from a chandelier and mirror.
Luxury turns exotic at the library, where mahogany bookcases meet herringbone leather floor tiles and graphic fabrics emit a whiff of Eastern influence. The library's rich chocolates extend into the family room, a melting pot that also incorporates the lighter neutrals of the formal spaces.
Even with its heirlooms and elegance, the home is true to its more casual upstate-Louisiana form. It is the New South. "The family's lifestyle is quite informal," insists Ledbetter. "Rest assured, the children roam the house."
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Antebellum Porch
Dawn and Harlan Sager's new home revisits the idea of a broad antebellum porch-but on the back of the house, where the young family lives alongside the bayou.
Console Detail
A French Empire console (one of a pair that flanks the great hall's marble fireplace) and a painting by Lucien Rees-Roberts.
Great Hall
The great hall serves as a formal but family-friendly living room—the kids practice piano on the ebony grand.
Great Hall Sitting Area
The great hall subtly blends old and new, elegant and exotic, with abstract art by Jacqueline Humphries, a Chinese needlepoint rug, and a pair of Regency rosewood and gilt curule stools covered in bold modern graphics.
Exotic Library
Exotica crescendos in the library with bold Japanese calligraphy chair fabrics and a private reflecting pool.
Dining Room
The American Empire dining table and chairs are family heirlooms. A custom silver-leaf mirror tops a George III sideboard.
Kitchen Island
A granite-top breakfast bar opens up views for the mahogany kitchen.
Family Room
Adjoining the kitchen, the family room is clean, casual, and kid-friendly. The photograph is by Tom Baril. A 1950s coffee table rests on an antique Oushak rug.
Master Bedroom
Located at the opposite end of the house from the children's wing, the master suite opens up to the gallery outdoors through French doors.
Master Bedroom Sitting Area
Rising 16 feet, an oversize bay carves out a pleasant sitting area in the soothing blue-and-white master suite.
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There is something I've been missing lately something, I can't get here in the U.S. because it's uniquely indigenous to the Caribbean, but I will be talking about The Bahamas, specifically, my island…Nassau. Well, some of the stuff can be made but it won't taste the same if it's not from what we call a "Chicken Shack". A chicken shack is a small hut, building or in one case, I saw an old school bus transformed into a little sit-down diner, where you can get food ranging from burgers to seafood.
All of these "shacks" or "shanties" have interesting names like, "Honey Dew Cafe", "Rosalies", "The Bamboo Shack"(one my favorites) or "Dirtys". You can get $0.99 breakfast and choose from a variety of dishes on a menu that can include an egg and cheese sandwich, fried bologna sandwiches or tuna salad and grits. You can get lunch or dinner where the menu is a cornucopia of island dishes, as well as some America style food tweaked to make it our own. Many of the shacks are open from 12 noon til 3am!
The most popular thing you can get at these places is called a, "chicken in da bag", and it's exactly what it is. It's fried chicken, your choice of breast or thigh, a mound of fries and a dinner roll. They ask you if you want it "all-the-way" which basically means hot sauce and ketchup. They wrap it in wax paper or aluminum foil(wax is most popular) and shove it in a brown paper bag! All of this cost between $4.50-$5.50, depending on what part of the island you bought it from.
If you go to the "Fish Fry" in Nassau, it's like a Crawfish Boil minus the crawfish, that's held on the beach and, is on the western side of the island. There is a light house(I don't know how long it's been there) and canons left by Blackbeard,an English pirate that made Nassau his stomping grounds during the golden age of piracy. Argh! Surprisingly, I remember some of this stuff from Caribbean history! Fish is caught daily cooked anyway fried, boiled or grilled. Local staple "conch" which I might add, is definitely an acquired taste! The most popular way to cook it is deep fried. If I eat it, I cover mine with lots of ketchup. My mom like to steam hers. Anyways, conch is quite expensive on it's own and lots of people never knew there was an animal in the conch shell! LOL.
The people that work at these places are very friendly. They are usually old ladies and their sons. I've even seen a kid I don't know maybe 12 or 13, free diving for lobsters and fish, bringing it back on dock, clean and cook it in front of my eyes! There are always stories to tell and they are usually tales of pirates, treasure hunting and voodoo. Ahh! Island life. Simple, slow-paced and a friendly atmosphere makes you wanna stay forever.
Traveling can be…no IS expensive especially, if you don't really know where to go. These huts are made to make things easy and affordable so, if you can't get a good seafood dinner or whatever you like from an average restaurant which, can run you about $12 to $15. Hop in your rental car and drive down the road on any island, and stop by a shack and get some food. I guess you can liken these to the silver carts on the streets of NYC or other major citys in the U.S. that sells hot dogs and pretzels. There's something about street vendor food that is SOOO good and hard to resist!
Aurora Borealis
Just recently, a friend of mine, decided that going to view the "The Northern Lights" aka Aurora Borealis was a good idea. Most people know and, have at least heard of these phenomenal lights that appear in the sky at certain times of year in certain parts of the world. I've always wanted to see them myself,in person but didn't think I ever would. I don't know if I am but we sure have been talking about it lately. I found some recent pictures of the lights that were taken over Alaska.
The next sighting appears in Sweden in 2011 and we are hoping to fly over there and take a look ourselves. If all goes as planned, that's our next big trip since going to The Bahamas!!


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text: \r\n \r\nI completely agree with this quote. The status quo hasn\'t helped me or my family for decades. I\'m for any candidate who goes against the status quo and wants to shake up Washington. Whoever gets in office needs balls. They will have to get rid of the Patriot Act, arrest the past two Administrations for entering a war without the approval of Congress (declaration of war) and for war crimes (torture), arrest all the Wall Street cronies since they are the lowest scum on earth and robbed us of billions of dollars (govt and the FED also need to be tried for this), completely abolish the FED for messing around with interest rates and running a freaking printing press completely devaluing are money (Greece here we come), arrest the FED board members for manipulating the markets and using all our fed tax dollars to pay for the interest (which goes in the private bankers who own/run the FED pockets) on the printed paper the FED loans to the govt and finally illegal immigration (illegal is the key word here).\r\n\r\nIllegal immigration really needs to be looked at and all these politicians are afraid. They want to give Amnesty like dumb Obama because they will get those votes. Give me a break. Spend the money to put up a fence, end birth right for illegals, and deport them. They cost us billions of dollars a year in food stamps (yes once they have child on our soil), welfare, free healthcare, most jobs they don\'t pay taxes, free education which requires more teachers to be bilingual, housing them in the prison system, also we don\'t have any idea of the past/criminal history of these peoples. One illegal just raped someone two towns over from me and he has a past record in Mexico. Deporting the illegals that broke our immigration laws will help this country more economically than any other method. We will recover billions. Rent prices are really high in towns near me because these slumlords rent to 20 mexicans who split the rent. They are breaking the code enforcement occupanys laws with this many people and broke the law coming here. This keeps rent prices high and ****s everyone else. My brother who rents with his girlfriend and obeys the occupany laws (2 people in apartment) have to split the $1,500 a month rent compared to having 20 people split it. Since they are really stealing from us and taking our tax dollars, I should be able to steal from their pockets and rob them. It\'s only fair since illegal doesn\'t mean anything anymore. Also, hospitals continue to shut down because they have to give free treatment to illegals (please google how many hospitals have closed down) and the lines will get longer until you have to drive 1 hour to an open hospital. I\'m so happy this country is turning into a third world country. The majority don\'t even speak English anymore.\r\n\r\nThen, the govt has to cease unemployment and welfare. This will make people who just live on the system their whole lives not feel entitled and actually take the jobs left by the deported illegal immigrants. \r\n\r\nThat\'s it but it will never happen. It\'s just a dream which will diminish once the next piece of **** gets in office. I now accept that. I\'ve started a landscape company, learned Spanish and I\'m living with 20 of my workers.\r\n


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CONCORD — Colleagues knew former Sen. Warren B. Rudman for his abrupt manner, but they trusted his expertise. On one matter in particular, though, he wished people would have listened to him: that the U.S. was vulnerable to a major terrorist attack.
Rudman left the Senate in the early 1990s but later led a commission that predicted the danger of terrorism on American soil just months before the attacks of Sept. 11 and called for the creation of a Department of Homeland Security.
"No one seemed to take it seriously, and no one in the media seemed to care," Rudman said in 2007. "The report went into a dustbin in the White House."
Rudman, who also co-authored a groundbreaking budget balancing law and championed ethics, died just before midnight Monday at a Washington, D.C., hospital of complications from lymphoma, said Bob Stevenson, a longtime friend and spokesman.
Rep. Charlie Bass of New Hampshire didn't serve with him, but looked up to Rudman, who died Monday.
"He'd say, 'Vote the tough way,' and he'd say, 'Don't let people push you around,'" Bass recalled. "'If you know what's right, vote the way that's right, and if you're forceful and persuasive and sure of yourself, people will support you even if they don't agree with you.'"
President Barack Obama pointed to Rudman's early advocacy for fiscal responsibility in mourning the passing of "one of our country's great public servants."
"And as we work together to address the fiscal challenges of our time, leaders on both sides of the aisle would be well served to follow Warren's example of common-sense bipartisanship," Obama said in a statement Tuesday.
Stevenson acknowledged Rudman could be abrupt, but said his peers respected him because he did his homework and was true to his word.
"He was a bulldog in the Senate. He set the standard for independence," he said.
The feisty New Hampshire Republican went to the Senate in 1981 with a reputation as a tough prosecutor, and was called on by Senate leaders and presidents of both parties to tackle tough assignments.
He is perhaps best known from his Senate years as co-sponsor of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget-cutting law. He left the Senate in 1993, saying the law never reached its potential because Congress and presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush played politics instead of insisting on spending cuts.
"People are willing to risk their lives for their country in times of war," he said at the time. "They ought to be able to risk an election in a time of economic trouble."
Rudman "always had the national good in mind," said former U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings.
"He wasn't extreme one way or the other, except for the good of the country," said Hollings from his South Carolina office. "He was balanced. That's what we need."
In 2001, before the 9/11 attacks, he co-authored a report on national security with former Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado that said a major terrorist attack on American soil was likely within 25 years.
It was revived after the Sept. 11 attacks, and one suggestion, forming Homeland Security, was adopted. Six years later, Rudman said the sprawling department wasn't functioning well and the country would be hit again.
"It is not a question, I'm sorry to tell you, of 'if.' It's a question of 'when,'" Rudman said.
A former New Hampshire attorney general, Rudman was named chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee in 1985, a sensitive job that many colleagues avoided.
Throughout his Senate career, Rudman was cited for his work on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, where he supported a strong national defense but opposed expensive, high-tech weaponry.
The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was approved in 1985. It was designed to end federal deficits by 1991 and required automatic spending cuts if annual deficit targets were missed.
Congress rolled back the timetable each year, and the 1991 budget that was supposed to be balanced carried the second-highest deficit in history. In 1995, 10 years after the law went on the books, Rudman lamented what could have been.
"Had we stuck to that plan, had the Congress not failed to follow it through — in fact, had presidents not failed to follow through — we would not be where we are today," Rudman said.
He said balancing the budget would require making wealthy retirees pay more of their medical costs, slowing the growth of discretionary spending, cutting waste in some agencies and eliminating unnecessary agencies.
He continued the fight after leaving the Senate. He and former Democratic Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts founded the Concord Coalition, which campaigns for a balanced budget.
During the biggest scandal of the Reagan years, Rudman, an outspoken member of the Senate's Iran-Contra Committee, said key administration officials had showed "pervasive dishonesty" and disdain for the law by selling weapons to Nicaraguan rebels.
During the 1987 hearings, he lectured Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, the operation's key figure, about helping to hide the sale from Congress for fear it would have been rejected.
"The American people have the constitutional right to be wrong," he told North. "And what Ronald Reagan thinks or Oliver North thinks or what I think or what anybody else thinks makes not a whit."
Rudman also served on the committee that investigated the "Keating Five," senators with ties to the savings and loan debacle in 1991. The committee found California Democrat Alan Cranston had improperly aided former savings and loan executive Charles Keating Jr. When Cranston said he did only what others did, Rudman called the defense "arrogant, unrepentant and a smear on this institution."
He was born May 18, 1930, in Boston, graduated from Syracuse University in 1952 and got his law degree from Boston College in 1960.
In six years as state attorney general, beginning in 1970, Rudman established consumer protection and environmental divisions. As a private citizen after leaving office, he founded and led the Citizens Alliance Against Casinos in 1977, to keep casino gambling out of New Hampshire.
With no experience in elective politics, Rudman arrived in the Senate by winning an 11-candidate primary in 1980, then defeating Democratic incumbent John Durkin.
After Rudman left the Senate in 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed him vice chairman of the influential President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
He also led or was a member of investigative teams or federal commissions that looked into:
— An $11 billion accounting failure scandal at Fannie Mae, the mortgage company.
— Allegations that major dealers on the Nasdaq stock market colluded to fix prices.
— Violence between Israel and Palestinians.
— Ailments affecting veterans of the first Gulf War. The panel drew criticism from veterans' groups by concluding that stress was the most likely cause of some illnesses suffered by thousands of veterans, not exposure to chemical warfare or smoke and dust from depleted uranium ammunition.
Memorial services are planned in New Hampshire and Washington, though arrangements are incomplete, Stevenson said. The Washington service will be Nov. 29 with a location yet to be determined.
Former Associated Press writer David Tirrell-Wysocki and AP writer Kathy McCormack contributed to this report.
Former Sen. Warren Rudman dies at 82: Knew before 9/11 that U.S. was vulnerable to terrorist attack
CONCORD — Colleagues knew former Sen. Warren B. Rudman for his abrupt manner, but they trusted his expertise. On one matter in particular, though, he wished people would have listened to him: that the U.S. was vulnerable to a major terrorist attack.


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Guyana: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Significant investment in infrastructure and telecommunications
- Attractive prospects for investors in mining, hydroelectric power and agriculture
- Exploitation of oil reserves off the coast of Guyana from 2020
- Member of CARICOM (Caribbean Community and Common Market)
- Reliance on exploitation of gold, bauxite, sugar, rice and timber
- Shortcomings in infrastructure, transport, education and health
- Sensitive to weather events (region strongly affected by hurricanes)
- Territorial dispute with Venezuela
- Reliance on international creditors
- Expansion of the informal economy
- High crime rate linked to drug trafficking against a background of poverty and corruption
Current Trends
Activity Dependent on Gold and Agricultural Output While Waiting for Oil Development
In 2018, GDP growth will stabilize at a comfortable level, driven by public investment (almost 17% of GDP). The main sectors concerned are transport (48% of loans from the Inter-American Development Bank in Guyana) and energy. The Minister of Public Infrastructure completed his Public Sector Investment Program (PSIP) in late 2017, with a total investment of 10 million Guyanese dollars (EUR 41 million), which represents 2.5% of GDP. The project includes the building of roads, electrical installations, an international airport, and a prison. The private sector has not been left behind, benefiting from a huge operating contract with investments estimated at USD 4.4 million (130% of GDP), between the State and a large US oil company following the discovery of the Liza oilfield off the Guyanese coast. The country will become an oil exporter by 2020 (120,000 barrels a day). The search for, and exploratory drilling of, potential oil fields will continue in 2018 at Liza II, Payara and Snoek. With much of the economy devoted to agriculture (30% of GDP in 2016) and mining, economic momentum still depends on weather conditions. After recovering in 2017, rice production will climb modestly while sugar production will decline further in 2018. More favorable weather conditions will encourage the expansion of gold production, which is destined exclusively for export.
Inflation, which remains dependent on agricultural and oil commodity prices, is expected to stabilize at a moderate level.
Fiscal Reforms in the Government's Sights
The government is expected to introduce major fiscal reforms in 2018, consisting in the removal of exemptions for several industries, even if weak institutions and lobbying by businesses benefitting from these advantages could slow this process. Tax collection should increase thanks to oil drilling. Over 900 million Guyanese dollars generated by the oil industry were collected during the first half of 2017 and this income should continue to grow. On the other hand, spending will also rise with the weight of subsidies in the budget, especially those for the state-owned sugar producer, GuySuCo. Austerity will no longer be relevant to the government, as it wants to increase spending in anticipation of future oil income.
With regard to the external accounts, imports, mainly of oil, will fall in the medium term as the exploitation of offshore hydrocarbon fields materializes. Exports, mainly of gold (the country's gold output reached a historic high during the first nine months of 2017), will continue to grow. Remittances from Guyanese workers abroad (9.6% of GDP in 2016), the main source of incoming foreign exchange, could be affected by the new 2% tax on money transfers introduced in 2017 in the United States (almost 300,000 people of Guyanese origin live there, representing 40% of Guyana's population). The current account deficit, which is small, will help maintain foreign exchange reserves at a level equal to about four months of imports in 2017. The monetary authorities will continue with their generally flexible exchange rate policy, thus increasing the local currency's resistance to external shocks.
Difficult Political Reforms Against a Background of Ethnic and Border Tensions
After over twenty years in power, the Indo-Guyanese People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) gave way to the multi-ethnic coalition led by the Afro-Guyanese Party A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change during the 2015 general elections. The coalition won 50% of the votes cast which gives them a very small majority of one seat in Parliament. The coalition candidate, David Granger, won the presidential elections. Ethnic tensions remain and the PPP/C is expected to continue its policy of blocking constitution and institutional reforms with the aim of winning the 2020 elections. Nonetheless, the outlook for positive change is to be noted, with the holding of the first local elections in 2016 and constitutional reforms planned aimed at ending a political system with proportional representation based on ethnic origins. Despite some progress, Guyana's business climate remains difficult (126th out of 190 countries in the 2018 World Bank's Doing Business rankings).
Despite an international ruling fixing the current borders, Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela decided unilaterally in 2015 to affirm Venezuela's sovereignty over almost two-thirds of Guyana's territory and maritime borders with the publication of an official decree. This came one week after the announcement of the discovery of an oilfield off the coast of Guyana, in the area disputed by Venezuela and rekindled a controversy that dates back over a century. The UN accordingly agreed to give the two countries time to negotiate (until end 2017). Following the failure of these negotiations, the dispute will return to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2018.


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We would like mood lighting, like on Virgin America.
We would like to donate the placenta to the people of the Gulf Coast.
We ask that the baby be bathed in our presence, in the delivery room, in San Pellegrino.
In lieu of a traditional hospital gown, Jamie would prefer to be dressed like Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer.
We challenge even the most attachment parent-y parents to keep a straight face.
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My boys are still young, and don't get much homework. I (now) have a 3rd grader and two 1st graders. The rule in my home has always been (and I mean when I was in school) that you do your homework when you come home. You walk in the door, take off your shoes, get a snack/drink and get right to the homework. You're already at the table w/ your snack, so you may as well just get it all done. We have done this w/ every assignment that our 3 boys have brought home, and will continue to expect this as they get older. Fridays are the same way, you get it done and over w/ on Friday night and have the next 2 days to relax and play. There is no "oops, I didn't get that done" on Sunday. For the most part, we don't have any hassle about it b/c it's just the way it has always been. I love our system. In this chaotic home filled w/ boys, it's nice to have some control and organization when it comes to school work! :)
That's the same way at my house. My boys (also in 3rd & 1st grades) know they have to do their homework as soon as they come in the house.
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Adam May Achieves a Forever First
UK Leader and GLT member, Adam May, has been a Forever Business Owner since the early nineties. He's always had a passion for making his business stronger, but he was skeptical when first introduced to the Eagle program. Adam, along with several other leaders, knew its power, but thought it could be too difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, Adam worked hard to achieve Eagle Manager the first two years, but he didn't qualify. This year, he didn't just achieve his goal of becoming an Eagle, he surpassed it, making him the first ever Diamond Sapphire Eagle Manager in Forever!
Forever's UK Editor, Kate Hodge, caught up with Adam to talk about his story and how he reached this monumental milestone:
KH: How did you discover Forever?
AM: After leaving university I went to work in the city; I was a broker for seven years (and I did that successfully for those seven years) but it was a typical cash-rich time-poor lifestyle. I decided I wanted to run my own business and a couple of colleagues and I set up a financial services business. It was just after the financial crash of the early 1990s when interest rates peaked at 16%, and it really was a terrible time to set up a financial services business. After two-and-a-half years that business went bust and I lost absolutely everything – literally everything. I had to go back and get a job working for someone else, which was dreadful, especially as I was used to being my own boss.
At around the same time, a friend invited me to go along and look at an opportunity. I was just blown away – I could see the numbers. The thing about network marketing is that people think it's more complicated than it is, but it's simply geometrical progression. I saw this model, about a lot of people doing a little bit, and I realized that as long as you keep it simple, duplication could occur very quickly and give you this fantastic income. I signed up with the company (the company was not Forever) and I did this for two years before falling out of love with that company. I had however fallen in love with the industry.
After leaving, I carried out my own research and I found Forever. It was just a fit. I like the products, I like the company, but more than anything else I like the ethics. I got started back in August 1993 and I was part-time for the first two years – I found about fifteen hours a week alongside my busy full-time job – and within six months my income was over £2,000 a month; within twenty-one months it was over £5,000 per month and this gave me the confidence to go full-time. This was in July 1995.
I didn't take a single day's holiday in those first two years; every single holiday day I took I used to build my Forever business. People often ask me whether it was difficult working the business alongside my full-time job, and I suppose it must have been, but I can't remember that because I have such a fantastic lifestyle now. I get an income from a substantial number of countries, I've qualified for Level 3 Chairman's Bonus and I've just been recognized as the first ever Diamond Sapphire Eagle Manager in the world. I'm so proud of my team and I'm also proud to be a part of team UK: we've been the number one country for the past two years now and it's great that we've now got another first.
KH: Was achieving Diamond Sapphire Eagle Manager a difficult process?
AM: It definitely wasn't easy. I was privileged enough to be in the orginal meetings when the Eagle Manager program was first discussed (six years ago) and when it was structured, all of us that were in the higher positions knew that it would be difficult to achieve. As a Diamond Sapphire Manager I needed ten separate downline legs with an Eagle Manager in each, so I knew it was going to be challenging.
I've always believed that leaders should qualify for everything, whether you are going to get recognized for it or not. For the first two years of the Eagle program I saw everyone going off to Sardinia and Lake Tahoe and I was a bit upset that I wasn't able to qualify. I had done the qualification myself – the Eagle Manager part – but I only had eight legs not the ten I needed. In 2014 and 2015 I qualified to go to EMR because I was a part of the GLT, but I wasn't an Eagle. In January of this year I received a call from Aidan O'Hare, Executive Vice President of Europe and Marketing, and he told me that the Home Office in Arizona had crunched the numbers and it looked as if this year I was going to do it; I could have ten legs. So off I went, working deep within my downline and every few weeks Aidan and I would catch up to see how I was doing. On the last day of April, the final day of the qualification period, I asked for the numbers to be crunched again – but I didn't have ten legs; I had eleven!
KH: What does an average working week look for you now?
AM: I still focus on sponsoring people myself – I think that it is really important, if you want to stay relevant, to be at the coalface – and I still do a lot of learning. You are either green and growing or ripe and rotting and I prefer to be green and growing so I'm always reading, looking at YouTube clips or listening to audio books. There are so many great things that we have access to that inspire us, help us with our personal development and help us with network marketing; the day you think you know it all is the day your business starts to shrink!
I also do a lot of work within my team. I do a lot of coaching, skype calls, launches, and I still do one-to-ones; in fact, I don't really do anything differently from someone who is new to the business. I've been in the business for nearly twenty-three years but people are working their way up far faster than I did. The one thing I would say though is make sure that you are building a strong business, not just a business.
KH: So why is achieving Eagle Manager so important?
AM: Eagle Manager is important because it gives new Managers a stepping stone to Chairman's Bonus and Global Rally; it helps new Managers to build their business. You can't achieve Eagle until you have achieved Manager, and Manager requires three to four months of consistent activity and about twenty-five people in your team. To achieve Eagle Manager you have to do 720CCs in the calendar year (1st May – 30th April), 100 of these case credits have to be from newly sponsored FBOs and you have to have at least two Supervisors in your downline. If you do that you'll be going on the Eagle Managers' Retreat, wherever it is. Part of the criteria for Chairman's Bonus is that you have to achieve 700 non-Manager case credits, 150 of which must come from newly sponsored FBOs. In addition you need at least one Manager in your downline that has achieved sales of 600CC. If you don't have this Manager, at least if you have achieved Eagle Manager you are part way there; then, when you do eventually get a Manager beneath you doing 600CC, you will achieve Chairman's Bonus as well as Eagle. Forever is so clever to put in these stepping stones that encourage continual business development.
Every Manager, no matter what their position, should be doing what they need to do to achieve the Eagle Manager part of the qualification. It doesn't matter if you don't qualify for EMR, but you need to be able to look all your team in the eye and say, 'I did my bit'. If you keep doing it, one day you will qualify.
KH: What can people expect to get out of the Eagle Managers' Retreat (EMR)?
AM: I don't think people should treat it as a holiday; it is a working trip. You can always extend the trip to make it a holiday, Forever will pay for your flights and you'll just have to pay for your extra accommodation, but EMR should be viewed as an opportunity to mix with the best of the best. It's on eof the few times you can get up close and personal with GLT members, Level 3 Chairman's Bonus cheque qualifiers and other high achieving people in Forever, not to mention Rex, Gregg and Aidan! This is an opportunity to receive trainings from some of the top Forever Business Owners in the world; a chance to gain the knowledge you need in order to springboard your business to the next level – that's why it is so important.
So, I have a question for you all: if you're not qualifying for Eagle, how many more times are you going to look at the live stream on your laptop while everyone else is at the Eagle Managers' Retreat or Global Rally? How many Facebook posts are you going to 'like' on other people's walls about all the fun they are having while you're stuck at home? Set your sights on Manager, and then Eagle, and then keep going from there. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Rex has made this a level playing field; anyone can be successful in Forever. It doesn't matter what your background is as Forever does not discriminate against age, sex, religion, color or education. It's an equal opportunity and we all have access to this same opportunity. A few years ago I heard this saying which was, 'The price of discipline weighs ounces, but the price of regret weighs tons.' Please don't waste this opportunity; it really could change yours and your family's life, forever.


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Arlington Heights is located 25 miles north of the Loop in downtown Chicago. The bordering areas are Mt. Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Buffalo Grove and Palatine.
Arlington Heights hosted the Breeder's Cup Classic in 2002. Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube, attended John Hersey High School. Ray Kroc, a legendary businessman involved in McDonald's success, was a long-time resident.
Arlington Heights was founded by Asa Dunton, a Yankee stonecutter, in the mid 1800s. Dunton Street is the village's base line, splitting the addresses east and west, with Campbell Street splitting north and south. Beginning in the late 1830's, eastern homesteaders and German immigrants moved into the area but it wasn't until 1854, the first railroad came to Arlington Heights, which connected Arlington Heights to the city of Chicago.
In the 1850's many German farmers arrived, including John Klehm, who was the first potato farmer, supplying the Chicago market. He began a nursery for pear trees, apple, cherries, ample, elm, and flowers. By the end of the decade the area became noted for its truck farms, sending dairy products and vegetables' to Chicago on the railroad.
Arlintgon Heights provides daily rail service from Harvard, IL to Chicago is the Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line. Arlington Heights has two stations, Arlington Heights and Arlington Park. Running along the south and western edges, is Interstate 90 and Illinois 53, which provide easy access to O'Hare International Airport, the suburbs, and Chicago.
Murphy's of Arlington Heights, 1609 West Campbell, (847) 670-5500, is filled with fun and excitement. Open till 1 am on the weekdays and 2am on the weekends, Murphy's of Arlington Heights has a variety of live bands, food, 3 big screen TV's, trivia machine, internet jukebox at the bar, darts, golf, and bowling arcade….so you can never get bored!
Big Shot Restaurant & Piano Lounge, 2 South Vail Avenue, (847) 670-6890, very comfortable atmosphere and great martini's. Showcases live talent every night with audience interaction such as requesting new tunes and singing along to the old tunes.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 West Campbell Street, (847) 577-2121, located in downtown Arlington Heights. The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre includes live dance, theatre, music, and education. There is a 350 seat theatre, that includes a ballroom for classes in music and theatre.
The Arlington Theaters, 53 S. Evergreen Avenue (847) 483-0123, great food, great shows, and drinks at a reasonable price. There is plenty of parking nearby and restaurants within walking distance. The Arlington Theaters contain 6 movie theatre auditoriums within the building. See what's playing now!
Mr. Allison's Restaurant, 1711 E. Central Rd., (847) 228-5870, started in 1971 this family-run American contemporary homestyle breakfast and lunch place serves huge helpings and leaves a memory with their friendly staff. Best brunch place in town. Serves pancakes, French toast, ham, homemade chili and apple pie and the atmosphere is very relaxing with 1950s posters on the walls. You will never leave here hungry and the best part about it is you can get all of this for under 7 dollars!
Mitsuwa Marketplace, 100 E. Algonquin Rd., (847) 956-6699, is a full service grocery store, food court and flea market. With Japanese and Chinese beers, liquors, travel agency, shops and clothing stores. You can find tempura, sushi, California rolls, and full Japanese dinners to go.
Dondi's Pizza, 1041 Arlington Heights Rd. (847) 439-5250, this is a pick-up or delivery pizza place that is by far the best pizza in town. People drive from all over to pick up this pizza or even their beef sandwiches. They have great family made pies here too. The service is always just as good as the quality of food.
Promenade of Art Arlington Heights, is a popular fine arts and crafts festival that showcases a collection of upscale boutiques, eateries, and residential buildings. There are nearly 25,000 attendees and 150 juried artists. 121 W Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005.
Arlington Heights Park District is a public park and recreation agency is a public park and recreation agency providing several programs and activities to get the community involved. Some of the programs include: aquatics, dance, exercise and fitness, sports, lessons, and festivals.
Arlington Heights Racetrack is a world-class racing, historic track that offers something for everyone. From exciting racetrack action to elegant dining and even fun activated in the park. It is the home of the Arlington Million, which was the first thoroughbred race to offer a purse of $1,000,000 and a part of the Breeder's Cup Challenge series. See more at Arlington Park Information.
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Le Creuset Signature Cast-Iron Round Dutch Oven
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- Summary
Inspired by nearly a century of culinary craftsmanship, Le Creuset's Signature collection of enameled cast-iron cookware seamlessly blends classic form with ergonomic innovations. Designed to enhance slow-cooking by heating evenly, this Dutch oven locks in moisture for tender, succulent dishes.
- Optimized for steady, even heat, Le Creuset's improved enamel interior resists staining, dulling and wear and tear.
- Enamel interior's light sand color makes it easy to monitor food while cooking, ensuring less sticking and burning.
- Stabilizers in the newly engineered lid prevent rocking, keeping the lid snugly in place.
- Improved ergonomic knob in either stainless-steel or black composite, depending on your color choice, provides a sure grip and is oven safe to 500°F.
- Dishwasher safe for fast, convenient cleanup.
- Made in France.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 1-Qt.: 6" diam., 4 3/4" high; 3 lb. 9 oz. with lid.
- 2-Qt.: 7 1/4" diam., 3 1/2" high; 5 lb. 6 oz. with lid.
- 2 3/4-Qt.: 8 3/4" diam., 5 1/2" high; 7 lb. with lid.
- 3 1/2-Qt.: 9" diam., 5" high; 8 lb. 5 oz. with lid.
- 4 1/2-Qt.: 9 1/2" diam., 4 1/2" high; 9 lb. 10 oz. with lid.
- 5 1/2-Qt.: 10 1/4" diam., 4 1/2" high; 11 lb. 4 oz. with lid.
- 7 1/4-Qt.: 11" diam., 5" high; 12 lb. 13 oz. with lid.
- 9-Qt.: 12 1/4" diam., 5" high; 16 lb. 10 oz. with lid.
- 13 1/4-Qt.: 16 1/2" diam., 6" high; 21 lb. 5 oz. with lid.
Additional Information
- Handles are 45% larger to provide a better grip, even while wearing oven mitts.
- Enameled cast-iron construction boasts superior heat retention and requires no additional seasoning.
- Made in France.
- Use & Care
- Ideal for use on any cooktop, including induction.
- For best results, use low to medium heat on cooktop.
- Oven and broiler safe to 500°F; phenolic-resin knob is oven safe to 375°F.
- Use wood, plastic or heat-resistant nylon tools to avoid scratching the enamel surface.
- Do not slide pan on stovetop.
- Enamel can chip or crack if dropped or banged on hard surface.
- Allow to cool before washing.
- Dishwasher safe.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads, harsh detergents or abrasive cleansers.
- Stubborn food residue and stains can be removed with a nylon scrubbing pad or sponge.
- Shipping
Shipping Information
UPS can deliver most in-stock items within 3–5 business days. UPS is unable to deliver to P.O. boxes.
Shipping Rates
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Next Day Delivery
For an additional charge of $26 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
Return Policy
At Williams Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.
If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
For all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners and knife storage), please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, custom upholstery, food, items shipped direct from the vendor or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. Final sale items ending in .97 or .99 cannot be returned.
Made to Order and Final Sale Furniture items are non-returnable and cannot be cancelled once the order is placed.
For returns of items purchased from your Williams Sonoma Gift Registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. View Full Returns Policy.
- More about Le Creuset
The first Le Creuset foundry opened in 1925 in Fresnoy-le-Grand, France, and specialized in cast-iron cookware. The cast-iron pieces are still made at the original factory, using the traditional techniques of hand forging and casting in individual sand molds. The brightly pigmented porcelain-enamel glaze that first set Le Creuset cookware apart from other cast-iron cookware now comes in a wide range of traditional and contemporary colors. In 2013, Le Creuset began producing innovative stainless-steel cookware in Portugal with lids that incorporate the same signature three-ring design as the company's classic cast-iron pieces. This stainless-steel collection was awarded the prestigious 2014 Red Dot Award for product design.
In 2019, Le Creuset has increased the Stoneware warranty from 5 years to 10 years.
This is a reflection of the confidence we have in our product performance and the company's commitment to producing quality stoneware.
The warranty covers faulty workmanship and/or materials when the product is used in normal domestic conditions in accordance with the care and use instructions provided. It does not cover normal wear and tear, commercial use or misuse of the product.
Defective stoneware will be replaced free of charge, or replaced by a similar product or one of equivalent value if the original product is no longer in production. Replacement with the same color cannot be guaranteed.
Damage caused by normal wear and tear, accident, misuse, abuse or commercial use.
Scratches, stains, discoloration, corrosion or damage from overheating to the interior or exterior of the pan.
Consequential damage is expressly excluded from this warranty.
The warranty begins on the date of purchase by the original owner, whether a self-purchase or received as a gift.
To make a warranty claim, consumers should call the Le Creuset helpline at 1-877-CREUSET (273-8738) to obtain a Returns Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number prior to mailing their cookware to us.
Once an authorization number is received, the product should be mailed to the address below. We recommend using a traceable means to return the product as Le Creuset of America, Inc., is not responsible for damages or lost or stolen merchandise. A return address and a brief note explaining the defect should also be included. Turnaround time on returns is typically two to four weeks after receipt of an item.
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Le Creuset of America
114 Bob Gifford Blvd.
Early Branch, SC 29916
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Rated 5 out of 5 by AZjo from Lives up to its raving reviews Researches have shown that cooking with cast iron is best for health vs. the non-stick pots/pans. So when I moved, I finally took the plunge to invest in a 5.5 qt Dutch oven this summer. I've used it several times since and I must say it lives up to its reputation of being a high quality pot that cooks delicious food. Being cast iron, it's very heavy so that is the only con for me. It's perfect for making a bit pot of soup. It's easy to clean as well. No regrets purchasing it!Date published: 2019-11-12Rated 5 out of 5 by Lgaster from favorite new dutch oven Love the the versatility and the caribbean color. Perfect size for preparing meals in our Airstream.Date published: 2019-08-28Rated 5 out of 5 by Paca from WOW!! Love it!! Love it And not only me!! Me son make Mac and Cheese!!! Is a very nice Dutch Oven!Date published: 2019-07-07Rated 5 out of 5 by SuzyT from Love my new Ocean Le Creuset pots Put off buying Le Creuset for a long time but jumped on the recent sale. You only live once... why was I waiting to have great cookware? Been having fun making old fashioned goulash and warmed up some navy bean soup for lunch. Bought the 5 1/2 qt size and just waiting for it to arrive to make a huge pot of chili!Date published: 2019-02-21Rated 4 out of 5 by sdrose from Beautiful cookware Love this and it is perfect to make small meals. Love the QUINCE color!Date published: 2019-01-12Rated 1 out of 5 by King from Beware defective product... Bought this (3.5 qt, Flame) and was really excited to use it, washed it, and started cooking with the lid off until I had to put it in the oven to braise. Found out the lid doesn't actually fit and it teeter-totters side to side. Not secure at all, so you can't braise like this. Pretty upset considering how I heard these were supposed to be the best of the best quality and they let stuff like this get by. Will not order online again.Date published: 2018-11-18Rated 5 out of 5 by Stay72 from Mint 3.5 and 5.5 Mint is such a beautiful and neutral color to add into my collection. The quality is exceptional! I habe braised, browned and sauted... very even cooking and clean up is a breeze. To beautiful to put away! Fantastic investment!Date published: 2018-05-13Rated 5 out of 5 by Ransom423 from Fantastic! Just purchased the collection in the new Teal. It's beautiful. Love the multi-purpose use of the pot. I can do anything from sauces, stews, soups, pot roast, risotto, and briskets. The list can go on. Love the durability and quality of the product. Easy to care for and clean. Bar Keeper's Best Friend works like wonders on stubborn stains.Date published: 2018-04-23
Hi! Interested in purchasing this, but I have a ceramic stove. Is getting a Dutch oven that is too big/heavy suggested? Looking at the 4.5 quart. Hi Pumpkin, Although cast iron cookware is induction compatible, we do not recommend using it on a glass top cooktop because it may scratch the top. There is also a danger of dropping the oven and cracking the glass.Date published: 2020-01-13
I got the rose dutch oven and noticed that the black coloring is coming through the pink color..on the handles and the bottom a bunch. Is that common? Also on the lid the name isn't raised or 3D as it seems in the pictures.Dear Emily, We sent you an email earlier this year requesting for you to send us some images of this issue you're seeing. If you're able to send them to us, we can then forward them over to our Cookware merchant to review with the vendor. We hope to hear from you!Date published: 2019-12-26
What's size 26? Can we cook on glass electric cooktop?Hi Lulu. 26 means that this dutch oven has a 5.5 quart capacity. Although this is induction compatible, we don't recommend this for ANY glass cooktops (electric or induction). The reason is the weight of cast-iron due to possible damage such as scratching the top from sliding the heavy pots or even dropping the pots and breaking the glass.Date published: 2019-12-17
Is matte marseille the same color as marseille Hi Tdf56, Yes, they are the same color. The matte version is without the glossy finish.Date published: 2019-12-04
Does the #28 on the bottom mean 5.5 quart?Hi Gp94, #28 means it's a 7.25 quart round oven.Date published: 2019-11-03
Is french Grey color a WS exclusive color? Hi Dawle001, Yes, French Grey is an exclusive color for Williams Sonoma.Date published: 2019-12-06
The LC 7.25 qt cast iron dutch oven claims to be 11" diameter and 5" tall. The LC deep saute pan claims to be 12" diameter, 5.25" tall, but only 4.25 qt capacity. How can the deep saute pan be wider and taller, but have less capacity?Hi Mike, The height for the deep sauté pan includes the domed lid. The Dutch oven has a traditional flat lid. The sauté pan dimensions are: 12" diam., 3 1/2" high; 5 1/2" high with lid.Date published: 2019-03-20
I am not sure which size to purchase of Le Cresent Dutch Ovens. Or if the round is better than the oval. Hi Bake, Shape and size really depends on what types of food you typically cook and how much of it you cook at a time. An oval dutch oven can better accommodate a whole chicken or a large piece of meat such as a leg of lamb or pork tenderloin. As for size, a 5.5-qt. round oven serves 5-6. Here's a size guide for reference: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/netstorage/pdf/le-creuset-oven-size-chart.pdfDate published: 2019-11-15


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During their trip to NYC last weekend, Little Sci's parents took her to a performance of Hairspray on Broadway and she loved it. Tom and KatE also told the show's star Jenifer Lewis that Hairspray is actually Little Sci's favourite video.
Well of course it is!
Hairspray is the Gayest Show on Earth! The GMD probably can't get enough of it, and watching with his daughter is, like, the best bonus ever.
I was talking to someone who worked on that set not too long ago. Hairspray was shot in Toronto, directed by Adam Shankman. She said it not only was the Gayest Show on Earth, it was also the Gayest SET on earth.
John Travolta was not reining it in at the time. He did it for his Church brother Tom Cruise.
Here's the impossibly cute Little Sci with her own Little Sci out and about in New York on Monday. Little Sci is the best.
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Here's to Me 1000 Piece Puzzle: When dinner is in the oven, the table set and the timer running, treat yourself to a glass of wine and a relaxing puzzle by Go! Games. Perfect for the busy woman who does it all, this 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle features a woman cooking dinner while toasting "Here's to me!" with a glass of wine. The puzzle measures approximately 29 1/2" x 20" when complete. For ages 12+ Exclusively available for purchase online here at Go! Games and Puzzles. UPC: 400069333109


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The Fred Perry brand is renown for the laurel wreath logo embellishing its polo shirts. Based on the original Wimbledon symbol, it appears on the left chest of Fred Perry Twin Tipped and one color shirts.
The brand is named after British tennis player, Frederick John "Fred" Perry, who won eight Grand Slams, two Pro Slams single, and six Major doubles titles. Fred and Tibby Wegner, an Australian football player, invented the wrist sweatband and then their signature white knit cotton pique shirt with short sleeves and buttoned placket.
Launched at Wimbledon in 1952, its success continued with the mods, a British subculture, and became the preferred garment for youthful men in the '60s, '70s, and into the present.


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text: Fashionising has drawn attention to several similarities between photographer Jeff Bark's series "Woodpecker," one image from which is shown at left, and a fashion spread just published by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in the new issue of LOVE, one image from which is shown at right. "The setting is remarkably similar, and so are the themes." It's true, these pictures do look very much the same! Probably because they're both inspired by the story of Leda and the Swan.


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The 2013 Houston Astros payroll is one of the stranger payrolls to look at given the current state of baseball where player's salaries seem to be ever-increasing. Before Dec.18, the Astros were paying exactly one player above One Million Dollars annually. That player was shortstop, Jed Lowrie. Then, the team added 1B/DH Carlos Pena to its roster on a one year deal for approximately $2.9 Million according to reports and reliever, Jose Veras on a 1 Year/$1.85 Million dollar deal. Thats it. Three players earning more than a Million Dollars on a professional baseball franchise approximately sixty (60) days until pitchers and catchers report. (Please note that the Astros are rumored to be interested in signing Third Baseman Jose Lopez who may be added to this list). These are your 2013 Houston Astros, who are a far cry from the Astros of the mid-2000's who signed Andy Pettite, Roger Clemens, traded for Carlos Beltran and made a run at a World Series. Read the rest of this entry


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Yes, those cops lied – got a problem with it?
Liars. That's what Officer Devin Sparks and Cpl. Randy Murr almost certainly are, and yet the Denver Civil Service Commission has reinstated them to the police force.
Both officers were finally fired earlier this year for making up stories on their official reports to explain the takedown and beating of Michael DeHerrera in LoDo in 2009 that was caught on video. Even Ron Perea, whose disastrous start as manager of safety last summer led to his early departure, cited "inaccuracies" in both officers' reports before rapping their knuckles with a feather-light punishment.
Yet if these two officers were willing to mislead their superiors on official reports on the one occasion where their fables could be checked against a video of the event, does anyone doubt that they've probably done it before? Or will do it again when it suits their purpose – which in the case of DeHerrera involved justifying excessive force?
Denver's truculent police union is predictably pleased with the news that two officers who spin falsehoods will be back on the force. "I think the Civil Service Commission actually took the time to review the case and base their decisions on the merits, rather than the political correctness of the situation," union secretary Mike Mosco said. Can the union's position really be that demanding trustworthy cops is the equivalent of groupthink? Incredible.


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A rewrite of the state law governing conservatorships setting new first time standards for emergency cases has been approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and will now goes to Gov. Bill Haslam.
The measure was approved on a 32-0 vote Friday by the state Senate after that body agreed to a last minute amendment sought by hospitals and previously approved by the House. There was no debate.
The overall proposal was offered earlier this year by the Tennessee Bar Association following a series of public hearings held across the state.
"We're very pleased to have had an opportunity to take a careful look at the law," said Allan Ramsaur of the bar association following the Senate vote. It should bring some clarity to the way the process works."
The change in the law followed controversy surrounding several conservatorship cases in the Nashville area in which those placed in a conservatorship charged that they were not given adequate notice and that all their possessions were taken away in the process.
Under the bill voted Friday, a person being placed in a conservatorship on an emergency basis would have to be informed of the action within 48 hours and a hearing would have to be held in five days.
The bar association found in its hearings that without a statewide standard, courts across the state were using varying methods to handle emergency cases.
The last minute amendment sets up a special process for cases in which a hospital patient can be placed in a temporary conservatorship on an expedited basis in cases where the hospital stated the patient needed to be transferred to a lower level of care but lacked the capacity to make his or her own health decisions.
In those cases the hospital could petition the court for the appointment of a temporary conservator with the authority to approve a transfer to a nursing home or other health facility.
Officials of the Vanderbilt Medical Center said the provision would enable them to free up a scarce acute care bed for another patient needing that level of care.
A second amendment approved by the House and Senate clarifies that the new law will only apply to cases filed after July 1 of this year.
Conservatorship Abuse Law Goes to Haslam
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