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When Is Revenue Not Revenue for Biotech Firms?

Proposed changes in accounting rules highlight complexity for public companies.

  • Nicolas Morgan

    Newly proposed changes to accounting rules may help public biotech and pharmaceutical companies and others avoid the nightmare scenario suffered by Impax Laboratories last year when the SEC revoked the registration of its common stock, essentially eliminating the public market for the company’s securities. The firm entered into a multiple-element strategic alliance with a distributor that eventually led to Impax spending more than $3 million over the course of several years to resolve the issue of when it should recognize revenue under the arrangement.

    Impax, a publicly traded manufacturer of generic and branded pharmaceuticals, had inked an alliance with a distributor in which: (1) Impax would develop and produce 12 new generic products that the distributor would market under an exclusive license with profits shared by the two companies; (2) the distributor would lend Impax $22 million and purchase $15 million of its common stock; (3) Impax would repay the loan with shares of its common stock at its option; (4) interest and principal forgiveness were to occur to the extent that Impax met specific development milestones; (5) Impax was to repurchase a portion of its shares for nominal consideration when a specified milestone had been achieved; and (6) the parties were to share certain regulatory and patent litigation expenses.

    To be sure, this arrangement had some unique characteristics, but even after beefing up its accounting staff, hiring outside consultants, and corresponding with the SEC over a period of years, Impax failed to file several annual and quarterly reports. The application of accounting principles to the deal proved to be too complex because of what accountants refer to as multiple deliverables, or bundling of various products and services together in one package, as well as payments based on achievement of certain milestones.

    Revenue Recognition: An Elusive Target

    In theory, deciding when a company should recognize revenue from a certain transaction should be simple. As even the SEC has acknowledged, though, there is no single, comprehensive accounting standard addressing revenue recognition. Rather, guidance can be found in a collection of accounting standards, pronouncements, and industry or transaction guidelines from various bodies.

    Specifically, the SEC has designated the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as a private organization responsible for setting accounting standards for U.S. public companies. One arm of FASB, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), holds public meetings to identify and resolve accounting issues occurring in the financial world.

    Under existing FASB and EITF pronouncements, a company may generally recognize revenue from a transaction when: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; (3) payments received or expected to be received are fixed or determinable fees; and (4) collectibility is probable. Applying these principles to particular pharmaceutical or biotech company transactions, though, can be anything but straightforward.

    Complicating Factors: Multiple Deliverables and Milestones

    Transactions involving multiple deliverables can be tricky when part of it has been delivered and part has not. In such transactions, to recognize revenue at the time of delivery of the initial portion of products or services, companies typically must obtain evidence of the fair value of any undelivered portions.

    Because of the difficulty in establishing fair value in certain circumstances, some companies simply defer recognizing any revenue until all portions of the transaction have been delivered. Obviously, lengthy deferral of such revenue can be less than optimal from a business perspective and may not accurately reflect the economics of the deal.

    A recent EITF proposal would permit company management to estimate selling prices of separate deliverables when fair value cannot be established and assuming other criteria are met. If adopted, multiple element arrangements will provide management with opportunities for more immediate and flexible revenue recognition.

    The injection of greater management judgment, however, also creates the potential for increased after-the-fact scrutiny with the benefit of hindsight. Such scrutiny may result in unwanted attention from the SEC or private litigants.

    A related complicating factor affecting biotech and pharma companies is the common use of milestones. EITF has proposed clarifying whether and when a company may recognize revenue as the milestones are achieved.

    If FASB ratifies the proposed clarification, a company could generally recognize revenue attributable to the achievement of a particular milestone in the period in which the milestone is achieved (and when due and payable) so long as: (1) the milestone payment is nonrefundable; (2) the milestone is not reasonably assured at the inception of the arrangement; (3) substantive effort on the part of the company is involved in achieving the milestone; (4) the amount of the milestone payment is reasonable in relation to the effort expended; and (5) a reasonable amount of time passes between the up-front license fee and the first milestone payment. The simple passage of time or an event that results from the customer’s performance will not be considered a milestone under the proposal.

    The Stakes Are High

    Clarification and refinement of accounting rules for transactions involving multiple deliverables and milestone payments should be welcome developments for public biotech and pharma companies. The SEC’s enforcement division says that it will aggressively investigate and prosecute companies in any industry that fail to recognize revenue correctly, sometimes alleging false books and records or worse, securities fraud. The enforcement division consistently identifies financial disclosure fraud as one of its top priorities, and 20% to 30% of all SEC enforcement actions brought in any given year involve financial disclosure issues.

    One recent case demonstrates the point even for fairly straightforward transactions. The SEC charged AXM Pharma and its CEO and CFO, Chester Howard, with securities fraud due to improper revenue recognition. The company, which had a license to manufacture and distribute branded products in Asia, executed a series of agreements with a distributor. The deals provided for the title to transfer upon delivery of the product to the distributor’s warehouse, payment after the distributor sold the goods to its customers, and a right of return for expired and other goods.

    In one quarter, AXM received purchase orders from the distributor but failed to deliver over half of the product before the end of the quarter, and the distributor did not sell any of the purchased product. Despite having no history of the product being sold, AXM estimated that none of the product would be returned.

    Despite all these red flags, the company recognized revenue in the full amount of the purchase order in that quarter, allegedly overstating revenue by 700%. Besides securities fraud, the SEC sought to permanently bar Howard from acting as an officer or director of a public company in the future.

    Companies and individuals determined to falsify revenue will try to find new and creative ways to do so. They will nonetheless be faced with a formidable task because of the complexity of accounting rules and transactions involving multiple deliverables and milestone fees. Firms should pay careful attention to the proposed changes and clarifications to accounting rules in this area as well as their impact on operations and financial reporting.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is paying Swiss firm Covagen €4 million (about $5.2 million) up front as part of a research collaboration and license agreement focused on exploiting Covagen’s Fynomer-antibody (FynomAb) platform to generate bispecific proteins against two pairs of targets selected by Mitsubishi Tanabe and its U.S.-based Tanabe Research Laboratories subsidiary. Fynomers are small binding proteins that Covagen says can be engineered to bind to any antigen of interest, and fused to therapeutic proteins such as antibodies to create bispecific FynomAbs.

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Two W&L Seniors Named to All-State Men's Soccer Squad

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Senior forward Jamie Parker (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) was recently named to the VaSID College Division All-State men's soccer first team. Senior defender Ben Thompson (Bozman, Md./Newark) also recieved recognition for his outstanding season by being chosen as an honorable mention selection.

Parker, who finished his career as the second leading scorer in W&L history, was named to the first team for the fourth consecutive year. He led the Generals in scoring this season with 24 points (11 goals, 2 assists). For his career, Parker tallied 51 goals and eight assists for a total of 110 points. The total of 51 career goals is just one shy of the W&L record held by Sam Chase '99. Parker served as a tri-captain for the Generals this season.

Thompson, the starting sweeper and another tri-captain for the squad, rounded out his career with his first-ever selection to the All-State team. He was also named to the 1999 NSCAA All-South Region third team. His biggest impact came on the defensive side of the field where his leadership and support helped the W&L defense hold its opponents to an average of 1.49 goals per game, compared to the 2.01 goals per game posted by the General offense.

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W&L Volleyball Seeks Ninth-Straight ODAC Championship

Hoisting the ODAC trophy at the end of the season and playing in the NCAA’s has almost become a foregone conclusion for the Washington and Lee volleyball team. The Generals boast an 89-3 conference record since 2000 and have made eight-straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. W&L was picked by the coaches to win the league once again in 2009, albeit in a closer vote than usual that featured four different teams garnering at least one first-place vote.

When asked about the league parity this season, W&L head coach Bryan Snyder noted that between a few question marks on his team, as well as a more competitive league, the road to the postseason may be a little more bumpy than in years past.

“We have a different group of returnees than we have had in seasons past,” Snyder noted. “As we start practice we are real wide open in terms of our lineups and what kind of system we could run. Also, there are some other good teams in the league. Virginia Wesleyan is really good. They have experience and could contend. Randolph-Macon is pretty solid, Bridgewater is also pretty talented, so its going to be a tough league this year.”

Randolph-Macon finished last season with a 9-1 league record, its only blemish a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Generals. Bridgewater and Virginia Wesleyan, who finished 6-4 and 7-3, respectively, gave the Generals all they could handle last season, pushing W&L to five sets before ultimately falling. It is that on-court experience of his juniors and seniors that Snyder will rely on in 2009.

“We have really good experience in the junior and senior classes,” Snyder notes. “They have played in a lot of meaningful matches and a lot of close matches and that is going to help a lot. The chemistry is really good, they work hard and they really buy in to what it is that we are trying to do.”

Of that experienced senior class, senior outside hitter Rachael Phillips (Tampa, Fla./Tampa Prep) is one of several players that Snyder will look to lean on. A three-year letterwinner and a team captain this year, Phillips is the reigning ODAC Player of the Year and was an all-state and all-region player a year ago. She placed third in the ODAC with 376 kills (3.3 k/g)  and enters her senior season ranked ninth all-time at W&L with 919 kills.

“We are going to ask a lot of Rachael this year,” said Snyder. “We want her to be involved in the bulk of what we do and see if we can get her as many touches as possible.”

Looking to join Phillips on the outside will be junior Marah Schmitz (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney). Schmitz, who saw a great deal of action last season at several different positions finished third on the team with 205 kills, but recorded a hitting percentage of just .159.

“Marah has a good skill set and good knowledge of the game,” Snyder observed. “She moved around a bit last year and hopefully that experience that she gained will lend itself to some consistency this year.”

Another player who will look to grab some playing time outside is sophomore Megan Daily (Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook). Daily saw action in 20 games as a first-year and had 46 kills. Snyder hopes that she can build on a solid first-year and compete for some time in her second season.

“Physically, she is an imposing figure. She can really be an offensive weapon for us with a little bit of consistency,” he said.

Perhaps the biggest question mark for the Generals this season is who is going to play the right side. Gone is 2008 Honorable Mention All-America honoree Jessica Ulrich, the latest in what has been a string of highly productive right sides for W&L. Enter senior Kelly Harrison (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School) and perhaps first-year Bailey Walker (Centennial, Ohio/Regis Jesuit).

Harrison, who split time between the right side and the libero positions a year ago, led the Generals with 417 digs and added 46 kills. She is a good athlete who appears to have the leg up on paper, but is another player that Snyder hopes will develop some consistency, particularly on the offensive side.

 Snyder also likes Walker, a 5-11 first-year, to compete for the spot.

“She would make sense there, as she is a little bigger and she is a lefty. If she can quickly get the hang of things she is going to have a shot. “

The middle blocker position features a pair of returnees looking to make big strides in junior Louise Brooks (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) and sophomore Lindsey Dee (Tallahassee, Fla./The Maclay School).

Brooks, who stands an even six feet tall, broke into the starting lineup last season and appeared in 115 games. She had 180 kills and 77 blocks, including tying for the team lead with 14 solo blocks.

“Last season she supplanted a returning starter and really came to relish being the go-to person, “ Snyder recalled. “She had a great spring and with some higher goals for herself she could have a really good year.”

Dee, one of the team’s tallest players at 6-1, saw action in 60 games as a rookie notching 28 blocks and 20 kills.

“She is going to be given an opportunity to play,” noted Snyder. “She needs to play a little better on offense, but she is skilled and could take a big step this year.”

A pair of first-years will also look to add some depth in the middle. Stephanie Malaska (Redmond, Wash./Eastside Catholic) and Taylor Maxey (Poway, Calif./The Bishop’s School) will both figure in the mix, with Maxey being an intriguing prospect at 6-3.

The Generals’ deepest spot on the floor is at the setter position where they return a pair of seniors and a junior, all with a great deal of experience. Team captain Kristi Stevens (Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission South) will look to come back after missing a chunk of time last year with a shoulder injury, while Megan Steinhardt (Cedar Park, Texas/Cedar Park) is also back after earning Honorable Mention All-ODAC honors last season after notching 930 assists. Also in the mix is junior Jenna Finger (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township).

Stevens, is currently eighth all-time at W&L with 1,496 assists and Steinhardt is currently 10th all-time with 1,153 assists. Finger played in 59 games last year and had 160 assists and 91 digs. Having three accomplished setters gives Snyder the ability to keep an experienced and accomplished setter on the court at all times.

“It is going to be a good competition between the three of them this year,” Snyder observed. “Depending on how things go, it will really have a domino effect on the court as to whether we play a 6-1 or a 5-2 and where some other people may or may not play. With all of them though, it really gives us some flexibility in how we do things.”

If the right side is an open competition for playing time, then the defensive specialist position is wide open. At least four players returning this year played the position at one time or another last season and they will be given an opportunity to compete for the job this year.

Junior Summer Goldberg (Marietta, Ga./Woodward Academy) and sophomore Megan Tomlinson (Petersburg, Pa./Huntingdon Area) will both look to increase their playing time from a year ago. Goldberg played in 55 games and Tomlinson saw action in 44. The pair combined for 165 digs and 19 service aces. First-year Cameron Hill (Tampa, Fla./H.B. Plant), who will compete for time as the defensive specialist.

The Generals’ feature a difficult schedule as they look to advance to the NCAA’s for the ninth year in a row. The ledger features a pair of matches against No. 1 Emory, as well as contests against No. 2 Juniata, No. 23 Eastern, a pair against NCAA participant Christopher Newport, as well as dates with St. Mary’s (Md.), Mary Washington, Thomas More, and Salisbury.

“We open with a great tournament on Sept. 11,” Snyder noted. “We have the defending National Champions and preseason No. 1 Emory as well as preseason No. 2 Juniata and Christopher Newport, who are both always strong, coming to town. That is going to be some great volleyball.”

“The schedule is very difficult,” Snyder added. “But I hope that it can kind of shorten the learning curve for some of the newcomers. Those two match ups with Emory early in the year are going to be a great measuring stick for where we are. Either way, we are looking forward to getting the season underway and getting on the court.”

The Generals’ first match of the season is set for Sept. 11 against Christopher Newport in the opening match of the W&L Invitational in the Warner Center. Start time is 5:00 pm.


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Surgery Overview

You may need surgery for severe gum disease (periodontitis) if it cannot be cured with antibiotics or root planing and scaling. A flap procedure cleans the roots of a tooth and repairs bone damage caused by gum disease. A gum specialist (periodontist) or an oral surgeon often performs the procedure.

Before the procedure, you will be given a local anesthetic to numb the area where the doctor will work on your gums.

The doctor will pull back a section of your gums to clean the roots of your teeth and repair damaged bone, if needed. The gum flap will be sewn back into place and covered with gauze to stop the bleeding.

Bone may be:

  • Smoothed and reshaped so that plaque has fewer places to grow.
  • Repaired (grafted) with bone from another part of the body or with man-made materials. The doctor may place a lining on the bone graft to help the bone grow back. The lining may need to be removed later.

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Typically it takes only a few days to recover from a flap procedure. Be sure to follow the home care instructions that your dentist or oral surgeon gives you. If you have questions about your instructions, call the dentist or surgeon. The following are general suggestions to help speed recovery:

  • Take painkillers as prescribed.
  • After 24 hours, you can rinse your mouth gently with warm salt water several times a day to reduce swelling and relieve pain.
  • Change gauze pads before they become soaked with blood.
  • Relax after surgery. Strenuous physical activity may increase bleeding.
  • Eat soft foods such as gelatin, pudding, or light soup. Gradually add solid foods to your diet as the area heals.
  • Do not lie flat. This may prolong bleeding. Prop up your head with pillows.
  • Continue to carefully brush your teeth and tongue.
  • Apply an ice or cold pack to the outside of your mouth to help relieve pain and swelling.
  • Do not use sucking motions, such as when using a straw to drink.
  • Do not smoke.

A few days after the procedure, your dentist will remove the stitches.

Why It Is Done

The flap procedure is necessary when severe gum disease (periodontitis) has damaged the bones that support your teeth.

How Well It Works

If you maintain good dental care after the surgery, the flap procedure should allow you to clean your teeth and gums better. Your gums should become pink and healthy again.

The roots of your teeth may become more sensitive.

The contour or shape of your gums may change.

Gum surgery can introduce harmful bacteria into the bloodstream. Gum tissue is also at risk of infection. You may need to take antibiotics before and after surgery if you have a condition that puts you at high risk for a severe infection or if infections are particularly dangerous for you. You may need to take antibiotics if you:

  • Have certain heart problems that make it dangerous for you to get a heart infection called endocarditis.
  • Have an impaired immune system.
  • Had recent major surgeries or have man-made body parts, such as an artificial hip or heart valve.

What To Think About

  • A flap procedure is often needed to save teeth that are supported by a bone damaged by gum disease.
  • Gum disease usually will come back if you do not brush and floss regularly after surgery.
  • To promote healing, stop all use of tobacco. Smoking or using spit tobacco decreases your ability to fight infection of your gums and delays healing. To learn more, see the topic Quitting Smoking.
  • You will need to see your dentist regularly so that he or she can follow your progress. If your gum disease spreads, you may lose teeth.

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Does anyone have any information regarding Jose Robles? I found a descendent, a great grandaughter. I know that he was married for a short time; but I don't think anyone knew that his wife had a son. It seems he left her in 1917. Any information would be helpful.

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Hello Shmuel,
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A native of Brooklyn, New York, George Whelan Anderson, Jr. entered the United States Naval Academy in 1927 and graduated with the class of 1930. After graduation he became a Naval Aviator and served on cruisers and aircraft carriers, including the USS Cincinnati.

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"Tone sucking" is the commonest complaint about wah pedals. The design of the most common "Crybaby" wah and of the Vox reissues is a throwback to earlier years when true bypass was not considered to be an absolute requirement in pedal design. The input of the wah circuit is connected to the guitar signal all the time, and the loading of the wah input affects the treble of the guitar signal disproportionately, giving a deader sound even when the wah is "bypassed". For more information about how this occurs, see the article on "bypass technology" here at GEO.

There are two ways around this. One is to completely disconnect the wah board from the guitar signal when the wah pedal is bypassed by changing the Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) bypass switch that is stock in most wahs for a Double Pole Double Throw (DPDT) footswitch. This converts the stock wah pedal to true bypass, and tone sucking is eliminated. However, there is the question of that DPDT footswitch and how it gets wired.

In many cases, you can achieve just as good an elimination of tone sucking by buffering the input of the wah pedal. A buffer consists of an active device that has a very high input impedance, 1M ohm or more, that will not load the guitar signal down and that will drive the wah input as well (or better!) than the guitar signal itself. This buffer is inserted between the existing input signal and the input of the wah circuit. With a buffer in place, the original SPDT bypass switch can be left in place, and tone sucking will be a thing of the past.

The easiest simple buffer is the JFET source follower. This is simple and cheap to hook into the existing wah board, and only one of the existing wah components has to be disturbed at all. This schematic shows the changes we will be doing. On the left is the original circuit, and on the right we have inserted the buffer. Even if your wah board is not exactly like the one in the following pictures, you should be able to locate the input resistor, +9V, and ground points on your board and be able to wire a buffer in.

This picture shows a typical Crybaby wah board. There have been several generations of this kind of board, differing slightly in appearance, but all of which seem to share the component layout shown here. Some early ones will not have the diode we use for connections to +9V and ground, or the capacitor and resistor immediately above it. On these earlier boards, you can use your voltmeter to find a component lead that connects to +9V and ground, and transfer those connections to the alternate component leads you find. In all the cases I've looked at, the input resistor is in the same place, though. Carefully compare your wah board to this one, and only modify yours if it matches the component layout, or if you have the skills to make the modifications from the schematic if your board is differently arranged.

To make the mods, refer to the first steps picture. This identifies the input resistor and the points where you can tap off +9V and ground for the buffer.

Once you have the layout firmly in mind, refer to the second mods picture. Remove the board from the case, and use a soldering iron to melt the solder on the solder side of the end of the input resistor as indicated. Use needle nosed pliers or a similar tool to avoid burned fingers and lift out the indicated end of the resistor as the solder melts. Bend the now-free end of the resistor up out of the board as indicated. Place the sharp end of a wooden toothpick or the end of a pencil near the center of the solder pad you just pulled the resistor lead from and remelt the solder so the toothpick opens up the hole and you can reinsert a new lead into it.

Take a 1M 1/4W resistor and position it as shown. Insert one of its leads under the indicated end of the resistor and solder it to the resistor lead. This connects it to ground. Slip a bit of insulation stripped from some hookup wire over the free end of the resistor and insert it into the hole vacated by the free end of the input resistor. Solder this lead on the solder side of the board and clip any excess off.

Spread the gate and drain leads of your JFET sideways away from the center source lead of the device (note - if you use a different type number JFET, you may have a different pinout, and you'll have to figure out which lead is which to connect them up). It's not a bad idea to slip bits of insulation stripped from hookup wire over the JFET leads as we will be using them for point to point wireing. Bend the end of the gate lead into a little hook, hook it under the end of the 1M resistor on the top/component side of the board and solder it in place. The JFET now sits in midair, held up by its gate lead. Bend the free end of the input resistor towards the JFET, bend a hook in the end of the center (source) lead, then bend the source lead of the JFET to the end of the resistor, hook them together and solder .

Position a 10K 1/4W resistor as shown, and clip its leads to approximate length. Form the ends into little hooks, and hook one end over the anode (non-banded) end of the diode as shown, and solder it into place. Hook the other end over the previously soldered joint between the JFET source lead and the input resistor free end, and solder it into place.

Finally take a bit of insulation and slip it over one end of the 10 ohm resistor and place the 10 ohm as indicated. The insulation will keep the leads of the 10K and the 10 ohm from shorting +9V to ground. Clip the leads to approximate length as show, form hooks on each end, and solder each end, one to +9V at the diode, and the other to the drain lead of the JFET. Note that the 10 ohm resistor is used here just as a low resistance connection, and you could simply use a piece of insulated hookup wire instead of a 10 ohm resistor.

Make sure that none of the wires short where they shouldn't, and that they go where they should. When you solder, use a well tinned tip, and use the least amount of solder you can, as any excess solder will give you misery from intermittent shorts. Also be sure that you place the 10K and 10 ohm resistors so they will not interfere with the screw that goes through the board mounting hole.

That's it! The JFET is connected to ground by the 1M resistor, and it picks up the input signal from the wiring pad that the input resistor used to connect to. The JFET drain is connected to +9V through a low resistance path. The JFET source is connected to ground by a 10K resistor, which self-biases the JFET into the linear region, and the signal is taken from the source of the JFET into the old input resistor. The input blocking capacitor that used to block the 0V signal level from the guitar from reaching the several-volt bias level of the first wah transistor now blocks the volt-or-two DC level at the JFET source from reaching the first wah transistor, so all is well from a DC bias standpoint. The JFET is happy with it's gate at ground, the guitar is happy with a 1M input resistor, and no tone sucking happens.


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My friend Scott with three Afghan girls.  Note the lack of shoes.

Do you want to make a small overall yet hugely personal difference for Afghanistan?  A friend of Catholicgauze is currently in eastern Afghanistan and is organizing a drive for new or used shoes for Afghan girls.  He has encountered countless Tajik, Hazara, and Pashtun girls who lack footwear (Afghan families unfortunately only invest in the footwear of sons).  If you want to donate shoes contact me at catholicgauze[at]gmail[dot]com and I will reply with the address.

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Do you want just new ones, or are you OK with used ones, if still in OK condition?

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Scott says used shoes are just as good as new (these girls have nothing at all).


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• 2 - 3 lbs. pork roast, boneless
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Slow Cooker Parmesan Honey Pork Roast is one of our family favorites for Sunday Dinner or when we have guests!

  1. Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. Place roast in slow cooker.
  3. In a bowl, combine cheese, honey, soy sauce, basil, garlic, oil and salt; pour over pork.
  4. Cover. Cook on Low for 6-7 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160°.
  5. Remove pork to a serving platter; keep warm.
  6. Skim fat from cooking juices; transfer to a small saucepan. Bring liquid to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

Slice pork roast; serve with gravy! (Although the roast was so tender it just fell apart! Yum!)

Note: Served with mashed potatoes, and the gravy was delicious on them, and fresh vegetables!

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Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

(Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2012

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On May 8, 2012, Imperial Petroleum, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, “we,” “us” or “our”) completed a series of Settlement and Release Agreements effective April 30, 2012 with accredited investors (“Purchasers”) from the Company’s Private Placement previously completed on September 21, 2011. The Purchasers had alleged various claims against the Company in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement executed in connection with the Private Placement, including breach of the agreement, the right to rescind their investment and failure to file the required Registration Statement in connection with the issuance of the shares. As a result of the failure of the Company to file the Registration Statement, the Purchasers were entitled to monetary damages payable in cash of up to 8% of their initial investment as well as the continuing right to rescind their investment and receive a return of those funds. As a result of the execution of the confidential Settlement and Release Agreements, the Company (i.) issued a total of 18,158,950 shares of its restricted common stock in full settlement of all claims from those Purchasers; (ii.) amended the warrant exercise price to $0.14/share for warrants previously issued to the Purchasers and (iii.) amended the Securities Purchase Agreement to remove any requirements to register any of the Purchasers’ shares, except as a “piggyback” registration and eliminated any future rights previously granted to the Purchasers to participate in subsequent equity or debt financings of the Company. Twenty of the twenty two Purchasers executed the Settlement and Release Agreements to date representing all but $175,000 of the original $3,117,501.50 investment. If the remaining two Purchasers execute the Settlement and Release Agreements, the Company will issue an additional 1,058,390 shares. All of the shares issued in connection with the Settlement and Release Agreements are restricted and are subject to the holding period requirements and sales volume limitations under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1934 as amended.

On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Settlement and Release Agreements, we issued to the Purchasers and additional 18,158,950 shares of our restricted common stock.

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On May 8, 2012, Mr. Sam Wernli, the former President of the Imperial Chemical Company, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company and as Executive Vice President of Imperial Chemical Company. Mr. Wernli has extensive business experience and in particular was involved in the development of the SANDKLENE 950 product under exclusive license to Imperial Chemical Company for use in its oil sands operations. Mr. Wernli will serve until the next regularly scheduled shareholders’ meeting.

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This is also the first time I am using the tiny tools that come along in the kit as they are actually usable and of decent quality.

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Prior to the introduction of specific types of spray foam for different applications, there was only one type of foam insulation available in a can.  I can remember using this product and you had to be careful to not over-fill the cavity. The insulation would expand, in some cases too much, and push window frames out of plumb and out of square.  With the introduction of spray foam, specific to window and door installations, the threat of this problem was eliminated.  The window and door insulating foam has a special formula that does not expand as rapidly. It also cures "softer". As well, it can be sanded and painted if desired.

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Re: ADA Tenant Landlord problem

From: L. P. Skeen (
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 17:12:49 PDT

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    Kimberly, I'd go straight to the media guy w/ this one. Nothing fixes
    things like some serious publicity.

    Good luck; let us know how it turns out.
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    From: Kimberly Herbert <kimberly>
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    > I know several of you are very well versed in ADA requirements and I hope
    > you might be able to help my coworker. She lives a senior citizens complex
    > and the building manager is being verbally abusive to those tenants who
    > walkers and scooters. He has banned them from one of the two laundry
    > Even though the company just bought a bus with a lift, he will not allow
    > them to take their scooters on the bus. This is the only transportation
    > have to the grocery store. He tell them they have to use the scooters
    > provided by the stores, but the number of tenants who need them out number
    > the scooters the stores provide. He threatens them if they try to take
    > complaints to a higher level.
    > I called the city manager and his office gave me the address and phone
    > number for the federal DOJ's office on the ADA (civil rights division),
    > the building manager here in the cactus is going to give us some state
    > information. I have suggested finding out who his supervisor is and filing
    > complaint with them giving them 30 days to remedy the situations or
    > complaints will be filed with the feds and state of TX. I've also
    > they file a complaint the Better Business Bureau. And if nothing else
    > call the media in (the anchor for one local station is a docent that
    > If you have any other suggestions please e-mail them to me off list at
    > kimberly
    > Thanks,
    > Kimberly Herbert (kimberly)
    > CAM Administrator
    > San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts/Children's Art Museum
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Re: Repetitive Strain Injury

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Fran Marze (
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:23:21 -0500 (EST)

Do you have permanent damage to your hands? I had both hands operated on
for carpal tunnel a few years ago-in my fifties. The first hand was
operated on my first year returning to the teaching of art. How
wonderful..My other one was so numb that I had trouble drawing, could not
master the mat cutter,e tc. then I had a trigger finger Idon't ask on this
one, just kidding;) it's an aftermath of the carpal tunnel. Then last week
I fell and am back to the one arm tricks.

I'm doing fine if my feet weren't so clumsy. I had a neurosurgeon operate
on the carpal tunnel but needed the orthopedic for trigger finger.

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Re: fixative for oil pastels, tempera

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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:33:04 EDT

You mentioned "laminating the oil pastels".......

Your have to be careful when you laminate oil pastels.....I did it once and
because the students layered it on quite thick, the oil pastels melted in the
laminator and ruined all the colors. Laminating does look great with regualar
pastels and crayon though.....


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By Gordon Platt

The global economic slowdown and regional political turmoil are casting a pall over investment banking in the Middle East. As there's no change in sight, bankers in the region may be in for another challenging year.

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Global economic uncertainties have not abated. "Rather, they have escalated in the beginning of 2012, and it is not expected that 2012 will witness effective solutions for the financial crises in the eurozone," says Mohamed Ali Beyhum, executive general manager at BankMed in Lebanon. The Arab Spring imposed another layer of uncertainty. It is hard to predict when and how the many uprisings across the region will be resolved and what will be the aftermath in countries such as Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, he says. For investment banks in the region, the result was a tough year in 2011—and 2012 may not be much better.

Stock markets in the region have been affected, and investors are cautious. "These developments are not expected to provide investment banks with any logical basis to drive more business and generate higher fees," Beyhum says. However, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey show the greatest potential, he adds. "The severe level of competition among investment banks trying to capture business, especially in the most attractive markets, where a large number of local, regional and international investment banks are competing for new opportunities, is expected to weigh on the pricing of investment banking services going forward."

Overall investment-banking fees in the Middle East declined to $407 million last year, the lowest since 2004, according to Thomson Reuters. Advisory fees on mergers and acquisitions, which were paid primarily to international banks, fell 37% from 2010. Debt capital market fees slumped by 66%.

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Beyhum, BankMed:
Severe competition will weigh on pricing

A number of global investment banks, particularly those based in Europe, have cut staff in the Middle East as a result of the dearth of deals and the need to deleverage to meet regulatory requirements. Crédit Agricole last year shut its M&A advisory unit in Dubai. Lloyds is looking at a range of options for its Lloyds TSB Middle East banking unit. Royal Bank of Scotland sold its UAE retail operations last year to Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and is considering selling its cash equity and M&A business in the Middle East. Meanwhile, investment bankers are moving into Baghdad in search of new opportunities, although security is a major concern.

Adel Kasaji, chief executive of AB Invest, a subsidiary of Arab Bank, based in Amman, Jordan, says difficult times force companies to reposition themselves to survive. “Repositioning could mean going public, increasing paid-in capital, merging or restructuring operations and/or the balance sheet,” he says.

All of these activities increase business for investment bankers, Kasaji notes. “However, firms attempting to reposition themselves must find willing investors, whether for IPOs, capital increases or debt. Firms must also find a willingness on the part of banks to bankroll such activities.”

Banks and investors are leery of the increased risks in the current environment, and with a limited number of debt investment vehicles available for retail investors, capital markets activity will likely continue to be low, Kasaji says. “The same goes for mergers, because few companies are still cash-rich and able to make deals,” he adds. “Nonetheless, there could still be a growing market for advisory services.”

However, international banks are not competing for the small and medium-size deals. “Difficult times always invite high-risk-takers with cash, and these times could be very attractive to venture capitalists and other forms of private equity,” Kasaji says.

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Kasaji, AB Invest: Difficult times force companies to reposition themselves to survive

The political turmoil in the region is forcing governments to take a more active role in the economy in the hopes of reducing the economic gap between the various segments of the population and reducing unemployment as well, he says. “However, government spending is usually geared toward mega infrastructure projects, for which the government pays the bill, so little investment banking is needed aside from the advisory function,” Kasaji says.

Countries in the region that don’t currently have strong budgets might need to raise capital or attract foreign investments, and these activities will need the help of investment bankers, he says. Countries such as Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco fall into this category, according to Kasaji. Most of these deals will likely go to the international investment banks because of the possible involvement of foreign governments and international financial institutions, he says.

Meanwhile, the equity capital markets will remain subdued, he says. “Smart businesses that are not in distress will not seek to go public in the current market conditions because they will not receive the price they seek for their stocks,” Kasaji says. “However, some firms might be forced to sell shares to survive. We feel that there is a better chance of capital increases than IPOs.”

"Smart businesses that are not in distress will not seek to go public in the current market conditions because they will not receive the price they seek for their stocks"

– Adel Kasaji, AB Invest

Yahya Alyahya, CEO of Gulf International Bank, based in Bahrain, says there are some favorable signs for the region, although 2012 will be a challenging year. International investors are seeking diversification away from eurozone assets and into high-credit-quality emerging markets assets, he says.

In the debt capital markets, the substantial refinancing requirements of corporations and financial institutions through 2013, coupled with a move by banks to reduce their reliance on interbank markets to avoid liquidity crunches and to comply with Basel III, creates a favorable environment for capital markets issuance in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Alyahya says.

Although GCC governments are expected to continue their infrastructure funding initiatives, project finance opportunities are likely to be limited, given the scarcity of term funding in the bank market and the retrenchment of loan books by most of the European banks, according to Alyahya. “We believe the capital markets component in project finance transactions is going to increase over the year, with more project bonds and IPOs for infrastructure companies,” he says.

Saudi Arabian equity markets are showing promising developments, with the oversubscription of three IPOs in recent months, Alyahya says. “We expect this momentum to continue, with several additional IPOs,” he says. “However, such activity is expected to be subdued in other GCC markets, with more focus on debt refinancing.”

Since the start of the financial crisis, the sukuk (Islamic bond) market in the GCC has been comparatively underserved, with many issuers opting for simpler conventional structures in an uncertain market, according to Alyahya. Sukuk issuance picked up significantly in 2011 and, to some extent, this wave of issuance has satisfied some of the latent demand for sukuk among shariah-compliant banks, he says. “However, the demand still exceeds the supply, and we expect sukuk to outpace growth in conventional bonds.”

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Alyahya, Gulf International Bank: International investors are seeking diversification with high-credit-quality emerging markets assets

Pricing in the eurodollar market has been unfavorable over the past 12 months, and a number of issuers from Gulf Cooperation Council countries will continue to tap alternative markets, such as the Malaysian ringgit sukuk market, when the swap market allows windows of arbitrage, Alyahya says.

Regional markets are continuing to mature and develop, and this process will hopefully be accelerated in Lebanon by the new capital markets law, according to Beyhum of BankMed. The Capital Markets Authority, headed by central bank governor Riad Salameh, will soon implement initial rules and regulations.

A majority of Lebanese corporations are small to medium-size enterprises that are privately held by Lebanese families, and many of them are seeking the proper tools to expand and finance their operations, Beyhum says.

Regional private equity funds and high-net-worth individuals are exploring the Lebanese market for companies that have the operational capabilities and expertise to become regional champions but are lacking some growth elements such as equity capital, a regional foothold and a more institutionalized approach, he says.

“This is an important area that can generate activity for investment bankers, who usually have a major role to play in introducing private capital into the local corporate market,” he says. Another promising area, Beyhum adds, is structured finance. Banks can help companies grow their business by providing them with asset-backed financing.

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Shahbaz, QInvest: This year there will be significant regional issuers of sukuk along with issuers from outside of the region

Certain markets in the region will be better than others this year, although overall the environment remains tough, says Shahzad Shahbaz, chief executive of QInvest, based in Doha, Qatar. Despite global uncertainties and political developments in the region, the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council are doing quite well, he says.

"There will be a decent amount of investment banking activity in Qatar, where the economic outlook remains quite good," Shahbaz says. "The main drivers of growth for the Qatari economy are energy, which will remain relatively firm, and infrastructure, which will be the largest sector of investment ahead of the 2022 World Cup [of soccer], to be held in Doha."

QInvest was granted a license last year to commence operations in Saudi Arabia. It also has a representative office in Turkey, where "the pipeline of prospective deals looks interesting," Shahbaz says.

Debt financing will be a major area for investment banking in the region in 2012, particularly for sukuk, he says. There were more than $23 billion of sukuk issued globally last year, the most since the financial crisis hit in 2007-2008. Saudi Arabia is among the most promising Islamic finance markets in terms of assets and liquidity.

"There will not only be regional issuers of sukuk but a lot of issuers from outside of the region, as the European banks deleverage," Shahbaz says. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions could also be active, as companies in the private sector and sovereign wealth funds invest outside of the region, he says.


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Outdoor Cooking and Wildlife Recipes

Other Game Birds
Venison (deer, elk, moose)
Other Big Game
Small Game (rabbit, squirrel, etc.)
Goose / Duck
Camping Food (Game / Non-game)
Dutch Oven Recipes
Kids Can Cook

Miscellaneous Recipes

Marinating Wild Game

Acid is the tenderizing agent in the tenderizing process. Wine, lemon or lime juice and tomato juice are great products to use. Another great tenderizer is a can of Coke.

Oil is the product that makes the marinate stick to the meat so include salad oil in your marinating recipe.

Marinating wild game enhances the flavor but also tenderizes the meat. You may use the prepackaged tenderizers but be careful that they don't contain MSG agents that can cause some people irritation of the stomach. The marinating process should be done for a minimum of 12 to 24 hours to truly enhance the flavor and give the maximum level of tenderness desired.

Tenderizing can begin with the freezing process when you can rub the meat with a tenderizer of your choice. Freezing accelerates the tenderizing process!!!
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Marinating Ideas

Soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce are great added to a red or cooking wine. Remember that these will greatly affect the flavor of the game so be careful to test the taste of the marinade before adding too much of any ingredient. If the flavor is too strong you may add milk or half/half to make a milder flavor. However, do not add the milk if you are using the marinade on meat to be grilled as it may "bleed out" during the grilling process and leave an undesirable flavor.

Meat should not be left in the refrigerator in a thawed state for more than 4-5 days but may be in the marinating sauce while in the refrigerator for that period. The tenderizing process is only enhanced with the time allowed to marinate.

The shoulders and hind-quarters of large game will require the longer marinating process and would benefit from the tenderizer being added before freezing.
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Larding is a process used to tenderize the larger roasts of big game especially in older animals or from the neck/shoulder region as well as the rump.

Larding involves pushing a piece of bacon or salt pork into sections of the meat at about 2-3 inch intervals using a "larder" tool or a thin, sharp knife with a long blade. This process will disperse the fat needed to tenderize the meat while cooking. Garlic salt can also be used with the bacon to speed up the tenderizing process.

Buffalo meat is extremely lean and should be larded. Bear cuts should be larded to enhance the tenderizing of the toughness especially in the muscular regions. Elk and moose have shoulder, neck and rump regions that would benefit from larding as well.
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Remove the meat from the pan used to roast or cook the meat. Mix Â¼ cup of flour or cornstarch with one cup of COLD water. Stir well until all lumps disappear. Add additional water to the pan drippings a cup at a time until at the level of the gravy desired (3 cups is usually enough for a family of 5-6).

Turn the burner on under the pan at a medium-low setting while adding the thickening mixture. Stir constantly until the mix has reached the desire of thickness. If gravy is too thick add small amounts of water and stir until acceptable. If gravy is too runny add small amounts of the thickening until as thick as desired.

Potato juice is an excellent additive for making gravy as the water is loaded with starch from the potatoes.
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Freezing meat properly is important to preserve the meat for future enjoyment. First clean the meat well with cold water. Game birds (especially fowl) should be soaked in COLD water mixed with salt to thoroughly clean and set before freezing.

Generously trim and cut away all meat in bullet area.

Freeze meat in meal size portions for ease in preparation.

Heavy-duty freezer paper and plastic wrap are the best products to use when wrapping for freezing. After soaking/cleaning the meat pat it dry and tenderize. Wrap the meat in plastic wrap trying to not allow any air to become trapped. Place the plastic wrapped meat on a sheet of freezer paper and proceed to wrap again while trying to not allow any air to be trapped and secure with masking tape until satisfied airtight.

It is recommended that all meat be in the freezer only 6-9 months to enjoy the maximum flavor of the meat. However, if the meat was frozen properly it can be eaten safely for a longer period, but may have a less desirable tenderness and flavor. Cut off any freezer burn on the meat as it will not look or taste appealing.

Other methods for meat preservation include canning (which provides the ultimate in tenderness) and vacuum sealing. Vacuum sealing is a more desirable and simple form of preparing game meat for freezing or preserving dried meat but may not be economically feasible unless your hunt and preserve a large amount of game each year.
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Venison means "a deer like animal" and would be considered deer, elk and moose for the purpose of recipes.

Bear eat a lot of sweets like berries, honey and sweet grass. The bear meat will usually be sweet and very rich.

Antelope is not related to the deer and feeds on sage. When preparing antelope you will not need to add herbs but cooking wine and onions will enhance the flavor of this lean meat.

When field dressing and preparing game meat, always wear latex or other protective gloves.

Always cut off the outer fat of game meat. It may smell and test strong, and may ruin the meat.

Cuts of meat from older animals and birds are better served in barbecues, stews or as canned meat.

Do not leave the hide on the meat of large game animals while hanging to age meat. This may taint the flavor of the meat.

If starting to cook meat (especially fowl) and you notice an excessive amount of foaming or a bad odor throw the meat out as may have spoiled in the field or been sickly. Whenever in doubt, error on the side of caution.
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Sourdough and wild game

Sourdough pancakes and breads are always an excellent accompaniment to wild game.

Boil potatoes with jackets on until they fall into small pieces.
Lift skins out; mash potatoes making a puree. Cool.
Add more water to make sufficient liquid if necessary.
Richer the potato water, richer the starter.
Put all ingredients in the starter pot.
Beat until smooth creamy batter.
Cover. Set aside in warm place to start fermentation.

A few hints and facts about sourdough.
You cannot spoil sourdough. It is a wild yeast - a ferment. If it separates, water forming on top, just stir well and add fuel (flour) to a smooth batter again. Dip the sourdough into a bowl to make your batter. Do not mix in the sourdough pot, as there must be a starter to build new sourdough supply. Leave about one cup of sourdough for a starter. If it is all used - just add flour and water and scrape down the sides of the sourdough pot. There will be enough enzymes to start the sourdough to bubble again. Sugar is used as a booster to make the enzymes work faster. It is not used to sweeten the sourdough. Lightly cover the sourdough pot. Never seal with a tight lid as sourdough needs to breathe. Sourdough may be kept in the refrigerator when not in constant use. But remember to take it out at least a day before using to get the sourdough enzymes working again. Add flour and water. Keep warm. Never use a metal pot or spoon with sourdough. Sourdough works best when between 65 and 77 degrees. Age improves and mellows the taste appeal of sourdough.
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Random facts that speak of me

Lucy from Nourish Me has tagged me for seven random facts about me – my first tag (or is it a meme?) so here comes my blog uncertainty again, but in the spirit of sharing, which is one of the joys of the blogosphere, I have drawn up a list.

- I don’t like throwing things out. I still have a gold leaf from a cake to celebrate my First Holy Communion when I was 8 years old.

- At university, I became fascinated with the history of market gardens while studying them as part of a project.

- I met Rolf Harris when I worked on a BBC website and was transcribing a webchat with him. He was lovely but I wish I had told him how much I had loved his songs when I was a kid.

- I once read a whole novel in a bookshop without buying it – E worked there and I would read a bit every time I waited to meet him there.

- A friend and I once ate three-quarters of a chocolate cake which was fresh out of the oven – sliver by sliver!

- When I lived in Edinburgh I loved it when the wind blew the yeasty smell from the breweries in my direction – I think it was a similar warm comforting smell of freshly baked bread coming out of my mother’s oven.

- I haven’t owned (or used) an iron for over 7 years. Life’s too short!

Oh and I need to pass it on (this feels like tag chasey – is that why they call it tagging?) and so I pass the tag to Scottish Vegan and Mellie - if they can drag themselves away from their wonderful recipes and reviews :-)

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  1. Fantastic list! I loved Rolf as a kid and perhaps even more as an adult. As a 'good' book shop worker I should be horrified that you read that whole book, but I think it's rather wonderful that you did. What was it by the way?

  2. Thanks Lucy. I am glad you like Rolf - E cringes if I suggest putting on my Rolf album. But he doesn't understand because he is scottish!

    The book I read in the bookstore was Bridget Jones Diary - I made sure I chose one I didn't need to own and was light enough to pick up the plot easily. And I didn't feel guilty after I saw how the store treated their staff! In fact it went into receivership soon after but I am sure I wouldn't have saved them if I had bought the book.

  3. Yeah, he is an acquired taste I suppose, much like Vegemite. Remember those paintings he would do while telling stories? He is the master of children's entertainment. Am quite jealous!

    BJ. How I loved that book. Then there was the whole Rene-getting-fat thing and it became all a bit too weird for me. Glad they went into receivership - I've worked for a couple of dodgy book shops myself over the years...

  4. Oh, this is the first time I have been tagged…how exciting! I will need to think up some random stuff about me now! I think it’s cool that you met Rolf Harris although I’m not sure I would want to listen to his music either :) That’s so funny that you read a whole book in the shop. I didn’t realise that you lived in Edinburgh when you were in Scotland! That’s where we are moving back to! Can’t say I like the smell of the breweries though… I really don’t like ironing, but I don’t like having crumpled clothes either…how do you manage to keep your clothes from looking all creased?

  5. lucy, we loved listening to rolf's songs but I didn't really see his telly stuff much - but I wish I had. He was such a nice guy - really made me feel at ease. As for BJ I liked the book but she also was so silly that I also got annoyed - but I still love watching the movie when it is always on the tv.

    Scottish Vegan - I know Rolf isn't everyone's cuppa tea - I think as aussie kids we were always grateful to him for Six White Boomers which helped us get an Australian song into our family Christmas concerts. I think E thought me a bit weird when I got a high from the breweries smell. But that is exciting you are returning to Edinburgh - it is such a beautiful city. We were lucky enough to live with a view of the castle (although we had to put up with a damp flat). Re: ironing, I don't buy stuff that gets really crumpled and hang up clothes straight from the clothes line. And I just hate ironing enough not to worry about the odd crease. Will look forward to your random facts.

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