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Maya Marom's cooking blog, Bezakalim

"Bazek" means "dough" in Hebrew, and "alim" means "violent." This is an intentional misspelling of a bazekalim which means "puff pastry." A kind of a word-play to show off my no-fuss recipe policy. The other day I came across Maya Marom's cooking ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, CRAFT Magazine,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

This Week In Craft Fairs

Here are the upcoming craft fairs. Shop local! If you know of an upcoming event, please add it to our online calendar. If you have a call for entries you want listed in this weekly craft fair post, . Click on the jump to see the call for entries. 1st ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, CRAFT Magazine,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Flickr,  Hawkins, Inc.

Organizations that promote hands-on learning

In the upcoming issue of MAKE, we have a feature in which teachers share their favorite classroom and science fair projects. As an additional online resource for this article, we want to compile a list of organizations that promote hands-on ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, MAKE: Blog,  1 Oct 2009

Dorm Delicacy: Rice Krispy Treats

When I was in college at UC Davis, the dining commons (or the DC, as we called it) was the center of dorm life. Eating, socializing, making plans to ... er, study ... it all happened at the DC. And the food was OK. Decent. Well, I do remember one ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, CRAFT Magazine,  2 Sep 2009

Mini Maker Faire Summer Series

Last Saturday I helped out at the Mini Maker Faire that was held in a local bookstore in Petaluma, CA. This was one in a series of Mini Maker Faires that we've held this summer in and around MAKE's hometown of Sebastopol, CA. I was making toothbrush ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, CRAFT Magazine,  7 Aug 2009

As leaders fret, Bric dollar bonds beat debts in local currencies

London: For all the criticism of the US currency by leaders of the Bric nations—Brazil, Russia, India and China—dollar bonds sold by the largest emerging market countries are outperforming debt traded in reais, roubles and yuan. Prime Minister Manmohan ...

From LAURA COCHRANE AND LESTER PIMENTEL, livemint.com,  17 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Dmitry Medvedev,  Manmohan Singh,  Hu Jintao,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Commerzbank

Rescued UK bank throws a party

HBOS Plc, the bank that told shareholders on Friday it was short on liquidity, will fly 100 branch managers and their partners to New York for four days to reward their performance. The incentive plan, which has been in place for about 10 years, is ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, Shanghai Daily,  14 Dec 2008
Related Topics: HBOS,  Bloomberg News,  LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC

Australian properties may lure Germans

GERMAN investors may buy A$1 billion (US$912 million) of Australia commercial real estate this year, according to CBRE Richard Ellis Inc. Funds from Germany will look to take advantage of increased yields on long leases in Australia, Neil Brookes, a ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, Shanghai Daily,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Richard Ellis,  Bloomberg News

Holden Set To End Output In Melbourne

GENERAL Motors Corp's Australian unit, Holden, will end production of four-cylinder engines at its Melbourne plant, where more than 500 people are employed. Holden will stop making the so-called Family II engine at the end of 2009 after 27 years of ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, Shanghai Daily,  8 Jun 2008
Related Topics: General Motors,  Bloomberg News

OPEC Urged To Boost Production

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to boost oil production, after the price of the fuel surged to a record. Crude oil climbed US$10.75 in New York on Friday to settle at US$138.54 a barrel, ...

From LAURA COCHRANE, Shanghai Daily,  8 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Kevin Rudd,  Bloomberg News,  Yasuo Fukuda

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