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Taking advantage of its new Hollywood location, designers in Episode 6 of “Project Runway” head to an LA soundstage for their next challenge. 


They arrive to find Tim Gunn awaiting with a makeup artist and a velvet bag. Inside the bag are slips of paper, each with a different movie genre written on it: film noir, period, Western, action/adventure and science fiction. 


Every designer must draw from the bag and invent a character in the style of the genre they chose. 


And so the competition begins.


Irina, who won the last challenge, has first pick and takes film noir. Epperson goes last and unhappily ends up with Western. “I’m thinking ‘Hmmm, John Wayne,’” he says sarcastically.


After some quick sketching and a trip to Mood Fabrics with $150 to spend, the contestants go back to the workroom and have only until midnight to complete their costumes. Characters quickly emerge, from sexy assassin to pioneer woman to vampire bride.


Nicolas Putvinski, who is confidently comfortable with costume design, had the most complete story for his character: a banished, evil ice queen. Epperson, who had been so confounded at first quickly pulled together a dramatic denim ruffled gown. 


Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman struggled from the get-go, in spite of being an avid sci-fi fan, his green Spandex outfit for an “it” girl from another planet ended up looking more Kermit the Frog gone awry, or as Gunn put it during his swing through the studio, “it could be sublime or a big, hot mess.” And two hours before midnight, Coleman scrapped the garment and started from scratch.


Gunn did not mince words as he left, urging all the designers to: “Work like there’s no tomorrow because for one of you there won’t be.”


On the runway, presided over by designer John Varvatos, costume designer Arianne Phillips and Marie Claire editor Zoe Glassner, the more dramatic looks quickly stood out, for better or for worse. 


Nicolas’ ice queen looked like she’d stepped right off the movie set in a frosty white gown. Christopher Straub’s gown was “spectacular” from both the front and the back — always good for a film. And Ra’mon’s redo was still, as Heidi Klum dubbed it, “a green hot mess.” 


Both Gordana Gehlhausen, who went for an unimaginative flapper look and Louise Black, who floundered with a 1920s-meets-1940s frock were taken to task for their lack of originality and vision.


The judges quickly settled on Nicolas as the winner. “If you would watch that movie, you would say, ‘Wow, what a beautiful dress that ice queen was wearing,’” Klum declared.


And in the end it was Ra’mon who took the fall. It all seems a bit unfair, because of the three bottom designers in this challenge, Coleman is definitely the one with the most promise. “You’re a fabulous designer and a fabulous person,” Gunn said in parting. 


But that’s life on the runway.


Tune in next Thursday at 10 pm ET/PT on Lifetime and then visit us for the recap.













'Project Runway' Recap - Designers Head to the Movies







Coleman's Spandex style was a stretch. Photo: MyLifetime.com

					
						

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Die Immofinanz-Gruppe geriet durch die weltweite Finanzkrise extrem unter Druck und musste innerhalb des vergangenen Jahres rund drei Milliarden Euro an Verlusten hinnehmen.


Sollte dieser Plan umgesetzt werden, würden derzeitige Gl?ubiger der bestehenden zwei Wandelanleihen auf mehr als 50 Prozent des Nennwertes der bestehenden Anleihen verzichten. Die beiden Wandelanleihen umfassen ein Volumen von 1,5 Milliarden Euro und sollen nun gegen eine neue Anleihe in H?he von 600 Millionen Euro eingetauscht werden. Laut einer Pressemitteilung des Unternehmens k?nnten Anleger, die sich für einen Tausch entscheiden, mit einer kürzeren Laufzeit des Papiers sowie einer h?heren Rendite rechnen.


























Immofinanz-Chef Eduard Zehetner braucht frisches Eigenkapital 




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Das Unternehmen garantiert die Rückzahlung sowie Zinsertr?ge der Anleihe durch die Tochtergesellschaft Immoeast. Laut Angaben des Unternehmens versuche man durch diesen Tausch an frisches Eigenkapital zu kommen und die Fremdverschuldung einzud?mmen. Laut Berechnungen von Immofinanz würden sich bei einer vollst?ndigen Annahme des Angebots die bestehenden Verbindlichkeiten um 850 Millionen Euro verringern und das Eigenkapital um bis zu 825 Millionen Euro erh?hen.


Die ?sterreichische Immofinanz-Gruppe versucht mit einem Umtauschangebot von Wandelanleihen ihr Eigenkapital aufzustocken und somit der drohenden Insolvenz zu entfliehen.

					
						

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Die K?lner Kranh?user. Bild: ? Development Partners


Bei der feierlichen Preisverleihung im Palais des Festivals war die Freude bei den Gewinnern dementsprechend gro?. Architekt Hadi Teherani, der zusammen mit Winfried Siebers und Rainer Schulz von Projektentwickler ?Development Partner“ den Preis entgegen nahm, fasste gerührt zusammen: ?Der Award für das Kranhaus in K?ln ist etwas ganz besonderes für mich.“


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Für einen der begehrten Preise auf der weltweit wichtigsten Immobilienmesse ?MIPIN“ in Cannes stand mit dem ?Kranhaus1“ eines der beiden Bürogeb?ude zur Auswahl. Um den Titel in der Sparte ?Business Centre“ konkurrierten unter anderem auch das World Finance Center in Shanghai oder der Münchner Angerhof, durchgesetzt hat sich am Ende aber das K?lner Projekt. Die Abstimmung erfolgte demokratisch durch die Teilnehmer der Messe und nicht durch eine Jury im Hinterzimmer, was bei einer Messe mit Fachpublikum durchaus als Prestigeerfolg gewertet werden kann.


Im K?lner Rheinauhafen entwickelt sich derzeit Spektakul?res. Seit über zehn Jahren wird der ehemalige Handelsplatz umgestaltet, ein modernes Dienstleistungs-, Büro- und Wohngebiet soll hier entstehen. Dafür wird alte Bausubstanz erhalten und saniert, neue Geb?ude kommen hinzu und füllen die brachliegenden Lücken. Doch ein Projekt gilt hier als etwas ganz Besonderes, eines, das die alte Aufgabe des Hafens auf architektonische Weise mit der neuen Bestimmung verbindet: Die Kranh?user.


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Trotz der schweren Tage nach dem Einsturz des Stadtarchives konnte sich auch der K?lner Oberbürgermeister Fritz Schramma wieder freuen: ?Das ist ein positives Signal für K?ln – ich danke allen Beteiligten und wünsche mir für die n?chsten Jahre weitere Projekte dieser Strahlkraft.“


Ungew?hnliche Architektur: K?lner Kranhaus gewinnt Immobilien-Oscar









W?hrend die K?lner heute bei einer Gedenkfeier den Opfern des Einsturzes des historischen Stadtarchivs gedenken, macht die Stadt schon wieder mit einem Geb?ude – diesmal aber weitaus positivere – Schlagzeilen. Das ?Kranhaus 1“ im Rheinauhafen gewann auf der Immobilienmesse ?MIPIN“ in Cannes den Preis als Bürogeb?ude des Jahres.


Das dreiteilige Ensemble erhielt diesen Namen nicht durch den Volksmund, es hei?t ganz offiziell so. Und natürlich steckt auch die Absicht dahinter, da? hier ganz automatisch Assoziationen entstehen. Die wuchtige Keilform, die schmale Stütze – fast sieht es so aus, als k?nne das Geb?ude wirklich riesige Container in die Luft wuchten. Tats?chlich wird in den Objekten mit den schn?rkellosen Namen ?Kranhaus1“, ?KranhausPLUS“ und ?Pandion Vista“ nichts dergleichen passieren – sie dienen als Büro- und Wohngeb?ude. Pro Geb?ude stehen jeweils knapp 16.000 m2 Fl?che zur Verfügung, im ?Pandion Vista“ reicht das zum Beispiel für 133 Luxus-Appartements, der Quadratmeterpreis betr?gt bis zu 8.000 Euro.











					
						

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While I was watching the bottom of the 9th yesterday, I was looking at the score, and saw it change a couple of time during the inning. First it changed to 7 – 7, then it changed to 7 – 6 with Boston leading before changing back to the correct score. Maybe someone in the TBS production truck was hoping if they changed the score on the screen it would change the outcome of the game?

					
						

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Hczy Death at a Distance- The U.S. Air War_442

				
					
The step-up in air attacks is partly a reflection of how beaten up and overextended U.S. ground troops are. While Army units put in 15-month tours, Air Force deployments are only four months, with some only half that. And Iraqi and Afghani insurgents have virtually no ability to inflict casualties on aircraft flying at 20,000 feet and using laser and satellite-guided weapons, in contrast to the serious damage they are doing to US ground troops.    


The Air Force plans to deploy 170 Predators and 70 Reapers over the next three years. It is possible that in our lifetime we will be able to run a war without ever leaving the US, Lt Col David Branham told the New York Times. 


At $8.5 million an aircraft — the smaller Predator comes in at $4.5 million apiece — they are also considerably cheaper than the F-16 ($19 million) the B1-B ($200+ million) and even the A-10 ($9.8 million). 


The result of the stepped up air war, according to the London-based organization Iraq Body Count, is an increase in civilian casualties. A Lancet study of excess deaths caused by the Iraq war found that air attacks were responsible for 13% of the deaths — 76,000 as of June 2006 — and that 50% of the deaths of children under 15 were caused by air strikes.  


But Article 48 of the Geneva Conventions clearly states: The Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants. Article 50 dictates that The presence within the civilian population of individuals who do not come within the definition of civilian does not deprive the population of its civilian character.


 Besides increasing the number of F-16s, B1-Bs, and A-10 attack planes, Predator flight hours over both countries have doubled from 2005. The Predator is coming into its own as a no-kidding weapon verses a reconnaissance-only platform, brags Maj. Jon Dagley, commander of the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. 


 According to Associated Press, there has been a five-fold increase in the number of bombs dropped on Iraq during the first six months of 2007 over the same period in 2006. More than 30 tons of those have been cluster weapons, which take an especially heavy toll on civilians. 


The number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan from air strikes has created a rift between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United States.


Improving the runways has allowed the Air Force to move B1-B bombers from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to Balad, where the big aircraft have been carrying out daily strikes. A B1-B can carry up to 24 tons of bombs. 


It was not the first time Predators had struck. The previous year a CIA Predator took a shot at al-Qaeda’s number two man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, but missed. The missile, however, killed 18 people. According to the Asia Times piece, at least one other suspected al-Qaeda member was assassinated by a Predator in Pakistan’s northern frontier area, and in 2002 a Predator killed six suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen.    


SFs called in an air strike last November near Kandahar that killed 31 nomads. This past April, a similar air strike in Western Afghanistan killed 57 villagers, half of them women and children. Coalition forces are now killing more Afghan civilians than the Taliban are. The escalating death toll has thrown the government of Hamid Karzai into a crisis and the NATO governments into turmoil. We need to understand that preventing civilian casualties is crucially important in sustaining the support of the population, British Defense Minister Des Browne told the Financial Times. 


The Iraqi air force is virtually non-existent. It has no combat aircraft and only a handful of transports. 


The killers were robots, General Atomics MQ-1 Predators. The AGM-114 Hellfire missiles they used in the attack were directed from a base deep in the southern Nevada desert. 


                        Conn Hallinan is a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist.                                Recommended Citation:


The U.S. Navy has added an aircraft carrier to its Persian Gulf force, and the Air Force has moved F-16s into Balad air base north of Baghdad. 


The Air Force is also deploying a bigger, faster and more muscular version of the Predator, the MQ-9 Reaper — as in grim — a robot capable of carrying four Hellfire missiles, plus two 500 lb. bombs. 


 A senior British commander, according to the New York Times, has pressed U.S. Special Forces (SF) to leave southern Afghanistan because their use of air power was alienating the local people. SFs work in small teams and are dependent on air power for support. 


The Predators and the Reapers have several advantages, the most obvious being they don’t need pilots. With more Reapers I could send manned airplanes home, says North. 


                                                               












It is much the same in Afghanistan. Lord Inge, the former British chief of staff, recently said, The situation in Afghanistan is much worse than many people recognize…it is much more serious that people want to recognize. A well-placed military source told the Observer, If you talk privately to the generals, they are very worried. Faced with defeat or bloody stalemate on the ground, the allies have turned to air power, much as the U.S. did in Vietnam. But, as in Vietnam, the terrible toll bombing inflicts on civilians all but guarantees long-term failure. 


It has also opened up the allies to the charge of war crimes. In a recent air attack in southern Afghanistan that killed 25 civilians, NATO spokesman Lt. Col Mike Smith said the Taliban were responsible because they were hiding among the civilian population.  


Far from bringing about the intended softening up of the opposition, Phillip Gordon, a Brookings Institute Fellow, told the Asia Times, bombing tends to rally people behind their leaders and cause them to dig in against outsiders who, whatever the justification, are destroying their homeland.” 


















Death at a Distance: The U.S. Air War









According to the residents of Datta Khel, a town in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, three missiles streaked out of Afghanistan’s Pakitka Province and slammed into a Madrassa, or Islamic school, this past June. When the smoke cleared, the Asia Times reported, 30 people were dead. 


Conn Hallinan, “Death at a Distance: The U.S. Air War” (Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, August 29, 2007)


For all intents and purposes, the U.S. Army in Iraq is broken, the victim of multiple tours, inadequate forces, and the kind of war Iraq has become: a conflict of shadows, low-tech but highly effective roadside bombs, and a population which is either hostile to the occupation or at least sympathetic to the resistance. 


The Air Force certainly appears to be settling in for a long war. Until we can determine that the Iraqis have got their air force to significant capability, says Lt Gen. Gary North, the regional air commander,  I think the coalition will be here to support that effort. 


  The stepped-up air war in both countries has less to do with a strategic military decision than the reality that the occupations are coming apart at the seams. 


These assaults are part of what may be the best kept secret of the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts: an enormous intensification of US bombardments in these and other countries in the region, the increasing number of civilian casualties such a strategy entails, and the growing role of pilot-less killers in the conflict. 


 Balad, which currently conducts 10,000 air operations a week, is strengthening runways to handle the increase in air activity. Col. David Reynolds told the AP, We would like to get to be a field like Langley, if you will. The Langley field in Virginia is one of the Air Force’s biggest and most sophisticated airfields. 

					
						

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Think MTV will help you find others who share your opinions on important topics.


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My Starbucks Idea My Starbucks Idea is a community of coffee lovers who have the opportunity to share their ideas for improving Starbucks with the company.


MetroTwin MetroTwin is powered by British Airways. But instead of just connecting users who love to travel, the site takes it one further by allowing folks in both London and New York City to discuss and review their favorite hangouts.


Once you complete your profile, MetroTwin immediately asks you to start discussing your favorite places in New York or London. You can see reviews, add your own, or just find out which restaurants, bars, and hotels are worth checking out. There’s little British Airways branding (which is a plus). And I really like the site’s design. But since there are so many competitors in the space, I’m not convinced it’s a site worth joining.


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2. Disney: If you’re looking to have some fun with your social network, Disney is for you.


















After you sign up for My Starbucks Idea, you can view ideas or share your own idea. Once you decide to share your thoughts, you’ll only need to input a title and description. From there, it will be posted on the site’s home page. Ideas can be “favorited” by other users. They can also comment on the idea.


eBay Neighborhoods have some groups worth joining.


Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.




eBay Neighborhoods eBay Neighborhoods is a collection of groups of eBay users who communicate, review products, upload content, or just discuss the topics of their choice.


Disney Disney’s social-networking efforts provide a unique experience by appealing more to children than adults.




Think MTV If you’re looking to get involved in social activism, Think MTV is the branded social network for you. It highlights important issues on topics ranging from discrimination to human rights.


Disney lets you do a lot with your page.


My top 3


1. Think MTV: Think MTV highlights some tough issues. More importantly, it makes you think.


ImSaturn If you’re a Saturn car lover, ImSaturn might be the place to be. This well-designed social network has thousands of members that spend time discussing their cars, what Saturn plans for the future, and uploading photos of their “rides.” Like most social networks, you can become friends with other users, comment on status updates, and view (and upload) videos. ImSaturn also lists events for Saturn lovers to attend. You can even join groups. 


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Branded social networks


After you sign up for the social network, you’ll be given the opportunity to create your own “page.” There, you can add videos, audio, games, widgets, and a variety of other elements to make your page your own. Think of it as a custom home page. As you might expect, most of the elements you can add to your page are Disney-branded. So, you can have a “101 Dalmatians” background or play a “Pirates of the Caribbean” game. Once complete, you can check out other users’ pages, chat with friends, or join groups. It’s a powerful service and it’s well-designed.


3. My Starbucks Idea: Who wouldn’t want to decide how Starbucks does business?


ImSaturn has some groups that you can join.


Once Starbucks’ employees pick some of the better ideas, they’ll present it to the company’s key decision makers. If it’s implemented, users won’t get compensation, but they will get credit on the site.












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Branded social networks offer more than ads









At their core, branded social networks are a marketing ploy by firms to keep you interested in their products. So, be aware that if you join one you will need to deal with some annoying advertisements. But if you want to join another community of people with similar interests, start with some of these services.


My Starbucks Idea makes it easy to share your ideas.


MetroTwin will show off a bunch of places worth checking out in London and New York.


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After signing up for eBay, you can easily join one of the company’s neighborhoods. Those neighborhoods range in size from a few members to thousands of members that center on topics ranging from coffee to sports. The members in each group engage in discussions on those subjects. They can also review products and post blog entries. Some of the bigger neighborhoods have a lot of activity, while others have little activity. Either way, eBay Neighborhoods isn’t a bad place to communicate with people who share your interests.


Once you sign up for the site, you can follow what’s going on in those spaces, discuss those issues with others, and form groups to help combat the problems. The site also provides links to political action organizations, so you can have your voice heard. It’s a really nice site that provides insight into hot-button issues. Check it out.

					
						

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