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My '92 Loyale: Safariwagon
Posted 16 October 2011 - 10:57 AM
Posted 17 October 2011 - 12:47 AM
Also got a Repro 4WD decal from Tex and Barracuda (Thanks guys!)
Did you have issues ordering those Subaru Badges from their site? I think my VIN is too old (83 GL) for that order form. I put in a call and left a message, I hope I can get them.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 01:52 AM
Posted 18 October 2011 - 09:15 PM
Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:18 PM
Where can i get a new "4WD" sticker?
Talk to "Barracuda"
Posted 20 October 2011 - 04:01 PM
Nope, never had an issue with mine, but I know a fellow member with an '83 Brat had trouble. He called and got it worked out though
Yeah I just called today. Can't wait to for them to get here. Is it a peel and stick deal, pretty durable, won't come off in a carwash?
Posted 20 October 2011 - 04:42 PM
the wheels really stick out !
love the Japanese plate
Posted 20 October 2011 - 05:12 PM
Yeah I just called today. Can't wait to for them to get here. Is it a peel and stick deal, pretty durable, won't come off in a carwash?
Yeah, this is a professional grade decal. Once its stuck, it is not coming off.
Posted 20 October 2011 - 11:36 PM
Posted 21 October 2011 - 12:00 AM
Gonna take Emily, my girlfriend out in this car tomorrow
Take your Camera with You, So you can Post Pics here!
Posted 21 October 2011 - 09:13 AM
Posted 30 October 2011 - 11:15 PM
I replaced the passenger side axle with an EMPI which is still nice.
The two things I noticed about the 2nd axle I bought was, the Shaft was a smaller diameter, and the CVJ was very stiff (Like they put assy oil in it with no grease)
Anybody else had this issue?
Posted 02 November 2011 - 10:05 PM
Here is when I was in the process of POR-15ing the entire underside (Which has been done for the past 3 years, Still looks great, rock solid.
The Genuine Reman Starter.
The Peugeots right after I got them from McBrat.
After $300 of Power-coating.
The 2" SJR.
The Spare.
New Radiator, Waterpump, Seals and ATF Cooling lines. (2009)
Posted 09 November 2011 - 03:46 PM
Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:04 PM
After $300 of Power-coating.
The Spare.
Just curious, was there a reason why you didn't get a matching wheel for the spare, and have it powder coated white with the rest?
I've always liked cars with matching full-size spares and identical tires... because when you have a flat and change it, then get the flat repaired, you can just toss the repaired tire back in the car without having to pull the "spare" back off again...
But I've also read that some people like having a spare which is different, as it "reminds" them that they need to get their flat fixed.
Thanks for posting the "before" pictures, by the way. Gives some hope to those of us with rusty cars.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:08 PM
I went with a Grabber tire as I was going to run those, but bought the Bighorns instead (A much better tire)
Posted 20 November 2011 - 05:55 PM
Posted 11 December 2011 - 12:31 AM
Posted 11 December 2011 - 02:09 AM
Whatcha buy yourself?
Posted 11 December 2011 - 02:23 AM
Posted 11 December 2011 - 05:21 AM
Posted 11 December 2011 - 07:23 AM
Happy Birthday Tom. I understand why you put it away because you worked hard to tackle the rust and make it look good as new. But its just a crying shame to see a subaru put away for the winter.
No it's not! You wouldn't be saying that about an FF or something. I understand not wanting to rust it up!! But.... being put away for the winter gives you good opportunity to do a 5speed swap
Happy birthday
Posted 11 December 2011 - 07:38 AM
Posted 11 December 2011 - 10:52 AM
yeah, it is kinda sad to see a 'Ru parked for the winter, since that is when they shine best - BUT - considering all the work to repair the rust on this particular car - i completely understand why it is getting put away.
And besides, he does still have the Trashwagon to play in the snow with!
(You do still have it, dont you, Tom??)
Posted 11 December 2011 - 11:03 AM
But its just a crying shame to see a subaru put away for the winter.
I don´t think so. My former 89 Leone Touring Wagon was put away for winter in a garage and my Turismo-project will never see winter again in its coming life. Winter is responsible for the older Subarus becoming extinct and I want to keep mine for longer than just one or two winters...
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"Fast and Furious 6"★ ★ ½
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Gina Carano, Jordana Brewster, Luke Evans
Directed by: Justin Lin
Other: A Universal Pictures release. Rated PG-13 for language, sexual situations, violence. 130 minutes
So what else is new? It's another "Fast & Furious"!
Justin Lin's sixth entry in Universal Pictures' lucrative franchise ($1.5 BILLION and counting) doesn't appear to be remotely interested in those elements. It wants to constantly astonish us with spectacularly absurd stunts, flash-edited fight sequences, pulse-pounding car chases and demolition smash-ups that make "The Blues Brothers" look lethargic.
Don't call "Fast & Furious 6" a regular action movie. It's a 15-year-old boy's ultimate live-action version of a Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoon driven by muscle cars, steroidal muscle guys, muscle girls and a Victoria's Secret-esque music-video shoot tossed in for extra testosterone teasing.
Speaking of car metaphors, park your expectations of common sense and realism at the theater door. You won't need them.
This movie out-Bonds even the most outrageously silly 007 adventure.
Take the scene in which Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) is falling to her death on a freeway, and Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) bullets through the air like Superman, intercepts Letty in midair and they both go crashing into the windshield of a speeding automobile below. Dom and Letty don't even suffer a scratch.
"How did you know the car would break our fall?" Letty asks.
What? Smashing into a speeding car broke their fall?
Why didn't it break their bones?
Then, just when you think they've gone about as far as they can go, Lin, working from an alleged screenplay by Chris Morgan, sets out to top each successively implausible situation, climaxing with a thunderous takeoff of a military getaway plane that conveniently barrels down the only 75-mile airport runway in the world, so the good guys have plenty of time to stop it.
Having pointed out all this large-scale nuttiness, I must also acknowledge that "Fast & Furious 6" is a brainlessly engaging motion picture that works as a hilariously funny live-action cartoon, but not a particularly well-made one.
Numerous fight sequences have been edited so fast and furiously that they numb our senses and we sometimes can't tell what's going on.
Same thing with the frequent car chases and smash-ups. They become endless set pieces that lose power the longer they play.
Oops. I almost forgot to mention the plot, just like this movie almost did.
Shaw (Luke Evans), another one of those British mercenary terrorists modeled after Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber in "Die Hard," gains possession of a device that will bring world powers to their knees.
Super cop Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his new sidekick Riley ("Haywire" martial arts sensation Gina Carano) contact Dom with a deal he can't refuse: Stop Shaw and there will be pardons for everyone he's ever worked with.
To save the world, Dom reassembles his old crew, now rich and hiding out from American authorities. They include Brian O'Conner (the boring Paul Walker) who's a new daddy with his wife Mia (Jordana Brewster), smart-cracking Roman (Tyrese Gibson), techno-whiz Tej (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) and lovebirds Han and Gisele (Sung Kang and Gal Gadot).
If you're a "Fast & Furious" fan, you're probably wondering how could Letty be in this movie. She's supposed to be dead! Killed in a fiery car crash!
She's magically back and working with Shaw to conquer the world. But it's OK, because she suffers from amnesia. She can't remember anything from the five earlier "Fast & Furious" films or that she has a thing for Dom.
So Dom can't take it personally when Letty shoots him.
At times, "Fast & Furious 6" devolves into an Abrahams/Zucker action movie parody like "Airplane" with snappy comebacks and funny asides.
Other times, it just devolves.
Non-spoiler alert! Stick around during the closing credits to witness a shocking turn-of-events for one of the main characters, plus the introduction of a key villain for "Fast & Furious 7," already scheduled for release next July.


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Macedonia United Methodist started an exercise group on Jan. 7.
Macedonia United Methodist started an exercise group on Jan. 7.
The group will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8 a.m. in the gathering area outside the church office and Spirit Hall. Mondays and Wednesdays the class will do jazzercise workouts and yoga stretch. On Fridays there will be a complete yoga session with a certified yoga instructor.
Each session will last approximately one hour. The classes are suitable for all levels of fitness and there is no charge. Put on your exercise clothes and tennis shoes, grab your exercise mat and join the group.
After a Christmas and News Year's break, the church's Kid's Club will start back on Jan. 13 with a meeting every Sunday morning. Children from three years old through fifth grade are welcome. There will be Bible stories, crafts, music and special events throughout the year. For additional information, contact the church office at 798-3097 for organizer contacts.
The church's poor man's supper will be from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15. The menu consist of fatback, pinto beans, potatoes, greens, cabbage, cooked apples, corn bread, biscuits, hot dogs for the kids and delicious desserts made by the ladies of the church. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children. Come and enjoy an evening of good food, fellowship and music.
The church will be starting a new book club at 7 p.m. Jan. 15. The club will meet on the third Tuesday of every month thereafter. The book selected for January is "Christmas Jars" by Jason F. Wright. Copies of the book are available from the Davidson County Library. Read the book and come enjoy the group for great discussion and fellowship on the Jan. 15t! February's book will be "Water for Elephants" by Sarah Gruen and the book for March is the classic "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith.
There will be no soup and pie in January. They will resume on Feb. 5.
The youth group has calendars for 2013! Wall calendars are $7 and pocket calendars are $6. This is one of the main fundraisers for the group. Thank you for your support.
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I remember the old Southmont Elementary gym that stood behind the school tucked in the edge of the woods. It was a huge gray building that housed a full basketball court. The backboards were wooden, the floor real hardwood.
I remember many school play times spent in the building and quite a few pickup games played in the rustic old building that had no heat that I recall, and definitely no air conditioning! Nothing much had air conditioning in those days! I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
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Yalla Yalla
Yalla Yalla continues to produce its hit formula of superior Lebanese cooking in a casual setting. Its self-styled 'Beirut street food' resonates with the upbeat informality of these dinky Soho premises; we've found the quality to match that of much pricier restaurants. Diners cram on to faux-rustic tables at lunchtime, while others nip in for takeaway wraps – filled with everything from falafel to spicy sujuk sausage – from the pre-prepared selection behind the counter. We were presented with arabic bread, olives and torshi (pickles) as we perused the menu: not the big salad bowls of the posh places, but a charming touch nonetheless. From the concise list of meze dishes we tried a chunky, smoky baba ganoush and a flavour-packed fattoush salad. A profusion of fresh salad vegetables (lettuce, radish, cucumber, spring onion, cucumber and tomatoes) had been labour-intensively chopped small, before adding crispy toasted pitta, a dusting of warm sumac and a red wine vinaigrette – brilliant. Halloumi meshoué (grilled) was fine too, served with olives and mint. There's also a selection of main-course grills. In all, you get an edited version of a full Lebanese menu here, served in a convivial atmosphere, with the bonus of cocktails in the evening.
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The real treat here is the lunchtime deal. A wrap and a side for just £6.50? Bargain!
Delicious! Came here for a quick lunch and was pleasantly surprised.
The service was fast and the food was great for sharing. Good for large groups as you can try all the dishes.
Try the beer!
I've been here with a big group and had a fantastic meal as we shared almost everything off the menu, it was very cheap too. On my second visit there was just two of us so I wasn't so impressed as we were limited in what we ordered and don't think we made the best choice! Great atmosphere though, definitely worth a visit
Yalla Yalla is an easy win, it's not the same old boring Nandos but at the same time it isn't too wild for people to complain - there's something for everyone here. The Fattoush salad is a delight and I would order that for lunch week if I could - those crispy bits of flatbread & crunchy radishes! Only shame is the seating, it can be very uncomfortable so definitely somewhere my mum would complain about!
Our party of 3 was so looking forward to dinner at Winsley St & we were all hugely disappointed.
Unable to reserve a table as Yalla Yalla operates a policy of not seating 'incomplete parties' so we were asked to stand just inside the doorway until our third person arrived. Not the best.
Given a drinks menu but no bar to stand at or table to sit at, we stood waiting whilst empty tables filled whilst our 3rd guest made her way on foot from the tube. I don't think many restaurants operate this policy because it's most unwelcoming & sets you on edge before your experience realy begins.
Portions are very small in comparison to generous servings at Le Comptoir Libanais & the staff a little lacklustre. We won't be returning.
I'm a big fan of Yalla Yalla, which in my native language means "hurry up". It's good, honest and tasty food made well. Super gutted they are no longer in the pop-up food tent in Shoreditch but they do have a spot outside at the 02 Area in Greenwich which I discovered going to see Heartbeark Hotel! No need for Nandos when you can get a lush lamb shawarma from here. Always ask for some chilli sauce - it's soooo good!
Came here after a theatre matinee. (The Green's Court branch was nearer and is very small). It was the first time we'd tried Lebanese food. The meal was delicious and the service really good - efficient without being hurried. The staff were genuinely concerned to ensure that you enjoyed your meal. Will definitely visit again.
The place was buzzing when we stopped for lunch, though service was quick. We punted for 4 mezze dishes for two of us; each costing £4-5. Good choice for veggies. Dishes were a nice size and 4 was plenty. I sampled the falafel, spinach fatayer and vine leaves. The chunky, spicy falafel and refreshingly lemony vine leaves made for a tasty meal, but the spinach fatayer was dry and weirdly sweet. Without houmous or baba ganoush, it was all a little too dry, which resulted in us guzzling some nice lemonades from their selection.
Fantastic food, great value and a lovely atmosphere. Not a place to go for dinner if you are in a rush, service was rather slow, didn't ruin the experience though. Will be going back, highly recommended.
Amazing experience, the food is really great, I loved everything that I tried, the waiter was really kind and funny and he helped us to choose our food, I really recommend it!!
Small and tiny cafe/restaurant, enjoyed my dinner there with couple of friends, mezze was fresh and tasty, fattush salad was the best, hommus was creamy with a hint of garlic. they recommend the Lebanese white as i remember was St Thomas which was nice and fruity. Service was helpful also.
After reading amazing reviews about Yalla Yalla, my husband and I decided to have a go and we both can't believe how dissapointing it was! The homemade lemonade was very nice though, but the actual food is either overrated or we were unlucky enough to get the wrong cook! The Chicken was overcooked and the vermicelli rice luke warm... Our waitress was a bit abrupt and seemed as if she couldn't wait to go home. Maybe it was because we went on a Sunday that they had ran out of steam or something, but we won't be rushing back to find out :0(
Extremely rude staff and very slow service . After waiting for 20 minutes for take away food the waiter who mixed up my order handed me my money back, told me not to waste his time and walked away. AVOID THIS PLACE!
The food is ok. However there has been a problem each and every time i have eaten here. today was the last time. the service is slow the staff sulky and can be cramped. perhaps all the stars are from people who havent eaten much lebanese food. i have never been servced a shawarma heated through on a panini heater before. Street food should be quick hot and fresh. Disappointing
Amazing, tasty food. Can't get enough...
Try their daily special, the charcoal grilled quail with molasses and the pickled baby aubergines were yummy.Service is attentive and the atmosphere is great.
Amazing authentic food, attentive sercice and good atmosphere.
Absolutely dreadful. Warm beer, greasy/poor tasting food, dreadful staff. Avoid.
I've been here a couple of times now for lunch with a friend. The food has been good on both occasions and the service friendly. It is a little bit cramped and on both times we were there it was very busy. Saying that, we were never rushed.
Price is cheap so maybe it reflects in the food quality. Kibbeh Nayeh was mediocre, with more bulgur than meat. Hummus as good as the ones you can find in the supermarket. Mouhalabieh was not creamy as it should be.
After waiting for 15min at around 10pm, we were kicked out from the restaurant. The reason was because we didn't order the main meals from the menu. Stay away if you don't want to be forced what to eat!!!


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(MCT) — Amid reports of alleged hazing involving Maine West High School athletes, the state's child welfare agency has asked Cook County prosecutors to investigate whether any school employees failed in their duty to report possible child abuse or neglect.
The Department of Children and Family Services said allegations that district employees "knew of alleged abuse or neglect as early as 2007" have been referred to the state's attorney's office to see whether a violation of Illinois' Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act had occurred.
A recent lawsuit on behalf of four athletes from the Des Plaines school alleges that players on the boys soccer and baseball teams were physically and sexually assaulted by teammates in initiation rituals, the earliest occurring in 2007. The lawsuit claims that some coaches and school officials knew of the hazing but did nothing to stop it.
Des Plaines police have charged six players on this year's soccer team with misdemeanors stemming from the alleged hazing of three teammates. Two soccer coaches remain on paid leave and have been reassigned from their teaching duties while Maine Township High School District 207 investigates.
District officials said they immediately notified police and DCFS about the most recent allegations, but they acknowledged that some Maine West administrators knew about one case of alleged hazing on the baseball team in 2008.
Four students were disciplined at the time, but top district officials say they did not know about the incident until the mother of the alleged victim called Superintendent Ken Wallace last month.
At a District 207 school board meeting Monday evening, district officials reiterated a statement they released Friday, saying they acted "quickly and appropriately" when they learned of the claims and that they are "absolutely committed to eliminating the practices and traditions that might lead to such hazing incidents."
Meanwhile, officials at nearby Township High School District 211 were also dealing with hazing allegations.
The district suspended the Hoffman Estates High School boys varsity basketball team for three games, forcing them to forfeit, after administrators learned of an off-campus "initiation" to which some members of the team were subjected.
District 211 Superintendent Nancy Robb said in a statement Monday that the ritual involved "several players piling onto a targeted player and then grabbing, horseplay, slapping and hitting the targeted player in areas that included the buttocks and sometimes in the groin. The players were clothed at the time of each 'initiation' pile-on, and the contact occurred on top of the player's clothing."
Robb added that the school's investigation did not reveal any sexual misconduct among the players and that head coach Luke Yanule promptly reported the allegation when he learned of it Friday.
"Hazing or other initiations have never been tolerated, nor will it ever be tolerated in our basketball program or in any program at Hoffman Estates High School," Yanule said in a statement issued by the district. "Our team will own the disciplinary measures handed down with integrity as we look to move forward."
School officials notified DCFS about the allegations, Robb said, but the agency decided not to take action (a DCFS spokesman declined to comment about the case). Sgt. Darin Felgenhauer of the Hoffman Estates police said Monday an investigator is still looking into the incident and that no criminal charges have been filed.
Hazing violates student disciplinary codes in both districts, and their respective administrators said they will institute new measures to combat the practice.
District 207 officials said they will retrain staff, start a hotline to field complaints and require coaches and athletes to sign an anti-hazing pledge. District 211 administrators said they will conduct training with the basketball team and other sports and activities.


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APTOS - A 65-year-old woman who crashed her minivan on Highway 1 in Aptos Monday night had been impaired by prescription medication, the California Highway Patrol said.
Evangelina Bersamin-Harried of Capitola was driving her silver, 2004 Mazda MPV north on Highway 1 about 5:20 p.m., said CHP officer Sarah Jackson. Bersamin-Harried approached the Freedom Boulevard offramp and lost control of the van.
It struck the center divide and rolled several times, Jackson said.
Bersamin-Harried was transported by helicopter to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. She was arrested on suspicion of DUI but remained in the hospital Tuesday, according to the CHP.
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So I was outside of the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC on the corner of 11th and H street. It was pouring rain and this guy walks up and stands next to me. I look at him and he looks JUST LIKE Woody Paige from Around the Horn. I go up to him and I'm like "Hey, you know you look a lot like --" and he says "Woody Paige? Yea I get that a lot". So we talk a little bit and I'm about to walk away, and I'm thinking, okay this is just some guy, but then he told me he was just messing with me and says "Yea, I am Woody". He was in town on business and was doing his conference call later today to prepare for an episode of Around the Horn.
I got to talk to him a little bit about T.O. (I'm a Bills fan) and then I ask him what he thinks about Rich Rodriguez. He said he thinks Rich Rod didn't realize there wasn't much talent at UM and thought he was a better coach than he really was, but that he liked what he did at WVU and Michigan should be good in the future.
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AURORA – The Marmion basketball team can only hope its encore performance against rival Aurora Central Catholic goes as it did Friday night.
With 10 days until the rivals meet at the IHSA Class 3A IMSA Regional, Marmion blew away its biggest rival, 60-36, to split the season series in the Suburban Christian Conference Blue Division matchup.
Marmion coach Ryan Paradise is tempering enthusiasm for the Cadets' win with the playoff matchup right around the corner.
"I don't really know how much this means other than them wanting to get us back," Paradise said. "It was kind of a dress rehearsal in that it's a rivalry game and everyone's up for it but I don't know if anyone is going to take too much out of this when it's playoff time."
An abysmal fourth quarter sunk what was already a tough night for ACC. The Chargers failed to score in the fourth until Brad Searles hit a 3 with 25 seconds to go.
By that point, the game had well been decided as the Cadets (10-16, 4-6) blew open a 12-point third quarter lead with a dominating defensive effort in the fourth quarter.
As he did at the start of the first quarter, Marmion senior Alex Theisen started the fourth quarter with two 3-pointers that opened up a 51-33 Cadets' lead. Jordan Glasgow then knocked down a pair of elbow jumpers on consecutive possessions and the rout was on.
Theisen finished with 19 points, including five 3-pointers in the win.
"We just needed a turn-around; I didn't want to lose today, especially after losing to them last time," Theisen said. "We were looking to get the ball in the middle so we could break up their defense. It wasn't as much about shots as it was working the ball around and making sure everyone touched it."
Theisen's 11 first-quarter points put ACC (13-12, 5-5) in a 22-9 first-quarter hole that they never recovered from. The Chargers cut the lead to 10 points on two occasions late in the second quarter but never were able to get closer.
ACC coach Nate Drye wasn't pleased with much of anything in the loss.
"I know we weren't ready to play tonight. We were pretty much bad in every way, shape and form," Drye said. "We played bad, we shot it bad, we passed it bad, we guarded it bad, we coached it bad and it's probably going to have a bad bus ride, too."
Marmion came out firing from the start as the Cadets' started the first quarter on a 12-2 run. Theisen hit three 3s in the run as the Cadets' were patient with ACC's 2-3 zone defense.
"Alex made a couple of shots there to start the game and this is the most patient we've been in a long, long time," Paradise said. "We didn't turn the ball over and made great decisions."
Glasgow added 14 points for the Cadets, who kept ACC big-man Phil Schuetz to eight points, which led the Chargers.


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Overall, the job market took a downturn in the last month of 2012 in the state of North Carolina.
According to a new unemployment numbers report out of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, only three counties statewide saw unemployment stay the same or drop.
The report showed even while accounting for seasonal employment, the unemployment rate average statewide was at 9.5%.
In Beaufort County, the rate was at 11.1%. That is up by 0.8% since November.
In Carteret, the rate went up a full percentage point to 9.3%.
Craven County went up a little more than half a percentage point, giving the county a 10% unemployment rate.
Martin County stood at 11.4% unemployed. Onslow was at 8.8%, while Pitt County was up by half a percentage point to a 9.6% unemployment rate for December.
Counties with highest rates included Graham, Scotland, Swain, Dare, and Edgecombe counties.


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ATLANTA -- Forecasters are expecting a significant severe weather outbreak on Tuesday and Wednesday through the mid-South and Southeastern states.
Forecasters said a storm system moving across the nation is expected to spread severe weather across areas from Texas to Mississippi, and as far north as Illinois and Indiana. By Wednesday, the strongest storms are expected to spread eastward into Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
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11Alive Meteorologist Chris Holcomb says by early Wednesday, a strong line of severe weather will be poised to enter Georgia, bringing with it high winds, vivid lightning, and heavy rains. Chris says not to rule out the outside possibility for a tornado with this storm system. Remeber that if some of these storms do occur during hours when you will be sleeping, to make sure you have a weather radio or some other device that can wake you and alert you to the bad weather.
Although there is still some fine-tuning to be done in advance of the storm system, look for heavy weather to enter the northwestern portion of the state in the early afternoon hours on Wednesday, with the storms getting into Metro Atlanta by the afternoon rush hour.
Keep in mind that the storms may come in earlier, say Tuesday evening, out ahead of the front, or even later in the day Wednesday, depending on the speed of the system and other factors. In addition, the strength of the storms may be affected by the timing. If the storms occur later in the day, they will tend to be stronger, due to the heating of the day.
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The boys and girls of the Estes Park High School basketball teams came out of the district tournaments with different seeds, different results and different opponents heading into the first round of the state playoffs. Hang on, this could get bumpy.
The Bobcats finished the district tournament with a 13-9 overall record. Fantastic, if you consider they only had 16 wins over the previous three seasons. The boys ended the regular season with a convincing win over league rival Lyons, then knocked out conference interloper Fort Lupton. After that, things turned a bit sour.
The Sterling Tigers, eventual runners-up in the Patriot League, essentially pounded the 'Cats for one quarter of their game, making the difference. Then the Bobcats faced the Bulldogs of University and looked anything but inspired.
Even with the laxed effort, the boys already had a spot in the round of 32 sewn up. The Bulldogs jumped over the sleepy 'Cats to grab third place in the tournament, relegating Estes Park to fourth. As a result, The Bobcats took the fourth seed out of the district, seeding 19th in the 3A bracket.
The Bobcats head to Broomfield and Holy Family High School to open the state tournament against the 14th seed, Manitou Springs.
The Manitou Springs Mustangs come into the tournament with a 13-9 record, as well. The Mustangs suffered losses from Holy Family, Jefferson Academy and Machebeuf. While the 'Cats handled Machebeuf to open the season, they, too, took a loss at the hands of Jefferson Academy.
The Mustangs average 56.5 points per game, as compared to Estes Park's 69.2. From all indications, The Bobcats have a better than even chance of moving on in the tournament. If they show up with their heads in the game, show some hustle and desire, they will live to play again Saturday, which will also be at Holy Family, most likely facing the host school.
The girls have a much tough road ahead. The Ladycats won their "pigtail" tournament game over Fort Lupton, then had to face Valley. The Vikings sent the Ladycats into the consolation bracket, which ended up being a gift.
In the consolation side of the tournament, the Ladycats avenged two regular-season losses on the way to taking the last slot out of the district tournament. The girls beat Frontier Academy, then took the consolation bracket with a win over Brush. The girls were rewarded with the 29 seed in the round of 32.
Not only do the girls have to travel to Colorado Springs to start the state tournament, the have to face the fourth seed, St. Mary's Pirates, on Friday. While the Ladycats finished a respectable 14-9, the Pirates are boasting a 19-4 record in a tough region. Their losses came from Lamar, eleventh seed, Trinidad, the seventh seed, and Machebeuf, the tournament's ninth seed.
The Pirate are averaging 47.7 points per game along with 25.5 rebounds and 16.7 steals. The Ladycats average 46.8 points, 30.4 rebounds and 15.3 steals.
On paper, it looks close. It will still take a special effort for the Ladycats to get out of the first round. Not impossible, just very challenging. The girls, however, are on a roll with the two wins out of the Patriot League playoffs.
The Bobcats tip off at Holy Family against Manitou Springs on Friday afternoon beginning at 3 pm. The Ladycats, again, will be in Colorado Springs facing the host school, St. Mary's starting at 7 pm.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Red Sox manager John Farrell was asked Saturday morning if he had any updates on the progress of Andres Torres, the veteran outfielder who was signed to a minor league contract this month.
"Don't have a real update on that yet," Farrell said. "I know Mookie Betts is swinging the bat well."
With that off-the-cuff comment, Farrell started the countdown for when the 21-year-old Betts will join the Red Sox. It could be far more sooner than later.
Through Friday, Betts was hitting .324 with an .888 OPS in 17 games for Triple A Pawtucket. He had six extra-base hits and 12 RBIs. On the season, Betts is hitting .348 with a .969 OPS. He has 21 doubles, 4 triples, 8 home runs, and 26 stolen bases in 31 attempts.
"Nice young fella," Farrell said. "I'm not suggesting anything other than we recognize and watch what he's doing daily."
Betts is a second baseman, but he has played 24 games in center field this season, 12 in Pawtucket.
"Center field looks like, all reports, the reads and the routes are good," Farrell said. "We're not ready to anoint him a regular center fielder or regular outfielder. But his athleticism certainly plays there."
Farrell did not offer a guess when Betts would join the Red Sox other to say that any Triple A player is on the radar.
"He continues to swing the bat with some consistency," Farrell said. "Time frame? No indication to it. He's doing everything he can to put himself on the right track."
With center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. struggling offensively, Betts could move into the lineup in that spot. Farrell said Brock Holt has given the Red Sox a lift since he was called up.
Bradley is hitting .207 with a .294 on-base percentage.
As for Torres, he has started playing for Single A Lowell, going 2 for 10 in his first three games. He is expected to join Pawtucket before too long, perhaps as a replacement for Betts.
Holding pattern
Shane Victorino did not play again for Pawtucket, as his rehabilitation assignment remains stalled. Victorino has not played in a game since Tuesday because of what Farrell has said is "stiffness."
Victorino was sent back to Boston for treatment and has not been with Pawtucket on its road trip for several days. He will not play Sunday but could take batting practice.
"That's where we are right now," Farrell said. "I wouldn't categorize it as a setback. We have to cautiously get him back before we overload him."
Farrell suggested a few days ago that Victorino could be activated off the disabled list while the team was on the West Coast.
"Tougher in terms of the West Coast timetable, but not ruling it out," the manager said.
Victorino is 0 for 6 in three games for Pawtucket. He has played only 21 games for the Red Sox because of hamstring strains.
Bogaerts takes break
Xander Bogaerts sat out Saturday's 2-1, 10-inning loss to Oakland as Jonathan Herrera started at third base. Bogaerts is 11 of 65 (.169) with six RBIs in 17 games since the Red Sox moved him to third base to accommodate the arrival of Stephen Drew.
In the last 12 games, Bogaerts is 4 for 43. His batting average has dropped from .299 to .265. With Drew 6 for 38 (.158), the Red Sox have received little from that side of the infield in recent weeks.
Farrell met with Bogaerts before the game and came away assured the move to third base is not a cause of his slump.
"He's perfectly able to separate the field from the batter's box. He's just going through a rough patch at this moment, both at the plate and in the field," Farrell said.
"He's made a couple of throws at third that have gotten away from him. And I don't believe there's any residual effect from moving positions. I don't believe Xander lets those things enter into his mind-set."
Hop to it
Burke Badenhop pitched two scoreless innings during Friday night's 4-3 loss. The righthander has not allowed an earned run in his last 27 appearances, a span of 31⅓ innings.
The Red Sox, however, are 9-18 in those games.
"He's become invaluable, to be honest," said Farrell. "His willingness to attack the strike zone, he knows he's got to pitch to contact. More than anything he knows who he is as a pitcher. That is refreshing in its own way.
"He knows where his strengths are, he knows what he's trying to get accomplished. It has led to the consistency he's shown."
Badenhop was acquired from Milwaukee because of his propensity to induce ground balls and hold down righthanded hitters. But Friday was the 14th time he has pitched more than one inning.
Doing time
Righthander Brandon Workman has served four games of his six-game suspension. Under major league rules, he can work out with the team before the game but is not allowed in the dugout or the clubhouse once the first pitch is thrown.
Workman could watch from the stands or the press box but he has been going back to the team hotel in San Francisco then seeking out a sports bar.
"I just sit there and watch," Workman said. "I miss being at the park."
So far, Workman said, no Red Sox fans have recognized him as he watches from the bar.
Local hero
NESN's Dennis Eckersley threw out the first pitch and received a big hand from the crowd. Eckersley was with the Athletics from 1987-95 and has his No. 43 retired . . . The Sox have lost 15 of their last 20 games against the Athletics and 16 of the last 19 at Oakland . . . A.J. Pierzynski was 0 for 4, seeing a total of seven pitches, and is 2 of his last 23 . . . Will Middlebrooks was 0 for 2 with a walk and played five innings at third base as his rehab stint continued with Pawtucket . . . The Red Sox signed righthander Karsten Whitson, their 11th-round pick in the draft. Whitson was the ninth overall pick of the Padres in 2010 before an injury-plagued career at the University of Florida. But the 22-year-old still has a fastball that hits 96 miles per hour.Peter Abraham can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @peteabe.


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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Justin Morneau crushed a two-run homer in the 10th inning that lifted the Colorado Rockies to an 8-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game set.
Carlos Gonzalez singled with one out in the home half and Morneau smoked a 3-2 fastball over the wall off Dale Thayer (2-2) two batters later to end it.
"Justin came up big in the end there," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of Morneau. "I'm really happy for him. He's having a phenomenal season."
The Rockies had a 6-4 lead in the ninth before LaTroy Hawkins blew his first save of the season, serving up a two-run shot by Everth Cabrera.
Nick Masset (1-0) pitched a perfect top half of the 10th for Colorado to earn the win.
Seth Smith opened the scoring with a solo homer to right center in the first to give the Padres an early lead.
Colorado put up a four-spot in the third, with Charlie Blackmon's two-run single coming just before Corey Dickerson's two-run homer to left.
With two outs in the fourth, Cameron Maybin singled and scored on Rene Rivera's double. Will Venable plated Rivera a batter later with a single to center to cut the San Diego deficit to 4-3.
"You know we're going to battle. We're going to (give) 100 percent until the last out," Rivera said. "It was a tough game."
Tulowitzki increased the Colorado cushion with a solo shot to lead off the fifth, but San Diego got the run back in the next inning with a solo blast from Rivera.
In the home seventh, Blackmon and pinch-hitter Drew Stubbs singled to set up a frantic play. Following a 6-4-2-5 double play off the bat of Tulowitzki -- one in which Blackmon was erased at home and Stubbs at second and left the batter on second base -- Gonzalez brought him home with a looping single into center that pushed the spread to 6-4.
Game Notes
San Diego had won two of three entering the game ... Colorado had lost four of its last five ... Colorado starter Juan Nicasio went six innings and allowed four runs on nine hits ... Donn Roach was let off the hook for the Padres in his start after allowing four runs on four hits over three innings ... Colorado activated catcher Wilin Rosario (stomach virus) off the 15-day disabled list prior to the game and optioned catcher Mike McKenry to Triple-A Colorado Springs to make room for Rosario.


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[[Category:OWASP_Project|Academy Portal Project]] [[Category:OWASP_Tool]] [[Category:OWASP_Alpha_Quality_Tool|OWASP Alpha Quality Document]]
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Revision as of 09:43, 10 November 2011
The OWASP Academy Portal is to be the single access point to the categorized OWASP educational Material.
On the OWASP Academy Portal, all OWASP internal and donated training material can be accessed. Those training material is reviewed and approved by the OWASP Academy Portal Project members in order to set and maintain an OWASP-worthy training quality. The Global Education Committee is guiding and enabling the efforts of the Academy Portal.
Project About
What does this OWASP project offer you?
What releases are available for this project?
Road map & progress
Meeting notes
Notes 2011-10-27
timelines agreed between Ivan Buetler & Martin Knobloch
- 31.10.2011
- OWASP is sending Academy Portal preinformation to Hackign-Lab (including logos) (Martin Knobloch)
- 04.11.2011
- Hacking-Lab is creating it's own OWASP page on www.hacking-lab.com based on the information sent on 31.10.2011 (Ivan Bütler)
- 07.11.2011
- Academy Portal is ready to use. The portal has all core features implemented. (Martin Knobloch)
- 8.11.2011
- Hacking-Lab is announcing Academy Portal and OWASP Germany to its 4200 users (Ivan Bütler)
- 12.11.2011
- Testrun with FREE OWASP TOP 10 training in the Netherland by Martin (classroom) (Martin Knobloch)
- 13.11.2011
- Last change requests to Hacking-Lab (Martin Knobloch)
- 17.11.2011
- Martin is giving a talk from 12:00 – 12:45 with the title "OWASP Global Education Committee" (Martin Knobloch)
- 17.11.2011
- Official announcement of Academy Portal using the OWASP mailing list.(Martin Knobloch /Kate Hartmann)
- 17.11.2011
- Official announcement of Academy Portal by Hacking-lab
Notes 2011-04-04
We affirmed that the Creative Commons license will be used for all content on the acadamies portal.
Ricardo pointed out that we need a formal definition of the academy, primarily to enable the best used of time resources.
As things are now, given a free hour to contribute to the project, most of that hour is spent trying to find the best direction to proceed. To that end, we discussed needing an environment for asynch conversation, and using google docs for shared document creation.
- Requirements: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Academy_Portal_Project/Requirements
- Requirements Discussion: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Talk:OWASP_Academy_Portal_Project/Requirements
We had four participants in the conference call. Would another time work better for those who did not attend?
The project is at staging.owaspa.org(/moodle)
Notes 2011-03-21
- Status development
- not much happened yet
- there was a designer working on a template
- Staging URL: http://staging.owaspa.org/ Note: if you want a test account please contact me at email@example.com
- Staging URL for Moodle: http://staging.owaspa.org/moodle Note: if you want a test account please contact me at email@example.com
- Status training material
- Carlos Serrao modules
- material
- upload material on the OWASP Academy wiki
- development
- moodle/drupal
Kick-Off notes January 2011
Each block should take up as time and present as much content as necessary and should list how long it typically
Each block should record the following metadata as applicable:
- Subject:
- Categories:
- Keywords:
- Description:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Requirements/Pre-req to understand:
- Theatrical/Practical
- Incl. Hands-on labs
- Contains a link to a lab if applicable
- Should be self-contained
- Should handle a single subject
- Target audience:
- Ability level: 100|200|300|400
- Lab links:
- Outside links:
- Text books
Rough guide to presentation time:
- Effort
- Corresponding OWASP effort
Some ideas for blocks:
- Overview and Introduction
- Justifying where
- Java Platform Security
- .NET Framework 3.5/4 security
- Integer Overflows
- Mobile Code
- Security Development Lifecycle
- Web Application Risks and Threats (OWASP Top 10)
- Countermeasures
- Threat Modelling
- Secure Coding Practices
- Testing and Verification
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This first installment in a series on the Russian Revolution explains the events and factors leading up to the 1917 uprising. May 10, 2013
The barbarism of war and the tyranny of Tsarist rule inspired the Russian working class to rebellion in February 1917. May 17, 2013
By late April 1917, the Bolsheviks stood out as the one major political party committed to workers' self-emancipation. May 24, 2013
The workers' council system created in Russia in 1917 provided the platform for full democracy and liberation. May 31, 2013
How did the 1917 Russian Revolution affect the vast empire of oppressed nations that had been subjected to Tsarist rule? June 7, 2013
After the February Revolution, two powers existed in Russia--the Provisional Government and the workers' councils. June 14, 2013
The period of reaction that followed the July Days was relatively short-lived, with the movement reviving in a matter of a month. June 21, 2013
In August of 1917, the Russian Revolution faced the threat of a coup. Defeating it depended on a mass popular mobilization. July 12, 2013
The Bolsheviks became a mass party in the course of the revolution, winning the allegiance of Russia's most militant workers. July 26, 2013
By October 1917, the unstable situation of dual power--the workers' councils versus the Provisional Government--came to a head. August 2, 2013
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Whispering Pines Golf Course
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71 Mike Greer, Eau Claire (18 CVGA points)
72 Todd Anderson, Osseo; Neil Johnson, River Falls; Scott Skogen, Onalaska (15 pts. each)
73 Steve Jensen, Eau Claire; Jarod Leslie, Eau Claire; Andy Seidler, Mosinee (12 pts. each)
74 Ed Larson, Mosinee (10 pts.)
75 Chris Anderson, Osseo; Paul Meyer, Somerset; Chad Fortney, West Salem; Duaine Olson, Luck; Andrew Longbella, Chippewa Falls; Bill Wachtendonk, Neillsville; Brian Tarnowski; Tony Meierhofer, Ham Lake, Minn.; Steve Vasel, Eau Claire (8 pts. each)
76 Troy Shea, Menomonie; Aaron Olson, Chetek; David Leslie, Cadott; Joe Schoolmeesters, Litchfield, Minn. (7 pts. each)
77 Brian Anderson, Eau Claire; Ben Sieg, Osseo; Dan Koskey, Richfield, Minn.; Matt Wahl, Eau Claire; Eric Stabenow, Eau Claire; Jim Brinker, Stanley; Greg Johnson, Black River Falls; Brian Seiwert, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Eric Rolland, Rogers, Minn. (6 pts. each)
78 Joe Daly, Owatonna, Minn.; Joey Polingo, Litchfield, Minn.; Dean Wojtczak, Cadott; Mark Sperling, Lakeville, Minn.; Steve Kessler, Neillsville (5 pts. each)
79 Mark Asplund, Wausau; Mason Milner, Onalaska; Jeff Nechos, Otsego, Minn.; Archie Sherbinow, Chippewa Falls; Patrick Porte, Hopkins, Minn.; Josh Fizel, Eau Claire; Scott Seidler (4 pts. each)
80 Jason Jorgensen, Onalaska; Cory Olson, Maplewood, Minn.; Steve Sazama; Steve Feldman, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Chris Longbella, Chippewa Falls; Jeff Raaen, Savage, Minn.; Ryan Schullo, Spooner; Greg Van Pelt, Mondovi (3 pts. each)
81 Mark Barstad, Eau Claire; Steve Cermak, Eau Claire; Harun Sapmaz, Bloomington, Minn.; Jamie Krula, Chippewa Falls; Jared Naegli, Edina, Minn. (2 pts. each)
82 Ren Jungck, Onalaska; Justin Zich, Fall Creek; Dave McCook, Hastings, Minn.; Tommy Nimmo, Plymouth, Minn.; Paul Simenson, Ankeny, Iowa (one point each)
Mike Greer, who won his first CVGA event at the Cadott Open last year, shot a one-under par 71 to win the same event for the second year in a row Saturday at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Cadott.
Greer, a former UW-Eau Claire Blugold golfer out of Vadnais Heights, Minn., was two over par after 11 holes Saturday, but birdied three of the last seven holes to complete a one-stroke victory over Todd Anderson of Eau Claire, Neil Johnson of River Falls and Scott Skogen of Onalaska.
Johnson had won the last two CVGA events, at Clifton Highlands in Prescott three weeks ago and at Mill Run in Eau Claire two weeks ago.
Steve Jensen and Jarod Leslie of Eau Claire and Andy Seidler of Mosinee each shot one-over par 73 to tie for fifth place. Ed Larson of Mosinee took eighth place with a 74. And Steve Vasel of Eau Claire, Andrew Longbella of Chippewa Falls, Chris Anderson of Osseo, Bill Wachtendonk of Neillsville, Duaine Olson of Luck, Chad Fortney of West Salem, Paul Meyer of Somerset and Brian Tarnowski and Tony Meierhofer, both of Minnesota, all shot 75 to finish in a nine-way log-jam for ninth place.
Jensen used an eagle on the par-4 11th hole to aid in his second straight top five finish at Whispering Pines. Leslie and Skogen both eagled the par-5 eighth hole. Troy Shea of Menomonie eagled the par-4 17th hole on his way to shooting a four-over par 76, which earned him a tie for 18th place. Joe Schoolmeesters of Litchfield, Minn. made an eagle on the par-five fifth hole on his way finishing in that tie for 18th at 76.
And Ben Sieg of Osseo made a hole-in-one at the par-3, 118-yard 15th hole to help him shoot a five-over par 77, earning him a tie for 22nd place.
At last year's Cadott Open, Greer was the only player out of the field of 56 to break par. And Saturday Greer was the only player out of the field of 82 to break par.
In all, 42 of the 82 players broke 80 Saturday.
With his second-place finish, Neil Johnson extended his lead in the season-long CVGA points race. Johnson now has 117 points. He is followed by Mark Sperling of Lakeville, Minn. with 76 points and Eric Stabenow of Eau Claire and Joel Johnson, both with 58 points.


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She sounds hideous.
Ah yes, "Jake". That person from State Farm. We have dismissed that claim.
Meh. [nytimes.com]
If you want subjects who don't mind not bathing for four weeks, just go to any CS lab.
The problem there isn't the lack of showers but the repeated use of clothing.
The problem there isn't the lack of showers but the repeated use of clothing.
But then you have CEO of Levi Strauss saying don't wash your jeans. http://www.latimes.com/fashion... [latimes.com] I guess its back to nature time. I hope the windows open for a fresh breeze...
The problem there isn't the lack of showers but the repeated use of clothing.
But then you have CEO of Levi Strauss saying don't wash your jeans..
It's a conspiracy by Big Denim to keep us clothed... and, uh, dirty?
No, it's a conspiracy by the clothes to keep us covered. Kill la kill.
Everybody tells me I'm a dirty old man, even after I have a shower!
That reminds me of a college student back in the 80s or early 90s who studied the amount of bacteria on jeans and learned single wear washings of them was pointless.
I've done this. I was working with a pair of raw denim jeans, and the advice is to not wash it until you've worn them for 6 months.
The first month is the worst, but after that, they stop smelling like anything at all. As long as you're not doing deep lunges in the summer sun while you're going commando, it's probably fine. Actually, even that might be fine.
Those jeans have gone their whole lives with only two full washes and that's it. They still look good and like I said, they don't smell like anything at
they don't smell like anything at all, even when you put your face up to them to test them
They probably don't smell to you. People become desensitized to odors after they have been exposed to them regularly (which is probably fortunate for those working in some areas of sewage treatment plants).
In the early days, Steve Jobs was sure that he didn't have body odor and didn't need to shower because his diet cleansed him. Some of his co-workers reported disagreed with him on that point.
Don't be a Steve Jobs WRT
I have an objective sense of smell, honest. I've had jeans that stunk. I've had these jeans smell bad. But after a while, the smell is gone. I have a partner and I work in mixed company, and I KNOW someone would've mentioned it if they were terrible. (My partner is honest; some of the people I work with are reasonably tactless.) I've been caught out at a restaurant unexpectedly in jeans that I was embarrassed to be wearing because they smelled terrible.
I shower and wear clean clothes and different jeans. If
Re: Why make a journalist suffer
Just throw them away and buy new ones!
If you want subjects who don't mind not bathing for four weeks, just go to any CS lab.
Please don't. It's bad enough having to put up with that one weekend a year at Comic Con...
I suspect there are slashdot readers who, uh, know someone who takes long spells between showers...
Especially resurrection spells, I've heard, take particularly long to cast...
But the article wasn't specifically about not showering. Yes, that was part of it, but the main thing was the application to the skin of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria on a regular basis. It is not as if people just stopped showering. We all know how that turns out. But that's not what this is about.
Most people have known this for some time. I haven't washed my face in years. It was the only thing that stopped acne. By "not wash", I mean don't use soap or cleaners. Obviously, some shampoo trickles down on it and I rinse with water each day.
Hair can be handled the same way if you have naturally dry or frizzy hair.
Captcha: untidy
Most people have known this for some time.
Yeah, the soap and shampoo industry is really suffering.
Another alternative for hair is just to condition, not shampoo.
Another alternative for hair is just to condition, not shampoo.
The introduction of conditioner is what allowed the practice of daily shampooing to become common. I can still remember the Clairol Herbal Essence commercial jingle from the late sixties / early seventies:
"You can wash your hair, now, every night, every night...",
Myself, I stopped shampooing daily in the eighties. I rarely shampoo more than once per month, just rinse it with water during my daily shower. My (long) hair stays clean enough, looks healthy, and is easier to manage. If you're not using shampoo, you'll have no need of conditioner, (except when you do shampoo).
I take a step somewhere in-between: I shower every 3-4 days, depending on how dirty I feel. Even then, I only wash my body with water, no soaps or cleansers or anything like that, though I do use some basic shampoo and conditioner on my hair. If I take showers more often my skin immediately starts to feel a lot drier and flakier. I dunno if my experiences match anyone else's, but it seems to suit my body quite fine.
Scientists know that the gut microbiome is important to proper digestion
Gut bacteria is more than proper digestion, it's a second mind.
It's interesting as well that one of the most important parts of a cell are the mitochondria, which by all rights are their own separate critter that set up a successful house in just about everything alive.
What a menagerie.
Indeed. It's also interesting how one of the most important parts of the force are the midichlorians, which is nothing short of amazing.
A 4 week test on something related to skin and they used a female journalist? Could by chance her skin complexion improved because of her menstrual cycle? There's about a 75% chance that she wasn't coming off of her period right before application so of course she probably noticed improvements to her skin, especially her face, over a 4 week test.
4 weeks= 1 ovary cycle. Think about it.
Or the increased pH level saponified the oil on you skin?
Baking soda is a base, and as such converts oils into soaps on contact - my first guess would be that it's converting some of the more aromatic oils on your skin. I've heard of it used to clear up enlarged pores as well - the combination of mild abrasion and high PH do a number on the sebum (waxy oils) that otherwise build up in your pores. PH cold definitely also have an effect on your surface microbes though.
Much of body odor comes from short-chain fatty acids, produced when various bacteria break down skin oils. Baking soda turns those acids into salts, which don't smell nearly as much. However, it can also saponify your skin oils, so it's hard on your skin if you use too much.
Baking soda turns those acids into salts...
...which are highly water-soluble, and rinse right off. Forgot that extremely important detail.
Where are the control groups? Shouldn't there also be at least a few of these:
1) One group that showers daily and uses the spray.
2) One group that showers daily and sprays plain water.
3) One group that doesn't shower for 4 weeks and sprays plain water.
Number 3 is almost required for any accurate study and I would think it would
the other 2 wouldn't hurt either.
Where are the control groups? Shouldn't there also be at least a few of these: 1) One group that showers daily and uses the spray. 2) One group that showers daily and sprays plain water. 3) One group that doesn't shower for 4 weeks and sprays plain water.
Number 3 is almost required for any accurate study and I would think it would the other 2 wouldn't hurt either.
Reading the article, she was subject 26 of who knows how many. For all we know, she was in the control group, or there may have been separate control groups present. The article recaps her personal experience, not the complete conditions for the experiment. Maybe with the initial findings, they'll do multiple rounds with different variables as you suggest above.
There's a reason we don't trust journalists to get science stories right. They allow hedlines which ignore issues like control groups.
Where are the control groups? Shouldn't there also be at least a few of these:
Perhaps I missed this, but it doesn't seem that TFA is reporting official results of a study -- it's just the anecdotal description of somebody who participated in a study that's been going on. All she says is: "I was Subject 26 in testing a living bacterial skin tonic." I don't think there's anything in TFA that mentions what control groups there may have been, nor does it imply that there were not any.
This is just one subject's experience that she decided to blog about... so should we really be questioning the validity of the study or its design when she doesn't even discuss methodology (and perhaps doesn't even know the details, since she was... you know... a PARTICIPANT in the study)?
About the only thing in TFA that suggests anything about research design is this:
A regime of concentrated AO+ caused a hundredfold decrease of Propionibacterium acnes, often blamed for acne breakouts. And the company says that diabetic mice with skin wounds heal more quickly after two weeks of treatment with a formulation of AOB.
Soon, AOBiome will file an Investigational New Drug Application with the F.D.A. to request permission to test more concentrated forms of AOB for the treatment of diabetic ulcers and other dermatologic conditions. "Itâ(TM)s very, very easy to make a quack therapy; to put together a bunch of biological links to convince someone that somethingâ(TM)s true," Heywood said. "What would hurt us is trying to sell anything ahead of the data."
"A hundredfold decrease," "wounds heal more quickly" -- these imply that there are comparison groups. And if they are applying to do testing with the FDA, they're going to have to do control groups.
Seriously -- what is it with Slashdot and the "But didn't they think of doing a real science experiment, with, you know, data and stuff" comments? This is a link to a blog post by subject in a study. You want details? Wait until an actual study comes out.
But if this company is planning on getting its stuff approved as a medical treatment or marketing it on its particular benefits, it would actually be incredibly counterproductive to design poor experiments, since they wouldn't allow them to refine or further develop their products.
Do you really think these people are idiots?
Do you really think these people are idiots?
More likely they're trying to sell something. A few years ago there were these balls you could throw into your laundry that cleaned your clothes without detergent. Reusable! They de-ionized the water! They didn't really work, but water will get your clothes clean in a lot of cases.
Same thing here, they're probably not idiots, but they might be looking for idiots.
the bacteria worked to curtail (but not eliminate) the body odor caused by not washing
I used to work with sailors who would come back after long fishing trips. And I can assure you that they definitely did not have this bacteria present.
You bathe for health. You don't bathe for an optimum natural balance; you do it so you get nasty pathogens off your body, and don't get infected wounds.
Apparently some health comes at the expense of some other health, like how antibiotics destroy gut bacteria but save you from death by sepsis.
The idea here is probiotics, good bacteria outbreed and exclude the pathogens... The article even states that the byproducts of the ammonia processing by these bacteria produced nirites and nitric acid which inhibited staph growth, they even noticed reduced healing times for mice.
the byproducts of the ammonia processing by these bacteria produced nirites and nitric acid which inhibited staph growth,
And this sort of thing is going to become very important once antibiotics stop working.
And that's why you take probiotics with antibiotics.
That's the theory, but it's a theory established back when we thought all microbes were bad, or at best harmless. Now they're re-evalutating the theory to see if perhaps it's not actually counterproductive.
The thing is those pathogens are going to get on your skin again almost immediately after washing anyway (think of everything you touch both before and after bathing), and if you've washed away the beneficial bacteria then the more virulent ones can recolonize your skin virtually unopposed. Meanwhile all your traditional symbiotes have been washed away, so you're not getting their benefits either. Could be a recipe to make people considerably more vulnerable to infection than otherwise.
It's about amount and growth. Anthrax is on everything; you can refine anthrax from the soil in your back yard. Straight white powder anthrax will cause severe health impacts, even though you're constantly touching and inhaling anthrax.
you do it so you get nasty pathogens off your body, and don't get infected wounds.
You don't have to wash the whole body just to keep a wound clean, you know? It's perfectly possible to just clean and sanitize the wound and the surrounding area.
Originally, these things were not known. Also, we're better at determining where a wound is; back in working man days, you had scrapes and cuts and bruises all over your body. Times have changed.
I ask myself if the showers that kill the flora is just water or use soap.
Shampoo is something I long ago stopped using and after a short period I stopped producing excessive amounts of oil. The only times I have to shampoo is when because of a skin condition.
Using soap in general isn't something I feel is needed since a regular rinsing leaves me non smelly.
Question is if I am actually breeding these little microbes and my lack of soaping is why I don't smell or if it's simply because I'm not a smelly person as some of my friends and family asserts?
Or you've just stopped noticing the smell, which is the worrying theory.
I've actually stopped shampooing as well, though I also have to keep my hair buzzed short. It's the only thing I've found to reduce the oil and irritation. I'm far too aware of BO to stop using soap, though...
Using soap in general isn't something I feel is needed since a regular rinsing leaves me non smelly.
According to your nose you may be non-smelly. Perhaps you're like a coworker of mine that could not smell BO. He didn't think he needed to wash regularly or use deodorant since he couldn't smell himself. Being an avid runner, he STANK most of the time; I mean he reeked to the point of making people's eyes water.
You really don't want to be 'that guy'. You might want to get a second opinion from an unbiased source (not "friends and family").
Question is if I am actually breeding these little microbes and my lack of soaping is why I don't smell or if it's simply because I'm not a smelly person as some of my friends and family asserts?
Smelly is relative term.Are your relatives are smelly?
But seriously, I think a lot of folks don't soap their entire bodies when they shower. I just hit the critical spots in a normal shower. Full soaping only happens before a long flight or after doing something significantly dirty. Shampoo once a week at most, keeps my scalp from drying up.
Ship a crate to Stallman! Along with a box of chocolate covered toenails-and-bunions.
I've gone 10 days without washing (other than water), on a wilderness backpacking trip. Despite the fact that I was sweating a lot every day, at the end of the expedition I didn't feel as "dirty" as I would've expected. I think we could find a happy medium between our modern antibacterial-soap fetish and ye olde annual bath.
yea, like soap with bacteria in it.
Yogurt enema anyone?
I went 2 months without showering, when I was working in the Arctic, living in a tent, etc. A snow shower at -40c didn't seem appealing.
Then my flight out was delayed by weather. I lost the shower day I was going to have between flights.
So took the bush plane out the next day and ran for my next flight. New sweat to freshen up 2 months of stench. After take off, everyone moved to the front of the plane and the flight attendant discreetly sprayed the entire now-empty-except-for-me rear cabin with air freshe
I felt the same way. And then, when I got back to civilization, everyone within a 5 foot radius of me nearly died from the smell.
At first I was stinky and greasy. Later I was just greasy. But hey, I've got greasy skin. So I went back to product, because I didn't want to be greasy. But I have hippie shampoo and soap, no patchouli involved — unscented shampoo, and peppermint soap. No deodorant, I smell at least as good now as I did when I used it in conjunction with a bunch of toxic crap.
Ya know what I'm thinkin'? D&D conventions.
Have you ever walked into a hobby store on a Saturday with gaming tables set up? Fucking unwashed pigs.
"Shut up!!! It's Baron Harkonnen cosplay! >:-( "
Parent deserves at least a +1 for the visual of Baron Harkonnen cosplay.
Have you ever walked into a hobby store on a Saturday with gaming tables set up? Fucking unwashed pigs.
The real problem often ain't the gamers themselves, but their laundry habits or lack thereof. If you're gonna work around the house, sure, put on yesterday's pants. If you're going to sit right next to someone else, put on a full set of clean clothes, you goddamned savages. And, you know, actually do your laundry.
I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
They've been testing this for years in France.
The research lab is on a road named something like Rue The Day.
"No, no, I don't mind being called the smartest man in the world. I just wish it wasn't this one." -- Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, WATCHMEN


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The last time the Oakland Raiders went into the offseason on a winning note, they ended up claiming division titles the next three seasons.
Interim head coach Tom Cable believes the team is again in
position to do that and is hoping owner Al Davis will take away the
interim label and let him lead the team in 2009.
"This team will be in the playoffs. I believe that," Cable
said at a season-ending news conference Monday. "Every great
franchise has gone through hard times. ... Hopefully this is just a
step in the right direction to come out of it and get back to being
a champion."
Oakland (5-11) won the final two games of the season under
Cable, giving him a 4-8 record since taking over for the fired Lane
Kiffin on Sept. 30.
The Raiders showed signs of improvement down the stretch as
Cable refused to let the season spiral out of control like so many
previous years had. Oakland ended the past three seasons with
losing streaks of six, nine and four games.
Two of those slides were followed by coaching changes with a
third coming a quarter of the way through this season when Kiffin
was fired.
"For this team we need some stability, something consistent
that we can rely on and build on and I think we've established
something good here this last half of the season and hopefully we
can continue to build on it," running back Justin Fargas said.
"I'd like to see him come back. He has a lot more to offer this
team and it would be good to give him a full season to see what he
can do with it."
Cable did not have a chance to meet in person with Davis after
Sunday's 31-24 victory at Tampa Bay that knocked the Bucs and
former Raiders coach Jon Gruden out of the playoffs.
Davis missed just his second game ever since joining the
franchise in 1963, as doctors advised him against flying cross
country following a fall earlier this month in San Diego that left
him with an injured knee and ankle. Davis, who also missed one game
in 1979 while his wife Carole was in a coma, feels fine otherwise
and was ecstatic about the final game, senior executive John
Herrera said.
He kept in close contact with Cable and the coaching staff while
at home over the weekend, getting briefed on the game plan and
roster moves.
Cable and Davis are expected to meet again this week to discuss
the full-time coaching job. Davis has to interview at least one
minority candidate to comply with the Rooney Rule before making a
decision, but Herrera said the team hopes to resolve the situation
After lobbying for the job publicly last week, Cable declined to
answer most questions about it on Monday.
"I'm like everybody else in this league. I love coaching in the
National Football League," he said. "My contract will be up just
like all the rest of the assistant coaches here in a short time.
We'll see what the future holds. And that's really all I want to
talk about in terms of the job."
The season-ending victories over Houston and Tampa Bay marked
the first time that the Raiders go into the offseason with two
straight wins since winning the Super Bowl following the 1983
The only times since then that they have won their final game
before the offseason came in 1992 and 1999. They hope this season
is like '99, when a win over Kansas City on the final weekend
knocked the Chiefs out of the playoffs, salvaged an 8-8 record and
helped Gruden keep his job.
The Raiders won the AFC West the next three years, playing in
two conference title games and one Super Bowl before beginning the
darkest stretch in franchise history. Oakland is 24-72 since the
start of 2003, the worst team in the NFL over that period and the
only one in league history to lose at least 11 games in six
straight seasons.
"We need to play like we did the last couple of weeks,
consistently throughout the year," offensive lineman Robert
Gallery said. "The challenge next year is to come in and be a
playoff team and play like we did the last two weeks, play more
consistently throughout the year, and we will be a playoff team."
After taking over for Kiffin, Cable lost five of his first six
games as the team struggled to overcome the distraction of the
nearly yearlong feud between Kiffin and Davis.
But the team showed marked improvement down the stretch,
especially after Cable took over play-calling duties from offensive
coordinator Greg Knapp, and went 3-3 over the final six games.
Franchise quarterback JaMarcus Russell played his best football
after Cable took over the play calling, completing 61.2 percent of
his passes with seven TDs, four interceptions and a passer rating
of 88.5 in seven starts.
"He brought us from one direction and took us up the ladder,"
Russell said. "He always told us that deep down inside he always
thought we were a good football team. By him becoming coach, he
guided us in a different way. He talked to us about what needed to
be done, we need to make some changes and within that, I think we


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08 October 2009
Bambarakiri Ella
This waterfall is situated in a very attractive location in Raththota area, pass Matale. You can reach here via Raththota – Pallegama Road.
There are two waterfalls (Maha Bamabarakiri Ella and Punchi Bambarakiri Ella) in the same location and the larger fall is shown in the photo. There is a small suspension bridge built in front of the waterfall to walk across the stream. You can view more photos of this beautiful waterfall, here.
32 comments:
- Sunny said...
What a lovely waterfall and beautiful greenery.
Very nice picture.
Sunny :)
- 08 October, 2009 22:08
- Michelle Johnson said...
I can't imagine a better combination than a beautiful waterfall and a suspension bridge leading to it. Those other photos are equally nice. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.
- 08 October, 2009 22:21
- Chavie said...
wow, that's an interesting set of pictures K... but I do wonder what the concrete blocks on the waterfall are? :S
- 08 October, 2009 22:36
- Prospero said...
A beautiful location. You have a picturesque country.
- 09 October, 2009 00:31
- bikim said...
Gorgeous photos!! I'm always looking for great photographers.
Take care,
- 09 October, 2009 03:52
- rainfield61 said...
There is calmness after rushing water. That feeling is good.
- 09 October, 2009 04:36
- Linnea W said...
It's like a water slide! Yahoo!
- 09 October, 2009 08:49
- J Bar said...
Sydney - City and Suburbs
- 09 October, 2009 09:23
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Thanks for your comments!
I will upload pictures of suspension bridge soon :)
Good observation. I too not sure on the exact purpose but those blocks have damaged the natural beauty of the location.
Initially I thought somebody has planned the bridge over that point. Also these can be remainder of a badly planned irrigation scheme or micro hydro plant. Just my assumptions only :)
Thanks for your compliments!
Thanks for your compliments! My photography is not that good… but the sceneries really makes me an above average photographer :)
Agree with you. The splendor of a waterfall lies on the change of speed of water at different levels.
Linnea W,
Looks like that but I did not want to try that :) May be the slope is bit too much
J Bar,
Thanks :)
- 09 October, 2009 16:07
- Salitype said...
it is such a peaceful place to be, calming, relaxing!
- 09 October, 2009 17:10
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Thanks Salitype :)
- 09 October, 2009 17:34
- Chavie said...
I agree with you a 100%, the blocks seem to serve no purpose but to destroy nature's beauty... :|
- 09 October, 2009 20:49
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Only purpose is you can climb on to those and take a picture ;)
But that is an awful reason to damage the natural beauty..
- 09 October, 2009 21:14
- George said...
Thanks for sharing this beautiful waterfall. That would be another nice one to add to our collection if we can ever make it to Sri Lanka.
- 10 October, 2009 22:05
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Yep surely you can visit this among many others..this is not a difficult waterfall to reach. just 100m from the main road.
- 10 October, 2009 23:55
- Photo Cache said...
I featured a waterfalls today too.
- 14 October, 2009 09:35
- luna miranda said...
a relaxing place, i'm sure. i could stay here and listen to the sounds of this waterfalls.
- 14 October, 2009 10:55
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Photo cache / Luna Miranda,
Thanks a lot for your comments :)
- 14 October, 2009 11:24
- sixstars said...
Great to see all the photos looks like a great place to cool down on a hot day!
- 14 October, 2009 11:44
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Many thanks for dropping by and for your comments!
- 14 October, 2009 11:52
- Budget Traveler said...
The waterfalls look so tempting..makes me want to take a dip especially since it's so warm here in our place now.
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- 14 October, 2009 12:35
- Marie Höglund said...
A stunning shot with a lovely nature scene. Thanks for sharing.
- 14 October, 2009 13:37
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Budget Traveler,
Yep water is very tempting..in fact we took a dip a bit further down in the same stream :)
Thanks for dropping by and for your comments!
- 14 October, 2009 13:45
- eileeninmd said...
It is a beautiful waterfalls, the area is very scenic.
- 14 October, 2009 14:43
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Thanks for your comments!
- 14 October, 2009 15:19
- Grace Olsson said...
nice shot, dear
love it the slide at your sidebar..congrats
- 14 October, 2009 17:59
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your comments!
- 14 October, 2009 20:27
- Pat said...
I can almost hear the rushing water. I like the path the water takes rushing down the hill. Nice capture.
- 14 October, 2009 21:36
- Tricia said...
Very beautiful scene!
Happy WW
- 15 October, 2009 00:57
- Arija said...
Beautiful waterfall and scenery. Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country.
- 15 October, 2009 05:52
- Carol said...
Wonderful colors in the ledges and water... lovely falls... and the water might just be warm. Beautiful photo. Carol
- 15 October, 2009 06:20
- Kirigalpoththa said...
Pat / Tricia / Arija / Carol.
Thanks all for your wonderful comments! :)
- 15 October, 2009 13:48


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Maybe you know the answers.
Maybe you have seen things this preseason that have you convinced you are about to know what will happen in the coming regular-season. Me? I'm still waiting for certain answers.
In my Sunday Dolphins column I give several examples of areas where the Dolphins had questions when they opened training camp ... and still have those very questions as it draws to a close.
I mean, are we really convinced the secondary -- with a rookie starting right cornerback and less than stellar work against less than stellar competition this preseason -- will play like it has been truly upgraded? Or will we wish the team would have jumped into the unrestricted free agent cornerback market a lot earlier than the late signing of Eric Green?
Have the Dolphins found the playmaker that will get the offense "chunk yards," as Tony Sparano likes to say? Feel free to indentify him in the comments section.
Has Chad Henne convinced everyone that he ready to become a good starting quarterback and all he needs is the opportunity?
Has Ted Ginn Jr. shown you everything you need to see to feel confident 2009 will be breakout time?
Follow the improvements or lack thereof of these and other situations in the column. Then please tell me if the answers are apparent. And what those answers are.
I've been doing some research and some numbers crunching. This is what I've come up with:
The Dolphins starting offense has gotten 4 1/2 quarters of work so far this preseason. During that work, the unit has gotten three field goals and two touchdowns. That's 23 points, which is good.
Chad Pennington has had a very good preseason so far. I mean, very, very good. I would argue he's had the best preseason of any player on the team.
His completion percentage of 61.8 is down for last season's 67.4 but that doesn't really worry me because the tradeoff has been that he's been looking downfield a bit more than last season.
His yards per attempt is at 8.0 while last year it was 7.67. His TD percentage is at 5.9 while last year it was 4.0. And while he's completing more passes downfield, he's making fewer mistakes in that he has not thrown an interception. That makes his interception percentage 0.0, which is an improbable but welcome improvement from last season's outstanding 1.5 percent.
By the way, those downfield passes have brought the Dolphins hidden yardage also. Because Pennington went deep to Ted Ginn in the preseason opener, the Dolphins picked up a 34-yard pass interference penalty against Jacksonville.
Ever the perfectionist, Pennington today said, "I fell like I've been about a foot off with some of my passes." He added that he thought he could have completed 13 instead of 9 of 16 passes against the Bucs Friday. But that's not how coach Tony Sparano sees things.
The coach today called Pennington, "regular-season ready."
It has been a much slower go for Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams. Brown is averaging 3.5 yards per carry, all behind the first-team offensive line. Williams is averaging 3.9 yards on his 18 carries, with 16 of those coming behind the first-team OL.
The Dolphins have averaged 3.5 yards per rush behind their first-team offensive line so far this preseason. Not terrible. Not good, either.
The defense?
They've seemingly adopted a bend-but-don't break personality. Although the unit has yielded significant yardage, it has allowed only 16 points in 4 1/2 quarters of work this preseason. Opponents have scored only one TD and three FGs versus Miami's starters.
The unit does have work to do. I have counted 8 missed tackles so far this preseason -- or more than two per quarter of work.
The starters have three sacks -- from Jason Ferguson, Nathan Jones, and Kendall Langford. Yes, Jones is a starter in the dime package. Obviously, this mean neither Joey Porter nor Jason Taylor have a sack yet in 4 1/2 quarters of work. Nothing to get alarmed about -- yet. Taylor has been credit with three quarterback hurries this preseason but those are unofficial stats.
The starting defense has zero interceptions. Yes, Sean Smith has one interception this preseason and, yes, he is a starter now. But when he got his interception versus Jacksonville, he was playing with the backups against Jacksonville's backups.
By the way, it was funny to me that Tampa Bay named Byron Leftwich the starting QB Saturday. Watching that game again, I counted four passes, including a potential TD, that Leftwich blew with wildly inaccurate throws. Receivers were running wide open, but the plays resulted in incomplete passes because Leftwich was, as Bob Uecker would say, "juuust a bit outside."
That's good news for the Dolphins in the statistics column because the passes go down as incompletions. But Miami has to tighten up that coverage by the regular season because good NFL QBs such as Peyton Manning, Phillip Rivers, Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees and others likely won't throw four passes that totally miss the mark in the span of two quarters.


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Good Morning Girls,
What a week its been! I can't believe I am only in week 2 of a New Year and have had so much unfortunate luck already.
Nevertheless, I am optimistic – after all we are incredibly fortunate to be here and we should spread some love to the people of Haiti.
And on that happy note, I thought I'd do a stash focus post today on Scott Barnes. Scott is well known for being J-Lo's make up artist and for inventing Body Bling.
Now, I had a bit of a mad thing for Scott Barnes a while ago and bought a load of products from StrawberryNet (its discontinued everywhere else). The loose powder, and Royal Ice Loose Pigments I have already reviewed. I like and Overall, its a lovely range, kind of sexy and easy to use.
Here are a few of the eyeshadow I have. The packaging is fine, and the colours are quite natural but glam…not dull but not neon either.
Sable – a beige nude, perfect for the day:
This is Mermaid – I actually got this because I saw a J-Lo magazine cover where she wears a similar light blue. Pretty, quite sheer and soft:
This is a soft metallic black, its pretty dark and smoky but with a nice shimmer to it – reminds me of a Shu Uemura shadow I bought years ago:
The pans are quite big, bigger than Shu Uemura ones for example.
Finally Chocolate, a rich brown with gold bits. Really pretty and wearable:
These shadows cost me about £9 each from StrawberryNet (I get 10% discount because I've made a certain number of purchases. I was actually deeply disturbed the other day, when I bought something it told it was my 228th order…eek).
Scott Barnes shadows – are you tempted?


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