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You know a bitch loves a bargain, but somehow I never managed to find my way to Crown Brush until Stephanie Nicole decided to throw a little (arguably much-deserved) shade Morphe's way. If you've watched pretty much any beauty video on YouTube, you've probably heard of Morphe or else you haven't really been paying attention. They are a small brand that sells brushes as well as a line of makeup, and they've practically written the book on how to use social media to grow your brand and image. Every guru out there has their Morphe code, and they're all using the brushes and going gaga over how soft and luxurious they are, and at such a great price! Stephanie Nicole, who I adore for her smartass attitude and diligent research habits, did a review of some Morphe products and decided to educate the YouTube world about what private labeling is. I'll link the video below (it' a long one, but definitely educational and worth watching!) but basically she suggests that Morphe, this brand that has exploded through the use of social marketing, is really just pedaling private labeled products from a company called Crown Brush.
Since I'm always looking for an excuse to buy new fabulous products for my ever-expanding stash, I decided that I would order in some items from both Crown and Morphe to review. From Crown, I ordered exclusively eye products and I was super excited to see some of the gorgeous collections they had to offer. I also discovered that I already had a Crown palette (called Blizzard) that I had gotten as Days of the Dead Indianapolis last summer!
In Indy, there was a vendor there would did special effects work and they had some makeup brushes and a couple of palettes for sale. Two were especially intriguing: a cool-toned collection of pastels perfect for those following the mermaid and unicorn makeup trends called Blizzard, and a more primary-infused collection in a red metallic case called Fuego. Although pastels and pinks are usually my jam, I decided to try out the Fuego; it was less likely to have a bunch of shades I could easily dupe in my collection. The people working searched through all of their boxes and couldn't find the one box that held their Fuego palettes! I checked back a couple of times, and they were absolutely perplexed! In the end, because I liked their booth and wanted to support them, I just bought the Blizzard palette – and loved it, as expected! Again, nothing wrong with a bunch of greens and purples and pinks! Imagine my surprise when I first started digging into the Crown site, looking for things to purchase for a review – and there were Blizzard and Fuego! After almost a whole year, I finally got my hands on that elusive Fuego palette!
By obviously my reunion with the Fuego palette wasn't going to be the end of my shopping excursion! No hunties – I picked up three additional palettes: Cosmo Collection (another 28 color palette, similar in style to Blizzard and Fuego), the 35SH (35 shimmer shades), and 35C (a collection of 35 mattes). I also picked up 4 single shadows, pictured below, left to right: Crown Jewel, Sun Goddess, Fierce, and Sweet Taffy (I plopped them into a rando Z palette that I did not get from Crown); finally, I picked up two Studio Glam Shadow Sticks in Pearly White and Wicked (if you can't tell which is which from the picture…then think real hard about where you're going in your life).
Similar to my review of the Makeup Revolution London Chocolate Bar palettes, it would be madness to swatch every single shadow in 5 palettes of this size. So for each one, I did a minimum of 12 shades following the same process. First I washed myarm and laid down a layer of primer; for this article, I used the Kat Von D High Voltage Eye Primer I got during their Memorial Day Sale. Using a clean finger for each shade, I swatched them left to right across my arm. Once I had 4 shades, I would clean off my fingertips with a Tyra Beauty Pop It Clean Wipe. Obviously I didn't hit every shade, but the shades I did appear "in order" if you read the palette like a book, left to right, top to bottom. Since the shades don't actually have numbers on them, this will help you figure out which shadows I swatched. I tried to do a range of light and dark, bright and neutral, and (if the palette wasn't a specific finish collection) matte and shimmer. Here are the 4 single shadows and the two shadow sticks to start:
The shadow sticks were only ok. I was hoping that they might serve as good color bases for the powder shadows, but as we will see below…it was not to be. The singles were really good: the formula was a similar consistency and pigmentation to Juvia's Place single shadows and the shadows from their lovely palettes. I was a big fan of all four shades, and I would love to try more of these really great singles!
Here's the Blizzard Palette:
(sorry for the weird angle on the palettes – I had this artsy fartsy idea about how I was going to lay things out and it totally flopped!)
My thoughts on the Blizzard palette are really going to echo most of my thoughts for all of the palettes (except for the 35C – more on that below!) but generally I found that shimmers always performed better than the mattes, and darker shades performed better than lighter shades. If you look at the first three shades at the left, they are the lightest, and the swatches are also the most difuse. I didn't really do anything different with these than I did with the other swatches, except that I might have worked them a little bit more because I was trying to get even consistent coverage. The colors are nice, but they tend to get lost next to their deeper, darker counterparts. This palette is nice in that it gives you the same sort of hue in a range of light and dark shades, meaning that you could use this one palette to make some pretty gorgeous ombre looks. The lighters shades aren't necessarily bad, but they definitely had a different sort of payoff than the darker shades.
Now onto Fuego!
The matte yellow at the top was kind of a dud – it was pretty chalky, and I had to go over the swatch multiple times to get even that much coverage – but overall I liked the quality of the shadows. The shimmers were all gorgeous, and that coral-red shimmer that is two away from the right side is stunning. STUH-nning. This photo does not do it justice! It's a shimmer that almost has like a subtle bluish duochrome. That teal green on the left was everything and the matte emerald was one of the exceptions to the mattes that went on beautifully with one swipe. Generally the mattes would give me a good swatch, but I had to dip in a few times, and I had to work them. The shimmers just went on like, "BAM! What, bitch?! You ain't said NOTHING!" Next to the emerald is sort of a metallic gunmetal – the pic makes it look more black than it actually is. And the red matte on the end is a stunning color, but as you can see in the picture it applies really inconsistent.
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What I appreciate about the Cosmo Collection palette is that it does a better job of trying to provide some neutral and transition colors to go with their fabulous pops of bright color! The white at the very start of the palette was a bit chalky and that swatch, which is the palest of the lot, is after several passes. The two matte transition shades next to it, however, are pretty gorgeous and were much less fussy. The brown was a little muddy but not bad, though I would worry about how it would blend with other, brighter colors. Then I got into some shimmers and things were bliss…until that damn yellow. It was chalky and barely showed up (I think it's the same yellow that was also featured in the Fuego palette, though I can't say for sure as they aren't labeled with color names) and took a ton of passes to get it even as dark as it is. I thought, "This is the perfect time to try out the shadow stick and see how it works as a base!" As you can see from that pathetic, scrambled egg lookin' mess, the answer is "Not very damn well at all." The powder didn't lay down nicely over the creamy base but rather clumped up and got chunky and uneven. Maybe if you put that cream base on and let it sit for a bit you'd have a different result, but I'm not holding out hope.
Now that we've gotten through the three 28-shade palettes, let's get even more extra and look at the two 35-shade palettes, starting with the 35SH (shimmers):
Unsurprisingly, this palette was everything I needed and more. The shimmers, whether dark or light, were consistent and pigmented and went on like a dream. As you can see from the swatches, there were some differences among the shadows: some appear to be a more pearly sort of shimmer while others appear downright metallic! The two on the end were almost just like a vinyl sort of reflect over the base tone. All of these applied nicely, except that there was a little chalkiness form that white shadow on the left (you can see the streak that happened from the fallout as I was applying). But these shades are gorgeous and super easy to work with.
As for the mattes…
After some of the mattes in the 28-shade palettes were underwhelming to say the least, I approached this palette with trepidation. But then I swatched that matte black and I was like, "Jesus take the wheel, because I am NOT responsible for my actions!" It was so dark-as-my-soul black and applied flawlessly. I went to that dark gray right next to it, and the same thing. In fact, all of the mattes that I tried in this palette were amazing except for that last one: the sort of buttercream shade that appears second to last. It was definitely an anomaly! You can see from the picture that it was super chunky and applied patchy, and as terrible as it looks in the picture that was even after I'd fussed with it for about two full minutes! It just wasn't going to become anything, which is a damn shame because I want to bathe my entire body in that warm vanilla shade! White mattes are also notoriously hard so I didn't even try the shade next to it – I can only take so much heartbreak in a day!
Overall, I'm pretty impressed with my first venture into the world of Crown Brush, and I'm even more impressed with the prices: all of the stuff reviewed for this article (except for Blizzard, which I bought from that vendor at Days of the Dead) came to right around $110. Crown also offers a free gift on all orders over $50 (I got a small three-toned bronzer that reminded me a little of Snow Bunny from Too Faced – I don't know why I didn't include it in this review!) and because the order was over $100 I also got free shipping!
Pros: The shadow palettes are an amazing price and for the most part give you some great basics to work with and create lots of looks. The price is absolutely unbeatable. I got my order pretty quickly; from when I placed it to when I received it was right around 7 days. The shimmers are really the standouts, and the single shadows were on par with Juvia's Place shadows, which are some of my absolute favorites of all time!
Cons: The shadow sticks were pretty much useless; they didn't play well with the powder shadow, but weren't really pigmented enough to really use on their own. Each of the palettes had at least one or two duds, and I'm guessing that I would have found probably one or two more per palette if I'd tested everything. When figuring out your total cost, it's important to factor in that some of the shadows won't really be useful to you. A $20 palette with 10 shades might mean that you paid $2 per shadow, if you can only use 2 of the shadows then in practical terms you actually paid $10 per shadow. I know that should be obvious, but if you spend a nanosecond reading the comments on pretty much any makeup company's website or social media, you'll see people for whom this simple Economics 101 fact is sadly incomprehensible. I found these palettes to still be a pretty great deal, as I only had one or two shades per bunch that were bad; even if we say that 5-8 shades in each palette wouldn't be useful to a particular customer, at $16-22 per palette, that's still an amazing value.
There is also a fair amount of repetition. Again, because the shadows aren't actually labeled with shade names or stock numbers, I can't say 100% that shades from one palette to another are exactly the same, but if there are differences they are miniscule. Even within a palette there are sometimes shades that are very similar with only minute differences (this was especially true for Blizzard, which is why I originally was going to pull the trigger on Fuego instead). To be fair, it's not like Crown is advertising "Hey, buy all of these palettes and you will get all new and unique shades to play with!" They just present them as is, and you decide whether or not to buy them. I just would have maybe liked a little more variety. The upside to that is if you get a palette that you are only feeling ho-hum about, if you hit pan on the colors you like, there is a chance that you can find those same colors in a different palette that will have new shades to try instead of getting more of the ones you aren't finding yourself using.
In general, I was pretty impressed with my first foray in to the world of Crown Brush, and I'm very glad that Stephanie Nicole provided me with an intro tot his company. Whether or not Morphe is just private labeling and selling Crown products doesn't really matter to me – both companies are working to carve out their particular niches and provide even more selection to a world of beauty obsessed makeup lovers like me.
We're hungry for great products and at Crown Brush…the buffet is open.
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Cable Car RidesCable cars are synonymous with San Francisco. I recommend taking one of them at least once.
On a recent trip there I walked 2-3 miles along the piers to Fisherman's Wharf (it is much longer than it looks on a map!). Instead of walking back I took a cable car.
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If you follow the Church calendar, you will notice a rhythm — a flow — that courses a cycle patterned after Nature itself. In the dark and cold, the Church awaits its Light, and finds it in the nadir of darkness and coldness. As lilies emerge out of the lifeless ground, knowing before we do that warmth is on its way, New Life defeats Death. Within that polarity, light and dark, hot and cold, saints are remembered, feasts are celebrated, penances are performed, and souls are saved.
If Epiphany flows from Christmas, then it makes sense (to me) that the meal to mark it should also flow from Christmas. At Christmastime, we make a standing rib roast (in fact, this year, we made three such roasts), the bones from which can be saved to make a rich beef stock. From this beef stock we can make French Onion Soup, with just a few additional ingredients.
A great French Onion Soup is savory and sweet; aromatic, oniony, and beefy; crunchy (from the crouton and crusty bits of melted cheese); chewy, sinewy and stringy from the cheese melted within. It's one of those distinctive inventions, drawn from a culinary tradition that respects using all of the parts of an animal, turning time into an ally of flavor, and combining simple ingredients to reach a sensual apex of cuisine.
French Onion Soup is pure gastronomic theater: a beautiful layer of melted caramelized Gruyere shrouds the steaming contents within. As soon as it served, you can smell just how great it will be. And, to eat it properly, you must bring your face, mouth and nose as close to the bowl as possible to bear the long strings of melted cheese to their destination. If you wear eyeglasses like I do, you can let the steam of the soup fog up your glasses so that you are temporarily blinded by its glory and so that you can pretend that you opened a door to the truly perfect French Steam Bath.
First, make the stock a day or two before. Take your largest stock pot, throw in your roasted bones, fill with water, add chopped carrots, celery and onions, and some salt, and simmer for a period of hours. Usually at least eight hours is required to adequately and completely extract all of the goodness and flavor from the bones. You may also have to replenish the stock pot with additional water midway through simmering to combat evaporation. After cooling, strain the liquid into a storage container and refrigerate until you are ready to use it. (N.B.: after chilling in the refrigerator, a layer of fat will harden on the surface, which you should discard before using the stock.)
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12 quarts beef stock, preferably homemade
2 quarts water
2 quarts Cheshire Cheese Stout, or another dry stout
10 pounds yellow onions, thinly sliced into semi-circles
3 pounds of good-quality Gruyere cheese, or, in extremis, Emmenthauler
1 cup (two sticks) butter
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 bay leaves
1 bunch (6-7 "sprigs") fresh thyme
30 black peppercorns
1/2 cup flour
salt and black pepper, to taste
Balsamic vinegar, to taste
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1. Divide the sliced onions in half, placing one half in your 20-quart stock pot and the other half in a deep skillet with one stick of butter and some salt.
2. Over low heat, begin cooking the onions in the skillet in the butter (this process will caramelize the onions over a period of hours, do not rush it or permit the onions to burn), stirring occasionally
3. Add the beef stock, water, and stout to the onions in the stock pot and set over high heat.
4. Make a bouquet garni with the bay leaves, thyme and peppercorns and tie with a long piece of twine which you can attach to the handle of the stock pot (to prevent it from touching the bottom of the stock pot [and possibly burning]).
5. Bring the stock pot to boil and then reduce heat to a simmer, allow to cook for a period of several hours, alongside the onions in the skillet, which should continue to caramelize.
6. After at least two hours, the onions in the skillet will be very soft, and have a very sweet aroma and flavor. They should look a deep amber color, like a rich caramel, but they should not be burned at all. Add the flour to the skillet, incorporate into the onions, and cook for an additional 5-10 minutes.
7. Empty the contents of the skillet into the stock pot and stir.
8. This is a good time to check the seasoning. Do not be afraid to use the necessary amount of salt. Otherwise, the soup will be very bland. Remember, salt of the earth… For such a large quantity, I usually add a teaspoon of salt at a time, checking after each addition (and allowing for the fact that as the soup continues to cook, it will reduce further).
9. Next in seasoning, add ground pepper, and finally the acid. I prefer to use something like balsamic vinegar, but other things will work too. Again, add a tablespoon or so at a time; what you're looking for is a flavor contrast: French onion soup is salty and sweet, and the hinge is the acid — there should be just enough tartness to allow the palate to appreciate the saltiness and sweetness. If you do this gradually, you will be able to observe how the acid works on the flavor, and how the soup can be brought into a correct balance.
10. Continue to cook at a low simmer for at least two hours more, and then reduce heat so that the soup stays hot but does not continue to cook. Remove the bouquet garni and discard.
11. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
12. Melt the remaining butter and add the olive oil.
13. Brush both sides of the bread slices with the butter-oil mixture and place on a baking sheet. Cook in the oven for 5-6 minutes, remove and flip the slices, and return to over for an additional 4-5 minutes, or until they are toasted, crunchy, and golden brown. Remove and set aside until the soup is ready to assemble.
14. Make a decision regarding whether you will slice or grate the cheese. Personally, I prefer slicing, especially for the cheese that tops the soup and gets broiled, because it provides a more even layer. Slicing is somewhat less labor-intensive. Slice, or grate, the cheese.
[A Note here on Cheese: the better it is, the better the soup will be. Don't spend days (if you include the stock preparation) making this only to top it with cheap supermarket Swiss cheese. This is an economical recipe; the most expensive ingredient is the cheese. A good Gruyere to use is Le Comte (a raw cow's milk cheese), and while not cheap ($10.99/pound) it is widely available and can usually be found at Trader Joe's or Costco.]
15. After all of the croutons are toasted, raise the top oven rack to a good position under the broiler and turn on the broiler in the oven to at least 500 degrees.
16. For assembly, fill the soup into an oven-proof bowl (a "fancy" white crock or "hearthy" brown crock with a handle are the most common vessels to use), add some cheese into the soup, and then place two croutons on top; do not submerge the croutons into the soup. The point here is to retain the crunchiness of the crouton as a texture contrast for the rich smooth cheese and broth. Let the crouton be as a Barque sailing over the soup-waters of the French Onion Sea. Cover it with additional cheese.
17. Broil the filled crocks of soup until the top layer of cheese is completely melted, bubbling and golden brown, usually less than five minutes.
18. Serve immediately, with additional bread and salad, if desired.
As a meal, French Onion Soup is one of those things which, upon finishing, you will draw back into a moment of quiet contemplation and contentment — possibly more aware of the majesty of God, who delivers His goodness in the form of animal bones and white-yellow layered orbs that grow in the ground, and brought to reflection on a Greatness that intends human genius capable of bringing about such transformation: humble ingredients transfigured to become wholesome and wonderful, just like us when we submit to His will.
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The central section of Hadrian's Wall sits just north of the famous "North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty." The Pennine range of hills, high moors, and upland pastures runs from central England to the South Tyne valley, just a mile or so south of Vindolanda. Something of its lonely majesty can be found in a car ride from Haltwhistle to Alston.
It's also a majestic name, recalling the Italian Apennines. Surely the name 'Pennines' must have come from deep in the mists of time?
A remarkably influential work titled De Situ Britanniae surfaced in England in 1749, and seemed to seal the deal. It was said to be a manuscript by the 14th Century Richard of Cirencester, who had cobbled together lost ancient documents. It described the landscape of ancient Britain, and included 18 "iters," or journeys, taken by a Roman commander, with the names of forts & regions visited along the way. The work was introduced to the world of antiquarians by none other than William Stukeley, a giant of the age. He had received copies of it from one Charles Bertram, an Englishman then living in Copenhagen. Its pages fired the imaginations of nearly every historian following Stukeley for generations. After all, here was a Holy Grail -- a lost history, a record of more than 60 Roman forts that were then unknown; a listing of tribes and peoples inhabiting the far distant stretches of Britain in ancient times.
And tucked away in its pages, one can find the following:
This province is divided into two equal parts by a chain of mountains called the Pennine Alps, which rising on the confines of the Iceni and Carnabii, near the river Trivona [modern Trent - ed], extend towards the north in a continued series of fifty miles.
There's just one problem. De Situ Britanniae is a fake. A good one. One that fooled Stukeley, the rest of the Royal Society, the librarian to the King of Denmark, the keeper of the Cotton Library, and -- nearly a century later -- the manuscript department of the British Museum. It was only finally debunked in 1845 by a German scholar. British antiquaries took several more years before finally, sheepishly, accepting that they had been fooled.
And the history of the name of the Pennine mountains? Before 1749, it has no history. The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that thousands of people enjoy every summer day? Named by a fraud.
So if you're reading through a British history book of the late 18th - mid 19th Centuries, be skeptical. Be very skeptical!
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Situ_Britanniae. Accessed 25 January, 2010.
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Terrorist CBS Reporter Still Held
Reporters Without Borders is upset with the number of detained journalists in Iraq by Allied Forces. The list includes Iraqi cameraman Abdel Amir Hussein who was detained last month in a battle with "insurgents":
Hussein was injured in the hip in the course of an exchange of shots between an Iraqi insurgent and soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the US 25th Infantry Division on 5 April near Mosul. An initial US army statement said the soldiers fired at "an insurgent" who was "waving an AK-47 (assault rifle) and inciting a crowd of civilians." The statement continued : "An individual that appeared to have a weapon who was standing near the insurgent was shot and injured. This individual turned out to be a reporter who was pointing a video camera. Regretfully, the reporter was injured during the complex and volatile situation."
The statement adding that the incident was being investigated. The journalist, namely Hussein, was taken to a US military hospital for treatment to his injuries, which the US army described as minor.
A subsequent army statement on 8 April said the US forces were holding Hussein and conducting an investigation into his previous activities and possible support for the insurgency. It said there were reasons for thinking he might pose "a serious threat to the coalition forces" and that he would be treated like any other security detainee. Army spokesman Capt. Mark Walter said Hussein had sustained minor injuries and was suspected of involvement in the shooting, along with a number of other people. He also said Hussein was detained after the incident in part because of the statements of persons who witnessed the clashes.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 75356
memory leak 2.4.18-10smp
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:47:17 EDT
Description of Problem:
Seems like memory is leaking
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.18-10smp kernel downloaded and installed via redhat's errata as RPM.
How Reproducible:
removed all non redhat 7.3 modules for testing. I can watch memory slowly
disapeer. Not connected to a network and has the exact same configuration
as another box using an old redhat 6.2 version with only 1GB RAM. New box
is 2GB RAM and 2 Zeon processesors. Within a few days memory will be
consumed and eventually starts to swap to disk. When the system first boots
it only uses about 175,000 of RAM. Within days the 2,065,140 (2GB) will be
used and then starts on the Swap memory. After about a week it consumes the
rest swap. There's no thrashing going on because nothing is running (CPU
0%), but it will eat up all available memory. Nothing in error log
indicating a problem either. Memory sticks have been tested.
Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:
Additional Information:
Hardware is Dell 2650 server.
I have also configured another box with a single CPU with an installation
that is exactly like this Dell. The ONLY difference is the kernel. Same
version 2.4.18-10, but without SMP and I don't have this problem.
can you post
1) lsmod output
2) a "screenshot" (just c-n-paste) of top after a few days, when typing "M"
(sort by memory usage)
closing, no activity in over a year.


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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge cuts an animated figure on tour of Kensington
Kate Middleton: The Duchess looks radiant in baby blue as she visits charity.
Pregnant bundled up her baby bump in an adorably classic ensemble for three back-to-back stops in the London neighborhood of Kensington on Monday, Jan. 19.In response, an understanding Kate, 33, who wore a baby blue coat by maternity designer Seraphine, told him, "I would be shy as well," as the boy's mother, Tracy Samuels, presented the Duchess with the bouquet of white lilacs and nasturtiums. After a quiet weekend spent with husband Prince William and little Prince George at her parents' home in Bucklebury, Kate came to London's Kensington neighborhood to meet with volunteers and beneficiaries of the charity Family Friends.
First, Middleton, 33, headed to a coffee meeting with Family Friends, a volunteer organization that helps befriend and mentor families in the more deprived areas of London. Although Kensington is known for its fabulously wealthy residents and its palace, it also has areas of deprivation, so Family Friends provides mentoring services to families in need. "My children are happy and healthy, I have finished my degree and gone back to work. I have even started mentoring other refugees," she said. "The Duchess was lovely, very empathetic and said she was happy for me." Kate then headed to the new Kensington Aldridge Academy, which she formally opened. Wearing a £99 maternity dress by Seraphine and a £195 pale blue coat from the same brand, she stepped out of her car at 10am and was greeted by excited staff.
She also stopped by the school's Creates Hub for young entrepreneurs, and met students who are designing items for sale at nearby Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill. Next, she was set to open the neighboring leisure center that's been built on the same spot as an old pool where William, 32, and his brother Prince Harry, learned to swim. She's expected to join her parents for a family winter vacation in the Caribbean next week, as mum Carole is set to mark her 60th birthday on Mustique.
The Middletons make annual holidays to the sunshine island – last year Kate took George for the first time, while the previous year she and William had a babymoon there. The students also sang the Duchess the school song—half-panicked, she did tell the principal with a laugh, "I thought you were going to ask me to sing then!"—and they gifted Prince George, 17 months, with an xylophone. As for William, he is currently hitting the books, doing his commercial pilots' license exams before on-board training for his air ambulance job that begins in the spring. From there, Middleton took a short walk over to the Kensington Leisure Centre, where students of the nearby Wetherby School, clad in their plaid uniforms, excitedly stood outside waving small recreations of the British flag to greet her upon her arrival. Larter, who already has 3½-year-old son Theodore with writer hubby Hayes MacArthur, first announced the news in early August and later confessed to PEOPLE that she has a game plan for avoiding sibling rivalry. "We're definitely working him, bribing him, whatever we have to do to make sure he doesn't sneak into that crib and dangle that baby by its feet," she joked of prepping her son for big brotherhood.
Excited to discuss her royal encounter, McDonagh added, "I told her I hoped it was a girl, but she said she doesn't know yet," Martina said afterwards. "She said it was moving around a lot." Before heading back to the palace, the Duchess received one last present for baby Prince George: an inflatable duck float. White was being driven around the lot in a golf cart when an assistant asked her, "Is today your actual birthday?" As White was driven up to the set, she was met by the cast and crew doing the hula. "Everyday on set, Betty is greeted by her assistant with a hula – today's hula dance was a very special surprise in honor of her 93rd birthday!" TV Land wrote in a caption accompanying a video of the surprise. The couple of three years might not know the baby's gender yet, but they already have the little one's godfather selected: Seymour's ex, Simon Cowell, who offered up his services. "I was like, 'Okay,' and he said, 'I'm serious,'" she recalled. "It kind of makes sense since I'm [his son] Eric's godmother." For anyone hoping that the actress and director's next big collaboration would be another installment in the Resident Evil franchise, well, that won't be the case. Jovovich – who in August, confirmed the couple is expecting baby No. 2 – joked on Facebook, "We didn't think pregnancy and zombie killing are the best combo!" Girl power! Finally, the three main Hot in Cleveland stars, Valerie Bertinelli (Melanie), Jane Leeves (Joy), and Wendie Malick (Victoria), emerged as the group shouted, "Happy birthday, Betty!"
And not one to pass up a good opportunity, Carrie announced her baby news on Labor Day, natch (via a picture of her pups, the future big siblings). "We haven't picked names yet but it's looking like Fly is gonna fly. #boyorgirl #flyfisher," Fisher joked on Twitter. And she used social media to her advantage for the big reveal. "#tbt to the place where Michael asked me to marry him, and this past year where we stood as a family of three! The country singer slyly revealed he's going to be a dad again during a concert in September when he changed a lyric in his tune "Sinners Like Me" from, "Give my dad a grandson of his own," to "Give my dad another grandson of his own." Baby-to-be will join the couple's son Boone McCoy, 3. Shortly after telling PEOPLE she and husband Scott Stuber were working on expanding their family, the model and actress took to her website to share the big news. "Scott, Brooks, and I are welcoming a fourth member to our little family – our second child!" Sims wrote in September, alongside a photo with her 2-year-old son. "I absolutely cannot wait to see what life will be like as a mother to a toddler and a newborn," she added.
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Full Name
Khan Mane Drake
The offences all occurred during the period from the beginning of 1996 to the end of 1998. At the time you were living with relatives in Hikurangi. During that time you were between 15 and 17 years old. Your victims were between five and 11 years old. They were either family members or daughters of friends of the family. Most of the offences took place in or near to the house at Hikurangi but on one occasion you drove your victim to a quiet road where you raped her.
[3] The circumstances of the first rape charge are that you pushed the victim, who at that time was aged between nine and 11, down on her back; put your hand over her mouth and held her down. You pulled her underwear down and you put your penis into her vagina. She told the Police that you raped her in a similar way more than ten times over a period of about two years. You told her to keep quiet about it.
[4] The second rape charge relates to a girl who was between just 5 and 8 years old at the time. You were asked to go to a shop with the victim and her two cousins. You went to the shop then you dropped the cousins off at a friend's house then drove your victim to a quiet road. You removed her underwear, your own pants, and started playing with your penis. You then sat the victim on your lap and put your penis into her vagina; you kept it there until you ejaculated. You then made the victim put her clothing back on before driving back to the shop.
[5] The first of the indecent assault charges concerns a girl who was 11 years old at the time. She was visiting the house where you were living. You lured her into a bedroom, laid her down and removed her underwear. You then removed your pants and attempted unsuccessfully to penetrate her vagina with your penis.
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The Salvation Army Mission
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Client Care
Unit Housekeeping
Unit Safety
Unit Management
Must personally embrace The Salvation Army Harbor Light Mission. High School Diploma/GED with a minimum of one year work experience assisting individuals, preferably in homeless shelter or other client/customer focused environment. Must be able to take supervision and direction, demonstrate sensitivity to issues of homelessness, chemical addiction, and unemployment, racial and cultural diversity, possess an aptitude in both written and oral communications, certifiable in Adult CPR/First Aid and be trustworthy, especially in confidential matters. Must be computer literate with familiarity with Windows based programs, willing to support the mission of The Salvation Army, a valid drivers' license preferred and able to meet the MVR drivers qualification, and pass the background check, pre-employment drug test. It must be understood by the incumbent that the provisions of Safe From Harm will apply upon commencement of employment, and also understood that the required Safe From Harm training program must be satisfactorily completed within the first 30 days of employment.
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WildStar commences second closed beta featuring Dominion faction
The first WildStar beta is done. But don't fret – another one has quickly taken its place.
This second WildStar beta, subtitled as "The Dominion", shifts its focus to the same-named second faction and is notably more inclusive as it removes the beta region lock from European players.
The Dominion faction serves as a powerful foil to the Exile faction, which was featured in the first beta, and consists of the Cassian humans, Draken and Mechari races. Four classes will be available to play between these races: Esper, Stalker, Spellslinger and Warrior.
Developer NCsoft is determined to show why this galactic empire is a force to be reckoned with when the online rpg launches.
Fans of WildStar will be able to explore fresh faction-specific locations, as well as entirely new zones that will make it to the final version of the online rpg, starting with level 3-6 Crimson Isle zone up to the level 22-30 Whitevale zone.
Dungeon runners can look forward to testing their mettle on The Ruins of Kel Voreth designed for level 20 and up. Meanwhile, PvP patrons should dust up their contact gear for the all-new 10-vs-10 capture-the-flag Battleground: Smash & Grab. The battleground is notable for becoming available as early as level 3 all the way up to the beta level cap of 30, allowing players of all progression to taste some PvP action.
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Peking to Paris: on the trail of life.
In the beginning was the word.
Peking, summer 1907. The eleven Europeans didn't understand a word of the country's language as their passports were confiscated in this completely foreign world with its heavy and humid heat. They arrived in their vehicles. They had answered "yes" to a somewhat foolhardy question of the French daily newspaper Le Matin:
"Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Peking to Paris by automobile?". A total of 40 parties were entered in this intercontinental rally, but only five actually managed to ship their vehicles to Peking.
Suspicious luggage.
At this time, motorised vehicles were such a novelty that the Chinese had never even seen a vehicle engine. The foreigners were perceived by the Chinese authorities as eccentrics and even spies due to their "luggage". The small number of participants and the many complications along the way eventually led the race committee to cancel the event. However, the five teams which turned up – among which an Italian prince and a French bon vivant – didn't let themselves be discouraged as simply as that.
In the spirit of adventure so characteristic of this event even today and despite all of the opposition which they faced, the remaining teams decided to start the rally on the morning of 10 June 1907 at 8 a.m. This was certainly one adventure which none of them would ever forget.
12.247 kilometres,33 days,one Mercedes-Benz.
Even today, the idea of completing such a challenging journey in a vehicle enthuses people from all over the world, including Alexandra de Lespinasse and Dirk de Groen from Florida. They registered two years ago already to participate in their Mercedes-Benz 219 "Ponton".
By being able to participate under the name of Team 69 in this rally which has only ever been carried out five times, Dirk will fulfil his lifelong dream: 12,247 kilometres in 33 days. Sleeping in tents. Being thrown back to elementary structures. The pensioner sums up this experience as "the good life".
Where wolf and doe saygood night to one another.
The stage through Mongolia is extremely demanding as it comprises 700 kilometres of desert, mountains and steppe. And despite Genghis Khan – and according to legend, the entire country – being descended from a wolf and a doe, the broads of Mongolia seem to swarm predominantly with horses. Accordingly, the terrain is also impassable for vehicles: those who want to find a path through have to create it themselves. Contrary to days gone by, the event has now been conceived as a competition. Those who fail to arrive at the checkpoints on time will accumulate penalty points. Participants do not have access to modern comforts – they don't even have access to a map! They are only issued with a compass, road book and GPS device.
A nomadic lifestyle.
Dirk de Groen opted to use a "Ponton" for this rally because its impressive performance during previous safaris through Eastern Africa had fascinated him. And it's a decision which he doesn't regret: despite the people of Mongolia being friendly and open-minded, its climate and roads are particularly harsh. But the potholes, ditches and numerous herds of cattle crossing the roads have nothing on the "Ponton". A welcome change to the seemingly endless stretches of land comes in the form of the colourfully dressed locals who, during the few stops, inquisitively encircle the vehicle. The exchange with hands and feet is a welcome diversion for all those involved before they have to move on to the final challenge of the day: building the tent. Then, during a warm meal served by the head of the camp, the enigmatic impressions of the day can be processed in a relaxed atmosphere.
Save the best for last.
From the millions of impressions gathered, one of them from this 33-day period was particularly overwhelming: driving over the finish line. In his hotel room in Paris, Dirk de Groen looks back over his adventure and, besides the inner camaraderie which links all of the rally participants, he remains particularly fascinated by Mongolia: the dust of the Gobi desert. The barrenness of the mountains. The endless expanse. The friendliness of the people. But above all: the complete lack of roads, even in the capital city Ulaanbaatar. "I'll probably never drive on Mars or the moon", he grins, "but if I had to paint a picture of those places, then I imagine they would look like Mongolia does." The only difference being that there is more life on earth. Especially when – just as the two adventurers from Florida did – you discover it anew in a Mercedes-Benz 219 "Ponton".


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Monday, 25 April 2011
on writing, critics and being a delicate artist
When I was 13 I wrote a book. It wasn't a particularly long book but it had a beginning , a middle, and an end. It was utterly ripped off from all the fantasy books I was reading at the time ( Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander and especially Susan Cooper) and it had some serious plot flaws because what does a 13 year old know of the world? Still it was a book, with illustrations in pencil . I was pretty proud of it and showed it to my dad who read it and then wrote me a book of a critique in letter form as was generally my dad's way. He was very honest and I didn't take it very well at the time. Because I was 13 and I had written a book. I hadn't wanted a step by step analysis of what was wrong with it I wanted a gorram pat on the back. I tell you this so that you all understand, critiques in my art world started off early.
However, as upset as I remember being, I was also drawn in. What he had done was a huge labour of love, just as my book had been and it taught me so much more than a pat on the back ever would. Once I had recovered from my pain of being critiqued I re read his words and he had been right. I never touched the story again but I learned from it and from him.
At 13 I suddenly learned that just writing a book isn't good enough, it also has to work, make sense and be right. Gotta tell you this was a hard lesson to learn.
All the way through high school I wrote stories but apart from a nibble here and there I didn't get much interest from other people. I had two amazing English teachers who encouraged but the way things went I ended up having to concentrate on other parts of my school life and because of some class switching that had to happen so I could get a math teacher who understood me I ended up with a not so great English teacher and my stories stayed hidden in the closet, so to speak. I don't ever recall being told I was a good writer with promise so I never really thought much about being a writer, besides...as I was often told being an artist of any sort was not a good way to make a living ,better put those aspirations aside and get a real job.
I did write a couple more little books and one I entered into an under 18 competition. It came top 30 out of 500 or so, I can't recall the exact numbers any more but I got a nice letter after their 2nd re read which made me feel very vindicated for the late nights hammering away at the typewriter. ( and I can't type)
I wrote all the way through my 1st stint in university, small stories fueled by daily events and unrequited love and a very Canadian pop / rock musician. I also drew and illustrated and generally lived inside my brain because I loathed university so much I couldn't wait to get through it. Somewhere along the way I let the artist in me die.
I ended up re finding it again through the art of verbal storytelling. I would tell folk tales and my own creations at SCA events and sometimes I think people even enjoyed them. I LOVE the art of storytelling it's massive. We've lost that camp fire story telling magic somehow in this modern day so it was a gift to have this pocket in time, to re. discover words. Words and I have had a long relationship, I won a poetry competition in primary school and since I was a late reader this is pretty cool. I love words, I love their taste, their feel, their magic. I love words in other languages too. I should have studied linguistics but that's an alternate universe life and I hope that me is happy with it.
But we weren't talking about words we were discussing critics.
The giving and taking of criticism is, in itself, an art form. Good criticism informs and constructs rather than derides and tears apart, tearing a part someone's work no matter what isn't very helpful. It's my opinion that even the very worst art, writing, music has something to offer, even if it is a jumping platform of what not to do. Just saying "this sucks" isn't useful it's hurtful. And I sometimes wonder if the "this sucks" style of critiques is not more about personal power bolstering rather than trying to help someone better themselves.
At the art college I went to critiques and being a critic was par for the course, not only from my teachers but also my peers. You put your work up there and it's hard. Especially for fledgling artists who are madly in love with their creations. You think you've created this wonderful imaginative unique work of beauty only to discover that's not the case. It's a fantastic lesson to be taught though, to be on both ends of the critic bench. How you give and receive criticism is incredibly important and will often dictate how people move forward or not. Artists have delicate egos and developing a thick skin is not so easy. We put our souls out there for the world to see and hope someone likes it or gets it or is inspired by it.
I'm pretty tough skinned when it comes to my writing, might not seem that way but trust me I am. I learned young. Not quite so tough skinned about my actual art but that's my insecure spot. So when I was in charge of scribes in the SCA in this kingdom and I would get new people presenting me with what amounted to not very good art work, I did my damnedest to make sure I didn't "that sucks" but rather "It's a start now here's where it can be better." I have no idea if the people I had to critic ( because the kingdom has a standard or at least when I was signet I wanted it to have a standard) walked away feeling and or if they could look at my words and think yeah she's right I see the mistakes now. Critics don't tend to get much feed back on their work.
One of the THE most important things I learned from my dad's letter about my 1st little book was words have to make sense. This also applies to criticisms. So if you critique a work and you want the person on the end of your sharp stick to take your critiques seriously and not just get hurt or pissed off, then you have to make sense.
You didn't like the piece ( written visual or otherwsie) then explain why not. Just saying "I didn't like" it is not a criticism it's an opinion and just like orifices, we all have them. What didn't you like and why not? Ask yourself these questions when you dislike a work before you write anything. You'll be surprised at what answers you get and so, maybe, will the artist, author, musician.
There is a massive difference in how things are perceived based on how they are worded. Negatives will be negative and positives are just that positive. "I don't like this chapter because it's boring." negative. "I would have enjoyed this chapter more if there had been more action and less use of the word "like" " far more positive.
You get the idea.
It's always a good idea to ask first as well, unless this is the professional world then somehow it seems to be expected that stuff gets critiqued, but on a smaller more private scale especially if no money is being made and stuff is just up there. If the creator doesn't ask outright for critiques then before you shoot off and tell them and the world what's wrong with everything they've done, you might want to ask first if they want you to do this. Not everyone welcomes some random stranger telling them step by step where all the perceived flaws are. I have a great deal more respect for critics who at least introduce themselves, or ask me first if I want their opinion than when someone just randomly writes negative comments on stuff I've done without context first. I'm also more likely to take the critic and the critique more seriously when they have some respect for me first.
A really good critique is really useful. Clear and concise explanations of why something doesn't appeal, work, feel right can go a very long way to bettering the work or the follow up. I know this from a very good critique I had for one of my scrolls in this kingdom. There were flaws I didn't see and when they were pointed out it was like a light going on. Thank you Caitlin. It made me a better scribe and it was done in a way I understood without making me feel like crap.
While it can be hard to have your beautiful creation smooshed to bits it can also be very insightful for personal artistic growth. I don't mind people telling me what's wrong with something I do as long as they explain why. It has to make sense, it should be useful and constructive and you should walk away from it not feeling as though your soul has been slashed but that you now have a whole lot more to think about. Good critics expand the world of art in all its forms because they strive to better the artists/writers/musicians/ cooks etc... not because it makes them feel good to tear an artist to shreds.
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ERIC Number: ED242164
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1983-Mar
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Wyoming State Conference (Casper, Wyoming, March 17-19, 1983). Proceedings.
Mensendick, Frosyne, Ed.
Thirteen papers presented at a 1983 Wyoming comference on special education are included. The first two papers describe approaches for controlling children's serious behavior problems. Approaches focus on generalized compliance training, a direct instruction program that seeks to extinguish inappropriate behavior. Additional topics include the following (sample subtopics in parentheses): facilitating parent-school cooperation; a social/behavioral curriculum for handicapped adolescents; a school-community vocational training program unsing microcomputer technology; computer networking with commercially prepared software; and a metacognitive approach to study strategies. Briefly summarized are presentations on psycho-social drama (an approach to deal with mental health issues), issues in adult developmental disabilities, preparation of the student for employment, and a transactional approach to early language training. Lists of films shown at the conference and addresses of distributors conclude the document. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Computers, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Severe Disabilities
Wyoming Federation, CEC, Frosyne Mensendick, 1211 South Elm, Casper, WY 82601 ($4.00).
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Language: English
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Note: Papers presented at the State Conference of the Wyoming Federation of The Council for Exceptional Children/Wyoming Association of Retarded Citizens.


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SXAirportDesign Nashville Released./
FSX/P3D. Once again as always with this team, the preview screenshots do not yield proper close up imagery of the terminal texturing. A lot of pullback shots show a fairly decent runway and apron representation with decent photoreal coverage. But I can not honestly say for $21 bucks if the scenery looks worth the price because I just can't see a proper straightforward shot of the terminal. I have already stated this in the past with releases from this developer. Nevertheless, if you are looking for Nashville to grace your sim, detailed or not, you now have a fairly decent option.


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