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Walk This Way: Tips for Better Form
Get your form right to get the most out of your walk
One of the many great things about walking is that everyone knows how to do it. But if it's your main way to exercise, a few form tweaks will help you burn extra calories.
Stand up straight, as if a string is pulling your spine upward. Don't lean forward as if you're heading into a stiff breeze.
Look straight ahead, not down at your cool new shoes.
Relax your shoulders, bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle, and move them back and forth (not across your chest) as you walk. This helps propel you forward and gives your arms a light workout. Don't bring your hands up near your face or develop a punching motion; just drive your elbow back at waist height.
Keep hands relaxed, in a loose fist (don't clench or flap them around).
Your stride should feel right to you. It won't feel fluid if your steps are too short or too long. Aim for a smooth, rhythmic, natural pace.
Once you hit your natural stride, your foot will roll from heel to toe. Then think about pushing off with your toes -- it helps you walk faster and burn more calories.
Walking provides many health benefits. It can help you lose weight, get fit, boost mood and more. Learn tips from Sharecare experts on how to safely incorporate walking into your daily routine.


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Tech4Good Award Debuts at GP Bullhound's Investor Allstars
IVUK's partner, GP Bullhound, will be recognising mission-driven technology leaders through its new Tech4Good award at the annual Investor Allstars awards ceremony in London.
Impact Ventures UK's investment process can take between 3 to 6 months before the close of a deal. Social enterprises under consideration for IVUK investment can be better prepared for this diligent process by reviewing this section. Interested social enterprises should make sure they have a strong investment proposition and business plan before making contact with Impact Ventures UK.
In the early phase of IVUK's candidate review, we seek to ensure that the social enterprise has "vision fit": that means IVUK ensures that the business seeking funding is aligned with our core mission, as well as our values and goals. Because IVUK places equal emphasis on scalability as well as social impact, we also seek to determine sustainable and robust business models.
At the same time we conduct a comprehensive assessment of an organisation's social impact. First we ensure that the core focus of your business is to benefit disadvantaged groups in the UK, addressing pressing UK social issues including but not limited to homelessness, mental illness, unemployment, children and family welfare, aging and social justice.
If IVUK and the social venture choose to proceed. This involves a fact sheet of the social enterprise under consideration—an internal high-level document distributed and discussed with the LGT Impact global team. This is only done when we believe this is a viable investment to see for further due diligence. For more about this phase, please visit the Enquire section.
After the initial discussion within LGT Impact's global team based on the fact sheet, the preliminary review phase starts, the outcome of which is a memo presented to IVUK's Investment Committee.
This phase involves a deeper evaluation of the business and social impact plan as well as management meetings and company visits.
The social enterprise must be able to successfully pass a capabilities and risk assessment, and meet an internal due diligence checklist.
Completion of the preliminary review by the IVUK team then leads to presentation to the Investment Committee, which needs to approve the review before moving into deal execution. The deal execution involves continued intensive due diligence and site visits, meetings with and assessments of core business activities including sales, finance, and other areas. The IVUK team conducts a full social impact analysis and determines the social impact KPIs.
This phase results in an investment memo that is again presented to the Investment Committee for approval in order to close the investment.
The entire investment process from start to close can take from 3 to 6 months. Candidates go through a rigorous process of due diligence before a deal is made.
IVUK's partner, GP Bullhound, will be recognising mission-driven technology leaders through its new Tech4Good award at the annual Investor Allstars awards ceremony in London.
Prince Max von Liechtenstein, CEO of LGT, sees dangerous trends in the many environmental issues, but in the increasing concentration of income and wealth too.

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Con-Artist Preparations: Getting into Character
We all should know by now that as con-artists, one of the most important skill is acting.
Whenever you take on a conning job, you will always end up pretending to be some other character. This is important for several reasons.
First, you have to assume a different character because you do not want your own identity to be known. Most of the time, if not all the time, con-artists will always be doing something shady. Thus, it is important that you make sure your "real" life and identity is far from the characters that you use as a con-artist.
Second, playing a character is important for the mission to be successful. That being said, you must not assume a character just because you feel like it. You have to use a character according to the kind of conning you are about to do, as well as according to how deep you need to infiltrate something or someone – may it be a person, a situation or an organization.
All that said, it is just as important that you use a character that you can actually play and portray. Do not use characters that you have no idea how to act upon.
For instance, if you need to be a waiter in order to fulfill the job, then you must learn and study how it is to be a waiter. you must not only look the part, but you must know how to act like a waiter of experience, so that your character would be believable and your targets won't be suspicious of you.
Another example is when you have to pretend to be a plumber. In my personal experience, acting as a plumber is one of the common roles I play because I actually had the chance to learn the trade for a short time, when I had to hire a plumber once in order to get my plumbing fixed in my old house in Jacksonville.
Seeing how plumbers get so much access to a house once they are called in, I decided to learn how basic plumbing is done so that I could add it to my arsenal of con-artist characters.
Thankfully, the plumber I hired to do the plumbing issues in my home was very competent and he was an expert. So much so that every question I asked him, he was able to answer with ease and with confidence.
Now, I not only pretend to be a plumber whenever I need to do so for a job, but I could already indeed fix the basic plumbing issues I encounter in my home. Even my friends sometimes call me for basic plumbing emergencies in their place.
But of course, nothing beats the experts that is why I still keep that plumbing company's contacts handy so that whenever serious plumbing issues arise that are beyond my capacity, I would call them and then have them fix it, while learning along the way.
Indeed, the life of a con artist is not just about taking on a job. It is more about the preparation and the learning that you need in order to ensure that every job is a success.
By the way, if you are interested about that plumbing company, here is its contact details:
C Mac Plumbing and Drain Cleaning Service
702 Crystal Crest SW
Jacksonville, AL 36265
Don't hire them to train you. That would reveal your true intentions. Just hire them to do actual plumbing problems and then learn from them while they work on it. You don't have to worry even if you destroy your plumbing on purpose because these plumbers are great at what they do and they can fix that problem in a jiffy.


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A male DJ who was born a woman is to have a penis made out of the skin on his arm.
But because Billy-Joe Newington's arm is covered in tattoos, he will have a tribal print manhood.
The 25-year-old was born as a girl called Connie but knew from a young age that he was male.
He started taking male hormones more than two years ago, quickly transforming him from a size eight girl into a muscular man with stubble.
Engaged Billy-Joe had a double mastectomy in January after years of binding his 32C boobs and is booked in for his first operation on his penis later this year.
Billy-Joe and his fiance Celyn Phillips, 31, said his new patterned penis will mark the final phase of his transformation.
The night-club DJ from Cardiff, said: "When I was a teenager I was living with double feelings - this is how I feel and this is how society wants me to be.
"I tried to fight against it, I tried the whole make up thing, the long hair and the straighteners but it wasn't me.
"Once I had the top half operation I instantly felt like I could finally be me. I'm looking forward to the lower half, but the closer it gets the more nervous I get.
"I'm already living the life of a man, but this will be the final step.
"The most common place they take the skin from for the phalloplasty is the forearm, but my whole left arm is covered in a tribal tattoo."
Billy-Joe said he felt he was in the wrong body when he got to school and realised he was different from the "other boys" who he played football with at home.
When he got to school he hoped he would grow out of his feelings and even forced himself to dress more girly.
But after cutting off all his hair when he was 15 he finally plucked up the courage to tell his doctor how he was feeling - who told him he was transgender.
Billy-Joe came out to his family, changed his name and started dressing as a man full-time.
He was working as an openly-trans DJ at a club in Bristol when his pretty fiance Celyn, a lighting engineer, caught his eye.
He fell head over heels for the feminine blonde, who instantly accepted him for the man he was.
Billy-Joe said: "Things started to feel really odd when I was a teenager.
"I knew I was attracted to women, but what confused me the most was I looked at men and thought 'they look pretty good'.
"It was working out the difference between envying men and fancying women that was confusing.
"When I met Celyn she knew straight away about me.
"I told her that I loved her pretty quickly, and she said to me 'I can;t say that I love you just yet, but I know that I when I do I will love you for the person you are, not the gender'.
"Her saying that meant the world to me. To her, I am the man I know I am."
Billy-Joe started having testosterone in January 2012 and two years later had his breasts removed in a £6,000 NHS op at New Victoria Hospital, Surrey.
During the three-hour operation, surgeons removed a cancerous lump, and after six weeks of being wrapped in bandages, Billy-Joe was able to go topless for the first time.
He had a pre-op appointment for his £12,000 lower half surgery this week and will have the first of three penis operations in the coming months.
The skin from the arm is used because it is smooth and hairless - and it would have to be Billy-Jo's left arm because the procedure can cause paralysis and he is right-handed.
"The first operation is to make the body of the penis, then the second will be to make the head and have the testicle implants, and the third will be a urethral lengthening and a hysterectomy," he explained.
"I'm a bit more nervous about this operation than the last one, because I thought it was going to be easy but it was actually emotionally draining, but Celyn is supporting me and keeping me calm."
Celyn and Billy Joe plan to get married after his ops and hope to have children in the future with a sperm donor.


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Driving is a serious activity that requires adequate preparation and practice.
Without proper guidance, a new driver is at risk of making the wrong decisions on the road, failing a road test, or worse, hurting themselves, passengers and pedestrians.
There are a number of reliable and well-known driving schools in Birmingham and other parts of the UK that have highly skilled instructors on board, to provide you with proper training and help you pass your driving test in the first attempt.
Let's have a look at some of the important factors that you should consider while choosing a driving school.
As per the state law, driving schools must be accredited and qualified to offer driving lessons. Make sure that the driving school you choose meets that standard and has got all the necessary licenses, certifications, etc.
A reliable driving schools will always be willing to tailor their services to your comfort and the way you learn. For example, some of the new drivers are quite nervous and unsure of themselves, while others may be overconfident. An experienced driving instructor will be able to tell the difference and make sure that all sorts of people succeed in their driving goals.
Pick-up & Drop-off
Look for a driving school that offers pick-up and drop-off facility. This way you will be able to save a lot of your time, money and efforts that are spent in travelling.
Success rate
A good driving school will have a high success rate when it comes to people passing their driving test in the first or second attempt. You can ask such details over the phone or go through the driving school's website to know more about this.
You want a driving instructor that is right for you. Most of the times, this is difficult to know until after the first driving lesson, but the right driving instructor will teach you how to drive and improve your confidence behind the wheel. You should feel like you are making progress after each driving lesson.
Also, it is important for a driving school to run a background check on their instructors. You can have a word with your instructor before he starts with the training. If you are not comfortable with an instructor, you can ask the school to allocate a new instructor.
It is important to review the driving school's website or get in touch with the owner over the phone to learn about whether it offers services matching exactly what you are looking for.
Don't forget to have a look at the condition of vehicles at the driving facility. Ask your driving instructor to offer you lessons on a car that is similar to the one you will be driving later on. Also, check out the cars for all the safety features, for example, seat belts, air bags, etc.
Check out the reviews of the driving school on its website or other social media platforms. If possible, try talking to some of the previous customers of the driving school and get to know their personal experiences. This should pretty much shape your opinion.
If you consider the above-mentioned factors, you are highly likely to find a driving school that is the right fit for you. Hope you find this article informative and helpful.


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Friday, May 4, 2012
The Avengers (PG-13/142 Min.)
Thor, I'm sorry. I love you and still want to marry you and have little Thorlings with you but in one way and one way only have you been removed from my favor. The Avengers is officially the best Marvel movie. I know it hurts but hey! At least you still have me. And that's a good thing. Right? Right? Is this thing on?
To say I like The Avengers is the understatement of the year. I went to the Marvel marathon yesterday at Quail Springs AMC. No, it didn't involve running, thank goodness, but it did involve Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and, finally, da da-da duuuuuum…The Avengers! There were between 60 and 70 people in this particular theater and it was super nice not having to worry about the crowds. And these were my people. My co-nerdlets, if you will. We all received lanyards, special 3D glasses (mine were Captain America but only because all the Thors were gone by the time I got there) and a comic book. "They're not comics…they're anime!" Name that TV show. We were feeling all kinds of special. To make things even better, we were asked Marvel trivia questions in between each movie and the first person to give the correct answer got a prize. I didn't win anything. I'm going to blame it on the fact that I couldn't hear the questions as I was sitting in the very top row. That and my phone wasn't as fast as everyone else's who were Googling the answers. Cheaters!
For those of you who need a synopsis for this, here goes:
Loki, brother of Thor, teams up with a super nasty (The Other) to take over the world. Mwahahahahaha!!! Oh. Sorry. His evil machinations bring about the formation of The Avengers, comprised of Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Hawkeye/Clint Barton and Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff.
If you don't know who those last two are do NOT go see the Avengers without watching Thor and Iron Man 2. Although, thinking back, the Thor movie doesn't really tell us much about Hawkeye. You just have to already know who he is, I guess. But we see a lot of Natasha, not like that!!!, in Iron Man 2.
I know I usually discuss the actors right about now but I'm pretty sure you already know who most of them are. All I have to say is, the casting director person team whatever should have been well-paid for choosing this group of actors. If they've been with the Marvel film franchise from the beginning. If this was their first Marvel film, then never mind. The only person they had to come up with was Mark Ruffalo for The Hulk. Okay, and maybe a few more but as far as the main characters go… I can't imagine anyone else in any of these roles. I loved them all. Iron Man stole the show but we sort of expected that. He's just got that kind of personality. I liked Mark better as The Hulk than I did Edward Norton. Sorry, Ed. You were good. You were just too skinny. Not who I picture as Bruce Banner. But, then again, what do I know?
Aside from a couple of slow spots – and these don't last long – this film was constantly going going going. There was lots of action, of course, quite a bit of funny – the Hulk and Loki scene was my favorite – and even a little sad. What? Sad? How can this be sad? This is war people and war has casualties! You didn't really think all the good guys in the movie survive, did you? And now you're wondering who it is, huh? Sorry. Having told you what I did was probably edging over the line of telling too much. I will say that I appreciate that they pay proper respect to the fallen hero and don't instantly make us forget him..or her. Did I cry? Maybe a little. Then it got all action-y again and I got pulled in to that.
The one and only character I didn't care that much for was the super nasty. I felt about him as I did about the villain in The Green Lantern. He was kind of hokey. I'm so glad we didn't see very much of him. And, as mentioned in The Green Lantern, despite the villain being hokey I still wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley…or in the light of day…or pretty much anywhere. It's easy to say he's silly from the safety of my computer chair. Yes, I do realize he's not real. I'm just sayin'.
Let's shake it to the break-down:
Sex/Nudity – There just wasn't time.
Drugs/Drinking – No drugs. A bit of drinking. Tony Stark is one of the characters. There would have to be alcohol!
Cussing – Samuel L. Jackson is in this film. Enough said. Okay, in all fairness, he didn't cuss at all (I don't think) in the Star Wars movies so I guess I should cut him a little slack. I didn't hear any of the big words and just a few little ones.
Violence – Seriously? And there is blood but no gore.
Intense scenes – the worst scene for me was when Loki appeared to be removing a man's eye. Fortunately, you don't actually see it happen as Loki is blocking the view but you get a pretty good idea. Yuck! The evil army guys are kind of creepy and the bigger evil army guys made me think of the last Transformers movie when that coily critter was tearing up buildings. These guys are more wormy than coily but still icky.
If you are a Marvel fan I would definitely recommend The Avengers. If you aren't a Marvel fan, become one and goes see The Avengers. PT is old enough to see movies like this and her PaPa will be taking her this weekend but because of her age now and knowing what she is able to process I have no idea whether or not this would be okay for younger children. I think the youngest person in our theater was either a tween or a little older. If your kids have seen all the other Marvel films then they probably would be okay with this one. Especially if they've seen The Hulk or Captain America. Those bad guys were equally yuck. I really hope this does well at the theater. According to reports they made over $18 million at the midnight showing. Yea!
P.S. I'm afraid I have to admit to judging someone by past works. I was happily surprised by a couple of religious quotes in the movie. Having seen some of Joss Whedon's other projects – Buffy, the Vampire Slayer among others – I wouldn't have guessed those would have been left in. Shame on me.
P.P.S. To all the people my age with children I would really like to know if your kiddos would actually catch some of the references from our generation. Included in these were "Point Break", "Galaga", "Acme Dynamite" and Tony Stark wore a Black Sabbath T-shirt during quite a few of his non-Iron Man scenes. Are they even still a band? Forgive me. I never was a fan.
P.P.P.S. One of the gentlemen in the theater had been toting a replica of Mjolnir (Thor's hammer for those of you who escaped the nerd wagon) and apparently set it down somewhere outside of our theater. Before The Avengers started one of the AMC employees came in bearing the hammer and raised it up asking, "Does anyone know who this belongs to?" The overwhelming response? "THOR!" Well…duh.
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One of the most well-liked knitwear styles this season is the oversize look. Let's face it, our Christmas tummies haven't completely disappeared yet (despite healthy efforts) plus we want to be comfortable and cosy on this wintery weather, all although maintaining our fashion credibility – and the extra-large jumper is perfect for every one of the Cheap Stone Island Hooded Dark Green Cotton Jacket For Men aforementioned qualities. A favourite pieces at this time is the Armani Jeans roll neck jumper dress, simply throw this on with a pair of black leather Ted Baker stockings, and a pair of black Ash ankle boots, along with an effortlessly stylish, winter ready clothing. Oh, and with the Armani Jeans spin neck dress reduced from £125 to only £50 in our winter discounted sale, you have no defense for frumpy knits.
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Denis Leary's Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Is a Total Misfire
<i>Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll </i>is a superficial title for a superficial show.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is superficial title for a superficial show. Created by Denis Leary, this half-hour FX comedy, which premieres tonight, follows Johnny Rock (Leary), the lead singer of the Heathens. The band apparently flamed out in the '90s — or was it the '80s, or the '70s? It's often hard to tell — when they were right on the cusp of stardom. In the present, Johnny learns that he has an adult daughter, Gigi (Elizabeth Gilles), by a former bandmate, and that Gigi can really, really sing; this inspires him to try to get the band back together to write some new material and finally claim the megastardom that he believes was their destiny. So he reassembles Flash (John Corbett), bassist Rehab (John Ales), drummer Bam Bam (Robert Kelly), and one of his old backup singers Ava (Elaine Hendrix), who happens to be his girlfriend of 25 years, and we're off.
The show could be described as the third panel in the actor-writer's self-destructive machismo triptych, alongside The Job, in which he played a police officer, and Rescue Me, where he played a firefighter, but that would suggest that Sex&Drugs is as consistently excellent as The Job or as fitfully interesting as Rescue Me. It's not. In fact, it's the first heavily hyped new series of the year that could be described a total misfire.
There are a couple of big problems here, and lots of smaller ones. For starters, Leary's Johnny is the most generic and poorly defined major character, after his daughter, whom we'll deal with shortly. He's mainly a collection of familiar Leary postures and attitudes. From his long leather jackets to his mussed-up hair to his still-prodigious consumption of booze and drugs and his poor-taste wisecracks (he says that John Lennon's music was so boring after he got sober that if Mark David Chapman hadn't shot him, "Yoko probably would've"), the character is a ridiculous and ultimately grating figure. He could be a middle-school-age suburban Generation-Xer's fantasy of a crazy white rocker — probably one imagined in the 1970s, when the gods of '60s rock were filling up arenas and inspiring boys with chocolate-milk mustaches to doodle band logos on their binders. Johnny's life is shabby and pathetic. He looks like shit, and other characters tell him so. And he's still a major cokehead and boozer. He can't get through a day, seemingly an hour, without doing something.
But what are we to make of him? Saying that the series expects us to make up our own minds about Johnny would be giving Sex&Drugs too much credit. Simply put, this is a series that wants to have its coke and snort it, too, and it's not the first Leary series to have that problem. Even at its boldest and most pleasingly absurd, Leary's work as a writer-producer has always had a childish element of macho fantasy. He's always playing the loudmouthed satyr who screws up everyone else's happiness but is so talented and interesting that you can't help but like him, and the shows seesaw between seeing through the characters' fantasies and validating them.
Sex&Drugs is very much a Leary show in that way. There are constant wisecracks about what a failure he is, how leathery his face is, how weak most of his songs are, and so on, but he's still the center of attention, the leader, the schemer, the troublemaker, the man in the spotlight. We just have to take the show's word for it that Johnny deserves to be the main character, just as we have to take the show's word for it when Johnny or some other character performs a song that's supposed to be great or good or merely promising, because all of the songs sound like something a pretty good bar band might do when they weren't covering other people's material. Not only can Leary not sing, he can't really do a rock 'n' roll growl or shout or talk-sing, either. This would be fine if the show were about a small-town guy who never left his small town, but we're supposed to believe that a band fronted by Johnny was on the edge of something great back in the day, and there's just no credible evidence for that onscreen.
The other major problem is Gigi, who makes no psychological sense as a woman specifically or as a character generally. (Again, a frequent problem with women in Leary productions, although Callie Thorne's Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me had her moments.) Gigi's dad has been out of her life for 20 years, and the minute she meets him she's talking like a ball-busting female Denis Leary, in rants that go on for half a page with no periods (except maybe for the ones that make her even crankier, eh, fellas?). She leaves her Ohio town and shows up in New York to tell her dad (who at first tries to pick her up in a club) that her mom gave her $200,000 and that she needs Johnny and Flash to patch up their differences (Johnny once slept with Flash's girl) and write her some songs so that she can record them and become a star. "Maybe Mom was wrong about you," she teases her dad. "She said you were a lazy, selfish, pothead alcoholic with a small dick and a death wish." Then says, "You should not only feel guilty for never knowing me, you should feel really, really guilty about me growing up without a father figure in friggin' A-Hole, Ohio, so leave your feelings out of this. I don't need a dad, I need a goddamn songwriter." The problem with this dialogue isn't "nobody talks like this," it's that calling it dialogue would be an overstatement. It's a list of motivations and feelings, and there's plenty more like it in Sex&Drugs.
The show has a few bright moments here and there, mainly when the bandmates are breaking each others' chops or just bantering (again, this is very Leary; the best scenes in The Job and Rescue Me took place, respectively, at the station house and the firehouse). And there are some sharp details, like the way that Flash has capitalized on his gun-for-hire gig as Lady Gaga's guitar player by starting a Twitter account, @gagaleadguitar, that now has a six-figure following. But the net effect is still that of an advertisement for Denis Leary, Great American Antihero, which has just enough self-awareness to realize that advertisements are off-putting, and which therefore puts the character down before raising him up again. Even if you were fine with all that, the pathological sexual jealousy that animates every other scene between Gigi and Johnny in the early episodes might prove a deal-breaker. It's queasily funny at first (Johnny is a womanizer, but hypocritically puritan when it comes to his own kid) but soon it becomes tiresome, then puzzling, then finally just gross. What middle-aged man is this obsessed with the chastity of his daughter, let alone one he didn't know existed until recently?


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""People kept throwing hats, ... and I was just asking if he could make an announcement to ask them to stop""
-Sidney Crosby, on what he said to the referee after Alexander Ovechkin's third goal of Game 2, a 4-3 Caps win.
Ohhhh...poor, poor Cindy!! Waaaaahhhhhhh!!!
You big *****!!
It was a big mistake for the NHL to ever think you were the type of player to market their sport around. You're not the best player in the league. Hell, you're not even the third-best, there are three Russians ahead of you (Ovechkin, Malkin, Datsyuk). And your constant whining and crying is the last thing any serious sports league needs.


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On Bitching
by Jeffrey Harrison
after Catullus
Listen, Hilarius, you've got to snap out of it.
I know you're in your fifties now,
but don't let yourself give in to bitterness.
Sure, when you were younger the muse
used to visit more often, sprawling across your lap
and whispering in your ear, but at least
she treats you now and then to an idea
or plants a stanza in your head as you're waking up.
And stop bitching about editors
who keep publishing each other's poems
in Pretension Quarterly or The Moribund Review.
Try not to let it bother you so much.
Why waste your energy enumerating
all the petty injustices that have gone on
since ancient times and are bound to continue
for centuries to come? And there's no point
in envying the poets who swagger into rooms,
charging every molecule with their need
to be important. So, let them be important.
And if, sometimes, you feel as if you
hardly exist, well, as a great poet once said,
be secret and exult . . . instead of sulking.
Believe me, I agree with you, it's too bad
things sometimes work the way they do,
but it's exasperating to listen to you
after you've had a few too many cups of wine
railing against the zealously self-promoting
postmodern obfuscators, the hip ironists revved up
on their own cleverness, the tedious fundamentalists
of rhyme and meter, or the one you call
the formalist narcissist Stalinist surrealist.
Not bad, Hilarius, but you need to get over it.
You didn't want power, remember?
You wanted to write poems. So, write them.
And the next time some self-satisfied preener
wins a prize, don't dwell on it, but remind yourself
of all the poems that didn't get away, the poems
of your friends and how they've borne you up
and spurred you on with a better envy,
and remember the friends themselves, laboring
alone at their desks, mostly under the radar
(unlike the "famous poets" you call the oxymorons),
and giving you what literary life you have
which if not dazzling is at least genuine—
and thank the gods to the end of your days
for the time they've granted you to spend
on making poems, even if they come to nothing.
Jeffrey Harrison is the author of four full-length books of poetry. Recent work includes Incomplete Knowledge (Four Way Books, 2006) as well as a selection published in the U.K. in 2006, The Names of Things (Waywiser Press). A recipient of Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, he has had poems published in many magazines and anthologies. (10/2010)


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But over the last week I've gotten several things done. (I've also been sick, which is why I was slow, but I'm much better now.)
On Friday the 22, Marianne McCann had her second RezDay in Second Life. (That's the anniversary of the day when she first came into the "World".)
To celebrate, we opened the big tent behind the school. Yep, it's going to be for parties and things, and when it's not being used for an Event, it's going to have Party Things for sale.
I made her a cake. :D
It's one that I scripted, so when the owner touches it, she gets a menu that lets her light the candles, blow them out, or get a slice of cake. Everyone else just gets a slice.
I was particularly happy with the icing roses, which are single prim sculpties. It's not quite ready to sell yet, because I need to make the frosting leaves out of sculpties, too. Or make them part of the roses. The thing is, the roses are one prim each, but so are those leaves, so most of the prims in the cake are from leaves!
It looks really good when the lights are out, and the candles are lit, too. :D
Behind the cake, you can see a present. That's a new one, using a script that my friend Eleadon wrote. (We swapped some stuff, which is why I have it.) I need to tweak it just a bit more, but it's really great. You can set it to open for a specific person, and when they open it, it really opens, and there's a sound and a huge particle shower for a couple of seconds. And they get whatever is in the box.
So I'll have those for sale, along with the cakes, by the end of next week (I hope.)
I've also been working on Pussy Willows bunches, for putting in Vases, and some Vases to put them in. And new Striped Sets for kids. And I've been learning to knit, so that there will be some really, really nice sweaters in SL come fall. And I have a new computer that's being delivered this afternoon. (It's already at the UPS Store, but Michael has to bring it home.)
It's been a busy week. I'll blog more about the rest, including pictures, later.


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The wonders of makeup is defined by some as an art of creating beautiful and different looks all at once, and to others it is a way of expression, but whatever it may mean to you, the art of making up is simply to be a better form of yourself and there isn't any female right now who hasn't tried it.
From looking at Toke to Eva and other celebrities, their gorg looks has brought some sort of inspiration to us and has made everyone so interested and hooked with makeup. Some of us go to YouTube and others intagram to watch the many numerous videos and try to recreate this looks. While others do get them, some others just always seem to get it wrong.
But not too worry, this post is here to help. I will be giving step by step process on how to get your perfect makeup. Today's post will focus more on getting your brows perfectly because a perfect brow is the basic of well defined and gorgeous look.
Be inspired and remember to share this post to your friends online:
First know your brushes; Which is used for which and which not to use, and you are on your way to a perfect brow. Plus remember to always wash your brush with warm water, don't use hand but dab gently in water.
If you want to go the extra with your brush set, then its best to save the tutorial above.
Secondly, know how to get your beginning, your arch and the end. You can use pencil, broom or anything to measure.
Thirdly, know the type of brows that works with your face shape, and you will know this after you have completed the task above. Plus you can always practice on paper till you get perfect.
Then you can now begin your brows. Start from the bottom then go up.
Lastly, define your brows with concealer.
1. Never use a different color of pencil apart from a shade or two from your hairline, yes your hair should be the criteria for choosing the shade of your brow pencil or gel.
2. Don't ever and I repeat ever use wine, red, blue, and even black. It's just wrong in all aspect
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More often than not, a newer home will offer more energy efficient features aimed at curbing rising utility costs. So, in order to compete with these homes, you may need to update some features in your home in order to sell it.
On a day-to-day basis I see more buyers asking about "green" features such as tankless water heaters, upgraded insulation (higher R value or spray insulation) and low flow plumbing fixtures.
As builders have begun to make a point of touting these features in their new construction homes, buyers have begun expecting to find them in resale properties as well.
Upgrading an older home can be expensive, but panelists at the REALTOR Conference & Expo which was recently held in in Anaheim said, "Green upgrades aimed at energy efficiency continues to get more recognition in the real estate business as more home owners look for ways to curb rising utility costs as well as potentially increase the resale value of their home."
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Expert Help for London Handball Players
The youngsters came from across London, and were brought in by Handball Development Officer Ari Bekker who liaised with British Handball to make the session happen.
"Everyone paired up with one of the GB players on each position, and they helped them out with learning some new tricks and passing on their skills," she said.
"The team just made my young players' whole year! They're already asking when they can do it again!"
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Dato' Mohd Fadzli Yusof
Chief Executive Officer, Sharikat Takaful, Malaysia
Currently, it is understood that there are around 40 takaful operators
worldwide, mostly providing general business. It is at the same
time estimated that the combined total assets and contributions
(premium) of these operators stand at around USD1 billion and USD500
million respectively. Obviously, this amount is negligible and very
insignificant compared with the total number of Muslim population
of Islamic countries, estimated at around 800 million people.
According to
data compiled by Carpenter Bowring London, a company under the Marsh
Mc Lennon Group, the world largest reinsurance broker, insurance
penetration particularly for the life sector in premium terms in
Muslims countries is less than 1% of GDP. It is therefore clear
that takaful has immense potential to be developed with its sheer
market size hitherto remained untapped.
For this reason,
existing as well as would-be operators must intelligently position
themselves in terms of product design that can satisfy the needs
of the market. In this regard, products that would help to improve
savings among the masses, such as family takaful plans which are
essential components for ensuring economic growth should be actively
promoted. As for the penetration of life insurance, perhaps Malaysia
is relatively ahead among most Islamic and developing countries.
At present, Malaysia has attained penetration rate of 28% as against
less than 5% for most Muslim countries, compared to the established
markets of Singapore, Japan and most European countries with rates
ranging from 65% to 150%. The co-relation to the relatively high
market penetration is further reflected from the savings rate of
Malaysia, considered comparatively high at 39% of GDP.
Countries with
high savings rate would generally be able to sustain economic growth
and would not have to depend upon assistance or aid from outside.
Thus from the economic standpoint, takaful would be useful not only
as a means to inculcate good savings habit and cultivate thrift
at the individual level, but also help to accelerate investment
potential for the ummah as whole. This in turn would be beneficial
for the economic development and well being of Muslim countries
As demonstrated
from the small activities undertaken by Takaful Malaysia, Malaysia
has taken the lead in bringing takaful to the international playing
field. Asides the advancement within the Asean region, Malaysia
has helped other parties outside the region to introduce and promote
takaful in their respective countries. For this purpose Takaful
Malaysia has established joint-venture programmes in Sri Lanka,
Saudi Arabia and has also provided technical assistance for takaful
operators in Australia. Request for similar assistance has been
sought from Lebanon, Bangladesh and Algeria.
In another interesting
development, the `Developing-8 (D-8)', at its Second Heads of State
Summit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 1st and 2nd March 1999, issued a
declaration which amongst others agreed to introduce, promote and
develop takaful in all D-8 countries. In relation to this it was
also resolved that Malaysia be given the task to assume the lead
role in planning, coordinating and providing technical expertise
and other related resources for this purpose.
As a follow-up
action, an "International Workshop On Retakaful" was held
in Kuala Lumpur on 31st May and 1st June 1999, whereby a similar
declaration was issued strengthening the earlier commitment of the
D-8 Summit to hasten the pace of the introduction and development
of takaful amongst D-8 and other OIC countries. At the same time
it was also agreed that the status of ARIL be transformed as the
retakaful operator for the D-8, whose capital shall be expanded
and to be subscribed by the member countries. In line with this
move, ARIL has come out with a five-year strategic plan to increase
its paid capital to USD50 million by 2006. Obviously, this development
augurs well for takaful as a whole and it opens up new opportunities
as well challenges for the takaful operators.
and Challenges
The pro-active
stance as afore-mentioned obviously presents boundless opportunities
for takaful. Coupled with the sheer size of the ummah totalling
to more than 1.2 billion people, takaful therefore has no frontiers.
Indeed the world is a colossal market for takaful products. With
its generally superior features compared with conventional insurance
policies, it is almost impossible for takaful to be out of the mainstream.
For example, in Malaysia apart from individuals, more and more corporations
and multinationals are using takaful products including among the
non-Muslims community.
opportunities do not come by a flick of a finger. A number of crucial
issues have to be addressed to ensure credibility and acceptability
and hence brighter future for takaful. Some of these issues may
be summarised as below:-
Operators should
be adequately capitalised in order to have a meaningful financial
strength, so that they would be able to meet the demand of the market
conveniently. A relatively weak operator may not only hamper its
business development but may have to depend heavily on the support
of re-takaful operators, meaning relying presently on the mercy
of conventional re-insurers. Without sufficient financial capacity
the ability to retain and absorb more of the risks would be virtually
impossible. Although adequacy of capital is viewed differently from
one country to another, it should however have an acceptable minimum
requirement reflecting the minimum level accepted internationally.
In Asean, the figure is between USD12 million to USD15 million.
In this regard, authorities would have an influence on this matter;
as for example in Malaysia, through the enforcement of the Act,
the requirement for solvency margin and the compliance of minimum
capitalisation can be effectively legislated.
and Expertise
Being a service
industry, the pace of progression for takaful would to a greater
extent depend upon its manpower and competency of its human resources.
Lacking of trained and experienced manpower would hinder the development
of takaful. At present, developing countries in general, of which
most of the Islamic countries are in this category, are facing scarcity
of qualified and trained personnel in the field of insurance. For
this reason, takaful is also affected in view that experienced insurance
personnel are at present form the core staff for most takaful operators.
Special programmes therefore should be initiated to train the manpower
not only on the technical aspect of insurance but also in areas
covering finance and investment as well as appreciation of Shariah.
Towards this end, Malaysia has begun to play its leading role by
organising and conducting special educational programmes for takaful
personnel in the Asean region as well as others through the formation
of Bank Islam Research and Training Institute (BIRT). It is also
felt that bodies like Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI)
of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) would be able to assume similar
role. Coordination of these various bodies is essential to avoid
wastage and overlapping of functions.
The issue of
retakaful or reinsurance in accordance with the requirements and
practices of Shariah will occupy the takaful operators for sometime.
Like insurance, sound retakaful arrangement is a necessity. Although
in a situation where retakaful is still inadequate to meet the needs
of takaful operators, Shariah allows them to deal with conventional
at the same time, serious efforts ought to be undertaken, in particular
by the takaful operators themselves to establish their own retakaful
facility. A proper way obviously would be establishing special retakaful
operator as in the case of ARIL. But without sufficient number of
players, it would perhaps be rather difficult for such retakaful
operator to survive in terms of business support. Ideally, retakaful
should solely depend on the cessions from takaful operators. Practical
commitment of the various Islamic countries and their political
willingness are urgently needed to demonstrate their readiness in
allowing takaful operators to be incorporated in their respective
countries which then would create the necessary playing field for
retakaful operation.
As custodian
of public fund, takaful operators must ensure that the takaful funds
are not only soundly but more importantly safely managed. The fact
that the takaful operation is essentially based on profit sharing,
investment of the funds becomes fundamentally important as underwriting.
However in the case of takaful, there is another essential dimension
to be considered in that avenues of investment must be in accordance
with Shariah principles. At present, these avenues are relatively
limited. It is therefore highly timely for all relevant parties,
such as government authorities in Islamic countries, financiers,
bankers including central bankers, takaful operators, economists
and Shariah scholars to study, develop and promote the diversity
of investment instruments and products acceptable to Shariah.
For takaful
to thrive in an orderly and proper manner, a necessary infrastructure
which would enable the authority to regulate and supervise its operation
must be in place. A form of legislative framework is therefore essential
for the authority to exercise its supervisory function both in terms
of business operation as well as Shariah compliance. In most Islamic
countries there exists a dual financial system side by side. What
is therefore statutorily required of the conventional financial
system such as good governance, compliance of regulations and other
provisions should also be applicable to the Islamic financial system.
In the case
of takaful for example, the legislative requirement for minimum
solvency margin imposed on conventional insurers should also be
applied to takaful. Such requirement can only be effected by law.
With a proper legislative framework, it would also enable the authority
to regulate whole gamut.
The ability
to comply with the above issues would ensure a strong and stable
footing for takaful. In the wake of open market and globalisation
under the WTO agreement, takaful, like other financial sectors would
have no alternative but to face competition. At present, the market
for takaful thrives essentially in Muslim countries with the expertise
still in the hands of the Muslims. But what has happened to Islamic
banking may also happen to takaful. Through the process of globalisation
and the pressure of competition with expertise can be easily acquired
it would be possible that international insurance companies from
the Western world will one day introduce takaful to both Muslims
and non-Muslims. Therefore to be ready, the performance standard
used in the conventional insurance should also be used for takaful.
In this respect, the generally accepted key indicators or benchmarks,
such as the CAMEL test, normally used in determining such standard
for conventional companies ought to be similarly applicable to takaful
of Practice
As generally
agreed by Shariah scholars, the form of insurance business acceptable
to Islam in essence must contain the virtues of cooperation, solidarity
and brotherhood. However, these are mere concepts that cannot simply
be equated and therefore cannot be applied as a basis of legal principles
in a contract. In fact the scholars further agreed that the contract
of takaful must be based on certain `tijari' principles that conform
to the basic characteristics of Islamic business transaction. Towards
this end, the scholars concluded that the contract may be based
either on the principles of Al-Mudharabah or Al-Wakalah.
Although basically
under both principles, the sharing of profit between participants
and operators is an entitlement embedded in the contract, there
is however a structural difference in the way such profit (surplus)
is determined. The difference lies in the fact that under the principle
of Al-Mudharabah, the operator as the mudharib or entrepreneur,
cannot charge its management expenses from the takaful fund. Whereas
under the Al-Wakalah, the operator being the agent of the participants,
can use part of the fund to cover its management costs. Under the
Al-Wakalah too, underwriting surplus of the takaful fund, if any,
shall be distributed back to the participants only, based on the
premise that the funds, actually belong to the participants.
On the contrary,
under the Al-Mudharabah principle, the profit as universally defined
by conventional insurance companies, which in the case of general
business is taken to mean returns on investment plus underwriting
surplus, is then shared according to a mutually agreed ratio, such
as 50:50, 60:40 or 70:30 between the participants and the operators.
Management expenses of the operator including agency remuneration,
if any, shall be borne by the shareholders' fund and not from the
takaful funds. Hence, there is a distinct separation between takaful
funds and shareholders' fund.
Under the Al-Wakalah
principle, the paid-up capital is contributed as donation by the
shareholders. Therefore, under this principle the shareholders do
not expect and probably do not mind for not receiving any returns
on the capital donated. However, it is understood this standpoint
has changed in view of opinion expressed by certain scholars that
the shareholders (operator) in their capacity as managers should
also be entitled to share the profit arising from the takaful business.
From the observation
on the performance of takaful operators using the Al-Wakalah principle
it was found that their returns to the participants have been comparatively
low. On average their rate of profit declared to their participants
below 10% p.a. On the other hand, it is also understood that there
are even operators, especially newly established ones have not been
able to declare any profit to its participants.
Under the Al
Mudharabah principle, shareholders as owners of the operator have
equal opportunity to enjoy a similarly fair return on their capital.
The profit portion attributable to the shareholders is transferred
to the shareholders' fund and together with returns on investment
of the fund itself shall pay for the management expenses. Any balance
therefrom is declared as profit of the operator and dividends are
distributed therefrom. Adopting the Al-Mudharabah principle for
takaful operation as experienced by Takaful Malaysia would ensure
that the cardinal principles of 'al-adl' and 'al-ihsan' under Islamic
contractual obligations are constantly upheld as both participants
and shareholders are enjoying similar benefits.
As both principles
are acceptable to Shariah and currently being used by various operators
all over the world, serious efforts should be taken to harmonise
the practice. By this harmonisation, there would be unity in diversity,
and equally important would remove the confusion, if any, among
the ummah of a common system but with two different modes of practice.
It also paves for convenient practical cooperation among these operators.
Towards this end, moves towards establishing an accounting standard
for takaful operators that at the same time will harmonise the two
practices initiated and undertaken by the `Accounting & Auditing
Organisation For Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)' should
be lauded and strongly supported.
What has been
attained so far is comparatively small, but as shown from the performance
of takaful operators generally, is growing rapidly. Considering
only a tiny percentage of the ummah have some form of life insurance
cover, the potential for takaful to penetrate deeper into the market
is tremendous. In this context family takaful products would have
a strong chance to grow and expand. Therefore takaful is here to
However, the
future of takaful would depend on the ummah. Whether takaful would
develop into an industry and eventually become the real insurance
alternative for the ummah would depend on the commitment and political
willingness of the Muslims at the individual, community, national
and international levels. What is urgently needed is the practical
translation of these commitment and political willingness by all.
The time for
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This article helps you to for buying the best curling Iron 2018 because in this article you read the product pros or cons for each product. Giving you brief detail to buy the best thing. It's the era of fashion and styling but it is burdensome to select the right styling product. Issues like cost, quality, and durability are some basic issues that intervene in buying decision of curling iron. After an extensive research on curling irons and their features, we found the best curling irons available in the market. Companies like Remington, BaByliss, Conair and Bio Ionic are the best choices to select. These brands are working best on manufacturing the new and innovative curling irons. It is hard for an average customer to find out the which is the best curling wand because they are not well aware of the popularity and important features of products. We are here for the ease of you people with the apt information on best curling irons.
I love to curl my hair. Curly hairs are something that makes me feel so great. Whenever I go out to a party or for any get together the first thing that comes to my mind while thinking about my styling is to curls my hair. But friends curling your hair is not that simple as someone think. The curling process might be easy but to have the right tool for it is the main problem.
Ugh, I get through this struggle and I know how hard it is to find the right curling tool without any guideline. And the reason for writing this article is just simply to guide you people. I personally experience all these curling irons and wands and have a proper knowledge of these products.I wanna give you an idea about the best curling iron and curling wand 2018.
I have selected some of the best curling irons and wands for 2018. Now styling will fit your budget I have some of the best curling irons and wands that come at the reasonable prices. Hope you guys like it here we go…
Top 10 Best Curling Iron 2018
1. Remington CI96W7A with Silk Ceramic Technology – Curling Iron
Remington is a reliable brand. They are providing their styling products for long. And when we are talking about the best curling irons how this is possible that we don't mention Remington. Remington CI96W7A is one of the best curling iron of 2018. It is made up of the latest technology of silk ceramic which makes it very easy to use and handle also. it also has a digital screen which gives the user every necessary detail on the screen like temperature settings. You can adjust the temperature as per your choice. It is automatically shut down after 60 seconds if not using. It contains amazing features which make it best for the rest.
Remington CI96W7A Curling Iron Features
- It is made of Silk ceremic technology
- Degital screen and temperature lock
- Swivel cord
- It is auto shutoff after 60 seconds
- It comes with the heat protective gloves with the wand.
- The wand contains 4x more ceramic than other curling wands
- It just heats up in 30 seconds and give gorgeous curls
- Its maximum 410 degrees F temperature
- It is a little more expensive than other wands
- Difficult to understand for beginners
GHD Soft curl tong – Curling Iron
GHD Soft Curl Tong is another best curling tool available in the market. It has all that amazing features than someone wants to be in its curling tool. It has a large barrel which ensures the smooth and long curls. It is very appropriate for the long hairs. But it is also for the short hair so short hair people don't have to worry about this that they can't use GHD tong. It is easy to use and handle also. it has a cool touch tip which ensures the safety of fingers from the burn. It is a ceramic tong. It has amazing features that you should all know which are following.
GHD Soft Curl Tong curling Iron features
- Ceramic coating tong
- Auto shut down after 30 minutes when it is left unused
- Gives smooth and shiny curls
- Width is 32mm
- Has a cool touch tip
- Easy to Use
- balanced temprature
- Cool touch tip which ensures the safety of hands
- Easy to use and handle
- Maximum heating temperature is 185 degrees C
- Automatic shut off system
- Long Cord
- Expensive
- Not suitable for tighten curls
Hot Tools Gold Professional – Curling iron
Hot Tools Gold Professional curling iron is beautiful and amazing curling iron that is worth using. Definitely, I have a great experience in using it. Hot Tool is a renowned brand and its all products are reliable in use. As we are talking about the Hot Tools Gold Professional curling iron than I must tell you it is really very reliable and durable curling iron. It last long and if you invest your money in it than surely you are not wasting your money at all. It has a beautiful body also. it has amazing and great features which include.
Hot Tool Gold Professional Curling Iron Features
- Long barrel
- Rotating cool tip
- Highest temperature is 430 degree
- Has a inbuilt temperature control
- Comes along with heat resistant mat
- Reliable brand
- Beautiful body
- Autoshut down
- Temperature control system
- Comes alsong with heat protected items which protect from burning
- Expensive
Conair instant heat – Curling iron
Conair instant heat curling iron is another amazing curling iron that you can use for curling your hair. conair is the relaible brand and its all products are durable and worthusing. Conair instant heat curling iron gives beautiful and bouncy curls. it has medium barrels. It has long cord so you can easily adjust it according to your socket. The barrel is made up of elements like chromium, nikel, copper and steel. It heats up instantly in just 30 seconds.
Conair instant heat curling iron Features
- Made up of durable material
- Long life
- Long cord
- Auto shut down
- Heat up instantly
- Medium barrel of 1 inch
- Heat protected
- Made up of premium quality
- Auto shutdown
- Istant heat
- Made up of multi layer technology
- Expensive
- Medium size barrel not suitable for long hair
Babylisspro nano titanium steamtech Miracurl – Curling Iron
Babyliss is a well reknowned brand and known for its durable and new and innovative products. It always intended to make new technology for their customers and now they have the Babylisspro Nano Titanium Steamtech Miracurl curling iron. It gives beautiful curls of all types which includes Subtle curl, Spiral curl, Alternating curl and Retro Chic. It has maximum heating of the 450 Degree F. its body is unique and beautiful and the most amazing thing is that it has a unique body.
Babylisspro nano titanium steamtech Miracurl Features
- Beautiful and unique body
- Made of the latest technology
- Make different types of curls
- Max heating is 450 Degree F
- Made of durable material
- Long life
- Heat protected
- Gives instant curls and saves time
- Latest technology
- Heat proctected
- Time saving
- Easy to handle
- Expensive
- Not suitable for beginners
Bio Ionic Curl Expert Pro – Curling Iron
Curling iron of Bio is also one of the top rated and most used curling iron. It has authentic body and made of durable and high quality material. Its durable and premium quality material gives it a long life. Guys if you wanna have soft and picture perfect curls that you must try this awsome Bio Ionic Curl Expert Pro Curling Iron. In addition it is really easy to use and even beginners can use it without any fear by just reading the instructions.it also has digital temperature control system infused in it. It fives long lasting curls and beachy waves.
Bio Ionic Curl Expert Pro Features
- Auto shut down system
- Made of natural volcanic minerals that lock the hydration in hair.
- Has a digital temperature control system.
- Long barrel
- Long barrel which gives beautiful long curls
- Easy to handle
- Gives long lasting curls for whole day
- Temperature control
- Auto shutoff
- Expensive
Drybar – curling iron
Drybar curling iron is also the one of the best curling iron I have tried. It has a beautiful body and comes in funky colors. I have tried this and found it really amazing it is suitale for all type of hair and gives beautiful curls of all type. It gives both fine and thick curls. Its durable and premium quality material gives it a long life. In addition it is really easy to use and even beginners can use it without any fear by just reading the instructions.it has 1 inch barrel and has a digital system. You will really love to use it.
Drybar Curling Iron Features
- 1 inch barrel
- Long cord
- Comes in different colors
- Digital system and digital temperature system
- Has a rotating clamp
- Automatic shuttoff
- Automatic shut off when remain unattended
- Long cord which helps use
- Easy handle which protects from burning
- Digital temperature system
- Expensive
- Short barrel size which is not suitable of longer curls
Kiss instaWave Automatic Hair Curler – Curling Iron
Kiss instaWave Automatic Hair Curler is another very amazing and one of the top product available in the market now a days. It is a revolutionary curler as this is the automatic curler. When you put the section of the hair in the curler it automatically caches it and make beautiful and long lasting curls. it gives so smooth and beautiful curls that everyone surely will love it. It is so easy to use it. No need to get traing or something else just use it by reading the instruction and it is so easy to use it that you can make beautiful curls in the first use.
Kiss instaWave Automatic Hair Curler Features
- It Is made of new technology and automatic in use
- Different from the conventional curlers
- It has ceramic ionic technology
- Makes beautiful, shinny and long lasting curls
- Easy to use
- Make both curls and waves
- Heats up in very little time
- Expensive than others
Paul Mitchell Express Gold Curl – Curling Iron
If you want beautiful, smooth and hydrated curls and cant get from any curling tool used so far that guys now you don't have to worry about this problem. Paul Mitchell Express Gold Curl is here to save your life from this problem. This gives you beautiful and long lasting curls. It has adjustable temperature settings of up to 430 degree F. The most amazing quality of Paul Mitchell Express Gold Curl is that is makes smooth, shinny and hydrated curls.
Paul Mitchell Express Gold Curl Features
- Gold platted barrels
- Long lasting curls
- Gives both loose and tight curls
- Extra cool long cool tip with insulated thumb grip.
- Its barrel distributed heat evenlly.
- Live both types of curls either loose or tight.
- Gives shiny and beautiful curls.
- Hydrate the hair
- A bit difficult to handle
- Costly
Remington T Studio Thermaluxe – Curling Wand
Remington is one of the most reliable and trusted names in the styling world. Its all products are very great in use. Rimington T Studio Thermaluxe Curling Wand is also a great to use curling wand. Its price is easily fits in the pocket. It has innovative heat sensors. Which protects the hair from damage as well as do curls quickly and perfactly. It has ceramic coated barrel. Its body is very pretty.
Remington T Studio Thermaluxe Features
- Ceramic barrels
- Innovative design
- Heat heat sensors
- Heat protective
- Less expensive
- Less damage to hair
- It leaves less split ends
- Not gives long lasting curls
- No automatic shutoff system
Best Curling Wand 2018
So without any further wait here is the proper information of the best curling iron and wand of 2018.
|Best Curling Wand
|Stars on Product
|Bed Head Curlipops Curling Wand for Loose Curls, 1"
|4.3 out of 5 stars
|RED Kiss Curling Wand, 0.5 Inch
|4.4 out of 5 stars
|Remington Pro 1-1½" Curling Wand
|4.0 out of 5 stars
|NuMe Classic Curling Wand
|4.1 out of 5 stars
|xtava Twist Hair Curling Wand
|4.5 out of 5 stars
1. Bed Head Curlipops Curling Wand
Let's talk a little about top best curling wands that are available in the market. The very first best
Curling wand which I consider is the best is Bed Head Curlipops Curling Wand for Loose Curls,
1". It has a very fine and beautiful body which is made of the tourmaline and ceramic technology. It has 1-inch barrel. If you wanna beautiful and natural looking wavy hairs that trust me guys it's the right option for you all. It has dual voltage quality. It's really a complete package which gives every superb quality in it.
Features of Bed Head Curlipops Curling Wand
- Ceramic barrels
- Innovative design
- Heat heat sensors
- Heat protective
- Dual voltage system
- Heat up in just 60 seconds
- Gives meserizing natural looking curls
- Heats upto 400 degree centigrade
- Tabgle free 6ft swival cord
- Gets too much heat up
- Sometimes dangerous to use
- costly
2. RED Kiss Curling Wand, 0.5 Inch
Red kiss curling iron is my most favorite curling iron. It just gives best results and all that little perfections I want. RED Kiss Curling Wand, 0.5 Inch is also one of the top curling wands among the red kiss products. It has great features which makes it best product. I just love to use this and every time I use red kiss curling wand I got my desired results. I must tell you it gives beautiful and long lasting natural looking curls which last long. The best part of this wand is that it works smoothly on every type of hair. Now you guys pay heed upon its pros and cons to understand it better.
- works on all type of hair
- natural looking curls
- variable barrel sizes are available
- Made up of ceramic tourmaline technology
- Temperature upto 410 degree F
- A bit costly
- Just 1 Year Warranty
3. Remington Pro 1-1½" Curling Wand
Remington Keratin is also a very renowned brand. it is also ranked in top brands that manufacture best styling products. Made up of the best technology. They always go for innovative things. And as we talk about Remington Pro 1-1½" Curling Wand. It has digital display controls. The speciality of this wand is that it creates the bouncy curls which give beautiful natural looking curls.
- Digital controls
- 30 seconds heat up
- Heats upto 410 degree F
- Has a 60 minute auto shut off
- Heat resistant gloves
- Sometimes the barrel not holds the curls tightly
4. NuMe Classic Curling Wand
NuMe Classic company's mission is to give women confidence in them by using their innovative and inspring products. They give a wide variety of styling beauty products. As we are talking about the NuMe Classic Curling Wand so I must mention here that NuMe Classic curlings wands are one of the best curling wands that are available in the market and always get more positive responses from their coustomers.
- 100 percent ceramic tourmaline barrel
- Heats upto 410 defree F
- Gives saloon finishing curls
- Heats up in just 50 seconds
- Comes with heat resistent gloves
- No temperature settings
- There is no safty stands
- Warrenty is less than 1 year
5. Xtava Twist Hair Curling Wand
We will talk about the xtava Twist Hair Curling Wand. This brand always gives us revolusionary products and this time they are here with the best curling iron for the short hair. xtava Twist Hair Curling Wand gives best result in the short hair and gives tight curls. its barrel is made up of eramic tourmaline technology.
- 9 inch swival cord
- Ceramic toumaline coated barrel
- Digital temperature controls
- 22 different heat settings
- Heats up to 410 degree F
- Comes with heat resistant gloves
- No spring clamp
- Not suitable for long hair
- The quality of gloves is not good.
Selecting the Best Curling Iron
While selecting the best curling irons and wands we can't even ignore very small things because if we choose any defective piece, as I did this mistake and resultant I lose my money and also the time that I spent on getting good curls from that. It's really frustrating when I use them and not get my desired results. I always keep changing my curling irons and wands again and again but now I got my best one which has all the desirable features that I want.
There are some very important specifications that you should keep in the mind while selecting the curling tool for you. The first one the size of the barrel this is totally of your choice. If you wanna tight curls than select small barrels curling tool and if you like to have loose once than go for large size barrels. Also, check the temperature setting.
Iron vs Wand – Which one is the Best?
We all often listen the word curling iron or curling wand but most of us usually don't know the right difference between these two and some of us also mistakenly believe that these two are the same things with two different names. But friends it's not true. The curling iron is something different from the curling wand. Let me explain a bit more about your understanding.
Curling iron
The curling iron is a device with a heated rod which makes curls in the hair. it is made to give tight or loose curls. it has a clasp. The curling iron is used differently from the other one. The cord should be downward. The curls made with the curling iron are more polished and bouncy than the curling wand. Iron gives more professional and formal curls than the curling wand. It heats up is more time than the wand.
Curling Wand
Curling wand is a tapered barrel which gives the natural looking curls. it gives the beachy waves. It has not a clasp. The curling wand is different from the curling irons. Curling wand heat ups in lesser time than the curling iron. It gives more smooth curls than the other. It gives natural looking curls. it is handled differently than the curling iron. The cord of the curling wand should be upward while using it.
These two devices give the curls but in the different shapes. The curls from the curling wand are more relaxed and less formal than the other. Now I hope you guys now understand the difference between these two.
Final Words
I have shared my whole experience so you don't waste any of your precious time. Choose the best curling iron for your hair that suits your style, that is easy to use, and makes you more comfortable. Happy styling with your curling iron.
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Just when you think this guy isn't going to do it he just isn't high enough he proves you wrong, He might have been pretty low to the ground but I'm sure he was pretty damned high on something.
That was absolutely bonkers
@mehofjack what a crap dive no wonder he isn`t in the Olympic diving squad
That was one determined young man!
@underpants DERP-Termined!
Just when you thought your life had hit rock bottom
I give him a 10 ... no splash at all
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@picklehiesner +1 excellent form!
That was funny
Almost made it to the grass.
Fucker could have been higher...
He's dead Jim
Bored Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Leonard McCoy jokes again? Nahhh ...
Well!! That was stupid
That wasn't a suicide jump, it was an attention Whore jump!
That was one hard hitting selfie!
you missed the pool
Missed the power lines by miles.
The pool was on the other side u fool.
Hahahah retaaaard
i wudda pushed him WAY before that,,..,
Our WALL needs to be much higher
He survived, but now he's a potato.
Well being black he would have had a higher chance of dying by jumping in a pool.................................A "black people can't swim" joke.
Amazing the woman will watch knowing what is coming and scream like school girls when he jumps...
From that height? What's the point, unless you want to be crippled..
I hope he survived and gets to wheel his busted ass to the mirror everyday to realize he's to short to see a reflection to yell at for being a dumb fuck
He knew he wasn't high enough that's why he jumped as high as he could. Poor guy, to bad he wasn't about six times higher.
He just landed on his neck. He'll be OK!
He suck that landing.
I'd give it a 6 1/2 didn't stick the landing
Needs to land head first, that's a big fail as far as suicide goes.
Too bad this wasn't from the 10th floor. What a fucktard
where are the cards? i would only give him a 5. he didnt keep his legs straight, his arms were flailing around and his hit on the sidewalk was at an angle. he wouldnt make it to the next round for sure.
pools closed
Lol, he probably didn't even die, if he did he died a slow death. He wasn't even up high enough, lol. Dumbass.
Nice landing, too much dust produced. I will give him a score of 911
That's not high enough to kill you, loser! Go kill yourse....oh wait.


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Miss Calder was taken by air ambulance to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, but died a short time later.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will examine the actions taken by Northumbria Police, prior to Miss Calder's death, including the contact between officers and those who reported her as missing, and the contact police had with Miss Calder at the cliffs.
IPCC investigators have visited the scene and are currently reviewing body worn video footage from the officers who attended the cliffs, as well as CCTV from the local area. Witness statements are also being gathered as part of the investigation.
IPCC Commissioner Carl Gumsley said: "The circumstances of Chirelle Calder's death, not least when it happens to someone so young, are tragic and my thoughts are with those who knew her.
"The independent investigation, looking at the contact police had with Miss Calder, is now underway and is progressing well."


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NDP prepares for chance at governing
Clark said she's prepared to embrace the role of opposition leader if necessary, and has no intention of requesting another election should her party lose the vote. The agreement is for confidence measures only, and is not a coalition, Weaver said. Clark said she will recall the legislature in June and attempt to obtain the confidence of the house after consultation with constitutional experts.