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North Tahoe basketball | Boys tune up in Whittell Tournament
North Tahoe boys basketball team finished 1-2 in the Whittell Tournament this past weekend, with two close losses against Redding Christian and Whittell and a clobbering win over KIPP Collegiate of San Jose.
The Lakers opened with a huge second-half comeback effort against Redding Christian only to fall short, 58-54. The Lakers trailed 34-10 at the half after a cold start, but outscored Redding Christian 44-24 in the third and fourth quarters.
Junior point guard Alex Tyler led North Tahoe with 19 points, making 13 of his 14 free-throw attempts, while sophomore Mitchell Myers contributed 14 points.
North Tahoe bounced back with a lopsided win against KIPP Collegiate, by score of 79-22. Tyler scored 19 points again, while senior Colin Spencer chipped in 11 points and senior Sean McDermott had 10 points.
KIPP Collegiate had a rough tournament, as the Bay Area school also lost 95-15 against Redding Christian and 64-16 against Whittell, and has mustered only 100 points in five losses this season.
The Lakers then played a back-and-forth thriller against an evenly matched Whittell team, losing 46-44. North Tahoe head coach Frank Wright said the Lakers had several opportunities to tie the score near the end of regulation but could not get the bucket they needed.
Tyler and Myers scored 13 points apiece. Myers had seven rebounds and Spencer six.
North Tahoe, which is now 3-4 overall, is scheduled to host Division I North Valleys on Saturday at 2 p.m.


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How do successful entrepreneurs develop? Are they born, or made? That's a question we're unlikely to find a single answer for. There are arguments on both sides. Some people point to successes like Rockefeller, or Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs, as proof that entrepreneurs are born with a special combination of traits like ambition, independence, and keen business acumen. They are just somehow different than the rest of us and it is obvious from the outset.
The other take on entrepreneurship is that it isn't always obvious from the beginning. Sure, there are the Bill Gateses of the world, but alongside these entrepreneurial giants there are also many successful business people who had other careers in the corporate world at one time.
All people who are entrepreneurs, regardless of how they started out, share certain qualities. These qualities seem to be required for someone to have success in this field.
A strong sense of independence is the first requirement. Many entrepreneurs leave jobs at which they are already successful, or set aside promising careers, to start their own businesses. Because they have a fierce sense of independence, and want to control their own workday, they find the risk worth it. Without this drive, an entrepreneur won't be successful.
The ability to maintain focus is also crucial. To start a new business, it is important to be able to focus on the goal of turning your business into a success. There are many little tasks involved that you have to keep track of. Everything from finances to inventory to marketing and employee issues fall to the person in charge – you.
Being focused on the goal means keeping your business and its success at the forefront of your concerns. If you don't do this, you end up with your attentions wandering and your profits falling off. It requires sustained, disciplined, focused effort to succeed in business. This is something that is required for any entrepreneur.
A strong drive to succeed is key. You have to be very motivated about your business. If you are not, you can end up astray and lose your heart. If you do this it is all too easy to decide that it just isn't worth it.
It's hard to run a startup. In the early stages, it can be very difficult to find clients and to generate business. Plus, then there's the added burden of having to focus on all of the many tasks involved in the practical running of things.
There are other qualities that are of course helpful in an entrepreneur. Creativity, for instance, is quite useful, as is business acumen. Even luck is helpful. But the three I have outlined above are what really make the difference between a successful entrepreneur and one that fails.


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Chapter 26: Magic is Real Only If You Believe It.
Nina was living in John's house. She had been staying there since John's disappearance, four-months ago. Nina refused to believe John was dead. Everyone else was sure he had passed on when he saved Nina's life after Talise poisoned her.
Nina had begged John's parents and brothers to hold off on the funeral. They had agreed for four-months, but after John or his corpse hadn't turned up, Edith decided to visit Nina at John's home and talk with her regarding the situation.
Nina welcomed Edith and asked her to sit down in John's living room on a comfortable couch. She sat opposite of Edith on the same couch, feeling Edith was about to tell Nina something she'd rather not hear.
Edith clasped Nina's cold hands between her warm ones. She appeared sad but sturdy as she had always seemed to Nina.She could see Edith had been crying. Her eyes were bloodshot from a recent bout of tears.
"Nina," Edith said calmly, " We can't keep living our lives like this, searching the Sirene, and hoping John will come back to us. Jordan and you told us Talise admitted curses have a magic to them beyond the powers of the sea witch who cast them. I don't believe Talise after casting the curse on John, would've been able to save him by lifting the curse that awful night. She didn't have enough understanding of magic to do that, she said so herself."
"I don't blame you Nina," Edith said gently, "You couldn't have changed John's mind to save you. He loved you far too much to change his mind and he did the right thing as far as I'm concerned." Edith sniffled and wiped a tear away. She gripped Nina's hands tighter in solidarity and to give herself strength.
"John's death was part of the curse. If he fell in love and with love sacrificed himself for you, the woman he loved, the curse would break. John doesn't have to live wondering what terrible event will happen around him next. It hurt John immeasurably, living with a curse which was a danger to his family and to you Nina." Edith's voice trembled but she put her hand up and brushed Nina's wayward blond hair off her cheek in a motherly manner.
Nina wasn't prepared to accept John's fate yet."Curses which are broken have happy endings, Edith," Nina exclaimed for the hundredth time. "John sacrificing himself out of love was supposed to mean he got to live a normal life with me. It shouldn't and doesn't mean he died. I'm certain somewhere out there, John's alive Edith. He wants to come home to us. I can feel it in here," Nina said her fist against her heart. Edith sighed sorrowfully.
"Maybe, John's out there somewhere. But we've no way to find him. We don't know where he could be. We've searched his regular hangouts, John's vacation spots, and his brothers know where he went when he needed to be alone.There's nowhere left to search for him, we don't even know where to begin looking."
"I believe he's gone Nina." Edith affirmed." It isn't logical that he survived sacrificing himself, as Jordan and you explained to us after that night. John's in heaven; he is home." Edith said with finality.
"It isn't easy for any of us, for me to have to say this, but we're going to have a funeral on Saturday. We need to have peace and let John have peace. John is with God now Nina." Edith murmured reassuringly.
Edith only frustrated Nina. "For your family's sake, of course I'll attend Edith. I'll sit through John's funeral. But I'm not saying goodbye. The curse is a special magic and I'm confident it will bring John home to us again. I will wait for him for as long as it takes." Nina vowed. Edith shook her head at Nina's stubborn belief.
"I want to be wrong Nina. I really do," tears slipped out of Edith's sapphire eyes. They were John's eyes."You can wait as long as you like but one day you're going to have to let go and move on with your life."
"You need to find yourself a good man one day, John wouldn't have wanted you to remain alone. He willed you his house, paid for in full. It's your home now, dear girl." Edith said smiling. Nina wondered when John had time to rewrite his will to include Nina in it.
"You don't want his house?" Nina questioned Edith, " Or the money from it?" Edith shook her head. "Too many memories here Nina, too many good and bad memories. We have enough money in retirement savings and from our boys. John knew you loved it here on the beach of the Sirene Lake. If anyone were to find John, it would be you Nina. You never gave up on him ever. Not even now." Edith said crying.
Nina hugged Edith hard. They remained embraced for a few minutes before they both arose and Nina walked Edith to the front door. Nina would see Edith at the funeral on Saturday.
Edith turned before walking out onto the front porch," You're always welcome at our house Nina. Please don't be a stranger. You're the closest thing to a daughter I have, both you and Rianne." Nina felt a tear trail down her cheek.
"Okay Edith. I will visit whenever I'm can," Nina affirmed and Edith smiled gratefully and walked to her car parked in the front driveway.
Not long after Edith left, Rianne stopped by John's (now Nina's) house, with groceries. Nina hadn't been eating much again and Rianne knew Nina's habits when depressed and consumed by thoughts of John.
"I bought enough food to stock your fridge for the week. After that, I'm assuming you're going back to work at Wilus. We'll be having our normal lunch dates when you go back to work too?" Rianne hinted to Nina.
Nina smiled, a shadow of her former smile. "Of course Rianne. We'll go to The Chilly Burrito first day I'm back from my leave of absence." Nina promised.
Changing the topic Nina said: "You know, in four months, you've never told me what happened to you that night Talise kidnapped me. All I heard was someone knocked you out and stole your ugly lime purse." Rianne wrinkled her nose at Nina.
"I loved my lime Kate Spade purse. Jasper bought me a brand new Kate Spade purse though." Rianne smiled lifting her arm to show Nina her candy apple red tote.
"I like it but it's not my lime one. Your iPhone was in my purse when it was stolen as you recall. I assume you replaced it with a new Iphone since we've been talking on the phone a lot?" Rianne told Nina.
"Yeah, next model up. My contract was almost over so I didn't end up paying out too much for a new phone . . . So, what happened when you got knocked out? Who saved you from getting hurt or left for dead by the Chinese food place?" Nina said, starring Rianne down. Rianne sighed and settled on the couch opposite of Nina's.
"There was this homeless man. He poured water on me from his water bottle and the water woke me up. I had this dream Nina. I didn't want to tell you about it . . . Well, because, it almost happened. I dreamed you were at the beach in the shallow water but you wouldn't come out of the water and play in the sand with Sam and Eric. I knew you had a fish tail, I don't know how. . ."
Nina gasped. "Your dream was like a couple of nightmares John had. He mentioned them the night we were all at Edith and Robert's for supper, I think. One nightmare, he dreamed Talise was carrying him out to see to kill him and I kept following. I couldn't swim, so I was going to drown myself." Nina explained.
"He dreamed Talise was going to stab me through the heart too. Either his heart or mine, she said in the dream. I'm glad your dream didn't come true Rainne."
"What did the homeless man say to you? It seems coincidental to me that he was there at the right time. And that someone knocked you out when I was being kidnapped by Talise." Nina said thoughtfully.
"Well," Rianne said. "My bag getting stolen and me getting knocked out wasn't coincidental. Jasper and I were able to get ahold of footage from security cameras in the Chinese Food place. I guess Chau, the owner, has had a few robberies of her own occur."
"Jasper went with me and we asked if we could look at his security tapes from around 10:00 pm to 2:00 am that night you were kidnapped. I wasn't knocked out by some random thief or homeless man. It was Malcolm." Nina gasped and Rianne continued talking.
"Malcolm didn't even bother hiding his face. He bashed my head against the back wall of the Chinese food building and grabbed my purse. He pulled out your phone and he looked as if he were going to throw my purse back but read the label on the bag and decided to keep it. Some lady in Georgia now owns by lime Katespade." Rianne recalled.
"Oh my . . . Malcolm knocked you out? The same Malcolm who almost ran me down in his red pickup truck?" Nina asked and Rianne nodded.
"We found the red pickup truck. Malcolm sold it to a car dealer in Adare and bought a new truck. I'm positive Malcolm was bewitched Nina. Jasper pulled him aside one day at the end of work and questioned Malcolm about Talise. Malcolm became nervous because Talise disappeared four-months ago and he of course, hasn't heard from her." Rianne said elaborating.
"It turns out, around the time before the fundraiser at Mergers, Malcolm met Talise at a bar and brought her home with him. They got along well and she was staying with him." Rianne explained.
"Malcolm remembers going to the fundraiser with Talise. His last memory of her was her freaking out at his place and somehow causing objects to fly in the air and crash. This was after, Talise returned from the Farmer's Market — our special place Nina, I might add." Rianne emphasized.
"What then?" Nina asked Rianne. "Did Talise bewitch Malcolm? Does he know what he did when he was bewitched? I remember my actions, so he must?" Nina said. Rianne shook her head.
"Malcolm told Jasper he has no memory after Talise going crazy until the morning Jasper and I brought you and Jordan back on John's sailboat. Malcolm admitted to Jasper it was if he suddenly woke up from a deep sleep with no memory outside of what he was doing at work." Rianne said.
"Malcolm said he wasn't able to find his beloved red truck when he woke up, which is how we knew it was him who tried to run you down at the Eric's house. Malcolm didn't recall buying a white truck."
"Doesn't make sense," Nina murmured to herself. "He has to have some memory of Talise before the night she died and after the Farmer's Market?"
"Malcolm doesn't have a clue. John showed him my picture and he had no idea who I was. He didn't know he sold my bag on eBay either. He was alarmed by all the things Jasper said he did." Rianne admitted.
"Jasper made up some story about Talise being in some sort of drug ring and keeping Malcolm drugged up when he wasn't at work. I don't think Malcolm believes Jasper but he is willing to take the 'out' Jasper provided him with." Rianne said.
"There's one thing I'm still wondering about," Nina began. "The homeless guy being there. You said you could see him on the footage from the Chinese place?"
"Yeah, he arrived around 1:00 am and noticed me lying in the street. He took a closer look at me and swore. I guess he saw the goose egg on my head. Then he poured water on me and I woke up as I've said." Rianne repeated.
"And this next part you told me." Nina recalled." The homeless man helped you up, told you you'd been mugged, and all he wanted was our stale Chinese food. He wouldn't take the watch your Mom gave you and I'm glad he didn't. But I wish we could find this man and thank him." Nina elaborated.
"We could give him some money and maybe, Jasper could get him some kind of job at Mergers? I don't know what, but you never know I'm sure this homeless man is smart and educated in something?" Nina mused. Rianne stretched out on John's grey couch and sighed.
"I'm tired," she stated bluntly.
"Sleep if you want, there's a couple of guest bedrooms so take your pick." Nina offered Rianne.
"Yeah, in a moment . . .We searched for this homeless guy. Jasper couldn't find him. But that's no surprise homeless people often move around. We hoped he could tell us something more about him finding me that night but this man hasn't been to any local shelters or places that serve meals for the homeless. I'm so thankful he woke me up Nina." Rianne said emotionally.
"I was scared when I walked into your condo and you weren't there. I knew you wouldn't go to your Mom's out of the blue like the note indicated. And you hate Heather's late night guests." Nina giggled but she felt Rianne's worry.
"I called Jasper and Jordan to come over right away that night. The guys agreed, even though it was dark, we needed to take the sail boat out and find you. Jasper thought John would be in the harbour area as well. He talked to John on his phone before John's phone cut out. .." Rianne said haltingly.
Nina sat at Rianne's feet and comforted her. "John found me. Talise's magic wasn't strong enough to search the whole Sirene for me once I broke her bewitchment spell. I'm not sure how I broke it but you know the rest of the story . . ." Nina whispered.
"I'm suddenly tired as well. It is 10:45 pm . . ."
"Let's sleep Nina. There are other Saturday nights to do stuff. I hear this is your place anyhow now?"
"John and Nina's place," Nina stated, "Not only Nina's house. I sleep in our bed."
"Are you sure you want to sleep there among all John's things? It's been four-months now. Do you actually believe John's not dead?" Rianne said. She sounded worried.
Nina rubbed her eyes feeling extremely lethargic and frustrated."There's this quote in Alice and Wonderland," Nina asserted, "it says: people want magical solutions for their problems yet people don't believe in magic."
"I believe in magic. I experienced it with John and Talise." Nina argued." I have to believe, if there's a dark side to magic there's also a good side. And if there's a good side, then there has to be a happy ending to John's curse." Nina trembled as she spoke.
"This isn't the end for John or for our relationship. I believe in magic and I believe in God. I have to believe God wouldn't take John from me, after all we went through. I have to believe there's a magic that is restorative, which makes right the darkness it causes."
Rianne gazed at Nina assessing her. "I hope your right Nina. If you believe in magic, I believe it too. I hate that we have to attend John's funeral Saturday. So, I hope you're right. Sam and Eric miss their Uncle John and we haven't told them anything yet . . ."
Nina winced. "Poor little guys. I just . . .right now I need sleep. We both do. And then I need to figure some things out. Find more information on curses or something. I can't explain knowing something in my heart. I just know; John's alive."
Rianne nodded and yawned. She chose the first guest room she came to and Nina ambled to John's bedroom. She grabbed a shirt he'd worn before he left for Talise's cave.
Nina slept on John's side of the bed wearing his t-shirt. She prayed to God to bring John back to her, before sleep took her under in wings of darkness, and dreams of sapphire blue eyes invaded her sleep.
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Starting with the sawdust from a sawmill, adding a mixture of wax or pitch, and a few other things, the mixture is pounded or pressed toghether tightly. It is normally smashed into a round container, so when it is slipped out, it looks like a small perfectly round "log". (actually a lathed log, but you get the idea). It can either be used as a log or slices of a log can be used for a fire.
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Testing Cat. 5 twisted-pair cable in a residence for performance compliance helps you deliver the results your customers expect.
After more than a decade of conceptualization, the home of the future may be just around the corner. But unlike something out of the Jetsons, tomorrow's home will resemble something closer to an office. Companies ranging from modem makers to television manufacturers are busy sketching visions of houses with electronic nerve centers that control everything from video service, Internet access, and security systems to HVAC and electrical systems.
Now the question is: Should you install high-performance cables in residential structures using a network configuration? The answer is yes! As broadband services move into the home, there must be a way to efficiently distribute the content. Experts project the use of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) Cat. 5 copper cabling will grow exponentially (see sidebar below).
Let's assume you've seen the market potential in home networking, and you now install low-voltage cabling in residences. You consider voice/data/security/control cabling, a multi-billion dollar growth industry with unlimited potential. So, after installing $3000 to $4000 in cabling and other gear for a homeowner, how can you assure the wiring provides the performance the customer expects?
By using appropriate handheld test equipment, you can do what's called Cat. 5 certification or compliance testing, and give your customer that assurance. These stringent test requirements are described in detail in TIA/EIA Standard TSB-67, Transmission Performance Specifications for Field-Testing of Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cabling Systems. TSB-95 is another standard that covers additional testing parameters. As with everything else in the telecom industry, these test units continue to evolve.
These handheld Cat. 5 testers come equipped with a master and slave unit, but they differ significantly in their product features, test times, and information readouts. Each unit has an auto-test function that displays such results as pass/fail, including a variety of tests to determine the cause of a "fail" readout.
Generally, a field tester can store the results of up to 500 "auto-tests." You can download these to a PC or a printer. The printout is your proof of proper wiring installation and network function. You can also select other diagnostic tests, such as fault location and traffic monitoring - to name a few.
Most of today's handheld Cat. 5 testers have a TSB-67 Level II rating, which means the unit has increased dynamic range and accuracy and can make measurements well beyond the basic Cat. 5 link test. Operating features beyond the TSB-67 requirements are worth comparing before making a selection. You might even want to rent one or more testers, before picking one brand as your favorite.
What are these tests really for? There are two basic Cat. 5 compliance tests: a link test and channel test. A link is the path from the connector at the distribution device (call it a distribution panel) to the connector at the outlet. A channel is the path from the attached device connector at the one end to any attached device at the other end. Thus, a channel is the link plus the connecting cords and plugs. Basically, a link is that installed length of cable, before attaching any equipment.
Additional TSB Level II compliant (minimum) tests include:
• The wire-map test ensures a proper connection for each of the eight conductors (4-pair) at either end of the cable (i.e. each pin "maps" to the same pin at the opposite end). For example, pin one of the eight-position, eight-conductor connector (jack, work area outlet, or patch panel) connects to pin one at the other end of the cable run. A wire map test quickly indicates cross pinning and other wiring errors. If this test fails, all of the meter's test functions stop. In other words, the test doesn't go forward.
• The length test is a measurement of the electrical length of the circuit under study. A Cat. 5 link cannot exceed 295 ft, and a channel cannot exceed 328 ft. This difference between electrically and physically measured lengths is important. The increased number of pair twists per foot in high-performance cable will account for a significant difference between the two.
For example, an exact physical measurement of 100 ft of Cat. 5 cable could (electrically) test as 106 ft to 112 ft or more. This length is based on time domain reflectometry (TDR) technology, which measures a test pulse (launch, return/receive time and pulse orientation) and calculates the length based on nominal velocity of propagation (NVP). You can't get a valid auto-test pass, if the link/channel is longer than 295 ft or 328 ft respectively.
• The attenuation test applies a signal (a series of frequencies up to 100 MHz) at one end of the link and measures the signal strength at the other. Signal radiation, resistance of the wire, and insulation absorption cause attenuation. You measure this loss on each pair. In general, the higher the signal frequency, and/or the greater the length of cable, the greater the attenuation. You measure signal strength in decibels (dB). The worst pair attenuation must not exceed 22 dB at 100 MHz.
• The near-end crosstalk test (NEXT) measures the signal picked up on one pair of conductors from all other pairs. The tester measures crosstalk by applying a test signal to one pair at a series of frequencies and measuring the amplitude of the signal the other cable pairs receive. NEXT is tested from both ends of the cable, and the worst case is recorded. Since it's frequency dependent, you can also measure NEXT at multiple frequencies over a specified frequency range.
If the tester shows a failed cable, you should replace (or shorten) it. Therefore, it's a good idea to test the cable at the prewire stage of the installation and place connectors on cables at prewire and protect until trim out. Test cables again after trim out to make sure you didn't do any damage.
Realistically, residential and business installations and/or testing techniques and practices will eventually be the same. Cat. 5 standards don't care whether the network is physically located within a home or an office. Instead, tests are based on performance characteristics and other criteria common to both.
Sidebar: Networking Comes Home
Three factors are fostering solid growth in low-voltage/network (integrated) wiring in homes and apartments. First, home networks are a mass-market reality - thanks to computer and entertainment networking applications. Secondly, improvements in cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies bring the Internet into the home at increasingly faster speeds. Therefore, it's more economical to implement a home network in a multiple PC residence, rather than add an additional Internet service provider (ISP) account. Thirdly, the agreements between structured wiring manufacturers/distributors and homebuilders indicate more builders recognize the value of structured wiring.
There are other forces at work here as well. Home computer sales are staging an unexpected surge. A big reason for this is a major shift in how consumers use them. PC makers, who have tried vainly for years to promote their machines as alternatives to television and game players, now race to feed the growing new market for entertainment applications. Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., and Packard Bell NEC Inc. are all tapping into growing interest in digital music with systems designed as recording studios. Packard Bell NEC's offering comes with software for downloading and organizing MP3 music files from the Web, and a "rewritable" compact-disk drive will transfer songs to CDs you can play in the car or stereo.
Market researcher International Data Corporation (IDC) expects U.S. sales for home PCs to surge 37% this year to 15.8 million machines. The projections exceed even the peak sales that followed the release of Microsoft's Windows 95 software. IDC attributes the growth to falling prices and rebates tied to Internet service contracts, as well as the boom in entertainment applications.
Another study by Parks Associates, Dallas, confirms these trends. The study reveals a growing penetration of multiple PCs, home networks, and high-entertainment products. And while the primary market for products and services is found in higher income households, the interest in residential technology reaches across all income levels. Lower income households have nearly as much technology receptivity as households with higher incomes. The question of technology adoption then becomes much more of a price issue.


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Game of Thrones
As someone who had read George R.R. Martin when he was a young guy publishing novelettes and novellas in Analog and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I am bemused and amazed by his grand eminence as the powerhouse of The Song of Ice & Fire. Herewith are many different ways to enter that spectacular, Renaissance Italy-like world. I also include two big anthologies of Martin's earlier work so you can find out why he was so great from the early days.


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Phillies Salvage 5-5 Trip
What seemed like mission impossible at one point, the Phillies salvaged a 5-5 road trip out west, their longest journey of the season. It was the first series win for them on the road.
Cole did the job yesterday afternoon on the mound and in the batter's box. Except for one game on the trip, the starting pitching has been outstanding. Cole's walked just three in four starts this season, while piling up 30 strikeouts.
The five-run ninth inning two games ago seemed to get the offense clicking. Seven different batters produced a 13-hit attack. A crooked number (five runs) in the sixth inning put the game away. J-Roll had a tough trip at bat and didn't start yesterday. Some pitchers will pay because you know Jimmy will get rolling.
Day off today and then the Cubs for four days starting Friday night. Then, back on the road, Atlanta and Washington as the Phillies return to NL east action.
Cubs Report
Two Alumni are with the Cubs, manager Dale Sveum and RHP Lendy Castillo, who was taken by Chicago in the Rule 5 draft last winter.
Sveum, an infielder, played 54 games in the Phillies pinstriped uniform in 1992 and hit .178. He was acquired from Milwaukee for Bruce Ruffin during the 1991 winter meetings and sent to the White Sox for Keith Shepherd, August 0, 1992.
Hitting: .235 (11th in NL)
Home runs: 7 (16th)
ERA: 4.37 (14th)
Saves: 1 (tied for 15th)
Fielding percentage: .977 (14th)
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley took a 12-1 pounding from Buffalo. RHS Scott Elarton was tagged for 10 runs in 3.2 innings.
**Reading blanked Richmond, 1-0. RHS Trevor May (4-0), 1 hit, 6 innings, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts. RHR Tyson Brummett picked up his first save.
**Clearwater's three-game winning streak ended, 6-4, by Daytona. RHS Brody Colvin (0-2), 5 runs in 4.1 innings.
**Lakewood was nipped by Asheville, 4-3, in 10 innings, getting only 5 hits.
April 26, 1980—LHP Steve Carlton sets modern NL record with sixth one-hitter, 7-0, over St. Louis. Lone hit was by Ted Simmons, a lead-off single in the second inning.
Phillies first game was played 129 years ago on May 1. Read about that first game and how the game was different in 1883.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced support for Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann on Sunday, saying she welcomed his warnings about the handling of the euro zone debt crisis and saw his influence within the European Central Bank as positive.
In an interview with public broadcaster ARD, Merkel also cautioned politicians in her coalition against talking up the possibility of a Greek exit from the euro zone, urging them to weigh their words "very carefully".
Weidmann, a former adviser to Merkel, reiterated his opposition to ECB President Mario Draghi's plans to buy the bonds of stricken euro members Italy and Spain in a weekend interview with German magazine Der Spiegel.
Contrary to Weidmann, Merkel said she was confident that the ECB was acting within its mandate for price stability, but she said it was good that the Bundesbank chief was speaking up.
"I think it is good that Jens Weidmann warns the politicians again and again," Merkel said. "I support Jens Weidmann, and believe it is a good thing that he, as the head of the German Bundesbank, has much influence in the ECB."
Merkel allies, particularly the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), have stepped up criticism of Greece in recent weeks, with senior CSU lawmaker Alexander Dobrindt saying at the weekend that he expected Athens to be out of the euro zone next year.
Last week, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras visited Merkel in Berlin and issued an impassioned plea for German politicians to tone down their rhetoric, saying it was making it impossible for Greece to win back confidence and launch its privatizations drive.
Merkel said she believed Samaras was making a serious attempt to turn Greece around and issued a similar warning to her fellow politicians in Germany, saying Europe was in a "very decisive phase" in its three-year old crisis.
"My plea is that everyone weigh their words very carefully," she said.
Asked about speculation that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) might be tempted to pull out of the Greek rescue program, Merkel said she had "no indications" that this was the case.
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Capital markets forecasts are fundamental to building effective portfolios. In our last few articles, we've focused on the pitfalls that advisors often encounter in trying to determine forecasts. Now let's look at the other side of the coin: Just what is an optimal process? How can we develop forecasts that actually make a difference in portfolio construction?
As an advisor, your goal is to estimate, as accurately as possible, expected returns and risk levels across multiple asset classes. It is our view that over the long-term the markets are efficient. Although over the short term bubbles and mispricing do occur, current market prices are ultimately our best guide to deciphering the long-term, equilibrium value of an asset.
Advisors who seek to improve their forecasting must find a method that is statistically robust —portfolios are only as good as the forecasts they are built on. Following is a guide to the most optimal approach we use.
Step One: Establish a Baseline
In order to estimate what assets will be worth, advisors must first determine the relative size of their present value. Calculating the world market portfolio by viewing various indexes and determining the total value as represented by the market prices of each provides an overview of the market, as well as how various asset classes are valued within it.
Step Two: Refine Input
An optimal portfolio is one that yields the best combination of risk and reward – in other words, investors get the most returns while taking on as little risk as possible. In order to determine what this portfolio looks like, advisors rely on mean variance optimization, which crunches any given set of returns, standard deviations and correlations among assets and produces a set of optimal portfolios.
Of course, mean variance optimization is only as good as the data that goes into it. To calculate estimates of standard deviations and correlations, we utilize a method developed by Robert Stambaugh, an economist who is a professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and a leading researcher of empirical asset pricing.
This sophisticated method sidesteps the problems associated with using short-term common historical data to derive expected returns. Whereas other methods might eliminate data based on market discrepancies, the Stambaugh method uses all available data to come up with estimation error for its risk-return estimates. His method also uses longer historical periods for each asset class to infer the volatility and co-volatility of shorter asset classes; the method can be improved by selecting a model for each individual asset class.
The result: a higher estimate of risk than historical data alone can provide and, therefore, more accurate capital markets forecasts.
Step Three: Extract Expected Returns
Since we have estimates for standard deviations and one portfolio we would like to use these to extract the
returns expected by the market. To do this, many use a method known as Black-Litterman.
Asset values from the world market are used to determine the value of every asset in an optimized portfolio. Reverse optimization and Black-Litterman are then used to extract the expected returns for each asset class given the standard deviation and correlation from the world market portfolio and a few other inputs.
Black-Litterman has emerged as the optimum method for portfolio allocation because it does not require advisors to guess at expected returns. Instead, it assumes the asset allocation of a portfolio should be proportional to the market value of available assets. Further, Black-Litterman allows advisors to impose their own views on asset returns to the allocation.
Determining capital markets estimates is both an art and a science. No one mathematical formula will produce an optimal portfolio – advisors must be able to utilize these tools while also inputting their own knowledge of assets and the markets. For advisors to improve their forecasts, they must understand the data that goes into these equations, as well as the limitations of these systems.
Disclaimer: Past performance is not indicative of future results. The opinions expressed herein reflect our judgment as of the date of writing and are subject to change at any time without notice. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Information obtained from third party resources are believed to be reliable but not guaranteed.


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Right now, one of the 'hot topics' in the golf world is pace of play - as it should be. But for all the talk about "Tee It Forward", "Time for Nine" and "While We're Young" (all great programs) - nothing makes golfers walk a little faster and get their rounds in quicker than the threat of bad weather or losing daylight.
So it didn't really surprise me when the Tour was able to finish on Sunday despite the last group not teeing off until after 5 pm and the sun scheduled to set around 8:30. It's not ideal but as the commercial says, "these guys are good." And if they (and the Tour) want to avoid a Monday finish, the reclubbing and extra reads don't appear near as often.
Of course, pace of play is never about one group. No matter how aware you are of playing faster, you can only go as fast as they group ahead of you. Isn't it amazing how they played faster too (again, no one likes the early Monday wake up to come back to play just a hole or two.) And at the local course, it's quite understandable that when you pay for 18 (or 9), you'd like to get your money's worth.
So this week's "A Lesson Learned" is a few simple tips to help you play well while playing faster.
* Playing faster does not mean swinging faster. Picking up the pace means everything that goes on between shots. Your swing tempo does not change.
* Keep your focus on your shot. Don't let the race against the sunset or coming rain distract you from your objective.
* Go through all your proper preparations and pre-shot routines. However, do them while your partner(s) are hititng their shots. When it's time for you to hit, you should be ready.
* Between shots; as you walk to your next shot, the cart or to the next tee, that is the time that a faster walk or even a jog might be in order.
I recently read the story about the foursome who played four rounds in four time zones - all in one day. Amazingly, as a foursome walking, they played each round in under two hours!
An added bonus is that when you spend less time looking at other golfers and what they are doing, and you spend that time focusing on your game and your pace of play, you will be surprised at how much better you tend to play.
Obviously, we can't have a setting sun or a looming deadline on every group on every course, but the lessons learned from golfers when they are looking at time issues can apply for all of us for all our rounds.
Christopher Hawkins is a PGA instructor at John A. White Golf Course in Atlanta, GA. You can follow him on twitter at @chrishawkinsPGA


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Amazon, Warner Bros. Near Resolution on Pricing Dispute
Amazon.com Allows Preorders of Warner Bros. DVDs and Blu-Rays Again
Amazon.com Inc. has reversed a halt on preorders of movie discs from Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. studio as the two sides near a resolution to a pricing dispute, according to people familiar with the matter.
Preorders of forthcoming Warner DVD and Blu-ray releases like "Transcendence" and "300: Rise of an Empire" are again being offered on Amazon.com. Amazon withheld preorders of those titles and some other popular films over the past few weeks as a negotiating tactic with the movie studio....


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Like most, if not all, NFL teams, the Ravens cling tightly to the tenets of the 24-hour rule, allowing them only one day to celebrate victories while briefly pushing back the arduous task of preparing for the next challenge that lies ahead.
But as his teammates filtered out of the locker room Sunday following a 55-20 victory over the overmatched Oakland Raiders, Ravens cornerback Cary Williams let down his guard for the first time all afternoon. A trip to Pittsburgh and a matchup with the hated Steelers was already on his mind and there was no point hiding it.
"I'm champing at the bit, man," Williams said. "It's an opportunity of a lifetime to go out there and perform and play at a high level."
Williams, who said he loves playing at Heinz Field and predicted that "it's going to be hell out there" Sunday, essentially acknowledged what most people were already thinking during a game that was all but over by halftime with the Ravens well on their way to their highest scoring output in franchise history.
It was time to start thinking about the latest chapter of the Ravens-Steelers' rivalry, which many football pundits consider the best in the sport.
"I think it's the best week of the year because it's where we feel our most comfortable probably. [It's] where I feel the most comfortable and I think our players and coaches feel the same way," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday . "That's a defining type of a rivalry. It means so much to both teams. We like being in this week, we love playing these guys, we love the preparation for these guys. I'd say it's the best week of the year for both of us."
It also may be the most important. For the Ravens, the next three weeks, which features two games against the Steelers and a road contest versus the San Diego Chargers, will go a long way toward defining their season, and whether they are going to coast to an AFC North title or do things the hard way. The latter could mean going on the road for the playoffs or battling to even get into the postseason.
As it stands, the Ravens (7-2) hold sole possession of first place over the Steelers are now 6-3 after beating the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night. Despite a defense that has struggled with injuries and gives up yards at an alarming rate and an offense that has been prolific at home and horrific on the road, the Ravens are off to their best start in the Harbaugh era.
Meanwhile, the Steelers have won four straight games, their defense overcame a slew of injuries to rank first in the NFL and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger may be having the best season of his career. But Roethlisberger left Monday night's game with a shoulder injury, and his status for Sunday is unknown.
"We focused all week on the Raiders, but in the back of our minds, we knew the Steelers were coming," Ravens left tackle Michael Oher said. "They have been having a lot of success as of late, and it's going to be a good game next week, but we look forward to it."
Harbaugh said that when he first saw the Ravens' 2012 schedule and noticed that his team would play the Steelers twice in three weeks with a tough road game in San Diego in between, his first reaction was: "Interesting."
"There are always quirks in the schedule, there really is and every team has got them," Harbaugh said. "That's kind of a quirk for us. That will be a big challenge for us but everybody has those challenges this year. That's ours. We'll just have to deal with it and make it good. … When the schedule first came out, we knew it was going to be an important stretch for us and here it is. Fortunately, we've been good enough to put ourselves in position to make it meaningful. Now, it's our job to make the most of it."
How much momentum and confidence the Ravens gained in their thrashing of the Raiders remains to be seen . Harbaugh called it a "positive thing" that the Ravens played as well as they did the week before the Steelers' game but agreed that doesn't "guarantee" anything.
Safety Bernard Pollard feels that the 55-point output puts a "target" on the Ravens' backs, and sets the bar high for the type of 60-minute football game that the team will need to play going forward. Quarterback Joe Flacco, however, didn't think anything from Sunday's demolition of the Raiders will carry over.
"I don't think that one game really predicts what's going to happen in the next game," said Flacco who threw for 341 yards and three touchdowns Sunday. "Once Sunday comes around, it's a completely different scenario, a completely different day. We still have to put the work in this week and go up there and play well. While we played very well [Sunday], and we should be happy about it, we've got to put it behind us and move on."
For Flacco, Sunday's game will mean returning to the site of arguably his greatest regular-season triumph. Last November, Flacco directed a 13-play, 92-yard drive that ended with him hitting rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith (Maryland) for a game-winning 26-yard touchdown pass with eight seconds to play. The 23-20 victory completed a season sweep of the Steelers — their first since 2006 — on the Ravens' way to a division title and a first-round bye.
The Smith catch will undoubtedly be replayed on television all week as the Steelers and Ravens get ready for another game that carries significant implications.
"To me, if you love football, there's no greater place to be, playing there in that great stadium against that great organization," Harbaugh said. "Those games have always been great games. We've always felt that it is a rivalry and we'll continue to consider it a great rivalry. We're excited to go play them, we always are. We respect them. I suspect they feel the same way."


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Finally finished with it. If you want to see a bigger version, click the download button on the side here -> http://zaebrael.deviantart.com/art/A...enix-199426003
Thank you both /bow
The phoenix took me a quarter of the time it took me with the paladin =/
turly epic, my hat is off to uOriginally Posted by Zaebrael
*drool*Originally Posted by Summerdrake
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on topic:
this just makes me wish my fire mage had some melee moves
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That vid's hilarious. I love satire and parody. XD
Anyways, after a much longer hiatus than expected, I'm back. And amazingly in one piece. Okay, so what had happened was I ended up having a migraine on Feb. 22. But this migraine decided to be different and last for about 6 days. Luckily, the worst of it was over the day it occurred, but each morning I woke up with a migraine-like headache. They got less and less bad as the days went on, but it was still tiring.
On Feb. 27 the roofer came to fix a couple of shingles. Problem was, I didn't even know he was here because he was working on the other side of the house and doing a very small patch job. I was in the middle of writing to someone when all of a sudden there was this loud bang, then my grandma screaming and crying for someone to call 911. From upstairs it sounded like someone had broken the door down, and because my family has been getting threats of burglary since last year, and my grandma sounded like she was hurt, I immediately thought someone had broken in. I called out asking what was going on, incase my thoughts were incorrect. All I heard was more hysterics and 'call 911.' So I calmed myself, grabbed my large bookcase and pushed it in front of the door, then pushed my smaller bookcase in front of the other one for good measure, picked up my phone and tried to call either my mom or dad. I couldn't get through.
Suddenly someone started jiggling the door handle and all I thought was, "Oh fuck no, there is no way I'm gonna be getting my head blow off by some stupid burglar." Then I heard my grandma yelling at me through the door, asking why I had locked it. I quickly pushed the bookcases back and came out of my room. She started fucking reaming on me, saying, "You're so fucking stupid for locking your door. Why did you do that?"
I was tired of taking shit from her and just yelled, "I had no idea what was going on. All I heard was screaming and crying and 'call 911.' What was I supposed to do."
She just screamed back, "The roofer fell off of our roof." I was finally able to put two and two together and figure out that the horrible smash was him and the ladder falling. My relief then quickly morphed into panic. All I was thinking was, "Oh my god, what if he broke his back?" I felt so bad for him. So, the whole 911 shebang showed up and got him to the hospital. Luckily, he's okay, just really bruised.
Now, about those bookcases...I still can't believe that I had enough adrenaline to move those things, but I did. For my size I'm strong, but those bookcases were filled to the brim with huge art books and novels and the like.
Anyways, I was so tired after the incident that all I could do was hug my cat and stare at the wall for a bit. I wasn't shocked about him falling; I've seen enough people with nasty fractures, lacerations and what not. It's the fact that he could've been killed. I felt so bad. The headache came back, but then the next day finally, fully disappeared. But then my whole right side flared up with muscle pain, and I've just gotten over it. Argh...I'm exhausted.
So here's my deviantArt: http://hitsujifox.deviantart.com/
and some of the stuff I was finally able to sort out:
A little while ago I was angry, so I got out my tablet and began to vent through my art, and this is what came out of it.
I really, really tried to get used to the female worgen, but after drawing concept after concept, and seeing more and more alpha female worgen pictures pop up, I threw my hands up in the air and said "fuck this shit."
Ever since they released the final model, I've forced myself to be completely level-headed about it. I never started arguments with anyone on forums, I never said anything too bad about the model, and I never said how I really feel. But, that one day, I was just angry enough about other things in my life that I decided to let out my emotions on this tiny, unrelated thing.
I'm about to be brutally honest. I friggin' hate that model. I think it's cheap and stupid. Sorry Blizz. I really like almost everything else about your game, and the Sons of the Storm are awesome, but this...this model is just plain crap.
Goodness, it's like something Rob Liefeld would draw, and I'm sure that Blizz would not want to be compared to that fool.
I was bored one day and decided to draw a gorgonops (night elf) druid form. Badass.
I know that it doesn't look completely anatomically correct. I actually based the anatomy off of some old synapsid diagram I found while trekking the interwebs.
I was watching a documentary called 'Prehistoric Predators: Killer Pig' on youtube, and was inspired by the awesomeness that is Archaeotherium to draw up some worgen mounts.
It's pretty much the same as its real world counterpart, and only has some minor differences on the head.
Whenever I draw or see night elves I can't help imagining that they came from some sort of bat-like ancestor, instead of an ape-like ancestor, like humans.
They got long ears, they live in trees, they're nocturnal (primarily), and long-limbed.
Happy (super) Belated Valentine's Day!
My worgen/orc, Kieran, and some worgen guy (I randomly came up with a little while ago) enjoying a fresh, steaming caribou carcass that they hunted together. D'aww.
(Epic tug o' war in 3-2-1)
Me and my man had caribou once. Tasted amazing. The only difference was that ours was cooked and served artistically on a plate of fine china.
(I would recommend going to my deviantart and downloading the image, because this smaller version decided to skew the colours)
This is just a quick painting of Shamira's (my orc huntress) youngest son (have orc, half blood elf) with his little fox kit. He's a young, vampish Warlock-in-training, and doesn't take shit from anyone, even if they're twice his weight and height. He doesn't have a name yet, but I'll figure one out.
I know that the right arm is messed up, but I don't want to go back and fix it. :/
Got the pose from: http://violetivory.deviantart.com/ga...et=120#/dm4biq
(This is another one I would recommend downloading the full view)
Once again it's the unnamed worgen (who I've decided is a druid), and Kieran, a shaman, engaged in a courtship dance in their flight forms (yes, I know shamans don't have a flight form, but that's just game mechanics. If they can shift into wolves they can surely shift into a bird). Aw, how sweet. So sweet I think my teeth are gonna rot.
And, of course, I didn't forget the 'blue child.'
I used http://simplybackgrounds.deviantart....Sky-4-79323798 this picture to get an idea of what kind of sky I wanted to do, since I sometimes have trouble with choosing whether I want evening, night, day, or whatever. But I saw that photo and thought it was so pretty and perfect.
This guy is just a random night elf-worgen with some primitive chiropteran traits (I like to imagine that night elves had a bat-like ancestor, and apparently traits 'lost' in evolution can reappear later on again).
I haven't developed this character very much yet. All I know is that he doesn't have very good manners, and tends to sniff female backsides without any permission whatsoever. He's a little creepy, but friendly...maybe a little too friendly.
Phew, that's a lot. I'm in the process of cleaning up some more stuff, so hopefully nothing will happen and I'll be able to get them up sooner.
Last edited by Rachel; 2011-03-05 at 03:34 AM. Reason: my dates were wrong...I'm so out of it. :(
I also love that even though the phoenix is big and bright, and the woman is small, her dark armour makes her stand out. Both figures complement one another beautifully.
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I really wanted a boar mount. Oh well.
Last edited by mmoce0c7eba7b4; 2011-03-05 at 11:28 AM.
OOOOOOOOOINK! Think of all the pork and bacon jokes as you're riding into battle!
*waits* Yeah I can't think of any but I know someone would. I'd name my pig mount, Truffles.
And of course thank you for the compliment. It's always good to hear I did something right P:
/sick of soft-porn-manga-style-denuded-women - some of them are actually quite ... awkward, some paedophiles in here ?
But there are here some great pieces too ! Keep up the good job and maybe one day we'll get rid of the fantasy-pornography.
I wouldn't say pedos. Most of the picture posted are not done by the posters but you do gotta question a few of the artists but hey w/e floats their boat. Poor lonely boys.
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Okay, that sounded sort of wrong. What I meant by 'good stuff' was that there are art pieces showing sexual activity that are beautifully painted. You just gotta look.


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Katie B. over at the WSJ did a roundup of camera tech. I liked this section on Sony's Happy Face Retouch that automatically turns frowns into smiles. Sort of:
It took already captured images of my friends' faces and turned their frowns or ambivalent looks into smiles, but didn't adjust the subjects' eyes. Though this was good for laughs, the eerie-looking grins pasted on faces reminded me of painted-on clowns' mouths. And some attempts to retouch a face couldn't detect the face to alter it. But a handful of the Happy Face Retouches looked somewhat natural.
Silly Sony, smiles happen with your entire face, not just the lips and teeth. P.S. FWIW, Katie does not normally smile like a zombie. [All Things D]


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Hooray! My portrait of the Tea Party founder, Keli Carender was selected in the 2011 Communication Arts Photography Annual, and can be seen on page 126. There is some incredible photography in the annual this year, and I am thrilled to have my photography included in the collection. 166 winning projects were selected from 5520 entries. What an honor!
I thought it would be awesome to portray Keli as someone from the Revolutionary War Era, and I worked with art director Benjamen Purvis at Seattle Met to make it happen. I also wrote about Keli and this shoot in a previous blog post if you want to find out more.


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Bit late with this one, but its worth the wait, I promise.
Part of Estee Lauder's 2010 Bronze Goddess Collection is these four Limited Edition Liquid Eyeshadows.
You know I love cream eyeshadows, right? No? Well go through the Archives!
Here are the beauties:
There are four shades to choose from – Sand Shimmer a shimmer beige, molten bronze a rich gold-bronze, aqua flash, a rich turquoise and ultra violet, a shimmery purple.
My first thought is that these cream eyeshadows (and I would say they are more cream than liquid – the Chanel D'Eau Ombre is what I would count as a liquid) are HIGHLY pigmented.
As you can imagine I have lots of cream/liquid shadows and they can err on the side of sheer or very very sparkly. These ones are rich and pigmented, without glitter.
I like all of the shades – to me they are colours that anyone can pick something out of? My favourite is of course, Aqua Flash!
These eyeshadows last very well. Not sure if they are waterproof but once they set (and they set fairly quickly) they stay put very well. Good for summer and those oily lids. No creasing.
When the shadow dries it becomes a little more matte in its finish.
When dried:
Its worth remembering to not use too much – apply it too thick and it can look crackly on the skin. Less is more – its highly pigmented anyway.
On the eyes:
The eyeshadows come with a standard sponge tipped applicator. I dabbed it on the skin then used my finger but you can of course, use a synthetic brush too.
I just had a really random play to see what it would look like on my eyes. I think its the law everyone has a bright blue for the summer:
These are my new lashes by the way! Review coming up! Excuse the mascara splodges.
The bronze and sand shimmer combo:
Once again I found all the colours worked quite well for my NC35 medium olive complexion. I think the sand and bronze, possibly the purple could work for most skin tones.
I creative product and better for the summer than a standard eyeshadow palette – it makes sense to produce something that will last when the weather gets warmer. I like! Imagine a cheek version of these….mmmm……
The Liquid Eyeshadows are £15 each and are Limited Edition. Out in House of Fraser in April, Nationwide in May.