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Manuel Vázquez Gallego was a Spanish comic artist and one of the main representatives of the Bruguera school. Born in Madrid, he began his professional career with 'Macana en el Oeste', a publication by Hispano Americana de Ediciones in 1946. He was present in Flechas y Palayos and its supplement Maravillas in the following year with his first serial, 'Mr. Lucky'. His typical sense of humor was influenced by that of the Spanish comedians Wenceslao Fernández Flórez and Enrique Jardiel Poncela, who were friends of the Vázquez family.
In late 1947 he moved to Barcelona, where he started his extensive tenure with the publishing house Bruguera, that lasted until the company's demise in 1986. He became one of the most popular artists of the periodical Pulgarcito with 'Las Hermanas Gilda', his first big series about two old ladies, that he created in 1949. Among his many other features for Pulgarcito are 'Mofeta', 'Jimmy Pintamonas', 'Gildo', 'Heliodoro Hipotenuso', 'Servulio Argamasa', 'Spoleta', 'Mr. Lucky', 'Septimio Canalete', 'Loli', 'Anacleto Pandehigo', 'Nicomedes Nibebedes', 'Fierrito, el Gaucho' and 'Don Venancio'.
Las Hermanas Gildas
Besides his work for Pulgarcito, he continued to work for other publishers. He drew seven installments in the collection 'Humor de Bolsillo' for Hispano Americana de Ediciones (1949-1950), the comic book 'La fuga de El Caimán' for Ibero-Americanas (1949), as well as the characters 'Juan Pérez' and 'El Pequeño Sultán' for Nicolas magazine by Ediciones Cliper (1951).
He was a regular in Bruguera's El DDT from the start in 1951 with new series like 'Azufrito', 'Currito Farola, er Niño e la Bola' and especially 'La Familia Cebolleta', another Vazquez classic about a typical Spanish family. Many of the other serials he created for the Bruguera magazines also featured characters that were a sample selection of the Spanish people, such as 'Angelito' (a.k.a. 'Gu-gú') and 'La Familia Gambérrez' from the DDT supplement Ven y Ven.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Vazquez remained a regular in Pulgarcito, becoming the star artist after the departure of Cifré and Peñarroya, together with Ibáñez. By 1965 he created another longrunning hit series, the James Bond parody 'Anacleto, agente secreto'. He also contributed to other Bruguera publications such as Can Can ('La Historia ésa, vista por Hollywood', 'La Osa Mayor, agencia teatral'), El Campeón ('La familia Churumbel', 1960), Din Dan (the semi-autobiographical 'Los cuentos de tío Vázquez', 1968) and Gran Pulgarcito ('Feliciano', 'Don Polito', 'La Abuelita Paz', 'Ali-Oli, vendedor oriental', 1969).
Manuel Vázquez kept working for a large audience and remained one of the most influential Spanish comic authors in the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, he also published in more adult-oriented magazines such as Can Can (1978), El Papus (1978), Demasssié (1980), Hara Kiri (1980), El Cuervo (1981) and El Puro (1982). For these publications he made erotic work that he signed Sappo, such as the serial 'Don Cornelio Ladilla y su señora María'.
When Bruguera went downhill during the 1980s, Vazquez's work began appearing in other children's magazines, such as Garibolo by Compañía General de Ediciones S.A. (the series 'Tita & Nic'), JAuJA by Ediciones Druida ('Vámonos al bingo', 'Los casos de Ana y Cleto') and the newspaper supplement El Pequeño País ('Así es mi vida'). He was also present in the relaunched Bruguera magazines TBO, Mortadelo and Super Mortadelo by Ediciones B.
Nita & Nic - El Caso del Enano de Voldavia (Garibolo 27, 1987)
In 1990, he received the Grand Prize of the Salon del Comic de Barcelona for his entire oeuvre. He spent his final years drawing for Makoki ('Historias verdes', 'Sábado, sabadete'), El Pequeño País ('Jurasy', 'Mónica') and Viñetas ('Las inefables aventuras de Vázquez, Agente del Fisco'). Vazquez additionally designed the sets for a 1991 stage show starring his characters, while also making topical cartoons for El Observador.
Manuel Vazquez passed away from a stroke in Barcelona in 1995. The anarchist and bohemian Vazquez managed to create a cloud of mysteries and legends surrounding his life. Not only in his comics self-parody 'Los Cuentos del tio Vázquez', but also in interviews. He had claimed that his grandparents were tailors to the Royal Family, he had been married seven times, and was in jail three times. Most of these claims have been refuted, but his life proved to be interesting enough to be the subject of a biopic in 2010, 'El gran Vázquez', directed by Óscar Aibar and starring Santiago Segura.


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Ed. Note: The following was posted over 6 9-10 years ago but I think the content applies with a bit of adjustment. This was written before Twitter. Twitter changed the game. It made is to that men don't even have to compose a paragraph to get women. A few tweets, a DM,then bam!
Before I officially start, this might could get Unabomber long. OK? I'm just putting that out there up front so y'all don't comment that I've been stricken with Panamitis (a propensity for long ass entries). It's gonna take a minute to get to the point.
When I first started blogging it was a couple few years long ass time ago...Maybe two and a half a decade. The first blog was completely anonymous. Or so I am inclined to think. Except that I know someone I know stumbled upon it but I don't think he realized it was me. That blog was crazy personal. In writing it, I found evidence to support my belief that 'Ain't shyt new under the sun'. So many other people were going through the same things I was going through. Quite reassuring.
All in all, it was a great experience...Being annonymous. As time went on, I saw myself leaning on the blog. Writing there what I should be saying in real life. (Old people, lest we forget the 'F' situation?) I'd also off-handedly mentioned this secret blog to a few people. People like Big Shirley who demanded to read it. I had to satiate those folks somehow. Enter, 'Blog that included my real first name'. It would be humorous and most of all, not ANONYMOUS. Which meant there was no way I was putting anything really personal on there.
After the first few weeks of having two blogs, I got tired. I had realized the anonymous one was a crutch and decided to let it go. But when I did, when I focused just on maintaining 'Blog that included my real first name', I started to wonder things that had never crossed my mind before. I wondered how blogging affects social interactions. Before I blogged, I thought only fat geeks who reenacted Dungeons and Dragons maintained weblogs. So I was either not in the fat part of the normal curve, or I had been wrong. Maybe everyone on the internet wasn't a fat virgin who was 35 living in their mom's basement. But I had to see how this really worked. I mean outside of using it as a journal. Were people really meeting in real life, hooking up, becoming fast friends?? And by 'people', I mean BLACK people. Sorry white folks, I know you guys have been blogging and meeting based on online interactions for a while now.
The first thing I did was put a link to my IM name on the page. And surprisingly, people started IM-ing me. I also made it a point to leave comments. And surprisingly, people started writing me back. Then people who I didn't even know started commenting. This research project was going pretty damned easy thus far. Too bad I didn't have the forethought to apply for a government grant to do this research. Cus y'all know the gov't will pay you to research damn near anything.
Then people started IM-ing me regularly. People I'd never met and never intended to meet. We'd shoot the shyt for hours. It's amazing how much time one can spend chatting with a complete stranger. For me, it was simply that...chatting. However, I'm inclined to believe that a few of the people I'd talk to thought I was really TALKING to them. Sharing with them. But in 'Blog that included my real first name'-land, we were just a few people shooting the shyt to make our work days go by faster. (This doesn't include you--wearing of the spankies with HIS name across them. Or all of the others from the old, Pre-'Blog that included my real first name'.) And I will say, I've had some wonderful conversations with people from all walks of life because of the whole blogging thing. And, I have every single IM conversation I have ever had. Even the ones I thought I lost. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. So if you've said/written some foul stuff about someone...Well, I still have the convo. Trillian--check it out.
The more I talked to folks though, the more I wondered if relationships built online were similar to those built in the real world. There were people who were honest and genuine. But there were also people whose intentions weren't so nice. Except that online, if someone was honest, they were super honest. And if someone was deceitful, they were super deceitful. In both cases, participants' e-courage was a driving force. The courage to speak truths they might not in real life. The courage to do things they might not be afforded the opportunity to do.
In Brown Shuga's Behind the Blog, I asked her how this mode of communication has affected her and her peers. And, right around the same time I read Panama's entry about Black Planet Homes and how y'all (Cus I'm Sexiopian) have managed to turn certain web services in to the e-projects. I know people meet on-line and hook up. There are sites designed just for this. Online dating is a multi-billion dollar industry. Remind me to invest. But you've gotta wonder how this works through blogging. Since, according to the articles written, blogging is supposed to be about self expression...Not hooking up. More research coupled with common sense and I came to some conclusions.
I remember in one of the earlier conversations with BC, I told him that a man's internet game seemed to be as follows:
1. Read a blog.
2. Contact writer--if it's a woman.
3. Chat to access her vibe.
4. Try to get her number. Now see this is interesting because not once has anyone ever come out and asked for my number online. What I have had happen, too many times to count, is a guy start a really good topic of discussion the abruptly say something like, "Dang, I have to go. We can continue this on my way home or I can talk to you tomorrow." Needless to say, all those conversations were picked back up the next day or never.
5. Talk a few times. If she's local, she moves up the priority list. Otherwise, you can always visit. Women like that.
6. Get her to meet you somewhere. This is done to access her f*ckability. Because as it's told to me, "99% of the women who are willing to meet a stranger alone for the first time will get f*cked."
7. If the woman is a 5 or below, treat her like a 10. This way, she will cling to the man because he's treating her the best she's ever been treated. And this treatment fits into her fairy-tale. But if the woman is a 6 or above, treat her like she's a two. This confuses her and she clings to her internet buddy more because she can't see why some internet clown is dogging her.
8. Hit. And hit often.
9. Become unavailable. He all of a sudden has to work. Bullshyt. His ass has blocked you from his IM client.
10. Rinse and repeat. And by 'repeat' I mean move your operation to another circle of bloggers or another blogging service.
And in response to the plan layed out above, the woman does the following:
1. Read blog.
2. Comment and try to do so in a way that makes her stand out from the rest.
3. Chat to see if he's really a nice guy.
4. Exchange numbers. After all, he is a nice guy. (Translation: he fits the fairy-tale she has in her head.)
5. Talk.
6. Go out. Stop right here. The woman thinks this is a date. He will pay but it's not a date, it's an interview.
7. Tell all your friends about a wonderful person you met online.
8. Have sex with him.
9. Be considerate of his schedule.
10. Wonder what the heck happened.
These are the patterns I've noticed. Because those patterns exist, it does not mean the one blogger who met his love because of his blog (wink-wink) is doomed. Nonetheless, the roles men and women play online aren't far from what they'd play were they to meet in a club, the grocery store, or the gym.
The only difference is in background checking. It seems people do a far more thorough background check when they meet someone in person. Maybe Black people are less aggressive with their background checks when meeting people online because the whole internet thing is still sort of taboo in our community. Normally, people ask around to see if a person is married, crazy, etc. But on the internet, not so much.
In the real world, people lie all the time. People take advantage of those in need of attention all the time. But never, before I started blogging, did I think it could be done on the internet. I thought people would have to have some face-to-face time before they lost all grasp of logic. Sure, I've heard of dating sites. Those sites are set up with hooking up as their purpose.
Some would think that the ability to run game on the internet means you have a Ph.D. in gaming. I disagree. If these same men were in a regular situation, where they'd have to be whitty on demand, they would fold. But on the internet, it's easier to compose a perfect response...Even if it takes ten minutes to write one sentence. I dare you to take these same men to a gathering and they would wilt. Let's not even think about ever taking them to the club to run game. Why, they'd probably start stuttering and shyt their pants. Now, that would be funny.
And the women, if most of these women were on the street, they may not get the attention they get on the internet. On the internet, women who might not get attention, get attention, and get played, just like other women do in real life. So maybe the internet levels things out for them.
It's not my business to expose anyone or call them out by name. Besides, they'd only make disparaging remarks about me to the women and those women would accept what the men say as fact. Women are funny that way. And by 'funny', I mean stupid or desperate for attention. What I will say though, is that I'm tired of it. I almost kinda of feeling sorry for these women and tired of being sickened as the men brag and bask in the glow of their latest internet conquests. But not really because I just see the game is still the same, just partially electronic.

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Joe Barton, Meet Alessandro Acquisti
We were all very excited about the Facebook IPO last week (I guess), and Washington, D.C. wants to have its part in the action. This Politico article, "Facebook IPO Pits Privacy vs. Profits," is a good illustration. It is the organs of government saying we are relevant, you know.
I was particularly intrigued by the comment of Rep. Joe Barton (R‑TX). He's playing against type — if we're still to believe that Republicans stand for limited government — where he's quoted saying: "I believe in free market principles, but there are some things the market can't put a price on because they lack a monetary value. Privacy is one of those things."
Aha! Washington does have a role the market can't provide.
Except that the observation isn't valid. There are lots of things in markets that "lack a monetary value." You don't think that every dimension of every good and service has a price tag on it, do you? Markets still deliver these things through the decision‐making of their participants.
Alessandro Acquisti at Carnegie Mellon University has been studying how consumers value privacy for years. Crucially, he's been studying how they value privacy when confronted with real and simulated trade‐offs. (What consumers and politicians say isn't very informative.) He sometimes puts a price tag on privacy in his studies.
It's often a low price. Consumers don't value privacy as much as many of us would like. But markets do implicitly price privacy. You make a little bit more — not a lot — if you deliver privacy. You stand to lose — sometimes a lot — if you don't protect privacy.
Stand down, Mr. Barton. Stand down, Washington, D.C. You are not relevant to the Facebook IPO. Free market principles suggest leaving markets free to serve consumers' actual preferences as determined by market processes. This is the case whether you think of privacy as having a "monetary value" or not.


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Its terraces of Georgian houses were built to meet the growing demand for accommodation as Brighton became a fashionable resort for the upper classes.
Today they house boutique hotels and attractive homes in the very heart of one of Britain's most successful cities.
The Regency Square Area Society has been working for over 30 years to foster a real sense of community by helping local residents and businesses to deal with the challenges of this busy and crowded area.
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The sustainability plays a leading role in the company strategy which takes into account the development of the business from the economic, social and environmental scope. All the politics and procedures that regulate the management of the company must respect the Sustainability Policy and Corporate Responsibility.
The sustainability strategy considers target audiences and action lines summarized on the Corporate Responsibility framework which is aligned to the business and accordingly to AMC Networks.


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Accounting offices are normally so staid and quiet you can hear the gentle purr of the air-conditioning system.
Not so at KPMG's Los Angeles office in the wake of an unfolding insider-trading investigation involving a former colleague.
Full coverage: KPMG auditor accused of insider trading
According to a manager in the office, the mood was solemn and anxiety amid accusations that former top auditor Scott London had passed sensitive information about two clients to a friend who traded on the tidbits.
Many KPMG employees worried that the insider-trading allegations could scar the company's relationship with clients and dent its recruitment of top prospects, said the manager, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the case.
"We're all very disappointed," the manager said.
The allegations are unlikely to derail the company as the Enron scandal did to once-mighty Arthur Andersen, which was forced out of business.
Still, it is a "major blow," the manager said.
Fired KPMG auditor can't explain 'lapse in judgment'
Emerging trading scandal is the last thing Herbalife needed
'What I have done was wrong,' says auditor accused of insider trading
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Retirees' Social Security checks garnished for student loans
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Joshua Cohen works with troubled student loan borrowers.
What's surprised Cohen lately is the increasing number of gray-haired people walking in his doors with a problem: A portion of their meager Social Security benefits are being taken by the government to pay for old student loans.
It's a growing national trend. Last year, 156,000 Americans had their Social Security checks garnished because of student loans they had defaulted on. It's tripled in number from 47,500 in 2006, before the Great Recession. That's according to analysis done by the U.S. Treasury for CNNMoney.
Like Cohen, other groups have noticed the increase too. A leading nonprofit group that works with students on repaying loans, American Student Assistance, has worked this past year with over 1,000 Americans who have had their social security payments garnished to repay outstanding student loans. That's a sharp increase from 200 people in the previous year.
For retirees, any cuts to their Social Security benefits really hurts.
"Social Security means survival. It means food, shelter, medication," said Cohen, a Connecticut attorney, who works with people on debt collection harassment and student loan repayments.
Retired Americans can start collecting Social Security benefits at 62. However, the folks that Cohen has worked with are in their 70's and 80's.
The amount taken from these checks isn't small. The average Social Security monthly check is $1200, the typical amount taken is $180.
Very few student loans can be refinanced and many people have outstanding loans with interest rates locked at over 7%, even though rates have fallen in recent years to below 3%.
Repayment terms on student loans are extremely rigid. They are rarely forgiven even in bankruptcy and people can have their wages garnished if they default.
The issue caught the attention of Senator Elizabeth Warren, who introduced a bill earlier this year to allow millions of people like Anderson to refinance their student loans. However, the bill was blocked in June.
Social workers are also seeing an increase in the number of people with mental and health issues having their Social Security disability checks garnished.
"I had a Korean War veteran in his 80's who had taken out a student loan for his son and then began having health problems. The government took money from his Social Security disability checks – money that he needed to buy medications," said Deanne Loonin, a director at the National Consumer Law Center, which works to provide economic security to low income and disadvantaged people, including the elderly.
According to the government data, the total amount garnished from social security checks last year came to $150 million.


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The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) uses a stream location and identification system based on river mileage. The stream mileage system was published by DRBC staff in 1969 with revisions in 1988. The mileage system for the Delaware River and Bay consists of a "mile zero" and a line along which distances from mile zero are measured (the "mileage line").
What is "Mile Zero?"
Mile zero is located at the mouth of the Delaware Bay (i.e., where the bay meets the Atlantic Ocean) at the intersection of a line between the Cape May Light (New Jersey) and the tip of Cape Henlopen (Delaware) with the centerline of the navigation channel. The position of this point is Latititude 38° 50' 32" N and Longitude 75° 03' 18" W.
Mile 330.7 is the "head" (or beginning) of the main stem Delaware River, where the East Branch of the Delaware meets the West Branch near the town of Hancock, New York.
What is the "Mileage Line?"
From the mouth of the bay to the Bridge Street Bridge in Trenton, New Jersey, the mileage line is the centerline of the main navigational channel.
Between the Bridge Street Bridge in Trenton and Tristate Rock (near the mouth of the Neversink River), river mileages are measured along the New Jersey-Pennsylvania boundary, which generally approximates the centerline of the Delaware River in this reach.
Between Tristate Rock and the head of the main stem Delaware, the river mileages correspond to distances measured along the New York-Pennsylvania boundary.
The stream mileage system information has been updated to include National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) gage locations at various points on the river.
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In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
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- A piece in this week's Nature magazine recommends that sugar be regulated like tobacco or alcohol. The authors argue that sugar has addictive and toxic qualities, and long-term consumption leads to many metabolic conditions. They suggest taxing any foodstuffs with added sugar, including beverages and cereals. They also consider the possibility of putting age limits on the purchase of sugar-sweetened items; changing zoning code to limit the number of fast food restaurants and convenience stores in low-income neighborhoods; and eliminating the use of WIC or EBT for purchasing foodstuffs with added sugar.
- For small-scale growers, ranchers, and business owners, access to government-inspected cooking and processing facilities can be very sparse. Communities are responding to this lack of resources by creating adaptable processing units such as the Mad River Food Hub in northeastern Vermont. The facility contains storage units, flash freezers, stoves and ovens, and butchering tables. Individuals can rent space and services as needed. The Food Hub is certified by the state of Vermont, and is waiting on USDA certification.
- The Obama administration appointed food systems advocate Deborah Kane as its new "Farm-to-School" director. Kane will work with several government food organizations as well as with the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative. She will oversee a new farm to school grant, and look at new ways to connect schools with local food. Kane has experience collaborating with farmers and retailers to encourage local food consumption in the Northwest.
- Remember the Food Safety Modernization Act? It's now a year old, and Food Safety News sat down to talk to Michael Taylor, the deputy commissioner for foods at the FDA, to discuss its implementation and impact. He shares his thoughts on the recent cantaloupe salmonella outbreak, antibiotics in meat production, and contaminated juice. Here's Part One of the interview, and here's Part Two.
- Ongoing severe drought in Texas has resulted in a large algae bloom along the state's coastline. The toxin from the red algae has killed millions of fish and has devastated the oyster population. Eating oysters that have absorbed the toxin can cause nausea and dizziness, so restaurants and purveyors are abandoning the local oyster industry for imported product. Oyster fishermen are lamenting the dire circumstances and loss of business.
About the Author: A student in Providence, Rhode Island, Leah Douglas loves learning about, talking about, reading about, and consuming food. Her work has also been featured in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine.
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Together with our four children, my husband Bas and I moved to Switzerland in the summer of 2018. This was our third move in the last eight years. We are a Dutch family and our first expatriation was to Moscow, Russia, where three of our children started school and our youngest son was born.
In January 2019, the Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Mr Daniel Urech as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Previously, Dan served on the Board of the Riverside School from its establishment in 1990 and was ISZL's first Board Chairman from 2008 to 2012.
One of the joys of studying and teaching at ISZL is Zug's beautiful old town. Students enjoy opportunities in the curriculum to appreciate the local landmarks and history. Early Years Teacher Sarah Osborne uses the 'How the World Works' unit to inquire into local architecture and in particular the 13th-century clocktower 'Der Zytturm' located in Kolinplatz.
Last year ISZL launched a range of initiatives to connect with the local community and enable students to learn in an authentic context. We believe the interactions and relationships between different sections of our own school community are equally important, and recently students in Grade 3 and Grade 11 came together for a special German collaboration. Find out more by clicking the title.
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ISZL is a dynamic learning environment and rich in the arts and athletics. Our aim is to enthuse, engage and inspire a generation of critically aware, creative and knowledgeable global citizens who are ready for the challenges and changes that lie ahead.
At ISZL we believe that student development extends beyond the normal academic school day and that important learning and development should take place in other settings. All ISZL divisions offer a range of clubs and activities that match the diverse personalities and interests of our student body.
ISZL is a thriving and connected learning community where you and your child will experience a sense of belonging, through friendship and the joy of working, playing and learning together.
ISZL is incredibly fortunate to have two spectacular campuses in the area surrounding Zug and a beautiful, purpose built wood chalet, located in the famous mountain village of Wengen.
At ISZL we pride ourselves on our innovative teaching and learning methods and are always striving to enhance the learning experience for our students.
At ISZL, we are dedicated to supporting each individual community member to ensure that their social, emotional and physical wellbeing is addressed and that they are able to flourish within our community and beyond.


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|Madewell Dress, H+M Jacket, Rebecca Minkoff Clutch, J. Crew Necklace, Shoes
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Black and Chrome
|Madewell Top, Theory Skirt, Anthropologie Wedges, Zara Clutch, catbird and Vintage Rings, Sequin Cuff, DANNIJO Earrings
"Women who wear black lead colorful lives."
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Quote Me
My love for mb art studios grows stronger with each new plate that I purchase. I started this obsession with a Mother's Day gift last year and continue to find little reasons to keep on ordering. I'm always looking for sentimental gifts for my girlfriends, and you can't go wrong with a handmade, dainty dish, with pretty words, that can be used to display pretty jewels.
If you haven't yet, you must check out this Etsy Shop!
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Fall Wish List
Where do I begin? Fall fashion gets me so excited, but then I remember that I live in the South, and a lot of the pieces I'm lusting over are not weather appropriate. When I remember that, I go from excited to sad. Boy do I miss the Fall.
I could not be more happy that leather is back and bigger than ever. I've been grabbing everything with leather details and have scored some great detailed tees from Banana Republic. Don't let your leather addiction rob your bank account!
Baseball jackets are so cool. I used to rock one throughout high school for my varsity swim team. Not for fashion — at all, but I do love them! I opted for a slightly discrete silk navy and black jacket by Equipment.
Mixing navy and black should never be unfashionable. The key is to make sure it's known that you are aware of the clash of colors. If you are a little apprehensive about the color mixture, try it in an accessory first!
Friday, September 6, 2013
All Fall Everything
I have to apologize for my lack of blogging. The real world has taken over my life and blogging was, unfortunately, pushed to the side. But, I'm back and just in time for my favorite time of year– Fall fashion!
I can't get enough of the catalogs and magazines with the new styles for Fall. I'm currently loving the mix of navy and black, leather details (on just about everything), flared skirts, baseball jackets, and, of course, lace. As for colors, black, white, navy, dark green, and maroon are on my radar.
Here is some inspiration. Don't forget to follow my pins.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Casual Color
|Madewell Skirt + Tee, mark. Clutch c/o, Chan Luu Bracelets
This bright number is so much fun to wear. I usually stay away from orange shades because of my skin tone, but this bright pop of color forced me to step outside my comfort zone. It's perfect for those casual, hot days where clothes are not wanted but, unfortunately, required. This Madewell tee is so soft too! It's oversized and feels like linen!
Hope you have a great week! :)
Hope you have a great week! :)
Monday, July 29, 2013
|Anthropologie Skirt, Joie Tank, Rebecca Minkoff Clutch, Chan Luu Necklace, Sequin Cuff c/o, Coach Wedges
I've gotten so much wear out of this skirt. It serves as the perfect neutral in my closet. I dress it up for a night out with silk blouses and wedges and wear it during the day with graphic tees and flat sandals. It truly doesn't disappoint. I recommend it to anyone looking for a flirty, versatile piece to add to their wardrobe.
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November 23, 2016
The winter of 1620-21 at the Plymouth Colony was cold and tragic for the Pilgrims; nearly half of their number died through sickness and accidents. One wonders how they could rise above such losses and by fall be so grateful that they celebrated God's goodness to them by giving thanks.
While the spring and summer of 1621 were pleasant and a welcome contrast to what they had just come through, the wounds of that first winter must have been hard to overcome. The good harvest and the help of Squanto, Chief Masasoit and their tribe in providing food, as well as teaching them how to survive in this harsh new place so far from home, were causes to be thankful, but the reasons for their amazing attitude of gratitude must have run deeper than those blessings.
Can an abundant harvest and enough to eat make up for the vacant chairs of loved ones at mealtime? Can making new friends take away the pain of losing old ones? Can moving into a new house compensate for the absence of family members?
Obviously not.
Why not then enter the second winter bitter over the pain of the past rather than being filled with praise for present provisions?
There is only one answer: these people had developed the ability to be thankful no matter what was going on around them. Their thankfulness was rooted in their acceptance of Biblical teachings that called on them to be thankful all the time.
We can learn from them.
It takes too little to get us down and too much to get us up!
We are too quick to pout and too slow to praise!
Compare our tendency to complain over trifles to the vow of the Old Testament prophet, Habakkuk, to be thankful in tough times: "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation."
Contrast this vow to being upset over the Dow.
What would Habakkuk's vow do for us now?
It would change the focus of our lives, our homes and the nation. We would be more interested in giving than getting, more eager to worship than to be entertained, more likely to help than to hurt, more positive about the future. A.W. Tozer, the author of many Christian classics, wrote: "Now as a cure for the sour, faultfinding attitude I recommend the cultivation of the habit of thankfulness. Thanksgiving has great curative power. The heart that is constantly overflowing with gratitude will be safe from those attacks of resentfulness and gloom that bother so many religious persons. A thankful heart cannot be cynical."
One of the great calls to be thankful is found in the Bible in Psalms 103:1-5. Focusing on reasons to be thankful can brighten every day and cause us to rejoice in God's gracious goodness to us all.
Thanksgiving should be more than a holiday…
It ought to be our way of life.
Roger Campbell was an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. Contact us at email@example.com


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Financial Aid
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A dental education is a significant financial investment. The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC is committed to ensuring that all eligible students have access to the financial aid programs they need to achieve their educational goals.
Once you have submitted your application to the certificate program of your choice, you may begin the financial aid application process.
If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident:
Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Some helpful information for completing FAFSA:
- Be sure to note the most current deadlines for submission.
- Use your best estimate of your income for the previous calendar year.
- USC's Federal School Code is 001328.
- If you wish to be considered for the Health Professions Student Loan Program (HPSL), complete the parental section of FAFSA.
If you are an international student:
Financial Aid for International Students
New repayment options for federal student loans have made financial aid repayment easier. Income-Based Repayment, unlike traditional payment plans, takes your income and family size into account when your payment amount is calculated. This helps ensure repayment amounts will be reasonable, no matter what life after graduation may bring. Income-Based Repayment is available for new and existing federal student loans.
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Please visit Financial Aid Summary and Tasks (FAST) to determine whether any additional documents are required:
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Directions to apply for the Federal Direct Stafford Loan and/or the Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan can be found at https://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/loans/.
Can I receive an in-school deferment for my prior student loans?
USC transmits enrollment status on a scheduled basis to the National Student Clearinghouse. Lenders/servicers are expected to access enrollment information from the Clearinghouse on a periodic basis, therefore automatically granting you an in-school deferment. But it is your responsibility to respond to lenders/servicers concerning any loan status change.
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The National Student Loan Data System for Students (NSLDS) will capture federal student loan balances and lenders/servicers. Please note that it will not report the Health Professions Student Loan Program (HPSL) nor private, non-federal educational loan programs. To capture HSPL and/or private loan information, you may request your credit report at www.annualcreditreport.com.


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Standing at the inner gates of the Maracanã, behind three perimeters of heavily-armed military police, ready for the biggest sporting event in the world, I had my ticket stolen.
It was a surprisingly easy mistake to make. For a split second during a photo-op with a scrum of other fans, I took my hand off my ticket in my right hand pocket and waved. When I reached back, three seconds later, it was gone.
A pickpocket, right? Had to be. I was wearing the ridiculous mask above (I'm the eagle on the left), so I was as good as blind; there was no way to see who'd made off with the stolen goods. I didn't freak out. That's not really how I roll. I went straight to my wife Prairie, told her my ticket had been stolen, and we made for the ticketing centre to have it cancelled and reprinted. (We'd received similar help on matchday in Natal, when our tickets contained numbers for seats that didn't exist in the stadium.) At this point, it was still more than three hours before kickoff, so we figured we had some time. But I was held up for lack of having a ticket at yet another security perimeter, and found myself boxed in by police who wouldn't let me proceed to get help, or retreat beyond the overall stadium perimeter. Prairie went on without me, but later returned in tears, because she'd been rebuffed by MATCH, the ticketing service that FIFA employed for the tournament. The ticketing centre was able to verify that my ticket had not yet been swiped at the gates and canceled it, but would not reprint it. With few options, we shuffled back towards the centre, to see if I (a very big guy with a loud, rumbly voice) might get more traction.
Along the way, my mind raced. I kept trying to get online and contact someone, anyone— we know a few people in the US media corps and are friendly with Sunil Gulati, our federation's president. Getting one of them to advocate for us was a long shot, but I tried it, posting a few panicked tweets to see if it would bring us any aid. Wifi was a mess, though, so it was hard to connect and communicate. I was stoic on the outside but felt gut-shot; Prairie was beside herself. A pair of local volunteers (not FIFA folks, but city workers, very nice kids who spoke excellent English and lived in Rio) asked us what was wrong, and were able to squeeze me past one of the checkpoints to the ticketing centre. There, faced with a huge black mark on the climax of our amazing once-in-a-lifetime trip, Prairie had a panic attack.
A panic attack is a physical manifestation of intense anxiety. Her limbs went numb and rubbery, and she had trouble breathing. It's terrifying, but she'd had one before and knew what was going on and what was needed to stop it. So while I kept asking the stone-faced MATCH employees to help us to no avail (we'd later learn that the president of MATCH was literally on the run from the Brazilian police for criminal activity) Prairie summoned medical help. That got us past the barricade and into the ticketing centre, but we still weren't going to get the service we desperately needed. Despite the fact that each of our tickets contained our real names, ticket request numbers, and a unique RFID chip as an anti-theft measure, it was policy to not re-print the ticket on matchday— a policy that had evidently changed between the beginning of the trip, when a FIFA rep took care of our bad tickets, and the end of it.
The scene outside the ticketing centre was a bit heartbreaking, because we were surrounded by dozens of other customers with the exact same problem— a lost or stolen ticket that needed to be canceled and reissued, but for reasons unknown ("security reasons" insisted the MATCH reps) would not be. I commiserated with a fellow American, a guy from Los Angeles named Fabian, kitted out in both a Mexico shirt and a US flag. He'd also had his ticket stolen. As we talked, one of the MATCH reps kept glaring and yelling at a nearby cameraman. "You're not allowed to film here, sir!" Fabian had spoken to the cameraman and his producer— turns out they'd not just had their tickets stolen, but their even more valuable tribune-access media credentials. It had taken a lot of paperwork to get those credentials, but even they wouldn't be reissued. Making the best of a bad situation, the film crew were preparing a video report of ticket theft at the Maracanã, and the ticketing service's unwillingness to help their distressed customers. MATCH did not like that, not one bit.
Meanwhile, reality sank in, and Prairie got medical help from the military police. We were allowed into the ticketing centre lobby to calm down, where I watched even more fans plead (mostly fruitlessly) for help. As we continued talking to folks on the scene, medics took Prairie's blood pressure and pulse to make sure she was settling down and didn't require an ambulance. The MATCH rep, while cordial, wouldn't yield an inch. I tried to persuade Prairie to see the game (after all, it was my ticket stolen, not hers) but she pointed out she'd rather rest during the match while I made the best of things and took it in for both of us. A sympathetic FIFA volunteer from England tried to make arrangements for Prairie to relax in a first-aid area while I took our one remaining ticket and went inside. If nothing else, we'd meet at the big statue of Bellini outside of Gate D afterwards.
After that ordeal, I got inside and to my seat about 30 minutes into the match. Fortunately, all I'd missed were a couple of amazing spurned chances for Gonzalo Higuain, which the jumbotron replayed relentlessly for my benefit. Well, that and his beautiful celebration of a goal he hadn't noticed had been disallowed for being about two yards offside. The Maracanã in the late afternoon, the shimmering mountains visible beyond, and the biggest game in the world was impressive, but the situation made it tough to enjoy all the way. I reached out to my seatmates, pointing to the empty seat next to mine (naturally, it remained that way for the rest of the game) and explaining what had happened. An Australian behind me nodded sympathetically. "I had a death grip on my ticket," he said, "but because I was so focused on protecting it, someone lifted my camera on the Metro!" A Belgian gent on my right had his wallet stolen the prior day. To my left, an Englishman and his young son (delightfully pulling for England's old rival Germany, because screw Argentina!) sat, with the father pointing out something important about our precious tickets. "These were issued to us weeks ago," he said, "and as I'm traveling with my son, I've really resented having to carry these incredibly valuable pieces of paper around the entire country with us. When we got the tickets at the centre, our photos were taken, our passport numbers recorded, our names printed, and RFID chips used. What was all of that extra security for, if they didn't use it to help you in the end?"
I wondered that myself. As the match wore on, my grim thoughts finally receded, and I exulted in the excitement of the hotly-contested final. Mario Goetze scored a belter of a winner, we all leaped and cheered and went nuts (except the Argentines), and it was beautiful. But when the final whistle sounded, I quickly got up to leave. The closing ceremony, the lifting of the trophy, the fireworks— bah. All I could think about was my wife, waiting for me outside. It had been a fairly terrible day, and as I made my way to the exit, I resolved to make sure I'd get her to the final, safe and sound, in Moscow in 2018. So I went to the statue of Bellini, and she wasn't there. I wandered back to the ticketing centre, where a pair of volunteers were guarding the now empty building. We'd seen them earlier in the day. They didn't speak a lick of English, nor did I much Portuguese, so I was suitably mystified when they just pointed back to the stadium with big smiles on their faces, exclaiming "Esposa! Esposa!"
Back I went, and waited a bit more. I took some great photos of the fireworks overhead, as waves of unhappy Argentines strolled past. Eventually, Prairie appeared, looking way more chipper than I'd expected. "Hell of a punchline..." she began, and then explained that my new buddy Fabian had gone to chat with her (I'd pointed her out to him when we talked) and commiserate over a tough situation. As the two settled in to hang tough during the match, a person or persons approached (Prairie and Fabian wouldn't tell me who; they'd been sworn to secrecy. As far as I'm concerned, it was the Blue Fairy from the Pinocchio fairy tale; Prairie says it was O Mão de Deus) and, with only a few words exchanged, handed them match tickets. I disbelievingly scrolled through Fabian's camera, looking at shots of the two of them celebrating inside, the Maracanã's seats, field, and skyline clearly visible behind them. Turns out they were on the opposite side of the stadium from me. Somehow, some way, the day had been saved.
Of course, I look back and wish things had gone just a little better. But I learned a valuable lesson about keeping my shit under wraps in the face of pickpocketing (it's long since become a lost art here in Boston, despite an epidemic of it in the 70s), and had the widely-known fact of FIFA's untrustworthiness (remember: just like John Oliver explained so well, soccer fans from all over the world attend the World Cup in spite of FIFA, not because of them) nicely reinforced. Despite advanced security ostensibly implemented to deter theft and scalping, FIFA and their partners weren't prepared to help their customers in their hour of need, and hundreds missed out. I'll be more careful next time— a lot more careful. As for the rest of the evening, we spent it hanging out with Fabian, our new friend, closing out our month in Brazil with celebratory brigadeiros. The spectacle of my favorite sport's pinnacle is incredible, but let's face it: new friends from all over the world are what the World Cup is REALLY about.


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Hidden Netflix Gems – Magic Trip
Hidden Netflix Gems is a new feature designed to help readers answer that burning question, "What should I watch tonight?" It will be updated every Saturday before the sun goes down.
Fans of Tom Wolfe's seminal 1968 non-fiction novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test have been waiting a long time to see Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's Magic Trip, whether they knew it or not. Though a narrative adaptation of the definitive book on hippie culture is reportedly in the works from director Gus Van Sant and his Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, this is the closest thing to an adaptation we're likely to see anytime soon. In fact, it's even better, because the documentary, subtitled Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place, is assembled almost entirely from the footage Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters shot during their LSD-fueled cross-country road trip beginning in 1964.
This is not to say you have to be a fan of Wolfe's book to enjoy Magic Trip. Fans of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and/or Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of it, the Grateful Dead, Allen Ginsberg, or Kesey himself will also get a lot of enjoyment out of it, along with anyone who appreciates wild, anarchic adventure. Narrated by Stanley Tucci, the film tells the story of Kesey (best known as the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and a group of friends who set off for the 1964 New York World's Fair in a hand-painted school bus and then just kept going, traveling all around the country in an effort to expand the consciousness of the entire United States. Along the way, they threw parties with the likes of Thompson and Timothy Leary, and gave a then unknown band called the Warlocks (who later became the Grateful Dead) their start as an unofficial house band.
Kesey is an extraordinarily charismatic figure, a champion high school and college wrestler who turned his back on athletics in favor of writing and exploring the landscape of his mind. He first began experimenting with psychedelic drugs as a volunteer in a CIA-funded experiment, so it could be said that the U.S. government inadvertently sponsored the madness shown in this film. Another fascinating character is Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters' bus driver, a wildly energetic figure who served as the model for Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's revered 1957 novel On the Road, which was itself a source of inspiration for Kesey and the Pranksters' trip. Gibney, who won an Oscar for his amazing 2007 documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, and first-time feature director Ellwood, took on the daunting task of crafting a 107-minute film out of the Pranksters' days of footage, and they succeeded admirably. Magic Trip perfectly captures the unbridled spirit of a once-in-a-lifetime era, and offers a hell of a good ride to anyone who views it.
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Lumen Center Italia
Founded in 1976, Lumen Center Italia has a strong dedication to light, creativity and innovation. The company was originally born as Lumen Center France in La Fare-les-Oliviers, with an important lighting collection of French designers. Later the company grew into Lumen Center Italia, strengthening its core business, growing and pushing itself up to the far east with the newborn Lumen Center Japan.


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The goal of this program is to calculate how much the total payment on a loan will be, given a user-entered interest rate, user-entered amount to be borrowed, and user-entered monthly payment. It should also be noted that the annual interest rate changes as the loan decreases with payment (I accounted for this in the second while loop by writing annualInterestRate = annualInterestRate * loanAmount. Is this correct?) If the interest rate given determines that the monthly interest is not higher than the monthly payment, a new loop begins that adds up monthly payments until the total left on the loan is 0.
There aren't any syntax errors in the coding to my knowledge, it mostly runs fine. It's difficult to tell if my coding in the second while loop is correct because it would take a long time to work out that math by hand, but I did notice one glaring problem.
If I enter 500 as the loan amount, and 400 as a payment, it gives me the error dialog that my monthly payment is too low. I don't really know why this would be, but I'm guessing that something in the code is getting thrown off when the monthly payment is too close to the loan.
Advice would be appreciated! Thanks.
package javaapplication18; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class LoanPayment { public static void main(String[] args) { String loanAmountString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the amount for your loan."); double loanAmount = Double.parseDouble(loanAmountString); String annualInterestString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter your annual interest rate."); double annualInterestRate = Double.parseDouble(annualInterestString); String monthlyPaymentString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the amount for your monthly payment."); double monthlyPayment = Double.parseDouble(monthlyPaymentString); double monthlyInterestRate = annualInterestRate / 12; double monthlyInterest = loanAmount * monthlyInterestRate; while (monthlyInterest >= monthlyPayment) { String newMonthlyPaymentString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Your payment only covers the interest on your loan. Please enter a larger amount for your monthly payment."); monthlyPayment = Double.parseDouble(newMonthlyPaymentString); break; } double totalPaid = monthlyPayment; int month = 1; while (totalPaid <= loanAmount) { totalPaid = totalPaid + monthlyPayment; annualInterestRate = annualInterestRate * loanAmount; loanAmount = loanAmount + monthlyInterest; loanAmount = loanAmount - totalPaid; month++; if (monthlyPayment > loanAmount) totalPaid = totalPaid + loanAmount; month++; } JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Congratulations! You have paid off your " + month + " month loan, totalling " + totalPaid + ". Thank you."); } }


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Former Minority Leader Sal Pace, now a Pueblo County commissioner, received a warm welcome when he returned to the House Wednesday to memorialize a former lawmaker.
The Democrat was known for his mostly friendly jousts with then Speaker Frank McNulty, a Highlands Ranch Republican, and the two former leaders caught up on the side of the House.
"The best part of today was hearing Frank called "Rep. McNulty,'" Pace later texted.
BAM! McNulty served as speaker until Democrats won back the majority in the November election.
McNulty's favorite part of the election? "Getting to call Republican Scott Tipton 'congressman' for another two years." BAM! Pace tried to unseat Tipton in the 3rd Congressional District, but lost. Pace later was appointed to a vacancy on the county commission.
Also in the House today was former lawmaker Abel Tapia, a Pueblo Democrat now overseeing the Colorado Lottery. He and Pace helped pay tribute to former lawmaker Bob Jackson, who represented Pueblo in the House from 1967 to 1972. Jackson, an icon in Pueblo, died last year at the age of 84.


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Mike Tyson says he did "The Hangover" to fund a drug habit, but has since gotten his life together, losing 130 pounds on a vegan diet and reconnecting with his wife and family, he told a Las Vegas radio station.
As for going back into the ring: "I'd be petrified," he said.
The 44-year-old former heavyweight champion gave the uncommonly candid interview with ESPN Radio in Las Vegas Monday, touching on the tragedy, debauchery and redemption that have touched his life in recent years. The often-troubled legend lost his four-year-old daughter in May, 2009, in a freak accident involving a treadmill, and he said the horrific event sent him on yet another downward spiral.
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"I felt like I was dying. I had an incident in life where I lost my four year old daughter in a tragic accident at home," he said. "I don't know. I didn't want to live anymore. So I said, that in order to go there, I had to change my life. I am going to change everything I dislike about myself. I changed everything that I was as a human being. I started that journey in October or November."
Since then, he's lost 130 pounds to drop all the way from 350 to his old fighting weight. He said he's stopped smoking. partying and cheating on his wife, and now is in position to capitalize on the unexpected career boost he got from his lauded cameo in last year's surprise hit.
"I was doing that to supply my drug habit," Tyson said of playing himself in the comedy. "I said, 'Wow, This is going to be really good. We're going to sell this stuff on 42nd Street on bootleg and make a lot of money.' This is my best thinking on drugs... It wasn't that way. It was an international success."
While the movie was selling out theaters, Tyson was a mess. He said it was his wife who got him on the straight and narrow, telling him she wanted a commitment.
I was like, 'A commitment? What do you mean?' And she said, 'I want to do this. I want to establish ourselves as husband and wife.' I said, 'We'll do that one day. One day we'll do that.' Then one day, I said, 'Let's just do it. Don't wait to next week. Let's do it right now.' And I took a responsibility.
"I'm an extremist which is bad and good," he continued. "Once I partake in something, I'm going all the way. I'm not going to cheat on you no more. I'm not going to drugs no more that could cause us to break-up… When I am dedicated to something, it gets too overbearing. When I'm dedicated to destroying my life, no one can stop me. When I'm dedicated to doing the right thing, no one can stop me. That's the sickness that I have."
That single-mindedness once made him the most feared boxer in the world. But he has no plans to return to the sweet science.
"I wouldn't consider nothing to do with boxing," he said. "I couldn't do that no more. I'd be petrified now. That's not who I am anymore."


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Seth to be "even cheaper" in SSFIV
Capcom community manager Seth Killian's told Kotaku that Super Street Fighter IV's end boss will be annoying enough to make you stamp your joypad to death. He didn't actually say that, but what the hey. He did say this: "Seth will be even cheaper and more irritating" than he was in SFIV. Heartening. Why? "This […]
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Capcom on SFIV: Sagat and Seth are bit overpowered
If Street Fighter IV characters Sagat and Seth have tiger uppercutted your pride into oblivion, feel free to collect the scraps. Speaking with VideoGamer, SFIV arcade assistant producer Ryota Niitsuma admitted that the two destroyers of your formerly flawless win-loss record are a bit too powerful. "Yes, Seth and perhaps Sagat might have turned out […]
New Space Siege dev diary posted
After the the Read More bit. Watch as the Gas Powered Games team tell you about Space Siege's protagonist, Seth Walker, and how he's the daddy on the battlefield and in the workshop, and how you decide whether to keep him human or not. It's all about morality, see. By Mike Bowden


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November 08, 2010
Before and After
My mother is in Mexico and she is really on me to post pics of the new do! Thanks to all of you who voted. The overwhelming winner was "the Jessica". I think that my hairdresser thought I was a wackado when I handed her a picture and said, "Here's what was voted my new cut. Can you do this?" I went with light
dark highlights 'cause I'm indecisive like that. I am now wishing I would have gotten the bangs a little shorter so they stood out more, so I may go back in this week for a bangs trim. So- just for my mother- here are the before and after shots. Forgive the pic quality. I can't self picture with my nice camera because it is just too big and I was too embarrassed to recruit some help. So you are stuck with camera phone pics in my way too yellow bathroom. Sorry!
The scary, extra scraggly before
The after.
Here's my other hair conundrum. I usually schedule a haircut in the mornings. My hair gets a little greasy while I sleep and I always feel like I need to wash it before I go to the salon- knowing full well that they will wash my hair as soon as I get there. What is up with that? My brains screams, "Wait! Don't wash your hair! They will wash it for you!" But my vanity screams, "Oh dear God! Wash that hair ASAP before anyone in public has a chance to see it!" Sometimes I think it would have been way easier to have been born a man...
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The president of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says the group plans on Tuesday to brief parliament about the country's preparations for handling cases of the Ebola virus, which has so far affected four West African countries.
Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei expressed concern that the country appears ill prepared to handle cases of the outbreak noting that medical gear bought by the administration to protect health workers is not enough.
"We are lucky to have a series of warnings so that we could be in a better position to be prepared when the disease eventually comes in country. But, I am afraid as at today, we are prepared on paper, but not prepared on the ground," said Opoku-Adusei. "We have a scheduled meeting with the parliamentary committee on health and the [GMA] is going to make a presentation to them about how it can help alleviate the problem."
Opoku-Adusei says the GMA will also brief the lawmakers about measures the government can take to combat the disease. He says the country currently has no medical structures in place to contain the virus.
Opoku-Adusei expressed concern about the country's porous borders which could allow infected people to cross into the country.
"The actual treatment and management areas are yet to be set up," said Opoku-Adusei. "Our borders are not well manned and are not well screened. We have reports that people just passed through from all [of the infected] countries into our country. So we are going to discuss that [on Tuesday]. As at today, assuming we have a case today or tomorrow, I am afraid we may not be able to manage it properly."
The World Health Organization estimates that the Ebola disease has left over 1,069 dead. The affected countries include Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
Government officials say equipment has been purchased to help with the treatment of Ebola cases. The ministry of health has so far released about $1,657,458 to help control the spread of the virus.
But, Opoku-Adusei expressed concern about the lack of public understanding about the disease.
"The level of education for the average Ghanaian is also low. Yes, our government is doing something, but we are afraid it's not enough,"said Opoku-Adusei.
"There is some equipment in some of our centers, but then I am afraid they are not enough. And we are yet to do training for doctors and other health workers so that they have the confidence to restrain and manage the disease."
Opoku-Adusei says medical professionals need to be adequately prepared to handle patients affected by the virus.


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FRESHMAN (2014): Went 9-10 overall and 5-2 in the Big Sky in singles play at No. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6...Went 3-2 at No. 5 and 4-1 at No. 6...Had a four-match winning streak...Won six games in a loss vs. No. 28 Lynn Chi of Cal...Won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles against Northern Arizona in the Big Sky Tournament semifinals...Won at No. 3 singles at Montana State...Went 11-9 overall and 5-1 in the Big Sky in doubles...Played primarily with freshman Alina Soltanici, going 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big Sky with an 8-1 mark at No. 3....Won at No. 3 doubles in Big Sky Tournament quarterfinal, semifinal, and final...Teamed with sophomore Daria Savchenko for a 7-5 win at No. 1 doubles against San Francisco in first collegiate match.
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in tennis and gymnastics at Kaunas Jonas Jablonskis Gymnasium...Won 15 singles tournaments in Lithuania while finishing second 11 times and third nine times...Took first place in the 2011 Lithuanian women's singles and doubles championship...Represented the Lithuanian team at the European Championship 16 and 18 groups...Won a Lithuanian gymnastics championship in 2005-06.
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Ariel Dukes has stopped 123 shots in 14 games this season (Justine Agaloos).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore goaltender Ariel Dukes has been named the College Water Polo Association Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week for the week of March 4, the CWPA announced Wednesday.
Dukes recorded 29 saves and six steals in three weekend contests to help the Crimson get off to their best start since 2003-04 at 10-4. She allowed just 17 goals in the three contests to also allow Harvard to begin conference play 2-0.
Dukes shutout Mercyhurst in the first half in the conference opener and finished the game with nine saves and two steals to help the Crimson roll to an 11-3 win Saturday morning. In the afternoon contest against Bucknell, the sophomore stopped 11 shots and delivered three steals to match her career high in a 13-9 victory, as she limited the Bison to just one goal in the fourth quarter. The Winter Park, Fla. also surrendered just one goal in the fourth quarter of Harvard's 10-5 win over Gannon to allow the Crimson to pull away from the Lady Knights, finishing the day with nine saves and one steal.
This is the second time Dukes has won the award this season, also picking up the honor Feb. 4. Overall, it is the fifth weekly award that the Crimson has won this season.
Dukes has made 123 saves in 14 games, and she has also recorded 16 steals.
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Harold Edgerton
Name at birth: Harold Eugene Edgerton
Harold Edgerton was an electrical engineer whose work on strobe and underwater photography greatly influenced both art and science during the 20th century. He was afrom Nebraska who spent his entire academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after 1927. He made his mark as an expert in high-speed photography -- his 1931 doctoral dissertation included a motion picture of a motor lit by a strobe light, and by 1932 he and student/colleague Kenneth J. Germeshausen had made them commercially available. While teaching at MIT, Edgerton also traveled around, showing the industrial, artistic and entertainment merits of stroboscope photography. Inefficiencies and flaws could be seen in moving machine parts, his photo "Coronet" -- a milk drop just as it breaks the surface -- was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 1937 and he revolutionized the world of sports photography. During World War II he developed long-range night photography for U.S. airplanes, and after the war he figured out how to photograph nuclear tests at the moment of blast. Because of Edgerton, we know how a hummingbird's wings work, and how the tongue of a cat works when it drinks. During the 1950s and '60s Edgerton worked on underwater photography, sometimes in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau. Although he officially retired from MIT in 1968, "Doc" Edgerton continued to teach and work in the lab the rest of his life.
A 1940 short film that Harold Edgerton worked on, Quicker 'n a Wink, won an Oscar.
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Port of Baltimore Partners With India's Mundra Port To Expand Exports, TradeFebruary 23, 2012
David McCormack is an International Trade Specialist in the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service. Russell Adise is an International Trade Specialist in the Office of Service Industries.
On February 22, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez witnessed the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between two major world ports – the U.S.' Port of Baltimore and India's Mundra Port – that will facilitate maritime cooperation, exports and trade flows between the U.S. and India.
The two-way trade between India and the U.S. grew to $58 billion in 2011, and this upward trend is expected to continue in 2012. This MOU is a perfect example of the U.S. and India working together to meet India's infrastructure needs while supporting American jobs.
For U.S. seaports, sister port partnerships are an important tool for expanding their trade links, trade routes, port marketing, and infrastructure development activities throughout the world. The Port of Baltimore's new agreement with Mundra Port follows similar agreements with ports in Taiwan, Poland, China, Russia, Italy, Ghana, Egypt, The Netherlands, and France, illustrating Baltimore's importance as an international trade port.
U.S. seaports are a critical conduit for U.S. exports. More than $455 billion in exports flowed through America's sea ports in 2010. Ocean transport carries more U.S. international merchandise than air cargo, trucks, railroads, and pipelines combined. More than 75 percent of U.S. merchandise trade by volume – and more than 36 percent by value – leaves the United States by water, making U.S. seaports a critical component of our national and global economy.
In addition to their participation in the Trade Mission, U.S. seaports such as Baltimore are also partners in an important ITA initiative aimed at meeting the President's NEI goals. In July 2011, Under Secretary Sánchez traveled to the Port of Oakland to launch the Partnership with America's Seaports to Further the National Export Initiative. This partnership between ITA and the American Association of Port Authorities is helping U.S. seaports to leverage federal and local resources to help small and medium-sized firms to achieve export sales.
Under Secretary Sánchez is in Ahmedabad for the second stop of the Department's first-ever Ports and Maritime Technology Industry Trade Mission to India. This Trade Mission is furthering President Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI) by raising the profile of the U.S.' world-leading ports and maritime technology sector among Indian commercial counterparts.
The trade mission participants include dredging companies, port security companies, scanning technology providers, and transportation and logistics companies. The Port of Baltimore is one of twelve U.S. private sector and municipal organizations participating in the trade mission, which will conclude in Mumbai on February 24.
The Trade Mission is the first in a series of events planned for 2012 that are designed to expand U.S. export opportunities within India's infrastructure sectors. In particular, Commerce Secretary John Bryson will lead a high-level trade mission to Delhi, Jaipur, and Mumbai on March 25-30. It will be Bryson's first trade mission as Commerce Secretary.
For more information on the Trade Mission, please contact Trade Specialist David McCormack at email@example.com, (202) 482-2833.
Additional information on the Trade Mission can be found on the India Ports Trade Mission's website.
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The Story Behind
What is Kjaer Weis?
Kjær Weis is a visionary and forward thinking cosmetics line created by Danish-born, New York-based makeup artist Kirsten Kjær Weis. It's a brand that recognizes health and beauty equally.
It Started With A Realization.
A veteran of countless magazine covers and fashion shoots, Kirsten noticed something about every woman that sat in her makeup chair: they all had at least a few "conventional" makeup products they found irritating to the skin. "It made me think, if these products are causing short term effects like breakouts and rashes, then what would the long term effects look like? There had to be another choice."When experimenting with natural alternatives, Kirsten found many of the organic makeup products couldn't achieve the same results as their chemical-laden, traditional counterparts. There seemed to be no middle ground between the two in the cosmetics marketplace.
This was the divide Kirsten looked to bridge when she began an 8 year journey to develop Kjær Weis; to fulfill a desire and demand for high-performance color cosmetics that were made with the highest quality natural and organic ingredients, all without compromising luxury or contemporary design.
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Adam Thirlwell
Adam Thirlwell was born in 1978, and grew up in North London. He is the author of two novels, Politics and The Escape; a novella, Kapow!; and a project with international novels that includes an essay book, Miss Herbert, which won a Somerset Maugham Award and a compendium of translations edited for McSweeney's. He was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. His work has been translated into thirty languages.


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Former Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns quarterback Mark Rypien is the lead plaintiff in a class-action suit filed by 126 former NFL players on March 23, which alleges the NFL hid information about the harmful long-term effects of head injuries.
Rypien, who suffered two concussions during his 11-year-career said in court documents that he "suffers from various neurological conditions and symptoms related to the multiple head traumas."
Other players listed as plaintiffs include former first round pick and Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich and former Dallas Cowboys tight end Scott Galbraith.
Last week, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended for a one year without pay for his part in the team's bounty program, which rewarded players for hard hits on the opposition. The team was also forced to surrender two draft picks. Three other staff members affiliated with the program were fined and suspended.
"The game doesn't need to be played this way," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on NFL Network after the suspension was made public. "We think that while it is a strong message, it's an important one to send -- that we need to protect our players."
There have been approximately 51 other suits filed against the NFL involving head injuries, according to NFLConcussionLitigation.com. Five of the 51 cases where wrongful-death suits.