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Schools in the U.K. (including England) do not "follow" USMLE - not one little bit! There are substantial differences in the content and style of U.S. or Caribbean schools and those of the U.K. Of course medicine is medicine the world over and any decent school will give you some prep. for the steps. However, if you want to maximise that aspect of your education go to the U.S. or Caribbean.
U.K. schools are every bit as difficult to get into as their American counterparts - some claim they're more difficult.
Also, please reconsider your plan of skipping undergraduate college in the U.S. There are many posts on this subject; for a recent one see last post in this thread-
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Paul Loraine is a DJ and producer from London, now living in Barcelona, Spain.
Having only started cutting his teeth in the production world since 2008 Paul Loraine has had a spectacular string of releases on some of the most renowned labels in the business, with his original work finding its way on to an array of underground electronic imprints like Vitalik, Four:Twenty, Fondation, Akbal, Flumo, Tenth Circle, Indigo Raw and Lucidflow. As well as remixing some of the biggest names in the industry, most notably being commissioned in 2011 by 1Trax alongside the likes of Soul Clap, Jamie Jones, Wolf+Lamb, Inxec & Matt Tolfry to remix the all time number one selling house record Robert Ownes �I�ll Be Your Friend� celebrating it�s 20th year anniversary. Paul�s no stranger to success either having already had 4 #1 best selling vinyl singles with distributors Juno, Decks, WhatPeoplePlay and Deejay.de
There�s nothing formulaic or obvious about the music Paul makes, and he combines a keen sense of what works on the dance floor with a strong emotional content, It�s a sound that has found favour with music aficionadas and leading DJ�s alike; Hot Chip, Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Funk D�Void, Magda, Sven Vath, Luciano, Loco Dice, John Digweed are just a few among those who are incorporating Paul�s tracks into their sets, radio shows and monthly charts
�I�m a sucker for a good groove, my music is very percussive. I�m not one of these producers that can sit in the studio and write track after track that has no substance or emotional content, with me I write music that people can connect with and is personal to them in some way�
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Just a quick FYI. Please don't put up guides like AL's movie guide unless you get express permission from him to do so beforehand. Thankfully, we'd actually already got permission for this guide to go up, so there hasn't been an issue here, but we just want to avoid potential upsets on the part of others in future. --Archaic 02:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


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The overture which Beethoven finally fixed on for Fidelio, discarding previous attempts, is an understated creation subtly foreshadowing what is to come. Why has Calixto Bieito replaced it with its very much longer predecessor, a big symphonic event which puts all the opera's goods in the window? Presumably because he wants to do the same with his.
The curtain rises on a scaffolding of neon tubes and Perspex planes, a modish art-installation project by Rebecca Ringst. We're given a steer on the 'concept' thanks to Leonore (Emma Bell) muttering a poetic fragment by Borges, to the effect that this is a labyrinth with no escape. While Edward Gardner whips the orchestra through the 15-minute overture, we watch dozens of 'prisoners' crawling into the labyrinth then desperately trying to get out.
When the drama gets going, the characters materialise from nowhere, and exist in no place, but since all are top-notch singer-actors their musical interactions acquire powerful momentum. While Sarah Tynan's Marzelline is ravishingly sung and Adrian Dwyer's Jaquino has a low-life resonance, James Creswell's miserly Rocco is compelling, and Emma Bell commands the stage with ineffable grace: as a result, the great cross-purpose quartet works beautifully. Philip Horst's prison-governor Don Pizarro makes a thunderous vocal entrance, but when he starts carving gashes in his forearms you wonder what morbid-psychology book Bieito has been reading. Bell and Creswell play off each other vividly, however, and the climactic moment of the first act – as the prisoners are released into the daylight – is magnificently sung.
Fussy direction completely neutralises what should be the wonderful opening moment of Act Two, when Florestan (Stuart Skelton, with a tone of gleaming warmth) sings up from his dungeon, and the ensuing scene of recognition and fight-back is clumsy in the extreme. Then comes a genuinely magical coup de theatre which I won't reveal, followed by a finale with a less successful coup which leaves that original Borgesian concept in tatters. Suffice to say that the 'prisoners' deliver their farewell chorus holding up placards saying 'Free'.
In strictly musical terms, this shows ENO in fine form, but the net result of Bieito's patchy production is a frivolous travesty of this great opera, and its still-relevant message. Every generation remakes the classics in its own image, but if, like Bieito, you define 'prisoners' as including everyone who works in an open-plan office, you diss the sufferings of today's real Florestans in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and Siberia.
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Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Bellis |
Species: | B. perennis |
Binomial name | |
Bellis perennis L. |
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Bellis perennis is a common European species of daisy, of the Asteraceae family, often considered the archetypal species of that name.
Many related plants also share the name "daisy", so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as common daisy, lawn daisy or English daisy. Historically, it has also been commonly known as bruisewort and occasionally woundwort (although the common name woundwort is now more closely associated with Stachys (woundworts)). Bellis perennis is native to western, central and northern Europe, but widely naturalised in most temperate regions including the Americas[2][3] and Australasia.
It is an herbaceous perennial plant with short creeping rhizomes and rosettes of small rounded or spoon-shaped leaves that are from 3/4 to 2 inches (approx. 2–5 cm) long and grow flat to the ground. The species habitually colonises lawns, and is difficult to eradicate by mowing - hence the term 'lawn daisy'. Wherever it appears it is often considered an invasive weed.[4]
The flowerheads are composite, in the form of a pseudanthium, consisting of many sessile flowers about 3/4 to 1-1/4 in (approx. 2–3 cm) in diameter, with white ray florets (often tipped red) and yellow disc florets. Each inflorescence is borne on single leafless stems 3/4 - 4 in (approx. 2–10 cm), rarely 6 in (approx. 15 cm) tall. The capitulum, or disc of florets, is surrounded by two rows of green bracts known as "phyllaries".[5]
B. perennis generally blooms from early to midsummer, although when grown under ideal conditions, they have a very long flowering season and will even produce a few flowers in the middle of mild winters.[6][7]
It can generally be grown in USDA Zones 4 - 8 (i.e. where minimum temperatures are above −30 °F (−34 °C)) in full sun to partial shade conditions, and requires low or no maintenance. It has no known serious insect or disease problems and can generally be grown in most well-drained soils. The plant may be propagated either by seed after the last frost, or by division after flowering.[6][8]
Though invasive, the species is still considered a valuable ground cover in certain garden settings (e.g., as part of English or cottage inspired gardens, as well as spring meadows where low growth and some color is desired in parallel with minimal care and maintenance while helping to crowd out noxious weeds once established and naturalised).
Numerous single- and double-flowered varieties are in cultivation, producing flat or spherical blooms in a range of sizes (1 cm to 6 cm) and colours (red, pink & white). They are generally grown from seed as biennial bedding plants. They can also be purchased as plugs in Spring. The cultivar 'Tasso series' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[9]
Bellis is Latin for "pretty" and perennis is Latin for "everlasting".
The name "daisy" is considered a corruption of "day's eye",[10] because the whole head closes at night and opens in the morning. Chaucer called it "eye of the day". In Medieval times, Bellis perennis or the English Daisy was commonly known as "Mary's Rose".[11]
The English Daisy is also considered to be a flower of children and innocence.[12]
Daisy is used as a girl's name and as a nickname for girls named Margaret, after the French name for the oxeye daisy, marguerite.
This daisy may be used as a potherb. Young leaves can be eaten raw in salads[13] or cooked, noting that the leaves become increasingly astringent with age.[6] Flower buds and petals can be eaten raw in sandwiches, soups and salads.[7] It is also used as a tea and as a vitamin supplement.[2]
Herbal medicine[edit]
Bellis perennis has astringent properties and has been used in herbal medicine.[14] In ancient Rome, the surgeons who accompanied Roman legions into battle would order their slaves to pick sacks full of daisies in order to extract their juice, hence the origin of this plant's scientific name in Latin. Bandages were soaked in this juice and would then be used to bind sword and spear cuts.
Bellis perennis is still used in homeopathy for wounds and after certain surgical procedures,[15][unreliable source?] as well as for blunt trauma in animals.[16][17][unreliable source?] Typically, the plant is harvested while in flower when intended for use in homeopathy.[7]
Bellis perennis flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract.[18]
Other uses[edit]
Daisies have traditionally been used for making daisy chains in children's games.[19]
Daisies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1894)
The daisy chain by Maude Goodman (1936)
- ^ The source The Plant List used was the International Compositae Alliance. "Bellis perennis L.". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "Bellis perennis Linnaeus". Flora of North America.
- ^ PLANTS Profile., "Bellis perennis L. lawndaisy", USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=bepe2
- ^ "Weeds of Northeast - USDA PLANTS". usda.gov.
- ^ Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 749. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ a b c "Bellis perennis L.". Missouri Botanical Garden Bellis perennis.
- ^ a b c "Bellis perennis L". Plants for a Future database.
- ^ "USDA Zones". USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
- ^ "Bellis perennis Tasso Series". rhs.org.uk.
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/daisy.aspx
- ^ The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare, by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe. W. Satchell and Company, London, 1884
- ^ "Daisy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2011. Encyclopedia.com
- ^ Johanna Budwig, Krebs - ein Fettproblem, richtige Wahl und Verwendung der Fette. Hyperion-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1956, p. 44: recipe for cancer patients.
- ^ Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987), p129
- ^ "Pre-Surgical and Post-Surgical Treatment: from an ongoing series by". healthy.net.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ^ "Bellis perennis - Veterinary Materia Medica of Homeopathic Remedies". petremedycharts.com.
- ^ Vogl S, Picker P, Mihaly-Bison J, Fakhrudin N, Atanasov AG, Heiss EH, Wawrosch C, Reznicek G, Dirsch VM, Saukel J, Kopp B (Oct 2013). "Ethnopharmacological in vitro studies on Austria's folk medicine--an unexplored lore in vitro anti-inflammatory activities of 71 Austrian traditional herbal drugs.". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 149 (3): 750–71. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.007. PMC 3791396. PMID 23770053.
- ^ "Children's 'right to play'". BBC News. BBC. 2002-08-07. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
External links[edit]
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- Media related to Bellis perennis at Wikimedia Commons
- USDA plant profile
- PFAF Bellis perennis profile
- Daisy = 'Day's Eye or Eye of the Day'.


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If it's raw big block power your after, I'd put a 500 cid Cadillac mill in it. You'll have torque out the ying-yang and it will idle like a ***** cat. The perfect sleeper. And it's not much heavier than a small block.
I would go with a 496. What heads are you going with?
Here is a combonation to think about: http://airflowresearch.com/articles/article52/A-P1.htm Adam |
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it originally came with a 250 straight six. i'm also considering a 383 stroker. the cadillac engine is great, but i want to keep this engine chevy oriented. no real reason, i just like it better that way. i don't know the gear ratio other than it is a 6 cyl rear end. i'm taking plenty of time to ensure that this car is all stock............................................. .....................except under the hood
the original rear end should be a 4.11, open rear end, might be a little weak.
If the rear end is original it should be an 8.2" 10-bolt with 3.08 or maybe 2.73 gears. Not the strongest rear end, but not really weak, either. Some 350 cars got them. Slicks & a big-block would probably kill it, though.
if it is weak, what would be a good gear for 6500 rpm, and positive traction? i do not want to tub this car, id rather just have a 60 or 50 on the back. i can get a complete 383 out of comp. products for 3000 "long block" is this a good engine, or should i go with something else. ive also saw a 383 reman recon. is this a good engine or is this junk. i'm new to the hot rod game and don't want to make a huge mistake. i really want to do it once and be done with it. all of you pros out there please,please,please help me.
454 Crank in SBC
I read in a back issue of Hot Rod Magazine where on a bet a gentleman had a SBC 350 ground out for a 454 BBC Crank to be installed, this created a higher stroke, BBC power and torque, SBC miledge, and low 1/4 mile times. All in all an interesting idea. However I must say I would much rather a SBC 350 4bolt. You see SBC's runs cooler in general then BBC's, and SBC's are smaller therefore you have a little more room under the hood.
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re: what engine to put in a 71 nova
For what it's worth, I just dropped a factory GM Performance 350 long block in my '70 Cutlass...dressed it out with racing components.....830 CFM carb and the power is awesome. I've heard the GM performance 383 Stroker will make you smile all day. The 350 cost me $1900 from a friend who owns a dealership. I believe the 383 sells for around $2800. For everyone I had talked to, the GM performance long blocks are very reliable.
Hope it helps, Dane |
I'd love to have another Nova one of these days, I kick myself for selling my '70. It was a Fathom Green SS396/350HP/4 speed with black bucket seat interior. Guy I sold it to in the early 80's cut it up for a Super Gas bracket car...... |
I would consider either of the motors below. The 383 with a fairly mild hyd flat tappet cam will make minimum 450 hp and 450 tq.
below is from http://www.revolutionaryperformance.com/ Street/Strip Stroker AFR Upgrade SBC 383 4 bolt main block, Eagle cast steel 3.75" crank, Eagle SIR 5.7" rods, KB Performance or Sealed Power hypereutectic 9.6:1 pistons, Sealed Power rings, solid or hydraulic flat tappet cam, double roller timing set, new balancer and flexplate, pushrods, Air Flow Research 195cc heads, HP springs, locks, and seals, aluminum race series 1.6 rocker arms standard $4,149. Here are a couple of motors to compare to http://airflowresearch.com/dyno/chevy_dyno.htm I would recommend the 496 though. I am currently in the process of building a 10:1 oval port headed 496. My heads are 049's with a full port job and my cam is 248 245 @.050 ~.680 lift solid roller. That may be a little agressive for what you are after, but comparing this to similar combonations, it should be around 600 hp and 600 tq. I also know of a 468 with 9.5:1 compression and cleaned up 049's along with a 242 @.050 hyd roller cam that made 560 hp and 560 tq on an engine dyno. Adam |
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Subject | OpenOffice Developer Room (devroom) at FOSDEM |
Date | Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:20:46 GMT |
FOSDEM, one of the biggest Free and Open Source Software events in Europe, is coming again on 2-3 February 2013 in Brussels. Attendance is free and, moreover, "Developer Rooms" can be made available upon request, but they must be requested before the end of September. See https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_devrooms.html I'm available to draft the application for an OpenOffice devroom and post it here on ooo-dev for lazy consensus, unless: - Someone has already done it (just let us know) - Apache manages applications in a centralized way - No OpenOffice developers can attend (I would appreciate to know that we will have some full-time developers there) - People believe it is useless (but FOSDEM is a big event and we shouldn't miss it, since by February we will probably have graduated and version 3.5 could be approaching release). Regards, Andrea. | |
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I entered my keyword (prefer not to say for competition reasons) into the box and searched. On the free (or basic) version of Wordtracker it shows 41 Searches. On Google Adwords Keyword Tool for the same keyword using exact match with USA selected it show 6600 searches a month.
OK so now im a little worried as im thinking well may be the keyword Im aiming for doesnt get as many searches as I thought and it seems like its a pointless keyword to aim for.
As we all know anyone who wants to get to the top of Google and/or other search engines is because they want traffic. Is there another way I can get an accurate daily/monthly search amount for a keyword? I know I wont be able to get any exact numbers but I just want to know if a keyword has enough searches for it to be worth while aiming for.


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wow. I joined at level Series Lover: Read 10 books that are first in a series as I didn't know how many series I would start. It seems I might just read a few more than 10 in 2013 as I have already read 9 books for this challenge. I think I have to go up a level or maybe two. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have now completed the challenge with 10 books :) Will post a wrap up at the end of the month.
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I have now read 23 books that are 1st in a series and will upgrade my level to d. Series Fanatic: Read 30 books that are first in a series.Hi Darlene! The thing entered #77 before I could finish typing "RIEDEL Fascination" and close the brackets. Would you, for me? I hope you're well and e-mail sometime. In one of many pages, I asked where in Canada you are! Carolyn www.CMRiedel.WordPress.com
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A blog about family life, the ups and downs and all that's in between. Written through the eyes of a stay at home mama of three.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
There is definitely a sense of Spring in the air. Beautiful, mild days. Sun shining brightly. Buds bursting into bloom all over the place. And lots of little birdies, busy and protective of their patch. I had two very different encounters with some feathered friends yesterday.
I dragged my backside around the park, for a 10km time trial. I hadn't run in two whole weeks and it felt like... I hadn't run in two whole weeks. It was a battle, but I eventually clocked up the km's... 3 minutes slower than the last time I trained, which I was pretty disappointed with. Running through a particularly leafy section of the park, I felt the all too familiar peck to the back of the head. Scratch of claws catching on my hair. The flutter of wings around my ears. I was being dive bombed by a native minor bird. Defensive little buggers getting all on edge with me running beneath their residence. I've been attacked like that before, though not for a long time. It really freaks me out. So when I ran past the same point on my second lap around, I pulled the hood on my jacket over my head in an attempt to disguise myself. It didn't help. They were onto me and once again, cracked straight into the back of my head.
Then, on the way back to the car, I stumbled on another example of unwavering commitment. Though this time, the scene was far more peaceful and the subjects way cuter. And I wasn't a perceived threat to these youngins. I carefully kept my distance, taking my snaps while camouflaged behind a tree. I'm assuming this was Mama and Papa Swan with their fluffy, grey cygnets. They were certainly acting every bit like doting parents. Protective and in control of their precious little family.
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Awwwww, they're so lovely...from a distance!
I've been attacked by minor birds, magpies and a black swan. Those things are huge when they're coming at you!
Embarrassing but true - as kids, we used to wear ice-cream containers on our heads because the tree we parked our bikes under at school always had attacking magpies in spring. And yes, the kids (and teacher) laughed at us! But it worked! lol
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Windows 10 changes your previously selected defaults when you upgrade the operating system unless you specifically tell it not to — and Mozilla's CEO has taken Satya Nadella to task over it.
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If you own a small-to-medium business and you're thinking about upgrading your current desktop PC and monitor, then I think we have some news that could well be of interest to you. Lenovo – the world's fourth largest PC vendor – has recently unveiled 2 new monitors and a desktop PC, which the company says is targeted towards businesses.
The products in question are the 21-5-inch LS2221 and 23.6-inch LS2421p monitors, and the ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop. As noted over at marketwatch.com, both monitors are extremely energy efficient – they exceed requirements for Energy Star 5.1 – and come with LED-backlit panels and a 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.
The Lenovo LS2221 monitor includes DVI and VGA connections, while the LS2421p model comes with VGA and HDMI ports, 300 nits brightness level and a four-USB port hub built in. Both models also come with capacitive touch buttons, a tilt stand and a modern, slim bezel design. The LS2221 is priced up at $229.99, while the LS2421p will cost you $299.99.
Both models will be available sometime this month via business partners and the Lenovo.com website. Meanwhile, the ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop – which features a glossy, polished front – is equipped with an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor and up to 8GB DDR3 memory, as well as up to 1TB hard drive or optional Solid State Drive storage.
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The food: Griffins' chef Andreas Moyer learned his Irish specialties from a little old Irish lady at a previous job, and he seems to have really gotten the hang of the Enchanted Isle. Corn beef and cabbage is tender and clean-flavored, served in a generous portion for $14. Shepherd's pie, salmon, lamb stew and bratwurst cooked in Guinness make up the rest of the brief but authentic menu – these dishes seem made to go with a pint of ale. Ask for malt vinegar to give the potato wedges the true pub taste.Griffins of Kinsale
The drinks: Irish beer, of course, is the main attraction. Though Griffin has more beer lines in case he wants to expand, for the moment there's six taps. Guinness is, well, Guinness, while Harp is the familiar Irish lager for lighter tastes. Smithwick's is a crisp reddish amber ale with a pleasantly bitter finish, while Kilkenny cream ale has a mild taste with caramel notes. Lagunitas IPA will please those who don't find Irish beers hoppy enough, and draft cider is especially good on a hot day. Also available: a brief wine list, mixed drinks and Irish whiskeys including several Jameson choices.
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The former Inter and Manchester City coach is set to sign a three-year contract with the Istanbul giants worth in excess of an annual €5 million
The Italian coach emerged as the leading candidate to replace the legendary Turk over the weekend following his dismissal from the club last week.
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He will reportedly earn a salary of over €5 million per year in the Super Lig across the course of a three-year deal, with official confirmation of his arrival expected on Monday.
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Bob Crippen, pilot of the first space shuttle mission in 1981, is awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Following Rooftop's fantastic Pittsburgh screening of Josh Fox's Gasland, Joy Toujours and the Toys du Jour (the opening band that night) has made a farcical anti-fracking video.
Rooftop just got back from touring with Josh Fox's Gasland . It opens tomorrow at the IFC Center, and if you value your non-flammable drinking water, you'll go see it.
Beginning August 27th, Rooftop Films, The Fledgling Fund, and International WOW Company are taking Josh Fox's powerful new documentary Gasland on tour to potentially affected regions. The tour is part of Rooftop's ongoing expansion into new cities.
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Josh Fox, director of upcoming Rooftop Films documentary "Gasland" talks to the the Daily Show's Jon Stewart about whether the "Halliburton loophole" is a provision in the 2005 energy bill or the worst sex position ever.
Gasland opens on September 15th at the IFC Center in New York City.
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When a natural gas mining company offered Josh Fox and his upstate New York neighbors $100,000 each for the right to drill for gas on their land, Fox thought he'd better examine what was going on [...]


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Great Britain has strict gun control laws. Advocates of gun control believe that these laws cut down on violence and crime. Such laws only empower lawbreakers. Gun homicides were low in the United Kingdom even before gun control laws went into effect. This does not mean that there hasn't been any gun violence since these laws went into effect in 1977. "Over the course of a few days in the summer of 2001, gun-toting men burst into an English court and freed two defendants; a shooting outside a London nightclub left five women and three men wounded; and two men were machine-gunned to death in a residential neighborhood of north London. And on New Year's Day this year [2002] a 19-year-old girl walking on a main street in east London was shot in the head by a thief who wanted her mobile phone. London police are now looking to New York City police for advice."
Gun control has had an impact elsewhere: a dramatic increase in other violent crimes. "For example, comparing London and New York, cities of very similar population and demographics, the rate of assaults and robberies is over six times as high, and 7 or 10 times nationwide (depending on statistic used)." Compared with the United States, "the United Kingdom has a slightly higher total crime rate per capita of approximately 85 per 1000 people, while in the USA it is approximately 80."
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To the north and south of the Douro River, Porto is blessed with a wealth of long, clean, sandy beaches. Whilst naturally busier in the summer months, the beaches of Porto always offer plenty of space to sunbathe and relax in peace and quiet. Take advantage of your stay at The Yeatman hotel to enjoy the wonderful beaches that the Porto region has to offer. Vila Nova de GaiaVila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from Porto, is known for its diverse natural landscape, in particular close to the river and seafront. If you begin to explore, one can find many picturesque green areas, ranging from woods, meadows and fields, to beautiful gardens with impressive, stately manor houses. Many are protected areas with some belonging to nature reserves. Vila Nova de Gaia is also known for its extensive coastline, with large sandy beaches, some with famous coastal sand dunes. The beach landscape is particularly unspoiled and boasts 15kms of coastline with the largest number of Blue Flag beaches in Portugal. There has also been considerable investment in creating a wooden walkway that runs the full stretch of Gaia's coastline, providing a sea view along the entire route. Madalena, Lavadores, Salgueiros and Miramar are all examples of excellent beaches in Gaia, ideal for providing the family with some stress-free fun. The beaches often have esplanades and protected green spaces and are the ideal spot for some beach exercise, with a late afternoon run, long walk or bicycle ride. Gaia has built a new Marina where you will find a variety of luxury boats. The path from the marina to the beaches provides a good walk, passing by the nature reserve of the Douro estuary, a protected area where you can do some bird watching or contemplate the magnificent, natural scenery. Visit the adjacent picturesque fishing village of Afurada with its narrow cross streets and traditional cafés and fish restaurants. In Vila Nova de Gaia, we recommend the following beaches: FozPraia da Luz, Praia do Molhe, and Praia de Gondarém are all examples of beaches in Foz, situated on the Avenida Brasil, on the mouth of the River Douro. These beaches can be considered to be in town, as Foz is a sophisticated part of Porto and a sought after residential area. The beaches are smaller than those in Gaia, however are ideal for enjoying a beautiful sunset, cocktail or ice cream, on one of the many trendy esplanades which characterize this beach area. In Foz, you will be able to promenade up and down with the locals, or take a bike ride, with the beach and seaside for scenery. For our younger customers, we recommend a visit to Sea Life, Porto's oceanarium. With 30 aquariums and more than 5600 marine creatures, the little ones are bound to enjoy the entertainment! The Foz beaches are lined with attractive and sophisticated shops together with some of the town's best restaurants and bars, offering delicious fresh fish and other local delights. Foz has an old part and a new part and wherever you go exploring, you are sure to enjoy the different areas and some of the things you see along the way. In Foz, we recommend the following beach: MatosinhosMatosinhos beaches are for a younger, sportier crowd, set within the context of a typical fishing area of Porto, but also an upcoming residential area. The beaches are lined with cafés and sun terraces and you will find several beach sports to hand from volleyball to surfing, not to forget fishing. There's also an area with beach huts and it's common on these beaches to use parasols; in fact, the Matosinhos beaches can get quite busy in the summer. They offer several pastimes such as surf school and bars and cafés. The beaches begin at Edifício Transparente, in front of Parque da Cidade (Porto's natural and very large city park). Edifício Transparente gets its name from its structure: a large glass building in front of the sea offering a mix of more trendy cafés and restaurants, with some culture and sport. Discover the Matosinhos beaches, explore the area and tie it in with a walk or jog in the park. In Matosinhos, we recommend the following beaches: Leça da PalmeiraLeça da Palmeira offers sandy beaches and good infrastructure. The sea is known to be quite choppy in Leça, although perfect if you wish to try your skills at bodyboard and surfing. The "piscinas das marés" or "Tidal" swimming pools are another of Leça's attractions and are right next to the beach promenade. The pools are filled with salt water and were designed by the famous Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. They fit harmoniously into the surrounding, rocky landscape where you will be mesmerized by the breaking waves. Leça da Palmeira provides a good stretch of cafés, terraces, esplanades and shops where you can find light meals and drinks during the day; and karaoke and live music at night. Perfect for enjoying a cocktail or having dinner on a warm summer's night. In Leça da Palmeira, we recommend using the following beach: Vila do CondeVila do Conde beaches are extremely sought after in the summer with wide stretches of sand and a demarcated fishing area. The beach offers excellent infrastructure and provides long walks along the parallel promenade, either on foot or bicycle. The sand is notoriously grainy and the beaches are attractive and popular. Vila do Conde, Mindelo and Póvoa de Varzim are all traditional bathing zones and can get quite busy in the summer months. They all have a wide offering of restaurants and cafés with traditional Portuguese cuisine, sandwiches or salads, or fresh fish (often from the local catch since Vila do Conde and Póvoa have long been well known fishing towns in Portugal). There are well known Handicraft and Gourmet fairs held in Vila do Conde during the summer months, usually in July and August and there's an excellent camping ground in neighbouring Árvore. In Vila do Conde, we recommend the following beaches: |
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G.H. Bent BakeryGH Bent is now best known in its native Milton, MA as a maker of cookies and sanwiches. A century and a half ago, ships sailed and the Grand Army of the Republic marched on [[hardtack provided by this unassuming bakery south of Boston. Today, GH Bent still makes hardtack for movies and for civil war reenactors, but there's not much demand for the nearly flavorless, imperishable dried bread. They make Common Crackers and Pilot Crackers, too, staples of old Yankee cuisine that you will meet in these pages. All kinds of old Yankee recipes called for Common Crackers, the same ones that filled the cracker barrels in the general stores of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, many from GH Bent in Milton, MA. The bakery is easy to reach, just a few miles north of Rte 128 south of Boston. Their products can be mail-ordered if you can't make it to Milton. For more, see: http://www.bentscookiefactory.com/contact.html
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If you buy into the medical propaganda that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance, then you've bought into just that - propaganda. We've yet to see the evidence of those mysterious chemical imbalances, even though trillions of dollars are made promoting them.
Some research efforts still support the logical link between your actual life and your mood.
Analyzing data from nearly 5000 participants, with a follow up at 10 years, researchers have scientifically established what most people know intuitively. If your relationships are bad, your mood is likely to follow.
"Our study shows that the quality of social relationships is a significant risk factor for major depression," says psychiatrist Alan Teo, MD, of the University of Michigan. "This is the first time that a study has identified this link in the general population."
Relationship strain, feelings of isolation in relationships, a lack of support and other issues among spouses, families and friends contribute to depression. It isn't the quantity of relationships that is important, according to the research, but the quality.
Make no mistake about it; the quality of your relationships is a determining factor in your physical and mental health
"The magnitude of these results is similar to the well-established relationship between biological risk factors and cardiovascular disease," Teo says. "What that means is that if we can teach people how to improve the quality of their relationships, we may be able to prevent or reduce the devastating effects of clinical depression."
Yet, when you go to the doctor, how often are you asked about your relationships? The health of your relationships may be the most critical factor in your overall health, for that matter. Yet, most doctors never think to inquire. In fact, most doctors have horrible relationships skills.
What you can do to improve the quality of your relationships and increase your mood
Here are some ideas:
Forget your mood and focus on your relationships.
Which are the most important relationships in your life? What is wonderful about them? What is missing? What steps can you take to improve them, beyond passively wishing that other people will magically change?
Learn real relationship skills
Do you know how to take another person's perspective? Do you understand how to look at a relationship from a neutral perspective? Do you know your preferred way to receive love? Do you know your partner's? Do you know how to mediate a conflict when you are in the midst of one?
Most people do not have great intuition about these things. Most often, we assume other people should give love in the precise manner that we like to receive it. Most people assume that they should defend themselves with solid information when attacked. Most people assume the words they say are the most important aspects of the relationship. These assumptions are all dead wrong, even damaging to relationships.
Get some relationship skills! My professional bias is toward NLP or neuro-linguistic skills, but any conscious study is usually beneficial.
Beware of self-sabotage in relationships
The number one destroyer of relationships, in my experience working with people, is self-sabotage.
Beyond pure relating skills, self-sabotage is the number one issue in relationships. Most sabotage is done unconsciously, which is why it is imperative to expand your awareness? Do you unwittingly sabotage your relationships? Here are just a few signs that you do:
1. You don't express your needs
2. You take on more than your fair share of the burden
3. You resist accountability to your partner
4. You act like a child that needs supervision
5. You annoy your partner and encourage rejection
There are hundreds of signs that you are sabotaging your relationship, most of them leading to feelings of being controlled, deprived or rejected.
For your relationship to last - or more importantly - to be peaceful and happy, you must address the unconscious patterns of self-sabotage. To learn more about self-sabotage, watch this free, 20-minute video.
It is now firmly established that the health of your relationship is tied directly to your mental health. Guard it with care.
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Founded in Cincinnati in 1939 as the Modern Art Society by three visionary local women, the Contemporary Arts Center was one of the first institutions in the United States dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art. The CAC provides the opportunity for all people to discover the dynamic relationship between art and life by exhibiting, but not collecting, the work of progressive artists.
With three floors of ever-changing world-class art exhibitions, there is something for everyone at the CAC including The UnMuseum—an entire floor dedicated to family-friendly interactive art and artmaking.
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| Dazzling estate jewelry, original artwork, 19th century furniture to lead Ahlers & Ogletree auctionMarvelous examples of mid-19th century American furniture by renowned makers such as Mallard and Meeks, plus equally impressive pieces of 19th century French furniture, will come up for bid at Ahlers & Ogletree's, Oct. 4th and 5th in Atlanta, Ga.
The event will be held at Ahlers & Ogletree's gallery, located at 715 Miami Circle (Suite 210) in Atlanta. More than 1,000 quality, mostly fresh-to-the- In addition to American and French furniture, the sale will also feature a collection of antique Persian rugs, watches and other estate jewelry, landscape paintings by noted Austrian artists, scientific objects in excellent condition, sterling silver, Flora Danica china, decorative objects and a great selection of items from private collections out of Florida, Atlanta and St. Louis, Mo. The 19th century French furniture will be highlighted by a finely matched pair of Louis XV-style ormolu mounted and marquetry inlaid jardinière tables, finely inlaid with scrolling foliages and arabesques in the manner of Joseph Zwiener and Francois Linke; and a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted and marquetry inlaid bureau a cylinder (curved front desk) on gilt bronze turned feet. Furniture by the mid-19th century New Orleans craftsman Prudent Mallard will feature a pair of American Rococo Revival pieces: a carved rosewood dressing bureau with serpentine-shaped white marble top, and a carved rosewood single-door armoire with a hinged mirrored door that opens to a shelved interior. Also from Mallard is a carved rosewood canopied half tester bed. A very fine American rococo carve and laminated rosewood étagère, made circa 1860 by J. & J.W. Meeks, with carved scrolled foliate and floral and arabesque accented crest at the top, above an arched mirror back, will be sold. Also offered will be an important American Federal Revival tall chest, made circa 1900, with provenance linking it to the Bouvier family (Jackie Kennedy). Watches will include a dazzling ladies' 14kt rose gold, ruby, diamond and aquamarine Art Deco-style bracelet watch from a private collection out of Dahlonega, Ga., with 17-jewel movement (GIA color grade I/J, clarity grade VS1/VS2); and a Tiffany & Co. Mark Coupe gent's stainless steel bracelet watch (ser. #030231432) with quartz movement and sweep second hand and date. Also from the estate jewelry category will be a circa-1960 Van Cleef & Arpels 18kt yellow gold, turquoise, ruby and diamond "Chick" brooch (or pin) presented as a stylized chick with enlarged head perched on a branch; and a ladies' 14kt yellow gold hand-fabricated, collar-style choker necklace featuring an oval-cut 17-carat purple amethyst, plus diamonds, pearls and other stones. Original landscape renderings by Austrian artists will include an oil on canvas by Switbert Lobisser (1878-1943), titled Spring in Pinzgau, Austria, signed lower right and measuring 24 inches by 28 ½ inches (framed); and an oil on wood panel by Carl Hasch (1834-1897), titled AHunter in the High Mountains, artist monogrammed, 18 ½ inches by 15 ¾ inches in the frame. Still another Austrian landscape is an oil on wood panel by Josef Thoma (1828-1899), titled Hunter at the Waterfall, signed lower left and measuring 32 ¼ inches by 26 inches, framed. All three works depict figures in a field or forest setting. Also sold will be a charming full-length 19th century American School portrait painting titled Portrait of Young Girl in White, unsigned. Decorative accessories will feature a circa-1950 figural bikini Fenicio vase by the Italian artist Fulvio Bianconi (1915-1996), 14 ½ inches tall, produced for Venini by Bianconi, the most successful designer of the Golden Age of Italian Glass (1946-1969); and a set of eight Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica pattern soup bowls with gilt accented rums and hand-painted flowers. A 101-piece set of Tiffany& Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Bidders wishing to participate online should register with their platform of choice up to 24 hours prior to auction. Phone and absentee bids will be taken up to 24 hours prior to sale. Inquiries regarding bidding or the auction may be made via e-mail (email@example.com) or by phone, at (404) 869-2478. Ahlers & Ogletree is a multi-faceted, family-owned business that spans the antiques, estate sale, wholesale, liquidation, auction and related industries. Ahlers & Ogletree is always seeking quality consignments for future auctions. To consign an item, an estate or a collection, you may call them at (404) 869-2478; or, you can e-mail them at consignments@ All items for sale in the auction may be viewed in a virtual catalog starting in late August, on the website. Light refreshments will be served on both auction days. 30 - End
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I have huge storms. I am trying to keep my head above the water that seems to be rising. My post today touched my heart and I do hope all that I have had to go thru this last year will be worth it...as if it isn't It might kill me!
I hope your recipe is worth it in the end too girl. hang in there. God will bring us both thru this!Morning sweetie...about 30 years ago I was going thru a very difficult time in my life...a very dear friend whispered this verse to me and it immedialely spoke to my spirit and I have never forgotten it..Isaiah 43:2 "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."
Dear friend all this shall pass and you will laugh again...
Sometimes someone says something really small, and it's like it fits into this empty space in your heart!
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Much of the early part of my qualifying exam preparation process was consumed with trying to come up with flexible-yet-precise titles for my exam areas. Since all knowledge is interconnected, this is always going to be a big challenge; but in the context of interdisciplinary new media theory and practice, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's extra-super-hard to establish and maintain boundaries. Distinguishing between productive overlap (e.g. "History and Theories of Participatory Culture and Art Practice" is a powerful complement to "Interaction Design for Social Media and Pervasive Computing") and outright redundancy (e.g. "The Poetics of Collaboration" would work as a subset of "History and Theories of Participatory Culture and Art Practice," but would double-up on a lot of material if it were conceived of as a separate exam area) requires a whole lot of iteration and reshuffling. Some texts that began in one exam area are now comfortably in the middle of another. Because of the inherent either/or nature of the exam area structure ("text A is either in research area X, or it isn't"), I found that some texts that were relevant to two or three of my research areas were being arbitrarily forced to exist in just one. What I really longed for was a non-hierarchical relational database that would provide an interface to my research alongside the more traditional "three exam areas" approach. Such a database would evolve as my own thoughts evolve.
Sifter was an effort to model what something like that might look like. The site automatically aggregated my posts from Twitter, Tumblr, my personal blog, several collaborative blogs, and my RSS feed bookmarks. These artifacts were then automatically and/or manually tagged with keywords, categorized, and made discoverable through sitewide searches. Some posts were further tagged so as to appear in the archives for my main research areas. The goal was that this would make visible and usable (to me and to anyone curious about my work) the connections between materials across the totality of my research. While Sifter was eventually retired, the database it created remains partially accessible via the current version of my website.
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While Sifter is no longer being actively developed, the custom-made theme currently running this site, Rebar, has much of the same functionality, and continues to aggregate research and social media artifacts from a variety of web services. These artifacts, including Instagram photos, Tumblr posts (used for collecting quotes), and blog posts, are mostly discoverable via search. Tweets are presently not viewable due to issues created by the 1.1 API, but are nevertheless being archived in the database for future integration. All the material collected during the Sifter phase of the project remains in the archive.


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When playing back videos on YouTube, you are probably familiar with the small tooltip that shows up while hovering over the progress bar to help you jump to a specific time in the video. It looks like the tooltip is enhanced with a thumbnail of the corresponding video frame, to give a preview of the section you will be taken to. The new feature is available with the Flash-based player and only on some videos; it's hard to say how there were chosen, but the thumbnail generation is probably an ongoing process that will be rolled out to all videos in the future.
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**Disclosure: As a World Market Brand Ambassador, I receive promotional items and information to facilitate my posts. As always, all opinions are 100% honest and have not been influenced in any way.***
My husband, Dan, and I were talking about the upcoming awards, and guessing which movies would come out on top. There are so many great ones to choose from! One of our favorites has got to be "The Grand Budapest Hotel".
Here's a brief synopsis:
As the owner of a once-luxurious Alpine hotel relates its history to a visiting writer, he describes his youth as a lobby boy at the Grand Budapest, where he was the protégé of the hotel's concierge, Monsieur Gustave. Gustave runs the five-star establishment with panache and an iron fist, while also offering his services as a lover to the older, wealthy women guests.
This quirky film is full of love, scandal, adventure, and of course, plenty of Old World charm reminiscent of an era gone by. I don't want to give anything away, but check out the trailer below:
I decided it would be fun to prepare for the Academy Awards by having a romantic, at home movie night, complete with an authentic, Hungarian dinner. This also doubles as part of our Valentine's Day celebration, since the timing is absolutely perfect, and I happen to be a pretty cheap date! Dan's not complaining, of course!
In preparation for our movie night, I ordered "The Grand Budapest Hotel" on Blu-Ray, and headed to World Market to entertaining essentials and ingredients for an old family favorite, Chicken Paprikash. This mouthwatering Hungarian dish is simple to make, and will make you feel like you're eating lunch in a small village in the Hungarian countryside.. Really, it's that good. My grandmother makes this to score discounts on home repair services. I'm not even kidding.
This recipe is down-home, comfort food. It requires very basic ingredients, many of which you probably already have in your pantry. All of the specialty spices and ingredients can be found at your local World Market store.
You will need some chicken, of course. I use boneless skinless chicken breasts, just because they're so darn easy to work with. You could, of course, use a whole chicken or mixed pieces, if you'd like.
You will also need some sour cream, Szeged Hungarian Paprika, garlic, salt and pepper, tomato puree, butter, crushed red pepper, an onion, and some green bell peppers. The peppers aren't traditional, but they add a wonderful depth to the dish, so I like to add them. Cooking is supposed to be a creative process, so I like to experiment, putting new twists on old favorites.
Once your chicken is cut into small pieces, just toss it into your pressure cooker. There's no need to brown the chicken, but you can, if you prefer. I skipped it this time. Once the chicken is in the pot, season it with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, and plenty of that amazing Hungarian Paprika. Yes, folks. You want the real deal for this recipe. Sweet Hungarian Paprika makes all the difference in the world when it comes to flavor. Toss your minced garlic into the pot, too.
Once your butter is melted, add your chopped onion and bell pepper. Soon, your house will start to smell AMAZING....Just warning you ahead of time!
Once the timer goes off, release the pressure. Then add your sour cream and stir it well. If the sauce seems a bit too thin for your liking, simply add a simple slurry of corn starch and water, and it will thicken right up.
You can serve this dish over rice or egg noodles, or you can go really authentic and use German Spaetzle like I did. If you've never had Spaetzle, definitely try it. This egg pasta is amazing, and definitely adds a lot to this dish!
Want to try it yourself? Here's my recipe:
Brandy's Hungarian Chicken Paprikash (Pressure Cooker):
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into strips
- 2 green bell peppers
- 1 yellow onion
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3 tablespoons Szeged Sweet Hungarian Paprika
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 12 oz container of sour cream
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 cup Mutti Tomato Puree
- 12 oz Bechtle Blackforest German Spaetzle
- Prep! Cut your chicken into strips and chop your onion and peppers.
- Add chicken to pressure cooker. Season with salt and pepper, crushed red pepper, and half of the paprika.
- In a frying pan or wok, melt butter. Add onion and peppers to the pan. Sprinkle with a dash of salt and pepper, and add the rest of the paprika. Sautee for about 5 minutes or until the peppers are tender and the onions translucent.
- Add onion and pepper mixture to the pressure cooker.
- Add tomato puree to pressure cooker. Stir all ingredients together so they're well-mixed.
- Set your pressure cooker to HIGH and cook for 15 minutes. No, that is not a typo.
- While the chicken is cooking, prepare Spaetzle according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- Once the timer goes off, release pressure. Make sure not to open it until ALL pressure is released. Trust me here.
- Add sour cream to the chicken mixture. Stir very well.
- Serve chicken over the Spaetzle. Garnish with fresh parsley, if desired.
- Devour.
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Contempo Zippo Lighters
About a year back, we started out with some fellow collectors to find out more about these rare gas lighters made by Zippo. These were the very first gas lighter ever been made by Zippo and were manufactured in Japan. Production was stopped after a few years already since they were to expensive to make and to repair. As usual Zippo garanteed lifetime warranty. These Zippo lighters are believed to be manufactured from 1985 till 1989.
Below you will find some of the Contempo lighters we have in our collection and more information on them. We are ofcourse looking to find all of them, so in case you have some pieces Mint In Box we don't have, and willing to sell or trade, feel free to let us know. Any additional information on these is ofcourse welcome.
! Please click on any thumbnail picture below to see a larger view of the lighters listed. Use your browser back/return button to return to this page !
Below you will find a scan from the first page from the Zippo catalogue (cf -89) from 1989 with all different models offered for this Contempo lighter. 18 different models are shown in the catalogue. It is still doubtfull that only 18 models were offered since there has been found a Contempo pipelighter by a Dutch collector also (please see below for more information).
Andy, a German Zippo collector found the original Patent for this lighter. Thank you very much Andy for this info. Be sure to visit Andy his homepage on zippos also : http://www.zippo-windproof-lighter.de/
Now there still remains the matter of the pipe lighter. Paul Van Wijk, a Zippo Collector from the Netherlands has had this pipe lighter in his collection for many years. Please visit his website on : http://home.wanadoo.nl/myzippos/
While in the catalogue Model nr 701 : Standard Bright Chrome is not mentioned as a pipe lighter, Paul his Contempo is Model nr 701 : P.L. Bright Chrome. Where the P.L. stands for Pipe Lighter. Please see Paul his pictures below. So maybe there is still the possibility that each Contempo lighter was offered also as a pipe lighter (Zippo does that also on their petrol models). That would bring the models upto 36 different ones. Remains a mystery ... to be continued hopefully.


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A normally dirty blonde Magdalena Frackowiak is vampy, campy, scary, AND REDHEAD in the 'Lipstick Issue' of Exhibition Magazine...
Images courtesy of trendhunter.com
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
3 comments:
- Jade "Purple" Brown said...
im in love with the last photo, great editorial!
jadepurplebrown.com - April 27, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- RedPoppy said...
Thanks, lovely to hear from you! xo
RP - April 28, 2011 at 4:41 AM
- ❤✿PaintHead™ said...
Love the red hair, and PRADA *SCREAMS* xoxox
- April 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM
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