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I always got compliments--straight or curly--but I got more compliments when my hair was/is LONGER. When I was first CGing it, hair looked shorter cause the curl shrank it. Within a year, it was back to being long and the compliments poured in again. I think, as my hairdresser has always said to me whenever I was tempted to cut it, that longer hair suited me. Period. It wasn't that straight suited me MORE (I get more compliments from total strangers all about town with my curls than with my blown-out hair, which looked great, too, frankly), it was that LONG suited me, so once my curls got LONG, then I really more compliments.I dunno if this helps or not, but I just decided to start transitioning earlier this month, but due to the intervals of my relaxers I am already technically six months into my transition.
Anyway, it sounds like we have much different hair. But to the part that might help:
One of my biggest challenges is all the compliments that I get when my hair has been straightened. For the past year I never flat ironed my hair, and was only straight post a relaxer, or going to get a hair cut. One time I got it cut after work prior to the union Christmas party, and I show up and this one guy I work with all the time was "Your hair looks really nice". Today it was straight (had a haircut yesterday) and I think looking like crap cause I accidentally had the lady overdo it with the heat protectant and my nephew (who once basically told me that I was too ugly to live) said "your hair looks nice!". Come to think of it, another male coworker also told me that my hair looked nice after the December haircut, and it was nothing special-- a few days later, just straight and the sides pulled back in bobby pins. My brother also told me yesterday that my hair looked nice.
So yeah I think to myself, what do I look UNATTRACTIVE with curly hair? Lots of women that I know tell me that they like my hair better curly, but men always tell me it looks nice when it's straight. Not to mention that my best friend (now also transitioning) told me once that I look 30 something when my hair is curly, and 25 when it is straight.
The point is, just try to ignore the pressures and do what is healthy for your hair. I think if we all did a little more to rock our style (general style) we'd look great no matter what. I for one am a lazy woman who rarely wears makeup and buys new clothes, and am just now getting back into exercise. I think those things bear just as much on our appearance as hair, maybe more.
It's longer and it's healthier and, on days when I don't overdo it with product (I still can go a bit overboard and my fine hair will look producty if I do), my hair gets many compliments and looks and I like it fine. My husband says something nice about my curls just about every day and he likes to touch them. So, he's a happy camper I went natural.
I think the thing is to find the SHAPE and LENGTH type of cuts/styles/arrangements that suit your face/body. Then, when hair is healthy, no matter the texture, it will garner compliments.
And men like LONG hair. Period. Most do. Surveys show it. So, the compliments when you straighten may have more to do with it looking LONGER (and longer looks younger, generally, too).
Men like long hair. Long hair looks younger (usually, not if it just drags the face down, depends on style). So....the key may not be curly or straight...but appealingly styled and longer.
The time that my friend said the age I looked with my hair, I said (out loud), do you think this hair would still make me look that old if it was longer? I hate to say it, but I am overweight, and while I don't think flat hair accentuates a fat face, curls that are not long don't always help either.
When I got cut the other day, I was willing to go shorter if needed for the chance to try a new look, and definitely when my CJ shampoo comes in the mail I'll get to see that my hair does look kinda short again (had to cut off very split ends from tangling). My goal is eventually long natural hair, and my hair does always looks pretty long when straight, but I want it to look long CURLY. The only pain about long hair looking cuter is that for someone women long hair takes time bah. I'm concerned more and more about eliminating tangles (I've found that water on the hair every/almost every day works great for moisture and tangles for me) in the hopes that I can finally retain REAL length! (The minute people would say "oh wow it's gotten so long!" that would be time for me to snip off split ends urgh!) Ha, one time I was standing against the opened door at work greeting students as they came in, and I was like "what's that s*** stuck behind my back?" then I realized it was my hair! (of course it was flat ironed that day, as I often did for work, until the past year)
My boss who has long dreadlocks said to me if I really want to get my hair long, to stop relaxing it. I think another woman on here mentioned this too. At those times I was not ready to stop, but I am transitioning now, and I just hope their comments live up to the promise.
I know I will get some flack for this, but another thing that made me afraid was when I read some peoples' hair timelines on here and in their blogs, and they BCed or went natural years ago and some of them have hair that I consider to be really short. Granted some of them may have cut their hair, but from the general idea of their blogs/signatures it doesn't look like that they have. Then I think to myself "You chopped way back in _______________, and that's ALL the hair that you have?!?!?!?" and I worry that that will be me. So I'm hoping for now that my two textures continue to play nice.
My hairline has gotten wet and I have no desire to touch up at home with the flat iron, so right now my natural hair looks dry and distinct from the rest of my hair. But when I do my own wet styling it all looks pretty good together, and I even think I like my natural hair better.
I am very glad that I took A LOT of pics (which I normally didn't do of me, as I'm not THAT fond of how I look, especially not when I was morbidly obese, which I was until the end of last year, as I've been losing a lot of weight since last summer) of my face and hair when I started the CG journey, cause I realize that being VERY FAT and FIFTY-ONE years old...I need FOUR things to look younger/more attractive when it comes to my hair (be it curly or straight, but especially curly):
1. cover my grays, richen up my natural color
2. Have hair ON my face in some way...not pulled straight back away or mostly away
3. Have some crown/bang height and some "fall-over" (by fall-over, I mean like shorter layers around my forehead and temple that are not, strictly speaking, bangs, but hair that lifts up and falls gently over to hit at at my cheekbone or around there.
4. Fullness (as much as my thinning, aging hair could manage, given it tends to fall out from time to time due to hypothyroidism). I stopped going for clumps and roughly diffuse to make my hair "airy" to give more fullness to match my FULL body. I don't think very heavy gals (like me) look good with close to the head hair unless they have insane bone structure (which I do not).
For some reason, those were the magic four that took away the tired old look. I always get compliments when color is fresh, hair is fuller, has a bit of height (I can't get much with natural curls and some clumps, so I use a tad of hairspray at the roots), and I get that semi-bangs/fallover effect. Always. I get people say, "No, seriously, you can't be 51!"
I laughed at the Pilates studio last week cause this young cutie girl was staring at me and said it like 4 times, "You are so NOT 51!" Funny.
I can see the age in my face when I'm tired. And the fat when the hair is AWAY from the face and neck...but those are my tips if you have issues with curl and overweight. Some height. Some fullness. Some hair on face (to lessen the roundness). Good color. And, if possible and it suits your body shape/face shape..length.
But I'm not 300 lbs anymore. At 215, my face is slimmer. Still the rules apply...
Here are examples of the height I can get (like I said, not MUCH, cause longer hair, even layered, weighs more; but it still makes a huge difference) and the "fallover" layers that disguise a fatter face:
All but the last one were taken this year. Most are second day hair. Loving my Spiral Solutions this year. The last one was me last summer at 260+ pounds. The most recent was March 19 of this year (the one in the flowered shirt with the fresh green tree behind me all windblown at an outdoor festival, hence the disheveled look). I'm 216 lbs there. So you know I'm OBESE and have been seriously and morbidly obese since I joined this board! But always, as long as there is hair on my neck and around the cheeks, my face doesn't look as fat as it really is (nor my neck/shoulders). Helps...
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His lead role as the cranky, brash Dr. Gregory House on the top-rated Fox hospital show is far from the comic parts that first made the versatile British actor popular back home, and Laurie is again shaking up his image as a Los Angeles cop in "Street Kings," a movie opening in major cities on Friday.
Laurie, 48, is weary at the end of his long day. But after a quick "gasper," or cigarette, and cup of tea, he said he was glad to be working again following the long U.S. screenwriters' strike that halted production of his TV show.
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Hehe. Mausers always remind me of the DL-44 (Han Solo's blaster). :P Makes you look like a Western version of Han Solo. :P
My only critique is that you need to weather it. You have done awesome work, but Bioshock is a very grimy game. You look like he's just walked out of a store after buying a new outfit. Have a good ol' Google of how to weather and distress leather, as your holster is just too shiny.
Weathering doesn't have to be really hardcore and over the top, but it's the finishing piece to a costume that really does make all the difference. He'll have marks on his vest from where the holster sits and rubs especially. I can see the weathering on the ascot and collar, which look great because they're both parts that would build up a lot of grime.
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Assessment at Hartwick College
As of 07/06/16, please visit our new webpage at www.hartwick.edu/assessment.
In late September 2008, the President unveiled a plan, adopted by the Board of Trustees, which provides an Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework for the College. Simply stated, Hartwick College "will be the best at melding a liberal arts education with experiential learning." This Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework evolved from numerous conversations with students, alumni, staff, and faculty and represents a collective vision of Hartwick College grounded in our history and traditions.
The Organizing Principle will frame our ongoing institutional assessment efforts. President Drugovich explains that "The Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework focuses our decision-making around providing a quality experience, in and out of the classroom. This principle will guide our collective work, which will include program, facility, and resource development." For more, view the article that appeared in The Wick, Fall 2008.
Assessment of institutional effectiveness refers to an ongoing and intentional process designed to monitor and determine the extent to which curricular, co-curricular, and institutional areas and processes support the achievement of institutional and student-learning outcomes. Assessment helps an institution make resource allocations to support institutional priorities. Best practices dictate evidence-based and intentional decision-making, informed by the Vision and Mission of an institution.
Documents that are informing and framing our creation of the student experience at Hartwick College and our assessment initiative are the Middle States Team Evaluation Report from Spring 2009, Hartwick Student Experience External Review and Follow-Up Report, and Presidential Taskforce on Student Retention Final Report May 2009. Please note, you need a valid Hartwick ID to access these documents


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Kibo's Pressurized Module, shown here at its manufacturing facility in Nagoya, Japan, is 11.2 meters (36.7 feet) long. Photo courtesy of JAXA The Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, called Kibo -- which means "hope" in Japanese -- is Japan's first human space facility and enhances the unique research capabilities of the International Space Station.
Experiments in Kibo focus on space medicine, biology, Earth observations, material production, biotechnology and communications research. Kibo experiments and systems are operated from the Mission Control Room at the Space Station Operations Facility, or SSOF, at Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, just north of Tokyo.
Kibo consists of several components: two research facilities -- the Pressurized Module and Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space.
Pressurized Module
Kibo's Pressurized Module. Photo courtesy of JAXA The Pressurized Module, or PM, provides a shirt-sleeve environment in which astronauts conduct microgravity experiments. There are a total of 23 racks, including 10 experiment racks, inside the PM providing a power supply, communications, air conditioning, hardware cooling, water control and experiment support functions.
The PM is 11.2 meters (36.7 feet) long and 4.4 meters (14.4 feet) in diameter, about the size of a large tour bus.
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Exposed Facility
The Exposed Facility, or EF, is a unique platform on the ISS that is located outside of the Pressurized Module and is continuously exposed to the space environment. Astronauts exchange experiment payloads or hardware from the Pressurized Module through the scientific airlock using the Kibo Remote Manipulator System. Items positioned on the exterior platform focus on Earth observation as well as communication, scientific, engineering and materials science experiments.
The EF is a platform that can hold up to 10 experiment payloads at a time and measures 5.6 meters (18.4 feet) wide, 5 meters (16.4 feet) high and 4 meters (13.1 feet) long.
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Logistics Module
The Logistics Module serves as an on-orbit storage area that houses materials for experiments, maintenance tools and supplies. It is attached to the top of the main pressurized section of Kibo.
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Robotic Arm
A prototype for the Small Fine Arm was tested during a Space Shuttle mission in 1997. Image Credit: NASA Kibo's robotic arm actually comprises two pieces. The Main Arm can handle up to 6.4 metric tons (14,000 pounds) of hardware and the Small Fine Arm, when attached to the Main Arm, handles more delicate operations. Each arm has six joints that mimic the movements of a human arm. Astronauts operate the robot arms from a remote computer console inside the Pressurized Module and watch external images from a camera attached to the Main Arm on a television monitor at the RMS console. The arms are specifically used to exchange experiment payloads or hardware located on the Exposed Facility and from inside the Pressurized Module through a scientific airlock, support maintenance tasks of Kibo and handle orbital replacement units.
The operations of a prototype Small Fine Arm were evaluated as part of the Manipulator Flight Demonstration experiment conducted during the STS-85 Space Shuttle mission in 1997.
The Main Arm measures 9.9 meters (32.5 feet) long, and the Small Fine Arm measures 1.9 meters (6.2 feet).
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Inter-orbit Communication System
The Inter-Orbit Communication System, or ICS, allows the operators in the Mission Control Room at the SSOF at Tsukuba Space Center to send commands to Kibo and receive system, payload and video data from Kibo for scientific payload operations. The Mission Control Room uses the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, or TDRSS, to communicate with the ICS. An external ICS unit handles communications with TDRSS, while an internal ICS unit located in the Pressurized Module handles data exchange throughout the Kibo facilities.
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Hey guys. I'm looking for suggestions on low-light plants. I have the low lights(obviously), no co2, no ferts...I may eventually have all that on this tank, but I just can't afford it right now. Currently I have Java Ferns, Amazon Swords, and Wisteria. I have Narrow Leaf and Windelov Java Ferns that I'll be adding in here once they grow a bit bigger in my other tank.
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Tall plants. My tank is over 20" tall, so something that'll reach a nice height would be great. I really like the look of the tall Ludwigia and Val plants, but don't know how they'd do in a tank like mine. Any suggestions on tall plants besides those would be nice, too.
I'm also looking for bushy plants. Ones where their base is hidden by all the leaves...
Anndd just in general any plant that might show a decent growth rate even in the lower light. I love variety in my tanks.
The one thing I for sure don't want in this tank, is moss. I also can't afford really expensive plants. I get an allowance from my parents(only because I can't get a job) of $40 a month. So I'm really trying to avoid the plants that cost a lot!
The bigger/faster a plant will grow, the better! This is a really big tank, so it's going to take a while to fill out. The faster the plants grow, the faster it'll start looking nice. I also can't have any itty bitty plants because the fish in this tank are large and might accidentally uproot anything too small.
So, any suggestions for me?
Thanks guys!! :smile:
There are some Crypts that get really tall and many of them do well in low light. So you've got a lot of options there.
For really low maintenance plants, Anubias are always great.
I have vals in my low light, no tech 29g tank, and I'm hoping they do well (its early days and I trimmed off the melting tops, but its looking healthy now!). I also have egeria najas, which grows super tall, super fast. I planted some trimmings a month-ish ago, and some stems are almost at the top. Also bacopa monnieri which is also doing well (although took a few weeks to get settled). And in my 10g, I also have asian ambulia which is also doing well.
Hope that helps!
I've had good luck with water sprite and crypt spiralis in my low light tank. Crypt spiralis doesnt spread fast and the water sprite will pop up a lot until it roots but once it does it will probably stay put with your fish. I think it really helps keeping that tank algae free by absorbing a lot of nitrates.
I'd suggest getting some Hygrophilia Polysperma-sunset hygro. It grows well under any conditions, and will reproduce via trimmings quickly. A friend of mine bought one single plant of it just under a year ago, and since then, he has completely filled a 20 high, a good chunk of both of his 55's, and both of my ten gallon's. Besides growing/propagating quickly, it looks good! :)
Thanks guys :) Any other suggestions?
You can check out my journal. All those plants are doing great! No co2 or ferts for me
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Q: Translating ideas and images in the speakers mind into verbal or nonverbal messages that an audience can understand is termed?
A: Encoding
Q: What is the term for something that interferes with the communication process?
A: Noise
Q: If you have a normal or generally positive approach to communicating in public, where your heart rate is in the average range, what style of communication apprehension are you experiencing?
A: Average Style
Q: When speakers tense and relax their muscles while waiting for their turn to speak, without calling attention to what they are doing, this reflects a strategy of coping with nervousness your text refers to as?
A: Channeling your nervous energy
Q: The rhetoric of diversity refers to a speaker?
A: considering such factors as culture, ethnicity, and gender
Q: Most speakers who procrastinate in preparing their speeches?
A: Will feel more speaker apprehension
Q: Tom is running for student government president. Because he has previously taken a public speaking course, he is able to speak with confidence, conviction, and assurance. Tom is experiencing?
A: Empowerment
Q: Being an audience-centered public speaker?
A: Influences every step of the speech making process
Q: The address of each Website or Web page is known as?
A: the URL of uniform resource locator
Q: The term "periodicals" refers to?
A: magazines and journals
Q: The use of audio or video recorders can be a liability in an interview because?
A: some people are more self-conscious and intimidated when being recorded
Q: It is necessary to determine what individual or organization is responsible for a Web site in order to determine its?
A: Accountability
Q: Joe is a former world weight lifter and professional body builder. He is preparing an informative speech on the abuse of steroids in physical fitness. Through his personal experiences, what quality can joe add to the presentation of his speech?
A: Credibility
Q: Kenisha decided to write her persuasive speech on "Human Cloning". She didn't feel comfortable using Internet sources and so relied on books and material from a class she had taken last year. What is the problem with Kenisha's research?
A: Kenisha should have researched newspapers and periodicals for the most recent material
Q: Our beliefs, values, and moral principles by which we determine what is right or wrong are our?
A: Ethics
Q: Lifting key passages from sources you do not credit in your speech is an unethical practice known as?
A: Plagiarism
Q: Critical listening means that you, as a listener?
A: Hold the speaker to his or her ethical responsibilities
Q: When speakers consider beliefs, values, or moral principles when writing and presenting a speech, they are?
A: Speaking Ethically
Q: Speakers who bring in false claims and tug at the emotions of the audience, instead of using sound evidence and logical arguments, are examples of?
A: Unethical Speakers
Q: For a persuasive speech, you find a couple books in the library and several Internet sources that support your position perfectly. You copy this information and weave these ideas and pieces of evidence into the speech that you give to the class. Is this ethical?
A: Yes; all this information was found in open-access areas
Q: While listening to a classmate's speech, Sean began to think that the speaker was citing sources that were biased. Sean began to shake his head and frown. What was Sean doing in this instance?
A: Listening critically and giving feedback to the speaker
Q: While researching, Gabe found a tragic story about a young girl who died from a drunk driving accident. In presenting this speech, Gabe told the story as if this girl was his sister. The speech was quite moving and afterward everyone told Gabe how sorry they were for his family. At this time, he told them it wasn't really his sister but thought that telling it that way was more effective for this speech. Why is this unethical?
A: Gabe violated an ethical principle that requires speakers not to misrepresent information
Q: Because we hear so many sounds simultaneously, the first stage of listening is to?
A: Select
Q: Because much of our day is spent listening, there may be times we "tune out" when information is being sent to us. This process is called?
A: Information Overload
Q: Listeners who are able to evaluate the reasoning, logic, and quality of the speaker's message are engaged in?
A: Critical Thinking
Q: What type of listening style occurs when you want the speaker to get to the point and state what needs to be done?
A: Action-oriented Style
Q: While listening to a sociology lecture, you mentally rearrange the ideas presented, summarize the information, and remain alert for key information. You are considered?
A: An Active Listener
Q: As listeners, if we become aware of the methods and techniques speakers use to achieve their goals while speaking; what are we listening for?
A: The rhetorical strategies employed by the speakers
Q: Joseph is easily distracted from a speech by noise outside the classroom, worries about his girlfriend, and them decides that the speech is boring, anyway. How would your text classify Joseph?
A: He is a poor listener
Q: A speaker who analyses the listeners and the occasion and adapts the speech to them is defined by your text as?
A: An Audience-centered speaker
Q: Information such as age, race, gender, education, and religious views are part of ?
A: Demographics
Q: To establish common ground with your audience member, you should?
A: Try to maximize similarities and minimize differences between you and the audience
Q: As defined by your text, analyzing the audience's income, occupation, and education refers to?
A: Socioeconomic Status
Q: Trying to determine what an audience believes or thinks about a speech topic is termed?
A: Psychological Analysis
Q: The specific group of audience members that you, as a speaker, most wish to address or influence is your?
A: Target Audience
Q: The textbook recommends this, whether separately or with a target audience focus, when reflecting diversity of your audience:
A: Using a variety of strategies to reach the different listeners
Q: When selecting a topic for a speech, speakers need to consider the audience, the occasion, and?
A: The speakers themselves
Q: Speeches that you present will be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. This goal for your speech is known as its?
A: General
Q: According to your text, a combination of your central idea and a summary of your main points is known as the?
A: Blueprint
Q: When you make a list of your own interests, and just begin writing as many topics related to these as you can think of without stopping to consider them, you are using a technique known as?
A: Brainstorming
Q: A complete central idea or thesis statement should be all of the following EXCEPT
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I have to tell you all about my husband's blood pressure. After 20 years of being on blood pressure meds. as much as 3 per day, he is totally off his meds! I went with him to the doctor last week Tues. and they checked his BP and it was 122/82. I was very happy with that, considering he had not taken a single pill for 6 weeks.
So I told the Dr. he had been off for that long, and she immediately said "We better check that again and this time in both arms." So she did and it came up the same each time. I was privately rejoicing about it, but would you believe the Dr. actually said,"Well we really would like the lower number to be 80." HAHAHA, if she thinks we would take the meds with all the side effects for those 2 points on the lower number she is out of her mind. Anyway, just figured I would share that with you all. Yay number one!!!!
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Ravenwood Castle in the Hocking Hills region of Ohio will host RavenCon, a weekend long gaming convention, March 1 to 3. The event is dedicated to raising money for Child's Play, a charity which aids children's hospitals across the country.
RavenCon is a three-day, two-night event at which guests can enjoy board games, role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, a Medieval-style dinner, and a silent auction. The event will feature game demonstrations by Colby Dauch of Plaid Hat Games.
Jim Reed, of Hudson, president and owner of Ravenwood Castle, notes a number of sources for fundraising built right into the event: Every ticket includes a $50
donation, and Ravenwood is donating 50 percent of all room rentals for the weekend. There will be a silent auction with proceeds going to the charity. Ravenwood will also host an online donation drive during the month leading up to the event.
"We're hoping to raise between $5,000 and $10,000 this year," Reed said. "I've been a supporter of Child's Play since it was founded in 2003. My first daughter was born in 2002; early in her life she had a brief stay in Akron Children's Hospital. The people we met there left an impression on our family.
"Child's Play started up the next year with the express purpose of helping children in hospitals, and we knew we wanted to help. When my wife and I purchased Ravenwood Castle earlier this year, we intended from the onset to host at least one Child's Play benefit a year. RavenCon is the first of those benefits."
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Golden Toothpick Found 32 Miles Off Key WestKEY WEST (CBS4) ― Treasure hunters have recovered another near priceless artifact as they follow the debris trail of a Spanish galleon that sank off the Florida Keys more than 380 years ago.
Sunday, divers from Blue Water Ventures found a gold artifact, believed to be a combination toothpick and earwax scoop, in about 22 feet of water, 32 miles west of Key West. The divers were searching the shipwreck trail of the Spanish galleon Santa Margarita that sank in a 1622 hurricane.
According to archaeologists, the 3-inch-wide, 17th-century grooming tool was probably worn on a gold chain. Research of the artifact should determine its historical origin and value, which could be as high as $100,000 according to underwater archaeologist Dr. R. Duncan Mathewson.
Almost a year ago, Blue Water divers located gold bars, gold chains and a lead box containing thousands of pearls that were carried by the Margarita. The value of that find was estimated at more than $2 million.
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Nigeria has outdone South Africa to emerge as the largest mobile telecom market in Africa with more than 61 million mobile subscribers, according to a new report.
The report revealed that a continued growth in the country in the coming five years will trigger prompt further competition among the growing number of network operators.
Nigerias telecom market was liberalized in 2003, which paved a way to enormous growth rates and has bought in new operators.
The telecom market grew by 23% a year earlier, taking up $8.4 billion in overall telecom service revenues. The mobile penetration rate, at present, stands at 42%. Nigerias total telecom is forecasted to grow at CAGR of 5.7 percent from the existing US$8.42 billion in 2008 to $11.14 billion in 2013. Out of the total, 83% is attributed to mobile service revenue over the next five years.
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Here's another installment of "things I've cooked lately", otherwise known as "I'm too lazy to write a whole post on one thing".
First, we have almonds for biscotti. Yummy little cookies. And I thought the picture was cool. Although it made me realize just how badly I need to send my knife to Kyocera to have it sharpened.
Next up, my take on a Cubano sandwich, using pork from a shoulder roast I made, Swiss cheese, deli ham, pickles, and mustard. Tip: Leave the pickles off the sandwich until after it's toasted. Because hot pickles are weird.
And from the same pork shoulder, crispy happy cracklings. Just peel off the skin and bake it at 350-400 until crackly.
And finally, butter. Why butter? Because I made it myself by shaking the hell out of some leftover cream. It was awesome.
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Ed Cotton: Captain Morgan's Search For Branded Content Treasure
The rum brand strikes gold in deciding to fund a real life Indiana Jones on a dive for their namesake's pirate trove.
Business Week has a great story about Diageo's sponsorship of a Panama expedition to search for Captain Morgan's boat.
It works on so many different levels:
- Adds valuable authenticity to the brand's history- the Captain really existed and isn't some fictitious character dreamed up by an ad agency
- The event comes with an inbuilt sense of an adventure- it's a deep sea treasure hunt, that again adds to the brand
- It creates valuable content- brands are now searching for content streams to fill their social networks- so doing something interesting like this, probably beats a community manager Tweeting about a grocery store promotion
- It's not advertising- it's a real event that gives credibility to the brand
Of course, Diageo have the power to turn this into something, as Tom Hebst, Brand Director of Captain Morgan explained to Business Week
"The rum and fun nights out are a search for buried treasure, you get together with your crew and embark on the night and never know what you're going to find, and on the best nights you uncover those hidden secrets and gems that make stories that define you and your friends for the rest of your life."
This effort is a nice reminder that brands need to think about the breadth of opportunities available to them and try to evaluate not only how "on brand" they are, but also understand the depth of potential they have to create compelling content across the marketing mix.
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Rutgers Boards Oppose Merger Plan, Oks Talks
Rutgers University's two governing boards affirmed their intent to keep control of the Camden and Newark campuses, however, they leave open the possibility of a higher education restructuring deal with the Legislature.
The seemingly contradictory positions followed several hours of private and public discussions Wednesday on a plan to overhaul the state's university.
The joint session of the Board of Trustees, which is mostly advisory, and the more powerful Board of Governors was held Wednesday in New Brunswick. They met to consider Governor Chris Christie's proposal to reorganize the campuses in Camden, New Brunswick and Newark. He had proposed combining the Rutgers campus in Camden with Rowan University to create one major research institution that would attract grants and private donations.
Rutgers' two boards adopted a "Statement of Principles" that endorses some internal restructuring but doesn't cede control of the Camden or Newark campus. It left room for some collaboration with Rowan, but insisted that each institution "retain its independence and autonomy." They also said only they could legally make restructuring decisions, not the governor or lawmakers.
Legislation introduced this week splits the Camden campus from the Rutgers system, funds it separately and creates a joint governing board with Rowan University. It also folds the University of Medicine and Dentistry into Rutgers and gives the Newark campus more autonomy.
The trustees oppose the deal. And a faculty group from Rutgers-Camden has vocally opposed the merger.
The faculty, students and alumni at Rutgers-Camden want to retain the Rutgers name.
But that's something Rowan University can't give up.
"I'd rather that didn't happen," said Henry Rowan, 86, the founder of Inductotherm Industries, which he started in his garage and grew into the world's largest maker of induction heating and melting equipment for both industrial and military uses.
Rowan gave $100 million to Glassboro State College – the largest single private gift to a university in U.S. history at the time – which changed its name in his honor after receiving the gift in 1992.


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"Sometimes I act in porno movies."
Whenever I say that, I laugh because the immediate reaction I get is, "YOU'VE BEEN IN PORNOS?" followed by what I like to think is about five seconds where the person in front of me imagines me naked and doing all sorts of things.
That is followed by a brief glimmer of disappointment when I say, "I am not a naked actress."
Because I am not. I am not even a good non-naked actress, to be honest. I just happen to be at the right place at the right time when our studio needs extras to play a part in a XXX movie. Granted, I took some drama classes in high school. I do not think they prepared me to be in naughty films.
To date, I have been in a handful of our DVDs, and sometimes, when I want to laugh, I will watch my awkward and sometimes funny appearances. My three favorites?
1) Stacked Street Sluts #2
This was my "first time" on camera in a room full of awesome and very hot chicks. I got to hang out with Alexis Silver. She was wearing a butt plug. She went on to do anal. I went on to play the part of a madame who was selling Alexis' snug asshole to a customer. I was nervous. It was evident. It went down in history as one of the funniest moments of my XXX film life.
2) My Big Plump Wedding:
I played a wedding guest in this movie and it was by far the most-fun wedding I have ever been to. There were so many XL Girls stars running around, I was pretty much losing my mind. Plus, I got to wear a dress and pretend I was in a church. I don't know if you guys know this or not, but the idea of porn in a church is pretty hilarious.
I played a behind-the-scenes boxing coach to Renee Ross and Samantha 38G, pumping them up and having them box practically naked for me. I really enjoyed it. I box in real life, so it was pretty awesome to play-fight with these ladies. Also, I very much enjoy Samantha 38G. She is very hilarious. Renee Ross and I are good gal pals, so I liked working with her, too. Somewhere out there on the cutting room floor is never-before-seen footage of me jumping rope with them. It will probably never see the light of day.
So there you have it. There are other fine films I have appeared in, but these three are my faves. If you happen to have a copy of any of them, please check me out.
Terms of bodaciousness
Posted by Elliot James on Oct 28, 2012 in Behind the Scenes, birthdays, Confessions, Life With Big Tits, The Life of an Editor
Jugs, melons, tits, hooters, bazooms, knockers, headlights, boobs and sweater stretchers. Just a few beloved slang terms for female breasts.
What do they call boobs in other languages? I have pondered this subject for a long time.
So I hit the books and did my research, coming up with this compilation of titty terms from around the globe. And globes is yet another boobish word, come to think of it.
Afrikaans: bors
Arabic: biz
Chinese: nu nu
Finnish: rintas
French: poitrines; seines; mamelles
German: mopse; titten
Hungarian: cici; didi; didko; mell
Indonesian: dadas
Italian: zinne
Japanese: oppai; kyonyuu (huge breasts); dekapai (huge breasts described in a dirty way)
Macedonian: cicki
Norwegian: brysters
Portuguese: peitos
Polish: cycki
Quebecois: boules
Romanian: tites
Russian: siski
Spanish: chichis; repisas; tetas,
Swahili: kifua
Swedish: tuttar; brosters
Swiss-German: chabis
Yap (Micronesia): thuuth
So now we can all say knockers in Yap. Who says we are not in search of academic excellence at SCORE?
If SCORELAND Blog readers know of any titular expressions in other languages, feel free to comment below.
And happy birthday to:
B is for boobs and birthdays
Posted by Elliot James on Oct 25, 2011 in birthdays, Boobs in the News
The week in busty birthdays
Posted by Elliot James on Oct 26, 2010 in birthdays
Maxi Mounds (October 25) also wrote the book "The Maxi Mounds Guide To The World Of Exotic Dancing."
Karen Fisher (October 26) sexed it up in the movies SCORE Sexplosion and Big Tit Tune-Up.
Alexis Silver (October 27) was the evil queen in the movie Mamazons.
Ruth Tyler (October 28) was dubbed the "Handjob Queen of England" by a tabloid newspaper back in the '90s.
Reyna Mae (October 29) is one of the co-stars of K-JUGS.
Deena Duos (October 29) first appeared in November '92 SCORE in a desert duo with Lacey Legends.
Kiko Lee (October 29) said in an interview that former baseball great Pete Rose hit a home run with her, proving he can still hold the wood.
Happy birthday, ladies.
Held in the grip of the Mamazons; never enough Taylor Steele
Posted by Elliot James on Jul 16, 2010 in New at Scoreland
Mamazon The Movie swings to its cliffhanging conclusion tomorrow with Chapter Six, "Daylene's Lust For Fertility." Smokin' hot Daylene Rio is the high-priestess of the Mamazons. While Queen Alexis Silver and Shyla Shy are jumping one of the explorers, Daylene has chased down the runaway James. She hasn't had the magic mojo cream squirted on her tits like the others have, but Daylene is interested. Question is, what are the Mamazons gonna do for push-push-in-the-bush if they wipe the invaders out? Find out in the explosive climax. It'll be Mamazon fever in North America this weekend when the two-disc DVD arrives at your favorite video store.
From one tropical paradise to another, point your mouse to the awesome Taylor Steele in a first-run SCORE Theater video that leaves no bra hooked. You can thank us and Taylor on Monday. Plus, Taylor's September '10 SCORE pictorial shows you what the perfect office supervisor wears in Toronto. Today isn't Taylor's birthday, but it should be! Celebrate it anyway!
Here's a video recap of Mamazon Chapter Five. Pretty action packed, ain't it?
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Mamazon races towards an explosive climax. Natalie explodes out of her brassiere.
Posted by Elliot James on Jul 9, 2010 in Boob Watch, New at Scoreland
In Chapter Five of Mamazon The Movie on SCORELAND, the hapless jungle raiders find themselves in deep poop. This poor boob is slated to be part of a Mamazon sex ritual that officially initiates Shyla Shy into the tribe. After swigging a mind-numbing brew cooked up by resident witch doctor Daylene Rio that turns him into a sex-zombie, the anal-loving Queen Alexis and Shyla help themselves to his cock. Meanwhile, James has bolted the village with Daylene in hot pursuit, a big spear in her hand. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed…
I'm happy to say that besides Mamazon, it's also a Natalie Fiore weekend, with a SCORE pictorial today and her matching video, How To Stiffen Nipples, this Sunday. I hadn't seen the video until the other day, just the photo set, and when I saw the finished video, I nearly fell out of my chair. (It's a good thing it comes with a seat belt for moments like this.) Natalie looks ready to explode out of her bra when the video opens. Women alway look bustier on video than in photos for technical reasons and the boob-shelf that this bra created still has me punchy. Natalie could serve breakfast on it. Of course, I was aching for her to remove it too. Natalie is great as usual in this video and I love how she chats. Sexy chit-chat adds a very important dimension to a solo video; vital, in my opinion. She's one of the very best at eargasmic talents.
Dave has posted a great three-part BLOG this weekend about Angelina Castro so don't miss all three days. Angelina's new XXX video will be posting soon on SCORELAND.
Have a boobadelic weekend!
Things to not do while driving
Posted by Elliot James on Jun 30, 2010 in Boob Watch, Boobs in the News
Florida is known for its excellent drivers. Thank goodness they don't do stupid things behind the wheel like texting, drinking coffee, booze or soda, eating, putting on make-up, reaching for something that dropped by their feet, brushing their hair, putting on a shirt, tying a tie, taking off a bra, smoking, getting a blow job, reading, watching TV, masturbating or talking to someone in the back seat while looking at him.
Today, I would like to illustrate un-safe motorist boob behavior with some photos from SCORELAND.
Summertime and the livin' at SCORELAND is easy
Posted by Elliot James on Jun 26, 2010 in New at Scoreland
Frying in the sun has its limitations. That's where SCORELAND comes in. Cool off and heat up with this weekend's hot babes doing what they do best. Mamazon The Movie continues the cliffhanging with Chapter 3 and tough-girl Rachel Love learning the jungle boogie from two of her prisoners. If Queen Alexis Silver finds out, there's gonna be hell to pay.
Morgan Leigh is a Busty Swinger in a matching video and photo set. Not exactly a swinger. Kind of a swinger. See slim-n-stacked cutie Morgan swing, play and tit-chat hotter than a $4.95-a-minute phone sex operator.
Kaytee Carter shows off the kind of bikini she wears at home by her pool. That's the kind of swimsuit that gets guys at the beach whipping out their cell phone cameras!
And Annina wears an extreme swimsuit that 's not easy to figure out. It ties here, loops there and ultimately makes her a sexy, wrapped package. Over in Germany, Annina is making public appearances rooting for her home boys in the World Cup. The German team won on Wednesday, so Annina must be creaming in her jeans.
Have a great weekend and keep SCORING!
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What I could watch Natalie Fiore do all day
Posted by Elliot James on Jun 19, 2010 in New at Scoreland
I'm not into all the craziness. The appeal of farked-up weirdness goes way past me. I don't like to see bukkakes. And I also feel sorry for the janitor afterwards. Gang bangs? It's mainly a man show with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. There's plenty more wacked-out fringe stuff that I won't even bother writing about. All I can say is, to each his own and good luck.
But Natalie Fiore simply unpeeling a banana and putting it in her mouth? A-ha! That I can watch over and over. Maria wrote two BLOG entries this week, one about fruit play, the other about the greatness of Natalie Fiore. As it turns out by chance (or maybe Maria has precognition), just in time for this Sunday's SCORE Theater video is Foodie Time With Natalie Fiore. Just give me the simple pleasures in life and I'm content. Natalie coming back from a trip to the grocery store and saying "Teeets" in her sexy accent is all I really need. Pouring honey on her beautiful areolae and licking it off? Lip-smackin' good. Like I commented, Natalie could turn a breast-man into an Iron Cock Chef in less than two minutes. Check out these vidcaps. (Her scene is video only.)
Also this weekend, Chapter Two of Mamazon The Movie starts today. In this episode, the bad-ass Mamazons, led by badder-ass queen Alexis Silver, examine one of their captives and his Johnson before throwing him back into their jungle jail. But on the way back to the lock-up, stacked warrior guard Alia Janine decides to find out what a man has to offer her so she jumps the hapless Hugo. It's just the beginning of the male invasion and penetration of the Mamazons' society and way of life. How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen pee-pee?
And then there's Christy Marks, a girl who can make a guy blast off just by sucking his finger and staring into his eyes. That's already posted in a 69 (what else?) image pictorial.
Enjoy it all because it'll be Monday before ya know it!


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WHEN PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Stephen Cougle realised in late August 2007 that the Centro accounts he was about to finalise were missing at least $1.1 billion of short-term debt, he fetched the ASX listing rules to check disclosure requirements, a court has heard.
Mr Cougle then asked a colleague to ask managers of the Centro property group if they planned to tell the stock exchange that the company's preliminary accounts, released a few weeks earlier, needed correcting.
The Federal Court in Melbourne, which is hearing a major class action case, yesterday heard that Centro relayed to Mr Cougle that it would not announce the error to the stock exchange but instead disclose the correct figure in a note to the group's final accounts.
In opening submissions on behalf of aggrieved Centro investors, Noel Hutley, SC, said the court would hear that Mr Cougle asked himself: ''What does that mean for us [PricewaterhouseCoopers]?'' but he did not raise the issue in a meeting of Centro's board audit committee a week later.
Revelations that Mr Cougle considered the need for public disclosure of the debt error and that it was raised with a Centro manager emerged on day two of a class action by Centro shareholders who are suing the group for misleading and deceptive conduct.
Centro's 2006-07 accounts failed to disclose that it had $3.1 billion of short-term debt falling due in 2007-08, and when the error was revealed to the market the share price collapsed.
The court heard analysts at leading broking houses were taken aback on December 17, 2007, when Centro revealed it was facing difficulties refinancing. Merrill Lynch termed the announcement a ''bombshell'' while Credit Suisse headed its analysis ''You Must be Kidding Me''.
Mr Hutley said the failure to notify the ASX of the error immediately was a ''significant contravention'', and PwC staff participated in the infringement.
Mr Hutley said the court will hear that after an article in The Australian Financial Review's Street Talk column on November 29, 2007, noted rumours swirling about Centro needing to refinance a $1.1 billion bridging facility, Centro managers told then-chief executive Andrew Scott that the company's response was to say: ''We are aware of the rumours … and in our view we do not have anything to disclose.'' Julian Burnside, QC, for investors represented by law firm Slater & Gordon, told the court that before the debt ''blunder'' Centro's presentations to investors conveyed a dominant theme of ''conservatism, prudence and care in relation to debt''.
Mr Burnside said the court will hear that Centro's internal accounting system did not contain details of the dates and terms of various debt facilities, yet all these details were in documents readily available to PwC staff working on the audit.
''It's inconceivable that PricewaterhouseCoopers could have had all this material and overlooked it.''


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I'm looking for armor for 212th Utapau airborne commando, does anyone have any good leads? Or possible build for me. Thanks
I'm looking for armor for 212th Utapau airborne commando, does anyone have any good leads? Or possible build for me. Thanks
Skygunbro makes the helmet...but clone troopers .net is the place for them really. You're going to need that helmet clone armor a satchel all kinds of extra bits. For the strapping. I've looked at doing one before.
Ok thanks.
As Fett4Real said before, try to contact SkyGunBro for the Beehive helmet. The armor is the same as for the other ( movie ) clone troopers but with some additional parts as the Kama, ammo bag, grenades and shotgun shells etc. If you have additional quests about the 212th airborne trooper feel free to ask me ;-) You can also found the WIP of my Airborne Trooper on clone troopers.net!!
Greetings Ralf
One of our members here used to do the parts for it...once and a while. Cant recal his name. Still wanna do one myself....its a really cool suit.
maybe in a few years...I keep putting this one off I had the armor a while back and was making a clone to prepare it for the Airborne. Im thinking the ANOVOS clone should be a nice option for armor here soon...depending on price. But yeh definately need to start with the armor IMO...at the same time look for the greebs, add ons and get on facebook and contact skygunbro...there was 1 other maker but I think I like SGB's lid better....Id have to look again...had the links saved but reformatted that laptop without saving them :/
The other helmet make for the beehive was Hippo. He started to rebuilt his original helmet a while ago but i don`t read anything after that if its still in progress. The other maker for the additional parts is Steelblitz and i can recommend his stuff which is awesome!! I use the parts from him also on my armor.
YUP steelbitz...I had his belt...and was looking at the attachments from him also oh dear what can of worms has been reopened
Oh that's sick. Yeah I'll look into all of the parts I will need. Will I need to paint any of the armor?
You may want to paint it....to make it all uniform in color...add black smuges and of course the orange stripes and such.
Ok. I know that the212th is an orange color, but what would be the right orange? Also what about a DC-15A blaster rifle?
About the color, the 501st CRL mentioned Tropical orange for the stripes etc. but Tropical Orange is not longer available. I choose RAL 2003 which is nearly similar to the Tropical Orange. For the Blaster i would recommend the ones from Woodchuck. You will find him also on ct.net


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DMX n' Ruff Ryders "Ct Got Talent"~Ct vs The Nation~
Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
E1Youth Inc.'s "CT's
Got Talent Concert"
is going down January 18, 2012 The concert, which was organized by E1 founder Shon Rivera, will feature indie artists from across the east coast who will have the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience. Rapper DMX (Ruff Ryders) is set to make a special guest appearance during the show to give away 20 refurbished bikes courtesy of the Boy Scouts of America to select youth attending the ceremony. The event will be hosted by New York radio personalities Street Disciplez and Mara Thehiphopsocialite the show! Funds from the ceremony will go directly towards helping E1YOUTH operation of helping at risk youth become success entrepreneurs in various fields of business. In the wake of the recent killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed the lives of 27 children and adults, 10% of the CT's Got Talent proceeds will go directly to the families victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre. GET YOUR TICKET'S WHILE THEY LAST!!!!
When & Where
Norwalk City Concert Hall
125 East Avenue
Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:00 PM (PST)
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Fifth-starter race remains wide open
Fifth-starter race remains wide open
"Absolutely, it's very close," Maddon said.
Davis finished the 2009 season strong as Tampa Bay's fifth starter, which pushed Sonnanstine out to the bullpen for the remainder of the season. But Sonnanstine worked hard during the offseason and earned a shot at reclaiming the fifth spot. Both are looking up for the challenge, and Tuesday night against the Red Sox, each of the combatants was at his best.
Davis started and allowed three hits and a walk while striking out five in four shutout innings, while Sonnanstine allowed just one hit while fanning three in four scoreless frames.
"Last night, we saw Wade like we saw him at the end of last year," Maddon said. "Sonnie looked yesterday like he never looked last year. To be able to reapproach what he did two years ago when he was a big part -- that September run, [Sonnanstine] pitched as well as anybody that we had, beating Boston in Boston that night was a big game. And [that's] kind of like what he looked like last night."
Davis had been considered almost a lock to be the fifth starter, but Maddon told reporters that Sonnanstine "pitching like he can is very attractive."
"He's always been a winner, he's been a winner his whole career," Maddon said. "And I don't think that's going away. I think what's been added to Sonnie is he's got this method, or way of preparing himself now, which is good, and it should sustain him through the rest of his career."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.