text: The Importance of Biospecimen Quality in the Era of Personalized Medicine: An Interview with Carolyn ComptonTuma, Rabiya S. PHDOncology Times: December 10th, 2010 - Volume 32 - Issue 23 - p 34-35 doi: 10.1097/01.COT.0000392691.72498.5f News Article Outline Why is the issue of biospecimen quality coming to the fore ... In the past, you've mentioned the importance of understandi... How do you do that when there are so many variables to cons... Is the goal to develop standard operating procedures for ha... Anything you would like to add? CAROLYN COMPTON, MD, PhD: "When the technology was insensitive or nonspecific by comparison, we could tolerate a lot more variation in quality in human samples and still get an answer that was usable As Director of the Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR) at the National Cancer Institute, Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD, oversees NCI's effort to improve the quality and availability of biospecimens. Dr. Compton has stressed the need for high-quality biospecimens in the era of personalized medicine (OT, 10/10/10 issue), and here she talks about how the community can achieve those high standards. Back to Top | Article Outline Why is the issue of biospecimen quality coming to the fore now? Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD: I think there are two main reasons. One is technology development. We now have tools for molecular analysis of biospecimens that are orders of magnitude more powerful than ones we've had in the past. And technology development is so very rapid that the technologies get better and cheaper with every passing day, which means they become not only research tools with great transformative power, but also part of the clinical armamentarium to interrogate patient samples for data that is relevant to patient management in real time. When the technology was insensitive or nonspecific by comparison, we could tolerate a lot more variation in quality in human samples and still get an answer that was usable. But now the ability to interrogate thousands of molecules in a single class all at once, to be able to multiplex tests to look at multiple classes of different molecules all at once, all of these things start to refocus attention on the quality of the analyte, along with the quality of the analysis. The simple way to think about this is that you can have the perfect analytical tool and still get the wrong answer if you compromise the specimen you are analyzing. Number two is the inflection point at which we sit right now in transitioning from traditional medicine to personalized medicine. In personalized medicine, the biospecimen from the patient is the receptacle of all of the molecular information that, when mined, will determine downstream patient management. That means the biospecimen takes on a new significance. Back to Top | Article Outline In the past, you've mentioned the importance of understanding that biospecimens are living until fixed. Can you elaborate on that, and how your team aims to cope with it? Cells and tissues don't immediately die because you remove them from the body. If we want to think about this in very simplistic terms, they are basically holding their breath. They have been disconnected from their blood supply. They have been removed from the warm body temperature. But they are still alive. In fact, the disconnection from their blood supply and the change in their environment from body temperature to room temperature—and those are only two variables I might mention—represent extreme biological stress on the tissue. Eventually the cells will die, but that process is one that takes place over a course of time. And during the time frames that we handle specimens in the clinical setting, the biospecimens are very much alive and capable of reacting to environmental stresses and do react to them. These reactions to environmental stresses that we, the physicians, cause in removing them from the body or handling them in the pathology suite, are not a reflection of the biology of the disease the patient has. They are completely artifactual, and we have to be able to separate that artifact from their biologic behavior and activity when they were back in the patient happily existing as part of the patient's anatomy. We have to be able to separate those two things and not confuse them—not misinterpret artifact as medical reality. Back to Top | Article Outline How do you do that when there are so many variables to consider? We have to go about this in a scientific fashion. We have to study the biospecimen as a focus of research to understand how it, the biospecimen, reacts to these different variables. We, at the NCI through OBBR, have sponsored the very first research program of this type ever funded through the National Institutes of Health—the Biospecimen Research Network, which is bringing investigators together to focus on these issues, one biospecimen type at a time, one variable at a time, one class of biomolecules at a time. It is complex but it is not infinitely complex, and it can be understood. And with the right experimental designs, we can map out the so-called lifecycle of a biospecimen and understand the biologic stresses and their impact on different types of biospecimens as reflected in the different classes of biomolecules: DNA, RNA, protein, other subclasses of biomolecules, lipids, sugars, carbohydrates. Back to Top | Article Outline Is the goal to develop standard operating procedures for handling biospecimens? The goal is to take the data coming out of a research network like this with a new understanding about what is artifact and what is not, and create—actually first of class—evidence-based, data-driven standard operating procedures for collecting specimens of different types to make certain that the analysis gives you reliable data. Until then, how should surgeons, pathologists, researchers maximize the quality of the samples they are collecting now? We can't let the lack of knowledge in biospecimen biology that exists right now stop us from going forward. There are existing best practices that represent the state of the science—albeit the state of the science being as weak as it is, there is some data out there. NCI/OBBR is putting together a web-searchable tool to bring the existing published data on biospecimen science to the community. So you're be able to go onto a website—the Biospecimen Research Database [https://brd.nci.nih.gov/BRN/brnHome.seam]—and if there is existing objective scientific data on how a variable affects a biospecimen of a given type as far as a molecular analysis goes, you will be able to find that data and use that data for the basis of creating your own optimized approach. If there is no data, the best possible advice is to create a standardized approach that is adhered to, and is documented, so you at least know what you did with the specimen—Right now there is no requirement in the medical world, and certainly none in the scientific world, to even record these variables to know what happened to the specimen on its way to the molecular analysis; it could have sat at room temperature for 20 minutes or two days. Then you have a record of the history of this biospecimen and it gives you much greater ability to judge its quality at the end of the day—instead of it being a complete mystery. If we do that, and if we continually improve the scientific basis for the standard operating procedures, we can compare back to an earlier standard operating procedure, and document the increase in quality that we are able to achieve. But if we don't have any record, then we won't know what we are comparing to. We have to have two solid data points to make the comparison, so we should start with a standard and stick to it. Back to Top | Article Outline Anything you would like to add? This is really the key to personalized medicine. And if we don't get this right, we won't have any personalized medicine. This is critical.© 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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What is the future of politics?
No matter what side of the political fence you sit on, these are strange times. Obama was a calm, no drama leader that showed complete respect for the office of the Presidency. He behaved with dignity in every situation. Now we have a leader who functions on chaos. He does not seem to have agenda yet the people around him who have been put in places of power sure do and they are hanging on just to get their own agenda accomplished. We have a President who tells lies, dismisses everyone, tweets nonsense constantly and throws his friends and enemies under the bus. He certainly does not act with dignity and because of this behavior, everyone has taken to the airwaves to insult him and everyone around him. It is a daily public shaming on all sides of the fence.
The thing about this constant insanity is that our children hear it, see it, read about it and have become part of the rhetoric. A friend's 10-year-old daughter, who is whip-smart and insanely sophisticated for her age, saw Trump's entourage and screamed out "F-you Trump". On one hand, I happen to agree with her but on the other hand, I wonder about her generation who is watching politics in a completely different light. Her (and her peers) respect for Government has been diminished and that includes everyone from Senators to Mayors. This mass open chaos has made everyone out to be incompetent. Perhaps they all are.
Kirsten Gillibrand has been saying over and over that if you don't like what you see, then run for office. Our country is built on a set of checks and balances that are written into our Constitution that is managed (essentially) by our Government. These 10-year-old kids are living in start-up nation and a world where they can watch everything on the phone and be connected all the time. What will their Government look like when they get to the age where they can run for office. Will anyone even want to? Will they have zero respect for Government decisions? Will they be living on Universal income and have Universal healthcare? Will they be living in a time where oil is irrelevant and driverless cars and high-speed rail (including light rail in cities) be the mode of transportation because economically it makes more sense? They don't care about people's sexual or religious preferences. They don't care if you are black, white, Asian, brown or green and they certainly don't care if you smoke pot. They see a true disconnect between where we are going and a Government hanging on the past.
There is something happening with our President having such lack of respect for his fellow Americans, the office of the Presidency, the United States position in the world and Trump's inability to truly understand all of these factors that I wonder what Government will look like when our friends 10 year old is 30.

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What's the weirdest thing you've crafted with? I think mine would be old chopsticks- unused of course!!! So far, I've made a trivet and a toilet roll holder with chopsticks. Due to my renewed commitment to blogging (6 times a week, Mon- Sat!), I now have an excess of jewelry to hang up, so I thought, why not an earring stand DIY? No power tools needed!!!
What you need
1.5 pairs of chopsticks (so 3 sticks)- if you don't have chopsticks, satay sticks would work for this, or you could buy balsam wood at Cass Art or on Amazon
5 minutes
Step 1
Cut two equal lengths of string, both 50 cm long. Place them together so that they start at the same point, then tie a (normal) knot.
Step 2
Measure 7 cm from the knot on both strings and mark it with a pencil. Use that as a guide point to tie a tight knot around 1 end of the chopstick. Repeat with the other end and the other string.
Note: I didn't glue the string and stick and they held but if you're worried, you can add a dab of glue.
Step 3
Repeat with the other 2 sticks so that you have 3 sticks parallel to each other.
Now find a place in your flat to hang it up!
Sunglasses DIY in progress- forgive the bald look! Can you tell I'm getting ready for featival season? 🙂 Coachella & Glastonbury, here I come!! 🙂


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Today, Congressman Bob Goodlatte announced that he recently hired Charlie Keller as his new Deputy Chief of Staff:
"Charlie brings over a decade of political and policy experience on Capitol Hill to the table as well as a proven record of conservative leadership," said Congressman Goodlatte. "He is well-versed in the issues before Congress and has a clear understanding of the needs and interests of the Sixth District. I am confident that he will be a great asset to my staff and the citizens of Virginia's Sixth Congressional District. I welcome him to my staff and look forward to his leadership in my office."
Charlie Keller -- Deputy Chief of Staff
Keller will oversee operations of Congressman Goodlatte's Washington Office. During his time on Capitol Hill, Keller has worked to promote conservative policies in leadership positions with several Members of Congress. Most recently Keller served as Chief of Staff to former Congresswoman Sandy Adams (R-FL). Keller received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and his MBA from George Mason University. He also attended the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. Keller, a longtime resident of Virginia, currently resides in Arlington with his wife and son.


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Nowadays, there are many styles for the bedroom teens' application. It is identical for the teen girl to have such tidy and girly bedroom decoration. On the contrary, for the teen boy, they choose the masculine and sporty bedroom design that reflects their personality. One of the popular bedroom decorations, whether for the teen girl or the teen boy, is the contemporary bedroom design.
Normally, the teens are very satisfied to have their own bedroom that can be used to do studying and to do other activities in their bedroom. The teens bedroom decoration should have the enjoyment for them. So, when they go home after their school time, they can take a rest comfortably and even invite their friends to study together in their bedroom. The teens have their own way to express their selves. They actually have the creative ideas that can be applied in their bedroom concept.
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Rape Response Services offers a number of primary prevention trainings to schools, businesses, and community groups. What is primary prevention? Primary prevention uses the public health model as a guide for teaching everyone how to prevent sexual violence. Read more to find out how!
Ensuring quality services for victims/survivors of sexual violence is central to our work at RRS. However, it must be partnered with effective prevention if we're going to get serious about ending the need for those services. For years, prevention has been primarily about victims, and the ways they can and should change their behavior to avoid sexual violence. More recently, this approach has been seen as putting the responsibility for sexual violence on survivors. Instead, across the country, there is a movement toward 'primary prevention'- a kind of prevention that seeks to end sexual violence before it begins, and to put the responsibility of doing so on everyone.
Primary prevention uses the public health model as a guide. Here's how it works: People get sick; public health seeks to determine why, and what behavior can change this outcome. It turns out germs are the 'why.' So do we ask that only people with colds change their behavior? No– the public health model looks for solutions that everyone can implement to stop the spread of germs: washing your hands, sneezing into your arm, and more. And everyone is expected to do their part.
At RRS, we ask everyone to do their part to end sexual violence- we ask why sexual assault occurs, and what behaviors we all can change to make a difference. We ask that everyone be an active bystander by standing up to bullying, aggression, street harassment, and sexism. Using evidence based, age-appropriate programming, we teach young people about healthy boundaries, being safe online, being a good friend & peer, and what to do if something happens and they need help. We teach young people about healthy communication and consent, how to critically analyze media sources that objectify women and men while simultaneously promoting violence as "sexy", and how to recognize and combat gender stereotypes.
We are available to provide primary prevention presentations to schools, businesses, and communities. For a list of our presentations, please click here. We are also available to help schools, businesses, and communities create policies that promote respect and equality.
Primary prevention is about changing our social and cultural norms in order to create a safer, healthier world for all of us.
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KAI RYSSDAL: Tomorrow the British government is said to announce a plan to relieve the congestion at London's Heathrow airport. Beause Heathrow's not just busy, it's at the breaking point. The two runways it has can't really handle any more traffic. So the government is expected to say it's going to build a third one. But protesters have hit on a plan to stop construction of the three mile-long strip of concrete -- the good old fashioned land grab. From London, Marketplace's Stephen Beard reports.
STEPHEN BEARD: A group of environmental protesters has bought a one-acre field close to Heathrow. It lies directly in the path of the airport's proposed third runway.
Activist Leo Murray says the plan is to split the land up into tiny squares and give title to as many people as possible, tangling the whole deal up in red tape.
LEO MURRAY: There are hundreds of people who have been given these parcels of land including MP's from all three major parties. And we've just heard Emma Thompson, an Oscar-winning actress. This actually represents a serious legal spanner in the works for the people that are pushing this third runway.
If Heathrow gets permission to build the runway, the protesters will be forced to sell the field. But dealing with hundreds of owners, some as far away as the Canadian Arctic, won't be easy.
That's the point, says organizer Zac Goldsmith. The idea is to slow down the whole process.
ZAC GOLDSMITH: We can delay that quite a long time. And the idea really is to delay it until beyond the election. And that way I think we probably do kill this project altogether.
The next election is due within 18 months. The Opposition Conservatives say if they win, they'll scrap any plans for another runway at Heathrow.
Arguments over this have raged for years. Opponents say the world's busiest international airport shouldn't get any busier.
But Heathrow is full. Expansion is an economic necessity, says airport spokesman Tom KellY.
TOM KELLY: Whether you need to fly to L.A. for the Golden Globes or to Shanghai for business, this country needs long-haul flights. And only Heathrow has the volume of traffic to make those long-haul flights viable.
Aptly enough, the struggle over the runway has gone global -- 7,000 people from all over the world have applied to become part owners of the Heathrow field.
But planning lawyer Ian Trehearne claims that this ploy may not work. New planning laws mean that the authorities may be able to dismiss the ownership issues as a nuisance.
IAN TREHARNE: It would be perfectly lawful for the Infrastructure Planning Commission, which will make the decision, to disregard the fact that the land has been chopped up into many, many different little pieces.
The government has put off a decision on the third runway until the end of the month. In the meantime, a scruffy little field tucked away behind a pub has become the latest battleground for Britain's aviation industry.
In London, this is Stephen Beard for Marketplace.


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Mikel expresses Blues delight
By Lewis Rutledge
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
John Obi Mikel has expressed his delight at finally becoming a Chelsea player.
John Obi Mikel has expressed his delight at finally becoming a Chelsea player.
The 19-year-old midfielder signed for The Blues earlier this summer following a lengthy transfer saga, when he initially agreed to join Manchester United but then controversially changed his mind.
He was then unable to join up with the Premiership champions as problems involving a work permit held him up further.
Mikel has at last flown out to Los Angeles to train with the Chelsea squad, and is relieved to put his troubles behind him.
"I am very, very happy to be here because I have been away from football for the last couple of months," he explained.
"I am happy that I can now play. It's good to be here with my friends. I really like it.
"It is such a relief that I can now get on the pitch and play. I am very happy to be here where I want to be."
Mikel is looking forward to the challenge of trying to break into the Chelsea first team, with the likes of Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard providing formidable competition for places.
The Nigerian knows that he will have to make an impression in training, and has vowed to work hard to be given his chance.
"Hopefully I will get my opportunity but that depends on the manager," he said.
"I am a player and I will just have to work hard and show them that I should be playing in the team.
"I will work hard in practice and it is then up to the manager.
"I have been here two days practising with the team. It has been tough but good and the fitness level is getting better."


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The History Of Herodotus Volume 2 of 2
Page: 16217. In this sea-fight the Egyptians did best of the men who fought for Xerxes; and these, besides other great deeds which they displayed, captured five ships of the Hellenes together with their crews: while of the Hellenes those who did best on this day were the Athenians, and of the Athenians Cleinias the son of Alkibiades, who was serving with two hundred man and a ship of his own, furnishing the expense at his own proper cost.
18. Having parted, both sides gladly hastened to their moorings; and after they had separated and got away out of the sea-fight, although the Hellenes had possession of the bodies of the dead and of the wrecks of the ships, yet having suffered severely 13 (and especially the Athenians, of whose ships half had been disabled), they were deliberating now about retreating to the inner parts of Hellas.
19. Themistocles however had conceived that if there should be detached from the force of the Barbarians the Ionian and Carian nations, they would be able to overcome the rest; and when the people of Euboea were driving their flocks down to that sea, 14 he assembled the generals and said to them that he thought he had a device by which he hoped to cause the best of the king's allies to leave him. This matter he revealed to that extent only; and with regard to their present circumstances, he said that they must do as follows:—every one must slaughter of the flocks of the Euboeans as many as he wanted, for it was better that their army should have them than the enemy; moreover he advised that each one should command his own men to kindle a fire: and as for the time of their departure he would see to it in such wise that they should come safe to Hellas. This they were content to do, and forthwith when they had kindled a fire they turned their attention to the flocks.
20. For in fact the Euboeans, neglecting the oracle of Bakis as if it had no meaning at all, had neither carried away anything from their land nor laid in any store of provisions with a view to war coming upon them, and by their conduct moreover they had brought trouble upon themselves. 15 For the oracle uttered by Bakis about these matters runs as follows:
"Mark, when a man, a Barbarian, shall yoke the Sea with papyrus, Then do thou plan to remove the loud-bleating goats from Euboea."
In the evils which at this time were either upon them or soon to be expected they might feel not a little sorry that they had paid no attention to these lines.
21. While these were thus engaged, there came to them the scout from Trachis: for there was at Artemision a scout named Polyas, by birth of Antikyra, to whom it had been appointed, if the fleet should be disabled, 16 to signify this to those at Thermopylai, and he had a vessel equipped and ready for this purpose; and similarly there was with Leonidas Abronichos son of Lysicles, an Athenian, ready to carry news to those at Artemision with a thirty-oared galley, if any disaster should happen to the land-army. This Abronichos then had arrived, and he proceeded to signify to them that which had come to pass about Leonidas and his army; and then when they were informed of it no longer put off their retreat, but set forth in the order in which they were severally posted, the Corinthians first and the Athenians last.


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if NM would just reduce it $100 more, it could be mine!!!!!!
for a hundred dollars if you want it that much could you not stretch that final amount - it trully is gorgeous
i just bougt a kooba paige & a bulga within the last month, but i could reason myself into buying it!!!!!
That's a nice IF bag! Is there anything that you can think of that you could cut back on or do without in the coming month? Perhaps gourmet coffee on the go, special treats, going out to eat...etc? You might be able to "find" the money without feeling as if you spent too much on the bag...Just a thought...
Nice, nice, nice! They have some good bags on sale--what frustrates me is the steep discounts on some and others aren't lowered all that much.
I think it's very pretty. I didn't look to see what NM is selling it for, but pretty bags like that tend to go fast, I think. If they're having free shipping and it were me, I'd order it PDQ!


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Angler bags 120lb of carp off the surface
Surface fishing in the winter sounds like pure madness but Roger Reade proved it should never been dismissed when he used the unseasonal tactic for a 119lb catch during a session at Somerset's Bullock Farm.
The Solihull-based rod was enjoying a relaxing break at the complex and decided to go against the grain by using bread on the top while targeting the North Pool.
It was a bold move that soon paid dividends, with fish to 8lb falling throughout the day.
For more details on the fishery visit www.bullockfarm.co.uk


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Melodies of Life (English Version)-
Shiratori Emiko
Lời bài hát Melodies of Life (English Version)
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[00:20.99]Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark
[00:28.98]For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
[00:35.85]To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
[00:42.65]Melodies of life--love's lost refrain
[00:52.44]Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
[01:00.74]We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
[01:07.52]And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
[01:14.73]Let them ring out loud till they unfold
[01:21.92]In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
[01:36.47]Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name
[01:51.05]* A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
[01:57.50]Adding up the layers of harmony
[02:04.74]And so it goes, on and on
[02:10.63]Melodies of life,
[02:14.75]To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond
[03:11.52]So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
[03:17.37]Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
[03:23.51]I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings
[03:30.86]Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings
[03:40.17]In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
[03:52.21]Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?
[04:06.88]A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
[04:13.66]Adding up the layers of harmony
[04:20.02]And so it goes, on and on
[04:26.99]Melodies of life,
[04:30.49]To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond
[04:41.19]If I should leave this lonely world behind
[04:48.14]Your voice will still remember our melody
[04:55.83]Now I know we'll carry on
[05:02.25]Melodies of life
[05:06.23]Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts
[05:15.29]As long as we remember
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Client: Produced by Up Front Entertainment for CBC's Doc Zone
A one hour documentary for about the booming and deadly business of Ecstasy and Crystal Meth manufacturing in Canada. Special reenactments with our daughter Jamie Hart's first dramatic death scene and our son Liam buying and doing drugs!
Producers Linda Stregger and Barbara Barde. Directed by Jaime Escallon-Buraglia. Editing, colour correction and online by Paul Hart/Beevision.


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text: A couple of weeks ago the entertainment world was shocked yet again by another celebrity divorce. Yes, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony made a public announcement of their divorce. Now all that is left is the speculation of why the power couple is breaking up. Normally I would never write about something as personal as a divorce, but I made an exception this time because I viewed their marriage as one that would work. Almost as soon as the news became widely known, everyone tried to figure out which one strayed. I am not concerned about who is to blame. However, I write this week because I really like Marc Anthony. Always candid, honest and humble in interviews, his performances are fantastic. J-Lo is a very talented all-around entertainer herself and I admire her work. Nevertheless, I still wonder, after seven years of marriage and two children, what went wrong? When Anthony and Lopez announced their engagement, I really thought their marriage was going to last a while because they had similar backgrounds. I thought Anthony and Lopez really had a lot to talk about like performing, family, past experiences and more. Maybe their common ground was the glue that made it all last for seven years, which is an eternity by Hollywood standards. In the end, maybe the time apart was more likely the killer of their relationship. The American Idol gig keeps J-Lo working quite a bit. Added to that work is a new album containing some good dance tracks, not to mention Anthony's major recording career. The couple had also signed on to do a new reality show searching for top Latin talent for an extravaganza. I am not sure what will happen with that idea. A recent interview in Vanity Fair where J-Lo talked about the divorce quoted her as saying, "Sometimes it doesn't work". In the end, I guess that is true.


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I found some great black and white striped wrapping paper recently, and have been trying to find the perfect way to use it. I think the whole roll of circus stripes will find a happy life in projects around the house, and here's the first!
My new plant from a weekly outdoor market needed a worthy home.
And a ravioli can won the competition.
If you ever want to wrap a tin can with fun paper, I can offer you two tips:
- Carefully remove the label so you can use it as a pattern.
- Glue the paper to some cardstock, so it doesn't get all wrinkly when you glue it to the can.
And voila! A happy can-pot.
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A Bloomberg administration plan that would allow livery cabs to pick up street hails outside busy parts of Manhattan fell back into limbo on Wednesday, just hours after a deal on the bill seemed imminent.
The State Legislature passed the bill in June, but it has not yet made its way to the desk of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has cited concerns from the taxi industry and advocates who say the plan should expand taxicab access for wheelchair users.
The bill will be sent to Mr. Cuomo's desk on Friday. At a news conference late Wednesday night, the governor declared that efforts to reach a compromise during a special session of the Legislature that same day had "failed," and he added, "I've said from Day 1, if we don't have resolution of these issues, I'm going to veto the bill."
It remained possible the legislation could be taken up in Albany next year, and, Mr. Cuomo said, "that's at this point probably the most likely scenario."
An amended plan, hashed out over weeks of negotiations, would have resulted in about 2,000 new taxis that could accommodate wheelchairs; by Wednesday morning, city officials were convinced they had reached a deal with the governor.Continue reading the main story
It was not to be: in the early afternoon, Mr. Cuomo's staff said the amended bill would not be sent to the Legislature for a vote.
"I don't believe there was ever an agreement on the taxi bill," Mr. Cuomo said hours later. "There are significant issues, there's a myriad of issues, and they're all significant."
The Bloomberg administration, which has been wrangling over the plan with lawmakers and industry officials for months, released an unusually testy statement after it became clear the bill would not go forward during this week's session.
"Over the last six months, the governor has repeatedly expressed support for the goals of the legislation," Micah Lasher, the city's chief lobbyist, said in the statement. "He and his staff were finalizing an amendment this morning, but it was never sent to the Legislature."
If the bill fails, the city could face fiscal consequences. The legislation calls for the sale of 2,000 new taxicab medallions, expected to generate about $1 billion. That revenue has already been included in the city's budget for the next fiscal year.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg first raised the livery cab plan, which would be a drastic change for the industry, in his State of the City address in January. Mr. Cuomo had pledged to broker a deal among the warring factions, but a meeting last month at the governor's Manhattan office did not yield an agreement.
The plan has been fiercely opposed by yellow taxi fleet owners.Continue reading the main story


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Article courtesy of PHIL GARBER| Feb 6, 2016 | New Jersey Hills Media Group | Shared as educational material | Reprinted with permission of New Jersey Hills Media Group/Observer-Tribune
A new federal study shows that most male smallmouth bass examined in the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge had female characteristics, as a result of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the water.
Similar situations were found in the Wallkill River, which empties into the Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge.
The N.J. Sierra Club said the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has caused the problem by not protecting the waterways from pollutants from sewer discharges.
A DEP official, however, said the issue is a global problem and that there is no clear way to avoid the contamination in waterways.
The study by U.S. Geological Service (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers showed that 85 percent of male smallmouth bass and 27 percent of male largemouth bass tested in waters in or near 19 national wildlife refuges in the Northeast U.S. were intersex.
Intersex is when one sex develops characteristics of the opposite sex. It is linked with exposure of fish to endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can affect the reproductive system and cause the development of characteristics of the opposite sex, such as immature eggs in the testes of male fish. Intersex is a global issue, as wild-caught fish affected by endocrine-disrupting chemicals have been found in locations across the world, the USGS said.
Estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemicals come from a variety of sources, from natural estrogens to synthetic pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals that enter the waterways. Examples include some types of birth control pills, natural sex hormones in livestock manures, herbicides and pesticides.
"It is not clear what the specific cause of intersex is in these fish," said Luke Iwanowicz, a USGS research biologist and lead author of the paper. "This study was designed to identify locations that may warrant further investigation. Chemical analyses of fish or water samples at collection sites were not conducted, so we cannot attribute the observation of intersex to specific, known estrogenic endocrine—disrupting chemicals."
This prevalence of intersex fish is much higher than that found in a similar USGS study that evaluated intersex in black basses in nine river basins in the United States. That study did not include river basins in the Northeast.
"The results of this new study show the extent of endocrine disrupting chemicals on refuge lands using bass as an indicator for exposures that may affect fish and other aquatic species," said Fred Pinkney, a USFWS contaminants biologist and study coauthor. "To help address this issue, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encourages management actions that reduce runoff into streams, ponds and lakes — both on and off of refuge lands."
Jeff Tittel, president of the N.J. Sierra Club, said the issue is symptomatic of "a failure of government to protect these waterways and to deal with the pharmacological issue that's caused this serious problem."
A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said that scientists continue to study the impact of unregulated chemicals on endocrine disruptors that can cause deformities.
"This is a global issue," said DEP spokesman Lawrence Hajna. "This is not just a New Jersey issue."
Michael Horne, superintendent of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, said there is no process to treat endocrine disruptors which are found in the treated wastewater discharge from most if not all sewer plants. Endocrine disruptors are found in birth control pills and in other drugs.
"I don't think the current sewer treatment process could or would remove these chemicals from the water," Horne said. "There is a likelihood that those chemicals are being introduced into waterways from sewer plants."
Tittel said the sexual deformities in the male fish "may be attributed to hormone-filled runoff of pesticides and other pollutants in the water. The state of New Jersey has failed to afford these waterbodies the protection they deserve and now we're seeing the effect of that. This report is an alarm bell going off about the impact of chemicals and pharmaceuticals to important waterways."
Canary In A Mine
Tittel said the condition of the fish is like "the canary in the coal mine. It shows that we have significant problems in our waterways from chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Even in a place considered rural and environmentally sensitive, we're seeing serious concerns."
The DEP is continuing to monitor the science on this topic, and has taken steps in conjunction with other state and local agencies to educate the public about not disposing their prescription medications down the toilet, said Hajna.
"But how to address the fact that wastewater treatment plants don't capture all of these chemicals before discharging their effluent remains the subject of many studies that are looking at ecological impacts, relative health risks, and potential costs of various treatment technologies," Hajna said.
He said the most recent USGS study adds to the knowledge of the issue and impacts to ecological systems.
"But the scientific community overall still has more questions than answers on human health impacts," Hajna said.
He said the DEP will continue to evaluate emerging science that from across the world while evaluating the work of the federal EPA looking at the science of emerging contaminants of concern.
Julia Somers of Harding, director of the N.J. Highlands Coalition, said her initial concern is that the DEP is waiting for the federal government to study the problem. She said the DEP has many experts who could be expediting research.
"It's unfortunate the DEP appears to be passing the buck to other agencies to do the research," Somers said.
Tittel said that four governors have proposed to classify the Wallkill River as the highest protected, Category 1 stream. But Tittel said the governors have "backed down due to political pressure for local development interests and politicians in Sussex County."
Tittel said the Wallkill provides habitat for the bog turtle, drains into a national wildlife refuge, is an integral part of water supply in the state of New York, and has flooding problems due to overdevelopment.
"It has not been afforded the protection it needs due to political games. The river is now also home to nitrogen, phosphorus, and other chemical pollutants," Tittel said. "The upgrading of streams to Category 1 is one of the most important tools we have under the New Jersey Clean Water Act for protecting our waters from pollution."
Tittel said the river has not been designated as Category I because the state "has taken care of politically-connected developers over clean water."
The Walkill was originally nominated for C1 status in 1988 because of the presence of federally-protected bog turtles. In 1988 it was denied categorization so that the Sussex County sewage plant could be built. In 1993 it was nominated under the Florio administration but the Whitman administration pulled it to allow for the expansion of the sewage plant and new development, Tittel said.
"They played games to allow for more expansion of the Crystal Springs development in Hardyston to hook into the sewage capacity, despite it being bog turtle habitat," Tittel said. "In 2000, they pushed through the Vernon marsh for development in Sparta."
Tittel said that in 2007, then-DEP Director Lisa Jackson proposed the Wallkill River for a Category 1 designation but it was rejected once again by the Corzine administration "under political pressure from certain politicians and development interests.
He said that rather than protecting the waterways in the area, the state has instead supported more development. For example, he said that in 2004 Vernon, Lafayette and other towns were left out of the Highlands Act protection so as not to impede ski area and big sprawl projects.
He said the same thing has been happening with the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, a wilderness area that drains into the Passaic River's drinking water. Tittle said that in 1988 expansion of the Chatham Township sewage plant was permitted, discharging directly into the Great Swamp.
Other sewage plant expansions in the area include ones for a major office park expansion at Giralda Farms and others in Morris Township and Florham Park.
Tittel said the Christie administration has rolled back protections for C1 streams and their buffers. Proposed flood hazard rules would allow for development within important protective buffers of the streams, Tittel said.
"New Jersey has failed to protect the Wallkill River and the Great Swamp National Refuge," Tittel said. "We could have been protecting the river against pollution for the past 30 years had we designated it the C1 stream it should be. Instead, the state continued to side with development interests over clean water."
The USGS report can be seen at http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=4412&from=rss_home#.Vq-bK7IrLIV.


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Sculpture and Drawing
BA (University of British Columbia), MFA (York University)
Professor Schwarz is a nationally-recognized artist whose work is found in public and private collections across Canada. She has taught sculpture and drawing at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has also developed and taught courses in feminist studio.
Judith Schwarz was awarded the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award in Visual Arts by the Canada Council in recognition of her work.
|Solo Exhibitions
|Geocentric, Canadian Embassy Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Judith Schwarz, Sable Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
|Transcriptions, Freedman Gallery, Albright College Centre for the Arts, Reading, PA
|Dissembling Structures/Structures dissimulees – A Survey of Judith Schwarz Sculpture 1989-1998,
University of Waterloo Art Gallery; Helen & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal;
Charles S. Scott Art Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia
|SCULPTURE/sculpture, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Emma Lake Works on Paper, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
|Equation, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Transparent Sculpture, S.L. Simpson, Toronto, Ontario
Fictive Space Collaborative Exhibition with Arlene Stamp, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Sculpture, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
|Sculpture S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Judith Schwarz, Centennial Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
|Judith Schwarz, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario
|Judith Schwarz, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Ontario
Reciprocation, The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
|Recent Sculpture, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Recent Sculpture, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
|Sculpture, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Shadow of the Palace, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
|Recent Sculpture, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
|How Water Evaporates, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
|Ideas for Outdoors, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
|Cella: An Installation, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 – Catherine Heard / Judith Schwarz, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 – Revolve: Catherine Burgess, Judith Schwarz and Martha Townsend, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2001 – Alignments, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1999 – My Place or Yours, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Redefining the Still Life: Selections From the Permanent Collection, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Portal, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 – Threshold, Power Plant Gallery for Contemporary Art, Toronto Ontario (catalogue)
Wood: An Aesthetic & Social Ecology, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
The Texture of a Collection, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
1997 – Rococo Tattoo, Power Plant Gallery for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario (catalogue)
Site / Work: Toronto Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (catalogue)
The View From Here, Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
1996 – Review II, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
You/Here, artist project for The Body Missing Web site by Vera Frenkel
The Monumental New City: Art and Community, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
1995 – Looking Back III: 1986-1990, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1994 – 64-94′ Contemporary Decades, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1992 – Legal Perspective, McMichael Canadian Art, Kleinburg, Ontario
Judith Schwarz/Carol Wainio, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1991 – Old Man River Exhibition, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
9 From Toronto, Art Gallery of York University; Glendon Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
9 From Toronto, Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England;
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Alexander, Schwarz, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
S.L. Simpson Gallery, 1980-1990, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Art at Skydome, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
A Meeting: An Exhibition by Canadian and Dutch Artists, Stichting Artichoc (Foundation Artichoc), Oss, The Netherlands
The Perfect Fit, Creating Art for Specific Sites, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
Artscape, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario
Temporal Icons, Contemporary Sculpture, A.R.C./Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
Waterworks, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
York Work: Faculty Exhibition, York University Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
York Faculty Show, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Canada Collects, Contemporary Sculpture from the Art Bank, Washington Square Building, Washington, D.C.
Re:Union, Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Exposicion Canadiense, Instituto de Cultura de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico
L'Impulsion, John A. Schweitzer Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Art Gallery of Brant
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Windsor
Borden, Ladner and Gervais
Canada Council Art Bank
City of Vancouver
The Edmonton Art Gallery
Fasken Campbell Godfrey
Guaranty Trust Company of Canada
The Glick Organization
Hamilton Art Gallery
Ivest Corporation
London Life Insurance Company
McCarthy Tetrault
National Gallery of Canada
Oakville Galleries
Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt
Petro Canada
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
The Royal Bank
Toronto, Dominion Bank
Tory, Tory, DesLauriers and Binnington
University of Lethbridge, Alberta
University of Oregon
University of St. Michael's College
York University, Toronto
|Artist in Residence, Open Studio, Toronto
|Ruminations from the Sidelines, article, Black Flash, Vol. 19.2 / 2001
|Blink, 3 page Artist Project, C Magazine, Fall/Winter Issue #67/68
|Artist in Residence, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
|Studio Residency, Artspace, Sidney Australia
|You/Here, artist's website for "The Body Missing" by Vera Frenkel
|Catalogue Essay, Remove, M.F.A. Exhibition, York University Graduates, Morrow Gallery, Toronto A Dialogue With Vision: The Art of Spring Hurlbut and Judith Schwarz: 16 mm. documentary film, b/w & colour, by Annette Mangaard, 1990
| I am an artist. My name is…, 220 min. video tape, initiated and directed in collaboration with
Elizabeth Mackenzie, Knossos, Artist Project, "Impulse" magazine
|Artist Project (photographic artwork), "Impressions" magazine
2001/03 – Pacific Spiral , sculptural water feature, Concord Pacific, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000/02 – Functional Sculpture Canopy and Fence, Options for Homes, Gooderham & Worts Development, Toronto, Ontario
1992 – Nautilus Gateway, stainless steel and bronze sculpture, Waterpark Place, Bay Street and Queen's Quay, Toronto, Ontario
1990 – Spiral Fountain, bronze fountain for Hotel Deck, Skydome, Toronto, Ontario


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It's that time again, time to giveaway a book that I reviewed in July and August! Because I skipped last month, I'm going to have TWO WINNERS this time. You know the drill, right? This giveaway is international as long as The Book Depository ships to your country. First, I want to congratulate my winner from July:
Heather B. chose The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman
I have quite a mixed bag of books this time around, there is something for everyone. My two favorites of the group are Dark Matter and Nevernight, closely followed by The Devourers and The Obelisk Gate. Here are the books you'll get to choose from if you win (click on the book titles to read my reviews):
Best books of the month:
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
The Devourers by Indra Das
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Panacea by F. Paul Wilson
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Before She Wakes by Sharon Lynn Fisher
I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas
The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
The Kraken Sea by E. Catherine Tobler
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In a post this week in Business Week, Catherine Holahan talks about an interview with Rob Torres, Google's managing director for Travel where she gets the skinny on Google's plans for the "$90+ billion global travel ad and sales market.â€Â Looks like Google has set its sights on Travel Destinations as a revenue opportunity. (Do they really need any more revenue opportunities??)
As Holahan outlines in her post, Google is trying to take back control of the "advertising†opportunities around what now is primarily user generated content posted by the general public to the leading video sharing site YouTube.com (of which Google owns of course). Google's Rob Torres points out the following, "the goal of the goal of Google's travel division (aside from generating revenue or course!) is to give users a destination where they can research travel plans, read user reviews, and see user uploaded videos and photos.†Already, about 50% of travelers use some sort of online social media site to research their plans…why not give them a one-stop shop for travel information,†says Torres.
So Google's quest is to "help†Travel destinations and the associations and tourism boards that run them by helping them distribute canned and "advertorial†web TV spots (paid for of course by the destinations), on YouTube.com –  and then lead users to other content including paid search Ads, instead of encouraging advertisers to purchase ads around user generated content.
Check out the example that Holahan refers to in the article – New Zealand, which to date has had 884,621 views – nice! In addition, they have posted 40 other video's to YouTube. Currently when you do a search in YouTube.com for the term "New Zealand†the top result is this video, and not the user generated video's posted by users. Most other travel destinations when searched on YouTube serve up video's posted by users that are not advertising messages professionally created.
According to Marion  Edward in "Mouth/Mouse: Social Networking and the Travel Industry, "YouTube has already grown to serve more than 100 million video views per day and is receiving more than 65,000 video uploads daily…with a user base ranging from 18-49, spanning all geographies.â€
There are however tourism destinations already actively posting video's to YouTube and other video sharing sites such as Yahoo! Video, Break.com, and Metacafe.com,  but user generated content seems to still be the most watched video's. I am sure that Google will make some changes to the algorithms that YouTube.com uses to serve up search results…then this medium becomes less of a social network (which is the origins of the site) and more a "pay to play†advertising vehicle like search.
Some great examples of destinations already posting video's include; Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, and Nova Scotia Tourism.
My take? Google wants to make sure that they are capitalizing on the revenue opportunity the YouTube.com presents – which is fairly minimal if destinations are simply advertising in conjunction with user generated content, and many are not yet comfortable with that. Advertisers seem to still want "control†over the message and have not fully embraced "endorsing†user generated content and reviews.
So here it is right from the horse's mouth… "Fueling Google's travel plans is consumers move to researching and booking vacations online. In 2007, more travel sales were booked online than in person, says Google's Rob Torres. "That means travel marketers, many of whom already spend millions on search ads and the like, will likely shift more of their budgets to the Web…rather than try to convince travel marketers to advertise on user-generated videos, they can sell sponsored destination pages on YouTube where travel marketers can post their own videos and influence or control what types of content users upload."
Then Google can also sell other forms of advertising, such as search ads, to drive traffic to the site.†There you have it! Now that does not sound like it is all about the user experience now does it?!
Sounds like a smart idea (google is usually pretty smart from what I hear!!) – but will the users who consume YouTube.com embrace an advertising message over user generated content? Is there room for both? I guess we will see!
[tags]tourism marketing, travel, online marketing, youtube, video sharing, social media marketing, destination marketing, travel destinations, Google travel [/tags]Â


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Maybelline NY recently launched a lot of new and exciting products in India. They launched their much-hyped Fit Me range here a couple of weeks ago. In this range you will get foundation, compact powder, concealer and blushes. Today I'm reviewing the Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation.
Review, swatches, shades, price, buy online Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation 128 Warm Nude
What company says…
Eliminate the look of pores and achieve natural looking skin with this lightweight, mattifying foundation.
Shades Available
Ivory, Warm Nude, Medium Beige, Natural Buff, Sun Beige, Toast, Toffee
Warm Nude
I picked 128 Warm Nude shade for my skin, sadly Maybelline has launched only 6 shades here while there are 24 shades are available abroad. The shade option is so limited, anyways I picked this shade because it is quite close to my skin tone.
In the mirror of my own experience
Maybelline Fit Me foundation comes in a glass bottle with a black cap. The bottle is not very heavy and looks sleek and beautiful. I was disappointed to see that it comes with a regular screw cap without a pump. Without a pump it's very difficult to use the foundation. You have to pour it out direct from the bottle which I find hard to dispense the product. Sometimes it becomes messy and time-consuming.
I picked the shade 'Warm Nude' because it is close match to my skin tone. I found the shade a bit darker while applying but I would say it's quite close. I chose this because I felt that the shade 'Ivory' might be lighter than my skin tone which wouldn't look natural. This shade gives a slightly tanned effect which I'm absolutely fine with!
It has a smooth and lightweight texture that neither too runny nor thick. It spreads well on the skin. My skin is dry so I need to apply a moisturiser properly before applying the foundation. It's a perfect choice for oily to combination skin girls. The Maybelline Fit Me foundation is easily blend-able. It gives light to medium coverage and is totally buildable. I love the coverage that it gives. It doesn't look like you're wearing any makeup at all.
I apply the foundation with my Real Technique foundation brush. It gives a smooth and flawless finish. I would have loved it even more if the shade matched my skin better. It hides the imperfections and blemishes well and gives a matte and smooth finish to the skin. It doesn't feel cakey and stays on me for about 6-8 hours. The best part of this foundation that is pretty hard to find in a drugstore foundation is that it blurs the pores and makes the skin smooth and spotless. I don't like to layer my skin after applying the Maybelline Fit Me foundation so i always prefer to skip compact powder because the foundation gives me a completely matte, smooth and velvety effect.
|I'm wearing Maybelline NY Fit Me! Matte+Poreless Foundation in Warm Nude
Good points
Smooth and creamy in texture
blend well on the skin
Gives medium coverage
Hides imperfections well
Perfect for oily-combination skin due to its matte texture
Doesn't feel heavy on the skin
Totally weightless
Gives a smooth and flawless finish
Very affordably priced at INR 525
Bad points
Only 5 shades available that is not enough for all skin tones
The bottle doesn't have a pump disenser
Not suitable for super dry skin beauties
Overall, I'm quite impressed with the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation. It gives a medium coverage, hides mild blemishes very well, very light weight to wear, gives a completely matte and smooth finish and has a nice staying power. However, it's not perfect for dry skin ladies but a perfect option for oily and combination skin.Unfortunately, the shades range that has been launched in India is very limited as compared to the diversity of skin tones. I hope Maybelline will launch some more shades here. I'll suggest my readers to try this foundation if you get your right shade.
INR 525 for 30 ml
Available HERE
What is your opinion about Maybelline NY Fit Me! Matte+Poreless Foundation, have you tried it?
Disclaimer-The product has been sent by the brand, but all opinions expressed are my own


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Located on the forth floor in the mainly building in the hotel this deluxe rooms are equipped with one bedroom and two balcony, one big bed and , hot shower, You will enjoy the beautiful view of the villa and the back garden, Swimming pool and Bickrampur, Air conditioner, Water heater, Cable TV, Roof for sun bath.
Area: 1200sqf
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The definition of the word Odyssey is "an epic journey" and there is nowhere in the world as epic as Italy. Take in some of the most amazing examples of architecture and art that the world has to offer and explore this country's natural beauty all the while sampling fabulous local food and wine.
The Tuscany Countryside
There is no denying that the Tuscany Countryside is a feast for the senses! Be sure to check out the olive groves and vineyards that the area is famous for. From the stunning colours of the flora and fauna to the food, wine and beautiful art, you can surround yourself in beauty every minute that you spend here.
This is an ancient city that Julius Caesar once called his home. At the Colosseum you can see where his gladiators fought for their lives to entertain thousands of people. You can go on some great underground tours of the Coliseum and experience it in all it's glory. Some of the greatest artists and architects of world history have left their legacies in this city. Michelangelo's murals in the Sistine Chapel are mesmerizing and must be seen. Enter the Vatican City (a separate country within a city) and peruse the rich Catholic history. Be sure to stop by the Trevi fountain, a marvel of art and engineering. If you are interested in shopping you can scoop up plenty of inexpensive and high quality leather products. Make sure to sample the local food and wine and don't forget to stop by one of the many breathtaking beaches.
This stunning, romantic city located in northeastern Italy is famous for its unique bridges and canals. Be sure to experience a gondola ride along the famous Grand Canal and watch the sunset. This city is also renowned for its amazing architecture and art and music. Be sure to take in Piazza San Marco and St Mark's Basilica. Try to visit one of the many world famous festivals that take place in the city. This is a great area for shopping and it is known for its world famous Venetian glass. Be sure to dine on the fantastic food and wine that this area offers.
Amalfi Coast
This stretch of coastline in southern Italy is known for its mild climate and stunning panoramic views. This Unesco World Heritage site is something that must be seen to be believed. Rent a car and drive west along the 40 km stretch from Vietri sul Mare in the east to Positano. There are some fantastic villas you can rent on the Amalfi Coast, from there you can rent a boat and explore this stunning stretch of coast and all of its inlets. Make sure you find time to relax in the sun and try the limoncello liqueur made from local lemons. Be sure to try the exquisitely prepared, freshly caught seafood.
This city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance. You can visit sculptures and paintings by Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci and many other famous historical artists here. The architecture here is also rated among the finest in the world. It is also known for its fashion and Gucci, Ferragamo, Cavalli, and Emilio Pucci all have their headquarters here. So make sure you take a stroll down the famous Via de' Tornabuoni for some shopping.
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EDX Hard Floor Off-Road Camper
The EDX Hard Floor Off-Road camper is one of the most innovative and modern hard-floor camper trailer in the market, featuring our patent pending automated open and close function as standard.
The design on the EDX Hard floor commenced in December 2012, and was in development for 10 months with a team of mechanical engineers and research and development staff from within the company.
We looked at the Hard floor concept with a fresh approach and designed it to have every option included from the day of concept, rather than adding options after the design was completed. It consists of over 250 laser cut parts, made up from mild steel, galvanised metal, aluminium sheet metal, zinc anneal sheet metal, stainless steel and composite materials from Australia and Germany.
Engineered for Australia's harsh outback, coupled with modular versatility and luxurious ammenities.
The interior of the EDX has been designed to optimise every inch of the internal volume.
Our signature MTC designed stainless steel slide out kitchen with sink and 3 burner gas stove, under kitchen storage and large stainless steel bench making cooking a breeze with 2 large pantry drawers and 95 ltr refrigerator right by your side.
The EDX is designed to go where traditional campers struggle.
Standard Inclusions
Body & Chassis
- 3D CAD engineered automotive construction with replaceable panels
- Aluminium, stainless steel, zinc anneal and galvanised body panels
- Heavy duty structural hot dipped galvanised chassis and draw bar construction
- Independent coil suspension with removable stub axles
- 12 inch electric off-road brakes
- 3500 kg off-road tow hitch with hand-brake
- Heavy duty jockey wheel and 2 heavy duty stabiliser legs
- 16" x 8" steel wheels with 265/75/16 All terrain tyres
- Under-body wind down spare wheel
- Front and rear mud flaps
- 2 chassis mounted rear recovery points
- Stainless steel heavy duty Pack-rack with tie-down points
- 125 ltr food grade polyethylene water tank
- Oven baked enamel paint (standard colour: white)
- Intergrated stone guard with rubber lining
External Compartments
- Integrated rubberised stone guard and vented storage compartment on A-frame housing wih 2 x 20lt jerry can holders and 2 x 4kg gas bottle holders plus ample storage space for rubbish and firewood
- 3 marine carpet lined storage compartments
Electrical System
- 12 volt and 240 volt electrical system managed by a battery management system that incorporates AC, DC and solar charging into 2 x 105 amps AGM deep cycle batteries equivalent to 5 days of power without charge
- 12 volt water pump with water tank level indicator
- Mains water pressure regulator
- 6 way control panel with individual fuses
- Dual actuators with factory programmable module and reset switch
- 11 LED lights, 6 USB sockets, 2 auxiliary sockets, 2 dual 240 volt power points
External Kitchen
- Slide out stainless steel kitchen with 3 burner stove, sink with glass lid, under sink storage, 2 drawer and ample food preparation bench
- 2 slide out pantry drawers with dividers
- Slide out 95 litre Waeco refrigerator
- Touch LED dimmer light
- Dual 240 volt power point
- Dual USB socket
- Auxiliary socket
Internal Cabin
- 2 access door to interior cabin
- Inner-spring queen size mattress with cover
- Bed head storage compartment with dual USB socket and 2 LED bed reading lights
- 2 touch LED dimmer lights
- Over head LED strip light
- LED strip light over clothing drawer
- Slide out clothing drawer with dividers
- Dual USB socket
- Auxillary socket
- 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter
- Dual 240 volt power point
- Bed head storage compartment with dual USB 12v socket
- Australian 12 ounce Dyna-proofed canvas
- Insulated Roof
- Annexe Roof
- Annexe LED strip light
- Mesh floor
- Pegs & ropes
- Ropes and pegs
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PGP #353 – Death By Zankou
Randy makes the mistake of eating at Zankou Chicken, but somehow he survived…Plus Gina and Randy finish up the weekend recap including Sunday's Laker Game, Drunk Bike Riding, Klonopin, Philly, blackface and Mr. Black! Also DJ Caroline Posada Stops by to promote her huge party this friday night at the grand opening of Exchange in Downtown LA!
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Today's era has come up with its own variety and versions of problems. The problems faced by our fathers and forefathers still exist, but in slightly altered forms. With respect to a car, it is the budget constraints which restrict a person from purchasing a new car and maintaining an old one appropriately.
As a college graduate willing to get into university with his own transport or as a median salaried family seeking pleasant family outings, a used car remains the best option. However, it goes by the rule – used cars have their own aspirations and risks. While someone may be selling a car to get rid of some problems, one needs to be smart enough not to buy the problems. Getting the right car at a right price can be extremely challenging, especially if you are new to this.
No one wants to spend hefty amounts of their hard earned finances on something that will demand more investment in maintenance and is still destined to break down in near future. Here is a list of things to help you inspect your vehicle for possible signs of trouble.
Step 1: Check all documents and seek verification
Check the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), vehicle make, model, color and license plate and tally it with the original copy of vehicle registration form. Observe for signs of tampering pertaining to stolen vehicles. Furthermore, ask the owner for previous maintenance records and cross check it by calling in the service provider. Moreover, it is advisable to check vehicle history reports to see if it has been in any accidents. You will need to take all measures to ensure authenticity of the deal in order to preserve yourself from fraud.
Step 2: Self-check the vehicle
There are a number of self-check techniques to identify problems with a car. Be sure to implement them all. Even though it is not a promise of prolonged companionship, it is an adequate preliminary check to shortlist the number of viable options available to you.
Step 3: Time to test drive
If you are a seasoned driver, the test drive session will 'talk' to you about the car's condition. If there are any noises apart from the normal grumbling sound of the machinery, it means trouble. Be sure to spend at least fifteen minutes behind the wheel and drive on all possible platforms – a smooth road, highway, a rocky road, speed breakers – to figure out if the car is functioning properly.
Step 4: Seek a professional mechanic to check the car
It is a good idea to hire a mechanic to check the car you have finalized. Not only will it help in identifying issues which you might have overlooked, it will also provide a real estimate of how much more investment the car will require.
Step 5: Negotiating the price
There are a number of ways which can help you determine the best price to transport your car. Getting an auto transport quote from a reliable car shipper is imperative. Make sure you are well-aware and completely determined on this rate- or you might end up spending more on the same service.


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For this study, we have chosen an architecture that resembles the DASH multiprocessor [54], a large-scale cache-coherent machine that has been built at Stanford. Figure shows the high-level organization of the simulated architecture. The architecture consists of several processing nodes connected through a low-latency scalable interconnection network. Physical memory is distributed among the nodes. Cache coherence is maintained using an invalidating, distributed directory-based protocol. For each memory block, the directory keeps track of remote nodes caching it. When a write occurs, point-to-point messages are sent to invalidate remote copies of the block. Acknowledgment messages are used to inform the originating processing node when an invalidation has been completed.
We use the actual parameters from the DASH prototype wherever possible, but have removed some of the limitations that were imposed on the DASH prototype due to design effort constraints. Figure also shows the organization of the processor environment we assume for this study. Each node in the system contains a 33MHz MIPS R3000/R3010 processor connected to a 64 Kbyte write-through primary data cache. The write-through cache enables processors to do single-cycle write operations. The first-level data cache interfaces to a 256 Kbyte second-level write-back cache. The interface includes read and write buffers. The write buffer is 16 entries deep. Reads can bypass writes in the write buffer if the memory consistency model allows this. Both the first and second level caches are lockup-free [45], direct-mapped, and use 16 byte lines. The bus bandwidth of the node bus is 133 Mbytes/sec, and the peak network bandwidth is approximately 120 Mbytes/sec into and 120 Mbytes/sec out of each node.
The latency of a memory access in the simulated architecture depends on where in the memory hierarchy the access is serviced. Table shows the latency for servicing an access at different levels of the hierarchy, in the absence of contention (the simulations done in this study do model contention, however). The following naming convention is used for describing the memory hierarchy. The local node is the node that contains the processor originating a given request, while the home node is the node that contains the main memory and directory for the given physical memory address. A remote node is any other node. The latency shown for writes is the time for retiring the request from the write buffer. This latency is the time for acquiring exclusive ownership of the line, which does not necessarily include the time for receiving acknowledgment messages from invalidations, since the release consistency model is used [27].


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I noticed that nowadays most girl usually never or rarely wear skirts/dresses in their common wardrobe and then there are some girls that love them and were them almost all of the time. So my question is what is it about skirts/dresses that either makes you hate to wear them or love to wear them.
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I love them because I don't have to worry about my crack showing when I sit, and my legs rubbing together making my shorts go up..21|10|0
Strange, I never though of a girl liking to wear skirts since it did not show her crack, since most girls when they wear skirts seem to be worried about showing their underwear.
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Walking into BLK Burgrz, you get an immediate sense that they have exorcised the spirits of tenants past. The bold look and feel – a combination of old and new in an edgy package – demonstrate as much attitude as the serious rock playing over the sound system. With a lot of personality and a formidable menu for both food and drink, this place should make a go of it.
Walking up to the hostess table, I feel drawn to the sprawling outdoor patio, complete with a tree of lights and two Olympic-worthy fire bowls. A more accessible fireplace invites you to sit down and enjoy the large-screen TV showing the sporting event of the moment. But we opt for an indoor table, which is almost outdoors, given the floor-to-ceiling doors that help open up the relatively small dining area inside.
Service is competent, though lacking in a certain grace that a year of being in business should resolve. I tried to take in a dizzying array of drink options to start. BLK Burgrz sports 14 taps of craft beer, a substantial craft beer bottle list, and a mere nod to the mass-produced beers – a restaurant after my own heart! Add to that a list of specialty "martiniz," classic cocktails, a comprehensive wine list, and a bar stocked with an excellent whiskies, tequilas, and other liquors, and it is immediately apparent that this place has every angle covered.
With our drinks comes a basket of homemade potato chips, which are quite good and disappear fairly rapidly. We end up ordering the calamari and the kale salad, as well, both on the recommendation of our server. Both were good. The calamari had a little kick to it, and while I'm not a huge consumer of kale, the salad was well-done, with a light citrus dressing.
For the main course, the menu is astoundingly comprehensive, if you like burgers, and that's why you came to a place with the word "burgrz" in the name, right? There are stuffed burgers, signature burgers, specialty burgers, and endless opportunities to customize your burger, even though the process can be confusing, at first. For beef burgers, BLK is touting Kobe beef for the majority of its offerings. Vegetarians will have already been dragged here reluctantly, but there are a few decent options for the meat-free crowd, as well.
Once we wrapped our heads around the ordering process, it was fun to be able to select from a variety of rolls, cheeses, vegetables, and other add-ons (hello, fried egg) that make for a quality burger experience. Similarly, there are a number of sides to choose from that run the gamut from traditional french fries to a cup of chili. I tried the chili, which was very good, and my dining companion opted for fries, which were also quite good. Other options for sides include traditional offerings, such as baked potato or rice pilaf, amongst others.
Both burgers that we ordered were tasty, but keep in mind that the stuffed burgers have to be cooked medium-well to make sure that the stuffed portion is heated to the appropriate temperature. Between the homemade chips, the appetizers, and the burgers and sides, we were definitely full. Throw in a couple of craft beers and a Moscow Mule and I was ready to seek out a warm rock to lay on for a while.
BLK Burgrz has a good number of things going for it – nice décor, great patio area, good service, and a wealth of choices. The Kobe beef approach is a differentiator, though it also adds a few dollars to the price of a burger, which I would consider a worthy splurge. Grandma might not groove on the music, so you might want to leave her at home. For that matter, get a sitter for the kids, since I would consider this place a date night locale where you and your significant other can unwind, or a group of friends can enjoy a quality night on the town without having to drive out of town.
BLK Burgrz is located at 27742 Antonio Parkway, Suite 7, in Ladera Ranch. You can reach them at 949-429-6666, or find out more on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BLKBurgrz. They are currently open from 11:00 AM to an astounding 1:00 AM, seven days a week.