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Since 9/11, even candy makers have been enlisted in the fight to keep the nation's food supply safe from bioterrorists. That's why Ce De Candy, the maker of the Smarties brand of candy products, installed an automatic data capture and inventory management system in its Union, N.J., and New Market, Ontario manufacturing plants. Technology is not only transforming the way the company collects data, it is also laying the foundation for using that data to improve its processes in the future.
The technology allows the candy maker to track and trace the source and lot of the ingredients used to make its popular candies as well as the customers who that shipped the finished goods. That has enabled Ce De Candy to comply with the new lot and product tracking requirements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Bioterrorism act.
"When the FDA announced the new requirements, we suddenly had to maintain accurate records in case there was product tampering, contamination, or a recall," says Rick DePinto, Ce De Candy's information technology manager. An added challenge was that Ce De Candy still ran a paper-based warehouse without a warehouse management system or bar code scanning. "Prior to that, we didn't have to track anything," he adds. "We had to get up to speed and implement a system that would comply with the new mandates in a hurry."
How fast? Once the requirements were finalized, Ce De Candy had just six months to get the system up and running. The solution it implemented was a highly customizable software package (Portable Technology Solutions) that integrated easily with the manufacturer's ERP system and utilizes wireless, rugged bar code scanners (Motorola) to accurately track the source of ingredients—the important steps in the manufacturing process and finished products.
Since going live, Ce De Candy is not only compliant with the federal tracking requirements, the company has also discovered additional benefits in its logistics operations. "With the additional information available, we now have a record of every pallet picked for a customer," says DePinto. "That has improved the way we handle customer disputes regarding shipments."
Getting up to speed
Founded in England in 1932, Ce De Candy Inc.'s chairman launched operations in the U.S. in 1949 with only two wrapping machines, a rented facility, and a lot of ingenuity. More than 60 years later, the company produces 8.8 billion rolls of Smarties and other products each year that are sold through a large number of retail channels including drug stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, and wholesale clubs.
For most of those 60 years, Smarties had been manufactured, stored, and shipped in much the same way. Suppliers provided the raw materials that go into making the rolled candy product. Depending on the ingredient, a shipment of raw materials may satisfy several days worth of manufacturing, or longer. While some information was collected, it was not as complete as was required by the new bill; and it was collected manually, not electronically.
The federal Bioterrorism Act changed all that. First passed in 2002, the act created new FDA requirements to track the source and ingredients that went into every food product and identify where that product was shipped for the purposes of potential contamination. "Suddenly, everything had to be trackable," says DePinto. "We had six months to get a solution in place."
While compliance was a priority, Ce De Candy didn't want to meet the mandate at the expense of it current manufacturing processes, or put new burdens on its candy makers. "We did not want to add major steps for people who know how to make candy but aren't tech savvy," says DePinto. That was especially important because English is not a first language for many of Ce De Candy's employees.
Finally, DePinto put a priority on finding a solution that could meet the candy maker's new requirements and integrate with the existing ERP and order entry system without a lot of custom programming.
For those reasons, DePinto decided to focus on the software rather than the hardware. "My approach was to find the right software application and let the vendor dictate how that would work," DePinto says. "Whether it was handheld scanners or tablets, real-time or batched, I was going to rely on the vendor."
His search led him to a highly customizable inventory lot tracking software package that integrated easily with the order entry system and operated in a real-time, wireless environment. In fact, once the specifications for the processes were nailed down, the implementation and training took just a few weeks at both plants. Because the system is wireless, Ce De Candy's personnel are mobile. "That makes data collection and recording much easier for them," DePinto says.
In addition to installing wireless data collection systems in the two plants, the candy maker also outfitted tethered, or wired, scanners at remote warehouses. Those systems capture batch data on the products shipped from those locations.
Going wireless
Using the wireless scanners, Ce De Candy is capturing the information it needs with just three scans at critical stages of production. "With those scans, we're able to track when and where these processes take place for every pallet," says DePinto.
The process begins when suppliers fax an advance ship notification that identifies the lot number and quantity of product that's going to be delivered. With that information, Ce De Candy creates license plate bar code labels in advance of receipt that include the supplier's lot number and an internal lot number created by the candy maker's ERP system for the product. The bar code labels are applied to pallets after the product has been verified against the purchase order and inspected for quality. Product is then putaway in the central storage area without a bar code scan.
The license plate label is scanned for the first time before the product is introduced into the manufacturing process. An operator scans the label to verify that the right product and quantity were pulled from a central storage area. The system also records an electronic time and date stamp for when the product was retrieved.
The second scan happens at the end of the manufacturing process, after the ingredients have been converted into a finished product. The system creates a bar code label with a UPC code for a carton that is scanned to verify in real-time that the product that was just produced. That also creates a date and time stamp for that product. Following that scan, the system automatically recommends the number of cases of that product that should be put on a pallet.
Once a pallet has been built, another license plate bar code label with a new lot number is created for the pallet. "We now have a lot number that tells us that at a certain time of day on a certain date that a certain batch of material was produced including the specific lot of raw materials that went into that production run," DePinto says.
Once the pallet is labeled and stretch-wrapped, it's stored in the warehouse. Putaway locations are maintained manually. The final scan takes place when an order is placed and a bill of lading is printed in the shipping department. That bill of lading includes a bar code representation of the order.
An operator scans the bar code representation of the order, and then scans each pallet being pulled from the warehouse for that order. Those scans validate the order number and quantity of pallets and create a third date and time stamp. Once an order has been fully picked and is ready for shipment, the system now creates a packing list that will accompany the order.
Sweet benefits
From a compliance standpoint, the system has been a success. Where the company once relied on paper record keeping, Ce De Candy now has instant access to pertinent data regarding its ingredients and final product. "In the past, we literally wrote down everything we did during the day, and then reported it at the end of the shift," says DePinto. "Now, everything is in real-time, and we know up to the minute when things were made." The company has been audited by the FDA and is in full compliance.
However, once Ce De Candy began working with the system, it also discovered additional benefits that have improved operations. One has been the ability to use the new data to resolve shipping disputes. In the past, if a customer claimed they were short-shipped or sent the wrong products, Ce De Candy only had its paper-based records to argue its case, and those are prone to error. Now, the system ties shipments to specific lots of product.
The system also generates a packing list at the end of the picking process that's included with all shipments now. "We have an electronic record of when the pallet was picked and the packing list," DePinto says. "We can tell if there was a picking and shipping error on our part or an error at the other end, at our customers' facility."
In addition, Ce De Candy has real-time visibility into both its manufacturing operations—at its New Jersey headquarters and at the company's plant in Ontario. "Production data goes directly into our ERP system and can be viewed instantaneously," says DePinto. "That means we no longer have to call our plant manager in Canada to find out what's going on up there because all of that information is sent to our central tracking system."
Last, the company expects to utilize the data it is now collecting to drive continuous improvement by identifying trends regarding the quality of ingredients it is receiving and inconsistencies in its processes.
"This is only the beginning of what we can do for efficiencies within the manufacturing process," he says. "It is the most significant technology investment our company has made."
Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, has covered materials handling, technology, logistics and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. In addition to Supply Chain Management Review, he is also Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.

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But this week is filled with cold nights, cool mornings and perfect afternoons. And hey, those perfect afternoons are filled with fish catching and great picture taking opportunities. And last I checked, that's what we do here in Cedar Key. That's what we're known for. So lets fill the whole month of February with this weather pattern – what do you say, Bill Quinlin, serve it up buddy.
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Their quest was salpstransparent, gelatinous animals whose large populations contain both 10-centimeter-long specimens (right) and colonies that form chains several meters long. The researchers sought to learn the rudiments of this little-known southern hemispheric species: how much they eat, how fast they reproduce, and how much organic matter they transport to deeper water.
Salps can quickly generate massive populations that consume microscopic marine plants called diatoms. In some years, salp swarms may replace krill, which also eat diatoms. But while krill provide a rich, critical food source for whales and penguins, salps provide little nutrition.
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Is 'be the worst' ever limiting?
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One of my favourite patterns from Ade Oshineye and Dave Hoover's 'Apprenticeship Patterns' is 'Be the worst' which is described as follows:
Surround yourself with developers who are better than you. Find a stronger team where you are the weakest member and have room to grow.
Be the Worst was the seminal pattern of this pattern language. It was lifted from some advice that Pat Metheny offered to young musicians: "Be the worst guy in every band you're in." Pat's advice struck a chord with Dave, and was one of the reasons he started writing this book.
Since I started working at ThoughtWorks it hasn't been that difficult to follow this pattern and I've been the least experienced developer on the majority of teams that I've worked on.
I always thought this was a pretty good thing as since I'm always surrounded by people who know much more than I do about various aspects of software development the opportunity to learn is very high.
Recently conversations with several different colleagues leave me questioning whether at some stage we need to move away from this pattern, perhaps temporarily to improve skills in other areas.
The authors do cover this a bit in the book:
Being in a strong team can make you feel as if you are performing better. The other members of that team will often prevent you from making mistakes, and help you recover from mistakes so smoothly that you won't realize that you may not be learning as much as you think. It's only when you work on your own that you will see how much your team increases your productivity and realize how much you have learned.
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One area in which I've noticed that this is true is when it comes to making technical decisions on a project. Quite often I find that even though I have an idea of what the solution to a problem should be I end up deferring the decision to someone more senior in the team.
I don't think there's a problem with discussing solutions with others in the team but it certainly seems that it would be a better learning experience to be in a situation where I was forced to make the call and then see how things went as a result of that decision.
It's certainly possible to engineer a situation where you have to make that type of decision by working on open source projects but it's still useful to get experience on real projects as well.
I guess the easiest way is to be on a team where you aren't the worst so that by default you'll end up in a position where you have to make those calls.
An alternative is for more senior people to encourage others to make decisions with the knowledge that at least they will be there to help recover the situation if it goes wrong. I've seen some of my colleagues use this approach and it seems to work reasonably well.
It's still not a perfect approach though because often someone more experienced may know intuitively that an approach isn't going to work but will struggle to explain why they know that.
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The other situation where 'be the worst' is perhaps limiting is when it comes to solving problems on a team.
At the first sign of being 'stuck' there is a real temptation to ask someone for help even though you might be able to solve the problem alone given enough time.
A colleague in my first job suggested that whenever I got stuck it was worth struggling with it for an hour before asking for help. I don't know if that's too prescriptive but there certainly seems to be some merit in the idea.
I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts on this and whether there is in fact a point at which you can grow more by focusing less on learning all the time from others and more on stretching yourself to find situations in which to take the responsibility for making decisions based on that knowledge.
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Its a nice trick; claim a common virtue, not because it differentiates you, but because it casts a subtle doubt on whether your competition has the same virtue. It involves no actual lies, and you don't even need to name the competitors; they are all equally suspected, and must either ignore you or issue hasty and unconvincing claims to be just as good.
Advertisers love this one. In advertising "knocking copy" is the term for pointing out the defects in your competition. But blatant knocking copy is usually counter-productive: potential customers see it as mean, and it also carries an implicit message that the product you are knocking is a significant competitor (otherwise why spend money knocking it). But the "no tax on sheep" strategy neatly sidesteps this; you don't name your competitors and you don't say anything bad about them. You merely imply that they are not as good as you.
So its no surprise to see Microsoft using this strategy against Linux. The Microsoft page on Netbooks has this to say on why you want Windows on your Netbook:
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Windows makes your life simpler. Windows is easy to set up and use. You already know your way around, which means you can get started right away and easily find everything you need.
Windows just works with your stuff. With Windows, it's "plug and play"—meaning it works out-of-the-box with your PC applications and peripherals such as printers, digital still and video cameras, music players, and webcams.
Windows gives you peace of mind. Windows comes with features and tools that help keep your family and personal information safe. When you install Internet Explorer 8 as your Internet browser, you get additional built-in security features that help protect against deceptive and malicious websites.
Windows comes with more goodies. With Windows running on your netbook PC, you get access to additional software and services provided for free, like Windows Live services, which help with photo editing and organization, instant messaging, and family computing safety—all of which are just a download away.
I've highlighted the items which (in my opinion) apply to Linux as well. About the only thing I can't honestly claim is the "Windows is familiar" line. I can't deny that if you have only ever used Windows then Linux is going to be a bit different. Its not huge, but there is no point pretending its zero either.
So, I wonder, how could we turn this trick around? What can we say about Linux that casts doubt on Windows? To work, the implication has to be something that is truthy, regardless of how true it actually is. How about:
- Won't send your files to the US government. Linux has no stealth functionality, and it wasn't written by people with big Government contracts.
- No Blue Screen of Death! Linux was designed to be reliable.
- Puts you in charge. You decide what software to install, and if you don't like it you can always remove it.
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Twitter, Inc. is a social networking tool that has rapidly emerged as a new medium of online news distribution. The free microblogging website, where users can submit messages containing 140 characters or less to their followers, was co-founded by Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams. Twitter is a privately funded startup established by Obvious.com in San Francisco, on March 21, 2006.[1][2]
Twitter allows users to follow others, share status updates and / or news via "tweets," or republish another user's status update (referred to as a "retweet"). If a subject is popular enough, it can become a trending topic worldwide, and is displayed on the main website. Corporations can also pay Twitter to have a "Sponsored Trend" appear in the trending topics column. Twitter has made URL shorterners (such as ow.ly, bit.ly, tinyurl.com, and goo.gl, to name a few) popular, as they allow long URLs to be shortened and posted within a tweet.
As a simple messaging tool, the website states:
|Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web. The result of using Twitter to stay connected with friends, relatives, and coworkers is that you have a sense of what folks are up to but you are not expected to respond to any updates unless you want to.
The Twitter API allows developers to create applications for computers and mobile phones that allow users to filter their Twitter feed, as well as track click-through rates, manage multiple accounts, or log-in to a website using their Twitter login.
Per 2011 figures, they are a fast growing company with over 200 million registered users worldwide, with an average of 65 million tweets daily.[3] As of 2009, the major search engines integrated tweets into the search results. Twitter achieved its first profits by signing search engine contracts with Google and Bing.[4] The company has an enormous market capitalization of 10-15 billion dollars. Twitter has rejected takeover offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Google and Facebook.
Many celebrities, national sports figures and members of Congress [5] have verified Twitter accounts and anybody can follow their posts.
About The CEO
Dick Costolo became CEO in 2010. He was formerly a Google executive.[6]
Twitter Phenominon
The site is such a popular destination that new news articles about Twitter appear daily. In fact, one tweet by Daniel Knight Hayden, 52, which stated that he would massacre hundreds attending an Oklahoma City Tax Day Tea Party led to him being arrested by the FBI.[7] Tweets of popular celebrities and politicians have also been commented on in the mainstream media.
Thus far, Republicans have been more adept at utilizing Twitter than Democrats. Republicans occupy 18 of the top 20 spots in terms of followers for politicians on Twitter as of January 2010.[8] The study, "Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress," [9] showed twice as many Republicans use Twitter even though there were far fewer Republicans in Congress at the time. "Republican (members of Congress) are outpacing their Democratic rivals in nearly every single category that was measured" [10] This has ushered a markedly different trend for Republicans, who for years have been outmatched by Democrats online.
Conservatives on Twitter
Conservatives dominate on Twitter.[11] Some observers claim that liberals, who use wordy statements, have a hard time explaining themselves in 140 characters but it is to a conservative's advantage to articulate short and concise messages. Conservative words and phrases constantly make the top trending hashtags. As such, liberal tools are employed such as false flagging an account in large numbers.[12][13] This results in the banning of popular conservatives, commonly referred to as Twitter's Gulag.
Conservative dominance was especially troubling for the campaign of Barack Obama. The Obama campaign loved to take full advantage of social networking to get their message out to the masses. Nearly every time Team Obama promoted a hashtag, such as #dontdoublemyrate, conservatives would hijack the message.[14] A quick search would result in thousands of satirical responding tweets drowning out the Obama campaign's message with mockery.
Donald Trump brought even more attention to the social networking site, and drew both more conservatives and critics. He made it a regular practice to communicate with the public using Twitter, perhaps because of his distrust of the news media. He became quite popular on Twitter, with over 26 million followers. He became so popular, in fact, that searching just the first letter ("r") of his "handle" (username, which is "@realDonaldTrump") returned him as the first search suggestion.
Iranian protesters
Iranian protesters angered by the results of Iran's disputed presidential election started to tweet marches on the government. This forced the Islamic Republic to block all cell phone messaging in June 2009, as tweets can also be submitted via text message. At the request of the U.S. State Department, Twitter delayed scheduled maintenance to allow tweets from Iranians.
In a separate incident, a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army hacked into Twitter and defaced their homepage. They replaced the page with a bold pro-Iranian and anti-American message.[15]
Future directions
In a July 2012 interview with the Wall Street Journal Twitter's CEO explained his future plans. The paper noted, "Twitter executives still fight a perception that the service is only for tech geeks or narcissists, and there remain doubts about how big the San Francisco company can grow."[6] Twitter wants to encourage users to communicate about particular events while they happen. Twitter plans to encourage independent application developers to use Twitter as a platform. It hopes to add tools to allow companies to analyze messages that discuss particular companies and events.[6]
See also
- Tweet
- Social media
- MySpace
- Google Plus
- Gab.ai (conservative alternative to twitter)
- vk.com (Facebook with freedom of speech)
- ↑ Happy Birthday Twitter! Mashable
- ↑ Twitter: Free Microblogging Service Perhaps the Perfect Mobile Blogging Tool, About.com, August 16, 2008
- ↑ Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer, Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2011
- ↑ Content-Search Deals Make Twitter Profitable, BusinessWeek, December 21, 2009
- ↑ Members of Congress who Twitter Source Watch Encyclopedia
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ovide, Shira. "Beyond Tech Geeks and Narcisssists: Twitter Aims to Boost Site's Utility", Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2012, p. B1.
- ↑ FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats CNet, April 26, 2009
- ↑ Study: On Twitter, Republicans Dominate Dems, NewsBusters.org, January 14, 2010
- ↑ Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress (PDF), Eyeonfda.com, January 2010
- ↑ Republicans Gain the Twitter Edge on Democrats, Study Shows, Fox News, January 15, 2010
- ↑ Conservatives Won 2010 Twitter Battle, PsychCentral, July 22, 2011
- ↑ Report: Angry liberals abusing Twitter features to silence conservatives, Examiner.com, April 30, 2012[Dead link]
- ↑ Twitter Bans Conservative Account, The Stump Report, August 10, 2011
- ↑ #GEN44: CONSERVATIVES USURP OBAMA'S TWITTER HASHTAG…AGAIN, The Blaze, March 25, 2012
- ↑ Twitter Hack: Part Of Broader Iranian Strategy, Techcrunch.com, December 18, 2009
External links
- Twitter Home Page
- Twitchy.com: compiler of hilarious conservative and numskull liberal tweets
- Twulitzerprize.com; Daily best, worst, obvious tweets
- Video - Social Networking - Twitter can get you fired, Fox News, March 24, 2009
- U.S. Army warns of twittering terrorists
- Astronaut sends first live tweets from space
- The Twitter account of Almighty God
- Congressional Twitter accounts


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Field Roast Marketing Manager Jennifer Hryciw at the IACP Culinary Expo
On Friday, April 23rd, the IACP hosted the Culinary Expo and Book Signing at the Oregon Convention Center. I was there to help Jennifer and her helper, Mel, serve samples and talk to people about Field Roast. (I am writing a book with the owner, David lee.) If you don't know about Field Roast, here's a great article with a little video from the Seattle Times.
This was the first time Field Roast has exhibited at a non-vegetarian venue, and all of the food demos on the main stage were featuring beef, so we weren't sure what to expect. But I think that there was a good response! We certainly had lots of takers for the samples, and lots of surprised but pleased reactions.
I hope that our presence there went some way to showing omnivores that vegetarian meats (as David terms his products) can stand on their own as delicious protein foods, and not merely as "substitutes". David explains in the video mentioned above that "meat" originally meant "solid food". We call the edible part of nuts "nutmeat", after all. So, his product is "grain meat" or "vegetarian meat". He writes on his blog: "Our slogan written on every package using Chinese characters is "Flesh of the Earth" ." [Similarly, the Chinese call soy "the meat of the fields".]
We were handing out bumper stickers that read "Meat? Yes. Vegetarian? Yes.", and refrigerator magnets that read "Grain meat is not an oxymoron. It is, in fact, delicious." or "We are proof that vegetarians eat meat." He is adamant that his product is not "seitan", even though the main ingredient of both is gluten, the protein of wheat. And he's right, because "seitan", though used to refer to a number of gluten products, was originally a simple chunk of wheat gluten dough simmered in a broth of water and soy sauce, with perhaps some garlic or ginger. It isn't even a traditional Japanese product, but the invention of macrobiotic pioneers.
(A funny story-- a group of people came over for samples and one of them remarked to Jennifer that Field Roast must have a close relationship with the Washington State Beef Commission! She saw the "meat" word, but the "vegetarian" part didn't register! She was one of the representatives from the Oregon Beef Council, which sponsored the food demos! I am mortified to say that I had to exit the scene quickly before I heard Jennifer's answer, because I was about to burst out laughing! I'm sure Jennifer handled it with her usual aplomb!)
We were handing out samples of the elegant and delicious Stuffed Hazelnut Cranberry Roast en Croute (which is available now through retail outlets seasonally:
And all three yummy varieties of Field Roast sausages:
And two outstanding Food Service products which will be on the retail market in the near future, the unbelievably sumptuous Field Roast White Truffle Country Pâté:
and the very more-ish Field Roast Chao Cheese (their only soy product):
Yours Truly offering samples of the Pâté and Chao Cheese (Photo by Fran Costigan)
And all three yummy varieties of Field Roast sausages:
And two outstanding Food Service products which will be on the retail market in the near future, the unbelievably sumptuous Field Roast White Truffle Country Pâté:
and the very more-ish Field Roast Chao Cheese (their only soy product):
Yours Truly offering samples of the Pâté and Chao Cheese (Photo by Fran Costigan)
(For more information about these products, check out the Field Roast blog, or their products page (click on the link for each product for a link to a Product Sheet).
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to really look at the other booths or take more pictures!
Tomorrow's blog post: Dinner at Blossoming Lotus
Posted by Bryanna Clark Grogan at 3:00 PM
2 comments:
- HayMarket8 said...
That Hazelnut loaf looks great! Ii am so jealous that you get to do all these fun things!
- Sat May 01, 06:27:00 PM PDT
- Lilli said...
Looks like a great time! I love grain meat and that all looks so yummy :)
- Mon May 03, 03:27:00 PM PDT
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|The Damon Family Plot
In memory of
Rev. Samuel C. Damon, DD
Born in Holden, Mass
Feb. 15, 1815
Died in Honolulu
Feb. 7, 1885
Pastor of the Bethel Union
Church and for 43 years
Seamen's Chaplain
at this Port.
In the cross of Christ's glory
Towering o'er the wrecks of time
All the light of the sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime
In memory of
Mrs. JULIA MILLS DAMON
Beloved wife
and worthy helpmate of
Rev. S. C. DAMON, DD
Born in Toningford, Conn.
Aug. 20, 1817
Died in Cheyenne City
Wyoming USA
June 19, 1890
Her children rise up and
call her blessed.
I counted 30 gravestones on this family plot. I'll list the names below. I don't know if more Damons might be buried in the same plot. There are five Damons listed at Find A Grave buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific "The Punchbowl".
Rev. Samuel C. Damon
Mrs. Julia Mills Damon
William F. Damon
Samuel Mills Damon
Gertrude Mary Esme Damon
Charles Gordon Damon
Samuel Edward Damon
Henry Fowler Damon
Gertrude MacKinnon Damon
Samuel Renny Damon
Heather Damon
Samuel Edward Damon "Ned"
Mary Mills Damon
Heather Jean Damon
Alexander Salusbury Haig and Gertrude Mary Joan Haig
Henry Edward Damon
Daphne Mills Damon
Ethel Moseley Damon
Wayne Lawrence Damon
Geraldine Putnam Clark
Douglas Damon
Richard C. Damon
Harriet Baldwin Damon
Samuel Mills Damon
Frank Lawrence Putnam and Violet Damon Putnam
Cornelia Beckwith Damon
Edward C. Damon
Bernard H. B. Damon
Cyril Francis Damon and Muriel Colgate Damon
Francis Williams Damon and Mary Happer Damon
The Reverend Samuel Damon was not only a minister, but a genealogist, local historian and he wrote a biography of his life. He wrote a book called The Damon Memorial: Notices of three Damon Families who came from Old England to New England in the XVIIth Century in 1882. He wrote the History of Holden published in 1894 with David Foster Estes. When I was growing up in Holden I had my first paying job as a page at the Gale Free public library, which is located at the Damon Memorial building.
Genealogy of the Damons:
Generation 1: John Damon, born about 1621 in Faversham, Kent, England; died 8 April 1708 in Reading, Massachusetts; married Abigail Sherman who died 25 December 1713 in Reading.
Generation 2: Joseph Damon, born 28 September 1661 in Reading; died 28 August 1726 in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married on 12 December 1686 in Dedham, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Kingsbury, daughter of John Kingsbury and Elizabeth Fuller.
Generation 3: Joseph Damon, born 6 July 1690 in Dedham, died 1763; married Mary Baker.
Generation 4: Joseph Damon, born 26 May 1723 in Dedham, died 31 January 1775 in Dedham; married on 7 June 1750 in Mendon, Massachusetts to Hopestill Thayer, born 31 March 1731 in Bellingham, Massachusetts.
Generation 5: Samuel Damon, born 13 August 1755 in Dedham, died 27 May 1813 in Holden, Massachusetts; married on 27 May 1779 in Medway, Massachusetts to Abigail Penniman, born 19 March 1754 in Medway.
Generation 6: Samuel Damon, born 11 June 1786 in Holden, died 23 July 1852 in Holden; married on 4 July 1810 in Holden to Alona Ann Chenery, daughter of Isaac Chenery and Susannah Pierce, born 27 January 1788 in Holden; died 22 December 1863 in Holden.
Generation 7: Samuel Chenery Damon, born 15 February 1815 in Holden, died 7 February 1885 in Honolulu, Hawaii; married on 6 October 1841 in Natick, Massachusetts to Julia Sherman Mills, born 20 August 1817 in Torrington, Connecticut and died 19 June 1890 in Cheyenne City, Wyoming.
The Oahu Cemetery http://www.oahucemetery.org/
There is a wonderful hardcover book, with many photographs and stories, The Oahu Cemetery, by Nannette Napoleon Purnell, which can be ordered for $30 at the above website.
Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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Two sweet girls, two sweet hats.
I'm finally getting around to doing something I've wanted to do for awhile. Concentrate on producing more adult knits. I've also been wanting to design and sell patterns. I started this week! I bought some of Knit Picks City Tweed yarn and fell in love. It's soft and the texture is amazing. The two yarns inspired these two hats. I love collections that are named after people (I'm looking at you John Fluevog) so I named these two hats after my darling nieces.
Callista was made from colorway Tahitian Pearl. Pattern for sale here.
Sabrina was made from colorway Morning Glory. Pattern for sale here.
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NOAA's National Weather Service
Latest Update – Tsunami Warning: 13:00 GMT/01:00 EST – April 11, 2012
Warning Level: LOW
A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people as far away as southern India scurrying from buildings and raising fears of a disastrous tsunami as in 2004.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Aceh, the Indonesian province closest to the initial earthquake. But an aftershock of almost the same magnitude, less deep that the first quake, hit soon after he finished speaking.
The first quake struck at 0838 GMT and an 8.2 magnitude aftershock just over two hours later, at 1043 GMT. Two more strong aftershocks hit later.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued fresh tsunami warnings for the entire Indian Ocean after the aftershocks. Authorities in Indonesia said there were reports of sea-levels rising off Aceh, but by less than a metre (3.3 feet).
But authorities in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, to the north of where the quakes struck, said waves of up to 3.9 metres (13 feet) could hit there.
Individual countries, including Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India, issued their own tsunami warnings and people near the coast in six Thai provinces were ordered to move to higher ground. Authorities shut down the international airport in the Thai beach resort province of Phuket.
The quakes were about 300 miles (500 km) southwest of the city of Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, the U.S. Geological survey said. The first was at a depth of 20.5 miles (33 km).
Earlier Update:
An Indian Ocean tsunami alert is in place after two huge quakes off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province.
A quake with a magnitude of 8.6 triggered the initial warning, which was renewed after another quake a few hours later measuring 8.3.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has advised national authorities across the Indian Ocean region to "take appropriate action".
But there have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh alone and some 250,000 around the region.
The US Geological Survey (USGS), which documents quakes worldwide, said the first Aceh quake was centred at a depth of 33km (20 miles), about 495km from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.


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Serving hot food on melamine tableware could increase your exposure to melamine, a study released Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine suggests.
Melamine, an industrial chemical used in everyday items such as cooking utensils, plates, paperboard and industrial coatings can apparently seep into food when it's heated, the study said.
In two separate tests, researchers from Kaohsiung Medical University and Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital in Taiwan served a dozen participants about two cups of hot noodle soup in melamine bowls and ceramic bowls. After participants ate out of the melamine bowls, the levels of melamine in their urine peaked six hours later, up to about 8 parts per billion, before tapering off later in the day. Those who ate out of ceramic bowls had on average less than 2 parts per billion. Researchers suggested some of the melamine detected after eating from the ceramic bowl was actually leftover melamine from first eating from the melamine bowl.
A person can have up to 2,500 parts per billion of melamine in their blood before it poses a health risk, according to the Food and Drug Administration.


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Many of the new V-speeds taught to first-time jet pilots are only used in the event of an engine failure. V 2, V FS, V ENR, V AC—depending on the aircraft manufacturer and phase of flight (takeoff, go-around, et cetera)— a pilot will calculate several speeds for each takeoff and landing that he will almost certainly not need to use. Most pilots quickly learn to compute the speeds in initial training and use them in nearly every simulator session during one simulated engine failure after another; however, many pilots harbor misunderstandings about what the speeds represent.
V 2, for example, is often mistakenly thought to be the jet equivalent of V XSE, or single-engine best angle of climb speed. Pilots of piston and turboprop multiengine aircraft learn not only the speeds for best rate and angle of climb when both engines are working, VY and VX respectively, but those for best rate and angle with one engine failed. For most nonjet twins, these speeds are provided for one weight and altitude combination, and the pilot never ventures beyond these default values.
In contrast, before every takeoff in a jet, the pilot will typically calculate four V-speeds based on criteria such as weight, altitude, temperature, and flap setting. The first two of these speeds, V 1 and V R, determine how late into the takeoff a pilot may abort the takeoff, and when the pilot begins the transition to flight. The other two speeds, V 2 and a "final" climb speed (which goes by different names depending on the aircraft manufacturer; we'll call it V FINAL), are only used if an engine fails during the takeoff, when an abort no longer can be completed safely.
During initial sim training, for nearly every simulated engine failure on takeoff, the pilot is presented with a textbook—that is to say, worst-case—event. The engine is programmed to fail just before V 1, the pilot reacts, rotates the aircraft at V R, and climbs to a safe altitude above obstructions at V 2. Once above immediately threatening obstacles, the pilot accelerates to the final climb speed and retracts flaps. From this sequence many pilots develop a logical but fallacious correlation of V 2 to V XSE, and V FINAL to V YSE.
In fact, it is V FINAL that correlates much more closely to V XSE. So what does V 2 represent? In short, a compromise. For most circumstances a jet will encounter, certification requirements define takeoff distance as the longer of the distance to either bring an airplane up to V 1 and initiate an aborted takeoff, or continue on one engine so that the aircraft reaches V 2 speed at 35 feet agl. Clearly the higher the V 2 speed defined by the manufacturer, the longer the distance that will be necessary to accelerate from V 1 to V 2 on only one engine. Because of the desire to minimize published takeoff distances, the manufacturer often sets V 2 to be the minimum allowed by certification requirements, based on minimum allowable ratios of V 2 to stall speed and V MC.
So what's the implication of V 2 being a bit lower than V XSE? A brief review of basic aerodynamics will illustrate the drawback to this minimum V 2 approach. Rate of climb is determined by the excess power an aircraft has available; however, angle of climb is determined by the amount of excess thrust available. For given atmospheric conditions, the thrust output of a jet engine is nearly constant if plotted against airspeed, while the thrust required by the aircraft follows the familiar "J" curve. Given these two curves, it is apparent that the greatest distance between the two lines, or the point of maximum excess thrust, occurs at minimum thrust required speed—which is to say, the minimum drag point of the curve.
At any speed slower than this point, the increase in induced drag means that climb angle will suffer. So by selecting a V 2 that lies below minimum drag speed, the aircraft manufacturer is giving up some possible climb gradient in favor of a reduced takeoff distance. As most jet aircraft have an abundance of extra thrust, this is an acceptable tradeoff, and even during a nonoptimal climb at V 2, most jets will turn out adequate, or even impressive, single-engine climb angles.
Although not common in light jets, some larger jet aircraft have software or performance charts that allow for an optimized, rather than minimum, V 2. If takeoff distance is calculated as 4,000 feet, but 9,000 feet of runway is available, it is easy to see that by increasing the V speeds until optimal V 2 is reached, extra runway can be converted into better engine-out climb performance.
What is common in light jets is the ability to depart with a reduced, or even zero, flap setting when runway available is not a limit, but engine-out climb performance may be. By departing with reduced flaps, the aircraft must accelerate to a higher speed before rotation, which brings the aircraft closer to true V XSE.
Also, the reduced drag of a lower flap extension means that the thrust-required curve shifts down—for any given speed, less thrust is required simply to maintain level flight—so more thrust is excess, and can contribute to a relatively greater climb angle.
Nearly all engine failures in the simulator occur just prior to V 1, but a real engine failure can occur at any point in the takeoff roll.
Beyond the performance implications of knowing what V 2 really represents, there is also a practical flight application. Nearly all engine failures in the simulator occur just prior to V 1, but a real engine failure can occur at any point in the takeoff roll.
When I conduct in-aircraft training, for example, I typically retard one thrust lever to idle just as V R is reached. With the two- to three-second spool-down time of a jet engine, by the time the pilot recognizes the engine has failed, the airspeed is often five to 10 knots above V 2. Most pilots just out of sim training exhibit a strong desire to pitch the aircraft up until V 2 is reached, then hold V 2 until clean-up altitude is attained.
Keeping in mind the drag curve, it becomes apparent that a pilot who has attained a speed higher than V 2 before recognizing an engine failure would be better served by maintaining that higher speed until at clean-up altitude, provided the aircraft hasn't accelerated so much as to be faster than V FINAL. Doing so will result in lower drag, and thus a better climb angle.
Neil Singer is a Master CFI and a mentor pilot in Cessna and Embraer light jets. Photography by Mike Fizer.


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Dear Alexandre,
the comments regarding your beautiful "buzzle" are not very enlightening.
My thought process upon seing the bus:
1. I analyzed the picture: where is the clue, where is the difference? I found out that there is no visible clue. I made shure that there is no visible clue checking details and symmtery.
Both halfs of the bus ar identical, no hint outside the bus to the left or the right.
2. Either this is something really clever, or it is a trick being played on me. (With great psychological exegesis regarding the choice of left or right – usually of the kind: see what tricks your own brain is playing on you and how stupid and unconscious you are.)
3. I opt for really clever, because I like to solve. It is like searching for easter eggs. What a joy when you find one. In case it is "psychology" – that can come later.
4. If the clue is not in the visible I have to look for the invisible.
If children can solve this, what do they do?
5. I start moving the bus in my imagination from right to left and from left to right. I start to imagine children in the bus waving at the windows. I hear them laugh and chat and all the chaos in the bus. I start to imagine being a pre-schooler going with the bus with my pals. I am there with them.
6. Bingo! We are stopping at the next station, the doors open and other friends come in. Where are the doors? Left, left, left, left! The bus is driving to the left. So simple!
7. My adult brain checks again. Is it correct that the doors are allways to the right of the driver? Yes. The bus is allways driving this way, stopping this way: Hello children. Closing the doors again continuing the drive.
8. Children in the UK, Ireland, in India and in Australia will answer to the right. The driver is sitting on the right side, the bus travels on the left lane, the doors are on the left. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrLIw-0sV4)
This is not proto-mathematics. This is higher mathematics. You just called it proto-mathematics because you couldn't solve it with your "elementary school" mathematics.
Some reflections:
Children are not stupid. Children are wide open and they think inclusively vs. separatingly. The thought process is still a different one.
The newborn is radically different than we are now. Inner and outer, I and you have not yet cristallized and stabilized. This is a long process taking the first 3 to 5 years at least.
The world is a mystery and a miracle. So many perceptions coming through the senses, the emotions and thought process. In the struggle to orient yourself and get in charge, learning to control your body and fulfilling your needs and desires you start organizing your perceptions (the world) and you start realizing things like before and after, yesterday, now, tomorrow (time), inner and outer, me and you (body, space) and then one day after having worked with it for a long time already the full implication of the general principle of causation dawns upon you: given certain circumstances when A then B. Allways. Reproducible. Doable. Usable. Predictable. What a powerful thing.
In order to make theese discoveries all perceptions have to be connected and related one to another. As long as I cannot isolate certain perceptions in order to explain with sufficient certainty a cause and effect relationship between A and B I am dealing with thousands of "accidental" concomitant obeservations. So my mind is wide open and paying attention to all there is registering "it" in its totality and completeness as far as my senses, capability of processing the input and my memory allow.
Once I found out about a causal relationship I can safely limit my observation to the necessary elements regarding this special relationship. If I want to open the fridge and get at this or that, I do not have to pay attention to the sound of the fridge (is the fridge friendly now, or will it bite me?), to the reflections of the light on the fridge (is the fridge playing with the sun now, can I molest it, or will it get angry?), etc. I know where and how to open it and I "know" that the fridge is a dead machine. (Is it?)
Growing up in an adult world, we learn to limit and limit and limit ever more, until we become so stupid, that we cannot solve a pre-schooler buzzle.
The next stupidity we tend to commit is juxtaposing the modes of perception and world-construction trying to figure out which one is better. It allways has to be either this or that.
Either the children's mode or the adult's mode. How limiting again.
The point to be made is that we have to learn to become as the children (isn't that the hint the famous sourcerer of the bible is giving us: you have to become like the children in order to enter the heavens?). Once we have mastered the causal path and learnt to cristallize and and limit we have to learn how to undo again and how to move from one direction into the other and back again. Like breathing – in and out.
And then we should learn how not to abuse and deform our children to loose that precious mode of being during the process of learning the other mode, the limiting, separating, causal mode (which is too is a most precious mode of course).
Learning new things means the ability to dissolve again in order to produce new cristallizations. Solve et coagula – the motto of the alchemist. It is a mind process as well as a chemical process.
Neither the dissolvers nor the cristallizers will save the world. The alchemists are our saviours. Lets get on the bus and have a joyful ride with our children.
An anonymous response to the "buzzle"
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This puzzle may be interesting, but I don't believe any preschoolers came up with the solution.
By: Eric on April 18, 2010
at 11:16 pm
This is mathematics-as-puzzles-and-tricks – the solution is found by ad hoc reasoning, not applicable to any other problem or domain, and not revealing of any deeper mathematical or inferential structure. What exactly have you learnt if you you learn the solution? Nothing apart from the buses are not laterally symmetric! Is that useful knowledge? Perhaps for bus-drivers and their passengers, but certainly not for mathematicians.
If you like puzzles and tricks and games and one-off solutions, then this is the stuff for you!
If however, you are interested in deep structures, in deductive consequences, in methods of reasoning or abstract theories which you can be apply to other problems or other domains, then this is not mathematics.
It is a great shame that our children should be given such nonsense under the name of mathematics!
By: peter on April 19, 2010
at 5:02 pm
I got the anwser straight away. Assuming the bus isn't going backwards then it would always be moving right. I don't see what hard about the question.
Note, I live in the uk.
By: daniel on April 24, 2010
at 9:24 pm


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Another MAC Lipglass is up for grabs in this product giveaway! This time, the winner gets to pick the shade of their choice from the available colors on the MAC website. MAC's lipglass is one of their most popular, versatile products. With multiple ways to enter, this giveaway is a no brainer. Enter when you have a minute. It's easy peasy!
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Win a Free MAC Cosmetics Lipglass in This Giveaway!
The girls over at FreeMakeup&BeautySamples.com are hosting a giveaway for a MAC Cosmetics Lipglass in Oyster Girl (one of my FAV shades). This shade is a must-own color for sure. This is their first giveaway, so the number of entrants is bound to be lower.. which means YOU have a much better chance of winning! Entering is super easy. Just follow the instructions below! Good luck everyone :)
Rollergirl Eyeshadow Palette from Urban Decay – A Review
Having the same eye shadow on your evening date and your friend's pool party isn't really the best idea. It's like wearing the same outfit from work straight to the night club. The variety of colors and techniques you use on your makeup will not only make you more interesting, they'll also help you stand out. Urban Decay Cosmetics launched the Rollergirl Eyeshadow Palette that comes with four shades and a miniature lip gloss that can help you achieve different looks to last for a whole week. The makeup palette is available starting in April 2011 and is priced at $32. You can get it at urbandecay.com, Sephora.com and Sephora stores, Ulta.com or Macy's.
With the Rollergirl Eye Shadow Palette, you get a set of four shades plus an additional lip gloss and eye liner. You can easily do your own mix and match from the stunning colors that create unique combos for varying looks.
Overall, this mini makeup palette is a great choice if you want some great neutrals (plus a touch of fun in the hot pink Woodstock shadow). But, sometimes neutrals are best if they are hand picked to really coordinate with your skin tone. On the plus side, this palette could be a great option for a less intense smokey eye look. The only other drawback in my opinion is that the colors do have quite a bit of frost in them. Sometimes I get a little tired of this look and want something with more of a subtle sheen rather than a full on frost finish. But, all in all, for many, this palette is a great, go-to, everyday collection of products.
Get a Free Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Lip Gloss
Love Victoria's Secret lip glosses? You'll definitely want to get this freebie! This promo is only good until May 4, 2011 and is redeemable in stores only. Just print out this coupon and bring it in to any participating Victoria's Secret store to get a free full sized Beauty Rush Lip Gloss with your purchase. Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Glosses are perfect for spring and summer since they come in fun, bright shades and yummy flavors. Get yours today.
Free Bobbi Brown Eye Liner, Lip Gloss and Eyeshadow Coupon Codes
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Free MAC Cosmetics Lipglass in Prrr – Product Giveaway
Update: Congratulations to Esther C. from Monroe, New York – the winner of our April MAC Lipglass Giveaway!
As one of our favorite all time glosses, we decided to feature MAC Cosmetics Lipglass in our first SoKiss&Makeup.com Giveaway. One winner will receive a free MAC Lipglass in the shade Prrr, a delightful, neutral, peachy-pink shade. The giveaway ends on April 20!
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Smashbox Coupon Code: CHIC
Hi Beauties! Smashbox has a limited time offer for a free Double Exposure Lip and Cheek Color in Speedracer with any purchase of $55 or more. Simply enter coupon code CHIC at checkout at smashbox.com. This offer is only valid from 8/2-8/8/2010!
MAC: Pro Longwear Lip Creme Collection
Release Date: September 16, 2010
It's an age-old dilemma that still doesn't seem to have a good solution: How can you get your lipstick to stay put while eating? Cosmetics companies come out with long wearing lipsticks from time to time but most of these leave your lips dry and an unsightly ring of color around your lips. MAC addresses this problem head-on with their new Pro Longwear Lip Creme Collection.
As the name implies, these lipsticks are very creamy. They come in a wind-up tube that is similar to MAC's lipstick packaging but taller and narrower. The consistency of these lip cremes is actually closer to a balm and they do a decent job of keeping lips hydrated.
One of the best things about these lipsticks is that they don't require a special top coat like most long-wearing lipsticks. This means application is a snap, although you should probably use a mirror since the color is so pigmented that it's not very forgiving. They do deliver on their promise to stay in place for up to twelve hours but don't tempt fate by eating an oily pasta sauce. The colors go on pretty evenly and they have a subtle sheen to them. These lip cremes will be part of the permanent collection so MAC is placing a lot of confidence in this product. Don't expect it to be just a passing trend.
Fading lipstick is a particular problem with bright and dark colors so MAC made sure to include several of these shades in the collection. Good to Go is a bold bright orange shade that is not for the faint of heart. Love Forever! is a daring bright pink with blue undertones. The dark brick red Extended Play is a great shade for fall. Prolong is a ruby red shade that is destined to become a classic for those who can pull off red lips. These are mostly cream formulas but there are also two frosty shades: the coppery Sweet Ever After and the nude/plum Made to Last. All of the colors provide full coverage.
How to Apply Lip Gloss
If you're just learning how to apply beauty products and cosmetics, lip gloss is an ideal product to begin with. It's easier to apply than lipstick, and choosing a shade is much, much easier with lip gloss. With lipstick, it is very easy to inadvertently choose a shade that clashes with your skin tone, your eye makeup, or your outfit. Since lip gloss is almost always sheer, reflective or iridescent, you can easily find a shade that will compliment your coloring and still make your lips stand out. Plus, learning how to apply lip gloss is a snap. Our favorites include Dior lip glosses and MAC lip glosses.
Step 1: Start with conditioned lips. The key to applying lip gloss (and lipstick too for that matter) is to start with smooth, conditioned lips. As a general rule, you should apply Vaseline, a lip balm or a moisturizing Chapstick to your lips before bedtime each night to help maintain soft, smooth lips. Protecting your lips by using products with SPF is key since sun exposure leads to dry, chapped lips.
Step 2: When your lips are conditioned and moisturized, if needed, use a toothbrush or a cotton swab to gently brush off any excess dry skin that can make your lips look rough. When you are more consistent with keeping your lips conditioned, you won't need to do this step much at all. Your lips will stay smooth and soft if you continually protect and care for them.
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Step 3: You may want to apply lip liner before you apply lip gloss. You can use lip liner first, or simply skip this step, depending on what kind of look you are going for. Lip liner will help keep a little color on your lips in between the times you touch up your gloss. It can also help add definition to your lips, help make them look a little fuller, or even out any flaws. When using a gloss on top, you should choose a soft, neutral shade or one that is very close to your natural lip color. You don't want the liner to be obvious since your lip gloss will likely be somewhat sheer and will require reapplication from time to time. Next week we will be posting extensive details on how to apply lip liner for a wider range of lip makeup looks.
Step 4: Apply the gloss. Glide the color over your lips. Depending on the brand of lip gloss you're using, the container will most likely either be a squeezable tube or a tube containing a brush or sponge tip attached to the container's lid. If your gloss is in a squeezable tube, simply apply it by placing a bit of gloss on your forefinger and gently swiping the gloss across your lips. If your container has a brush or sponge tip, simply pull the lid out of the tube and sweep the brush or sponge tip across your lips. Be careful not to start with too much gloss. You can always add a little more, but if you start with too much at first, it can end up looking goopy and messy.
Step 5: Use a q-tip, cotton swab, or your finger to wipe off any gloss that may have gone outside the edge of your lip line.
Step 6: Lastly, be sure to bring your gloss with you in your bag. Gloss is one of our very favorite makeup products, but it does come off easier than other lip products and will need to be reapplied or touched up every so often. In our opinion, the extra lip gloss applications are worth it since lip gloss provides that shiny look that is unmatched by anything else. Enjoy!
Read some of our additional lip makeup tips.
Dior Lip Glosses – Reviews of Our Top Picks
Dior Cosmetics is a high-end makeup brand with prices to match. Like anything by Christian Dior, you can definitely expect to spend quite a bit more than you would for an average cosmetics product. While you can probably argue that you can find just as good quality at places like MAC for a fraction of the price, everyone deserves to own at least one item from Dior – if only for the feeling you get when you pull the elegantly packaged product out of your makeup bag. And if you're only going to own one Dior item, you can't go wrong with a lip gloss. Dior's top of the line glosses are the perfect splurge item for a bride's wedding makeup look, a fun photo shoots or your next exciting date or special occasion.
Many of their devotees' first foray into Dior was with their lip gloss. That's because their glosses have an excellent reputation in the cosmetics world. Celebrities and fashion magazines alike sing its praises and with good reason.
Dior has been around forever but the first gloss that started getting a lot of press was Dior Addict. The Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Reflect is a shimmery gloss that is shiny without being sticky. Rose Denim is a cool toned rosy-pink color with a subtle blue shimmer. It is perfect for neutralizing colors that are too warm. If you have always wanted to wear a baby pink color but never thought you could pull it off, this is a great way to experiment because it's very sheer and the intensity will vary depending on what you put underneath it.
Crème de Gloss is a gloss with a very high color payoff. In fact, it reminds me more of a liquid lipstick than a gloss. It could easily be worn on its own because it is not sheer like most glosses. The texture is about as perfect as a gloss can be. It's very creamy and moisturizes without being sticky or drying out your lips. Fig Nectar is a highly pigmented plummy pink that looks great on both warm and cool skin tones. It also lasts longer than you would expect a gloss to last.
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As part of their new DiorKiss line, Dior has also released their DiorKiss Luscious Lip-Plumping Gloss – a lip gloss available in eight translucent shades that plump your lips as they shine. Most of the shades have a iridescent shimmer to them. The lip gloss also features a special curved gloss applicator that allows for smooth and application.
Another Dior lip gloss fav of ours is Dior's Addict Lip Polish – a lip primer and polish in one. This lip product mimics the effect of a lip primer with it's unique formula of moisturizing hyaluronic microspheres and a high shine finish. The product also has a special spinning roll-on applicator that gives you an even, "just-right" amount of polish over your entire lip area.
Dior lip glosses are a great choice for anyone who is looking to treat themselves to an ultimate luxury pick-me-up. It helps you look great and feel great at the same time.
Sephora Coupon Code: BUXOMKISS
Enter coupon code BUXOMKISS at checkout at Sephora.com for a free Buxom Lips mini gloss with any online order. Update: As of November, the last available color is "Sugar", a pretty rose-beige shade.
Free Speed Gloss Energizing Lip Shine
Seventeen Magazine is running an offer for a free Speed Gloss Energizing Lip Shine from Wet 'n Wild. You can sign up to get the free gloss by entering here. The code word is "speed" and must be entered in all lowercase letters. This offer is only valid for a limited time and while supplies last.
MAC: Plushglass Collection
Release Date: March 29th, 2007
Angel cream – Soft creamy peachy pink (Limited Edition)
Big baby – Soft peach with pink and white pearlized pigments
Bingo! – Sheer meduim pink with opalescent pearlized pigments (Limited Edition)
Cushy white – (repromote)
Hot stuff – Sheer berry with periwinkle sparkle (Limited Edition)
Nice buzz – Shimmery light gold with gold pearlized pigments
Oh-oh! – Rusted orange with gold pearlized pigments (Limited Edition)
Posh it up – Pinked gold
Power supply – Muted pinky brown with gold sparkle
MAC: High Tea Collection
Release Date: December 26th, 2004
The MAC High Tea Collection is packed full of new products. You'll be able to glam up from head to toe in a sophisticated way. It has a little of something from nail color to mascara and everything in between.
I am a big fan of soft pink colors and this collection has plenty of them. The frosty pinks offer a soft elegant look, but if you want to make a bolder statement for the winter, there are plenty of reds and greens with a bit of gold, silver, and bronze.
I don't always bother investing in nail polish, but I just might have to try the new Eccentrici-tea simply because the name is beyond clever, even for MAC. I can't wait to see what a pink nail polish with green pearl accents will look like.
This collection has a lot to offer, maybe even a little too much. I personally like it when the collection is just a little more focused, but maybe that's just because the big ones end up hurting my wallet too much! Anyhow review to complete product list to pick your favorites.
Brew-Neutral beige
Dainty Cake – Coral with red/orange frost
High Tea – Neutral pink with small pearl particles
Oolong – Musted bronzed-brown with icy silver shimmer
Plink! -Pink with white pearl
Darjeerling—Chocolate brown with red frost
Fine China—Light pink with frost
Nymphette—Sunned golden pink
Tartlette—Coral/pink with frost
Fresh Cream—Light neutral pink
Rosemary & Thyme—Mid-tone olive gold with Shimmer
Angelcake—Pink with red pearl
Buttersilk—Soft, yellow white
Green Tea—Smoked, olive green
Jasmine—Sinfully rich cocoa
Redcoco—Metallic, red pink
Steep—Light neutral pink
Sweet Lust—Pink rose water
Tempting—Olive green
Vanilla—Soft pale peachy-ivory flecked with shimmer
Sweet Tea Eyeshadow Quad—Redcoco, Buttersilk, Green Tea, Sweet Lust
Zoomblack—Deepest darkest black
Porcelain Pink—Pinkish coral with gold sparkle
So Ceylon—Rose bronze with golden bronze sparkle
Duchess—Yellow green with gold pearl
Eccentrici-tea—Pink with green pearl
Enriched Gold—Green gold with red pigment
Little Pink—Pink with silver pigment


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Faribault Woolen Mill Turn Me Loose Colorblock Throw
Overview & Details
- Fluff-loomed merino wool for lasting softness
- 50" x 72"
- Available in 2 color combinations: Violet and Rose
- Exuberant colorblock design
- Bone white fringe for stunning contrast
- Machine wash/dry
- American-made in Minnesota
From the iconic Faribault Mill in Minnesota – the traditional heirloom wool throw takes on a playfully upbeat mood. Exuberant colorblock pattern book-ended by bone white fringe lends a lively look to casual or formal décor. Expertly fluff-loomed of fine merino wool using age-old methods for lasting softness.
Founded in 1865, Faribault Woolen Mill Company is a historic mill nestled along the banks of the Cannon River in Minnesota. Today, Faribault craftspeople are using virtually the same techniques and machinery that were utilized in the mill generations ago. The result is fine American-made wool blankets and throws and destined to be family heirlooms.


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Lea Michele, of "Glee" fame, has announced she's started working on her first solo album.
"At the studio right now at my first recording session for my solo album!! I'm so happy and can't wait for you all to hear this record!!" she tweeted.
She followed with a second tweet saying she was recording in the room next to "X Factor" judge Demi Lovato.
"She's so sweet and just gave me such great motivation!" Lea wrote.
"It's a pretty slow process right now so I think we are figuring it out as we go but I do want to make a pop album rather than a Broadway standards album," she told Women's Wear Daily.


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