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Blaise Pascal, (born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France—died August 19, 1662, Paris), French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and master of prose. He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulated what came to be known as Pascal's principle of pressure, and propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart rather than through reason. The establishment of his principle of intuitionism had an impact on such later philosophers as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Henri Bergson and also on the Existentialists.
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Pascal's life to the Port-Royal years
Pascal's father, Étienne Pascal, was presiding judge of the tax court at Clermont-Ferrand. His mother died in 1626, and in 1631 the family moved to Paris. Étienne, who was respected as a mathematician, devoted himself henceforth to the education of his children. While his sister Jacqueline (born in 1625) figured as an infant prodigy in literary circles, Blaise proved himself no less precocious in mathematics. In 1640 he wrote an essay on conic sections, Essai pour les coniques, based on his study of the now classical work of Girard Desargues on synthetic projective geometry. The young man's work, which was highly successful in the world of mathematics, aroused the envy of no less a personage than the great French Rationalist and mathematician René Descartes. Between 1642 and 1644, Pascal conceived and constructed a calculating device, the Pascaline, to help his father—who in 1639 had been appointed intendant (local administrator) at Rouen—in his tax computations. The machine was regarded by Pascal's contemporaries as his main claim to fame, and with reason, for in a sense it was the first digital calculator since it operated by counting integers. The significance of this contribution explains the youthful pride that appears in his dedication of the machine to the chancellor of France, Pierre Seguier, in 1644.
Until 1646 the Pascal family held strictly Roman Catholic principles, though they often substituted l'honnêteté ("polite respectability") for inward religion. An illness of his father, however, brought Blaise into contact with a more profound expression of religion, for he met two disciples of the abbé de Saint-Cyran, who, as director of the convent of Port-Royal, had brought the austere moral and theological conceptions of Jansenism into the life and thought of the convent. Jansenism was a 17th-century form of Augustinianism in the Roman Catholic Church. It repudiated free will, accepted predestination, and taught that divine grace, rather than good works, was the key to salvation. The convent at Port-Royal had become the centre for the dissemination of the doctrine. Pascal himself was the first to feel the necessity of entirely turning away from the world to God, and he won his family over to the spiritual life in 1646. His letters indicate that for several years he was his family's spiritual adviser, but the conflict within himself—between the world and ascetic life—was not yet resolved. Absorbed again in his scientific interests, he tested the theories of Galileo and Evangelista Torricelli (an Italian physicist who discovered the principle of the barometer). To do so, he reproduced and amplified experiments on atmospheric pressure by constructing mercury barometers and measuring air pressure, both in Paris and on the top of a mountain overlooking Clermont-Ferrand. These tests paved the way for further studies in hydrodynamics and hydrostatics. While experimenting, Pascal invented the syringe and created the hydraulic press, an instrument based upon the principle that became known as Pascal's principle: pressure applied to a confined liquid is transmitted undiminished through the liquid in all directions regardless of the area to which the pressure is applied. His publications on the problem of the vacuum (1647–48) added to his reputation. When he fell ill from overwork, his doctors advised him to seek distractions; but what has been described as Pascal's "worldly period" (1651–54) was, in fact, primarily a period of intense scientific work, during which he composed treatises on the equilibrium of liquid solutions, on the weight and density of air, and on the arithmetic triangle: Traité de l'équilibre des liqueurs et de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air (Eng. trans., The Physical Treatises of Pascal, 1937) and also his Traité du triangle arithmétique. In the last treatise, a fragment of the De Alea Geometriae, he laid the foundations for the calculus of probabilities. By the end of 1653, however, he had begun to feel religious scruples; and the "night of fire," an intense, perhaps mystical "conversion" that he experienced on November 23, 1654, he believed to be the beginning of a new life. He entered Port-Royal in January 1655, and though he never became one of the solitaires, he thereafter wrote only at their request and never again published in his own name. The two works for which he is chiefly known, Les Provinciales and the Pensées, date from the years of his life spent at Port-Royal.
Les Provinciales
Written in defense of Antoine Arnauld, an opponent of the Jesuits and a defender of Jansenism who was on trial before the faculty of theology in Paris for his controversial religious works, Pascal's 18 Lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial deal with divine grace and the ethical code of the Jesuits. They are better known as Les Provinciales ("The Provincial Letters"). They included a blow against the relaxed morality that the Jesuits were said to teach and that was the weak point in their controversy with Port-Royal; Pascal quotes freely Jesuit dialogues and discrediting quotations from their own works, sometimes in a spirit of derision, sometimes with indignation. In the two last letters, dealing with the question of grace, Pascal proposed a conciliatory position that was later to make it possible for Port-Royal to subscribe to the "Peace of the Church," a temporary cessation of the conflict over Jansenism, in 1668.
The Provinciales were an immediate success, and their popularity has remained undiminished. This they owe primarily to their form, in which for the first time bombast and tedious rhetoric are replaced by variety, brevity, tautness, and precision of style; as Nicolas Boileau, the founder of French literary criticism, recognized, they marked the beginning of modern French prose. Something of their popularity, moreover, in fashionable, Protestant, or skeptical circles, must be attributed to the violence of their attack on the Jesuits. In England they have been most widely read when Roman Catholicism has seemed a threat to the Church of England. Yet they have also helped Catholicism to rid itself of laxity; and, in 1678, Pope Innocent XI himself condemned half of the propositions that Pascal had denounced earlier. Thus, the Provinciales played a decisive part in promoting a return to inner religion and helped to secure the eventual triumph of the ideas set forth in Antoine Arnauld's treatise De la fréquente communion (1643), in which he protested against the idea that the profligate could atone for continued sin by frequent communion without repentance, a thesis that thereafter remained almost unchallengeable until the French church felt the repercussion of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had granted religious freedom to French Protestants) in 1685. Whereas the Jesuits seemed to represent a Counter-Reformation predominantly concerned with orthodoxy and obedience to ecclesiastical authority, the Provinciales advocated a more spiritual approach, emphasizing the soul's union with the Mystical Body of Christ through charity.
Further, by rejecting any double standard of morality and the distinction between counsel and precept, Pascal aligned himself with those who believe the ideal of evangelical perfection to be inseparable from the Christian life. Although there was nothing original in these opinions, Pascal nevertheless stamped them with the passionate conviction of a man in love with the absolute, of a man who saw no salvation apart from a heartfelt desire for the truth, together with a love of God that works continually toward destroying all self-love. For Pascal, morality cannot be separated from spirituality. Moreover, his own spiritual development can be traced in the Provinciales. The religious sense in them becomes progressively refined after the first letters, in which the tone of ridicule is smart rather than charitable.
Pascal finally decided to write his work of Christian apologetics, Apologie de la religion chrétienne, as a consequence of his meditations on miracles and other proofs of Christianity. The work remained unfinished at his death. Between the summers of 1657 and 1658, he put together most of the notes and fragments that editors have published under the inappropriate title Pensées ("Thoughts"). In the Apologie, Pascal shows the man without grace to be an incomprehensible mixture of greatness and abjectness, incapable of truth or of reaching the supreme good to which his nature nevertheless aspires. A religion that accounts for these contradictions, which he believed philosophy and worldliness fail to do, is for that very reason "to be venerated and loved." The indifference of the skeptic, Pascal wrote, is to be overcome by means of the "wager": if God does not exist, the skeptic loses nothing by believing in him; but if he does exist, the skeptic gains eternal life by believing in him. Pascal insists that men must be brought to God through Jesus Christ alone, because a creature could never know the infinite if Jesus had not descended to assume the proportions of man's fallen state.
The second part of the work applies the Augustinian theory of allegorical interpretation to the biblical types (figuratifs); reviews the rabbinical texts, the persistence of true religion, the work of Moses, and the proofs concerning Jesus Christ's God-like role; and, finally, gives a picture of the primitive church and the fulfillment of the prophecies. The Apologie (Pensées) is a treatise on spirituality. Pascal was not interested in making converts if they were not going to be saints.
Pascal's apologetics, though it has stood the test of time, is primarily addressed to individuals of his own acquaintance. To convert his libertine friends, he looked for arguments in their favourite authors: in Michel de Montaigne, in the Skeptic Pierre Charron, in the Epicurean Pierre Gassendi, and in Thomas Hobbes, an English political philosopher. For Pascal, Skepticism was but a stage. Modernist theologians in particular have tried to make use of his main contention, that "man is infinitely more than man," in isolation from his other contention, that man's wretchedness is explicable only as the effect of a Fall, about which a man can learn what he needs to know from history. In so doing, they sacrifice the second part of the Apologie to the first, keeping the philosophy while losing the exegesis. For Pascal as for St. Paul, Jesus Christ is the second Adam, inconceivable without the first.
Finally, too, Pascal expressly admitted that his psychological analyses were not by themselves sufficient to exclude a "philosophy of the absurd"; to do so, it is necessary to have recourse to the convergence of these analyses with the "lines of fact" concerning revelation, this convergence being too extraordinary not to appear as the work of providence to an anguished seeker after truth (qui cherche en gémissant).
He was next again involved in scientific work. First, the "Messieurs de Port-Royal" themselves asked for his help in composing the Élements de géométrie; and second, it was suggested that he should publish what he had discovered about cycloid curves, a subject on which the greatest mathematicians of the time had been working. Once more fame aroused in him feelings of self-esteem; but from February 1659, illness brought him back to his former frame of mind, and he composed the "prayer for conversion" that the English clergymen Charles and John Wesley, who founded the Methodist Church, were later to regard so highly. Scarcely capable of regular work, he henceforth gave himself over to helping the poor and to the ascetic and devotional life. He took part intermittently, however, in the disputes to which the "Formulary"—a document condemning five propositions of Jansenism that, at the demand of the church authorities, had to be signed before a person could receive the sacraments—gave rise. Finally a difference of opinion with the theologians of Port-Royal led him to withdraw from controversy, though he did not sever his relations with them.
Pascal died in 1662 after suffering terrible pain, probably from carcinomatous meningitis following a malignant ulcer of the stomach. He was assisted by a non-Jansenist parish priest.
At once a physicist, a mathematician, an eloquent publicist in the Provinciales, and an inspired artist in the Apologie and in his private notes, Pascal was embarrassed by the very abundance of his talents. It has been suggested that it was his too concrete turn of mind that prevented his discovering the infinitesimal calculus; and in some of the Provinciales the mysterious relations of human beings with God are treated as if they were a geometrical problem. But these considerations are far outweighed by the profit that he drew from the multiplicity of his gifts; his religious writings are rigorous because of his scientific training; and his love of the concrete emerges no less from the stream of quotations in the Provinciales than from his determination to reject the vigorous method of attack that he had used so effectively in his Apologie.Jean Orcibal Lucien Jerphagnon The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica


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Looks like they missent it to the destination, and now they missent it to the return address... now I got no idea where they're sending it, and neither do they.
IT WAS ALL THE WAY TO ALAMEDA, CA WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED BE! And the government wonders why USPS is losing money...
What I like most is that it took like a week to get to Alameda, CA from my location, but it took 2 days to get it back here.
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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Official Website: rickestrin.com
Every night that award-winning harmonica player, singer and songwriter Rick Estrin and his cohorts The Nightcats perform live— wherever in the world that may be—a crowd of dancing, shouting, laughing and cheering people will be enjoying some of the best live music they've ever heard. On one of these nights —October 5, 2013, at San Francisco's Biscuits And Blues—the proceedings were captured live. The result is Rick Estrin & The Nightcats' irresistible new release, You Asked For It…Live!. The band was, as they always are, on fire. The hometown, sell-out crowd was ready to explode, and the front man was celebrating his birthday. According to Estrin, "Cutting loose and stretching out in an intimate, nightclub-type setting is the natural environment for the Nightcats to kick maximum ass. The fact that it was my birthday, in the town where I was born and raised, only added more fuel to the fire."
You Asked For It…Live! has the immediacy, feel and fun of a true Rick Estrin & The Nightcats performance. "No matter how much fun we have and how relaxed we can be in the studio, there's still nothing like being in front of, and interacting with, our live audience," Estrin says. The album features some of Rick Estrin's best-loved and most-requested songs, dating back to his days as lead singer, songwriter and harmonica player of Little Charlie & The Nightcats (featuring Little Charlie Baty on guitar). The album is an up-to-the-minute and totally accessible slice of original, wry and witty blues with a simmering, funky rock edge fueled by Andersen's blazing genre-hopping guitar and Farrell's and Hansen's dazzling keyboard and rhythm work. One listen makes it clear that this is a group comprised of four world-class musicians, who together form one of the tightest and most original bands in any genre.
"Infectious, captivating, powerful blues….Intense Chicago-style harp playing, witty songs and tough-as-nails grooves" –Living Blues
Rick Estrin, who holds the 2013 Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist– Harmonica, is, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, "an amazing harmonica player, a soulful lead vocalist and a brilliant songwriter." He ranks among the very best harp players, singers and songwriters in the blues world. His work on the reeds is deep in the tradition of harmonica masters Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter Jacobs, while at the same time pushing that tradition forward with his unforgettable original songs. And his hipster, street-smart vocals are the perfect vehicle for driving those songs home. Blues Revue says, "Estrin has created some of the finest blues songs of any artist on the planet. His carefully wrought lyrics penetrate human weakness with the precision of a boxer, though more often than not, he chooses to leave you laughing after the blow's been struck."
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats— jaw-dropping guitarist Chris "Kid" Andersen, singing drummer (who plays standing up) J. Hansen and dynamic multiinstrumentalist Lorenzo Farrell (electric and acoustic bass, organ and Moog synthesizer)—serve up fresh and modern original blues injected with a solid dose of gritty roadhouse rock 'n' roll and Estrin's trademark philosophical wiseguy humor. Since the 2009 release of their celebrated Alligator Records debut Twisted and the 2012 follow up One Wrong Turn, the band has toured non-stop, sharpening their musical telepathy to a razor's edge.
Estrin won the 1994 Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year for his composition "My Next Ex-Wife" and has written songs for a growing legion of other musicians. Three of his songs found their way onto Grammy-nominated albums: "Don't Put Your Hands On Me" (on Koko Taylor's Force Of Nature), "I'm Just Lucky That Way" (on Robert Cray's Shame + A Sin), and "Homely Girl" (on John Hammond's Trouble No More). Estrin cites Sonny Boy Williamson II, Percy Mayfield and Detroit bluesman Baby Boy Warren as his major songwriting influences. Besides Estrin's streetwise songwriting and musical skills, he is among the most entertaining and colorful showmen around. His quick wit (as heard to great effect during the introductions to "My Next Ex-Wife" and "That's Big") and his signature look—coifed hair, pencil-thin mustache and sharply pressed, custom made suits—add even more color to his performances. "People don't go out to see people who look like themselves," says Estrin. "They want to see something special. I was schooled in this business to be a showman, and that's what you get when you come to see me perform."
"These are serious musicians out to have a hotter than hot good time. It's tough to stay in your seat when Estrin and his musical cohorts get cooking." –Chicago Sun-Times
Estrin was born in San Francisco, California in 1949, and grew up following his own path. He discovered an entirely new world when, as a 10-year-old boy, he made his way to the tough Market Street area and befriended many of the neighborhood characters. He had another revelation when his older sister gave him a copy of Ray Charles' The Genius Sings The Blues when he was 12. Albums from Jimmy Reed, Champion Jack Dupree, Mose Allison, Nina Simone and others soon followed. By the time he was a teenager, Estrin had completely identified with the urban, African-American culture surrounding him. He got his first harmonica at age 15, and by age 18 was proficient enough to begin sitting in at black clubs around the city. He first jammed with blues master Lowell Fulson and almost immediately was hired to open five shows for R&B giant Z.Z. Hill. He worked five nights a week for almost a year with guitar legend Travis Phillips in a band fronted by famed pimp/bluesman Fillmore Slim (who was the centerpiece of the acclaimed Hughes Brothers documentary American Pimp). Slim introduced Estrin to Rodger Collins ("She's Looking Good," "Foxy Girls In Oakland"), the man who would become Rick's first real musical mentor, and who schooled Rick on the finer points of songwriting and show business. Estrin moved to Chicago when he was 19 and worked with South Side bluesmen Johnny Young, Eddie Taylor, Sam Lay and Johnny Littlejohn before meeting and jamming with Muddy Waters, who told Rick, "You outta sight, boy! You got that sound, boy! You play like a man, boy!" In fact, Muddy wanted Estrin to go on the road with him, but due to nothing more than a missed phone call, it never happened. Rick eventually moved back to the Bay Area, met Charlie Baty and formed Little Charlie & The Nightcats.
For more than 30 years and nine albums, Rick fronted the band, featuring Baty's one-of-a-kind guitar acrobatics. The band won international acclaim and toured the world repeatedly. They were nominated four times for the prestigious Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year. With Charlie's retirement from touring in 2008, Rick rededicated himself to his craft. Hansen and Farrell wanted to keep the band going. Estrin knew the only way to replace Baty's crazed and unique guitar style was to find someone with an equally insane and individual approach, and he knew that would be a tall order to fill.
"Fabulous, remarkable original material" –Billboard
As luck would have it, Kid Andersen, who had been working with another harp legend, Charlie Musselwhite, became available. "Kid's a fearless nut on the guitar," says Estrin. "He's really the only guy who could fit in with us." With an unpredictable, no-holds-barred style that perfectly meshed with Estrin's wildly imaginative original songs, the new band charged out of the gate with Twisted in 2009 and One Wrong Turn in 2012. Blues Revue raved, "Rick Estrin & The Nightcats are one of modern blues' most versatile and original bands."
As a testament to their talent, audiences at their performances are often peppered with musicians wanting to glean a lick from these dynamic musical masters. Fans ask to go home with a CD that reflects what they just witnessed. Now, with You Asked For It…Live!, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats can satisfy their fans' demands. Estrin recalls, "After shows, people are always asking, 'Are any of these CDs live? Which of your CDs is most like what you did tonight?' Now, I can tell them, 'This one right here. Thank you. We'll be happy to sign it.'"
Kid Andersen (guitar, background vocals)
Chris "Kid" Andersen was born in Telemark, Norway in 1980. A blues fan since childhood, Andersen fell in love with the music of Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Junior Watson, and the Kings (B.B., Albert and Freddie). By the time he was 18, he was backing all the American blues stars who came through Norway, including Homesick James, Nappy Brown and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. He moved to California at age 21, eventually earning himself a green card as an "Alien of Extraordinary Ability." Andersen released four solo albums before joining blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite's band in 2004, a gig that lasted until he joined Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. Andersen runs his own recording studio, where he has produced and mixed recordings by artists including Elvin Bishop, John Nemeth and Finis Tasby, as well as all three Rick Estrin & The Nightcats CDs.
Lorenzo Farrell (upright and electric bass, piano, organ, synthesizer)
Lorenzo Farrell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where he started playing piano at age five. During his high school years in California, he discovered jazz and made the switch to upright acoustic bass. After high school, Farrell took several years off from his music career to earn a degree in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley, and study religion in Delhi, India. Since returning to the San Francisco Bay Area, he has been a highly sought-after multi-instrumentalist, having returned to piano and mastered organ in recent years. A Nightcat since 2003, Lorenzo has also had the opportunity to perform and/or record with many other artists, including Collective Amnesia, the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Noora Noor, Terry Hanck, and Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums.


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1. Think of a number between 1 and 1000.
2. Divide that by 6. Don't care about the remainder, if any.
3. Divide it again by 6. Also don't mind the remainder.
4. Get the decimal of your username (the 36-bit).
5. Multiply that by your number in step 3.
6. If it's bigger than 777,777,777,777, divide it by 123.
7. If bigger still than 777,777,777,777, divide it by 246.
8. If still, divide by 369. If it is still bigger than 777,777,777,777, just add 123 to the dividend, then divide it to the number.
9. If it is now smaller than 777,777,777,777, and not sure if it is a Squimintrius number, apply the second sentence of Rule 8.
10. If it is smaller than 1000, subtract it by 50. Then, 75, 100, 125... till you reach 50 below. If it is negative, remove the + sign.
If you got a Squimintrius number, square it.
That is called a Squisquaretrius number.
If not, don't do anything. Try again until you get one.
Good luck in solving!
Good thinking, you must have a very active brain
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
Thanks. I made it up.
uh cool thanks!
The integral of hope is reality.
May bobbym have a wonderful time in the pearly gates of heaven.
He will be sorely missed.
I'll make another one soon. BTW, sorry for necroposting
Necroposting is bumping or posting on an old topic.
You have something better than a Squisquaretrius number?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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Just 371 Massachusetts residents lost their homes to foreclosure in October, a 52 percent drop compared with the same month in 2011 and the lowest monthly total in almost six years.
October numbers from Warren Group, a private Boston company that tracks local real estate, also showed that between January and October, 6,861 property owners lost their homes to foreclosure, 2.5 percent fewer than during the first 10 months of 2011.
Timothy M. Warren Jr., chief executive of Warren Group, called the steep monthly drop in completed foreclosures astounding — a sign of an improving housing market and successful state and federal programs meant to cut down of the number of home-takings.
"The deeds are quite a story," Warren said, and "another strong indicator of a housing market recovery.''
But the October numbers were shadowed by an increase in foreclosure initiations. Lenders sent foreclosure petitions — the first step in a seizure process — to 1,458 Massachusetts borrowers, 22 percent more than during last October.
Between January and October, 15,334 homeowners were introduced to the foreclosure process, a 44.5 percent increase compared with the first 10 months of 2011, according to Warren Group. Last year's numbers, however, were artificially depressed because lenders slowed foreclosures following national scrutiny into alleged sloppy and fraudulent practices.
Warren said petition numbers this year are probably a more accurate measure of the marketplace. He said the number of foreclosures started in 2012 is unlikely to exceed 2010 figures, before some lenders' employees were accused of "robosigning" — approving property seizures without reviewing paperwork.
Tim H. Davis, a research consultant for the public nonprofit Massachusetts Housing Partnership, attributed the diverging directions of petitions and foreclosures partly to the increase in so-called short sales, a process through which borrowers sell a home for less than the size of the mortgage. It's not an "optimal" option, he said, because people still lose their homes, but short sales can help put more properties back into the market.
Davis referred to a recent Massachusetts Housing Partnership report that found a statewide slowdown in the number of distressed properties, even though the real estate market in some communities — including Brockton and Springfield — is still languishing.
"There are still a lot of properties out there where families are in [mortgage] default,'' he said.
To alleviate that, housing advocates and some state officials are pushing for new measures to help homeowners on the brink of financial disaster.
Barbara Anthony, the state's undersecretary of consumer affairs and business regulation, favors proposed regulations that would prohibit mortgage servicers from starting a foreclosure when a borrower already is engaged in a loan modification process with a lender.
The rules also would force mortgage servicers to help a homeowner avoid foreclosure if it makes more financial sense than taking back a property. The regulations are intended to expand a new state law that forces lenders to negotiate with homeowners saddled with predatory, or high-interest, loans.
"For years, we have heard homeowners say, 'I don't understand why a lender is going to go forward with this foreclosure','' Anthony said. "We tried the old way, now we are looking at a more sensible approach."


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This stuff makes my lashes look as long as the legs of a supermodel.
I previously thought DiorShow Black Out was the only premium mascara on the market that could achieve such a look. Eyeko was a close second for a tubing/more moderately priced product.
Not so anymore. The Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Mascara formula is smooth -- not clumpy or dry. The color is an inky black. Eyelashes are coated in just a few swipes. A bit too much might be deposited, particlarly on corner bottom lashes as you're trying to wing out upper corner lashes, but it's not a deal breaker.
It's been my go-to since it showed up in my mailbox a few weeks ago.
If you have long, fine, blonde lashes like mine this stuff'll make your eyes pop and your lashes look so long people will ask you if you're wearing falsies. Again, a question I only got when wearing DiorShow Black Out in past.
Not sure what you did to your formula, Estee Lauder, but it's magical.
We weren't going to post anything here until we finished the re-design, but, sheesh. You make a mascara that goes on like this and we have to say something.


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Changes in our health care system must be made with care
We've had the occasion recently to rely upon health care professionals in the care of an elderly family member. Theexperience has been one of amazement and awe as we have witnessed the care and commitment of these people, including everyone from health aides to physicians.
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gozz21 wrote:great post. thanks for answering questions that almost all new pigeon owners have. i just got some and this is great information for me.
Rick Hall wrote:Believe you'll find most any feed store carries or can get both pigeon grit and pelletized pigeon feed, though "laying pellets" are a good substitute for the later.
While the pigeon racers seem to agonize over their own special feed blends, I've one friend who I don't believe has given his anything but broken rice for years. So diet apparently isn't too critical unless you're trying to squeeze every possible bit of speed and/or distance out of them. Or reproduction. Mine live largely on whole in-the-hull rice that's free for the shoveling in my part of the country, and have, in the past, gone for months on nothing but whole corn. (Cracked corn is said to be harmful to squabs' tender craws.) But when I'm anxious for maximum squab production, I supplement with either pigeon or laying pellets that are both relatively high in protein. My birds seem to prefer the rice or corn and use the pellets as they feel the need. There is, btw, a clean-up advantage to grain over pellets, as the former produces drier droppings and the later plaster-like pigeon pies.
ohiogsp has linked a 5-in-1 medication that may well be superior, but my pigeons and the lodge's game birds have gotten along for years with an appreciably less expensive (if used as directed) 3-in-1 (worms, canker and coccidiosis) called "Global Multi-Mix" found at this link: http://www.globalpigeon.com/gps.php?action=showprod&id=8 I don't use it routinely but do any time birds are found wasting (getting extremely thin).
Rick Hall wrote:If you check the directions for use, the 5-in-1 calls for twice the amount the 3-in-1 does, so it remains substantially more expensive. And my pigeons and game birds apparently have not needed its extra benefits, which doesn't mean others won't.
But please know I'm not knocking your suggestions. I'm certain you're a much keener student of the birds than I, and am just pointing out that one need not make a major fuss over one's training birds. Not my intent to step on your toes, and I apologise if you feel I've done so.
(Have never been on a US racing bird message board, but thought it humorous that while the UK dog boards are remarkably civil compared to ours, they get wound mighty tight over the correct pigeon this or that.)
Coveyrise64 wrote:RedTails are not much of a problem, it's the Coopers and Sharpshins you have to worry about. I saw three flying over my house last week. I just hope my breeders can stay ahead of them.
dugger13 wrote:Do i fly 1 mile away, then two miles the next day, or should i do 1 mile first week, then next week 2 miles etc...
philnino wrote:I have been loft flying my young birds off and on for the last month. I leave the bobs open for about 30-45 minutes and then call the birds to feed. Only recently have the birds started flying around and routing as I open the trap a little earlier in the evening. When I let them out with only an hour before sunset they tend to lounge in the yard, on top of the loft, on my roof... I cut my feed back from an ounce a bird to 3/4 ounce a bird since they were not flying much. Should I start flying them in the morning as well? I live in the suburbs and already have birds occasionally settle on the neighbors houses. I am trying not to ruffle too many feathers!
I also wanted to know about the best way to catch, transport, and plant these birds.
Is there a method of letting the baby birds I raise learn to fly with the older birds without having another loft? I have a pair a week old and four more getting ready to hatch.
This has been a great post so far in helping me get started, thanks for taking the time to help all of us.
P.S. I have a flushing Boykin Spaniel.
philnino wrote:I dropped the feed in response to them not flying much and actually getting heavy. I am feeding purgrain. They are flying more since I started letting them out earlier in addition to the feed cut. They have not been out as much as I would have liked due to the rain we have had this spring. Will the birds get over lounging around or do I need to flush them off the ground and the roofs. I would prefer that they either fly or go into the loft. Can I release/loft fly the birds anytime during the day as long as they hungry? The birds are between 2 and 6 months.
I appreciate the help ohiogsp. I am getting excited about the training possibilities.
philnino wrote:I appreciate the advice ( I am not being sarcastic). I tried loft flying them Sunday morning and all was going well until a hawk hit them on their loft. They had flown well and I was preparing to call them in. Fortunately, I have the loft under my pine trees and next to a tall privacy fence. I stll lost a bird but originally thought it was two. The lone survivor came home this morning. The hawk took a beating coming through the trees, his feathers were everywhere. The hawk sounded like a large tree limb breaking and falling. All I saw was a flash of blue and red. I looked around before release and kept an eye out while they were up but I have a lot of houses and and trees blocking my view. It was about 0745 when he hit. I guess I will go back to early evening when hopefully the hawks are full of songbirds and mice. I hesitate to fly earlier since when the birds land on my neighbors houses they tend to sit on the eaves, which actually makes a bit of noise on the inside of the house (sounds like mice in the wall).
I did have a sucessful release this evening. I put four young birds in a crate about 25 feet from the loft and let them settle for about 30 minutes. When I opened the crate and whistled they flew right to the loft and trapped in less than a minute. Two of these birds are only two months old and hatched in my loft. So, again, I really do appreciate the advice, I am just going to have to modify it to fit my situation. Once I feel confident about them flying I will loft fly them in the morning. I have also increased their food back to an ounce a bird. The birds are really chowing down and not leaving any feed longer than ten or twenty minutes.I think I allowed them to get heavy by not watching the feed closely enough while they were not flying much this spring.
ohiogsp wrote:Here is a link to a 5-1. I could not find the exact one I have but this is very simular and they may not make the one I have anymore. This treats for most worms also. I think if you used this as your one and only med. your birds would stay pretty healthy. I am really into the health side of pigeons and the only real way to treat and cure probelms with pigeons is by dignosis. I use a microscope and do blood slides, fecal floats, and crop swabs. This is better but most the stuff I look for would be cured with this med here.


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'Microwork' Gives Digital Jobs to World's Poor
Leila Janah wants to eradicate poverty by offering digital work to the world's poor. The founder of Samasource works with companies such as Google to match small digital jobs with women and youth around the world. The WSJ's Deborah Kan interviews Ms. Janah on how she's making a difference.
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Cocaine withdrawal occurs when a heavy cocaine user cuts down or quits taking the drug. Complete abstinence and a serum drug level of zero are not required.
Cocaine produces a sense of extreme joy by causing the brain to release higher than normal amounts of some biochemicals. However, cocaine's effects on other parts of the body can be very serious or even deadly.
When cocaine use is stopped or when a binge ends, a crash follows almost immediately. This crash is accompanied by a strong craving for more cocaine. Additional symptoms include fatigue, lack of pleasure, anxiety, irritability, sleepiness, and sometimes agitation or extreme suspicion or paranoia.
Cocaine withdrawal often has no visible physical symptoms like the vomiting and shaking that accompanies the withdrawal from heroin or alcohol.
In the past, people underestimated the how addictive cocaine can be. However, cocaine is addictive when addiction is defined as a desire for more of the drug, despite negative consequences.
The level of craving, irritability, delayed depression, and other symptoms produced by cocaine withdrawal rivals or exceeds that felt with other withdrawal syndromes.
See also:
Drug abuse Drug abuse and dependence
- Stroke secondary to cocaine
Primary symptoms may include:
Agitation and restless behavior
Depressed mood
Generalized malaise
Increased appetite
Vivid and unpleasant dreams
Slowing of activity
The craving and depression can last for months following cessation of long-term heavy use (particularly daily). Withdrawal symptoms may also be associated with suicidal thoughts in some people.
During withdrawal, there can be powerful, intense cravings for cocaine. However, the "high" associated with ongoing use becomes less and less pleasant, and can produce fear and extreme suspicion rather than joy (euphoria). Just the same, the cravings may remain powerful.
Exams and Tests
A physical examination and history of cocaine use are sufficient to diagnose this condition.
A toxicology (poison) screen may be performed to see if other drugs may have been taken.
Other routine tests may include:
- Blood chemistries and liver function tests such as CHEM-20
- Cardiac enzymes (look for evidence of heart damage or heart attack)
- CBC (complete blood count, measures red and white blood cells, and platelets, which help blood to clot)
- EKG (heart tracing)
- Chest x-ray
- Urinalysis
The withdrawal from cocaine may not be as unstable as withdrawal from alcohol. However, the withdrawal from any chronic substance abuse is very serious. There is a risk of suicide or overdose.
Symptoms usually disappear over time. People who have cocaine withdrawal will often use alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, or anti-anxiety medications such as diazepam (Valium) or lorazepam (Ativan)to treat their symptoms. Use of these drugs is not recommended because it simply shifts addiction from one substance to another.
At least half of all people addicted to cocaine also have a mental disorder (particularly depression and attention-deficit disorder). These conditions should be suspected and treated. When diagnosed and treated, relapse rates are dramatically reduced. All prescription drug use should be monitored carefully in patients who abuse substances.
Support Groups
The 12-step support groups, such as Cocaine Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, have helped many people addicted to cocaine. Alternative groups such as SMART recovery should be recommended for those who do not like the 12-step approach.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Cocaine addiction is difficult to treat, and relapse can occur. However, the rates of achieving stabilization are as good as those for other chronic illnesses like diabetes and asthma.
Treatment should start with the least restrictive option and move up if necessary. Outpatient care is as effective as inpatient care for most people addicted to cocaine, according to research.
Presently there are no effective medications for reducing craving, although some are being tested. Some studies have reported that medications such as amantadine and bromocriptine may help to reduce patient's craving, increase energy, and normalize sleep, particularly among those with the most seriously addicted.
Possible Complications
- Depression
- Craving and overdose
- Suicide
Because many users will abuse more than one drug, other withdrawal syndromes, such as alcohol withdrawal, need to be ruled out.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you use cocaine and need help to stop using it.
Avoid cocaine use. If you have previously used cocaine and wish to stop, try to avoid people, places, and things you associate with the drug. If you find yourself considering the euphoria produced by cocaine, force yourself to think of the negative consequences that follow its use. Group participation is helpful for many people.


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Data Privacy & Security Policy
We Are Committed to Protect Your Privacy
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, located at 8/F, St George's Building 2 Ice House Street Central, Hong Kong and its group companies ("HSH Group") have a strong commitment to provide quality service to our guests, patrons and potential customers and are further committed to protecting your privacy.
To ensure you can make informed decisions and feel confident about supplying personal data relating to you when purchasing our products and using our services, we provide this policy statement outlining our data collection practices and the choices you have concerning how the data is being collected and used.
The term "Data" refers to any personal information that can be used to identify you as an individual. It can include, among other things, your name, contact number, address, age, gender, passport or other identification document details, driver's licence details, personal financial information, frequent flyer or travel partner information.
We limit the collection, use and retention of the Data to the specific information we need for legitimate purposes to administer our business, to provide you with quality service and offer various products or services from HSH Group companies that may be of interest to you. We take appropriate steps to protect Data collected against unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration, and to keep such Data up to date.
This privacy statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organised the privacy statement by major processes and areas so that you can review the information of most interest to you.
- Data we collect and how we use it
- Internal Controls
- How we store and transmit Data
- How we track customer usage on our website
- E-mails about Special Offers and Promotions and Opt-Out
- How long will Data be retained for?
- Notifications in the event of breach
- Careers
- Other Sites
- Children's Privacy
- Legal Disclaimer
Please read this policy statement carefully before submitting any Data to us. If, after reviewing this privacy statement you have any privacy questions or concerns or would like to request access to, correction or object to the processing of your Data for legitimate purposes, please send an e-mail to email@example.com or send a letter or fax to:
Data Privacy Team
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
8/F, St George's Building
2 Ice House Street
Central, Hong Kong
Fax: +852 2147 3720
Please allow 10 business days for us to process any correction of Data.
In order to protect your Data, we will require that you prove your identity to us in relation to your request to access your Data, which may consist of a copy of a government-issued identification, your signature and correspondence address so we can check them against our records and satisfy ourselves as to your identity. The above information is required to create an audit trail of how the request has been handled. Where a request is made, any correspondence or application may be kept and added to your Data.
This data privacy statement was written on 30 May 2011. In the future, we may need to make additional changes. All additional changes will be included in the latest data privacy statement published on this website, so that you will always understand our current practices with respect to the information we gather, how we might use that information and disclosures of that information to third parties. You can tell when this privacy statement was last updated by looking at the date at the top of the statement. Any changes to our statement will become effective upon posting of the revised statement on this site. We will seek your express consent to any changes to how we use or disclose your Data if requested by law but otherwise use of this site or our services following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised statement then in effect.
Data we collect and how we use it
When you request a particular service from us or otherwise interact with the HSH Group, we will ask you to voluntarily provide us with Data that we need. For example, if you would like us to make a reservation at one of our hotels, we will request for Data such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card information for payment purposes (including credit card number, code and expiry date). We will use your e-mail address to send an e-mail confirmation of your booking and a pre-arrival message summarising your confirmation details and preferences. Such pre-arrival message will include other information about the hotel, the area and the weather.
The same types of information would be requested when you complete any purchase of Peninsula gift certificates or merchandise, or make online enquiries.
For hotel reservations, we may also ask for your travel details (including flight number, arrival and departure dates and time, as well as country/point of origin and destination) and room preferences to better prepare ourselves for your arrival and to serve you better before your departure.
For non-hotel related operations provided by HSH Group companies including but not limited to residential and commercial leasing, and operation of airport lounges, clubs and food and beverage outlets, we may ask you for Data such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, identity card or passport details, tenancy particulars, employment particulars, club membership particulars, bank account and credit card information (including credit card number, code and expiry date) for payment purposes. We collect and use such Data to administer our business, and to offer various related products or services that may be of interest to you as a patron, tenant or club member.
When you browse this website, we do not collect Data unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide it to us, for example by accessing our website from a link in an e-mail that we send to you or where you have created a profile under My Peninsula and you log-in to your account.
Making a reservation and check-in at a Peninsula Hotel
The Data that you provide to us for making a reservation is made available to the applicable hotel for the purpose of completing your reservation request. We may also need to collect information as required by local laws such as passport numbers, type of entry visa, and driver's license. Upon check-in, your Data will be verified by our staff and you will be requested to indicate whether you wish to opt in and receive hotel promotional literature. At times, we may make certain Data available to strategic business partners such as mail houses and e-mail service providers for the sole purpose of mailing and dissemination of promotional materials for Peninsula Hotels and its related facilities only. Data will not be shared with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Making a reservation through our Global Customer Service Center or our Hotels
You can make a reservation by calling our Global Customer Service Center (GCSC) or by contacting a particular hotel. When making a reservation, you will be asked to provide Data such as your name, address, telephone number, address and method of payment, room preferences and special requests. Data obtained by GCSC will be sent in a secured environment to the relevant hotel. If you choose to provide us with your e-mail address, a confirmation and a pre-arrival message of your reservation will be sent to you by e-mail.
During your stay at a Hotel
We record your itemised spending to properly assemble your folio during your stay, which includes your room rate and other expenses billed to your room. We also record this information to comply with financial reporting requirements and those imposed by our auditors and government authorities. In order to assure your future comfort and attention to your individual needs, other stay specific information may also be stored in the property management system at the particular hotel, such as your food and beverage preferences and other special requests. Certain information regarding your service preferences may be made available to other Peninsula Hotels through our central database.
Making a purchase on our website
When making a purchase such as a gift certificate or a Peninsula merchandise, you will be asked to complete a form that includes your name, e-mail address, delivery address and credit card details for payment purposes. When the form is complete, your credit card number will be verified using a checking sequence to complete the transaction. Credit card information and Data are transferred over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection. Doing so protects the confidentiality of your Data while it is transmitted over the Internet. Purchasing transactions are assisted by third party processors who are required by contract to protect the privacy of your Data. SSL is an industry standard for encryption over the Internet to protect Data supplied to us. We will use that information to assist in any inquiries about your transaction.
Accessing Our Website from a Web-enabled Mobile Device
You can access our website from a web-enabled mobile device to find a Peninsula Hotel and/or restaurants operated by the HSH Group. In addition, you can download an application to your Apple iPhone/iPod/iPad with additional functionality. You can make a reservation from a web-enabled device. When you make a reservation, you may need to provide certain Data such as name, e-mail address and credit card information for guarantee purposes. You may also enrol in My Peninsula from a web-enabled device after completing an online room reservation on peninsula.com.
Creating and updating your My Peninsula account information
For hotel related services, upon completing an online room reservation, you can set up, review or update your My Peninsula information online. When enrolling in My Peninsula, you will be required to provide certain Data such as name, e-mail address, mailing address, room preferences and service requests.
Food and Beverage Outlet Reservations
We collect Data such as your name and phone number when you make a reservation at our food and beverage outlets. If you are a repeat guest at our food and beverage outlets or have filled out our food and beverage questionnaire, we may store your Data in our Customer Information System to serve you better upon your return.
Spa Reservations
We collect Data such as your name, contact details, and where necessary, credit card information for payment purposes when you make a spa reservation. In addition, we may also collect information relating to your health, allergies and treatment preferences before the spa treatment is commenced to ensure that your spa treatment is conducted under safe conditions.
Peninsula/American Express Card
If you apply for a Peninsula/American Express credit card, you will be required to provide certain Data as part of the credit card application process. We do not own any of the Data supplied to American Express group of companies in connection with the Peninsula/American Express credit card application process. You can refer to American Express' privacy statement posted on their Web site to understand how the information you supply will be used. American Express is the issuer of the credit card, and all terms and conditions of being a cardholder are dictated by American Express.
Third Party Providers
This policy statement does not apply to our processing of Data on behalf of, or at the direction of, third party providers (for example, airlines, car rental companies) who may collect Data from you and provide it to us. In this situation, we would merely act as a data processor and thus advise you to review applicable third party providers' privacy policies before submitting Data.
Fraudulent e-mails
Please note that the HSH Group companies will never send you an e-mail requesting your password, credit card number or passport, personal identity card or social security number. If you receive any suspicious e-mails that looks like it is from our group, but asks you for your credit card number or passport, personal identity card or social security number, it is a fraudulent e-mail, or "phishing". We recommend that you do not reply to the e-mail or click onto any links or pop-up messages and report to the local authorities which handle fraudulent e-mails. If you believe "phishers" have gained access to your personal or financial information, we recommend that you also change your password(s), alert your credit card service provider and bank and review credit card and bank account statements to check for unauthorised charges.
Unsecure communication
It is important to note that all e-mail communication is not secure. There is a risk inherent in the use of e-mail. Please be aware of this when requesting information or sending forms to us by e-mail, for example, from the "Contact Us" section of our website. We recommend that you do not include any sensitive information including credit card details when using e-mail or using any public computers/public WIFI. Our e-mail responses to you may not include any sensitive or confidential information. Please bear in mind that no security system or system of transmitting information over the Internet is guaranteed to be secure.
To be prudent, it is advisable to always close your browsers when you have finished completing a form or a reservation. Although the session will automatically terminate after a short period of inactivity, it is easier for a third party to gain access to your profile whilst you are logged onto our website and making a reservation.
Internal Controls
The HSH Group companies train their employees and staff on the importance of Data privacy and protection. Our privacy policy is updated as required to reflect any changes in applicable laws and developments in best practice procedures. Further, we limit the number of individuals within the companies with access to Data to those directly involved in the process of providing quality service to you.
How we store and transmit Data
At the Hotel and other group operations
Your Data may be shared with companies forming part of the HSH Group. We have policies and procedures to limit access to Data to authorised personnel only.
Our Customer Information System and Reservation System
We store certain customer information and reservation details in our Customer Information System and Reservation System. Both systems are secure customer databases stored on a dedicated server located in a data center in Hong Kong hosted by a third party service provider. The stored database includes Data such as guest name, address, phone numbers, position, company name and credit card information. We may also store other information such as your room, food and beverage, other service preferences and transaction history. This information may be shared within our group individual hotels to better anticipate your needs prior to and during your stay.
Our server resides behind firewalls to protect the Data collected from you against unauthorised or accidental access. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our hotels or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements.
In our marketing database
Certain of our group operations maintain a database of customer information which is used for marketing, promotion and research, understanding and analysing customer behaviour and customer profiling to improve our services. You will only receive marketing and promotional materials if you have opted-in or given permission on your hotel registration card, online via your My Peninsula account, or given your express and specific consent in some other customary form. You may elect to unsubscribe from receiving future e-mail promotions at any time.
Secure transmission and storage of data
We treat all Data that you provide to us as confidential information. To prevent Data from unauthorised access or leakage, we have adopted and regularly monitor our group's security and data privacy policies and procedures. We use SSL protocol – an industry standard for encryption over the Internet, to protect the Data. When you type in sensitive information such as credit card details, it will be automatically encrypted and transferred over a SSL connection. This ensures that your sensitive Data is encrypted as it travels over the Internet. You will know that you are in a secure mode when the security icon (such as a lock) appears in the computer screen.
Data transmission across international borders
As a global company, we endeavor to provide you with the same outstanding service in Hong Kong, as you would find in New York or Tokyo. To achieve this goal, we have established a global network comprised of properties, offices, global customer service centers, data centers, trusted service providers, and trained associates around the globe. The nature of our business and our operations require us to transfer your Data to other group companies, properties, centers of operations, data centers, or service providers that may be located in countries outside of your own for the purposes mentioned in this Policy. Although the data protection and other laws of these various countries may not be as comprehensive as those in your own country, the HSH Group will take appropriate steps to ensure that your Data is protected and handled as described in this privacy statement. Therefore, in addition to the implementation of the present Policy, HSH will implement, where necessary appropriate measures, including contractual clauses, to secure the transfer of your Data to recipients (which may be internal or external to the HSH group) located in a country with a level of protection different from the one existing in the country in which your Data is collected.
Disclosure of information to third parties
In addition to the required information sharing described above, we use the services of third party agents, such as e-mail service providers and mail houses for the purpose of mailing materials to our patrons. These parties are contractually prohibited from using Data for any purpose other than for the purpose specified in their respective contracts. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We do not permit the sale of Data to entities outside of the HSH Group for any use unrelated to our group operations or use of Data by third party for their own purposes. HSH will implement, where necessary appropriate measures, including contractual clauses, to secure the transfer of your Data to the third party service providers located in a country with a level of protection different from the one existing in the country in which your Data is collected.
How we track customer usage on our website
Our website only uses "cookie" technology as a tracking tool. Cookies do not retain registered guests' information provided during the online reservations or My Peninsula registration. Cookies identify your browser, rather than you and cannot be used by themselves to disclose your individual identity. Cookies enable us to track the number of page visits from the same computer or browser to be aggregated for statistical purposes.
We do not use Cookies to ascertain any Data about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with our group operations. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
You may set your browser to block Cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so will affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on our website.
Pixel Tags
Our group and our third-party service providers may use pixel tags (also known as "clear gifs", "beacon gifs" etc.), tracking links and/or similar technology to:
- Track customer response to The Peninsula Hotels advertisements and website content;
- Determine your ability to receive HTML-based e-mail messages. Our e-mail service provider includes a pixel tag, which they refer to as a "coded sensor" in all of the HTML-based messages sent on our behalf. The sensor activates when the e-mail message is opened and flags the e-mail address of the user as one that is capable of receiving HTML-based e-mail messages. This capability helps our service provider to send the e-mail in a format you can read. The sensor does not collect or use any other information. If you cannot receive HTML, you will not receive a functioning sensor;
- Know how many users open an e-mail and allow our service provider to compile aggregated statistics about an e-mail campaign for us; and
- Allow us to better target interactive advertising, enhance customer support and site usability, and provide offers and promotions that we believe would be of interest to you. Your Data will not be collected apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with our group operations.
E-mails about Special Offers and Promotions and Opt-Out
It is our intention to only send you mail and e-mail communications that will be useful to you and that you may want to receive. When you indicate that you would like to receive promotional material either on a guest registration card or when you enrol in My Peninsula, or patronise our restaurants and provide your e-mail address to us specifically and expressly in order to receive marketing communications, we will periodically contact you via e-mail and provide information about special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. These communications will relate to offers relating to The Peninsula Hotels, and restaurants and clubs operated by our group companies. We typically use third party e-mail service providers to send e-mails. These service providers are contractually prohibited from using your e-mail address for any purpose other than to send e-mails related to our group operations. Data will not be shared with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We provide you the ability to unsubscribe from all marketing communications. Every time you receive an e-mail, you will be provided with the choice to opt-out of future e-mails by following the instructions provided in the e-mail. You may also opt-out of receiving promotional materials by updating your My Peninsula account, or sending a letter or fax to:
Data Privacy Team
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
8/F St. George's Building
2 Ice House Street,
Hong Kong
Fax: +852 2147 3720
Please allow 10 business days for us to process your opt-out.
How long will Data be retained for?
Your Data will be stored for the period of time required or permitted by law in the jurisdiction of the operation holding the information. However, information that is stored on My Peninsula may be edited and deleted by users of such service at any time.
Data may be stored by Peninsula Hotels and other group operations as long as required for the business purpose for which these Data are processed.
Notifications in the event of breach
In the unlikely event of a Data breach, we are prepared to follow any laws and regulations which would require us to notify you of the disclosure of private information.
Our careers websites at www.peninsula.com and www.hshgroup.com allow individuals that wish to be considered for potential employment to attach their curriculum vitae for consideration. We will not use the information you provide for any purpose other than to determine your qualifications for potential employment at the HSH Group.
Other Sites
The HSH Group is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this website. Our website may contain links to other sites of third parties. We are not responsible for the data collection and use practices, privacy policy or the use of cookies on other websites that you have accessed this website from and to the non-HSH Group websites that you may access from this website. We advise you to review the privacy policies of such third parties before submitting personal Data.
Children's Privacy
This website is not intended for children and minors and we do not knowingly solicit or collect Data from children and minors. As a parent or legal guardian, please do not allow your children to submit Data without your permission.
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This privacy statement complies with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as well as applicable local laws.
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Janine Russell 11/22/2005 12:24:42 AMTrace, excellent clarity and composition. #348092
Refik Arpaci 11/22/2005 12:53:00 AMThis is a sparkling golden delicious picture! #2104990
Kiran Voleti 11/22/2005 1:02:40 AMNice capture...
Kelly Barclay 11/22/2005 5:53:55 AMGreat image!! #2105853
Diana L. Zinn 11/22/2005 9:34:14 PMMagnificent! #2108882
Carla Metzler 11/23/2005 5:02:06 AMBeautiful, Tracy! #2110097
Laura Clay-Ballard 12/13/2005 4:01:04 AMAWESOME JOY shot! #2180562
Barbara Helgason 12/15/2005 7:55:30 AMLooks like winner to me Tracy! #2188418
Wendy Stevenson 12/20/2005 8:04:15 AMWow, what an amazing image. Big congrats on your finalist and I sure hope we get to see this again:-) Best of luck to you in the next round!!! I really love this!!! #2203725
Lorri Shank 12/21/2005 3:40:19 PMTracy--this is awesome. I love the tiny lights in the background. It really makes a celebratory mood! Congrats!! #2210660
Nicole Kessel 12/21/2005 5:29:00 PMGorgeous Tracy!! I hope to see this one make it in the next round! Truly beautiful!! #2210957
Vicki L. Filippin 12/22/2005 6:34:03 AMCongrats, Tracy! This is such a kewl shot. Should be on a greeting card! :-) #2212666
Lori Carlson 1/29/2006 10:46:05 AMNeat shot and neat angle Tracy~Congrats! :0) #2352596
Susana Ms Heide 4/25/2006 12:18:56 PMGORGEOUS!! The background is magical! Congrats! #2685560
Christopher Budny 4/25/2006 3:26:30 PMTerrific background you achieved here! Screams celebration---hopefully you are having one; Congrats on this eye-catching Finalist! #2688122
She-She Killough 4/28/2006 8:36:22 PMThis is excellent Tracey!! Congratulations!!! #2703981
She-She Killough 4/28/2006 8:36:23 PMThis is excellent Tracey!! Congratulations!!! #2703982
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 4/29/2006 12:07:12 AMOne of my favorite winning images. Congratulations on your win! #2704206
Christopher Budny 4/29/2006 3:54:40 AMCongratulations again, Tracey! #2704567
Colette M. Metcalf 4/30/2006 4:46:01 AMCongratulations on your win, Tracey!!! #2707869
Gustavo Márquez 4/30/2006 11:58:30 AMCongratulations on your second place winner with this striking image Tracy! #2709243
...'tis the season everyone. Happy Holidays to you all!
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Vignette Corp.: Now Comes the Hard PartBy Mel Duvall | Posted 2002-10-11 Print
Dossier: Vignette executives used to brag that their firm was the fastest-growing software company in history. Not anymore.
Vignette executives used to brag that their firm was the fastest-growing software company in history. It was no idle boast; Vignette's hockey-stick growth chart would have been ruled illegal by any NHL referee, going from just $3 million in revenues in 1997 to $367 million by 2000.
MediaNews Group, a Denver-based publisher of more than 46 daily newspapers, looked at all of the major content-management players when it went shopping in early 2000. It felt Vignette was the only one with technology that could meet its demands. The company currently runs Web sites of just over 40 papers, and another 40 or so affiliated sites off the platform. As many as 35 million pages per month are being served up.
Eric Grilly, vice president of interactive media, says the company has had some issues with the system, particularly as it went from one or two sites to 40. "I think we pushed (the platform) into new areas and we've had some difficulties as a result," he says. "But Vignette has been a great partner in helping us work out the issues."
Vignette customers say they are concerned about the company's finances, but not any more so than they would be with the other Internet companies.
"I can point to just about any vendor we've bought technology from on the Web side of the business as having financial concerns," says Paul Barnhill, director of information technology at Cambridge Energy Research Associates. "With Vignette they've got a client base that you know isn't going away."
Cambridge has been using Vignette for about three years to serve up research and reports on the oil and gas business to clients over the Web. Barnhill says the company could have purchased another content-management system for less money, but doesn't believe he would have gotten the reliability that Vignette affords.
Richard Stuller, chief information officer of Hawaiian Electric Co., Hawaii's largest electric utility, says overall he has been satisfied with Vignette's system and support since it was installed in 2000. "Its ease of use has been a big benefit for us," says Stuller. "We can train someone to develop and maintain Web site content in less than one hour."
Vignette Corp.
1601 South Mopac Expressway, Austin, TX 78746
(512) 741-4300 www.vignette.com
Ticker: VIGN
Exchange: NASDAQ
Employees: 1,300
Greg Peters
Joined company in 1998 from Logic Works. Served as Vignette's president and CEO, and eventually assumed chairman's role. Handed over CEO's responsibilities in July to Thomas Hogan.
Thomas Hogan
President, CEO
Was a rising star with Siebel Systems before joining Vignette in 2001 as president and chief operating officer. Named CEO in July. Prior to Siebel, spent 17 years at IBM in sales and marketing.
Dave Shirk
VP, Products and Strategy
Responsible for product development. Was chief technology officer at Novell.
Vignette Content Suite, which is used to store, create, manage and publish content on the Web, or within an enterprise.
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Paul Barnhill
Director, Information Technology
(617) 497-6446
Project: Uses Vignette to manage and publish oil and gas research to clients via a secure Web site.
Eric Grilly
VP, Interactive Media
(303) 563-6410
Project: Country's seventh-largest newspaper publisher uses Vignette to manage content on about 75 Web sites.
Larry Patrick
VP, Customer and Partner Integration
(210) 697-8888
Project: The provider of checks and check-related services uses Vignette to serve up information on its corporate portal, including the ability to view check designs and place orders.
Rick Stuller
Chief Information Officer
(808) 548-7311
Project: Uses Vignette to manage information on its Web site. Has integrated platform with electronic bill presentment and payment services.
Mark Pippin
Manager, Customer Relations Systems
(321) 724-7520
Project: Semiconductor manufacturer uses Vignette to manage content on its Web site. Recently expanded use to include an employee portal.
Dave Eisenlohr
VP, Engineering
(650) 794-3700
Project: TestMart has a contract with the Navy to provide an online marketplace to purchase test and measurement equipment. Uses Vignette to manage Web site content including detailed specs.
Executives listed here are all users of Vignette products. Their willingness to talk has been confirmed by Baseline.
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Mr. Kevin W. Dunbar, 52, passed away unexpectedly on January 21, 2013. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop.
Kevin was born in Potsdam on July 11, 1960 to the late Orville W. and Alberta V. (Page) Dunbar. He was raised and educated locally; attending the Culinary Arts Program at BOCES, graduating from St. Lawrence Central class of 1979.
After high school, he began work as a chef at the Village Inn in Massena. Eager to learn, Kevin quickly mastered his culinary skills and became an important member of the Village Inn family. He was respected and loved by his co-workers and patrons for almost 34 years as an honest and dedicated person.
Kevin was always inventing new recipes to serve his friends and family, and took great pride in what he presented. His family was very important to him; treating his nieces and nephews like his own kids, as too his dogs Butch and BJ. At home, he loved his TV's; the bigger, the louder, the better.
He was a good friend to all he met and will be greatly missed by those who knew him.
Kevin is survived by two sisters and brothers-in-law, Debra and Rodney DeLorme of Winthrop and Joyce and Mike McDonald of Madrid; one brother and sister-in-law, Kerry Dunbar and Debbie Yandoh of Winthrop; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins; aunts and uncles, Doyle Page of Winthrop, Lorraine and Lloyd Moore of Potsdam, Yvonne and Danny Frye of Cape Cod, and Janet Page of Winthrop; his extended family, Cathy, Shawna, and Danny Cecot of Massena; also his canine companion, BJ.
Visitation will be Friday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Kevin's Funeral Service and Celebration of Life will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Victory Baptist Church in Winthrop.
Following the funeral service, a remembrance gathering and luncheon will be held at the American Legion in Winthrop from 1-5 p.m., family and friends are respectfully invited.
For those wishing to express an act of kindness, memorial contributions may be made in Kevin's honor to: St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES 139 State Street Road Canton, NY 13617, your Local Animal Shelter, or Charity of Choice.
Memories and condolences may be shared at www.hammillfh.com.


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The audio of the call established that the 911 operator asked Zimmerman not to pursue Martin. Zimmerman ignored this advice and confronted Martin.
During the halftime of the NBA AllStar Game on 26 February, Martin walked to a nearby convenience store to get an iced tea and a bag of Skittles for himself and his stepbrothertobe.
Crump brought on local lawyer Natalie Jackson, who enlisted the pro bono services of publicist Ryan Julison.Julisons pitch did not emphasize the racial element to the story, but underscored agreed upon facts: a neighborhood watch vigilante, who was carrying a gun, shot an unarmed teenager, and was not arrested.
Julison was particularly struck by the fact that a neighborhood watch captain would be carrying a firearm with no training of any kind other than a concealed weapons permit (Julison, 2012).
One reader, Kevin Cunningham, saw the Reuters piece shared on a listserv, Men of Howard, comprising fellow members of an informal fraternity at Howard University, where he attended law school (Leitsinger, 2012). Frustrated by the relative paucity of media coverage and incensed by the lack of justice, he began a Change.org petition on 8 March.
Another development in the story was delivered directly by a mainstream media commentator on 23 March, when TV pundit Geraldo Rivera suggested that Martins decision to wear a hooded sweatshirt was as much responsible for [his] death as George Zimmerman. There was immediate backlash to Riveras comments, including from Riveras own son. This moment solidified the hoodie as part of the national conversation and battle over the framing of the story.


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Europe: Day 4, Paris
When you're in a European city and all the museums and shops are beginning to blur together, there's only one thing to do: Head to the train station.
Europe's train systems make it possible to reclaim a sense of adventure--and still be back in time for dinner.
Exploring medieval France without using a time machine: Provins (it's pronounced pro-vanh) is one of the few medieval towns in the Paris region, and it's certainly the prettiest. More than a mile of crenellated ramparts hugs the ville haute (upper town), which is crowned by the Tour César, a turreted, fortified tower that overlooks the fertile green countryside. Back in its heyday in the 12th and 13th centuries, Provins was famous for its huge trading fairs, or foires, when the streets welcomed convoys of carts and wagons full of goods from all over Europe. You'll arrive in the more recent--and also pretty--ville basse (lower town). From there, a 10-minute stroll takes you to the base of the medieval cité. There aren't a lot of clearly marked signs to the old town from the train station; grab a map at the train station, or print one in advance at provins.net. The center of the old town is the place du Châtel, a large square surrounded by half-timbered buildings and several cafés. In the morning (hours vary by season), you can visit the Tour César, the domed Saint Quiriace church (an interesting conglomeration of 13th- and 17th-century architecture), and the Grange aux Dîmes, a huge 13th-century edifice used by merchants during the fairs to sell their wares. Your best lunch option is a picnic in front of the magnificent 12th- and 13th-century ramparts. If you come on Saturday, stock up on goodies at the open-air market in the ville basse; if the weather doesn't cooperate, have a crepe at La Fleur de Sel. During the high season (April-October), there are plenty of ways to spend the afternoon, including a falconry display with eagles and vultures; a re-creation of a battle, complete with knights in shining armor; and a motorized tourist train called Le Petit Train that runs around the ville haute.
Return-trip snack
Brie and bread from Au Bon Terroir; made in the area, the cheese is far superior to the pasteurized stuff sold in the U.S.
Provins Tourism Office: 011-33/1-64-60-26-26, provins.net. Tour César: rue de la Pie, $4.50. Grange aux Dîmes: 2 rue Saint Jean, $4.50; call or check website for schedule November to March. La Fleur de Sel: place du Châtel, 011-33/1-64-00-26-34. Battle re-creation: $6. Le Petit Train: $7. Au Bon Terroir: place du Châtel, ville haute, 011-33/6-85-54-60-57.
Train info
80 minutes each way. Round-trip ticket: $26. Commuter trains to Provins leave from Paris's Gare de l'Est; a direct line runs every morning at 9:09, except Mondays (9:14) and Saturdays (10:14). Since a round-trip ticket costs $26, you're better off buying a Mobilis one-day pass valid for eight zones ($25)--Provins is in Zone 8--which allows unlimited travel on Paris's public transport and regional trains. Cards can be purchased in advance at metro, bus, and train stations. On the day of travel, write the date and your name on the card; it's activated once you insert it into a subway turnstile or get it stamped at one of the yellow composteur machines at Gare de l'Est. The ride to Provins takes about 80 minutes. The 5:53 p.m. return train arrives in Paris in time for dinner; there's also one at 8:10 P.M. Schedules at transilien.com.


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