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Hair Stylist That Come To Your Home in Sandton before I go into the points to help you choose your hairdresser, I should first outline the definition of what is a mobile hairdresser? A Mobile Hair Stylist is a hairdresser who usually works for his or herself visiting clients at their homes or place of work, or any other agreed venue and does not operate from a fixed hair salon or beauty shop.
Mobile Hairdressing As a Career
1.When to consider using a mobile hairdresser. The services of a mobile hairstylist may often be required to be used at a home for a wedding when it may often be inconvenient for the bride to travel to a hair or beauty salon to have her hair and her make-up done, requiring her then to travel back to her home to put on her wedding gown. Instead, the hairdresser will travel to the bride's home in order to style the bride's hair for her special day. A Hair Stylist Home Service hairstylist is often in demand for Care homes, hospitals, prisons, the armed forces, and in many other situations where individual attention is required.
Mobile Hairdressing As a Career
4. Always Use a qualified hairdresser. As with Salon hairdressers, your mobile hairdresser should hold formal hairdressing qualifications. The UK national Vocational Qualification in Hairdressing (NVQ) is the only recognized qualification system, and more than 60% of mobile hairstylists are now trained to this standard. They should also hold professional indemnity insurance.
Your mobile hairdresser should be happy and prepared to recommend the perfect hairdos and often make-up to accentuate and compliment the individual looks of the customer, and offer suggestions on what hairstyle or make up should best suit the client.
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There are a variety of methods used to start dreadlocks. The method and size selected mostly depends on the texture and length of the hair. Other variables that affect the lock starting technique include hair's thickness, fullness, and versatility desired. The methods discussed in the article give you insight into the most popular methods used and what works best on various hair lengths and textures. The methods discussed include: two-strand twist, three-strand twist, comb coil twist, palm rolling, latch stitching, and individual braids.
In the palm rolling method, the hair is sectioned and rolled between the palms. This is usually achieved on hair that is longer than 2 inches. For best results, you should not wash your hair until it has started to lock. As the hair grows, the new growth is twisted using a palm rolling or similar twisting method. Alternatively, the new growth can be groomed using the interlocking or latch hook method discussed below.
The comb coils is a method where the hair is sectioned and is twisted into coils using a (rat tail) comb or by hand. This is usually achieved on shorter hair. For best results, you should not wash your hair until it has started to dread. As the hair grows, the new growth is twisted using a palm rolling or similar twisting method. When hair starts to lock, it will begin to not look like comb coils and may start to get fuzzy or begin to poof. However, this is not a cause to create worry because it is all apart of the dreading process.
The last method we will discuss is back combing. Back combing is a common method on hair that is a straighter, less kinky texture. Back combing (also known as "teasing" or "ratting") means repeatedly combing the hair towards the scalp, causing the hair to tangle. For best results, the hair should be at least shoulder length. With this method, the hair cannot be washed until it starts to lock. Because of the straighter texture, it may take 4-6 months for the hair to start to lock. During this time, the hair should NOT get wet. Some type of product, like wax or honey, is usually added to the hair to help facilitate the locking of the hair.
No matter the method you choose to start your locks, understand the commitment you are taking by locking you hair. Happy Locking!
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Like any other kinds of types of jobs, profession and career in the world, there are advantages and disadvantages to being a hairdresser. Yet despite the pros and cons, as long as you have the motivation, inspiration and the love for what you do, nothing will hinder you from succeeding as a hair dresser or any other career you choose to pursue.
Hairdresser Pros: What makes the profession enjoyable?
- Interaction with different types of people. A hairdresser always has this opportunity with various types of clients, young or old, male or female. As a matter of fact, it is this dealing with different personalities that add challenge and reward to the job. A hairdresser is prevented from boredom as each client requires specific hair care needs.
- Work Flexibility. If you are a hairdresser, you may choose to work for a salon or for yourself. You may opt to work in an 8-hour shift or by appointment only. You may also establish your own salon or offer home service.
- Variety of services. These days, clients prefer a convenient on-stop salon where they could get different services like hair styling, facials and nail care. If you are a hairdresser working for a salon such as this, you would need to know how to perform other beauty services. Expect that every day, you might be performing a different service and not just the basic hair trimming.
- Options for training. If you want to become a hairdresser, you may choose to attend a training course from a technical school. You may also choose to become an apprentice in a work environment where you would likely be absorbed once the apprenticeship is completed.


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Bespoke tailoring may be the preserve of the rich and famous, but thanks to Advent at Dixons Retail (Currys and PC World to you and me) you'll be able to add the personal touch to your own notebook.
Adventcovers.com will let you design anything you like to put on the back of your Advent notebook, with three models on offer. The Advent Modena, Zuni and Sienna are all listed as supported so we decided to give it a go.
You first buy your notebook and in our case that meant the Advent Modena. The Modena is a 15.6-inch notebook, running Windows 7 Home Premium, and offering a 2.1GHz Intel Celeron T3500 dual-core processor, 4GB RAM and 320GB hard drive.
It isn't the most high-spec of machines out there and the design sees it on the beefy side, rather than the slick machines that we've seen of late, but this notebook is good value for money at around £319 (for a refurbished model). The slightly lower spec M200 can be yours for £299 and makes it an affordable choice for those looking for a working machine rather than a gaming machine.
The next step is to design your cover. Adventcovers.com will walk you through the process quickly and easily, outlining the resolution you'll need to get the best results. We plumped for a bit of basic Pocket-lint.com branding, submitted the image file and paid the £29.99.
Advent then manufactures your lid and sends it to you via post. On arrival, you simply take your new cover down to your nearest PC World and they will install it for you.
Ordering took us about 3 weeks and on arrival we took it down to PC World's Tottenham Court Road store in London. Installation of the cover is very simple and the in-store process doesn't take long at all. You'll then walk out with a customised notebook.
The results are good meaning you can add that personal touch, be it for your own machine or easy branding for promotional purposes, as the result is tidier than a sticker, for example. Of course, there are a range of alternative ways to customise your notebook, from sleeves to clip-on covers, but we do like the final result as this is a properly printed and finished lid, so your design isn't going to scratch or peel off.
We were also pleased that there was no bleeding of colour into the white lettering we had chosen, with sharply contrasting lines. The detailing was actually quite precise, and with the benefit of hindsight smoother edges on the original image file could have given us a more rounded result to our lettering.
If we have one criticism, it's that the colouration of our design didn't make it right to the edges of the lid, so right on the edges there is a white band with the background colour bleeding into it (just visible on the photo above where the lid meets the black base of the laptop). It's something to bear in mind if you are after a dark colour and want a seamless effect, but if you are putting on a photo or design with lots of different colours it probably matters less.
All in all, a pretty slick result that didn't break the bank.

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The St. Louis Rams saw enough of Cortland Finnegan, but not the Miami Dolphins.
NFL Media's Albert Breer reported Friday that Miami was finalizing a two-year deal for the ninth-year cornerback, according to a team source. The Dolphins later confirmed the signing. Breer also reported the deal was worth $11 million.
After being released by the Rams last week, Finnegan will compete for snaps across from the recently re-signed Brent Grimes. Miami is short on corners after releasing Dimitri Patterson and losing Nolan Carroll to the Eagles in free agency.
Finnegan, however, struggled mightily last season in St. Louis, ranked No. 109 out of 110 eligible players at his position by Pro Football Focus. He took a beating in coverage during his five starts before hitting injured reserve with a fractured orbital bone. Rams coach Jeff Fisher last month suggested Finnegan had a future in St. Louis, but his unwieldy $10 million cap number ruled that out.
We're at the stage in free agency where teams are dipping into second- and third-tier players, and Miami has done just that with Finnegan.
They'll give the once-feared Titans cover man a long look this offseason, but we wouldn't be shocked if he's not on the roster come September.
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Subway Series Bread Refuses to Take Sides
Unless you count competitive barbecuing I'm not much for sports. But if I had to declare a baseball allegiance, it would be to the Mets, mainly for geographical reasons. I was born in Queens, grew up on Long Island and now live within walking distance of Shea. Hell, I'm so clueless about baseball I didn't even know that there was a Subway Series happening this weekend. Now thanks to the tabloids, I also know that Yankees slugger Jason Giambi likes to don a golden thong to break hitting slumps. Frankly I'm more interested in the oddity known as "Subway Series Bread" than in watching the Mets and Yanks battle it out.
I discovered the miniature loaves known as "Subway Series Bread" in a Russian deli in Rego Park awhile back. You might be tempted to think that the variety labeled with the L is the carb of choice for self-conscious hipsters who sport trucker hats and frequent the Bedford Avenue subway stop, but it actually has nothing to do with any subway line, or baseball team for that matter. The L stands for light rye, and it's quite good with a toasty flavor. The variety emblazoned with the D has nothing to do with any subway either. It's denotes the dark rye, which has a slightly bitter though not unpleasant flavor. Both are made by Handmade Products, a company with offices in Long Island City and Los Angeles, although I can't imagine they're selling too much Subway Series bread in lala land. For a company based in Queens you'd think they would at least change the L to a 7 in honor of the Mets.
Baseball knowledge aside, at least Handmade Products takes pride in its bread. The package boasts that "Subway Series breads are based on recipes that go back hundreds of years." And on either side of the Kosher seal are the words, "EAT BREAD … LIVE LONGER." Perhaps they should send some loaves of D to Giambi. Who knows? Carbo loading might turn out to be more effective than sporting a golden thong.
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Award-winning documentary producer and director Morgan Neville wanted to give the limelight to an often unnoticed voice that has filled millions of American homes - the backup singer. In his new documentary, "Twenty Feet from Stardom," Neville featured the stories and voices of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega, and Judith Hill.
You might not recognize their names, but you probably have heard their voices, singing on chart topping songs with Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Elton John and Stevie Wonder. "Twenty Feet from Stardom" explores the power of their voices and their stories of lost record deals as they worked to make ends meet.
Gil Friesen, prolific music and film executive and former chairman of A&M Records, realized there was an untold story about the profession and the lives of backup singers. For the next two years, the producer and director interviewed about 70 backup singers, exhausted resources for footage and discovered that the core of this untold story was about community and family.
"Backup singing does go way back through all kinds of music history and beyond, but I really wanted to tell the story of these largely African American voices that came into pop music and the revolution they brought with them," said Neville on AirTalk.
For most of these singers, the beginning of their careers began in church choirs. Neville cited how that gospel background enhanced songs like "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones, which was originally sung by Merry Clayton and later by Lisa Fischer.
Singer Judith Hill said the difference for backup singers is caring for the group sound versus owning the stage as a soloist. Although she enjoys both roles, she said, "When I know that I'm going into a background singing situation, I find joy in the fact that these women are like sisters and we can create this moment"
One of the featured singers in "Twenty Feet from Stardom" is Darlene Love. Under her producer, Phil Spector, Love's vocals powered "He's a Rebel" and "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry," but throughout her career, she remained largely nameless and sang song after song credited under someone else's name. Love shares how she felt hearing her voice on the radio as she worked as a housekeeper to pay the bills.
"Darlene just never got the hits under her name. Somebody said, 'What's the difference between a lead singer and a backup singer?' And I said, 'A hit,'" said Neville. "In Darlene's case she actually had the hit, but she was in such a unique situation with Phil Spector, her producer at the time, that she just never got the proper credit; and she spent the rest of her life trying to get that credit."
Hill said about watching the completed film, "I was just like 'Oh my gosh' because I never knew the stories about Darlene and the things she went through, and it's just really mind-blowing."
Morgan Neville says this documentary really changed how he listens to music.
"If you just say to somebody, 'Name some songs with great backing vocals,' you can maybe come up with a couple, but you're not trained to think about it that way," said Neville. "So the entire time I made the film, I had the radio on, and I would constantly discover amazing backing vocals in songs I heard a thousand times."
Perhaps "Twenty Feet from Stardom" even reminisces a different time in music, when background vocals subtlety brought a broader dimension to the songs. Hill said that artists now often overdub their own voices on tracks instead of using background singers.
Many critics have given this documentary quite a bit of attention because it's smartly chosen topic. Neville said many people reacted to the movie asking, "Why hasn't this happened before?"
"Nobody had done anything about backup singers — no documentaries, no books, hardly a website. It was really an invisible art, and I'm just so happy to finally give these people the glory they deserve," said Neville.
He hopes that this documentary will make audiences want to see these singers perform live on a tour of their own.
Also on AirTalk, Patt asked Judith Hill about her experience stepping into a more solo role. Hill teased listeners with an a capella snippet of "Desperation" and talked about singing Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" on NBC's "The Voice."
Hill said about her newfound fame, "In every chapter of your life, you enjoy it … so never take any of it for granted. And I'm just blessed to be in this position, and I know it's also feast or famine because tomorrow I could be back in another place. So you just take it one day at a time and work hard."
Morgan Neville, director of "Twenty Feet from Stardom"; founder of documentary company Tremolo Productions; producer, director and writer for Grammy-nominated "Johnny Cash's America" (2008).
Judith Hill, singer and featured performer in "Twenty Feet from Stardom"; Hill was going to be part of Michael Jackson's "This Is It Tour" and was a recent contestant on NBC's "The Voice."


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This little cute circle pendant is 1cm thick and 4cm diameter. It comes mounted on an 80 cm black silk thread complete with a safety snap clasp. Little hands will love to hold on and play with the silcione pendant - a great distraction while feeding. They look great and are so practical and are great if you have a baby that is teething. Have you checked our amber range?
Silicone jewellery is fantastic for multi-tasking mums that love to wear accessories but are worried about items being mouthed - or worse - pulled and broken by inquisitive hands or mouths. Bambeado silicone is made from 100% food grade silicone and has been tested to ensure it is free of heavy metals, and is PVC and BPA free.
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If you're a social worker who is considering a foster care applicaton, how could you not approve the couple who is related to Elijah Dukes? A 17-year-old girl who is in foster care with a relative of Dukes told the Tampa police that Dukes got her pregnant. The article goes on to say that Dukes will not be charged with a crime. That's because, while the age of consent in Florida is 18, if the other person is 24 or younger, age of consent is only 16. The Devil Rays outfielder was born on June 26, 1984, so ... and Dukes gets in under the tag!
The girl, expected to give birth Nov. 5, told investigators she and Dukes had consensual sex on the living room sofa. She said Dukes got angry when she and another person confronted him about the pregnancy. "Yeah, we sat down and told him and he got mad and threw a Gatorade at me," she told investigators.
The incident has prompted a state investigation into the foster home.
Well, what next? Time now to spin the big Elijah Dukes Anti-Social Behavior Wheel and watch it land on ... it looks like ... poaching endangered owls! Unexpected, we must say, even for him. But we're certainly looking forward to it.
Teen: Dukes Got Me Pregnant [St. Petersburg Times]
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Colorado Cold Cases: Father identified as person of interest in Dylan Redwine's murder
The La Plata County Sheriff's Office has formally identified Mark Redwine as a "person of interest" in the death of his son.
The decision came after the coroner's office formally changed its cause of death for Dylan Redwine from undetermined to homicide.
Redwine did not return several phone messages in the days after he was named a person of interest.
Redwine previously told The Denver Post that he had been the apparent focus in his 13-year-old son's death ever since his body was discovered two years ago.
Dylan had disappeared during a Thanksgiving visit in November of 2012.
Mark Redwine previously spoke numerous time with me, giving detailed explanations of his activities dating back to his son's "perplexing" disappearance.
He told me there are so many possibilities, and all of them seem a little far-fetched, but because something odd did happen, one of those unlikely explanations has to be right. The boy who he never argued with didn't just vanish into thin air.
Mark Redwine pondered so many different scenarios: Dylan is picked up while he is hitchhiking by someone he trusted, only to be kidnapped; Dylan goes fishing and a bear attacks and kills him; someone breaks into his home and snatches his son; Dylan is distraught because of his parents' breakup and wanders into the forest.
"What is out of the realm of possibility is that I would do anything to my son," Mark Redwine said in lengthy interview Friday, during which he offered rambling explanations about his own version of what became of Dylan.
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- Supported graphical representation
- Preview function for displaying the complete line of the ladder program
- Simple drag-and-drop function for editing links
- Copy and paste between different ladder programs possible
- Extensive cross-reference functions
- Recording of jump operations
- Access protection by means of password
- Extensive range of print functions
RobCAD RCS module
Enables the use of MOTOMAN robots in RobCAD.
The RobCAD offline programming and robot simulation software by Siemens (previously UGS and Tecnomatix) enables the creation of robot programs without direct contact with the robot. Motion simulations can be carried out to determine accessibility and possible collisions.
Main features:
- Robot program creation
- Most accurate simulation of motion sequences
- Compilation of programs into the relevant programming language
Offline programming and simulation.
MotoVRC is a comprehensive software kit for the virtualisation of NX100, DX100 and FS100 based robot systems. MotoVRC facilitates graphical virtualisation of the robot cell as well as of the robot system.
Main features:
- Virtual robot control
- Graphical simulation
- Offline programming
- Reach and accessibility analyses
MotoSim is an offline programming system with 3D simulation.
It reduces the teach-in time required for the robot, increases productivity and ensures operator safety by enabling robot programming on a PC.
MotoSim uses the same kinematic model as the robot controller and INFORM language, making it possible to create robot jobs offline.
Main features:
- Reach and accessibility analyses
- Cycle time analysis
- Offline programming
- Model library
- Example cells
- Job transfer module
- Remote Monitoring function
- MotoSim Viewer function
MotoSize for the Web provides an Internet browser-based solution for calculating the load rating (mass, moment of inertia) for MOTOMAN robot models.
Use this tool to properly specify the needs of your system and ensure that appropriate loading requirements are met.
Usage of this tool is free following registration to this E-Mail address
After you have received valid login credentials proceed to this link
Main features:
- Assists in selection of proper MOTOMAN robot model based on load
- Provides colour-coded calculation results based on percentage of load for specific robot model
- Includes ability to save calculation results to a new report and view and existing report and import input from existing report
Key benefits:
- Helps to determine which robot model to select for your application
- Provides reports that can be used for application specifications or hard-copy documentation


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Parameterized JUnit4 Unit Tests in Kotlin
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(Jump to the TL;DR of how to create a Parameterized JUnit4 test in Kotlin) This weekend I've been learning a little Kotlin — the (relatively) new JVM language from JetBrains. Once I'd worked my through the "Koans", I decided to try a simple Code Kata. I chose the Roman Numerals Kata for this exercise. Whilst […]
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What hurts Tim Tebow's NFL job prospects most — His arm? Or his fans?
Tim Tebow is the most influential athlete in America, according to Forbes. So why can't he get a job as a quarterback in the NFL? Two reasons: 1) He can't throw the football, and 2) His fans.
Tebow is a role model, a winner and a devoutly religious man. I respect him for all his outstanding attributes. But I also say: The noise made by his fans is a distraction. A circus. And NFL teams don't want to deal with a circus of distractions for their third-string quarterback. Listen to Peter Burns and I discuss how Tebow is hurt by his own popularity here:
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH lyrics : "Handcuffin' Them Hoes"
Yeah, yeah
Yeah I cheat and I $#[email protected] other (*##$es
Y'all just lame sucker-for-love $$# ^!$$%z
Su.F.L.A.N! Go ahead and spell it out
I gets my love game on without a doubt
My girl know I'm live (yeah) point blank period
Handcuffin them hoes y'all can't be serious
You ain't cut from the right cloth, $#[email protected] your rag
One word in your (*##$ ear, she all in the bag
Give a $#[email protected] if that's your broad, she shouldn't be out
We in the club lookin to put somethin fat in her mouth
Easy! Hold on, I see a fox comin
Between now and a few hours I'll be up in her stomach
And I ain't even gotta be dipped
I pull out my pocket too Sloppy Joe, mixed this thick
You ever try foldin a brick?
Tryin to shove hundred dollar bills in your jeans and half of it rip?
We them Staten Island boys, intelligent thugs
9 out of 10 times yeah we lookin to $#[email protected]
And y'all already word know what it is
On some Teena Marie %#@!, nucca, I'm talkin square biz
[Chorus: Ghostface]
Y'all need to stop handcuffin them hoes
Comin in the club handcuffin them hoes
You don't even know 'em handcuffin them hoes
Cuffin them hoes, cuffin them hoes
[Jim Jones - talking over Chorus at first]
Whassup Ghost?
Sucker! I hear you Ghost
F.EM.L, $#[email protected] 'em and we leave 'em (I'm gone)
P-I-M-P, treat 'em like we great 'em (ya hear that?)
%#@!, treat 'em like we don't need 'em
Cause after we $#[email protected] 'em out the phone we delete 'em (doop doop)
Leave 'em for them suckers, let them other ^!$$%z keep 'em (you can have her)
They keep 'em to the point that we don't see 'em (where'd she go?)
%#@!, but the (*##$es need freedom
They wanna come outside and start freakin (AOW!)
Jumpin on dick like they leapin (watch it) it's Leap Year [laughin]
She disappearin for the weekend (where she went?!)
So hell yeah she starts creepin
You had her locked up like she was livin in precinct (prisoner!)
She want a gangster, ^!$$% youse a weakling
She wanna ride fast in the cars while we chiefin (vroom vroom)
Just cause you was cuffin the hoe
I had $#[email protected] her one time now I'm duckin this hoe
Please in your mind, never drop a dime but
Damn, ain't that some %#@!?
And I just wanted to have a good time
Now I got a hoe on my line, buggin!
Slow down
[Jim Jones - over Chorus]
Stop cuffin these hoes
Stop cuffin these hoes
[Jim Jones - over Chorus]
Stop cuffin these hoes
Stop cuffin these hoes
Let her go!
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Ag futures are trading on both sides of unchanged this morning. This weekends Spanish Bank Bailout provided an initial rally last night as equity and energy futures were sharply higher and the US Dollar and interest rate futures were sharply lower. The outside markets provided a brief rally overnight and into this morning.
Corn futures are currently down 2 to 7c. There is a diminishing chance of rain thoughout most of the corn belt until tomorrow. Rainfall accumulation over the past 48 hours has remained under .50". The weather pattern is mostly staying in the North and Western Corn belt and doesn't appear to help the most needed areas. Analyst are also anticipating a drop in overall corn condition in this afternoon's crop progress and condition report. I expect the Good/Excellent category to be 69% down 3% from last week.
Soybean Futures have been all over the board today and have a 27c range in the July Contract. The market is currently unchanged to 4c higher. It appears that China is going to continue to import large amounts of soybeans, the increase in Chinese imports will likely cause the USDA to increase projected exports.
Wheat futures are 1 to 4c higher. They are the strongest grain as of mid-day, based on "hot and dry" weather in Eastern Europe and China.
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188.8.131.52 Does uncertainty in land surface models contribute to uncertainties in climate prediction?
Uncertainty in climate simulations resulting from the land surface has traditionally been deduced from offline experiments (see Chapter 7 and Section 188.8.131.52) due to difficulties associated with comparing land-surface schemes when forced by different climate models (e.g., Polcher et al., 1998b). Some work since the SAR has focused on the sensitivity of land-surface schemes to uncertainties in parameters (e.g., Milly, 1997) and on whether different land-surface schemes, coupled to climate models, lead to different climate simulations or different sensitivity to increasing CO2 (Henderson-Sellers et al., 1995).
Polcher et al. (1998a) used four different climate models, each coupled to two different land-surface schemes to explore the role of the land surface under 1xCO2 and 2xCO2. The modification to the land-surface scheme tended to focus on aspects of the soil-hydrology and vegetation/soil-moisture interactions (Gedney et al., 2000). To measure the uncertainty associated with surface processes, the variance of anomalies caused by the changes to the surface scheme in the four climate models was computed. The uncertainty in climate models was computed by using the variance of annual anomalies relative to a consensus (the average of all models). This measure takes into account the differences between climate models, as well as the internal variance of the atmosphere. With these two variances, a ratio was constructed to evaluate the relative importance of the uncertainty linked to surface processes in comparison to the uncertainty linked to other aspects of the climate model (Crossley et al., 2000). In Figure 8.12a this diagnostic is applied to zonal mean values over land for the 1xCO2 experiments. The highest values, indicating a large contribution of surface processes to the uncertainty, were obtained for evaporation, the variable most affected by surface processes (the asterisk indicates significance at the 95% of this measure). Surface air temperature was strongly dependent on surface processes in the tropics but at high latitudes its uncertainty was dominated by atmospheric processes. In the high latitudes, the hydrological cycle (characterised by precipitation and cloud cover) was partly controlled by the surface as indicated by high values of the ratio. Overall, Figure 8.12 shows that the contribution to total uncertainty in the simulation of climate resulting from the land surface may be large and varies geographically.
Figure 8.12b displays the same diagnostic but for the anomalies resulting from a doubling of CO2. The maximum uncertainty is concentrated in the tropics and the variables most affected are cloud cover and temperature. The uncertainty in evaporation changes is large but does not dominate as in the control climate. In the Northern Hemisphere a secondary peak was found for cloud cover and to some extent for precipitation, indicating that a significant part of the uncertainties in the impact of climate change on the hydrological cycle originates from land-surface processes. The shapes of these curves are very different in the two figures, indicating that different processes are responsible for the uncertainties in the control simulation and the climate change anomalies. This implies that the sensitivity of land-surface schemes to climate change needs to be evaluated and that it can not be deduced from results obtained for present day conditions. Gedney et al. (2000) analysed these results regionally and found that the simulations differ markedly in terms of their predicted changes in evapotranspiration and soil moisture. They conclude that uncertainty in the predicted changes in surface hydrology is more dependent on gross features of the runoff versus soil moisture relationship than on the detailed treatment of evapotranspiration. The importance of hydrology was also demonstrated by Ducharne et al. (1998) and Milly (1997).
Other work has involved using global climate fields provided by GCM analyses to force land-surface models offline (see Dirmeyer et al., 1999). In this study, different land-surface models use the same atmospheric forcings, and the same soil and vegetation data sets. Model outputs are compared with regional runoff and soil moisture data sets and, where available, to observations from large-scale field experiments. To date, results highlight the differences between land-surface model treatments of large-scale hydrology and snow processes; it is anticipated that these and other trials will lead to significant improvements in these problem areas in the near future.
Uncertainty in land-surface processes, coupled with uncertainty in parameter data combines, at this time, to limit the confidence we have in the simulated regional impacts of increasing CO2. In general, the evidence suggests that the uncertainty is largely restricted to surface quantities (i.e., the large-scale climate changes simulated by coupled climate models are probably relatively insensitive to land-surface processes). Our uncertainty derives from difficulties in the modelling of snow, evapotranspiration and below-ground processes. Overall, at regional scales, and if land-surface quantities are considered (soil moisture, evaporation, runoff, etc.), uncertainties in our understanding and simulation of land-surface processes limit the reliability of predicted changes in surface quantities.
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These Comic Cufflinks are truly iconic and will add the perfect splash of color to any shirt. If you are a fan of cufflinks, what else could you possibly ask for? These unique cufflinks are ideal as a small birthday gift for that special someone, whether that be for a wedding, wedding tuxedo, something a touch corporate or for no specific reason at all. At FrenchCuffed we just want to make affordable Comic Cufflinks that will make you smile and these Comic Cufflinks are sure to bring a jealous grin from anyone that gets the chance to see them. At the end of the day, these personalized Comic Cufflinks make your french cuff a talking point, which beats cufflinks that are kind of boring.


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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy - for beginners
Serves: 6
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing the dish
10 to 12 purple "prune" plums, cut in half and pitted
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Confectioners' sugar
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/plum-cake-tatin-recipe.html?oc=linkback
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter a 9-inch glass pie dish and arrange the plums in the dish, cut side down.
Combine 1 cup of the granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over high heat until it turns a warm amber color, about 360 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Swirl the pan but don't stir. Pour evenly over the plums.
Meanwhile, cream the 6 tablespoons of butter and the remaining 3/4 cup of granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy. Lower the speed and beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the sour cream, zest, and vanilla and mix until combined. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and, with the mixer on low speed, add it to the butter mixture. Mix only until combined.
Pour the cake batter evenly over the plums and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes, then invert the cake onto a flat plate. If a plum sticks, ease it out and replace it in the design on top of the cake. Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with confectioners' sugar.
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David Letterman
by Don Fulsom
On September 9, 2009, David Letterman ambled out of his multi-million dollar lower Manhattan hideaway and plopped his lanky frame into a waiting limo for the short ride to the Ed Sullivan Theater. To Dave's surprise, his chauffer handed the CBS TV star an envelope.
The driver had lowered his window to accept the envelope at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. He apparently thought little about the propriety of the transaction—because the envelope came from esteemed CBS veteran "48 Hours Mystery" producer Joe Halderman.
Yet the envelope was not an innocent handoff of company memos from one Black Rock (CBS Headquarters in Manhattan) biggie to another. Authorities say its contents amounted to an extortion attempt by Halderman. And six months later, Halderman himself concurred—pleading guilty to second-degree larceny.
In his failed blackmail attempt, the producer was threatening to expose the 62-year-old Letterman's sexcapades, over several decades, with a significant number (eight or nine are the most prevalent rumored numbers) of far-younger Letterman staffers. In fact, Halderman's former live-in girlfriend, 34-year old Stephanie Birkitt, was reputedly among Letterman's cavalcade of underling bedmates.
A former Letterman intern, Holly Hester, has publicly admitted to falling "madly in love" with Dave when she worked on his show as a NYU student in the 1990s. This disclosure apparently played a role in Quinnipac University's cautious approach to sending any of its students to Dave's workplace. Fox News quotes Quinnipac Professor Grace Levine as saying she would "be remiss in just trying to ignore" Letterman's startling on-air confession that he had multiple affairs with his own employees.
What did Halderman's infamous envelope contain? According to authorities, there was a "demand letter" for "a big chuck of money" from Dave; a "treatment for a screenplay;" parts of diaries and personal correspondence belonging to a blacked-out name; telephone records and photos. In the letter, Halderman tells the gap-toothed comedian his "world is about to crash down upon him" unless he forks over the hush money—later set by the accused blackmailer at $2-million.
Not long after the envelope caper, a Dave-approved sting operation put the 51-year-old Halderman in handcuffs. Wearing glasses, a salt-and-pepper goatee, a gray suit jacket and striped business shirt without a tie, Halderman showed up in a Manhattan courtroom and responded in a clear voice "not guilty" when asked how he pleaded to grand larceny. Assistant District Attorney Judy Salwen accused Halderman of wanting "to destroy the reputation of Mr. Letterman and submit him and his family to humiliation and ridicule."
Halderman was freed on $200,000 bond, was forced to keep his distance from Letterman, and faced 15 years in prison. His arrest followed a September 30 meeting in a New York City hotel at which Letterman's attorney James Jackoway gave Halderman a fake $2-million check.
As part of his March 9, 2010 guilty plea, Halderman will serve six months in prison, four-and-a-half years probation, and complete 1,000 hours of community service. In court, Halderman said, "I feel great remorse for what I've done." Outside of court, he told a news conference, "I apologize to Mr. Letterman and his family, Stephanie Birkitt and her family and certainly to my friends and family," according to ABC News.
In a statement read by his lawyer Dan Horwitz, Letterman said, "I would like to thank the District Attorney of Manhattan, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the former District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, the Special Prosecutions Bureau in the D.A.'s Office, and the New York City Police Department. When they became involved with this case, I had complete faith that a just and appropriate result was inevitable. On behalf of my family, I am extremely grateful for their tireless efforts,"
Newsday reports Halderman was well-liked by most of his co-workers: "Per someone who knows him: 'He was just a nice guy ... I can't believe he was involved in something like this.'" Another colleague is quoted as saying Halderman is "very driven, very smart," and is "a hotdog" – a person who can dependably be dropped into a war zone, face the dangers, and get the story.
In court papers, Letterman is referred to only as Jackoway's "Client #1." What is obviously Birkett's name is blacked out of the documents released by a Connecticut judge on October 15. The tabloid Globe says Birkett, a pretty blonde Wake Forest grad—first hired by Dave as an intern in 1996—did not know of Halderman's scheme. The paper quotes psychologist Judy Kuriansky as saying that Dave, as a serial cheater, could use a good rehab program: "It's clear he's obsessed with sex and needs serious therapy … he needs to deal with his issues so he can save his marriage."
Reports indicate the jealous Halderman went bonkers after finding proof of Birkitt's continuing affair with Dave in Stephanie's diaries at the modest home the two once shared in Norwalk, Connecticut. Halderman was also far from pleased to spot his live-in love necking with Letterman in Dave's car in the driveway of Halderman's home. This, indeed, was a strange love triangle gone horribly off-kilter.
Letterman frequently drove many miles out of his way (he lives with his wife Regina Lasko, 48, and their 5-year-old son Harry in a palatial estate in Westchester County, New York) to give Stephanie a ride home (and, apparently, play kissy-face with her) after the curtain came down on the taping of "Late Night."
Letterman and Lasko have a 23-year relationship, though they did not get married until March 2009. Curiously, Letterman first met Lasko when she worked on his show. Lasko reportedly is contemplating a divorce, and Dave admits he has his work cut out for him on the home front.
What might be up for grabs in a divorce? Letterman boasts an annual income of between $30- to $45-million and is said to be worth about $300-million. Dave—who's been coming into our homes late at night for 27 years now—recently signed a new $120 million contract to stay on "Late Night" until 2012.
After Letterman confessed to his office dalliances, one of his former writers—Nell Scovell in Vanity Fair—said she quit Dave's NBC show because of alleged sexual favoritism and a hostile work environment. She said Dave paid extra attention to her and was rumored to be involved is sexual relationships with other female subordinates.
None of Dave's co-workers has ever filed sexual harassment charges against him. But some legal eagles believe Dave's on-air confession raises serious questions about whether his actions constitute sexual harassment or an abuse of a boss's power.
On his show, Dave himself described his behavior as "creepy," but—as far as is yet know—no outlandishly perverse acts were committed by Dave at his Manhattan "love nest," or in his secret "bunker" above the Ed Sullivan Theater. But Dave is said to have enjoyed having some of his gal pals dress up like college co-eds, preferably like cheerleaders—complete with pom-poms.
CBS stood firmly behind their biggest star from the start of the scandal.
Yet, in one sense, CBS's opinion really doesn't matter. That's because Letterman actually works for his own company—an outfit with the now mock-worthy name, Worldwide Pants. "The firm has stated that it has a policy on harassment and that Letterman is not in violation of that policy," according to The Christian Science Monitor.
Why would a canny investigative journalist like Joe Halderman think he could pull off the Letterman plot? The New York Daily News quotes Mike Paul, a P.R. expert who's spent hours on the phone with Halderman discussing Halderman's work at CBS. Paul is plainly baffled: "(Joe's) a guy who knows better. He's very intelligent. He understands investigations of a crime. Has he done stories where people have gotten in trouble doing this? Dozens, probably hundreds."
It now seems that David Letterman can survive as a partly emasculated late night TV comedian—one who now cannot make full-fledged fun of the sexual indiscretions of other celebrities and of politicians. As David Carr writes in the New York Times: "Hypocrisy and infidelity, primary colors in the comedic palette, will now require a different skill from Mr. Letterman. Even seemingly innocuous jokes must travel through many layers—filtered through what the audience now knows about Mr. Letterman and what he know they know about him, before it lands."
Here are a few examples of jokes that Dave—a frequent target of his own humor—would probably not be able to tell today. From Randy Cohen in the New York Times Magazine: "No. 1 Sign David Letterman is changing his ways: 'Mr. Letterman's office. Lloyd speaking.'" From Frank Sciortino, former executive news editor of WINS in New York: "The tip about Dave's affair with a female staffer came from the CBS cleaning lady who saw the staffer's name atop Letterman's 'To Do' list for the day." And among Zap2it.com's Top Ten Reasons David Letterman Confessed to Affairs: "I hear Lady Gaga likes the bad boys."
Thanks to Gawker.com, here are a few of the funnies Dave would not have been able to pull off—had his propensity for sex with subordinates been known at the time:
- "Well, President Clinton has gotten himself a new dog. You know, I think it's changing his life, kind of brightening him up. He's teaching the dog to sit up, to beg, to roll-over, you know, just like he did with the interns."
- "I really have to hand it to the White House. Around here we can't even get the interns to work the copy machine."
- "No move ever goes smoothly. Today Clinton's brand new desk arrived. He had to send it back, apparently not enough head room."
Noting that Dave held the "franchise" on Clinton/Monica Lewinsky gags, Gawker says "now that everyone knows (Letterman's) been giving it to members of his own staff, he's going to have to endure the sting of the same jibes from Leno, O'Brien, Fallon, and even poor, forgotten Kimmel."
What does old Letterman rival Jay Leno think of Dave's predicament? Leno says he "wouldn't trade places with (Letterman) now for anything." But the NBC star adds in an interview with Broadcasting and Cable that he doesn't think the scandal will hurt Dave too much because, "Dave has never set himself up as [a model citizen]. If it were me, it would kill me. I'm the guy who's been married 29 years. But Dave has never pretended to be Mr. Moral America, he's never set himself up that way."
Halderman, who pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny, was released from prison in early September 2010 after serving four months of a six-month sentence. While on Riker's Island, Halderman was the prison librarian.
The convicted blackmailer got out early for good behavior, but still has to complete 1,000 hours of community service. He's also on probation for five years. The disgraced CBS News producer is searching for a new job.
Halderman's lawyer told "Entertainment Tonight" his client is looking to return to TV. "Yes that's his strength and [in] his field there are plenty of people who have had rocks in the road and got past it and went on to lead [a] meaningful life, and I expect that will happen in his life." (Perhaps he could get his start with an appearance on Letterman's "Stupid Human Tricks.")
The New York Post reports that a source close to Halderman says the ex-con has received an assignment from a leading men's magazine to write a first-person account of his short stint behind bars.
Dave didn't joke about Halderman's release, but "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson did: "The guy that tried to destroy David Letterman was let out of prison today. I was like, 'Really? Jay Leno was in prison?'"


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I have had this sitting around in my folder for awhile now, and finally decided I should release it. I give to you, the Genocide Pack. What is it you may ask, and why on earth do I want genocide? Simple really, the name was thrown at me since the levels here are based off the Classic Sonic stages from the Genesis.
Currently, I only have two levels in the pack, Marble Zone and Volcano Valley Zone. Although, these levels have been seen before in the last days of the OLDC, they have been revamped some and given some face lifts since then. Including new textures from the SRB2 Asset Pack and even music from the original zones, or remixed even.
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Upon reading the description I was reminded of the Game Gear level pack back in the 1.09.4 days, although I remember being moreover to being inspired by levels from the Game Gear titles as opposed to actually being an interpretation of them as SRB2 levels. It has been awhile so I do not remember everything clearly.
I remember playing Marble Zone, but not Volcanic Valley. Playing in Marble Zone online was a lot of fun. I will give play through these two levels with a friend of mine once I get a chance to. Hope to see more multiplayer Classic stages in the future if it something that is being considered.
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A simple, clean design by an Italian architect couple beat over 3,500 entries to become the cover design for Rick Warren's new book, publisher Zondervan announced on Friday.
Simona Dall'Argine and Simone Salardi from the design firm Kimejoe.com in Sardinia, Italy, will be awarded $5,000 for having their entry selected for the cover of The Hope You Need.
Bestselling author Rick Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life has sold over 30 million copies, said he picked the cover because it conveyed the simple message contained inside the book.
"The Lord's Prayer is profound, yet simple," Warren said. "Not a single word is wasted. I wanted an uncluttered cover to communicate the straightforward message inside the Book: Hope is available to anyone! The message of hope needs no promotion, just distribution. You don't have to promote water to people dying of thirst. You just need to tell them where to get it."
Two weeks ago, Warren had launched the design competition via Twitter. News of the contest spread fast 3,542 entries from around the world within four days.
"The response to this contest was tremendous," said Zondervan CEO Moe Girkins. "We had so many creative designs to choose from that it made the final decision a tough one. But, in the end, kimejoe.com's design stood out among them all as the one that perfectly fit what Zondervan and Rick Warren wanted to convey."
Warren's new book, The Hope You Need, is based on an eight-part sermon series on the Lord's Prayer that he delivered at Saddleback Church in southern California earlier this year. Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church.
The book breaks down the parts of the prayer and explains the hope God offers for our broken world.
"Look around and you quickly find broken hearts, broken dreams, broken homes, broken economies, broken systems and broken people," Warren said. "I'm broken in many places, and you are, too; but we all hate to admit it. So, we spend enormous amounts of time, energy and resources trying to cover up, hide and deny our human brokenness. Every so often, we run out of steam, get tired and discouragement rushes in. This book is about what to do when that happens."
Warren has said the book is a response to the economic crisis, during which he felt people needed a message about hope.
The Hope You Need is scheduled to be available in English and Spanish in bookstores worldwide on Nov. 17.


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Because I dumped on the show a few weeks ago, and in honor of the holiday, a thread to make amends by tousling their hair for that nifty curveball they threw us at the end of last night's episode. This season's still waaay too talky, and the sudden prospect of a romantic subplot for someone as dull and marginal as Glenn has me shivering with dread, but Shane's lurch towards Kurtz-dom means we're now guaranteed at least one interesting character to watch, finally. Strange though it may seem, there aren't many examples in the zombie canon of people cracking under stress. One would think coping with the global undead cannibal apocalypse would drive a good chunk of the population around the bend fairly quickly, but no: Everyone in the Romero movies is pretty chill and grounded with the notable exception of Barbara going catatonic in "Night of the Living Dead." Now, at long last, we've got another person melting down from the pressure and, unlike Barbara, this guy is capable of anything — murder (he pointed his rifle at Rick last season), rape (he assaulted Rick's wife at the CDC), you name it. Right now he's the only thing standing between us and a solid hour of Rick and Lori working through their marriage issues, Andrea and Dale easing into an ersatz father/daughter relationship, and Glenn and the farmgirl picking daisies and philosophizin' about God. You're our only hope for entertainment, Shane. At the rate we're going, if this guy doesn't go on a series-changing rampage, the writers will figure out a way to make the zombies talk and then they'll start working out their marriage issues.
Here's a highlight reel from last night. The curveball with Otis comes at the very end. I figure there are only two paths for Shane now as he turns increasingly ruthless and freaky deaky. One: A la Darth Vader, he'll redeem himself at the very end by recovering his moral bearings and sacrificing his life so that the group can live. Knowing how these writers love melodrama, there'll even be a weepy death scene with Rick leaning over him while Shane whispers, "Ah did what ah had ta do." Two: He goes full-blown nuts and starts killing members of the group, taking hostages, etc, and has to be terminated by the reluctant hero. Shane as Kurtz, Rick as Willard. The horror. The horror. Exit question: Er, why didn't Shane at least shoot Otis in the head? No need to let the man suffer, jackass.


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Timing couldn't be more perfect for Macy's next designer collaborator: Doo-Ri Chung. The designer who's known for her beautiful draped dresses and separates — Chung's gorgeous purple dress was worn by Michelle Obama at the state dinner welcoming South Korea last week — will emulate the same aesthetic in her collection for Macy's Impulse line via short and maxi-length dresses, leggings, blouses, and trenchcoats using jersey, knitwear, and art prints. "Women definitely want clothes that are versatile. I love pieces that you wear for day, and when you accessorize, become perfect for evening, too," said Chung.The collection is set to retail from $39 to $159 and will be available Feb. 15 online and in stores. Check out the slideshow to see Doo-Ri's latest Spring runway collection plus two sketches from her line for Macy's!


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Jurors should not find veteran disc jockey Dave Lee Travis guilty of sex offences because he has been used as a scapegoat for Jimmy Savile's crimes, his defence barrister has told a court.
Concluding his closing speech, Stephen Vullo said Travis was the victim of a "witch hunt" and directed jurors to acquit the former BBC presenter of the 13 indecent assault charges and one sexual assault charge he is accused of.
Mr Vullo told jurors at London's Southwark Crown Court: "Police and the authorities missed Jimmy Savile, they missed him.
"In any society when something goes wrong, a harvest fails, there is a reaction, an understandable reaction.
"Nobody wants sexual predators to get away with their crimes.
"Everybody wants them to be brought to justice but there is no justice whatsoever in overreaction, bringing a 68-year-old man of impeccable character to this court and muddying his name to make us feel better about Jimmy Savile.
"It wouldn't right that wrong."
Travis, now 68, is on trial under his birth name David Griffin charged with indecently assaulting 10 women and sexually assaulting another in incidents dating back to 1976 and the height of his fame.
He denies all the charges, which relate to allegations from when he was working as a BBC DJ, as a broadcaster with Classic Gold radio, while appearing on Top of the Pops and when starring in panto.
Mr Vullo said Travis's "reputation is already finished".
He said the "person who started this" was the first woman who went to police. She claimed she had been assaulted by Travis in his Radio 1 studio but the barrister said this was not true.
He told jurors: "She lied to you at length and in detail.
"It's not unfair for me to say at this stage that that's where the witch hunt begins. It began with a total lie."
Mr Vullo added: "It's so unfair to have an accusation made against you many years after the incident."
The barrister said although the prosecution say that none of the alleged victims are motivated by money or fame, "we just don't know what people are going to do after this case has finished".
Referring to the four assaults on the indictment alleged to have taken place while Travis worked at Classic Gold Radio in the early 2000s, Mr Vullo said it had been "blown out of all proportion".
One of the women who claims to have been groped by Travis there previously told jurors she had "gone ballistic" the third and final time it allegedly happened, but Mr Vullo said that while Travis admits they fell out, he did not assault her.
Mr Vullo said: "Mr Griffin accepts he maybe touched her leg because he was close to her in an argument.
"She went ballistic and went mad and people remember that happening and that's what people remember, but not how she says.
"Nobody has given evidence of having received a complaint from her that he put his 'hand up my skirt and in my knickers'."
He said the woman was known for particularly liking her personal space while he said of Travis: "He is as has been described - a big cuddly bear who is very tactile."
Earlier, prosecutor Miranda Moore QC presented her closing speech, asking jurors to consider whether the BBC was a "utopia" when Travis worked there.
She said: "Was the BBC a utopia where women were free from unwanted attention, where the DJs behaved - apart from Savile. Where there were no rumours of untoward behaviour - apart from Savile? Where every complaint was dealt with properly?"
Ms Moore said the trial had heard from witnesses who said this was not the case and told the jury of eight women and four men to "bring your scepticism" to the case.
"This utopia that was the BBC where no girls ever felt that they were being sexually harrassed or anything was untoward," she said.
"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but my expression to that is 'Oh please...'."
Ms Moore said jurors would not need to try the case based on the "morality" of the 70s and 80s as Travis is not claiming as his defence that he carried out the assaults but they were acceptable then.
"He is not saying that now," Ms Moore said.
Paraphrasing Travis, she told jurors his case is: "I know I may have said that touching women's breasts was considered flirtatious in the 70s.
"It may have been by some people but not by me. I never did. I didn't consider it a joke, I don't consider it flirtatious. I did not do it."
She told jurors the case was a "criminal trial and not a feminist rant by me as to a culture that existed at a particular point of time that some of us lived through".
She also told jurors that although the courts regularly deal with more "horrific cases", it was not their job to "judge degrees of guilt" but to decide whether or not Travis committed each of the offences.
Referring to the most recent alleged assault, where it is claimed Travis grabbed a journalist's breasts as if to check their size, Ms Moore said it sounded like a Carry On film, but this did not mean it was not serious.
Ms Moore told jurors to forget about Travis's fame and treat him as a "normal member of the public, no more nor less".
"His celebrity might have given him protection in the past," she said.
Ms Moore branded him a "dirty old man" and directed jurors to find Travis guilty, "no matter how sad it might be that somebody at this stage of their career has to go through this".
The trial was adjourned to tomorrow when Judge Anthony Leonard will sum the case up.


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Source: Frameworks for Monetary Stability : Policy Issues and Country Experiences
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1994
Keywords: central bank, monetary policy, interest, inflation, payments
Many of the developing countries of Asia have deregulated and developed their financial systems since the early 1980s. This trend has had important implications for the conduct of monetary policy. The previo...