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REVERSE Lightening Regimen
REVERSE Lightening Regimen
Get your skin to lighten up. Visibly improve texture + even out the appearance of dark marks and discoloration with this 4-part skincare routine.
Typical Use: Twice daily, in the AM + PM
KEY BENEFITS:Diminishes age spots, helps gradually fade discoloration and reverses sun damage
SKIN CONCERNS:Uneven skin tone and texture, Dark spots and discoloration, Sun damage, Melasma
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Use the REVERSE Lightening Regimen twice daily in the AM + PM, avoiding the eye area.
Step 1: Cleanser
REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash
Apply AM + PM
1. Wet skin with lukewarm water.
2. Massage cleanser evenly onto face for 30-60 seconds.
3. Rinse thoroughly and pat dry.
Step 2: Toner
REVERSE Skin Lightening Toner
Apply AM + PM, as tolerated
1. Using a gauze pad, swipe over clean, dry face.
2. Let product dry before applying treatment.
Step 3: Lightening Treatment
REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment
Apply AM + PM, as tolerated
1. Apply a dime-sized amount evenly over face.
If no improvement is seen after three months of treatment, discontinue use. Lightening effect of this product may not be noticeable when used on very dark skin.
Step 4 AM: Sunscreen
REVERSE SPF 50+ Sunscreen
Apply AM
1. Apply a thin layer over face and neck.
2. Reapply every 2-3 hours when exposed to sun and after towel drying, swimming or sweating.
Item Number RVRG001
What It Is:
The REVERSE Lightening Regimen includes four products that together gradually diminish dark marks, patches and age spots while reversing sun damage and discoloration for an even, radiant complexion:
REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash (125 mL / 4.2 Fl. Oz. U.S.)
A cleanser that exfoliates dead skin cells and polishes away dullness
REVERSE Skin Lightening Toner (125 mL / 4.2 Fl. Oz. U.S.)
A toner that fades discoloration, lightens and evens skin tone
REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment (50 mL / 1.7 Fl. Oz. U.S.)
A cream that targets excessive pigmentation and gradually fades stubborn age spots and discoloration
REVERSE Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ Sunscreen (50 mL / 1.7 Fl. Oz. U.S.)
A daily sunscreen that protects skin from sun damage, which can lead to dullness and skin discoloration, and helps prevent the early signs of aging
Skin Concerns:
Uneven skin tone and texture
Dark spots and discoloration
Sun damage
For California Customers:
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Benzophenone and Pulegone, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to p65warnings.ca.gov.
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REVERSE Lightening Regimen
For the Appearance of Stubborn Dark Marks, Patches and Age Spots
Disclaimer: Results may vary depending on multiple factors: age, gender, skin type and condition, concomitant products used, health history, location, lifestyle and diet.Unretouched photos.
Proprietary Technology + Key Ingredients:
REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash
Alpha-hydroxy Acids: exfoliate dead skin cells and polish away dullness
REVERSE Skin Lightening Toner
2% Hydroquinone: gradually fades persistent skin discoloration and excessive pigmentation
Kojic Acid: brightens skin
Salicylic Acid: deep cleans and unclogs pores
REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment
2% Hydroquinone: gradually fades persistent skin discoloration and excessive pigmentation
REVERSE Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ Sunscreen
Shieldrf Technology: provides prolonged broad spectrum protection and visibly decelerates early signs of aging
Green Tea Extract & Vitamin E: soothe dry, irritated skin
Licorice & Mulberry Extracts: brighten dull-looking skin
Complete Ingredient Lists:
REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash
Water/Aqua/Eau, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Diethylhexyl Sebacate, Polylactic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Jojoba Esters, PEG-40 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Pentylene Glycol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Ceteareth-20, Hydroxyacetophenone, Lactic Acid, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Fragrance/Parfum, Xanthan Gum, Glycolic Acid, Sodium Magnesium Silicate, Propylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool, Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 6 (CI 15985).
For California Customers:
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Pulegone, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to p65warnings.ca.gov.
REVERSE Skin Lightening Toner
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Hydroquinone 2%
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Water/Aqua/Eau, Ethoxydiglycol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Methylpropanediol, Alcohol, Polysorbate 20, Kojic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Extract, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Fruit Extract, Sodium Sulfite, Fragrance/Parfum, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Zinc Phenolsulfonate, Citric Acid, Sodium Metabisulfite, Sodium Hydroxide, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, DMDM Hydantoin, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool, Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 6 (CI 15985).
REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Hydroquinone 2%
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Water/Aqua/Eau, Ethoxydiglycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, PPG-12/SMDI Copolymer, Diethylhexyl Sebacate, Polyacrylamide, Ceteareth-20, Glycerin, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Dimethicone, Fragrance/Parfum, Retinol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Metabisulfite, Laureth-7, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Citric Acid, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Propylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, BHT, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Chlorphenesin, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool, Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 6 (CI 15985).
REVERSE Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ Sunscreen
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 2.6%
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Water/Aqua/Eau, Caprylyl Methicone, Dipropylene Glycol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Alcohol Denat., Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Adenosine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Morus Alba Root Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polyacrylate-15, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Fragrance/Parfum, Isohexadecane, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polyacrylate-17, Polysorbate 80, Polydecene, C11-15 Pareth-40, C11-15 Pareth-7, Sorbitan Oleate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Laureth-12 Sulfate, Potassium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Citral, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool.
For California Customers:
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Benzophenone, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to p65warnings.ca.gov.
How long can I use REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
There is no limit to how long you can use the REVERSE Lightening Regimen, since persistent skin issues may continue to cause discoloration. Use it for as long as needed to diminish dark spots and reveal a more luminous complexion. However, once you have addressed your pigmentation concerns, you may choose to transition to another Rodan + Fields Regimen if you have additional skincare concerns. Frequently, REVERSE Customers choose to transition to our REDEFINE Regimen for the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, but may transition back to our REVERSE Lightening Regimen as needed.
Why can't I use the AMP MD System with the REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
The AMP MD System has been clinically tested with our REDEFINE and REVERSE Brightening Regimen. We do not recommend you use the AMP MD System with the REVERSE Lightening Regimen as this Regimen has not been tested with the AMP MD Derma-Roller. Because the AMP MD Derma-Roller is an exfoliating tool, using it along with the REVERSE Lightening could potentially lead to an increase in the chance of irritated or red skin.
What is the difference between the REVERSE Lightening Regimen and REVERSE Brightening Regimen?
The two Regimens feature different key ingredients to tackle the full range of skin discoloration concerns due to sun damage, hormones and other factors.
- REVERSE Brightening features Vitamin C and Retinol to help even out dullness, discoloration and skin tone — often the first signs of aging.
- REVERSE Lightening features 2% Hydroquinone to gradually lighten stubborn, persistent, excessive pigmentation, including dark marks and age spots.
I'm using REVERSE Lightening Regimen and my skin is dry. What should I do?
The REVERSE Lightening Regimen works to gradually reveal lighter skin with the OTC active ingredient Hydroquinone, brighten with Kojic Acid and Bearberry Extract and help revitalize skin with exfoliators such as Benzoic Acid and Salicylic Acid.
As your skin acclimates to new products, you may experience a couple of breakouts or skin dryness. If the breakout or irritation is severe, discontinue use. If the skin is normal to dry, simply layer a moisturizer such as Active Hydration Serum over the REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment.
What products can I use on the off times while I ramp up with REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
We recommend that you use mild cleansers, moisturizers and sunscreens as you ramp up to using the REVERSE Lightening Regimen twice a day. Avoid other products containing Retinols, Alpha-hydroxy Acids such as Glycolic, or any scrubs and mechanical brushes, as these can result in irritation. The SOOTHE Regimen is a good option.
I have just a few dark marks. Can I treat just the spots with REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
Brown spots on the skin's surface indicate more damage below. We developed the REVERSE Lightening Regimen to be a full-face solution to address the visible signs of sun damage as well as those less visible signs so that you can enjoy lighter skin. In addition, using pigmentation-brightening products over the entire face avoids the 'halo effect' — white rings around brown spots — resulting from only applying the products on the spots that you see.
Which REDEFINE products can I use with REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
People who use the REVERSE Lightening Regimen to address the appearance of persistent skin discoloration, help even and brighten the overall look of skin tone, as well as reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles, may also enjoy REDEFINE Multi-Function Eye Cream, REDEFINE Lip Renewing Serum and REDEFINE Overnight Restorative Cream.
Can REVERSE Lightening Regimen be used on the neck and décolletage?
It's not just your face that shows the effects of environmental aggressors, so don't stop at your neck when applying the REVERSE Lightening Regimen. Make sure to continue onto your décolletage to gradually help with skin lightening and persistent skin issues. However, be aware that the skin is more delicate in areas such as the neck and décolletage, so you may need to reduce the frequency of use.
Can I still suntan or use a tanning bed while using REVERSE Lightening Regimen?
Regardless of your skin type or concern, we strongly advise against the practice of sun tanning or using a tanning bed. Both are known to increase the risk of skin cancer and premature aging of the skin. When attempting to reduce the appearance of stubborn dark marks, patches and age spots with the REVERSE Lightening Regimen, it is especially important to apply and reapply REVERSE Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ Sunscreen as directed to help maintain lighter skin. For streak-free, sunless color, we recommend ESSENTIALS Foaming Sunless Tan.
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As a Facebook user, I was appalled to recently learn of the extent of child pornography on Facebook. I was even more disturbed to learn that Facebook does not currently have a comprehensive or effective strategy to prevent or address crimes against children on the site.
Keeping children safe from sexual abuse should be of primary concern for Facebook as a responsible, ethical, publicly traded, and law-abiding company. Therefore, I ask Facebook to take the following steps:
- Devote sufficient financial, technological, and personnel resources technology necessary to prevent these images, videos, and profiles from being posted, at no less than 0.05% of annual profits;
- Establish a Facebook-initiated user reporting system for child abuse material within the existing abuse reporting system, with an option to directly contact law enforcement and a transparent strategy to investigate those reports;
- Develop and maintain an open channel of communication with INTERPOL, the FBI, and the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, including designated Facebook liaisons to all entities;
- Remove files of identified child pornography from Facebook servers, so that those images are no longer accessible via direct linking or cached web browsers; and
- Designate a Facebook staff member whose sole duties are oversight of Facebook's child pornography reduction efforts, including technology and software acquisition, collaboration with law enforcement and NGOs, and prevention efforts.
As a Facebook user, I strongly encourage you to take these steps. By refusing to take action to address child pornography on Facebook, the company will be implicated in the facilitation of this heinous crime, and thus alienate millions of users.
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Facebook is a household name for millions of people around the world who use it to make friends, share pictures, and discuss common interests. But increasingly, those people include pedophiles who are using Facebook to share images of child pornography and sell kids for sex.
While researching his book, "The Berlin Turnpike: A True Story of Human Trafficking in America," Cause Leader, Raymond Bechard, began to uncover the extent of child pornography on Facebook. It was massive. In the course of his research, Mr. Bechard discovered thousands of false profiles created each month featuring child pornography and code words used to connect with other pedophiles. In just one day, another researcher found over 1,400 images of child pornography, from toddlers up to 14-year-old, on Facebook.
Child pornography on Facebook primarily manifests through closed groups created by pedophiles to share photos and videos of abused children and through profiles of abused children, created by their pimps or abusers. Often, specific sex acts can be "ordered" on Facebook, and can include extreme violence and heinous brutality.
Despite the severity and prevalence of child pornography on Facebook, the company has not implemented effective policies or procedures to prevent child pornography or cooperate with law enforcement to report illegal images. It's time Facebook took child pornography on their site seriously, and made it their responsibility to stop facilitating these crimes.

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U.S. network HBO's hit fantasy drama comes to an end after eight action-packed seasons this Sunday, with viewers still unsure as to who will end up on the Iron Throne as the ruler of the fictional kingdom of Westeros.
However, the finale won't be a surprise to Chemical Brothers bandmates Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, as several members of the cast joined them at a gig in Spain in October and let slip details of the ending.
"Then they were all in the dressing room and they were just telling me stuff about what happened in the show," Simons, who hasn't followed the show, tells Australian website Music Feeds. "So I kind of know things about what's gonna happen at the end… Well, I didn't actually understand what they were telling me. I told Tom something and he was like, 'Wow, that's quite big…'"
Explaining how he and his bandmate found out TV's most closely guarded secret, he added: "They all came to a show in Spain, the whole cast, because we're friends with Alfie Allen (who plays Theon Greyjoy). So Daenerys (Targaryen, actor Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (portrayed by Kit Harington) and all these people were in our dressing room. They came to the show and they were all in the front row… The crowd just went crazy when they came in."
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Benetton is going for shock value in its latest ad push, which shows major world leaders, including Barack Obama, Hu Jintao and Benjamin Netanyahu, kissing. And not just any old peck. It's a full head-tilted, eyes-closed sort of deep smooching. Agency is the Italian Fabrica, in partnership with MDC Partners' 72andSunny.
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Alessandro Benetton, VP at the company and son of Benetton's founder Luciano, unveiled the campaign on 16th November in Paris. He said in a statement: "It fits perfectly with the values and history of Benetton, which chooses social issues and actively promotes humanitarian causes that could not otherwise have been communicated on a global scale, and in doing so has given a sense and a value to its brand, building a lasting dialogue with the people of the world."
It's also a smart move considering the company — which had been building year-over-year sales up through last year — in its latest earnings period saw net income fall 33% to $42.3 million. The dip was largely blamed on economic conditions. Currently Benetton has about 6,000 stores and its 2010 sales figures show that nearly 50% of its business is in Italy, about 30% is the rest of Europe, 16% is Asia, and the remaining 5% is from U.S.A and other parts of the world.
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A few readers have asked me for details on the book-in-progress.
The working title is "Automating Windows Applications with Ruby". As the title implies, the focus is on automating applications, usually via Win32OLE/COM.
This is not an "Introduction to Ruby" book: I make the assumption that the reader already has a working knowledge of the language and now wants to put it to good use driving applications and processes on Windows. Some of the topics covered include:
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Outlook
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Database Access with ADO
* Microsoft Access
* Microsoft SQL Server
* Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Microsoft Office Document Imaging (OCR)
* iTunes
* Windows Media Player
* Text-to-Speech
* Microsoft Agent
* Hummingbird HostExplorer
* Attachmate Extra
* Windows Management Instrumentation
Each chapter will include step-by-step tutorials, and many chapters will also include a reference section covering commonly-used classes, properties, and methods. Some chapters are extensive, while others may be only a few pages in length.
This isn't intended to be an "Everything You'd Ever Want To Know About..." resource, but it is my intention to provide you with a book that will serve as both a quick-start guide and a go-to reference for automating a wide variety of applications.
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A few readers have asked me for details on the book-in-progress.
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- cremes said...
Thank you for the update. I've recently dipped my toes into the Windows automation waters and have come away rather impressed with how well the WIN32OLE stuff works.
While you are still putting the book together, don't forget to say a word or two about WIN32OLE_EVENT. The last two days I have spent enormous effort into figuring out how to properly spec this stuff out (rspec) and test the callbacks.
I also took a look at IronRuby which allows "first class" access to .NET stuff but it has some pretty significant limitations right now that ruin it for me. For example, until they hit 1.0 (months/years from now?) IronRuby will not work with any gems containing native C extensions. Boo!
Likewise, JRuby has limited support for the WIN32OLE stuff. I'm trying to track down a definitive answer on its current support for that library in the latest tree. It should also be noted that the person who contributed the WIN32OLE patch didn't include any of the other WIN32OLE_* classes.
- August 20, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- KTamas said...
wow, this is REALLY exciting. Can't wait to read it. WIll you offer it as a 'beta' book as they do nowadays with tech books?
- August 20, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Who is publishing your book?
If you are considering going a self-publishing route, drop me a line sometime. I have been having decent success with that model for a line of Android books.
- August 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Karthikeyan said...
It is misleading to say "Windows Applications", rather it has to be "Windows OLE Applications". The way "Win Applications Automation" works should be similar to tools like QTP, Silk or AutoIt etc., which run on any Win application not just OLE applications.
Anybody who know VB Macros would just see this as "VBA on Ruby Syntax Sugar", because all OLE apps have very good support for VBA and well documented user guides.
- August 20, 2009 at 11:32 AM
The book sounds good. Similar to what I am looking for. Though my interest is as a systems engineer wanting to automate administration and handle remote deployment tasks. The WMI section sounds great. The iTunes and other 3rd party application sections (with the exception of MS Office applications, since the are ubiquitous and somewhat useful), otherwise doesn't sound even remotely interesting.
- August 20, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Excellent news David!
Do you have a time line for the books release?
- August 21, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Unknown said...
I love Programmatic Programmers books - everything from early access to beta books, to electronic + paper versions, to online discussion forums.
I think they are one of the best publishers out there.
- Will
- September 30, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Any updates on the book David?
- December 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- Unknown said...
What is the latest status of the book?
Thank you,
- August 7, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- AM said...
Hi David,
I have been following your blog for quite some time now. I am very excited about laying hands on your book. Kindly update all of your ardent fans on the latest status of the book.
- September 28, 2010 at 2:10 AM
it's been 2 yrs since the last post.
Is this site still active?
any progress in the book?
- August 12, 2011 at 5:43 PM
This is a great idea - but I notice it has been 2 years. Is this project still live? Any updates?
- November 3, 2011 at 3:37 PM


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Wow - this was easy.
There I was writing my own blog-site CMS solution, when the inspiration suddenly hit me: Why not see what my fellow open-source dweebs have cobbled-together for ready reuse?
So I did and here it is.
How long?
After spending a few dozen minutes reviewing the code from just as many entries, this entire project took less than 10 minutes to get it installed, configured, and tested. After a few security-hacking attempts on my part, what you see here represents about an hour more spent making it all look a little more custom.
Bottom line
Astounding! But what am I going to do with all of the Thanksgiving Vacation time I saved up for this week? (Honestly: this re-use just pushed us about 2 part-time, scheduled calendar-time years ahead of the project's R&D curve!)
Coming soon
Oh well: The plans are to re-host as much of the recent 'blogging traffic here as I can. Over time, I also plan to migrate everything from those 20 year-old BYTE Magazine articles, to my most recent + fatuitous entries at Network World.
... Definitely a work in progress here, so stay tuned!
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Buying a normal car is easy. Am I right, folks? You go down to the dealer, you pick out the one you want, you take it for a short test drive, and then BAM! You spend the next six hours arguing with the salesman about how you don't want those rubber floormats that get stuck on the accelerator.
If only buying a Ferrari were that simple.
As many of you know, my search began with the F355, a 1990s Ferrari that sounds great, and looks good, and drives beautifully, but has a few, uh, problems. I'm being charitable here because I know the people from the Ferrari forums will read this, and they're going to send me e-mails that say I'm a complete jerk, and an idiot, and a fool, because their 355 drives beautifully every single month, when they move it from the garage to the driveway to wax it. So I'm going to stop short of calling it the least reliable car in existence, largely because I know that title will forever belong to the Jaguar XJS V12, or maybe one of those Subarus with head gasket issues. (Also known as "all of them.") But it's pretty bad.
What issues are we talking about? Well, for starters, there's the "major service." Now, this isn't like the "major service" in your BMW, where they replace a couple belts and top the fluids and ask if you want them to install angel eyes. No, no. Compared to the Ferrari, that would be a Teensy, Tiny Service, which would of course cost $961. In the 355, the "major service" takes place every four years and requires the removal of the engine. It costs six grand.
Now, if that were the only issue, we wouldn't really have a problem. Since I won't own the car for long, I'll just buy one that recently completed the service and sell it before it needs another one. Right?
The F355 also has a problem where the factory exhaust headers fail because they were made from some wimpy material that could only be devised by Italians. Probably glass. Replacements are $3,000 without labor, or roughly $1.4 billion when you factor in the work. And then there's an issue with the valve guides, which were made of bronze and routinely fail after a few years, or a few thousand miles, or if you look at them sternly. This typically requires an engine rebuild, which can be upwards of $10,000.
Of course, there are also other miscellaneous issues. Just like any car, you have tires, and brakes, and the clutch. But unlike most cars, the F355 has plastic interior pieces that tend to get sticky as they wear. And I don't mean like Oh, you spilled some Coke sticky. I mean sticky like Seriously, why did you pour rubber cement inside your Ferrari? Replacing any of these things is a four-figure job.
So before you buy a 355, you have to have it checked out by a mechanic. And you can't just use any mechanic. Oh, no. You have to have it looked at by a good mechanic, a Ferrari mechanic, someone who a) knows what he's doing, and b) charges approximately the same hourly rate as OJ Simpson's defense team.
So I did that with Car #1, a red F355 located out west with an asking price of around $50,000. I called the private seller and we negotiated a selling price, conditional on the car passing an inspection at an independent repair facility located three miles from his home.
"When can you bring the car over there?" I asked, cheerfully.
"No way. That's too much of an inconvenience. You'll have to arrange for pickup."
The Ferrari purchase process had begun.
A week went by before I heard from the Ferrari mechanic, who informed me of two things: one, I owed him $450. And two, the car needs about $7,500 in work. There were a couple of minor issues (sticky interior parts and collapsed engine mounts), but the main problem was the valve guides. They had already been replaced, but they were starting to fail again. I paid for the inspection and passed on the car.
A week into the process, I was out $450, and I wasn't any closer to finding a car.
Back to the Internet. I started searching for a second F355 and found a good one at an independent dealer in Naples, Florida, that specializes in well-kept Ferraris. Car #2 was beautiful: a red over tan 1995 coupe with a fresh engine-out service, a full engine rebuild, and stronger aftermarket headers. The asking price was $65,000.
Now, at this point I think we should have a word about my budget. Yes, it's true that I initially settled on $50,000 or so. But if I learned one thing while searching for a Ferrari (aside from "next time, buy an NSX") it's this: only suckers have budgets.
I recognize that this may sound ridiculous, so please allow me to explain the logic. Let's say you go into the used Ferrari world saying you'll only spend "x" amount of money on a car. So you spend "x" amount, and you're happy, and you bring your car home, and you sit down for an evening of nachos and Gilmore Girls. But the car knows what you did. "Guys," the parts say to each other, in the night, as you're sleeping. "The person who bought us had a budget." And then they all start chuckling, and fail, one by one, until you've seriously considered selling your television to pay for tires. Is this a good use of your money?
Hell no! Instead, you have to go in thinking: I want to buy a 355. And you have to throw your budget to the wind, because you'll want to buy the best 355 you can; the ones that have had all their bizarrely-named Italian parts replaced by bizarrely-named Italian mechanics who take union-mandated cigarette breaks every 37 minutes.
So I got pretty serious about the $65,000 car, and even though the service had just been performed, I scheduled an inspection just to be safe. And then I waited.
A week went by. It was Friday. The inspection was Monday. I could hear the engine noise. I could feel the gated gear shifter clicking away in my hands. And then…
"I'm sorry to tell you this, Doug," said the guy at the dealer, over the phone. "But I sold the car today. Someone came in and bought it right out of the showroom."
I can be a little dramatic sometimes.
So then I moved on to Car #3, also a red F355, which happened to be located at the same dealer as car #2. It was quite similar in a lot of ways, the main differences being that it a) had 3,000 fewer miles, and b) cost $10,000 more. I'm still not clear why it cost $10,000 more, since it was identical to the earlier car except for the odometer reading. This struck me as odd, since losing $10,000 in 3,000 miles is the kind of depreciation I had previously only associated with Jaguar.
Regardless, now we're at $75,000. I decided to pursue it anyway.
Now, at this point, I need to say something about rarity. You might be wondering: Hey, idiot! Why didn't you just find some other 355? I see seven of them every day, so they're not that rare!
People always say things like this, and I find it incredibly annoying. Have you noticed this? You're talking with a friend, and you mention some especially rare car, like maybe the Kia Sportage convertible, and you say: "Haven't seen one of THOSE in a while!" And then your know-it-all friend says something like "Actually, I see them fairly often." And suddenly the only thing you want to do is buy a set of those rubber floormats and install them in his car.
Anyway: the issue with finding a 355 isn't rarity, but rather my own list of demands. The biggest problem was that I required a coupe. I can't explain why. I've tried. I just find the coupe to be beautiful, and perfect, and gorgeously proportioned, while the convertible looks only slightly better than the winner of one of those Most Deformed Pumpkin contests they have at small-town festivals. (I want to remind you that this is my own personal opinion, and I apologize deeply if I've offended any 355 Spider owners. If this doesn't satisfy you, please e-mail your profanity-laced tirades to me at email@example.com)
Anyway: with most cars, this wouldn't be a problem. Just select "coupe" on AutoTrader, and off you go. But the 355 is a different story, because 75 percent of used 355s are convertibles. Beyond that, I wanted a manual (nearly all '98 and '99 355 coupes were automatic), I wanted red, and I wanted a car with the aforementioned problems addressed. Factoring everything in, I was searching through a handful of cars in the country.
And unfortunately, car #3 wasn't one of those cars. Just before I had it inspected, I learned from the seller that it still had the factory headers; the ones made from looseleaf paper stapled together in an Italian factory. I considered buying the car anyway (mind you, for $10,000 more than it was probably worth) and spending six grand to replace the headers, but even I deemed this insane.
At this point, a month had gone by and I still didn't have a car.
By now, desperation was setting in. You may remember this period, because I was a little tense. For example: people would ask me what car I was getting and I would reply with something like: WHY DON'T YOU SHUT THE HELL UP? WHAT CAR ARE YOU GETTING? OH, YOU HAVE A PICKUP? WELL GOOD LUCK CARRYING AROUND LARGE OBJECTS WITHOUT THEM GETTING WET! OH, YOU HAVE A CAMPER SHELL? WELL GOOD LUCK CARRYING A TREE! OH, YOU CAN PUT THE BED DOWN? HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ALL-WEATHER FLOORMATS?
I visited the Lamborghini dealer. I considered an Aston Martin. I looked seriously at a Dodge Viper ACR. And then I decided to focus on the Ferrari 550.
The 550, for those who don't know, is a front-engine, V12 Ferrari known for its beauty, its reliability, and the fact that Will Smith drove one in Bad Boys, but couldn't catch up to a fully-loaded car transporter.
The first 550 I pursued, which I'll call Car #4, was located at an excellent dealership out west. It had every major issue addressed and it was in great shape, so I excitedly e-mailed the dealer. This was it! This was The One! A twelve-cylinder Ferrari! Just as Enzo had intended! But the dealer wouldn't come down from a somewhat inflated price. I found another 550, also in excellent condition – Car #5 – and promptly called. It had sold earlier in the afternoon.
I seem to recall, at this point, thinking that maybe I shouldn't be buying a Ferrari. Maybe the stars were aligned against me, I thought. Maybe I should be focusing on an Aston Martin, or a Corvette, or some type of limousine that didn't start out as a limousine and was converted by some guy with a blowtorch and a lot of free time. That would make for some fun stories, I thought. Along the lines of: "Hey look! I bought an Acura Legend limousine! So cool, right guys? Guys? Why isn't anyone reading this?"
It was at this point that I decided to search for the 360.
Now, I'm not going to say that the 360 is the most attractive Ferrari in existence, because it's not. I happen to think the 355 is far more beautiful, as is the 458, and the 456, and a slew of other Ferraris with model numbers I'll never get my girlfriend to memorize. It's also a little expensive, in that it holds a huge price premium over its direct predecessor. And it's very difficult to find one with a stick shift. But it doesn't require engine-out servicing, and – more importantly – it doesn't suffer from many of the 355's problems. So I began the search.
The first 360 I called on – Car #6 – was located in Knoxville, Tennessee. It hit all the right spots: red, coupe, manual, recent service. It had been listed on a Tuesday, and I called the next day. The price was high, but I knew I wouldn't find another one – especially so close. I told the seller I'd be up on Saturday to check it out, and he told me about how perfect it was, and how great it looks, and how much he'd miss it. On Friday, I called to confirm my appointment. It had sold.
At this point, I think I only pressed on out of sheer morbid curiosity for what would happen next, but I'm proud to say that I purchased car number seven. It took two months, I switched models three times, and I went over my budget by a Camry. But I bought an excellent car, and I couldn't be more pleased about it.
Once I got the 360 home, I took it straight to the dealer for tires, an oil change, and a general look around. While this was supposed to be a short visit, it coincided with Atlanta's recent snowstorm – and two days turned into two weeks. When the dealer called to say it was ready, I don't think I've ever been so eager to swipe my credit card for $2,000. You'd know this if you followed me on Twitter, where I've been excitedly posting photos of the car like a new parent with access to Instagram.
Anyway: after two months of searching and two weeks of waiting, I'm happy to report that I finally took my new Ferrari for a joyride this weekend. And if you're curious how it went, here's a video that sums up the experience:
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.


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The Service and Food Workers Union has strongly backed the Green Party housing initiatives announced today.
The new policy would enable workers to live in a Government-built home, making a basic weekly payment to cover the Crown's investment cost and flexible payments to eventually own the home.
The policy also provides much greater protection for those in rental accommodation, including a provision to keep down rent increases.
"The toxic combination of very low wages and very high house prices and unaffordable rentals has made life misery for low-paid workers in New Zealand," said SFWU National Secretary John Ryall.
"For many thousands of hard working New Zealanders, owning a home has become an impossible dream and soaring rents and inadequate rental housing are a daily fact of life."
SFWU represents 22,000 workers who are cleaners, caregivers, security guards, food workers and other service workers.
John Ryall said that housing had become the single biggest issue for low-paid workers and their families and providing adequate housing was impossible on wages close to the minimum wage.
"Increasingly housing is a nightmare, not only for our members who are paid close to the minimum wage of $13.50, but those who earn a dollar or two more. They simply do not earn enough to save for a home or pay for the rental accommodation their family needs."
The SFWU also welcomed the signalled cooperation between Labour and the Greens on housing.
"The Green policy fits well with Labour's commitment to substantially invest in building more houses. For our members, raising a deposit on their wages is impossible and the Green initiative provides a way to ensure that hard working New Zealanders on low wages can buy a home."
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It's getting hot in here! (Paranormal Romance-MINE)
I'm excited to share that I am working on something very yummy for you! It's a new paranormal romance called MINE. It started of course, with an idea.
A year ago, I started typing away, ignoring my bad posture, hunched over my laptop in concentration, going to bed at 3 and 4 in the morning!
It started as a story based on the Greek goddess Astraea… 60,000 words and hours of research connecting Greek gods and backstories later (which I'm sure I can use in another book, for words and ideas should not go to waste!), the premise took a WHOLE different turn… And EVERYTHING started falling perfectly into place. Things would connect simply by very good luck, and I'd shriek and dance… I found a perfect soundtrack to write to, and then I picked out the characters for this book. This made it come even more alive. Their faces inspired me. You can see them on my Pinterest board here!
I had Jacob and Dalia in my head (Photos courtesy of Ariana Grande and Liam Hemsworth)…
…But I couldn't find the perfect face for my villain. I knew he was hot, and while scary, he had to be irresistible! So one day in my MFA class, we were asked to watch The Butterfly Circus, and this happened… (photos courtesy of The Butterfly Circus and Eduardo Verastegui)
Love at first sight! Wait! Here's one more:
I had found my PERFECT muse for the evil Sebastian, and let me tell you… if I had to submit myself to him and give him my life and purity to spare my loved ones… well, I'd be a very willing martyr…
So things are coming along well! If you'd like to sample the first few chapters, drop me a line! The synopsis is below!
There is a balance between life and death that should never be tampered with.
Tall, dark, and deadly…
Jacob is charming and gorgeous, ever the gentleman, ever the heart, but he's also an angel of death, doomed to take the souls of mortals who he's grown quite compassionate of. And one in particular has stolen his heart, a human named Dalia, and he's flipping for her… literally. There's only one way to get closer to this irresistible human. He's joined the college cheer team where she's the captain. But trying to balance his death duties, cheer practice, wild college parties and wooing the team's tough leader are nothing compared to what's coming.
Sexy, intellectual, compassionate and strong-willed…
School and cheerleading are Dalia's life, end of story. But suddenly, her interest has been sparkedby an intoxicating stranger, and her tough exterior, molded by a recent heartbreak, is quickly crumbling against her will. Jacob is endearing and mysterious – not to mention dazzling with his hazel eyes, sandy brown hair and a body that kills – and he's getting closer to her interior – a girl who just wants to love and be loved. She'll fight her heart every step of the way, until she simply can't…
Happily ever after…
It's just not possible when you're an angel of death or when you happen to be dating one.
When Jacob's master, Sebastian, begins to suspect Jacob's emotions have gone too far, he instigates an aggressive and devastating plan to stop Jacob's "reckless" behavior.
In a climactic moment that brings Jacob, Sebastian and Dalia together, Jacob's "foolish" infatuation with Dalia is revealed. According to Sebastian, this foolishness is dangerous and forbidden, capable of impairing judgment over the presiding of souls, and capable of bringing an even worse punishment from the Underworld than stealing souls on earth – the eradication of their kind.
Sebastian must teach Jacob the severity of his actions, and the lessons best taught often involve those we cherish.
Dalia is now being hunted by an insatiable predator, and Jacob vows to protect her at all costs. But Dalia is no damsel in distress. As this new reality sets in, and as she watches those she loves get pulled deep into this evil tryst, she instigates her own plan – one meant to save Jacob and her family who are now swallowed up in Sebastian's wrath. Fearless and resolute, she will search for Sebastian and give herself and her purity fully to him. But that's the easy part- leaving behind the angel she loves proves far harder than the danger of what's to come.
In a world of demons, death, life and love, MINE is an emotionally-driven read. Dalia is bold and beautiful as she takes on a modern role of The Arabian Nights' Scheherazade, working to charm her captor and protect her own cherished ones. But will it work?


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Dell spell: When backup is key
"I'm in the midst of a Dell nightmare that has me waking up screaming." Yikes! I was almost afraid to keep reading. The email, from Gail South, brought back memories of my two columns on Kay Slaughter's battles with Dell ["Slaughter's Saga," July 31, 2003, and "Does Not Compute," August 14, 2003].
Slaughter had long-running problems with her new Inspiron 4100 laptop; South has allegedly been having problems with her Inspiron 1100 ever since she bought it last June.
South, who's working on an MFA in fiction at Goddard College, claims that the laptop "completely died" while she was trying to make a deadline with a 40-page paper. After what she claims took "a couple of phone calls and a couple of hours on hold," Dell agreed to send her a new hard drive.
While waiting for the new drive to arrive, South's husband "pulled the old one out again (as they had us do while I was on the phone with them)," and it restarted– so they sent the replacement drive back. That may have been a mistake– because, allegedly, the problems restarted as well.
South had been using a USB memory key (a little storage device about the size of a pen) for backup, but claims that it died in late October. She switched to the CD-RW drive, which she says "was not functioning when I first got the computer." After downloading software first from Dell's website and then Microsoft's, it began working, "but not well." When she emailed me on October 30, however, the CD-RW drive had allegedly died as well.
South says that saving documents has always been touch-and-go; the computer would unexpectedly close down, "and there was no way to save the document." She began hitting "save" after every paragraph. "I now have no backup system, and the C drive works only sporadically. I have emailed Dell with no response.
"Please help me before I lose my mind," South wrote. "Trying to be creative under pressure is hard enough without having to spend hours a day dealing with a dysfunctional computer."
It took a while to get the machinery to move at Dell. The first person I spoke with at Dell public relations called the following week to announce that she was about to give birth, but had turned the matter over to her boss, Venancio Figueroa. Figueroa had never heard of South or her travails, but promised to see that her problems were addressed.
Over the next week I called Figueroa several times to give him the same update: Nothing was happening. Finally, on November 20, South got some action, and she emailed me the results.
Patrick Hebert, of Dell's tech support department, she reported, had saved the day. "He promised to send a new CD-RW disk, which he thinks is not working because it has a faulty laser, and a new USB key." He also got started on diagnosing the matter of the computer's suddenly shutting down, and told her that if the problem proves to be internal, Dell will replace it.
"If all of Dell were as helpful as Patrick Hebert," South wrote in closing, "it would be a fine company." I'm crossing my fingers that South's good fortune will continue.
The last we heard from J.D. Marvel Products, a mail-order outfit in upstate New York, Katherine Russo would absolutely, positively have her refund check by mid-November ["Gone Cuckoo," October 30]. Russo paid $29.95 on March 3 for two cuckoo clocks, which never materialized– although there was certainly no delay in cashing her check.
She contacted the company in late May, with no success. In August she began asking for a refund, and was assured– first in August and then September– that the check would arrive on a given date. I got the same story; this time, the check was definitely going to be mailed at the end of October and would arrive by the middle of November.
Once again, however, it didn't. Russo has wisely decided to put this sorry business behind her, and so have I.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second Street NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.
The printed version of this story contained an error, which has been corrected in the text above. Here is the correction that ran the following week.
CORRECTION- She goes to Goddard
Published December 2, 2003, in issue #0248 of The Hook
The November 27 installment of The Fearless Consumer, "Dell spell: When backup is key," misstated the college the consumer attends. It's Goddard.


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Sioux Falls Skyforce Finalizes 2013-14 Opening Day Roster
Thursday is heartbreak day for those who fail to make the cut for the NBA Development League opening day. The deadline is November 21 to pare the rosters and set sail for a new season on Friday, November 22.
The Sioux Falls Skyforce have chosen the ten players to wear the new white home uniforms with the red, black and gold motif. One will join the inactive list and two will try to gain a foothold elsewhere in the game of basketball.
Players returning to the 'Force are forward Anthony Mason (3rd season), center Chris Ayer (2nd season), and forward Bill Walker who was acquired late last season, but did not play. The two players who went through Miami Heat camp and were allocated to Sioux Falls will play under the watchful eye of the parent club in the form of center Justin Hamilton and guard Larry Drew II. Four draft picks are in the fold to start the campaign. Quincy Douby and DeAndre Liggins both plucked in the 1st round join third rounder A.J. Davis and 4th round pick Jamine Peterson. Then forward Ryan Evans fills out the active roster who was acquired via trade with the Santa Cruz Warriors for the rights to guard Mychel Thompson after the draft.
Phil Jones who is a center chosen in the 6th round will stay with the team, but will be inactive for the slate of games this weekend. The Skyforce cut ties with guards Lewis Jackson and Grant Johnson. Games one and two set for Friday and Saturday are at the Sanford Pentagon and the opponent will be the Reno Bighorns.


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Birthday Week
My actual birthday was last Monday but the real celebration took place Saturday at The Magic Castle. I had really high expectations going in and, thankfully, it didn't disappoint.
We were required to have dinner at the castle but after we were free to wander. On our way to one of the main shows we found a guy sitting at a table by himself. When we realized he was a magician we asked for some magic and he obliged. I assisted in a few of his tricks but felt too much pressure. I was over analyzing the simplest commands like "pick a card" or "stick your finger through this cigar cutter". When that was finished we caught two main shows and two smaller acts.
Even though each performer made it very clear that whatever we saw was an illusion or sleight of hand, I still found myself asking "WHAT? HOW?" after every act.
It was just a great time and if any of you have the opportunity to go, GO.
My family booked this months ago. I was warned well in advance they have a strict dress code but didn't bother checking until a week before. Luckily I still had enough time to make a dress.
To end the week I went to Father's Office with my siblings. They're known for the Office Burger which is rated one of the best in the world. While I wasn't blown away by it, my brother teared up after the first bite. I'm not kidding.
Hope all of you had a great week!
July 16, 2012 5:36 am
ohhh happy birthday ! that dress is really cute. looks like a fun time!
July 16, 2012 7:27 am
Happy late birthday! I don't know if you're an Arrested Development fan but the "Magic Castle" made me think of the "Gothic Castle." haha
July 16, 2012 9:00 am
Happy Birthday! I'm glad you loved the Magic Castle. For some reason, that was one of the first places I went to when I moved here! My friend, Paul, knows one of the magician members, so he got us in for free. It was pretty funny and fun!
July 16, 2012 12:45 pm
I saw your dress on twitter. It turned out gorgeous! I hope you had a happy birthday!
Katie permalinkJuly 16, 2012 4:34 pm
Happy Birthday!! It must be so nice to live in a place with so much to offer a girl so she can celebrate right (e.g. a Magic Castle). I didn't know what The Magic Castle was, but clearly it was a good choice. P.S., that dress is seriously amazing.
July 16, 2012 6:16 pm
Happy Birthday! It looks like you had a really lovely day. The dress is gorgeous and the fact that you made it makes you too cool, I love your style! I think the "best burger in the world" can only really be judged by guys. I don't think women can get that misty-eyed over cooked meat (cake is a totally different matter…).
July 17, 2012 2:29 pm
I've never been too big on magic but to get into a venue like that I think I'd make an exception! Glad you had so much fun, you deserve an awesome bday! Love that dress too. 🙂
July 18, 2012 3:55 am
I'm super late…But! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🙂


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At the moment, I'm lounging in a traditional wingback chair in a lavish sitting room, next to a crackling wood fire, surrounded by fine art and elegant furnishings.
I'm soaking up the character of the place and the way it makes me feel. Relaxed. Damn near spiritual, I'd say.
Then Jennifer Annesley and Neil Zinger suggest we tour the rest of their house. Really? I have to get up?
Sigh, OK. The rest of their house, fortunately, is just as mystical - saturated with the artistry, sensuality and fine craftsmanship of the owners themselves.
The story behind all this beauty was writ in Neil and Jennifer's toil, sweat and callus. All this serene elegance - this live-in art piece - is a labour of love.
After buying the Old Strath-cona-area home in the late 1990s, Neil and Jennifer lifted it off its moorings and parked it in the backyard.
While the 100-year-old home's foundation was being rebuilt, the couple stripped the centenarian to its bones and began the restoration. Some of its original stuff was retained and refinished, including the interior doors and hardwood floors.
Note: The floors not only look fabulous, but sound like old hardwood should sound, with authentic, telltale creaks.
Along the way, the pair added scores, if not hundreds of fine details, from faux-finish paint to antiqued wallpaper, to lamps and doorknobs that fit their image of a beautiful, old-world, modern home.
Neil is a custom home builder. Before that he was a photographer. So his eye and his touch are refined and creative.
Jennifer is a professional artist, whose works are highly sought after. Her paintings and drawings - the majority, European architecture, Canadian landscapes or still life - are dramatic and sensual, much like the artist herself.
The two share a bygone es-thetic of beauty and grandeur in decor, furnishings, design and fashion. Certain just-right pieces were bought and shipped back from places like Spain and Prague.
The art hanging on the walls is Jennifer's. No surprise, since the house doubles as Annesley Studio.
Mind you, it also triples as the home office of 1912 Studio, Neil's custom-home business.
When I first met Jennifer, at a downtown art show, she was rocking a corset. That is not unusual, she says. She makes them herself, along with her vintage-style black dresses, a wardrobe staple. Sort of upscale Goth.
Jennifer says her personal style and esthetic tastes are for dramatic, elegant and sensual things.
Given that, perhaps I shouldn't have described the paint colour in the dining room as "orange."
I swear Jennifer paled at the word "orange."
"I saw it as the colour of Drambuie," says Jennifer, who then describes it as burnt sienna. Oops. My bad.
The non-orange dining room also features small lion heads inlaid in the decorative moulding - or frieze - near the ceiling. The table is grand and stately. The room suggests foie gras more than it suggests frozen pizza.
It is a winter night, making it difficult to see the backyard. Much work went into it, too, to give it the feel of a courtyard with central fountain. Even the garage, adorned as it is with mirrored French doors, is uplifted to more elegant stature.
The downstairs, which I don't visit, is utilitarian, I'm told. It holds Neil's office, a fitness area, space for visitors and a wine cellar.
The main floor's seating area - where I started, in the wingback chair - opens to the dining room, which opens to the "French château kitchen" with its coffered ceiling, vintage tin cornice and soapstone countertops.
Vintage lamps were bought in New Orleans; the door came from a 1912 home in Winnipeg.
This old house was originally built as a residence for Robertson College, with 13 bedrooms and one bathroom.
While that character was retained, secreted behind walls and under floors is all the electrical, plumbing, heating and insulation of a modern home.
We creak down a hall and up the stairs to the second floor, with its master bedroom, bathroom and laundry room. The latter doubles as Jennifer's sewing room.
Then we reach one of the most amazing rooms of my memory - Jennifer's studio, with its ceiling opened up to the attic.
The high space is rimmed with bookshelves and a banister upon which rests a sliding ladder to move between shelves. It's as if a historic library was set above Jennifer's studio, its work space and formal seating area.
Even the window is perfect. It faces north, meaning the natural light is muted and even - perfect for painting, I'm told.
"I spend a lot of hours in here," says Jennifer.
I would spend a lot of hours here, too - when I wasn't sitting in the wingback chair in the sitting room, next to the roaring fire.
I continue to gape at the ceiling as the two talk about some of the other fine details in the home. Many of them are best left to photographs. My orange-tainted vocabulary fails this house badly.
Neil sees me looking up at the high library. He explains that he actually jacked up the roof to accomplish this feat of grand design.
The result is at once romantic and practical, he says.
And I think: Just like the owners.
Scott can be reached at Scott@ ScottMcKeen.ca for comments or suggestions for future features on unique or beautiful homes in the Edmonton region


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When I first read The Red and the Black by the pseudonymous Stendhal, I immediately wanted to form a Julien Sorel fan club. Send me a few bucks, and you can join and receive a hand made button like the one shown above – I wear it proudly – for your lapel.
Julien is the child of a brutish and crafty peasant who runs a local saw mill, discussed in my recent post on peasants. He idolizes Napoleon, and fumes at his inability to find a ladder out of the provincial pit of sloth and stupidity into which he has been born. He is smart though, and is made tutor to the local bourgeois family of note, a family with a very beautiful mistress. He promptly decides that seducing her is his only chance to advance himself.
Julien is cold, calculating, touchy, arrogant, insensitive and incredibly blockheaded. He is also very good looking, but his deep sense of insecurity and inferiority, born of his low social station, prevent him from fully understanding or exploiting the effect he has on others, especially women. He frequently appears to them as simply strange, unpredictable, even bizarre. He is a strange sort of romantic hero.
Strange also in that his romantic nature is fixed on social climbing, even as he aches for love. He can't get love from Madame de Rênal, his employer, even though she is utterly infatuated by him, because he only uses people, as his father used him to make money. He is passionate, and torn apart internally by his conflicts; he is the romantic hero of the superman – Napoleon – and the cursed burnout – Rimbaud or James Dean.
Eventually, he makes his way to Paris, where he works as a secretary to the Marquis de la Mole. The Marquis' young daughter, Mathilde, is a real piece of work herself. Haughty, beautiful, intelligent, and suffering from the crushing boredom of post-1830 society in which nothing of interest can be said because it might be controversial, she is the natural aristocratic complement to Julien. She is intrigued by this upstart plebeian – at least he is interesting. After considerable erotic knife-play, they become lovers.
Eric Auerbach, in his magisterial work of scholarship, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, devotes a chapter to the novel, naming it In the Hotel de la Mole after the title of chapter 34. He dissects Stendhal's brilliant depiction of the stifling and suffocating enforced conventionality, of manners, of dress, of thought, amongst the noble and bourgeois elite. I practically gasp for air when I read the scenes of Julien suffering through an evening of chit chat in the de la Mole's drawing room, the object of amused condescension of the more at-home guests.
Julien comes to a bad end, Mathilde is pregnant with his child, and she keeps his head as a keepsake. There is so much in this novel, so many fantastic scenes, such crazy passion and psychological insight, such merciless realism, that I read it again and again with the passing years.
In 1996, Michiko Kakutani of the NYTimes published this clever parody and rap hommage to the novel:
THE RED AND THE BLACK (with apologies to L. L. Cool J and other rap artists):
Now I've got a tale I wanna tell.
It's how I romanced these chicks and
got sent to hell.
My tag's Sorel
And I'm one bad dude,
Master manipulator, young
Grew up in the sticks, where there ain't no glory.
Had to make my name, no matter
how gory.
Got me a job as a kinda tutor.
Met the kids' ma and became her suitor.
Mrs. R., she fell for me hard,
I made her my toy,
I'm one bad boy.
Got me a job in the far-off city.
Met a rich girl who was pretty pretty.
She was a doormat, I had a format.
We were gonna get hitched
I was gonna be rich.
Till old Mrs. R. played her
role as snitch.
She sold me out as a nasty cad.
So I tried to fade her, but I
got had.
They found me guilty and
now I'm dead.
Stupid Mathilde went and
buried my head.
Old Mrs. R. heard the news
and fell.
Now she's off-line too,
as you can tell.
Like I said before, I'm a
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Dimension, the studio behind Wes Craven's latest installment of the meta-slasher franchise, made a point to insist to critics at their press screenings "don't give away any of the surprising plot points, kills and of course the killer," but who are they trying to kid?
If you've seen any of the previous films you can probably recite the "surprise" plot points off the top of your head. And if you can't ID the killer, it's only because you haven't seen them on screen yet. Such is the fate of the original schlocky, po-mo horror franchise: You know everything that's coming, the filmmakers know you know everything that's coming and you know that they know, and none of it is particularly interesting anymore.
We're back in Woodsboro, as celebrity self-help author Sidney (Neve Campbell) returns to her hometown on the tail end of a successful book tour, wrapping things up on the day of the 10th anniversary of the original killings that spawned her book, "Out of Darkness." Unsurprisingly, with Sidney's return comes a new wave of Ghostface stabbings, leaving a trail of gorgeous, disemboweled teens strewn about the town.
Much else hasn't changed: Deputy Dewey (David Arquette) is now Sheriff Dewey -- and remains every bit as ineffectual as he was before the promotion -- his wife, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), is as conniving and antagonistic as ever, and Woodsboro High School has been re-stocked with nubile young teen females (including Brittany Robertson, Shenae Grimes and Hayden Panettiere), a nefarious looking ex-boyfriend (Nico Tortorella), and a pair of insufferable film geeks (Rory Culkin and Erik Knudsen), there to continually remind us about the "rules" of the horror genre and their sequels.
The problem is, no matter how many levels of meta they submerge their primary text under -- and the opening of the film, which keeps adding layers-upon-layers, is like watching a mirror in a mirror -- the film's creative team, including Craven, original writer Kevin Williamson (and the unhappy return of Ehren Kruger, after Williamson was forced out, yet again), simply don't have anything else to add to their originally clever premise.
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There's nothing fresh here, other than a preponderance of iPhones and talk of social media platforms, to dissuade you from the idea that the only reason this film got greenlit was career desperation on the part of the studio, the creative team and many of the cast. So, no, Dimension execs, you won't have to worry about this critic giving away any major plot points or revealing the identity of the killer. I'd venture to say that was the least of your problems.


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When the Web was young, our servers were powerful and our clients were weak so websites stored the vast majority of their data and logic on the server. But now we have increasingly more powerful clients, thanks in large part to the rapid innovation of mobile browsers and the advent of HTML5. As a result, websites are moving more of their data and logic to the client.
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To understand client-side storage today, it helps to look at the history of how we got to where we are now. In the first iteration of the Web, there was no way for websites to store data in the browser that would persist across browser sessions. It was possible to store state by using the query URL, like remembering a session ID (
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In 1994, a few engineers at Netscape were working on an e-commerce solution and needed a way to track the content of shopping cart baskets across browser sessions. They invented the concept of Web cookies (based on the computing concept of "magic cookies") and introduced them in the Mosaic Netscape browser later that year. Internet Explorer (IE) supported them the following year in IE2, and soon many websites started using them. They were most often used for user sessions, website personalization, ad tracking, and website analytics.
There was an increasing number of issues with cookies, however, especially as Web developers tried to use them in ways the creators didn't originally envision.
Cookies pose multiple security issues. They are unencrypted, so unless your entire website is delivered over SSL, the cookies aren't secure. As some hackers discovered, cookies can also be stolen via cross-site scripting techniques and DNS spoofing. When users found out about the security and privacy issues with cookies (thanks to mainstream news articles and US FTC hearings), many users started to restrict or entirely disable cookies meaning that websites could not always assume they could use cookies.
Cookies also pose performance issues. Because cookies are included in every HTTP request, they can affect how long it takes for a browser to download a webpage which means you don't want to store large amounts of data in them. And even if you wanted to store lots of data, you usually couldn't. Most browsers restricted each cookie to a max size of 4KB and allowed a max of 20 cookies per domain not a lot of space.
Web developers wanted a way to persistently store data in the client, and they weren't getting what they needed from cookies. A few clever developers came up with hacks for client-side storage, like using
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Luckily, we are now in the era of "HTML5": the new set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript specifications that try to make Web development easier and websites more powerful. These specifications include multiple approaches to client-side storage that go far beyond cookies:
IndexedDB, and the
File API. Why multiple approaches? As we'll see, the APIs are quite different and so are their use cases.
localStorage API comes from the Web Storage specification, and it's the simplest of the APIs. It's a straighforward key/value store for string values that persists the data in the browser. That spec also includes
sessionStorage, a way to store data for just a session, but it's not pertinent to this discussion because it's not as persistent. Both APIs expose the same set of methods for setting and getting items, plus events for finding out when items are added and removed.
In this example, I store a favorite fish in
localStorage, retrieve and display the value, and then remove the value and check that it's gone.
localStorage.setItem('favoriteFish', 'tuna'); document.getElementById('fish').innerHTML = "My favorite fish is: " + localStorage.getItem('favoriteFish'); localStorage.removeItem('favoriteFish'); if (!localStorage.getItem('favoriteFish')) { document.getElementById('fish').innerHTML = "I don't have a favorite fish anymore :( "; }