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Polish has become the ultimate fashion accessory.
"Nails are a fashion accessory and it's the cheapest accessory you can buy," says O.P.I's international spokesperson Joey Brown, explaining the obsession with ever more adventurous colour choices. She admits to "still loving the dark trend - plums and browns - but grey is popular now, taking the place of black and navy".
Grey, from charcoal to silver light, won't be going away any time soon, with Chanel's head of makeup Peter Phillips using it as his "hero" shade at Paris Fashion Week this month, guaranteeing it will turn up on-counter months down the track. It's one of the "new neutrals", colours that once would have been considered odd, but, when well suited to the wearer's skin tone, now look subtly sophisticated in comparison to the hyper-brights and extreme darks that abound.
Other "new neutrals" include creamy tans and sea-foam greens.
Brown's own passion for trying the latest look is clearly undimmed after her 26 years with the company which has led the colour craze from runway to suburban shopping mall. When we talk trends during her New Zealand visit to introduce O.P.I Gels (the latest in a line-up of quick-dry, chip-free, long-wear salon nail applications), she is wearing a dark metallic teal polish. Such moody shades and glimmering finishes figure strongly in winter nail collections from a number of fashion-forward brands. Coppery colours are also showing up in a suitably autumnal way.
The future promises more decorative nail art and stick-ons, says Brown. Another fad that you - or your daughter - can try at home is to alternate nail colours on different fingers and toes. If you have a steady hand try combining contrasting colours on one nail. (She recommends the dark purple Lincoln Park After Dark, with hot coral Cajun Shrimp.)
O.P.I's top-selling colour in New Zealand is Black Onyx, with Black Shatter (worn over a bright) not far behind. Overseas, Shatter is also big, with eight shades now available in the crackle-finish polish.
Brown says the preferred length for nails remains short, with a natural shape that is a little more rounded than what has been the prevailing square-oval end.
Holland is the inspiration for O.P.I's latest collection of nail colours, allowing the clever team that names the lacquers added artistic licence. So we get Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh?, which also explains the choice of collection launch venue, at the Auckland Art Gallery where the Degas to Dali exhibition includes work by the Dutch artist. His name has been attached to a grey-beige neutral described by one guest as looking suitably waxen.
Another good new "neutral" is the cool green Thanks a Windmillion. Stronger shades, such as dark purple or hot orange, also feature in the Holland collection under the names Vampsterdam and A Roll in the Hague. All cost $24.90 each.
With O.P.I being owned by big beauty company Coty, which is a responsible for many celebrity fragrances, the company milks the star association, churning out collections with the likes of the Kardashians, Nicki Minaj and even Justin Bieber. There's also movie hook-ups, the next being a Spider-Man collection mid-year.
Better, faster, shinier, that's the claim for O.P.I's new GelColor lacquer, which after a week on my nails is still going strong.
I've been down this track before, though, initially impressed with Shellac, O.P.I Axxiums and several other fast-dry, no chip, long-wear nail coatings. The eventual problem is that after a couple of contented weeks' wear I've found on removal with an acetone soak that my formerly healthy nails have been left dehydrated, temporarily brittle and prone to flaking.
O.P.I says its gels are healthier than the other systems and easier to remove. Fingertips are placed in an acetone wrap for 10-15 minutes avoiding a soak and any scrape. Spokesperson Joey Brown said competitors had done a good job in marketing their products, but O.P.I had spent more time perfecting its version. "What we see out there is a lot of hybrids [half gel, half polish]; they are hard to remove, thick in the bottle and harder for the technician to apply."
I found the application of GelColor was easy, but used the same steps as the other systems, involving several coats, each being briefly light cured. Curing time at 30 seconds per coat is faster than standard gels.
I'll wait until it is off before delivering my final verdict, but I think the process will remain, for me, a special occasion one. Natural, healthy, nails will do fine for everyday or I can apply a quick lick of polish, despite the chips that inevitably occur.
It's also a bore (and an expense) returning to the salon for a gel or hybrid polish removal, especially if you're not wanting another application. I don't much like the idea of having my hands regularly under a UV light, but Brown says in using LED rather than UV light, GelColor exposes the skin to no more ageing UVA rays than you would get opening the door on a sunny day and walking out and straight back in. "If you are at all worried, put on a sunblock."
My quibbles aside, many women like the confidence that comes from knowing their nails look neat. Salons report more and more repeat customers are switching away from a straight paint job. The trade in acrylics is all but dead, but that's a plus given the damage they can cause.
One of O.P.I's big selling points is that its GelColor offers a choice of 30 of its most popular lacquer colours.
Brown says the system won't replace Axxiums because that allows for strengthening overlays on natural nails and the thicker finish means technicians can get more creative, mixing in glitters and other special effects.
Good technicians are vital to getting a good result with any system. I've had my nails coated too thickly with gels and they look ugly, especially around the cuticle as the nail grows. It is important that the technician ensures the nail tip is sealed. Though gels don't usually chip, if they are not properly sealed a piece can peel back.
An expert who has used all the systems is Petrina Martin of Magic Tan & Nails, Remuera, whose business, along with Verdo Nails, served as official nail gurus at the New Zealand Fashion Festival. Martin told Viva that O.P.I GelColor was best for people with relatively strong nails as those with weaker nails might need repairs. She likes that it comes off "very easily" and says the gel colours are true to their polish counterparts and glide on easily. "It has been fantastic for toes and will last around six to eight weeks without dulling."
Like the Colour Gloss system which she rates highly, GelColor is best with a builder gel (base coat) underneath to ensure it adheres properly. Miller matches systems to suit client's nails and the experience she has built up using them.
If you experience problems with any of these systems it may be that technicians are cutting corners, so keep an eye on application and ask about the steps involved.
* O.P.I GelColor is a salon-only service, with costs varying, but expect to pay $30-$45 (excluding full manicure), ph 0800 144 562 to find your nearest stockist.
To tie-in with Viva's wedding section this week we asked Amber McIver of Verdo Nails in Parnell what the well-manicured bride was wearing. Tradition still exists, she says, with 90 per cent choosing a French manicure. "It works perfectly with their gowns and looks amazing in photos."
The big change is the continued move away from polish, with brides opting for the likes of Shellac so they can come in two to four days before the wedding to get their hands and feet done without fear of chips. Big wedding bookings are common, with mothers, sisters, and in-laws joining the bride and bridesmaids.
Brides mostly choose the colour for their bridesmaids, with pale pinks most popular - "keeping them tidy and not to outdo the bride".
Women who did not choose a French manicure were usually still drawn to soft pink shades, but some were going for bright reds or hot pinks. "We tend to find that brides who have smaller non-traditional weddings, or who are on their second wedding, then they are the ones who are choosing to do something a little non-traditional."
For the feet also, most brides were choosing a soft pink, with Shellac's Strawberry Smoothie and O.P.I's Hawaiian Orchid often requested. "If the bride is choosing bright fingers we are finding she is choosing matching toes."
McIver also mixes Shellac, blending several shades to create a custom colour to match dresses.
Women who like the freedom of changing their nail colour frequently or avoiding the salon, will likely stick with polish over hybrid and gel coatings. Two new options are set to deliver gel-like shiny results. First out in mid-May comes Revlon ColorStay Longwear Nail Enamel which claims to last up to 10 days when worn with base and top coats. The 24 shades will be priced at $18.50 each.
I've been testing the reformulation of Lancome's nail polish Le Vernis in Love, which launches in late May. It is impressively shiny and a patented brush makes it possible to properly finish even a bright or dark nail with just one coat. This won't last beyond a few days, but it is a real timesaver if you're not keen on the more lasting option of applying multiple layers. Initially there will be just 11 shades, but they are classics, with limited edition fashion colours to be introduced each season. At $28 a bottle, the price is mid-range, certainly not the usual case for a prestige brand where nail colours can set you back a whopping $50.


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St Hilda's Hall,
My dear Mother,
Thank you very much indeed for your parcel, which arrived on Friday, and also for your letter of this morning. Thank you also for forwarding Marguerite's post-card and Auntie Lucy's letter. I will write to Marguerite and to Jean. I read the E. W. Wilcox1 article. It made me howl! What a fool the woman is!
To-day I have been to tea with Mrs Moore, and quite enjoyed myself. I like Mr Moore very much, and Mrs Moore also. There was a very pretty woman there, a Miss Scott, evidently a habituée, and a charming young married woman with a little girl of about two who was perfectly sweet! Joan Ackland2 is stopping here for the week-end. She was the girl who was up with me for Schol. and then went down in about the third week of our first term. She spent the first part of the afternoon in my room and we had a jolly chat.
Last night we had our first dancing night – great fun. We all tried to fox-trot, hesitation3, etc. but as none of us really knew anything about it you can imagine the effect! However I succeeded in reversing with Isabel, which is quite a triumph.
Joyce Tomlin has got engaged, and is going down at the end of the year. Ella Hallam has also got engaged – to a Mr Hogge ! – and is making frantic efforts to get married before the arrival of her people, who are on the way home! This is not the man she was engaged to before, so all sorts of things are being said, and the B., through whom the information comes, is much distressed. I would really like to know the rights of it.
On Friday evening the C.U. had a freshers' social. We ate and drank and played mad games. We played Oranges and Lemons, with Joan Curzon and me as the bridge!
My best love to Daddie and Max.
Your loving daughter
1E W Wilcox – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1850 – 1919, writer of highly sentimental poetry and novels.
2Joan Ackland: there were all sorts of reasons in the early days for women students at Oxford to leave and later return, sometimes for health, but often for domestic or financial reasons; a daughter would need to bow out of her academic course to care for sick parents or allow sufficient finance for a brother to continue with his academic career.
3'Hesitation' would refer to the hesitation waltz.
The next letter will be posted on 2 February 2016.

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Professional Growth and Development Opportunities by:
- Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR);
- Digital Book World;
- Assn. of College & Research Libraries;
- Assn. of Research Libraries;
- ALA Publications & the San José State University School of Information;
- International Federation of Library Assn.
KnowledgeSpeak reports that "the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the first session in the members-only COAR Webinar and Discussion Series. Scheduled for July 28, this session aims to provide information about the latest trends and topics in open access and repositories.
The first session will feature Oya Rieger, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Preservation Services at Cornell University and Program Director for arXiv (and member of the COAR Executive Board).
As part of its 25th anniversary vision-setting process, the arXiv team conducted a user survey in April 2016 to seek input from the global user community about the current services and future directions. The survey received 36,000 responses, representing an overwhelming number of arXiv's diverse community of users…"
Digital Book World, the premier event for publishers and their partners, is scheduled for Jan. 17 – 19 at the New York Hilton Midtown in N.Y.C. The 2017 conference will present a reimagined program featuring publishing leaders, industry professionals and experts from top companies who will share valuable strategies, solutions and insights. Registration and program details will be available this summer at digitalbookworldconference.com.
"More Real-World Solutions | Your team needs tactical, actionable solutions to the challenges facing publishing—DBW's speakers have them.
Fresh Content | Experience targeted programming across a host of four brand-new DBW focus areas.
More Choices | A new program means new pricing and registration options. Now you can bring your whole team—executive, editorial, production and marketing…"
ACRL Insider notes that "ACRL is offering a variety of online learning events this summer to meet the demands of your schedule and budget.
Interactive webcasts last 60-90 minutes and take place in an interactive online classroom; group discounts are available…
- Excavating RDM from Library Data (August 4, 2016)
Learn how to implement research data management (RDM) concepts and techniques to library data with a goal of managing library data strategically. In turn, apply your new RDM knowledge in outreach to your disciplinary faculty.
Online courses are primarily asynchronous and require approximately three to five hours a week.
- Designing Curriculum & Developing Educators for the Information Literacy Courses of Tomorrow (July 18-August 5, 2016)
Is your information literacy course in need of an overhaul? Do you want to deliver exceptional learning experiences through your credit course? This online course will focus on information literacy curriculum development, including consideration of the Framework for Information Literacy and high impact practices with regards to content development and delivery.
Complete details and registration information for e-Learning webcasts are available on the ACRL website. Contact Margot Conahan at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information."
- SPEC Survey Webcast on Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources—Register by August 10
According to ARL News "the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2016.
The next webcast in this series will cover the Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (ACC/OER) survey (SPEC Kit 351), which investigates the degree to which ARL member institutions are systematically exploring affordable course content and OER support and development, the level of administrative support for these initiatives, the institutional stakeholders involved, and the role of the library in local and cross-institutional initiatives…
ALA News reports that "a new advanced eCourse Improving Interpersonal Communication … is being offered by ALA Publishing in collaboration with the San José State University School of Information (SJSU iSchool),
…In this Advanced eCourse, Dr. Sue Alman—an experienced instructor and expert in interpersonal communication—will explore some of the factors that affect interpersonal communications. You will come out of this eCourse with valuable tips that will help you understand different perspectives and recognize communication preferences among individuals. You will learn techniques to resolve conflicts, improve your listening skills and prepare you for effective communication in both in-person and virtual settings. This highly interactive eCourse will use VoiceThread as an asynchronous tool for presentations, discussions and activities…"
KnowledgeSpeak also notes that "the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is now accepting submissions for iConference 2017, the twelfth annual gathering of scholars, researchers and professionals who share an interest in the critical information issues of contemporary information society. iConference 2017 is scheduled for March 22-25, 2017, in Wuhan, China.
The theme of this first-ever Asia-based iConference is 'Effect • Expand • Evolve: Global Collaboration Across the Information Community.'
Authors and organisers can now submit materials using the secure submissions website. The official proceedings will be published in the open access Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS). The submissions deadline is September 16, 2016…"


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All states are now processing benefits for same-sex National Guard spouses after several holdouts found ways to implement the policy without violating their constitutional bans on the recognition of gay marriage.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an announcement Friday that same-sex spouses in every state can now obtain the military ID cards required to receive benefits for wives and husbands of service members.
"All of [the Department of Defense] is committed to pursuing equal opportunities for all who serve this nation, and I will continue to work to ensure our men and women in uniform as well as their families have full and equal access to the benefits they deserve," Hagel said.
A handful of states, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, refused to process ID applications for gay spouses after the Pentagon issued a directive requiring the military to treat all legally married couples equally for purposes of federal benefits. The states told same-sex couples they could only apply at federal installations, though heterosexual spouses could submit their paperwork at state facilities.
Hagel directed the chief of the National Guard Bureau in late October to work with state officials to reach compliance with the Defense Department's new policy. The policy came in response to a landmark Supreme Court decision in June overturning a key provision in the Defense of Marriage Act.
Slowly, the holdout states and the National Guard Bureau found workarounds to ensure equal treatment of service members without allowing their employees to process same-sex benefits.
South Carolina required all National Guard spouses to apply at federal installations regardless of their sexual orientation, eliminating the possibility of unequal treatment at state facilities. In Texas and other states, the bureau agreed to switch some service members to federal status so they could process the benefits without violating state law.
Some states with gay-marriage prohibitions complied with the Defense Department policy right away, saying they could process ID applications for gay spouses without violating their constitutions. They included Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia.
The American Military Partners Association, which advocates for gay rights, commended the Pentagon on Friday.
But the group's president, Stephen Peters, said in a statement that same-sex couples still face other forms of "discrimination and exclusion by state governments," particularly those that don't recognize gay marriage.


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(Reuters) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) has agreed to pay more than $3 billion to air Thursday night National Football League games on the Fox broadcast network for the next five seasons, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
The agreement, which was announced on Wednesday morning without financial terms, underscores Fox's aim to be a leader in sports after it closes the sale of some film and television assets to Walt Disney Co (DIS.N).
But investors panned the deal, sending Fox shares down 4 percent to $36.91 in afternoon trading. Fox already airs Sunday NFL matchups, and the new investment comes as ratings and ad revenues for NFL games have been declining.
Fox will pay about $60 million per Thursday night game, up from the $45 million CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) NBC paid for broadcast rights this season, according to the source.
"The news underscores the preeminent pricing power of the pro sports league, coming after relatively steep declines in NFL TV ratings," CFRA analyst Tuna Amobi said.
Fox's strategy is to focus on sports and news after it sells other assets to Disney in a proposed $52.4 billion agreement announced in December.
"These opportunities come very infrequently," Twenty-First Century Fox President Peter Rice told reporters on a conference call. "You either have the rights to the most-watched content in media, or you don't. If you lose that action and don't take that opportunity, this won't come up for another five years."
Fox will broadcast 11 Thursday night games each year between weeks four and 15, excluding Thanksgiving night. The contests will be simultaneously broadcast via NFL Network and in Spanish on Fox Deportes.
NFL games are among the most popular programming on television, but overall ratings dropped about 10 percent during the just-completed regular season. Advertising revenue for regular season Thursday night games fell 3 percent from the prior year, according to Standard Media Index.
But Fox is optimistic Thursday night football will help Fox grow its business, Rice said on the call.
"Every deal we have done, people have said that we overpaid, and every single point we have built up our business," Rice said. "I think we get tremendous value here."
The NFL and Fox are looking for a digital partner to stream Thursday night games online, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on the call, noting it had received multiple bids and expects an announcement soon.
Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru, Jessica Toonkel in New York and Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli


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Bali, Indonesia
The 5-bedroom Puri Bawana is a stylishly decorated family friendly luxury villa with a 30-metre swimming pool, situated walking distance from the beach amidst 2 acres of emerald rice fields.
Found next to the traditional fishing village of Canggu on Bali's southwest coast, this private villa retreat is beautifully integrated into the natural terraced contours of the hillside. It is comprised of a series of thatched pavilions, housing a remarkable open-plan living pavilion, an elevated dining pavilion, an entertainment room, two kitchens and five bedrooms, completed by an additional smaller bedroom suitable for children or a nanny.
There are numerous relaxation areas, so guests will always find a private spot for peace and quiet. It is ideal for large groups or families with children. The Estate also boasts a membership at the Canggu Club which means its guests enjoy access to the numerous sporting and social facilities available at the country club.
Lightfoot Travel provides tailor-made itineraries that include daily tours and excursions, restaurant recommendations and bookings, and can incorporate Bali into a greater Indonesian holiday. Take a look at The Complete Balinese Experience as an example of a bespoke itinerary that we can create for you.
Puri Bawana Information
- Location & Getting There
Found next to the traditional fishing village of Canggu on Bali's southwest coast, Puri Bawana is a 35-minute drive to Ngurah Rai International Airport.
- Accommodation
The villa comprises of 6 bedrooms. Its huge Master Suite has a broad balcony overlooking the river and rice terraces, a dressing area and a private courtyard garden. The 4 Guest Suites feature bathrooms that extend into private courtyard gardens, a private deck and a vanity area. A kids' bedroom, on the ground floor of the dining pavilion can accommodate up to five children in the set of bunk beds.
- Facilities
- Swimming pool
- Barbeque facility
- Entertainment room
- DVDs, CDs, books
- Dining: Chef service
- Activities
The estate boasts a membership at the Canggu Club which means guests enjoy access to the numerous sporting and social facilities available at the country club. Many other varied activities on offer within reach of the villa include the famous Tanah Lot Temple, Echo Beach for surfing, Nirwana Bali Golf Course, Seminyak for food and shopping indulgence, Lake Bratan, Bali Treetop Adventure Park or hire some bikes to explore the scenic rice-field landscape and rural villages.
- Children
This is a very child-friendly villa. Childrens' books, games and toys are available. Babysitting can also be arranged.


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Seeming as it's nearly November, I'd better get on with showing you all the contents of the OCTOBER Cohorted Beauty Box hadn't I?!
October's box is valued at £140.00, which I must say, I haven't seen a box valued at that price in a long, long time.
Inside it, we have five products from brands like TooFaced, Dr Botanicals and Paul Yacomine, involving quite a few haircare products and possible one of the most expensive body creams that I've ever owned, let alone used! Plus, there's yet again some discount codes, including a £10.00 voucher code for Zalando.
TooFaced Land Down Under Eyeshadow Palette
Now here's where I'm slightly confused, as in the little beauty booklet it describes this product as an eyeshadow palette, however on the product itself, it's described as a collection of finishing powders. So, chances are there's been a bit of a typo in the booklet, as I'm pretty sure that these are finishing powders and not eyeshadows.
TooFaced #TFNOFILTER Selfie Powders
Limited Edition, RRP: £32.00
I must say that I would never go out and buy this product, as it's just not a palette that I could see myself fully benefiting from or really getting the most out of. It is however one that really intrigues me, so I'm very happy to have recieved it in this months box!
Dr Botanicals Morrocon Neroli Body Cream
OH MY GOODNESS, I know of expensive skincare brands, but to recieve one in the Cohorted beauty box?! I'm a little gob smacked to tell you the truth! This 100ml tub of heaven is a Neroli & Shea Butter Body Nourishing Cream, which is described as having 100% natural ingredients, all paraben and harmful preservative free, and most importantly, this brand doesn't test on animals.
Paul Yacomine Micro Treatment Oils | Paul Yacomine Micro Finish Series No.1 | Paul Yacomine Micro Finish Series No.3
Each RRP: £12.00
Again, another collection of products that left me a little stund… October's box really is full of some weird and wonderful goodies. These three, oddly shaped haircare products, each contain different special oils to help protect, repair or add shine to your hair, and I'm very intrigued and excited to use them!
Overall, I can't say that this has been my most favourite box EVER! Because, to be completely honest, I much prefer receiving make-up products, but in all, the October box has brought me a small collection of beauty products that otherwise I would never have a chance of trying.
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November 1, 2016 Related Topics: Medical Costs, Medical Price Index
In recent policy debates, increasing costs of medical care for treating injured workers have been a focus of public policymakers and system stakeholders in many states. To help them conduct meaningful comparisons of prices paid across states, and to monitor the price trends in relation to policy choices and changes in fee schedules, this annual study creates an index for the actual prices paid for professional services based on a market basket of commonly used services for treating injured workers.
The MPI-WC tracks medical prices paid in 31 states from calendar year 2008 through 2015 for professional services billed by physicians, physical therapists, and chiropractors. The medical services fall into eight groups: evaluation and management, physical medicine, surgery, major radiology, minor radiology, neurological testing, pain management injections, and emergency care.
The 31 states included in the MPI-WC are Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
WCRI Medical Price Index for Workers' Compensation, Eighth Edition. Rui Yang and Olesya Fomenko. November 2016. WC-16-74.
1. How do prices paid for medical professional services for injured workers in my state compare with other states?
2. How are prices in my state changing?
3.Is the price trend in my state part of a national phenomenon or are the causes unique to my state and, hence, subject to local issues?
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Funeral Director Carolyn Whigham said that Houston's family thanked the singer's fans for their prayers and condolences, but that they had requested a private funeral service. Whigham: "It was the family's decision. They have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. This is their time now for their farewell to their daughter and mother".
As previously reported, Houston's body was flown from LA to New Jersey on Monday, being driven from Teterboro airport to Newark in a gold-coloured hearse. Fans were already gathering outside and leaving floral tributes at the city's New Hope Baptist Church even before it had been announced as the venue for the private funeral.
Elsewhere in Houston news, online sales of the late singer's work have continued to boom since her death. According to the Official Charts Company, 20 Houston songs should be in the UK Top 200 this weekend, seven in the Top 40, with her cover of Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You' likely to chart highest.
The singer's two compilation albums are also both currently in the top five on iTunes UK, while in the US 'Whitney: The Greatest Hits' entered the Billboard Top 200 at number six yesterday having shifted 64,000 copies, despite there only being one full day between the singer's death and the American chart week ending.
Back in the UK, Sony Music has issued a short statement regarding the revelation that the wholesale prices of Whitney's greatest hits albums were increased shortly after her death this weekend, only to be dropped again later on Sunday. As previously reported, just hours after the singer's premature demise the price for Whitney's 'Ultimate Collection' rose on iTunes UK from £4.99 to £7.99. It turns out the singer's other hits album, the more extensive 'Whitney: The Greatest Hits', also went up in price temporarily, from £7.99 to £9.99.
It's been confirmed that the price rises only occurred in the UK, the wholesale price being increased only by Sony's British division. Needless to say, the price hike - even though it was, as it turns out, only temporary - does not reflect well on the major, making it look like the label, which is set to benefit the most from Houston's death anyway in terms of new record sales, was trying to cash in even more.
A source previously told The Guardian that a Sony exec, when checking what Whitney albums were stocked on iTunes after her death, noticed her compilations had previously been logged with Apple at the wrong price, and therefore the price rise was simply rectifying a previous error. Whether there is any truth in that we don't know, but Sony didn't rely on that excuse in its official apology.
It said yesterday: "Whitney Houston product was mistakenly mispriced on the UK iTunes store on Sunday. When discovered, the mistake was immediately corrected. We apologise for any offense caused".
The error - described as an "internal mistake due to an employee error" by a Sony insider to Billboard - only affected UK music stores, though there is some confusion as to whether the price hike was limited to iTunes, or whether Amazon and possibly HMV were also informed of the price change.
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The decision by Grammy chiefs to cut some awards from the proceedings this year continued to cause some mild controversy, though it was another decision by the awards' bosses that was pissing off some others among America's music community: the decision to allow R&B wife-beater Chris Brown back ontheir stage just three years after he delivered one of the more memorable Grammy weekend performances, beating his pop star girlfriend unconscious in the street.
While some (and Brown's always dedicated fan base especially) would say the R&B star has 'done his time' as it were (180 hours of community service) for beating Rihanna senseless, and that the world should therefore forgive and forget, others are concerned that no one has really forgotten, and therefore giving the singer a star billing at the Grammy awards show sends out a dangerous message.
After all, Brown's criminal assault on his girlfriend three years ago will always be closely linked to the Grammy Awards, and the singer is still serving the five years of probation the US courts felt were required for his crime. Did the Grammy booking not say to the world, some wondered, "don't worry about beating your girlfriend unconscious at our party, sell a few records and give it three years, and we'll make you guest of honour"?
Sasha Pasulka perhaps best summarised that viewpoint in a piece for Zooey Deschanel's HelloGiggles website titled 'I'm not okay with Chris Brown performing at the Grammys and I'm not sure why you are'. She was unsurprisingly unimpressed with Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich justifying booking Brown by saying: "I think people deserve a second chance, you know. If you'll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years [actually, two] and it may have taken us a while to kind of get over the fact that we were the victim of what happened".
After stating the obvious flaws with Ehrlich's statement, Pasulka notes: "We - the grown-up influencers in this country, the people with platforms and with educations and with power - are allowing a clear message to be sent to women: We will easily forgive a person who victimises you. We are able to look beyond the fact that you were treated as less than human, that a bigger, stronger person decided to resolve a conflict with you through violence. We know it happened, but it's just not that big of a deal to us".
Although the arguable scandal of Brown's Grammy booking and two performances on the night didn't get much media coverage, some did express their concerns or outrage via Twitter, among them country star Miranda Lambert, who knows a thing or two about the impact domestic violence has on its victims, her parents running a shelter for abused women. She tweeted: "Chris Brown twice? I don't get it. He beat on a girl... Not cool that we act like that didn't happen".
The Twitter criticism didn't go unnoticed by Brown himself, who didn't seem so happy that some in the Grammy audience were still focusing on his Rihanna beating escapades rather than his lacklustre pop songs. So much so, the singer seemingly took to Twitter himself to respond, though said tweets were later removed, possibly because the R&B star calmed down, or possibly because the same advisors who told Brown to big up the "remorse thing" when his assault case went to court, told him to play down the "gloating thing" now that the American pop establishment has reappointed him as its approved bad boy.
Seemingly there were several tweets, though only one was grabbed by Mashable before its deletion - it reading: "HATE ALL U WANT BECUZ I GOT A GRAMMY NOW! That's the ultimate fuck off! I'm back so watch my back as I walk away from all this negativity". So that's nice. On the upside, I don't think he smashed any windows this time.
In a warning to RnBXclusive's former users, the SOCA statement also notes: "The majority of music files that were available via this site were stolen from the artists. If you have downloaded music using this website you may have committed a criminal offence which carries a maximum penalty of up to ten years imprisonment and an unlimited fine under UK law". It also displays the user's IP address, along with other details, and informs that this can be used to identify them.
It's not the first time the UK authorities have taken action against the providers of unlicensed music content of course, though the most high profile action to date - against the operators of the Oink BitTorrent community - wasn't exactly successful.
While some of those who used the service were successfully prosecuted for copyright infringement, the more important case - against the man who operated the site - failed. Rather than charging Alan Ellis with authorising infringement, the English law equivalent of contributory infringement, the copyright concept used to convict the founders of The Pirate Bay in Sweden, the authorities went with 'conspiracy to defraud'.
That's possibly because the ability of the 'authorising' principle under English law to make the providers of link services or file-sharing software liable for the infringement of their users is untested in court. It might also be because the penalties for conspiracy to defraud are much higher.
But the problem with the Oink case was that, in order to prove conspiracy to defraud, there needs to be evidence of a deliberate intent to profit at the detriment of another, ie the record companies, which simply couldn't be proven, given Oink was an organic online community not run for profit. Whether the case for fraud will be stronger against the operators of RnBXclusive remains to be seen.
Meanwhile the file-sharing community is certain to object to the language used by SOCA in its warning statement - especially the threat of ten years in jail for simply downloading unlicensed content. Under the Copyright, Designs And Patent Act 1988 only distributors of unlicensed content themselves are liable for such a long sentence, so it's not clear what SOCA is basing its claim on here.
And a prison sentence for simply accessing unlicensed content online would be a totally unprecedented, so much so that it's hard to imagine a court passing such a sentence, or indeed the Crown Prosecution Service ever even persuing such a case. Perhaps SOCA knows something we don't, though such bold statements only really help those who argue that current and/or new copyright laws carry penalties disproportionate to the offence.
Cinetube helps web-users navigate film files online and the majority of the movie files it links to are unlicensed. In some jurisdictions just linking to infringing content - if that forms the core of a site's operations and no efforts are made to filter out or warn against unlicensed music or movies - constitutes pretty straightforward copyright infringement in itself, though in Spain generally the courts have been unwilling to hold such websites liable, especially if they are not run for profit.
The landmark ruling in Spanish law is that involving links service Sharemula which - although distinguished in another more recent Spanish case last April where the operator of a file-sharing links service profited from ad sales and SMS services - was deemed to set the precedent in the latest Cinetube case. So much so, the file-sharing service was able to successfully fight off copyright infringement litigation from the movie industry.
However, that might change if and when the new Sinde Law goes live in March, as Cinetube is known to be high up on the target list of the content industries, who hope the new web-blocking law will circumvent past precedents and enable them to force ISPs to block access to such websites. Though, as previously reported, the new web-blocking system may be delayed somewhat as Spain's Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from the Association Of Web Users which claims the Sinde Law is unconstitutional.
As previously reported, the New Zealand authorities arrested four men last month at the request of the US, who accuse seven men in total of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering in relation to their involvement with the Mega empire.
Two of the four execs arrested in New Zealand, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, were officially granted bail more or less immediately after their arrests, though technicalities about where they would stay while on bail meant they were only actually let out of jail in the last week.
The fourth man, Mathias Ortmann, was bailed yesterday. Despite the prosecution expressing concerns about the four men being in close contact while on bail, Ortmann will stay with van der Kolk while awaiting an extradition hearing, while Batato will stay with Schmitz's wife. All have been banned from accessing the internet while on bail.
As also previously reported, Mega founder Schmitz has been denied bail amid fears he would flee New Zealand to his home country of Germany, where it would be much harder for America to extradite him.
As previously reported, in December last year Hall Of Fame CEO Joel Peresman said: "Who will be invited, obviously, is the original five, and Dizzy and Matt. All have RSVP'd that they will show. Everyone's said they're coming".
But Slash, who was presumably part of the "everyone" Perseman referred to, then tweeted: "For the record, I didn't RSVP, or in any way commit to attending the RRHF".
But now Reed, who first joined the band in 1990 making him the longest serving member after Axl Rose, says that everyone is now on board. "I know that all the original band is going to be there", he told Billboard. "I don't know exactly what's going to go down. It's one of those things I'm sure will all come together and be really cool. I'm just going to go in with a good attitude and a clear head and a grateful heart".
Even if all the original members do end up attended the Hall Of Fame party, the prospect of them all standing on stage together seems unthinkable, and a live performance even more so. Can Reed shed any light on that matter? No. "Honestly, we haven't spoken about it", he said. "I don't know when or why or how to bring it up. It's not an every day sort of thing. So we haven't really talked about it - but I'm sure we'll have to [stand together] at some point".
Yesterday a series of photos appeared on the group's Tumblr blog featuring none other than Kanye hanging out in their studio, and in one of them he seems to be recording some vocals. So that's fun.
Take a look: golfwang.tumblr.com/post/17562575874
Having previously previewed their joint EP, 'The Slumdon Bridge', with initial track 'You Don't Know (For Fuck's Sake)', the transatlantic twosome yesterday tweeted this link permitting fans to download the full four-track set for free: limelinx.com/files/c8de3f05b1644ae995e1ade4dda04179
Spanning the space between Yelawolf's deep Southern hip hop sensibility and Sheeran's Yorkshire street smarts, said EP carries this tracklisting here:
London Bridge
Win Butler and Regine Chassagne of the band are said to have written and recorded two songs for the movie - 'Horn Of Plenty' and 'Abraham's Daughter' - adding to a score that also features music by Kid Cudi, Taylor Swift, Birdy and The Decemberists.
Co-starring Jennifer Laurence of 'Winter's Bone' and, for some reason, Lenny Kravitz, the film, which is being billed as the new 'Twilight', will open across UK cinemas on 23 Mar.
The full tracklisting for the soundtrack, which is released on 19 Mar, is as follows:
Taylor Swift - Safe And Sound
Oh, and for all you over seventeens out there who have no idea what all this 'Hunger Games' palaver is about, here's the film's official trailer. Equally informative is this YouTube parody as performed by 'Lana Del Rey', aka US comedienne Holly Laurent.
As seems only right and proper for a band with a brand new LP to promote, The Cribs are also to tour awhile, having set out a six-date jaunt to take place in May.
Tour dates:
7 May: Nottingham, Rock City
Glitters Like Gold
The trio will make a live appearance at the Manchester Ritz on 30 May, also stopping at London's O2 Brixton Academy the following evening. Niki And The Dove will provide support on both dates.
With 'Happy To You' due out on 19 Mar, you can watch the video for key component 'Paddling Out' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxYUsnZV6M
You can download its predecessor, 'Serpents', for free here: soundcloud.com/alltomorrowsparties/sharon-van-etten-serpents
Tour dates:
16 May: London, The Scala
Check the full list of tour dates below, and then scroll down to listen to a selection of remixes of latest single 'Where Are Your People?'.
15 Feb: London, Cargo
BESTIVAL Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight, 6-9 Sep: First announced to reign over this year's Bestival Big Top are esteemed line-up supremos New Order, whose royal subjects will include Friendly Fires, Zulu Winter, Flux Pavilion, Death In Vegas, Blawan and Django Django. This lot join the likes of The xx, Sigur Ros, Justice, Emeli Sande, Azealia Banks, Rizzle Kicks and the great Gary Numan on the wider Bestival bill. www.bestival.net
CHAZZSTOCK, Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, 10 Jun: Held in homage to late Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer Charles Haddon, this charitable fest is so far set to host The Horrors, The Vaccines, Alex Starling and Jen Armstrong. www.chazzstock.org
LOVEBOX, Victoria Park, East London, 15-17 Jun: Team Lovebox have booked a well-stocked roster of acts including Hot Chip, Kelis, Friendly Fires, Azealia Banks, The Rapture, Niki & The Dove, Little Dragon, Skream and Sub Focus for their tenth anniversary bash. www.lovebox.net
SONISPHERE, Yverdon les Bains, Switzerland, 30 May: Taking place across a single day's worth of ear-splitting musical revelry, the Swiss edition of this year's Sonisphere (which also takes place with differing line-ups in Finland, Poland and Spain as well as the UK) will host the mighty Metallica as its overall headliners. Slayer, Motorhead and Mastodon are also confirmed to play. sz.sonisphere.eu
Low Value Consignment Relief is the much previously reported tax arrangement which means that mail-order CD sellers based outside the European Union don't need to charge VAT, giving them a 20% advantage on mainland sellers. As also previously reported, the tax relief was used on a grand commercial scale by mail-order firms based on the Channel Islands, where the logistics of shipping product en masse over from the UK and then posting it back to mainland Britain was relatively simple.
LCVR exists mainly to save the tax authorities from the hassle of having to administrate the VAT charged on low value goods sold into the UK from outside the EU, on the basis such sales were traditionally so low it wasn't worth the cost and time involved.
However, once numerous mail-order operations started selling low-value goods, like CDs and DVDs, from the Channel Islands over the internet, the original logic of the tax relief system no longer stood up, and the continued use of relief by said operators on a mass scale breached European tax laws, because it distorted the British retail market.
After years of campaigning by smaller retailers, including some indie record sellers (campaigning met with lip service from the Channel Island authorities and UK government, and outright hostility from the Inland Revenue), Chancellor Of The Exchequer George Osborne finally announced last year that he was withdrawing the low value product tax relief from Channel Island-based companies. The VAT loophole will formally close in April.
As previously reported, many of those who operated mail-order businesses on the Channel Islands - including those who always insisted they were there because of the nice sea air and not the VAT breaks - are now looking for other bases outside the EU where it would be commercially viable to set up shop, the LVCR ban only applying to the Channel Islands in the short term.
Channel Islanders are not pleased with that turn of events, obviously, while some others have expressed concerns that, if every mail-order operator just moves to Switzerland (assuming the Swiss would have them), the problem of offshore CD sellers having such an advantage over mainland companies will only be temporarily addressed. Some of those who campaigned against LVCR on the Channel Islands, though, are hopeful a precedent has now been set that any future abuse of the tax relief system will be stopped much more quickly.
Anyway, to HMV. Former bosses at the high street CD seller adopted an 'if you can't beat them join them' approach to the Channel Island VAT dodge, choosing to base their own mail-order operation offshore, rather than join the fight for the tax relief abuse to be stopped. Had HMV chosen the latter option, many campaigners believe, the VAT dodge enjoyed by Amazon, Play.com and The Hut et al would have been closed much sooner, reducing the negative impact many believe it had on the UK high street entertainment retail sector.
But now HMV boss Simon Fox, who's been generally quiet on this issue since taking over at the retailer in 2006, has spoken out, confirming he is now one of those who fears the online retailers will all move en masse to Switzerland and so the VAT dodge party can begin anew.
Speaking to gaming industry magazine MCV, Fox said this week: "For many years we have said we would like to see a level playing field. Unfortunately, the [new] legislation closes down Low Value Consignment Relief only from the Channel Islands. It remains to be seen what our competitors will do, but undoubtedly there'll be a temptation to go to Switzerland or wherever. It can't be helpful to have your VAT rate as a determinant of where you put your warehouse. It's a basic distortion to fair competition. The closing of LVCR rules is a good thing, but the way it has been implemented doesn't necessarily solve anything".
Expanding his tax concerns to the providers of digital content also, who may charge VAT, put who benefit from other tax breaks by basing themselves outside the UK, Fox added: "[The situation] is absolutely nuts. Just as it's nuts for digital service providers - like iTunes and Amazon Kindle - to be located in low tax locations. Unfortunately all of the high growth digital markets are not delivering the government tax revenue. It is absolutely idiotic".
Whether this means Fox will now ally himself formally with those in the independent retail sector who have been fighting LVCR abuse for years, and who want to ensure measures are taken to stop VAT dodging from other non-EU bases, remains to be seen.
Minaj told Ryan Seacrest: "I'm a cuckoo lady too, but I would never be able to do it off the strength of Madonna. There are fines that go into these things, and I just thought: 'Oh my God. I hope they don't penalise Madonna'. Madonna knows the artist that MIA is and it was her decision to take the risk with all of us. We were kinda all firecrackers and she took that risk. She's done some crazy things becoming the icon that she is, so I think that's why she was able to forgive MIA".
She added: "I love MIA and I don't want to say anything that is the wrong thing, but me personally, I couldn't see myself doing it, just for the respect for Madonna. I wouldn't want any backlash to come back on Madonna".
Speaking her Minaj being a "crazy lady", what was that Grammy performance all about? "[My alter-ego Roman] wanted to show that not only is he amazing and he's sure of himself and confident", she explained. "But he's never gonna change, he's never gonna be exorcised. Even when they throw the holy water on him, he still rises above. That's what was portrayed".
If you've got no idea what she's banging on about, then you're just going to have to watch the Grammy performance for yourself (it's hard to work out, but I think it might be brilliant): www.dailymotion.com/video/xolh0s_21221223435_lifestyle
OK, this was stuff left in an old bank vault, but it's still exciting. The building was previously owned by HSBC, and was an old Midland Bank prior to that, so finding a bank vault might not be that surprising, but it does seem that no one knew it was there. And you wouldn't necessarily expect items to still be stored in it.
Items recovered, valued at over £1 million and some dating back as far as 1935, include jewels, gold, a lot of guns, and a stack of Joy Division and New Order master tapes. Which are all things you might think people would remember depositing in a bank's safety deposit boxes and want back at some point, but seemingly not.
A spokesman for HSBC refused to confirm exactly what had been found, telling the Daily Mail: "Even if I knew exactly what was in those boxes I would not be able to comment on that for reasons of confidentiality. We cannot reveal the precise contents, but these are safe deposit boxes - there are bound to be valuables in there".
Unknown pleasures, you might call them.
The English version of the note (there's also a handy Spanish version) reads: "This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me".
She continues: "I was paralysed by fear and couldn't move, I just kept eye contact with it while my brother 'Super Tony' jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast".
Shak later deduces that the attack was due to the sea lion (pictured here, poised to strike) mistaking the glare from her sunlit Blackberry for a fish, and thus trying to eat it... and her. And where were Dick Van Dyke's heroic porpoises in all this, that's what I'd like to know.
You too can read Shakira's full report, which as per its title is very 'special' indeed, here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150668781989560.399648.5027904559&type=3


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As mentioned in the last post I had the last exam of my bachelors this morning. It didn't exactly go as planned, but well let's hope for a miracle! Now I only have to finish my bachelors thesis and I'm all done!
Normally, I wear this blouse in my skirt or pants but this time I felt like wearing it differently. So I decided to unbutton it and wear it with a little sequin belt. I combined them with my black Mango pants and black boots. The boots are really comfortable, which I really needed, because it's not that much of a short walk from the train station to the location where I had my exam.
What do you think about the combination?
No clue what was so funny in the above picture, haha! But I seem to be really laughing about something.
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Stoke boss Tony Pulis hailed Matthew Etherington's match-winning performance against Blackburn as a fitting tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews.
Etherington scored one goal and made another in the Potters' 3-0 win at the Britannia Stadium, on the day the club commemorated Matthews' final appearance in a Stoke shirt 45 years ago.
"It was lovely for Matty to score, for a winger to score a goal of that quality, real quality," said Pulis, who was also celebrating his 300th game in charge of Stoke. "I've just been told he (Matthews) didn't score many goals but he provided bundles. I'm delighted, and delighted for the team and everyone at the football club."
Pulis has been touting Etherington for some time to follow in Matthews' footsteps by breaking into the England team and the manager believes it may have already happened if the 28-year-old was plying his trade at a more high-profile club.
"If he was at a more fashionable club, I think he'd be getting more attention," Pulis said.
"But having said that, the kid was different class.
"He can do that - you watch him in training and Matty has got everything in the locker.
"He works so hard for the football team as well, he gets up and down the pitch. You ask Danny Higginbotham (who played behind him at left-back) what he thinks of him when we haven't got the ball and the work he puts in.
"He's got all the tools, Matty. He's a very fit lad, technically very good and he's got pace.
"I'm very pleased and people are talking about him playing for England and Ryan (Shawcross) playing for England. It's brilliant for us."
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Before I get into my full review, I definitely want to say that Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner is a serious early contender for my favourite book of 2015. Incredibly intense and packed with plot twists, this book kept me on my toes from start to finish!
Nicole Frank shouldn't have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not with her injuries. But one thought allows her to defy the odds and flag down help: Vero.
Sergeant Wyatt Foster is frustrated when even the search dogs can't find any trace of the mysterious missing child. Until Nicky's husband, Thomas, arrives with a host of shattering revelations: Nicole Frank suffers from a rare brain injury and the police shouldn't trust anything she says.
Who is Nicky Frank, and what happened the night her car sailed off the road? Was it a random accident or something more sinister given the woman's lack of family and no close friends? The deeper Wyatt digs, the more concerned he becomes. Because it turns out, in the past few months, Nicky has suffered from more than one close accident. . . . In fact, it would appear someone very much wants her dead.
There's so much I want to say about it. Plot-wise it was incredible. It's impossible to predict what will happen next which makes Nicky Frank's bizarre case much more exciting. Once you think you know something, a curve-ball will be thrown that proves what you originally thought is wrong. I could not put Crash & Burn down! Much like when watching an episode of Midsomer Murders, I was sat feverishly reading on and on to get those answers I so desperately craved. And I wasn't disappointed.
Everything about the plot is so intricate and well thought out. Gardner wants us to not to trust Thomas, Nicky's husband, in the beginning and you don't. You become suspicious of everyone and everything and I had so much fun getting to play detective while reading. However, Sherlock Holmes shouldn't fret just yet, I clearly wasn't good at deducing the case like Tessa and Wyatt.
I liked the sub-plot of Tessa and Wyatt in this novel. While I hadn't read any of the previous books by Gardner that center around just Tessa as a character, I really didn't feel at all lost and caught up quickly. I thought it made it the entire book more believable. Normally, you don't see much of the detectives and their personal lives in novels. The focus is much more on the case that they've got to solve, but having Wyatt's relationship with Tessa and him trying to find ways to warm Tessa's daughter to the idea of him being in her life was sweet and refreshing.
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Here are just a few shots of my son's new home! Cosmetically and structurally there really isn't anything needed. He may decide to paint a room or two later but, for now, he is focused on buying furniture and household items. So starting from scratch here! He does need some basics though - like a trash can And yea he is young and having fun. Lots of fun with his wonderful friends. Priceless :)
This is the dining area. Maybe ORB the light fixture?
Here is the small kitchen. Love the red here.
He will probably be spending a lot of time on his screen porch. See those beautiful pink roses outside? Love them. The lattice work is there because the previous owners had some Lab Retrievers. Kept them from busting out!
View of the Rose Bush and gate to back patio
And the pink peonies. The heavy rains have beaten them down a bit and I had forgotten how much I love these.
And yes - he is a guy but he loves and is so proud of his new home - he has worked hard, saved hard, and been patient finding the one that he adores


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Orlando Martial Arts
64 Ewin Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708 (United States)
(203) 573-0045
We specialize in practical self-defense instruction. Our style, as taught by Orlando Martial Arts, is a comprehensively blended mix of: Moo Duk Kwan-Tang Soo Do & Tae Kwon Do, combat Jiu-Jitsu, American Kenpo, Aikido, Koppo Tai-Jitsu, Taiji Chin Na, Filipino Kun Tao, American Free-Style Karate and American Street Fighting.
Our training style blends tradition with the most effective training concepts and techniques, to form a diverse and comprehensive, practical self-defense training system, to fit the needs of today's world.
The credentials of our teaching staff are as follows:
- Master Vincent A. Orlando – 4rth degree black belt
- 30 years of martial arts experience
- Mr. Joseph P. Orsini – 3rd degree black belt
- 13 years of martial arts experience
- Mr. Paul J. Orsini – 2nd degree black belt
- 13 years of martial arts experience
- Mr. Ian Ahnee – 2nd degree black belt
- 10 years of martial arts experience
Orlando Martial Arts is a proud member of:
Universal Fighting Arts Fellowship International (UFAFI)
Rossi Kun Tao System International
United States Martial Arts Association
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Instructor: Hanshi Robert "NIKO" Gelinas 8th Dan
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Charter UFAFI and Rossi Kuntao System First Annual Seminar
Well, it was here and gone way to soon!!
The first UNIVERSAL FIGHTING ARTS FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL seminar was a huge success. On the weekend of June 28th a number of respected Masters and Black Belts met in Estero Florida. The purpose? To establish the requirements for the UFAFI as a parent organization to its members styles. Soke Eric Breuer taught some Rossi Kuntao System techniques. They are as devastating as they are fast. UFAFI, National Training Director, Grand Master, Ventura Silva instructed attendees on the UFAFI's first kata called Hunan Poomse. This kata is designed for testing to 1st degree black belt. It incorporates all of the basic blocks, strikes kicks and stances. It is Truly unique. It was also established that the UFAFI would be different than most martial art organizations in that it is for BLACK BELTS ONLY! And that it will except all styles. Also that the promotional requirements would be based on the UFAFI's special kata designed to each Black Belt rank up to forth degree. In the self defense portion, any technique that worked would be acceptable as long as it includes the following – Block or Redirect, Strike or Kick, Take Down or Lock and a Follow Up. Sparring will be of light contact with groin and legs (above the knee) legal targets. Take-downs and Grappling are also, allowed. Henshi, Rob Gelinas suggested that next year time blocks be set aside for each of the Masters to teach a portion of their art. This idea was highly accepted and is already being looked forward to.
Soke Breuer stated that he is happy at the attendance of this years event. "It was kept small by design so that we could get some administrative work done as well. Over 75% of those personally invited attended. We look forward to a slightly larger seminar next year. But, It will be enormously more diverse."
GROUP PHOTO: Seated from Left to Right – Henshi Rob Gelinas (Kajukido Kenpo Ryu), Grand Master Ventura Silva (Tang Do Kwan), Soke Eric Breuer (Rossi Kuntao System), Master Vincent Delucia (UMAKA Kenpo), Mr. Steve Casamento (American Kenpo).
Standing: Tom Grassi (American Kenpo), Mr. Ian Ah Nee (Chun Kuk Moo Sul), Master Vincent Orlando (Chun Kuk Moo Sul), Mr.Jamie Stuart (Kajukido Kenpo Ryu) and Mr. Joe Orsini (Chun Kuk Moo Sul).
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Announcing the Charter UFAFI and Rossi Kuntao System First Annual Seminar
Date: 06-28-07 to 07-01-07
Place: Fountain Lakes Community Center
Fountain Lakes Blvd
Estero, Fl. 33928
This seminar is for like minded, Independent, Black Belts of any style. Our focus at this seminar will be on cross training the Rossi Kuntao System and our Chun Kuk Moo Sul black belt kata #1. While at dinner we will discuss the direction of where we want the UNIVERSAL FIGHTING ART FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL and the CKMS to go. We look forward to having as much in put as we can. So far we have Grand Master Ventura Silva and several of his Black Belts signed up. He will be teaching our CKMS kata #1. We also have Master Robert Gelinas, Master Vincent Orlando, several of their black belts. Also, Kenpo Master Vincent Delucia may be joining us. This will be an event NOT to Miss!!!
Cost for the seminar is $100.00. Trasportation, Food and Lodging are seperate. I suggest the BEST WESTERN SPRINGS RESORT in Fort Myers. They are the closest and least expensive. Their Phone is : 239-267-7900. Plus, others have already booked there. So, there is a good opportunity to bond. That is why I left ample free time in our schedule. Formal training will run Friday to Sunday, 1 to 4 pm in our Community Center. We may also train off hours near one of our lakes. Or, Individualy near the hotel.
You can take this time to visit South West Florida to explore the area, Site See, Boat, Fish and Work Out. There will be ample time for all!!
Please let me know if you wish to attend by sending a $50.00 deposit by May 31st. Or, at least email your ententions to email@example.com. Or, you can call 239-992-3782.
I Hope to See You June 28th to July 1st '07
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Master Romain Staples
Left: Soke Romain Staples displays his new Title and UFAFI patch.
Below: Black belts in attendence from Left to Right Back Row: IAN AH NEE 2nd dan, Master Vincent Orlando 5th dan, Soke Romain Staples, Master Ernest Brunelli 7th dan, Master Ronald Russel 8th dan. Also the rest of the Orlando Martial Arts School!!!
The term SOKE means Head Of Family. Such as a Father or Grand Father would be. As used in its martial art terminology, SOKE is a title without BELT RANK. He is a founder of his own system or leader of a "Family" system. Therefore, a SOKE can promote up to 10th dan in his own style.
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In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines. Magellan did not know how the native tribes would receive him and his crew, and he decided to land on an uninhabited island, later known as Homonhou. Once his crew had recouped from their long journey, Magellan decided to explore other islands. During his travels, Magellan became friends with a local Rajah named Kalumbu. With the help of Kalumbu, Magellan and-his crew went on to discover many of the islands of the Philippine chain.
Magellan was able to convert Rajah Kalumbu, his wife and 500 of his tribe to Christianity. With this new conversion, Magellan gave Kalumbu power to rule over all the islands in the name of Spain. Magellan brought all of the Rajah's together for a conference. With a show of military prowess Magellan informed the Rajahs of Kalumbu's new position. Most agreed to cooperate, however, one stood against them. His name was Rajah Lapu-Lapu, ruler of the island of Mactan.
Magellan believed that the spears, swords, daggers and sticks of Lapu·Lapu's tribe would be of no match for his muskets. Thus, Magellan and Kalumbu went to war on the island of Mactan. Soon, much to Magellan's dismay, he learned Lapu-Lapu was more formidable than expected. Lapu-Lapu and his wariors had great confidence in their Artting-Anting (magic amulets), Kali (use of weapons) and KunTau (fist way).
For the first time in the history of Philippine martial arts, they were used to defend their homeland from an invading force. Legend has it that Magellan died on the shores of Mactan at the hands of Lapu-Lapu in a fierce hand-to-hand battle. This pitted Magellan's sword against Lapu-Lapu's rattan stick. Magellan's army also suffered defeat at the hands of Lapu-Lapu's men.
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empty hand martial arts flourished. They were practiced under the guise of dance and stick games. It was not for centuries that the martial arts began to emerge from underground.
Just as the Philippine arts began to resurface, Japanese occupation of the islands banned the practice of the native arts. Once again the fighting arts went underground. During this time the art of Kun Tao was on a collision course with the West, in the name of Joe Rossi.
Most of the martial arts of the Philippines were weapon arts. Kun Tao, however, is an empty hand art. Kun Tao is an art based on Chinese Monkey Kung Fu. In many ways the fighting tactics resemble a mixture of Kenpo and Aiki Jujitsu. Kun Tao places a strong emphasis on pressure points and flesh tearing techniques.
Although masters of the past have tried to keep Kun Tao a secret they have not been successful. Prior to Japan's involvement in W.W. II the U.S. Armed Forces sent their best men to the strategic Philippine Islands for training in jungle warfare. This was the first exposure of Kun Tao to U.S. Servicemen.
Grandmaster Joe Rossi was one of these elite fighting men. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1919. Grandmaster Rossi grew up in a predominately Italian section of town. At age 15, he joined the Boy's Club and took up boxing. Fighting under the name Joe Dundee, he became the middleweight champion of Waterbury. Mr. Rossi was also involved in gymnastics, dance and semi-pro football as a youth.
In 1937, Mr. Rossi joined the Army and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Mr. Rossi continued his boxing career winning his camp's championship. In 1940, Mr. Rossi decided not to re-enlist in the Army, continued . . .
(1) Black belt Bob Fernandes grabs Grandmaster Rossi by the throat. (2) The Grandmaster grabs Fernandes' left wrist with his left hand. (3) Securing the left hond, Grand Master Rossie circles his right arm over the left to grab his opponent's right wrist. (4) Circling the right arm clockwise over Fernandes' left arm… (5) breaking the hyper-extended right elbow against his own left forearm. (6) Grandmaster Rossie then drives his right knee into Fernandes' head and … (7) prepares for a downward chop… (8) to the back of Fernandes' neck. (9) Even as Fernandes falls, the Grandmaster's right foot is already in motion… (10) delivering a front kick to Fernandes' face.
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Monday, January 4, 2016
Session One Bullshit goes to the doctor at the Urgent Care that took care of my kid a little over a week ago. When I say "doctor" I'm using the term loosely. My younger daughter wasn't feeling good on Christmas night. The next day, she complained of a sore throat and said she had bumps on her tonsils. Her voice sounded like Kermit the Frog. Okay, I didn't take her in to the Urgent Care right away, I like to give things a day. I had her gargle with salt water, drink warm water with lemon, made her broth, gave her lozenges to suck on yadda yadda yadda. The next day, Sunday, she couldn't really talk. I figured I'd keep up with the same routine and call her doctor's office Monday morning.
Her dad thought it bad enough to take her to Urgent Care, which I felt was not a bad idea. The doctor there is sure it's strep. She takes a culture which comes back negative. Even though the test was negative, she still diagnosis her with strep and prescribes antibiotics.
This course of action did not help at all overnight, which it should have, at least a little. I get her in to her own doctor's office that day. The first thing, after checking out her throat, that the doctor does is check for mono. Her exact words, "the way her throat looks, I'm going to check for mono first." Granted, I'd already told her about the negative strep test, but sounds like had she done a strep test and it came out negative, she would have checked for mono after. Something apparently Urgent Care doctor totally blew off.
She said it would take about ten minutes, it took about two. Mono showed up immediately. She said the antibiotics are worthless. She prescribed a couple days of steroids, which only helps the throat, not the virus, then said my daughter would get better depending on how she took care of herself...liquids to stay hydrated, and rest.
So, thanks for the misdiagnosis Urgent Care doctor...much appreciated bullshit.
Ah, that felt good. Please feel free to submit your own Bullshit Sessions. I'd be glad to post them.
Peace, Love and Joy in the Year of the Monkey,
Posted by Megan Bostic at 10:26 AM
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TREVOSE 12 is a Freehold detached house located at 19A Trevose Crescent in District 11 (Central - Newton / Novena) - Core Central Region in Singapore, TREVOSE 12 comprises of 12 units the highest block in TREVOSE 12 has 1 floors.
The nearest MRT/LRT station for TREVOSE 12 is DT10 Stevens which is about 0.37 km away. There are 11 bus stops near TREVOSE 12.
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There's not much more than a tweet right now, but according to Yahoo's Marc J. Spears, free agent swingman Josh Howard has a few potential suitors for his services. Howard, who played in 43 games for the Utah Jazz last season, averaged 8.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 23 minutes per game.
Free agent F Josh Howard, a Winston Salem native, has been working out with Charlotte this week, sources tell Y! CHI, NY amongst interested.
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One-pan lamb & couscous
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal610
- fat27g
- saturates7g
- carbs50g
- sugars9g
- fibre6g
- protein44g
- salt1.15g
- 2 lamb steaks, approx 140g/5oz each, or 4 lamb chops trimmed of excess fat
A lamb is a sheep that is under one year old, and is known for its delicate flavour and tender…
- 1-2 tsp harissa paste
This hot, aromatic paste made from chilli and assorted other spices and herbs is spicy and…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- handful dried fruit and nuts
- 85g couscous
Consisting of many tiny granules made from steamed and dried durum wheat, couscous has become a…
- 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 100ml/3½ fl oz hot chicken stock or lamb stock (from a cube is fine)
- handful mint leaves, torn
There are several types of mint, each with its own subtle difference in flavour and appearance.…
Rub the lamb with half the harissa paste. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the lamb for 3 mins on each side for medium-rare, or a little longer for well-done. Lift the meat out of the pan and tip in the remaining harissa, the dried fruit and nuts, couscous and chickpeas, then stir to coat in the paste. Take the pan off the heat and pour in the stock. Stir briefly, return the lamb to the pan and cover with a lid or tightly-fitting foil for 10 mins until the couscous has absorbed all the liquid.
Fluff up the couscous with a fork, season to taste and fold the mint leaves through to serve.
Recipe Tip
Making it with chickenRub 2 boneless chicken breasts with half the harissa and fry for 15-20 mins before following the recipe as above.


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'Cos 'what are you doing to save time' sounded too abrasive: like I assume everyone else is–and if you're not, right? That would be a nice thing if you're happy with your time and productivity!
I'm big into it with a FT job that has typically gone into overtime all month long, plus two toddlers, a wonderful husband, and the desire to have a little life of my own.
So on the OAMC front, our recent dinners this week were huge hits. with the addition of bouillon were a huge hit, as usual.
The new recipes: chana masala, alas, did not work out. It smelled terrific before the chickpeas went in. The UHT package of chopped tomatoes in sauce I used was organic but it didn't taste good once I tried it. So it may not have been the fault of the recipe. But the was an off-the-charts hit with the family. We didn't even have lowfat yogurt or fresh coriander when I made it and they still loved it. I used lowfat milk with 2TB of single cream to replace the thick yogurt consistency, and let it boil down. Personally I like dthe TVP tacos more and the korma less, I'm not such a fan of egg-based Quorn nor of a milk-based sauce but the important thing is everyone ate and liked it overall. Suffice to say that neither the tacos or korma had the leftovers I had counted on to freeze for work next week. So I made another recipe of TVP tacos today. But I made a single recipe and then realized I could have doubled it. There goes time-saving! Oh well.
Here in Belgium I finally heard about kettlebells, which seem to be a big thing in the US. Since January I've got more and more into them and they are indeed very time-saving because my strength work and high-intensity cardio are done at once. It did the trick and I'm losing weight after months and months of plateau. I am a bike commuter as well which keeps off some extra pounds but for safety reasons I never ride killer fast since there's traffic, and furthermore I don't want to arrive to work sweating. Taking a shower at work is not a time saver. But combining the time I'd need to commute and work out with cardio together it's a shorter part of my week to go by bike in the city than to commute by car.
Now that I have some basics of kettlebell form in mind thanks to a colleague who is a KB instructor (talk about sheer luck!), some DVDs, and reading Pavel's ebook 'Enter the Kettlebell', I tackled this check out the video below, but the link is handy because she lists the exercises. Very cool. I have some DOMs (delayed onset muscle soreness) today. Happy! Goodbye long weight sessions, hello fifteen minute workouts that have actually given me results.
Do you have any time saving ideas to share?


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Devarhole is part of the Shalmala river which originates near Sirsi. It is about 12 kms from Sirsi. The spot is amidst lush green forests of Sahyadri and there are carvings of lingas, Durga, Vishnu, Anjaneya and other deities along the banks of the river. Thousands of pilgrims and devotees visit Devarhole on the occasion of Shivaratri. Some of them are said to belong to the period of Swadi kings who ruled the region during the 16th and 17th century AD.
Route Map:
KSRTC buses avilable up-to 'Devadakere' from Sirsi (Sirsi-Devadakere bus).
Food: There is no food facility.
Route Map:
Go in Sirsi-Yellapur Road (SH-93) up-to 'Kadave cross bus stop' (5 kms from Sirsi). Then take left deviation. Again you will find 2 roads, one which moves towards Kadave & other moves towards 'Devadakere'. Go in 'Devadakere' road (right deviation) up-to Bommanahalli bus stop. Then take left deviation go to 'Devadakere bus stop' (10 kms from Sirsi). Then you will find one mud road which moves towards 'Devarahole'. Go in that mud road up-to 2kms you will get 'Devarahole'.
KSRTC buses avilable up-to 'Devadakere' from Sirsi (Sirsi-Devadakere bus).
Food: There is no food facility.
Photo Gallery:
Photos: 'Sutthona Banni Team Sirsi' (Shriharsha.B.S., Manohar Naik, Prakash Hebbar, Sudarshan Hegde)
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text: I figured it would only be fitting to post B&W pictures from the Chanel Little Black Jacket gallery that I went to. The gallery featured 120 different interpretations of the classic tweed jacket that left me longing for one of my own. The gallery runs for three more days, so Shanghai peeps go on down while it still lasts!


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By Brady Henderson
Twenty-five seconds is all that stood between the Seahawks and an improbable comeback win that would have put them in the NFC Championship Game.
The Falcons only needed 12 of them to gain 41 yards in two plays and position themselves for the winning field-goal attempt.
Here's a look back at what happened on that final drive with the help of coach Pete Carroll, who joined "Brock and Salk" Monday morning.
Jacquizz Rodgers fielded the kickoff six yards behind the goal line, returning it to Atlanta's 28. There were 25 seconds remaining, Atlanta needing to get inside Seattle's 40 for a decent shot at the winning field goal.
It only took two plays to do so, as Ryan connected with Harry Douglas for 22 yards then Tony Gonzalez for 19. Just like that, the Falcons were on Seattle's 31-yard line, setting up a 49-yard field-goal attempt.
The Seahawks certainly didn't want to give up a long completion in this situation, but don't accuse them of playing prevent defense. Seattle sent five defenders after Ryan on each of his two attempts.
"This was an aggressive, go-after-them two great calls, and unfortunately they had enough time to get the ball in there," Carroll said.
Bruce Irvin, Greg Scruggs and Patrick Chukwurah were the down linemen on first down. Linebacker K.J.Wright rushed off the left end, while safety Winston Guy came up the middle. No one touched Ryan, giving him plenty of time to find Douglas near the left sideline. A perfectly-timed hit from cornerback Brandon Browner wasn't enough to break up the pass.
"They had a nice route, they got the ball in behind [cornerback Marcus Trufant] over there on the sidelines; he was in zone sinking deep and they got a guy underneath him, he got behind him and they throw a great ball," Carroll said.
The Seahawks had been bringing extra pressure all game, a necessity given the lack of pass rush they were getting from their defensive line. That pressure was a factor on Ryan's first-quarter interception, when he threw an errant pass to Wagner as Trufant was bearing down on him. Trufant and Guy both had blitzed from the left side on that play.
It was those two coming off the left side again on second down of the final drive. This time, though, the Falcons picked it up. Ryan hit Gonzalez at Seattle's 36, and Gonzalez shed linebacker Bobby Wagner's tackle before picking up an extra five yards.
"They made two great plays and that's all it took," Carroll said.
Almost. Matt Bryant still had to hit the 49-yard field goal.
Carroll called a timeout as Bryant was lining up for the kick. Carroll said he argued for a delay-of-game penalty when Bryant went through with the kick after the timeout was called. He figured, based on a conversation he had with an official before the game, that Bryant wouldn't be allowed what amounted to a practice kick in that situation.
"You take the ball and you throw the ball on the ground or you throw it off the field, that's a delay-of-game penalty," Carroll said. "So what's the difference between that?"
Only eight seconds remained by the time Bryant split the uprights following the timeout. The Seahawks ran one play before Wilson was intercepted in the end zone on a desperation heave.
With that, the Seahawks' season had ended after a disastrous 25-second stretch.


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Here is an art journal page for 13arts November challenge using the gorgeous Ayeeda paints and gesso and the sticker sheet from the Face Of Spring collection
All the materials I have used here are available at the 13arts store HERE
Here is my art journal page..It is about a life after kids. About sacrificing a lot for the ones I love. About not missing a life of designer shoes and bags at all ! LOL!
I used the beautiful paints on my background here. I sprayed lots of water and let it all run . I then went over it with a baby wipe to help it all blend in together.
Check out the 13arts blog HERE
Thanks for dropping by today! See you next time :))