text: "Supposedly I was created in gods image. I dont know. youd think god would have a bigger penis than this." — Anthony Myers. "I now stand corrected — there is one gift a woman does not prefer to come in a small package." "When was the last time you saw a size small package of condoms ?" "It would be a mistake to put fluoride in condoms because a cavity is exactly what Im hoping for." — James Knowles. "Any woman that thinks the way to a mans heart is through his stomach is aiming just a little too high." "Men only have two faults: Everything they say and everything they do." "Behind Every Good Man Is An Even Better Woman." "You cant throw him back because he doesnt meet the legal size limit." — Dave Henry, Honeymoon Tip for Brides. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. Thats his." — Oscar Wilde. "Knowing what I do now about women, if I could just travel back in time to when I was 16 years old, I bet I would have gotten laid by now." — Ed Smith. "There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first." — Adela Rogers St. John. "Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in." — Katherine Whitehorn. "You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands. For instance if they are placed around your throat, shes probably slightly upset." "Men are like small children. You bring a new one home and the ones already there resent it." "Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they dont generate a lot of interest." "If Adam had had a real hairy back, we probably wouldnt be here today." — Dave Henry.e.


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By Carla Marinucci and Joe Garofoli
Las Vegas — GOP candidate Mitt Romney — boosted by a strong campaign operation and the backing of a significant Mormon electorate — continued to march steadily toward the Republican presidential nomination Saturday with a projected robust win in the "First in the West" Nevada caucuses.
The former Massachusetts governor was expected to coast to victory and handily defeat both Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who battled for second place, according to CNN entrance polls and early returns.
Romney — who has struggled to win over conservative voters — won 51 percent of voters who described themselves as "very conservative" and a plurality of those who described themselves a "strongly supportive of the Tea Party movement," according to the surveys.
Holding up a full vote count was Nevada GOP officials' unusual decision to release only partial results of the vote at 5 p.m. — even as some voters in Clark County, home to Las Vegas and 70 percent of the state's residents, were still caucusing.
But in a move that suggested that Romney will continue to take heat in an unusually caustic primary campaign, Gingrich tried to steal the spotlight from the Nevada winner. The former House speaker scheduled an hour-long news conference to discuss a new strategy for his campaign at precisely the hour Romney was expected to deliver his victory speech.
Paul, meanwhile, waged an aggressive Silver State campaign fueled by hundreds of young volunteers hoping to boost his delegate count in Nevada, which awards delegates on a proportional basis. Former Pennsylvania Rep. Rick Santorum, who barely campaigned here, was predicted to finish fourth.
The Silver State victory by Romney came as no surprise, with most polls showing him with a double digit lead in Nevada, where he already enjoyed a solid organizational advantage after racking up 51 percent of the vote in the 2008 presidential primary. Then, he won 95 percent of the vote from his fellow Mormons. On Saturday, Romney won 91 percent, according to entrance polls.
Less than 50,000 Nevadans out of 2.7 million residents were expected to participate in Saturday's caucuses. Critics said scheduling and organizational decisions by the Nevada GOP reduced the participation of younger voters and blue collar workers from one of the state's lifeblood industries, tourism.
In Clark County, the caucus sessions were scheduled at 9 a.m. on Saturday — a peak work time for the state's 300,000 service workers. Moreover, not a single caucus session was scheduled on the Las Vegas strip, where thousands worked extra hours during the Super Bowl weekend crush.
At precinct meetings observed by Chronicle reporters, the sessions uniformly drew voters that were overwhelmingly white and over 50.
In the entire state, just one evening caucus session was planned, state GOP officials said, for "religious" voters in Las Vegas. But party members confirmed that 7 p.m. meeting at the Adelson Educational Center was specifically to accommodate billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a devout Jew who was observing the Sabbath on Saturday morning when the regular sessions were held. Adelson donated $5 million to Winning Our Future, a political action committee in support of Gingrich, as did his wife, Miriam.
Hundreds of people showed up to participate at the Adelson caucus Saturday night, but police were called to handle voters who protested being required to sign a declaration that they didn't vote earlier "because of my religious beliefs." Several said such a declaration amounted to a religious test for voting.
"I was turned away because I'm not of their Jewish faith," said Michael DiCicco, 23, of Henderson.
Nevada did not see the kind of bruising, multi-million dollar ad war that the preceding contest in Florida did. Romney's campaign spent $370,000 in Nevada, while and Paul spent $350,000. Their two other challengers barely competed on the airwaves.
Nevertheless, Romney's support was strong among the estimated 2,000 people who attended 26 caucuses held at Palo Verde High School in a well-to-do neighborhood on the west side of Las Vegas. Roughly a quarter of those who attended were believed to be Mormons, according to several church members and those running the caucus.
Before ballots were cast, Charlene Sher stood in front of her fellow caucus-goers and said she was ready to vote for Romney but concerned about his ties to the Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs. Several Republicans in the crowd assured her that was more of a problem for President Obama than Romney.
In fact, people associated with the firm have given eight times more money to Romney than to Obama — $496,400 versus $64,200, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics. "No other organization has given more to Romney's presidential campaign," according to the center.
Still, Sher voted for Romney.
"Is he perfect? No. But Obama is faaaaaar from perfect," said Sher, 65.
Syd James, a 56-year-old physician and Mormon, said his vote for Romney was "not a religious vote. He just brings more to the table. He has a very, very strong moral background."
"I don't know," James said, " if Gingrich falls in that category."

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Kitting out a science classroom for The City of Kumasi School in Ghana Suggestion Victoria Chapman | added on Dec 07, 2010 Learning Link Ghana's ambitious 2011 project supported by Fitzwimarc School in Rayleigh in the UK is to kit out a classroom at The City of Kumasi School in Ghana, West Africa. Currently, science teaching is text-book based and children at the school miss out on the opportunity to experience chemistry through doing.
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Exhibition concerning the importance and imminent need for chemistry in social and everyday life. Collaboration Hichem Abassi | added on Nov 27, 2010 sort of science fair or scientific experience accessible to everyone but too valuable to everyone,so no one will get bored or will negligate this very important event ,the year of chemistry.
Partnership And Education Chemistry Collaboration Muhammad Dailami | added on Nov 13, 2010 in celebrating the international chemical-year 2011, it would be nice if held Partnership and education student from the university in the world. This activity is filled with training, materials on chemistry, and chemistry research currently being famous.
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Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry through the beauty of Classical Music Collaboration Kaye Lim | added on Nov 03, 2010 LANXESS is prroud sponsor of the LANXESS SNYO CLASSIC, in collaboration with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Our aim is to nurture youth through the beauty of classical music, making them ambassadors to the world though the international language of music.
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Uses of campaign posters, bookmarks, pencils, stickers, items bought from ALA Graphics
Back to Kids! @ your library Best Practices Main Page
Creative Uses of campaign materials purchased from ALA Graphics
- Let others know about how you've used some of the campaign materials in your library.
It can be the poster, the bookmark, the pencils, or the stickers. How did you use them in your library? View these materials on ALA Graphics website: ALA Graphics
Using the Bookmark to Illustrate a Blog, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)
I was surfing the Internet recently and found a clever use of the artwork for the bookmark. Paul Nyhan, a columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, used Michael P. White's bookmark illustration for a newspaper blog entry he wrote about researching the best books and reading resources for kids. It was both eye-catching and the perfect shape, drawing the eye up and down the blog entry. Here's the link to it: "Libraries Staying Hip and Winning My Prize" Working Dad Blog, Posted January 19, 2007, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)
Stephanie Bange, Chair, ALSC Public Awareness Committee firstname.lastname@example.com
Sharing Puppy Chow at a Pet Shower, Dayton Metro Library (OH)
My branch recently hosted a Pet Shower as a part of our Kids! @ your library Week. We asked patrons to bring in supplies for pets, which were given to a local animal shelter. In exchange, we heard stories and served Puppy Chow to all who attended. The Puppy Chow was served in Zip-Lock-type bags, decorated with the "So Much to See. So Much to Do" die-cut stickers we purchased from ALA Graphics. They tied the two programs together, adding a colorful finishing touch!
Carol Miller, Children's Librarian, E.C. Doren Branch, Dayton Metro Library (OH) firstname.lastname@example.com


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Women's Health - Longitudinal Study
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The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), which is also known as Women's Health Australia, is a landmark longitudinal survey funded by the Department of Health.
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Case Study: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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International Engagement - Our objectives
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National Palliative Care Projects
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Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) StrategyAll Program/Initiatives
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Nudge vs Superbugs: a behavioural economics trial to reduce the overprescribing of antibiotics June 2018
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Interim Evaluation of the Voluntary Folate Fortification Policy
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National Medicines Policy Document
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Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy: Phase three: 2010-2014
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2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey - User Guide
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Comparable data on food and nutrient intake and physical measurements from the 1983, 1985 and 1995 national nutrition surveys
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2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey - Main Findings
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Evaluation of short dietary questions from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey
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Key Food and Nutrition Data for Australia 1990-1999
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Trends in Neural Tube Defects in Australia
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Monitoring Food Habits in the Australian Population using Short Questions
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Warning: News geek alert. I hope this post will be of great interest to a small group of people, but I'm throwing out ideas that might be filled with jargon.
The recent rains that paralyzed Atlanta taught a lesson: Building a network before critical need arrives can make the sharing of news and information faster, more powerful and effective.
In the case of the Atlanta flood, local leaders in the Twitter community brought together people by advocating the use of a tag on Twitter that was easily searchable.
But we have more network tools than just Twitter, and the principles of networking apply across social networks.
One emerging news tool is Publish2, which is a for-profit company that allows journalists to bookmark links and tweets and share on their websites with widgets. The company also has widgets that allow website managers to add a request for tips from readers.
The New York Times uses Publish2 to aggregate "What we're reading" posts. The (Columbia) State's Chip Oglesby used Publish2 to aggregate stories about the Boeing move from Seattle to South Carolina, including posts from Seattle that gave a different perspective on the move. The screenshot above shows his work.
But Publish2 also has the ability to let journalists collaborate across newsrooms, building lists of links about a particular topic in newsgroups. Then different newsrooms (or blogs) can share the crowdsourced links with widgets on their own websites.
That's a powerful tool, as illustrated with the crowdsourced use of hashtags on Twitter during emergencies and breaking news. And in the Publish2 case, the crowdsourcers are all pre-approved, theoretically "reliable sources."
Another example: The hearings about former N.C. Gov. Mike Easley have generated widespread coverage, and interest, across the state. Mark Binker of Greensboro is generating amazing quick coverage on Twitter, and the Greensboro News and Record is using Cover it Live to aggregate those tweets. Raleigh is taking a different approach, using live video, live blogging and comments on the News and Observer site.
News organizations across the state have interest in the hearings but can't always afford to staff them. Publish2 could help them work together to aggregate coverage and link out to original sources from their own websites.
Admittedly, Publish2 is a for-profit company. Where this goes, I'm unsure. Perhaps Google Wave will make this collaboration easier in a different form in the future. But not yet, and hey, Google is a for-profit company too, just like Twitter (some day).
It's past time to try out Publish2 collaboratively and learn some broad principles that can apply to networking the news. Let's build a North Carolina network and a Carolinas network before we get hit with a hurricane or some other big news event that will need all our resources, collaboratively.
Perhaps some day, we'll find similar tools that are open source and free.
Let's experiment and iterate now. I've created the groups and seeded them with some Carolinas journalists on Publish2.
I have to acknowledge this: I'm throwing out this idea from outside any legacy newsroom, and I understand the heavy competitive pressure within those newsrooms. Perhaps this idea won't fly in those newsrooms. But then, it might fly among the growing ranks of independent journalists. And as we experiment, other projects like the J-Lab Networking the News effort are encouraging cooperation among independents and legacy newsrooms in two N.C. cities, Asheville and Charlotte.
Ryan Sholin and Greg Linch of Publish2 are behind this idea and willing to help.
If you've already used Publish2 and want to join the North Carolina or Carolinas networks, let me know. If you want to be an administrator, let me know. If you think it's a dumb, stupid idea, let me know.
Update from comments: If you're not already on Publish2, send the email address you want to use to sign up in a direct message to Underoak on Twitter (me), or email it to me at akrewson45cATmacDOTcom. It looks like that method will automagically put you in the newsgroup or groups.
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Starting to Hire; Opening in January of 2010?
Jun 18, 2009
For many months we've reported the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction was due to open in early 2010. Today there is an article online regarding a young woman from the UK who has been hired to work at the Harry Potter park in Orlando, Florida. In a joyful piece, she recounts how Universal is starting to hire for workers at the park, and says she "will be an attraction ambassador and part of the welcome team as the
new island opens' says Alyssa. "I'll be on crowd control and it will
involve handing out questionnaires and surveys to see how the new
attraction is being received."
The piece says that young Alyssa Nicholas got the job as she is a student at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. As part of her 12 months work, she will be working in 3 months blocks at various parts of Universal, then continues: "In January next year, Alyssa will move on and be part of the grand
opening of a new ˜island' within the park, The Wizarding World of Harry
Potter, said to be "the world's first fully immersive Harry Potter
themed environment" based on the best-selling books and blockbuster
films by JK Rowling." Alyssa also says of her job handing out questionnaires to all the Harry Potter fans that will be visiting the park: "This is important when you are dealing with a new attraction as it
will quickly reveal how people are responding to it and throw up any
initial problems that there might be. "It's a great opportunity to be there when they open a new attraction like this. It's a major event and it will be very busy."
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The popular iPad sketching app Paper by fiftythree has been updated with some really great features including faster ink, edge-to-edge drawing, new gestures, an improved Rewind feature, and more. Paper focuses on being able to bring focus to their users and providing a natural creative experience. This upgrade makes that experience even better.
One of the new gestures is called Move. You can grab any page or journal with a simple press and hold and use multi-touch to open, close, and swipe, making it very fast to get around. You can also press and hold the "+" button to make duplicates of your favorite pages and journals allowing you to turn them into templates for layouts, wireframes, storyboards, and more.
When it comes to actual drawing, Paper has received a speed boost and boasts of three times faster ink. This is extremely important to artists because drawing with Paper needs to be as close to the real thing as possible in order to be desirable. With these improvements, drawing is more responsive and precise than ever. In addition to the faster ink, the drawing experience has improved by allow full screen edge-to-edge drawing and if you reach the end of your journal, simply swipe from the edge to add another page.
One of the most criticized feature of Paper by fiftythree was it's unique Rewind feature. The rewind feature works as a undo tool that lets you jump back to an earlier version of your creation and spinning the other way would work as a fast forward. Although unique and interesting, Rewind felt like a 1.0 product and was a bit hard to control. With Paper's recent update, Rewind has been more refined and as a more intuitive feel -- the faster you go the more you rewind.
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Nice enough: No hooks in Big Fish
Tall tales are Tim Burton's stock in trade, so a movie about tall tales isn't too big a departure as he tries to bounce back from Planet of the Apes by showing his two hands can handle a whopper.
The tall tales are not the problem in Big Fish, although some are more appealing than others; it's reality that's Burton's short suit, even if you accept his terms that it's only relative.
Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) is dying, and his son Will (Billy Crudup), who's about to have a son of his own, realizes he doesn't know his father. A traveling salesman, Bloom wasn't around much when Will was growing up, and when he was, he spun yarns with very little truth in them.
Will warns us at the outset that when talking about his father, "it's very hard to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. It doesn't make sense, and most of it never happened."
We see the stories happening, with Ewan McGregor playing the young Edward and Alison Lohman as Sandra, the only woman he ever loved. (Jessica Lange plays her later in life.) With locations including a witch's house, a circus, a giant's cave, a haunted path, and the town of Spectre, which is soft enough for the citizens to walk barefoot, the movie is a theme park waiting to open.
Young Edward is brave enough to talk to a Witch (Helena Bonham Carter) his friends are afraid of and to look in her glass eye to see how he'll die. With that knowledge, he becomes even more fearless because knowing what will kill him keeps him from fearing the things that won't.
They include a Giant (Matthew McGrory) who menaces his hometown of Ashton, Alabama, until Edward persuades him to leave and take him along. The Witch's parting advice to Edward: "The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught."
Soon they come to a circus run by Amos Calloway (Danny DeVito), who tells Edward, "You were a big fish in a small pond, but this here's the ocean."
Had enough "big fish" metaphors yet? You ain't heard the half of it. The movie begins with Edward's favorite story, about how he used his wedding ring to catch "The Beast," the biggest fish in the Ashton River, the day Will was born. Will knows this isn't true, that his father was in Wichita that day, but the fact is treated as a revelation late in the film.
We also get clues that Edward may be a little bit amphibious, but it's not clear whether this is meant as fantasy or reality.
Will first spies Sandra at the circus but has to work for Calloway for free for three years before he can see her again. In the meantime, he discovers the town of Spectre, where he's expected, just not yet.
There's a lot of buildup to Edward's death, which he promises will be a "surprise ending." The surprise isn't so much how it happens but who tells the story (and the fact that it's not really death at all). It's a nice story but leaves the funeral scene that follows superfluous and anticlimactic.
Finney doesn't have a whole lot to do, and Lange far less. McGregor carries most of the movie, coasting on charm.
There are some decent effects, but Big Fish is competing with Lord of the Rings in the areas of spiders, prehensile trees, and a gold ring, and with Finding Nemo when it comes to fish. There's no contest.
The message I caught from Big Fish is that the world can't survive on dreams, but things might be better if it tried to. That's a nice thought. It's a nice movie, but far from a great one.


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Release Date: 2013 |
Album Rating: 4.0Check it out. Constructive criticism appreciated (I kind of rushed this review).
Unfortunately, I couldn't find Ratcatcher... Here are the other tracks:
Hell, Part 1-3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqmxF_GuGE
The Afterglow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYWndIr6vIE
Barleycorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173-uhUDcTQ
August - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJe1SM5IJO8
Digging: Elder (USA-MA) - The Gold & Silver Sessions
Was just looking at this band, sweet band. Not sure why there's pop punk in their genre tag though...
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah, they're cool and somewhat unpredictable. I don't think there's pop punk on their releases, it would sound crazy lol.
Nice review, and it didn't feel rushed when I read through it. I have been enjoying reading your write-ups as of late. I definitely see why you got your contributor status.
This band sounds a little on the fascinating side. Will have to check them out.
I've never heard these guys before, but Hell sounds good.
Digging: Black Midi - Schlagenheim
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks, I really appreciate that :D. I always stay a few days on a review because I write a sketch and always come back to it. I wrote this one in an hour or two.
I haven't checked all their records, but these guys have covered a lot of genres so far, so it only takes time to find at least one or two to enjoy. Still Life With Eggplant is more straightforward and less esoteric.
@ Greg - They have a hell of a discography from what I've checked so far. Maybe Heavy Metal Fruit or Demon Box is more of your thing, but Still Life is great too. I have yet to check some of them.
really good band
only listened to phanerothyme and some random stuff which was pretty good
will probably give this a listen
review is nice too, good work insomniac
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks scissorlocked. This is slightly harder than Phanerothyme, but it has the same cool vibe. You should also check out Black Hole/Black Canvas and Little Lucid Moments.
I really enjoy the musical direction of this, but the almost constant feeling of "gang vocals" they have going on here kind of annoys me.
Yeah. I don't dig the vocals on this at all. The music is cool though.
If this was an instrumental band, I'd be all fucking over it, but every time those vocals come back in, it ruins it a little bit for me.
Album Rating: 4.0I like the vocals on Hell and Ratcatcher, but then again I'm a fan of melodic vocals (gang vocals are cool too). They have some issues with live vocals. Sometimes everything goes well and sometimes it's baaaaad.
Heavy Metal Fruit was impressive. I'll have to check this out.
Ah. This is actually really cool. I'm listening to it right now. Still not a huge fan of the vocals. Everything else is rad though.
Album Rating: 5.0help me out here. i'm enjoying this thing immensely, i'd even like to write a review but i don't think i could do the album justice. anyway, i'm looking for more stuff like this and i haven't really found anything as remarkable as this in the band's discography. any suggestions as to what i should give a listen? i usually listen to much heavier stuff, but i love motorpsycho's fluffy and jazzy approach on this album.
Album Rating: 4.0Glad you like them. They are really diverse and expansive, it's hard to recommend something similar to them as they have branched a lot in the past 20 years and created a style of their own. However, with the jazzy approach, you should listen to Hedvig Mollestad Trio (also from Norway), Jaga Jazzist or 70s stuff like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis or Camel and Frank Zappa (a lot of their stuff is rooted in these musicians' catalog).
Within the realm, check out some Dinosaur Jr., even The Mars Volta (wild approach) or more stoner/psychedelic stuff like Golden Void, Monkey3, Causa Sui, Methadone Skies, Vibravoid, Aqua Nebula Oscillator or The Egocentrics. Still, these bands are similar to some of their stuff. I hope it helps.
Regarding the review, don't worry just write it, make a sketch first and expand it. Use an introduction, body and conclusion and try to be as objective as you can.
Album Rating: 5.0thanks for the recommendations, i look forword to checking them out. I do enjoy zappa's hot rats and some mars volta but most of the other bands i've never heard of (except for genesis and yes, which i probably won't check out again, but thanks anyway). good review btw., i was just surprised that you didn't mention barleycorn, since in my opinion (/ears) that song outshines all the others, which is quite an accomplishment. but that's just me of course.
Album Rating: 4.0It's a great song, but I don't know, at the time I found the rest more interesting. However, it grew on me and now I dig it as much as the others.
I'm not the biggest jazz fan so I don't think my recommendations are the most accurate, but hopefully you'll hear something closer to Motorpsycho. I think it's more about the patience needed to find the right bands, because there are so many. The 70s prog rock might be closer since it's a direct influence on Motorpsycho.
Album Rating: 5.0that's interesting, just the opposite was the case with me, i started out loving barleycorn, now i love all of it. yeah, im not a very patient guy. impatience was actually the reason i joined this site, because i got sick of browsing spotify and youtube for new music (once you've been using youtube for a while their algorhythms start churning out the same stuff over and over again... and anthony fantano can only get you so far). this site is promising though. but so much for that, thanks again!
Album Rating: 4.0If you follow reviews and people's lists, you'll find a lot of new music in quite a short amount of time. I could make a 100-band list with what I found through Sputnik, ranging from obscure to renowned stuff that you'll wonder how it'd got past you. The fastest way should be to make a list to ask for recommendations based on a few albums and people will give you stuff.
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Bahrain GP 2013
Friday Team Quotes
Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber (2nd, 1:34.184): "I would have liked to have got some more running in P2, but I still think we learned what we expected today. Saturdays are perhaps becoming less important overall than they used to be, but they're still important in terms of traffic. You don't want to be in too much traffic on Sunday, as the tyres don't like being disturbed and wear more which will shorten your first stint so you still need to be in a good position. We still have areas to improve on the car. Lotus and Ferrari look strong and Mercedes is there too."
Sebastian Vettel (3rd, 1:34.282): "It's pretty close. If you look at the opposition then Ferrari and Lotus were strong today and I think it will be close in qualifying. It's important to work with the tyres around the track. I wasn't so happy with my short runs today but that's why we have the Friday practice sessions I guess; I was happier with the longer runs. The tyres still seem to be the dominating factor. The car seems quick, so we have to make sure we use that and then we should be on the right page."
Fernando Alonso (4th, 1:34.310): "It was a positive day and we are reasonably pleased with how the car behaved. We had no major problems and more importantly, we didn't have to make any radical changes to the F138 to adapt it to this track and its long straights and slow corners, characteristics which I like a lot and usually produce a great show in the race. Unfortunately, the wind and sand make everything a bit more complicated here, because the track surface never gets completely clean. However, the initial feelings are good and I think we can be up in the leading group tomorrow, a group that is all within the same two, maximum three tenths. We have not yet decided if we will use the aero updates we tried in the morning. It is not yet completely clear how they worked and in the afternoon, we concentrated on comparing the two tyre compounds we have for this race. Ahead of us is another long evening of studying data to choose the best strategy and set-up for qualifying and the race."
Felipe Massa (6th, 1:34.552): "Everything went well today, even if it's not easy to say at the moment where we will be on Sunday. Car balance was good and it behaved well in all conditions, even if we suffered a bit with tyre wear, especially at the rear. It's pretty normal to have significant degradation in such high temperatures and on this front, we have a lot of work to do to prepare for the race. On the Medium tyres, the F138 worked really well, even over a long run, but the key on Sunday will be managing the degradation of both compounds, as well as deciding on whether or not to use the updates we tried here this morning."
Pat Fry: "Of the aerodynamic updates we tried this morning, some worked well, while with others we have yet to decide if we will use them this weekend, because it is still too early to say what real advantage they bring. There was not enough time to test them fully, but I'm still pleased at how we managed to get through the work programme planned for both cars. In the afternoon session, we had a good balance on the Hard tyre, while we found it a little bit more difficult with the Medium. On this compound, Fernando was unable to improve his time, partly down to traffic, but I'm sure that tomorrow he will find a way to go better. Race pace seems good here and now we face a careful analysis of all the data we gathered to see where we are compared to our main rivals."
Jenson Button (11th, 1:35.356): "Today's sessions were very productive for us. We completed some useful investigative work this morning before focusing on longer runs this afternoon. It's very difficult to know exactly what to do with set-up. This is a big traction circuit, with lots of low-speed exits and a few high-speed corners too, and that puts a lot of load into the rear tyres. The tyres are behaving a bit strangely here driving conservatively doesn't seem to help their wear-life, so there's only so much you can do without damaging your outright pace. But we've tried a few things, and we'll get there. I've already got a good feeling that we've found a set-up and a direction for tomorrow that will be more competitive. There's a lot we can take away from today that will help us for tomorrow."
Sergio Perez (13th, 1:35.589): "We managed to complete our full run-plan in both the morning and afternoon, which was a positive, but it's going to be a difficult weekend for us. Although we'll probably be fighting to get into Q3, there's still plenty of potential for having a good race on Sunday. The team has shown before that, with solid preparation, we can run a clever strategy on Sunday, and I think we have enough raw material from today to help us race strongly this weekend. So, scoring points is a realistic ambition for us here in Bahrain."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Neither Jenson nor Checo had any real problems during today's sessions, but, like many teams, we struggled to make the Option tyre last across a stint that's likely to be a recurring problem throughout the rest of the weekend, in fact. Nevertheless, there are some positives to take from today: we did a lot of running, gathered some useful data, and our upgrades proved helpful. As always, we'll now go away and analyse our data and we'll come back well equipped to make a big effort on both Saturday and Sunday."
Kimi Raikkonen (1st, 1:34.154): "It's nice to be fastest but you never know what the others are doing; we just stick to our programme and don't take too much notice of what else is happening. I actually made a mistake through the final corners on my fastest lap, so there's still more time to be found. It's tricky to get the setup right here and the wind can make a big difference; it might work for you one way but make things more tricky the other. It wasn't a bad start today; things aren't exactly where we want them but we're reasonably fast, so let's see what we can do from here."
Romain Grosjean (7th, 1:34.631): "The new chassis feels good. Today we've been working on getting the right correlation between chassis, setup and tyres to extract everything we want from it. It's easy to know what you want, the difficult bit is getting the little details sorted, but we're getting there and it's been a positive day. We've seen that Kimi was fastest today so that gives us a great target for tomorrow."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "It was a fairly standard Friday for us, which is a nice way to start the weekend. We looked at setup work in the morning before moving to longer runs, higher fuel race pace and degradation analysis on both tyre compounds in the afternoon, with no problems or interruptions to the programme. We were able to push both allocated compounds of tyres pretty well in the hot conditions today and generally the cars are well balanced. Romain's running a new chassis and overall is happy with the car so we're looking forward to an exciting qualifying session tomorrow."
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Nico Rosberg (8th, 1:34.666): "Our test programme was pretty good today in that we managed to complete everything on our plan. However it's clear that we weren't as strong as on the Fridays of the previous three race weekends. The car had a lot of understeer and the race will be very tough on the rear tyres. The problem is that when you want to save the rear tyres, you try to set up the car with more understeer and that costs you time over one lap. So it's all about finding the right compromise. We've still got some work to do tonight to find a good balance for tomorrow and the race."
Lewis Hamilton (10th, 1:34.976): "We worked as hard as we could today but couldn't quite get the balance of the car to where it needs to be. I had some issues in P1 which we were able to improve for this afternoon so that's a positive, but we need to identify where we are losing time and find more performance. We have changed the set-up of the car to what we thought would suit this track but we need to look at that and make sure it is the right direction to go. The heat here is so hard on the tyres so another positive is that we did as many laps as possible to look at long runs and race preparation. We're not as far off as we might look today but there is a lot of hard work ahead and it will be a tough battle for us this weekend."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "Neither driver enjoyed the same good balance today that we achieved during practice at the past three races and, in the hot conditions, that proved quite damaging for the tyre condition and therefore overall pace. We got a good read on how the two tyre types compare and were also able to compare some set-up items such as downforce levels to assess their impact over long and short runs. There is a lot of data to analyse and clear areas for improvement, so we will be working late into the night in order to find better solutions for tomorrow."
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "It was no secret that we would be facing extremely hot conditions here in Bahrain and that they would make life pretty tricky if you had a car that was not well-balanced. We haven't yet found the sweet spot of the set-up and that was reflected in the timesheets today. We need to find out why we seem not to be as competitive as we were in the past three races and get the right answers to take a step forward tomorrow relative to our rivals."
Nico Hulkenberg (15th, 1:33.613): "We were able to run our practice programme as planed today. Everything went quite smoothly. In terms of performance, there is still quite a lot of work for us to do. I expected this circuit might highlight some of the weaknesses of the car, but I think there is some potential. I'm still not happy with the balance of the car, but I think we can find more performance tomorrow if we sort out the balance. We have a long night ahead of us to try and maximise everything for this weekend."
Esteban Gurierrez (18th, 1:36.616): "I think we managed to improve the balance of the car in the second session compared to this morning. The first session was a bit tricky in terms of the balance of the car. We were trying a lot of different settings and measurements, but everything came together this afternoon. However, we are still missing speed in the slow corners due to lack of stability and traction. We will look at the data and work on these characteristics so we can create a car with a better margin."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "It was a pretty standard session evaluating some development parts as well as the tyres with the high track temperatures. Both cars ran reliably throughout the day, allowing us to gather lots of valuable data. We improved the car's balance during FP1 and FP2, but we still have some work to do before tomorrow."
Force India-Mercedes
Paul di Resta (5th, 1:34.543): "As Fridays go it's been positive and we've achieved as much as we could realistically have hoped for. The car is working well and responding as we expected, and we've already got a reasonable idea of where we stand. There is still some optimising to do, as always, but if we can take another step forward tonight we should be in a strong position going into qualifying."
Adrian Sutil (9th, 1:34.931): "Lots of laps and lots of things to evaluate today, but I'm still not totally comfortable with the car either for short or long runs. It all feels very low grip at the moment so the set-up is not quite right for me yet. As for the tyres, there are no real concerns. My long runs looked competitive and both the medium and hard compounds seem to be working well for us in the high temperatures as they did in Malaysia."
Jakob Andreasen, Chief Engineer: "A very straightforward couple of sessions and overall we are feeling happy with how things have gone. The aero programme this morning helped to address some of the unanswered questions from China and allowed us to learn more about some of the new parts we have tried on the car recently. We also tested all our cooling solutions and don't anticipate any issues during the race. As usual, we switched to tyre evaluation this afternoon and both cars managed to complete long runs on both tyre compounds. It was a slick session and sets us up nicely for tomorrow. With a few more tweaks overnight we should be able to keep up the momentum and get both cars in Q3 tomorrow afternoon."
Pastor Maldonado (16th, 1:36.279): "We completed our planned programme today. We tested some development parts this morning and then we were back to working on set-up for the weekend this afternoon. Our short run pace isn't as strong, but on higher fuel and used tyres the car felt better. This is what we were expecting today, and so we'll continue to push hard tomorrow."
Valtteri Bottas (17th, 1:36.579): "It wasn't a bad day for us. We gathered some valuable data in FP1 to help us to evaluate which direction to continue with the development of the FW35. In FP2 we completed some longer runs on the medium tyre, and now we will go through the data to see where we can improve as the tyre wear is big here, especially on the rears."
Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: "This morning we completed a few more tests, mainly on the aero side, to work to solve the problems we have and gather more data for the team back at the factory. For FP2 we were back to our usual Friday programme, working on car balance, set-up and long run performance. It is really important to make sure we can look after the tyres during the race in the extreme conditions we find here. Our short run pace still isn't where we need it to be, but our long run pace is better, so we can take some positives out of that."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Jean-Eric Vergne (12th, 1:35.506): "A hot day in the office, but it's fine because you get to breathe some cooler fresh air going down the straights. It seems our pace is similar to that in China, at the end of a day when everything worked well. It's all looking quite positive and I got a good feeling from the car. As for the tyres, the lap time difference between the Prime and Option is not as great as in China, but the heat means there is quite a lot of thermal degradation which will make life quite tricky in the race."
Daniel Ricciardo (14th, 1:35.761): "The first day here is quite complicated as the track is always dusty in the morning and that makes setting the car up rather tricky as the track is always improving. You are obliged therefore not to get too carried away in terms of making lots of changes. In the afternoon, we were tempted to make some changes and I'm not sure they were an improvement. So tonight, we must look at the data and decide which direction to go in tomorrow. We did a lot of laps, so we have plenty of data to study and I believe we have a good platform to work from. The Option which I tried this afternoon is obviously going to be quicker for qualifying, but the gap is not as great as last weekend. It pays not to push the tyres too hard I think. The weather? I come from Perth, so I've been looking forward to some sun for a while now."
Laurent Mekies, Head of Vehicle Performance: "This was another satisfactory Friday for us, with our programme completed on both cars. The main task for everyone here is to find the right balance for the cars, which is very different to the way we ran in China, both because of the track layout and the atmospheric conditions. We have worked hard to find as good a balance as we had last week and at the moment, I would estimate we are about halfway to where we want to be, so we have work to do tonight. Overall though, a very positive day and no surprise that the key challenge revolves around tyre management with such high temperatures. In terms of our pace, it seems we are fighting with the same guys as last week."
Charles Pic (19th, 1:37.061): "We've made some progress today and I think we can be quite pleased with the job we've done in both FP1 and FP2. In the morning session we ran the car in the same configuration we raced in China and ran through a pretty normal FP1 program, using just the hard tyres and working on the baseline setup. In FP2 we ran a couple of new parts at the back of the car and saw more rear grip which is positive. We did find that meant there was quite a bit of understeer that we'll need to work on for quali, but the performance run time was a good sign of where we are heading, so overall today has been ok."
Giedo van der Garde (22nd, 1:37.970): "After sitting out the morning session I went straight back to work in FP2 and ran through a normal Friday afternoon program that included work on both tyre compounds on short and long runs. The tyre deg here was pretty big, especially on the mediums, but they're coming up to temperature well and that suggests that if we can manage the deg levels this track might suit us better than the last race in China."
Heikki Kovalainen: "It was good to be back in the car and great to be back at work with the team. The main priority today was to help give my impressions of the 2013 car in the spec it ran in for the first three races this year against the car I raced last year, and to give my feedback on the 2013 tyres. The first impression I had was that this car, which is obviously closer to the 2012 car than what will be raced for most of the rest of the season, is certainly trickier to find a balance on than the 2012 car, and the 2013 tyres go off a lot faster than last years. After one session I clearly haven't had enough time in the car to find out how much we could change the handling with setup alterations, but I've been able to give the team a lot of feedback that I think will be useful this weekend on setup and tyres, and looking ahead to Spain where we'll have more new parts."
Max Chilton (20th, 1:37.313): "I'm pleased that I was able to complete plenty of running in both sessions today. This is especially important given the tough conditions we are facing, which are obviously impacting quite a lot on the way the car is behaving here. The heat is making it difficult to find good grip. We've tried a few things and gathered plenty of data, all of which will need some careful thought overnight, but I'm sure we can reach some conclusions which will improve things for tomorrow."
Jules Bianchi (21st, 1:37.363): "It was not an easy task getting up to speed this afternoon. Having watched and listened to the challenges Max and Rodolfo were experiencing this morning, it was clear that FP2 would not be straightforward for me either. The heat is playing a big part in the way the car has been performing but I think, for my part, we were limited by the time to improve on these issues in the space of an afternoon. Given this, I am not so unhappy with my time as I was making progress and I am sure that, overnight, we will find a good solution for tomorrow."
Rodolfo Gonzalez : "Although my first experience of the MR02 was quite brief, it provided a good start for my FP1 programme at various races this year. With my programme, I had actually experienced and achieved quite a few different things before the problem with the gearbox. I felt comfortable with the car and I could see that Max and Jules were going to have quite a challenging day with the heat and the track conditions. I'm looking forward to being able to make a wider contribution to the Team's performance during a Grand Prix weekend and next time will be better for sure."
John Booth, Team Principal: "A tough day, not only in terms of the balance problem we were experiencing with the car, but also the very hot conditions that the Team and drivers have been experiencing. Whilst we are not particularly happy with the performance of the car today, at least it is clear that the problem is clear and localised and we therefore feel confident that we will be able to work to improve the performance of the car overnight. This morning Rodolfo did a good job getting used to the procedures required for the car. It was unfortunate that we had a gearbox issue in FP1 that abbreviated his running, however more opportunities will come his way and at least today, however brief, will provide a reference for that. Max worked hard with his engineers to try and improve the balance of the car between the two sessions and he did seem to be moving in a positive direction. For Jules it was very much about getting up to speed in a limited amount of time and there are areas he has identified for improvement overnight. Overall, we have completed our programme and worked on ensuring that the systems of the MR02 can cope with the extreme temperatures we are going to experience this weekend. I'm sure we can look forward to better things tomorrow."


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XMLHttpRequest is a de-facto standard, though. A standard specification is still in the works at W3C and the latest working draft was released about one year ago, in the Spring of 2008.
Two key features are not currently comprised in the standard being developed at W3C-- cross-site calls and timeout. Both of them are being discussed a lot and will probably make the way into the official standard pretty soon. In Internet Explorer 8, both of these features find full support. In particular, client-side cross-site calls happen through a new object built from the ground up to make it secure and easy. The object is named XDomainRequest.
As far as the timeout of plain XHR requests is concerned, Internet Explorer 8 also comes to help with a new property -- the timeout property.
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When the request times out, an event is fired to the JavaScript environment for you to handle and instruct the client code on what to do. The event is ontimeout and it is demonstrated below.
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open("GET", url, true); xhr.timeout = 5000; xhr.ontimeout = onRequestTimeout; xhr.send( ... );
The timeout callback doesn't get any parameter and it is a mere notification.
It is worth mentioning again that the timeout property is not referred to any standard and is currently only offered by Internet Explorer 8. Is this really a problem? Well, not exactly.
Most of the JavaScript code used in Web sites today is based on client-side libraries such as jQuery and Microsoft AJAX Library. Both libraries fully support timeout in their respective wrappers for the XHR object. The timeout property in Internet Explorer 8 just makes it easier for libraries to implement the feature in future releases. It is a breaking change for developers only if developers are coding AJAX directly against the XHR object -- a not-so-common scenario these day.


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Dear Answer Angel: I am a teacher and have been trying to think of some funny way to make a point to some of the younger teachers on staff that there might be a more professional way to dress. It would be a good idea to start out the school year with the message of what is and is not appropriate.
— Kate J.
Dear Kate: Showing cleavage and underwear is so wrong and so very unprofessional. Skimpy skirts, bra straps showing, see-through and belly shirts, flip-flops. It's a long list of what not to wear in the classroom. And it's not just teachers who are guilty of these clothing felonies. They're everywhere. I have two suggestions. One is a bit of a cop out — but an effective one. The other might be the "funny way" you're looking for to get the message out.
First, the cop out: Get somebody else to do it. Ask your principal to set out written guidelines for appropriate dress in the classroom. Second, at the same time, click on a column I recently wrote (trib.in/MBaT2k) and print out the captioned photos of people I saw on the street showing lots more than anyone wants to see. Post the pictures in the faculty lounge. Each of the "don'ts" comes with my explanation of why the look is terrible and how to fix it. Consider it a public service. One reader told me that the captions "cracked (her) up," so I hope that's the humor you're looking for to make your point.
Dear Answer Angel: You know where to find everything, so here's my dilemma: I can't find dresses with sleeves! There have to be pretty dresses with sleeves somewhere. I don't want a cap sleeve. I want a sleeve that ends above the elbow, even a 3/4 sleeve — something! Some of us don't have toned arms or have reached a certain age where sleeveless is NOT flattering. I want to buy different types of dresses too — cocktail, casual, sophisticated, etc. And I DON'T want to wear a sleeveless dress with "a cute little shrug." If I hear that suggestion one more time, I'll scream! Where can I find these dresses?
— Barbara G.
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Dear Answer Angel: I am trying to buy some ordinary short-sleeved cotton blouses. Apparently manufacturers now cater only to women with skinny, perfect arms, and ignore the women with more middle-aged, less firm arms. I do not want a shirt with a sleeve that is barely there and makes my arms look fat, but one that comes nearly to the elbow. In addition, the manufacturers seem to believe that the only colors women want in a shirt is white, pale pink, and pale blue, with occasional other bland options. Yuck! I don't want to look washed out, and am annoyed that only the men get the stronger colors. If you know of any place where I can get a real shirt (preferably at a bricks-and-mortar store rather than online), in pretty colors, I would appreciate it very much. My current wardrobe is wearing out fast!
— Kathy
Dear Barbara and Kathy: I am so with you . And I'm sick of people telling me I have to buy another piece of clothing (the infernal shrug) to make up for the failings of the dress I just bought. I recently went on a mission to find a dress with sleeves, real sleeves, to wear to a wedding. I shopped for weeks, at Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, boutiques and discount stores, even consignment shops, vintage stores and thrift stores. The two or three I found that weren't sleeveless or strapless looked OK on the hangar and hellish on me. I finally found a dress online (sarahcampbell.com). It shouldn't be that hard. In fact it shouldn't be hard at all.
It is infuriating that stores don't offer options for women with wrinkled, jiggly, fat, untoned or not-so-attractive arms. I wanted to type that sentence in all capital letters, it makes me so mad. Store buyers, pay attention to us! That should be in capital letters too.
As for blouses, Foxcroft makes them with ¾ sleeves in bright colors and patterns. They're not cheap ($34-$84) but they launder beautifully and look great without ironing. I've bought them at Nordstrom which has a limited selection. My best source is suepatrick.com which has a much wider array. And I even got lucky and found a couple for under $5 at a Goodwill shop.
Dear Answer Angel: I have over 20 pairs of women's denim jeans that I've saved from the 70's and early 80's that look just as good as any of the expensive tattered looks in stores now. Do you know of a store or person who would be interested in these jeans?
— Lare
Dear Lare: I'm guessing that subtle style changes over the decades make it unlikely that today's jeans shopper wants your jeans. Hope I'm wrong. Vintage and consignment stores are your best bet. And there's always eBay.
Dear Answer Angel: I appreciate how those little ribbon loops keep clothes from slipping off the hangers, but how do I keep them from flipping outside when I'm wearing the item?
— Thea
Dear Thea: You can't. No matter how it pains you, you'll need to cut them off. Otherwise I guarantee you they'll slip out of the neckline or sleeve for all to see. The manufacturers put them there for easy display of the clothes in the stores. You think they care about you? Are you kidding? Use clothes pins or skirt hangars with clips to keep the clothes on the hangar at home.
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— Emily A.
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Bring life to your brand with styled stock from Adriannexo! Styled stock images are versatile and can be used on your website, social media profiles, Pinterest, blogs, newsletters and more.
This collection of stock images features the pure essence of spring! Dainty florals, soft textures and pale earthy tones give that feeling of spring beginnings.
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Single Image
Each image is approximately 5060 x 3300 pixels in size
Final download does not include watermark.
Image copyright 2019 Adriannexo Photography
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usage agreement
With this transaction Buyer acknowledges that the purchase comes with a non-exclusive limited use license so that the Purchaser may use the image for personal or professional use in the normal course of Purchaser's business. Purchaser may crop the image and overlay the image with text or pdfs of product designs as fits Purchaser's needs, but Purchaser may not otherwise alter, edit or manipulate the image. Adriannexo Photography remains the sole and exclusive owner and holder of the copyright in the image and the Purchaser may not sell, lease, loan, transfer, assign, or give away the image or a derivative thereof or otherwise allow a third-party to use the image in any way. The Purchaser may not use this purchase to promote styling related workshops, webinars, classes, how-to blog posts or newsletters, or any styling related training.