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Benefits Of Women Beauty Products
Beauty products help to improve the image of the users. It is always advisable to use skin friendly products because they will work well with you. There are beauty products that are popular among ladies.
They include
They are all made from quality ingredients that are designed to bring out the best and perfect look every lady. Expect excellent outcome if you choose the lipstick color that matches your skin and facial makeup.
Lip balm
Although many confuse lip balm with lipsticks, they are very different. Lip balm is slightly watery as compared to lipstick. They also make the mouth lips hydrated and softer for a longer time than lipsticks. Some lip balms are made using ingredients that contain minerals and vitamins, so they are not toxic in case someone accidentally swallows.
Makeup foundation
Makeup foundation provides a variety of benefits such as a protective barrier from pollutants and sun rays. It also complements the skin color and type. It also corrects the facial flaws such as blemishes that may be on the face. This is the most integrated beauty product among ladies. Makeup foundation helps in treating minor pigment associated with the face. It also makes the face smooth.
Body creams
Body creams are important to the skin in various ways. They rehydrate dry skin. It also replenishes those dry or rough facial rough spots. Body creams also enhance smooth calluses. Body creams also make you feel and smell fresh all day long.
Skin cleansers
This is a beauty product designed to remove makeup, dead skin cells, skin oil and dirt from the face. They help to unclog skin pores. Clogged pores make the facial skin develop complications such as acne.
Beauty product used to enhance the eyelashes for them to bring out different colors and impressions.
A cosmetic that is applied on the eyelids and under the eyebrows. Eyeshadow makes the eyes look more attractive.
It is sprayed onto hair to make it smell fresh. They also contain extracts that make the hair look shiny.
Tips on how to choose beauty products
Salon and beauty shop owners should always strive to stay on top of the industry by using the best reputable beauty products on their clients. On the other hand, clients should insist that beauty salons and spa attendants to use quality beauty products so that they can achieve the desired outcome.…


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Ireland are unchanged for their Triple Crown bid at Twickenham on Saturday.
Joe Schmidt has kept faith with the XV that beat Wales at the Aviva Stadium almost a fortnight ago for the crucial encounter with England.
The Ireland boss has made two changes to his substitutes bench, with Leinster's versatile back row Jordi Murphy set for his Test debut at some stage after coming in for Munster's Tommy O'Donnell.
Ulster's Iain Henderson is also recalled after coming off the bench in the opening championship win over Scotland.
He replaces Dan Tuohy, who broke his arm against Wales, and can provide second row and back row cover.
"It wasn't a straightforward selection, there were guys who played pretty well (for their clubs) at the weekend," admitted Schmidt.
The head coach said he had no concerns over Brian O'Driscoll's fitness as he prepares to make his 131st Ireland appearance - and his 139th Test appearance overall, counting his eight Lions caps too.
"He probably could have trained (on Tuesday)," remarked Schmidt.
"You get to that level and he is allowed to use to get his get out of jail free card and get time off. He trained well today.
"He's bounced back fully, trained on Monday and again on Thursday - so he has trained twice this week."
England have made one change to their side, with the injured Dan Cole replaced at tighthead by Davey Wilson while young out-half George Ford will provide bench cover for Owen Farrell.
Ireland (v England) R Kearney (Leinster); A Trimble (Ulster), B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, D Kearney (all Leinster); J Sexton (Racing Metro), C Murray (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross, D Toner (both Leinster), P O'Connell (capt), P O'Mahony (both Munster), C Henry (Ulster), J Heaslip (Leinster). Replacements: S Cronin, J McGrath, M Moore (all Leinster), I Henderson (Ulster), J Murphy, I Boss (both Leinster), P Jackson (Ulster), F McFadden (Leinster).

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Expect the illicit drug problem to get worse before it gets better, said William Brownfield, United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Speaking yesterday at the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police 29th annual general meeting at Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Brownfield said the current drug trafficking trend-line is up and the amount of drugs passing though the Caribbean has quadrupled in the last year.
"This is not something that we should take lightly. The drug crisis did not start yesterday. Homicide and violent crime is not an invention of the 20th century. It has taken generations to get to where we are and it is going to take generations to eventually solve the problem definitively. The problem is likely to get worse before it gets better."
Brownfield, whose topic was "Enhancing security in the Caribbean", said the problem has to be addressed strategically, looking at the past and present to change the future, which includes seeking out new partners and strengthening and adjusting the current partners.
"We have to address each element, each length of the chain. We must be creative...we all deal with budget realities. I project my budget is on a downward line path, at least for the next several years. I am not going to have the tremendous amount of resources made available to me so I want to see how we can use other opportunities that are out there."
He admitted that the United States had dropped the ball with regard to giving information on deportees to the region, but explained why, adding that they need to find a way to give the countries in the region as much data on deportees as possible to assist in the crime-fighting efforts against transnational organised crime.


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MEXICO CITY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Mexican regulators on Wednesday moved closer to setting guidelines for the fees telecom operators charge each other, a process that sprang from the desire to curb the power of tycoon Carlos Slim in the phone market.
Since 2011, telecom watchdog Cofetel has been trying to set rules to give telecom operators fair access to all networks. Earlier, some companies had complained that Slim's Telefonos de Mexico, the biggest provider of fixed-line services, was overcharging or denying access to its vast infrastructure.
The set of rules has been reviewed ever since by Cofetel and Cofemer, an agency that oversees regulation issues in Mexico.
On Wednesday, Cofetel agreed to send back its last observations on the so-called interconnection rules to Cofemer for a final review.
Once Cofemer receives Cofetel's answer, it will have five working days to issue the final document for publication in Mexico's Official Gazette.
Cofetel said in a statement the process could be done by early February.
The new set of rules will not be obligatory, meaning Telmex and other operators could opt not to adopt them.
But sector analysts have said Telmex could gain points with regulators by following the new rules if it wants to revive its long-standing bid to win government approval to offer television services in Mexico.


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Cambridge Advanced Materials Network 1: Medical Materials: Collagen Researc...
1st Meeting of the Cambridge Advanced Materials Network (CAMatNet)
Workshop and Symposium
Medical Materials: Collagen Research in Cambridge
Posters invited
09.30 Registration
10.00 Prof Ruth Cameron, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy "Ice Templated Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine"
10.25 Prof Richard Farndale, Department of Biochemistry "Synthetic collagen peptides as tools to probe collagen –protein interactions"
10.50 Prof Christine Watson, Department of Pathology "Analysing the invasive potential of mammary tumours in collagen scaffolds"
11.15 Tea and Coffee
11.45 Prof Melinda Duer, Department of Chemistry"Heavy mice and lighter things: probing the molecular structure of collagen tissues"
12.10 Dr Daniel Bax, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy"Control of cell response through collagen crosslinking"
12.35 Prof Martin Bennett, Department of Medicine "Cambridge Cardiovascular: a network for interdisciplinary research"
14.00 Dr Andrew Flewitt, Electrical Engineering Division "Systems-based Engineering of Assessment and Treatment Processes in Healthcare"
14.25 Dr Fran Henson, Department of Veterinary Medicine "Pre-clinical testing of collagen-based materials for orthopaedic use"
14.50 Dr Cedric Ghevaert, Cambridge Blood Centre "From collagen to blood cells: recreating the right environment"
15.15 Dr James Elliott, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy "Effects of Mineralization on the Mechanical Behaviour of Collagen"
16.00 End
Registration is free (places limted)
Please register by Wednesday 15th March 2017
Poster enquiries
For poster enquiries, please contact Ruth Cameron (email@example.com) or Serena Best (firstname.lastname@example.com)
What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
The Department of Chemical Engineering is on the West Cambridge Site. There is no parking available on site. The Madingley Park and Ride car park is about a 10 minute walk away and the Universal bus that runs between Addenbrookes - the Town Centre - Madingley Park and Rise stops outside the department. For details, See: www.go-whippet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Route-U-leaflet-for-web.pdf


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Fever burn Mercury
Katie Douglas scored a game-high 28 points Sunday night, as the Indiana Fever defeated the Phoenix Mercury 104-82.
The Fever were a 3.5-point underdog in the game. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (186.5).
Tamika Catchings added 24 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana and Tammy Sutton-Brown chipped in with 18 points.
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the basic unit of magnetic flux density in the CGS system, equal to one line of magnetic flux per square centimeter or one maxwell per square centimeter (0.0001 tesla): abbrev. G
Origin of gaussafter C. F. Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician and astronomer
nounpl. gauss, or gauss·es Abbr. G
The centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic flux density, equal to one maxwell per square centimeter.
Origin of gaussAfterKarl Friedrich Gauss
(plural gausses or gauss)
Named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist.
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A unit of measurement of magnetic intensity named after Karl F. Gauss (1777-1855), considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. See degauss.


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Welcome to ISO/TC 154
It is the vision of ISO/TC 154 that all parties in the value chain use standardized data exchange to reduce cost in managing the processes in the private and public domain and to foster trade facilitation.
The mission of ISO/TC 154 is both to undertake and to facilitate the development and maintenance of international standards for data exchange in the value chain.
These standards cover data exchange regardless of the media used.


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Farther Be in the Welcomer
- Artist: Country Capers
- Genre: Folk
- Release Date: 1/20/2009
Country Capers began when Jane Landstra and Ken Embrey met in Mendicino, California, over three decades ago. In addition to dances and lighter performances, 'Capers' (alias Nordleik) do instrumental programs for all size private and corporate occasions: weddings, parties, solemn gatherings, dinners--catering to the needs of each event. We play folk festivals, farmers' markets, coffee houses, music halls, dance parties. We book for St. Patrick's Day and major Swedish and Norwegian holidays by early October. But, we are also available for hire on relatively short notice--a duo,Ken and Jane or our trio. Jane Landstra has been playing Celtic and Scandinavian fiddle 30 plus years and embraces folk music as lead fiddler,vocalist, composer, fiddle & dance teacher, and artistic music director in many folk dialects spanning 3 decades of experience. She specializes in Celtic and Nordic, with graceful familiarity of English country dance music. She also performs on Hardanger fiddle, and piano. Ken Embrey, a long-time string and squeeze wizard, creates traditional harmonies and chording for esoteric musical moments that stretch from the Cajun southwest to far-out Nordic tunes on fiddle. He plays a two row 'torader' accordion, several old Cajun squeeze boxes,concertina, guitar and munn (mouth) harp. David Denz combines many years of traditional music performance with superb arranging abilities and an ear for interesting harmonies. He performs on cittern, Uilleann pipes (in D and B), guitar, and wooden flute. Robyn Marie Embrey occasionally performs with Country Capers and is currently on the folk music trail with Cajun accordion, and electric bass. Her newest interest is bluegrass music. Most recently, Robyn won the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships. Division II Women's Downhill race '...in formidable fashion and clocking the fastest female time of the day...' on October 25th, 2008. Her parents, Ken and Jane are extremely proud.
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SharePoint User Guide Update
I have updated the free SharePoint 2007 User Guide – You now have to fill in a simple form – the download link is then emailed to you. The download is now a better quality PDF.
Microsoft Resources
- Entry Point to SharePoint Help – features videos and articles – all levels – More SharePoint 2010 but also SharePoint 2007
- More on Microsoft – use the tab to get to SharePoint 2007 topics
- More Microsoft resources -Links to more resources at End User level (but SharePoint 2010) – also links to higher level resources


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When you are planning your business you need to take things pretty seriously. Employers today are very conscious about their business future and therefore they look out for people that they can trust. Of course, things are not that simple anymore because of the technology innovations and the volatile employment market in the world. Hence, you need to make sure that you are getting the right people on your side. If you are planning to take more employees it is recommended that you go background checks that can help you to decide which employees are good for your business.
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Many corporate companies today prefer to have agencies that can help them to track people and find the best people that they can hire. If you are not ready to spend extra for background checks you can always do some investigation on your own. You can get in touch with various people and go through various social networking and people search sites that can help you to get the information you need. If you are not sure you can hire some people in the recruitment team that can do that before hiring people that can be threat to your business. It is always recommended that you look out for employees that are loyal and share the same business dream that you do.
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IBM SolutionsConnect 2013 is a brand new event for IT professionals. The first edition of this unique event took place on Tuesday, June 11, in Dolce La Hulpe in La Hulpe/Terhulpen near Brussels. It attracted over 350 participants.
Solutions for the challenges of the future
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Participants were also offered plenty of opportunities to meet experts and partners from IBM, as well as colleagues from other organizations. This resulted in an intensive exchange of knowledge and experience regarding the use and results of innovative IT solutions.
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The Mission of the North Platte Fire Department is to enhance the quality of life in our community by protecting lives, property and the environment through preparation and prevention.
Fire – Administration
North Platte Fire Department
715 South Jeffers
North Platte NE 69101
For non-emergencies (business office) and ambulance billing:
(308) 535-6762
(308) 535-6764 Fax
The North Platte Fire Department operates three shifts. Each shift is on duty 24 hours, off duty 24 hours for five shifts and then observes Kelly Days (6 days off). Our department is a combination department consisting of 39 Shift Personnel, 3 Administrators, 2 Fire Prevention and 1 Maintenance.
All paid shift members are EMT's. At present, the North Platte Fire Department has 19 Paramedics and 3 EMT-I's. Our ISO (Insurance Service Organization) rating is 3.
Fire Chief: Dennis Thompson 308-535-6761
Assistant Chief: Trent Kleinow 308-535-6763
Administrative Secretary III: Alice Wipplinger 308-535-6762
Fire Marshal: George Lewis 308-535-6768
Deputy Fire Marshal: Mike McConnell 308-535-6768
Secretary II: Tara Kaszycki 308-535-6762
The North Platte Fire Department has three fire stations located at:
Station 1 715 South Jeffers Street
Station 2 1302 North Sycamore
Station 3 3501 West 2nd Street
2014 Annual Report
Each year the North Platte Fire Department produces an annual report containing statistical information on its service to the community.
Fire Calls
In 2014 the North Platte Fire Department responded to 867 incidents that required a fire engine, which is up 292 from 2013.
673 or 77.6% of these calls were in the city limits of North Platte.
194 or 22.4% were in the North Platte Rural Fire District.
20 of these were mutual aid responses to other fire departments.
Total property loss for the North Platte Fire District was $636,550.00. Of that loss, $254,050.00 or 39.91% occurred within the city limits of North Platte. $382,500.00 or 60.01% of the total property loss occurred in the North Platte Rural Fire District.
Responses by Station-
Station 1 – 305 or 35.18% of the fire calls
Station 2 – 354 or 40.83% of the fire calls
Station 3 – 208 or 23.99% of the fire calls.
December was our busiest month, Saturday our busiest day of the week and the busiest time of the day was from 09:00-09:59.
Emergency Medical Services
During 2014, North Platte Fire Department personnel responded to 2,921 calls. Emergency/Medical/Ambulance calls. This was an decrease of .9943% or 17 calls from the previous year. There was an increase of 1.79% or $26,613.57 in the billed revenue. The total billed revenue for 2014 was $1,457,992.86.
Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) emergency calls were the majority of the total calls. The North Platte Fire Department ran 1,207 ALS emergency calls and 1,214 BLS calls throughout Lincoln County and the surrounding area, which included 170-tiered responses. A tiered response occurs when a smaller town's ambulance crew realizes that their patient needs more definitive care by a paramedic. This crew then calls the 911 center and a North Platte Fire Department ambulance is dispatched to meet the rural unit. Examples of these calls would be diabetic reactions, chest pains, cardiac disorders, major trauma, severe respiratory, and seizure patients. Our tiered responses have ranged from 11 in 1997 to 170 in 2014 which is a new record for the North Platte Fire Department.
Saturday was the busiest day for the North Platte Ambulances and the busiest time of the day was between 17:00-17:59.
2014 Tier Responses by Towns
Sutherland- 36
Maxwell- 11
Curtis/Frontier County- 24
Thedford- 13
Mullen- 9
Wallace- 9
Paxton- 9
Maywood/Wellfleet- 20
Stapleton- 17
Brady- 6
McPherson County- 8
Arnold- 6
Hayes Center- 0
Private (Midwest Medical)- 0


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'Diary' a daring coming-of-age tale
Published 5:45 pm, Thursday, August 27, 2015
Past eras always seem safer than they actually were because we survived them, either personally or as a species, but the 1970s held some real dangers, and "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" brings them back with truth and specificity. Unmoored from both traditional values and the loopy idealism of the 1960s, the '70s' prevailing moods were chaos and moral confusion. The movie reminds us of a time in which it was all too easy for people to get lost.
It tells the story of a 15-year-old girl in 1976, whose life goes off the rails, almost irretrievably, because of her family situation and because of her own reckless and immature choices. Aside from its period accuracy, the most refreshing thing about the film is its moral complexity, which will probably make it controversial. Young Minnie (Bel Powley) is a victim, but she's an active participant in her own victimhood, and everything she does makes her situation worse. In her, we see the makings of a confident, assertive adult — or of someone who will end up outlined in chalk by 1977.
If you've heard anything about this movie, you know that it's about a teenage girl who has an ongoing sexual relationship with her mother's boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard). There's nothing good to be said for a guy who would do such a thing, but the character, as presented in "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," is not exactly a sexual predator, nor a pervert with a thing for underage girls. He's just lowdown and happens to be around, and what takes place is less a symptom of any one individual's pathology than of a twisted time.
Based on the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, the movie is at its best when it stays true to the time period, not only in terms of style but thinking. The second decade of the 21st century finds almost everyone a moral arbiter in possession of absolute truth, but in the '70s people were humble enough to be vague, with results both bad and good. The dangers of moral vagueness are clear here, but "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" is honest enough to suggest that sometimes good things come from bad choices, as when an LSD trip that should never have happened brings about an important insight.
The movie's one concession to modern sensibilities is that it's a sex story that presents sex as utterly joyless, with neither pleasure nor appeal. Obviously, if the film were flat-out erotic and titillating that would also be a problem, and writer-director Marielle Heller would leave herself open to the accusation that she's made an exploitation piece. But if sex were as miserable as depicted here, the human race would have died out long before 1976.
Still, Heller has the courage to include a striking scene, in which Minnie, while having sex with a boy her own age, suddenly takes charge in a way that shows that she's learned something from her encounters with a 35-year-old. It's an unsettling moment, and that's what this movie should be doing — unsettling the audience. When we first meet Minnie, she's walking in a park in San Francisco, and in voiceover, we hear her thoughts: "I had sex today. Holy s--t!" Everything she sees is transformed and magical. Like it or not, we are inside the mind of a teenage girl.
Kristen Wiig continues to reveal herself as an actress of range and ambition, as Minnie's substance-abusing mother, who is in many way a mess, and yet is confident and poised.
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Bel Powley is also quite good as Minnie, but to realize that you'll have to remember that she's acting. It all seems so real that that's easy to forget.
Yet "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" has one drawback that should not be denied: It is not a pleasure to sit through, not even remotely, not even by some stretched definition of the word "pleasure." It's work, but it's ultimately rewarding work. It tackles some truths that other movies wouldn't touch, not even with a stick and thick gloves.


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Chopped Farmhouse Salad with Grilled Potatoes and Creamy Honey Mustard.
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Author Notes: This salad is hearty enough to be an entree. Grilling the potatoes really enhances the flavor and is a nice vegetarian friendly option to have at your next cook out or BBQ. —AmiJoy
Serves 4 as an entree
For the Creamy Honey Mustard Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
For the Salad
- 1 bunch mixed salad greens
- 1 pound red potatoes, quartered
- 1 pound green beans, trimmed or 1 can drained
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 hard boiled eggs
- 1 handful fried onion straws, optional
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons oil, divided
- In a small bowl, mix the mayo with 1 tsp dijon mustard and 1 tbsp honey. Incrementally add more mustard and honey to achieve the sweetness/sharpness that you prefer. Slowly whisk in milk to thin out the dressing. If you prefer thicker dressing, add less milk, or add more for thinner dressing. Whisk in the shallot and dried parsley. Set aside.
- Preheat your grill to 400deg F while you prepare all of the vegetables.
- Toss the quartered potatoes in 1 tbsp olive oil, salt and Italian seasoning. Grill for approx 15 min then flip the potatoes to grill on the other side. Continue to grill for another 5-10 min, or until soft when pierced. Set aside.
- For the green beans, preheat 1 tbsp oil in a pan on med-med high heat. Add the green beans and cook for about 5 min, tossing to prevent over browning. Set aside.
- To compose the salad, toss the lettuce with dressing in a large salad bowl (you may not use all of the dressing). Sprinkle the lettuce with shredded cheddar. Layer the halved cherry tomatoes, prepared green beans and potatoes over the dressed lettuce and cheese. Top with hard boiled egg and fried onions (optional) to serve.
- Modifications and notes - To make the dressing lighter, substitute light sour cream or Greek yogurt for the mayonnaise. If you are using an electric grill (like me), add a small smoker box with wood chips to enhance the grilling flavor of the potatoes. Or, you can simply roast the potatoes in a 400deg oven if you don't have a grill or don't want to go to the trouble. For the green beans, I also like to eat them uncooked if they are fresh. Canned green beans can also be substituted for convenience.
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Tancer, has noticed some key differences between the United States audience that he knows so well and the UK's internet users.
"There is an optimisation or globalisation of what people search for but there are key differences between cultures," he adds.
"I do see differences and if you look at the stocks and share sites in recent months there was a massive spike that week [of the crash] in September and it's maintained a high level.
"In the UK, however, there was a spike in September but surprisingly a lot of that traffic has calmed down. Is that the hysteria dying down or are people simply not wanting to look at the problems? I can't answer that just yet.
"We certainly see more diversional activity in the States – we found games sites are getting more popular, more movies are being rented and they are visiting celebrity blogs more – it's escapism."
It is clear that the way in which we use the internet offers fascinating glimpses into our changing lives, and Tancer is clearly a man keen to keep tracking those changes - be it predicting the winner of Celebrity Come Dancing or telling us what internet trend is going to hit the mainstream next.
Tancer's book 'CLICK: What we do online and why it matters' is out now in paperback published by Harper Collins.


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Culinary School Graduates in demand
In uncertain economic times, there a couple of things which will always remain constant. Among the constants, without issue, is a person's need certainly to eat. Surprisingly, even fine dining establishments prosper in both prosperous times and inclement, seldom feeling the crunch of economic uncertainty. This affects not just their availability for patrons, but for employees too. From wait staff to hosts, expediters to professionals, fine dining establishments keep quite a few people fully employed. Mini Waffle Pan Site contains more concerning the meaning behind it. To learn additional information, people may check-out: cheap mini waffle iron. Recently, nevertheless, they are experiencing a problem of another character, namely, finding and maintaining a head cook.
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- Silicone joins the ranks of thermoplastics, metals and ceramics
- Nozzle rapidly deposits one droplet of silicone at a time, vulcanization by UV light
- 3D market is growing 30 percent per year
- Wacker to become first silicone manufacturer to offer complete 3D system
3D printing is a technology with a great future. But the range of materials is limited. So far, it has only been possible to print certain plastics and metals. But now, the German-based company Wacker has developed a method that also allows silicone articles to be produced by 3D printing.
Printing layer by layer, vulcanized with UV light
A robot deposits tiny droplets from a nozzle side by side, to build up the article layer by layer. Then the silicone is vulcanized with UV light. The homogeneous objects that are produced have virtually smooth surfaces. The material is biocompatible, heat resistant and transparent – opening up new industrial applications in automotive manufacturing, medical technology, household appliances, and optics. Experts are predicting a huge market for 3D printing with silicones.
Three-dimensional printing of silicone
Before long, custommade silicone parts will be available
The marathon, a race of 26 miles and 385 yards, is a real challenge every time for Maximilian Peter, a doctor of chemical engineering and Wacker employee. Besides being physically fit, it is also necessary to have the right gear, in particular wellfitting running shoes. This gave him his idea: shock-absorbing insoles, custom-made to conform to his feet. "There's nothing like that available yet," says the impassioned athlete, "but we're on the home stretch."
Together with his colleagues at Wacker Silicones and the engineers at Enders Ingenieure GmbH, a product development and prototyping company based in southern Germany, he developed the solution: three-dimensional printing of silicone. It represents a breakthrough in additive manufacturing – the technical term for 3D printing. "Until now, it had been impossible to print elastomers, i.e. rubbery materials. There were just no suitable processes available," explains Dr. Bernd Pachaly, head of silicones research at Wacker Silicones.
Fast and flexible production of prototypes and small series
Silicone parts could only be produced by expensive injection molding processes. Because of the costs for custom-making the molds, the process is only worthwhile for large production runs, not for a single pair of insoles. "Injection molding is the established process for series production, and will remain so," says Pachaly. "But people who design prototypes or only want to make a few copies of a part can now very rapidly and flexibly produce such small series, modifying them constantly to meet changing demands. That is the unique advantage of the process."
Silicone joins the ranks of thermoplastics, metals and ceramics
With this new technology, silicone joins the ranks of materials such as thermoplastics, metals and ceramics. They have been processable by 3D printing for quite a while. 3D printing is a game-changer, and is inspiring many "makers" – the current buzzword for the fans of this technology. There are no limits to the imagination: creative minds and artists with a flair for technology print their objects based on three-dimensional designs. And there are also established specialty companies producing, for example, film sets, jewelry, prosthetics or toys. Not to forget the variety of spare parts, prototypes and small series, for which 3D printing was originally developed.
3D market is growing by 30 percent per year
Experts estimate the global market for additive production for 2014 at about US$ 3.8 billion, with robust growth rates of 30 percent and more per year. Less than half of that is for the hardware, i.e. the printer and materials. Services such as product development and customer solutions are an even more important market.
3D printing – Germany wants to catch up
Researchers and entrepreneurs in the US have long recognized the trend toward additive manufacturing. There are already 150,000 printers there, even children in elementary school are experimenting with them. Germany is lagging well behind. True, politicians in Hamburg committed the state government there to a 3D printing strategy in April 2015, but there is no strategic promotion on a federal level, as was recently noted by the German government's "Expert Commission for Research and Innovation." The Association of German Engineers (VDI) also sees need for action. In their "Additive Manufacturing Processes" status report in fall 2014, the experts called for more printable materials, more efficient machines and greater integration and automation of the processes. It is precisely these topics that WACKER and the engineers at enders were already pursuing together. It was clear that 3D printing of silicone required a fundamentally new approach.
Wacker develops 3D printing of silicone in less than a year
Silicone is not melted by heat in the same way as thermoplastics or metals. It cannot simply be applied layer by layer as a powder, and melted by laser beam to the desired three-dimensional shape. The experts eventually opted for a process that they developed in just one year. "It was a very exciting and constructive time," notes Pachaly with a touch of pride.
Nozzle rapidly deposits one droplet of silicone at a time
It all takes place in a glass case containing the workspace and a robot. The machine is equipped with a nozzle, which rapidly deposits one droplet of silicone at a time on a base surface. Not just anywhere, but at exactly the point governed by the computer file with the design software.
First user-friendly 3D software
The developers couldn't use an off-the-shelf solution to control the robot. "A key step in the development work was to write a custom program," says Florian Ganz, CEO of enders. Pachaly reckons the work truly paid off: "It is the first really user-friendly software in this field." The robot regularly pauses and a UV beam scans over the tiny drops, which have merged into a fine line. The silicone then vulcanizes in less than a second in the UV light, crosslinking the molecules into an elastomeric material. The robot then applies the next layer of silicone droplets.
Goal is to process about 100 grams of silicone per hour in the future
Thanks to the vulcanization, a homogeneous object is formed because, after being applied, the viscous material immediately bonds to the layers immediately adjacent to or below it. With impressive speed, the Wacker logo appears from nowhere. After a good quarter of an hour, the letters with their distinctive serifs are about a centimeter in height and several millimeters thick. Of course, it takes longer to produce larger objects. But in the long term, the developers want to process about 100 grams of silicone per hour.
Printer generates extremely fine structures
The structures generated by the robot are extremely fine: The silicone strip is about 0.6 millimeters wide, and only half as thick. That makes it possible to produce extremely precise contours and results in a surface that is almost smooth and is pleasant to the touch. "The roughness may be even better than 100 micrometers," says Pachaly. That is hardly a hair's breadth, and significantly smoother than printed thermoplastics.
Special silicone formulation – easy to dose, and firm
The pieces look almost like injection moldings, it is hardly noticeable that they have been made by additive manufacturing. To achieve that, Dr. Ernst Selbertinger, a silicone developer, had to create a formulation that can be dosed as tiny liquid droplets that immediately remain stationary at the place they were deposited. "Think of toothpaste – it flows under pressure as you squeeze it from the tube, but it is firm when on the brush," explains the chemist who won't disclose any details about the mixture, only that it contains a platinum catalyst that is responsible for crosslinking the molecules under UV light.
Small series can be produced rapidly and flexibly
The silicone Wacker logo is only one of many tangible results of the development project that demonstrate the method's potential. 3D printing is much faster than conventional technologies for manufacturing small series and one-off articles, such as prototypes and spare parts for the many silicone elements contained in every car: plugs, hoses and the like. "In the auto sector, it will no longer be necessary to keep costly and complex stocks of silicone parts," states Pachaly. The medical sector is also interested in the material for its biocompatibility. For example, implants could be custom-made for the patient, even during an operation – based on data provided by technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Nose pads at the push of a button
Custom-made silicone respirator masks and hearing aids will soon be manufactured by 3D printing. And every wearer of eyeglasses will welcome nose pads that really fit. The optician will only need to scan the three-dimensional contour of the nose and read it into a 3D printer, which will then produce a perfectly fitting pad. In the home, it will be possible to produce baking molds bearing the customer's name. Silicone is famously heat resistant. Because it is also valued for its transparency, the researchers are also devising optical applications, such as lenses printed to order. And last but not least, individually manufactured insoles for running shoes. There is a huge market for printed silicone. The developers are in no doubt about that.
Wacker soon to become the first silicone manufacturer to offer a complete 3D system
"We have a lot of ideas, and we want to provide our customers with much more than just silicone for additive manufacturing," says Pachaly. That means a company that wants to print a product from silicone no longer needs to develop a new process at huge expense. In the near future, WACKER will be able to take care of the system solution, which means providing a suitable machine and the appropriate software – and thereby offering its customers new kinds of services. "It will no longer be enough to drop off drums of chemicals in front of the factory hall," says the innovation manager. In the future, added value will be mainly achieved through comprehensive, customer-oriented solutions. And 3D printing of silicone is an ideal solution.


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These are the exact words that Anne used to describe Soap and Glory's Hot Cloth Cleanser:
"I don't know what magic is in this, but it doesn't half clear up my spots. I bought it during a terrible break-out that even medicinal spot goo from a pharmacist couldn't shift. It also smells divine"
I also had a butchers at the reviews on the Soap and Glory website and Boots, it seems Anne is not the only one who thinks this product is all kinds of awesome…. and talking of Boots they currently have 3 for 2 on all Soap and Glory products.
And talking of Soap and Glory I just wanted to say I love the brand – every time I see the range it makes me smile, I think the product names, branding design and general kitsch is so witty and clever.
Any other items you would like to recommend from S & G please do leave a comment on this post (it's 3 for 2, I clearly need to know what else to purchase as well as this cleanser 😉 )
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The Economist on eBook DRM: "If you own a physical book, in much of the world you may sell it, lend it—even burn or bury it. You may also keep the book forever. Each of those characteristics is littered with footnotes and exceptions for e-books. We are granted an illusion of ownership, but may read only within the ecosystem of hardware and software supported by the bookseller with sometimes additional limitations imposed by publishers. Witness Amazon's remote deletion—since abjured—of improperly sold copies of George Orwell's "1984" and "Animal Farm" in 2009."
This site is devoted to copyright and issues of 'intellectual property,' particularly the issue's analytical aspects. It also concerns itself with the gap between public perception and the true facts, and with the significant lag time between the coverage on more technical sites and the mainstream press. For site feed, see: http://grafodexia.blogspot.com/atom.xml To see the list of sites monitored to create this site, see: http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=CopyrightJournal


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Lubrizol Corp., newly acquired by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, is boosting its focus on the healthcare field and is organizing business activities into a group called LifeScience Polymers.
"One of our key strategies is development of additional polymers," Deb Langer, general manager of LifeScience Polymers, said in an interview at Medical Design & Manufacturing West held in Anaheim, California.
One example is a two-year research effort to find new chemistries for bioresorbable polymers that would be used for applications ranging from bone anchors to scaffolds used to grow organs from stem cells. Lubrizol is using a chemistry similar to polyurethanes to develop a family of polymers that can be tuned to meet specific requirements, such as flexibility or stiffness. They would replace materials such as polylactic acid, which has physical property deficits, and animal-based polymers that are expensive....
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Residents of Spanish Main RV Resort are very close to Flatwoods Wilderness Park, a welcome respite from the bustling metro area of Tampa. The mild February climate is an ideal time for hiking, bicycling or bird watching along the trails that wind throughout the lush greenery of the park. Picnic tables and shelters are also available, so you may want to pack a lunch to enjoy in the outdoors.
Every weekend between now and April 7, MOSI will host the Bay Area Renaissance Festival, a gala event that will involve 12 stages of entertainment, food and fun. Attracting more than 80,000 visitors annually, the festivity involves a different theme every weekend, each full of distinctive delights of various parts of the world, including Scotland, Ireland and Spain.
The theme for March 2 and 3 is Highland Fling, which will feature a Celtic Village, highland dancers and a Jig for Your Supper, as well as a Meatball Eating Contest and Cabbage Toss. Other activities will include highland games and the Men in Kilts Competition.
Come see us soon at Spanish Main RV Resort. The nearby community provides wonderful entertainment.


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For many years I've been seeing Brad Fallon to hold the #1 ranking for the term seo expert, but today I found that he had lost the ranking to www.searchengineoptimizationcompany.ca. The reason why this is a big achievement because Brad's site had achieved an authority status for the keyword seo expert, but yet it dropped from the rankings. So, one thing is clear that even the authority domain could be beaten up in rankings. Just don't worry and do your work which you believe is the best.
I'm ranking #3-#4 for the term seo expert india depending on which data center you hit, and wish to rank for "seo expert" too. Lets see when I could crack the front page.
A lookup on the two websites:
1. www.searchengineoptimizationcompany.ca
Yahoo IBLs: 9927
Google Site Search: 750
Google PageRank: 5
2. www.bradfallon.com
Yahoo IBLs: 16,856
Google Site Search: 540
Google PageRank: 4
Update: Well I can see the site back on the top spot with all the site links.
PS: I would also like to update you about the seocontest2008, it is a good feeling to see the post rising on the google. It's on the 6th page right now and improving. Well without any much effort it is ranking pretty well and I'm happy about it. Only a couple of days are left before the contest concludes. Support me!


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Captain Robert of my favorite Steam Punk band Abney Park says you can adopt a pet from over 300 adoption centers across the country on January 24th.
They're pulling out all the stops next week — including giving pets to some adopters at no charge — in a nationwide effort to boost the number of shelter animals that find new homes.
Three hundred shelters across the USA are holding Change a Pet's Life Day on Jan. 24, aimed at focusing attention on shelters and rescue groups and enticing potential adopters. Fees for the first 10 adoptions at each participating shelter will be paid for by Topeka-based Hill's Pet Nutrition, which organized the event.
Three of my dogs are from shelters, and I approve of and endorse adopting pets. It's not their fault no one wanted them, so on the 24th, think about making a place in your home for a new friend.


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Hello again!
At last I have had a chance to sit down and create…..It's been very busy around here no time to escape to my craft room!
Anyway today I have a card for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday # 134. This is the first time I have posted a card for this challenge but I have entered their monthly blog hop a couple of times.
I love Papertrey Ink products particularly stamps with matching dies and all the colour coordinated products. The Stamper's Select White Cardstock is simply the best I have used as it is great for card bases stamping and die cutting…….Oh and believe me when I say I have tried quite a few from different companies!!
The only down side for me is as I live in the UK shipping is very expensive but as I love it so much I will probably keep ordering!!
Anyway on to the card!! The technique from this week's Make it Monday is called repeat and lift and uses ghost stamping to create a halo around a coordinating die cut image. It looks very effective using a word stamp and die (see video here) but I decided to use a coordinating heart stamp and die from Framed Out #11 to create a sweet luuurve card! Apart from the stamping technique I kept the rest of the card pretty simple just adding a sentiment and button for a finishing touch.
So here is my card………
Supplies: Card – PTI Stamper's Select White and Pure Poppy. Stamps and Dies – Framed Out # 11 stamp and die and Signature Greetings Stamp Set. Inks PTI Pure Poppy , Raspberry Fizz and True Black. Button and twine from my stash
Back soon enjoy the rest of the week!
Kathryn x


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July 2016 - Adventure of the Seas to Caribbean - Southern
The cruise had a very nice itinerary, however it was not as relaxing having 5 ports of call in a row without any sea days. The ship was generally warm in the public areas. The entertainment in the Schooner Bar and the Duck and Dog pub were actually very poor. No one was listening to the performers. On previous cruises these areas were definitely a highlight of the cruise. I guess it was an economy cruise, but we are not used to Royal Caribbean having sub par performers. This was new to me.


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After several delays, the Federal Reserve Board has approved Capital One's request to purchase ING Direct USA and ShareBuilder. This deal has been in the works for a while. When ING Direct's Amsterdam-based parent company was bailed out in 2008, the Dutch government mandated that the company must divest its business in the United States. Several buyers courted ING Direct, and rumors circulated until the summer of 2011, with the announcement that Capital One was the winning bidder.
Capital One is considered a financial holding company, and this wouldn't be the first time the company has grown through acquisition. Capital One has purchased Chevy Chase Bank and North Fork Bank recently, in order to expand its growing business in retail banking. At the same time, the deposit products offered by the bank has suffered. The interest rates on the company's savings account dropped from 1.1% to 0.85% APY since the plans for the acquisition were announced.
The Federal Reserve gave the public a significant amount of time to comment on the proposed acquisition. In its forty-page decision, the Fed noted that a "large number of commenters supported the proposal," while a "significant number of commenters opposed the proposal." Many on the opposition cited Capital One's parallel plans to purchase sub-prime credit card assets from HSBC, as well as Capital One's record in lending to minorities and small businesses.
Regardless of the concerns, the Federal Reserve has given the green light to Capital One to move forward. I've been a long-time customer of ING Direct and ShareBuilder, and I'm taking a wait-and-see approach. I'm not ready to switch banks yet, but over the last few years, ING Direct's record in offering a high-yield savings account has been overshadowed by other banks offering higher interest.
Judging from comments by readers and others in the financial community, Capital One and ING Direct have vastly different reputations. Capital One's is based mainly on customer services within its credit card businesses, while ING Direct's is based mainly on those of us who discovered the online bank when it was leading its competitors with high interest rates for its popular Orange Savings Account.
It's unclear what will happen to ING Direct and ShareBuilder in the future. Capital One has pledged to bring more features to ING Direct account holders, like full-service checking and ATM deposits. These features may be appreciated by customers, but if they come at a cost of lowered interest rates and insufficient customer service, it's unclear whether consumers will be pleased in the end. Capital One would also bring its suite of other banking products to ING Direct customers, like loans.


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March 18, 2007
Six, sincerely:
"Even if they kill you, you're name will live on forever."
Baltar says nothing but we know what he's thinking:
"Oh, great, thanks a lot, that really makes me feel better. If I cared about my legacy rather than my own skin, humanity wouldn't be in this mess, now would it?"
Carole Segal: Sci Fi Channel
Six councils Baltar in his suite in the Galactica brig. Knowing Baltar's libido, if he doesn't even notice her charms in this get-up, he must really be worried.
Carole Segal: Sci Fi Channel
Is it a dream or is it chamalla? Well, both, apparently. Roslin looking worried but mighty glam.
Crossroads, Part 1 takes us just one step from the end of Season 3, this Sunday, and you can already feel the revelations building.
Tigh and Sam are hearing haunting music. The trial of Baltar is in full swing. The Colonists are all on edge. Romo, Apollo and Gaius Baltar are arguing over tactics. Adama and Apollo are at daggers drawn. Tory, who's just a mess, snaps at the reporters and gets a dressing down (and tidy up warning) from Roslin. The Colonial fleet is getting near the MYSTERIOUS Ionian Nebula. And the long absent Cylon fleet makes its presence felt.
This week had its own major revelations. President Roslin's cancer is back. The Cylon fleet is on their trail again. (And about time, those slackers, just laying back and waiting for the Colonists to turn on each other.) Apollo leaving the service, Dee leaving Apollo. (We'll see how long those break-ups last.)
If the Cylons show up next week — and you've got to expect them to put in at least an appearance for the season finale — they may be the one thing that can save the Colonists from self-destruction. All 38,838 souls. Well, minus however many are Cylon infiltrators, which looks like more all the time.
Favorite moments:
Roslin telling off her aide, Tory, and then telling her to brush her hair. Do you suppose Bush ever tells his aides to do that?
The prosecuting attorney telling Roslin and Tory they are free to get another attorney — if there are any other attorneys (left alive).
Tigh slugging Six and getting slugged back. OK, it's an old gag, but it's always good to see Tigh get walloped and it's even better to see Michael Hogan do his angry drunk routine. "Shackle this thing."
(If you think Tigh was upset at the Cylons in Part 1, wait until you see him "face the music" in Part 2)
That daddy-son cat-fight between Adama and Apollo.
OK, Sunday is it, the last new Battlestar Galacitica until early 2008. Can you stand it?
Look on the bright side, every time the show has taken a long break, it's come back with fresh, strong episodes. Consider this a time for the writers, producers and actors to rest, recharge and find new ways to keep us off balance.
And they are going to set themselves a challenge this week. As I said in the last entry, the end of the final episode has a major dramatic lead-in to the fourth season.
Caprica: The Prequel series. As many of you know, there has long been a proposal for a new series set 50 years before the return of the Cylons and the events of Battlestar Galactica.
In the March 16 Variety (the major serious entertainment industry news magazine) this paragraph appeared in a story on Battlestar Galactica exec producer David Eick, who is working on a lot of series other than Galactica.
At Sci Fi, Eick continues working with (Ron) Moore on "Caprica," the potential "BSG" prequel from scribe (writer) Remi Aubuchon (Daily Variety, April 27) whose fate will soon be determined.
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Lee Adama continues to stress over his decisions, as the trial of Gaius Baltar reaches a controversial conclusion in Crossroads, Part 2.


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2016 has been an amazing year so far. When I graduated from film school I took on the risky proposition to not only attempt to make my living as a freelancer in the competitive film/video industry but also to continue to pursue a breadth of professional roles both in film and as a photographer. There is a pressure in all industries towards specialization. But particularly so in film/video. Yet I continue to hear anecdotal stories of people doing their own thing, such as directors who edit their films and others who have forged their own professional identity. In school, I had worked as a producer, a director of photography, a director, and an editor. It wasn't until after school that I began to get hired regularly as a sound mixer. My first job was unpaid, but my second one was paid and others followed. People seemed to like my work and enjoy my personality on set and so I began to feel like maybe I had found my niche.
At the same time, I continued to pursue my other creative interests, gaining experience as a camera operator and DP on ultra low budget narrative projects, working as a one man band shooting and editing videos for local businesses and taking photographs at family events and of our unique NW environment. I have always worried and will probably continue to worry that practical career interests will compel me to focus on sound. It is the one thing I have the most experience at and the most specialized equipment for. But I continue to find that as long as you are passionate and committed to your craft, you can indeed forge your own unique path. I think it is important to young people and to those starting out in a new field, to consider what drove your interest there in the first place. We all must consider long-term financial impacts our decisions may have on our careers. But it is important also to consider what we love doing. It is that love, that passion, that will drive our careers forward. If you are charging for something, you must be very good at it. And to move forward we must continue to hone and improve our craft. By this, we reap the benefit of rare skills and unique abilities. The good money comes after we have committed ourselves to something or some "things" we truly love. Passion and commitment are the pathways to success
What I continue to find is that if you have passion and commitment for your craft, even if it is in multiple areas, you will succeed if you apply yourself seriously and continuously. If you are a young person or someone starting out in a new field, consider what drove your interest there and hold onto that above all else. I think the worsed thing you can do is to settle for doing something you don't love, or don't love doing all the time. A diversity of talents can lead, not only to synergy but to practical skills in communication and problem solving.
The good money will come after we have committed ourselves to become really good at doing things we truly love. Passion and commitment are the pathways to success
In 2016, (and 2015) I've found myself working not only as a sound mixer but also as a director, DP, camera operator, producer, editor, and photographer. My goal for 2016 is to not only advance my craft as a sound mixer but to push myself to bring my skills in other roles up to a similar level. If I can do that successfully I might add acting and screenwriting into the mix. If it stimulates me professionally I say why not. Hopefully my peers and those who hire me will feel the same way.


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Discussion in 'Movies/TV' started by Puck, Jul 21, 2007.
Aanyone else see the new jay and silent bob cartoon movie lol awesome shiznit sir
To each his own I guess. I think it looks pretty badass.
We seriously complaining about Batman's chin? Is that what we've come to?
I mean it really does stand out. BUTT CHIN.
There was no chance I'd be interested in this, never thought much of Affleck's acting.
No doubt. But at the end of the day it will have zero affect on how good the movie turns out to be. If you let the appearance of a chin ruin a movie for you then I feel sorry for you.
I've never been a fan either. However, I think he might could actually pull this off. I'll be seeing it regardless just because it's Batman.
Disagree. That's the thing. I can go to lunch here in about an hour and find at least 10 girls in the midtown area that are hotter. Same for gym.
I think Scar is one of those girls that look better BECAUSE she's on screen. Anywhere else, you wouldn't really look at her.
Oh no, cancel the movie, Fry isn't going to see it.
Considering you are the number 1 transformers fan,I doubt there is much of anything that could ruin a movie for you other than maybe a plot, dialogue, or an intelligent script.
You really holdin onto that huh haha.
Did transformers **** your gf?
I was just trying to bring it back.
I changed my mind about that. Transformers sucks and Michael Bay is the worst thing to ever happen to the movie industry. The internet told me so.


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Play is a human wellspring. It trickles and tumbles out of our biologya force of human nature that triggers the inner compass to move and engage our minds and bodies. When we cup our hands and slake our thirst in Play, we take in nutrients that civilize and sensitize. Play warms the heart and opens the mind, draws us closer to ones self and one another. The pulse of play has carried us forward, like a river, for eons. Without the rhythmic beat of play in our emotions, human cognition as well as human relationships would be mechanical and reptilian. We are lucky. Play reaches into us and out of us, seeps into the spaces we adults inhabit, and outward into the everyday choreography we share with the young. We are blessed and anointed in the river of Play. From infancy into young adulthood and throughout life, Play flows in our blood and sharpens our senses.
The Play I speak of here is innate, higher order learning. Such play is largely unadulterated and uninhibited, and can be consciously, unconsciously, or semi-consciously engaged. Hence, play that is fragile, spontaneous and responsive, involving reciprocal patterns of movement, action, thought, or communication, and often accompanied by silliness, surprise, humor, or fun. This behavior, which is shared by young and old alike, may include word play, make-believe, private speech, improvisation, in-dwelling, day-dreaming, doodling, hand- or puppet play, or the uncensored, accidental, manipulation or expression of ideas and imaginings. This order of play depends on a degree of feeling free and safe, and may or may not become subject to the more controlled and organized aspects of play associated with competition, electronic games, directed role-playing, formal theater, and the like. Play of this purest nature, if sustained, will grow more robust and influence a given space to become more productive, civilized, empowered and engaged.
As a learning modality, Play is not, as many believe, appropriate only to very early childhood learning. In fact, it could be argued that, throughout the education spectrum, conventional learning is paralytic, problem-laden, and locked-down precisely because it has cut itself off from the biological roots of human learningfrom Play. When the Taliban banned play, it knew what it was doing. For Play breeds self-assertive people who stand and act responsively for themselves. Playful people are not easily duped, ask questions and thrive on challenges. Play is a kind of freedom without which we shrink and atrophy in mind and body. In a Play-Based learning culture, kids learn to grow free and self-propelled.
Play is power, self-regulation, intentionality, thinking, musing, dreaming. By the time a play-prepared learner reaches high school, he or she will have had countless experiences in which the capacity to own and grasp intellectual matter has become second nature. Through the grades, students who experience readings and literature through Play enter high school with minds that have been immersed in imaginative and positive energy, and are open to exploration and prepared for the challenges of advanced material and higher order thinking and writing. Of course we want high school students to embrace literature, but this cannot happen in 10th Grade English unless they have first tumbled with good stories in elementary and middle school, like kittens playing with a ball of yarn. Play not only socializes and opens the mind; it also conditions it to open and accept the challenges of analysis and articulation that thinking adults say they would hope to witness in students of a certain age.
A deeply individual and social influence, Play builds the capacity and love for communication. Play results in an extraordinarily diverse constellation of choice and connectivity for children exploring the world of knowledge. Children who are learning their native language between ages 1 and 5 years pick up the game from their parents and peers during casual interaction and contactthrough play; there is no need to force children into a given space to teach them. Regardless of grade level, in a Play-based classroom there is no need to teach the same children the same thing in controlled, drip-fed unison when there is so much to learn from one another.
Play-Based Learning runs lean and economical. It self-develops human resources, resourcefulness, and creativity. No need for a costly superstructure of published, consumable materials sucking the budget year after year. The hum of educational process is based in experience and communication activated and sustained by play energy. Equip classrooms with whiteboards and teachers can have access to all the information, maps, music, and media you could ever hope to have in the Internet-connected classroom. But a teacher who knows how to make a subject come to life through Play holds the key to higher order learning and communicationand a captivated classroom in the palm of the hand.
Play is mental health. Through play we learn to respect, accept, and appreciate one another. Play implies room and relatedness in the world for others. Play does not teach; play reaches intuitively, opens the mind, and creates receptivity. Play, remarked my old friend, Paul D. MacLean, the father of social neuroscience, is the nicest thing nature ever did for us. Play is human nature at its best. Play is the Brain at its Bestfully integrated. In the play zone.
Play is charmed motion and interaction. Play activates and lights up whatever it touches: the ball, the hand, the catcher, the thrower, an idea, a word, the heart, the mind and body. The movement inherent in Play is the essence of life empowerment and survival. Through Play we learn to move, respond, change direction, compensate, and balancementally, physically, spiritually. The imagination is at home in the playful mind.
Play is conditioning. Play early in life, play in everything you do, and you build capacity for long term health, resilience, and power. A mind and body guided and programmed by play works and reaches out selectively; finds ways to sustain and propel its spirit forward. Discipline, industry, focus, self-reliance are all relatives of Plays physical and mental heritage.
Play is an invention. The Brain invented Play along with family-related behaviors such as caring, nursing, and parenting. As the springboard for family-related behavior, Play affirms and cultivates our best nature. Play invites us to be imaginative and inventive, thoughtful yet caring and generous of spirit.
A Play-Based foundation to education ensures that classrooms behave in the spirit of habitatin an environment in which nature propels both young and adult in the course of learning, exploring, discovery, and empowerment. Play is all-inclusive, an antidote to mean-spirited behavior; play helps people feel part of the community and the action.
Play is an antidote to one-way avenues for learning; Play by its nature invites diversity and participation from the ground upand is, therefore, soil in which to grow behaviors conducive to democratic life. The rich delta soil of Play is level common ground for the garden of learning differences found in the broad population of learners. A Play-Based approach to learning makes the need for special educationa system that removes and segregates children with learning differencesobsolete.
Play leads to innovative models and structures for learning that move us away from the factory farm model.
Habitat Learning
Outdoor Learning
Day and Evening Learning
Parents and Children and Village
Cross-Grading and Cross-Pollinating
As an 'organizing principle', Play will lead us to more open culture of learning. To free access to learning areas, stations, exhibits, talks, stories, and to a broad involvement of citizen educators; structured classrooms for enhanced and rhythmic skill-building; reading experiences of all kinds. Implicit in this freedom is the vision of kids and teachers who interact and connect like bees moving from flower to flower. The path is diverse, spontaneous, selective; kids flow through school and thrive on diversity as well as the individual and shared propagation of knowledge.
Homework that kids themselves bring home or bring to school
A flexible and family friendly schedule
Self-regulated learning and behavior
In the play-based learning culture, children engage in action-based citizenship. They adopt causes, select and pay attention to the actions and policies of companies to encourage good corporate citizenship. From the 3rd grade forward, Play makes it possible for kids to learn the importance of individual power and citizen engagement. Play creates a culture of action.
Play-Based information and knowledge is fun, thought-provoking, and imaginative; organic, healthy food for thought (not like the rote, mind-numbing, dumbed-down textbook readings from the cornflake curriculum).
Children learn that knowledge is built, developed, shared, and crafted into shape with writing, media, and mindful presentation; process is the path; the journey is enjoyed; the end product a positive memory and the work a product of both shared and individual experiences. Play-based learning is not all about the group; the striving for individual excellence and the value of competition is always an optionbut not a foundationof learning that comes as students mature and develop special interests.
Play moves us beyond such antiquated notions as Learning is Hard or We must all learn the same thing. Or we must all learn together based on age. Play is effortless, accidental, discovered, practiced learning. Play is not a teacher. Play is self-coaching, a self-affirming friend for life. Play is how we come to love learningand perhaps to love itself.
Learning infused with Play is learning that happens in the best of all possible worlds. Nature gave us Play for a reason. Play invites us to rise above dog-eat-dog to a more humane and enlightened principle of nature. Nature put Play in place for us to form caring, positive relationships with one another. Play has been kept out of school long enough. We have allowed institutional power to trump the power in the world that invites kids to grow up bold and outspoken; the result: classrooms populated by the all-too-often shy, self-conscious, inhibited, fearful kids, submissive to boiler plate, old-school rules that work in favor of adult manipulation of their world. Play is a birthright. Children deserve nothing less than a learning culture that is aligned with the world-affirming legacy of their very nature, a form of energy that drives spirit, mind, and body.
With Play in the driver seat, school becomes a world into which most parents would like to send their children; an accepting, all-inclusive place that promotes civilized human attributes and enthusiastic social cohesion in the young. With Play in the drivers seat, parents who have long wished for education that promotes innovative and productive thinking, as well as traditional skills in math, reading, and writingand who want their kids to learn to learn and love to learncan finally have their wish fulfilled. With Play in the drivers seat, school becomes a place that children, parents, and teachers actually come to enjoy and revere. And for Parents who deeply believe that learning is supposed to be hard, Play persuades them as well that learning is meant to be joyful and upliftingand the key to living a free, expressed, productive and joyful life.
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I'm trying to discover my granduncle, John Edward MacKay.He's a missing link in my almost completed family tree.
Born in Lochinver, Sutherland in August 1887 he emigrated to Canada around 1906 with his father and elder sister.His father William Gunn MacKay died at Port Arthur, Ontario in 1911.His sister married, in 1914, and lived in Brandon, Manitoba until her death in 1954.
John joined the 44th (Manitoba) battalion during the first World War and visited family in England around that time.I have his Attestation Papers and a photo of him in his uniform.He wasn't married at that time.He survived the War, returned to Canada in 1919 and disappeared.
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"Having competed in last years event when I was undergoing chemo- therapy made it quite a tough and demanding undertaking. My partner Willem Stolk and I had several other challenges during the event but despite not faring as well as we, or many others had expected, for Willem and myself it was triumph for the human spirit in just taking part.
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'I feel I let the team down'
AB de Villiers admitted he was hugely disappointed to have missed out on a maiden Test century in front of his home crowd, but still believed that South Africa were close to a par score on a two-paced pitch. By the close of play, they had reached 247 for 9 in their first innings, after a late collapse in which six wickets fell for 60 runs.
"It was very disappointing," said de Villiers, whose dismissal for 92 triggered the collapse. "People say I'm just a youngster and it doesn't matter - I'll get another chance - but I would have liked my hundred. It was definitely a good innings, because the wicket wasn't easy to score on, so I'm very happy with the knock."
Though he stood in as an opener in the second innings at the Wanderers, after Graeme Smith had suffered concussion, it was something of a surprise to see de Villiers coming out to bat at No. 1 in this match, especially seeing as Smith and Herschelle Gibbs had compiled a triple-century partnership during the last Test at Centurion, against West Indies last summer. "Perhaps they were giving me what I want," he suggested. "Opening the batting, with the new ball coming on to the bat. It's what I like."
England won the toss and inserted the South Africans on what appeared to be a bowlers' wicket, but such was the purity of de Villiers strokeplay that they were soon forced to change their lines of attack. "I was hitting the ball nicely from the word go," he admitted. "England went more defensive when I got to my 50."
He ought to have got to a hundred as well, but for the first time in his career, a touch of nervousness surfaced as he closed in on three figures. "I've only got myself to blame," he said. "You've got to be patient in those situations and push through, but I got a bit nervous and too impatient, and I feel I let the team down a bit as well. But 92 is not too bad."
de Villiers, who plays his domestic cricket for the Centurion-based Titans franchise, was buoyed by a vocal home crowd, which included his parents and both his elder brothers. "Everyone was there except for my girlfriend, Gerrida, who's on a university camp," he said. "They won't be too disappointed, though. A ninety is enough for them."
As for the match situation, de Villiers remained confident that South Africa were on course for a series-levelling victory. "A score of 300 would have been nice," he admitted, "but the wicket will only get worse as the game goes on. The Wanderers track did more, but this one does just enough to get the nick. It's a bit up-and-down and two-paced as well, so the chances will be there, and if our fielding is up to standard, we'll take the catches."
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A 5-6 page interpretive paper on the gospels is due by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 5 [new date]. [If you would like to submit a first draft, please email your document as an attachment by Friday, February 26]. Please save your paper under your name (e.g., JSmith.doc) and email your paper as an attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also drop off your paper in the box labelled with my name on the second floor of Gest.
This assignment is not a research paper, but an interpretive essay based on your own analysis of the text/s you have chosen. Your paper should consist primarily of close textual and conceptual analysis of the text. Your analysis should be in the service of a specific interpretive claim you are making about the text. A reader of your essay should be able to discover within the first paragraph exactly what claim you are advancing and defending, and the structure of your essay should illustrate and defend that claim with frequent reference to and quotation from the text (the evidence) in a manner that makes sense and is easy for a reader to follow. Remember to use the textual evidence to support, illustrate, and extend your analysis and interpretation. The paper should be 5-6 pages, double-spaced.
Citations: You should base your interpretation on your own analysis of the text(s), but you should cite any sources from which you have drawn key ideas in footnotes. You do not need to cite the edition of the text (NRSV) in footnotes; you may simply cite passages in parentheses within the body of the text, e.g.: (GMatt 5:1-6).
A. Analysis and Interpretation of A Single Passage in One Gospel: Mark, Matthew, Luke, or Thomas.
Select a short passage from one of the gospels (narrative episode or saying/s of Jesus) that reveals some important and interesting dimension of that gospel (e.g., its presentation of Jesus, the kingdom of God, faith, the Holy Spirit, demons, revelation, the disciples, community, conflict, or some other central theme or issue in the text). Analyse the passage carefully, using the insights and tools of New Testament scholarship to uncover the significance of the passage. Offer your own interpretation of its significance.
Among the issues you should consider: the form or genre of the passage and the composition in which it's found; traces of the activities and beliefs of the oral tradition and of the evangelists; the literary context of the passage (how it fits into the gospel, how the surrounding passages shape your sense of its meaning). What is the significance of the passage - in literary, historical, and/or theological terms? What does it tell us about the perspectives of the evangelist and the meaning of the gospel?
B. Analysis and Interpretation of A Single Theme in one Gospel: Mark, Matthew, Luke, Thomas, or John.
Select a theme that is central to a particular gospel. Analyse closely the way in which the gospel as a whole presents and develops this theme, especially in relation to other important themes of the gospel. Focus your analysis on a few passages from the text, even as you relate those passages to the larger literary structure and theological perspectives of the whole text. Put forward your own interpretation of the significance of the material.
Among the themes you might choose: some aspect of the identity of Jesus (the significance of a particular title, action, event, saying); the character of the disciples; the nature of discipleship; the tension between secrecy and openness; righteousness; the interpretation of scripture; roles of women; Rome; power and weakness; the Kingdom of God; tensions between Jesus and his opponents; eschatology; etc.
C. Comparative Analysis and Interpretation of a Story or Saying Appearing in 2 Gospels.
Select 2 versions of a particular story of saying from Gospel Parallels &/or the Gospel of Thomas. Compare the versions closely, considering carefully: their relation to one another (source and redaction criticism); their placement (context) within each gospel; their structure and wording, and their relation to other themes in the gospel. Before you start composing your essay, pose some of the following questions to the text:
1) What is the relationship of the texts? Did one (e.g., Mark) serve as a source for the others, or do they come from a common source (e.g., Q)?
2) Which elements of each version can be attributed to the editing activity of the evangelist? How does this version fit in with the literary structure and themes of the gospel in which it is found?
3) What do the versions share; and how are they different in context, structure, wording? How do these differences reflect the literary work and/or theological perspectives of the evangelist?
4) How do these differences affect the significance of the passage in each gospel? What is the significance of each version?
As you write, be careful to structure your paper carefully, being sure to organize your interpretive analysis in an orderly fashion that the reader can follow. It's usually more effective to offer an analysis of each version as a whole, paying particularly close attention to the second text's revision of an earlier version or source. In some cases, however, it might be useful to go through a verse by verse comparison of the versions.Choose one method of organization and stick to it.
Some Suggested Passages for Comparison:
Individual Sayings and Parables - e.g. the Saying about What is Hidden and Manifest (Mk 4, Mt 10, Lk 12, and GThomas 5 and 6); The Parable of the Mustard Seed; The Lords Prayer; The Parable of the Wicked Tenants; The Parable of the Good and Wicked Servants; The Parable of the Lost Sheep; Sayings on Marriage and Divorce; The Question of Paying Taxes to Caesar, etc.
Comparison of Two or More Versions of a Narrative Episode - e.g., The Temptation Narrative; Plucking Grain on the Sabbath; Healing the Withered Hand; Stilling the Storm; Peters Confession of Jesus at Caesarea Philippi; The Transfiguration; The Woman with Ointment; Jesus in Gethsemane; The Trial before Pilate; Jesus death; The Empty Tomb; the Resurrection Narratives of Mt. and Lk.


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September 18, 2012 01:32 PM EDT
Group SHINee asked out someone on a date for the 'Confession Day.'
The person who got the confession from Jonghyun was the application 'Shim Shimee.' On the 16th, Jonghyun uploaded a captured image on his twitter with the sad face emoticon.
The photo was about the conversation that he had with the application 'Shim Shimee.' Jonghyun said "Shim Shim, I'm going to ask you out. Let's date. Ha." and shim shimee said "Yeap, it's our Day 1. Babe" with the heart. Shim Shimee also said "I'm a guy" after Jonghyun's dash, giving the laughter.
Internet users responded "is he lonely?" "does he really want to do that?" and "Shim Shimee answers the best."