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A winner was selected from 91 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Turknett Leadership Group
Turknett Leadership Group specializes in the assessment and development of executive leadership and organization effectiveness. Founded in 1987, the firm is a leader in using sophisticated proprietary assessment tools and long-term, personalized coaching to develop successful leaders and organizations. Our professional staff of business psychologists bring both depth and breadth to our clients by combining expertise in the behavioral sciences with practical business and executive management experience.
The Leadership Character Model is consistent with our values and the lens though which we work with our clients, our partners, our suppliers and colleagues.
• Integrity – We are honest and work to create trusting relationships
• Respect – We care about each other and about our clients
• Responsibility – We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professional performance
You can learn more about the company to help with brainstorming at our website:
HR Leaders (VP of Human Resources, HR Executives, HR Generalists) and Senior Executives in Fortune 500, Non-Profit, Government, and Small Business.
We are looking for a model that integrates our services for our website main page (redesigned in 2010) and for print.
We want a clean, sophisticated, executive look. We are open to color palette/font selection. We do want the model to compliment our existing logo and prefer cool-colored tones.
The center of the model should include our Leadership Character Scale graphic if possible. If not, it should include the words "Leadership Character."
We sketched a diagram of overlapping circles, but are open to other figures that describe/ integrate our services effectively.
Main service areas should be labeled:
Strengthening Senior Leadership
Maximizing Human Performance
Transforming Teams & Organizations
Overlapping service areas should be labeled: These labels do not have to actually appear if text/copy seems bunched-please present one model with and without.
Building Bench Strength
Aligning Strategy & Performance
Leveraging Organizational Culture
The model should be encompassed with a ring entitled Creating a Culture of Accountability, followed by another ring entitled Growing Business Results. See attachment for requested layout sketch, logo, LC model
Attached is the layout/sketch of what we are looking for. We currently custom color of RGB: 96, 145, 145 (and others on the same spectrum) for marketing
Adobe Illustrator or EPS vector for web
JPEG for print

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A dark sans serif from Britain's industrial age.
Leviathan is the gothic (sans serif) member of The Proteus Project, a collection of four interchangeable type families designed in different nineteenth century styles.
Leviathan began as a sans serif conversion of our Ziggurat typeface, a process which echoes the way in which many early gothics were developed. Like all typographic names that evoke the ancient world (Egyptian, Tuscan, Ionic, etc.) the term "gothic" is a ninteenth century English invention that reminds us of that culture's fascination with antiquity.


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As usual, never consider the following commentary associated with these photos as a formal interpretation of the National Electrical Code (NEC). Without criticizing anyone or any product, the following scenarios present us with serious safety questions.
From the looks of the joint between the piece of rigid nonmetallic conduit (RNC) and the coupling at the expansion fitting, it looks like the installer forgot to use glue. All joints between lengths of RNC, and between conduit and couplings, fittings, and boxes, must be made by an approved method (352.48). Where direct-buried conductors, raceways, or cables are subject to movement by settlement or frost, they must be arranged to prevent damage to the enclosed conductors or to equipment connected to the raceways. This can be accomplished by installing "S" loops in underground direct burial to raceway transitions, using expansion fittings in raceway risers to fixed equipment, or installing flexible connections to equipment [300.5(J)].
These rusty ground clamps and pipes obviously haven't seen any maintenance in quite some time, if ever. As one of the most important points in the grounding system, these ground clamps help ensure that the grounding electrode conductor will be available to serve its intended purpose. The grounding or bonding conductor must be connected to the grounding electrode by exothermic welding, listed lugs, listed pressure connectors, listed clamps, or other listed means. Ground clamps must be listed for the materials of the grounding electrode, and not more than one conductor can be connected to the grounding electrode by a single clamp or fitting, unless the clamp or fitting is listed for multiple conductors. See 250.70 and the definition of "listed" in Art. 100.
The installation of this type of "temporary power pole," minus the Port-O-Potty, is common and readily accepted in many locations around the country. However, this temporary service is actually mounted on the privy. The loose cover on the enclosure was of the most concern. Temporary power and lighting installations are allowed during the period of construction, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition of buildings, structures, equipment, or similar activities. Although this installation doesn't necessarily violate the requirements of 527.4(A), where a "service" must be installed according to the requirements of Art. 230, there should probably be an exception added to cover this type of installation.
This is a good example of why the rules for dedicated equipment space [110.26(F)] are included in the Code. Protection from physical damage is required at all switchboards, panelboards, distribution boards, and motor control centers. For indoor installations, a dedicated "electrical space" is defined as "the space that is equal to the width and depth of the equipment extending from the floor to a height of 6 feet above the equipment, or to the structural ceiling, whichever is lower." This space must be dedicated to the electrical installation. No piping, ducts, leak protection apparatus, or other equipment foreign to the electrical installation may be located in this zone. This photo clearly shows the results of not adhering to these requirements. Cleaning fluids used on the floor above in the building's beer vat area have clearly set up a dangerous situation.
Found a Code violation? Send your photos to Tedesco Electrical Code Consultants, Inc., PO Box 130408, Boston, MA 02113 or [email protected].


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Thursday, February 25, 2010
New Olympic category: dress gymnastics
Oh wow you can skate really fast, or coast down a mountain on flat board. Big deal. Have you ever worn a pair of heels and a restrictive, figure-hugging, cocktail dress that limits your lung capacity and restrains your leg strides by 90 percent and then bent down to pet a dog--without falling on your face? Anne Marie Tripp's mom Janice has. And she did it with grace and poise all while balancing a pineapple 'do on her head. Give that lovely a lady one of your gajillion gold medals, Shaun White. She deserves it.
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In its quest for total world domination through savory meat and fluffy buns, Umami Burger has announced that it will open a branch of its popular SoCal burger chain in Burbank during the first half of this year.
The restaurant will be located in the old Papoo's Hot Dog Show stand on Riverside Drive, and it will mark the 15th Umami Burger to open in California, the L.A. Times reported.
For those of you who know and love the classic look of Papoo's (and I know there are many -- I count myself among them), reps for Umami say that they plan to keep much of the exterior look of the stand, along with its signage, which advertises a "show burger" and seven hot dog specials, all of which Umami plans to reinvent for its menu.
In addition to burgers and hot dogs, the new 100-seat Umami Burbank will serve breakfast and organic milkshakes, and will offer catering to neighboring studios. It will also have a beer and wine license when it opens.
Fabled eatery, Papoo's Hot Dog Show, closes its doors
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LAS CRUCES - In the heart of chile country, a race to develop a much-needed mechanical harvester is taking on new urgency.
"If we don't get machine harvesting perfected in the next few years, there won't be a chile industry here," said Gale Carr, business manager of Border Land Farms, a 2,800-acre farm along the U.S.-Mexico border.
By some accounts, New Mexico's chile growers are more than hot for a mechanical version of a pepper picker. Just a few years ago few of the state's 20,000 acres of chile, which includes paprika, cayenne, jalapeño, long green and hot peppers, were mechanically harvested. The vast majority of the $200 million crop was laboriously hand-picked, just as it had been for the last century.
Today, several high-producing New Mexico counties machine harvest, but the clock is ticking. U.S. machine harvesters have to move beyond what is essentially an experimental phase.
"We have to find cheaper ways to harvest the crop," said Richard Phillips, a project manager with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service in Las Cruces. Huge slices of the state's market have already slipped south of the border. After the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA, more than 70 percent of the state's jalapeño production shifted to Mexico, he said.
Meantime, competition is heating up from countries around the world that pay very low wages. "We hear an awful lot about Mexican imports of both jalapeños and red chile, but the competition is just as serious from Spain, Zimbabwe, India and South Africa," said James Libbin, a financial management specialist with NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service in Las Cruces.
New Mexico's chile production problems lie both in cost and availability of hand labor to harvest the crop.
"The United States can compete in every area of growing and processing chile - except for the harvest," said Ed Hughs, research leader in harvest cleaning equipment at the USDA's Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory in Las Cruces. NMSU's agricultural experts estimate that between 40 and 60 percent of chile production cost is tied to hand-harvesting, which is why researchers have spent the last 40 years trying to perfect a mechanical chile harvester, usually based on a harvesting platform used in cotton.
Unfortunately, Hughs conceded, there's no direct correlation to cotton. While cotton is basically cotton after it matures, chile is simply too varied - it's green, it's red, it's wet, it's dry. "In hand harvesting, you can selectively pick chile pods," he said. "When you're mechanically harvesting, the machine is much less discerning. It'll take branches and sometimes whole plants." Eliminating this field trash is essential for processing.
Chile is a crucial rotation crop in New Mexico. In addition to bringing a high price, it provides stable income for producers because more than 90 percent of production is under contract to processors. In an effort to boost the state's chile market, a multidisciplinary group of growers, processors and scientists known as the New Mexico Chile Pepper Task Force formed in 1998 to identify and implement ways to keep the state's pepper production profitable. The highest priority went to developing mechanized harvesting and cleaning equipment.
In addition, NMSU scientists looked at development of chile varieties and production
practices suited to mechanical harvesting, particularly optimum plant spacing. Robert Flynn, an Extension agronomist, is running a series of soil tests and stand density trials on chile at NMSU's Agricultural Science Center at Artesia. While this season's results are still being weighed and analyzed, he said it appeared that plots with no spacing between plants held immediate advantages.
"In dense stands there was no need to go in with a hand crew and weed the plots," Flynn said. "This saves a step in the production, and a whole lot of money."
The shift in pulling peppers has progressed far enough to encompass the processing plant. Don Biad, co-owner of Biad Chili Co., a 40-year-old chile processing facility 10 miles north of Las Cruces, said machine harvesting allows the use of "live floor" trailers for bulk delivery. The units, which are also known as "walking floor" trailers, have hydraulically powered slats built into the bed of the trailer to speed up the unloading process by dumping the chile in one long, slow-moving sequence.
As tons of brilliant machine-harvested red peppers spilled out the back of one of the hulking units from Gale Carr's farm, Biad affirmed his faith in the future of New Mexico's chile industry. "You can't tell the difference from hand-harvested," he said, squinting into the sun.
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text: On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 18:33 +0100, Ryan Sweet wrote: > Glenn, > > I have also had a look at the new ORA cluster book, hoping that they had > learned their lesson, and had a similar reaction. While I don't wish to > discredit M. Sloan, as writing any sort of book is always going to be a lot of > work and filled with compromise, I felt from the very beginning that the > community can do better. After reading over your review, which, while > scathing, was entirely accurate, I feel resolved that the beowulf community > _should_ do better. > > Here's what I propose: let's make a "Beowulf.org Guide to Linux Clustering", > or whatever the heck else you want to call it. Let us outline, review, > improve, and comment on it here on this mailing list. Here's the hard part - > lets also set a deadline, with realistic goals, and try to stick to it. Lets > assign any publishing rights or other "details" like that to the FSF or Linux > Documentation Project. > > Robert Brown has already done a lot of work on such a book, and generously > made it freely available. Maybe he is amenable to this being a starting > point? > > In any case, I would gladly provide hosting for something like this, and > coordinate the project, as well as edit or write content. > > There are many questions that arise: > Most importantly - What should go in the book? > In what order should these topics be covered? > Should there be an attempt to have a common style? > How (and how often) should it be revised? > Does the book target new beowulf admins, seasoned experts, or both and > some in-between? > Should mentioning vendors be allowed? What are the guidelines? > > and so on. > > Firstly, now that I've proposed the idea, I'll also start by volunteering to > write a chapter on diskless clustering. > > Second, please take this opportunity to tell me why this is a bad idea, and > while your at it send your comments on the questions above. I think a community-written book is a spectacular idea. The question I have is would it be better to just do a web-based book since the beowulf community is basically a moving target, or just put these into printed "editions" as well as a Copyleft'd book? I volunteer for any editing or proofing if such a project comes to life. What goes in the book? Types of clusters, cluster purposes, cluster interconnects, common issues (HVAC, user admin), and scaling are somethings that comes to mind. Order? Start with the basics. What is a cluster? Why clusters and not SMP beasts? What types are there? What software is there? Style: Good question How often should it be revised? If it is web and dead tree based, the web version would constantly be updated with perhaps a yearly dead tree revision? Who does it target? I think a book that targeted beowulf admins with some stuff for the seasoned expert would be good. New beowulf admins often find themselves swamped with options. Seasoned admins join the mailing list. Vendors: I think that vendors should be allowed but only if there is a balance between free options and vendors, or in the case of hardware, why you'd go with a particular vendor (Myrinet vs. Infiniband, etc.). I think something like "you should go to PSSC or Penguin Computing" is a little bit of a stretch beyond an appendix on various vendors. Mark -- Mark C. Ballew Reno, Nevada ballew at sublinear.net http://markballew.com PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20050225/41cd413c/attachment.sig>


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Earlier this summer, I wrote a tribute to the hundreds of magnificent trees that line both sides of Main Street in East Hampton. Many of them are 60 feet tall. As a group, they overarch the road, meeting high up above the center of it to create a graceful mile-long leafy tunnel to walk or drive through. Many say this experience is the reason that East Hampton has often been described as the most beautiful village in America.
This week, I would like to talk about the trees that line both sides of the Main Street of Southampton. These trees, maples, are not nearly as tall the great elms of East Hampton. And the street they define is not nearly as broad or long. Up until about a year ago, the best you could say about them was that they did soften the feeling of this very busy commercial main street, with its angled parking, traffic control officers at the entrances to every side street, upscale street furniture and very fashionably dressed summer residents strolling along the brick-lined walkways. [expand]
About a year ago, however, something very remarkable happened to the trees of Southampton's Main Street. I imagine this was accomplished by a decision made by Mayor Mark Epley and his Board, since they have responsibility for all the public spaces in the village. In the early spring of last year, when the weather was warm enough for workmen to work in the trees, yet not late enough for the trees to be in bloom, a firm came in and carefully affixed thousands of little tiny white Christmas tree lights to each of the trees—to the trunks, boughs, limbs and branches—so that when night came, at the pulling of a switch somewhere in Village Hall, not only would all the streetlights come on, but all the trees would light up too in a festive display of twinkly glory never before seen in these parts.
The sight of this on the first night they were turned on was an astonishing thing indeed. They transformed the town. They said let's party, let's shop and let's celebrate. It was impossible in Southampton, once night settled in, to feel anything but wonderful about strolling Main Street. And it has been thus every night since.
There was, for a long time, one oddity about the arrangement. On the east side of the street, from Mixology at the north end to the Chrysalis Gallery at the south end, all the trees were dressed with the same twinkly white little bulbs. The same was true on the west side, between Golden Pear on the north and the Village Cheese Shop on the south, except for one thing. About three quarters of the way down, closer to the Golden Pear than Village Cheese however, there was one tree that was NOT dressed in white. It was in a kind of brassy yellow. It was as if the company that did this work had begun at the tree just to the south of this one, had gone down to Village Cheese doing tree after tree, had crossed over to the Chrysalis Gallery and gone north to Mixology, then crossed over again to Golden Pear and headed along toward finishing the job and then, well, ran out of white!
Since none of the trees were turned on in any kind of test run during this period, instead being delayed until Mayor Epley could have one grand event where he cut the ribbon—that's probably the wrong metaphor—and the whole thing lit up and everybody oooed and ahhhed—I don't know whether or not the company simply stopped there with one tree unclad for awhile, or that they held a meeting with the Mayor on the day they ran out and asked what to do.
Apparently, they had misjudged the job. They had underestimated the number of twinkly white lights. They would have to order more, but because of an earthquake in China where they were made, or a flood or something, it might be months or even years before they could get the additional twinkly lights they would need for that final tree. On the other hand, they had these brassy yellow twinkly lights on hand. They were in the back of the office. They were from the same Chinese manufacturer so they were the same size, shape and wattage. They could finish with those. And as a matter of fact, they had these yellow lights kicking around there left over from another job for a number of years with nobody wanting them so Southampton was welcome to them at no charge. It was their mistake. This is how they would make it up to them.
Even in Southampton, the Queen of America's Watering Places, as the saying goes, the grand summer resort right up there with Palm Beach and the Riviera and Palm Springs, this was too much for the Mayor to resist, what with these being hard times and such, and so, given the alternatives, he must have given them the go-ahead.
And that's how they apparently finished the job—on time and under budget.
I don't know. I have been to towns and cities in the world where twinkly lights like this adorn the trees of one street or another. There were lights like this on Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Island in Hong Kong when I was there some years ago. Last year, I was on the Main Street of Palo Alto, California, and witnessed all the trees there light up like this at dusk. The trees of Tavern on the Green lit up like this in Central Park for years and years. And sometimes Mayor Bloomberg would order Park Avenue lined for several miles with twinkly evergreens during Christmastime.
But somehow, here in Southampton, having this one tree was sort of jarring. And it made you think. Was this one tree the winner of a prize? Was it that they found out this particular tree was very sensitive and allergic to white? Was the town trying to say something that was unclear about the spot where this tree sits? Or was it just a botched job that the contractor tried in the end to make right, as I have suggested?
About four weeks ago, however, the situation sort of resolved itself. Maybe this one tree became too much of a distraction. In any case, one night, the yellow-lighted tree did not light up anymore. It has not lighted up since. You don't really notice that it is not lighted up because in the dark who sees things that are still in the dark? Well, there will some day be an end to this story and I do hope the end will be that this one tree gets its act together and gets lit up like all the others.
After all, in a town that has signs on Main Street reading PLEASE OBSERVE OUR SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE DRESS CODE, and that has some of the most beautiful and fashionable women in the Hamptons, you just can't have things around you that clash. And that applies to trees as well as anybody else. [/expand]


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature Synergy Brass Quintet, on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The quintet's unique, upbeat performances are known to engage both new and veteran classical audience members. "Five virtuoso musicians... the performance was superior," reviewed "The Rapid City Journal" of South Dakota.
Synergy Brass Quintet is one of the busiest ensembles in classical music today, averaging nearly 300 engagements per year. The group's engagements have taken the ensemble to every corner of the United States including the Ravinia Music Festival in Illinois, the Bethlehem Musikfest in Pennsylvania, the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, and internationally at the Festival de Musica de Camara de Aguascalientes. And, after hearing the ensemble at Tanglewood in 2003, Samuel Adler invited the Synergy Brass Quintet to perform on the premiere recording of his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass." Synergy is often heard on National Public Radio, and in 2005 the quintet broadcast on NBC with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
"The American Record Guide" said that the quintet's "performances are impeccable and deeply moving. This group delivers gorgeous, balanced sound and has completely mastered any technical skill you can name."
In addition to its performance schedule, Synergy dedicates an enormous amount of time to the education of tomorrow's musicians. The quintet has presented various programs at more than 500 public schools throughout the United States. While in Holland the ensemble will be also be performing at Holland East K-8 and hosting a workshop with high school and college brass students.
Tickets for the performance are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and are $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
Additional information may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/gps.


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In the most recent USTA/TIA tennis participation study, the age demographic that saw the greatest percentage increase in 2012 was young players 6 to 11, which increased 13% from 2011. Clearly, messages about 10 and Under Tennis are reaching kids, their parents, and tennis providers—and all of that is having a positive influence in other industry segments, too.
For instance, there are now more than 10,000 courts in the U.S. lined for youth tennis, including standalone 36- and 60-foot courts and blended lines on 78-foot courts. Sales of red, orange and green balls and graduated racquets continue to increase, as does the number of facilities offering 10 and Under Tennis programs and the number of kids in youth tennis competition.
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Dr. Nan Zhou is a Scientist and the Deputy Group Leader of the China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Zhou is also the Director of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Center Building Energy Efficiency consortium (CERC BEE). She has driven this program to meet challenging milestones while engaging with a complex joint U.S.-China stakeholder matrix and facilitated creation of a research program portfolio to focus on breakthrough energy efficiency building technologies.
Dr. Nan Zhou has also co-initiated and is managing three major programs between LBNL and Chinese organizations: the LBNL-Shenzhen Institute for Buildings Research (IBR) Joint Program on Sustainable Communities, the LBNL Energy Efficiency Training Program for Chinese Industries, and the Tongji University-LBNL-University of California-Berkeley joint PostDoc Program.
Dr. Zhou' s research has focused on modeling and evaluating China's low-carbon development strategies, assessing building energy efficiency policies and technologies, and development and evaluation of China's appliance standards and labeling program. Additional work includes energy efficiency in industry and assessments of energy efficiency policies.
Her more recent work involves leading the development of guidebooks and software tools for local governments in China to create low carbon and eco-development plans, as well as providing training to policy makers, mayors and practitioners in China on energy efficiency and low carbon development; assessing the current energy situation in China and forecasting the low carbon future outlook for the critical period extending to 2050; providing technical assistance in development, enforcement, and evaluation of the Appliance Standard and Labeling program in China; and providing policy recommendations for microgrid development.
Dr. Zhou's work assists the Chinese government in connecting high level policy goals—energy security, economic growth, equity, etc.—with changes in energy investment, supply, and efficiency. She collaborates with and provides technical assistance to diverse governmental and non-governmental organizations in the U.S. and the world on energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and related topics. She has worked to expand knowledge and awareness internationally of China's energy efficiency policies and programs.
Dr. Zhou has more than one hundred publications, with more than 30 referred journal articles on buildings and energy.
Dr. Zhou has an architecture degree from Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, a Masters in Architecture from Kyushu University in Japan, and a PhD in Engineering from Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan. Prior to LBNL, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, Kyushu Sangyo University, and an assistant professor of Department of Environment Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, Japan.


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Di Matteo not worried about Torres
Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo insisted he had no fear whatsoever of Fernando Torres suffering another nightmare run at the Blues after the striker went missing in their goalless draw at QPR.
But the Blues boss also promised Daniel Sturridge more opportunities up front after Torres' understudy came off the bench and almost helped snatch victory in Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash.
Torres declared just over two weeks ago that he had finally exorcised his demons at Stamford Bridge following an impressive start to the season. He has since produced two miserable performances, something which it would be unfair to read to much into under normal circumstances. "We can't put too much pressure on one player," Di Matteo said.
But by storming down the tunnel on Saturday upon being substituted for Sturridge after a display of ever-diminishing returns, Torres himself suggested he could easily regress to the dark place he found himself in for 18 months following his £50million move from Liverpool.
Di Matteo dimissed this out of hand, saying: "No, no, absolutely not. We are a team and everybody has responsibility. We're looking for other players to score goals as well."
Di Matteo repeatedly refused to be drawn on QPR boss Mark Hughes' claim that Ryan Nelsen "dominated" Torres, whose display of petulance at least showed he cares.
At the third time of asking, the Chelsea boss replied: "I think it's a team sport. I wouldn't individually go player by player. I thought, as a team, we played well, our centre-forward worked very hard, he had a chance in the first half to score as well, a half-decent chance in the second half."
It was Torres' lack of effort as the game progressed that was truly worrying and Di Matteo finally took decisive action nine minutes from time. The difference in his two strikers' workrates was staggering and begged the question what might have happened had Sturridge come on sooner.
It also begged the question about whether the England forward deserved a recall ahead of Torres, who has started every match this season.
"We've only played four in the league now," said Di Matteo, whose attention now shifts to Wednesday's Champions League clash with Juventus. "We're going to have seven games - including this - in 21 days. So there is time for everybody to play."


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Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Biggie was the only child to Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher of Jamaican origin, and George Letore, a welder and small-time Jamaican politician. His father left the family when Biggie was two years old, leaving his mother to work two jobs while raising him. At the Queen of All Saints Middle School, Biggie excelled in class, winning several awards as an English student. He was nicknamed "Big" because of his size before he turned ten years old.From the age of twelve, he sold drugs, unbeknownst to his mother.
Biggie transferred out of the private Roman Catholic school that he attended, at his request, to attend the state-funded George Westinghouse Information Technology High School, where Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes were also students. According to his mother, he was still a good student, but developed a "smart-ass" attitude.At seventeen, Biggie dropped out of high school and became further involved in crime. In 1989, he was arrested on weapons charges in Brooklyn and sentenced to five years' probation. In 1990, he was arrested on a violation of his probation. A year later, Biggie was arrested in North Carolina for dealing crack cocaine. He spent nine months in remand prison until he made bail.
Biggie started rapping from a young age, performing with local groups, the Old Gold Brothers and the Techniques. After being released from imprisonment, he made a demo tape under the name Biggie Smalls, a reference to his childhood nickname and to his stature; he stood at 6'3" (1.90 m) and weighed between 300 and 380 pounds (between 136 and 172 kg) by differing accounts. The tape was reportedly made with no serious intent on getting a recording deal, but was promoted by New York-based DJ Mister Cee, who had previously worked with Big Daddy Kane, and was heard by the editor of The Source magazine.
In March 1992, Biggie featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype column, dedicated to aspiring rappers and was invited to produce a recording with other unsigned artists, in a move that was reportedly uncommon at the time. The demo tape was heard by Uptown Records A&R and record producer, Sean "Puffy" Combs, who arranged for a meeting with Biggie. He was signed to Uptown immediately and made an appearance on label mates, Heavy D & the Boyz' "A Buncha Niggas" (from Blue Funk).
Biggie (shown alongside Combs) performed the first verse on the remix of "Flava in Ya Ear", which reached #9 in the Hot 100 in 1994. It marked Biggie's first appearance in a music video by Hype Williams. Audio sample (help·info)Soon after signing his recording contract, Combs was fired from Uptown and started a new label.Biggie followed and in mid-1992, signed to Combs' new imprint label, Bad Boy Records. On August 10, 1992, Biggie's long-term partner gave birth to his first child, T'yanna. Biggie continued selling drugs after the birth to support his daughter financially. Once this was discovered by Combs, he was made to quit.
Biggie gained exposure later in the year on a remix to Mary J. Blige's single "Real Love", under the pseudonym The Notorious B.I.G.; the name he would record under for the remainder of his career after finding his original moniker was in use."Real Love" peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was followed by a remix of Blige's "What's the 411".
He continued this success, to a lesser extent, on remixes with Neneh Cherry ("Buddy X") and reggae artist Super Cat ("Dolly My Baby", also featuring Combs) in 1993. In April 1993, his solo track, "Party and Bullshit", appeared on the Who's the Man? soundtrack.In July 1994, he appeared alongside LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes on a remix to label mate Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear", reaching #9 on the Hot 100. In the same year, Biggie collaborated on "Runnin'" and other songs with rapper Tupac Shakur, a New Yorker who he met in Los Angeles, California.
On August 4, 1994, Biggie married R&B singer Faith Evans ten days after they met at a Bad Boy photoshoot.Four days later, Biggie had his first pop chart success as a solo artist with double A-side, "Juicy/Unbelievable", which reached #27 as the lead single to his debut album.
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In August 1995, Biggie's protegé group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. ("Junior Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes"), consisting of his friends from childhood released their debut album entitled Conspiracy. The group included rappers such as Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease, who went on to have solo careers. The record went Gold and its singles, "Player's Anthem" and "Get Money" both featuring Biggie, went Gold and Platinum. Biggie continued to work with R&B artists, collaborating with Bad Boy groups 112 (on "Only You") and Total (on "Can't You See"), with both reaching the top 20 of the Hot 100.
Early image of Biggie (left) and Tupac Shakur. Photograph is taken from the documentary film Biggie & Tupac, directed by Nick BroomfieldBy the end of the year, Biggie was the top-selling male solo artist and rapper on the U.S. pop and R&B charts. In July 1995, he appeared on the cover of The Source with the caption "The King of New York Takes Over". At the Source Awards, he was named Best New Artist (Solo), Lyricist of the Year, Live Performer of the Year, and his debut Album of the Year. At the Billboard Awards, he was Rap Artist of the Year.
In his year of success, Biggie became involved in a quarrel between the East and West Coast hip-hop scenes with Shakur, his former associate. In an interview with Vibe magazine in April 1995, while serving time in Clinton Correctional Facility, Shakur accused Uptown Records' founder Andre Harrell, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and Biggie of having prior awareness of a robbery that resulted in him being shot repeatedly and losing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry on the night of November 30, 1994. Though Biggie and his entourage were in the same Manhattan-based recording studio at the time of the occurrence, they denied the accusation.
It just happened to be a coincidence that he was in the studio. He just, he couldn't really say who really had something to do with it at the time. So he just kinda' leaned the blame on me.
Following release from prison, Shakur signed to L.A.'s Death Row Records on October 15, 1995. Bad Boy Records and Death Row, now business rivals, became involved in an intense quarrel.
Biggie started recording his second record album in September 1995. The album, recorded in New York, Trinidad and Los Angeles, was interrupted during its 18 months of creation by injury, legal wranglings and the highly publicized hip hop dispute in which he was involved.
On March 23, 1996, Biggie was arrested outside a Manhattan nightclub for chasing and threatening to kill two autograph seekers, smashing the windows of their taxicab and then pulling one of the fans out and punching them. He pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment and was sentenced to 100 hours community service. In mid-1996, he was arrested at his home in Teaneck, New Jersey, for drug and weapons possession charges.
In June 1996, Tupac Shakur released "Hit 'Em Up"; a diss song in which he explicitly claimed to have had coitus with Biggie's, at-the-time estranged, wife Faith Evans, and that Biggie copied his style and image. Biggie acknowledged the former, referring to it in regards to his wife's pregnancy on Jay-Z's "Brooklyn's Finest" ("If Fay' had twins, she'd probably have two-Pac's/Get it? .. Tu-pac's") but did not directly respond to the record, stating in a 1997 radio interview it is "not [his] style" to respond.
Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 7, 1996. Shakur would die of complications as a result of gunshot wounds six days later on September 13, 1996. Rumors of Biggie's involvement with Shakur's murder were reported almost immediately, and notably in a two-part article by Chuck Philips in the Los Angeles Times in September 2002. Biggie denied the allegation claiming he was in a New York recording studio at the time. Following his death, an anti-violence hip hop summit was held; Biggie did not attend and received criticism.
On October 29, 1996, Faith Evans gave birth to Biggie's first son, Christopher "CJ" Wallace, Jr. The following month Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Kim released her debut album, Hard Core, under Biggie's direction while the two were involved in an apparent love affair.
During the recording sessions for his second record, tentatively named "Life After Death… 'Til Death Do Us Part", Biggie was involved in a car crash that shattered his left leg and temporarily confined him to a wheelchair. The injury forced him to use a cane for the rest of his life.
In January 1997, Biggie was ordered to pay US$41,000 in damages following an incident involving a friend of a concert promoter who claimed to have been beaten and robbed by Biggie and his entourage following a dispute in May 1995.He faced criminal assault charges for the incident which remain unresolved, but all robbery charges were dropped. Following the events of the previous year, Biggie spoke of a desire to focus on his "peace of mind". "My mom… my son… my daughter… my family are what matters to me now".
Biggie traveled to California in March 1997 to promote his upcoming album and record a music video for its lead single, "Hypnotize". Life After Death was scheduled for release on March 25, 1997. On March 8, 1997, he presented an award to Toni Braxton at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles and was booed by some of the audience. After the ceremony, Biggie attended an after party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Other guests included Faith Evans, Sean "Puffy" Combs and members of the Bloods and Crips gangs.
On March 9, 1997, at around 12:30 a.m., Biggie left with his entourage in two GMC Suburbans to return to his hotel after an announcement was made that the party would finish early. Biggie traveled in the front passenger seat alongside his associates, Damion "D-Rock" Butler, Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Cease and driver, Gregory "G-Money" Young. Combs traveled in the other vehicle with three bodyguards. The two trucks were trailed by a Chevrolet Blazer carrying Bad Boy's director of security.
By 12:45 a.m. the streets were crowded with people leaving the event. Biggie's truck stopped at a red light 50 yards (46 m) from the museum. While waiting for the light to change, a white Toyota Land Cruiser made a U-turn and cut in-between Biggie's vehicle and the Chevrolet Blazer behind. Simultaneously, a black Chevrolet Impala pulled up alongside Biggie's truck. The driver of the Impala (an African-American male neatly dressed in a blue suit and bow tie) rolled down his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired numerous rounds into the GMC Suburban; four bullets hit Biggie in the chest.Biggie was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by his entourage but was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m.
Biggie's murder remains unsolved and there are a plethora of theories as to the identities and motives of the murderers. In the month of his death, The Los Angeles Times reported that the Southside Compton Crips may have killed Biggie in retaliation for Bad Boy not paying them money owed for security services provided in the West Coast. In the same month, MTV News published that witnesses had told the Associated Press they were afraid to speak to law enforcement.
In 2002, Randall Sullivan released LAbyrinth, a book compiling information regarding the murders of Biggie and Tupac Shakur based on evidence provided by retired LAPD detective, Russell Poole. Sullivan accused Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records and an alleged Bloods affiliate, of conspiring with David Mack, an LAPD officer and alleged Death Row security employee, to kill Biggie and make Shakur and his deaths appear the result of a fictitious bi-coastal rap rivalry.Sullivan believed that one of Mack's associates, Amir Muhammad (also known as Harry Billups), was the hitman based on evidence provided by an informant, which has since been discredited, and due to his close resemblance to the facial composite. Filmmaker Nick Broomfield released an investigative documentary, Biggie & Tupac, based mainly on the evidence used in the book.
An article published in Rolling Stone by Sullivan in December 2005, accused the LAPD of not fully investigating links with Death Row Records based on evidence from Poole. Sullivan claimed that Sean Combs "failed to fully cooperate with the investigation" and according to Poole, encouraged Bad Boy staff to do the same. The accuracy of the article was later refuted in a letter by the Assistant Managing Editor of the LA Times accusing Sullivan of using "shoddy tactics". Sullivan, in response, quoted the lead attorney of the Wallace estate calling the newspaper "a co-conspirator in the cover-up".
In March 2005, the relatives of Biggie filed a wrongful death claim against the LAPD based on the evidence championed by Russell Poole. They claimed the LAPD had sufficient evidence to arrest the assailant, but failed to utilize it. David Mack and Amir Muhammad (a.k.a. Harry Billups) were originally named as defendants in the civil suit, but were dropped shortly before the trial began after the LAPD and FBI dismissed them as suspects. In July 2005, the case was declared a mistrial after the judge showed concern that the police were withholding evidence. An attempt to expand the wrongful death lawsuit to include new claims failed in August 2006. The criminal investigation was re-opened in July 2006.
On April 16, 2007, relatives of Biggie filed a second wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, California. The suit also named two LAPD officers in the center of the LAPD Rampart Division corruption probe, Rafael Perez and Nino Durden. According to the claim, Perez, an alleged affiliate of Death Row Records, admitted to LAPD officials that he and Mack (who was not named in the lawsuit) "conspired to murder, and participated in the murder of Christopher Wallace". The Wallace family believe the LAPD "consciously concealed Rafael Perez's involvement in the murder of … Wallace".
On January 19, 2007, Tyruss Himes (better known as Big Syke), a former friend of Tupac Shakur who was implicated in the murder by television channel KTTV and XXL magazine in 2005, had his defamation lawsuit regarding the accusations thrown out of court.
Fifteen days after his death, Biggie's double-disc second album was released as planned with the shortened title of Life After Death and hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, after making a premature appearance at #176 due to street-date violations. The record album featured a much wider range of guests and producers than its predecessor. It gained strong reviews and in 2000 was certified Diamond; the highest RIAA certification awarded to a solo hip hop album.
Its lead single, "Hypnotize", was the last music video recording in which Biggie would partake. His biggest chart success was with its follow-up "Mo Money Mo Problems", featuring Sean "Puffy" Combs (under the rap alias "Puff Daddy") and Mase. The video, directed by Hype Williams, is noted for having started the "Shiny Suit" era in hip hop music. Both singles reached #1 in the Hot 100, making Biggie the first artist to achieve this feat posthumously.The third single, "Sky's The Limit", featuring 112, was noted for its use of children in the music video, directed by Spike Jonze, who were used to portray Biggie and his contemporaries, including Combs, Lil' Kim, and Busta Rhymes. Biggie was named Artist of the Year and "Hypnotize" Single of the Year by Spin magazine in December 1997.
In mid-1997, Combs released his debut album, No Way Out, which featured Biggie on five songs, notably on the third single "Victory". The most prominent single from the record album was "I'll Be Missing You", featuring Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112, which was dedicated to Biggie's memory. At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Life After Death and its first two singles received nominations in the rap category. The album award was won by Combs' No Way Out and "I'll Be Missing You" gained the award in the category of "Mo Money Mo Problems".
In December 1999, Bad Boy Records released Born Again. The record consisted of previously unreleased material mixed with guest appearances including many artists Biggie had never collaborated with in his lifetime. It gained some positive reviews but received criticism for its unlikely pairings, The Source describing it as "compiling some of the most awkward collaborations of his career". In 2005, Duets: The Final Chapter continued the pattern and was criticized for the lack of significant Biggie vocals on some of its songs.Its lead single "Nasty Girl" became Biggie's first UK #1. Combs and Voletta Wallace have stated the album will be the last release primarily featuring new material.
Biggie is celebrated as one of the greatest rap artists and is described by All Music Guide as "the savior of East Coast hip-hop" In 2001, The Source named Biggie the greatest rapper of all time. In 2003, when XXL magazine asked several hip hop artists to list their five favorite MCs, Biggie's name appeared on more rappers' lists than anyone else. In 2006, he was ranked at #3 in MTV's The Greatest MC's of All Time.
Since his death, Biggie's lyrics have been sampled and quoted by a variety of hip hop, R&B and pop artists including Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Nas, Fat Joe, Nelly, Pharrell Williams, Lil' Wayne, Ludacris, Big Pun, Beanie Sigel, Juelz Santana, Usher, Ashanti, Alicia Keys and Nelly Furtado. On August 28, 2005, at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Sean Combs (then using the rap alias "P. Diddy") and Snoop Dogg paid tribute to Biggie: an orchestra played while the vocals from "Juicy" and "Warning" played on the arena speakers. In September 2005, VH1 had its second annual "Hip Hop Honors", with a tribute to Biggie headlining the show.
Before his death, Biggie founded a hip hop supergroup called The Commission, which consisted of Jay-Z, Lil' Cease, Combs, Charli Baltimore and himself. The Commission was mentioned by Biggie in the lyrics of "What's Beef" on Life After Death and "Victory" from No Way Out but never completed an album. A song on Duets: The Final Chapter titled "Whatchu Want (The Commission)" featuring Jay-Z was based on the group.
Biggie had begun to promote a clothing line called Brooklyn Mint, which was to produce plus-sized clothing but fell dormant after he died. In 2004, his managers, Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow, launched the clothing line, with help from Jay-Z, selling T-shirts with images of Biggie on them. A portion of the proceeds go to the Christopher Wallace Foundation and to Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. In 2005, Voletta Wallace hired branding and licensing agency Wicked Cow Entertainment to guide the Estate's licensing efforts. Biggie-branded products on the market include action figures, blankets, and cell phone content.
The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation holds an annual black-tie dinner ("B.I.G. Night Out") to raise funds for children's school equipment and supplies and to honor the memory of the late rapper. For this particular event, because it is a children's schools' charity, "B.I.G." is also said to stand for "Books Instead of Guns".
Biggie mostly rapped on his songs in a deep tone described by Rolling Stone as a "thick, jaunty grumble", which went deeper on Life After Death. He was often accompanied on songs with ad libs from Sean "Puffy" Combs.
All Music Guide describe Biggie as having "a loose, easy flow" with "a talent for piling multiple rhymes on top of one another in quick succession". Time magazine wrote Biggie rapped with an ability to "make multi-syllabic rhymes sound… smooth",while Krims describes Biggie's rhythmic style as "effusive". Before starting a verse, Biggie sometimes used onomatopoeic vocables to "warm up" (for example "uhhh" at the beginning of "Hypnotize" and "Big Poppa").
Biggie would occasionally vary from his usual style. On "Playa Hater" from his second album, he sang in a slow-falsetto. On his collaboration with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, "Notorious Thugs", he modified his style to match the rapid rhyme flow of the group.
Biggie's lyrical topics and themes included mafioso tales ("Niggas Bleed"), his drug dealing past ("10 Crack Commandments"), materialistic bragging ("Hypnotize"), as well as humor ("Just Playing (Dreams)"),and romance ("Me & My Bitch").Rolling Stone named Biggie in 2004 as "one of the few young male songwriters in any pop style writing credible love songs".
According to Touré of the New York Times in 1994, Biggie's lyrics "[mixed] autobiographical details about crime and violence with emotional honesty". Marriott of the NY Times (in 1997) believed his lyrics were not strictly autobiographical and wrote he "had a knack for exaggeration that increased sales".Biggie described his debut as "a big pie, with each slice indicating a different point in my life involving bitches and niggaz… from the beginning to the end".
Ready to Die is described by Rolling Stone as a contrast of "bleak" street visions and being "full of high-spirited fun, bringing the pleasure principle back to hip-hop". All Music Guide write of "a sense of doom" in some of his songs and the NY Times note some being "laced with paranoia"; Biggie described himself as feeling "broke and depressed" when he made his debut. The final song on the album, "Suicidal Thoughts", featured Biggie contemplating suicide and concluded with him committing the act.
On Life After Death, Biggie's lyrics went "deeper". Krims explains how upbeat, dance-oriented tracks (which featured less heavily on his debut) alternate with "reality rap" songs on the record and suggests that he was "going pimp" through some of the lyrical topics of the former. XXL magazine wrote that Biggie "revamped his image" through the portrayal of himself between the albums, going from "midlevel hustler" on his debut to "drug lord".
All Music Guide believe Ready to Die's success is "mostly due to Biggie's skill as a storyteller"; In 1994, Rolling Stone described Biggie's ability in this technique as painting "a sonic picture so vibrant that you're transported right to the scene". On Life After Death Biggie notably demonstrated this skill on "I Got a Story to Tell" telling a story as a rap for the first half of the song and then as a story "for his boys" in conversation form.
Notorious is the working title for a 2009 biographical film about rapper Notorious B.I.G.. Originally Antoine Fuqua was set to direct,but now director George Tillman, Jr. is set to helm the project. The film is being distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Producers on Notorious include Sean "Diddy" Combs, Voletta Wallace and Biggie's former managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts.
In early October of 2007 open casting calls for the role of The Notorious B.I.G. began. Actors, rappers and unknowns all tried out. Rapper Beanie Sigel auditioned for the role but was not picked. Sean Kingston claimed that he would play the role of Biggie but producers have denied he would be in the film. The cast has recently been announced with rapper Jamal "Gravy" Woolard cast as Biggie.Other cast members include Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, Antonique Smith as Faith Evans, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur.
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Two Idaho cattle operations have agreed to stop drugging cows at high enough levels that the medications could pass to humans after a federal lawsuit.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sued T & T Cattle and T & T Cattle Pearl in Parma, along with owner Gregory Troost and manager Mark Mourton, earlier this month. In the complaint, the federal government contended animals at the farms were given medications in such high doses that once they were sold, their meat contained illegally high drug residue levels. The federal government said those residues could hurt people with allergies.
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They come in a variety of textures, colours and packaging. Once you find one you like, there's no going back. I own quite a few and wanted to share my likes and dislikes.
- Mac Vanilla pigment is a loose powder product. Pigments are versatile and can be used as an eyeshadow or face product.
- Nars Albatross is a pressed powder, offering quick application.
- Vanilla pigment and Albatross are often compared to be dupes of each other, but they are actually quite different. Vanilla pigment has a more multi dimensinonal colour with gold and pink undertones , whereas Albatross is purely gold based. I really like both products but grab for Albatross more, as it's less messy than using a pigment.
- Mac Moon River (LE) is mineralised grand duo. It has two shades of pale pink which are quite shimmery and very pigmented. One side is baby pink and the other is a paler icy pink. I mainly use the paler icy shade of pink which is buttery to touch, it creates the most beautiful highlight on your upper cheekbones and is actually my favourite out of everything I own and the most used. My skin undertones aren't cool but I find that this still works beautifully.
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- Mac LE Redhead is a mineralised skin finish (msf) rom the BBR collection. It has an incredibly smooth and buttery consistency and is highly pigmented. It gradients from a pale warm gold to a red warm gold. I don't actually show it as much love as I should, but I definitely like it.
- Bourjois touche illuminating touch in 96 rose universal is a baked powder highlighter. It is a lovely peachy colour but has chunks of silver glitter in it which annoys me slightly. The glitter doesn't actually transfer onto the face, it just creates a nice glow. It's a nice place to start but not something to add to your collection.
- Illamasqua Furore pigment is a loose powder product. It has a shimmery peachy finish which looks beautiful against warm skin tones, I like this but hardly ever use it.
- Illamasqua Glint is part of the Sirens collection. It is a bronzer and highlighter duo, Glint is a colour that doesn't look that impressive in the pan, but once applied looks amazing as the golden undertones really shine through helping to create a gorgeous glow. I love this and use it quite often along with the burnished bronzer.
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- Benefit High Beam is a product I love and have used for years, it was actually my first highlighter purchase. It's perfect for creating a 'wet look' highlight as are all cream highlighters. I really like the contrast of the pale icy pink on my skin.
- MeMeMe is a UK copycat brand for Benefit, Beat the blues, Sun Beam is actually a replica of Benefits Moon Beam. It is a yellow toned gold shade which looks really natural on the skin. This is perfect for olive skinned girls, I love it and use it often when I'm doing everyday makeup.
- Illamasqua Lies is a pale ice cool pink, I had high hopes for this but actually hate it. The consistency is very sheer and the colour looks almost non existent on the skin. It melts away to reveal a greasy residue. However, I also own 'Rude' by Illamasqua and it's a totally different consistency, I have never had issues with it melting and actually love it. But, thumbs down for 'Lies'!
- Elf lilac petal shimmering facial whip is a pale icy lilac colour. It doesn't look that great on my skin tone therefore never use it. It would be best suited for those on the paler side as it has a great pigmented consistency. Elf is a good place to start if you are thinking of experimenting, they also do a lovely healthy radiance powder bronzer in 'Luminance' which is a gorgeous pale shimmery champagne colour with a pigmented and smooth texture for £1.50. I used to own it but it went walkies on holiday.
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What's the best powder and cream highlighter you have ever used? My favourite powder highlighter is Mac 'Moon River' mineralised grand duo and my my favourite cream highlighter is between Benefit 'high beam' and Mememe beat the blues 'sun beam'.
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In addition to my New York restaurant reviews, I'd like to share with you my thoughts on random Eastern European restaurants I visit during my various trips. These posts may not always have the depth of my traditional reviews, so I won't provide any ratings. I'm also unlikely to write about a place if it's not noteworthy in some capacity.
DDR-Restaurant Domklause is located next to the DDR Museum in Berlin (to clarify the acronym: DDR = Deutsche Demokratische Republik. / GDR = German Democratic Republic). This also happens to be the former block of the infamous Palasthotel, the hard-currency-only, Stasi-filled hotel where Party dignitaries once received their distinguished foreign guests. As a matter of fact, the current restaurant recreates the hotel's original recipes from the glorious days of communism, when ersatz meat was king.


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Writer-in-Residence, S.D. Poet Laureate to Read, Discuss Poetry
Dr. Patrick Hicks, Augustana's Writer-in-Residence, and David Allan Evans, Poet Laureate of South Dakota, will read and discuss poetry during "An Evening of Poetry with 'The Guys'," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Sioux Falls.
Jazz on the Upper Great Plains to Feature Northlanders Jazz Band
The 37th annual Festival will feature world-famous trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, the Northlanders and 55 bands from area high schools and middle schools. In addition to performing, band members will participate in workshops hosted by Augustana music faculty and guest artists.
IN THE NEWS: Alumnus Argues 'Why Art Matters'
Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Bob Booker, class of 1977, spoke about "Why Art Matters" at the Augustana Thought Leader Forum on Thursday, Feb. 24, in Sioux Falls.
'Augustana at 150' to Recount College's First 15 Decades
Pre-order your limited-edition hardcover memento of Augustana's Sesquicentennial today. The book tells the story of the College's first 150 years through never-before-seen images and interviews with iconic faculty members, administrators and students.
Civitas Lecture Series to Feature Ecologist, Theologian
Ecologist Dr. Carter Johnson will discuss "South Dakota's Prairie Farm: An Experiment in Ecological and Economic Sustainability," at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14. Theologian Dr. Michelle Bartel will discuss "Love, Something a Good Deal More Dangerous: The Power of Subversive Ethics," at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 28.
Arts Scholarship Auditions for Today, Feb. 21
Today's auditions for music, theatre and visual art scholarships will still be held as scheduled. However, if students are unable to safely travel to Augustana, we ask that you call 605.274.5451 to reschedule your visit. There are two more audition days: Saturday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, March 5.
Celebrating Augustana Presidents on President's Day
In honor of the Sesquicentennial and in celebration of President's Day, Augustana honors the College's 23 presidents who have guided the institution through 15 decades of history, including wars, economic depressions, the civil rights movement, and major advancements in technology.
Rapid City Senior Awarded Scholarship for Study Abroad
Senior Danielle (Dani) Doran, a government, French and English major from Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a scholarship for summer study in France by Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society. She will spend eight weeks at the American University of Paris.
Following Revolution, Students Reflect on Experiences in Egypt
Following Friday's historic announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had resigned, four student members of the Augustana Band shared experiences from their recent Egyptian Tour.
Following Mubarak Resignation, Students to Discuss Egyptian Tour
Following today's historic announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned, student members of the Augustana Band are set to share experiences from their recent Egyptian Tour. The discussion is free and open to the public and begins at 3 p.m. today in Kresge.


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I have such a different type of job than most people. I work all the time, pretty much every waking hour of the day is work. Even the hours just sitting, waiting for planes and cars, for cameras and audiences, that is all on the clock, on someone's watch, getting to a job, leaving a job, the transit time is still the job.
I leave one workplace today picking latex shreds off my head and am en route to the other workplace where they'll use solvents and remove the prosthetics properly, as I was in a rush when I left to get there, and was willing to look like a semi-sunburned peeling stage vacationer in order to save the time while traveling.
One wild action film I did in the 90s had me covered in sugary fake blood and bloody real pig intestines, sliding all over my body and face. The smell was of cough syrup and a slaughterhouse, fairly incredible and unbelievable in its wretchedness. I had a long night shoot and drove back in the morning to report to yet another job. I hadn't had time to wash the blood, fake and real, off me, and so I sat in my car in morning rush hour los angeles traffic, immobilized by other cars, slowly drying and sticking to my leather interior.
I sat for over two hours on the freeway, and even though I was covered in blood and guts, no one took notice. The eyes in the cars next to me passed over my splattered visage without stopping or catching on a hint of curiosity. No one cared, but I guess I didn't either. The bloodied handprints stayed in my car the length of my lease, and they would stick my hands to the wheel whenever I drove.


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I just remembered I was night managing on Thursday night and I had a number of people try to take free sandwiches and cakes because they said they were 'working' in the cave. Instead of asking, they just walk into the kitchen and try to take the food. Then when I stop them they give me a story designed to make me feel unsure of myself about how they've been working in the cave for x number of hours and they feel they need some food. It's not nice to deny someone their meal after they may have been volunteering for the forest. I later found out that there was a jam in the cave that night. Is this 'work' jamming?
Also two girls dodging corkage that night turned out to be cave users. They told me they were just finishing off their bottle of wine while waiting for the bus and were very determined to dodge their way out of it when I asked them to pay or leave. I gave up eventually since they really did have only the end of their bottle left. After they finished it I saw them go down into the cave. I meant to talk to them but I forgot/didn't see them come back up.
I suggest if anyone is working in the cave or anywhere else that is not the kitchen and has earned food that they be given a meal card, so there is no confusion caused by people confidently striding into the kitchen and taking food that they claim they've earned. They'll be doing this when night managers are on because they know the night managers don't know everything that's going on and they can get away with it.
NMs, watch out on Thursdays, I have a feeling this is an ongoing thing, like the previous jams and tea making and mess leaving that would happen in the cafe after close on certain nights, with people telling the night manager they were allowed to be there.
Oh yeah, and another corkage dodge is that people say they're not in the forest but at the event upstairs in the hall and just want to use the corkscrew. I say no way, they can have a corkscrew upstairs if they're doing that.
'Working' in the cave
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I've had it with you. If I had an image of a laser gun I would absolutely position it right here in my hand...
Ha! I have a real laser absolutely positioned in my hand!
Ha! I have a real laser absolutely positioned in my hand!
the person organizing the jam can get a free bit of food. no-one else. jamming is not work - we are donating a resource to people who need a place to meet / play outside their homes etc. it is sheer greed to be expected to be fed for a free workshop.
who is in charge of the jam workshop now?
who is in charge of the jam workshop now?
Re: 'Working' in the cave
normally happen the other way round, ie not getting the discount/freestuff when you have been volunteering, or paying differant amounts each time.
I gave up in the end
normally happen the other way round, ie not getting the discount/freestuff when you have been volunteering, or paying differant amounts each time.
I gave up in the end
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Anderson completes Fiorentina move
Manchester United midfielder Anderson has completed his loan move to Fiorentina, the Serie A club have announced.
The 25-year-old, who has been at Old Trafford since 2007, took part in his first training session with his new club on Saturday after agreeing a move until the end of the season and passing a medical.
The Brazilian has failed to establish himself as a regular in the United midfield and in the summer he will have just one more year on his contract.
Anderson told violachannel.tv: "The team look after me, everyone is trying to help me adapt to Italian football. I appreciate what everyone is doing for me, it's very nice.
"I am very happy. I am very happy in Manchester United as well, it's a big club for me. I've been there for seven or eight years, I have a lot of friends and family there. Now it's a new challenge.
"I've come here to try to help the players, try to help the team, try to help the manager and do my best.
"I know last year Fiorentina missed out on the Champions League by two points. This season they are trying to get in the Champions League, I have come here to try to help."
La Viola currently lie fourth in the Serie A table, five points behind Napoli and the third and final Champions League spot.
They host Catania on Sunday.


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HILO, Hawaii — About 11,000 feet up Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, a plaintive-looking young couple stood by the side of the road, their thumbs thrust out.
Tied around the woman's waist was a yellow sweater as bright as the plumage on a canary that contrasted with the black lava landscape. She and her companion were impossible to miss.
Yet I didn't stop. On Hawaii, hitchhiking might be common, but getting the car started again would have been a feat, not unlike the couple's efforts to reach the 13,796-feet summit on foot.
Only a handful of visitors are rewarded by making it to the top, home to a cluster of international observatories, partly because the University of Hawaii, which manages the mountain, does a good job of discouraging tourists.
"We try not to encourage too much visitation up there," said Stewart Hunter, a manager at the remote research site, citing the sacred nature of the peak to native Hawaiians, its fragile environment and the rare Wekiu bug that calls it home.
But probably his biggest worry is having to mollycoddle day-trippers who face rapidly changing weather — snow, ice and 20-degree temperatures are common winter companions — and the challenging drive that can damage a rental car.
The visitor center, at 9,000 feet and accessible by paved road, has guides. Prominent signage urges guests who want to venture higher — the summit is the highest point in the state — to use a four-wheel-drive vehicle or turn around.
It is sage but sometimes ignored advice.
Much of the eight-mile stretch of narrow roadway from the visitor center to the astronomers' lofty perches is unpaved. The mix of sand and gravel plus the steep incline challenge even experienced drivers as they inch upward in first and second gears.
On a clear day, the views from the top are awe-inspiring. Below the sparse clouds lay the verdant farms and ranches that hug the Saddle Road linking Hilo and Waimea.
SUVs are parked outside of the towering observatories where, inside, scientists are gazing through their telescopes.
For independent travelers interested in learning more, the W.M. Keck Observatory has a visitor gallery, open 9:30-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Exhibits describe its research and operations as well as a viewing area with partial views of the Keck 1 telescope and dome.
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons, those interested in reaching the summit can meet at 1 p.m. at the visitor center — officially the Visitor Information Station of the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy — where they can caravan to the top. It's free, but visitors must have a four-wheel-drive vehicle, must be at least 16 and must not be pregnant.
"These regulations are strictly enforced," the Mauna Kea website says.
Although I'm not a fan of organized tours, a friend told me that for Mauna Kea such an excursion is the correct choice both for the information and for the safety it provides.
"It makes a difference … just being able to relax and not worry about the drive," said Rob Pacheco, founder of Hawaii Forest & Trail.
His company's Summit & Stars tour, using customized four-wheel-drives, begins in late afternoon to reach the top of the volcano for sunset. On the return journey, there's a stop in the near-total darkness, during which guides provide telescopes for stargazing.
On my way down the mountain, in broad daylight, I spotted the couple climbing into the back seat of a convertible on its way to the top. Fortunately, the driver had encountered them on a rare, flat stretch of roadway where he could stop.
I was admittedly relieved — and redeemed too — knowing that they would be among our elite group of conquerors of this unique peak.


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A tale of 2 US employment surveys, at a glance
The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in June. Yet the unemployment rate stayed the same.
Why didn't the increase in jobs lower the unemployment rate?
Because the government does one survey to learn how many jobs were created and another survey to determine the unemployment rate. Those surveys can produce results that sometimes seem to conflict.
One is called the payroll survey. It asks mostly large companies and government agencies how many people they employed during the month. This survey produces the number of jobs gained or lost. In June, the payroll survey showed that companies added 84,000 jobs, and federal, state and local governments cut 4,000.
The other is the household survey. Government workers ask whether the adults in a household have a job. Those who don't are asked whether they're looking for one. If they are, they're considered unemployed. If they aren't, they're not considered part of the work force and aren't counted as unemployed. The household survey produces each month's unemployment rate.
In June, the household survey showed that the number of people who said they are unemployed rose by 29,000. In a work force of 153.2 million, that isn't enough of a statistical difference to boost the unemployment rate, which stayed at 8.2 percent for the second straight month.
Unlike the payroll survey, the household survey captures farm workers, the self-employed and people who work for new companies. It also does a better job of capturing hiring by small businesses.
But the household survey is more volatile from month to month. The Labor Department surveys just 60,000 households, a small fraction of the more than 100 million U.S. households.
By contrast, the payroll survey seeks information from 140,000 companies and government agencies — and they employ roughly one-third of non-farm employees. The employers send forms to the Labor Department noting how many people they employ. They also provide wages, hours and other details.
Most Americans focus more on the unemployment rate, which comes from the household survey. But economists generally prefer the jobs figure from the payroll survey.
Economists note that the surveys tend to even out over time. Since the recession ended in June 2009, the payroll surveys have shown that employers added roughly 2.6 million jobs. The household surveys have shown that more than 2.2 million more people said they found work.


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By Shawn Langlois
Maria Sharapova posing on a Harley probably doesn't mean much in terms of market impact, though she (the bike) is nice to look at.
What could mean something, though, is the way Harley shares have been behaving lately, and what it could be saying about the finicky consumer (see the chart of the day).
When this market was in the throes of heaving nothingness earlier this year, investors reached for sexier stocks to spice up their portfolios. Hence, the eye-bleeding rally in the momentum names. Then spring came, and the bottom fell out — only to have the Facebooks and Netflixs /quotes/zigman/87598/delayed /quotes/nls/nflx NFLX yo-yo back into prominence, catching fire while the rest of the stock market was busy catching some Z's.
But should the siren-song of these wild swingers be luring you back in?
Stocks are starting to crackle, earnings are piling up, and volatility is back in play. Put that all together, and there's bound to be some profits to scalp. Yet the smart money is, or should be, opting for boredom. That doesn't mean sacrificing much. In fact, it's been the more profitable approach for half a century (more on that below).
If you're a believer in the Hog indicator, the more boring the stock, the better — especially with all the potential trouble that may be lurking around the bend.
Technical-warning signs from that obnoxious noise-maker aside, consumer-focused companies like Yum Brands /quotes/zigman/303422/delayed /quotes/nls/yum YUM and McDonald's /quotes/zigman/233369/delayed /quotes/nls/mcd MCD have showed some slowing growth.
Then again, as a theme, slowing growth hasn't come at the expense of profits.
The bottom-line beat rate stands at 63%, versus 57% on the sales side, according to Bespoke Investment Group. "In other words, while revenue growth has been lackluster, companies are still making their money," the blogger wrote. "How long this can continue is an important question, but we continue to be surprised at the resilience of corporate America's profitability."
Key market gauges: Yesterday's gains in the U.S. stock market don't appear to be at much risk in the early going, with futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/21588489/delayed YMU4 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/20258909/delayed ESU4 lurking in positive territory. Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860/realtime XX:ADOW enjoyed some mild gains, though the Nikkei /quotes/zigman/5986735/delayed JP:NIK didn't partake. Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150/delayed XX:SXXP is clinging to its strong performance from the day before.
The quote of the day: "He brought a knife to gunfight today and brought a wet firecracker when he needed a nuke." — Joe Donohue, the man behind the Upside Trader blog, on Bill Ackman's sad Herbalife take-down.
Earnings: Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL shook off some disappointing iPad sales numbers, and shares ticked up after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results late yesterday. Electronic Arts /quotes/zigman/71356/delayed /quotes/nls/ea EA is down on its report.
Moving higher before the open, both Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT and Broadcom /quotes/zigman/66924/delayed /quotes/nls/brcm BRCM are feeling the investor love in the wake of their upbeat numbers.
Among the pre-market reporters, Boeing /quotes/zigman/220026/delayed /quotes/nls/ba BA is up on its results, while PepsiCo /quotes/zigman/238082/delayed /quotes/nls/pep PEP is also flying. No joy for Whirlpool /quotes/zigman/246389/delayed /quotes/nls/whr WHR
Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB is one of the big names on tap for today, and the numbers will have to be good to justify the stock's position as the best in the S&P 500 over the past year. Remember when Facebook was a broken IPO?
The buzz: LinkedIn /quotes/zigman/5131883/delayed /quotes/nls/lnkd LNKD may get a boost, after the job-seeking social network said it'll buy Bizo for around $175 million. Bizo provides business-audience marketing services.
Bill Ackman is getting squeezed hard by Herbalife /quotes/zigman/361145/delayed /quotes/nls/hlf HLF , with a short position that just got pinched by 25%. He's not about to give up though. He says he's "very, very persistent". He let it all hang out in an emotional presentation yesterday that he dubbed the most important of his career. Ackman is pushing the "criminal enterprise" envelope. We'll see how stocks deal with that this morning.
And, understandably, Herbalife says it's considering a lawsuit.
Golf isn't paying the bills for Dick's Sporting Goods /quotes/zigman/310940/delayed /quotes/nls/dks DKS , so out comes the job cuts, as some 400 PGA professional golf instructors lose their jobs
The chart of the day: The rumble of Harley-Davidson's /quotes/zigman/228798/delayed /quotes/nls/hog HOG stock may be signalling that all is not right with the S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX , according to this illustration from the Kimble Charting Solutions blog. "Could HOG tell us something about consumption, or lack of, by a certain class of baby boomers? Possible!" Chris Kimble said. And if that plays out like it did in 2007, there could be carnage.
The call of the day: Perhaps this tidbit of advice from Patrick O'Shaughnessy of the Millenial Invest blog has never been more appropriate, considering the way the market is shaping up these days. Boring. Buy boring. It's good for you. He's not talking about the conservative route, he's talking about where to get the best returns.
First off, consumer staples (boring) is the best-performing sector over the past 50 years. "No matter where you look, dull trumps exciting," O'Shaughnessy wrote. He used both ends of the dull/exciting spectrum to back his point. "Since 1963, the boring stocks (food, beverage & tobacco) have had a return of 13.6% per year (or 69,402% total), while the exciting stocks (technology hardware & equipment) have had a return of just 9.2% per year (or just 8,464% total)," he pointed out.
Random reads: Anderson Cooper's sassiest comebacks, via BuzzFeed.
What it's like to navigate Tinder when in the West Bank.
Almost a third of Monaco's residents are millionaires. New York, just one in 25.
The Onion sums up Vladimir Putin with one infographic.
A condom that kills HIV gets approval in Australia.
Tony Dungy went and made it worse, and Olbermann is there to make sure we know it.
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Chelsea and Manchester City target Edinson Cavani is unhappy with the Napoli president and has demanded face-to-face talks after the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Both Chelsea and Manchester City are reportedly trying to sign the forward, though the recent comments from Aurelio De Laurentiis could see the transfer saga finished soon.
Cavani has been linked with a switch to Real Madrid, as well as the Premier League duo, though Napoli are reportedly holding out for one of the clubs' to meet the player's £54million buyout clause.
However, it has emerged that this clause expires on August 10 and none of Chelsea, Manchester City or Real Madrid are willing to bow to Napoli's demands.
De Laurentiis is keen for Cavani's future to be resolved before he returns to Italy from Confederations Cup duty on July 20, jokingly claiming he would "smash his head in" if it wasn't.
Cavani evidently did not see the funny side of this and insisted he would require face-to-face discussions to resolve the issue.
"The quotes by the president were heavy and strong. I don't like it," he is quoted as saying by Sky Sports.
"I want to talk to him face to face."