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So let $R$ be an integral domain and $K$ its fraction field. Let $f,g,h\in K[x]$ be 3 monic polynomials such that $f=gh$. So I would like to have a simple example of a ring $R$ for which one has that $f,g\in R[x]$ but $h\notin R[x]$.
P.S. May be working with an non-maximal order of a Dedekind ring is good enough. Nevertheless I could not come up with such an example

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Friday, January 31, 2003
Windows Rootkit ierk8243.sys
Review of Windows XP Professional Security Posted
Good administration-oriented security books teach more than proper system configuration. They illuminate the inner workings of the operating system and explain why certain strategies work best. WXPPS doesn't just list OS settings; it explains what they mean and how they have consequences.
Monday, January 27, 2003
Port 1434 UDP Traffic
Saturday, January 25, 2003
DALnet DDoS Attacks
SQL Slammer
Review of Hacker's Challenge 2 Posted
I've given up on seeing Mike Schiffman correctly abbreviate the Air Force Information Warfare Center as "AFIWC" in his biography. His use of "AFWIC" must refer to the UN's AFrican Women In Crisis program and not the talk he gave to the AFIWC in Apr 99!
Friday, January 24, 2003
DNS Traffic Analysis Results
Scientists at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UCSD analyzing traffic to one of the 13 Domain Name System (DNS) "root" servers at the heart of the Internet found that the server spends the majority of its time dealing with unnecessary queries.
The paper explains what is happening and offers recommendations. Observations made at one server for one day don't conform to rigorous statistical norms, but the findings are interesting nevertheless. slashdot is discussing the findings.
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Amazon.com Review Updates
While my review of Hacker's Challenge 2 appears on the book's page, it's not listed on my reviews yet. I guess Amazon.com is still having database issues.
Monday, January 20, 2003
FreeBSD 5.0 Released
Saturday, January 18, 2003
Response from Amazon.com
Dear Richard,
Thank you for writing to Amazon.com.
At this time we have encountered some technical issues with customer reviews on the Amazon.com website. These issues have impacted the majority of our customers who submit reviews to the website and have resulted in the inability of customers to properly view their reviews in their About You Areas, the disappearance of previously posted reviews, and the delay in the posting of their most recent review submissions.
Our technical support staff is aware of each of these problems and are researching the cause of each of the issues. Please be aware that they have implemented changes to our database to resolve these issues. These changes will be affecting the website over the course of the next few business days. We appreciate your patience during
this time period.
Thank you for your interest in Amazon.com.
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Email to Amazon.com
Amazon.com is a great site and I'm amazed you can manage as much information as you do!
I noticed Amazon.com appears to be having trouble with some of its book information. While I no longer see that books not yet published will arrive on "December 31, 1969," the review data seems out of sync. For example, when visiting this link to look at my reviews, the last one I see is for the book "BGP" by Iljitsch Van Beijnum, reviewed on 5 Jan 03:
However, a review I wrote on 8 Jan 03 for the book "Implementing Intrusion Detection Systems : A Hands-On Guide for Securing the Network" by Tim Crothers appears only at this link:
Also, I submitted a review for this book on 11 Jan, but haven't seen the review posted yet:
Is Amazon.com still experiencing some trouble with its reviews?
Thank you,
Richard Bejtlich
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Amazon.com Problem
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Response from Amazon.com
Hello Richard,
Thank you for writing to Amazon.com to bring this to our attention.
Our technical support staff is aware of the problem that has affected the proper displaying of customer reviews within each customer's About You area. It does appear that this problem is currently affecting almost all of our reviewers. As our technical support staff has not completed diagnosing the cause of this problem they have been unable to provide an estimate as to when the problem will be rectified. We appreciate your patience while they work to find a solution.
Thank you for your interest in Amazon.com.
I also noticed books with a publication date in the future are listed as "Availability: This title will be released on December 31, 1969. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives"!
Sunday, January 12, 2003
New TaoSecurity.com and Listmania Lists
I also updated my Listmania Lists, aka "Recommended Reading," at Amazon.com. I broke the lists down into five "Digital Security" categories:
- Weapons and Tactics
- Communications
- Scripting and Programming
- System Administration
- Management Essentials
While I've read most of the Weapons and Tactics and Communications books, I am only now starting the books from the other lists. Email me if you might recommend a better book, especially one on Windows system administration.
Saturday, January 11, 2003
SecurityFocus Removes Exploits from Database
Story on DNS Root Servers
"The eight U.S. gTLDs are all currently operated by Network Solutions and run on IBM AIX servers using the same software. As with root servers, there are also international gTLDs, located in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Stockholm, and the U.K. The gTLDs get many more requests than the root servers and are in fact more critical to DNS operation. The root servers simply point to the gTLDs and ccTLDs. These servers, in turn, return the addresses of the authoritative name servers for most domains."
Amazon.com Error
Friday, January 10, 2003
Review of Implementing Intrusion Detection Systems Posted
Wednesday, January 08, 2003
First Post and Review of BGP Posted
My first published review of 2003 is a four star review of BGP (O'Reilly, Sep 2002) by Iljitsch Van Beijnum.
You can see my book reading (and reviewing) schedule by visiting www.bejtlich.net/reading.html. I will no longer try to review every security book which hits the shelves! That was a pipe dream, even when I started reading these sorts of books in 1998. The books I add to my schedule either address a topic about which I need to know more, or offer original content by an interesting author.
Thank you for visiting!
Richard Bejtlich


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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Modern Jazz Quartet Bargains
Either you are for or against The Modern Jazz Quartet, there is no middle ground. I am very much in the 'for' camp, and have always been a big fan of their chamber style jazz with its classical resonances. Yes, they can sometimes lapse into easy-listening mode; but that's a small price to pay for standards such as Django - see video below, the sound improves after one minute. Talking of small prices Avid Jazz have remastered and repackaged a quartet of classic early JMQ albums onto the super-budget priced double CD seen above. I paid just £5 ($7.80US) which must be the modern jazz bargain of the year, and there are similar priced double CDs of Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk. Don't be put off by the 1950s recording dates, the stereo sound and new transfers by Dave Bennett are excellent and put a lot of digital offerings to shame. And a bonus point for the artwork and booklet essay which would not be out of place on a a full-priced release.
Jacques Loussier is one of many MJQ imitators. Loussier's Messe Lumieres was commissioned for the consecration of the new Cathedral of the Resurrection at Evry in France. If any reader can find me a recording of his elusive Messe Lumieres I would be absolutely delighted - read more here.
Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk
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- Mess Noone said...
Not to piss on anyone's bonfire (though I know I'm a week late for that), but I believe these European issues exist to sidestep copyright rules and profit without recourse to paying the artists or their estates, and thereby at their expense.
Discs recently remastered (by the original engineer, Rudy Van Gelder no less, in most cases) exist on more reputable labels. They are also at mid-price or lower. If we give a damn about making sure the money flows in the right direction, the choice is clear...
- 6:52 pm
- Pliable said...
MN, thanks for that. You make an interesting point. But ...
Copyright on recorded performances applies for different periods in the US and the EEC. The Avid re-issues, and many others including Naxos Historical, do not 'sidestep copyright rules'. They conform to the letter of the copyright law applying in their country of origin. In some cases, such as Naxos Historical, they are not sold in the US because of the different copyright period.
This blog has been an active defender of copyright protection for living musicians - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2005/11/musicians-jobs-before-free-downloads.html.
But, copyright law notwithstanding, I find the case far less convincing when the recording is more than fifty years old, which the MJQ discs are. I am all in favour of money flowing in the right direction. But, in many cases, the majority of the money on these old recordings flows to lazy corporate record companies who neither made the original recording, nor take the trouble to actively repackage and remarket the recordings.
If we give a damn we should be looking at YouTube. And yes, I have to plead guilty. That video I featured here yesterday - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2008/11/coming-to-concert-hall-near-you.html - is in breach of copyright laws both in the US and EEC. It makes unauthorised use of the audio track of a 2004 ECM CD made by musicians who are still alive and composed by a living artist.
- 9:07 pm
- Pliable said...
Rudy Van Gelder - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1116
- 9:18 pm
- Unknown said...
Citing RVG raises an interesting question: how many copies of a record need to be available at one time, especially when the "newer" versions don't really offer any significant changes re: sound or tracks for your average listener and his/her audio system? Blue Note seems taken with reissuing its reissues these days. For example, see Coltrane's Blue Train: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=blue+train; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Train_(album). I'm all about alternates and enhanced sound, but why not approach it like Sony does for its fine Miles projects, adding significant value via packaging and aesthetics (like Jordi Savall's amazing Francis Xavier package) to the newer additions? I realize that Blue Train is probably the only solo Trane record in the catalogue, but it's a crown jewel. Compare it to Sony's new Kind of Blue release: at least you're getting more value (hardbound book, poster, photo, handwritten reproduction of Bill's notes, etc.) for buying yet another copy of the record (along with the "new" outtakes and live tracks (that have been bootlegged previously)). http://www.milesdavis.com/latest_release.asp. Moreover, why have multiple versions of Blue Trane available simultaneously, when lesser-known, but equally outstanding gems like Gil Melle's Complete 50s drop out of print ignominiously? http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Blue-Note-50s-Sessions/dp/B00000DCJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226503207&sr=1-1. At least Bob's MJQ find reflects a refreshing drop in price.
- 3:52 pm
- Pliable said...
Email received:
Dear Bob,
Thank you for the excellent recommendation on your blog of the Modern Jazz Quartet reissue. I ordered it not long after seeing your post about it and it arrived today. The quality is indeed excellent as a general matter, not just for a superbudget reissue.
Well spotted!
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Christian Watford scored 16 points, Jordan Hulls added 14 and No. 5 Indiana used a big first-half run to race past Penn State 74-51 on Monday night.
The Hoosiers' breakneck offense could rarely be stopped in the first half before the pace slowed down in a sloppy second half. But it barely mattered after Indiana (14-1, 2-0 Big Ten) built a 19-point lead in the first half behind Watford's inside-out game and Hulls' quick-release jumpers.
No wonder Indiana had the top scoring offense in the nation (87.9 points) entering Monday night's blowout.
Jermaine Marshall had 11 points for the Nittany Lions (8-6, 0-2), which had a five-game home winning streak snapped. Ross Travis added 14 points and five rebounds.


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Grateful Body Skin Care Giveaway!
In my many years of testing the latest and greatest vegan beauty products, I've come across a kazillion beauty lines that have seriously kicked some major ass, but there are an elite few that have made me devoted, quasi-obsessed brand junkies.
Grateful Body is one of these said beauty lines that makes me wanna do cartwheels and shout from the rooftops. Yep, this ish (Christy, you've got me "ish"ing out) is THE ish times 12! And, this family-owned and operated business is located in Berkeley, CA which is essentially my new home (I'm just a mini hop, skip & a jump/bike ride away).
All of their products are high quality, cruelty-free, vegan, chemical-free, eco-conscious (down to their über cool packaging), and very effective!
After I dish my faves, be sure to enter the VBR/Grateful Body giveaway below!
Deep Cleanser, $24: I use this at night because my skin has been uncharacteristically dry for this time of year, and so creamy cleansers are what I'm all about right now. It has a delicate floral scent and it's packed with a shit on of nutritious, antioxidant-rich ingredients (like Quillaja Extract, Oatstraw, Yucca Root, Shea Butter and Vitamin E) that literally infuse my skin with a power dose of moisture. It's perf for oily and combo skin, btw… and it does an amazing job at removing stubborn makeup.
Moisturizer for Normal Skin, $30: I have a theory about facial moisturizers… the more you switch 'em up, the more your skin stays on tops of its game (similar to switching up shampoos). Overall, I love thick-ass, dense facial moisturizers at night (so my skin can slurp of extra amounts of moisture while I'm Zzzzz-ing. In the mornings, I like to use to use a lighter, but still super hydrating formula so that my makeup goes on easily (without slipping and sliding). This moisturizer has been my daytime go-to. It's absorbs super quickly, smells divoon, and leaves my skin feeling refreshed.
Essential Eye Creme, $40: This wrinkle fighting ninja cream packs a punch with ingredients like Shea butter, Amaranth Seed Extract, and Bulgarian Rose essential oil… addicted.
For your chance to win one of three Grateful Body Skin Care sets ($57.60) and a bottle of Midnight Oil ($22), simply leave a comment below and tell me about your favorite can't-live-without vegan beauty product. For additional entries, "like" Vegan Beauty Review and Grateful Body Skin Care on Facebook, "follow" VBR and Grateful Body Skincare on Twitter, and/or join Grateful Body's mailing list (please leave additional comments letting me know you did so for each). Also, don't forget to mention your skin type in your comment! Three winners will be randomly selected and notified on July 12. Good luck!
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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liked vbr and grateful body on facebook! i am all about dr. singha's mustard bath. whenever i'm having a particularly rough day, i sink my feet into a basin of it. GLORIOUS! i have normal skin (or so i would assume)
Tried Grateful Body's Aphrodite's Feast and the Sea Cell Serum as well as the fungus treatment. Just as the fungus treatment worked wonders on the toenails, Aphrodite's Feast was impressive in that the scent made me feel good and it seemed to show an immediate effect.
Since I commented on the Grateful Body fungus treatment for toenails which after four packages has made a tremendous difference, I have tried Grateful Body's Aphrodite's Feast Serum and the Sea Cell serum. I really liked the Aphrodite's Feast Serum. It seemed to really show an automatic improvement and the scent left me feeling good.
Did I make it in time for the contest?
I could not live without apple cider vinegar. When I had dreadlocks I washed them with bakingsoda and tea tree oil and rinsed with apple cider vinegar and rosemary oil. I still wash my hair the same way. I use coconut oil and bentonite clay for deodorant and just plain coconut oil for lotion. All of these things are vegan and food grade!
I truly love my urban decay eyeshadow & manic panic!!! Those are the best
I joined the GBSC mailing list with my email address 😀
I liked GBSC on facebook 😀
I follow GBSC on twitter as @melamorphosis 😀
I liked VBR on facebook 😀
I follow VBR as @melamorphosis on twitter 😀
Hi Sunny 😀 First off, thanks a million for up-keeping this blog. Well, I really like the makeup line you posted a while back called Everyday Minerals. I bought one of their "sample kits" for 20 bucks and it was amazing! My fav's from that line are: Fauna Naturals lipstick & Soft Bronzer face bronzer. Another product that I recently found and can't live without is: Bull Dog Original Face Scrub. A a cruelty-free product based in the UK. It contains 8 essential oils, pumice, coconut shell, rosehip oil and shea butter for exfoliating 😀
liked on fb!
my fave vegan beauty item at the moment is a lush shower jelly i chill in the freezer! it is so hot here!
I'm DEFINITELY going to be picking up some samples! "Liked" the Grateful Body facebook page for quick reference =)
Retweeted your giveaway on Twitter too! 🙂
Joined Grateful Body Skin Care's mailing list 🙂
Following Vegan Beauty Review & Grateful Body Skin Care on Twitter
"LIKED" Vegan Beauty Review & Grateful Body Skin Care on Facebook
I absolutely can't live without my Clairvoyant Beauty Detoxifying Clay Cleanser with DMAE! My skin is combo and this has been one of the best vegan cleansers I have found yet for my skin.
Thanks for the chance to win! I have oily/combo skin so my fav veg product is boscia green tea blotting linens!
Lush's 'none of your beeswax' is the best lipbalm I've ever found, and their 'I love juicy' shampoo is great, too!
I liked Grateful Body Skin Care on facebook.
I liked Vegan Beauty Review on facebook.
Right now I am loving on 100% Pure's Pineapple Enzyme Facial Peel Mask. My skin type is "normal" 🙂
shoot gotta say my new fave is lush none of your beeswax lip balm! loving lush right now. still on the hunt for something to fix my crazy summer combo skin…
For my pale, super sensitive skin, I live for giovanni's thick acai and goji moisturizer.
I'd have to go with my ShiKai Borage moisturizer.
I love the vegan products from bare minerals!
I joined Grateful Body's mailing list.
I "followed" VBR and Grateful Body Skincare on Twitter
I "Liked" Grateful Body Skin Care on Facebook
I "Liked" Vegan Beauty Review
I can't live without my Dr.Bornner's soap. I have dreads and this stuff makes them so clean!
I know it's been said before, but Urban Decay eyeshadows are such a treat. As someone who wears makeup very rarely, and uses products very sparingly, I am quite particular about what I put on my face. Urban Decay's color range is excellent and the shadows blend remarkably well.
My favourite product would have to be… hmmm , well I really love too faced shadow insurance! <3 I followed and liked aswell! (: Thanks for having this giveaway sunny! =]
Like VBR on Facebook!!
follow VBR on twitter (@ErinErinP)
Juice Beauty makes some pretty nice products!!
Following Grateful Body Skincare on Twitter (@amt946)
Following VBR on twitter (@amt946)
Liked Grateful Body Skin Care on Facebook (Anne-Marie T)
Liked Vegan Beauty Review on Facebook (Anne-Marie T)
My skin type is "mature and dry"
My favorite is the Raw Gaia's skincare products
I follow Grateful Body on twitter! (@burcidi)
I follow Vegan Beauty Review on twitter! (@burcidi)
I like Grateful Body Skin Care on facebook!
I like Vegan Beauty Review on facebook!
My favorite, can't live without vegan product is sweet almond oil. I use to clean my face makeup and eye makeup. It's especially perfect for the eyes because it is very gentle and nourishing. It also makes the eyelashes healthier and grow longer!
I have oily skin!
I adore L'uvalla foaming facial cleaner for my dry skin.
I'm Loving my Alicia Silverstone Eco tools! They are fabulous for applying makeup!
My can't live without vegan product is Olive oil. I bought some home made olive oil soap when I went to italy from an olive farm and it is the best soap I've ever used. love. love. love. I have Normal to Dry/Dry skin and would love to try this line!
And I joined VBR mailing list 🙂
I follow GBSC on Twitter (as @rissacampbell)
I follow VBR on Twitter (as @rissacampbell)
I liked Grateful Body Skin Care on Facebook!
I liked Vegan Beauty Review on Facebook!
With my combination/oily skin, my favorite vegan product is Everyday Minerals matte base. (I actually love ALL their products!) But I'm always open to trying something new!
and i follow you on facebook!
hi sunny!
love your site! i've learned so much and totally branched out and expanded my beuty regimen. right now, my favorite products are alba's sea lipids daily cream, which i use as a night cream, and st. ives green tea facial scrub!
I have problem combination skin and love Burt's Bees Acne Solutions moisturizer. It is one of the only moisturizers my skin has reacted very positively to- it's also great in combination with their spot treatment.
I have pretty normal skin but have been using the dry skin formula Grateful Body moisturizer on my face for the past few years and used the normal skin formula before that. I like both!
I have been using Grateful Body facial mositurizer now for 10 years and wouldn't use anything else! I love the smell, that it feels invisible on and how pure the products are. The integrity of this company is impressive to me. Would love to try some of their other products!
A DIY face scrub to die for:
4 TBS Olive Oil (I'm going to use Jojoba Oil next time once I have it_
6 TBS Ground Organic, Fair Trade Coffee
All you do is mix the two together, creating a mud-like paste, rub all over your face and rinse off! Holly molly my face has never felt this smooth!! Only down side was all of the coffee grounds left in my sink, might need to be a shower scrub 🙂
Hope you enjoy!!
I love Weleda's Lavender Body Oil. The scent isn't overly flowery and completely relaxes me. I've mixed it in with Alba Organics unscented body lotion ($10 for a 70oz container at Target!) to make my own scented lotion, or if I'm feeling really stressed I'll use it directly on my arms and legs to chill out before bed.
I have been amazed by the funghi toenail treatment. I have used four packages now and found these natural products working miracles in clearing up my embarassing toenails. A couple more boxes and I may finally be able to show them off proudly.
Everyday Minerals foundation and Earth Science Creamy Fruit Oil Cleanser are among my must have products. There are so many great ones and these look amazing!
Hi! My fav vegan beauty product is Jasons' tea tree and cinnamon healthy mouth wash, it rocks! My skin is normal, and good to me.
Also I'm already on Grateful Body's mailing list!
I have oily/combination skin, and my favorite vegan skincare product is my Key's Soap sunscreen!
Can't be without my Pratima Skincare purifying oil and soothing lotion and Josie Maran Argan oil.
YIKES! I forgot to say that I have (very!) Sensitive skin so the Grateful Body Sensitive skincare set would be ideal should I be lucky enough to win! 🙂 Sorry about the double post (this only counts as one entry since I am not on Facebook or Twitter…) 🙂
This line looks wonderful! Thanks for such a great giveaway!! I think my favorite vegan beauty product at the moment is ThinkBaby SPF 30+ all natural (zinc oxide) sunscreen.
I like Grateful Body on Facebook (Fiona G)
Mineral foundation by Pure Anada. I never liked the look of regular foundation or face powder. But mineral foundation evens out the skin magically without looking like anyone is on! AND its a sunscreen AND an anti-inflammatory (the zinc oxide). Amazing, wish I'd had it years ago.
fionabarnowl at care2dotcom
skintype: combination, pimple prone
Added Grateful Body Skin Care on Fb and Twitter! 🙂
Where to begin? I use several Grateful Body produces, already "Like" them on facebook. I think my very favorite might be Aphrodite's Feast, a great-smelling lotion that makes me and my skin feel great! I also love their eye cream and foot balm.
Hai, i have oily skin so my favorite vegan product is definately lush's grease lightning, it totally keeps away my spots!
Already following you both on FB!
I love My Skin & Bones moisturizer!
This sounds like a great product. I have another AMAZING product that I sell that is completely vegan, mineral oil free, no dyes, chemical fragrances, etc. Completely all natural and most products are gluten-free! Check out my website and the awesome network marketing business opportunity and benefits attached to the business. SPREAD THE WORD OF THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT!!! (anti-aging products for 30 and over, FC5 Facial hydrating wash for teens and early 20's, acne treatment, health and wellness products, mens products, suncare, baby products, aromaessentials, hair products, and cosmetics!)
My vegan UD makeup 🙂
I use urban decay's vegan eyeshadow palette every day. The colors are outstanding!
Hi, my favourite product is Cocoon Apothecary's Rosy Cheeks moisturizer. I have normal skin. Thanks for the giveaway!
I follow Grateful Body on twitter under ElyceHackley!
From an oily/acne prone skin girl
elycesch (at) aol (dot) com
I follow VBR on twitter under ElyceHackley!
From an oily/acne prone skin girl
elycesch (at) aol (dot) com
I'm an Everyday Minerals (vegan) makeup user. I'd love to try the Grateful Body products! I have normal skin 🙂
I like Grateful Body on Facebook!
From an oily/acne prone skin girl
elycesch (at) aol (dot) com
under Elyce Hackley
I like VBR on Facebook!
From an oily/acne prone skin girl
elycesch (at) aol (dot) com
My fav vegan product is Poofy Organic's Shower and Shaving wash!
From an oily/acne prone skin girl
elycesch (at) aol (dot) com
I have joined your mailing list also!!!
I already follow vbr on twitter and now I alsofollow grateful body skin care as well!!!
I now follow you both one facebook!!
I can't live without moisturizer!! I have combination skin which is more dry then not!!
Oh, I have sensitive skin!
I can't live without moisturizer; I just can't! Lately, I've been experimenting with really pure moisturizers and totally love Booda Organics Booda Butter. It's heavenly!
Also, I follow VBR on Twitter as 4qtsofmedicine. 🙂
Like Toni, I like Yes to Carrots products for my oily skin. 🙂 It's a great line, but I'd love to try Grateful Body!
And following VBR on twitter as @eviegan
Also follow VBR on facebook as Evelyn Steneck
And forgot to add I have oily/acne-prone skin 🙁 So jealous of my hubby's perfect skin!
My new favorite thing is Tilvee's anti-aging argan and sea buckthorn moisturizer. I got it as part of a little set through Opensky (if you've ever heard of that), and I'm just so in love. It's thick and smells and feels absolutely amazing. I kinda wanna eat it… Anywho, you should totally check out Tilvee!!!!
I love Evan Healy's under-eye moisturizer. I'm intrigued by the Grateful Body line. It looks like it's right up my alley!
AND subbed to the Grateful Body mailing list. (Wow, that seems like a lot of comments!)
AND I follow VBN and Grateful Body Skincare on Twitter as @queencicada
I like VBR and Grateful Body Skincare on FB as Luna Valentine.
I absolutely cannot live without my Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics OCC Tint in Y2–it's a great lightweight moisturizer for summer AND it's well-pigmented so it takes the place of foundation as well. Best of all, OCC is a completely vegan and cruelty-free company!
I use Evan Healy Tea Tree Gel cleanser for blemish prone skin. I have never used Grateful Body but would love the opportunity to give it a try!
I love Everyday Minerals vegan makeup!
Thanks for the giveaway! (i have combination skin)
I follow grateful body on fb as a marie hj saver.
I love hugo naturals bar soaps. but would try grateful body gladly!!!
I love some of the products from the Yes To Carrots line, only the vegan ones of course! it makes my skin so smooth and glowy:) It definitely helps my sensitive skin stay under control and less breakout prone!
Hi Sunny,
I've been making my own skincare at home for about a year but I would love to have the opportunity to try this line. I've heard lots of great things about it 🙂


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If this system was in place a few years ago John Cook and Jim McLaughlin might be better friends 🙂
Remember when John and Jim almost came to blows?
Over this…
The FIVB Challenge system would have prevented it all.
World League – FIVB increases spectator experience with new Challenge System
|The Poland v USA will be streamed live on FIVB Web TV in addition to the Match of the Week, which features Serbia against Italy on Saturday at 18:00 GMT.
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 5, 2013 – Volleyball fans in Wroclaw and around the world will have the ground breaking experience of the FIVB's new innovative Challenge System on Sunday which will be used for the first time at the World League match between Poland and USA.
The FIVB Challenge System will now use television replays to verify any challenged points, which will be shown in the arena as well on the live streaming coverage as and when the second referee reviews a challenge.
The Poland v USA will be streamed live on FIVB Web TV in addition to the Match of the Week, which features Serbia against Italy on Saturday at 18:00 GMT.
Up until this weekend, the FIVB had trialled a review system where the second referee would review any challenge on a screen next to the court. Now all persons in the stadium and watching on television can see for themselves the review process before the official decision is made.
A reminder of the Challenge System process:
1) Video verification can be called upon team's game captain request, however before the game has been resumed and directly after the rally which is a matter of doubt.
2) Both teams have the right to call video verification for referees' decision twice per set. If the result of video verification leads to decision change in favour of requesting team, it does not decrease the number for video verification calls available for this team in this set. On the other hand, if decision of referees was correct, it means that the number of video verification calls for this team in this set decreased by one.
3) First referee himself has the right to ask for video verification in case he is in two minds and his call will finish the set / match.
4) Subject for video verification can be the following situations only:
a. all position where touching the floor (ball IN or ball OUT);
b. ball contact with antennae (particularly the order: after the attack hit or from the block);
c. faulty antennae or net contact by a player;
d. contact of player's feet with end line (when executing service), attack line (when back row player executed attack hit) and under net penetration into the opponent's court (center line);
e. Libero player's feet position while playing the ball overhand finger pass if directly after an attack hit has completed while the ball was entirely higher than the top of the net.
f. Only the game captain can address his requests for video verification to 1st referee (not later than five seconds after the rally has been finished). If the request will be judged by 1st referee as not consistent with point 4, the request will be rejected and the requesting team sanctioned for game delay. In case of a correct request the 1st referee will initiate video verification procedure whistling and pointing both hands towards scorer's table. All acting players remain on the court for the time needed to assess video.
5) Second referee analyses the video replay on a screen next to the court. A replay will be available fopr onsite spectator and the television audience.
6) Second referee after verification based on video replay informs by hand signals the 1st referee who is responsible for final decision.
7) In case no action's evaluation based on video replay can be done, decision of the 1st referee remains in force and the team jeep the challenge.


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Summer in Big Sky Country
A road trip through western Montana means serious altitude, mountain goats—and directions like "Make a left at the giant cow."
Splashes, shrieks, giggles, and grins. My family and I wade delicately, as suburbanites do, into a Montana creek after a long plane ride from New York. Even in late summer, the water is cold.
And it's easy to see why—early snow has dusted the distant peaks. Didactic Dad gestures toward the mountains and reminds his daughters that they're basically standing in melted snow. They're not listening—and why should they? Clara, my seven-year-old, is collecting the most colorful rocks she's ever seen (and couldn't care less that they've been deposited here over eons by the glaciers that give this park its name). Rosalie, just turned two, is simply delighted to be standing in water that's swirling and burbling around her. My wife, Michele, and I share a moment beyond words as we watch our girls discover Glacier National Park, nicknamed the Crown of the Continent for its stunning array of Rocky Mountain peaks, a place she and I have come to treasure as our favorite spot on the planet. For the next two days, we'll happily skip rocks, paddle canoes, and hike gentle, family-friendly trails in the company of mountain goats, bald eagles, and fellow awed humans.
Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road
64 miles
Arriving at Glacier International Airport in Kalispell, Mont., is nothing like "deplaning" at a cookie-cutter airport. Steps from the tarmac we're greeted by wildlife replicas like mountain goats and loons. Within minutes we're in a rental car and zipping up the winding roads into the mountains toward Glacier National Park (West Glacier, Mont., nps.gov/glac, $25 per car). We load up on provisions at a supermarket in Columbia Falls, then we enter the national park world—where the day's schedule is established gently by the rising and falling of the sun, the turning of the stars, and the puffy clouds in the Big Sky.
We check in at Apgar Village Lodge (Apgar Village, Glacier National Park, Mont., westglacier.com, cabins with kitchens from $176), essentially a motel made up of individual cabins equipped with bathrooms and kitchens. We've reserved Cabin 22, right along the shores of McDonald Creek and a few steps from Lake McDonald, the biggest lake in the park. We drop our bags and head right for the creek's gin-clear water, washing big-city anxiety from our bodies. The mountains of the Continental Divide are reflected perfectly in the lake.
Yes, our cabin has a kitchen, and over the course of our two days in the park we'll put it to good use flipping pancakes and burgers. But on our first evening in Apgar Village, we want someone else to do the cooking. Eddie's Café (Apgar Village, Glacier National Park, Mont., eddiescafegifts.com, ale-battered fish-and-chips $13.99) is the only game in "town," and it's just what we're looking for, with local trout and exceptional beef on the menu for decent prices. We tuck into excellent Redhook Ale-battered fish-and-chips and, for dessert, wild huckleberry ice cream by the lake.
First thing in the morning, we hit the ultimate highway—with an emphasis on "high." As thoroughfares go, there's really no place like Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road. Completed in 1932, it hugs the sides of mountains as it snakes 53 miles across the park, up to the Continental Divide at Logan Pass then down to East Glacier. Along the way you can spend happy moments—or even hours—exploring the easy, .6-mile Trail of the Cedars, boulder-strewn Avalanche Creek, and jaw-dropping turnouts with views of the pine-studded valleys far below.
Once you reach Logan Pass, 32 miles from Apgar, with a visitors center that includes the highest souvenir shop I've ever shopped at, plan on hiking a ways on a boardwalk that was built especially to preserve the delicate alpine flora that grow here during the brief summers. You can follow the boardwalk uphill to a platform overlooking Hidden Lake (if your legs survive the hike, you'll understand how the lake got its name!) and you're almost guaranteed to see mountain goats—white-haired, horned relatives of antelopes that live only at exceptionally high altitudes—clomping along the boardwalk up there.
Back at Apgar that evening, we attend one of Glacier's evening ranger talks, this one on Native American folk tales. At our cabin, we drift off to sleep while the night sky is still a little orange in the west.


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Bananas have been unusually inexpensive this fall. Normally the retail price remains in the ¥200-¥230 per kg range (1 banana is about 150 grams) year-round, and the average price for all of 2011, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was ¥218. However, the ministry recently conducted a survey of 42 retail outlets in Tokyo and found that from January to September of this year, the price was slightly less than ¥210, and at the end of September it suddenly dropped to ¥197. Then, in early October, it fell further to ¥192 and has stayed there ever since. It's the lowest price for bananas since 1979, and importers and wholesalers don't like it at all. According to Tokyo Shimbun, smaller importers are hoping that the larger importers will limit their supply since it appears the price drop is due to a continual flood of bananas into the market.
Why the sudden price collapse? Apparently, it has to do with political situations on two fronts. China is, for all intents and purposes, currently carrying out an embargo of Philippine bananas due to a diplomatic flareup between the two countries over control of an island in the South China Sea. Though there are no formal sanctions involved, China recently reinforced inspections for diseases and pests that have resulted in banana shipments from the Philippines being held for extended periods of time in Chinese ports. Consequently, they are in danger of spoiling, so a lot of the bananas originally meant for the Chinese market have been coming to Japan.
China is the second biggest producer of bananas in the world (after India, which consumes 80 percent of its product), but several years ago the country signed a free-trade agreement with the Philippines, and bananas are one of the latter's few big export crops. Another major banana market for the Philippines is Iran, which is currently under the shadow of a genuine U.S.-led embargo owing to Iran's nuclear development program, so some of the bananas that the Philippines were planning to ship to Iran are now also going to Japan.


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Missourian posted a topic in Fossil IDFor nearly twenty years, I've collected some strange fossils from a unique Pennsylvanian deposit in northeast Kansas. I've been pondering them to this day, and I'm still drawing a blank. I first found this slab: The bold segments caught my eye. I then noticed that they have a branching habit. I assumed they were sponges, but then I found this: This one is also segmented and bifurcated, but it forms a nearly continuous surface. Perplexed, I looked at them up close. They seem to form thin (0.5 mm), leaf-like sheets (i.e. thalli). I nicknamed these 'pahoeids', because they resemble pahoehoe lava flows. Some appear to be featureless sheets. This one, with an attached Coelocladia sponge, was fractured. This may give a clue to its original consistency: Here, the tips of some 'pahoeids' seem to be present: (For scale, the squares on the couch cushion are 18 mm across. I took the photo after I found the rock back in October.) Here's the same piece from the side: This chunk demonstrates how the 'pahoeids' bind the sediment. They are so abundant, they actually form beds and lenses of limestone within a shaly matrix. The few 'pahoeids' I've found in situ were on the undersides of slabs. The top surfaces of the organisms are never cleanly exposed; they are always locked in matrix. Also, encrusting bryozoans and brachiopods are often attached to the surface. All of this tells me the 'pahoeid' thalli were once suspended above the substrate. Some more specimens.... Here's another bifurcated sheet: And another: These seem to be 'juveniles': These form long, parallel branches: This limestone nodule contains what are possibly undeformed 'pahoeid' thalli: Note how the orangish sediment seems to 'fill' the little 'cups'. An underlying limestone bed seems to contain fragmented 'pahoeids' as well as several Amblysiphonella sponges: As to the nature of 'pahoeids', the only thing I can think of is some form of red algae, perhaps similar to present-day Mesophyllum or Peyssonnelia. It's possible they could be something akin to the Pennsylvanian Archaeolithophyllum. So far, I've been unable to discern any fine internal structure. If they indeed are phylloid algae, this will be the only example I know of where they are preserved in shale, let alone left with readily observable morphology. For the sake of this post, I'm lumping all these thalli forms together as 'pahoeids'. They very well may represent a number of different organisms. Here's a stratigraphic chart based on my sketches and observations in the field: Going by the lithology, I've guessed that the 'pahoeids' lie in the Frisbie Limestone (which is, stratigraphically, a transgressive limestone). As far as I know, the beds could, instead, belong to the upper Liberty Memorial Shale. The 'pahoeid' beds are a complex bundle of shale and impure limestone beds and lenses. At the top, there is limestone made up of fine fossil debris. There is pyrite and glauconite present througout the unit. Below the Frisbie is the Liberty Memorial Formation, which is a typical shallow marine/non-marine shale. It is medium gray, sandy, and contains thin beds of sandstone in places. Trace fossils, including Conostichus, are present. Above the 'pahoeid' beds is the Quindaro, a deeper-water shale. Fossils include profusely abundant sponges (Heliospongia ramosa, Maeandrostia, and especially Fissispongia), as well as some small crinoids, bryozoans, and brachiopods. The thick limestone above the Quindaro appears to be typical Argentine (which is regressive, for those taking notes ), but the strata in the area are anything but routine. These sponge-'pahoeid' deposits are near the edge of a large algal reef build-up in the Wyandotte Formation. Less than a half mile away in either direction, fossils at this horizon are sparse to absent.


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Athletes on Twitter: How they battle the trolls, their own bad judgment
It didn't take Alex Rodriguez long to learn the perils of social media.
Shortly after the New York Yankees infielder launched his Twitter account in late June, a fan welcomed him by writing: "@ARod got a Twitter? Will his account stop working in #October?"
It went downhill from there. Nine tweets into his Twitter career, Rodriguez posted an injury update that prompted Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to advise A-Rod to zip his Twitter lips.
Rodriguez is hardly the only athlete to struggle with the minefield of social media. Things got so bad for struggling Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez that he beat a tweet retreat, deactivating his account after an onslaught of fan abuse.
In the Bay Area, players know the feeling. Some have quit. ("It was a pretty devastating experience for me," the Giants' Barry Zito acknowledged last October.) And others such as the 49ers' Kyle Williams have soldiered on through death threats.
Williams, the Warriors' Stephen Curry, the Sharks' Logan Couture and the Raiders' Chris Kluwe were among the prolific local tweeters contacted for this story, and their warning is clear: The digital frontier is no place for the faint of heart.
What lures them in is a chance to engage directly with their fans. What drives them away, or sometimes makes them snap, are the so-called Twitter trolls -- those who heckle, stalk or otherwise annoy in 140 characters or less, sometimes ruthlessly.
Williams got multiple death threats after his misplays helped seal the 49ers' fate in the January 2012 NFC title game. Still, he never considered closing his account. "I looked at it the way other people would look at it: 'OK, he's running from it,' " Williams said. "I think if I were to do that, it would have been kind of childish. You take what's coming to you, and you move on."
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt still embraces Twitter, but he learned the hard way that it's nearly impossible for an athlete to stay out of the 140-character cross hairs. Belt made what he thought was an innocuous reply to a question about the Dodgers' free agent spending at the Giants Fan Fest in February when he said, "You can't buy chemistry."
The tweet venom from Dodger Nation was so vicious ("@bbelt9 should learn to shut your mouth sometime" ... "Hey @Bbelt9 can ya teach me how to Melky? #STEROIDS #CANTBUYCHEMISTRY #DODGERS") that Belt avoided Twitter for weeks.
"Man," he wrote at one point, "these guys are angry."
If even cautious tweeters can make a wrong turn, imagine what happens to the reckless and unrepentant. Brandon Jacobs essentially tweeted his way out of a job with the 49ers last season by griping about his playing time and posting photos of himself from his better days with the New York Giants on Instagram. The 49ers suspended him for the final three regular-season games and then released him before the playoffs.
Jacobs' path was so destructive that it's now taught in seminars. Lee Gordon, who provides lessons to young athletes on successful social media strategies, puts up slides of Jacobs' tweets as a way of scaring kids straight.
"We've kind of used that as our inaugural: 'This can happen to you' lesson regarding Instagram," said Gordon, the director of corporate communications for 180 Media. "Here's a guy that had the opportunity to go back to the Super Bowl again. Now,who knows where he's going to go? Because when you Google his name, that's what comes up."
Tennis star Roger Federer was determined not to be that guy. He waited to join Twitter only after spending time studying how other athletes handled it.
"At the end of the day, it's got to be something I need to feel comfortable with," Federer told reporters at the French Open.
The very first response he received was an R-rated question about his personal life that prompted a story on deadspin.com. Welcome to Twitter, Mr. Federer.
"You're always going to have that on the Internet ... because it's the Internet," reasoned Kluwe, the Raiders punter. "If you're putting yourself out there, people are going to say things that they would never say to your face."
Kluwe said his life as an online gamer, where smack talk is de riguer, prepared him for the anonymous assaults he sometimes endures on Twitter. And it's a good thing, too, because his political stances opened a door for tormentors that go beyond the usual, "You stink."
Kluwe, who has little patience for filters, wrote a profanity-laden rant in favor of same-sex marriage in 2012. His literary style? The punter once told The New York Times that it "comes from the storied history of World of Warcraft forum boards. And in that context, the letter was actually really tame. I toned it down quite a few notches."
Strange as it sounds, however, Kluwe urges his NFL brethren to be careful with Twitter. The punter said he reminds teammates that they're representing the organization with each tweet. He said he urges them to think about each post "three times, and then maybe just one more time to be sure."
Another tip?
"Avoid the hot-button issues," Kluwe said. "Obviously, I didn't do such a great job of that last year."
Because backlash is inevitable, the key for the 21st century athlete is learning how to handle hecklers -- to turn the other tweet. Most athletes have developed that skill, anyway, having learned to tune out voices from the crowd during competition.
"I try to let it roll off my back," Couture said. "There's no sense in giving them what they want."
"There are going to be some folks who are disrespectful and say crazy things, but I don't pay attention to it," said Warriors coach Mark Jackson, one of the most active pro coaches on Twitter. "There's a beautiful thing called 'to block' or 'to delete.' "
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, during a visit to San Francisco in May, said he likes Twitter because it actually reduces his friction with fans.
"So many people are interested in what I'm doing and why," the six-time NBA MVP said. "When I'm on Twitter, I'm able to communicate with them. And I don't feel as harassed by people when I answer questions."
And when people come with nastiness rather than honest questions, it's all about turning the other cheek. So says Gordon, whose social media classes have included former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, as well as recent 49ers draft picks Marcus Lattimore, Tank Carradine and Nick Moody.
"Never, ever directly respond to nasty tweets," Gordon said. "You can't win and won't win a social media battle. Fans are quick to pop off all the time, but engaging with them only empowers them."
The 49ers' Williams has even managed to charm his tormentors. The receiver/return man said he's been able to defuse the situation with something as lighthearted as, "C'mon, we're all friends here."
"I'm not afraid to interact and say something back," he said. "There's not any malice behind it. It's playful. It's joking around."
And there are some athletes, the Raiders' Kluwe included, who seem to enjoy the digital repartee. Count former A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy among those whose sharp wit allows them to engage freely in Twitter sparring.
When one fan posted a less-than-romantic overture to his wife, McCarthy responded with: "If only you could lure her into that dungeon you apparently live in."
As McCarthy's former teammate Josh Reddick points out, the out-in-the-open nature of Twitter is actually a safer social media option for most pro athletes.
"Guys like us kind of stay off Facebook," he said.
Curry, the high-scoring Warriors guard, was disillusioned by Twitter at first. Sidelined by injuries for most of the 2011-12 season, Curry was kicked while he was down by angry fans.
"I'd go out with an ankle injury and all of a sudden I'd get a hundred tweets saying, 'My fantasy team is done. You screwed my whole draft!' " Curry recalled with a laugh.
Curry snapped at a few tormentors before shifting strategies. Now he endears himself to his nearly 600,000 Twitter followers by offering them prizes, hosting online chats and posting behind-the-scenes photos to show off his family.
Last January, Curry asked fans to send him their trickiest H-O-R-S-E shot. The winner was from Philadelphia, so when the Warriors played the 76ers, Curry stopped by the kid's house and tried the shot himself. (And, yes, he made it.)
"If you know anything about Steph, you know he's not going to succumb to the trolls," said Bill Voth, the co-founder of SpiracleMedia, which helps manage Curry's massive social media profile. "We've never had to sit down and say, 'OK, Steph. Don't do this.'
"He understands that if you wouldn't say it on camera, you shouldn't say it on social media. But for some reason, with a lot of players, there's a disconnect."
Social media training is increasingly common among sports teams. Giants spokesman Jim Moorehead said young players get it as part of their orientation camp within months of being drafted. Then, every year at spring training, social media training is part the annual sessions that remind all players about what it means to follow "The Giants Way."
There have short-lived Twitter existences (Zito and former Giants closer Brian Wilson to name two), but the team hasn't had much controversy. The biggest misstep came when Pablo Sandoval blew the cover on Buster Posey's season-ending broken ankle, making the announcement before team officials were prepared to do so. (See: Rodriguez, Alex.)
But many athletes say there's no need for extensive training. It can consist of one easy sentence:
Don't say anything stupid.
"If you take Twitter too seriously -- on the fan side or on the athlete side -- it can become something that is too much a part of your life," Williams said. "I've never been one to take it seriously. It's fun. It's an app on my phone."


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Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants: 7/9/09
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Water for Elephants may be the most popular read we've had in the past several years: even CD and BC liked this one! In this novel, Gruen has created a moving portrayal of a frail nursing home resident, and a surprising tale of his younger days as part of the cutthroat Benzini Brothers Circus.
DJ told us that reading Water for Elephants transformed the way she spent time with her stepfather during long stays in a rehabilitation hospital. Others were reminded of their elderly family members, and the way memory ebbs and flows as time goes on.
We were impressed with Gruen's research and the vividness of the 1930's circus setting she created. The brutality depicted was not gratuitous, but a seemingly realistic aspect of the time and place, and her empathy for all the creatures subject to the circus owner's cruelty came through clearly.
We were split on the success of the alternating voices of the elderly and the youthful Jacob. RN enthusiastically recommended the audio version, which features two actors of different ages taking any confusion out of the transition between older and younger narrators.
Tips for related reading from book club members:
Serena by Ron Rash – "a violent story about ambition, privilege, and ruthlessness played out in an Appalachian timber camp in North Carolina during the Depression." – Library Journal
Circus by Alistair MacLean – a circus performer is recruited by the CIA in a Cold War adventure tale


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This film documents some of the sights around York on a sunny, winter day. The film mainly concentrates on the York Minster, but also includes scenes of Micklegate, High Petergate, and St. William's College.
Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and scripted by Dylan Thomas, this film addressed the need for town planning in Sheffield in the post-war world. It features two men who discuss pre-war slum clearance and town planning.
This film is a travelogue documentary which takes the audience on a descriptive and scenic journey through rural and historic Yorkshire.
On the night of 9th July, 1984, a fire broke out at the York Minster. This film includes images of the devastating blaze as well as scenes from the morning after as workmen begin to clear the debris.
Made by Ernest Symmons of Debenham & Co, local filmmakers from Beverley, this is a film of a religious ceremony that takes place in York.
This is a film from the Noel Beardsell Collection about family outings by car.
This reel includes two films, the first featuring Historic Scottish Abbeys, and the second scenic sites of Wharfedale. It films include extensive intertitles identifying each place the filmmaker visits.
This film is comprised of many different events including cricket and football matches, family leisure scenes, the modern new estate of Sunnymede, and a children's sports day all set in Scissett. Scissett is a village in West Yorkshire which was built around the wool and coal industries.
This film documents the history of weaving, specifically velvet, by Lister Co. at Manningham Mill in Bradford. It shows the industrial processes connected with design, weaving and finishing of furnishing fabrics. It includes many scenes of the workers at the mill as well as some domestic interiors and suites (which may be of social interest.)
This is the second part of a documentary film of the London University College of Divinity at Ford Manor, Lingfield. It was made by Charles Chislett and commissioned by the Church Pastoral Aid Society. It shows the life, work and ethos of the College.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a holiday that he and his wife Grace had in Venice and the Dolomites.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a long tour he and his wife Grace made of India, Bangkok, Singapore and Ceylon. It shows local people in their everyday lives, as well as many of the sights. It is in two parts.
This is a film of Kathleen Cole with family and friends on holiday. During the first half of the film they are in London and Paris in the second half.
This film was made as a promotional film for Leeds University and highlights the wide range of subject areas potential students can choose to study, the facilities the university provides, and aspects of student's social life including student halls and the University Union. The film also includes interviews with many of the University's current students.
Produced by the Film Unit and Television Service at Leeds University, this film documents four archaeological dig sites in York. Work on these sites took place during the summer of 1973 and yielded a number of historic findings.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a family holiday touring Ireland, featuring his children Rachel and John. They visit many historic sites, including the Puck Fair at Killorglin.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a tour he and his wife Grace made of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Intertitles and the use of maps throughout the film indicate the geographical position and historical events. The film is in two parts.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a tour he and his wife Grace took with a party of holiday makers visiting the ancient sites Egypt, including Cairo, Luxor and Aswan.
This film features school trips to Liverpool and North Wales including Conway Castle and Swallow Falls.
A film by Charles Chislett, this film documents a family holiday touring Scotland by car in Scotland. The trip beings and ends at the family home in Rotherham, and scenic footage of Scotland is included from their journey, key sites identified by intertitles.
This film shows the workings of Holme Valley Memorial Hospital including the different wards, surgical operating theatre, and the opening ceremonies which took place for the new building in 1935.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a tour he and his wife Grace made of the Islands of the Aegean, with other members of a touring group. The film is in two parts and uses intertitles.
Part of the Pashley Collection, this film is a travelogue of a journey to Cornwall.
Part of the Pashley Collection, this film is a travelogue of a journey to Cornwall.
Part of the Pashley Collection, this film contains footage of a holiday to Holy Island as well as a day out in Bridlington.


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Part of the Creatures of Light exhibition.
Adult male fireflies are very focused animals. And what's their focus? Reproduction. Mating is the reason for their night flights, and mating is behind the brightness and patterning of their flashes.
Finding the right mate is the best-understood function of a firefly's glow. But light is about more than looking for love. In many of the bioluminescent species, including fireflies, light may discourage predators by signaling that the animal they are about to eat will taste very, very bad. Even stranger, females of several species in the firefly genus Photuris flash to lure males of other species to their deaths.
When female fireflies prey on males of other species, they sometimes attack flashing males in midair like a predatory bird. Firefly scientists call this phenomenon "hawking."
Fireflies Around the World
Festivals celebrating firefly season are common in the countryside around Tokyo. Traditionally, fireflies symbolize silent yet passionate love in Japanese poetry. And today, they have become a symbol of environmental conservation.
Central America
One of the most common insects shown in the art—especially the ceramics—of ancient Mayan civilization is the firefly.
United States
For reasons not fully understood—and with a few rare exceptions—there are no flashing fireflies west of the Rocky Mountains. Nonflashing fireflies communicate with chemical signals called pheromones.
In some states in the southern U.S., as well as in locations in Asia, tourists come to watch the spectacular display of male fireflies flashing to the same rhythm. This timing increases the visibility of the light, which may increase a male's chance of finding a mate.
In much of Europe, female fireflies don't fly, have a somewhat wormlike form as adults, and glow steadily rather than flash.
Worldwide, the greatest diversity of firefly species is in the tropics—the region about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) north and south of the equator.


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You are herePrincipled Progressive: Foreign-Based Koch Subsidiary Caught Making Illegal Campaign Contributions
Principled Progressive: Foreign-Based Koch Subsidiary Caught Making Illegal Campaign Contributions
-By Matt Parker
July 2, 2011- When the US Supreme Court obliterated most campaign finance regulations in its ruling on the "Citizens United" case in January of 2010, many observers warned that the decision could lead to foreign corporations pumping money into American elections, among other serious consequences.
Now, well over one year later, we find out such a scenario did come to pass; a foreign subsidiary of an American multinational corporation contributed tens of thousands of dollars to American candidates and political organizations — as many as five years before the Supreme Court's controversial decision. And the corporation involved is none other than Koch Industries.
According to reports and filings with the FEC, a foreign-based subsidiary of Koch Industries, the second-largest private corporation in the country run by two major conservative financiers, admitted to illegally contributing over $25,000 to political campaigns and political committees between 205 and 2009, well before the Citizens United case opened an even wider portal for corporate money to be funneled into American elections.
The company, a chemical outfit called Invista, is "registered" in Luxembourg and the money it contributed came from foreign bank accounts. The foreign cash bonanza was hardly partisan in nature. Though the Kochs are well-known as major contributors to Republican candidates and causes, the Invista foreign money went to GOP as well as Democratic recipients, including the Democratic Governors' Association.


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Josephine Baker
by John BushBorn into poverty in St. Louis, dancer and singer Josephine Baker progressed from vaudeville to New York theater to the Parisian cabaret scene and became the toast of Europe before the age of 21. Though her later career wasn't quite able to handle such an early peak, Baker spent much of her life working tirelessly against prejudice, during World War II in Europe and the civil-rights era in America. She's still one of the most famous expatriates in American history, perfectly epitomizing the hedonistic abandon of the Jazz Age in Paris.Born Freda Carson on June 3, 1906, Baker spent a hardscrabble childhood in the slums of St. Louis. After a successful audition at a local vaudeville theater, she left home at the age of 13, waitressing most of the time and working on the stage whenever she could get there. By 1920, she was married and divorced and married again -- the second time to Willie Baker, from whom she took the name she used on stage. Baker finally caught her big break one year later while dancing in the chorus for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's all-black revue Shuffle Along. A frenetic dancer and relentless onstage clown, she quickly attracted notice and was tapped for a bigger part in another Sissle/Blake production, 1924's Chocolate Dandies. The show made her a star in New York and she became big in Harlem as well with performances at the Cotton Club and the Plantation Club, among others. In 1925, she moved to Paris with the American production La Revue Nègre. Baker's exotic dancing, uninhibited sexuality, and negligible attire -- which included a skirt of feathers -- suited the continent much more than America, and she became an overnight sensation. Soon, she'd opened her own club (Chez Josephine) and starred in her first movie, the naturally exotic 1927 film La Sirene des Tropiques.During the early '30s, Josephine Baker made her first studio recordings, though her extroverted on-stage personality froze slightly with an audience of engineers. She starred in two more films, Zou Zou and Princess Tam-Tam, before returning to America in 1936 to star in Ziegfeld's Follies with Bob Hope and Fanny Brice. The act floundered, however, as Baker was subjected to a double dose of discrimination; cultural conservatives railed against the show's promiscuity, while many hotels and restaurants refused entrance to the star of the show. When Brice fell ill, temporarily halting the revue, Baker broke her contract and fled to Paris. There she became a naturalized French citizen after marrying the sugar magnate Jean Lion, though his status as a French Jew exposed the couple to additional discrimination when the Nazis invaded two years later.Perhaps more eager than most to prevent the oppressive Nazi regime sweeping Europe, Baker joined the French Resistance at an early date and worked throughout World War II to help the Allies. Besides acting as a funnel to get important documents out of France several times, she worked as a sub-lieutenant in the French Air Force's Women's Auxiliary, volunteered for the Red Cross to assist Belgian refugees streaming into France, and undoubtedly boosted troop morale by performing across Northern Africa. After the war, Baker earned several commendations (including the Medal of Resistance and the Cross of the Legion of Honor) and married yet again, to a bandleader named Jo Bouillon. Her return to active entertainment was a bit of a struggle though, and she worked the cabaret circuit in Paris for several years before performing in Cuba and returning to America yet again. During the early '50s, Baker's fight to spread the gospel of civil rights made headlines when she performed to integrated audiences at a nightclub in Miami and cancelled an Atlanta performance after being refused admission to a hotel. She also drew attention making waves in the notoriously segregated entertainment mecca of Las Vegas before mounting a worldwide farewell tour during the early '50s.Though she was back on stage by 1959, Josephine Baker spent much of the late '50s and early '60s raising her adopted children, an ethnically diverse clan of a dozen children she named the "rainbow tribe." (In fact, her continual returns to performance during the era were in part a response to the financial burdens of raising so many children.) She participated in the 1963 civil-rights march on Washington and gave a series of four concerts at Carnegie Hall to raise funds for the cause. After suffering a heart attack in 1964, however, her performance career practically ended, except for a brief comeback just before her death from a stroke in 1975.


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Angry Birds Space - The #1 mobile game of all time blasts off into space!
ALL NEW ANGRY BIRDS GAME FROM ROVIO -- the #1 mobile game of all time blasts off into space!
After a giant claw kidnaps their eggs, the Angry Birds chase it into a wormhole and find themselves floating in a strange new galaxy - surrounded by space pigs! Luckily the Angry Birds have super powers of their own...
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How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories—and the stories of the children they are trying to help—Tough traces the links between childhood stress and life success. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do—and do not—prepare their children for adulthood. He provides us with new insights into how to help children growing up in poverty.
This provocative and profoundly hopeful book has the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, and how we construct our social safety net. It will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself.


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Google Publisher Tags (GPT) is an ad tagging library with which you can dynamically build ad requests. GPT takes key details from you (such as ad unit code, ad size, and key-values), builds the request, and displays the ad on web pages.
With GPT, you can define shared settings such as targeting at a page level instead of defining the same targeting for individual ads on the page. You can also control how and when ad requests are made. For example, you can render ads asynchronously so that they don't block other elements on the page and you can use single-request architecture to call all ads once in the header of your page.
How GPT works
The Google Publisher Tag is used to define available ad slots in your network. Placing a tag on a page creates a communication path between the ad server and a user's browser. When a page containing a Google Publisher Tag is rendered, the following sequence of events occurs:
A request is made from the user's browser to the ad server for
gpt.js, the tagging JavaScript.
The ad server recognizes the ad units and any key-values contained within the request.
The ad server selects the best matching ad.
The ad server returns this ad to the tagging JavaScript.
The JavaScript code associated with the ad tag displays the ad on the page.
Benefits of using GPT
There are multiple benefits of using these tags:
- Multi-level inventory hierarchy: The Google Publisher Tag allows you to use more granular levels of inventory in the Ad Manager front-end. With multiple levels of hierarchy, you'll be able to create much more specific targeting based on your site content. Learn more
- Faster page loads: An asynchronous JavaScript fetch means that instead of waiting for the JavaScript to be returned from the Ad Manager servers, the page continues rendering and loads the ads into iframes when the creatives are returned from the server. Learn more
- Google Publisher Console: The tag comes with a built-in debugging and support tool called the Google Publisher Console, which is enabled on all pages containing the Google Publisher Tag. Learn more
- Single request architecture (SRA): Instead of sending individual ad requests to Ad Manager servers, the browser is able to send one request notifying the server of all ad units on the page. This is the recommended request mode, as it enables advanced roadblocking and improves page load time. Learn more
- Automated setup for interstitials: Ad Manager lets you specify that your tags are for an out-of-page unit and automatically adds the additional code. There's no need to add code manually. Learn more
- SafeFrame capability: SafeFrame technology enables transparent and rich interactions between page content and ads, while providing publisher control and preventing external access to sensitive data. Learn more
- Support responsive design: You can use GPT to build responsive ads that fit the browser your visitors use to view your website. This means that your ads will look good whether your visitors are using a desktop, tablet, or smartphone. Learn more
- Automatic cache-busting: When GPT assembles ad requests corresponding to a page view, it automatically includes a "correlator" value, eliminating the need to manually insert a cache-busting value in the tag.* Learn more
* You do still have the option to update the correlator value if you need to simulate a new page view. Learn more
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GPT works automatically with secure webpages whose URLs begin with
https://. There's no need to modify the tag in any way for serving on a secure page.
HTTPS stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure. It's a communications protocol that's built on top of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. These protocols encrypt certain elements of the communication between the server and the client in order to prevent tampering and eavesdropping by third parties.


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Liverpool beaten by Fulham at Anfield
Dalglish annoyed after Liverpool loss.
LONDON - Liverpool, who made nine changes to the team in their last game before the FA Cup final with Chelsea at the weekend, slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday much to the annoyance of manager Kenny Dalglish.
"I don't think it can be described as a performance," Dalglish told the BBC after a fifth-minute own goal by defender Martin Skrtel handed the Londoners their first win at Anfield at the 49th attempt. "The attitude was very poor.
"I think we got what we deserved from the game and that was absolutely nothing. If you don't approach the game properly you're not going to get anything.
"I take part of the blame because I thought I was being fair to everybody by giving them the opportunity to get some minutes on the pitch," added Dalglish. "The game coming up on Saturday is important to the club."
Liverpool stayed in eighth place with two matches left this season, level on 49 points with Fulham who are ninth.
In the night's other game, seventh-placed Everton drew 1-1 at Stoke City.
Everton went in front with a Peter Crouch own goal on the stroke of halftime but Stoke, who are 13th, equalised through Cameron Jerome midway through the second half.
Chelsea warm up for Saturday's final at Wembley by hosting Newcastle United in the league on Wednesday.
Champions League finalists Chelsea are sixth, a point behind Newcastle and fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur who travel to relegation-threatened Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday.


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The following tips will help you get the most out of using the BizBuySell search engine to find a business to buy.
You can search a single state, multiple states, a single region, multiple regions, all states, and/or foreign countries.
You can search a single county, or multiple counties.
The business categories identify the various types of businesses for sale. You may select as many categories as you wish.
By default, relocatable and home-based businesses are included in the search results. Relocatable businesses are not dependent upon their location for their operation (e.g. a mail order company). To eliminate relocatable or home-based businesses from your results, click the appropriate button.
To limit your search results to businesses listed within the last 3, 7 or 30 days, click the appropriate option.
City Name or Keywords
Use this field to narrow your search.
For example, if you want to narrow your search just to a specific city, (eg. Atlanta), enter the city name in the keyword field. Note: Some businesses do not specify a city to maintain confidentiality.
To find a specific type of business, choose words that describe the business you're seeking. For example, to search for a bed and breakfast you could enter the words "hotel motel inn". This will return all businesses with "hotel", "motel" or "inn" in their descriptions.
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Dividend-paying stocks have attracted lots of investor and advisor attention, especially when—for much of the second half of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013—fixed-income rates were at historic lows. For investors and their advisors, this situation meant that the stocks' attractive yields were seen as the best-available income option.
Plus, dividends can cushion investors against market volatility. This was important over the past year or so, when the Dow Jones Utility Index (DJU), a rate-sensitive index, moved from 438.05 on November 15, 2012, to a peak of 537.32 on April 30, 2013.
Positive Outlook
Several factors bode well for such stocks going forward, despite the recent shift in interest-rate dynamics, experts say. First, dividend payouts have been growing and look likely to continue growing, says Mike Boyle, CFA, senior vice president of asset management with Advisors Asset Management in Lisle, Ill., who tracks roughly 40 years of dividend data.
Citing the most recent figures, Boyle reports that dividends paid in June 2013 were 23% higher than those paid in June 2012, an increase he describes as "phenomenal."
That result isn't a one-month aberration. When Boyle compared the most recent trailing 12-month period to the previous 12-month period, dividends paid were 17.5% higher, roughly triple the historical long-term average increase of 5.93% for comparable periods.
"Dividend growth right now is as robust as it's ever been or at least over the 40 years that I've been tracking it," he says. Fortunately, the good news doesn't stop there.
Dividend payout ratios are hovering around 30% versus a historical value closer to 40%, Boyle notes. If companies bring payout percentages back to their average that will translate to roughly a one-third overall increase in dividends paid.
Their cash flow situations are "very, very strong," he says. "I can find something yielding 2, 3 [or] 4% and growing that yield 10, 15 [or] 20%." Such results can prove very attractive to many segments of investors, including retirees.
Retirement Rush
The Baby Boomers' impact on the demand for financial assets has been debated for years, experts say. One widespread forecast in the late 1990s was that Boomers would invest in stocks while they were working and then reallocate their portfolios to bonds at retirement to reduce volatility.
That scenario made sense for a time, recalls Josh Peters, CFA, a Chicago-based equities strategist and editor of the Morningstar "DividendInvestor" newsletter. "You had a couple of years when the market went up 25% a year like clockwork, and the idea was, you ride this wave until you retire," he says. "Your portfolio just swells with all these capital gains, and then you sell all the stocks and you buy bonds. Back then a 10-year Treasury yielded 6 or 7%, and you could actually see how something like that could work."
Unfortunately, investors experienced two stock market crashes, and the broad indexes haven't even kept pace with inflation, Peters notes. Interest rates have fallen significantly, so the notion of cashing in flush stock portfolios for juicy bond yields got squashed from both ends.
Consequently, the Boomers' need retirement for income could spur strong demand for dividend-paying stocks in their post-retirement periods. Unless we experience the unlikely combination of low inflation coupled with higher interest rates, Peters believes that retirees will continue to rely heavily on quality stocks to help generate the income and total returns needed to fund their retirement strategies.
"Dividend yields are going to become much more important, much more sought after, and risk tolerance is going to go down," he explains. "People are really going to want those nice steady stable companies that spin off big dividends and keep raising them every year."
Growth Stories
Unlike bonds, dividend stocks can increase their distributions and potentially generate significant capital gains via price appreciation. "Bonds don't grow their coupon," says Henry Sanders III, CFA, executive vice-president and senior portfolio manager with River Road Asset Management in Louisville, Ky.
"They don't pay you more interest every year. The dividend will do that. You're not just earning a dividend stream, you're earning a growing dividend stream," Sanders explains.
"There's a company that's growing their business, and they're growing their revenues. That helps lift the stock, because when interest rates start going back up that means the economy is getting stronger, companies have more pricing power, [and] their earnings should increase," he notes. "That offsets the impact of interest rates moving up."
Ryan Issakainen, senior vice-president, exchange traded fund strategist for First Trust Advisors, LP in Wheaton, Ill., agrees that broad comments about dividend stocks don't tell the full story, since all dividend-paying stocks do not have the same risk and return characteristics. The growth of a stock's dividend is an important differentiator, Issakainen argues.
Dividends, Discipline
In addition, dividends provide information about a company's finances and its managers' business outlook. Sanders cites an example of a company that announces a substantial dividend increase.
"Management can throw out projections, here's what we expect things to be," he says. "It's worth what it's worth, not usually a whole lot. But, when they say, we're raising our dividend 20%, you're talking about cash. They're paying out 20% more cash. You can do things to massage earnings, make revenues look better and make earnings look better. But you can't fake cash, right?"
Freezing, cutting or suspending a dividend also conveys information. When a company makes one of these changes to its policy, that's a signal, says Sanders, and probably not a good one. The company's business may be generating less free cash flow than anticipated, it may be carrying too much debt, and so on. These changes are signals to investigate the company's finances and outlook further.
Enduring Advantages
Even if rates should continue to move higher, that doesn't change the long-term case for dividend stocks, experts point out. Mark DeVaul, CFA, CPA, portfolio manager with the London Company in Richmond, Va., notes that dividends have provided about half of stocks' total returns since the 1930s.
Returns on dividend-paying stocks can be less volatile than non-dividend payers, DeVaul adds, and they also help protect purchasing power.
They "give you that hedge against inflation," he says. "We don't know what's going to happen long term with interest rates or the inflationary environment, but dividends can definitely provide you a nice offset there."
Peters believes that from an investor's perspective, it's irrelevant whether or not dividend-paying stocks are "the flavor of the month on Wall Street." What makes dividends attractive, he argues, is that they work very well for shareholders, because they provide an opportunity to "put my money to work in companies that are very high quality, financially strong, competitively advantaged and making that commitment to reward shareholders directly."
Dividends also increase shareholders' flexibility in managing their portfolios, Peters says. Retirees can take the distributions for income while younger investors can reinvest their dividends in the issuing company or invest them elsewhere. "Those are huge advantages that get right down to the kind of reasons people want to invest in the stock market in the first place, at least for the long term," he says.


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I'm tired of hearing that lower taxes will bring new business. Politicians chant low taxes like a mantra that answers everything. Governor Cuomo offers to starve many New York communities of money for services by barring them from taxing new business.
Many places in the world have no taxes, and no business opportunities either. Many places in the US charge lower taxes than New York but do much worse. What's missing in the low tax nonsense includes markets, transportation, supplies, employees, skills, resources and amenities, the things that make places interesting and fun to live in, the reasons company founders live here, why the bosses live here, and why their employees want to live here. Read the rest of this entry »


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