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Undie alert! David Beckham debuts latest H&M bodywear ad
These David Beckham-H&M ads just never get old.
And it will take the Ministry a long time to tire of the soccer star in various states of undress for the sake of fashion.
In his latest wordless ad for the Swedish retailer, the soccer star is seen behind the scenes modeling in a locker room, giving smoldering looks to the camera and smiling as his perfect hair is groomed as he models boxer briefs, tanks and ... actual clothes. Like long-sleeved henleys and pants. (Blasphemy!)
Steamy photos from the campaign appeared on H&M's Instagram account Monday and Beckham's official Facebook page early Tuesday. The brooding YouTube video followed soon after.
The heavily tattooed British athlete is currently promoting his fall 2013 bodywear collection with H&M, with the ads set to appear on billboards and in magazines on Thursday, according to Perez Hilton.
"I love the heritage athletic style of the new pieces in my Bodywear collection at H&M," Beckham, 38, told the Daily Mail. "The vests, pajama pants and raglan sleeve tops are already like wardrobe favorites for me that I know I'll wear all season long."
"It was great to shoot them in an old-fashioned East End changing room. It was like I had gone right back to my roots."
The former captain of England's national team announced his retirement from soccer in May after 20 years in the sport, then hung up his cleats for good during his final game with club du jour, Paris St.-Germain. He previously played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and bolstered the state of major league soccer in the United States after a championship-laced stint with the L.A. Galaxy.
The last time we saw Beckham in his skivvies, he was busy running around the streets of Los Angeles while his body seemed to reject nearly every garment he was wearing. The short film was directed by Madonna's ex Guy Ritchie, to whom we are forever grateful.
Oh, woe to us for having to chronicle Becks' every perfectly sculpted move.
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The Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information announced the début of the mobile edition of the UN Chronicle, available now for iPhone and iPad.
Just in time for Rio+20, the free app includes the special double issue on the objectives and visions of this landmark conference, including essays on bringing star power to earth, sustainable energy for all, and the need for a positive negotiating vision.
The premier periodical of the UN since 1946, the UN Chronicle is a quarterly magazine covering the current affairs of the United Nations from contemporary and historical perspectives.
The mobile edition includes the latest issue for free, with subsequent issues available for $3.99 and back issues for $2.99, or an optional annual subscription for $7.99, all at a significant reduction from the print price. For staff, a temporary promotional code will be distributed with each new issue to allow for a free download. Additional platforms and languages are planned for release in the near future.
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The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is unveiling its monthly jobs numbers today at a time when the federal government's labour data is under heightened scrutiny.
The Labour Force Survey comes just days after the auditor general's spring report found Statcan's job-vacancy survey too vague, concluding the figures provided little value to governments and other users.
And it comes with the Conservative government under sustained fire over alleged abuses of its temporary foreign workers program, which was created to fill labour shortages in certain sectors.
Statistics Canada's survey presents the number of jobs created or lost for the given month, as well as the unemployment rate.
Don Drummond, an economist who wrote a report for the government five years ago on how to improve the country's labour-market data, said the concerns over the Labour Force Survey lie in the limitations of the figures available.
The measurements don't even address the most interesting information, because they zero in on the net numbers of the labour force, rather than the "real action" of the gross data, Drummond said.
For example, the announcement might say that 20,000 jobs were created for a given month, "but that's actually dead wrong," said Drummond, who believes a more detailed picture would give Canadians a better grasp of the situation.
"All it says is that employment went up by 20,000. But that 20,000 number might reflect the creation of 300,000 jobs and a loss of 280,000 jobs."
The second potential pitfall is hidden beneath the sampling variability of the data, which could mean the figure provided is way off the mark, Drummond added.
The two- or three-month trends give a much more reliable account of the situation, he said. And the regional and occupational statistics use sample sizes that are too small, resulting in data that Drummond warned can be "extraordinarily misleading."
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Increasing those sample sizes would help, although that would also hike costs, he said.
"Or we could have a more realistic perspective of diminishing the importance and reliability we tend to attach to any given month's result. To a large degree, it's just kind of white noise."
Rather than focusing on unemployment, Drummond said the priority should be building a better job-vacancy survey. He recommended basing it on larger samples and providing information such as the job skills needed for the positions.
"Certainly, if I was unemployed, I would rather know where there's a job vacancy than how many other people are unemployed along with me," he said.
On Tuesday, the auditor general said the government's survey of employment, payrolls and hours doesn't provide specifics on the precise location of job vacancies within a province.
Other surveys used by Ottawa to take the pulse of employment trends have also been criticized as inaccurate or incomplete. Statcan, meanwhile, has been hit with a $29.3-million funding cut over the last two years.
Canadians have frequently heard Finance Minister Joe Oliver — and his predecessor Jim Flaherty — boast about Canada's economic and job creation performance since the recession, claiming it has outperformed large industrialized nations.
Looking to the next federal election, political parties are set to duel over which one has the best employment-creation plan.
Angella MacEwen, a senior economist with the Canadian Labour Congress, said more funding is needed for Statistics Canada, so that it can provide a clearer picture for voters.
"I think it's very important for the public to have the right information and to see who's telling them the truth," MacEwen said.
She said the Canadian Labour Congress has also been calling on the government to take its Labour Force Survey even further. The group says the survey should include stats on Canadians who are no longer looking for work as well as those who are underemployed — people who are seeking more work.
By adding those categories, she said the Canadian unemployment figure would more than double, rising to 2.7 million from 1.3 million.
MacEwan said the organization has also been urging Ottawa to give StatsCan enough resources to complete its workplace survey, a program that would show how many people have been fired and hired. The program, she said, ran out of money before the analysis could be complete.
She also agrees that more funding is needed for the job-vacancy survey, which would help businesses plan for the future. Without it, she added, employers could struggle as the workforce continues to age.
"I think it does make it more difficult for potential employers who are trying to plan ahead and figure out, 'OK, what are the skills shortages going to be?' "


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Adam Archer and Sandra Hope appear at Stairway to Heaven Comics on Saturday May 3rd for Free Comic Book Day! They will be meeting fans and signing comics from 1:00 till 3:00 pm.
Adam is the talented artist on Scribblenauts and the Rocket Raccoon comic available exclusively on Free Comic Book Day. Sandra is the inking artist on Superman Earth One as well as the brand new Secret Origins #1 (on the shelves 4/23). We're very excited to have them grace our store on Free Comic Book Day!
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Selena, Showbiz Experts Say You Need To Sex Up Your Image Like Miley & Taylor To Be A Serious Contender In Hollywood!
HollywoodLife.com consulted with a leading agent, manager, producer, director and casting director — and almost all of them agree: sex gives a career longevity in Hollywood!
Miley Cyrus and Taylor Momsen seem to have turned into Hollywood's terrible twosome overnight. The 17-year-old starlets kiss girls, wear their underwear in public and constantly defy authority. Meanwhile, Disney actress Selena Gomez is every mother's dream child — she's wholesome, tactful and talented. Isn't that the kind of girl who deserves the most success?
Sadly, that's not the case in Tinseltown. HollywoodLife.com spoke with several A-list showbiz insiders who told us that if Selena keeps image squeaky clean for much longer, she'll never see the same amount of success as her former Disney counter-part Miley or Gossip Girl starlet Taylor!
Selena seems "boring" next to Miley and Taylor…she doesn't have the same appeal to older audiences
Holier than thou Selena COULD have a career like Dakota Fanning's, a sweet-looking girl who lands gritty roles and earns rave reviews for her "real" performances. However, I think that because she got her start at Disney, and, relatively, a little late in the game, she may wind up being type-cast in exclusively pre-teen films. If she landed the young role that would show her to be a Reese Witherspoon-type, she could break free of cheesy movies, but I think that her squeaky clean image won't do anything but keep her doing irrelevant and forgettable films. — Feature film and TV producer
Miley has the "It" factor…which is something Selena lacks
Miley is a force to be reckoned with. If she applies the same dedication to her work during and after this time of transition, she will keep selling out stadiums and movie theaters. — Feature film director
The bottom line? Sex sells and Hollywood is a business
This "cool kid image" Miley and Taylor are projecting is like gas on the popularity fire. I'd hang out with them! — TV casting director
Being a good girl might not be good for ticket sales, but it certainly helps book jobs! Studios want to know the starlets they cast are trustworthy and dependable
There is definitely a market for the wholesome young starlet, but more than that it shows that she has a good head on her shoulders and is thus likely to take her work more seriously and understand the importance of not wasting the opportunities she has been given. — Director
I think it is important to establish a difference between an on-screen persona and personal lifestyle choices. For Miley, the promiscuous outfits don't carry over into a hard-partying lifestyle so she can still be on top of her game and make appealing music. But for Taylor, the trashy outfits are only the beginning. It points to choices that will eventually damage her career – if you are out all night partying then you can't prepare for your meeting with a director at ten o'clock the next morning. — Director


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CONCORD, N.C. – Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint Cup All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along the way.
Edwards, the 2011 winner in the exhibition event, completed three laps and a four-tire pit stop Friday night in 1 minute, 51.297 seconds.
Kurt Busch will start alongside Edwards on the front row Saturday night.
Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch and Joe Logano rounded out the top five.
Edwards had Trickle's name written just above his window, a tribute to the 71-year-old former NASCAR driver who died Thursday of what authorities said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Boger City, N.C.
Edwards said many of his crew members are from Wisconsin, where Trickle grew up and became a famous short-track driver.
"We felt like we needed to do something to honor him," Edwards said. "I don't know that I deserved to have his name above my window."
For the first time since 2000, NASCAR waived the pit-road speed limit, allowing drivers to enter and leave the pits at high rates of speed.
"This was awesome," Edwards said. "I vote that we do this at every race track."
Not all agreed.
Judging the speed needed to stop in the pit stall threw off some drivers.
Defending all-star race champion Jimmie Johnson was among a handful of drivers who skidded past his pit stop when his breaks locked up. He was forced to back up, losing valuable time.
"I didn't have the car under control in the breaking zone," said Johnson, who'll start 18th.
Kevin Harvick's pit stop was even worse. He overshot his pit stall and didn't back up far enough before his crew jumped the wall and began working on a tire change with his car still slightly over the line. His time was disallowed, and he'll start at the back of the field Saturday night.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in second place at one point, but a loose lug nut cost him a 5-second penalty and dropped him out of the top 10.
Saturday night's all-star race encompasses 90 laps, including four 20-lap segments leading up to a final 10-lap shootout for $1 million.
NASCAR has installed new rules to discourage drivers from sandbagging.
Last year's champion Jimmie Johnson won the first segment and hung back in the pack for the other three segments knowing he'd secured a top-four starting spot in the final 10-lap shootout. That strategy worked well for Johnson, who jumped out to a big lead on the 10-lap shootout and cruised to an easy – and uneventful – victory.
This year's segment winners aren't guaranteed a top-four spot, and drivers will enter a mandatory pit stop before the 10-lap final segment based on their average finish in the first four segments.
Kyle Busch called last year's rules "stupid" and said he encouraged NASCAR to change them.
"I think the rules are right this year," Busch said. "Last year, you're exactly right, you win a segment, and you roll in the back. We all knew that, and that was the strategy you have to play. Jimmie (Johnson) played it the best obviously. For this year, that's entirely out the window."
Track owner Bruton Smith also added some incentive by offering an additional $1-million incentive if a driver can win all four segments and the 10-lap shootout, meaning it's conceivable a driver could take home $2 million.
Busch estimated the odds of a driver accomplishing that feat are about "300 to one."
The top two finishers in the Sprint Showdown and the winner of the fan vote will fill out the 22-car field.
Danica Patrick is among those hoping to drive her way into the field.
There have been some rumblings from fans that NASCAR clarified its rule so that the fan-vote winner doesn't have to finish on the lead lap of the Sprint Showdown to qualify for the all-star race as a way to ensure Patrick gets in.
"From my understanding that was a mistake on NASCAR's part earlier in the week," Patrick said. "So, outside of that I have absolutely no idea what the rules are from the past or what they're going to be or what they've been. It's all new to me."


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Parade Magazine to return to Clovis News Journal
June 27, 2009
Freedom New Mexico
Can't wait for the next parade? Clovis News Journal and Portales News-Tribune readers won't have to wait much longer.
"Parade Magazine" returns to our newspapers starting July 5.
"Parade," which began in 1941, will replace "USA Weekend" on Sundays.
"Typically, local news and main news are most read and then you go to 'Parade'," Publisher Ray Sullivan said. "We carried it earlier this decade, so we're switching back. It's a company-wide move although some Freedom (Communications) papers already carried it."
The magazine features a mixture of news, entertainment and sports stories and includes popular regular features "What People Earn" and "Ask Marilyn."
"They've got a lot of fun articles with interesting topics and always good writing," Sullivan said.


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Bisons fall in 14-innings
The Bisons struggles continued on Thursday night to start off a crucial five-game road trip. The Herd lost 5-4 in a wild season high 14 innings at Alliance Bank Stadium and have now lost 5 of their last 7 games.
The Chiefs jumped on top 2-0 in the second inning, when the Chiefs starting pitcher Erik Arnesen helped out his own cause by driving in a run with a sacrifice fly and Boomer Whiting drove in a run on a fielder's choice.
The Bisons struggled offensively over the first three frames, able to get just two hits, but the bats broke open in the fourth. Russ Adams got the rally started with a one out solo home run, his 14th of the year. Five of the next six batters came through with singles, including a two-run base hit by Luis Hernandez to give the Herd a 3-2 lead.
The Bison killer Chase Lambin then assisted the Chiefs in retaking the lead in the sixth inning on a two-run homer, his fourth long ball against the Bisons this season, to put Syracuse up 4-3.
However, as always the Bisons would not go down quietly. After a leadoff single by Andy Green in the seventh, Buffalo tied the game at four on an RBI base knock from Mike Cervenak. The Bisons third baseman extended his hitting streak to seven games going 3×4 with a run scored and that RBI.
The Bisons loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning, but Mike Nickeas flew out to shallow center field and pinch hitter J.R. House grounded out to end the threat.
After Syracuse was unable to walk-off with the victory in the bottom of the ninth, the Bisons went into extra innings for the second straight night.
Things got dicey in the bottom of the 12th inning. With men on second and third base and only one out in the inning, Brian Bixler lined a ball out to center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis. On the catch, Pete Orr tagged up from third base, but was gunned down at the plate by Nieuwenhuis to end the inning and continue the game.
Seth Bynum led off the 13th frame with a double down the left field line. He got down to third base with one out in the inning, but a strikeout of the pitcher Joe Bisenius and Carlos Maldonado flew out to center field to send the contest to the 14th.
For the third straight inning, the Chiefs got the winning run on third base in the 14th, as it was Pete Orr. This time however Syracuse was able to walk off with the win, when Brian Bixler lined a ball into left field and Orr came in to score the winning run.
The 14 innings and 4:22 time of game were both season longs for the Bisons in 2010.
The Chiefs and Bisons will meet in the series finale and Buffalo's final game in Syracuse this season tomorrow night with a 7:10 p.m. start time.
BISONS NOTES:Russ Adams has hit five home runs in his last nine games…Bisons starting pitcher Fernando Nieve got the no-decision, meaning he has still yet to lose a game as a Buffalo starter (5-0 in ten career starts as a Bison)…Mike O'Connor pitched a scoreless ninth inning to extend his scoreless innings streak to 16 innings…The Bisons left a modern era record 19 men on base.


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I recently returned from a trip to Egypt with Pivotal's own Lara Owen. Like all good tourists, we went and saw the Pyramids of Giza. Like far fewer tourists, we also went to Saqqara to see the Step Pyramid and then on to Dashur, home of the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.
In the 3rd Dynasty, the Step Pyramid is constructed under the rule of Djoser. The pyramid has entered the market. By the 4th Dynasty, under the rule of Snofru, six steps are no longer enough, users want seven steps and smooth sides.
In an attempt to meet these new market demands, the Bent Pyramid construction begins. Half way through, they realize they made a mistake, and adapt their plan accordingly by changing the angle down from 54° to 45°. The next attempt, still within Snofru's lifetime, becomes the gold standard of pyramids and is known as the Red Pyramid. With it's consistent sloping smooth sides and added height, this pyramid was fit for any king.
What I thought about, as you might have guessed by now, was the methodology used to construct each of these pyramids. In the case of the Step Pyramid form the 3rd Dynasty, it would be easy to see a king proclaim, "I want this kind of pyramid and I want it ready by the time I die." And he'll get something twenty years later that resembles what he wanted twenty years ago.
Snofru had a different plan. He was going to shake up the way people think about royal tombs. He was going to do something no one else had done. This man of foresight said to his people, "We will release early, and we will release often. We will have meetings along the way to reflect on how we have progressed, and we will then plan ahead only as far as is practical, adjusting as we go. Most importantly, we will trust each other such that mistakes can be made without causing great harm to the project." It was with this spirit that Snofru began work on the Bent Pyramid.
He didn't know what he was doing, there was no model to copy, no patterns to solve this problem. So he guessed 54°. And they built, and they talked and said "Hey Snofru, this looks great, but it won't be stable if we continue at this angle." To which Snofru probably replied, "I will trust your expertise here, can we make the angle less steep and see how that works out?" So 45° it was.
When the finished, they stood back and looked at the work they had done. It was taller, and it did have smooth sides, but it wasn't quite right. Snofru, being a wise king, knew that this was a great success.
- A taller pyramid could indeed be built.
- 45° was a sustainable angle
- He was still drawing breath and now had the knowledge to fully realize his goal.
Snofru still had plenty of time on his hands, and because he released early instead of letting construction drag on, he had new insight from the retrospective that he wouldn't possess otherwise. So he built the Red Pyramid with complete success.
Snofru was, in my opinion, the first adopter of Agile principles. His "employees" trusted him enough to be able to push back when the plan needed revising. He trusted them right back not to yank his chain about things being too steep. He made his mistakes up front, which taught him lessons about his domain, and it enabled him to be successful in the long run.
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REVERE — At first, I thought it was a migraine coming on.
There, on a hill overlooking Route 145 in Revere, was a seizure-inducing mass of flashing lights. Sometimes candy does this to me. But Halloween was just a couple of days earlier, and I'd barely gotten halfway through my kid's goody-bag. I looked again. There was no mistaking it: The house on Hillside Avenue was getting its Christmas on. In the first week of November.
This cannot stand! I like my Halloweens in October, my Thanksgivings in November, my Christmases in December. I don't need my make-or-buy-weapon-or-no-weapon-costume stress messing with my brine-or-don't-brine-dear-God-how-could-I-eat-that-much-turkey anxiety. And I certainly don't want those freak-outs bleeding into my will-the-tree-lights-work-is-my-kid-ruined-from-too-many-toys worries. I want to savor each holiday. I need my anxieties evenly spaced.
Instead, I'm trapped in seasonal Turducken, three holidays in one. The red snowman cups at Starbucks came out on Nov. 1. Ditto the elves on shelves at CVS. The wall-to-wall carols weren't far behind.
This is Christmas Creep, created by a retail industry stretching the Santa season to gird its bottom lines against snowstorms and the interwebs. That's why they foisted Black Friday upon us, the fake post-Thanksgiving holiday on which hordes of otherwise normal-ish people leave their families in the wee hours to stampede for Furbys and flat screens.
And now Black Friday is creeping, too. On Nov. 23, stores in some states are moving opening hours up from the unholy hour of 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving night — a time hitherto reserved for the sacrament of sitting on the couch watching awful TV with unbuckled belts bested by bellies full of gravy and regret.
I had to do something. I couldn't fight capitalism, so I went to confront the people in the little white house on Hillside Avenue. Turns out I'm no match for Christmas-loving, salt-of-the-earth types, either. Did you know they make doorbells that play "Jingle Bell Rock"? Adorbs!
"When we grew up, there were always decorations," said David Adams, the 45-year-old gas station manager who decks the halls, and every other inch of the place. "The kids love it."
He started decorating 17 years ago, and his display has been growing since. Adams is not done with this year's extravaganza yet, but his front and two side yards are jammed with light-up reindeer, toy soldiers, giant candy canes, a big sleigh with a singing Santa, another distressingly lifelike Santa who talks — "Special delivery, direct from the North Pole!" — and yet another on the other side of the house. There is a Santa-penguin-snowman inflatable teacup ride, and a huge snow-globe hosting yet more snowmen. There are polar bears, and the Abominable Snowman from the Rankin-Bass TV special (Rudolph was kidnapped a few nights ago — only the second theft in 17 years).
And then there are the lights, which make his red "Santa Stop Here" flag rather redundant, given that you can see the place from space. People love it all, stopping their cars to gawk and take pictures with the Santas.
When you've got this much Christmas going on, you have to start early. "We tried to wait till after Thanksgiving, but it snows," he said. "If the ground gets hard, we can't bang the stakes in."
How much is too much? Here Adams was cagey. "Right now, we're just replacing what's broken," he claimed. But then: "We've talked to the woman next door about using her yard when we run out of room."
There's no stopping this guy, or the creeping holiday that gives him joy. Whether I like it or not, 'tis already the season to be jolly.
Fa-la-la-la-la. La.La.La.La.
Yvonne Abraham is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Novus Employees Donate One Million Dollars to Local Charities
Since 2010, Novus and its employees have supported local charities through the United Way's Annual Giving Campaign
ST. LOUIS (Dec.8, 2015) — Over the past five years, Novus International, Inc. and its employees have pledged one million USD to local charities through the United Way's Annual Giving Campaign. This year, employee donations totaled more than $105,000. Novus matched employee contributions making this year's donation total over $210,000. Contributions supported the United Way of Greater St. Louis, United Way Heart of Arkansas, United Way of Southwest Missouri, United Way of Brazoria County and United Way of Greater Houston.
"From my experience, giving through the United Way allows me to have the greatest community impact. United Way does what no other organization can – it brings communities together to strengthen dozens of local health and human service agencies that provide assistance to those in need," commented Jeff Klopfenstein, Novus International's President of the Methionine Business Unit.
Novus maintains a long tradition of involvement and support for its local communities. The Company encourages its employees to donate to causes important to them, with their gifts matched by the Novus Gift Matching program, and also engage in volunteer activities in local communities.
"The level of generosity by Novus employees is a testament to the character of the Company," said Klopfenstein. "Our employees are deeply involved in the community in many ways, and the United Way's Annual Giving Campaign is one more avenue for us to help others live their best possible lives."
Millions of people benefit from services provided through locally supported health and human service agencies affiliated with the United Way. To make a contribution to the United Way, visit www.unitedway.org. To learn more about how Novus supports local communities, visit www.novusint.com/sustainability.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2015 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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The eye-catching and stylish posters that we use to decorate the walls of Five Rivers are now available for purchase! These posters are more than just a beautiful way to decorate your home, they are also an important symbol of Vietnamese culture that were used to promote peace and patriotism during and after the Vietnam War.
All of these canvas posters are produced in Vietnam before being directly shipped over to the UK. We only currently have a limited supply of posters, with only one available in each design. So be quick because once they're gone, they're gone!


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As your filmmaking career starts to grow, it's crucial that your actions don't strangle it in its infancy.
By avoiding the mistakes that so many filmmakers make you have a far greater chance of succeeding well beyond the first 2 years of the launch date of your career.
1. Doing Too Much Yourself
Business owners as well as filmmakers fall into this trap as they attempt to minimise costs. It can mean that you will get bogged down in the day-to-day nitty gritty, keeping you from stepping back and taking a good hard look at the future. Future planning, and with it, the ability to anticipate problems, are two important areas successful filmmakers have to keep control of. Doing too much can mean that the fire-fighting cycle just keeps repeating over and over again.
Coupled with that is the guilt associated with neglecting family and personal relationships. This often leads to exhaustion and collapse.
Why not call for extra help before you need it, and not after the cracks have begun to show, and usually, it is too late.
2. You Don't Know What You Don't Know
Most independent filmmakers start their career because they are really good at something. Some are really good at directing action, others have a flair for working with actors, and others are just good solid all-rounders.
What many filmmakers forget is that it is a business which involves a host of different skill sets. They forget that filmmaking requires the basic business management skills such as: sourcing new clients and work, marketing and publicity, recruiting new crew and staff, and managing the cash flow questions that any small business has. Add into this the creative mix and you have the potential for a meltdown.
Running and more importantly, developing and expanding your movie career is like growing and developing any type of business. It is unlikely that you will have the expertise to do everything needed yourself.
Successful filmmakers learn to recognise their own skills and knowledge and take action to fill the gaps in their career plan.
3. Quitting The Day Job Too Quickly
A filmmaker or screenwriter's passion in what they are doing is usually so high that they enjoy some intital successes and revenues. They then quit their day jobs and hire premises and staff – only to face psychological and financial ruin when their early successes have been a minor blip on the long hard haul to a successful career.
Everyone needs money in order to survive. Make sure you are able to cover your monthly expenses before you ditch your day job. Often people try to get film work, but don't know how to get work without experience.
Done correctly, you might be able to apply for funding or enjoy certain strategic tax benefits depending on your personal profile and the geographical territory you live in.
4. You Haven't Got Anyone To Talk To
Filmmakers have career issues which often require discussion and debate. The difficulty facing most filmmakers is that they find it very difficult to find anyone they can relate to.
Certain legal and technical challenges can be discussed with an accountant or lawyer. But issues of creativity are not the issues you want to discuss with inappropriate people.
Having no network is potentially very damaging. Discussion with a trusted advisor or friend is where one finds new ideas and perspectives. Having your project and ideas endorsed is also nourishing for one's ego. Lukewarm receptions can indicate that your ideas are not developed enough.
A small network of trusted people able to 'get' you and to listen and discuss ideas with you is an essential part of a filmmaker's success.If this is your first visit to Raindance's website, why not subscribe to our free weekly newsletter – it's a great way to share ideas.
5. Working With The Wrong People
Filmmaking is a passionate business. It is also almost always very last minute. Add on top of that, the chronic fatigue. Under these circumstances it is tempting to hire people for production and other jobs quickly without properly interviewing and checking references.
Remember, no matter how good someone is, if there's a difference in values, then the only questions that matter are "When will the row happen?" and "On what subject will it be?"
Always be asking yourself: how much real experience do they have? Is it relevant to what you need? Are their skills and experience complimentary to yours? Do you have mutual respect? How important will you be to them? Do they know their own limits? What networks and contacts do they bring? Will they let you talk to their previous employers/collaborators to get a feel of how they work?
As always, don't agree to work with anyone until you feel comfortable. Make sure you don't fall for one of the cons filmmakers fall for. And make sure you have written contracts in place for any creative collaboration.
6. Lack of self awareness
Many filmmakers are afraid of admitting their fears and inadequacies because they don't want to lose the mantra of praise that they want to follow them everywhere. They won't take any criticism from anyone because they don't trust them and because they believe they know better. When confronted they usually nitpick ridiculously fine details and refuse to entertain the creative or practical suggestions from anyone else.
This makes it very difficult to develop a team, and as the word spreads, they find fewer and fewer people willing to collaborate with them.
Successful filmmakers are brutally honest about themselves. Get some vital feedback from that special and trusted friend.
7. Staying In The Comfort Zone
Most filmmakers work with the same team members over and over again. There is nothing wrong with this – except – who is challenging and testing you and your ideas?
It's an easy trap to surround yourself with 'yes'men. Working with people who challenge you may be uncomfortable, but it's a whole lot easier then attending a disastrous screening of your movie because no one around you had the courage to say "hang on a minute – what about XYZ?"'
Hip, innovative filmmakers pick up those cool ideas from outside their conventional thoughts. They learn to accept constructive criticism and learn how to deal with negative criticism.
Mixing with others will increase your chances of doing this. The more diverse your contacts (whether by sectors/age/ethnic group/gender), the more you'll also be able to "narrow the angles" on potential incoming problems; someone in your group will have had experience of issues that you haven't – better to learn from others' mistakes than get extra battle scars yourself!
8. Not Knowing Why You Want To Make Movies
Filmmakers make movies for many different reasons. It doesn't really matter why you want to make a movie. Some make movies because they want to make money. Others make movies to get a message across. Others make movies because they are attracted by the allure and glamour.
Decide what your ambitions are before you head off and attempt a career in filmmaking. Realise that your real reason for making movies will predetermine much of what you try and achieve.
By avoiding, at least to some degree, these eight common mistakes your filmmaking career has a much more decent chance of success. Analyse each of these eight areas and take appropriate action.
Best wishes!
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Nashoba, on the banks of the Wolf River in West Tennessee, was doomed almost from the beginning. The land, about 2,000 acres, was ill-chosen, mosquito-infested and built on swamp land. Disease and infighting among the pioneers condemned the community, founded in 1826, to failure. When founder Frances Wright returned from a European fund-raising trip in 1829, most of the colonists were gone, except for thirty-one former slaves, who had been purchased and freed specifically for this Utopian experiment. Accepting Wright's offer to take them to black-ruled Haiti, this little group set sail in 1830 for a new life in the young republic.
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I've written before about how anthology movies get on my nerves, and how they trample my nerves when the overarching narrative relies on coincidence to bring the characters together. However, I'm not opposed to having a consistent theme running throughout (provided the subtext isn't "we're all connected"; I'm looking at you, 360). The horror anthology V/H/S doesn't bother with narrative or themes beyond "girls are not to be trusted", "guys have way too much testosterone", and "videotaping fun gatherings will inevitably lead to a gruesome death." Even the truly shared aspect—that all of the shorts look like they were shot on VHS—is undermined by not doing anything more than cast all of the stories in the found-footage mold. Despite its lack of depth, the film is a standard mixed bag anthology, but most of the items in V/H/S' bag are pretty fun.
The overarching shell story features a group of destructive ass-holes who spend their free time videotaping their miscellaneous antics, which includes smashing up an empty house, and forcibly making a helpless woman flash her breasts at their camera. One member of the group has lost a sex tape he made with his girlfriend, and so the guys head to a creepy house to try and recover it. They discover a dead body in a chair, but quickly move on to dig through the videos to find their friends. Meanwhile, one of the guys sits in the room with the dead body and starts watching some of the tapes. Each short film was handled by a different director, and the stories range from a monster movie to a haunted house to a killer in the woods.
Each director (David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, and Adam Wingard) manages to find a somewhat believable excuse to have someone carry around a video recording device, but using modern technology undermines the 80s horror vibe that would fit perfectly with using a VHS camera. However, some of the shorts manage to justify using digital technology by cleverly making it essential to the story. The other shorts are simply, "People record themselves when they go out and have fun. They will pay for this." And the cost is usually entertaining.
Most of the shorts also adhere to the rule that we want irritating people to die so it's okay to make almost everyone as obnoxious and/or irredeemably stupid as humanly possible. To its credit the film manages to balance the misogyny of some of the shorts by making most of the guys be even worse than the duplicitous women. It's one of the few consistencies of all the stories.
But there needs to be more than simple characterizations that are found in countless other horror films. The only hard rules for all of the filmmakers is that they're going to make found-footage movies and there has to be some reason for a character to record everything. That freedom allowed for different approaches and some intriguing stories, but without something to tie them all together beyond a couple of parameters, V/H/S is an exercise. It's an enjoyable exercise with varying levels of creativity and quality storytelling, but its refusal to do anything deeper than allow its directors to churn out a found-footage horror short makes the film a mostly forgettable experience.
Rating: B-
For all of our coverage of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, click here. Also, here are links to all of my Sundance reviews so far:
- The Ambassador
- Arbitrage
- Bachelorette
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Black Rock
- Celeste and Jesse Forever
- Corpo Celeste
- The End of Love
- For a Good Time, Call…
- Goats
- Hello I Must Be Going
- The Law in These Parts
- Monsieur Lazhar
- The Raid
- Red Hook Summer
- Red Lights
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Smashed
- The Surrogate
- The Words
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Arthritis hinders physical activity for adults with heart disease
Arthritis affects more than half of adults with heart disease and appears to be a substantial barrier to utilizing physical activity to help manage their condition, according to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the Arthritis Foundation, the study underscores the importance of physical activity in effective management for adults with both arthritis and heart disease.
The study is one of the first of its kind to look at the relationship between arthritis and heart disease, and the probable effect of arthritis on physical activity among those with heart disease. The study found that arthritis affected 57 percent of adults with heart disease. Further, people with both diseases were more likely to be physically inactive (29 percent), in contrast to those with heart disease alone (21percent). Adults with heart disease who are sedentary due to arthritis pain are not benefiting from physical activity that has been shown to help manage both diseases.
"People with arthritis often fear physical activity will worsen their pain - and that's a major myth," said Patience White, MD, MA, chief public health officer for the Arthritis Foundation. "However, just 30 minutes of daily physical activity has been shown to reduce arthritis pain and disability and help manage heart disease by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol."
Arthritis is not only a common comorbidity for adults with heart disease. A recent study released by the CDC in May 2008 found that more than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also had arthritis, and those affected by both had higher levels of physical inactivity that hindered the successful management of both diseases.
"Engaging in regular physical activity can help reduce arthritis pain and improve joint function, which in turn can help people get more active and better manage co-existing conditions like heart disease and diabetes," said Chad Helmick, MD, a CDC medical epidemiologist and coauthor on the study.
Taking Action
As the nation's most common cause of disability, arthritis affects one in every five Americans.
Arthritis currently costs the U.S. economy more than $128 billion annually and limits activity for 19 million Americans. With the aging of the baby boomer population, the prevalence of arthritis is expected to rise significantly from 46 million Americans now to 67 million Americans by 2030.
The Arthritis Foundation is working to help address this ever-growing problem through the proposal of legislation introduced this week. The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act proposes to strengthen arthritis public health initiatives, which would ensure that more people are diagnosed early to avoid pain and permanent disability.
"People are unaware of the seriousness of arthritis and its impact on other diseases," said White. "We want them to know that the Arthritis Foundation offers several safe and effective joint-friendly programs that may help them be more physically active and thereby help manage conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes."
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Matt Walker is a Southern California based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He tours frequently with Mike Muratore (as seen onOperation Repo) and Stephen Kramer Glickman (from Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and Comedy Central's Workaholics), and has played shows at every type of venue imaginable. He counts as his major influences Louis C.K., Ron White, Dave Attell, David Cross, Chris Rock, Bob Newhart, and Dave Chappelle. He has a small role in the film Tears of a Clown, and has appeared in multiple unaired pilots.
He has appeared on numerous radio and Internet shows such as Huffington Post Live discussing comedy, news of the day, pop culture, and sports, and always is an entertaining guest regardless of the medium. His jokes have been showcased in the Baltimore Sun, and he has been quoted and featured in articles on The Daily, Mediabistro's Fishbowl LA, the CBC, and Examiner.com
In March of 2012, Matt Walker was named the winner of the Shorty Award for #comedian, recognizing him as the stand-up comedian that best uses social media. He was subsequently mentioned in many mainstream press outlets, including CBS News.
He has also worked in radio for much of the past decade, co-creating and hosting Verbosity for National Lampoon Radio on Sirius/XM. Matt got his break in radio by producing and co-hosting The Small Business Hour on 97.1 FM KLSX in Los Angeles. Matt also co-hosted the National Hair Hour, a show all about the prevention and treatment of hair loss from November 2002-December 2003 on KLSX.
Matt prides himself on being able to connect with crowds made up of any demographic. With his large following of adolescents on Twitter, Matt has an act that works well for younger audiences, and with his stories of his elderly parents, he is able to connect with older crowds as well.
Growing up as one of a handful of white children in the community of Pico Rivera, CA, he has a unique perspective on white America and its relation to those of non-European backgrounds. He has extensive performing experience in rooms made up of minority audiences from all socio-economic backgrounds. Oh yeah, he's also a nerd, as you can tell by the previous paragraph.
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In a clip taken from a Pajamas Media podcast, PJM producer Ed Driscoll gets an admission from videographer Andrew Marcus and blogger Charlie Martin that Alex Jones did not call for the murder of Michelle Malkin during a demo to "levitate" the Denver Mint on August 25. This admission by Malkin's people should put to rest the claims, primarily on neocon blogs and, unfortunately, by Mark Davis at the Dallas Morning News, that Alex Jones threatened Malkin. Marcus and Martin, however, attempt to portray Jones as violent and attempting to incite a "mob," although Malkin was not touched by Alex Jones and he was in no way responsible for the behavior of people in the crowd, including two individuals who acted as agents provocateurs.
The audio clip was taken from PJM Political 8/27/08: Michelle Malkin & Co. Survive Denver–Plus A PJTV Preview! August 27, 2008. The interview with Malkin can be heard in its entirety on the PJM website.
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Birmingham City and Aston Villa fans put on an old-fashioned pitch invasion after last night's Carling Cup match, complete with flares and fighting.
The Second City Derby is a big deal, even resulting in a 2008 murder after a match. But things have been relatively quiet since 2003, when the two were banned from playing night games. Because, you know, the alcohol.
But that was waived because the two were paired off in a Carling Cup match. Plus, they might have thought with the World Cup voting taking place the next day, everyone might have chilled out a bit. Obviously not. A late winner by Brum and it was on.
But don't worry, the FA will take this one seriously. A whole seven people were arrested.
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Speaking in January about the top issues advisors face in SEC exams, Tom Giachetti, a securities attorney with Stark & Stark and Investment Advisor columnist, warned of the growing incidence of email fraud being perpetrated on advisors.
We interviewed Giachetti in mid-July to see how widespread the problem is and to get his advice on how advisors can protect clients and themselves from wire transfer fraud.
To begin, the problem is real, it is dangerous and it is too often overlooked, Giachetti said. He isn't troubled so much about client unhappiness with market performance, but rather "what scares me the most is cyberfraud and cyberattacks," he said before relating that just two weeks prior, an advisor client of his had a $500,000 wire fraud occur.
But aren't the regulators and law enforcement officials aware of the problem and moving to stop or limit its effects? "There's not a whole lot they can do about it," he said. "If you talk to the FBI, they know it's happening, but they can't stop the criminals who are probably in another country" without much regulation. "The problem the advisor has is that they want to provide great service" in making sure a wire transfer happens quickly, but without the proper safeguards, "they might hear the next day or two" that the transfer was fraudulent.
So what are the proper safeguards? "Custodians have become aggressive" in identifying and preventing such frauds, but on the advisor's end, Giachetti said he's told all his clients to change their policies and procedures to include a policy that "no one should act on any written request for money, anywhere," with perhaps one exception: when funds are transferred from the custodial account to the client's bank account. Advisors "owe a fiduciary duty to the client in that respect."
Giachetti's recommended policies and procedures manual includes a section on wire fraud and encrypting communications with a client. "Advisors are not required to encrypt but should consider doing so with any client information," which is especially true with "anything related to taxes," he said.
Channeling Ronald Reagan in his talks with the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Giachetti said the advisor's motto should be to "trust but verify" verbally when a client wire transfer request arrives. Don't think that you'll be protected by your errors and omissions coverage, he said, since "many E&O policies are limiting coverage" on wire transfer fraud. Yes, your E&O policy "will generally cover it, but some are excluding or limiting the coverage or implementing a higher deductible."
It's not just the advisory firm's principals who should be worried about wire fraud. Giachetti said it is "incumbent on senior management to meet with every staff member" to explain the severity of the threat and make sure that a "trust but verify" process is followed with every wire transfer request. In fact, junior members of the firm may well be the point person for such requests, but they should "tell senior management" about the request and follow the process.
There's another reason to have a specific written process and to confirm requests verbally: your own liability. "If there is fraud," Giachetti explained, "we want to be able to show that we did what was reasonable under the circumstances." While custodians and broker-dealers are likely to have procedures in place that identify and prevent wire transfer fraud, smaller advisors might not have the proper checks and balances.
Finally, since the fraudsters are "pretty astute," don't think that every fraudulent wire transfer request will be for amounts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead, he may only request smaller amounts of $10,000 or so, which may not raise red flags with staff members.
Click here to read the main story by Mark Tibergien, "Risky Business." You can also get more information on preventing wire fraud here.


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Tim McGraw is out on the road right now with Love and Theft and Brantley Gilbert. And in this Q&A with Access Atlanta , McGraw talks about how he ended up choosing both openers. Like how he's a big fan of Love and Theft's music and has toured with them before. And how Gilbert brings to mind Hank Williams Jr.
"Brantley, we're on the same label, which I didn't realize it until I was into it. I love his attitude and he brings a big energy to the stage. He's a good guy. He reminds me of a young Hank Jr.," McGraw said. "I want people to go out with me that I want out there."
McGraw added that he hopes these younger artists don't come to him for any words of wisdom. "I don't know that they want any advice from me! I'm always there, but I might not have the right answers," said McGraw.


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Samsung has launched a 5.3-inch Android device, dubbed Galaxy Note, which is kinda sandwiched right in the between the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab. Looks kinda weird, huh? But let me tell you that this device is definitely worth a mention as this is the next device which I'm eying on. There is no review or whatsoever hands-on video here on my blog. However, I do wish to share with you an introduction video of the Samsung Galaxy Note.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida held a demonstration against SeaWorld Orlando on Sunday morning.
Protesters gathered outside the gates of the popular theme park citing cruel and inhumane capturing of dolphins and killer whales.
Protesters said the recent movie "Blackfish" exposed the suffering that occurs when baby whales are separated from their mothers, shipped to marine parks around the world and withheld food to force them to perform what the group calls demeaning tricks.
The protest comes in the wake of several national music groups like Cheap Trick, Martina McBride, Willie Nelson and Heart canceling their scheduled performances in the spring.
"Now that the curtain has been pulled back, the tremendous cruelty of forced captivity has been revealed. People can clearly see that these huge, intelligent, majestic animals should be rehabilitated and returned to the oceans," said Bryan Wilson, ARFF Coordinator.
SeaWorld sent out their own response in full page national ads across the country calling the attacks unfounded.


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Granite Staters rebuild after tornado
Homeowners repair damage from devastating storm
In the five years since a tornado tore a 50-mile path through New Hampshire, residents have rebuilt and worked hard to prepare for another storm.
The rural farm community of Epsom was one of the towns seriously damaged by the tornado on July 24, 2008.
"Once I saw this town, I realized it was a tornado that had come through," said Fire Chief Stewart Yeaton.
Hours before the tornado struck, it was a typical summer day in Epsom, with warm, muggy weather. It all changed in a few seconds, and Yeaton was one of the first responders to get the call that something was wrong.
"We had heavy thunderstorms roll through, just downpours," he said. "We got the calls for trees down on wires."
It quickly became clear that something more powerful than a thunderstorm had hit the town. The tornado ripped through a mile of the town with wind speeds as high as 135 mph.
Trees were uprooted and scattered across the area. Wooden telephone poles bent like plastic, and homes were destroyed in an instant.
Roger Britton said his home was one of the more than three dozen damaged by the storm. He and his family weren't home when the storm hit, but when they returned, it was a shock.
"I got to the top of the hill, and I had my daughter and a brother-in-law with me, and I slammed on the brakes," Britton said. "They said, 'What's wrong, Dad?' I said, 'I can see the whole lake.' Then it dawned on me. There's no trees left."
Branches were sprawled across driveways, yards and roofs. The winds were so intense they lifted Britton's home from its foundation.
"We had to crawl in," Britton said. "It was quite an impact."
Even after five years, Britton said he's still in awe of how unpredictable the storm was.
"It always amazed me that it took all those trees and the building, but none of these bushes got touched," he said. "It's amazing, isn't it?"
Britton's home is now fully repaired. His neighbor down the street, Tom Carr, was also affected by the tornado.
"It was a bad scene," Carr said. "It was horrifying. It was really horrifying."
Carr was home when the tornado hit and blew the doors off his home, knocking him across a room. Outside, the wind threw his truck and car across the street. The walls of his home were ripped apart.
"Half of my stuff was up on Route 4," he said. "Everything in the matter of a minute and a half was gone. That's the amazing part."
There was more devastation up the road in Barnstead. Some people had no power or water for days.
Nate Joyce of the White Buffalo Trading Post said his business had generators and was making food for people. It became the unofficial shelter for displaced families.
"When people lose power we stay open for them," he said. "It was very scary. People were in shock."
Over the days, the shock turned into determination as Granite Staters started picking up debris, collecting their belongings and trying to restore some sense of normalcy.
It has taken time to fully repair the damage, but communities are whole again. First responders said that with training exercises and emergency plans, they are better prepared.
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Estepona is a Spanish resort town with 17 beaches along its 21-km-long coastline. This strip of the Costa Del Sol has over 325 days of sunshine per year, making it popular with those looking to enjoy a sun-filled holiday in southern Spain. Playa del Cristo and Playa de la Rada are the closest beaches to town, both having calm waters that are safe for young swimmers and with lifeguards on duty during the summer.
Estepona's whitewashed old town has several traffic-free streets, making it easy and safe for sightseeing on foot. Must-sees include the 15th-century San Luis Castle and the town clock at Plaza del Reloj. The winding alleyways are decorated with geraniums, bringing bright splashes of colour to the cobblestoned streets.
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Estepona is a resort town of varied attractions along Costa Del Sol in southern Spain. It's a place of year-round sunshine, and with 2 Blue Flag beaches, it's no surprise that it attracts plenty of travellers looking to enjoy a winter sun holiday.
Estepona is one of the most family-friendly destinations in Spain. Its whitewashed old town's many cobblestoned streets are traffic-free, making it safe for exploration on foot. The town has 17 beaches lining its 21-km-long coastline, many of which have lifeguards on duty during the summer.
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|A wonderful Toronto elementary school teacher asked his class to write me letters!
Definitely one of the highlights of my year. 'Twas an envelope full of magic.
Thank you Mr. Nore!
(for the record though, there were a few muslims that did express their support and solidarity..It was so wonderful to see that too)
It was also a very interesting experience to speak with Tommy Robinson (the often misrepresented ex-leader and founder of the EDL) as well as the excellent blogger, podcaster, Godless Spellchecker on his super, super podcast. I was hesitant to share my voice with the world for safety reasons, but I'm glad I did! And thrilled that the GSpodcast hosted this discussion. For this again, accusations were hurled, but some very wonderful positive feedback happened too. I don't agree with everything Tommy says, nor his generalizations/methods of communication. But I do think he brings up some very important points that most are unwilling to touch. It's really worth it to listen to his concerns with an open mind. I do not support the EDL in any way, and I think all forms of extremism are awful. I think Tommy's own departure from the EDL speaks volumes about his actual willingness to tackle the problem rather than just 'spread hatred' - as he is so often accused of doing...
|was featured in an article called 'the good muslim' for Elle magazine this year
- heh (irony), wasn't aware that this was going to be the title. Did speak
about being an atheist ex-muslim, but that did not make it into the piece.
Apart from all the hate, death threats, rape threats I received this year - I have also met some *incredible* people on the internet. Whether it was via the letter, the book or the podcast..so many have reached out and sent me some really touching words of support. So many have offered to take me out for a meal/drink if I'm ever in their part of the world...so many have offered their homes for me to stay in if i visit...and so many were responsible for crowdfunding the publishing of My Chacha is Gay. I could never have done this without your support. Thank you. Sincerely. It means the world to me. Maybe some day I won't have to be anonymous, and we can actually meet!
I experienced something extra wonderful a few days ago, when someone in a far away land received their copy of My Chacha is Gay, and contacted me to tell me they loved it...but they were concerned that the shipping cost was probably too low to cover shipping all the way to their country. They were right. It costs a few bucks extra for me outside North America, I told them not to worry about it. But this person went out of their way to send me money to fully cover their shipping, and some on top to cover a few other orders outside of North America. *fuzzy feelz*
(The website template only allows me to enter one standard shipping rate [yes, i'm not super tech savvy, and can't build websites from scratch], so in order to not overcharge my fellow North Americans when they order, I have to keep the rate in the middle somewhere)
Blew me away. The thoughtfulness...I was so so touched, and kind of teary eyed... that someone across the globe cared about my work this much.
Thank you.
Signing off for this year, hope you all have a wonderful, diversity-loving year ahead.
Be back next year, with more hopefully entertaining blogposts and doodles. Have a lot planned.


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We talked to the amazingly talented interior designer Muriel Brandolini after the release of her new book The World of Muriel Brandolini: Interiors just this week about her eye for design, her personal style and how you can spruce up your own home, even on a budget.
What is your personal design mantra?
I find it very difficult to describe my personal style, as it is constantly changing, and I don't have any rules when decorating. Over the years, my home has been a canvas where I often experiment with my wildest imaginations. Some people have said my style is Bohemian, but more recently, the changes I have made in my home are more simple and calming. Now, my home is filled with tones of silver, pearl gray, and gold, which is quite peaceful and soothing.
During the creation of my book, it was a very difficult process for me to look back on my career of over 17 years and see how it evolved. I am a person who has never liked to look backwards, but always move on to the next.
What are some of your favorite stores for finding unique home goods?
I love finding unique treasures when I'm traveling, whether in the flea markets of Paris or a gallery in Turin or even a market in Peru. I love the handcrafted pieces made in Vietnam, the country where I spent my early childhood. I wanted to honor its artisan tradition by creating an exclusive home collection for Barneys New York, including hand beaded pillows, folding side tables, and chairs.
What is your favorite item in your home?
Recently, my favorite piece has become the ceiling light in my living room created by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld. Its geometric outline inspired me to create a silver living room and a library upholstered in gold silk taffeta.
How does one archive both comfort and style when decorating?
For me, decoration has always been about comfort. One doesn't go without the other.
What advice do you have for the average person trying to revamp his or her home on a budget?
My only advice would be to make your home personal and meaningful for you. It should be a soothing place of comfort and a reflection of yourself. Use pieces that you have a connection with, not just a carbon copy of what one might find in a catalog.
Watch the video below and get a tour of Muriel's Upper East Side apartment.
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.


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NEW YORK — FX network says it's delaying the return of its hit comedy "Louie" until spring 2014.
The network said Tuesday it had granted the request by the series' Emmy-winning star, Louis C.K., for what he called "a little breathing room."
Along with performing in the show, he serves as producer, writer and editor, and also created it.
"Louie" recently concluded its third season. Until the extended hiatus was announced, its return for a fourth season was expected next summer.
During a teleconference, Louis C.K. said he gets "irritated" when he's not working, but that he sought a break from the show "to feel hungry" again.
But he won't be idle in the meantime. This fall, he's continuing a live standup tour.


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Chipotle, Baskin-Robbins, Hotels Among Health Closures | News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) - Chipotle, Baskin Robbins, Popeye's, Boston Market, three popular hotel chains - and violations ranging from no hot water to vermin to cooking without a license - are among 13 DMV health department suspensions in this week's WUSA9 Restaurant Report.
One of the suspensions was the third health hazard closure at the same location in less than two years.
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Area health departments ordered closed Chipotle on Connecticut Ave. in Aspen Hill, Briggs Chaney Deli in Silver Spring, Flavors of Jaguya on 11th St. NW, China Dragon Carryout on 11th St. NW, At Capital Seafood and Crab in District Heights, Best Western Plus on Baltimore Ave. in College Park, Econolodge on Baltimore Ave. in College Park, Super 8 on Baltimore Ave. in College Park, Baskin Robbins at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, Popeyes at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, Wings at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, Jersey Mike's Subs at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, and Boston Market at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt.
All the establishments passed re-inspections and are back in business.
Inspectors shut down a Shaw neighborhood Chinese carryout for the third time citing multiple health hazards including repeat violations.
The most recent suspension at 1439 11th St. NW closed China Dragon Carryout with 19 violations including: workers not washing hands, and foods like raw shrimp, raw steak, and a hamburger patty at temperatures as high as 62 degrees. The closure order also cited mouse droppings and leaking sewage.
In 2012, we reported inspectors closed China Dragon for insects, and gross unsanitary conditions that may endanger the public health. And in 2011 a third closure order citing workers blowing their nose or coughing and, again No one washing their hands, food at unsafe temperatures and another sewage backup.
In Aspen Hill, Md. at the 13501 Connecticut Ave. Chipotle, inspectors cited Chipotle for "no hot water provided at all sinks" and issued orders to ensure "the facility is free of vermin" noting a "dead roach complaint" and observing a "live fly in the kitchen."
In Silver Spring at Columbia Pike and Briggs Chaney Rd., inspectors closed Briggs Chaney Beer Wine Deli citing "floors are dirty throughout," an "ice machine area looks like a trash room," citing a "dead mouse, "roach infestation," "mold" in the sink and "sewage" overflow beneath it.
Flavors of Jaguya, 11th Street NW, remained under a closure for several days.
Inspectors cited the Caribbean restaurant for repeat violations, multiple meats at potentially unsafe temperatures and no one certified in food safety.
Inspectors closed three hotels on Baltimore Ave. in College Park for operating food services without a permit suspending Econolodge, Best Western Plus and Super 8.
An Econolodge spokeswoman said the motel did not close, but it did stop serving breakfast until it resolved the permit requirement.
At Capital Seafood and Crab on Marlboro Pike in District Heights, three customers demanded refunds and walked out when they saw our Restaurant Alert cameras come in.
"Once I heard that I was like no, no, no," a department customer said. "I had to."
Inspectors visited the Marlboro Pike carryout after a complaint that "a roach was in a soda cup."
Officials reported finding roaches of "different sizes," "Mice droppings in the cook area" and refrigeration at potentially unsafe temperatures.
Prince George's Health officials shut down five restaurants at Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt citing Popeye's, Wings, Jersey Mikes, Baskin-Robbins and Boston Market for operating with no running water at all.
Reports indicate the establishments continued to operate during a water main break that cut off water to the mall's inside and outside properties.
A worker at Jersey Mike's said the report is not accurate and an official at Baskin-Robbins also had a different version of events that contradicted health department reports.
"The restaurant closed immediately when water was shut off at the mall," Baskin-Robbins spokeswoman Michelle King said in a statement. "At Baskin-Robbins, the quality of our products and the safety of our guests are our foremost concerns."
Baskin-Robbins did not respond to our follow-up e-mail requesting clarification between its version of events and the specific charge of continued operation during the water outage issued in the Prince George's Co. Health Dept. closure order.
Contact Health Depts About Restaurant & Food Risks: http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=239623
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Large Ambrose Copper Vessel
Item Number: LAMB
Colour: Natural Golden Brown Finish
Size: 395.0 mm x 395.0 mm
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Drain fitting required (not included): 38mm standard Actual weight - 3.5 kilos
Copper is a metal that "ages" and changes over time. Our sinks will not look the same in five years as they do today - they will look even more beautiful! The copper will oxidate and various colour patches will result. Most notably, our sinks will develop dark areas and a green patina – the sought after classic green finish. A wax can be applied to keep the sink from aging.
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Family-Style Meals at Monell's in Nashville
"The Pass to the Left Policy works out well—everyone gets fed eventually. But it gets a tad intense when the fried chicken arrives."
1235 6th Avenue N., Nashville TN 37208 (map); 615-248-4747
Meals: lunch Monday through Friday, dinner Tuesday through Saturday, breakfast on the weekends and Sunday afternoon meal.
Monell's in Nashville is one of those places where you shouldn't eat breakfast that morning (or maybe even last night's dinner). You're basically in for a Southern Thanksgiving, except with 10 or so people you've never met.
Every meal here (lunch, dinner, the weekend country breakfast, and Sunday meal) is served family-style like they did back in the days of Southern boarding houses—except with other peoples' families. But you'll get to know your tablemates pretty quickly after a few "pass the peas!" Every bowl, basket, and platter moves to the left, as your server will remind you.
Monell's dining room is the downstairs portion of a cozy Victorian house (the sign says circa 1880) in the historic Germantown part of Nashville. The legendary spot has easily a 45-minute wait time on a typical Sunday after-churchtime.
The daily menus rotate: Monday is chicken and dumplings and meatloaf; Wednesday is pork chops. But they always include chicken in some form (skillet fried, baked, or smothered) and a basket of fresh biscuits and cornbread squares.
Our Sunday meal started with "salads"—the kind that are more creamy white than leafy green. Cole slaw, macaroni salad, peas swimming in a mystery pool of white liquid. There are also bowls of banana puddin' (why wait until after the meal?) and their famous peach preserves for the biscuits. But try not to fill up too much at this point—there's still plenty more ahead. And to wash it all down, there are big, constantly-refilled pitchers of sweet tea, fruit tea, and unsweetened tea.
Who is the "average" Monells diner? Yeah, that doesn't exist. There are Vanderbilt students, young families with kids (they have booster chairs), out-of-towners, locals, special-occasioners, and every-dayers. On Sunday, it's the unofficial church afterparty.
At one end of our table sat a father of two small (adorable) daughters who had just returned from Iraq, and on the other end, a guy heading to the Olympics in Vancouver next week on business. You might be next to a Chatty Cathy ready to share his or her life story, or someone who will dutifully pass those peas, and that's about it.
Bowls of hot food continue coming out of the kitchen throughout the meal. Mashed potatoes, green beans, a strange pineapple-cheddar casserole thing, and corn puddin', which, after a full rotation, had many arms reaching for seconds and thirds.
The Pass to the Left Policy works out well—everyone gets fed eventually. But it gets a tad intense when the fried chicken arrives. The whole meal seems to culminate here. The basket is piled high with still-sizzling breasts, drumsticks, and thighs. It's everything you'd want fried chicken to be: crunchy with good grease bubbles, zesty flavor, and lots of moist meat underneath the skin.
"Excuse me, miss, I still haven't gotten a dark piece. Every time the basket gets to me, it's all gone." My neighbor was on the verge of an anxiety attack but our server promptly returned with a bird refill. If you ask nicely, they're happy to refill any of the quickly-devoured dishes. There are other meats too—ham triangles covered in a sweet glaze and super tender brisket. Though tasty, they definitely get less love than the fried chicken.
For all that Southern comfort food gluttony, it's really not that pricey. Just $16.43 for the Sunday Meal, $12.95 for the weekday lunch, $14.95 for weekday dinner, and $12.77 for the weekend breakfast.
Eventually you reach a point when there's still food left, but the passing slows down. You realize you physically cannot fit another kernel of corn in your body. The quote on the Monell's meal ticket says it all: "I've eaten and I can't get up."
Lunch Monday through Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dinner Tuesday through Saturday: 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Breakfast Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Breakfast Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sunday Meal: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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You're fired Kevin Pritchard, but can you stay for the NBA draft?
Firing Kevin Pritchard an hour before the NBA draft, the Trail Blazers revealed themselves as extremely dysfunctional. Pritchard was told he was fired, but was asked to stay in the "war room" and participate in the draft. Then, after his dismissal was reported, the Blazers media relations department refused to confirm the firing or answer questions about it. Also, the organization heard the Blazer radio broadcast team discussing Pritchard's firing in the opening 30 minutes of their broadcast and ordered them to stop discussing the matter. Paranoia ran wild again. People feared for their jobs. It was like old times on Thursday. Distraction followed by avoidance wrapped in absurdity. And the common denominator ends up being owner Paul Allen.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Right now, Portland fans may be thinking The Jail Blazers weren't that bad.
Who fires their general manager minutes before the NBA draft, but asks him to stay and work the war room? And these shenanigans came days after the team mysteriously let go of highly respected cap expert Tom Penn.
Now owner Paul Allen always has the right to make changes; however, no decent executive will take the Blazers gig if they have to deal with a Microsoft tyrant.
Remember those rumors about Oklahoma City prodigy Sam Presti having an interview with Allen? Well, forget it. After this debacle he'll certainly stay with the Thunder. For good.
Fair or not, Penn and Pritchard may not have been the front office duo to take Portland to the ranks of championship contender. This is a judgment call, though.
What isn't a judgment call: employees are deserving of greater respect. For instance, the New York Knicks gave Isiah Thomas a better send off than Pritchard -despite 'Zeke' ruining one of the NBA's classic franchise.
After dealing with arrests, dog fighting, and assaults, the Blazers had turned the corner with a young, good-guy nucleus of Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge.
All these efforts may be stunted by an overzealous owner in Allen. As usual, it's the NBA's most loyal fans who'll suffer.
Got thoughts?


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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Recent graduate Nick Williams gave his all for Vols baseball on Saturday, twirling nine shutout innings – a career high – but two Mississippi State pitchers matched him all the way before a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th gave the 21st-ranked Bulldogs a 1-0 win to even the weekend series at Dudy Noble Field.
Williams was absolutely fantastic for the Volunteers (29-19, 11-15), striking out eight while scattering seven hits and walking three. Most impressively, he worked out of multiple jams, stranding nine Bulldog baserunners during his time on the mound.
Unfortunately, MSU starter Ross Mitchell (6.1 IP, 2 H, 5 K) and reliever Jonathan Holder (3.2, 0 H, 7 K) kept the Tennessee offense off the scoreboard until Seth Heck chopped a one-out single to left that plated a runner from third for the game's only run.
"Tough loss," UT head coach Dave Serrano said. "We didn't think it was going to be easy coming in here today to try to get the series but we will be back tomorrow to try to get what we sought to do when we came here. I'm very proud of what we have done but we are 1-1. That was a good baseball game, like last night was a good baseball game. They got a hit when they needed it tonight.
"I can't put into words what [Nick Williams] did tonight. The home plate umpire and their coaching staff talked about what a warrior he was all night long. He continues to show his senior leadership and what he has inside of him. I'm very proud of him. He gave us every opportunity [to win]."
Sophomore Derek Lance had the only two hits of the game for the Volunteers, going 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and a walk. Freshman Kyle Serrano (3-3) suffered the loss as he allowed the walk-off single.
After six stellar innings by both starting pitchers, Tennessee finally got something going in the top of the seventh when walks to Christin Stewart and Lance put two on base with just one out and chased Mitchell from the contest. Although a successful double steal moved both runners into scoring position, Holder came out of the bullpen to strike out the next two batters and keep the game scoreless.
The game again got interesting in the bottom of the seventh as the Bulldogs loaded the bases with just one out after a pair of singles and a passed ball. Following a visit to the mound by Serrano, Williams was able to escape without any damage done, however, getting a lineout and a groundout, both to Will Maddox at second.
Williams pulled out his Houdini act in both the eighth and ninth as well, stranding runners on second and third in both innings. In the eighth, he got back-to-back groundouts to escape but he really had to buckle down in the ninth, eventually striking out Matthew Britton to send the game to extra innings where Heck's heroics ended it.
Sophomore southpaw Andy Cox (4-1, 1.85) will get the ball when the Vols baseball go for the series win on Sunday. The contest will be televised on CBS Sports Network with Joe Castellano and Paul Byrd on the call with first pitch set for 2:30 p.m. ET.


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